# Production and marketing of honey: pollen in honey; aligning the Directive with the TFEU (Commission delegated and implementing powers)

European Parliament procedure 2012/0260(COD) (COD - Ordinary legislative procedure (ex-codecision procedure), 7th term, committee AGRI / ENVI). Stage: Procedure completed. 78 committee amendments tabled by 14 Members between 2013-10-02 and 2013-10-09.

## What the amendments focus on

Legislative dossier amending the honey Directive on the status of pollen in honey and aligning it with the TFEU regarding delegated and implementing powers. Amendments address whether pollen is a natural constituent or an ingredient, labelling of genetically modified pollen in honey following the Court of Justice judgment in case C-442/09, coexistence measures, exemption of honey from ingredient-list requirements, country-of-origin labelling, and references to Regulation 1169/2011 and Directive 2001/18.

## Most active Members on this file

| Member | Country | Group | Amendments | Markdown |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bart STAES | Belgium | Verts/ALE | 17 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/4751.md |
| Martin HÄUSLING | Germany | Verts/ALE | 17 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96752.md |
| Britta REIMERS | Germany | ALDE | 8 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96875.md |
| Kriton ARSENIS | Greece | S&D | 6 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/97009.md |
| Renate SOMMER | Germany | PPE | 5 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/4282.md |
| Alojz PETERLE | Slovenia | PPE | 5 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/23693.md |
| João FERREIRA | Portugal | GUE/NGL | 5 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96706.md |
| Julie GIRLING | United Kingdom | PPE | 4 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96956.md |
| Csaba Sándor TABAJDI | Hungary | S&D | 4 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/23808.md |
| Michel DANTIN | France | PPE | 4 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/97296.md |
| Kartika Tamara LIOTARD | Netherlands | GUE/NGL | 3 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/28182.md |
| Erik BÁNKI | Hungary | PPE | 2 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/113883.md |
| Jean-Pierre AUDY | France | PPE | 1 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/33775.md |
| Rareș-Lucian NICULESCU | Romania | PPE | 1 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/39714.md |

## Official source documents

- PE519.529: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-519.529+02+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN
- PE521.509: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-521.509+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN

Full amendment texts, votes and exports: https://amendeu.com/dossiers/2012-0260-COD · machine-readable: https://amendeu.com/data/dossiers/2012-0260-COD.json

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