Protection of human health: hygiene of foodstuffs

The common position largely reflects the amendments of the European Parliament that were accepted by the Commission. In addition, the common position reflects ideas of the European Parliament that were not accepted by the Commission. These concern in particular, with regard to the possible implementation of the HACCP system at the level of primary production, the establishment of a report by the Commission, and with regard to comitology, the deletion of the possibility to add new annexes to the Regulation. The Commission agreed to these amendments of its initial proposal as a matter of compromise.�