Activities of Norbert LINS related to 2020/2260(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Farm to Fork Strategy (debate)
Amendments (117)
Amendment 167 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the Commission communication on a Farm to Fork Strategy sets out a holistic approach of the European food system, with agriculture, as a provider of food, fibre and fuel, at the centre, while recognising the interconnectedness of all actors throughout the whole supply chain, notably taking into account consumers responsibility and farmers long-term economic viability;
Amendment 232 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas Europe’s food system should deliver food and nutrition security in a way that contributes to social well- being and maintains and restores ecosystem health; whereas currently, the food system is responsible for a range of impacts on human and animal health and on the environment, the climate and biodiversity; whereas the way in which we produce and consume food needs to transform in order to ensure coherence with the SDGs, the Paris Agreement, the Convention on Biological Diversity and EU policies, particularly in the areas of sustainability, the environment, biodiversity, climate, public health, animal welfare, food and economic sustainability for farmers;
Amendment 242 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas Europe’s food system should deliver food and nutrition security in a way that contributes to social well- being and maintains and restores ecosystem health; whereas currently, the food system is responsible for a range of impacts on human and animal health and on the environment, the climate and biodiversity; whereas the way in which we produce and consume food needs to transformadapt in order to ensure coherence with the SDGs, the Paris Agreement, the Convention on Biological Diversity and EU policies, particularly in the areas of sustainability, the environment, climate, public health, animal welfare, food and economic sustainability for farmers;
Amendment 253 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas the Farm to Fork Strategy should reward farmers, agri-cooperatives and other operators in the food chain who have already undergone the transition to sustainable practices, enable the transition for the others, and create additional opportunities for their businesses;
Amendment 259 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas biodiversity is also crucial for safeguarding food security in the EU; highlights the important role of the European agricultural sector regarding the production of healthy, safe and affordable foods;
Amendment 261 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas the EU authorisation procedure for plant protection products is one of the most stringent in the world;
Amendment 265 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B b (new)
Recital B b (new)
Bb. whereas it is fundamental that the policy formulation and implementation supports farmers and their cooperatives’ economic sustainability, improves the functioning of the markets while contributing to a more economically, environmentally and socially sustainable agri-food sector; in addition, it must be recognised that there are numerous production methods which bring additional benefits from a sustainability point of view;
Amendment 271 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B b (new)
Recital B b (new)
Bb. whereas the uptake of smart farming technologies to continuously monitor animal health and welfare has the potential to ensure effective disease prevention and the implementation of animal welfare standards and thereby ensuring food safety;
Amendment 274 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B c (new)
Recital B c (new)
Bc. whereas the European agri food system is part of a global food system and the EU has the safest, healthiest, most sustainably produced, most nutritious and high-quality foods in the global marketplace; whereas the EU is also dependent on imports for certain agri foods because of climatic conditions and shortages; whereas it should be stressed that all imported foods have to apply the same sustainability and agri food safety standards;
Amendment 275 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B c (new)
Recital B c (new)
Bc. whereas the Farm to Fork Strategy must take into account all three pillars of sustainability (economic, social and environmental) in this broader discussion; this is the only way to recognise the contribution of agriculture and of rural areas to food and feed production as well as biofuels, textiles and reforestation. Agriculture and forestry can provide long-term solutions;
Amendment 277 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B d (new)
Recital B d (new)
Bd. whereas it is necessary to ensure consistency and coherence between the measures envisaged by the Farm to Fork Strategy and the Common Agriculture and Fisheries Policies, the Trade Policy, the EU’s Biodiversity Strategy for 2030, as well as other related EU Policies and Strategies;
Amendment 278 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B d (new)
Recital B d (new)
Bd. highlights that the shift towards an healthy and sustainable food policy should be initiated by incentives and education, and not by product bans and advertisement bans or taxes;
Amendment 290 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas the European model of a multifunctional agricultural sector, driven by family farms, continues to ensure quality food production, local supply chains, good agriculture practices, high environmental standards and vibrant rural areas throughout the EU; underlines in this context that agriculture and forestry are significant economic sectors which actively contribute to climate change mitigation while binding CO2 and producing renewable raw materials;
Amendment 308 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas the European model of a multifunctional agricultural sector, driven by family farms, continues to ensure competitive and quality food production, local supply chains, good agriculture practices, high environmental standards and vibrant rural areas throughout the EU;
Amendment 316 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas the European model of a multifunctional agricultural-food sector, driven by family farms, continues to ensure quality food production, local supply chains, good agriculture practices, high environmental standards and vibrant rural areas throughout the EU;
Amendment 374 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas it is important that consumers are informed and enabled to take responsibility for the consequences of their choice of food stuffs on the whole food system, from production to processing and distribution; whereas this requires a healthy and sound food environment which ensures that the healthy and sustainable choice is also the easy and affordable choice, and fosters and encourages consumption patterns that support human health while ensuring the sustainable use of natural and human resources and animal welfare notably promoting European facultative quality and origin labelling schemes;
Amendment 405 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas the European food system has played a crucial role during the COVID-19 pandemic, demonstrating its resilience with farmers, processors and retailers working together under difficult conditions, including lockdowns, to ensure that European consumers continue to have access to safe, affordable, and high quality products without impediment; emphasises in this context the value of food security and security of supply chains for all EU citizens and the role of crop protection products in terms of avoiding plant diseases and pests and of safeguarding harvests in the EU and worldwide;
Amendment 415 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas the European food system has played a crucial role during the COVID-19 pandemic, demonstrating its resilience with farmers, processors and retailers working together under difficult conditions, including lockdowns, to ensure that European consumers continue to have access to safe, affordable, and high quality products without impediment while respecting the integrity of the internal market;
Amendment 437 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
Ea. whereas European agriculture and the Food system is facing increasing pressure from globalisation and the challenges of climate change, the long- term economic viability must continue to be ensured and especially the capacity for crisis response must be maintained;
Amendment 443 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
Ea. whereas it became evident that animal health is an essential element in any sustainable food system and impacts on animal health have direct effect on the sustainability of the food system;
Amendment 485 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the farm to fork strategy as an important step in ensuring a sustainable, fair and resilient food system, which is central to achieving the goals set out in the European Green Deal and in the SDGs; emphasises the inextricable links between healthy people, healthy societies and a healthy planet, encourages the Commission to; recognises the need for a realistic and balanced approach in the implementation of the strategy in which all three dimensions of sustainability (economic, environmental and social) should be acknowledged and integrated; encourages the Commission to conduct a comprehensive evidence-based impact assessment before translateing the strategy into concrete legislative and non- legislative action as soon as possible; ;
Amendment 493 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the farm to fork strategy as an important step in ensuring a sustainable, fair and resilient food system, which is central to achieving the goals set out in the European Green Deal and in the SDGs while ensuring consistency with the Common Agriculture Policy (CAP); emphasises the inextricable links between healthy people, healthy societies and a healthy planet, encourages the Commission to translate the strategy into concrete legislative and non-legislative action as soon as possibledrawing from in-depth evidence-based assessment in line with the principles of Better Regulation;
Amendment 514 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the farm to fork strategy as an important step in ensuring a sustainable, fair and resilient food system, which is central to achieving the goals set out in the European Green Deal and in the SDGs; emphasises the inextricable links between healthy people, healthy societies and a healthy planet, encourages the Commission to translate the strategy into, on the basis of results of the impact study, to consider presenting concrete legislative and non-legislative action as soon as possible;
Amendment 524 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Stresses that enabling innovation is key to contribute towards achieving the farm to fork objectives and calls for a regulatory environment and incentives along the whole supply chain to ensure the best technologies that will make a difference, e.g. plant breeding innovation as well as newer, and continuously evolving breeding techniques, which have the potential to enlarge the farmers’ toolbox, to make packaging and transport more sustainable, to advance circular economy and to make food production increasingly more resilient to the pressures of climate change;
Amendment 567 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Welcomes the announcement of an impact-assessed proposal for a legislative framework for sustainable food systemCalls on the Commission before proposing any targets to conduct a comprehensive evidence-based impact assessment of all strategies combined on individual and cumulative impacts on the social and economic sustainability of agriculture in the EU, generational renewal, food security and prices, and the potential risks of displacing biodiversity losses abroad by the replacement of local agricultural production with imports; invites the Commission to use this proposal to set outimpact assessment to analyse a holistic common food policy aimed at reducing the environmental and climate footprint of the EU food system in order to make Europe the first climate-neutral continent by 2050 and strengthen its resilience to ensure food security in the face of climate change and biodiversity loss, leading a global transition towards sustainability from farm to fork, based on the principle of a multifunctional agricultural sector while ensuring consistency between policies by taking into account the existing legislation in order to enable all actors in the European food system to develop long- term plans based on realistic and transparent objectives; suggests that the respective base lines and progress achieved in each Member State be taken into account, while promoting the exchange of know-how and best practices between Member States; stresses the need to include the entire food and beverage chains including processing, marketing, distribution and retail;
Amendment 599 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Welcomes the announcement of an impact-assessed proposal for a legislative framework for sustainable food systems; invites the Commission to use this proposal to set out a holistic common food policy aimed at reducing the environmental and climate footprint of the EU food system in order to make Europe the first climate- neutral continent by 2050 and strengthen its resilience to ensure food security in the face of climate change and biodiversity loss and to ensure a sustainable livelihood for primary producers who still lag behind in terms of income, leading a global transition towards sustainability from farm to fork, based on the principle of a multifunctional agricultural sector while ensuring consistency between policies by taking into account the existing legislation in order to enable all actors in the European food system to develop long- term plans based on realistic and transparent objectives; suggests that the respective base lines and progress achieved in each Member State be taken into account, while promoting the exchange of know-how and best practices between Member States; stresses the need to include the entire food and beverage chains including processing, marketing, distribution and retail;
Amendment 627 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Calls on the Commission to provide thorough impact assessments of the strategy’s measures and targets, food security and prices describing the methods of calculation of the targets and the baselines and reference periods of each individual target; emphasises that the impact assessments should cover the individual and combined impact of proposed targets and measures resulting from the farm to fork and biodiversity strategies and other Green Deal initiatives;
Amendment 649 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Underlines that the Commission should base legislative proposals on scientifically sound ex-ante impact assessments describing the methods of calculation of the targets and the baselines and reference periods of each individual target, after consultation with the Member States; the cumulative effects of the legislative proposals should be taken into account;
Amendment 655 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Calls for a structured dialogue between the Commission, European Parliament, Member States and food system stakeholders to discuss gaps, opportunities, challenges and trade-offs in the development and implementation of a holistic common EU food policy;
Amendment 672 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Highlights that this approach is necessary to ensure that legislation will deliver a more sustainable agriculture which helps to meet the EU’s climate target plan and protects biodiversity, whilst ensuring that European consumers continue to have access to safe, sufficient, affordable and nutritious food;
Amendment 678 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 c (new)
Paragraph 2 c (new)
2c. Calls on the Commission to establish regular evidence-based evaluations of the implementation of the Strategy, in order to adjust the measures and targets to a more restrained or ambitious approach; stresses the importance of appropriate target-related measures taking into account active market demand; calls on the Commission to submit mid-term reviews for every legislative proposal corresponding to the strategy;
Amendment 714 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Welcomes the decision to revise the directive on the sustainable use of pesticides and the reduction targets for pesticides, fertilisers, and antibiotics; emphasises the importance of pursuing these targets through holistic and circular approaches, such as good agriculture and agroecological practices; insists that each Member State should establish robust, building on past achievements which are significant in several Member states should establish realistic and science-based quantitative reduction targets, accompanied by well- defined support measures ensuring accountability at all levels to help reach these targets; reiterates its call foasks to consider the translation into legislation of the above targets and objectives on basis of scientific evidence and the track record of the various Member states and calls on the Commission to clarify how it will deal with individual Member States’ contributions to Union-wide targets and to clarify the baselines for these targets; calls on the Commission to ensure that these targets are EU targets to which all Member States must contribute through action at national level; underlines in this context that successes already achieved, as well as Member States' different starting points, circumstances and conditions are to be taken into account, in accordance with the principle of subsidiarity;
Amendment 722 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Welcomes the decision to revise the directive on the sustainable use of pesticides and to further reduction targets fore the environmental and health impact of pesticides, fertilisers, and antibiotics; recalls that the EU has the most stringent authorisation procedure for Plant Protection products; emphasises the importance of pursuing these targetobjectives through holistic and circular approaches, such as agroecologicalsustainable practices; insissupports that each Member State should establish robust quantitative reduction targetspromote the sustainable use of these products and establish reduction corridors based on an evidence-based impact assessments and base lines for each member state, accompanied by well- defined support measures ensuring accountability at all levels to help reach these targets; reiterates its call for the translation into legislation of the above targets and objectives and calls on the Commission to clarify how it will deal with individual Member States’ contributions to Union-wide targets and to clarify the methods, baselines for these targetsand reference periods for these targets; underlines the importance of establishing baselines with flexibility so that frontrunners in reduction of the use of pesticides, fertilisers and antibiotics are rewarded and not punished;
Amendment 736 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Welcomes the decision to revise the directive on the sustainable use of pesticides and the reduction targets for pesticides, fertilisers, and antibiotics; emphasises the importance of pursuing these targets through holistic and circular approaches, such as agroecological practices; considers that Member States’ different starting points including already achieved reductions must be taken into account; insists that each Member State should establish robust quantitative reduction targets, accompanied by well- defined support measures ensuring accountability at all levels to help reach these targets; reiterates its call for the translation into legislation of the above targets and objectives while maintaining the high level of food quality, safety and availability; underlines in this regard the importance of the development and provision of adequate and scientifically sound sustainable products, measures and methods as alternatives for primary producers; and calls on the Commission to clarify how it will deal with individual Member States’ contributions to Union- wide targets and to clarify the baselines for these targets;
Amendment 739 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Welcomes the decision to revise the directive on the sustainable use of pesticides and the reduction targets for pesticides, fertilisers, and antibiotics; emphasises the importance of pursuing these targets through holistic and circular approaches, such as agroecological practices; insists that each Member State should establish robust quantitative reduction targets, accompanied by well- defined support measures ensuring accountability at all levels to help reach these targets; reiterates its call for the translation into legislation of the above targets and objectives and calls on the Commission to clarify how it will deal with individual Member States’ contributions to Union-wide targets and to clarify the baselines for these targets, which should be set on the basis of national averages, whilst taking into account different starting points of Member States and setting more ambitious targets for those Member States who have not made enough progress until now;
Amendment 757 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Welcomes the decision to revise the directive on the sustainable use of pesticides and the reduction targets for pesticides, fertilisers, and antibiotics; emphasises the importance of pursuing these targets through holistic and circular approaches, such as agroecological practices, while allowing for sufficient transitional periods during which there is research and application of more scientific alternatives; insists that each Member State should establish robust quantitative reduction targets, accompanied by well- defined support measures ensuring accountability at all levels to help reach these targets; reiterates its call for the translation into legislation of the above targets and objectives and calls on the Commission to clarify how it will deal with individual Member States’ contributions to Union-wide targets and to clarify the baselines for these targets;
Amendment 773 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Calls on the Commission to carry out a comprehensive impact assessment of the cumulative impacts of the various targets and reduction goals for EU agriculture set out in the farm to fork and the biodiversity strategies;
Amendment 784 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Recalls that access to safe and efficient plant protection is essential to enable farmers to prevent naturally occurring food-borne contaminants such as carcinogenic mycotoxins, which put the safety of our food at risk; stresses that integrated pest management(IPM) is only possible when farmers have adequate and enough resources; therefore stresses the need to come up with an innovation and substitution principle for IPM, meaning that before a substance/product is taken from the market, the Commission needs to be sure that adequate alternatives are available, to ensure that farmers have access to an adequate toolbox of safe, effective and affordable solutions, as well as access to the latest knowledge, technology and the best advisory services;
Amendment 789 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Stresses that all reduction targets and measures included in the Strategy have to be based on a thorough impact assessment evaluating the impact of all pesticides and all fertilisers including products mainly used in organic agriculture; emphasises the strengths and opportunities that lie within precision agriculture and smart farming to achieve the targets of the strategy; highlights the importance of further education to enable stakeholders of the whole food supply chain to participate and engage in the transformation towards a sustainable food supply chain and subsequently towards sustainable agriculture;
Amendment 822 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Stresses that any reduction of chemical PPPs must be accompanied by an innovation principle; calls on the Commission to consider the importance of a regulatory framework that encourages innovation and research in order to develop better and safer plant protection products and alternatives, including the development and employment of new innovative techniques, such as precision farming and new breeding techniques; calls on the Commission to publish the study on the potential of new genomic techniques which should be the basis for a proper regulatory framework;
Amendment 826 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Amendment 846 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 c (new)
Paragraph 3 c (new)
3c. Acknowledges the substantial efforts made to reduce the use of antimicrobials in animals as highlighted in the 2019 European Court of Auditors report on AMR, further strengthened by the new EU Regulations on Veterinary Medicinal Products and Medicated Feed, contributing to the global effort to reduce antibiotic resistance; underlines that the EU must ensure that continued treatment of animals with antimicrobials remains possible when needed, so as to guarantee animal health and to protect animal welfare at all times;
Amendment 848 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 c (new)
Paragraph 3 c (new)
3c. Stresses the need for the establishment of an Integrated Nutrient Management plan in conjunction with the introduction of the farm sustainability tool for nutrients(FaST) already proposed by the European Commission; points out that a successful Integrated Nutrient Management plan must include better conditions and incentives for the application of modern fertilization technologies combined with modern application technologies;
Amendment 868 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 d (new)
Paragraph 3 d (new)
3d. Stresses the need to come up with suitable alternatives where restrictions are put in place; highlights that plant protection and fertilisation are important to guarantee the safety of agricultural products entering the food chain and to ensure their production in sufficient quantities;
Amendment 869 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 d (new)
Paragraph 3 d (new)
3d. Highlights the benefits of corridor targets instead of fixed targets, as these corridors are equally ambitious but increase the support of all actors and give the possibility to take into account extreme weather situations, like drought or extreme humidity, and national circumstances;
Amendment 894 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Emphasises the importance of recognising the significant impact of agriculture and especially animal productionRecalls that agriculture and forestry play an important role in addressing climate change adaptation and mitigation; emphasises that EU agriculture has reduced greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions during the last 30 years and reminds that the emissions from EU agriculture are among the lowest worldwide per produced unit; emphasises the importance of recognising the both positive and negative impact of agriculture on greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and land use; stresses the need to enhance natural carbon sinks and reduce agricultural emissions of carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide, in particular in the feed and livestock sectors; calls fall sectors; calls for harmonised calculation methods for methane and then a regulatory framework that incentivises progressive reductions in all GHG emissions in these sectors through the introduction of a carbon market place or cregulatory measures and targets to ensure progressive reductions diting schemes which incentivises to deliver on climate objectives; reiterates that especially the methane reduction calculation should consider innovative feed additives and nutrition management plans, as well as innovative husbandry practices; supports the stimulating uptake of regenerative agriculture practices, improving access to technologies, data, training all GHG emissions in these sectors; nd information, and diversifying farmers’ income through carbon sequestration and payments for ecosystem services, thereby increasing their resilience;
Amendment 930 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Emphasises the importance of recognising the significant impact of agriculture and especially animal production on greenhouse gas (act of the whole food supply chain from agriculture, animal production to transport, packaging and consumption on GHG emissions and land use; acknowledges that according to the FAO, well management practices of livestock can lead to a 30% decrease in GHG) emissions, and land usethat healthy animals require less natural resource inputs like feed and water as they move through the production system; stresses the need tofor enhanceing natural carbon sinks and reduceing agricultural emissions of carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide, in particular inby the feed and livestock sectors; calls for regulatory measures and targets to ensurto reduce the progressive reductions in all GHG emissions in these sectors whole food supply chain;
Amendment 952 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Emphasises the importance of recognising the significant impact of agriculture and especially intensive soil- less animal production on greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and land use; stresses the need to enhance natural carbon sinks and reduce agricultural emissions of carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide, in particular in the feed and livestock sectors; calls for regulatory me through permanent pastures and targets to ensure progressive reductions in all GHG emissions in these sectors-based and extensive animal husbandry;
Amendment 962 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Highlights that the successful implementation of the Strategy requires an effective cooperation at EU and Member States level including civil society, public authorities and business, in particular stakeholders specifically affected by the measures foreseen in the Strategy, especially in the agriculture, fisheries, forestry and extractive sectors;
Amendment 1003 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Points out that extensive farmland, permanent grassland-based or organic animal husbandry i as well as sloping and terraced vineyards are features of the European food systemagricultural landscape and a defining element of many traditional rural communities, and that it has with multiple positive effects foron the environment and against climate change, and contributes to a circular economy;
Amendment 1023 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Points out that extensive and permanent grassland-based or organic animal husbandry is a feature of the European food system and a defining element of many traditional rural communities, and that it has multiplenumerous positive effects for the environment, for the conservation of cultural landscapes and against climate change, and contributes to a circular economy;
Amendment 1054 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Expresses its support for market- driven uptake of agricultural land under organic farm management;
Amendment 1055 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Points out that increasing settlement pressure means a reduction in the amount of agricultural land in Europe; stresses that organic farming produces significantly less food per area than conventional farming, having in mind the European Commission's call to increase the share of organic land in Europe to 25% by 2030, thus possibly putting at stake food security in Europe by having less agricultural land and less production on the remaining land, therefore encourages the Commission to conduct a comprehensive evidence-based impact assessment on the possible productivity increase of organic farming; calls for a productivity target for organic farming and a correction of the 2030 organic farming target, if proven that organic farming is unable to increase its productivity by the percentage that is necessary to guarantee food security in Europe or if food security can only be achieved by importing products from third countries;
Amendment 1088 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Welcomes the notion of rewarding carbon sequestration in soils also through extensive animal husbandry systems; stresses, however, that intensive and industrial agriculture and farming models with negative impacts on biodiversity should not receive climate funding or be incentivised; underlines that agriculture is the only economic sector that has the potential to give a positive contribution to climate neutrality; calls for the proposals to be in line with the environmental objectives and the ‘do no harm’ principle of the Green Deal;
Amendment 1095 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Welcomes the notion of rewarding carbon sequestration in soils; stresses, however, that intensive and industrial agriculture and farming models with negative impacts on biodiversity should not receive climate funding or be incentivisedhighlights that soils used as carbon sinks should remain actively managed agricultural land; stresses, however, that some agriculture and farming models could operate more sustainably; highlights that the transformation towards a sustainable food system should be based on incentives including measures to enhance sustainable agriculture and farming models; calls for the proposals to be in line with the environmental objectives and the ‘do no harm’ principle of the Green Deal;
Amendment 1102 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Welcomes the notion of rewarding carbon sequestration in soils; stresses, however, that intensive and industrial agriculture and farming models with negative impacts on biodiversity should not receive climate funding or be incentivisedunderlines in this regard that agriculture should not only be seen as a carbon sink but also as an enabler for the highly necessary phasing out of fossil fuels as agriculture can offer a broad variety of GHG-neutral biogenic products and resources; calls for the proposals to be in line with the environmental objectives and the ‘do no harm’ principle of the Green Deal;
Amendment 1106 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Welcomes the notion of rewarding carbon sequestration in soils; stresses, however, that intensive and industrial agriculturethat low carbon farming and fcarming models with negative impacts on biodiversity should not receive climate funding orbon sequestration models should be incentivised; calls for the proposals to be in line with the environmental objectives and the ‘do no harm’ principle of the Green Deal;
Amendment 1167 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Underlines the importance of seed security and diversity, notably of promoting EU-grown plant proteins to deliver locally sourced food and feed stuffs with high nutritional value while granting farmers access to quality seeds for plant varieties adapted to the pressures of climate change, including traditional and locally-adapted varieties, while ensuring access to innovative plant breeding in order to contribute to healthy seeds and protect plants against harmful pests and diseases; stresses the great potential of new breeding techniques for plants in sustainable agriculture; raises awareness of the potential negative effects of concentration and monopolisation in the seed sector;
Amendment 1191 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Stresses that global food supply chains are crucial to ensure long-term food security and a diversified and sustainable diet throughout the whole year; highlights the importance of diversified diets in a healthy lifestyle; points out that global supply chains can be essential during times of crisis and natural catastrophes causing low yield;
Amendment 1200 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 b (new)
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7b. Welcomes the plan to expand organic farming, emphasises to take into account supply and demand of organic foods and calls for information and awareness campaigns about this conversion;
Amendment 1232 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls for CAP National Strategic Plans to ensure adequate financial support and incentives to promote new ecological ‘"green’" business models for agriculture and artisanal food production, notably throughby fostering short supply chains and quality food production, such as products with protected geographical indications or designations of origin, which contribute to maintain vibrant agricultural communities while preserving local traditions;
Amendment 1237 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls for CAP National Strategic Plans to ensure adequate financial support and incentives to promote new ecological ‘green’ business models for agriculture and artisanal food production, notably through fostering short supply chains, supporting good agricultural practices and enhancing access to technologies, data, training and information, thereby increasing the resilience of food systems and quality food production;
Amendment 1243 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls for CAP National Strategic Plans to ensure adequate financial support and incentives to promote new ecological ‘green’ business models for agriculture and artisanal food production, notably through fostering short supply chains and quality food production; stresses that regional marketing of agricultural products plays an important role in promoting sustainable supply chains;
Amendment 1258 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls for CAP National Strategic Plans to ensure adequate financial support and incentives to promote new ecological ‘green’sustainable business models for agriculture and artisanal food production, notably through fostering short supply chains and quality food production;
Amendment 1270 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Calls for the promotion of local and alternative slaughter methods; calls for the promotion of partially mobile slaughter, slaughter at the farm and small-scale slaughter in order to promote shorter supply chains and animal welfare; underlines that the training and expertise of slaughter staff in partially mobile slaughtering, holdings using small-scale slaughter and holdings which slaughter on the farm must be given appropriate recognition and should not lead to additional costs for those holdings; recognises that the traceability of food is necessary, but should not lead to additional bureaucracy for those holdings; notes that the checking expenses for alternative slaughter methods should not be greater than for larger holdings and therefore, where necessary and meaningful, calls for a standard charge per animal in order to guarantee fair competition;
Amendment 1277 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Points out a great necessity for new investments and additional financial resources in the agriculture sector of the EU, in particular after the COVID-19 pandemic and in the context of the Green Deal goals; calls the Commission to boost economic incentives for farmers and protect their competitiveness in order to avoid the shift of domestic food production to third countries;
Amendment 1279 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Highlights the efficiency and the high output achieved by some industrial agricultural farming practices and its subsequent lower carbon footprint; underlines that efficiency in agriculture is crucial to ensure food security; stresses that industrial agriculture may be accompanied by lower labour input and that accountable techniques should be recognised;
Amendment 1326 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Stresses that the agri food sector supports not only farmers but also upstream and downstream businesses, secures and creates jobs and is the backbone of the entire food industry; highlights in this respect that the preservation of cultural landscape is the driving force for active rural areas;
Amendment 1328 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Underlines that an appropriate legal framework on New Breeding Techniques (NBTs), based on scientific frame, could contribute significantly to achieving ambitious environmental and climate goals;
Amendment 1395 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Expresses its deep concern about the emergence of zoonotic diseases that are transferred from animals to humans (anthropozoonoses), such as Q fever, avian influenza and the new strain of influenza A (H1N1), which is exacerbatedcan be also linked to by anthropogenic climate change, the destruction of biodiversity, environmental degradation and our current industrial food production systems;
Amendment 1400 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Expresses its deep concern about the emergence of zoonotic diseases that are transferred from animals to humans (anthropozoonoses), such as Q fever, avian influenza and the new strain of influenza A (H1N1), which is exacerbated by anthropogenic climate change, the destruction of biodiversity, environmental degradation and our currentindustrial food production systems;
Amendment 1408 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Calls for stronger harmonisation of the legal framework for animal husbandry in the EU, while using animal welfare indicators based on scientific knowledge;
Amendment 1413 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 b (new)
Paragraph 11 b (new)
11b. Calls for the development of new antimicrobial substances to safeguard a high level of health, safety and hygiene in the animal husbandry; asks the Commission to include an applicable animal health monitoring tool in the framework of the animal health strategy on a scientific basis;
Amendment 1428 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Calls for primary producers to be supported in making the transition to greater sustainability through the encouragement of cooperation and collective actions as well as through competition rules and the enhancement of possibilities for cooperation within the common market organisations for agricultural, fishery and aquaculture products, and thus for farmers’ and fishers’ position in the supply chain to be strengthened in order to enable them to capture a fair share of the added value of sustainable production; points out that appreciation of food is essential for fair pricing and subsequently the reduction of food waste as often the price decides about the value given to a food by the consumers;
Amendment 1431 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Calls for primary producers to be supported in making the transition to greater sustainability through the encouragement of cooperation and collective actions as well as through competition rules and the enhancement of possibilities for cooperation within the common market organisations for agricultural, fishery and aquaculture products, and thus for farmers’ and fishers’ position in the supply chain to be strengthened in order to enable them to capture a fair share of the added value of sustainable production; underlines that ensuring a fair income for primary producers is of paramount importance for a successful transition towards a sustainable food system;
Amendment 1455 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Calls to promote the recognition and appreciation of food and farmers' contribution for food production; stresses that this contribution deserves a fair and rewarding remuneration of expenses and the work involved in the production; expresses deep concern about the challenging situation farmers find themselves in and the lack of understanding imposed by some members of our society;
Amendment 1464 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 b (new)
Paragraph 12 b (new)
12b. Calls on the urgent need to address the distortions of competition and unbalances in the food supply chain to protect most vulnerable actors such as small farmers and agri-food workers;
Amendment 1495 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Urges the Commission to follow up on Directive (EU) 2019/633 on unfair trading practices22 and the EU code of conduct on responsible business and marketing practices by producing a monitoring framework for the food and retail sectors and providing for legal actionnecessary measures if progress in integrating economic, environmental and social sustainability into corporate strategies is insufficient, and in so doing promoting and rewarding the efforts of sustainable agricultural producers while increasing the availability and affordability of healthy, sustainable food options and reducing the overall environmental footprint of the food system; stresses the importance of halting and addressing consolidation and concentration in the grocery retail sector in order to ensure fair prices for farmers; _________________ 22 OJ L 111, 25.4.2019, p. 59.
Amendment 1517 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to strictly comply with Directive (EU) 2019/633 on unfair trading practices in combating dual food quality (through trade inspections, monitoring, research, coordination at European level and sanctions);
Amendment 1533 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Urges the review of the EU promotion programme for agricultural and food products, including the EU school scheme, by strengthening the link to the actual production structure of European agriculture and existing high-quality food production as well as geographical indication schemes with a view to enhancing its contribution to sustainable production and consumption with a view to, notably by focusing on educational messages about the importance of healthy nutrition and promoting greater consumption of fruit and vegetables with the aim of reducing obesity rates;
Amendment 1544 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Urges the review of the EU promotion programme for agricultural and food products, including the EU school scheme, the European Healthy School Lunches initiative and the EU Action Plan on Childhood Obesity 2014-2020, with a view to enhancing its contribution to sustainable production and consumption, notably by focusing on educational messages about the importance of healthy nutrition and promoting greater consumption of fruit and vegetables with the aim of reducing obesity rates;
Amendment 1566 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Urges the review of the EU promotion programme for agricultural and food products, including the EU school scheme, with a view to enhancing its contribution to sustainable production and consumption, notably by focusing on educational messages about the importance of healthy, balanced nutrition and promoting greater consumption of fruit and vegetables with the aim of reducing obesity rates;
Amendment 1584 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Highlights that proper nutrition promotes optimal growth and development of children and that kindergarten and schools are key partners in encouraging children to develop healthy eating habits;
Amendment 1589 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 b (new)
Paragraph 14 b (new)
14b. Calls on Member States to include food and nutrition education as a mandatory part of the national curriculum; reiterates that educational activities may also involve teachers and parents as they are role models for children’s healthy eating habits and lifestyles;
Amendment 1592 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 c (new)
Paragraph 14 c (new)
14c. Emphasises the importance of a balanced diet and sufficient exercise for a healthy lifestyle and welcomes the Commission's aim of tackling the rise in overweight and obesity across the EU by 2030; calls for measures to prevent obesity to be developed on the basis of independent science data and to take into account that a calorie imbalance between calorie intake and calorie consumption is the main cause for obesity;
Amendment 1593 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 d (new)
Paragraph 14 d (new)
14d. Highlights that a sustainable diet includes safe, enjoyable, balanced and needs-covering foods; stresses the need of the food industry to provide for a wide variety of foods that take different lifestyles and different nutritional needs and preferences into account; stresses that a more sustainable diet needs to support a purchase decision which is based on the range of foods available and the consumer's choice; highlights that it is indispensable for a conscious decision to have sufficient information and the right understanding;
Amendment 1603 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Recalls the need to promote effective Agricultural Knowledge and Innovation Systems (AKIS), enabling all food chain actors, especially start-ups ad small and medium-sized enterprises (SME), to become sustainable by speeding up innovation and accelerating knowledge transfer; recalls, in addition, the need for a farm sustainability data network to set benchmarks for farm performance and document the uptake of sustainable farming practices, while allowing for the precise and tailored application of new production approaches at farm level by providing farmers with access to fast broadband connections; recalls the need to provide for specific indicators and an EU- wide comparable measuring system to define and indicate the sustainability performance of a product in order to make products and production methods comparable;
Amendment 1626 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Stresses that Member States should enable farmers with financial support, farm advisory services, training, technology, innovation and the development of new sustainable business models in the uptake and delivery of biodiversity and environmental benefits; while considering the importance of balancing voluntary measures and regulatory action;
Amendment 1632 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 b (new)
Paragraph 15 b (new)
15b. Considers it imperative that farmers receive life-long support and training in the transition towards agroecological practices;
Amendment 1643 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Calls for measures to reduce the burden that highly processed foods with high salt, sugar and fat content place on public health; regrets that the introduction of nutrient profiles is greatly delayed and taking into account already achieved reduction successes; stresses that a robust set of nutrient profiles must be developed to restrict or prohibit the use of false nutritional claims on foods high in fats, sugars and/or salt; calls for a mandatory simplified EU-wide front-of- pack nutrition labelling system based on independent science; highlights the importance of a diversified, balanced diet which does include a moderate intake of salt, sugar and fat; underlines that salt, sugar and fat have value-adding properties and functions in foods such as preservation, flavouring and texture enhancer; stresses that sugars and fats should not be judged solely on the basis of their energy density;
Amendment 1662 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Calls for measures to reduce the burden that highly processed foods with high salt, sugar and fat content place on public health also by reducing the competitive advantage of sugar production based on specific support mechanism in the CAP; regrets that the introduction of nutrient profiles is greatly delayed and stresses that a robust set of nutrient profiles must be developed to restrict or prohibit the use of false nutritional claims on foods high in fats, sugars and/or salt; calls for a mandatoryharmonised EU-wide front-of-pack nutrition labelling system based on independent science, building on already existing systems;
Amendment 1716 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 b (new)
Paragraph 16 b (new)
16b. Stresses the need to provide information on the nutrition profile, the origin, the compliance with animal welfare provisions and the sustainability;
Amendment 1722 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 d (new)
Paragraph 16 d (new)
16d. Calls on the Commission to address the problem of misleading labelling and advertising and to close legal loopholes;
Amendment 1733 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Welcomes the Commission’s commitment to revise the EU legislation on food contact materials (FCM) and to adopt with no delay specific measures for those 13 groups of materials not yet harmonised at EU level; reiterates its call to revise the legislation on FCM in line with the regulation on the registration, evaluation, authorisation and restriction of chemicals (REACH), as well as classification, labelling and packaging regulations, and to insert, without further delay, specific provisions to substitute endocrine disrupting chemicals;
Amendment 1736 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Welcomes the Commission’s commitment to revise the EU legislation on food contact materials (FCM); reiterates its call to revise the legislation on FCM in line with the regulation on the registration, evaluation, authorisation and restriction of chemicals (REACH), as well as classification, labelling and packaging regulations, and to insert, without further delay, specific provisions to substitute endocrine disrupting chemicals (based on scientifically proven methods);
Amendment 1751 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Welcomes the fact that the strategy rightly recognises the role and influence of the food environment in shaping consumption patterns and the need to make it easier for consumers to choose healthy and sustainable diets; reiterates the importance of promoting sustainable diets by raising consumer awareness including digital channels of the impacts of consumption patterns and providing information on diets that are better for human health and have a lower environmental footprint; underlines that food prices must send the right signal to consumers; welcomes, therefore,requests to consider that fair food prices, reflecting also the strategy’s objective that the healthy and sustainable choice should becomeue cost of production for the environment and society, are the only way to achieve sustainable and equitable food systems in the long term; underlines the need to increase transparency and raise consumers’ awareness regarding the mcosts affordablnd profits related to each stage of the food supply chain; encourage conesumers to make healthier lifestyle choices;
Amendment 1786 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Welcomes the fact that the strategy rightly recognises the role and influence of the food environment in shaping consumption patterns and the need to make it easier for consumers to choose healthy and sustainable diets; reiterates the importance of promoting sustainable diets by raising consumer awareness of the impacts of consumption patterns and providing information on diets that are better for human health and have a lower environmental footprint; underlines that food prices must send the right signal to consumers by reflecting the true costs of production; welcomes, therefore, the strategy’s objective that the healthy and sustainable choice should become the mostmust be affordable one;
Amendment 1828 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Reaffirms its belief that policy measures that are dependent solely on consumer choice unduly shift the responsibility to purchase sustainable products to consumers; notes that third- party certification and labelling alone are not effective in ensuring sustainable production and consumption; acknowledges nevertheless, that transparency is an important element, that will empower consumers to make more sustainable buying decisions;
Amendment 1833 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Reaffirms its belief that policy measures that are dependent solely on consumer choice unduly shift the responsibility to purchase sustainable products toSupports a holistic approach including all stakeholders to make our food system more sustainable; reaffirms that policy measures need to be based on the triad of sustainable production, target oriented labelling and on consumers choice; notes that third- party certification and labelling alone are not effective in ensuring sustainable production and consumption;
Amendment 1834 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Reaffirms its belief that policy measures that are dependent solely on consumer choice unduly shift the responsibility to purchase sustainable products to consumers; notes that third- party certification and labellingNotes that third-party certification and labelling under the principle of mutual recognition alone are not effective in ensuring sustainable production and consumption, notably in third countries;
Amendment 1854 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
Amendment 1863 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Highlights the recognition in the strategy that Europeans’ diets are not in line with recommendations for healthy eating, and that a population-wide shift in consumption patterns is needed towards more healthy anddiets which may include more plant-based foods and less red and processed meat, sugars, salt, and fats, which will also benefit the environment; emphasises that EU-wide guidelines for sustainable and healthy diets would bring clarity to consumers on what constitutes a healthy and sustainable diet and inform Member States’ own efforts to integrate sustainability elements in national dietary advice; calls on the Commission to develop such guidelinesencourage consumers to live a healthy diet calls on the Commission to develop such guidelines and specific actions to effectively promote healthy diets; urges that these guidelines could be reflected in an EU-wide easy to grasp and easy to understand nutrition labelling; encourages Member States to integrate sustainability elements in national dietary advice; calls on the Commission to develop EU wide guidelines for sustainable diets; suggests to use these guidelines to develop a sustainable labelling and specific actions to effectively promote healthy plant-based diets;
Amendment 1896 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Highlights the recognition in the strategy that Europeans’ diets are not in line with recommendations for healthy eating, and that a population-wide shift in consumption patterns is needed towards more healthy and plant-based foods and less red and processed meat, sugars, salt, and fatsbalanced diet, which will also benefit the environment; emphasises that EU-wide guidelines for sustainable and healthy diets should be science-based and take into account the cultural and regional diversity of European foods and diets would bring clarity to consumers on what constitutes a healthy and sustainable diet and inform Member States’ own efforts to integrate sustainability elements in national dietary advice; calls on the Commission to develop such guidelines and specific actions to effectively promote healthy plant-basand balanced diets;
Amendment 1899 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Highlights the recognition in the strategy that Europeans’ diets are not in line with recommendations for healthy eating, and that a population-wide shift in consumption patterns is needwelcomed towards more healthy and plant-based foods and less red and processed meat, sugars, salt, and fats,balanced diet which will also benefit the environment; emphasises that EU-wide guidelines for sustainable and healthy diets would bring clarity to consumers on what constitutes a healthy and sustainable diet and inform Member States’ own efforts to integrate sustainability elements in national dietary advice; calls on the Commission to develop such guidelines and specific actions to effectively promote healthy pbalant-basced diets;
Amendment 1913 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20a. Calls for the expansion of regional and farm slaughtering to avoid long and painful animal transports and to be able to slaughter animals gently in familiar surroundings; highlights that this would simultaneously strengthen rural agriculture, the promotion of the consumption of regional food and would cause less stress before slaughtering and also improve the quality of the meat;
Amendment 1936 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Considers that the further development of plant protein production and alternative sourcesconsumption of protein in the EU is a way of effectively addressing many of the environmental and climate challenges that EU agriculture is facing, notably including local supplies of animal feedstuffs thus supporting the viability of European animal husbandry as well as preventing deforestation in countries outside the EU;
Amendment 1974 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Calls for a revision of public procurement legislation and funding, including minimum mandatory criteria in kindergarten and schools and other public institutions to encourage organic and local food production andlocal food chains, organic farming, sustainable production and the reduction of foodwaste; calls to promote more healthy diets and dietary patterns by creating a food environment that enables consumers to make the healthy choice;
Amendment 1997 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Calls for a revision of public procurement legislation, including minimum mandatory criteria in schools and other public institutions to encourage organicsustainable and local food production and to promote more healthy diets by creating a food environment that enables consumers to make the healthy choice;
Amendment 1999 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Calls for a revision of public procurement legislation, including minimum mandatory criteria in schools and other public institutions to encourage organicsustainably and local foodly production aned food to promote more healthy diets by creating a food environment that enables consumers to make the healthy choice;
Amendment 2047 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)
Paragraph 23 a (new)
23a. Recalls that 70% of EU food waste results from a combination of households, restaurants, catering services and retail, whereas the remaining 30% occurs on farms and during processing;
Amendment 2049 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 b (new)
Paragraph 23 b (new)
23b. Recognises that ensuring animal health also helps to avoid food losses and waste at source;
Amendment 2050 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 c (new)
Paragraph 23 c (new)
23c. Reiterates that according to the FAO 2019 report, consumer waste is often a result of poor purchase planning, excess and impulse buying, opting for extreme cheap prices instead of quality and sustainability, confusion over labels ('best before' and 'use by'), poor in-home storing or stock management, preparation of too much food, and a lack of knowledge on how to use leftovers in other recipes instead of discarding them;
Amendment 2069 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Welcomes the proposed revision of EU rules on date marking; stresses that any change to date marking rules should be risk and science based and should improve the use of date marking by actors in the food chain and its understanding by consumers, in particular ‘best before’ labelling, while at the same time not undermining food safety or quality;
Amendment 2127 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Underlines the importance EU funding for research and innovation especially for SMEs as a key driver in accelerating the transition to a more sustainable, healthy and inclusive European food system while facilitating investments needed to encourage agro- ecological practices in both social and technological innovation, and the crucial role of farm advisory services in ensuring the transfer of knowledge to the farming community, drawing on the existing specialised training systems for farmers in Member States;
Amendment 2143 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)
Paragraph 25 a (new)
25a. Urges the Commission to enable the use of innovation and new technologies such as new animal and plant breeding techniques, artificial intelligence and digital technologies; emphasises in particular, the potential of new breeding techniques (NBTs) which could improve the tolerance of plant varieties to water stress and pests, as well as the disease resistance of animals; recommends that each NBT should be analysed on a case-by-case basis and according to strict scientific criteria;
Amendment 2164 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)
Paragraph 25 a (new)
25a. Acknowledges that SMEs are a valuable source and contributor enabling the transition towards a fair, healthy and environmentally-friendly farm to fork strategy;
Amendment 2250 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 a (new)
Paragraph 26 a (new)
26a. Recalls that trade agreements must ensure that the parties involved participate actively in promoting sustainable development principles; international standards that are in line with European environmental and climate ambitions for sustainable growth must also be guaranteed; in addition, in order to ensure a global transition to sustainable food systems, these agreements should make the Paris Agreement on Climate Change and compliance to this as essential and binding elements;