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 official controls and other official activities performed to ensure the application of food and feed law, rules on animal health and welfare, plant health and plant protection products, amending Regulations (EC) No 999/2001, (EC) No 396/2005, (EC) No 1069/2009, (EC) No 1107/2009, (EU) No 1151/2012, (EU) No 652/2014, (EU) 2016/429 and (EU) 2016/2031 of the European Parliament and of the Council, Council Regulations (EC) No 1/2005 and (EC) No 1099/2009 and Council Directives 98/58/EC, 1999/74/EC, 2007/43/EC, 2008/119/EC and 2008/120/EC, and repealing Regulations (EC) No 854/2004 and (EC) No 882/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council, Council Directives 89/608/EEC, 89/662/EEC, 90/425/EEC, 91/496/EEC, 96/23/EC, 96/93/EC and 97/78/EC and Council Decision 92/438/EEC (Official Controls Regulation) [10755/1/2016 - C8-0015/2017- 2013/0140(COD)] - Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety. Rapporteur: Karin Kadenbach (A8-0022/2017)
Karin Kadenbach introduced the recommendation for second reading.
The following spoke: Vytenis Povilas Andriukaitis (Member of the Commission).
The following spoke: Pilar Ayuso, on behalf of the PPE Group, Daciana Octavia Sârbu, on behalf of the S&D Group, Julie Girling, on behalf of the ECR Group, Jasenko Selimovic, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Stefan Eck, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Bart Staes, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, and Julia Reid, on behalf of the EFDD Group.
IN THE CHAIR: Ramón Luis VALCÁRCEL SISO Vice-President
The following spoke: Diane Dodds, non-attached Member, Peter Liese, Claudiu Ciprian Tănăsescu, James Nicholson, Jan Huitema, Anja Hazekamp, Bronis Ropė, Sirpa Pietikäinen, Nicola Caputo, Notis Marias, Ivan Jakovčić, who also replied to a blue-card question by Davor Škrlec, Maria Lidia Senra Rodríguez, Seán Kelly, Tonino Picula, Daniel Buda, Tibor Szanyi and Emil Radev.
The following spoke under the catch-the-eye procedure: Takis Hadjigeorgiou and Igor Šoltes.
The following spoke: Vytenis Povilas Andriukaitis and Karin Kadenbach.