Animal nutrition: official inspections, undesirable substances and products

The committee adopted the recommendation for second reading (under the codecision procedure) by Marit PAULSEN (ELDR, S) amending the Council's common position. The committee reinstated, in slightly modified form, a key Parliament amendment from first reading calling for on-the-spot checks to be carried out by Commission experts acting in cooperation with the authorities of the Member States. It pointed out that, when drawing up its common position on the new TSE regulation, the Council had provided for Community inspections of this kind to be carried out. The committee modified its first reading amendment slightly to bring it into line with the corresponding article in the TSE regulation and thus create a uniform and transparent inspection system. The committee also voted to retable an amendment rejected by Council which would include in the scope of the directive changes that occur in products as a result of faults in the manufacturing process.�