WRITTEN QUESTION No. 2143/97 by Hiltrud BREYER to the Commission. Novel food regulation No 258/97 - Applications for authorization already made pursuant to directive 90/220/ EC (SUPPLEMENTARY ANSWER)
C 174/4 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 8. 6. 98 (98/C 174/13) WRITTEN QUESTION E-2139/97 by Hiltrud Breyer (V) to the Commission (23 June 1997) Subject: Novel food regulation No 258/97 › Composition of the Food Committee 1. How will the public be represented on the EUís Food Committee? 2. Will representatives of national consumer and environmental organizations be involved in the Food Committeeís deliberative and decision-making procedures? 3. If so, how will the representatives be chosen? 4. Will consumer and environmental organizations be entitled to nominate persons? (98/C 174/14) WRITTEN QUESTION E-2141/97 by Hiltrud Breyer (V) to the Commission (23 June 1997) Subject: Novel food regulation No 258/97 › Labelling requirements In accordance with the novel food regulation (1), will labelling of a genetically modified food be required only if there is both a difference in its nutritional characteristics, as compared with a product which has not been genetically modified, and if proof of the genetic modification is possible? (1) OJ L 43, 14. 2. 1997, p. 1. (98/C 174/15) WRITTEN QUESTION E-2143/97 by Hiltrud Breyer (V) to the Commission (23 June 1997) Subject: Novel food regulation No 258/97 › Applications for authorization already made pursuant to directive 90/220/EC Is it true that the genetic products currently awaiting marketing, authorization for which has been applied for under the deliberate release directive (1), do not have to be labelled pursuant to the novel food regulation (2) although the genetic modification in them has been demonstrated (in other words, voluntary labelling by the manufacturer is possible)? (1) OJ L 117, 8. 5. 1990, p. 15. (2) OJ L 43, 14. 2. 1997, p. 1. (98/C 174/16) WRITTEN QUESTION E-2145/97 by Hiltrud Breyer (V) to the Commission (23 June 1997) Subject: Novel food regulation No 258/97 › Labelling requirements How are the supervisory bodies to check compliance with labelling requirements?