WRITTEN QUESTION No. 2150/97 by Hiltrud BREYER to the Council. Novel food regulation No 258/97 - Labelling information
C 82/36 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 17. 3. 98 (98/C 82/55) WRITTEN QUESTION E-2148/97 by Hiltrud Breyer (V) to the Council (24 June 1997) Subject: Novel food regulation No 258/97 › Varieties directive 1. In the event of authorization for a plant variety pursuant to the varieties directive which does not require approval pursuant to the novel food regulation (1), is labelling of this variety › which is required pursuant to the novel food directive › guaranteed in the case of sale of seeds? How is this labelling maintained if the seed is passed on or if seedlings are sold (e. g. special packages or 2. stickers in the case of sale to private or commercial users)? Is the intention to revise the varieties directive so as to guarantee labelling pursuant to the novel food 3. regulation? (1) OJ L 43, 14. 2. 1997, p. 1. (98/C 82/56) WRITTEN QUESTION E-2150/97 by Hiltrud Breyer (V) to the Council (24 June 1997) Subject: Novel food regulation No 258/97 › Labelling information What sort of information should the labelling provide, and in what form? Joint answer to Written Questions E-2148/97 and E-2150/97 (20 October 1997) The Honourable Member is requested to refer to reply to question 2112/97 and to note that Article 8 of Regulation 258/97 states how the labelling requirements, referred to in Article 7 (2) of the Regulation, will be established Since the wording of the question does not allow the Varieties directiveö to be identified, it is not possible to indicate whether any amendment to it is envisaged. (98/C 82/57) WRITTEN QUESTION E-2154/97 by Hiltrud Breyer (V) to the Council (24 June 1997) Subject: Novel food regulation No 258/97 › Form and content of labelling 1. What form will the labelling take for goods sold loose (e. g. fruit and vegetables)? 2. What form will the labelling take for processed goods, which consist largely of products for which labelling is obligatory (e. g. preserved products and tomato concentrate)?