35 Amendments of Anja HAZEKAMP related to 2017/2284(INI)
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 27 a (new)
Citation 27 a (new)
- having regard to Directive 2013/39/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 August 2013 amending Directives 2000/60/EC and 2008/105/EC as regards priority substances in the field of water policy;
Amendment 27 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas Directive 2009/128/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the sustainable use of pesticides (hereinafter ‘the directive’) provides for a range of actions to achieve a sustainable use of pesticides in the EU by reducing pesticide dependency, by reducing the risks and impacts of pesticide use on human health and the environment and by promoting the use of Integrated Pest Management (IPM) and, including alternative approaches or techniques, such as non- chemical alternatives to pesticidesplant protection techniques, more specifically sustainable, ecological and safe techniques which - contrary to many pesticides - do not harm human health, animal health nor the environment;
Amendment 38 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the directive is one of the Union’s mosta valuable tools to ensure thahelp protect the environment, ecosystems and, human health are well protectedand animal health from hazardous substances in pesticides; whereas the failure to fully implement the directive makes it all but impossible to achieve the highest degree of protection and tofor human and animal health and for the environment, and to achieve the urgently needed transition towards a sustainable agricultural sector and a non-toxic, pesticide-free and EDC-free environment;
Amendment 57 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Regrets the fact that the overall degree of progress in implementation by the Member States is totally insufficient to meet the directive’s main objectives and to unlock its full potential to reduce the overall risks deriving from pesticide use, to reduce the use of pesticides, to promote the transition towards sustainable, ecological and safe plant protection techniques, and to achieve the environmental and health improvements the directive was specifically designed forprotection of human and animal health and the environment;
Amendment 65 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Emphasises that the implementation of the directive must be comprehensive and cover all the required aspects, and that the partial implementation of certain elements but not others is insufficient to realise the directive’s overarching purpose of achieving the sustainable use of pesticides; underlines the fact that the implementation of IPM practices with the priorisation of non-chemical alternatives to pesticides, plays a particularly important role in efforts to achieve this objective;
Amendment 76 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Notes the unintentional effects of pesticides on soil and non-target species, in particular the recent scientific study illustrating the "insect Armageddon" whereby 75% of winged insects have become extinct in certain regions, even in nature reserves where no agricultural pesticides have been used; notes further that studies also show common bird species are declining across Europe which can be attributed to the decline in insect populations; recognises the importance of NAPs and IPM, in particular the swift transition to sustainable, ecological and safe plant protection techniques, in significantly reducing pesticide usage to avoid ecological collapse;
Amendment 80 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Regrets the fact that in manythe Member States there is no real commitment to IPM practices, which are the cornerstone of the directive; underlines the fact that rigorous implementationand comprehensive implementation of all eight principles of IPM is one of the key measures to reduce dependency on pesticide use in sustainable agriculture, which is environmentally friendlys; recognises that this approach is a first and necessary step towards sustainable agriculture in general, and towards sustainable, economlogically viable and socially responsible and contributes to Europe’s food security while strengthening biodiversity and human and animal health, boosting the rural economy and reducing costs for farmers by facilitating the market uptake of low-risk and non- chemical alternatives and safe plant protection techniques in particular; stresses that only a food production system that is both environmentally friendly and beneficial (rather than detrimental) to human and animal health, will secure Europe’s food production while simultaneously strengthening biodiversity; stresses that additional financialmeasures and incentives are needed to strengthen the uptake of IPM pracpromote and enable professional users to replace pesticides by individual farmsustainable, ecological and safe plant protection techniques;
Amendment 90 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Regrets also the fact that the Commission and the Member States fail to recognise the urgent need to drastically reduce the widespread and prophylactic use of pesticides (including those with endocrine disrupting properties) on a short term basis in order to protect human and animal health and the environment;
Amendment 94 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4 b. Regrets also the fact that the Commission and the Member States fail to commit to drastically reducing the use of pesticides (including those with endocrine disrupting properties) on a short term basis and to promote and enable a swift transition towards sustainable, ecological and safe plant protection techniques;
Amendment 96 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 c (new)
Paragraph 4 c (new)
4 c. Regrets the fact that the Directive itself lacks ambition; emphazises that in order to achieve the Directive's objectives in regard to the protection of human and animal health and the environment, it needs to acknowledge that a shift towards a sustainable food production system that is both pesticide-free and EDC-free, is urgently needed; stresses that the Commission must therefore impose additional measures and incentives to enable this shift, such as cross- compliance between IPM and CAP and a reduction target of 50% by 2023, promotion;
Amendment 98 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 d (new)
Paragraph 4 d (new)
4 d. Regrets the three years delay by the Commission in preparing its report on the progress made by the Member States in the implementation of the Directive, lacking EU steering, and as a result Member States not having fulfilled the requirements in the NAPs;
Amendment 102 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Expresses concern at the fact that approximately 80 % of Member States’ NAPs contain no specific information on how to quantify the achievement ofachieve and quantify many of the objectives and targets, particularly as regards targets for IPM and, aquatic protection measures, and measures to protect soil and biodiversity from pesticide contamination; stresses that this greatly complicates the process of measuring the progress made by Member States towards the main objectives and purpose of the directive;
Amendment 108 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Is concerned that very little progress has been made in promoting the uptake of low-risk and non-chemical alternatives to conventional pesticides; notes that a mere handful of NAPs contain incentives for the registration of such alternative productmethods;
Amendment 111 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Is concerned that the practice of using pesticide cocktails to combat resistant pests only leads to an increase of resistance, and therefore this practice should be prohibited;
Amendment 112 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6 b. Notes the widespread and prophylactic use of pesticides which comes at a high input cost to farmers; notes also the organic farmers who suffer economic loss due to the pesticide use of neighbouring farmers, whereby drift spraying and movement of persistent active substances in the environment contaminate organic produce and soil; notes that consequently, organic farmers are forced to sell their produce as conventional and thus with economic loss, and/or are facing de-certification due to actions contributable to others;
Amendment 115 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Stresses that the common agriculture policy (CAP), in its current form, is not capable of reducing farms’ dependency on pesticides; considers that specific policy instruments in the post- 2020 CAP are required in order to help change farmers’ behaviour as regards pesticide use, such as fiscal measures at national level, cross-compliance between IPM and CAP direct payments etc.;
Amendment 128 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8 a. Is concerned that the EU's use of pesticides, after a drop in 2009, is constantly growing and only in 2016, 368.588,42 tonnes of actives substances were used, making Europe third consumer of pesticides with 11,8% of all pesticides used worldwide, with France, Spain and Italy amongst the top ten biggest users of pesticides worldwide 1a _________________ 1a http://www.fao.org/faostat/en/#data/RP/vi sualize
Amendment 135 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Is deeply concerned at the gradual depletion of biodiversity in Europe and at the particularly disconcerting demise of winged insects, as evidenced by the findings of a recent scientific study26 that the population of flying insects in Germany has plummeted by more than 75 % in 27 years; considers that this collapse must be linked to the use of pesticides and further underlines the urgent need for Europe to switch to a more sustainable pesticide use and increase the number of non-chemical alternatives for farmers, ecological and safe plant protection techniques; considers also that if the Commission were no longer refusing to apply Art. 4.2 of Regulation 1107/2009 and instead were to actually decide on the unacceptable effects on the environment, it would contribute to halting the depletion of biodiversity; _________________ 26 https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id= 10.1371/journal.pone.0185809
Amendment 149 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Expresses particular concern at the continued use of pesticides with active substances that are mutagenic, carcinogenic or toxic for reproduction, or active substances that have endocrine- disrupting characteristics and are damaging to humans or animals; emphasises that the use of such pesticides is incompatible with the objectives and purpose of the directive; expresses particular criticism on the Commission's approach to bypass the first step of Art. 4.1 (last paragraph) of Regulation 1107/2009 which intends to evaluate classified pesticides;
Amendment 160 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12 a. Regrets the deterioration of water resources has increasingly led to extra- treatment by drinking water operators to ensure that water intended for human consumption complies with limits for pesticides as enshrined in Council Directive 98/83/EC of 3 November 1998 on the quality of water intended for human consumption and the relative costs have been borne by consumers, not polluters;
Amendment 169 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Calls on the Member States to complete the implementation of the directive without further delay, more specifically by ensuring that all professional users of pesticides stricly and comprehensively apply the IPM principles by 2020 and by establishing an ambitious reduction target of 50% by 2023;
Amendment 174 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13 a. Calls on the Commission to set an obligatory reduction target of 50% by 2023, and to impose this target on Member States who fail to do so themselves;
Amendment 176 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Calls on the Member States to take a proactive role in the practical implementation of the directive in order to identify gaps and specific areas which require particular attention with respect to the protection of human health and the environment, and not to limit themselves only to the usual national transposition and control mechanisms but instead to revise and develop their NAPs with clearly defined targets, objectives and time tables for human and animal health protection and for environmental protection;
Amendment 178 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14 a. Calls on the Member States to make sure that by 1 January 2019, IPM will serve as the basis for decisions on national authorisations of pesticides and to prohibit non-IPM practices, such as preventive spraying and calendar spraying;
Amendment 183 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Calls on the Member States to adhere to the established timelines for delivering revised NAPs; urges those Member States that have not yet delivered revised NAPs to do so without further delay, this time with the clear overall objective of an immediate; urges the Member States to include clear overall objectives and targets for the immediate, short-term and long-term reduction in pesticide use, (expressed either through a quantity- or risk-based approach, including clearly defined annual reduction targets and with special attention for the possible effects on pollinators) and for the uptake of alternative techniques in the agricultural sectorsustainable, ecological and safe plant protection techniques;
Amendment 187 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Calls on the Member States to adhere to the established timelines for delivering revised NAPs; urges those Member States that have not yet delivered revised NAPs to do so without further delay, this time with the clear overall objective of an immediate and long-term reduction in pesticide use, expressed either through a quantity- or risk-based approach, including clearly defined annual reduction targets and with special attention for the possible effects on pollinators and the uptake of alternative non-chemical techniques in the agricultural sector;
Amendment 193 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16 a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to commit to reducing farmers' dependency on pesticides and therefore to ensure cross-compliance between IPM and CAP, more specifically by linking the eligibility for CAP direct payments to those who quantifiably comply with the full set of IPM principles (and not just parts of IPM) and on the condition that pesticides are no longer used but are replaced by sustainable, ecological and safe plant protection techniques;
Amendment 197 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21 a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to take immediate action in order to ensure protection for vulnerable groups as defined in Article 3(14) of the PPP Regulation, especially considering the existing lack of protection of millions of EU rural residents living in the vicinity of crops; therefore, calls on the Commission and the Member States to impose immediate measures that prohibit the use of pesticides within a substantial and safe perimeter from residents' homes, schools, parks, playgrounds, nurseries, hospitals and other public spaces;
Amendment 200 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 b (new)
Paragraph 16 b (new)
16 b. Calls on the Commission and the Member Sates to fully implement the polluter-pays principle and effectively protect water resources;
Amendment 207 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17 a. Calls on the Commission to also impose independent monitoring on industrial producers of pesticides who are applying for pesticide approval or re- authorisation;
Amendment 209 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 b (new)
Paragraph 17 b (new)
17 b. Calls on the Commission to establish fully operational monitoring systems for the regular collection of data on pesticide residues in the environment, particularly in soil and water; suggests to the Commission to take into consideration the LUCAS soil monitoring system as an example;
Amendment 213 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to take all the requisite measures to promote low-risk pesticides and to prioritise non-chemical options and methods which cause the leastand enable the further development and uptake of sustainable, ecological and safe plant protection techniques and to prioritise the immediate prohibition of pesticides which are harmful to human health, and natureimal health or the environment;
Amendment 223 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18 a. Notes that resistance to pesticide active substances is a biological inevitability in fast-reproducing pests and diseases and that resistance is a growing problem; emphazises that prophylactic spraying should be prohibited, that targeted spraying should only be used as a last option rather than a first one, and that replacing pesticides by sustainable, ecological and safe plant protection techniques is the preferred option as it is the only one that offers a viable solution to the problem;
Amendment 234 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to place greaterthe emphasis on the promotion of the development, research and marketing of low-risk biological alterna, promotion and uptake of sustainable, ecological and safe plant protection techniques, and to provide for the necessary incentives;
Amendment 242 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19 a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to commit to a 50% reduction in the use of pesticides by 2023;