An amendment by the rapporteur calling for special labelling of products of religious slaughter was rejected in committee, as were calls by other Members for stunning to be made compulsory before animals' throats are cut, something which religious communities oppose.
Atsevišķā ziņojumā par Eiropas Parlamenta un dalībvalstu parlamentu attiecībām deputāti uzsver, ka nacionālie parlamenti iegūs tiesības apstrīdēt likumdošanas priekšlikumu, ja tie uzskatīs, ka pārkāpts subsidiaritātes princips.