8 Amendments of Luke Ming FLANAGAN related to 2010/0208(COD)
Amendment 47 #
Council position
Recital 2 a (new)
Recital 2 a (new)
(2a) Given that the companies which produce GMO are the same ones which produce drugs and pesticides, public authorities need to take into account independent and impartial studies in the field;
Amendment 50 #
Council position
Recital 2 b (new)
Recital 2 b (new)
(2b) There are added health risks attached to the use of technologies which have been neither tested nor approved by competent and impartial authorities There is a need to ensure that impartial and independent studies are carried out in this field, by strengthening investment in research in order to increase scientific knowledge about these genetically modified products and the consequences of using them; the results of such studies should be published and debate on the matter encouraged.
Amendment 53 #
Council position
Recital 2 c (new)
Recital 2 c (new)
(2c) The fact that GMO crops rely on expensive technologies both to obtain and grow them, together with the fact that the seeds are patented, makes these crops into a multi-million dollar business which has little or nothing to do with food subsistence or preservation of biodiversity;
Amendment 54 #
Council position
Recital 2 d (new)
Recital 2 d (new)
Amendment 110 #
Council position
Recital 10 a (new)
Recital 10 a (new)
(10a) Bearing in mind that the most recent study addressing and analysing the impact on human health and safety of using these products dates from 2001 and that the latest studies of their socioeconomic impact and effects on animal health date from 2011/2012, further studies of the impact of these products on human and animal health should be encouraged and supported;
Amendment 229 #
Council position
Article 1 – paragraph 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1
Directive 2001/18/EC
Article 26 b – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point g a (new)
Article 26 b – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point g a (new)
(ga) Protection of small and medium- scale farmers who do not use patented seeds;
Amendment 230 #
Council position
Article 1 – paragraph 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1
Directive 2001/18/EC
Article 26 b – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point g b (new)
Article 26 b – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point g b (new)
(gb) Protection and safeguarding of the rights which assist producers of traditional crops in keeping their crops free of contamination and consumers in choosing between GMO and non-GMO crops;
Amendment 232 #
Council position
Article 1 – paragraph 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1
Directive 2001/18/EC
Article 26 b – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point g c (new)
Article 26 b – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point g c (new)
(gc) Recognition of the right of Member States to establish themselves as GMO- free areas, in order to preserve their products and traditional and organic farming method;