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Toets aantekeningen

WEEK 1

• Law
• Why is the eu there, never war again. History and structure.
• Eu law and institutions.
• Commission can get member states for court of justice. The commission can sue them.. Initianator of law and monitoring if it is correctly . and the executive. Legistlator adopts the law, and carry out the laws and then control. The comitology is the decision making process→ executive. The commission has decision making power they can authorize a health or nutrion or gmo this with comitology.
• The common law has the UK. More judge made law. And here in NL we have more civil law, written codes, checked upon by the court. EU is more civil law.
• Bse case precautionary principle.

WEEK 2

• Origins of EU involvement of foods
• Before bse crisis; german beer rheinheisdgebod and alcohol in france. Proportinonary principle. Labelling is good solution.
• Legal basis is 114 TFEU. Gives the EU the power to legislate.
• Important of science. Transparance science based deciosion making
• Efsa→ important role in food regulation

WEEK 3

• Labelling regulation 1169/2011
• 1924/2006 on health and nutrition.
• Comitology, delegated and implemented acts

WEEK 4

• Food issues in the wto ; wto rules and dispute settlement
• Sps agreement; science really important. You can protect your law as wto but has to be science based.
• Trade vs non trade

WEEK 5

• Novel food regulation
• Eu regulation 58/97
• Prior authorisation vs notification
• Animal cloning/nanotech
• Food from third countries
• Revision of eu rules.

Week 6

• Precautionary principle
• Uncertain risk . if there is scientific uncertainty the PP applies
• EU commission communication and case law. After bse case. Bse case 180/69 uk challenged ban on export and court of justice gave definition. Safeguard clause is expression of PP . can also be autroization mechanism. First PP before put on market.
• Differences between sps and general food law. Art 5,7. If you don’t have sufficient scientific evidence is SPS agreement and PP is about uncertainty.
• GENeral food law art 7
• Wto or treaty difference is with who you have a conflict

WEEK 7

• Gmo legal issues
• Gmf regulation 1829/2003
• Drd 2001/18
• Autorizathion procedures for gmo
• Safeguard measures and emergency measures
• Codex alimentarius. Makes important food standards. SPS agreement refers to this standards. Legally binding but there is a reference in the SPS. But actually not binding force.