WRITTEN QUESTION No. 2118/97 by Hiltrud BREYER to the Council. Novel food regulation No 258/97 - Authorization of varieties
3. 4. 98 EN Official Journal of the European Communities C 102/15 (98/C 102/22) WRITTEN QUESTION E-2114/97 by Hiltrud Breyer (V) to the Council (24 June 1997) Subject: Novel food regulation No 258/97 › Authorization through entry in the catalogue of species In future will transgenic plants still require any authorization and approval before being entered in the common catalogue of species? Answer (31 October 1997) Regulation No 258/97 is aimed not at plants as such, whether or not transgenic, but at foods and food ingredients only, as specified in Article 1 thereof. (98/C 102/23) WRITTEN QUESTION E-2118/97 by Hiltrud Breyer (V) to the Council (24 June 1997) Subject: Novel food regulation No 258/97 › Authorization of varieties Will follow-on products of plants already covered by variety authorization needed to be tested and authorized individually pursuant to the novel food regulation (1) (FN)? (1) OJ L 43, 14. 2. 1997, p. 1. Answer (31 October 1997) Regulation No 258/97 does not specifically take into account whether a plant is a follow-on product or not. (98/C 102/24) WRITTEN QUESTION E-2208/97 by Hartmut Nassauer (PPE) to the Council (18 July 1997) Subject: Protocols to European Union Conventions concerning the Court of Justice For each Protocol to European Union Conventions under the third pillar concerning preliminary rulings by the Court of Justice, will the Council set out the date of signature, the date of publication in the Official Journal, the Member States who have so far made a declaration accepting the jurisdiction of the Court, pursuant to the relevant article in the Protocol, the date on which the declaration was made, and the date of publication of this declaration in the Official Journal?