Achieving sustainability of the EU food chain with feed additives as a key tool: the European Commission intends to modernise the legal framework to foster innovation

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-5
Author(s):  
Fabrizio DE ANGELIS ◽  
Ignacio CARREÑO
Keyword(s):  
European Commission ◽  
Food Chain ◽  
Legal Framework ◽  
Feed Additives ◽  
The Eu

Part VIII Cooperation in Antirust Enforcement, 22 International Cooperation

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Smijter Eddy De ◽  
Gasparon Philipp ◽  
Berghe Pascal
Keyword(s):  
European Commission ◽  
International Cooperation ◽  
Legal Framework ◽  
Merger Control ◽  
Antitrust Enforcement ◽  
International Dimension ◽  
Cross Border ◽  
Exchange Of Information ◽  
The U.S ◽  
The Eu

This chapter studies the cooperation between the European Commission and competition authorities and courts outside the EU, at both bilateral and multilateral level, and highlights the importance of that cooperation in the context of proliferation of competition regimes and the continual increase in cross-border business activities. In more than half of its enforcement activities, the Commission cooperates with one or more foreign jurisdictions, obviously with varying degrees of intensity. The bulk of this international cooperation, in the fields of both merger control and anticompetitive practices, is with the U.S. and the Canadian competition authorities. The chapter then sets out the legal framework for international cooperation and explains the principles determining the Commission’s jurisdiction in cases having an international dimension. It also considers cooperation in antitrust enforcement, with particular attention given to the exchange of information and disclosure of evidence.

Food Fraud in the EU

2016 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 197-205 ◽  
Author(s):  
Francesco Montanari ◽  
Cesare Varallo ◽  
Daniele Pisanello
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Economic Impact ◽  
European Commission ◽  
Food Chain ◽  
Action Plan ◽  
Consumer Confidence ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Significant Extent ◽  
Food Fraud ◽  
The Eu

By making the headlines in the major European newspapers in 2013, the horsemeat scandal impaired consumer confidence in the transparency of the European food chain to a significant extent. In spite of its negative economic impact on the European Union (EU) market, the scandal in question has stimulated an unprecedented reflection in the area of food fraud by the EU institutions, national authorities, other stakeholders as well as by members of academia and the legal profession in general.On an EU level, the European Commission swiftly responded to the scandal with the adoption of a wide-ranging action plan consisting of targeted policy, legislative and enforcement measures.

scholarly journals Reforming the financing of the EU budget: Outlook

2016 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. E-46-E-83
Author(s):  
Alessandro D’Alfonso
Keyword(s):  
European Commission ◽  
National Income ◽  
Legal Framework ◽  
High Level Group ◽  
Ongoing Work ◽  
Depth Analysis ◽  
High Level ◽  
Level Group ◽  
Research Service ◽  
The Eu

Abstract This paper provides a general overview of the EU’s own resources system, and of the debate on its possible reform within the current legal framework. Two alternative reforms are discussed, along with their possible advantages and drawbacks: 1) a simplified system based only on a resource related to gross national income; and 2) the introduction of new genuine own resources and the possible elimination of some current own resources. The second option, which has long been called for by the European Parliament, is explored in further detail, with an overview of the potential candidates for new own resources analysed by the European Commission prior to its 2011 reform proposal. The current outlook for a possible reform focuses on the ongoing work of the high-level group on own resources chaired by Professor Mario Monti, presenting the main obstacles to change and possible ways forward. This paper updates the author’s in-depth analysis How the EU budget is financed: The “own resources” system and the debate on its reform (European Parliamentary Research Service, Brussels).

scholarly journals Germany

2020 ◽  
pp. 55-71
Author(s):  
Nina Amelung ◽  
Rafaela Granja ◽  
Helena Machado
Keyword(s):  
European Commission ◽  
Data Exchange ◽  
Legal Framework ◽  
Member States ◽  
Dna Database ◽  
String Pulling ◽  
The Creation ◽  
German Situation ◽  
The Eu

Abstract Germany’s DNA database was established in 1998 and grew into one of the mid-sized databases in the EU. Under the leadership of its Minister of the Interior, Germany was among the countries that drove the creation of the Prüm system and was among the first signatories of the Prüm Treaty in 2005. The 2007 German Presidency of the EU, along with the European Commission, also pushed for the integration of the Convention of Prüm into an EU legal framework. In terms of bordering practices, the German situation serves to illustrate an expansive and diffusive mode of debordering. This expansiveness is documented by the country’s early involvement and comprehensive establishment of data exchange with most of the countries in the system; this diffusive character is illustrated by the string-pulling practices employed by Germany, and some other Member States’ governments, to influence transnational police collaboration in the EU.

EU regulation of genetically modified organisms: Food and feed, traceability and labelling

10.5912/jcb4 ◽  
1969 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Geraldine Schofield
Keyword(s):  
European Commission ◽  
Food Chain ◽  
Genetically Modified Organisms ◽  
Animal Feed ◽  
Genetically Modified ◽  
Gm Crops ◽  
Eu Regulation ◽  
Food And Feed ◽  
The Eu

The European Commission has proposed two new regulations to deal with the labelling and traceability of genetically modified organisms (GMOs). These deal with both food and animal feed. The intention is to provide information to the consumer, to ensure transparency of GM ingredients in the food chain and to encourage the unblocking of an (unofficial) moratorium on GM crops. This paper describes where the proposals are in the EU system, the issues and the problems industry will face if they are implemented in their present format.

scholarly journals Much Ado About (Scotland in) Europe

2014 ◽  
Vol 23 (3) ◽  
pp. 369-380 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel Kenealy
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
European Commission ◽  
Legal Framework ◽  
The Other ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Official Position ◽  
Two Sides ◽  
The Eu ◽  
The Way

The issue of an independent Scotland's relationship with the European Union (EU) has been one of the most contentious and recurring issues of the referendum campaign. Discussion, to date, has been characterised by competing assertions from the two sides of the campaign. There has been little in the way of reasoned debate and consideration of the issue. Instead it has become grist to the mill of two campaign meta-narratives, one concerning the uncertainty inherent in a ‘Yes’ vote and the other concerning the continuity and stability that Scotland would enjoy following a ‘Yes’ vote. In this essay I will problematise the official position set out by the European Commission, clarify some of the outstanding issues, and raise questions about the proposed timescale for securing an independent Scotland's continuing membership of the EU. I argue that it would be in the interests of all parties, in the event of a ‘Yes’ vote, to avoid a scenario in which Scotland found itself outside of the EU and its legal framework for any period of time.

scholarly journals From the European Stability Mechanism to the European Monetary Fund: There and Back Again

2020 ◽  
Vol 21 (4) ◽  
pp. 674-685
Author(s):  
Mauro Megliani
Keyword(s):  
European Commission ◽  
Legal Framework ◽  
The Body ◽  
European Council ◽  
European Monetary ◽  
Transfer Of Functions ◽  
European Stability Mechanism ◽  
European Monetary Fund ◽  
The Eu

AbstractIn December 2018, the Euro Summit endorsed the Term Sheet on the European Stability Mechanism (ESM) reform prepared by the Eurogroup. In this context, the Euro Summit did not acknowledge the proposal of the European Commission to transform the ESM into the European Monetary Fund (EMF), but simply gave the Eurogroup a mandate to draft the relevant amendments to the ESM Treaty and submit them to the European Council of June 2019. Nonetheless, the justifications for the incorporation of the ESM into the body of the European Treaties continue to be valid and may come back into play. In this respect, it is worth highlighting two flaws that have emerged in the proposed transformation of the ESM into the EMF. First, the ESM Treaty does not contain any rule about extinction and transfer of functions. Second, the Commission’s proposal did not clarify what status the EMF would have enjoyed in the EU legal framework.

scholarly journals Corporate Mobility – The Involvement of Employees

2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 74-105
Author(s):  
Joti Roest
Keyword(s):  
European Commission ◽  
Employee Participation ◽  
Legal Framework ◽  
Negotiation Process ◽  
Employee Representation ◽  
Cross Border ◽  
Political Compromise ◽  
Board Level ◽  
Corporate Mobility ◽  
The Eu

In April 2018, the European Commission presented a proposal for a Directive amending Directive 2017/1132 as regards cross-border conversions, mergers and divisions. This article discusses the proposed provisions to protect the interests of employees in a cross-border operation. Their position would be strengthened since employee representatives are granted information and consultation rights. As to the protection of existing board level employee representation rights, the Proposal follows the EU legal framework on the involvement of employees, consisting of a negotiation process between representatives of the employees and the management. As Standard Rules apply if no agreement can be reached, negotiations take place with the law as a sentinel. Practice has shown that this complicated legal framework is effective in protecting existing employee participation rights. The Proposal shows that in 2019, this carefully vetted political compromise leaves EU legislators little room to manoeuvre by simplifying the framework or strengthening the position of employees.

scholarly journals Wpływ traktatu lizbońskiego na europejskie partie polityczne

Politeja ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 15 (54) ◽  
pp. 93-105
Author(s):  
Beata Kosowska‑Gąstoł
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
European Commission ◽  
Legal Framework ◽  
Lisbon Treaty ◽  
Decision Making Process ◽  
Direct Influence ◽  
The Third ◽  
Indirect Impact ◽  
Specific Interpretation ◽  
The Eu

Impact of the Lisbon Treaty on European Political PartiesThe subject of the article is to analyze the relevant provisions of the Lisbon Treaty in order to show the changes they have introduced for Europarties. The main thesis of the article is that even if the direct influence of the said Treaty on Europarties was negligible, its indirect impact could be significantly greater. The article has been divided into three parts. The first recalled the genesis of the Europarties and outlined the legal framework for their activities until the entry into force of the Treaty of Lisbon. In the second one – the provisions of the Treaty directly devoted to the Europarties were analyzed. The third part depicted the areas in which – by adopting a specific interpretation of the Treaty provisions – the Europarties may try to exert an indirect influence on the EU decision‑making process, especially a new way of selecting the President of the European Commission.

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