Prevention, control and eradication of certain transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSEs); Commission implementing powers

The European Parliament adopted, under the 1st reading of the codecision procedure, a legislative resolution amending the proposal the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EC) No 999/2001 as regards the implementing powers conferred on the Commission.  The report had been tabled for consideration in plenary by Gyula HEGYI (PES, HU) on behalf of the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety. 

The amendments were the result of agreement between Council and Parliament. The main ones were as follows:

• certain measures relating to products of animal origin derived from or containing ruminant material will not apply to ruminants which have undergone an alternative test which has been recognised in accordance with the regulatory procedure with scrutiny, provided that this test is listed in Annex X, where the results of the test were negative;
• with regard to measures following confirmation of the presence of a TSE,  Member States may apply other measures offering an equivalent level of protection, if those measures have been approved in accordance with the regulatory procedure;
• the method to confirm BSE in ovine and caprine animals shall be adopted in accordance with the regulatory procedure with scrutiny.