Activities of Arne GERICKE related to 2017/2115(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Prospects and challenges for the EU apiculture sector (debate) DE
Amendments (4)
Amendment 59 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Stresses the rejection of any form of patenting of plants and animals; calls for the collaborative honeybee breeding work done by the beekeeping community to be placed under an Open Source licence with a view to protecting the honeybee as a public good against appropriation by commercial undertakings and to ensuring that the general beekeeper can continue to breed the honeybee without a licence;
Amendment 77 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Welcomes the successes of the ongoing EU programmes such as SMARTBEES (Sustainable Management of Resilient Bee Populations) and calls for further commitment to protecting the biodiversity of wild bees and local breeds, and thus also preventing unbalanced concentration on the breeds that are most commonly kept today, Carnica, Ligustica and Buckfast;
Amendment 81 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 b (new)
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7b. Calls for beekeepers to be involved in local and public construction projects and in the design of public parks in order to ensure that an environment attractive for bees is created, meeting their need for suitable plants and continuous flowering;
Amendment 99 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Welcomes the ongoing trend for urban beekeeping and at the same time calls for close, mandatory integration of regional beekeepers' associations and the authorities, and for minimum standards to stop abusive husbandry practices and prevent the wilful spreading of disease and illness amongst the bee populations;