3. Food intended for infants and young children and food for special medical purposes ***II (debate)

Verbatim reports

Recommendation for second reading on the Council position at first reading with a view to the adoption of a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on food intended for infants and young children, food for special medical purposes, and total diet replacement for weight control and repealing Council Directive 92/52/EEC, Commission Directives 96/8/EC, 1999/21/EC, 2006/125/EC and 2006/141/EC, Directive 2009/39/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and Commission Regulations (EC) No 41/2009 and (EC) No 953/2009 [2011/0156(COD)] - Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety. Rapporteur: Frédérique Ries (A7-0191/2013)

Frédérique Ries introduced the recommendation for second reading.

The following spoke: Tonio Borg (Member of the Commission).

The following spoke: Esther de Lange, on behalf of the PPE Group, Daciana Octavia Sârbu, on behalf of the S&D Group, Antonyia Parvanova, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Carl Schlyter, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Marina Yannakoudakis, on behalf of the ECR Group, Oreste Rossi, on behalf of the EFD Group, Kartika Tamara Liotard, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Elisabetta Gardini, Mario Pirillo, Paul Nuttall, Zofija Mazej Kukovič, Edite Estrela, Jolanta Emilia Hibner, Alajos Mészáros, Sophie Auconie and Michèle Rivasi.

The following spoke under the 'catch-the-eye' procedure: Karin Kadenbach, Alfreds Rubiks and João Ferreira.

The following spoke: Tonio Borg and Frédérique Ries.

The debate closed.

Vote: minutes of 11.6.2013, item 10.9.