16 Amendments of Annie SCHREIJER-PIERIK related to 2017/2117(INI)
Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 4 a (new)
Citation 4 a (new)
- having regard to the European Parliament resolution of 15 November 2017 on an Action Plan for nature, people and the economy,
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 4 b (new)
Citation 4 b (new)
- having regard to the Council conclusions of 19 June 2017 on the EU Action Plan for nature, people and the economy,
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 4 c (new)
Citation 4 c (new)
- having regard to the Communication from the Commission to the Council and the European Parliament of 29 June 2017 on a European ‘One Health’ Action Plan against antimicrobial resistance (AMR),
Amendment 104 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital N a (new)
Recital N a (new)
Na. whereas recent outbreaks of animal diseases have shown that an outbreak in one Member State can constitute a threat to the entire European agricultural market; whereas adequate interventions are necessary to prevent cross-border outbreaks of animal diseases and reduce the impact of antibiotic resistance;
Amendment 106 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital N b (new)
Recital N b (new)
Nb. whereas the European One Health Action Plan against Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) observes that immunisation through vaccination is a cost-effective public health intervention in efforts to combat antimicrobial resistance1 a; _________________ 1aEuropean Commission (29, June 2017), A European One Health Action Plan against Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR), p. 10.
Amendment 107 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital N c (new)
Recital N c (new)
Nc. whereas in the Action Plan the $c announces provide incentives to increase the uptake of diagnostics, antimicrobial alternatives and vaccines1 a; _________________ 1aEuropean Commission (29, June 2017), A European One Health Action Plan against Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR), p. 10.
Amendment 108 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital N d (new)
Recital N d (new)
Nd. whereas the relatively higher costs of diagnosis, antimicrobial alternatives and vaccination in comparison with widely used antibiotics are an obstacle to achieving a higher rate of vaccination, as aspired to by the Action Plan1 a; _________________ 1a A European One Health Action Plan against Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR), p. 15.
Amendment 109 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital N e (new)
Recital N e (new)
Amendment 210 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Believes it necessary to offer greater support to young peoplefarmers and new entrants, via both direct aid and rural development policy, givenas the high average age of workers in the livestock-raising sectors, exceeding even that in other agricultural professions, is among the key challenges in keeping rural areas alive and maintaining food security in the Union;
Amendment 311 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Urges the Commission and the Member States to consider harmonising tolerance levels when punishing livestock farmers for inadvertent errors in the application of the electronic identification system, subject to the strict condition that this must not lead to acceptance of a higher error rate than for preventive animal health care and is justified in the light of the One Health approach; recognises the importance of a united approach and improving preventive animal health care in the Union;
Amendment 324 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Calls on the Member States to take steps to increase vaccination coverage in the sector and thus combat infectious diseases among sheep and goats as well as antimicrobial resistance cost-effectively;
Amendment 328 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 b (new)
Paragraph 13 b (new)
13b. Calls on the Commission, in the context of the reform of the Common Agricultural Policy, in line with the announcement in the European ‘One Health’ Action Plan against Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR), to provide incentives and support for sheep and goat farmers who can demonstrate that they have attained high vaccination coverage among their animals;
Amendment 330 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 c (new)
Paragraph 13 c (new)
13c. Calls on the Commission to facilitate the use of immunoprecise vaccines as a first measure to combat possible disease outbreaks in the sector;
Amendment 351 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Invites the Commission and Member States to consider rural development measures to protect herds from attack from large predators and look into reviewing the Habitats Directive, with the aim of controlling the spread of predatorthese animals in certain grazing areas;
Amendment 353 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Calls on the Commission and Member States to take practical measures to tackle conflicts that have arisen between large predators, particularly wolves, and traditional grazing of sheep and goats, inter alia by means of adequate compensation for losses, and in so doing to incorporate more clearly into national and local policy the flexibility already provided for by the Habitats Directive and stressed by the Council1 a and Parliament2 a; calls on the Commission and Member States to step up cross- border cooperation between authorities, farmers and conservationists with regard to large predators as a matter of urgency; _________________ 1a Council Conclusions of 19 June 2017 on the EU Action Plan for nature, people and the economy. http://www.consilium.europa.eu/nl/press/p ress-releases/2017/06/19/conclusions-eu- action-plan-nature/pdf 2a European Parliament resolution of 15 November 2017 on an Action Plan for nature, people and the economy. (2017/2819(RSP))
Amendment 369 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 b (new)
Paragraph 14 b (new)
14b. Reminds the Commission and Member States, inter alia because sheep and goat farmers engage in agricultural nature conservation in protected habitats and designated special protection areas, of the recommendations of the Standing Committee of the Bern Convention of 5 December 20141 a concerning the growing problem of hybridisation between wolves and dogs; reiterates the call of the Standing Committee to the Commission and the Member States to adopt action plans and measures to implement these recommendations, with a view to safeguarding traditional grazing and promoting co-existence between grazing livestock and protected large predators; _________________ 1a Standing Committee of the Convention on the Conservation of European Wildlife and Natural Habitats, Recommendation No. 173 (2014) on hybridisation between wild grey lone-actors (Canis lupus) and domestic dogs (Canis lupus familiaris).