Press Release: Commissioner Kyprianou welcomes Parliament vote to amend EU rules on BSE

Markos Kyprianou, European Commissioner for Health and Consumer Protection, on 17 May 2006 welcomed the European Parliament’s vote to amend the TSE Regulation, paving the way for First Reading Agreement on this dossier. The amendments to the Regulation were to provide the European Commission with a legal framework to propose changes to certain BSE measures, as outlined in the TSE Roadmap published in July 2005. The text backed by Parliament on 17 May would also bring the EU system of categorising countries according to BSE risk into line with the new, simplified, international system drawn up by the World Animal Health Organisation (OIE). The amended TSE Regulation was now expected to be endorsed by Council and enter into effect before the summer break. The Commission was planning to put forward the first proposals to change certain BSE-related rules before the end of 2006.

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European Commission: PreLex: COM(2004) 775: Draft Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation EC 99/2001 laying down rules for the prevention, control and eradication of certain transmissible spongiform enephalopathies, 6.12.04 http://ec.europa.eu/prelex/detail_dossier.cfm?CL=en&ReqId=0&DocType=COM&DocYear=2004&DocNum=0775

European Parliament: Legislative Observatory: Animal diseases and public health: prevention and control of transmissible spongiform encephalopathies TSEs http://www.europarl.europa.eu/oeil/popups/ficheprocedure.do?id=524441

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