They notably wished to specify the annual surveillance programmes more, to include all cattle older than 24 months to be sent for emergency slaughter and those aged more than 30 months to be slaughtered in normal conditions, to have stricter supervision of possible subsequent modifications (for example the listing of materials of specific risks, such as the brain, the spinal cord etc.) and to require detailed justifications of scientific committees responsible for these modifications.
Parlaments, grozot Eiropas Komisijas priekšlikumu, vēlas saglabāt savas koplēmēja pilnvaras 16 jomās, kas, izveidojot jauno vienoto finansēšanas instrumentu, Komisijas priekšlikumā vairs nav paredzētas.