39 Amendments of Eric ANDRIEU related to 2017/2116(INI)
Amendment 13 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas Parliament has on a number of occasions spoken about proteins and the need for a European protein plan, but whereas its initiatives have not led to real effects likely to change Europe’s dependence on others for its supply of vegetable proteins;
Amendment 28 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. having regard to the importance in human food of proteins, which, like energy, are an essential component of our food and can be provided in plant or animal form;
Amendment 29 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C b (new)
Recital C b (new)
Cb. encourages, therefore, good practices such as the Danube Soya Initiative, making non-GMO soya largely traceable, and the development of organic protein crops;
Amendment 36 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas proteins are at the core of the challenges of food safety, environmental protection and, global warming and renewable energy; whereas they are essential to life and are present in all foods consumed by both humans and animals;
Amendment 38 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Amendment 47 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas in recent years China has become the world’s largest importer of soya and has launched a genuine security of supply strategy for itself which could threaten our own supplies tomorrow, located outside traditional market mechanisms and based on direct control of the production of the world’s largest soya supplier – Brazil – by investing massively there, at the expense of the environment, in production and in the processing (crushing) and port transport infrastructure; this internationalisation strategy on the part of the Chinese agri-food industry could tomorrow threaten the soya supplies of the EU, which is also a major customer of Brazil;
Amendment 53 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
Ea. whereas the majority of soya imported into the EU comes from genetically modified crops, and whereas European consumers distrust this technology;
Amendment 54 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
Ea. whereas the growing demand for soya worldwide leads to increased competition for agricultural land, which will have new migratory pressure and refugee movements as a potential consequence;
Amendment 59 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas the development of agriculture in the past 50 years has given rise to the large-scale long-distance transport of raw materials for the production of vegetable and meat proteins which is now causing problems foro meet our food needs, European agriculture has undergone a transformation, particularly under the influence of the CAP, it has intensified, agricultural produce and raw material markets have opened up and farms have specialised, giving rise to large movements of inputs over long distances for the production of proteins, whether nitrogen crop fertilisers or protein-rich raw materials for feeding livestock, with the impact we know this is having on the environment and the climate;
Amendment 63 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas the development of agricultureto an export oriented agricultural model in the European Union in the past 50 years has given rise to the large-scale long-distance transport of raw materials for the production of vegetable and meat proteins which is now causing problems for the environment and the climate;
Amendment 72 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas the nitrogen needed to feed plants and manufacture vegetable proteins is today mainly provided by synthetic nitrogenous fertilisers, which are costly to produce and generate pollution of both water and air; whereas, in these circumstances, the question of proteins needs to be rethought, from production right through to consumption, in terms of productive and environmental performance, based on a more satisfactory management of the nitrogen cycle;
Amendment 74 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)
Recital G a (new)
Ga. whereas the question of proteins calls for a thorough revision of the sustainability of our agricultural and food systems;
Amendment 104 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital K
Recital K
K. whereas the 1992 Blair House Agreement on proteins is now obsolete and no longer reflects present-day realities; whereas it should not, therefore, constitute an obstacle to the implementation of an ambitious protein plan;
Amendment 109 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital K a (new)
Recital K a (new)
Ka. whereas the cost of soya has roughly doubled in real-terms since 2007;
Amendment 129 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls for the establishment of a European platform making it possible to: identify protein cultivation areas by crop category and location; create technical references that are accessible to all farmers; ascertain European protein production capacities; and catalogue all the in order to facilitate marketing; and catalogue all the public- and private-sector research carried out into proteins;
Amendment 130 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls for the establishment of a European platform making it possible to: identify European protein cultivation areas by crop category and location; create technical references that are accessible to all farmers; ascertain European protein production capacities; and catalogue all the research carried out into proteins;
Amendment 136 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Recommends focusing on all protein resources, including processed proteins, and thus on crops used both in human food and in farm animal feed;
Amendment 140 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Recognises that soybean production can also have negative social impacts in the producing countries, as for instance in Brazil, especially because many of them do have no or only weak formal land tenure rights;
Amendment 143 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Acknowledges that soya production in South America resulted in multiple ecological problems such as contamination with pesticides, soil erosion and water depletion;
Amendment 148 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Takes the view that this plan must maxoptimisze the biomass production of all usable agricultural areas sustainably by developing permanent plant cover, some of which can be devoted to protein supply;
Amendment 153 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Underlines the importance of reducing the competitive disadvantages of European protein plants through the heightening of their yield potential through improved breeding, guidance on cultivation and a better commercialisation;
Amendment 158 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Considers it necessary to look in particular at the potential of leguminous crops, whether grain or forage legumes, as this family of plants presents many agriculturalonomic, economic and environmental benefits (being the only one to fix nitrogen from the air), the key advantages of those crops being that they fix nitrogen from the air by means of a symbiotic system, which obviates the need to use synthetic nitrogenous fertilisers, and require very little pesticide use;
Amendment 168 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Recommends supporting the cultivation of GMO-free soya, new varieties of which are currently opening up fresh possibilities for some regions where the crop can adapt, but notes that this should not overshadow interest in other grain protein crops (lupins, faba beans, peas, chickpeas, etc.), this wide variety making it possible to maximise protein production in all regions in Europe, depending on pedoclimatic conditions there;
Amendment 188 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Considers it advisable to develop regional protein production and processing chains by establishing groups of farmers and by creating closer links between cereal farmers and livestock farmers (supply and exchange contracts), and deems it useful, to that end, to assist risk- taking by operators entering small supply chains for protein-based food and feed;
Amendment 205 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Considers it worthwhile to diversify production of vegetable-protein- based food intended for human consumption that has health-related nutritional value;
Amendment 210 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
Amendment 216 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Underlines the need to focus on regional nutrient cycles in order to limit protein tourism as well as climate- damaging transport of protein plants;
Amendment 234 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Considers that research must make protein crops economically attractive again, since they may suffer by comparison with the margins obtainable from other crops, and that it is important to secure yields in order to consolidate protein production over time and ensure that volume is sufficient, this being essential for structuring production and distribution chains;
Amendment 247 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Intends to promote: the acquisition of new knowledge; knowledge transfer; basic and continued training; and support for all other types of applied innovation and research into both human food and animal feed;
Amendment 253 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Calls for support to be given to all forms of innovation and applied research by pooling experience and knowledge and by drawing in particular on local stakeholders offering innovative solutions;
Amendment 255 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Calls for sustainability criteria for feed imports in order to ensure a sustainable production of protein plants in third countries which does not lead to negative environmental or social impacts;
Amendment 259 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 b (new)
Paragraph 16 b (new)
16b. Regards it as essential to step up technical support for farmers and advisory services with a view to promoting the sustainable production of grain and forage protein;
Amendment 280 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18a. Considers that the fact that many Member States have made use of the voluntary coupled payments scheme with a view to protein crop cultivation shows that that is currently the most appropriate CAP instrument for supporting protein production; points out that it could be extended if it were better suited to protein production, since it may be used at present only as part of arrangements to maintain production where it is vulnerable or endangered; states that it should therefore be made more flexible;
Amendment 284 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18a. Considers it important to support a domestic, sustainable production of protein plants, permanent pastures for grazing as well as land-based livestock farming;
Amendment 285 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 b (new)
Paragraph 18 b (new)
18b. Recommends an adjustment to greening arrangements in connection with maintaining permanent grassland in order to take account more effectively, in particular regions, of the specific characteristics of alfalfa, either alone or in grass mixes, on temporary grassland that is more than five years old, that time span limit meaning that the grassland concerned will be classified as permanent, as defined in law, thus restricting ploughing up after the five-year period, even though replanting would enable a large volume of feed protein to be produced with greater protein autonomy for the holdings concerned;
Amendment 288 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 c (new)
Paragraph 18 c (new)
18c. Takes the view that as part of the process of making use of all usable agricultural areas, provided for under the vegetable protein autonomy plan, ecological focus areas can be used for protein production both within conventional farming, with an integrated protection scheme, and within organic farming, but only to a marginal extent, given that, in order to replace soya imports into the EU, the equivalent of nearly 17 million hectares would have to be under soya in the EU; considers that ecological focus areas are furthermore essential for boosting biodiversity, which is under threat, and for our food security, since, in particular by improving pollination, biodiversity can increase yields by some 20% from neighbouring crops, which may be protein crops;
Amendment 306 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Calls for research efforts, particularly for public research, to be stepped up into under-developed protein crops, suitable for both human food and animal feed, which are of little or no interest to private investors;
Amendment 309 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20a. Recommends increased investment in industrial and agricultural research projects that focus on boosting the quality and diversity of functional proteins for human consumption;
Amendment 323 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Takes the view that it is necessary to secure our soya supplies by cooperating more closely with our neighbourhood, in particularand to diversify the sourcing of non-EU- produced protein, in particular involving cooperation with Ukraine, which has opted for Europe and which produces soya that could be brought into the EU via the Danube; calls for those imports to meet the same social and environmental standards as apply to intra-EU production;