45 Amendments of Laurenţiu REBEGA related to 2017/2115(INI)
Amendment 26 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas the principal concerns of beekeepers relate to the level of bee mortality, which now exceeds 50% in certain Member States;
Amendment 32 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas the increase in urban beekeeping in recent years reflects a growing interest in this activity and it is accordingly necessary to raise public awareness of the benefits of honey as part of our daily diet;
Amendment 46 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
Ea. whereas beekeeping also involves other sectors, requiring timber for beehives for example, thereby helping to sustain and promote rural economies;
Amendment 56 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas some invasive alien species such as Varroa destructor, the small hive beetle, the Asian hornet and American foulbrood are causing widespread destruction in the European bee population and causing serious harm to beekeepers; pointing out that movements of bees into and inside the EU are a major factor in the spread of various diseases and invasive species;
Amendment 65 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)
Recital H a (new)
Ha. whereas some countries like Switzerland use formic acid as a swift and efficient organic treatment which eliminates the parasite without triggering any mutations;
Amendment 77 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
I. whereas beekeepers, agricultural producers and environmentalists also expect there to be a clear scientific consensus on all substances and other factors which arcould be a danger to bees’ health;
Amendment 94 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital J
Recital J
J. whereas, although the statistics indicate progress in the EU’s beekeeping sector, with an increase in the number of beekeepers and bee colonies and honey production over the past 15 years and an ongoing rise in the number of beekeepers, this is nullified by continued significant losses owing to winter conditions and disease;
Amendment 106 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital L
Recital L
L. whereas beekeepers always produce less honey once the winter is over, because of autumn and winter losses which can be as much ashoney production is seriously affected by the loss of bee colonies in winter, resulting in losses that may exceed 50 % in some Member States;
Amendment 123 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital O
Recital O
O. whereas the EU imports 25 % of the honey it uses (60 % of its annual imports) each year from these countries such as China, Ukraine, Mexico and Argentina, which is why Europe’s beekeepers are in dire straits;
Amendment 125 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital O a (new)
Recital O a (new)
Oa. whereas imported honey is often adulterated or fake honey, which is not produced by bees and does not meet the standards applied to European beekeepers;
Amendment 130 #
P. whereas consumers are aware that no more thanoften uninformed as to a maximum of one third of the honey they use isbeing produced in the EU;
Amendment 136 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital R
Recital R
R. whereas 100 000 tonnes of imported honey arrives in the EU from China every year – double the amount in 2002 – even though the number of bee colonies has declined in other parts of the world, while not all Member States are able to carry out analyses to detect irregularities in imported honey;
Amendment 146 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital U
Recital U
U. whereas, in December 2015, the Commission ordered the centralised testing of honeys on honey, but fake and adulterated honey continues to enter Europe;
Amendment 147 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital U
Recital U
U. whereas it was only in December 2015 that the Commission ordered the centralised testing of honey;
Amendment 150 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital X
Recital X
X. whereas the imbalance which developed in the European honey market, as a result of a policy of wholesale importation of fake low-cost honey, caused the purchase price of honey in the EU’s main producing countries (Romania, Bulgaria, Spain, Portugal, France, Croatia and Hungary) to halve by the end of 2016 as compared with the 2014 price, which is putting Europe’s beekeepers in a hopeless position;
Amendment 156 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital Z a (new)
Recital Z a (new)
Za. whereas the ‘from Europe’ label is misleading for consumers, given that the actual percentage of honey from Europe is, generally speaking, minimal, being mixed with honey from third countries;
Amendment 171 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital AF
Recital AF
AF. wWhereas, although 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, they are not properly defined and regulated at EU level, facilitating fraud;
Amendment 182 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital AF a (new)
Recital AF a (new)
AFa. whereas beekeeping is closely linked to agriculture, given the importance of certain crops which, in certain areas and at certain times of the year, are the only source of nourishment for bees, consisting of nectar and pollen;
Amendment 186 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital AF b (new)
Recital AF b (new)
AFb. whereas agricultural modernisation, especially in the new Member States, involves the cultivation of new varieties and hybrids with regard to the main honey-bearing crops, with lower nectar and pollen yields and shorter flowering periods;
Amendment 190 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital AF c (new)
Recital AF c (new)
AFc. whereas greening rules are failing to resolve effectively the lack of nutrition for bee colonies, given that monoculture is becoming increasingly widespread;
Amendment 193 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital AF d (new)
Recital AF d (new)
AFd. whereas bee colonies sustain substantial annual losses as a result of not only depopulation but also fatal pesticide poisoning;
Amendment 199 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Understands that bees perform a basic agricultural service by pollinating crops, without which European agriculture and in particularmost plant cultivation would not exist in any form;
Amendment 209 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Understands that financing of beekeeping must be substantially increased in future agricultural policy;
Amendment 226 #
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 numbers in its proposals for the common agricultural policy post-2020, with national programmes providing funding for beekeeping organisations, research and the purchase of remedies for plant diseases and pests, particularly varroasis, and promoting cooperation between beekeeping and arable farming organisations;
Amendment 258 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Calls on the Commission to re- think, as it draws up the new CAP, its objectives in terms of increasing productivity in order to avoid excessive use of treatments which are deadly for bees and to guarantee them a healthy living space;
Amendment 261 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 b (new)
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7b. Calls on the Commission to promote ‘managed pollination’ in order to encourage beekeepers and farmers to work in harmony and thus improve crop yields;
Amendment 266 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. ConsiderNotes that beekeepers should be granted tax relief in every Member State in view of the agricultural and environmental significance of their work;
Amendment 279 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Believes that companies importing foreign honey as well as retailers should conform to European rules and should sell only beekeeping products which satisfy the definition of honey as set out in the Codex Alimentarius;
Amendment 335 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Amendment 347 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Calls on the Commission to ensure the consistent implementation of rules prohibiting of use of pesticides harmful to bees and other pollinating insects in all Member States, restricting exemptions to emergency situations that have been duly substantiated and not allowing such exemptions to be repeated if no meaningful action is taken to deal with such situations;
Amendment 368 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 b (new)
Paragraph 14 b (new)
14b. Calls on the Member States to adopt cultivation and greening policies beneficial to bees and other pollinators by providing them with the necessary nutrients;
Amendment 380 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 c (new)
Paragraph 14 c (new)
14c. Calls for the introduction of a compensation scheme for bee family mortalities resulting from natural disasters or diseases;
Amendment 398 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. ExpectAsks the Member States and the Commission to force honey-producers in non-EU countries who use dishonest methods and EU packagers and traders who wilfully mix adulterated, imported honey with high-quality European honey to comply with EU law;
Amendment 402 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Calls on the Commission to develop effective laboratory analysis procedures (e.g. nuclear magnetic resonance testing) which can be used to detect the increasingly sophisticated adulterations in order to detect instances of honey adulterationand to penalise fraud;
Amendment 411 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Expects honey always to be identifiable from the moment it leaves the hive and to be classifiable according to its plant origin, irrespective of whether it is a domestic or an imported product; calls in this respect for a tightening-up of the traceability requirement for honey;
Amendment 415 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19a. Observes that it is necessary to design a traceability system that is clear enough to identify the origin of honey in drums or in bulk but not excessively burdensome for beekeepers;
Amendment 416 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 b (new)
Paragraph 19 b (new)
10a. Notes that it is necessary to monitor the geographical origin of honey in order to prevent imported honey being labelled and sold as local honey,special care being taken with regard to supermarkets;
Amendment 418 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20a. Calls for the introduction of legal definitions for all apicultural products and their inclusion in EU legislation, which is currently deficient in this respect;
Amendment 426 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)
Paragraph 25 a (new)
25a. Calls for the introduction of a system to detect fraud at EU crossing points;
Amendment 452 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
Paragraph 30
30. Calls on the Commission to put forward a proposal to increase EU support for these programmes by 50% annually to enable the school programmes to operate effectively, preschool competitions to be organised and local products such as honey, olives and olive oil to be fully included;
Amendment 458 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 6
Subheading 6
Encouraging honey consumption and promoting honey;encouraging cooperation between beekeepers and farmers;
Amendment 474 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32 a (new)
Paragraph 32 a (new)
32a. Calls on the Commission to request Member States to organize EU honey tastings in public places in the presence of European beekeepers at the same time of year;
Amendment 479 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33 a (new)
Paragraph 33 a (new)
3b. Calls on the Commission to support joint programmes for beekeepers and farmers in a bid to find effective ways of providing bees and other pollinators with a secure supply of nourishment by encouraging the cultivation of suitable crops and the adoption of farming practices and technologies conducive to this purpose;
Amendment 481 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33 b (new)
Paragraph 33 b (new)
3b. calls on the Commission to support cooperation between beekeepers and farmers to reduce the impact of pesticides on bees;
Amendment 484 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34 a (new)
Paragraph 34 a (new)
34a. Calls on the Commission and Member States to adapt and harmonise legislation in the field of organic apiculture, so as to ensure that all European beekeepers have equal access to the organic products market;