Date: 2022-01-28Category: Not ApplicableState: Union GovernmentCountry: Europe
Commission Decision (EU) 2022/119 of 26 January 2022 repealing Decision 2004/613/EC concerning the creation of an advisory group on the food chain and animal and plant health
Issued by European Commission
· Directorate-General for Health and Food Safety
**Summary:**
Commission Decision (EU) 2022/119, enacted on January 26, 2022, repeals Commission Decision 2004/613/EC, which established the advisory group on the food chain and animal and plant health. The repeal is motivated by the adoption of the Farm to Fork Strategy on May 20, 2020, which necessitates broader stakeholder consultation across areas including health, nutrition, marketing, environment, climate, sustainable agriculture, agronomy, fisheries, aquaculture, social sciences, digital transformation, and finance. The existing advisory group's expertise, as defined in Decision 2004/613/EC, is deemed insufficient to address the expanded scope of the Farm to Fork Strategy. A new informal expert group with enlarged membership and tasks will be established to ensure comprehensive expert participation in these policy areas. The decision takes effect on July 15, 2022, following the expiration of the current advisory group's mandate on July 14, 2022. The Decision was published in the Official Journal of the European Union L 19/71 on January 28, 2022.
Key Entities Referenced
European Union: A political and economic union of member states located primarily in Europe.
European Commission: The executive branch of the European Union responsible for proposing legislation, implementing decisions, upholding the EU treaties and managing the day-to-day business of the EU.
Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union: One of the primary treaties forming the constitutional basis of the European Union.
Commission Decision 2004/613/EC: A decision concerning the creation of an advisory group on the food chain and animal and plant health, which is being repealed by this new decision.
Farm to Fork Strategy: A comprehensive strategy adopted by the European Commission for a fair, healthy, and environmentally friendly food system.
Official Journal of the European Union: The official gazette of record for the European Union.
Brussels: The de facto capital city of the European Union, located in Belgium, where the decision was made.
Ursula VON DER LEYEN: The President of the European Commission.
28.1.2022 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 19/71
COMMISSION DECISION (EU) 2022/119
of 26 January 2022
repealing Decision 2004/613/EC concerning the creation of an advisory group on the food chain and
animal and plant health
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Decision 2004/613/EC(1) established the advisory group on the food chain and animal and plant
health. This group has been consulted by the Commission on its work programme on food and feed safety, food
and feed labelling and presentation, human nutrition in relation to food legislation, animal health and welfare, and
plant health as well as on any measure which the Commission had to take or propose in the above policy areas.
(2) On 20 May 2020, the Commission adopted the Farm to Fork Strategy for a fair, healthy and environmentally-
friendly food system(2).
(3) In the implementation of the Farm to Fork Strategy, consultations are to be made with stakeholders having expertise
in health, nutrition, marketing, environment, climate, sustainable agriculture, agronomy, fisheries, aquaculture and
social sciences areas, as well as digital transformation and finance areas pertaining to food systems.
(4) Hence, the issues relating to the implementation of the Farm to Fork Strategy go beyond the expertise of the group as
currently provided for in Decision 2004/613/EC. Therefore, to ensure an enlarged expert participation in those
policy areas, it is necessary to set up a new informal expert group with enlarged membership and tasks.
(5) In light of the above, it is necessary to repeal Decision 2004/613/EC.
(6) As the mandate of the members of the current advisory group expires on 14 July 2022, this Decision should apply
from the following day,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
Decision 2004/613/EC is repealed.
Article 2
This Decision shall enter into force on the twentieth day after that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European
Union.
It shall apply from 15 July 2022.
Done at Brussels, 26 January 2022.
For the Commission
The President
Ursula VON DER LEYEN
(1) Commission Decision 2004/613/EC of 6 August 2004 concerning the creation of an advisory group on the food chain and animal and
plant health (OJ L 275, 25.8.2004, p. 17).
(2) Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and
the Committee of the Regions – A Farm to Fork Strategy for a fair, healthy and environmentally-friendly food system (COM/2020/381
final).