# Food safety: electronic identification of bovine animals and beef labelling

European Parliament procedure 2011/0229(COD) (COD - Ordinary legislative procedure (ex-codecision procedure), 7th term, committee AGRI / ENVI). Stage: Procedure completed. 150 committee amendments tabled by 42 Members between 2012-02-17 and 2012-04-25.

## What the amendments focus on

Legislative dossier amending a regulation on electronic identification of bovine animals and the labelling of beef, including the voluntary beef labelling system. Amendments debate whether electronic identification based on radio frequency identification should be voluntary or mandatory, traceability and automated reading and recording, administrative burden on businesses, identifiers such as ear tags and injectable transponders, a transition period, and allowing Member States to introduce mandatory EID step by step.

## Most active Members on this file

| Member | Country | Group | Amendments | Markdown |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kartika Tamara LIOTARD | Netherlands | GUE/NGL | 15 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/28182.md |
| Giancarlo SCOTTÀ | Italy | ENF | 12 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96996.md |
| Britta REIMERS | Germany | ALDE | 11 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96875.md |
| Bart STAES | Belgium | Verts/ALE | 10 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/4751.md |
| Giommaria UGGIAS | Italy | ALDE | 10 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/97131.md |
| Andrea ZANONI | Italy | ALDE | 10 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/108329.md |
| Niccolò RINALDI | Italy | ALDE | 10 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/97229.md |
| Andrés PERELLÓ RODRÍGUEZ | Spain | S&D | 10 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96989.md |
| Pilar AYUSO | Spain | PPE | 9 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/4319.md |
| Sophie AUCONIE | France | PPE | 7 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96862.md |
| Esther HERRANZ GARCÍA | Spain | PPE | 7 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/22418.md |
| Czesław Adam SIEKIERSKI | Poland | PPE | 7 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/23787.md |
| Oreste ROSSI | Italy | PPE | 6 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/97196.md |
| Horst SCHNELLHARDT | Germany | PPE | 6 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/1930.md |
| Renate SOMMER | Germany | PPE | 6 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/4282.md |

## Official source documents

- PE480.879: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-480.879+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN
- PE486.169: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-486.169+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN
- PE487.932: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-487.932+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN

Full amendment texts, votes and exports: https://amendeu.com/dossiers/2011-0229-COD · machine-readable: https://amendeu.com/data/dossiers/2011-0229-COD.json

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