Activities of Danilo Oscar LANCINI related to 2020/2260(INI)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on a Farm to Fork Strategy for a fair, healthy and environmentally friendly food system
Amendments (56)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Recital A (new)
Recital A (new)
A (new) whereas in 2019, the value of total trade of agricultural goods between the EU and the rest of the world was €325 billion with a trade surplus of €39billion;1a _________________ 1ahttps://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics- explained/index.php?title=Extra- EU_trade_in_agricultural_goods#EU_tra de_in_agricultural_products:_surplus_of _.E2.82.AC39_billion
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses that EU trade policy has a major role to play in the transition towards more sustainable agri-food systems, in line with the Paris Agreement and the European Green Deal; without putting at risk the competitiveness of the European production; EU trade policy should be designed to provide the consumer with the best products putting European farmers and producers at the core; highlights that domestic related policies and trade should never encourage practices that lead to a significant increase of imports from third countries which might have less ambitious social, environmental and SPS standards;
Amendment 33 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Notes that the EU internal market is the world’s biggest importer and exporter of agri-food products; is convinced that the EU should use this position to set the benchmark in terms of standards for sustainable food systems, based on the precautionary principle, environmental protection, , respect of human rights and animal welfare;
Amendment 40 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Deplores that the new initiative proposed does not take into account the impact of the Covid-19crisis and the consequent food insecurity in the European market; in this regard, stresses with big concern that the Covid-19 crisis is expected to significantly increase the EU population unable to afford a healthy and nutritious meal;
Amendment 43 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Stresses that the Covid-19 pandemic has highlighted the need to shorten the EU food supply chain and to make it less dependent on imports from third countries, thus increasing the EU’s resilience in order to meet the needs of consumers and to secure the food production and the stocks;
Amendment 45 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 c (new)
Paragraph 2 c (new)
2c. Underlines that local production is - and will always be - more sustainable than global food production as it meets the immediate needs of consumers, reduces food waste, and can have a lesser impact on the environment by reducing transport related GHG emissions;
Amendment 60 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Believes that sustainable production should become a key characteristic of EU agri-food products, expanding the concept of quality to social and environmentthe Commission should take into account that sustainability is not only focused on environmental issues as it should be taken as a global concept also including economic and social aspects;
Amendment 65 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Believes that the main objective of the Farm to Fork Strategy should be to guarantee the access to healthy and nutritious food for consumers at a fair price, as well as ensuring decent salaries for producers; furthermore the strategy should strengthen the position of EU farmers and producers in the global food supply chain; in this regard the strategy should also set out realistic, achievable, and fair objectives by giving the possibility and the time needed for producers to gradually adapt to any changes required in the production process without any abrupt shifts and without discriminating any sector per se;
Amendment 68 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Remarks that the loss of competitiveness and production capacity caused to European companies - if the announced Farm to Fork target thresholds are confirmed - could only be mitigated if the other major world players also adopted a system of equivalent environmental rules, reminds the Commission that currently there are no elements that make us think that this can happen in a sufficient way;
Amendment 69 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 c (new)
Paragraph 3 c (new)
3c. Underlines the importance of preserving the production specificities, the quality and the distinctiveness of the EU productive model forged through historical and cultural practices; in this regard, stresses the need to consider that many farming practices are part of the national and European cultural heritage and are moreover designed by geographic, regionals and climate related specificities; recalls that those practices should be cherished as part of the European and international heritage and preserved from any ideological interferences; furthermore any future evolvement should take into account the local peculiarities of each Member State and the need to define proportionate and calibrated objectives according to the principle of subsidiarity;
Amendment 72 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Commission to pursue the objectives of the Farm to Fork Strategy through the development of Green Alliances in all relevant forums, including the UN Food Systems Summit 2021; calls on it further, in the same context, to authorise local authorities to give priority to locally produced food and to reserve access to local procurement for local producers;
Amendment 87 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Emphasises the importance of enforceable Trade and Sustainable Development chapters in trade agreements to promote biodiversity, foster more sustainable agri-food production and stop EU-driven global deforestation; urges support for developing countries to promote food security and alignment with European standards for sustainability;le production and respect of human rights; ; in this regard, expresses its deep concern on how the Farm to Fork Strategy could generate a higher level of food insecurity worldwide, by reducing the European and the global production as suggested in the report published in 2020 by the United States Department of Agriculture; stresses that it has been evidenced that organic production alone is not able to meet the needs and provide the necessary aliments to feed the world population.
Amendment 104 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Regrets the absence of an effective impact assessment for the Biodiversity and Farm to Fork strategies and recalls the need to present legislative proposals only when following an assessment of the overall effects of the strategies from an environmental, social and economic point of view;
Amendment 115 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Stresses the risk of putting the EU agri-food sector at a competitive disadvantage in the absence of global convergence of standards, and of leading to increased costs for consumers; calls on the Commission to immediately conduct and present a comprehensive neutral impact assessment of the targets envisaged in the Strategy, as well as proportionate measures to maintain the competitiveness of the EU agri-food sector and ensure reciprocity of standards; recalls that FTAs should be based on a coordinated approach, fostering more consistency between trade, customs and market surveillance; furthermore, urges the Commission to set a more ambitious agenda regarding food fraud and adulteration in FTAs;
Amendment 117 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Stresses the risk of putting the EU agri-food sector at a competitive disadvantage in the absence of global convergence of standards, and of leading to increased costs for consumers; calls on the Commission to present a comprehensive impact assessment of the targets envisaged in the Strategy, as well as proportionate measures to maintain the competitiveness of the EU agri-food sector and ensure reciprocity of standards by introducing more stringent checks at borders and making arrangements for the effective monitoring of production standards and conditions in areas covered by free trade agreements;
Amendment 119 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 24 a (new)
Citation 24 a (new)
- having regard to Decision 5.COM 6.41 of 16 November 2010 of the UNESCO Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage, recognising the value of the Mediterranean Diet in terms of its many different elements, and having regard to the fact that this step has been recognised as fundamental by the FAO and the WHO for the contribution it can make to the Farm to Fork Strategy and EU food policies,
Amendment 129 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Notes that the Farm to Fork Strategy will set out various constraints for producers which should be counterbalanced by the provision of alternative tools; in this regard calls on the Commission to support research, development and innovation activities related to the agri-food sector in order to provide realistic, science based and suitable solutions, which can ensue the necessary tools (like NBT) and lead to feasible new practices in order to achieve a more sustainable agricultural production;
Amendment 142 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Amendment 231 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas Europe’s food system shouldagri-food and fishing system delivers food and nutrition security in a way that, contributesing to social well- being and maintainsing and restoresing ecosystem health; whereas currently, the food system is responsible for a range ofhas an impacts on human and animal health and on the environment, the climate and biodiversity; whereas the way in which we produce and consume food needs to transform in orderadapt in order to continue to ensure coherence with the SDGs, the Paris Agreement, the Convention on Biological Diversity and EU policies, particularly in the areas of sustainability, the environment, climate, public health, animal welfare, food and economic sustainability for farmerall operators in the agro-food and fishing supply chains;
Amendment 249 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. recalls that the Mediterranean Diet, recognised by UNESCO in 2010 as an Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity, is known as a healthy, balanced diet, with a high nutritional, social and cultural value, based on respect for the territory and biodiversity, ensuring the conservation and development of traditional activities and crafts related to fishing, sustainable hunting and agriculture and playing a protective role in the primary and secondary prevention of the main chronic degenerative diseases;
Amendment 359 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas it is important that consumers are informed and enabled to take responsibility for the consequences of their choice of food stuffs on the whole food system, from production to processing and distribution; whereas this requires a healthy and sound food environment which ensures that the healthy and sustainable choice is also the easy and affordable choice, and fosters and encourages consumption patterns that supportthat a safe and varied supply of agri-food products is ensured, benefiting human health while ensuring the sustainable use of natural and human resources and animal welfare;
Amendment 421 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas the European food system has played a crucial role during the COVID-19 pandemic, demonstrating its resilience with farmers and fisheries operators, processors and retailers working together under difficult conditions, including lockdowns, to ensure that European consumers continue to have access to safe, affordable, and high quality products without impediment;
Amendment 427 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
Amendment 463 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E b (new)
Recital E b (new)
Eb. whereas the Farm to Fork commitments should protect and make the most of centuries of European food culture, and promote nutritional patterns that are well-established in the traditions and history of the European continent;
Amendment 496 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. WelcomNotes 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 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, following an impact assessment that takes into account the economic, environmental and social sustainability of the measures planned;
Amendment 585 #
2. WelcomNotes the announcement of an impact-assessed proposal forpreparatory to the drafting of a legislative framework for sustainable food systems; invites the Commission to use this proposal to set out a holistic common food policy aimed at reducassess, together with the other institutions of the EU and the actors ing the environmental and climate footprint of the EU foodagri-food sector, the effectiveness of a European approach to syustemainability and self-sufficiency in food in order to make Europe the first climate- neutral continent by 2050 and strengthen its resilience to ensure food security, quantity and quality in the face of climate change and biodiversity loss, leading a global transition towards sustainability from farm to fork, based on the principle of a multifunctional agricultural sector; stresses the importance of ensuring adequate support tools for the multifunctional agricultural sector during the energy transition phase, while ensuring consistency between policies by taking into account the existing legislation in order to enable all actors in the European food system to develop long- term plans based on realistic, achievable and transparent objectives; suggests that the respective base lines and progress achieved in each Member State be taken into account, while promoting the exchange of know-how and best practices between Member States; stresses the need to include the entire food and beverage chains including processing, marketing, distribution and retail;
Amendment 638 #
2a. Urges the Commission not to forget the key role that young farmers play, and must continue to play, in accomplishing this much-needed transition to sustainable farming; calls for measures designed to support income, generational renewal and training to create a space enabling the inclusion and retention of young people in agriculture;
Amendment 708 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
Amendment 910 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Emphasises the importance of recognising the significantcorrectly assessing, recognising the positive role that agriculture already plays in carbon sequestration in soils, the impact of agriculture and especially animal production on greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and land use, given the extent of these activities in relation to other production activities; stresses the need to enhance natural carbon sinks and reduce agricultural emissions of carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide, in particular in the feed and livestock sectors; calls for regulatory measures and targets to ensure progressive reductions in all GHG emissions in these sectorsemissions and calls on the Commission to present a legislative proposal that includes adequate financial resources to compensate farmers for the increased costs incurred or the loss of income they suffer in pursuing the decontamination target and to ensure more ambitious action on carbon sequestration and the use of products that biodegrade in the soil;
Amendment 1025 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Points out that extensive and permanent grassland-based or organic animal husbandry is a feature ofthat meets animal welfare standards is essential for the European food system and a defining element of many traditional rural communities, and that it has multiplehas positive effects for the environment and against climate change, and contributes significantly to a circular economy;
Amendment 1047 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Calls for appropriate investment incentives for modern indoor livestock rearing facilities and techniques that comply fully with animal welfare standards, which ensure the supply of foodstuffs of animal origin required by the EU population while also contributing to reducing emissions and combating climate change;
Amendment 1121 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Welcomes the notion of rewarding carbon sequestration in soils; stresses, however, that intensive and industrial agriculture and farming models with negative impacts on biodiversity should not receive climate funding or be incentivised; calls for th the need for a system of incentives that promotes biodiversity and the achievement of ambitious sustainability objectives, offering rewards that are proposrtionals to be in line with the environmental objectives and the ‘do no harm’ principle of the Green Dealthe scale of the commitments that farmers and processing companies wish to assume, individually or collectively;
Amendment 1179 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Calls on the Commission to guarantee a new regulatory approach requiring that new plant breeding techniques (NBTs) undergo specific case- by-case assessments to verify their agricultural, economic and environmental viability, in order to provide farmers in the EU with further directly available tools to address the reduction of inputs and ensure greater resilience and adaptation to climate change;
Amendment 1249 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls for CAP National Strategic Plans to ensure adequate financial support and incentives to promote new ecological ‘green’ business modelecological production models such as organic and integrated production and other recognised systems for agriculture and artisanal food production, notably through fostering shortlocal supply chains and quality food production;
Amendment 1314 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Recalls that the European foodagri-food and fisheries system delivers a sufficient and varied supply of safe, nutritious, affordable and sustainable food to people at all times and underlines that increasing the economic, environmental and social sustainability of food producers will ultimately increase their resilience; encourages the Commission to consider the food supply chain and its workers as a strategic asset for the safety and well-being of all Europeans;
Amendment 1333 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Underlines that robust and reliable legal frameworks for the fisheries and aquaculture sector should provide the basis for better protection measures with subsequent increases in fish populations and more clarity regarding the use of space and licenses in aquaculture, allowing for greater predictability for investments; stresses that good traceability mechanisms and high sustainability standards for all products sold on EU markets are essential to ensure transparency for consumers, the sector and the different administrations, and to achieve the targets of the Green Deal and the SDGs; development of projects able to incentivise the collection of maritime waste by operators in the fisheries sector, by recognising the strategic role they already play and could play further in terms of cleaning up the sea. Initiatives should be supported by strategies to improve the economic conditions for producers through policies to support, protect and maximise the value of fishery products, so as to enable operators to support environmental policies. Recognition of organic production could become a valuable support for sustainable growth;
Amendment 1367 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Expresses its deep concern about the emergence of zoonotic diseases that are transferred from animals to humans (anthropozoonoses), such as Q fever, avian influenza and the new strain of influenza A (H1N1), which is exacerbated by anthropogenic climate change, the destruction of biodiversity, environmental degradation and our current food production systemsthe importing of agri-food products from third countries that do not apply the same high standards in terms of quality, safety, and respect for the environment and human rights required for producers in the EU;
Amendment 1421 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Calls for primary producers to be supported in making the transition to greater sustainability through the encouragement of cooperation and collective actions as well as through competition rules and the enhancement of possibilities for cooperation among the various actors involved in the supply chain 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; takes the view that supply chain agreements should be implemented and supported to ensure a fair distribution of value to farmers and fishing contractors and to guarantee greater transparency and traceability in the supply chain as a whole;
Amendment 1472 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Urges the Commission to follow up 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; notes the importance of timely application of the directive on unfair trading practices to combat fraud in the agri-food chain, and the right of consumers to cater to their own protein needs in full awareness of the plant or animal origin of a given name used in the sale of a food product; _________________ 22 OJ L 111, 25.4.2019, p. 59.
Amendment 1478 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Urges the Commission to follow up 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 systemsales channels use the nutritional labelling system as a direct tool for commercial promotion; stresses the importance of halting and addressing consolidation and concentration in the grocery retail sector in order to ensure fair prices for farmers; _________________ 22 OJ L 111, 25.4.2019, p. 59.
Amendment 1497 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Supports the Commission in its efforts to combat food fraud, which misleads consumers and distorts competition in the internal market; regards it as essential to make the penalties imposed on fraudsters more dissuasive, to earmark sufficient resources so that checks can be stepped up and to establish a legal definition at EU level of the concepts of ‘food fraud and crime’ and ‘counterfeiting’;
Amendment 1605 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Recalls the need to promote effective, innovative and flexible Agricultural Knowledge and Innovation Systems (AKIS), enabling agricultural enterprises to stay on the market in a competitive and sustainable way, ensuring vitality in rural areas, and enabling all food chain actors to become sustainable by speeding up innovation and accelerating knowledge transfer; recalls, in addition, the need for a farm sustainability data network to set benchmarks for farm performance and document the uptake of sustainable farming practices, while allowing for the precise and tailored application of new production approaches at farm level by providing farmers with access to fast broadband connections;
Amendment 1617 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Stresses the need to better inform consumers through mandatory labelling of all foods in relation to country of origin, providing a clear and transparent tool for the entire agri-food chain that is applied uniformly throughout the European market;
Amendment 1641 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Calls for measures to reduce the burden that highly processed foods with high salt, sugar and fat content place on public health;regrets that the introduction of nutrient profiles is greatland consumer information campaigns to promote healthier diets that provide information on the importance of a varied and balanced diet that does not exclude any food, provided that it is consumed in the right amount and frequency and is accompanied by adelayed and stresses that a robust set of nutrient profiles must be developed to restrict or prohibit the use of false nutritional claims on foods high in fats, sugars and/or salt; calls for a mandatoryquate physical activity; welcomes efforts to harmonise EU-wide front-of-pack nutrition labelling systems, provided that they are voluntary, and based on the portions actually consumed and on independent science, eschewing simplistic solutions that could influence consumers’ decisions, as opposed to providing them with information on actual nutritional intake and balanced diets; believes that the instruments to harmonise EU-wide front- of- pack nutrition labelling system based on independent sciencehould exclude the use of simplified categories and/or categories represented by colour schemes or traffic lights, such as the ‘Nutriscore’ model;
Amendment 1642 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Calls for measures to reduce the burden that highly processed foods with high salt, sugar and fat content place on public health;regrets that the introduction of nutrient profiles is greatland consumer information campaigns to promote healthier diets that provide information on the importance of a varied and balanced diet that does not exclude any food, provided that it is consumed in the right amount and frequency, and is accompanied by adelayed and stresses that a robust set of nutrient profiles must be developed to restrict or prohibit the use of false nutritional claims on foods high in fats, sugars and/or salt;calls for a mandatoryquate physical activity; welcomes efforts to harmonise EU-wide front-of-pack nutrition labelling systems, provided that they are voluntary, and based on the portions actually consumed and on independent science, eschewing simplistic solutions that could influence consumers’ decisions, as opposed to providing them with information on actual nutritional intake and balanced diets; believes that a harmonised EU-wide front- of-pack nutrition labelling system based on independent sciencemust meet the requirements laid down in Article 35 of Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011;
Amendment 1687 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Stresses the importance of the Commission’s proposal to introduce a harmonised front-of-pack (FOP) labelling system based on sound scientific evidence and supported by accurate impact assessments; calls on the Commission to take into account the actual daily intake of food and drink to avoid sending misleading messages to the consumer; takes the view that a harmonised scheme at EU level must be easy to understand and must not be misleading, and therefore advises against the use of colours that would convey a simplistic message without providing details of the method used to attribute them; expresses its concern that products protected by PDO and PGI labels might be penalised, since they are governed by production rules laying down the raw materials and production methods to be used, and as such cannot be changed;
Amendment 1725 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Welcomes the Commission’s commitment to revise the EU legislation on food contact materials (FCM); reiterates its call to revise the legislation on FCM in line with the regulation on the registration, evaluation, authorisation and restriction of chemicals (REACH), as well as classification, labelling and packaging regulations, and to insert, without further delay, specific provisions to substitute endocrine disrupting chemicals; stresses that the introduction of more sustainable materials could lead to additional costs for producers and that new obligations should take proper account of the time needed for introduction and actual availability of alternative packaging materials and solutions;
Amendment 1785 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Welcomes the fact that the strategy rightly recognises the role and influence of the food environment in shaping consumption patterns and the need to make it easier for consumers to chooseAcknowledges that the strategy must make the most of the role of the agri- food chain in allowing the products offered on the domestic market to stand out and emphasise the need to provide correct information to consumers to enable them to plan healthy and sustainable diets; reiterates the importance of promoting sustainablebalanced diets by raising consumer awareness of the impacts of consumption patterns and providing information on diets that are better for human health and have a lower environmental footprint; underlines that food prices must send the right signal to consumers; welcomes, therefore, the strategy’s objective that the healthy and suthrough a voluntary system of indications with a sound scientific basis and based on actual portions consumed; underlines that food prices must adequately support the supply chain in its efforts to deliver high standards of food safety, quality and the distainable choice should become the most affordable onective character of European products on the markets;
Amendment 1857 #
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; eEmphasises 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-based diets;
Amendment 1881 #
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 healEmphasises that the strategy must be taken as a starting point for building a framework of rules to ensure that consumers are given complete and scientifically correct information to enable them to plan healthy diets; notes that food safety and quality are also crucial for the value they 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-based dietsdeliver to the supply chain, and that Europe’s agricultural production must guarantee the variety and quality of all the major nutrients that contribute to good human health; stresses that any public initiative involving information messages on food diets must not be used for promotional or commercial purposes; notes the input of the Member States on national dietary advice and invites them to integrate environmental sustainability elements as necessary; calls on the Commission to develop a proper information campaign on balanced and healthy diets and to promote physical exercise as another essential component of human well-being;
Amendment 1942 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Considers that the further development of plant protein production and alternative sources of protein in the EU is a way of effectively addressing many of the environmental and climate challenges that EU agriculture is facing, as well as preventing deforestation in countries outside the EU and reducing Europe’s current dependence regarding its supply of plant proteins;
Amendment 1957 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21a. Considers that the European food system is among the best in the world, and that the added value for the supply chain is based on food production that cannot be significantly replaced or provided by edible insects, which are alien to European food traditions;
Amendment 2124 #
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- ecologicalsustainable practices in both social and technological innovation, and the crucial role of farm advisory services for all actors in the agri-food chain in ensuring the transfer of knowledge to the farming communitysector, drawing on the existing specialised training systems for farmers in Member States for farmers and all actors in the supply chain, without introducing additional administrative burdens;
Amendment 2213 #
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 the farm to fork objectives are implemented gradually, taking account of the level of overall agreement on them, and to ensure that all food and feed products imported to the EU fully meet relevant EU regulations and 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;
Amendment 2220 #
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 farm, food and feed products imported to the EU, including the raw materials needed to produce them, fully meet the relevant EU regulations and the Union’s high 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;
Amendment 2239 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 a (new)
Paragraph 26 a (new)
26a. Believes that environmental, social and economic sustainability must be at the heart of the future EU trade policy and every bilateral trade agreement, adopting an approach to trade policies with third countries that safeguards the value of European farmers’ environmental sustainability efforts;