27 Amendments of Janusz WOJCIECHOWSKI related to 2006/2059(INI)
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the development and use of agricultural biotechnology offers an opportunity to develop both economically and environmentally susbiotechnology is applied in four major sectors: medical (production of drugs, gene therapy and genetic testing), industrial (production of chemicals, enzyme use, production of biological weapons, manufacturing of organic products), environmental (cleaning up contaminable farming and food productionted sites) and agriculture (Marker Assisted Selection and genetic engineering),
Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas biotechnology is often used to refer to genetic engineering, which represents only a minor part of the various biotechnology applications,
Amendment 22 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas developments in biotechnologies might have the potential to yield many benefits for agriculture, such as increased yields, better product quality, reduced use of chemical fertilisers, herbicides, pesticides and fossil fuels and reduced soil erosion and pollution,
Amendment 23 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Amendment 28 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas advances made in biotechnology may have the potential to create new openings for agriculture and sylviculture and to contribute to the better use of all biomass from renewable sources; and whereas these innovations concern the fields of green chemistry, food and health,
Amendment 32 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas the mid-term review shows that little progress has been made towards achieving the goals set out in “Life Sciences and Biotechnology — A strategy for Europe”,
Amendment 33 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
Ea. whereas the right to food implies the availability of food in a quantity and quality sufficient to satisfy the dietary needs of individuals, free from adverse substances, and acceptable within a given culture, according to paragraph 8 of General Comment 12 of the UN Economic and Social Committee (ECOSOC) of 12 May 1999 on the right to adequate food (Art. 11) in its series entitled "Substantive issues arising in the implementation of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights" ( file number E/C.12/1999/5),
Amendment 45 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas the use of new technologies, for example in new crops for medicinal or other non-food purposes, may offers new production opportunities, particularly in sectors where conventional production has ceased to be economically profitable, whereas, however, such opportunities must be subject to particularly firm rules and strict control systems,
Amendment 54 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
H. whereas genetically modified products for use in agriculture necessarily have to pass very pass a stringent assessment whereas the existringent assessments and the present authorisation process is slow and bureaucratic legal requirements need to be better implemented, especially as regards assessment of the long-term effects of genetically modified organisms on health and the environment,
Amendment 59 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
Amendment 63 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital J
Recital J
Amendment 70 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital K
Recital K
K. whereas 114 million hectares of genetically modified crops were grown worldwide in 2007 and this hectarage is very likely to be substantially increased in the following years, while the area under genetically modified cultivation in the EU is comparatively lowrepresent only 2.6% of crops grown on agricultural land in the world, of which 50% is grown in one country alone - the US - and 70% is grown in three countries alone– the US, Argentina and Brazil, whereas the surface area under cultivation in the EU decreased between 2007 and 2008,
Amendment 79 #
Motion for a resolution
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Amendment 84 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Encourages efforts to develop biotechnologies in the EU as one way of making agriculture viable and capable of providing a living, and takes the view that these biotechnologies facilitate the development of sustainable methods of production, increased yield, higher quality and more diverse products with reduced use of fertilisers and rational use of water; underlines the need for conventional and organic agriculture to remain successful on their markets;
Amendment 92 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Considers it important to acknowledge that biotechnology could present real opportunities in various fields; believes that, beyond the traditional agricultural products of food, feed and fibre, entirely novel products willmight emerge;
Amendment 94 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
Amendment 102 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Emphasises the need to work towards ensuring that, in the near future, an increased variety of better and healthier food and feedstuffs could also be produced in less favoured areas, such as in restricted climate conditions, in dry or moist conditions and on harsh soil, and notes that the correct use of biotechnology could be an important factor in these developments;
Amendment 104 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Emphasises that, by increasing the diversity of crops and varieties in a single field, the necessary diversity and resilience to cope with rapid changes in weather conditions (e.g. droughts, floods, storms and heat waves) can be provided;
Amendment 106 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
Amendment 109 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Recognises the limited amount of biomass that can be sustainably produced; emphasises that biomass with the lowest possible level of greenhouse gas emissions should be used locally;
Amendment 120 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls on the Commission to put forward a proposal establishing workable and proportionatthe lowest possible labelling thresholds for the adventitious presence of EU-approved genetically modified seeds in conventional seeds; underlines that these thresholds must guarantee freedom of choice for producers and consumers of conventional, organic and genetically modified products alike;
Amendment 128 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Notes the Commission's recent2006 report on the implementation of national measures on the coexistence of genetically modified crops with conventional and organic farming and urges better harmonisation of rules and conditions within the EU; emphasises the importance of the right of farmers to choose between traditional, organic and genetically modified organism production and, therefore, the need to establish clear, uniform and transparent coexistence measures that enable farmers to coexist with neighbours using different farming methods;
Amendment 141 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Asks for clarificationStresses the importance of establishing strict rules concerning liability for damages incurred in the growing and using of biotechnological products with regard to: who is liable, what can be claimed and under what circumstances a claim can be made;
Amendment 145 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Calls on the Commission and Member States to promote research and development in the field of biotechnology as well as on sustainable agricultural practices, be they traditional or modern, other crop methods and agricultural product quality by increasing funds for work and further enhancing cooperation and coordination between public sector research and companies at European, national and regional level;
Amendment 150 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Stresses that the existence of independent publicly funded research must be guaranteed for all farming models equally and R&D activity in small biotechnology undertakings and plant- technology centres must be supported in order to maintain maximum competitiveness at the various levels of the food production chain;
Amendment 154 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
Amendment 165 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Also suspectStresses that thesre may be contributing tois a strong concentration of research, inventions and intellectual property rights among a few large global players, thus causing their influence and power to increase to the detriment of smaller companies, and causing countries and people to become more dependent on them;