Activities of Mireille D'ORNANO related to 2017/2115(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Prospects and challenges for the EU apiculture sector (debate) FR
Amendments (8)
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
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1. Considersthat honeybeesIn a situation whereby, according to the UN, 40% of pollinators might disappear, considers that honeybees - but also wild bees and bumblebees - are a crucial part of biodiversity and that they constitute an irreplaceable universal heritage on which animal pollination largely depends, thus making them an important element in food production for present and future generations;
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion
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2. Notes that, while selection can help prevent certain health scourges such as Varroa, moths, Asian hornets and some pesticides, it must not lead to an impoverishment of the genetic heritage of bees, particularly of local species;
Amendment 28 #
Draft opinion
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3. Deplores the fact that the widespread use of chemical pesticides, particularly on melliferous plant species, threatens the survival of bees; maintains that neonicotinoid-based pesticides are particularly responsible for the worrying decline in bee populations across Europe, as can be seen from a range of international studies which have formed the basis for petitions from citizens comprising hundreds of thousands of signatures throughout the continent;
Amendment 30 #
Draft opinion
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3. Deplores the fact that the widespread use of chemical pesticides, particularly on melliferous plant species, is one of the factors threatensing the survival of bees, as is the case with neonicotinoids, the use of which is not banned systematically; glyphosate, the use of which is still permitted in the EU, is also toxic to bees;
Amendment 54 #
Draft opinion
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5. Notes that the fight against fraud in the field of bee products calls for substantial funding to tackle the unfair competition represented by adulterated ‘honey’ in particular; considers that honey is a 100% natural product which should not be supplemented, reduced or blended if consumer confidence is to be ensured;
Amendment 64 #
Draft opinion
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6. Calls on the Commission to include as one of the objectives of the common agricultural policy (CAP) limits on the objective of increasing productivity to circumscribe crop intensification, in order to provide sufficient and healthy living space for bees; underlines that the EUR 36 million allocated to beekeepers is paltry when set against the challenges faced by the sector and cannot possibly resolve the problems confronting them in an effective and lasting way; adds that the greening of the CAP is inadequate in that it does not alter the overall aims of the CAP;
Amendment 92 #
Draft opinion
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8a. Calls on the Commission to propose legislation banning the production, sale and use of all neonicotinoid-based pesticides throughout the EU, with no derogations and as a priority measure, in order to protect bee populations;
Amendment 107 #
Draft opinion
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10. Calls for a reinforcement of the resources allocated to the fight against commercial fraud affecting honey productsand other honey-based products such as propolis, royal jelly and wax.