8 Amendments of Stanislav POLČÁK related to 2022/2104(DEC)
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Recalls that on 27 March 2021, the Transparency Regulation came into effect, necessitating considerable investment for the development of new processes, the review of EFSA’s organisation design, and the leveraging of its technology and information management capabilities. draws attention in this context to the importance of maximum possible transparency in strengthening trust in EU institutions; welcomes in this context the increase in the sustainability of EFSA's activities through the broader acquisition of resources from Member States and more coordinated communication;
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11 a. Welcomes the fact that, despite the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, which brought with it lockdowns and the need to work remotely in 2021, the vast majority of the planned scientific outputs have been produced in full or in almost full accordance with the original organisational plan;
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 11 b (new)
Paragraph 11 b (new)
11 b. Draws attention to persistent shortcomings in the area of animal welfare, particularly, but not limited to, the transport of live animals; welcomes, in this context, the initiation of work on a major series of animal welfare mandates concerning, in particular, animal transport, which will form the foundation of new legislation being drafted in this area;
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 11 c (new)
Paragraph 11 c (new)
11 c. Welcomes the fact that EFSA has published a scientific opinion on multiple stressors affecting honey bees, which provides an integrated framework for assessing the risks of pesticides in interaction with other stressors to honey bee colonies; points out that this opinion, requested by the European Parliament, increases knowledge in this crucial area for risk assessors and can be of major benefit to bee colonies and pollinators in general;
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 11 d (new)
Paragraph 11 d (new)
11 d. Welcomes the adoption of EFSA's new Strategy 2027, which builds on the rigorous environmental analysis carried out in 2019 and 2020 and sets out the strategic focus and ambition for the coming years in the context of EFSA's mandate and evolving EU priorities, in particular the European Green Deal and the Farm to Fork Strategy;
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 11 e (new)
Paragraph 11 e (new)
11 e. Highlights EFSA's work on African swine fever (ASF), both at the scientific level, with the completion of an opinion summarising the results and evaluation factors for defining a strategy to tackle the problem, and at the communication level, with a campaign to raise awareness of this deadly viral disease affecting domestic pigs and wild boar in new EU Member States;
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 11 f (new)
Paragraph 11 f (new)
11 f. Draws attention to the pressing problem of increasing antimicrobial resistance and welcomes, in this context, the fact that EFSA, in collaboration with the ECDC, has finalised the European Union Summary Report on Antimicrobial Resistance in zoonotic and indicator bacteria from humans, animals and food i n 2018/2019, which warns that a significant proportion of Salmonella and Campylobacter are still resistant to antibiotics commonly used in humans and animals;
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 11 g (new)
Paragraph 11 g (new)
11 g. Welcomes the finalisation of the 2019 report on pesticide residues, which showed that 96.1% of the samples analysed did not exceed the maximum residue limits for pesticides; calls on EFSA to continue its monitoring.