The Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety adopted the report by Adina-Ioana VĂLEAN (EPP, RO) on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Directive 92/66/EEC introducing Community measures for the control of Newcastle disease.
The committee recommended that the European Parliament’s position adopted at first reading under the ordinary legislative procedure should amend the Commission proposal to make it clear that the Directive should enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
Members considered that this amendment is necessary in order for the Commission to designate a new European Union reference laboratory for Newcastle disease within the tight deadlines related to BREXIT.