Cloning of animals kept and reproduced for farming purposes
In 2013 the European Commission proposed a directive according to which Member States would temporarily ban the use of the technique of cloning in mammals used for farming purposes. The EP is now set to adopt its first reading position on the dossier, based on a report drawn up jointly by the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development (AGRI) and the Committee on Environment, Public Health and Food Safety (ENVI). Supporting such a ban, albeit through a regulation rather than a directive, the two Committees envisage extending it to all animal species used for farming purposes. The report also proposes to prohibit imports of any products, notably food, derived from cloned animals and their descendants. Possible restrictions on imports of cloned-animal-derived food in the EU are the subject of a parallel proposal by the Commission for a Council directive.
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- actividad agropecuaria
- AGRICULTURA, SILVICULTURA Y PESCA
- animal transgénico
- autorización de venta
- comercialización
- comercio internacional
- cría de ganado
- Derecho de la Unión Europea
- elaboración del Derecho de la UE
- importación (UE)
- intercambios económicos
- INTERCAMBIOS ECONÓMICOS Y COMERCIALES
- legislación veterinaria
- política agraria
- producción animal
- PRODUCCIÓN, TECNOLOGÍA E INVESTIGACIÓN
- producto de origen animal
- productos de origen animal
- restricción de las importaciones
- SECTOR AGROALIMENTARIO
- tecnología y reglamentación técnica
- UNIÓN EUROPEA