Commissioner Kyprianou welcomes Parliament vote to amend EU rules on BSE

IP/06/648
Brussels, 17 May 2006

Markos Kyprianou, European Commissioner for Health and Consumer Protection, today welcomed the European Parliament's vote to amend the TSE[1] Regulation, paving the way for First Reading Agreement on this dossier. The amendments to the Regulation will provide the Commission with a legal framework to propose changes to certain BSE measures, as outlined in the TSE Roadmap published last July (see MEMO/05/263). The text backed by Parliament today will 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 is now expected to be endorsed by Council and enter into effect before the summer break. The Commission plans to put forward the first proposals to change certain BSE-related rules before the end of 2006.

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