WRITTEN QUESTION No. 2120/97 by Hiltrud BREYER to the Council. Novel food regulation No 258/97 - Authorization requirements
17. 3. 98 EN Official Journal of the European Communities C 82/31 (98/C 82/42) WRITTEN QUESTION E-2120/97 by Hiltrud Breyer (V) to the Council (24 June 1997) Subject: Novel food regulation No 258/97 › Authorization requirements Will secondary products which contain only a small, percentage of plant products requiring authorization need to undergo separate authorization (e. g. tomato concentrate in ready made pizzas)? Answer (20 October 1997) The Honourable Member is referred to Question No 2118/97 and should note that the term ôauthorizationö ( Zulassungö) does not appear in the text of the Regulation. (98/C 82/43) WRITTEN QUESTION E-2122/97 by Hiltrud Breyer (V) to the Council (24 June 1997) Subject: Novel food regulation No 258/97 › Testing the health and environmental impact When new genetically modified varieties are entered in the common list of varieties which require neither an authorization pursuant to the novel food regulation (1) nor an authorization pursuant to the deliberate release directive (2), what form does testing of health conformity and the ecological effects tasks? (1) OJ L 43, 14. 2. 1997, p. 1. (2) OJ L 117, 8. 5. 1990, p. 15. Answer (20 October 1997) As far as can be established on the basis of the text of the Question, the cases envisaged by the Honourable Member would appear to be covered by Article 10 (2) Directive 90/220/EEC (1). This specifies the requirements for risk assessment. (1) OJ L 117, 8. 5. 1990, p. 15. (98/C 82/44) WRITTEN QUESTION E-2126/97 by Hiltrud Breyer (V) to the Council (24 June 1997) Subject: Novel food regulation No 258/97 › Substantial equivalenceí in derived varieties 1. What guarantees will there be that the ásubstantial equivalenceí of all plants of the same tested and authorized line remain present, or that they can be tested? 2. What will be the approach towards derived varieties?