Procedure
Food information to consumers
2008/0028(COD)·6th term·AGRI / ENVI / IMCO·COD - Ordinary legislative procedure (ex-codecision procedure)·Completed
Subjects: Wine, alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages · Foodstuffs, foodstuffs legislation · Public health · Consumer information, advertising, labelling · Food safety · Consumers' economic and legal interests
Rapporteur (the Member appointed to lead Parliament's work on this text): SOMMER Renate (PPE)
Summary
A legislative proposal on the provision of food information to consumers. Amendments address nutrition declarations, country-of-origin and place-of-provenance labelling for meat and other foodstuffs, allergen information, labelling of alcoholic beverages, exemptions and reduced burdens for SMEs and non-prepacked foods, definitions such as 'handcrafted food', transitional periods, and delegated and implementing powers conferred on the Commission.
Procedure timeline
- Committee amendments tabled15 Dec 2008 – 23 Mar 2011
- Procedure completed
1,880
Amendments
distinct, in window
141
Members
tabled at least one
3
Committees
15 Dec 2008 – 23 Mar 2011
Dates
Official amendment documents
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Members who amended this procedure
141 Members · by amendment count1
Carl SCHLYTER
Greens / EFA · 🇸🇪 Sweden
170(55 solo)
2Kartika Tamara LIOTARD
The Left (GUE/NGL) · 🇳🇱 Netherlands
90(75 solo)
3Richard SEEBER
European People's Party (EPP) · 🇦🇹 Austria
76(76 solo)
4Astrid LULLING
European People's Party (EPP) · 🇱🇺 Luxembourg
70(48 solo)
5Renate SOMMER
European People's Party (EPP) · 🇩🇪 Germany
67(67 solo)
6Struan STEVENSON
European Conservatives & Reformists · 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
65(28 solo)
7Kathalijne Maria BUITENWEG
Greens / EFA · 🇳🇱 Netherlands
64
8Jill EVANS
Greens / EFA · 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
50(13 solo)
9Oreste ROSSI
European People's Party (EPP) · 🇮🇹 Italy
45(36 solo)
10John BOWIS
PPE-DE · 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
45(42 solo)
11Anja WEISGERBER
European People's Party (EPP) · 🇩🇪 Germany
44(32 solo)
12Françoise GROSSETÊTE
European People's Party (EPP) · 🇫🇷 France
43(10 solo)
13Michèle RIVASI
Greens / EFA · 🇫🇷 France
41
14Esther DE LANGE
European People's Party (EPP) · 🇳🇱 Netherlands
40(32 solo)
15Christel SCHALDEMOSE
Socialists & Democrats · 🇩🇰 Denmark
38(18 solo)
16Othmar KARAS
European People's Party (EPP) · 🇦🇹 Austria
38(38 solo)
17Åsa WESTLUND
Socialists & Democrats · 🇸🇪 Sweden
36(19 solo)
18Britta REIMERS
ALDE · 🇩🇪 Germany
36(36 solo)
19Christa KLASS
European People's Party (EPP) · 🇩🇪 Germany
34(34 solo)
20Neil PARISH
PPE-DE · 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
33
21Holger KRAHMER
ALDE · 🇩🇪 Germany
32(29 solo)
22Dagmar ROTH-BEHRENDT
Socialists & Democrats · 🇩🇪 Germany
32(31 solo)
23Pilar AYUSO
European People's Party (EPP) · 🇪🇸 Spain
31(6 solo)
24Magor Imre CSIBI
ALDE · 🇷🇴 Romania
31(30 solo)
25Avril DOYLE
PPE-DE · 🇮🇪 Ireland
30(30 solo)
The amendments, in full text
1,880 amendmentsEvery amendment as tabled — original text, proposed change and justification, with a link to the official PDF.
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