5.7. Transparency and sustainability of the EU risk assessment in the food chain ***I (vote)

Verbatim reports

Report on the proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the transparency and sustainability of the EU risk assessment in the food chain amending Regulation (EC) No 178/2002 [on general food law], Directive 2001/18/EC [on the deliberate release into the environment of GMOs], Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003 [on GM food and feed], Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003 [on feed additives], Regulation (EC) No 2065/2003 [on smoke flavourings], Regulation (EC) No 1935/2004 [on food contact materials], Regulation (EC) No 1331/2008 [on the common authorisation procedure for food additives, food enzymes and food flavourings], Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 [on plant protection products] and Regulation (EU) No 2015/2283 [on novel foods] [COM(2018)0179 - C8-0144/2018 - 2018/0088(COD)] - Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety. Rapporteur: Renate Sommer (A8-0417/2018)

(Simple majority)
(Voting record: 'Results of votes', Item 7)

COMMISSION PROPOSAL and AMENDMENTS

Approved (P8_TA(2018)0489)

The following spoke: Renate Sommer, to request that her name be taken off the report and Kathleen Van Brempt, on behalf of the S&D Group, to request that the matter be referred back to the committee responsible, for interinstitutional negotiations pursuant to Rule 59(4).

Parliament agreed to the request by electronic vote (360 in favour, 244 against, 60 abstention).