14 Amendments of Eleonora EVI related to 2017/2284(INI)
Amendment 39 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
B a. whereas the directive has to be read in conjunction with the other two main pieces of legislation covering the complete lifecycle of a pesticide, starting from its placing on the market (Regulation 1107/2009) and ending with the setting of maximum residue levels (Regulation 396/2005); thus it is impossible to achieve its objective to protect human health and the environment from the risks associated with the use of pesticides without fully implementing and properly enforcing the entire "pesticides package";
Amendment 45 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B b (new)
Recital B b (new)
B b. whereas the "sustainable use" of pesticides cannot be realized without taking into account human exposure to combinations of active substances and co- formulants, as well as their cumulative and possible aggregate and synergistic effects on human health;
Amendment 124 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Notes that most Member States use national risk indicators to assess, either entirely or in part, the adverse impact of pesticide use; recalls that in spite of the explicit obligation laid down in Article 15 of the directive, the Commission has not yet established EU-wide harmonised risk indicators, which makes it all but impossible to compare the progress made in different Member States and across the Union as a whole; further notes, in this respect, the need for a coherent and transparent pesticide residue monitoring system, as well as the importance of the collection of statistical data on pesticides;
Amendment 137 #
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; advocates for further research on the impact of pesticides on non-target species and for immediate action to minimize it; _________________ 26 https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id= 10.1371/journal.pone.0185809
Amendment 146 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10 a. Further emphasises that the development of sustainable agricultural choices is necessary to reduce climate change impacts on food security;
Amendment 151 #
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, or active substances with unacceptable effects on the environment; emphasises that the use of such pesticides is incompatible with the objectives and purpose of the directive;
Amendment 154 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. REmphasizes that the aquatic environment is especially sensitive to pesticides; regrets the fact that the improvement of water quality has been insufficiently targeted, with the Commission renewing the approval to pesticides toxic to aquatic life such as glyphosate, and most Member States failing to establish targets and timetables for measures to protect the aquatic environment from pesticides, and those that did so not specifying how the achievement of targets or objectives would be measured;
Amendment 162 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12 a. Stresses that some pesticides are internationally recognized as persistent organic pollutants (POPs) due to their potential for long-range transport, persistence in the environment, ability to bio-magnify throughout the food chain and bio-accumulate in ecosystems, as well as their significant negative effects on human health;
Amendment 170 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Calls on the Member States to complete the implementation of the directive without further delay, in particular to establish timetables and targets for the reduction of pesticides use on soils and for the elimination of water bodies´exposure to spray drift, drain flow and run off;
Amendment 190 #
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; in particular to identify the mandatory aspects of IPM to be integrated under the CAP in a system of cross-compliance and to stop offering rural development funding to farmers who use chemical inputs where alternatives are available, with a view to targeting serious pesticide use reduction and facilitating the uptake of organic production techniques;
Amendment 205 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17 a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to promote research programmes aimed at determining the impacts of pesticide use on human health, taking into account the full range of toxicological effects, including immunotoxicity, endocrine disruption and neurodevelopmental toxicity, and focusing on the effects of prenatal exposure to pesticides on children's health;
Amendment 227 #
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 alternativestransition to a pesticide-free future; further calls on the Member States to use chemical pesticides as a last resort in IPM after exhausting all possible physical or biological alternatives and in a selective and targeted manner, avoiding routine preventive treatments (prophylactic and/or metaphylactic);
Amendment 238 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19 a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure the effective implementation of the Union´s obligations under the Protocol to the 1979 Convention on Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution and the 2004 Stockholm Convention on POPs, namely to scale up their efforts to eliminate the manufacturing, placing on the market and use of POPs pesticides, together with the establishment of provisions on the disposal of waste containing or contaminated by any of these substances;
Amendment 245 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 b (new)
Paragraph 19 b (new)
19 b. Calls on the Commission to extend the scope of the Directive to cover biocidal products and ensure coherence with the implementation of Regulation 528/2012;