Activities of Mireille D'ORNANO related to 2017/2284(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Sustainable use of pesticides (debate) FR
Amendments (14)
Amendment 28 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas Directive 2009/128/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the sustainable use of pesticides (hereinafter ‘the directive’) provides for a range of actions to achieve a sustainable use of pesticides in the EU, by reducing the risks and impacts of pesticide use on human health and the environment and promoting the use of Integrated Pest Management (IPM) and alternative approaches or techniques, such as non- chemical alternatives to pesticides; whereas the EU's ultimate objective should simply be to abandon the use of potentially harmful pesticides outright as soon as possible;
Amendment 35 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the directive is one of the Union’s most valuable tools to ensure that the environment, ecosystems and human health are well protected from hazardous substances in pesticides; whereas the failure to fully implement the directive makes it all but impossible to achieve the highest degree of protection and to transition towards a sustainable agricultural sector and non-toxic environment; whereas, at the same time, full implementation of the Directive alone cannot guarantee access to the highest level of protection or a transition to sustainable agriculture; whereas it is a proven fact that pesticide authorisation procedures at EU level remain far too open to influence from lobbies to ensure this protection and transition;
Amendment 62 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Emphasises that the implementation of the directive must be comprehensive and cover all the required aspects, and that the partial implementation of certain elements but not others is insufficient to realise the directive’s overarching purpose of achieving the sustainable use of pesticides; underlines the fact that the implementation of IPM practices plays a particularly important role in efforts to achieve this objective; points out that the more ambitious target of abandoning the use of potentially harmful pesticides outright must be set as soon as possible;
Amendment 82 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Regrets the fact that in many Member States there is no real commitment to IPM practices, which are the cornerstone of the directive; underlines the fact that rigorous implementation of IPM is one of the key measures to reduce dependency on pesticide use in sustainable agriculture, which is environmentally friendly, economically viable and socially responsible and contributes to Europe’s food security while strengthening biodiversity and human and animal health, boosting the rural economy and reducing costs for farmers by facilitating the market uptake of low-risk and non-chemical alternatives; stresses that additional financial incentives are needed to strengthen the uptake of IPM practices by individual farms; stresses that, in their defence, the Member States are hampered in their efforts to combat pesticides by the stated aims of the common agricultural policy, whose production-orientated principles encourage an extremely short- termist approach and the widespread use of such active substances;
Amendment 119 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Stresses that the common agriculture policy (CAP), in its current form, is not capable of reducing farms’ dependency on pesticides; considers that specific policy instruments in the post- 2020 CAP are required in order to help change farmers’ behaviour as regards pesticide use, such as fiscal measures at national level, cross-compliance between IPM and CAP direct payments etc.; takes the view that abandoning the common agricultural policy would ultimately be the best cure for farming's dependency on pesticides;
Amendment 136 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Is deeply concerned at the gradual depletion of biodiversity in Europe and at the particularly disconcerting demise of winged insects, as evidenced by the findings of a recent scientific study26 that the population of flying insects in Germany has plummeted by more than 75 % in 27 years; considers that this collapse must be linked to the use of pesticides and further underlines the need for Europe to switch to a more sustainable pesticide use and increase the number of non-chemical alternatives for farmers; _________________ 26 https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id= 10.1371/journal.pone.0185809 and, in the long-term, to aim to abandon the use of potentially hazardous pesticides outright, while helping farmers make this transition without it reducing their income;
Amendment 143 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Emphasises the fundamental importance of biodiversity and robust ecosystems, most notably bees and other pollinating insects, for ensuring a healthy and sustainable agricultural sector, as well as biodiversity as a whole, human health and the long-term survival of human beings as a species;
Amendment 150 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Expresses particular concern at the continued use of pesticides with active substances that are mutagenic, carcinogenic or toxic for reproduction, or active substances that have endocrine- disrupting characteristics and are damaging to humans or animals; emphasises that the use of such pesticides is incompatible with the objectives and purpose of the directive; points out that pesticide authorisation procedures at EU level remain far too open to influence from lobbies from the the agrochemicals industry;
Amendment 168 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Calls on the Member States to complete the implementation of the directive without further delay; reminds the Member States that implementation of the Directive alone cannot guarantee the desired transition to sustainable agriculture, and that they would be well advised to take stricter measures on pesticide use than those adopted at EU level;
Amendment 192 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure better coherence of the directive and its implementation with related EU legislation and policies, most notably the provisions under the CAP and the regulation concerning the placing of plant protection products on the market, such coherence must be in line with the fundamental principle of the necessary transition to sustainable agriculture, which the provisions of the CAP and the procedures for authorising pesticides at EU level currently run counter to;
Amendment 214 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to take all the requisite measures to promote low-risk pesticides and to prioritise non-chemical options and methods which cause the least harm to health and nature, with the ultimate objective of abandoning the use of potentially hazardous pesticides outright as soon as possible;
Amendment 228 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to place greater emphasis on the promotion of the development, research and marketing of low-risk biological alternatives and of sustainable agricultural practices such as permaculture, agro-ecology and, in particular, agroforestry;
Amendment 246 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Calls on the Commission to carefully consider all the measures available to ensure compliance, including infringement proceedings against Member States that fail to comply with the obligation to fully implement the directive;
Amendment 253 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Calls on the Commission to immediately prohibit the use of pesticides with active substances that are mutagenic, carcinogenic, or toxic forto reproduction, including those which are currently considered to be 'likely' to be mutagenic, carcinogenic or reprotoxic, or active substances that have endocrine- disrupting characteristics and are damaging to humans or animals;