23 Amendments of Angélique DELAHAYE related to 2017/2115(INI)
Amendment 13 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the beekeeping sector is hugelycontributes significantly (around EUR 14.2 annually), as 84% of plant species and 76% of food production are dependent on pollination by bees, which also helps maintain the ecological balance and biological diversity in Europe;
Amendment 18 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas Europe is home to approximately 10% of global bee diversity, there is insufficient knowledge and data, which may hinder conservation efforts to protect bee species
Amendment 110 #
La. whereas there may be many reasons for beekeeping production losses, and climate change has a significant impact on flowering plants;
Amendment 168 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital AF
Recital AF
AF. whereas other beekeeping products such as pollen, propolis, beeswax and royal jelly also contribute significantly to people’s wellbeing and play an important role in the healthcare and cosmetics industries; whereas, however, these products are not defined in the ‘Honey’ Directive (2001/110/EC), which mitigates against implementing an effective sectoral policy and impedes quality-based approaches and the fight against fraud;
Amendment 179 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital AF a (new)
Recital AF a (new)
AFa. whereas beekeepers are the victims of malpractice in the field of the marketing of wax as a result of the lack of a legal framework for beeswax, and whereas this fraudulent practice has an impact on the health of bee colonies;
Amendment 196 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Understands that beehoney bees, alongside wild bees and other pollinators perform a basic agricultural service by pollinating crops, without which European agriculture and in particular plant cultivation would not exist in any form;
Amendment 212 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Acknowledges the important role of non-professional and hobby bee keepers in ensuring the long-term health and sustainability of local bee ecotypes;
Amendment 215 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Proposes a 47.8 100% increase in the EU budget for national beekeeping programmes – in line with the actual increase in the bee population – as compared with the 2004 level, which translates as EUR 47 million annually;
Amendment 234 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the Commission to include a new direct support scheme for beekeepers based on colony numbersing in its proposals for the common agricultural policy post-2020; emphasises the need to link supports with appropriate training in beekeeping,
Amendment 246 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Considers that it would be wise to share beekeeping research topics and the findings which result – particularly where these are financed by the EU – among the Member States in order to avoid duplicationet up European beekeeping research projects;
Amendment 293 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Understands that some invasive alien species such as the Varroa destructor, the small hive beetle (Aethina tumida), the Asian hornet and American foulbrood, as well as some pathogens, are the main cause of bee mortality and are causing serious harm to beekeepers and widespread destruction among bees; calls on the Commission to draw up an inventory to evaluate the existing and emerging health risks at EU and international level prior to setting up an action plan to combat bee mortality; proposes making the fight against Varroa compulsory at EU level;
Amendment 296 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Understands that some invasive alien species such as the Varroa destructor, the small hive beetle (Aethina tumida), the Asian hornet and American foulbrood are causing serious harm to beekeepers and widespread destruction among bees; acknowledges that bees are vulnerable to native diseases and pests; encourages research into effective breeding programmes to produce bee species resilient to invasive species and diseases;
Amendment 323 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Acknowledges that the results of monitoring exercises to assess the bee health situation carried out by some Member States are important and should be shared with the other Member States and with the Commission; calls for an EU wide online mechanism to facilitate knowledge transfers;
Amendment 332 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Calls on the Member States and the regions to use all means possible to protect local and regional bee varietiApis mellifera bees from the undesirable spread of naturalised or invasive alien varietspecies in the EU;
Amendment 351 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Welcomes the decision by some garden centres, and other plant retailers to no longer sell plants grown using neonicotiniods; notes that seeds and plants treated with pesticides may have residues harmful to bees at point of purchase;
Amendment 360 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Calls on the European Food Safety Authority to draw up an international inventory to evaluate the emerging health risks in beekeeping.
Amendment 370 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 b (new)
Paragraph 14 b (new)
14b. In the case where a competent EU authority, such as the European Food Safety Authority, has confirmed products to be harmful to bees, such products should be labelled as "harmful to bees";
Amendment 432 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
Paragraph 27
27. Asks that the ‘blend of EC and non- EC honeys’ descriptor be replaced by an indication of exactly which country or countries the honeys used in the final products come from and that these be listed in the order which corresponds to the percentage proportions used in the final product (i.e. the percentage of EC and non-EC honeys);
Amendment 433 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
Paragraph 27
27. Asks that the ‘blend of EC and non- EC honeys’ descriptor be replaced by an indication of exactly percentage of which country or countries the honeys used in the final products come from and that these be listed in the order which corresponds to the proportions used in the final product;
Amendment 442 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 a (new)
Paragraph 28 a (new)
28a. Requests that the Commission amend the Honey Directive (2001/110/EC) by means of a directive on apiculture products, circumscribing all such products:honey, propolis, royal jelly, beeswax, pollen pellets, bee bread and bee venom, as Parliament has already requested and voted for;
Amendment 447 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
Paragraph 29
29. Acknowledges and welcomes the European Honey Breakfast initiative and calls on the Member States to incorporate the initiative into their basic education systems; notes that honey is high in calories and can be used to replace refined sugar;
Amendment 455 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Paragraph 30 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Acknowledges the role of consuming locally produced honey as a means to build up resistance to local allergens;
Amendment 482 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34 a (new)
Paragraph 34 a (new)
34a. Calls on the Commission to propose an incentivising equivalence coefficient for 'apiculture areas' and 'honey fallows' as one of the ecological focus areas that are obligatory for the receipt of greening aid under the common agricultural policy (e.g. a coefficient of 1ha of 'apiculture area' or 'honey fallow' = 2ha of ecological focus area);