18 Amendments of Nicola CAPUTO related to 2017/2128(INI)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the fact that an implementation report for Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 is being undertaken with the aim of ensuring a high level of protection of both human and animal health as well as the environment, while safeguarding the competitiveness of the EU’s agriculture sector by providing access to a broad range of active substances and Plant Protection Products (PPP) for all farmers and producers, irrespective of the Members States they are operating in; recalls recital (8) of Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 which clearly highlights that particular attention should be paid to the protection of vulnerable groups of the population, including pregnant women, infants and children, that the precautionary principle should be applied and that this Regulation should ensure that industry demonstrates that substances or products produced or placed on the market do not have any harmful effect on human or animal health or any unacceptable effects on the environment;
Amendment 33 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Recital F a (new)
Fa. Underlines that the capacities of competent authorities in terms of expertise and staff and thus the quality of the results from the evaluations of hazard identification and initial risk assessment performed at national level, differ across Member States;
Amendment 47 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)
Recital H a (new)
Ha. Whereas the implementation of the Regulation is not fully coherent with the principle of mutual recognition, whereas the mutual recognition principle was assessed by stakeholders as one of the most problematic instruments to implement, whereas national evaluators tend to re-evaluate dossiers which were already evaluated by the zonal Rapporteur Member State;
Amendment 78 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Expresses its concern about systematic delays in the authorisation processes and the increasing use of derogations as laid down in Article 53 of Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009, while underlining the necessity for Member States to comply with the legal deadlines to ensure predictability for applicants and facilitate the market introduction of innovative PPPs that are in line with more stringent requirements; recalls recital (10) of Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 which clearly highlights that substances should only be included in plant protection products where it has been demonstrated that they present a clear benefit for plant production and they are not expected to have any harmful effect on human or animal health or any unacceptable effects on the environment;
Amendment 83 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Regrets that the Commission failed to complete the provisions of the Regulation and ensure full application of the Regulation;
Amendment 92 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Points out that the zonal evaluation of PPP applications, which allows applicants to propose one zonal Rapporteur Member State (zRMS) to carry out the assessment, should lead to the concerned Member States (cMS) taking a decision within the maximum time limit of 120 days after the zRMS has issued the registration report; recalls recital (16) of Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 which clearly highlights the possibility of amending or withdrawing the approval of an active substance in cases where the criteria for approval are no longer satisfied, or where compliance with Directive 2000/60/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2000 establishing a framework for Community action in the field of water policy is compromised, should be provided for under certain conditions;
Amendment 131 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Highlights that the lack of availability of low-risk plant protection products hinders Integrated Pest Management developments, stresses that only 10 substances are approved as low- risk plant protection products out of a total of almost 500 available on the EU market;
Amendment 134 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 b (new)
Paragraph 8 b (new)
8b. Emphasises that the authorisation and promotion of low-risk and non- chemical pesticides is an important measure to support low pesticide-input pest management;
Amendment 146 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. 1. Regrets that the Commission leaves measures to mitigate risks identified at EU level to the Member States;
Amendment 154 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Calls on the Member States to improve the serious and chronic understaffing of the national competent authorities which leads to delays at the stage of hazard identification and initial risk assessment performed by Member States;
Amendment 156 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 b (new)
Paragraph 13 b (new)
13b. Calls on the holders of authorisations for plant protection products in one Member State to fully implement the mutual recognition principle and apply for authorisation for the same product and the same uses in another Member State, calls on the Member States to improve the current lack of confidence which leads to the repetition of evaluations of the same products and to fully apply this principle in the authorisation of plant protection products;
Amendment 171 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. 1. Calls on the Commission to finally implement provisions on co- formulants, safeners and synergists, calls on the Commission to establish a list of unacceptable co-formulants and rules so that safeners and synergists are tested at EU level, and only those chemicals that comply with the EU approval criteria can be marketed;
Amendment 173 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 b (new)
Paragraph 15 b (new)
15b. Calls on the Commission to get agreement from the Member States on how to decide whether exposure of humans and other non-target organisms is “negligible”;
Amendment 198 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to incentivise research initiatives on active substances and plant protection products within Horizon Europe and the Multiannual Financial Framework 2021-2027 in general and to support exchanges among national authorities and extending this also to international authorities and relevant scientific bodies so as to develop a stronger and more cohesive scientific base;
Amendment 212 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20a. Calls in particular to improve transparency in the process and the overall accountability of the system by explaining and justifying the PAFF Committee decisions over precautionary risk mitigation measures, precautionary bans, and approvals;
Amendment 217 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21a. Calls on the Commission to submit, before the end of 2018, a specific legislative proposal amending Regulation (EC) No1107/2009, outside of the general revision in connection with the REFIT initiative, with a view to establishing a fast-track evaluation, authorisation and registration process for low-risk pesticides of biological origin;
Amendment 219 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21 a. calls on the Commission to set up EU-wide mitigation measures;
Amendment 223 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Calls on the Member States to ensure effective enforcement of the Regulation especially as regards controls of the plant protection products marketed in the EU, regardless of whether they have been produced in the EU or imported from third countries;