# 2018 discharge: European Food Safety Authority (EFSA)

European Parliament procedure 2019/2078(DEC) (DEC - Discharge procedure, 9th term, committee ENVI). Stage: Procedure completed. 11 committee amendments tabled by 5 Members between 2019-12-11 and 2019-12-11.

## What the amendments focus on

This dossier concerns the 2018 discharge for the European Food Safety Authority. The amendments express concern that the Authority lacks sufficient resources for risk assessment, address its openness, transparency and public involvement in risk assessment, its independence policy and the two-year cooling-off period and treatment of company research funding, the proactive availability of regulatory data submitted by applicants, recommendations from an external evaluation, and cooperation with other agencies.

## Most active Members on this file

| Member | Country | Group | Amendments | Markdown |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jutta PAULUS | Germany | Verts/ALE | 6 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/197466.md |
| Tilly METZ | Luxembourg | Verts/ALE | 6 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/193292.md |
| Stanislav POLČÁK | Czechia | PPE | 3 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/124704.md |
| Anna ZALEWSKA | Poland | ECR | 1 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/197572.md |
| Monika BEŇOVÁ | Slovakia | NI | 1 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/23868.md |

## Official source documents

- PE641.159: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/ENVI-AM-641159_EN.pdf

Full amendment texts, votes and exports: https://amendeu.com/dossiers/2019-2078-DEC · machine-readable: https://amendeu.com/data/dossiers/2019-2078-DEC.json

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