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Activities of Maria NOICHL related to 2023/2015(INI)

Plenary speeches (1)

2023/10/19
Dossiers: 2023/2015(INI)

Shadow reports (1)

2023/10/03
Committee: AGRI
Dossiers: 2023/2015(INI)
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Amendments (70)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 9 a (new)

– having regard to the Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the making available on the Union market as well as export from the Union of certain commodities and products associated with deforestation and forest degradation and repealing Regulation (EU) No 995/2010,

2023/05/03
Committee: AGRI

Motion for a resolution
Citation 14 a (new)

– having regard to the opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee, 'Towards a sustainable plant protein and plant oil strategy for the EU', NAT/856,

2023/05/03
Committee: AGRI

Motion for a resolution
Recital B

B. whereas the COVID-19 pandemic and the Russian invasion of Ukraine have had dramatic effects on global trade and have made it more apparent that the EU needs to diversify its food and feed supply chains and become as independent as possible from foreign countries in supplying European consumers and as regards feed;

2023/05/03
Committee: AGRI

Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)

Ca. whereas the EU is heavily dependent on imports of plant protein from third countries, the vast majority of which is genetically modified; whereas in 2018, due to this deficit, over 75% of European plant-based protein had to be imported from third countries, in particular Argentina, Brazil and the USA; whereas only 6% of soybeans worldwide are marketed as non-GM soy;1a _________________ 1a See also: U.S. Food & Drug Administration, "GMO Crops, Animal Food and Beyond" at https://www.fda.gov/food/agricultural- biotechnology/gmo-crops-animal-food- and- beyond#:~:text=In%202020%2C%20GM O%20soybeans%20made,of%20all%20su gar%20beets%20harvested.

2023/05/03
Committee: AGRI

Motion for a resolution
Recital D

D. whereas ~~plant-based proteins~~increased cultivation and consumption of plant-based proteins in the EU as well as meat production adapted to the level of domestic feed production are crucial for the transition towards more sustainable food systems with a reduced climate impact;

2023/05/03
Committee: AGRI

Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)

Da. whereas the global demand for soy has drastic consequences for the environment and the climate, as arable land is being expanded worldwide, converting vast areas of forest and savannah;1a _________________ 1a See also: Hannah Ritchie and Max Roser (2021) - "Forests and Deforestation"

2023/05/03
Committee: AGRI

Motion for a resolution
Recital D b (new)

Db. whereas food is responsible for about 25-30% of global greenhouse gas emissions, with over 80% of these emissions derived from the livestock sector;1awhereas average European per capita consumption of animal protein is 50% higher today than in the early 1960s and twice the global average; _________________ 1a See also: Crippa, M., Solazzo, E., Guizzardi, D. et al. Food systems are responsible for a third of global anthropogenic GHG emissions. Nat Food 2, 198–209 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1038/s43016-021- 00225-9

2023/05/03
Committee: AGRI

Motion for a resolution
Recital D c (new)

Dc. whereas EU animal husbandry is heavily dependent on imports of crops with a high protein content; whereas, in this context, only the livestock sector makes a high claim to arable land outside the EU and also in the EU; whereas only about one third of the EU’s arable land is used directly by humans for a plant-based diet;1a _________________ 1a See also: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/ etudes/BRIE/2019/640143/EPRS_BRI(20 19)640143_EN.pdf

2023/05/03
Committee: AGRI

Motion for a resolution
Recital D d (new)

Dd. whereas the current high level of meat production in the EU, especially of pork and poultry meat, would not be possible without protein imports; whereas an overwhelming proportion of harvests in the EU is used for animal feed and the second most important use of harvests is to produce technical energy; whereas the direct use of plants as food represents only a small part of crop production;

2023/05/03
Committee: AGRI

Motion for a resolution
Recital D e (new)

De. whereas a shift to more plant- based foods would not only improve food security, but would also bring major benefits to climate change mitigation and, at the same time, significant additional benefits for human health;

2023/05/03
Committee: AGRI

Motion for a resolution
Recital E

E. whereas leguminous crops and grasslands help maintain and improve soil quality and fertility, increase biodiversity as well as carbon and nitrogen fixation and lead to improved water retention;

2023/05/03
Committee: AGRI

Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)

Ea. whereas domestic production of leguminous crops makes a positive contribution to climate change mitigation, as in addition to the positive environmental impacts, production would also lead to the elimination of deforestation risks and transport;

2023/05/03
Committee: AGRI

Motion for a resolution
Recital E b (new)

Eb. whereas grain legumes in particular reduce weed pressure;

2023/05/03
Committee: AGRI

Motion for a resolution
Recital H

H. whereas ~~aquaculture has a crucial role in global food security and nutrition~~sustainable aquaculture can contribute to protein production; whereas, however, intensive aquaculture is often accompanied by diverse environmental damage, such as the consequences of using chemicals or antibiotics; whereas the use of algae as feed can partially reduce the negative environmental impacts of fish-based feed for aquaculture;

2023/05/03
Committee: AGRI

Motion for a resolution
Recital I

I. whereas cell-based ~~agriculture and seafood farming are promising and innovative solution~~meat production by the industry and seafood farming may be alternative methods for obtaining proteins, but are subject to criticism regarding a number of issues;

2023/05/03
Committee: AGRI

Motion for a resolution
Recital J

J. whereas interest in insects for human and animal consumption is growing; whereas the production of insects requires a considerable amount of energy;

2023/05/03
Committee: AGRI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Underlines that not least the Ukraine war with its disruptions on the international (commodity) markets has shown that it is also very important for the EU to have strategic supply autonomy in the agricultural sector; Calls in this context for the EU to ensure its food security and reduce dependence on agricultural products and resources from third countries;

2023/05/03
Committee: AGRI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 b (new)

1b. Underlines that conventional agriculture in particular must make a greater contribution to protein crop production, since organic farms have already almost maximised their share of leguminous crops in the crop rotation;

2023/05/03
Committee: AGRI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 c (new)

1c. Underlines that many farmers lack the knowledge to grow leguminous crops properly;

2023/05/03
Committee: AGRI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 – point 1 a (new)

1a. A vision of the livestock sector that is oriented towards regional, agricultural and ecological potential and limits;

2023/05/03
Committee: AGRI

Motion for a resolution
Subheading 2 a (new)

A vision of the livestock sector that is oriented towards regional, agricultural and ecological potential and limits;

2023/05/03
Committee: AGRI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Underlines that, from a geopolitical and strategic perspective, dependencies on a single or few suppliers must be reduced as far as possible and replaced by sustainable animal husbandry with less need for imported feed; Underlines that, consequently, demand should be replaced as far as possible by domestic production, provided this is possible with the available land;

2023/05/03
Committee: AGRI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Underlines that pork exports from the EU increased by over 65%, poultry exports from the EU increased by over 40% and beef exports from the EU increased by over 40% between 2010 and 2020;

2023/05/03
Committee: AGRI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 b (new)

3b. Underlines that the increasing specialisation of global agriculture is a major problem, among other things because the high level of soy imports into the EU leads to a dangerous imbalance, in that the nutrients from soy imports remain on European land and accumulate in the soil there, ending up as nitrate in the groundwater;

2023/05/03
Committee: AGRI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 c (new)

3c. Underlines that more than one third of rivers, lakes and coastal waters and more than 80% of marine waters in the EU are eutrophic due to excessive nutrient concentrations; Underlines in this context that 14% of groundwater in the EU exceeded nitrate drinking water standards in the period 2016-2019, with no progress made compared to the previous reporting period;1a _________________ 1a See also: European Commission (2021) Report on the implementation of Council Directive 91/676/EEC concerning the protection of waters against pollution caused by nitrates from agricultural sources based on Member State reports for the period 2016–2019

2023/05/03
Committee: AGRI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 d (new)

3d. Emphasises that more than half of our water footprint comes from imported goods, with imports accounting for as much as 60% of cultivated products, meaning that the EU imports large quantities of water in a virtual form from producer countries; Underlines in this context that importing goods conserves own water resources, but this is to the detriment of producing countries; Emphasises that the production of one kilo of soybeans requires about 1800 litres of water and that the current high level of intensive soybean production is unsustainable in the context of water scarcity;

2023/05/03
Committee: AGRI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 e (new)

3e. Emphasises that the health and environmental costs of water pollution in the EU due to excess nitrogen and phosphorus are more than €22 billion per year;2a _________________ 2a See also: European Commission (2021) Green taxation and other economic instruments: Internalising environmental costs to make the polluter pay

2023/05/03
Committee: AGRI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 f (new)

3f. Emphasises that the import of protein feed from third countries, especially from North and South America, has left a large ecological footprint and, particularly in South America, is one of the main causes of land-use change and has often led to environmental problems such as contamination of groundwater by pesticides, soil erosion, water shortages and deforestation, resulting in a devastating decline in biodiversity; Underlines that soya production has negative social and health consequences in producer countries, aggravated by weak land tenure rights, land grabbing, forced expulsion and other human rights abuses;

2023/05/03
Committee: AGRI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 g (new)

3g. Emphasises that the livestock sector in the EU, due to its many negative side effects, must be aligned in the future with regional, agricultural and ecological potential and limits;

2023/05/03
Committee: AGRI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 h (new)

3h. Welcomes the fact that per capita meat consumption in the EU is expected to fall from 69.8 kg in 2018 to 67 kg in 2031; Regrets that meat exports have been rising steadily for years;1a _________________ 1a See also: European Commission, EU agricultural outlook 2021-2031, https://agriculture.ec.europa.eu/news/eu- agricultural-outlook-2021-31-consumer- behaviour-influence-meat-and-dairy- markets-2021-12-09_en

2023/05/03
Committee: AGRI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Emphasises that there is a protein shortage in the EU’s compound feed sector in particular, and not in the supply of plant protein for the food sector;

2023/05/03
Committee: AGRI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 b (new)

4b. Emphasises that the same environmental and social standards must be met when importing protein feed as when producing it in the EU; Underlines the consumers’ need for non-GMO soy cultivation;

2023/05/03
Committee: AGRI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 c (new)

4c. Emphasises that the rising global demand for food and growing world hunger cannot be satisfied with meat production, as this is inefficient in terms of resource economics; Underlines that feed competes with food for energy purposes in the same way as biomass; Points out that to achieve SDG 2 “zero hunger” in particular, this competition must be ended in favour of food production;

2023/05/03
Committee: AGRI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 d (new)

4d. Is concerned about the decline of agricultural land in the EU, which, according to calculations by the European Commission, will lead to a decrease of almost 1 million hectares of farm land in the EU by 2030;

2023/05/03
Committee: AGRI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 e (new)

4e. Emphasises the importance of cereals and grassland, especially grass and clover pastures, as a feed source for livestock;

2023/05/03
Committee: AGRI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 f (new)

4f. Emphasises that it will not be possible to fully substitute the many protein imports with European production without this having negative impacts on other areas of agricultural production;

2023/05/03
Committee: AGRI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 g (new)

4g. Emphasises that 37% of the ecological priority areas in the previous CAP were used for the cultivation of nitrogen-fixing crops; Is concerned that a similar area will not be achieved under Member States’ national strategic plans;

2023/05/03
Committee: AGRI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Highlights that sustainable, domestic protein production must be recognised as a crucial aspect of the EU food system;

2023/05/03
Committee: AGRI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. Considers that developing the production of plant ~~and alternative~~ sources of protein in the EU is an effective way of addressing many of the environmental and climate challenges that the EU faces;

2023/05/03
Committee: AGRI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. Emphasises that the expansion of oleaginous crops in the EU would benefit energy self-sufficiency for fuel supply on the one hand and greater availability of oilcake on the other; Underlines that oleaginous crops are also an ideal addition to crop rotation;

2023/05/03
Committee: AGRI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 b (new)

6b. Calls for increased support for the processing chain of plant protein in the EU to shorten transport routes and create more opportunities for drying, heating and milling, as the current small and decentralised cultivation areas in the EU result in high costs;

2023/05/03
Committee: AGRI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Emphasises that protein production starts with farmers, fishers and aquaculture farmers ~~and that they must therefore be central to the strategy~~;

2023/05/03
Committee: AGRI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Stresses that European businesses must become more competitive , but protein crops must also become more economically viable; Is particularly critical of the import of cheap soya from overseas;

2023/05/03
Committee: AGRI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

11. Recalls that it ~~will be impossible~~is very important to increase the production of plant-based protein ~~without good-quality plant materials~~on the land as well; Emphasises that land will have to be cleared for this and that this will lead to conflicts; Underlines that if the high number of animals to be fattened in livestock husbandry in the EU is maintained, it will not be possible to produce the amount of protein in Europe that is currently imported by the EU;

2023/05/03
Committee: AGRI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

16. Highlights th~~e big~~at it is important to determine the exact potential of plant- based protein ~~and the fact~~; Highlights that the development of the sector will benefit European farmers, soil quality, biodiversity, the climate and human health and is strategically important for European food security;

2023/05/03
Committee: AGRI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17

17. Stresses the importance of grasslands as a protein source~~; Highlights the r~~, especially for ruminants; Believ~~ance of~~es that projects ~~that extract high- quality protein as well as biomethanol from grasslands through biorefining~~using grassland by way of biorefining as well as biomethanol only make sense if direct utilisation via livestock does not make sense;

2023/05/03
Committee: AGRI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18

18. Is of the opinion that sustained aquaculture is an important protein producer and that the use of algae as a food or feed additive ~~is a promising way of~~offers the potential to partially reduc~~ing~~e emissions ~~from livestock~~;

2023/05/03
Committee: AGRI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)

18a. Underlines that intensive seafood farming is the most important source for the spread of the sea lice disease to juvenile wild salmon in Europe and North America, in particular due to the many hundreds of thousands of farmed salmon; Emphasises that a large amount of insecticides is used to control pest infestations in aquaculture;3a _________________ 3a See also: Costello, How sea lice from salmon farms may cause wild salmonid declines in Europe and North America and be a threat to fishes elsewhere October 2009

2023/05/03
Committee: AGRI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 b (new)

18b. Emphasises that escaped farmed fish from aquacultures lead to negative effects in mixing with wild populations due to the altered gene pool, which is particularly problematic as wild populations continue to decline;

2023/05/03
Committee: AGRI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 c (new)

18c. Emphasises that fish farming in aquacultures still feeds more fish with fish oil and fish meal than it produces, and it massively pollutes the water;

2023/05/03
Committee: AGRI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19

19. ~~Considers that innovative~~Emphasises that the production of novel, industrially produced, cell- based food ~~can help increase protein production and support agriculture;~~ s involves a higher consumption of energy and water than that of industrial poultry and pig farming;1a _________________ 1a Tuomisto, H. L., Ellis, M. J., & Haastrup, P. (2014, October). Environmental impacts of cultured meat: alternative production scenarios. In Proceedings of the 9th international conference on life cycle assessment in the agri-food sector (pp. 8-10).

2023/05/03
Committee: AGRI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)

19a. Emphasises that cell-based foods are produced in bioreactors and that this technique is used solely by industrial companies;

2023/05/03
Committee: AGRI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 b (new)

19b. Underlines that the culture medium of cell-based meat is often made from calf serum obtained from the foetuses of slaughtered pregnant cows;

2023/05/03
Committee: AGRI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 c (new)

19c. Underlines that antibiotics must also be added to cell-based meat to combat bacterial infestation;

2023/05/03
Committee: AGRI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20

20. Stresses that insects should be considered as alternative sources of protein, particularly for animal nutrition; Underlines the high energy requirements of mass rearing of insects;

2023/05/03
Committee: AGRI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26

26. Highlights that protein production in the EU will not increase if there is no market-driven demand for it and if it is not profitable for farmers to grow it;

2023/05/03
Committee: AGRI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29

29. Believes that public procurement should be used in a better way to incentivise more sustainable plant-based protein production as well as more sustainable and reduced animal proteind consumption;

2023/05/03
Committee: AGRI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30

30. Stresses that action at all levels is needed in order to increase ~~protein production;~~ domestic plant- based protein production and to bring intensive livestock farming to a level that is oriented towards regional, ecological and agricultural potential and limits by means of an appropriate funding policy;

2023/05/03
Committee: AGRI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 a (new)

30a. Emphasises that the European Commission, in consultation with EU Member States on the National Strategic Plans, should push for the appropriate promotion of protein crops through coupled income support, mobilisation of support for rural development through the promotion of investments, and cooperation in the food chain;

2023/05/03
Committee: AGRI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 b (new)

30b. Emphasises that cultivating leguminous crops without using pesticides could be offered as an eco-scheme;

2023/05/03
Committee: AGRI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 c (new)

30c. Calls for financial support for de- oiling systems to be made possible through the CAP in the Member States, as these are necessary for regional utilisation as feed;

2023/05/03
Committee: AGRI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31

31. Recalls the need to promote effective agricultural knowledge and innovation systems to further promote more intense dialogue in the fields of supply chain management and sustainable agronomic practices; Calls on the European Commission to create an easily accessible online platform in this context for the exchange of best practice examples and information on the cultivation of plant-based protein;

2023/05/03
Committee: AGRI

va. a strategy to gradually reduce livestock farming in the EU in order to reduce pressure on third-party land and to consistently comply with existing thresholds for pollution from emissions, in particular from nitrate in surface waters and groundwater and ammonia;

2023/05/03
Committee: AGRI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32 – point vi

~~vi. A regulation on new genomic techniques that allows new breeding techniques to be adop~~deleted;

2023/05/03
Committee: AGRI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32 – point vii a (new)

viia. Rules ensuring that protein imports meet production and quality standards comparable to the European standard in terms of their health and environmental impacts;

2023/05/03
Committee: AGRI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32 – point viii

viii. A combination of common agricultural policy rules that provide a stable framework, flexible management practices, a roadmap of best practices to ensure sustainable soya production, strategies for stronger links between livestock farming and regional feed potential and incentives for the production of protein-rich crops, grassland and legumes;

2023/05/03
Committee: AGRI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32 – point xiii a (new)

xiiia. uniform guidelines that ensure GMO-free production in Europe in the future;

2023/05/03
Committee: AGRI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32 – point xiii b (new)

xiiib. a study on the EU-wide potential and land requirements of protein and oleaginous crops that can be grown within the EU;

2023/05/03
Committee: AGRI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32 – point xiii c (new)

xiiic. a grazing strategy for Europe with the aim of promoting extensive grazing;

2023/05/03
Committee: AGRI

xiiid. a European responsibility strategy that ensures the basic nourishment of Europe with its own soil;

2023/05/03
Committee: AGRI