Amendment Hazekamp/Eck: opinion on novel foods (2)

Daciana Octavia Sârbu
Novel foods

Proposal for a regulation
COM(2013)0894 - C7-0487/2013 – 2013/0435(COD)

Amendment 2
Anja Hazekamp, Stefan Eck

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2 (new)

Text proposed by the Commission

Amendment

(2 a) Article 13 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union provides that the Union and the Member States are to pay full regard to the welfare requirements of animals when formulating and implementing, inter alia, the Union's agriculture, fisheries and internal market policies. When implementing this Regulation, therefore, due attention should be given to the welfare of animals and implementation should be fully in line with all relevant provisions of Union law on animal welfare, including Directive 98/58/EC of 20 July 1998 concerning the protection of animals kept for farming purposes and Directive 2010/63/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 September 2010 on the protection of animals used for scientific purposes.