Activities of Mark DEMESMAEKER related to 2013/0141(COD)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on protective measures against pests of plants
Amendments (14)
Amendment 69 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4 a (new)
Recital 4 a (new)
(4a) It is widely accepted that crop rotation is a highly effective measure to prevent establishment of pests in the soil and vegetation;
Amendment 70 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4 b (new)
Recital 4 b (new)
(4b) It is widely accepted that pests are attracted to and become established preferentially in monocultures and continuous cropping. Therefore diversification of crops and indeed rotation of crops on the same parcel from year to year decreases susceptibility to pest establishment and population increase.
Amendment 75 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 26
Recital 26
(26) Those prohibitions or requirements should neither apply to small quantities of plants, plant products and other objects, other than plants for planting, for non- commercial and non-professional purposes nor to the introduction into and movement within frontier zones of plants, plant products and other objects. Nor should they apply to the introduction into and movement within the Union territory of plants, plant products and other objects for scientific purposes, trials, varietal selection, breeding and exhibitions. Proper safeguards should be set and information should be provided to those concerned.
Amendment 79 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 47
Recital 47
(47) Certain authorised operators may desire to establish a phytosanitary risk management plan, ensuring and demonstrating a high level of competence and awareness as regards phytosanitary risks as regards critical points in their professional activities and justifying special control arrangements with the competent authorities. Union rules should be established concerning the contents of those plans.
Amendment 80 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 63 a (new)
Recital 63 a (new)
(63a) In order to ensure balanced and proportionate application of phytosanitary risks, the Commission should be empowered pursuant to Article 290 TFEU to define actions with regard to regulations for the identification of small producers producing exclusively for the local market, for whom no plant passport is required.
Amendment 82 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 77
Recital 77
(77) For small and medium enterprises, this Regulation does not create disproportionate administrative burden or economic impact. Under this Regulation, based on consultation with stakeholders, the special situation of small and medium enterprises has been taken into account where possible. A potential universal exemption for micro-enterprises, which make up the majority of companies, has not been considered, in view of the public policy objective(s) to protect plant health. A universal exemption for micro-enterprises with strictly local trade must however be considered in order to ensure proportionate application.
Amendment 101 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 4
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 4
Amendment 102 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 6 – point b
Article 8 – paragraph 6 – point b
Amendment 108 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 3
Article 15 – paragraph 3
3. The competent authority shall, where appropriate, ensure that the professional operator concerned recalls from the market the plants, plant products and other objects in which the pest may be present and, where the plants, plant products and other objects may have reached the final user, to recall them from those final users or take other measures to ensure that the pest cannot spread further.
Amendment 115 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 1
Article 24 – paragraph 1
1. Each Member State shall draw up and keep up to densure thate, for each priority pest which is capable of entering into and establishing in its territory, or a part thereof, a separate planplan is available containing information concerning the decision making processes, procedures and protocols to be followed, and resources to be made available, in case of a confirmed or suspected presence of the pest concerned, hereinafter ‘the contingency plan’.
Amendment 117 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 25 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Those exercises shall take place with regards to all priority pests concernedfor each contingency plan within a reasonable period of time.
Amendment 158 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 76 a (new)
Article 76 a (new)
Article 76a Exemption for local trade No plant passport shall be required for plants, plant products and other material which is produced and sold purely locally. The Commission shall be empowered pursuant to Article 98 to adopt delegated acts to define purely local trade.
Amendment 172 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 102 – paragraph 4 – point c a (new)
Article 102 – paragraph 4 – point c a (new)
(ca) The following subparagraph is added: operators shall only be compensated if they have first applied obligatory preventative measures under greening and cross compliance rules, secondly used authorised pesticides, and thirdly have fulfilled the requirements of annex III of Directive 2009/128/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 October 200931h establishing a framework for Community action to achieve the sustainable use of pesticides in following the hierarchy of use of applying physical measures and non-chemical measures first before resorting to authorised pesticides. __________________ 31h OJ L 309, 24.11.2009, p.71
Amendment 177 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 4 – section 2 – paragraph 1 – point 6 a (new)
Annex 4 – section 2 – paragraph 1 – point 6 a (new)
(6a) The environment and health Measures to control the risk of a pest must always take into account health and environmental policies which are of a high standard. The use of pesticides, inter alia, must be limited in so far as possible, and where possible, alternative pest control methods must be used.