Luis González Vaqué

European Food and Feed Law Review, Volume 9 (2014), Issue 4, Page 223 - 232

At the end of 2013 the European Commission adopted a “Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of The Council on the cloning of animals of the bovine, porcine, ovine, caprine and equine species kept and reproduced for farming purposes”.

Luis González Vaqué

European Food and Feed Law Review, Volume 9 (2014), Issue 5, Page 293 - 301

A Cause for Concern in the European Union’s Internal Market which Requires an Effective Harmonising Solution

Luis González Vaqué

European Food and Feed Law Review, Volume 9 (2014), Issue 1, Page 2 - 10

Consumer information is one of the most important and popular1 tools in consumer policy and protection, and will be for the foreseeable future. It is “important” because of its role in correcting imbalances in communication (whether of a commercial nature or not) and enabling consumers tomake transactional decisions based on their own preferences and needs. And it is “popular”2 because consumer information is usually seen as the least meddling kind of administrative requirement, even when mandatory.

Luis González Vaqué

European Food and Feed Law Review, Volume 9 (2014), Issue 3, Page 161 - 170

I. Introduction In mid-February of 2013 the European Commission proposed a new package of legislative and non-legislativemeasures to improve consumer product safety and to strengthenmarket surveillance of products in the EU.”1 These measures included the following: – Communication from the Commission on more product safety andbettermarket surveillance inthe Single Market for products [COM(2013) 74 final2]; – Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on consumer product safety and repealingCouncilDirective 87/357/EEC and Directive 2001/95/EC [COM(2013) 78 final3]; – Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on market surveillance of products and amending Council Directives 89/686/EEC and 93/15/EEC, and Directives 94/9/EC,

Luis González Vaqué

European Food and Feed Law Review, Volume 9 (2014), Issue 6, Page 258 - 271

« Amb nova falç comenceu a segar el blat madur i, amb ell, les males herbes »

Luis González Vaqué

European Food and Feed Law Review, Volume 8 (2013), Issue 3, Page 158 - 167

The European Parliament and the Council Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011 modifies existing food labelling provisions in the European Union to allow consumers to make informed choices and to make safe use of food, while at the same time ensure the free movement of legally produced and marketed food. It entered into force on 12 December 2011. It shall apply starting from 13 December 2014. Following an informal working practice, the Commission’s Health and Consumer Directorate General has published a document [“Questions and Answers on the application of Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011 on the provision of food information to consumers”] in order to provide answers to a series of questions concerning the application of the Regulation. This document aims at assisting all players in the food chain as well as the competent national authorities to better understand and correctly apply the above-mentioned Regulation. However, it has no formal legal status and in the event of a dispute, ultimate responsibility for the interpretation of the law lies with the Court of Justice of the European Union.

Luis González Vaqué

European Food and Feed Law Review, Volume 8 (2013), Issue 5, Page 308 - 320

There is no doubt that ensuring a high level of health for humans is a leading objective of the European Union (EU): This was set by the Treaty, has been declared unequivocally by the Community legislator and has been repeatedly confirmed by the Court of Justice of the EU (CJEU). In the last thirty years we have seen how EU legislation, which either directly or indirectly regulates food, has gradually increased, becoming a complex and heterogeneous system of regulations that are not always easy to identify and understand….

Luis González Vaqué, Sebastián Romero Melchor

European Food and Feed Law Review, Volume 7 (2012), Issue 6, Page 312 - 321

The Microban Judgment is a ground-breaking Judgment in the field of access to justice, which has attracted interest not only from food law specialists, but also from general EU law researchers. Whilst dealing with a technical Regulation on materials and articles intended to come into contact with food, this Judgment has addressed other more far reaching issues, as the meaning of regulatory acts. The legal criteria set out in the Microban Judgment for definition of regulatory act can be considered as settled case law, being recently confirmed by the General Court. The Microban Judgment adds to a long list of important case-law in the field of Community law on food and foodstuffs. We believe that this highlights the importance of the food sector in the EU.

Luis González Vaqué, Sebastián Romero Melchor

European Food and Feed Law Review, Volume 5 (2010), Issue 2, Page 7

High Noon: The Italians try to play solo the Health Claims game I. Introduction On November 27, 2009, the Italian Government notified a draft regulation on the use of substances other than vitamins and minerals in food supplements before the European Commission, pursuant to the procedure laid down in Article 19 of Directive 2000/13/EC1 on labelling, presentation and advertising of foodstuffs2. It seems timely and appropriate to devote this articl

Luis González Vaqué, Sebastián Romero Melchor

European Food and Feed Law Review, Volume 3 (2008), Issue 1, Page 5

Wine Labelling: Future Perspectives I. Introduction The Commission’s proposal nearly covers all the aspects of the pre-cited common market organisation (CMO). Nevertheless, in the present paper we exclusively refer to the measures that are foreseen in the said document related to the labelling and, in this field, we will also briefly analyse the references made to the designations of origin and geographical indications of wines [which is dealt with in