12 Amendments of Bronis ROPĖ related to 2020/2260(INI)
Amendment 312 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas the European model of a multifunctional agricultural sector, primarily driven by family farms, continues to ensure quality food production, local supply chains, good agriculture practices, high environmental standards and vibrant rural areas throughout the EU;
Amendment 510 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the farm to fork strategy as an important step in ensuring a sustainable, fair and resilient food system, which is central to achieving the goals set out in the European Green Deal and in the SDGs; emphasises the inextricable links between sustainable agricultural production, healthy people, healthy societies and a healthy planet, encourages the Commission to translate the strategy into concrete legislative and non-legislative action as soon as possible and provide additional financial resources;
Amendment 628 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Amendment 768 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
Amendment 1119 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
Amendment 1163 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Underlines the importance of seed security and diversity, notably of promoting EU-grown plant proteins, especially soya, to deliver locally sourced food and feed stuffs with high nutritional value while granting farmers access to quality seeds for plant varieties adapted to the pressures of climate change, including traditional and locally-adapted varieties, while ensuring access to innovative traditional plant breeding in order for the composition of seed proteins, amino acids and other nutrients to be the most suitable for food and feed, and to contribute to healthy seeds and protect plants against harmful pests and diseases; raises awareness of the potential negative effects of concentration and monopolisation in the seed sector;
Amendment 1437 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Calls for additional support for primary producers to be supported in making the transition to greater sustainability through the encouragement ofing the introduction of new crop and livestock production technologies, cooperation and collective actions, as well as through competition rules and the enhancement of possibilities for cooperation within the common market organisations for agricultural, fishery and aquaculture products, and thus for farmers’ and fishers’ position in the supply chain to be strengthened in order to enable them to capture a fair share of the added value of sustainable production;
Amendment 1493 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Urges the Commission to follow up unconditionally on Directive (EU) 2019/633 on unfair trading practices22 and the EU code of conduct on responsible business and marketing practices by producing a monitoring framework for the food and retail sectors and providing for legal action if progress in integrating economic, environmental and social sustainability into corporate strategies is insufficient, and in so doing promoting and rewarding the efforts of sustainable agricultural producers while increasing the availability and affordability of healthy, sustainable food options and reducing the overall environmental footprint of the food system; stresses the importance of halting and addressing consolidation and concentration in the grocery retail sector in order to ensure fair prices for farmers; _________________ 22 22 OJ L 111, 25.4.2019, p. 59.
Amendment 1565 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Urges the review of the EU promotion programme for agricultural and food products, including the EU school scheme, with a view to enhancing its contribution to sustainable local food production and consumption, notably by focusing on educational messages about the importance of healthy nutrition and promoting greater consumption of organic fruit and vegetables with the aim of reducing obesity rates;
Amendment 1907 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Highlights the recognition in the strategy that Europeans’ diets are not in line with recommendations for healthy eating, and that a population-wide shift in consumption patterns is needed towards more healthy and plant-based foods and less red and processed meat, sugars, salt, and fats, which will also benefit the environment; emphasises that EU-wide guidelines for sustainable and healthy diets would bring clarity to consumers on what constitutes a healthy and sustainable diet and inform Member States’ own efforts to integrate sustainability elements in national dietary advice; calls on the Commission to develop such guidelines and specific actions to effectively promote healthy plant-basand balanced diets;
Amendment 2109 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Underlines the importance EU funding for research and innovation as a key driver in accelerating the transition to a more sustainable, healthy and inclusive European food system while facilitating investments needed to encourage agro- ecological practices in both social and technological innovation, and the crucial role of farm advisory services in ensuring the transfer of knowledge to the farming community, drawing on the existing specialised training systems for farmers in Member States; notes the unbalanced participation of some Member States in science and research programmes, and stresses that this threatens to increase the technological divide for those countries; calls on the Commission to take action to ensure more equal progress in all Member States;
Amendment 2235 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Recalls the global responsibility of European food systems and their key role in setting global standards for food safety, environmental protection and animal welfare; calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure that all food and feed products imported to the EU fully meet relevant EU regulations and production and environmental standards, and to provide development assistance to support primary producers from developing countries in meeting those standards; welcomes the Commission’s intention to take the environmental impacts of requested import tolerances into account;