14 Amendments of Balázs HIDVÉGHI related to 2020/2260(INI)
Amendment 487 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the farm to fork strategy as an important step in ensuring a sustainable, fair and resilient food system, which is central to achieving the goals set out in the European Green Deal and in the SDGs; emphasises the inextricable links between healthy people, healthy societies and a healthy planet, encourages the Commission to translate the strategy into concrete legislative and non-legislative action as soon as possible; stresses that, in accordance with the rules of Union decision-making mechanisms, additional agricultural objectives of the farm to fork strategy shall not hinder ongoing legislative interinstitutional negotiations of the Common Agricultural Policy;
Amendment 704 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
Amendment 920 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Emphasises the importance of recognising the significant impact of agriculture and especially animal production onat agriculture is essential for humankind; stresses that agriculture and forestry plays a crucial role in addressing climate change adaptation and mitigation; underlines that greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and land use; stresses thin agriculture have nbeed to enhance natural carbon sinks and reduce agricultural emissions of carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide, in particular inn significantly reduced; notes however that these emissions are linked to natural processes; highlights the fneed and livestock sectors; calls forto enhance natural carbon sinks; stresses that any regulatory measures and targets to ensure progressive reductions in all GHG emissions related to GHG emissions in agriculture must bear in mind these sectors three pillars of sustainability;
Amendment 1024 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Points out that extensive and permanent grassland-based or organic animal husbandry, even extensive freshwater aquaculture, is a feature of the European food system and a defining element of many traditional rural communities, and that it has multiple positive effects for the environment and against climate change, and contributes to a circular economy;
Amendment 1096 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Welcomes the notion of rewarding carbon sequestration in soils; stresses, however, that intensive and industrial agriculture and farming models with negative impacts on biodiversity should not receive climate funding or be incentivised; calls for the proposals to be in line with the environmental objectives and the ‘do no harm’ principle of the Green Deal;
Amendment 1160 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Underlines the importance of seed security and diversity, notably of promoting EU-grown plant proteins to deliver locally sourced food and feed stuffs with high nutritional value while granting farmers access to quality seeds for plant varieties adapted to the pressures of climate change, including traditional and locally-adapted varieties, while ensuring access to innovative plant breeding and taking into account the precautionary principle, also ensuring the safety of these techniques and products thereof to humans, animals and the environment, in order to contribute to healthy seeds and protect plants against harmful pests and diseases; raises awareness of the potential negative effects of concentration and monopolisation in the seed sector;
Amendment 1308 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Recalls that the European food system delivers a sufficient and varied supply of safe, nutritious, affordable and sustainable food to people considering their living standards and traditional cuisine at all times and underlines that increasing the economic, environmental and social sustainability of food producers will ultimately increase their resilience; encourages the Commission to consider the food supply chain and its workers as a strategic asset for the safety and well-being of all Europeans;
Amendment 1339 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Underlines that robust and reliable legal frameworks for the fisheries and aquaculture sector should provide the basis for better protection measures with subsequent increases in fish populations and more clarity regarding the use of space and licenses in aquaculture, allowing for greater predictability for investments; stresses the importance of marine and freshwater aquaculture in the sustainable food production; stresses that good traceability mechanisms and high sustainability standards for all products sold on EU markets are essential to ensure transparency for consumers, the sector and the different administrations, and to achieve the targets of the Green Deal and the SDGs;
Amendment 1548 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Urges the review of the EU promotion programme for agricultural and food products, including the EU school scheme, with a view to enhancing its contribution to sustainable production and consumption, notably by focusing on educational messages about the importance of healthy nutrition and promoting greater consumption of fruit and vegetablesa more balanced diet with the aim of reducing obesity rates; stresses that this policy shall ensure promotion opportunities for all agricultural products.
Amendment 1661 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Calls for measures to reduce the burden that highly processed foods with high salt, sugar and fat content place on public health; regrets that the introduction of nutrient profiles is greatly delayed and stresses that a robust set of nutrient profiles must be developed to restrict or prohibitstresses the importance of nutrient profiles which aim is to avoid the use of false nutritional claims on foods high in fats, sugars and/or salt; calls for a mandatoryn EU-wide front-of- pack nutrition labelling system based on independent science bearing in mind the specificities of product groups; emphasises that the implementation of any further information to be provided to the consumer must be accompanied by appropriately funded awareness raising campaigns in order to achieve their goals;
Amendment 1684 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Highlights that the origin indications must be clear and transparent; recalls that the rules of origin labelling of honey blends must be updated 1a; underlines that this is needed to support the work of European beekeepers whose role in the enhancement of biodiversity and securing food security is of utmost importance; therefore calls on the Commission to open the Directive on honey (2001/110/EC) in order to prevent misleading consumers and establish fair marketing practices; _________________ 1aProspects and challenges for the EU apiculture sector, (European Parliament resolution of 1 March 2018 on prospects and challenges for the EU apiculture sector (2017/2115(INI))
Amendment 1780 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Welcomes the fact that the strategy rightly recognises the role and influence of the food environment in shaping consumption patterns and the need to make it easier for consumers to choose healthy and sustainable dietsy produced food; reiterates the importance of promoting sustainable healthy diets by raising consumer awareness of the impacts of consumption patterns and providing information on diets that are better for human health and have a lower environmental footprint; stresses however that these diets must be acceptable from social and cultural point of view and from economic point of view accessible for the consumers; underlines that food prices must send the right signal to consumers; welcomes, therefore, the strategy’s objective that the healthy and sustainable choice should become the most affordable one;
Amendment 1926 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Considers that the further development of plant protein production and alternative sources of protein in the EU is a way of effectively addressing many of the environmental and climate challenges that EU agriculture is facing, as well as preventing deforestation in countries outside the EU; calls on the Commission to build upon the report on "The development of plant proteins in the European Union" and to work on an EU action plan on proteins based on a wide approach and building coherence between the different EU policies;
Amendment 2189 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Recalls the global responsibility of European food systems and their key role in setting global standards for food safety, environmental protection and animal welfare; calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure that all food and feed products imported to the EU fully meet relevant EU regulations and standards and to provide development assistance to support primary producers from developing countries in meeting those standards; welcomes the Commission’s intention to take the environmental impacts of requested import tolerances into accounthighlights that joint action taken by local communities and development actors with competence in agriculture must be based on the rural traditions taking into account the existing ownership relations and the local agricultural needs; notes that the development of local production, distribution networks ensure local consumption, short food supply chains and increase environmental resilience; welcomes the Commission’s intention to take the environmental impacts of requested import tolerances into account; calls on the Commission that in order to avoid outsourcing the environmental footprint to third countries a thorough ex- ante impact assessment is needed; notes that the objectives of the farm to fork strategy are endangering food security in Europe in their current form;