10 Amendments of James NICHOLSON related to 2010/2111(INI)
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 6 a (new)
Citation 6 a (new)
- having regard to the study by the directorate general of the European Commission for agriculture and rural development on the "Economic Impact of Unapproved GMOs on EU Feed Imports and Livestock Production", 2007,
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses the importance of increasing the protein crop production within the European Union; points out however that the difference between the mnotes that the tarkget price of cereals and protein crops, the strong international price competition, and the comparative advantage of third-country producers stemming from climatic conditions, greater farm-size and lower environmental requirements necessitates the targeted supped support of protein crop production could contribute to alleviating the problem of the protein deficit and should be explored within the context of the refortm of protein crop productionthe CAP;
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Underlines that the excessive importation and reliance ofn protein crops made vulnerablfrom third countries has made the European livestock sector, contributed to the large-scale price volatility and thus kept down the extremely vulnerable to price volatility, which has hampered profitability, especially ofor small and medium-sized livestock producers, while it led to unsustainable agricultural p and those operacticesng in thire pig and cpounltriey sectors;
Amendment 22 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas the high degree of imports of protein crops for animal feed has made the entire EU livestock sector extremelyis vulnerable to price volatility and trade distortions, reflecting the consequences of increasingly liberalised agricultural marketand depends on affordable and high quality protein imports; whereas the sector's competitiveness is undermined by the additional costs of protein imports for feed incurred by the lack of an EU technical solution to the current zero tolerance policy on low level presence of unapproved GMOs,
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the European Commission to establish a monitoring mechanism on the origin of protein crops imported to the European Union, revealing especially the sustainability of applied farming practices in the country of origin, and the use of genetically modified organisms; underlines that occasional on-site checks are also necessary to this endnsure an adequate supply of protein crops to the EU market by providing legal certainty for imports of soy and maize from third countries via the introduction of a pragmatic threshold for the adventitious presence of GMOs which are not yet authorised in the European Union but are under scientific consideration;
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Notes that shortages of soya and maize imports impose an additional cost burden on the EU livestock and feedstuffs sectors, and puts the economic viability of domestic meat production at risk;
Amendment 33 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Recital F a (new)
Fa. Whereas the EU is highly dependant on soya beans and maize imported from third countries and any interruption of the supply of these products due to a minute presence of non authorised GMOs has a very costly impact for the European feed industry,
Amendment 106 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Calls on the Commission to ensure an unhindered supply of soya to the EU market by providing a technical solution on the low level presence of GMOs for protein crops for food and feed imported in the EU; recalls that shortages of soya imports impose an additional cost burden on the EU livestock and feedstuffs sectors, and puts the economic viability of domestic meat production at risk;
Amendment 111 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the Commission, in cooperation with the Member States, to revise the definition of good agricultural practices, including the use of mandatovoluntary crop rotation with domestic protein crops as a precautionary measure against crop disease and price volatility in the animal production sector;
Amendment 129 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Calls on the Commission to introduce a top-up payment for farmers cultivatingensure that any support for the production of protein crops, including clover grass, as 10% of thei the European Union complies with WTO rules in that it does not have trade distorting effects, and should not be discriminatory against farmers who manage soils that are not suitable for protaein crop production;