Prevention, control and eradication of certain transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSEs): extension of the period for transitional measures

 The committee adopted the report by Dagmar ROTH-BEHRENDT (PES, DE) amending the proposal under the 1st reading of the codecision procedure. It called for the proposal to be split into two parts, in order to prolong the transitional measures on the one hand, and leave sufficient time to discuss the necessary revision of the TSE regulation on the other hand. The committee proposed to deal only with the issue of transitional measures and amended the title of the proposal accordingly. It also called for these measures to be extended until 1 July 2007 pending the revision of permanent measures as well as the creation of an overall strategy on TSEs. Lastly, it said that the regulation should enter into force on 1 July 2005.