24 Amendments of Daniel BUDA related to 2020/2085(INI)
Amendment 27 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas animal welfare is a sensitive and increasingly important issue in our society, particularly in view of its implications for resulting food quality;
Amendment 34 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas the European Union must ensure that all consumers have access to safe, high-quality, affordable food;
Amendment 37 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas European food-production standards, including animal welfare criteria, are the highest and most rigorous in the world; whereas, under the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, Member States have undertaken to comply with all welfare requirements of animals as sentient beings, while respecting customs relating to religious rituals, cultural traditions and regional heritage in the Member States;
Amendment 51 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas European farmers have made steady progress in recent decades by looking critically at their practices and making improvements and adjustments in their work; whereas they rely on the support of advisory and research bodies and a number of non-governmental organisations to improve their practices; whereas, what is more, European farmers want to continue to move forward in this area but face technical, legislative and economic obstacles;
Amendment 59 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas animal welfare goes hand in hand with farmers’ welfare and both should be given appropriate resources and greater practical support at European level;
Amendment 80 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
I. whereas the current EU legislation, which provides a combination of opt-outs, exceptions and unclear requirements and fails to provide specific safeguards or guarantee levels of protection, thereby giving rise to a number of undesirable practices, co- exists with national laws, resulting in legislative fragmentation and legal uncertainty on the domestic market, all of which are considered to have distorted competition;
Amendment 103 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital N a (new)
Recital N a (new)
Na. whereas it is in the interests of both farmers and consumers to ensure equal conditions in the internal market and at the same time equal conditions for imports of products from third countries;
Amendment 120 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital R
Recital R
R. whereas our agricultural, environmental and commercial strategies should be coherent, complementary and appropriate;
Amendment 141 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital U
Recital U
U. whereas labelling can only be effective if it is easy for consumers to understand, does not have additional economic implications for food sector operators, especially farmers, and is designed for an integrated single market and underpinned by a coherent EU trade policy;
Amendment 202 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls for any future legislative initiative (whether the establishment of new legislation or a review of existing texts) entailing an amendment or change to the livestock-raising system (including accommodation) and livestock welfare criteria to be based on sound, recent scientific data derived from research grounded in a systemic approach and not focused on any single aspect of sustainability; advocates for balance to be maintained and for scientific advice on how the desired changes will affect the animals, the environment and the farmers, especially small farmers, to be followed;
Amendment 214 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Commission to update animal welfare rules in the light of scientific progress and research findings in this field;
Amendment 224 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Recalls that changes must be made after scientific evaluation and with a view to meeting citizens’ needs, with due account for consumers’ choices and purchasing power; calls for shorter supply chains in human nutrition, relying on locally or regionally produced food to provide consumers with better direct access to local food and to support small farmers;
Amendment 226 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Recalls that changes must be made after scientific evaluation and with a view to meeting, on the one hand, the challenges facing stockbreeders and, on the other, citizens’ needs, with due account for consumers’ choices and purchasing power;
Amendment 242 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Stresses that any change must be considered in the light of the time needed for livestock farmers to implement it, the economic and bureaucratic implications thereof and the inertia it may entail;
Amendment 258 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Recalls that investments in improved animal welfare incur higher production costs, no matter the type of livestock farming concerned; notes that, unless covered by financial aid or a return on investment from the market, the rise in production costs means that farmers will not be able to invest in animal welfare; urges the European Commission to decide on appropriate financial support for stockbreeders so as to encourage them to invest in improved animal welfare;
Amendment 270 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Calls for financial support to be provided to livestock farmers who must effect a transition on their farms, whether by means of public policies (a coherent combination of different tools, including the CAP) or the market, and for consumers to be provided with clear and transparent information by ensuring clear and reliable labelling of animal products on welfare- related aspects of their production; calls, further, for a positive and non-stigmatising communications strategy to be implemented; calls on the Commission and the Member States to communicate positively and arouse awareness on the importance and quality of work of farmers and animal breeders and the positive effects of the new animal welfare legislation;
Amendment 287 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Points out that practices intended to improve animal well-being usually incur higher production costs and increase farmers’ workload, and that this must be offset by corresponding remuneration; stresses, by way of example, that phasing in loose housing for pregnant sows would require a 30-year transition period to ensure that the additional costs incurred are recouped from the market, and that the least onerous way of introducing this is to construct new buildings, something that can only be done withdemands the cooperation of the authorities in issuing building permits and to reduce the administrative burden;
Amendment 330 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Invites the Commission to improve the internal market by devising a harmonised, shared strategy on animal welfare in European countriesincluding changes resulting from new European animal welfare legislation;
Amendment 335 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Urges the Commission to inform consumers and raise their awareness of the reality of livestock farming and the diversity and origin of production methods by showing, without dogmatism, the care and attention that farmers pay to their animals; invites Member States to incorporate this campaign in school programs;
Amendment 342 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Calls on the Commission to reword its regulatory framework to make it clearer, more predictable and more accessible, with a view not to tightening rules up or adding to them, but rather to making the objectives and indicators more easily comprehensible and, thereby, to leaving less room for interpretation and enabling and facilitating uniform national transposition among Member States; suggests updating the general directive to include the Commission’s objectives and expectations regarding the welfare of farm animals, systemic research findings and working on species-specific directives, with due account for the nature of livestock farming, the various stages of the animals’ lives, on- farm practices unrelated to livestock farming, the challenges facing stockbreeders, and the diversity of soil and weather conditions;
Amendment 361 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Asks the Commission to accompany any decision with a scientific and economic impact assessment (including a market studyenvironmental, economic and social impact) taking into account the diversity of farming methods in each sector in the European Union and analysing the situation from both the animal’s (species by species and at different stages of production) and the farmer’s perspective;
Amendment 370 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Urges the Commission to link its various strategies by implementing rules drawn up in a manner consistent with the European Green Deal, the ‘Farm to Fork’ strategy, the EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030, and agricultural, trade and promotion policies;
Amendment 376 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)
Paragraph 25 a (new)
25a. Calls on the Commission to re- evaluate trade agreements with third countries in order to ensure that they meet the same animal welfare and product quality standards;
Amendment 407 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
Paragraph 30
30. Invites the Commission to conduct an in-depth examination of the possible implications, especially for stockbreeders, of introducing mandatory labelling requirements at EU level, drawing in particular on experience gained in recent public labelling schemes in some Member States;