Activities of Marlene MORTLER

Simone SCHMIEDTBAUER, Marlene MORTLER, Christine SCHNEIDER, Franc BOGOVIČ, Herbert DORFMANN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17

17. Calls on the Member States to regulate agricultural land markets in order to promote land access for young farmers ~~by all means available~~, such as pre- emptive rights in favour of young farmers~~, price controls, acquisition caps or obligations to maintain agricultural activ~~ and appropriate instruments, which the Member States must develop and adapt to the relevant locality;

2023/05/02
Committee: AGRI

2022/2182(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19

19. Calls on the Commission to establish an EU observatory on farmland, as part of the Rural Observatory, to monitor, in particular, trends and prices for land sale and rental, as well as changes in farmland use;deleted

2023/05/02
Committee: AGRI

2022/2182(INI)

Simone SCHMIEDTBAUER, Anne SANDER, Marlene MORTLER, Christine SCHNEIDER, Daniel BUDA, Franc BOGOVIČ, Herbert DORFMANN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20

20. Encourages the Member States to develop and support land banks and land mobility schemes if needed by young farmers;

2023/05/02
Committee: AGRI

2022/2182(INI)

Simone SCHMIEDTBAUER, Anne SANDER, Marlene MORTLER, Christine SCHNEIDER, Daniel BUDA, Franc BOGOVIČ, Herbert DORFMANN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22

22. Calls on the Member States to make start-up and investment aid for young farmers available throughout the entire budgetary period and to support access to training opportunities, namely on soft skills, diversification possibilities and digital and sustainable farming methods, in particular for new entrants;

2023/05/02
Committee: AGRI

2022/2182(INI)

Simone SCHMIEDTBAUER, Anne SANDER, Marlene MORTLER, Christine SCHNEIDER, Daniel BUDA, Franc BOGOVIČ, Herbert DORFMANN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)

22a. Stresses that without ensuring farm succession many regions of the EU will lose one of their main assets, a cultivated small-structured cultural landscape;

2023/05/02
Committee: AGRI

2022/2182(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 a (new)

26a. Calls, in particular, for support for young farmers’ innovative business ideas stemming not only from traditional primary production itself but also from processing and marketing activities and the upstream and downstream operations of primary production;

2023/05/02
Committee: AGRI

2022/2182(INI)

Simone SCHMIEDTBAUER, Anne SANDER, Marlene MORTLER, Christine SCHNEIDER, Daniel BUDA, Franc BOGOVIČ, Herbert DORFMANN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 a (new)

30a. Points out that advisory service as well as training and education are important prerequisites and accompanying measures necessary to prepare and support young farmers in successfully managing their holdings by being able to respond optimally to present and future challenges and opportunities;

2023/05/02
Committee: AGRI

2022/2182(INI)

Simone SCHMIEDTBAUER, Anne SANDER, Marlene MORTLER, Christine SCHNEIDER, Daniel BUDA, Franc BOGOVIČ, Herbert DORFMANN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32

32. Insists that rural areas must be able to provide adequate living conditions for young and new farmers and their families, namely sustainable livelihood through adequate income, better mobility, access to better education, health, leisure and culture services, and broader digital connectivity;

2023/05/02
Committee: AGRI

2022/2171(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Welcomes the proposal for a Regulation for Ecodesign for Sustainable Products and especially the EU Strategy for Sustainable and Circular Textiles as a step forward in tackling the challenges linked to textile and clothes production~~; welcomes further EU efforts on its commitments towards the UN 2030 Sustainable Development Goals~~, unsustainable consumption patterns, waste, and so-called green-washing; calls on the Commission to publish the proposal on substantiating environmental claims and recalls that sustainability claims in the EU single market should be clear, relevant and substantiated; stresses that actions following the presentation of the EU Strategy should be fully aligned with the Union’s climate and environmental objectives, in particular that of achieving climate neutrality by 2050 at the latest and of halting and reversing biodiversity loss; welcomes further EU efforts on its commitments towards the UN 2030 Sustainable Development Goals, especially SDG 12, responsible consumption and production, and SDG 8, decent work and economic growth, whilst still taking into account the administrative and financial burden for businesses that come along; strongly encourages the international promotion of this approach ~~and~~, including through [AM 8, Renew] strengthening cooperation with partners developing countries with the aim to limit the negative impacts of the worldwide textile industry on climate change and biodiversity, but also to improve the labour and social conditions of this specific market sector;

2023/02/24
Committee: DEVE

2022/2171(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Recalls the principle of policy coherence for development (PCD) and especially Article 208 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, which states that ‘the Union shall take account of the objectives of development cooperation in the policies that it implements which are likely to affect developing countries’; stresses the importance of minimising possible contradictions and building synergies with development cooperation policy, to the benefit of developing countries and in order to increase the effectiveness of development cooperation; highlights the importance of PCD to enable an integrated approach to achieve the SDGs.

2023/02/24
Committee: DEVE

2022/2171(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Highlights that the production of textiles and clothing (T&C) often takes place outside the EU and most T&C traded in the EU are imported from ~~third countries;~~ developing countries which generates environmental, labour and human rights risks that need to be identified and addressed; calls on the Commission to ensure a level playing field for products produced within the Union and those exported or imported, promoting green and fair value chains across borders and continents; underlines that moving towards sustainable and circular textiles requires a holistic approach and investment throughout the textile value chain to create opportunities for local high-value circular economic activities; stresses that EU market power must be leveraged to encourage sustainable production practices in the T&C industry, including through the implementation, monitoring and evaluation of the Sustainability Compact, as a tool for promoting workers’ rights; recalls the need to promote circularity and to implement a life-cycle approach, taking into account the entire chain, while ensuring traceability as well as supporting innovative textiles that are more durable, reusable, repairable, recyclable and energy-efficient; supports actions aiming at tackling greenwashing and raising awareness concerning the implications that ‘fast fashion’ and consumer behaviour have for the planet;

2023/02/24
Committee: DEVE

2022/2171(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3 a. Stresses that T&C value chains are frequently characterised by social and environmental risks that affect companies and stakeholders along the value chain including farmers, producers and workers; welcomes the Commission proposal for a Corporate Sustainable Due Diligence Directive (CSDD) as an important step to address specific problems in the textile sector; highlights that negative environmental and social impacts in supplier countries cannot be avoided through due diligence legislation alone; calls on the Commission to provide additional support to partner countries, notably for local actors; reminds the EU and its Member states that the proposal for a Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive aims at fostering sustainable and responsible corporate behaviour in global value chains, as a means to protect human rights and the environment; points out that, according to ILO, the current power imbalance between garment buyers and their suppliers, manifested in phenomena such as last minute changes in design or lead times, unilateral amendments to contracts, insufficient purchasing practices and last-minute cancellation of orders, causes overproduction, waste of natural resources and exploitation of workers in the industry, thus increasing the risk of labour and human rights violations; emphasises the need to tackle Unfair Trading Practices (UTPs) in the textile and garment sector, through a regulatory approach;

2023/02/24
Committee: DEVE

2022/2171(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Points out that T&C from Europe are often exported to ~~third~~developing countries for disposal; stresses that this harmful practice shifts environmental problems arising from the disposal of T&C ~~to third countries; recommends that T&C to be exported for disposal must be prepared for proper recycling~~, caused by overproduction and overconsumption, to developing countries; recommends that proper circularity is established for avoiding this kind of harmful practices; also recommends for the capacity to repair and reuse T&C to be scaled up in Europe; underlines the need to also support investments in recycling/repair infrastructure in developing countries and upgrade their capacities to recycle and repair clothes; urges the EU and its Member states to fundamentally overhaul the linear nature of the textile industry so as to reduce the consumption of resources like water and also to reduce pollution and waste - in particular addressing the huge problem of releasing tonnes of microplastics each year which end up polluting our waters and seas, land and air and cause harm to our ecosystems, notably through improving end-of-life processing - and also to use non- hazardous substances, to create decent jobs in repair, recycling and servicing sectors as well as to contribute to effectively reducing overproduction especially in view of upholding environmental and labour standards in third countries; calls on the EU to set up an effective control mechanism for the export of used textiles in order to prevent illegal shipments to third countries, and to establish EU criteria for the purpose of avoiding the circumvention of controls through the labelling of waste streams as second-hand goods;

2023/02/24
Committee: DEVE

2022/2171(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4 a. Recalls that a separate collection of textiles will be mandatory in the EU from 1 January 2025; underlines that the revision of the Waste Framework Directive planned for 2024 should consider specific separate targets for textile waste prevention, textile reuse, preparation for reuse and recycling; underlines that strongly promoting the re- use sector is essential in order to provide consumers with affordable sustainable clothing options, which in turn is an essential factor in tackling fast fashion;

2023/02/24
Committee: DEVE

2022/2171(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Welcomes the proposal for a Regulation for Ecodesign for Sustainable Products and especially the EU Strategy for Sustainable and Circular Textiles as a step forward in tackling the challenges linked to textile and clothes production; welcomes further EU efforts on its commitments towards the UN 2030 Sustainable Development Goals whilst still managing the impact on competitiveness and the administrative and financial burden for businesses that come along; points out that these challenges must be affordable for the affected businesses; strongly encourages the international promotion of this approach and strengthening cooperation with partners;

2022/12/12
Committee: DEVE

2022/2171(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Stresses that working conditions in the textile industry in ~~third~~developing countries are often substandard and have a direct negative impact on workers’ living standards due to, amongst others, low wages, poor working conditions and inadequate safety standards~~; highlights that women are in particular in an even more vulnerable position; is equally concerned about persisting child labour in the industry;~~ , workers’ rights violations, long working hours, limitations to freedom of association and collective bargaining, harmful practices such as the use of dangerous chemicals or other health hazards, gender-based violence and psychological and physical abuse; recalls that human rights violations associated with T&C value chains occurring in producing countries can often be attributed to weak laws or lack of enforcement of existing laws; emphasizes that, when violations do occur, workers face numerous barriers to access or receive remediation for such harm; recalls the importance it has for the sector to reach SDG 5 on gender equality, as an estimated 75% of the employees in the garment sector are women and they are in an even more vulnerable position; recalls that women are hit particularly hard by poverty, economic crises, violence, environmental disasters and climate extremes; denounces the gender-pay gap and the lack of women in senior leadership-roles in the sector worldwide;condemns persisting child and irregular migrant labour, forced labour as well as corruption in the industry; underlines, in this regard, the need for the EU to promote the ratification of all ILO conventions that are relevant for the textile industry in partner countries; reiterates the EU’s responsibility to design partnerships with local actors that promote human rights, democratic processes, good governance, gender equality and sustainability in the textile sector;

2023/02/24
Committee: DEVE

2022/2171(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5 a. Recalls that global textile production almost doubled between 2000 and 2015 while less than 1% of all textiles worldwide are recycled into new products; points out that roughly two thirds of turnover in the EU-27 of textiles and clothing (T&C) are imported with developing countries such as Bangladesh, India, Pakistan or Cambodia holding a sizeable share; notes that most of the environmental impact of EU textile consumption occurs outside the EU, such as 90 % of land use, almost 90 % of water use, 80 % of raw material use, and nearly 75 % of greenhouse gas emissions (GHG); calls for more robust information and disclosure on impacts on the environment and especially biodiversity and also recalls, in this context, with the global T&C industry currently being responsible for 92 million tonnes of waste annually, that developing countries face more difficulties maintaining adequate social and environmental standards in T&C production;

2023/02/24
Committee: DEVE

2022/2171(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. Strongly encourages the Commission, therefore, to supplement the Strategy with corresponding regional and country programming for developing countries in the framework of the Neighbourhood, Development and International Cooperation Instrument (NDICI)-Global Europe and Team Europe initiatives, which should promote and communicate visibly around sustainable projects that help to build T&C production and distribution infrastructure which protects the environment as well as social and labour rights., including through the support and promotion of SMEs and social enterprises and that promote governance reforms and better enforcement of laws, in particular labour laws;

2023/02/24
Committee: DEVE

2022/2171(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Recalls the principle of policy coherence for development and especially Article 208 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, which states that ‘the Union shall take account of the objectives of development cooperation in the policies that it implements which are likely to affect developing countries’; stresses the importance of minimising possible contradictions and building synergies with development cooperation policy, to the benefit of developing countries and in order to increase the effectiveness of development cooperation;

2022/12/12
Committee: DEVE

2022/2171(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Highlights that the production of textiles and clothing (T&C) often takes place outside the EU and most T&C traded in the EU are imported from ~~third~~developing countries;

2022/12/12
Committee: DEVE

2022/2171(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Points out that T&C from Europe are often exported to ~~third~~developing countries for disposal; stresses that this practice shifts environmental problems arising from the disposal of T&C to ~~third~~developing countries; recommends that T&C to be exported for disposal must be prepared for proper recycling;

2022/12/12
Committee: DEVE

2022/2171(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Stresses that working conditions in the textile industry in ~~third~~developing countries are often substandard and have a direct impact on workers’ living standards due to low wages, poor working conditions and inadequate safety standards; highlights that women are in particular in an even more vulnerable position; is equally concerned about persisting child labour in the industry;

2022/12/12
Committee: DEVE

2022/2171(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5 a. Points out that roughly two thirds of turnover in the EU-27 of textiles and clothing (T&C) are imported with developing countries such as Bangladesh, India, Pakistan or Cambodia holding a sizeable share; notes that most of the environmental impact of EU textile consumption occurs outside the EU, such as 90 % of land use, almost 90 % of water use, 80 % of raw material use, and nearly 75 % of greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) and recalls in this context that developing countries face more difficulties maintaining adequate social and environmental standards in T&C production;

2022/12/12
Committee: DEVE

2022/2171(INI)

Norbert LINS, Marlene MORTLER, Alexander BERNHUBER, Jens GIESEKE, Christine SCHNEIDER

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6 a. Encourages the customs and market authorities of Member States, coordinated and supported by the Commission, to improve and increase surveillance of T&C imports and exports in order to prevent that goods produced in developing countries under violation of labour, social and environmental standards enter the single market, as well as to prevent T&C exports to developing countries which are labelled as second- hand products but are actually waste;

2022/12/12
Committee: DEVE

2022/2053(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 1

— having regard to the Paris Agreement, adopted by Decision 1/CP.21, to the 21st Conference of the Parties (COP21) to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change and to the 11th Conference of the Parties serving as the Meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol (CMP11), held in Paris, France from 30 November to 11 December 2015, and in particular to Article 2 and Articles 6.2 or 6.4 thereof,

2022/08/30
Committee: ENVI

2022/2053(INI)

Peter JAHR, Lena DÜPONT, Martin HLAVÁČEK, Herbert DORFMANN, Christine SCHNEIDER, Marlene MORTLER, Norbert LINS, Alexander BERNHUBER, Simone SCHMIEDTBAUER, Colm MARKEY

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1 a. Stresses that the agricultural and forestry sectors can play a significant role in this process, given that they have the capacity to remove and store carbon through carbon reservoir use and management; underlines that the agricultural and forestry sector contribute to the overall EU goal to be the first climate-neutral continent;

2022/07/22
Committee: AGRI

2022/2053(INI)

Peter JAHR, Lena DÜPONT, Herbert DORFMANN, Christine SCHNEIDER, Marlene MORTLER, Norbert LINS, Alexander BERNHUBER, Simone SCHMIEDTBAUER, Colm MARKEY

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)

1 b. Stresses that each sector must first and foremost reduce its own CO2 emissions independently and only use the storage capacity of other sectors, such as agriculture and forestry, for emissions that cannot be reduced;

2022/07/22
Committee: AGRI

2022/2053(INI)

Peter JAHR, Lena DÜPONT, Martin HLAVÁČEK, Herbert DORFMANN, Christine SCHNEIDER, Marlene MORTLER, Norbert LINS, Alexander BERNHUBER, Simone SCHMIEDTBAUER, Colm MARKEY

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Underlines the importance of carbon farming as a new business model for EU agriculture which should be additional and voluntary, and which aims to upscale climate mitigation by paying farmers to implement climate-friendly farm or forest management practices, with a view to allowing the sector’s active contribution to the green transition toby provideing new sources of income and business development opportunities;

2022/07/22
Committee: AGRI

2022/2053(INI)

Peter JAHR, Lena DÜPONT, Herbert DORFMANN, Christine SCHNEIDER, Marlene MORTLER, Norbert LINS, Alexander BERNHUBER, Simone SCHMIEDTBAUER, Colm MARKEY

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2 a. Stresses that carbon farming should be market-based; calls on the Commission to create a genuinely new business model for farmers and foresters; notes that financing from the value chain or through the creation of a voluntary carbon market is possible; stresses that the CAP is not a viable source of funding, as the CAP is not a business model;

2022/07/22
Committee: AGRI

2022/2053(INI)

Peter JAHR, Lena DÜPONT, Martin HLAVÁČEK, Herbert DORFMANN, Christine SCHNEIDER, Marlene MORTLER, Norbert LINS, Alexander BERNHUBER, Simone SCHMIEDTBAUER, Colm MARKEY

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)

2 b. stresses the importance, in this context, of public money only being used for research, knowledge transfer and training for farmers;

2022/07/22
Committee: AGRI

2022/2053(INI)

Peter JAHR, Lena DÜPONT, Martin HLAVÁČEK, Herbert DORFMANN, Christine SCHNEIDER, Marlene MORTLER, Norbert LINS, Alexander BERNHUBER, Simone SCHMIEDTBAUER, Colm MARKEY

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Stresses the need for Member States to establish new incentives at the level of land managers, especially farmers and foresters, to accelerate the uptake of carbon farming;

2022/07/22
Committee: AGRI

2022/2053(INI)

Peter JAHR, Lena DÜPONT, Herbert DORFMANN, Christine SCHNEIDER, Marlene MORTLER, Norbert LINS, Alexander BERNHUBER, Simone SCHMIEDTBAUER, Colm MARKEY

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4 a. Stresses the importance of ensuring the social, environmental, and economic integrity of carbon farming, not least with regard to food security, ensuring a decent income for farmers and limiting environmental impact to acceptable levels;

2022/07/22
Committee: AGRI

2022/2053(INI)

Peter JAHR, Lena DÜPONT, Martin HLAVÁČEK, Herbert DORFMANN, Christine SCHNEIDER, Marlene MORTLER, Norbert LINS, Alexander BERNHUBER, Simone SCHMIEDTBAUER, Colm MARKEY

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5 a. Stresses that carbon farming must be regulated in line with the current CAP and be seen as a complementary and additional topping-up option; underlines, however, that in the longer term carbon farming should be market-based;

2022/07/22
Committee: AGRI

2022/2053(INI)

Peter JAHR, Lena DÜPONT, Martin HLAVÁČEK, Herbert DORFMANN, Christine SCHNEIDER, Marlene MORTLER, Norbert LINS, Alexander BERNHUBER, Simone SCHMIEDTBAUER, Colm MARKEY

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)

5 b. stresses the importance of additional funds outside the CAP for a successful carbon farming initiative;

2022/07/22
Committee: AGRI

2022/2053(INI)

Peter JAHR, Lena DÜPONT, Martin HLAVÁČEK, Herbert DORFMANN, Christine SCHNEIDER, Marlene MORTLER, Norbert LINS, Alexander BERNHUBER, Simone SCHMIEDTBAUER, Colm MARKEY

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6 a. Stresses that financial incentives should come primarily from private sources, and reward land managers for their management practice or the actual amount of carbon sequestered, or for increasing the storage of atmospheric carbon; underlines that public funding under the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) and other Union programs, such as the LIFE programme, the Cohesion Fund, the Horizon Europe programme, the Recovery and Resilience Facility, the Just Transition Fund, can already support carbon sequestering and biodiversity-friendly approaches in forests and agricultural lands and should be increased and coherent with the EU CAP's food security;

2022/07/22
Committee: AGRI

2022/2053(INI)

Peter JAHR, Lena DÜPONT, Herbert DORFMANN, Christine SCHNEIDER, Marlene MORTLER, Norbert LINS, Alexander BERNHUBER, Simone SCHMIEDTBAUER, Colm MARKEY

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7

7. Welcomes the commitment to ensure transparency and accountability by establishing a robust science-based EU regulatory framework for the accounting and certification of carbon removals; asking the Commission to expand the scope to soil-related GHG abatement through adopting carbon farming friendly practices;

2022/07/22
Committee: AGRI

2022/2053(INI)

Peter JAHR, Lena DÜPONT, Martin HLAVÁČEK, Herbert DORFMANN, Christine SCHNEIDER, Marlene MORTLER, Norbert LINS, Alexander BERNHUBER, Simone SCHMIEDTBAUER, Colm MARKEY

Simone SCHMIEDTBAUER, Marlene MORTLER, Herbert DORFMANN, Petri SARVAMAA, Peter JAHR, Asim ADEMOV, Álvaro AMARO, Michaela ŠOJDROVÁ, Anne SANDER, Annie SCHREIJER-PIERIK

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Recognises the complexity of assessing the state of forests, ~~as well as the uneven availability and qual~~given the diversity of data available and therefore stresses the need for continuous policy and scientific dialogue at all levels to improve data collection and if possible its harmonisation;

2022/03/28
Committee: AGRI

2022/2016(INI)

Simone SCHMIEDTBAUER, Marlene MORTLER, Herbert DORFMANN, Petri SARVAMAA, Peter JAHR, Asim ADEMOV, Álvaro AMARO, Michaela ŠOJDROVÁ, Anne SANDER, Annie SCHREIJER-PIERIK

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. Underlines that the strategy and its implementation must align with the work undertaken inat pan-European level by FOREST EUROPE and other international for~~ums, such as FOREST EUROPE and~~ganisations, such as the Food and Agriculture Organization, and should avoid duplicating work; further believes that, given the EU’s strong commitment to promoting the sustainable production and use of resources globally, the strategy should be implemented in such a way as to serve as a model of best practices;

2022/03/28
Committee: AGRI

2022/2016(INI)

Simone SCHMIEDTBAUER, Marlene MORTLER, Herbert DORFMANN, Petri SARVAMAA, Peter JAHR, Asim ADEMOV, Álvaro AMARO, Michaela ŠOJDROVÁ, Anne SANDER, Annie SCHREIJER-PIERIK

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. ~~Recognises the key role of forests in protecting the climate and biodiversity; u~~Underlines that the multi-functional role of forests comprises multiple socioeconomic ~~functions, such as the~~, climate and environmental functions, such as the conservation of biodiversity, climate change mitigation and provision of renewable raw materials, which leads to jobs and economic growth in rural areas, the provision of clean water and air, protection against natural hazards and recreational value; stresses that the implementation of the strategy must ensure a balanced provision of all services and maintain and enhance competitiveness and innovation; underlines that the successful provision of services requires sustainable active management;

2022/03/28
Committee: AGRI

2022/2016(INI)

Simone SCHMIEDTBAUER, Marlene MORTLER, Herbert DORFMANN, Petri SARVAMAA, Peter JAHR, Asim ADEMOV, Álvaro AMARO, Michaela ŠOJDROVÁ, Anne SANDER, Annie SCHREIJER-PIERIK

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Stresses that forests contribute to climate change mitigation via carbon sequestration, carbon storage and the substitution of ~~wood and wood products for fossil fuels and derive~~fossil resources by wood and wood products; notes that on substitution the strategy has a particular focus on storage in the construction sector and believes its implementation should support a broader use of different options for substitution, in ~~line with the goals of the bioeconomy strategy~~cluding short-lived wood products, in line with the goals of the EU climate policy, the EU bioeconomy strategy and the reality of forest management;

2022/03/28
Committee: AGRI

2022/2016(INI)

Simone SCHMIEDTBAUER, Marlene MORTLER, Herbert DORFMANN, Petri SARVAMAA, Peter JAHR, Asim ADEMOV, Álvaro AMARO, Michaela ŠOJDROVÁ, Anne SANDER, Annie SCHREIJER-PIERIK

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. Highlights that for wood-based products to contribute optimally to climate change mitigation and a circular economy requires that they be used in the most efficient and sustainable way; believes that the cascading principle8 iscould be a good guideline for efficient use, but must not use a static approach and therefore must be adjusted regularly to reflect innovative uses and should be decided on economic basis and on operational level; stresses that a well-functioning, un-distorted market incentivises the efficient use of wood- based resources; _________________ 8 As outlined in the Commission’s ‘Guidance on cascading use of biomass with selected good practice examples on woody biomass’.

2022/03/28
Committee: AGRI

2022/2016(INI)

Simone SCHMIEDTBAUER, Marlene MORTLER, Herbert DORFMANN, Petri SARVAMAA, Peter JAHR, Asim ADEMOV, Álvaro AMARO, Michaela ŠOJDROVÁ, Anne SANDER, Annie SCHREIJER-PIERIK

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

11. Underlines the importance of a reliable supply of wood, wood-based products and forest-based biomass to achieve ~~the EU’s~~a sustainab~~ility goals and~~le bioeconomy; notes that the demand is expected to continue to grow and that the sustainable use of locally produced wood should be encouraged to meet this demand; believes that the EU’s forestry sector provide the most sustainably sourced raw materials; calls on the Commission to consider ~~displacement effect~~leakage effects and substitution effects of fossil and non-renewable materials and monitor any effects on the availability of wood following the implementation of measures under the strategy;

2022/03/28
Committee: AGRI

2022/2016(INI)

Simone SCHMIEDTBAUER, Marlene MORTLER, Herbert DORFMANN, Petri SARVAMAA, Peter JAHR, Asim ADEMOV, Álvaro AMARO, Michaela ŠOJDROVÁ, Anne SANDER, Annie SCHREIJER-PIERIK

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. Takes note of the Commission’s announcement on developing additional voluntary indicators and threshold values for sustainable forest management; underlines the need to align the Commission’s work with that of FOREST EUROPE and the Food and Agriculture Organization, as well as to engage with the Member States and forest owners and managers to ensure that indicators and value ranges are fit-for-purpose for their application at the local level under specific bio-geographic conditions; reminds that FOREST EUROPE has set a think tank on sustainable forest management as part of the ongoing four-year working program and that any EU work related to this subject should be aligned with this ongoing work since the Commission and all EU Members States are among Forest Europe signatories;

2022/03/28
Committee: AGRI

2022/2016(INI)

Simone SCHMIEDTBAUER, Marlene MORTLER, Herbert DORFMANN, Petri SARVAMAA, Peter JAHR, Asim ADEMOV, Álvaro AMARO, Michaela ŠOJDROVÁ, Anne SANDER, Annie SCHREIJER-PIERIK

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

14. Highlights that pressure on forests from natural disasters and other natural disturbances is being increasingly intensified by climate change and that strengthening forests’ ~~resilience~~adaption and resilience by active management is a matter of urgency; notes the role that restoration and afforestation can play in strengthening resilience and enhancing biodiversity; notes that sustainable forest management consists of a broad array of actions and adaptive practices, many of which ~~can~~ play a key role in climate mitigation;

2022/03/28
Committee: AGRI

2022/2016(INI)

Simone SCHMIEDTBAUER, Marlene MORTLER, Herbert DORFMANN, Petri SARVAMAA, Peter JAHR, Asim ADEMOV, Álvaro AMARO, Michaela ŠOJDROVÁ, Anne SANDER, Annie SCHREIJER-PIERIK

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

15. Takes note of the ongoing work on guidance for ‘closer-to-nature’ forestry by the Working Group on Forests and Nature; believes that to ensure added value, guidance on this concept should incorporate results-oriented, scientifically and locally proven sustainable forest management practices to give forest owners and managers the tools to yield connections and cooperation on better integrating biodiversity protection with improved management practices;

2022/03/28
Committee: AGRI

2022/2016(INI)

Simone SCHMIEDTBAUER, Marlene MORTLER, Herbert DORFMANN, Petri SARVAMAA, Peter JAHR, Asim ADEMOV, Álvaro AMARO, Michaela ŠOJDROVÁ, Anne SANDER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

16. Reiterates its call for the protection of primary and old-growth forests and stresses the need to ~~create a~~set a commonly agreed definition for what constitutes old-growth forests with Members States and forest owners and managers before any designation; welcomes the ongoing work of the Working Group on Forests and Nature and underlines the need to consider a diverse set of attributes and ensure flexibility to account for specific conditions in bio- geographic regions and forest types; stresses the need to duly respect the ”prior and informed consent” principle in the process of designation for protection;

2022/03/28
Committee: AGRI

2022/2016(INI)

Simone SCHMIEDTBAUER, Marlene MORTLER, Herbert DORFMANN, Petri SARVAMAA, Peter JAHR, Asim ADEMOV, Álvaro AMARO, Michaela ŠOJDROVÁ, Annie SCHREIJER-PIERIK

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)

16a. Welcomes that the Commission guidance on new protected areas acknowledges the need for certain ongoing activities, for example, ungulate management through hunting to protect a wide range of forest habitat types;

2022/03/28
Committee: AGRI

2022/2016(INI)

Simone SCHMIEDTBAUER, Marlene MORTLER, Herbert DORFMANN, Petri SARVAMAA, Peter JAHR, Asim ADEMOV, Álvaro AMARO, Annie SCHREIJER-PIERIK

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17

17. Notes that the European agricultural fund for rural development is the main source of support for forestry measures; further notes that between 2014 and 2020, Member States only spent 49 % of the available funds, and that the Commission has identified administrative burden, insufficient attractiveness of the premiums and a lack of advisory services as reasons for this low usage and that this should be taken into account when adopting the new CAP strategic plans; highlights the need to include concrete and attractive interventions and measures to enhance sustainable forest management and the multifunctional role of forests in EU in the CAP strategic plans;

2022/03/28
Committee: AGRI

2022/2016(INI)

Simone SCHMIEDTBAUER, Marlene MORTLER, Herbert DORFMANN, Petri SARVAMAA, Peter JAHR, Asim ADEMOV, Álvaro AMARO, Michaela ŠOJDROVÁ, Anne SANDER, Annie SCHREIJER-PIERIK

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18

18. Points out that the forestry sector operates primarily as a market-based sector; stresses that putting a stronger emphasis on other ecosystem services should not lead to an increased dependency on subsidies and ~~encourage~~supports the Commission and Member States to further pursue the development of voluntary market-based payment for ecosystem services schemes, such as carbon farming;

2022/03/28
Committee: AGRI

2022/2016(INI)

Simone SCHMIEDTBAUER, Marlene MORTLER, Herbert DORFMANN, Petri SARVAMAA, Peter JAHR, Asim ADEMOV, Álvaro AMARO, Michaela ŠOJDROVÁ, Anne SANDER, Annie SCHREIJER-PIERIK

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19

19. Acknowledges the important contribution of existing certification schemes to the further uptake of sustainable forest management; takes note of the Commission’s announcement on developing a voluntary ‘closer-to-nature’ certification scheme; encourages the Commission to cooperate with existing certification schemes and believes that to create added value, the voluntary certification must offer forest owners a sufficient price premium for the provision of ecosystem services;

2022/03/28
Committee: AGRI

2022/2016(INI)

Simone SCHMIEDTBAUER, Marlene MORTLER, Herbert DORFMANN, Petri SARVAMAA, Peter JAHR, Asim ADEMOV, Álvaro AMARO, Michaela ŠOJDROVÁ, Anne SANDER, Annie SCHREIJER-PIERIK

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20

20. Highlights that to unlock the full potential of forests to contribute to climate and circular economy targets, further research, innovation and development in the field of forest management, in particular adaptation to climate change and bio-based alternatives to fossil-based products are required and should be incentivised; underlines that a predictable and stable regulatory environment is a precondition to attracting investments;

2022/03/28
Committee: AGRI

2022/2016(INI)

Simone SCHMIEDTBAUER, Marlene MORTLER, Herbert DORFMANN, Petri SARVAMAA, Peter JAHR, Asim ADEMOV, Álvaro AMARO, Michaela ŠOJDROVÁ, Anne SANDER, Annie SCHREIJER-PIERIK

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22

22. Stresses that the implementation of the strategy must focus on enabling small- holders to continue delivering on the multiple forest functions and calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure that support programmes, voluntary payment for ecosystem services schemes and research funding are attractive and easily accessible;

2022/03/28
Committee: AGRI

2022/2016(INI)

Simone SCHMIEDTBAUER, Marlene MORTLER, Herbert DORFMANN, Petri SARVAMAA, Peter JAHR, Asim ADEMOV, Álvaro AMARO, Michaela ŠOJDROVÁ, Anne SANDER, Annie SCHREIJER-PIERIK

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25

25. Believes that in order to ensure the availability of high-quality data, remote sensing technologies must be combined and proof checked with data acquired by ground-based monitoring and must be interpreted in close cooperation with local experts and that EU legislation should be based in situ on national and regional forest inventories and should encompass appropriate financial means to get access to data and to contribute to their acquisition;

2022/03/28
Committee: AGRI

2022/2016(INI)

Simone SCHMIEDTBAUER, Marlene MORTLER, Herbert DORFMANN, Petri SARVAMAA, Peter JAHR, Asim ADEMOV, Álvaro AMARO, Michaela ŠOJDROVÁ, Anne SANDER, Annie SCHREIJER-PIERIK

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26

26. Takes note of the idea to introduce strategic plans for forests under the framework on forest observation, reporting and data collection; further notes that several Member States already have national strategies for forests in place and that this proposal could increase administrative burden and costs; highlights that the ultimate goal and need of preparing such plans should be clarified; stresses that such plans must remain under the entire decision making of Members States or competent regional authorities;

2022/03/28
Committee: AGRI

2022/2016(INI)

Simone SCHMIEDTBAUER, Marlene MORTLER, Herbert DORFMANN, Petri SARVAMAA, Peter JAHR, Asim ADEMOV, Álvaro AMARO, Michaela ŠOJDROVÁ, Anne SANDER, Annie SCHREIJER-PIERIK

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27

27. Believes that due to the multi- functional contribution of forests to high- level EU goals and the different administrative levels and stakeholder groups involved, the cornerstones of the strategy’s implementation must be close cooperation and the exchange of best practices with national and regional experts, stakeholders, forest owners and managers, scientists and civil society; underlines that governance must take EU and Member State engagement in international processes into account;

2022/03/28
Committee: AGRI

2022/2016(INI)

Simone SCHMIEDTBAUER, Marlene MORTLER, Herbert DORFMANN, Petri SARVAMAA, Peter JAHR, Asim ADEMOV, Álvaro AMARO, Michaela ŠOJDROVÁ, Anne SANDER, Annie SCHREIJER-PIERIK

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28

28. Highlights the importance of the Standing Forestry Committee as athe main forum for discussing EU policies that impact the forestry sector; believes that to achieve policy ~~alignment~~coherence, the Commission should increase dialogue between the Standing Forestry Committee and other expert groups;

2022/03/28
Committee: AGRI

2022/2016(INI)

Simone SCHMIEDTBAUER, Marlene MORTLER, Herbert DORFMANN, Petri SARVAMAA, Peter JAHR, Asim ADEMOV, Álvaro AMARO, Michaela ŠOJDROVÁ, Anne SANDER, Annie SCHREIJER-PIERIK

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 a (new)

28a. Highlights the importance of the Civil Dialogue Group on Forestry and Cork to properly involve stakeholders in the development and implementation of EU forest-related policies;

2022/03/28
Committee: AGRI

2022/2016(INI)

Simone SCHMIEDTBAUER, Marlene MORTLER, Herbert DORFMANN, Petri SARVAMAA, Peter JAHR, Asim ADEMOV, Álvaro AMARO, Michaela ŠOJDROVÁ, Anne SANDER, Annie SCHREIJER-PIERIK

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29

29. Notes the extensive overlap and sometimes contradicting objectives among policies and legislation that impact forests and the forestry sector and stresses the importance of ~~aligning them~~coherence;

2022/03/28
Committee: AGRI

2022/2016(INI)

Simone SCHMIEDTBAUER, Marlene MORTLER, Herbert DORFMANN, Petri SARVAMAA, Peter JAHR, Asim ADEMOV, Álvaro AMARO, Michaela ŠOJDROVÁ, Anne SANDER, Annie SCHREIJER-PIERIK

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30

30. Expresses its concern about ~~report~~the global problems of illegal logging and land use change and calls on the Commission and the Member States to increase their efforts to effectively implement relevant national and EU legislation;

2022/03/28
Committee: AGRI

2022/2016(INI)

Simone SCHMIEDTBAUER, Marlene MORTLER, Herbert DORFMANN, Petri SARVAMAA, Peter JAHR, Asim ADEMOV, Álvaro AMARO, Michaela ŠOJDROVÁ, Anne SANDER, Annie SCHREIJER-PIERIK

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 a (new)

30a. Underlines that the achievement of the Strategy’s goals depends on measures that are adapted to local conditions and challenges; therefore, calls on the Commission and Member States to facilitate the exchange of best practices at all levels and to strengthen stakeholder dialogue, particularly including forest owners and managers, science and civil society groups;

2022/03/28
Committee: AGRI

2022/0396(COD)

Marlene MORTLER, Lena DÜPONT, Peter JAHR, Norbert LINS, Christine SCHNEIDER

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 5

5. In addition to the labelling requirements laid down in Article 11, Member States may provide for further labelling requirements, for the purpose of identifying the extended producer responsibility scheme or a deposit and return system other than those referred to in Article 44(1). This does not apply to micro-enterprises as defined in Article 22(3), first half-sentence.

2023/05/03
Committee: AGRI

2022/0396(COD)

Marlene MORTLER, Lena DÜPONT, Peter JAHR, Norbert LINS, Christine SCHNEIDER

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2

For reusable packaging, the assessment of compliance with the requirements set out in paragraph 1 shall take into account the function of reusable packaging as referred to in Article 10. Micro-enterprises as defined in Article 22(3) first half-sentence are exempt from the obligations in this paragraph.

2023/05/03
Committee: AGRI

2022/0396(COD)

Marlene MORTLER, Lena DÜPONT, Peter JAHR, Norbert LINS, Christine SCHNEIDER

Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 2

2. Compliance with the requirements set out in paragraph 1 shall be demonstrated in the technical information concerning the packaging referred to in Annex VII. Micro-enterprises as defined in Article 22(3) first half-sentence are exempt from the obligations in this paragraph.

2023/05/03
Committee: AGRI

2022/0396(COD)

Marlene MORTLER, Lena DÜPONT, Peter JAHR, Norbert LINS, Christine SCHNEIDER

Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2

Where Union legislation requires information on the packaged product to be provided via a data carrier, a single data carrier shall be used for providing the information required for both the packaged product and the packaging. The obligations referred to in paragraphs 1 to 3 shall not apply to micro-enterprises as defined in Article 22(1), first half- sentence.

2023/05/03
Committee: AGRI

2022/0396(COD)

Marlene MORTLER, Lena DÜPONT, Peter JAHR, Norbert LINS, Christine SCHNEIDER

Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 9 a (new)

(9a) The obligations referred to in paragraphs 1 to 9 shall not apply to micro-enterprises as defined in Article 22(3), first half-sentence.

2023/05/03
Committee: AGRI

2022/0396(COD)

Marlene MORTLER, Lena DÜPONT, Peter JAHR, Norbert LINS, Christine SCHNEIDER

Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 2 – point c

(c) the manufacturer and the importer have complied with the requirements set out in Article 13(5) and (6) and Article 16(3) respectively. These inspection obligations do not apply to micro- enterprises as defined in Article 22(3), 1st half-sentence.

2023/05/03
Committee: AGRI

2022/0396(COD)

Marlene MORTLER, Lena DÜPONT, Peter JAHR, Norbert LINS, Christine SCHNEIDER

Proposal for a regulation
Article 39 – paragraph 2

2. Producers shall be obliged to register in the register referred to in paragraph 1. They shall, to that end, submit an application for registration in each Member State where they make packaging available on the market for the first time. Micro-enterprises as defined in Article 22(3) first half-sentence 1 are exempted. Where a producer has appointed a producer responsibility organisation as referred to in Article 41(1), the obligations set out in this Article shall be met by that organisation, unless otherwise specified by the Member State in which the register is established.

2023/05/03
Committee: AGRI

2022/0396(COD)

Marlene MORTLER, Lena DÜPONT, Peter JAHR, Norbert LINS, Christine SCHNEIDER

Proposal for a regulation
Article 49 – paragraph 3 a (new)

(3a) Micro-enterprises as defined in Article 22(3) first half-sentence are exempt from the obligations set forth in paragraphs 1 to 3.

2023/05/03
Committee: AGRI

2022/0394(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 2

(2) The ~~Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 16 to establish the~~ technical certification methodologies referred to in paragraph 1 for activities related to permanent carbon storage, carbon farming and carbon storage in products shall be laid down under the ordinary legislative procedure. Those certification methodologies shall include at least the elements set out in Annex I.

2023/05/30
Committee: AGRI

2022/0394(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 3 – introductory part

(3) When ~~preparing those delegated acts, the Commission~~those acts are being prepared, the following elements shall be taken into account ~~the following elements~~:

2023/05/30
Committee: AGRI

2022/0394(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 2

(2) The power to adopt delegated acts referred to in Article~~s 8 and~~ 15 shall be conferred on the Commission for an indeterminate period of time from [PO: please insert the date = the date of entry into force of this Regulation].

2023/05/30
Committee: AGRI

2022/0394(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 3

(3) The delegation of power referred to in Article~~s 8 and~~ 15 may be revoked at any time by the European Parliament or by the Council. A decision to revoke shall put an end to the delegation of the power specified in that decision. It shall take effect the day following the publication of the decision in the Official Journal of the European Union or at a later date specified therein. It shall not affect the validity of any delegated acts already in force.

2023/05/30
Committee: AGRI

2022/0394(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 2

(2) The ~~Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 16 to establish the~~ technical certification methodologies referred to in paragraph 1 for activities related to permanent carbon storage, carbon farming and carbon storage in products shall be laid down under the ordinary legislative procedure. Those certification methodologies shall include at least the elements set out in Annex I.

2023/06/02
Committee: ENVI

2022/0394(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 3 – introductory part

(3) When ~~preparing those delegated acts, the Commission~~those acts are being prepared, the following elements shall be taken into account ~~the following elements~~:

2023/06/02
Committee: ENVI

2022/0394(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 2

(2) The power to adopt delegated acts referred to in Article~~s 8 and~~ 15 shall be conferred on the Commission for an indeterminate period of time from [PO: please insert the date = the date of entry into force of this Regulation].

2023/06/02
Committee: ENVI

2022/0394(COD)

Norbert LINS, Jens GIESEKE, Christine SCHNEIDER, Marlene MORTLER, Massimiliano SALINI, Christian DOLESCHAL, Alexander BERNHUBER, Peter LIESE

Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 3

(3) The delegation of power referred to in Article~~s 8 and~~ 15 may be revoked at any time by the European Parliament or by the Council. A decision to revoke shall put an end to the delegation of the power specified in that decision. It shall take effect the day following the publication of the decision in the Official Journal of the European Union or at a later date specified therein. It shall not affect the validity of any delegated acts already in force.

2023/06/02
Committee: ENVI

2022/0347(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 7

(7) The Commission should regularly review the scientific evidence related to pollutants, their effects on human health and the environment and technological development. To cost-effectively mitigate emissions of air pollutants, best available technologies should be included. Based on the review, the Commission should assess whether applicable air quality standards are still appropriate to achieve the objectives of this Directive. The first review should be carried out by 31/12/2028 to assess whether air quality standards need to be updated based on the latest scientific information.

2023/04/03
Committee: ENVI

2022/0347(COD)

Norbert LINS, Jens GIESEKE, Christine SCHNEIDER, Marlene MORTLER, Pernille WEISS, Christian DOLESCHAL, Alexander BERNHUBER, Peter LIESE

Proposal for a directive
Recital 15

(15) In order to protect human health and the environment as a whole, it is particularly important to combat emissions of pollutants at source and to identify and implement the most effective emission reduction measures at local, national and Union level , in particular when it comes to emissions from agriculture, industries, transport, heating and energy generation . Therefore, emissions of harmful air pollutants should be avoided, prevented or reduced and appropriate standards set for ambient air quality ~~taking into account relevant World Health Organization standards, guidelines and programm~~. Member States shall consider the cost-effectiveness of measures and the best available technologies available for the mitigation of pollutants at the source, such as filtering technologies, when identifying emission reduction measures.

2023/04/03
Committee: ENVI

2022/0347(COD)

Norbert LINS, Jens GIESEKE, Christine SCHNEIDER, Marlene MORTLER, Pernille WEISS, Christian DOLESCHAL, Alexander BERNHUBER, Peter LIESE

Proposal for a directive
Recital 18

(18) The average exposure of the population to the pollutants with the highest documented impact on human health, fine particulate matter (PM2.5) and nitrogen dioxide (NO2), should be reduced based on WHO recommendations. This could be done by using best available technologies as identified by the 2022 EU Clean Air Tech Hub report.To this end, an average exposure reduction obligation should be introduced for these pollutants, in addition to limit values.

2023/04/03
Committee: ENVI

2022/0347(COD)

Norbert LINS, Jens GIESEKE, Christine SCHNEIDER, Marlene MORTLER, Massimiliano SALINI, Christian DOLESCHAL, Alexander BERNHUBER, Peter LIESE

Proposal for a directive
Recital 19

(19) The Fitness Check of the Ambient Air Quality Directives (Directives 2004/107/EC and 2008/50/EC)45has shown that limit values are more effective in bringing down pollutant concentrations than target values. With the aim of minimising harmful effects on human health, paying particular attention to vulnerable groups and sensitive populations, and the environment limit values should be set for the concentration of sulphur dioxide, nitrogen dioxide, particulate matter, lead, benzene, carbon monoxide~~, arsenic, cadmium, nickel~~ and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and target values for cadmium, arsenic and nickelin ambient air . Benzo(a)pyrene should be used as a marker for the carcinogenic risk of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in ambient air. _________________ 45 Fitness check of the Ambient Air Quality Directives of 28 November 2019 (SWD(2019) 427 final).

2023/04/03
Committee: ENVI

2022/0347(COD)

Christian DOLESCHAL, Marlene MORTLER, Angelika NIEBLER, Markus FERBER, Norbert LINS, Monika HOHLMEIER

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1

1. This Directive sets out a zero pollution objective for air quality, so that within the Union air quality is progressively improved to levels no longer considered harmful to human health and natural ecosystems, as defined by scientific evidence, thus contributing to a toxic-free environment at the latest by 2050.deleted

2023/04/03
Committee: ENVI

2022/0347(COD)

Norbert LINS, Jens GIESEKE, Christine SCHNEIDER, Marlene MORTLER, Massimiliano SALINI, Alexander BERNHUBER, Peter LIESE

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1

1. This Directive sets out a ~~zero~~low pollution objective for air quality, so that within the Union air quality is progressively improved ~~to levels no longer considered harmful to human health and natural ecosystems, as defined by scientific evidence, thus contributing to a toxic-free environment at the latest by 2050~~.

2023/04/03
Committee: ENVI

2022/0347(COD)

Norbert LINS, Jens GIESEKE, Christine SCHNEIDER, Marlene MORTLER, Massimiliano SALINI, Christian DOLESCHAL, Alexander BERNHUBER, Peter LIESE

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 2

2. This Directive sets intermediate limit values, target values, average exposure reduction obligations, average exposure concentration objectives, critical levels, information thresholds, alert thresholds and long-term objectives (‘air quality standards’) to be met by the year 20305, and regularly reviewed thereafter in accordance with Article 3.

2023/04/03
Committee: ENVI

2022/0347(COD)

Norbert LINS, Jens GIESEKE, Christine SCHNEIDER, Marlene MORTLER, Massimiliano SALINI, Christian DOLESCHAL, Alexander BERNHUBER, Peter LIESE

Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1

1. By 31 December 202833, and every 510 years thereafter, and more often if substantial new scientific findings point to the need for it, the Commission shall review the scientific evidence related to air pollutants and their effects on human health and the environment relevant to achieving the objective set in Article 1 and present a report with the main findings to the European Parliament and to the Council.

2023/04/03
Committee: ENVI

2022/0347(COD)

Christian DOLESCHAL, Angelika NIEBLER, Marlene MORTLER, Markus FERBER, Monika HOHLMEIER

Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1

1. By 31 December 2028, and every 510 years thereafter, ~~and more often~~ if substantial new scientific findings point to the need for it, the Commission shall review the scientific evidence related to air pollutants and their effects on human health and the environment relevant to achieving the objective set in Article 1 and present a report with the main findings to the European Parliament and to the Council.

2023/04/03
Committee: ENVI

2022/0347(COD)

Norbert LINS, Jens GIESEKE, Christine SCHNEIDER, Marlene MORTLER, Massimiliano SALINI, Christian DOLESCHAL, Alexander BERNHUBER, Peter LIESE

Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2

In order to achieve the objectives set in Article 1, the review shall assess whether this Directive needs to be revised with a view to ensuring a~~lignment with~~pproximation towards the World Health Organization (WHO) Air Quality Guidelines and the latest scientific information.

2023/04/03
Committee: ENVI

2022/0347(COD)

Norbert LINS, Jens GIESEKE, Christine SCHNEIDER, Marlene MORTLER, Christian DOLESCHAL, Alexander BERNHUBER, Peter LIESE

Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 3 – point a

(a) latest scientific information ~~from WHO and other relevant organisations~~,

2023/04/03
Committee: ENVI

2022/0347(COD)

Norbert LINS, Jens GIESEKE, Christine SCHNEIDER, Marlene MORTLER, Massimiliano SALINI, Christian DOLESCHAL, Alexander BERNHUBER, Peter LIESE

Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 3 – point d a (new)

(d a) the proportionality of implementation measures,

2023/04/03
Committee: ENVI

2022/0347(COD)

Norbert LINS, Jens GIESEKE, Christine SCHNEIDER, Marlene MORTLER, Massimiliano SALINI, Christian DOLESCHAL, Alexander BERNHUBER, Peter LIESE

Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 35

(35) ‘contributions from natural sources’ means emissions of pollutants not caused directly ~~or indirectly~~ by human activities, including natural events such as volcanic eruptions, seismic activities, geothermal activities, wild-land fires, high-wind events, sea sprays or the atmospheric re- suspension or transport of natural particles from dry regions; emissions caused by indirect human activities shall be counted as emissions from natural sources;

2023/04/03
Committee: ENVI

2022/0347(COD)

Norbert LINS, Jens GIESEKE, Christine SCHNEIDER, Marlene MORTLER, Massimiliano SALINI, Christian DOLESCHAL, Alexander BERNHUBER, Peter LIESE

Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point 39 a (new)

(39 a) 'Average exposure' means the environmental pollution to which the population in a definable area is exposed over the respective averaging period.

2023/04/03
Committee: ENVI

2022/0347(COD)

Norbert LINS, Jens GIESEKE, Christine SCHNEIDER, Marlene MORTLER, Massimiliano SALINI, Christian DOLESCHAL, Alexander BERNHUBER, Peter LIESE

Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1

Member States shall review the classification referred to in paragraph 1 at least every 510 years in accordance with the procedure laid down in this paragraph . However, classifications shall be reviewed more frequently in the event of significant changes in activities emitting air pollutants and modifying the result to the ambient concentrations of sulphur dioxide, nitrogen dioxide and oxides of nitrogen, particulate matter (PM10 and PM2.5), lead, benzene, carbon monoxide , arsenic, cadmium, nickel, benzo(a)pyrene or ozone .

2023/04/03
Committee: ENVI

2022/0347(COD)

Norbert LINS, Jens GIESEKE, Christine SCHNEIDER, Marlene MORTLER, Massimiliano SALINI, Christian DOLESCHAL, Alexander BERNHUBER, Peter LIESE

Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 1

1. In zones where the levels of sulphur dioxide, nitrogen dioxide, particulate matter ( PM10 and PM2.5), lead, benzene, carbon monoxide ~~, arsenic, cadmium, nickel~~ and benzo(a)pyrene in ambient air are below the respective limit values specified in Section 1 of Annex I , Member States shall maintain the levels of those pollutants below the limit values . These limit values shall only apply from 2035 onwards and it has to be ensured that the costs are proportionate to the measures that are necessary.

2023/04/03
Committee: ENVI

2022/0347(COD)

Norbert LINS, Jens GIESEKE, Christine SCHNEIDER, Marlene MORTLER, Massimiliano SALINI, Christian DOLESCHAL, Alexander BERNHUBER, Peter LIESE

Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 2

2. In zones in which ozone, arsenic, cadmium and nickel levels are below the ~~ozone~~ target value Member States shall take necessary measures to maintain those levels below the ~~ozone~~ target value and endeavour to attain the long-term objectives specified in Section 2 of Annex I , in so far as factors including the transboundary nature of ozone pollution and meteorological conditions so permit, and provided that any necessary measures do not entail a disproportionate cost.

2023/04/03
Committee: ENVI

2022/0347(COD)

Norbert LINS, Jens GIESEKE, Christine SCHNEIDER, Marlene MORTLER, Massimiliano SALINI, Christian DOLESCHAL, Alexander BERNHUBER, Peter LIESE

Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 4

4. Member States shall ~~endeavour to achieve and~~ preserve the best ambient air quality and a high level of environmental and human health protection ~~, in line with the air quality guidelines published by the WHO and below the assessment thresholds laid down in Annex II~~ through proportionate measures and costs.

2023/04/03
Committee: ENVI

2022/0347(COD)

Norbert LINS, Jens GIESEKE, Christine SCHNEIDER, Marlene MORTLER, Massimiliano SALINI, Christian DOLESCHAL, Alexander BERNHUBER, Peter LIESE

Proposal for a directive
Article 13 – paragraph 1

1. Member States shall ensure that, throughout their zones , levels of sulphur dioxide, nitrogen dioxide, particulate matter ( PM10 and PM2.5), lead, benzene, carbon monoxide ~~, arsenic, cadmium, nickel~~ and benzo(a)pyrene in ambient air, do not exceed the limit values laid down in Section 1 of Annex I. These limit values shall only apply from 2035 onwards and it has to be ensured that the costs are proportionate to the measures that are necessary.

2023/04/03
Committee: ENVI

2022/0347(COD)

Norbert LINS, Jens GIESEKE, Christine SCHNEIDER, Marlene MORTLER, Massimiliano SALINI

Proposal for a directive
Article 13 – paragraph 2

2.. For ozone, arsenic, cadmium and nickel Member States shall ensure, by taking all necessary measures not entailing disproportionate costs, that throughout the zone levels do not exceed the ~~ozone~~ target values , as laid down in Section 2, Point B, of Annex I .

2023/04/03
Committee: ENVI

2022/0347(COD)

Norbert LINS, Jens GIESEKE, Christine SCHNEIDER, Marlene MORTLER, Massimiliano SALINI, Christian DOLESCHAL, Alexander BERNHUBER, Peter LIESE

Proposal for a directive
Article 13 – paragraph 3

3. Member States shall ensure that the average exposure reduction obligations for PM2.5 and NO2 laid down in Section 5, Point B, of Annex I, are met throughout their territorial units at NUTS 1 level, where they exceed the average exposure concentration objectives set out in Section 5, Point C, of Annex I. taking into acount proportionality between measures and costs.

2023/04/03
Committee: ENVI

2022/0347(COD)

Norbert LINS, Jens GIESEKE, Christine SCHNEIDER, Marlene MORTLER, Massimiliano SALINI, Christian DOLESCHAL, Alexander BERNHUBER, Peter LIESE

Proposal for a directive
Article 15 – paragraph 4

4. Member States shall ensure that information about actual ~~or predicted~~ exceedances of any alert threshold or information threshold is provided to the public as soon as possible in accordance with, points 2 and 3 of Annex IX.

2023/04/04
Committee: ENVI

2022/0347(COD)

Norbert LINS, Jens GIESEKE, Christine SCHNEIDER, Marlene MORTLER, Massimiliano SALINI

Proposal for a directive
Article 16 – paragraph 1 – introductory part

1. Member States ~~may~~ shall, for a given year, identify :

2023/04/04
Committee: ENVI

2022/0347(COD)

Norbert LINS, Jens GIESEKE, Christine SCHNEIDER, Marlene MORTLER, Massimiliano SALINI, Christian DOLESCHAL, Alexander BERNHUBER, Peter LIESE

Proposal for a directive
Article 16 – paragraph 1 – point a

(a) zones where exceedances of limit values for a given pollutant are attributable to natural sources and to indirect human activities; and

2023/04/04
Committee: ENVI

2022/0347(COD)

Norbert LINS, Jens GIESEKE, Christine SCHNEIDER, Marlene MORTLER, Massimiliano SALINI, Christian DOLESCHAL, Alexander BERNHUBER, Peter LIESE

Proposal for a directive
Article 16 – paragraph 2

2. Member States shall provide the Commission with lists of any such zones and NUTS 1 territorial units, as referred to in paragraph 1, together with information on concentrations and sources and the evidence demonstrating that the exceedances are attributable to natural sources and to indirect human activities.

2023/04/04
Committee: ENVI

2022/0347(COD)

Norbert LINS, Jens GIESEKE, Christine SCHNEIDER, Marlene MORTLER, Massimiliano SALINI, Alexander BERNHUBER, Peter LIESE

Proposal for a directive
Article 16 – paragraph 3

3. Where the Commission has been informed of an exceedance attributable to natural sources and to indirect human activities in accordance with paragraph 2, that exceedance shall not be considered as an exceedance for the purposes of this Directive.

2023/04/04
Committee: ENVI

2022/0347(COD)

Christian DOLESCHAL, Marlene MORTLER, Angelika NIEBLER, Markus FERBER, Norbert LINS, Monika HOHLMEIER

Proposal for a directive
Article 18 – paragraph 1 – introductory part

1. Where, in a given zone , conformity with the limit values for particulate matter (PM10 and PM2.5) or nitrogen dioxide cannot be achieved by the deadline specified in Table 1 of Section 1 of Annex I, ~~because of site-specific dispersion characteristics, orographic boundary conditions, adverse climatic conditions or transboundary contributions,~~ a Member State may postpone - that deadline once by a maximum of 5 years for that particular zone , if the following conditions are met:

2023/04/04
Committee: ENVI

2022/0347(COD)

Norbert LINS, Jens GIESEKE, Christine SCHNEIDER, Marlene MORTLER, Massimiliano SALINI, Christian DOLESCHAL, Alexander BERNHUBER, Peter LIESE

Proposal for a directive
Article 18 – paragraph 1 – introductory part

1. Where, in a given zone , conformity with the limit values for particulate matter (PM10 and PM2.5), sulphur dioxode (SO2) or nitrogen dioxide cannot be achieved by the deadline specified in Table 1 of Section 1 of Annex I, because of site-specific dispersion characteristics, orographic boundary conditions, adverse climatic conditions or transboundary contributions, a Member State may postpone - that deadline once by a maximum of 510 years for that particular zone , if the following conditions are met:

2023/04/04
Committee: ENVI

2022/0347(COD)

Norbert LINS, Jens GIESEKE, Christine SCHNEIDER, Marlene MORTLER, Alexander BERNHUBER, Peter LIESE

Proposal for a directive
Article 18 – paragraph 1 a (new)

1 a. Derogations granted under Article 19, paragraph 5a (new), are not subject to the provisions of Article 18.

2023/04/04
Committee: ENVI

2022/0347(COD)

Norbert LINS, Jens GIESEKE, Christine SCHNEIDER, Marlene MORTLER, Massimiliano SALINI, Alexander BERNHUBER, Peter LIESE

Proposal for a directive
Article 19 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1

Where, in given zones the levels of pollutants in ambient air exceed any limit value , laid down in Section 1 of Annex I, , Member States shall establish air quality plans for those zones as soon as possible and no later than 2 years after the calendar year during which that exceedance of any limit value was recorded. Those air quality plans shall set out proportionate and appropriate measures to achieve the concerned limit value and to keep the exceedance period as short as possible, and in any case no longer than 3 years from the end of the calendar year in which the first exceedance was reported . These measures shall only be directed against emissions sources which significantly constribute to the exceedance of the limit values.

2023/04/04
Committee: ENVI

2022/0347(COD)

Christian DOLESCHAL, Marlene MORTLER, Angelika NIEBLER, Markus FERBER, Norbert LINS, Monika HOHLMEIER

Proposal for a directive
Article 19 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1

Where, in given zones the levels of pollutants in ambient air exceed any limit value , laid down in Section 1 of Annex I, , Member States shall establish air quality plans for those zones as soon as possible and no later than 2 years after the calendar year during which that exceedance of any limit value was recorded. Those air quality plans shall set out appropriate measures to achieve the concerned limit value and to keep the exceedance period as short as possible~~, and in any case no longer than 3 years from the end of the calendar year in which the first exceedance was reported~~ .

2023/04/04
Committee: ENVI

2022/0347(COD)

Christian DOLESCHAL, Marlene MORTLER, Angelika NIEBLER, Markus FERBER, Norbert LINS, Monika HOHLMEIER

Proposal for a directive
Article 19 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1

Where in a given NUTS 1 territorial unit, the levels of pollutants in ambient air exceed the ozone target value, laid down in Section 2 of Annex I, Member States shall establish air quality plans for those NUTS 1 territorial units as soon as possible and no later than 2 years after the calendar year during which the exceedance of the ozone target value was recorded. Those air quality plans shall set out appropriate measures in order to achieve the ozone target value and to keep the exceedance period as short as possible. In the event of an exceedance of the ozone target values, the preparation of a Clean Air Plan pursuant to this paragraph may be waived for territorial units at NUTS level, should Member States be able to ensure that their National Clean Air Programmes in accordance with the requirements of Article 6 of Directive (EU) 2016/2284 contain all measures necessary to address these exceedances.

2023/04/04
Committee: ENVI

2022/0347(COD)

Norbert LINS, Jens GIESEKE, Christine SCHNEIDER, Marlene MORTLER, Massimiliano SALINI, Christian DOLESCHAL, Alexander BERNHUBER, Peter LIESE

Proposal for a directive
Article 19 – paragraph 4

4. Where from [insert year 2 years after entry into force of this Directive], until 31 December 2029 in a zone or NUTS 1 territorial unit, the levels of pollutants are above any limit value to be attained by 1 January 2030 as laid down in Table 1 of Section 1 of Annex I, Member States shall establish an air quality plan for the concerned pollutant as soon as possible and no later than 2 years after the calendar year during which the exceedance of the was recorded to attain the respective limit values or ozone target value by the expiration of the attainment deadline. Where, for the same pollutant, Member States are required to establish an air quality plan in accordance with this paragraph as well as an air quality plan in accordance with Article 19(1), they may establish a combined air quality plan in accordance with Article 19(5), (6) and (7) and provide information on the expected impact of measures to reach compliance for each limit value it addresses, as required by in Annex VIII, points 5 and 6. Any such combined air quality plan shall set out appropriate measures to achieve all related limit values and to keep all exceedance periods as short as possible.deleted

2023/04/04
Committee: ENVI

2022/0347(COD)

Christian DOLESCHAL, Marlene MORTLER, Angelika NIEBLER, Markus FERBER, Norbert LINS, Monika HOHLMEIER

Proposal for a directive
Article 19 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1

Where from [insert year ~~2 years~~two after entry into force of this Directive], until 31 December 2029 in a zone or NUTS level 1 territorial unit, the levels of pollutants are above ~~any~~the limit values to be attained by 1 January 2030 as laid down in Table 1 of Section 1 of Annex I, and where model applications, taking into account the predicted effect of measures already in place by Union, national or regional policies, do not indicate compliance by 1 January 2030, Member States shall establish an air quality plan for the concerned pollutant as soon as possible and no later than 2 years after the calendar year during which the exceedance of the was recorded to attain the respective limit values or ozone target value ~~by the expiration of the attainment deadlin~~as soon as possible.

2023/04/04
Committee: ENVI

2022/0347(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point d

Directive 2000/60/EC
Article 2 – point 35)

(35) ‘Environmental quality standard’ means the concentration of a particular pollutant or group of pollutants in water, sediment or biota not to be exceeded in order to protect human health and the environment or a trigger value for the adverse effect on human health or the environment of such a pollutant or group of pollutants measured using an appropriate ~~effect~~science-based method.’;

2023/04/05
Committee: ENVI

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 49 a (new)

(49 a) Acknowledges the fact that new rules to reduce the risk and use of plant protection products in the EU with the aim of having a healthier and more environmentally sound food system in line with the European Green Deal is an important goal; Points out that this trend could potentially benefit developing countries as plant protection products are usually expensive, often hard to come by and in some cases hazardous to human, animal and environmental health;

2023/04/04
Committee: DEVE

2022/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 49 b (new)

(49 b) Due to the current geopolitical situation, especially considering that the war in Ukraine has been going on for over a year and is not expected to come to an end soon, and that economies are still recovering from the impact of COVID-19, food insecurity in the world is very high; Therefore, EU’s ambitions and new policies reflecting these need to take current challenges into due consideration in order to react wisely and should, under no circumstances, have an adverse effect;

2023/04/04
Committee: DEVE

2022/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 49 c (new)

(49 c) Developing countries in particular are highly dependent on food imports, especially from the EU; the increase in food prices and fertilisers as well as energy puts the EU under a lot of pressure, as less availability comes with less imports to developing countries; the correct and economical use of plant protection products, without being too extensively regulated, can help developing countries to achieve a higher level of food security, reduce dependencies and strengthen local and regional food markets; However, unreasonably strict rules could potentially harm trade relations between the EU and developing countries, as those rules would also need to be applicable for imported products into the EU, which would put further pressure on developing countries; Local and regional markets alone cannot feed the growing population in developing countries;

2023/04/04
Committee: DEVE

2022/0196(COD)

Franc BOGOVIČ, Marlene MORTLER, Ljudmila NOVAK, Alexander BERNHUBER

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 49 d (new)

(49 d) In light of this and in line with the principle of policy coherence for development under Article 208 TFEU, the European Commission, first and foremost, should conduct an in-depth impact assessment of this legislation, including in developing countries; after such impact assessment, it should closely collaborate with the relevant stakeholders in order for the legislation to be properly adapted to the needs; partnerships and cooperation mechanisms are fundamental; this proposal does not take into consideration the regional specificities of European agriculture and does not include an overall impact assessment including quantified impacts on food production, the competitiveness of EU farming, the potential impact on farmers, dependencies on food imports, food prices, and the spreading of harmful organisms, nor does it take into consideration the same issues in relation to developing countries;

2023/04/04
Committee: DEVE

2022/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
–

The Committee on [Agriculture and Rural Development] calls on the Committee on [the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety], as the committee responsible, to propose rejection of the [The sustainable use of plant protection products and amending Regulation (EU) 2021/2115].

2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI

2022/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
–

– The European Parliament rejects the Commission proposal.

2023/04/04
Committee: ENVI

2022/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3

(3) The European Parliament resolution of 12 February 2019 on the implementation of Directive 2009/128/EC on the sustainable use of pesticides41 noted that the Union must act ~~without delay~~ to transition to a more sustainable use of pesticides and called on the Commission to propose an ambitious Union-wide binding target for the reduction of pesticide use. The European Parliament re-affirmed its call for binding reduction targets in its resolution of 20 October 2021 on a Farm to Fork Strategy for a fair, healthy and environmentally- friendly food system42 . . However, the European Parliament in its resolution of 20 October 2021 on a Farm to Fork Strategy for a fair, healthy and environmentally-friendly food system avoided setting a numerical Union-wide binding target for the reduction of pesticide use. The European Parliament also called on the Commission to clarify how it will deal with individual Member States’ contributions to Union-wide binding target, ensure a level playing field, as well as how it will clarify the baselines for these reduction targets, taking into account the different starting points, efforts undertaken and characteristics of each Member State. __________________ 41 P8_TA(2019)0082, 12 February 2019. 42 P9_TA(2021)0425, 20 October 2021.

2023/04/04
Committee: ENVI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 15

(15). ‘integrated pest management’ means careful consideration of all available ~~mean~~plant protection methods and the subsequent integration of appropriate measures that discourage the development of populations of harmful organisms~~, while~~ and keep~~ing~~ the use of ~~chemical~~ plant protection products and other forms of intervention to levels that are economically and ecologically justified and reduce or minimise risks to human health and the environment. Integrated pest management emphasises the growth of a healthy crop with the least possible disruption to agro-ecosystems and encourages natural pest control mechanisms;

2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI

2022/0196(COD)

Franc BOGOVIČ, Marlene MORTLER, Ljudmila NOVAK, Alexander BERNHUBER

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12

(12) The objective of the Farm to Fork Strategy is to make substantial progress in the reduction of the use of chemical plant protection products in an economically viable way. In order to achieve that aim, it is necessary to set quantified targets at Union ~~and Member State~~ levels for the reduction in the use and risk of chemical plant protection products and the use of more hazardous plant protection products to monitor progress. ~~National targets should be established by national law in order to ensure adequate progress and accountability in relation to them. These binding~~Member States should contribute to approach the EU target, in line with each Member state’s contribution to the EU average of use of chemical plant protection products. These national targets should also be achieved by Member States by 2030. The reduction in the use of chemical plant protection products is expected to significantly reduce occupational safety and health risks for professional users.

2023/04/04
Committee: ENVI

2022/0196(COD)

~~(a) an area used by the general public, such as a public park or garden, recreation or sports grounds, or a public path;~~deleted

2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI

2022/0196(COD)

Franc BOGOVIČ, Marlene MORTLER, Ljudmila NOVAK, Alexander BERNHUBER

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13

(13) Given the different levels of historical progress and substantial differences in intensity of pesticide use and availability of active substances between Member States, it is necessary to allow Member States ~~some~~ flexibility when setting their own ~~binding~~ national targets (“national 2030 reduction targets”). Intensity of use is best measured by dividing the total quantity of active substances placed on the market, and therefore used, in the form of plant protection products in a particular Member State by the surface area over which the active substances were applied. Intensity in the use of chemical pesticides, and in particular of the more hazardous pesticides, correlates with greater dependency on chemical pesticides, greater risks to human health and the environment and less sustainable farming practices. It is therefore appropriate to allow Member States to take their lower intensity of use of chemical pesticides than the Union average into account in setting their national 2030 reduction targets. It is also appropriate to require them to take their higher intensity of use of chemical pesticides than the Union average into account in setting their national 2030 reduction targets. In addition, in order to give recognition to past efforts by Member States, they should also be allowed to take into account historical progress prior to the adoption of the Farm to Fork Strategy when setting national 2030 reduction targets. Conversely, where Member States have increased, or made only limited reductions in, their use and risk of chemical plant protection products, they should now make a greater contribution to the achievement of the Union 2030 reduction targets, while also taking account of their intensity of pesticide use. In addition, Member state’s contribution to the EU average of use of chemical plant protection products should be taken into account when setting national 2030 reduction targets. Where Member States contribute more to the EU average of plant protection products use, they should also make a greater contribution to the achievement of the Union 2030 reduction targets. In order to ensure a fair and collective effort towards the achievement of Union-wide targets and an adequate level of ambition, minimum limits should be laid down for national 2030 reduction targets. The EU’s outermost regions, as listed in Article 349 of the Treaty, are located in the Atlantic, Caribbean and Indian Ocean. Due to permanent constraints such as their remoteness to the European continent, insularity and high exposure to climate change, it is appropriate to allow Member States to take into account the specific needs of these regions as regards the use of plant protection products and measures tailored to specific climatic conditions and crops. In order to ensure a fair and collective effort towards the achievement of Union-wide targets, where a Member State reaches the level of its 2030 national reduction target before 2030, it should not be required to undertake additional reduction efforts, but it should closely monitor annual fluctuations in the use and risk of chemical plant protection products and in the use of more hazardous plant protection products to ensure progress towards meeting the respective 2030 national reduction target. In the interests of transparency, Member State responses to any Commission recommendations in relation to the level of ambition of national targets and the annual progress made towards them should be publicly accessible.

2023/04/04
Committee: ENVI

2022/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 16 – point c

(c) human settlements (community in which people live and work), defined as the most up to date CORINE (Coordination of information on the Environment) system maintained by the EEA Land Cover Level 1 classification (Artificial Surfaces) (excluding Level 2 – 1.2: Industrial, commercial and transport units and Level 2 – 1.3: Mine, dump and construction sites)80; _________________ 80 See CORINE Land Cover nomenclature conversion to Land Cover Classification system (https://land.copernicus.eu/user- corner/technical-library/corine-land- cover-nomenclature-guidelines/html) and CORINE Land Cover (CLC) inventory (CORINE Land Cover — Copernicus Land Monitoring Service).deleted

2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI

2022/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 16 – point d

~~(d) an urban area covered by a watercourse or water feature;~~deleted

2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI

2022/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 16 – point e

~~(e) non-productive areas as defined under the EU standards on good agricultural and environmental condition of land (GAEC), GAEC standard 8 listed in Annex III to Regulation (EU) 2021/2115.~~deleted

2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – title

Union ~~2030~~[OP: please insert the date – 10 years after the date of application of this Regulation] reduction targets for chemical plant protection products

2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI

2022/0196(COD)

Norbert LINS, Marlene MORTLER, Alexander BERNHUBER, Niclas HERBST, Lena DÜPONT, Sabine VERHEYEN, Axel VOSS, Simone SCHMIEDTBAUER, Herbert DORFMANN, Andreas SCHWAB, Karolin BRAUNSBERGER-REINHOLD, Marion WALSMANN, Jens GIESEKE, David McALLISTER, Christine SCHNEIDER, Michael GAHLER, Ralf SEEKATZ, Christian DOLESCHAL

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1

1.(1) Each Member State shall contribute, through the adoption and achievement of national targets in accordance with Article 5 to achieving by ~~2030 a 50 %~~[OP: please insert the date – 10 years after the date of application of this Regulation] a Union-wide reduction of both the use and risk of chemical plant protection products (‘Union ~~2030~~[OP: please insert the date – 10 years after the date of application of this Regulation] reduction target 1’') and the use of more hazardous plant protection products (‘Union ~~2030~~[OP: please insert the date – 10 years after the date of application of this Regulation] reduction target 2’), compared to the average of the years 20151, 20162 and 20173 (collectively referred to as ‘the Union ~~2030~~[OP: please insert the date – 10 years after the date of application of this Regulation] reduction targets’).

2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI

2022/0196(COD)

Franc BOGOVIČ, Marlene MORTLER, Ljudmila NOVAK, Alexander BERNHUBER

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 20

(20) An approach to pest control that follows integrated pest management in ensuring careful consideration of all available means that discourage the development of populations of harmful organisms, while keeping the use of chemical plant protection products to levels that are economically and ecologically justified and minimising risks to human health and the environment is necessary for the protection of human health and the environment. ‘Integrated pest management’ emphasises the growth of a healthy crop with the least possible disruption to agro-ecosystems, encourages natural pest control mechanisms and uses chemical control only when all other control means are exhausted. To ensure that integrated pest management is implemented consistently on the ground, it is necessary to lay down clear rules in this Regulation. In order to comply with the obligation to follow integrated pest management, a professional user should consider and implement all methods and practices that avoid the use of plant protection products. Chemical plant protection products should only be used when all other control means have been exhausted. In order to ensure and monitor compliance with this requirement, it is important that professional users keep a record of the reasons why they apply plant protection products or the reasons for any other action taken in line with integrated pest management and of advice received in support of their implementation of integrated pest management from independent advisors. These records are also required for aerial applications as much as possible.

2023/04/04
Committee: ENVI

2022/0196(COD)

Franc BOGOVIČ, Marlene MORTLER, Ljudmila NOVAK, Alexander BERNHUBER

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 20 a (new)

(20a) In order not to burden small farms with additional sustainability requirements already set in the National CAP Strategic Plans, integrated pest management shall be mandatory only for professional users, whose size of agricultural holdings is above the average size of the agricultural holding in the Member State. Member States should also be allowed to put additional minimum thresholds for the mandatory application of integrated pest management with setting the minimum thresholds of hectares of arable land and land under permanent crops per crop type.

2023/04/04
Committee: ENVI

2022/0196(COD)

Franc BOGOVIČ, Marlene MORTLER, Ljudmila NOVAK, Alexander BERNHUBER

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 22

(22) In order to facilitate compliance with integrated pest management, it is necessary to lay down crop-specific rules that a professional user must follow in relation to the specific crop and region in which the professional user operates. Such rules should convert the requirements of integrated pest management into verifiable criteria that apply to the specific crop. To ensure that the crop-specific rules are in accordance with the requirements of integrated pest management, detailed rules should be laid down as to what they should contain and the Commission should verify their development, implementation and enforcement on the ground. In this regard, the European Parliament welcomes the publication of a database of examples of practices, techniques and technologies across eight established Integrated Pest Management principles, including 273 crop specific guidelines by the European Commission on 28 February 2023. Taking into account the amount of examples indicated in the database, the Parliament underlines the importance of maintaining flexibility in the implementation of Integrated Pest Management across the various Member States, regions and crops grown in the European Union.

2023/04/04
Committee: ENVI

2022/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – title

Member State~~s 2030~~ [OP: please insert the date – 10 years after the date of application of this Regulation] reduction targets for chemical plant protection products

2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI

2022/0196(COD)

Franc BOGOVIČ, Marlene MORTLER, Ljudmila NOVAK, Alexander BERNHUBER

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 23

(23) In order to verify compliance by professional users with integrated pest management, an electronic integrated pest management and plant protection product use register should be maintained with the aim of verifying compliance with the rules on integrated pest management set out in this Regulation and supporting the development of Union policy. Access to the register should also be granted to national statistical authorities for the development, production and dissemination of official statistics in accordance with Chapter V of Regulation (EC) No 223/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council66 . This register should record any preventative measure or intervention and the reasons for that preventative measure or intervention. This will provide the competent authorities with the information necessary to verify whether a professional user has carried out a decision-making process, in accordance with integrated pest management, before determining the specific preventative measure or intervention. The register should also contain details in relation to advice required annually in support of integrated pest management in order to verify that such strategic longer term planning in relation to integrated pest management is taking place. __________________ 66 Regulation (EC) No 223/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 2009 on European statistics and repealing Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1101/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the transmission of data subject to statistical confidentiality to the Statistical Office of the European Communities, Council Regulation (EC) No 322/97 on Community Statistics, and Council Decision 89/382/EEC, Euratom establishing a Committee on the Statistical Programmes of the European Communities (OJ L 87, 31.3.2009, p. 164).deleted

2023/04/04
Committee: ENVI

2022/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part

By … [OP: please insert the date – 612 months after the date of application of this Regulation] each Member State shall adopt national targets in its national legislation to achieve by ~~2030~~[OP: please insert the date – 10 years after the date of application of this Regulation] a reduction, set in accordance with this Article, from the average of the years 20151, 20162 and 20173, of the following:

2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI

2022/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point a

(a) the use and risk of chemical plant protection products as defined in Annex I ~~(‘national 2030 reduction target~~with a flexibility of 10% (‘national [OP: please insert the date – 10 years after the date of application of this Regulation] target range 1’);

2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI

2022/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point b

(b) the use of more hazardous plant protection products as defined in Annex I ~~(‘national 2030 reduction target~~with a flexibility of 10% (‘national [OP: please insert the date – 10 years after the date of application of this Regulation] target range 2’).

2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI

2022/0196(COD)

Franc BOGOVIČ, Marlene MORTLER, Ljudmila NOVAK, Alexander BERNHUBER

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 3 – point b

(b) where a Member State has increased the use and risk of chemical plant protection products, or has made a smaller reduction than the Union average between the average of the years 2011, 2012 and 2013 ~~and the average of the years 2015, 2016 and 2017~~, a figure that is established by adding to 50% the difference between the reduction or, as applicable, increase achieved and the Union average reduction, but without surpassing 70%.

2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI

2022/0196(COD)

Norbert LINS, Marlene MORTLER, Alexander BERNHUBER, Niclas HERBST, Lena DÜPONT, Sabine VERHEYEN, Axel VOSS, Simone SCHMIEDTBAUER, Herbert DORFMANN, Andreas SCHWAB, Karolin BRAUNSBERGER-REINHOLD, Marion WALSMANN, Jens GIESEKE, David McALLISTER, Christine SCHNEIDER, Michael GAHLER, Ralf SEEKATZ, Christian DOLESCHAL

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 4

For the purposes of this paragraph ‘weighted intensity of use and risk of chemical plant protection products’ means a value corresponding to the kilograms of chemical active substances in plant protection products sold per year in a Member State, weighted according to their hazard weightings as set out in row (iii) of the Table of Annex I, divided by the number of hectares of utilised agricultural area in that Member State.deleted

2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI

2022/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 1

A Member State may reduce its national target for the use of the more hazardous plant protection products referred to in paragraph 4 to a percentage that is a mid- point between the figure related to intensity as laid down in the second subparagraph of this paragraph and the figure related to use as laid down in the third subparagraph of this paragraph. ~~Where that percentage is higher than 50%, the Member State shall increase its national target to that percentage.~~

2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI

2022/0196(COD)

Christine SCHNEIDER, Ralf SEEKATZ, Karolin BRAUNSBERGER-REINHOLD, Sven SIMON, Angelika NIEBLER, Monika HOHLMEIER, Christian DOLESCHAL, Franc BOGOVIČ, Marlene MORTLER, Daniel CASPARY, Rainer WIELAND, Sabine VERHEYEN, Alexander BERNHUBER

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 43

(43) In order to enforce the obligations set out in this Regulation, Member States should lay down rules on penalties applicable to infringements of this Regulation and ensure that those rules are enforced. The penalties should be effective, proportionate and dissuasive. It is also important to provide for Member States to recover costs related to carrying out obligations under this Regulation by means of fees or charges in order to ensure that adequate financial resources are available to competent authorities.deleted

2023/04/04
Committee: ENVI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 3 – point a

(a) where a Member State has achieved a greater reduction in the use of the more hazardous plant protection products than the Union average between the average of the years 2011, 2012 and 2013 ~~and the average of the years 2015, 2016 and 2017~~, a figure that is established by subtracting from 50% the difference between the reduction achieved and the Union average reduction;

2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI

2022/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 3 – point b

(b) where a Member State has increased the use of the more hazardous plant protection products, or has made a smaller reduction than the Union average between the average of the years 2011, 2012 and 2013 ~~and the average of the years 2015, 2016 and 2017~~, a figure that is established by adding to 50% the difference between the reduction or, as applicable, increase achieved and the Union average reduction, but without surpassing 70%.

2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI

2022/0196(COD)

Norbert LINS, Marlene MORTLER, Alexander BERNHUBER, Niclas HERBST, Lena DÜPONT

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 4

For the purposes of this paragraph ‘intensity of use of the more hazardous plant protection products’ means a value corresponding to the kilograms of chemical active substances in the more hazardous plant protection products sold per year in the Member State concerned divided by the number of hectares of utilised agricultural area in that Member State.deleted

2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI

2022/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 7

7.(7) Member States with outermost regions, as listed in Article 349 of the Treaty, may take into account the specific needs of these regions as regards the use of plant protection products when adopting national ~~2030 reduction targets~~target ranges for [OP: please insert the date - 10 years after the date of application of this Regulation], due to the particular climatic conditions and crops in these regions.

2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI

2022/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 8

8.(8) In no case may the application of paragraph 5, paragraph 6 and paragraph 7 result in either of the ~~2030~~ national reduction targets for ... [OP please insert the date - 10 years after the date of application of this Regulation] being lower than 35%.

2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI

2022/0196(COD)

Norbert LINS, Marlene MORTLER, Alexander BERNHUBER, Niclas HERBST, Lena DÜPONT, Sabine VERHEYEN, Axel VOSS, Simone SCHMIEDTBAUER, Herbert DORFMANN, Andreas SCHWAB, Karolin BRAUNSBERGER-REINHOLD, Marion WALSMANN, Jens GIESEKE, David McALLISTER, Christine SCHNEIDER, Michael GAHLER, Ralf SEEKATZ, Christian DOLESCHAL

Norbert LINS, Marlene MORTLER, Alexander BERNHUBER, Niclas HERBST, Lena DÜPONT

2022/0196(COD)

Norbert LINS, Marlene MORTLER, Alexander BERNHUBER, Niclas HERBST, Lena DÜPONT, Sabine VERHEYEN, Axel VOSS, Simone SCHMIEDTBAUER, Herbert DORFMANN, Andreas SCHWAB, Karolin BRAUNSBERGER-REINHOLD, Marion WALSMANN, Jens GIESEKE, Ivan DAVID

Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2

Where a professional user has not ~~applied~~taken up, in the plan, a measure listed in the first subparagraph of this paragraph, ~~the records referred to in Article 14(1) shall contain reasons thereof~~reasons for that shall be given. The plan shall be renewed every three years.

2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI

2022/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 4 – introductory part

4. Professional users shall use biological controls, physical and other non- chemical methods. Professional users ~~may~~shall only use chemical methods if they are necessary to achieve acceptable levels of harmful organism control ~~after~~if all other non- chemical methods ~~as set out in paragraphs 1, 2 and 3~~ have been exhausted ~~and where~~or any of the following conditions has been satisfied:

2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI

2022/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 4 – point b

(b) where justified by a decision- support system, or by an advisor ~~who meets the conditions laid down in Article 23~~, the professional user decides, by way of a recorded decision, to use chemical plant protection products methods for preventative reasons.

2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI

2022/0196(COD)

Norbert LINS, Marlene MORTLER, Alexander BERNHUBER, Niclas HERBST, Lena DÜPONT, Sabine VERHEYEN, Axel VOSS, Simone SCHMIEDTBAUER, Herbert DORFMANN, Andreas SCHWAB, Karolin BRAUNSBERGER-REINHOLD, Marion WALSMANN, Jens GIESEKE, Ivan DAVID

2022/0196(COD)

Norbert LINS, Marlene MORTLER, Alexander BERNHUBER, Niclas HERBST, Lena DÜPONT, Sabine VERHEYEN, Axel VOSS, Simone SCHMIEDTBAUER, Herbert DORFMANN, Andreas SCHWAB, Karolin BRAUNSBERGER-REINHOLD, Marion WALSMANN, Jens GIESEKE, Ivan DAVID

Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 5

5.(5) Each distributor shall ensure that it has sufficient staff that hold a training certificate for following courses for distributors issued in accordance with Article 25 orand has a proof of entry in a central electronic register for following such courses in accordance with Article 25(5) available at the time of sale to provide adequate responses to purchasers of plant protection products at the moment of sale on their use, related health and environmental risksthe necessary knowledge of the health and environmental risks relating to storage and handling and of the appropriate safety instructions to manage those risks.

2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI

2022/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 6

6. The distributor referred to in paragraph 5 shall inform the purchaser of a plant protection product about less hazardous control techniques before the purchaser buys a plant protection product with a higher risk for human health and the environment.deleted

2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI

2022/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 2

2.(2) Each Member State shall designate a competent authority or authorities responsible for the implementation of the system for the training and certification of all training referred to in paragraph 1 ~~and~~, for issuing and renewing training certificates, ~~updating the central electronic register, providing proof of entry in the central electronic register and~~and for overseeing that the tasks referred to in paragraph 1 are carried out by the body that provided the training.

2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI

2022/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 4 – point b

~~(b) the employer of the professional user, distributor or advisor to whom the training was provided, where that employer is a legal person or a natural person in its professional capacity;~~deleted

2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI

2022/0196(COD)

Norbert LINS, Marlene MORTLER, Alexander BERNHUBER, Niclas HERBST, Lena DÜPONT, Sabine VERHEYEN, Axel VOSS, Simone SCHMIEDTBAUER, Herbert DORFMANN, Andreas SCHWAB, Karolin BRAUNSBERGER-REINHOLD, Marion WALSMANN, Jens GIESEKE, Ivan DAVID

Norbert LINS, Marlene MORTLER, Alexander BERNHUBER, Niclas HERBST, Lena DÜPONT

Proposal for a regulation
Article 33

1. Each competent authority designated by a Member State pursuant to Article 30 shall establish and maintain a central electronic register to record: (a) information entered by third parties pursuant to Article 20(2), point (b)(i), and Article 29; (b) records of inspections and certificates as set out in Article 31(6) and (7)(b); (c) other information as set out in paragraph 2 on application equipment in professional use in its Member State that has not been exempted from inspection under Article 32(3). 2. The competent authorities referred to in Article 30 shall, at the time of inspection, record the following information: (a) the name of the body carrying out the inspections; (b) the unique ID of the application equipment, if available; (c) the date of manufacture, if available; (d) the name and address of the current owner; (e) where there has been a transfer of ownership, the date of each transfer and the name and address of previous owners within the last five years; (f) the tank size; (g) the width of the horizontal spray boom, if applicable; (h) the nozzle type(s) present on the application equipment at the time of inspection; (i) in the case of boom sprayers, whether section and/or nozzle control through geospatial localisation technology is present or absent on the application equipment; (j) for equipment older than three years, the date of each inspection carried out in accordance with Article 31; (k) whether the application equipment passed or failed each inspection carried out under Article 31; (l) the reasons for any failed inspection. 3. Where application equipment does not bear a unique ID as referred to in paragraph 2, point (b), the competent authorities referred to in Article 30 shall supply a unique ID.Article 33 deleted Electronic register of application equipment in professional use

2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI

2022/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 34 – paragraph 1

1. The methodology for calculating progress towards achieving the two Union ~~2030 reduction targets and the two national 2030 reduction targets until and including 2030~~... [OP: please insert the date – 10 years after the date of application of this Regulation] reduction targets and the two national ... [OP: please insert the date – 10 years after the date of application of this Regulation] corridor targets until and including ... [OP: please insert the date – 10 years after the date of application of this Regulation] is laid down in Annex I. This methodology shall be based on statistical data collected in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1185/2009.

2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI

2022/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 34 – paragraph 2

2. Using the methodology set out in Annex I, the Commission shall calculate the results of progress towards achieving the ~~two Union and two national 2030 reduction targets annually until and including 2030~~Union reduction targets and two national ... [OP: please insert the date – 10 years after the date of application of this Regulation] corridor targets annually until and including ... [OP: please insert the date – 10 years after the date of application of this Regulation] and publish those results on the website referred to in Article 7.

2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI

2022/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 35 – paragraph 4

4. The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 40 amending this Article and Annex VI in order to take into account technical progress, including progress in the availability of statistical data, and scientific and agronomic developments. Such delegated acts may modify the existing harmonised risk indicators or provide for new harmonised risk indicators, which may take into account Member States’ progress towards achieving the target of having 25% of their utilised agricultural area devoted to organic farming by 2030 as referred to in Article 8(1), point (d).

2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI

2022/0196(COD)

Norbert LINS, Marlene MORTLER, Alexander BERNHUBER, Niclas HERBST, Lena DÜPONT

Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 2

2. Where a purchaser is a legal person, a distributor may sell a plant protection product authorised for professional use to a representative of the purchaser of the plant protection product when that distributor has checked, at the time of purchase, that the representative is the holder of a training certificate for following courses for professional users issued in accordance with Article 25 ~~or has a proof of entry in a central electronic register for following such courses in accordance with Article 25(5)~~.

2023/04/05
Committee: ENVI

2022/0196(COD)

Franc BOGOVIČ, Marlene MORTLER, Ljudmila NOVAK, Alexander BERNHUBER

Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 2

2. Where a purchaser is a legal person, a distributor may sell a plant protection product authorised for professional use to a representative of the purchaser of the plant protection product when that distributor has checked, at the time of purchase, that the representative is the holder of a training certificate for following courses for professional users issued in accordance with Article 25 or has a proof of entry in a ~~central electronic~~ register for following such courses in accordance with Article 25(5).

2023/04/05
Committee: ENVI

2022/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 3

3. A distributor shall direct a purchaser of a plant protection product to read its label prior to use and to use the product in accordance with the instructions on the label and shall inform the purchaser of the website referred to in Article 27.deleted

2023/04/05
Committee: ENVI

2022/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 5

5. Each distributor shall ensure that it has sufficient staff that hold a training certificate for following courses for distributors issued in accordance with Article 25 orand has a proof of entry in a central electronic register for following such courses in accordance with Article 25(5) available at the time of sale to provide adequate responses to purchasers of plant protection products at the moment of sale on their use, related health and environmental risksthe necessary knowledge of the health and environmental risks relating to storage and handling and of the appropriate safety instructions to manage those risks.

2023/04/05
Committee: ENVI

2022/0196(COD)

Franc BOGOVIČ, Marlene MORTLER, Ljudmila NOVAK, Alexander BERNHUBER

Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 5

5. Each distributor shall ensure that it has sufficient staff that hold a training certificate for following courses for distributors issued in accordance with Article 25 or has a proof of entry in a ~~central electronic~~ register for following such courses in accordance with Article 25(5) available at the time of sale to provide adequate responses to purchasers of plant protection products at the moment of sale on their use, related health and environmental risks and the appropriate safety instructions to manage those risks.

2023/04/05
Committee: ENVI

2022/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 6

6. The distributor referred to in paragraph 5 shall inform the purchaser of a plant protection product about less hazardous control techniques before the purchaser buys a plant protection product with a higher risk for human health and the environment.deleted

2023/04/05
Committee: ENVI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 4 – point b

~~(b) the employer of the professional user, distributor or advisor to whom the training was provided, where that employer is a legal person or a natural person in its professional capacity;~~deleted

2023/04/05
Committee: ENVI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – title

~~Independen~~Expert advisory system

2023/04/05
Committee: ENVI

2022/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 1

1. Each Member State shall designate a competent authority to establish, oversee and monitor the operation of a system of ~~independen~~expert advisors for professional users. That system ~~may make use of the impartial farm advisors referred to in Article 15 of Regulation (EU) No 2021/2115, who must be regularly trained and can be funded under Article 78 of the same regulation~~shall comprise advisors trained in accordance with Article 25.

2023/04/05
Committee: ENVI

2022/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 2

2. The competent authority referred to in paragraph 1 shall ensure that any advisor registered in the system referred to in that paragraph (‘independent advisor’) is free from any conflict of interest and, in particular, is not in a situation which, directly or indirectly, could affect their ability to carry out their professional duties in an impartial manner.deleted

2023/04/05
Committee: ENVI

2022/0196(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 3

~~3. Each professional user shall consult an independent advisor at least once a year for the purposes of receiving the strategic advice referred to in paragraph 4.~~deleted

2023/04/05
Committee: ENVI

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 51

(51) Since farmland birds are well- known and widely recognised key indicators of the health of agricultural ecosystems, it is appropriate to set targets for their recovery. The obligation to achieve such targets ~~would~~shall not apply to ~~Member States, not to individual farmers. Member States should achieve those targets by putting~~individual owners and land users but rather only to Member States. Member States should achieve those targets by providing appropriate financial incentives for land users and other stakeholders to put in place effective restoration measures on farmland,. In doing so, Member States should work~~ing~~ with and support~~ing farmers and other stakehold~~ stakeholders and land users ~~for~~in their design and implementation on the ground. of restoration measures;

2023/02/10
Committee: AGRI

2022/0195(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 25

(25) Building on Directives 92/43/EEC and 2009/147/EC and in order to support the achievement of the objectives set out in those Directives, Member States should put in place restoration measures to ensure the recovery of protected habitats and species, including wild birds, across Union areas~~, also in areas that fall outside Natura 2000.~~;

2023/01/26
Committee: ENVI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2

2. Member States shall put in place the restoration measures that are necessary to re-establish the habitat types listed in Annex I in areas not covered by those habitat types. Such measures shall be in place on areas representing at least 30 % of the additional overall surface needed to reach the total favourable reference area of each group of habitat types listed in Annex I, as quantified in the national restoration plan referred to in Article 12, by 2030, at least 60 % of that surface by 2040, and 100 % of that surface by 2050.deleted

2023/01/26
Committee: ENVI

2022/0195(COD)

Marlene MORTLER, Norbert LINS, Simone SCHMIEDTBAUER, Salvatore DE MEO, Tom VANDENKENDELAERE, Herbert DORFMANN, Franc BOGOVIČ, Daniel BUDA, Michaela ŠOJDROVÁ, Petri SARVAMAA, Juan Ignacio ZOIDO ÁLVAREZ, Álvaro AMARO

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 3 – point a

~~(a) 110 by 2030, 120 by 2040 and 130 by 2050, for Member States listed in Annex V with historically more depleted populations of farmland birds;~~deleted

2023/02/10
Committee: AGRI

2022/0195(COD)

Marlene MORTLER, Norbert LINS, Simone SCHMIEDTBAUER, Salvatore DE MEO, Tom VANDENKENDELAERE, Herbert DORFMANN, Franc BOGOVIČ, Daniel BUDA, Michaela ŠOJDROVÁ, Petri SARVAMAA, Juan Ignacio ZOIDO ÁLVAREZ, Álvaro AMARO

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 3 – point b

~~(b) 105 by 2030, 110 by 2040 and 115 by 2050, for Member States listed in Annex IV with historically less depleted populations of farmland birds.~~deleted

2023/02/10
Committee: AGRI

Dennis RADTKE, Jens GIESEKE, Norbert LINS, Ralf SEEKATZ, Markus PIEPER, Angelika NIEBLER, Marlene MORTLER, Sven SIMON, Christian EHLER, Karolin BRAUNSBERGER-REINHOLD, Christian DOLESCHAL, Christine SCHNEIDER, Monika HOHLMEIER, Marion WALSMANN

~~(iii) the following point (aa) is inserted: ‘(aa) environmental performance limit values;;’~~deleted

2022/12/09
Committee: ITRE

2022/0104(COD)

Dennis RADTKE, Jens GIESEKE, Norbert LINS, Ralf SEEKATZ, Markus PIEPER, Angelika NIEBLER, Marlene MORTLER, Sven SIMON, Christian EHLER, Karolin BRAUNSBERGER-REINHOLD, Christian DOLESCHAL, Christine SCHNEIDER, Monika HOHLMEIER, Marion WALSMANN

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 10 – point a – point v

Directive 2010/75/EU
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point (bb) (new)

~~(v) the following point (ba) is inserted: ‘(ba) appropriate requirements for an environmental management system as laid down in Article 14a;;’~~deleted

2022/12/09
Committee: ITRE

2022/0104(COD)

Dennis RADTKE, Jens GIESEKE, Norbert LINS, Ralf SEEKATZ, Markus PIEPER, Angelika NIEBLER, Marlene MORTLER, Sven SIMON, Christian EHLER, Karolin BRAUNSBERGER-REINHOLD, Christian DOLESCHAL, Christine SCHNEIDER, Monika HOHLMEIER, Marion WALSMANN

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 10 – point a – point vi

Directive 2010/75/EU
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point (b c) (new)

~~(vi) the following point (bb) is inserted: ‘(bb) suitable monitoring requirements for the consumption and reuse of resources such as energy, water and raw materials;;’~~deleted

2022/12/09
Committee: ITRE

2022/0104(COD)

Dennis RADTKE, Jens GIESEKE, Norbert LINS, Ralf SEEKATZ, Markus PIEPER, Angelika NIEBLER, Marlene MORTLER, Sven SIMON, Christian EHLER, Karolin BRAUNSBERGER-REINHOLD, Christian DOLESCHAL, Christine SCHNEIDER, Monika HOHLMEIER, Marion WALSMANN

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 10 – point a – point vii

Directive 2010/75/EU
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point (d) – subpoint (iii) (new)

(vii) in point (d), the following subpoint (iii) is added: ‘(iii) information on progress towards fulfilment of the environmental policy objectives referred to in Article 14a. Such information shall be made public;;’deleted

2022/12/09
Committee: ITRE

2022/0104(COD)

Dennis RADTKE, Jens GIESEKE, Norbert LINS, Ralf SEEKATZ, Markus PIEPER, Angelika NIEBLER, Marlene MORTLER, Sven SIMON, Christian EHLER, Karolin BRAUNSBERGER-REINHOLD, Christian DOLESCHAL, Christine SCHNEIDER, Monika HOHLMEIER, Marion WALSMANN

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 11

Directive 2010/75/EU
Article 14 a (new)

(11) The following Article 14a is inserted: ‘Article 14a Environmental management system 1. Member States shall require the operator to prepare and implement, for each installation falling within the scope of this Chapter, an environmental management system (‘EMS’). The EMS shall comply with the provisions included in relevant BAT conclusions that determine aspects to be covered in the EMS. The EMS shall be reviewed periodically to ensure that it continues to be suitable, adequate and effective. 2. The EMS shall include at least the following: (a) the continuous improvement of the environmental performance and safety of the installation, which shall include measures to: (i) prevent the generation of waste; (ii) optimise resource use and water reuse; (iii) prevent or reduce risks associated with the use of hazardous substances. (b) objectives and performance indicators in relation to significant environmental aspects, which shall take into account benchmarks set out in the relevant BAT conclusions and the life- cycle environmental performance of the supply chain; (c) obligation to conduct an energy audit or implement an energy management system pursuant to Article 8 of Directive 2012/27/EU, inclusion of the results of that audit or implementation of the energy management system pursuant to Article 8 and Annex VI of that Directive and of the measures to implement their recommendations; (d) hazardous substances present in the installation as such, as constituents of other substances or as part of mixtures, a risk assessment of the impact of such substances on human health and the environment and an analysis of the possibilities to substitute them with safer alternatives; (e) environmental objectives and avoid risks for human health or the environment, including corrective and preventive measures where needed; (f) to in Article 27d. 3. be made available on the Internet, free of charge and without restricting access to registered users..’deleted environmental policy objectives for or installations covered by the a chemicals inventory of the measures taken to achieve the a transformation plan as referred The EMS of an installation shall

2022/12/09
Committee: ITRE

2022/0104(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 2

(2) The European Green Deal announced a revision of Union measures to address pollution from large industrial installations, including reviewing the sectoral scope of the legislation and how to make it fully consistent with climate, energy and circular economy policies. In addition, the Zero Pollution Action Plan, the Circular Economy Action Plan and the Farm to Fork Strategy also call for reducing pollutant emissions at source, including sources not currently within the scope of Directive 2010/75/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council69 . ~~Addressing pollution from certain agro- industrial activities thus requires their inclusion within the scope of that Directive.~~ __________________ 69 Directive 2010/75/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 November 2010 on industrial emissions (integrated pollution prevention and control); OJ L 334, 17.12.2010, p. 17-119.

2022/12/14
Committee: ENVI

2022/0104(COD)

Dennis RADTKE, Jens GIESEKE, Norbert LINS, Ralf SEEKATZ, Markus PIEPER, Angelika NIEBLER, Marlene MORTLER, Sven SIMON, Christian EHLER, Karolin BRAUNSBERGER-REINHOLD, Christian DOLESCHAL, Christine SCHNEIDER, Monika HOHLMEIER, Marion WALSMANN

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 12

Directive 2010/75/EU
Article 15 – paragraph 3

3. The competent authority shall set the strictest possible emission limit values that are consistent with the lowest emissions achievable by applying BAT in the installation, and that ensure that, under normal operating conditions, emissions do not exceed the emission levels associated with the best available techniques (BAT-AELs) as laid down in the decisions on BAT conclusions referred to in Article 13(5). The emission limit values shall be based on an assessment by the operator analysing the feasibility of meeting the strictest end of the BAT-AEL range and demonstrating the best performance the installation can achieve by applying BAT as described in BAT conclusions. The emission limit values shall be set through either of the following: (a) expressed for the same or shorter periods of time and under the same reference conditions as the emission levels associated with the best available techniques; or (b) values than those referred to under point (a) in terms of values, periods of time and reference conditions. Where the emission limit values are set in accordance with point (b), the competent authority shall, at least annually, assess the results of emission monitoring in order to ensure that emissions under normal operating conditions have not exceeded the emission levels associated with the best available techniques.deleted setting emission limit values setting different emission limit

Proposal for a directive
Recital 29

(29) In order to ensure that Directive 2010/75/EU continues meeting its objectives to prevent or reduce emissions of pollutants and achieve a high level of protection of human health and the environment, while not affecting sustainable European farming, based on the principles of respecting animal welfare, healthy and sustainable food production and promotion of small-scale and family farming, the power to adopt acts in accordance with Article 290 TFEU should be delegated to the Commission to supplement that Directive in order to establish operating rules containing requirements for activities relating to rearing of poultry, pigs and cattle, and to amend Annexes I and Ia to that Directive by adding an agro-industrial activity to ensure that it meets its objectives to prevent or reduce pollutants emissions and achieve a high level of protection of human health and the environment and pigs. It is of particular importance that the Commission carry out appropriate consultations during its preparatory work, including at expert level, and that those consultations be conducted in accordance with the principles laid down in the Interinstitutional Agreement on Better Law-Making of 13 April 201677 . In particular, to ensure equal participation in the preparation of delegated acts, the European Parliament and the Council receive all documents at the same time as Member States' experts, and their experts systematically have access to meetings of Commission expert groups dealing with the preparation of delegated acts. __________________ 77 Interinstitutional Agreement between the European Parliament, the Council of the European Union and the European Commission on Better Law-Making; OJ L 123, 12.5.2016, p. 1–14.

2022/12/14
Committee: ENVI

2022/0104(COD)

Dennis RADTKE, Jens GIESEKE, Norbert LINS, Ralf SEEKATZ, Markus PIEPER, Angelika NIEBLER, Marlene MORTLER, Sven SIMON, Christian EHLER, Karolin BRAUNSBERGER-REINHOLD, Christian DOLESCHAL, Christine SCHNEIDER, Monika HOHLMEIER, Marion WALSMANN

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 22

Directive 2010/75/EU
Article 27 d (new) – paragraph 2 – second part

Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure that the audit organisation contracted by the operator as part of its environmental management system assesses the conformity of the transformation plans referred to in the first subparagraph of paragraph 2 with the requirements set out in the implementing act referred to in paragraph 4.deleted

2022/12/09
Committee: ITRE

2022/0104(COD)

Dennis RADTKE, Jens GIESEKE, Norbert LINS, Ralf SEEKATZ, Markus PIEPER, Angelika NIEBLER, Marlene MORTLER, Sven SIMON, Christian EHLER, Karolin BRAUNSBERGER-REINHOLD, Christian DOLESCHAL, Christine SCHNEIDER, Monika HOHLMEIER, Marion WALSMANN

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 22

Directive 2010/75/EU
Article 27 d (new) – paragraph 3

~~3. The operator shall make its transformation plan as well as the results of the assessment referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2 public, as part of the publication of its environmental management system.~~deleted

2022/12/09
Committee: ITRE

2022/0104(COD)

Peter JAHR, Norbert LINS, Christine SCHNEIDER, Marlene MORTLER, Lena DÜPONT

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 32

Directive 2010/75/EU
Article 79a – paragraph 4

4. Where there is a claim for compensation in accordance with paragraph 1, supported by evidence from which a causality link may be presumed between the damage and the violation, Member States shall ensure that the onus is on the person ~~responsible for the viol~~who made the allegation to prove that the violation did ~~not~~ cause or contribute to the damage.

2022/11/18
Committee: AGRI

2022/0104(COD)

Dennis RADTKE, Jens GIESEKE, Norbert LINS, Ralf SEEKATZ, Markus PIEPER, Angelika NIEBLER, Marlene MORTLER, Sven SIMON, Christian EHLER, Karolin BRAUNSBERGER-REINHOLD, Christian DOLESCHAL, Christine SCHNEIDER, Monika HOHLMEIER, Marion WALSMANN

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 22

Directive 2010/75/EU
Article 27 d (new) – paragraph 4

4. The Commission shall by 30 June 2028, adopt an implementing act establishing the format for the transformation plans. This implementing act shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 75(2)..deleted

2022/12/09
Committee: ITRE

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – point a

Directive 2010/75/EU
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 3

(3) ‘installation’ means a stationary technical unit within which one or more activities listed in Annex I~~, in Annex Ia~~ or in Part 1 of Annex VII are carried out, and any other directly associated activities on the same site which have a technical connection with the activities listed in those Annexes and which could have an effect on emissions and pollution;;

2022/12/14
Committee: ENVI

2022/0104(COD)

Dennis RADTKE, Jens GIESEKE, Norbert LINS, Ralf SEEKATZ, Markus PIEPER, Angelika NIEBLER, Marlene MORTLER, Sven SIMON, Christian EHLER, Karolin BRAUNSBERGER-REINHOLD, Christian DOLESCHAL, Christine SCHNEIDER, Monika HOHLMEIER, Marion WALSMANN, Hildegard BENTELE

Proposal for a directive
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point e

Directive 2010/75/EU
Annex I – paragraph 3.6 (new)

(e) the following point 3.6. is inserted: ‘3.6. Extraction and treatment (operations such as comminution, size control, beneficiation and upgrading) of the following non-energy minerals: (a) industrial minerals, including barite, bentonite, diatomite, feldspar, fluorspar, graphite, gypsum, kaolin, magnesite, perlite, potash, salt, sulphur and talc; (b) metalliferous ores, including bauxite, chromium, cobalt, copper, gold, iron, lead, lithium, manganese, nickel, palladium, platinum, tin, tungsten and zinc.’;’deleted

2022/12/09
Committee: ITRE

2022/0104(COD)

Dennis RADTKE, Jens GIESEKE, Norbert LINS, Ralf SEEKATZ, Markus PIEPER, Angelika NIEBLER, Marlene MORTLER, Sven SIMON, Christian EHLER, Karolin BRAUNSBERGER-REINHOLD, Christian DOLESCHAL, Christine SCHNEIDER, Monika HOHLMEIER, Marion WALSMANN

Proposal for a directive
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point i

Directive 2010/75/EU
Annex I – paragraph 6.5

6.5. Disposal or recycling of animal carcases or animal by-products of Category 1 within the meaning of Article 8 or Category 2 within the meaning of Article 9 of Regulation (EC) No. 1069/2009, with the exception of liquid manure, guano, stomach and intestinal contents, milk, milk products, colostrum, eggs and egg products with a treatment capacity exceeding 10 tonnes per day..

2022/12/09
Committee: ITRE

2022/0104(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – point e

Directive 2010/75/EU
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 23 b

~~(23b) ‘cattle’ means domestic animals of the species Bos taurus;~~deleted

2022/12/14
Committee: ENVI

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4

Directive 2010/75/EU
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2

‘By way of derogation from the first subparagraph, Member States may set a procedure for the registration of installations covered only by Chapter V ~~or Chapter VIa.’~~.

2022/12/20
Committee: ENVI

2022/0104(COD)

Jens GIESEKE, Dennis RADTKE, Norbert LINS, Markus PIEPER, Angelika NIEBLER, Marlene MORTLER, Sven SIMON, Christian EHLER, Karolin BRAUNSBERGER-REINHOLD, Christian DOLESCHAL, Christine SCHNEIDER, Monika HOHLMEIER, Marion WALSMANN, Daniel CASPARY, Peter LIESE, Hildegard BENTELE

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5

Directive 2010/75/EU
Article 5 – paragraph 4

(5) In Article 5, the following paragraph (4) is added: ‘ 4. Member States shall ensure that permits granted pursuant to this Article are made available on the Internet, free of charge and without restricting access to registered users. In addition, a summary of each permit shall be made available to the public under the same condtions. That summary shall include at least the following: (a) conditions; (b) environmental performancedeleted an overview of the main permit the emission limits values; (c) accordance with Article 15(4); (d) (e) and updating of the permit. The Commission shall adopt an implementing act to establish the format to be used for the summary referred to in the second subparagraph. That implementing act shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 75(2).. ’ and any derogations granted in the applicable BAT conclusions; the provisions for reconsideration

2022/12/20
Committee: ENVI

2022/0104(COD)

Jens GIESEKE, Dennis RADTKE, Norbert LINS, Markus PIEPER, Angelika NIEBLER, Marlene MORTLER, Sven SIMON, Christian EHLER, Karolin BRAUNSBERGER-REINHOLD, Christian DOLESCHAL, Christine SCHNEIDER, Monika HOHLMEIER, Marion WALSMANN, Daniel CASPARY, Peter LIESE, Hildegard BENTELE

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 8

Directive 2010/75/EU
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – point f a

~~(fa) material resources and water are used efficiently, including through re-use;~~deleted

2022/12/20
Committee: ENVI

2022/0104(COD)

Jens GIESEKE, Dennis RADTKE, Norbert LINS, Markus PIEPER, Angelika NIEBLER, Marlene MORTLER, Sven SIMON, Christian EHLER, Karolin BRAUNSBERGER-REINHOLD, Christian DOLESCHAL, Christine SCHNEIDER, Monika HOHLMEIER, Marion WALSMANN, Daniel CASPARY, Peter LIESE, Hildegard BENTELE

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 8

Directive 2010/75/EU
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – point f b

~~(fb) the overall life-cycle environmental performance of the supply chain is taken into account as appropria~~delete;d

2022/12/20
Committee: ENVI

2022/0104(COD)

Jens GIESEKE, Dennis RADTKE, Norbert LINS, Markus PIEPER, Angelika NIEBLER, Marlene MORTLER, Sven SIMON, Christian EHLER, Karolin BRAUNSBERGER-REINHOLD, Christian DOLESCHAL, Christine SCHNEIDER, Monika HOHLMEIER, Marion WALSMANN, Daniel CASPARY, Peter LIESE, Hildegard BENTELE

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 8

Directive 2010/75/EU
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – point f a – f c

~~(fc) an environmental management system is implemented as referred to in Article 14a..~~deleted

2022/12/20
Committee: ENVI

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 25

Richtlinie 2010/75/EU
Article 70d – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2

The operator shall keep a record of, and process, all monitoring results, for a period of at least 6 years, in such a way as to enable the verification of compliance with the emission limit values and environmental performance limit values set out in operating rules referred to in Article 70i. Member States may exempt operators from monitoring and record keeping, provided that they are already required to comply with similar provisions under the relevant national law or Union legislation.

2022/12/20
Committee: ENVI

2022/0104(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 25

Directive 2010/75/EU
Article 70d – paragraph 2

2. In the event of non-compliance with the emission limit values and environmental performance limit values set out in the operating rules referred to in Article 70i, Member States shall require that the operator takes the measures necessary to ensure that compliance is restored within the shortest possible time.deleted

2022/12/20
Committee: ENVI

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 25

Directive 2010/75/EU
Article 70i – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part

The Commission shall establish operating rules containing requirements consistent with the use of best available techniques for the activities ~~listed in Annex I~~referred to in Article 70a, which shall include the following:

2022/12/20
Committee: ENVI

2022/0104(COD)

Marlene MORTLER, Benoît LUTGEN, Peter JAHR, Christine SCHNEIDER, Norbert LINS, Angelika NIEBLER, Dennis RADTKE, Peter LIESE, Ralf SEEKATZ

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 25

Directive 2010/75/EU
Article 70i – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2

The operating rules shall take into account inter alia the nature, type, size and density of these ~~installations and the specificities of pasture based cattle rearing systems, where animals are only seasonally reared in indoor~~ installations.

2022/12/20
Committee: ENVI

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 32

Directive 2010/75/EU
Article 79a – paragraph 4

4. Where there is a claim for compensation in accordance with paragraph 1, supported by evidence from which a causality link may be presumed between the damage and the violation, Member States shall ensure that the onus is on the person responsible for the violation to prove that the violation did not cause or contribute to the damage. This shall not apply to violation related to activities referred to in Article 70a.

2022/12/21
Committee: ENVI

Proposal for a directive
Annex II

Directive 2010/75/EU
Annex Ia – number

~~ANNEX Ia~~deleted

2022/12/21
Committee: ENVI

2022/0104(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Annex II

Directive 2010/75/EU
Annex Ia – paragraph 1

~~1. Rearing of cattle, pigs or poultry in installations of 150 livestock units (LSU) or more.~~deleted

2022/12/21
Committee: ENVI

2022/0104(COD)

Jens GIESEKE, Marlene MORTLER

Proposal for a directive
Annex II

Directive 2010/75/EU
Annex I a – paragraph 1

1. Rearing of cattle, pigs or poultry in installations of 15600 livestock units (LSU) or more, excluding family farms or open- stable or pasture-based rearing within the meaning of this directive.

2022/12/21
Committee: ENVI

2022/0104(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Annex II

Directive 2010/75/EU
Annex Ia – paragraph 2

2. Rearing of any mix of the following animals: cattle, pigs, poultry, in installations of 150 LSU or more. The approximate equivalent in LSU is based on the conversion rates established in Annex II to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 808/2014*. __________ * Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 808/2014 of 17 July 2014 laying down rules for the application of Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council on support for rural development by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (OJ L 227, 31.07.2014, p.18).deleted

2022/12/21
Committee: ENVI

2022/0104(COD)

Jens GIESEKE, Marlene MORTLER

22b. Emphasises the role of private sector in the development of rural areas, particularly with investments in infrastructure and digital technologies in such areas, with a view of reducing the digital gap between rural and urban areas, encouraging the development of tailor made digital solutions for rural areas and thus contributing to digital and green transition;

2022/06/01
Committee: AGRI

4b. Calls on the Commission to provide intensive, sustainable support to African countries in the management of natural resources and ecosystems in order to establish an innovative, climate- resistant agricultural sector and sustainable global value chains in agricultural and food production;

2022/02/10
Committee: DEVE

2021/2178(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 c (new)

4c. Considers that the equal partnership between the EU and Africa should be further deepened so that the UN sustainable development goals, particularly those concerned with global food supply, can be achieved as quickly as possible;

2022/02/10
Committee: DEVE

2021/2178(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 c (new)

8c. Stresses that the equal, fair partnership between the EU and Africa should be deepened further, so that the UN sustainable development goals – particularly those concerned with the global food supply – can be achieved as quickly as possible;

2022/02/15
Committee: AGRI

2021/2178(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 d (new)

4d. Considers that EPAs should improve the ability of African countries to exploit trade opportunities in the areas of food security, health care and poverty reduction;

2022/02/10
Committee: DEVE

2021/2178(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 e (new)

4e. Notes that Africa is seriously affected by the impact of climate change and that joint action to mitigate climate change, adapt to the consequences of climate change and respond to increasing environmental problems is needed; stresses that the 'zero hunger' sustainability goal and thus the promotion of sustainable agricultural and food production by 2030 will be of particular importance;

2022/02/10
Committee: DEVE

2021/2178(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 d (new)

8c. Stresses that EPAs should improve the ability of African countries to exploit trade opportunities in the areas of food security, healthcare, education and poverty reduction;

2022/02/15
Committee: AGRI

2021/2178(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 f (new)

4f. Notes that water might become a scarce resource as a result of climate change and that greater importance should therefore be accorded to water supply, and that the EU and Africa should together develop sustainable solutions to water management;

2022/02/10
Committee: DEVE

2021/2178(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 e (new)

8e. Notes that Africa is seriously affected by the impact of climate change and that joint action to mitigate climate change, adapt to the consequences of climate change and respond to increasing environmental problems is needed; highlights the particular importance that needs to be placed on the 'zero hunger' sustainability goal and thus the promotion of sustainable agricultural and food production by 2030;

2022/02/15
Committee: AGRI

2021/2178(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 f (new)

8f. Highlights the fact that water is at risk of becoming a scarce resource and that greater importance should therefore be accorded to water supply, and that the EU and Africa should together develop sustainable solutions for water management;

2022/02/15
Committee: AGRI

2021/2013(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6 a. Considers it imperative to ensure broad and fact-based education and information about communicable and non-communicable diseases for adults as well as for children and adolescents, the treating and underlying causes thereof and healthy lifestyles in order to counteract misinformation and promote preventative actions; calls on the Commission to further support prevention measures and invest in research and promotion;

2021/06/10
Committee: ENVI

2021/2013(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Welcomes the fact that the Commission will launch a pilot project to better understand the root causes of the delayed arrival of medicines on the market; further welcomes the fact that the Commission will continue to monitor mergers between pharmaceutical companies to avoid distortions of competition; stresses the need to reduce medicine approval times at national level and align them with European Medicines Agency (EMA) times, in order to ensure rapid and equal access to medicines, diagnostic services and prevention measures for everyone in the EU;

2021/06/10
Committee: ENVI

2021/2013(INI)

Christian DOLESCHAL, Marlene MORTLER, Markus FERBER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)

12 a. Stresses that Intellectual Property Rights incentivise research, development and innovation and ensure that European patients receive the latest and best scientific advances to address unmet medical needs; acknowledges, that market exclusivity for orphan drugs is a specific incentive for the development of new drugs for rare diseases;

2021/06/10
Committee: ENVI

2021/2013(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)

13a. Emphasises that reliable and robust protection of intellectual property is vital for the development of new medicines and, in particular, for the promotion of research and development in Europe; takes the view that any restrictions on the protection of intellectual property will hamper the development of new medicines and undermine Europe's economic standing;

2021/06/10
Committee: ENVI

2021/2013(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20

20. Supports the Commission in its efforts to conduct a structured dialogue with players in the pharmaceutical value chain, public authorities, non-governmental patient and health organisations and the research community to address weaknesses in the global medicines manufacturing and supply chain; emphasises that actions such as dual sourcing and safety stocks mitigate upcoming risks, increase resilience and the security of supply;

2021/06/10
Committee: ENVI

2021/2013(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)

20 a. Recalls that localization policies may have adverse effects on the access to medicines; stresses that global networks and supply chains lower the dependency on one specific country or continent, which acts as an additional resilience factor;

2021/06/10
Committee: ENVI

2021/2013(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 b (new)

20 b. Calls on the Commission to draft a harmonized definition of “shortages” and to standardize reporting requirements across Member States in order to enable closer cooperation and enhanced data exchange across Europe;

2021/06/10
Committee: ENVI

2021/2013(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 c (new)

20 c. Calls on the Commission to audit the level of prevention, preparedness and response planning within the Member States; considers it imperative to consult with relevant stakeholders from the pharmaceutical and health sectors;

2021/06/10
Committee: ENVI

2021/2013(INI)

Norbert LINS, Marlene MORTLER, Christine SCHNEIDER, Peter JAHR

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 d (new)

20 d. Considers it imperative to ensure a joint approach and procurement for safety stocks in each Member State; stresses that national stockpiles and capacities of critical medical products as well as of diagnostic services and tools and safety equipment contribute to the security of supply on Union level;

2021/06/10
Committee: ENVI

2021/2006(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Notes that methane in the agricultural sector has been reduced by 22% since 1990;

2021/06/01
Committee: AGRI

2021/2006(INI)

Norbert LINS, Marlene MORTLER, Christine SCHNEIDER, Peter JAHR

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)

1b. Notes that innovative technologies in the area of animal feed are promising, but in some cases have not yet been authorised for use;

2021/06/01
Committee: AGRI

2021/2006(INI)

Norbert LINS, Marlene MORTLER, Christine SCHNEIDER, Peter JAHR

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 c (new)

1c. Notes that methane sources are diffuse and very variable across Member States;

2021/06/01
Committee: AGRI

2021/2006(INI)

Norbert LINS, Marlene MORTLER, Christine SCHNEIDER, Peter JAHR

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 d (new)

1d. Notes that that represents a significant challenge as regards measurement, reporting and verification and must be taken into account when mitigation actions are disseminated and reported on;

2021/06/01
Committee: AGRI

2021/2006(INI)

Norbert LINS, Marlene MORTLER, Christine SCHNEIDER, Peter JAHR

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 e (new)

1e. Notes that methane is a short-lived greenhouse gas;

2021/06/01
Committee: AGRI

2021/2006(INI)

Norbert LINS, Marlene MORTLER, Christine SCHNEIDER, Peter JAHR

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 f (new)

1f. Notes that, because atmospheric methane is short-lived, constant methane emissions do not cause additional warming, but, rather, maintain the existing warming effect;

2021/06/01
Committee: AGRI

2021/2006(INI)

Norbert LINS, Marlene MORTLER, Christine SCHNEIDER, Peter JAHR

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 g (new)

1g. Notes that there is biogenic methane and fossil methane and that a distinction is made between them in the Paris Agreement;

2021/06/01
Committee: AGRI

2021/2006(INI)

Norbert LINS, Marlene MORTLER, Christine SCHNEIDER, Peter JAHR

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 h (new)

1h. Notes that, with regard to methane, the IPCC’s Fifth Assessment Report gives different values for the 100- year warming potential (GWP100) for biogenic methane (GWP100: 28) and fossil methane (GWP100: 30) and that the values are presented differently in the IPCC report;

2021/06/01
Committee: AGRI

2021/2006(INI)

Norbert LINS, Marlene MORTLER, Christine SCHNEIDER, Peter JAHR

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Highlights that research and investment in mitigation measures and technologies is of paramount importance; considers that there is great potential in adapting diet of and developing feed additives for ruminant and bovine species, which could reduce methane emissions without having negative effects on the livestock sector; highlights the need to screen all measures so as to establish whether they are compatible with the other objectives of a sustainable agricultural policy, such as, for instance, animal welfare;

2021/06/01
Committee: AGRI

2021/2006(INI)

Norbert LINS, Marlene MORTLER, Christine SCHNEIDER, Peter JAHR

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Stresses that the upcoming methane regulatory measures should strive to achieve emissions reductions as cost- effectively and efficiently as possible and provide flexibility for companies to achieve performance standards in an optimal, technologically neutral manner, and at the lowest possible cost;

2021/06/29
Committee: ENVI

2021/2006(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. Highlights the fact that the overall strategy for reducing emissions from livestock farming must also take into account possible effects on international agricultural trade and the possible transfer of emissions to third countries;

2021/06/01
Committee: AGRI

2021/2006(INI)

Norbert LINS, Marlene MORTLER, Christine SCHNEIDER, Peter JAHR

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)

6b. Calls on the Commission to take account of the difference between biogenic and fossil methane emissions in the design and implementation of the methane strategy;

2021/06/01
Committee: AGRI

2021/2006(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

12. Stresses that technologies and practices to limit methane emissions from agriculture are developing at a fast pace; calls on the Commission to ensure that proven effective and cost-efficient innovations are quickly implemented in the EU and integrated into EU agriculture policies; stresses that farmers need a rapid implementation and use of new and existing methane-reducing technologies, as well as continuous training and exchange of best practices;

2021/06/29
Committee: ENVI

2021/2006(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)

12a. stresses that tightening the framework conditions for methane emissions in the agricultural sector, and in particular in the livestock sector, must not endanger food security; points out that shifting livestock production abroad and the associated imports are counterproductive;

2021/06/29
Committee: ENVI

2021/2006(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. Underlines the key role that the EU should play in supporting research, innovation and development, as well as in scaling up new technologies to help address methane emissions from livestock agriculture, e.g. through feed additives for ruminants and improved processing of manure, while protecting animal health and welfare; points especially to the need for multigenerational studies on feed additives; points in particular to the need for multi-generation studies of feed additives;

2021/06/29
Committee: ENVI

2021/2003(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. ~~Deplores the fact~~Notes that the Council of the European Union has failed to achieve unanimity on conclusions owing to objections from four Member States to the word ‘gender’;

2021/09/28
Committee: DEVE FEMM

2021/2003(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. C~~alls for funding for local women’s organisations to be increased; c~~ondemns all moves to clamp down on women’s rights activists and urges all governments to protect, support and cooperate with civil society;

2021/09/28
Committee: DEVE FEMM

2021/2003(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Calls strongly for GAP III to be coordinated with other initiatives, ~~such as the Spotlight Initiative,~~ whose effectiveness needs to be improved and budget increased; welcomes the Spotlight Initiative and its aim of eliminating all forms of violence against women and girls; reinforces the importance of closer cooperation between the EU and the United Nations in order to achieve the aims set out in GAP III;

2021/09/28
Committee: DEVE FEMM

2021/2003(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

12. Expresses concern at the rise of ~~conservative rhetoric and organised religious and other groupings~~misogynistic rhetoric, which is threatening to undermine sexual and reproductive rights ~~inside and~~ outside the Union;

2021/09/28
Committee: DEVE FEMM

2021/2003(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)

19a. Regrets the fact that, although women constitute a large proportion of agricultural workers in developing countries, they own disproportionately less land, livestock and other assets and have less access to equipment and services;

2021/09/28
Committee: DEVE FEMM

2021/2003(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 b (new)

19b. Calls on the EU retrospectively to support the World Bank’s aim of achieving gender equality in the food and agriculture sector1a; _________________ 1a https://www.worldbank.org/en/topic/agric ulture/brief/women-farmers-getting-to- equal

2021/09/28
Committee: DEVE FEMM

2021/2003(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 c (new)

19c. Highlights the need to promote financing opportunities and access to training in order to empower women in agriculture in developing countries; calls for regular exchanges to ensure structured knowledge-transfer between women in the EU and developing countries in the agriculture sector;

2021/09/28
Committee: DEVE FEMM

2021/2003(INI)

Norbert LINS, Christian DOLESCHAL, Marlene MORTLER, Jens GIESEKE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28

28. Reiterates the need for the EU to play a leading role at multilateral level in promoting ~~feminist~~ diplomacy which bolsters women’s rights;

2021/09/28
Committee: DEVE FEMM

2021/0366(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 20 a (new)

(20a) This Regulation should be complemented by a Commission strategy on a Union plan for protein production to reduce dependence on imports. The Commission has already published a report of 22 November 2018 on the development of plant proteins in the European Union. The conclusions of that report need to be further developed and a detailed strategy presented.

2022/04/25
Committee: ENVI

2021/0366(COD)

Norbert LINS, Christian DOLESCHAL, Marlene MORTLER, Jens GIESEKE

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 27

(27) The Regulation should cover those commodities whose Union consumption is the most relevant in terms of driving global deforestation and forest degradation and for which a Union policy intervention could bring highest benefits per unit value of trade. An extensive review of scientific literature, namely of primary sources estimating the impact of EU consumption on global deforestation and linking that environmental footprint to specific commodities, was carried out as a part of the study supporting the Impact Assessment and cross-checked via extensive consultation with stakeholders. That process delivered a first list of eight commodities. Wood was directly included in the scope as it was already covered by the EUTR. The list of the commodities was then further reduced via an efficiency analysis in the Impact Assessment. This efficiency analysis compared the hectares of deforestation linked to EU consumption, as estimated in a recent research paper44 , for each of those commodities with their average value of EU imports. According to the research paper used for the efficiency analysis, six commodities represent the largest share of EU-driven deforestation among the total of eight commodities analysed in that research paper: palm oil (33,95%), soy (32,83%), wood (8,62%), cocoa (7,54%), coffee (7,01%) and beef (5,01%). Meat import into the Union should follow the same rules, if European livestock will be fed with deforestation- free soya. Therefore, beef, pigmeat and chicken should be deforestation-free. Additionally, cane sugar and ethanol should not enter the Union market if they are not deforestation-free. __________________ 44 Pendrill F., Persson U. M., Kastner, T. 2020.

2022/04/25
Committee: ENVI

2021/0366(COD)

Norbert LINS, Christian DOLESCHAL, Marlene MORTLER, Jens GIESEKE

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 27

(27) The Regulation should cover those commodities whose Union consumption is the most relevant in terms of driving global deforestation and forest degradation and for which a Union policy intervention could bring highest benefits per unit value of trade. An extensive review of scientific literature, namely of primary sources estimating the impact of EU consumption on global deforestation and linking that footprint to specific commodities, was carried out as a part of the study supporting the Impact Assessment and cross-checked via extensive consultation with stakeholders. That process delivered a first list of eight commodities. Wood was directly included in the scope as it was already covered by the EUTR. The list of the commodities was then further reduced via an efficiency analysis in the Impact Assessment. This efficiency analysis compared the hectares of deforestation linked to EU consumption, as estimated in a recent research paper44 , for each of those commodities with their average value of EU imports. According to the research paper used for the efficiency analysis, six commodities represent the largest share of EU-driven deforestation among the total of eight commodities analysed in that research paper: palm oil (33,95%), soy (32,83%), wood (8,62%), cocoa (7,54%), coffee (7,01%) and beef (5,01%). In addition to these products cane sugar should be included and should not enter on the Union market if is not deforestation free. __________________ 44 Pendrill F., Persson U. M., Kastner, T. 2020.

2022/04/25
Committee: ENVI

2021/0366(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 32

(32) To strengthen the Union’s contribution to halting deforestation and forest degradation, and to ensure that commodities and products from supply chains related to deforestation and forest degradation are not placed on the Union market, relevant commodities and products should not be placed or made available on the Union market, nor exported from the Union market unless they are deforestation-free and have been produced in accordance with the relevant legislation of the country of production. To confirm that this is the case, they should always be accompanied by a due diligence statement unless they were produced solely in a country that was assessed having a low risk or no risk of deforestation in accordance with Article 27(1).

2022/04/25
Committee: ENVI

2021/0366(COD)

Norbert LINS, Christian DOLESCHAL, Marlene MORTLER, Jens GIESEKE

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 34

(34) Operators should formally assume responsibility for the compliance of the relevant commodities or products that they intend to place on the Union market or to export by making available due diligence statements. A template for such statements should be provided by this Regulation. This is expected to facilitate enforcement of this Regulation through competent authorities and courts as well as increase compliance by operators. Operators should be exempted from the responsibility to make available due diligence statements where the commodities that are to be placed on the Union market or exported therefrom are produced in a country that has been assessed as "low-risk country" or "no-risk country" in accordance with Article 27(1).

2022/04/25
Committee: ENVI

2021/0366(COD)

Norbert LINS, Christian DOLESCHAL, Marlene MORTLER, Jens GIESEKE

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 46

(46) The risk of non-compliant commodities and products being placed on the Union market varies depending on the commodity and product as well as on its country of origin and production. Operators sourcing commodities and products from countries or parts thereof that present a low risk of growing, harvesting or producing relevant commodities in violation of this Regulation should be subject to fewer obligations, thereby reducing compliance costs and administrative burden. Fewer obligations should be placed on operators sourcing commodities and products from countries or parts thereof that present no risk than the "low-risk countries". Commodities and products from high-risk countries or parts thereof should be subject to enhanced scrutiny by the competent authorities.

2022/04/25
Committee: ENVI

2021/0366(COD)

Norbert LINS, Christian DOLESCHAL, Marlene MORTLER, Jens GIESEKE

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – introductory part

This Regulation lays down rules regarding the placing and making available on the Union market, as well as the export from the Union market, of cattle, cocoa, coffee, oil palm, soya, cane sugar, pigmeat, poultry, ethanol and wood (“relevant commodities”) and products, as listed in Annex I, that contain, have been fed with or have been made using relevant commodities (“relevant products”), with a view to

2022/04/29
Committee: ENVI

2021/0366(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – introductory part

This Regulation lays down rules regarding the placing and making available on the Union market, as well as the export from the Union market, of cattle, cocoa, coffee, oil palm, cane sugar, soya and wood (“relevant commodities”) and products, as listed in Annex I, that contain, have been fed with or have been made using relevant commodities (“relevant products”), with a view to

2022/04/29
Committee: ENVI

2021/0366(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 2

(2) ‘forest’ means land spanning more than 0,5 hectares with trees higher than 5 meters and a canopy cover of more than 10%, or trees able to reach those thresholds in situ, excluding agricultural plantations and land that is predominantly under agricultural or urban land use or if existing, the definition set by national law;

2022/04/29
Committee: ENVI

2021/0366(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 4

(4) ‘plantation forest’ means a planted forest that is intensively managed and meets, at planting and stand maturity, all the following criteria: one or two species, even age class, and regular spacing. It includes short rotation plantations for wood, fibre and energy, and excludes forests planted for protection or ecosystem restoration, as well as forests established through planting or seeding which at stand maturity resemble or will resemble naturally regenerating forests;deleted

2022/04/29
Committee: ENVI

2021/0366(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 5

(5) ‘planted forest’ means forest predominantly composed of trees established through planting and/or deliberate seeding provided that the planted or seeded trees are expected to constitute more than fifty percent of the growing stock at maturity; it includes coppice from trees that were originally planted or seeded;deleted

2022/04/29
Committee: ENVI

2021/0366(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 6

(6) ‘forest degradation’ means harvesting operations that are not sustainable and cause a reduction or loss of the biological or economic productivity and complexity of forest ecosystems, resulting in the long-term reduction of the overall supply of benefits from forest, which includes wood, biodiversity and other products or servicesthe way of using a forest to harm biodiversity, productivity, regeneration capability, vitality and potential permanently so that ecological, economical and societal functions cannot be fulfilled in the future;

2022/04/29
Committee: ENVI

2021/0366(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 7

(7) ‘sustainable harvesting operations’ means harvesting that is carried out considering maintenance of soil quality and biodiversity with the aim of minimising negative impacts, in a way that avoids harvesting of stumps and roots, degradation of primary forests or their conversion into plantation forests, and harvesting on vulnerable soils; minimises large clear-cuts and ensures locally appropriate thresholds for deadwood extraction and requirements to use logging systems that minimise impacts on soil quality, including soil compaction, and on biodiversity features and habitats;deleted

2022/04/29
Committee: ENVI

2021/0366(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 8 – point b a (new)

(ba) that the wood originates from a legal clearing as defined in the national law, where it has to be a precondition that clearing may only take place if the public interest does not conflict with the preservation of the forest;

2022/04/29
Committee: ENVI

2021/0366(COD)

Norbert LINS, Christian DOLESCHAL, Marlene MORTLER, Jens GIESEKE

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 3

~~3. The Commission may adopt~~ delegated ~~acts in accordance with Article 33 to supplement paragraph 1 concerning further relevant information to be obtained that may be necessary to ensure the effectiveness of the due diligence system.~~

2022/04/29
Committee: ENVI

2021/0366(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 8

8. The Commission may adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 33 to supplement paragraphs 2, 4 and 6 as regards relevant information to be obtained, risk assessment criteria and risk mitigation measures that may be necessary to supplement those referred to in this Article to ensure the effectiveness of the due diligence systempecify minimum criteria based on best practices for the use of private certification or third-party-verified schemes that replace the due diligence system laid down in this Regulation.

2022/04/29
Committee: ENVI

2021/0366(COD)

Norbert LINS, Christian DOLESCHAL, Marlene MORTLER, Jens GIESEKE

Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 1

1. When placing relevant commodities or products on the Union market or exporting them from it, operators are not required to fulfil the obligations under Article 10 where they can ascertain that all relevant commodities and products have been produced in countries or parts thereof that were identified as presenting no risk or a low risk in accordance with Article 27. When placing relevant commodities or products on the Union market or exporting them from it, operators are not required to fulfil the obligations under Article 9 where they can ascertain that all relevant commodities and products have been produced in countries or parts thereof that were identified as presenting no risk in accordance with Article 27.

2022/04/29
Committee: ENVI

2021/0366(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 1

1. When placing relevant commodities or products on the Union market or exporting them from it, operators are ~~not~~only required to fulfil ~~the~~simplified obligations ~~under Article 10~~ where they can ascertain that all relevant commodities and products have been produced in countries or parts thereof that were identified as ~~low~~no risk, negligible risk or standard risk in accordance with Article 27.

2022/04/29
Committee: ENVI

2021/0366(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – point a (new)

(a) Operators in no/negligible risk countries only have to fulfil necessary information requirements, meaning they are not required to: (i) fulfil the obligations under Article 9 (1) (d), (g) and (h); (ii) fulfil the obligations under Article 10;

2022/04/29
Committee: ENVI

2021/0366(COD)

Norbert LINS, Christian DOLESCHAL, Marlene MORTLER, Jens GIESEKE

Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – point b (new)

(b) Operators in standard risk countries have to fulfil information requirements and a simplified risk assessment and risk mitigation. They are not required to: (i) fulfil the obligations under Article 9 (1) (g) and (h); (ii) fulfil the obligations under Article 10 (2) (c) to (i);

2022/04/29
Committee: ENVI

2021/0366(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 2

2. However, in the case of low-risk countries or parts thereof, if the operator obtains or is made aware of any information that would point to a risk that the relevant commodities and products may not fulfil the requirements of this Regulation, all obligations of Article 9 and 10 have to be fulfilled.

2022/04/29
Committee: ENVI

2021/0366(COD)

Norbert LINS, Christian DOLESCHAL, Marlene MORTLER, Jens GIESEKE

Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 1

1. Member States may authorise their competent authorities to reclaim from the ~~operators or~~ traders the totality of the costs of their activities with respect to instances of non- compliance.

2022/04/25
Committee: ENVI

2021/0366(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Chapter 3 a (new)

As a derogation from paragraph 1, when placing cattle on the Union market, operators are not required to fulfil the obligations under Article 10 where they can ascertain that all relevant commodities and products have been produced in countries or parts thereof that were identified as presenting no risk or a low risk in accordance with Article 27 or if the only relevant commodity or product not originating from a no-risk or low-risk origin is feed that has been placed on the Union market before feeding.

2022/04/25
Committee: ENVI

2021/0366(COD)

Norbert LINS, Christian DOLESCHAL, Marlene MORTLER, Jens GIESEKE

Proposal for a regulation
Chapter 3 b (new)

As a derogation from paragraph 1, when placing cattle on the Union market, operators are not required to fulfil the obligations under Article 9 where they can ascertain that all relevant commodities and products have been produced in countries or parts thereof that were identified as presenting a low risk in accordance with Article 27 or if the only relevant commodity or product not originating from a low-risk origin is feed that has been placed on the Union market before feeding.

2022/04/25
Committee: ENVI

2021/0366(COD)

Norbert LINS, Christian DOLESCHAL, Marlene MORTLER, Jens GIESEKE

Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 1

1. This Regulation establishes a ~~three~~four- tier system for the assessment of countries or parts thereof. Unless identified in accordance with this Article as presenting ~~a low~~no risk, a low risk or high risk, countries shall be considered as presenting a standard risk. The Commission may identify countries or parts thereof that present ~~a low~~no risk, a low risk or high risk of producing relevant commodities or products that are not compliant with Article 3, point (a). The list of the countries or parts thereof that present ~~a low~~no risk, a low risk or high risk shall be published by means of implementing act(s) to be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 34(2). That list shall be updated as necessary in light of new evidence.

2022/04/25
Committee: ENVI

2021/0366(COD)

Norbert LINS, Christian DOLESCHAL, Marlene MORTLER, Jens GIESEKE

Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 1

1. This Regulation establishes a three- tier system for the assessment of countries or parts thereof. Unless identified in accordance with this Article as presenting ~~a low~~no/negligible or high risk, countries shall be considered as presenting a standard risk. The Commission may identify countries or parts thereof that present a ~~low~~no/negligible or high risk of producing relevant commodities or products that are not compliant with Article 3, point (a). The list of the countries or parts thereof that present a low or high risk shall be published by means of implementing act(s) to be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 34(2). That list shall be updated as necessary in light of new evidence.

2022/04/25
Committee: ENVI

2021/0366(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 2 – introductory part

2. The identification of ~~low and high risk countries~~countries with no risk, a low risk or high risk or parts thereof pursuant to paragraph 1 shall take into account information provided by the country concerned and be based on the following assessment criteria:

2022/04/25
Committee: ENVI

2021/0366(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 2 – introductory part

2. The identification of ~~low~~no/negligible and high risk countries or parts thereof pursuant to paragraph 1 shall take into account information provided by the country concerned and be based on the following assessment criteria:

2022/04/25
Committee: ENVI

2021/0366(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2 – point c

(c) the consequences of its identification as a high or ~~low~~no/negligible risk country.

2022/04/25
Committee: ENVI

2021/0366(COD)

Tom VANDENKENDELAERE, Annie SCHREIJER-PIERIK, Norbert LINS, Daniel BUDA, Michaela ŠOJDROVÁ, Marlene MORTLER

Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Member States may authorise their competent authorities to reclaim from the natural or legal persons referred to in paragraph 1 the totality of the costs resulting from the measures taken in accordance with paragraph 2, if no breaches of the provisions of this Regulation are detected.

2022/04/25
Committee: ENVI

2021/0218(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 12 a (new)

(12a) Agricultural and horticultural businesses have space and roof area and they produce biomass. These are assets that allow them to play a key role in the energy transition of rural areas and within rural communities, especially given the decentralised production. The sector is a relatively small user of energy and can produce significantly more renewable energy than it needs. This is why the roll- out of energy sharing and energy communities should be further encouraged and supported.

2022/02/02
Committee: AGRI

2021/0218(COD)

Tom VANDENKENDELAERE, Annie SCHREIJER-PIERIK, Norbert LINS, Michaela ŠOJDROVÁ, Marlene MORTLER

Proposal for a directive
Recital 22 a (new)

(22a) Since the feedstocks of advanced biofuels listed in Part A of Annex IX also have a material application, special attention should be paid to cascading and waste hierarchy within this list.

2022/02/02
Committee: AGRI

2021/0218(COD)

Tom VANDENKENDELAERE, Annie SCHREIJER-PIERIK, Norbert LINS, Daniel BUDA, Michaela ŠOJDROVÁ, Marlene MORTLER

Proposal for a directive
Recital 24 a (new)

(24a) The agricultural sector has the potential to produce additional renewable electricity. This renewable electricity is produced in a decentralised way, which is an opportunity in the energy transition. In order to put this electricity on the grid, this grid needs to have sufficient capacity. However, in rural areas the grid often ends and therefore has insufficient capacity to accommodate additional electricity. Grid reinforcement in rural areas should be strongly encouraged so that farms can actually fulfil their potential contribution to the energy transition through decentralised electricity production;

2022/02/02
Committee: AGRI

2021/0218(COD)

Tom VANDENKENDELAERE, Annie SCHREIJER-PIERIK, Norbert LINS, Daniel BUDA, Michaela ŠOJDROVÁ, Marlene MORTLER

Proposal for a directive
Recital 24 b (new)

(24b) Small-scale on-farm energy production installations have an enormous potential to increase the on- farm circularity by transforming the waste and residual streams of the farm, amongst others manure, into heat and electricity. Therefore, all barriers should be removed to encourage farmers to invest in these technologies towards a circular farm, such as pocket digesters. One of these barriers is the valorisation of residues of the process, for instance RENURE, as well as ammonium sulphate, which should be able to be categorised and used as fertilizers.

2022/02/02
Committee: AGRI

Norbert LINS, Christophe HANSEN, Marlene MORTLER, Jens GIESEKE, Christian DOLESCHAL, Marian-Jean MARINESCU, Alexander BERNHUBER, Herbert DORFMANN, Deirdre CLUNE, Sven SIMON

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 18

~~Following the report, the Commission shall make legislative proposals where it deems~~The Commission shall in 2025, 2027 and 2032, itn appropriate. In particular, the proposals shall set out annual targets and governance aiming towards the 2035 climate-neutrality target as laid down in Article 4(4), additional Union policies and measures, and a post-2035 framework, including in the scope of thccordance with Article 4(4a), review the progress towards the target set out in Article 4(3) and (4). Following the reviews, the Commission shall make Rleguislati~~on greenhouse gas emissions and removals from additional sectors, such as the marine and freshwater environment~~ve proposals where it deems it appropriate to adapt the targets.;

2022/02/08
Committee: ENVI

2021/0201(COD)

Norbert LINS, Christophe HANSEN, Marlene MORTLER, Jens GIESEKE, Christian DOLESCHAL, Marian-Jean MARINESCU, Alexander BERNHUBER, Herbert DORFMANN, Deirdre CLUNE, Sven SIMON

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 2

Regulation (EU) 2018/1999
Article 4 – paragraph 1 –point a – point 1 – point ii

the Member State’s commitments and national targets for net greenhouse gas removals pursuant to Article 4(1) and (2) of Regulation (EU) 2018/841 and its contributions aim towards reaching the Union objective of reducing greenhouse gas emissions to net zero by 2035 and ~~achieving negative emissions thereafter~~ pursuant to Article 4(4) of that Regulation;;

2022/02/08
Committee: ENVI

2021/0201(COD)

Alexander BERNHUBER, Angelika WINZIG, Marlene MORTLER, Simone SCHMIEDTBAUER

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 2 a (new)

Regulation (EU) 2018/1999
Article 16 – subparagraph 1 a (new)

(2a) in Article 16, the following subparagraph 1a is added: The Commission shall conduct a review of the current accounting system for methane to assess the difference between biogenic and fossil methane emissions, as regards their respective sources and cycles, and to accurately reflect their warming potential, taking into account the lifecycle emissions and sink effects.

2022/02/08
Committee: ENVI

2021/0201(COD)

Norbert LINS, Christophe HANSEN, Marlene MORTLER, Jens GIESEKE, Christian DOLESCHAL, Marian-Jean MARINESCU, Alexander BERNHUBER, Herbert DORFMANN, Deirdre CLUNE, Sven SIMON

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – point a

Regulation (EU) 2018/1999
Article 38 – paragraph 1 a

In 2025, the Commission shall carry out a comprehensive review of the national inventory data submitted by Member States pursuant to Article 26(4) of this Regulation, in order to assess the target set out in Article 4(3)of Regulation (EU) 2018/842 in accordance with Article 4(4a) of that Regulation and to determine the annual targets of net greenhouse gas emissions reduction of the Member States pursuant to Article 4(3) of Regulation (EU) 2018/841 and in order to determine the annual emission allocations of the Member States pursuant to Article 4(3) of Regulation (EU) 2018/842;

2022/02/08
Committee: ENVI

2021/0201(COD)

Alexander BERNHUBER, Angelika WINZIG, Marlene MORTLER, Simone SCHMIEDTBAUER

Christian DOLESCHAL, Marlene MORTLER, Angelika NIEBLER

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9 a (new)

(9a) To ensure all solutions including renewable fuels will help decarbonise the transport sector, there is an urgency to move beyond the pure Tank-to-Wheel approach in measuring emissions and to facilitate the switch to a life cycle assessment basis.

2022/02/02
Committee: ENVI

2021/0197(COD)

Christian DOLESCHAL, Marlene MORTLER, Angelika NIEBLER

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12

(12) The updated New Industrial Strategy26 foresees the co-creation of green and digital transition pathways in partnership with industry, public authorities, social partners and other stakeholders. In this context, a transition pathway should be developed for the mobility ecosystem to accompany the transition of the automotive value chain. The pathway should take particular heed of SMEs in the automotive supply chain, of the consultation of social partners including by Member States, and also build on the European Skills Agenda with initiatives like the Pact for Skills to mobilise the private sector and other stakeholders to up-skill and re-skill Europe’s workforce in view of the green and digital transitions. The appropriate actions and incentives at European and national level to boost the affordability of zero emission vehicles should also be addressed in the pathway. The progress made on this comprehensive transition pathway for the mobility ecosystem should be monitored every two years as part of a progress report to be submitted by the Commission, looking inter alia at the progress in the deployment of zero- emission vehicles, their price developments, deployment of alternative fuels development and infrastructure roll- out as required under the Alternative Fuels Infrastructure Regulation, the potential of innovative technologies to reach climate neutral mobility, international competitiveness, investments in the automotive value chain, up-skilling and re- skilling of workers and reconversion of activities. The progress report should further take into account whether the security of the electricity supply can be safeguarded, considering the increased demand for electricity in light of continued decarbonisation. The progress report will also build on the two-year progress reports that Member States submit under the Alternative Fuels Infrastructure Regulation. The Commission should consult social partners in the preparation of the progress report, including the results in the social dialogue. Innovations in the automotive supply chain are continuing. Innovative technologies such as the production of electro-fuels with air capture, if further developed, could offer prospects for affordable climate neutral mobility. The Commission should therefore keep track of progress in the state of innovation in the sector as part of its progress report. _________________ 26 Commission Communication - Updating the 2020 New Industrial Strategy: Building a stronger Single Market for Europe’s recovery, COM(2021) 350 final of 5 May 2021

2022/02/02
Committee: ENVI

Proposal for a directive
Recital 1

(1) In its communication on the European Green Deal adopted on 11 December 201930 , the European Commission made a commitment to review the provisions concerning non-financial reporting of Directive 2013/34/EU of the European Parliament and of the Commission.31 The European Green Deal is the European Union’s new growth strategy. It aims to transform the Union into a modern, resource-efficient and competitive economy with no net emissions of greenhouse gases by 2050. It also aims to protect, conserve and enhance the Union's natural capital, and protect the health and well-being of citizens from environment-related risks and impacts. The European Green Deal aims at decoupling economic growth from resource use, and ensuring that all regions and citizens of the Union participate in a socially just transition to a sustainable economic system, so that no person and no place is left behind. It will contribute to the objective of building an economy that works for the people, strengthening the EU’s social market economy, helping to ensure that it is future-ready and that it delivers stability, jobs, growth and sustainable investment. These goals are especially important considering the socio- economic damage caused by the COVID- 19 pandemic and the need for a sustainable, inclusive and fair recovery. In its proposal of 4 March 2020 for a European Climate Law, the European Commission proposed to make the objective of climate neutrality by 2050 binding in the Union.32 _________________ 30 COM(2019) 640 final. 31 Directive 2013/34/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013 on the annual financial statements, consolidated financial statements and related reports of certain types of undertakings, amending Directive 2006/43/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and repealing Council Directives 78/660/EEC and 83/349/EEC (OJ L 182, 29.6.2013, p. 19). 32 Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing the framework for achieving climate neutrality and amending Regulation (EU) 2018/1999 (European Climate Law) [2020/0036 (COD)]

2022/01/25
Committee: DEVE

2021/0104(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 9

(9) There has been a very significant increase in demand for corporate sustainability information in recent years, especially on the part of the investment community. That increase in demand is driven by the changing nature of risks to undertakings and growing investor awareness of the financial implications of these risks. That is especially the case for climate-related financial risks. Awareness of the risks to undertakings and to investments resulting from other environmental issues and from social issues, including health issues, is also growing. The increase in demand for sustainability information is also driven by the growth in investment products that explicitly seek to meet certain sustainability standards or achieve certain sustainability objectives. Part of that increase is the logical consequence of previously adopted Union legislation, notably Regulation (EU) 2019/2088 and Regulation (EU) 2020/852. Some of the increase would have happened in any case, due to fast-changing citizen awareness, consumer preferences and market practices. The COVID-19 pandemic will further accelerate the increase in users’ information needs, in particular as it has exposed the vulnerabilities of workers and of undertaking~~’s value chain~~s. Information on environmental impacts is also relevant in the context of mitigating future pandemics with human disturbance of ecosystems increasingly linked to the occurrence and spread of diseases.

2022/01/25
Committee: DEVE

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3

Directive 2013/34/EU
Article 19a – paragraph 7

The Member State by which the undertaking that is exempted from the obligations set out in paragraphs 1 to 4 is governed, may require that the consolidated management report referred to in the first subparagraph of this paragraph is published in an official language of the Member State or in a language customary in the sphere of international finance~~, and that any necessary translation into those languages is certified~~.

2022/01/25
Committee: DEVE

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4

(ii) business ethics ~~and corporate culture, including~~, anti-corruption and anti- bribery;

2022/01/25
Committee: DEVE

2021/0104(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4

Directive 2013/34/EU
Article 19b – paragraph 2 – point c – sub point iii

(iii) direct political ~~engagements~~influence of the undertaking, including its lobbying activities;

~~After consulting the European Environment Agency and the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights,~~ The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) shall issue guidelines in accordance with Article 16 of Regulation 1095/2010 on the supervision of sustainability reporting by national competent authorities.

2022/01/25
Committee: DEVE

2021/0104(COD)

Dan-Ştefan MOTREANU, Asim ADEMOV, Marlene MORTLER, Anne SANDER, Benoît LUTGEN, Simone SCHMIEDTBAUER

Dan-Ştefan MOTREANU, Asim ADEMOV, Marlene MORTLER, Anne SANDER, Daniel BUDA, Simone SCHMIEDTBAUER

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)

3 b. Highlights the important roles of integrated farming and precision agriculture to support implementation of circular economy and achieve sustainable agricultural production;

2020/10/16
Committee: AGRI

2020/2077(INI)

Dan-Ştefan MOTREANU, Asim ADEMOV, Marlene MORTLER, Anne SANDER, Daniel BUDA, Simone SCHMIEDTBAUER

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 c (new)

3 c. Stresses the important role that small and medium-sized agri-food enterprises (SMEs) are playing in transition to a circular economy and considers that with the right financial and technological support are an integral part of the solution for achieving it; underlines that circular economy can strengthen the EU’s agri-food sector competitiveness and foster business creation and entrepreneurship among SMEs;

2020/10/16
Committee: AGRI

2020/2077(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 d (new)

3 d. Underlines that the circular economy can provide solutions to the new challenges caused and highlighted by COVID-19 crisis, particularly by reducing vulnerability of the agri-food value chains within the EU and worldwide; considers that the EU’s economic recovery plan (Next Generation EU) should provide support to strengthen the resilience of agri-food value chains, put in place new sustainable farming practices, as well as circular economy initiatives;

2020/10/16
Committee: AGRI

2020/2077(INI)

Dan-Ştefan MOTREANU, Asim ADEMOV, Marlene MORTLER, Anne SANDER, Daniel BUDA, Simone SCHMIEDTBAUER

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Calls for the implementation of a European protein plan advocating consumption of legumes, as crops that need no nitrogen-based fertilisers; underlines the essential role of research and innovation (R&I) for developing new innovative solutions to reduce EU dependency of protein imports and calls the European Commission to ensure adequate support through Horizon Europe and the Common Agricultural Policy;

2020/10/16
Committee: AGRI

2020/2077(INI)

Dan-Ştefan MOTREANU, Asim ADEMOV, Marlene MORTLER, Anne SANDER, Simone SCHMIEDTBAUER

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Sees the circular bio-economy as an opportunity for agriculture, enabling it generate renewable energy from biodegradable farm and municipal waste and its by-products: organic fertilisers; highlights the potential of bio-based innovation to enhance EU economic competitiveness, deliver new value chains, technologies and processes, economic activities and employment, thus revitalising regional economies local and rural areas;

2020/10/16
Committee: AGRI

2020/2077(INI)

Dan-Ştefan MOTREANU, Asim ADEMOV, Marlene MORTLER, Anne SANDER, Daniel BUDA, Benoît LUTGEN, Simone SCHMIEDTBAUER

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. Hopes that the circular economy will contribute to the relocation of agriculture and food production at local level by strengthening regional and local food systems as a way to ensure fair prices for producers and strengthen the link between food products and their locality of origin while preserving and developing rural areas;

2020/10/16
Committee: AGRI

2020/2077(INI)

Dan-Ştefan MOTREANU, Asim ADEMOV, Marlene MORTLER, Anne SANDER, Daniel BUDA, Benoît LUTGEN, Simone SCHMIEDTBAUER

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6 a. Stresses the importance of circular economy in promoting social and territorial cohesion in rural areas;

2020/10/16
Committee: AGRI

2020/2077(INI)

Marlene MORTLER, Peter JAHR, Norbert LINS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7

7. Supports the Commission in its efforts to better inform consumers on nutritional and ecological claims~~, and calls for labelling of residues present in food~~;

2020/10/16
Committee: AGRI

2020/2077(INI)

Dan-Ştefan MOTREANU, Asim ADEMOV, Marlene MORTLER, Daniel BUDA, Simone SCHMIEDTBAUER

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7

7. Supports the Commission in its efforts to better inform consumers on nutritional and ecological claims~~, and calls for labelling of residues present in food~~;

2020/10/16
Committee: AGRI

2020/2077(INI)

Marlene MORTLER, Peter JAHR, Norbert LINS, Christine SCHNEIDER

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)

7a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to invest in new circular economy initiatives in order to develop better infrastructure for the circular economy;

2020/10/16
Committee: AGRI

2020/2077(INI)

Dan-Ştefan MOTREANU, Asim ADEMOV, Marlene MORTLER, Anne SANDER, Simone SCHMIEDTBAUER

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8

8. Calls for prevention measures to be stepped up in the fight against food loss and waste; calls on the Commission to present a clear distinction between what is “avoidable” (waste) and what is “non- avoidable”(loss) as several factors affect agricultural production that are out of farmers’ control, such as adverse weather conditions and climate change, pests and diseases, and market disturbances;

2020/10/16
Committee: AGRI

2020/2077(INI)

Marlene MORTLER, Peter JAHR, Norbert LINS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8

8. Calls for prevention measures to be stepped up in the fight against food loss and waste; points out that sustainable food packaging tailored to needs prevents food from spoiling and resources being lost and thus help to reduce food waste;

2020/10/16
Committee: AGRI

2020/2077(INI)

Marlene MORTLER, Peter JAHR, Norbert LINS, Christine SCHNEIDER

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)

8a. Points out that food packaging serves important functions and improves hygiene, quality, shelf life and the provision of information about products; calls on the Commission to take account of these functions when taking steps to achieve the objectives of the New Circular Economy Action Plan;

2020/10/16
Committee: AGRI

2020/2077(INI)

Dan-Ştefan MOTREANU, Asim ADEMOV, Marlene MORTLER, Benoît LUTGEN, Simone SCHMIEDTBAUER

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)

8 a. Underlines the essential role of packaging, in particular for food safety and hygiene; calls on the European Commission to propose new legislation to tackle over-packaging and waste generation and provide support to creation of an integrated single market for secondary raw materials and by- products;

2020/10/16
Committee: AGRI

2020/2077(INI)

Marlene MORTLER, Peter JAHR, Norbert LINS, Christine SCHNEIDER

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 b (new)

8b. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to invest in new recycling technologies so that the technological development of sorting and recycling plants and their infrastructure, re-use procedures and techniques can be optimised and promoted;

2020/10/16
Committee: AGRI

2020/2077(INI)

Marlene MORTLER, Peter JAHR, Norbert LINS, Christine SCHNEIDER

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 c (new)

8c. Calls on the Commission to develop a uniform labelling scheme for recycling systems;

2020/10/16
Committee: AGRI

2020/2077(INI)

Marlene MORTLER, Peter JAHR, Norbert LINS, Christine SCHNEIDER

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 d (new)

8d. Calls on the Commission to carry out economic impact assessments of all the measures proposed under the New Circular Economy Action Plan, in order not to jeopardise firms' existing and future innovation initiatives;

2020/10/16
Committee: AGRI

2020/2077(INI)

Dan-Ştefan MOTREANU, Asim ADEMOV, Marlene MORTLER, Daniel BUDA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 10

10. Highlights the presence of old, disused agricultural buildings which pose serious problems in terms of their removal costs (asbestos, etc.) and the overall need for a transition to a sustainable and more circular economy in the sourcing and manufacturing of construction products and materials used in agricultural sector.

2020/10/16
Committee: AGRI

2020/2077(INI)

Simone SCHMIEDTBAUER, Norbert LINS, Anne SANDER, Marlene MORTLER, Dan-Ştefan MOTREANU

Draft opinion
Paragraph 10

10. Highlights the presence of old, disused agricultural buildings which pose serious problems in terms of their removal costs ~~(asbestos, etc.).~~;

2020/10/16
Committee: AGRI

2020/2077(INI)

Simone SCHMIEDTBAUER, Norbert LINS, Anne SANDER, Marlene MORTLER, Petri SARVAMAA, Herbert DORFMANN, Dan-Ştefan MOTREANU

Draft opinion
Paragraph 10 a (new)

10 a. Calls for the promotion of sustainable wood-based products to substitute CO2-intensive substances and to store CO2 in the long term;

2020/10/16
Committee: AGRI

2020/2077(INI)

Simone SCHMIEDTBAUER, Norbert LINS, Anne SANDER, Marlene MORTLER, Petri SARVAMAA, Herbert DORFMANN, Dan-Ştefan MOTREANU

Draft opinion
Paragraph 10 b (new)

10 b. Highlights the role of bioenergy derived from forest residues and emerging calamities as a sustainable resource for climate-friendly energy supply and substitute of fossil fuels;

2020/10/16
Committee: AGRI

2020/2077(INI)

Simone SCHMIEDTBAUER, Norbert LINS, Anne SANDER, Marlene MORTLER, Petri SARVAMAA, Herbert DORFMANN, Dan-Ştefan MOTREANU

Draft opinion
Paragraph 10 c (new)

10 c. Takes the view that respect for the property rights of agricultural and forestry enterprises and compensation for services rendered in nature conservation should be preserved and increased;

2020/10/16
Committee: AGRI

2020/2077(INI)

Simone SCHMIEDTBAUER, Norbert LINS, Anne SANDER, Marlene MORTLER, Petri SARVAMAA, Herbert DORFMANN, Dan-Ştefan MOTREANU

Draft opinion
Paragraph 10 d (new)

10 d. Believes that the promotion of the forest-based sector will strengthen the EU-wide bio- and recycling economy as well as the bio-based industry;

2020/10/16
Committee: AGRI

2020/2077(INI)

Simone SCHMIEDTBAUER, Norbert LINS, Anne SANDER, Marlene MORTLER, Herbert DORFMANN

Draft opinion
Paragraph 10 e (new)

10 e. Stresses to take immediately action regarding phasing out of fossil fuels from the energy system to reach the EU climate targets (zero net carbon emissions) in 2040;

2020/10/16
Committee: AGRI

2020/2074(INI)

Marlene MORTLER, Franc BOGOVIČ, Norbert LINS, Dan-Ştefan MOTREANU, Anne SANDER, Christine SCHNEIDER, Simone SCHMIEDTBAUER

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Emphasises that cohesion policy must support strong climate mainstreaming in agriculture and food-related sectors; calls on the Commission to support science and research that encourage investments into low-carbon technologies and innovations to mitigate and adapt to climate change;

2020/12/17
Committee: AGRI

2020/2074(INI)

Marlene MORTLER, Franc BOGOVIČ, Norbert LINS, Dan-Ştefan MOTREANU, Anne SANDER, Christine SCHNEIDER, Simone SCHMIEDTBAUER

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Stresses that preventing and reducing food waste and food loss as well as strengthening local structures and regional value chains are essential to reduce all emissions associated with growing, manufacturing and transporting;

2020/12/17
Committee: AGRI

2020/2074(INI)

Simone SCHMIEDTBAUER, Norbert LINS, Marlene MORTLER, Franc BOGOVIČ, Anne SANDER, Christine SCHNEIDER, Herbert DORFMANN, Álvaro AMARO

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Underlines that, in coherence with Article 2 of the Paris Agreement climate mainstreaming in agriculture must be applied in a manner that does not threaten food production and safeguards food security in the European Union;

2020/12/17
Committee: AGRI

2020/2074(INI)

Marlene MORTLER, Franc BOGOVIČ, Norbert LINS, Dan-Ştefan MOTREANU, Anne SANDER

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Highlights the importance of linking regional environmental strategies to ambitious climate targets that go beyond the overall target of achieving a climate- neutral EU by 2050, taking into account the ~~potential~~major contribution of the farming, food and forestry sectors, considering that soils and forests are the largest CO2 reservoirs in the world;

2020/12/17
Committee: AGRI

2020/2074(INI)

Simone SCHMIEDTBAUER, Norbert LINS, Marlene MORTLER, Franc BOGOVIČ, Anne SANDER, Christine SCHNEIDER, Herbert DORFMANN, Álvaro AMARO

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Highlights the importance of linking regional environmental strategies to ambitious climate targets that go beyond the overall target of achieving a climate- neutral EU by 2050, taking into account the potential contribution of the farming, food and forestry sectors in providing and developing biogenic resources, materials and substances;

2020/12/17
Committee: AGRI

2020/2074(INI)

Simone SCHMIEDTBAUER, Norbert LINS, Marlene MORTLER, Franc BOGOVIČ, Anne SANDER, Christine SCHNEIDER, Herbert DORFMANN, Álvaro AMARO

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Underlines that regional environmental strategies should support renewable energy production and resource efficiency in the farming, food and forestry sectors; suggests that the relevant authorities prioritise the most sustainable options~~, such as wind or solar, and subject bioenergy projects to~~ by applying strict sustainability criteria;

2020/12/17
Committee: AGRI

2020/2074(INI)

Simone SCHMIEDTBAUER, Marlene MORTLER, Franc BOGOVIČ, Anne SANDER, Álvaro AMARO

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Stresses that a phasing-out concept of fossil-based energy for each sector is necessary in order to contribute towards the aims of the Green Deal and climate neutrality;

2020/12/17
Committee: AGRI

2020/2074(INI)

Marlene MORTLER, Franc BOGOVIČ, Norbert LINS, Dan-Ştefan MOTREANU, Anne SANDER, Christine SCHNEIDER, Simone SCHMIEDTBAUER

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. Emphasizes that investments in sustainable green infrastructures on local and regional level through EU Cohesion Policy are essential to combat the impacts of climate change on agriculture and forestry and to improve climate resilience of people, nature and economy.

2020/12/17
Committee: AGRI

2020/2074(INI)

Simone SCHMIEDTBAUER, Norbert LINS, Marlene MORTLER, Franc BOGOVIČ, Anne SANDER, Herbert DORFMANN, Álvaro AMARO

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. Highlights that cohesion policy must focus on the comprehensive transition of the European economy towards bioeconomy based on biogenic resources from agriculture and forestry.

2020/12/17
Committee: AGRI

2020/2074(INI)

Simone SCHMIEDTBAUER, Norbert LINS, Marlene MORTLER, Franc BOGOVIČ, Christine SCHNEIDER, Herbert DORFMANN, Álvaro AMARO

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)

6b. Highlights that cohesion policy and regional environmental strategies need to pay particular attention on increasing the use of wood from sustainable forestry in all parts of economy (especially construction sector) as wood bears the unique property of storing huge amounts of CO2 while substituting energy-intensive resources such as steel and concrete.

2020/12/17
Committee: AGRI

2020/2074(INI)

Marlene MORTLER, Franc BOGOVIČ, Norbert LINS, Dan-Ştefan MOTREANU, Anne SANDER, Christine SCHNEIDER, Simone SCHMIEDTBAUER

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)

6b. Stresses that ongoing agricultural practices and green infrastructure initiatives in agriculture and forestry sectors have a positive effect on carbon stocks and the greenhouse gas balances in the Member States.

2020/12/17
Committee: AGRI

2020/2074(INI)

Marlene MORTLER, Franc BOGOVIČ, Norbert LINS, Dan-Ştefan MOTREANU, Anne SANDER, Christine SCHNEIDER, Simone SCHMIEDTBAUER

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 c (new)

6c. Recalls that current EU policy initiatives must take into account the long-term competitiveness of the European economy and the concerns of small and medium sized enterprises.

2020/12/17
Committee: AGRI

2020/2058(INI)

Marlene MORTLER, Peter JAHR, Norbert LINS, Lena DÜPONT, Christine SCHNEIDER, Herbert DORFMANN, Simone SCHMIEDTBAUER

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Expects that under the future multiannual financial framework (MFF), the contribution to the agricultural and rural development domain will be maintained at current levels; insists that any additional measures relating to the green transition be financed with fresh money and additional EU own resources; points out that the additional measures under the European Green Deal and the Farm-to-Fork Strategy must not be financed at the expense of existing common agricultural policy (CAP) funding;

2020/06/16
Committee: AGRI

2020/2058(INI)

Simone SCHMIEDTBAUER, Marlene MORTLER, Christine SCHNEIDER, Herbert DORFMANN

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Points to crisis-resilient domestic production of renewable raw materials and renewable energy and, in order to implement and continue to press on with the EU's Bio-economy Strategy, calls for the establishment of a timber construction offensive and a renovation offensive focusing on the use of domestic renewable raw materials and sustainable renewable energies;

2020/06/16
Committee: AGRI

2020/2058(INI)

Marlene MORTLER, Peter JAHR, Norbert LINS, Lena DÜPONT, Christine SCHNEIDER, Herbert DORFMANN, Simone SCHMIEDTBAUER

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Calls for increasing ecological requirements always to be offset financially; points out that unilateral conditions benefit neither European agriculture nor the environment if they result in the relocation of European food production to third countries;

2020/06/16
Committee: AGRI

2020/2058(INI)

Marlene MORTLER, Peter JAHR, Norbert LINS, Lena DÜPONT, Christine SCHNEIDER, Herbert DORFMANN, Simone SCHMIEDTBAUER

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Calls on the Commission to ensure that there are adequate external safeguards for sensitive agricultural products and states that, in the process, the high standards within food production in the EU must be clearly demonstrated to consumers;

2020/06/16
Committee: AGRI

2020/2058(INI)

Marlene MORTLER, Peter JAHR, Norbert LINS, Lena DÜPONT, Christine SCHNEIDER, Herbert DORFMANN, Simone SCHMIEDTBAUER

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)

4b. Calls on the Commission to ensure that, under both the Farm-to-Fork Strategy and future climate policy, European agriculture is recognised as a sector of systemic importance and that security of supply, as a stability factor, is sufficiently taken into account and kept in mind at all times.

2020/06/16
Committee: AGRI

2020/2042(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Believes that the EU ~~has a historic responsibility to~~should be the most ambitious signatory of the Paris Agreement and should acknowledge and act on its ~~climate and~~ environmental ~~debt~~responsibility;

2020/05/27
Committee: ENVI

2020/2042(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Stresses that the current decision- making process under the UNFCCC ~~is skewed against LDCs and~~ needs to be improved to better involve poor and vulnerable country delegates;

2020/05/27
Committee: ENVI

2020/2042(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Calls on all EU Member States to ~~rapidly~~ scale up climate finance, prioritising grants-based finance, in particular for LDCs and SIDS, and to increase financial support during the 2020- 2025 period;

2020/05/27
Committee: ENVI

2020/2042(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8

8. Insists that the ~~legally binding~~ agreement for a post-2020 global biodiversity framework ~~involve and benefit~~particularly involve vulnerable populations;

2020/05/27
Committee: ENVI

2020/2042(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)

8a. Stresses that climate change is severely affecting food production and food security in developing countries; calls on the EU to prioritise access to food and water in its efforts to combat the effects of climate change in developing countries; stresses that helping people to help themselves is and must become the most sustainable form of support;

2020/05/27
Committee: ENVI

2020/2042(INI)

Marlene MORTLER, Peter JAHR, Norbert LINS, Christine SCHNEIDER

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9

9. Calls for greater international support for indigenous land rights, which would contribute to limiting global warming; insists that these rights must be strengthened through the certification of sustainable supply chains.

2020/05/27
Committee: ENVI

2020/2039(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Urges the Commission, in developing the Farm to Fork and Biodiversity strategies, to take practical steps to maintain the rural population in order to safeguard existing jobs and create new jobs and also to attract skilled workers, especially in structurally weaker regions;

2020/10/16
Committee: AGRI

2020/2039(INI)

Marlene MORTLER, Peter JAHR, Norbert LINS, Christine SCHNEIDER

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure that the positive impact and successful results of cohesion policy in the EU be better communicated and publicised;

2020/10/16
Committee: AGRI

2020/2039(INI)

Marlene MORTLER, Peter JAHR, Norbert LINS, Christine SCHNEIDER

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Stresses that promoting mobility and networking opportunities, as well as supporting innovative measures by SMEs and skilled crafts and trades, are seen as key success factors for rural areas;

2020/10/16
Committee: AGRI

2020/2039(INI)

Marlene MORTLER, Peter JAHR, Norbert LINS, Christine SCHNEIDER

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)

4b. Calls for the administrative burden on businesses and administrations to be reduced, with fewer requirements and greater legal certainty, thus improving the framework conditions for successful funding on the ground and reducing barriers to investment;

2020/10/16
Committee: AGRI

2020/2038(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Stresses that tourism is important for jobs, growth and economic and social cohesion and plays a significant part in economic recovery;

2020/09/14
Committee: AGRI

2020/2038(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)

1b. Finds that its infrastructure and its cultural and regional diversity are located in a comparatively small area and its cross-border travel area within the Schengen area is one of Europe’s main strengths;

2020/09/14
Committee: AGRI

2020/2038(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Considers that farm holidays are the most sustainable and efficient form of rural tourism in Europe, helping to support local businesses, promote agricultural and natural areas and provide a memorable holiday experience in a rural setting;

2020/09/14
Committee: AGRI

2020/2038(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)

2b. Stresses that sustainable tourism is usually associated with rural tourism as an instrument for maintaining the rural community together with the cultural landscape and ecosystems;

2020/09/14
Committee: AGRI

2020/2038(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Stresses that, from a socio-cultural point of view, rural tourism helps maintain social life and preserve traditional agricultural ways of life and working in many regions of Europe;

2020/09/14
Committee: AGRI

2020/2038(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)

3b. Underlines that holidays in rural areas and protected natural areas promote the diversification of farms, with the provision of a wide range of educational activities on European cultural heritage, tradition and gastronomy and also aspects of agricultural life;

2020/09/14
Committee: AGRI

2020/2038(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Finds that the tourism sector plays an important role in the employment of women, with the proportion of women in the sector in the EU around 50%;

2020/09/14
Committee: AGRI

2020/2038(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. Finds that a Europe-wide approach can best contribute to problem- solving and exploiting the potential for wealth creation at regional and local level and for supporting the preservation of Europe’s rural cultural heritage;

2020/09/14
Committee: AGRI

2020/2038(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)

5b. Stresses that promoting market awareness, better qualifications, increased management efficiency, real-life partnerships and targeted networking opportunities, as well as developing innovative measures for the future, are regarded as key success factors for agrotourism;

2020/09/14
Committee: AGRI

2020/2038(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 c (new)

5c. Believes that improved cooperation and coordination between stakeholders, greater involvement of local authorities in tourism and market research and professional communication and marketing strategies are necessary in order to boost the social, economic and environmental performance of agrotourism;

2020/09/14
Committee: AGRI

2020/2038(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 d (new)

5d. Stresses that EU rural development measures contribute to strengthening the EU agri-food sector, environmental sustainability and the well- being of rural areas;

2020/09/14
Committee: AGRI

2020/2038(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 e (new)

5e. Calls on the Commission to maintain EAFRD funding to promote the competitiveness of agriculture, ensure sustainable management of natural resources and support the balanced territorial development of rural economies and communities;

2020/09/14
Committee: AGRI

2020/2038(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 f (new)

5f. Welcomes the fact that rural development programmes also support smart villages in promoting and enabling innovations in rural areas throughout Europe by addressing and improving the common challenges faced by people in rural areas;

2020/09/14
Committee: AGRI

2020/2038(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 g (new)

5g. Calls on the Commission to develop an effective investment strategy in the rural tourism sector, further develop innovative activities and the use of information and communication technologies in rural areas and improve professional qualifications in this regard;

2020/09/14
Committee: AGRI

2020/2038(INI)

Asim ADEMOV, Juan Ignacio ZOIDO ÁLVAREZ, Michal WIEZIK, Marlene MORTLER, Daniel BUDA, Franc BOGOVIČ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 h (new)

5h. Recommends that the Member States ensure that the diversification of agrotourism is optimised, seasonality is reduced and the quality of tourism is increased;

2020/09/14
Committee: AGRI

2020/2008(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)

A a. whereas demographic change varies considerably across Member States and their regions, with rural and disadvantaged areas most prompt to shrinking and ageing population;

2020/10/01
Committee: AGRI

2020/2008(INI)

Asim ADEMOV, Juan Ignacio ZOIDO ÁLVAREZ, Michal WIEZIK, Marlene MORTLER, Daniel BUDA, Franc BOGOVIČ

Draft opinion
Recital A b (new)

A b. whereas the worrying demographic trends in EU rural areas exacerbate the socio-economic divide and increase the risk of poverty and social exclusion;

2020/10/01
Committee: AGRI

2020/2008(INI)

Asim ADEMOV, Juan Ignacio ZOIDO ÁLVAREZ, Michal WIEZIK, Marlene MORTLER, Daniel BUDA, Franc BOGOVIČ

Draft opinion
Recital A c (new)

A c. whereas the upcoming Green Paper on Ageing and Long-term Vision for Rural Areas will outline the EU strategy to tackle the impact of demographic change on our social- economic fabric;

2020/10/01
Committee: AGRI

2020/2008(INI)

Asim ADEMOV, Michaela ŠOJDROVÁ, Juan Ignacio ZOIDO ÁLVAREZ, Michal WIEZIK, Marlene MORTLER, Daniel BUDA, Franc BOGOVIČ

Draft opinion
Recital A d (new)

A d. whereas farmers are at the heart of Europe’s rural areas; whereas around one third of family farm managers were aged 65 or over in 2016;

2020/10/01
Committee: AGRI

2020/2008(INI)

Asim ADEMOV, Michaela ŠOJDROVÁ, Juan Ignacio ZOIDO ÁLVAREZ, Michal WIEZIK, Marlene MORTLER, Daniel BUDA, Franc BOGOVIČ

Draft opinion
Recital A e (new)

A e. whereas generational renewal is one of CAP’s post-2020 specific objectives; whereas knowledge transfer and intergenerational learning are crucial to increasing cooperation and solidarity between generations, thus bridging the generational gap;

2020/10/01
Committee: AGRI

2020/2008(INI)

Asim ADEMOV, Michaela ŠOJDROVÁ, Juan Ignacio ZOIDO ÁLVAREZ, Michal WIEZIK, Marlene MORTLER, Daniel BUDA, Franc BOGOVIČ

Draft opinion
Recital B a (new)

B a. whereas CAP remains the key instrument to support the rural economy and job creation in rural areas;

2020/10/01
Committee: AGRI

2020/2008(INI)

Asim ADEMOV, Juan Ignacio ZOIDO ÁLVAREZ, Marlene MORTLER, Daniel BUDA, Franc BOGOVIČ

Draft opinion
Recital B b (new)

B b. whereas the European Green Deal should tap into the full potential of older generation on the way to green and digital transition;

2020/10/01
Committee: AGRI

2020/2008(INI)

Asim ADEMOV, Michaela ŠOJDROVÁ, Juan Ignacio ZOIDO ÁLVAREZ, Michal WIEZIK, Marlene MORTLER, Daniel BUDA, Franc BOGOVIČ

Draft opinion
Recital B c (new)

B c. whereas COVID pandemic increased the vulnerability, the digital and social exclusion of elderly people in rural areas;

2020/10/01
Committee: AGRI

2020/2008(INI)

Michaela ŠOJDROVÁ, Asim ADEMOV, Michal WIEZIK, Franc BOGOVIČ, Marlene MORTLER

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Considers that ~~the current political approach, based on a limited and damaging vision (‘any job at any cost’), should be phased out so that~~ employment and work can be seen in a longer-term perspective of the individual’s working life;

2020/10/01
Committee: AGRI

2020/2008(INI)

Asim ADEMOV, Michaela ŠOJDROVÁ, Juan Ignacio ZOIDO ÁLVAREZ, Michal WIEZIK, Marlene MORTLER, Daniel BUDA, Franc BOGOVIČ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1 a. Reminds the specific nature of family farming, which blends agricultural activity and family life with older farmers remaining active beyond the age of retirement;

2020/10/01
Committee: AGRI

2020/2008(INI)

Asim ADEMOV, Michaela ŠOJDROVÁ, Juan Ignacio ZOIDO ÁLVAREZ, Michal WIEZIK, Marlene MORTLER, Daniel BUDA, Franc BOGOVIČ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2 a. Recognizes the potential of elderly people, incl. farmers, to become the driving force of a vibrant silver economy in the rural areas based on social innovation, inclusive rural communities and healthier living environment; calls on the Commission to carefully study this potential when building its long-term vision for rural areas and active ageing;

2020/10/01
Committee: AGRI

2020/2008(INI)

Michaela ŠOJDROVÁ, Asim ADEMOV, Michal WIEZIK, Franc BOGOVIČ, Marlene MORTLER

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Points out that an ageing workforce and the lack of generational renewal constitute a ~~more~~ serious issue in agriculture ~~than in other sectors~~; believes that addressing market uncertainty and lack of profitability in farming enterprises are key to reversing this trend;

2020/10/01
Committee: AGRI

2020/2008(INI)

Asim ADEMOV, Michaela ŠOJDROVÁ, Juan Ignacio ZOIDO ÁLVAREZ, Michal WIEZIK, Marlene MORTLER, Daniel BUDA, Franc BOGOVIČ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3 a. Reiterates some of the obstacles to generational renewal in agriculture, linked to access to land and farm transfer from one generation to the next. Older farmers, faced by the risk of low pensions, income foregone (incl. CAP payments) and social exclusion in rural areas post- retirement, tend to remain active and keep their farms longer; underlines, in this regard, the need for tailored policy instruments to guarantee smooth farm transition and active aging for older farmers in the rural communities;

2020/10/01
Committee: AGRI

2020/2008(INI)

Asim ADEMOV, Michaela ŠOJDROVÁ, Juan Ignacio ZOIDO ÁLVAREZ, Michal WIEZIK, Marlene MORTLER, Daniel BUDA, Franc BOGOVIČ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)

3 b. Believes that farm partnerships between older and younger generations are key to deepening intergenerational solidarity, knowledge transfer and mutual learning, which is particularly important for the uptake of new technologies and digital skills in farming;

2020/10/01
Committee: AGRI

2020/2008(INI)

Michaela ŠOJDROVÁ, Asim ADEMOV, Michal WIEZIK, Franc BOGOVIČ, Marlene MORTLER

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Considers that family workers still represent the vast majority of agricultural labour in Europe, but notes that this type of labour has been steadily declining for years and is expected to decline further in the near future, it is therefore necessary to support the next generation of family farmers as well as new young farmers, as this support is integrated in the CAP;

2020/10/01
Committee: AGRI

2020/2008(INI)

Asim ADEMOV, Michaela ŠOJDROVÁ, Juan Ignacio ZOIDO ÁLVAREZ, Michal WIEZIK, Marlene MORTLER, Daniel BUDA, Franc BOGOVIČ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4 a. Reminds that elderly people in remote, mountainous and rural areas are more prompt to digital and social exclusion, which was exacerbated by Covid-19;

2020/10/01
Committee: AGRI

2020/2008(INI)

Asim ADEMOV, Michaela ŠOJDROVÁ, Juan Ignacio ZOIDO ÁLVAREZ, Michal WIEZIK, Marlene MORTLER, Daniel BUDA, Franc BOGOVIČ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)

4 b. Calls upon the Commission and the Member States to carefully target Next Generation EU recovery package to help mitigate the negative impact of Covid-19 on the older generation;

2020/10/01
Committee: AGRI

2020/2008(INI)

Asim ADEMOV, Juan Ignacio ZOIDO ÁLVAREZ, Marlene MORTLER, Daniel BUDA, Franc BOGOVIČ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Considers it important to recall that maintaining agricultural employment has direct implications for keeping rural economies alive; underlines the positive role played by CAP in poverty reduction and the creation of jobs and growth in rural areas; believes in addition that the challenge faced by all farmers in understanding the role of, and engaging with, modern technology and innovation in agriculture should not be underestimated; therefore stresses the importance of lifelong vocational training, advisory services and knowledge exchange, both within and outside the framework of the CAP.

2020/10/01
Committee: AGRI

2020/2008(INI)

Asim ADEMOV, Michaela ŠOJDROVÁ, Juan Ignacio ZOIDO ÁLVAREZ, Michal WIEZIK, Marlene MORTLER, Daniel BUDA, Franc BOGOVIČ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5 a. Considers that the EU’s green and digital transition should harness the full potential of ageing rural communities; recalls in this regard the importance of ensuring access to broadband internet and basic services in rural areas, the uptake of e-skills and new approaches to sustainable development, such as the concept of smart villages and sustainable food system transformation;

2020/10/01
Committee: AGRI

2020/2007(INI)

Michaela ŠOJDROVÁ, Asim ADEMOV, Michal WIEZIK, Franc BOGOVIČ, Marlene MORTLER, Dan-Ştefan MOTREANU

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Considers that family workers still represent the vast majority of agricultural labour in Europe, and that insufficient generational renewal is one of the major challenges faced by the farming sector across the EU, resulting in fewer farmers in the sector year after year; it is therefore necessary to support the next generation of family farmers as well as new young farmers, as this support is integrated in the CAP;

2020/10/02
Committee: AGRI

2020/2006(INL)

Marlene MORTLER, Norbert LINS, Peter JAHR, Christine SCHNEIDER

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Calls for closer cooperation between governments, undertakings, producers and civil society to adopt policies and establish framework conditions to support private sector projects;

2020/06/08
Committee: AGRI

2020/2006(INL)

Marlene MORTLER, Norbert LINS, Peter JAHR, Christine SCHNEIDER

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)

1b. Calls for the framework conditions for sustainable forest development to be improved by supporting sound governance and institutions and the development of effective control and sanction mechanisms, including the fight against corruption and illegal logging;

2020/06/08
Committee: AGRI

2020/2006(INL)

Marlene MORTLER, Norbert LINS, Peter JAHR, Christine SCHNEIDER

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Notes that voluntary measures alone will not stop deforestation; Calls on the EU to act against deforestation and damage to forests and the overexploitation of forest resources and to implement the provisions aimed at promoting forest protection and sustainable forestry in the framework of the Paris Climate Agreement and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs);

2020/06/08
Committee: AGRI

2020/2006(INL)

Marlene MORTLER, Norbert LINS, Peter JAHR, Christine SCHNEIDER

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Calls therefore for the development of international alliances and the securing of international forest financing in the framework of global forest protection agreements, in close cooperation with European governments and international actors;

2020/06/08
Committee: AGRI

2020/2006(INL)

Marlene MORTLER, Norbert LINS, Peter JAHR, Christine SCHNEIDER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. Underlines that approximately 80% of global deforestation is caused by the expansion of land used for agriculture; stresses in this context that the Commission Communication on Stepping up EU Action to Protect and Restore the World’s Forests of July 2019 recognises that Union demand for products such as palm oil, meat, soy, cocoa, maize, ~~timber,~~ rubber, including in the form of processed products or services, ~~is a large~~can be a driver of deforestation, ecosystem destruction and human rights violations across the globe;

2020/07/17
Committee: ENVI

2020/2006(INL)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7

7. Calls for a coherent legislative framework that brings together and develops existing systems, such as the Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade (FLEGT) Action Plan and the Union timber regulation, guaranteeing participation of affected rights holders; calls for the improvement of legislation concerning forests and export regulations for wood and wood products;

2020/06/08
Committee: AGRI

2020/2006(INL)

Marlene MORTLER, Norbert LINS, Peter JAHR, Christine SCHNEIDER

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 a (new)

9a. Calls on the European Union to promote deforestation-free supply chains and improved added-value taking due account of human, labour, land and usage rights as well as food security and fair incomes;

2020/06/08
Committee: AGRI

2020/2006(INL)

Marlene MORTLER, Norbert LINS, Peter JAHR, Christine SCHNEIDER

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 b (new)

9b. Points out that forests play an important role in global food security and are an important source of income for many small farms; emphasises that forest conservation and reafforestation measures improve living conditions in rural areas;

2020/06/08
Committee: AGRI

2020/2006(INL)

Marlene MORTLER, Norbert LINS, Peter JAHR, Christine SCHNEIDER

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 c (new)

9c. Points out that a sustainable intensification of agricultural use, as well as planned land use and land management, are essential for many small-scale farms;

2020/06/08
Committee: AGRI

2020/2006(INL)

Hildegard BENTELE, Jessica POLFJÄRD, Pernille WEISS, Marlene MORTLER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. Recalls its resolution of 15 January 2020 on the European Green Deal, and its demand to the Commission to present, without delay, a proposal for a European legal framework based on due diligence to ensure sustainable and deforestation-free supply chains for products placed on the Union market, with a particular focus on tackling the main drivers of imported deforestation and instead encouraging imports that do not create deforestation abroad, taking into account the economic importance of commodity export for developing countries, especially for smallholders, taking into consideration feedback from all stakeholders, especially SMEs, and providing an in-depth impact assessment;

2020/07/17
Committee: ENVI

2020/2006(INL)

Hildegard BENTELE, Jessica POLFJÄRD, Marlene MORTLER, Pernille WEISS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. Underlines the need to plan a coordinated support at EU level for SMEs to ensure their understanding, preparedness and capacity for implementation;

2020/07/17
Committee: ENVI

2020/2006(INL)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Welcomes the intention of the Commission to tackle global deforestation but asks for a ~~more ambitious~~stringent policy approach; calls on the Commission to present a proposal for an EU legal framework based on ~~mandatory~~ due diligence, reporting, disclosure and third- party participation requirements, as well as liability and penalties in case of breaches of obligations for all companies placing for the first time on the Union market commodities with the highest forest and ecosystem risks and products derived from these commodities, and access to justice and remedy for victims of breaches of these obligations; traceability obligations should be placed on traders on the Union market, to ensure sustainable and deforestation-free value chains, as laid down in the Annex to this resolution; emphasises that the same legal framework should apply to Union-based financial institutions providing money to companies that harvest, extract, produce or process forest and ecosystem-risk commodities and derived products;

2020/07/17
Committee: ENVI

2020/2006(INL)

Hildegard BENTELE, Jessica POLFJÄRD, Pernille WEISS, Marlene MORTLER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Emphasises that such an EU legal framework should not only guarantee the legality of harvesting, production, extraction and processing of forest and ecosystem-risk commodities and derived products in the country of origin, but also the sustainability of their harvesting, production, extraction and processing;deleted

2020/07/17
Committee: ENVI

2020/2006(INL)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Emphasises that such an EU legal framework should not only guarantee the legality of harvesting, production, extraction and processing of ~~forest and ecosystem-risk commodities~~commodities under scope and derived products in the country of origin, but also the sustainability of their harvesting, production, extraction and processing which makes it necessary to define "sustainable" in this context;

2020/07/17
Committee: ENVI

2020/2006(INL)

Hildegard BENTELE, Jessica POLFJÄRD, Pernille WEISS, Marlene MORTLER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

~~11. Notes that such an EU legal framework should also be extended to high-carbon stock and biodiversity-rich ecosystems other than forests so as to avoid pressure being shifted to these landscapes;~~deleted

2020/07/17
Committee: ENVI

2020/2006(INL)

Hildegard BENTELE, Jessica POLFJÄRD, Pernille WEISS, Marlene MORTLER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

~~11. Notes that such an EU legal framework should also be extended to high-carbon stock and biodiversity-rich ecosystems other than forests so as to avoid pressure being shifted to these landscapes;~~deleted

2020/07/17
Committee: ENVI

2020/2006(INL)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

12. Believes that these obligations should apply to all companies placing ~~forest and ecosystem-risk commodities (FERC)~~commodities driving deforestation on the Union market, irrespective of their size or place of registration; believes that in a fragmented end-market, the inclusion of smaller and larger companies is key to ensure both large-scale impact and consumer trust; emphasises that an in- depth impact assessment is needed to guarantee that the regulatory framework ~~must~~does not give rise to undue burdens on businesses, especially small and medium- sized producers and smallholders or prevent their access to markets and international trade; recognises, therefore, that the due diligence~~, reporting and disclosure requirements~~ system must be proportionate to the level of risks associated with the given commodities;

2020/07/17
Committee: ENVI

2020/2006(INL)

Hildegard BENTELE, Jessica POLFJÄRD, Pernille WEISS, Marlene MORTLER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

12. Believes that these obligations should apply to all companies placing ~~forest and ecosystem-risk~~illegally harvested commodities ~~(FERC)~~ on the Union market, irrespective of their size or place of registration; believes that in a fragmented end-market, the inclusion of smaller and larger companies is key to ensure both large-scale impact and consumer trust; emphasises that the regulatory framework must not give rise to undue burdens on small and medium-sized producers or prevent their access to markets and international trade; recognises, therefore, that due diligence, reporting and disclosure requirements must be proportionate to the level of risks associated with the given commodities;

2020/07/17
Committee: ENVI

2020/2006(INL)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. Is convinced that the EU Timber Regulation, especially its due diligence requirements, represents a good model to build upon for a future EU legal framework to halt and reverse EU-driven global deforestation, but that a lack of implementation and enforcement of the EU Timber Regulation means that it does not live up to its spirit and intent; is of the opinion, therefore, that ~~lessons can be learnt from the EU Timber Regulation for improved implementation and enforcement rules for a~~the future EU legal framework to halt and reverse EU-driven global deforestation must provide concrete improvements;

2020/07/17
Committee: ENVI

2020/2006(INL)

Hildegard BENTELE, Jessica POLFJÄRD, Pernille WEISS, Marlene MORTLER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)

14a. Stresses that, complementary to establishing an EU legal framework on commodities driving deforestation, the EU needs to address the implementation of human rights, environmental responsibility and the rule of law as horizontal issues with the respective countries and with other main importing countries more decisively.

2020/07/17
Committee: ENVI

2020/2006(INL)

Hildegard BENTELE, Jessica POLFJÄRD, Pernille WEISS, Marlene MORTLER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

15. Underlines that the impact of the Union’s consumption of forest and ecosystem-risk commodities needs to be adequately addressed in any follow-up, regulatory or non-regulatory, actions and measures to the EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030 and Farm to Fork Strategy;deleted

2020/07/17
Committee: ENVI

2020/2006(INL)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

15. Underlines that the impact of the Union’s co~~nsumption of forest and ecosystem-risk commodities~~mmitment to avoid or minimize the placing of products associated with deforestation needs to be adequately addressed in any follow-up, regulatory or non-regulatory, with actions and measures tounder the EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030 and the Farm to Fork Strategy;

2020/07/17
Committee: ENVI

2020/2006(INL)

Hildegard BENTELE, Jessica POLFJÄRD, Pernille WEISS, Marlene MORTLER

Motion for a resolution
Annex I – point 1 – paragraph 2 – point c

c. production practices of economic operators harvesting, extracting, supplying, and processing ~~forest and ecosystem-risk commodities (FERCs) or producing FERC-derived product~~illegally harvested commodities in the Union internal market;

2020/07/17
Committee: ENVI

2020/2006(INL)

Motion for a resolution
Annex I – point 1 – paragraph 3

It should establish an obligation to fulfil international environmental and human rights commitments taken by the Union and its Member States, such as the Paris Agreement, the Sustainable Development Goals, and human rights obligations. The proposal should be risk-based, proportionate and enforceable.

2020/07/17
Committee: ENVI

2020/2006(INL)

Hildegard BENTELE, Jessica POLFJÄRD, Pernille WEISS, Marlene MORTLER

Motion for a resolution
Annex I – point 2 – paragraph 1

The proposal should apply to all ~~economic operators, irrespective of their legal form, size or complexity of their value chains, i.e. any natural or legal person (excluding non-commercial consumers)~~operators that places commodities that are covered by the proposal and their derived products on the Union internal market for the first time. This should apply to both Union and non- Union-based operators. Operators that are not based in the Union should mandate an authorised representative to perform the tasks (in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2019/1020 of the European Parliament and of the Council1 ). _________________ 1Regulation (EU) 2019/1020 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 June 2019 on market surveillance and compliance of products and amending Directive 2004/42/EC and Regulations (EC) No 765/2008 and (EU) No 305/2011 (OJ L 169, 25.6.2019, p. 1).

2020/07/17
Committee: ENVI

2020/2006(INL)

Hildegard BENTELE, Jessica POLFJÄRD, Pernille WEISS, Marlene MORTLER

Motion for a resolution
Annex I – point 2 – paragraph 2 – introductory part

All ~~economic~~ operators should be entitled to lawfully place ~~FERCs and FERC-~~commodities under scope and their derived products on the Union market only when they are able to demonstrate that within their own activities and all types of business relationships that they have with business partners and entities along their entire value chain (i.e. suppliers, franchisees, licensees, joint ventures, investors, clients, contractors, customers, consultants, financial, legal and other advisers) that, at the very most, there is a negligible risk level, that the goods placed on the Union market:exercise "due diligence" to ensure sustainable and deforestation-free supply chains.

2020/07/17
Committee: ENVI

2020/2006(INL)

Hildegard BENTELE, Jessica POLFJÄRD, Pernille WEISS, Marlene MORTLER

Motion for a resolution
Annex I – point 2 – paragraph 2 – introductory part

All economic operators should be entitled to lawfully place ~~FERCs and FERC- derived~~ products on the Union market only when they are able to demonstrate that within their own activities and all types of business relationships that they have with business partners and entities along their entire value chain (i.e. suppliers, franchisees, licensees, joint ventures, investors, clients, contractors, customers, consultants, financial, legal and other advisers) that, at the very most, there is a negligible risk level, that the goods placed on the Union market:

2020/07/17
Committee: ENVI

2020/2006(INL)

Motion for a resolution
Annex I – point 2 – paragraph 2 – indent 1

~~- do not originate from land obtained via the conversion of natural forests or other natural ecosystems;~~deleted

2020/07/17
Committee: ENVI

2020/2006(INL)

Hildegard BENTELE, Jessica POLFJÄRD, Pernille WEISS, Marlene MORTLER

Motion for a resolution
Annex I – point 2 – paragraph 2 – indent 2

~~- do not originate from natural forests and natural ecosystems undergoing degradation, an~~deleted

2020/07/17
Committee: ENVI

2020/2006(INL)

Hildegard BENTELE, Jessica POLFJÄRD, Pernille WEISS, Marlene MORTLER

Motion for a resolution
Annex I – point 2 – paragraph 2 – indent 3

~~- are not produced in, or are linked to, violation of human rights.~~deleted

2020/07/17
Committee: ENVI

2020/2006(INL)

Hildegard BENTELE, Jessica POLFJÄRD, Pernille WEISS, Marlene MORTLER

Motion for a resolution
Annex I – point 2 – paragraph 3

~~Economic o~~Operators should take ~~appropriate measures to ensure that these~~- according to their function in the market - appropriate measures to ensure that deforestation-free and sustainability standards are respected throughout their entire value chain.

2020/07/17
Committee: ENVI

2020/2006(INL)

Motion for a resolution
Annex I – point 2 – paragraph 6

The proposal should equally apply to Union-based financial institutions providing money, insurance or other services to economic operators that harvest, extract, produce, process or sell forest and ecosystem-risk commodities and their derived products.deleted

2020/07/17
Committee: ENVI

2020/2006(INL)

Hildegard BENTELE, Jessica POLFJÄRD, Pernille WEISS, Marlene MORTLER

Motion for a resolution
Annex I – point 2 – paragraph 7 – introductory part

A trader, i.e. any natural or legal person, except farmers, foresters, landowners and small wood retailers, that in the course of a commercial activity, sells or buys on the Union internal market any commodity covered by the proposal or a derived product that has been already placed on the Union internal market should, throughout the supply chain, identify:

2020/07/17
Committee: ENVI

2020/2006(INL)

Motion for a resolution
Annex I – point 3 – point 3.1 – introductory part

3.1. Deforestation and ~~conversion of natural ecosystems~~degradation

2020/07/17
Committee: ENVI

2020/2006(INL)

Hildegard BENTELE, Jessica POLFJÄRD, Pernille WEISS, Marlene MORTLER

Motion for a resolution
Annex I – point 3 – point 3.1 – paragraph 1

Commodities covered by the proposal and their derived products that are placed on the Union market should not result in, or derive from, deforestation or ~~the conversion of natural ecosystems~~degradation.

2020/07/17
Committee: ENVI

2020/2006(INL)

Hildegard BENTELE, Jessica POLFJÄRD, Pernille WEISS, Marlene MORTLER

Motion for a resolution
Annex I – point 3 – point 3.2

3.2. Degradation of natural forests and natural ecosystems Commodities covered by the proposal and their derived products placed on the Union market should not result in, or derive from, the degradation of natural forests or natural ecosystems. For that purpose, FERCs placed on the Union market, in raw form or as products derived from or containing such commodities, should not be harvested, extracted or produced from land that had the status on 1 January 2008 of natural forest or natural ecosystem, in accordance with the definition laid down in Section 3.3 “Definitions”, and still has that status, but where the land has been subject to changes amounting to degradation. It should only be legally possible to place on the Union market a commodity that has been harvested, extracted or produced in compliance with conservation objectives and it did not lead to the loss or degradation of ecosystem functions on or adjacent to the land from which it was harvested, extracted or produced.deleted

2020/07/17
Committee: ENVI

2020/2006(INL)

Hildegard BENTELE, Jessica POLFJÄRD, Marlene MORTLER

Motion for a resolution
Annex I – point 3 – point 3.3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2

A natural forest means a forest that is a natural ecosystem. Natural forests possess many or most of the characteristics of a forest native to the given site, including species composition, structure, and ecological function. Natural forests include: a. Primary forests that have not been subject to major human impacts in recent history; b. Regenerated (second-growth) forests that were subject to major impacts in the past (for instance by agriculture, livestock raising, tree plantations or intensive logging), but where the main causes of impact have ceased or greatly diminished and the ecosystem has attained much of its original species composition, structure and ecological function, or has a status comparable to other contemporary natural ecosystems; c. much of the ecosystem’s composition, structure, and ecological function exist in the presence of activities such as: i) Harvesting of timber or other forest products, including management to promote high-value species; ii) Low intensity, small-scale cultivation within the forest, such as less-intensive forms of swidden agriculture (shifting cultivation) in a forest mosaic; d. degraded by anthropogenic or natural causes (e.g., harvesting, fire, climate change, invasive species, or others) but where the land has not been converted to another use and where degradation does not result in the sustained reduction of tree cover below the thresholds that define a forest or sustained loss of other main elements of ecosystem composition, structure, and function.deleted Managed natural forests where Forests that have been partially

2020/07/17
Committee: ENVI

2020/2006(INL)

Hildegard BENTELE, Jessica POLFJÄRD, Marlene MORTLER

Motion for a resolution
Annex I – point 3 – point 3.3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point a

~~a. Primary forests that have not been subject to major human impacts in recent history;~~deleted

2020/07/17
Committee: ENVI

2020/2006(INL)

Hildegard BENTELE, Jessica POLFJÄRD, Marlene MORTLER

Motion for a resolution
Annex I – point 3 – point 3.3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point b

b. Regenerated (second-growth) forests that were subject to major impacts in the past (for instance by agriculture, livestock raising, tree plantations or intensive logging), but where the main causes of impact have ceased or greatly diminished and the ecosystem has attained much of its original species composition, structure and ecological function, or has a status comparable to other contemporary natural ecosystems;deleted

2020/07/17
Committee: ENVI

2020/2006(INL)

Hildegard BENTELE, Jessica POLFJÄRD, Marlene MORTLER

Motion for a resolution
Annex I – point 3 – point 3.3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point c

c. Managed natural forests where much of the ecosystem’s composition, structure, and ecological function exist in the presence of activities such as: i) Harvesting of timber or other forest products, including management to promote high-value species; ii) Low intensity, small-scale cultivation within the forest, such as less-intensive forms of swidden agriculture (shifting cultivation) in a forest mosaic;deleted

2020/07/17
Committee: ENVI

2020/2006(INL)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 3

3. Where a Member State has to adopt, as a matter of urgency, public health measures in response to the appearance or resurgence of a serious cross-border threat to health, it shall, immediately upon adoption, inform the other Member States and relevant regional authorities and the Commission on the nature, purpose and scope of those measures, especially in cross-border regions.

2021/04/30
Committee: ENVI

2020/0322(COD)

Esther DE LANGE, Peter LIESE, Adam JARUBAS, Marlene MORTLER, Dolors MONTSERRAT, Alexander BERNHUBER, Nathalie COLIN-OESTERLÉ, Dan-Ştefan MOTREANU, Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI

(ii) identification and mitigation of significant gaps, inconsistencies or inadequacies in measures taken or to be taken to contain and manage the specific threat and overcome its impact, including in clinical management and treatment, non- pharmaceutical countermeasures, global supply chain involved in the production and manufacturing of medical countermeasures needed for the prevention, diagnosis, treatment and follow-up of the disease concerned and public health research needs;

2021/04/30
Committee: ENVI

2020/0322(COD)

Esther DE LANGE, Peter LIESE, Adam JARUBAS, Marlene MORTLER, Dolors MONTSERRAT, Alexander BERNHUBER, Nathalie COLIN-OESTERLÉ, Dan-Ştefan MOTREANU, Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 2

2. The Advisory Committee shall be composed of independent experts and representatives of health and care workers, selected by the Commission according to the fields of expertise and experience most relevant to the specific threat that is occurring. The Committee should have multidisciplinary membership so it can advise on sanitary, biomedical, behavioural, social, economic, cultural and international aspects. The representatives of the ECDC and of the EMA participate as observers in the Advisory Committee. The representatives of other Union bodies or agencies relevant to the specific threat shall participate as observers in this Committee as necessary. The Commission may invite experts with specific expertise with respect to a subject matter on the agenda to take part in the work of the Advisory Committee on an ad- hoc basis.

2021/04/30
Committee: ENVI

2020/0322(COD)

Esther DE LANGE, Peter LIESE, Adam JARUBAS, Marlene MORTLER, Dolors MONTSERRAT, Alexander BERNHUBER, Nathalie COLIN-OESTERLÉ, Dan-Ştefan MOTREANU, Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 2 a (new)

2 a. All members of the Advisory Committee shall provide declarations of interest in line with the applicable rules in each case.

2021/04/30
Committee: ENVI

2020/0322(COD)

Esther DE LANGE, Peter LIESE, Adam JARUBAS, Marlene MORTLER, Dolors MONTSERRAT, Alexander BERNHUBER, Nathalie COLIN-OESTERLÉ, Dan-Ştefan MOTREANU, Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 1 – point b

(b) mechanisms to monitor shortages of, develop, procure, ensure security of supply, manage and deploy medical countermeasures;

2021/04/30
Committee: ENVI

2020/0322(COD)

Esther DE LANGE, Peter LIESE, Adam JARUBAS, Marlene MORTLER, Dolors MONTSERRAT, Alexander BERNHUBER, Nathalie COLIN-OESTERLÉ, Dan-Ştefan MOTREANU

Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)

(c a) A Union export control mechanism with the aim of enabling the Union to guarantee timely and effective access to counter-measures.

2021/04/30
Committee: ENVI

2020/0322(COD)

Esther DE LANGE, Peter LIESE, Adam JARUBAS, Marlene MORTLER, Dolors MONTSERRAT, Alexander BERNHUBER, Nathalie COLIN-OESTERLÉ, Dan-Ştefan MOTREANU, Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 5

5. Personal data may also be exchanged in the context of automated contact tracing, using contact tracing applications, in full compliance with the Regulation (EU) 20176/679 ('GDPR').

2021/04/30
Committee: ENVI

2019/2803(RSP)

Norbert LINS, Marlene MORTLER, Christine SCHNEIDER, Simone SCHMIEDTBAUER

Paragraph 3

3. However, considers that the Initiative fails to sufficiently address the ma~~in root~~ny causes of pollinators’ decline, which include unsustainable land-use changes and loss of habitats, ~~intensiv~~environmental pollution, intensive unsustainable agricultural management practices, plant protection products, diseases, climate change and invasive alien species; considers that the implementation of "Priority II: Tackling the causes of pollinator decline" is of the utmost urgency;

2019/10/24
Committee: ENVI

2019/2803(RSP)

Norbert LINS, Marlene MORTLER, Christine SCHNEIDER, Simone SCHMIEDTBAUER

Paragraph 8

8. Stresses that boosting biodiversity and thus fostering the occurrence of pollinators' habitats ~~on the agricultural land must become a key aim in the development of~~should be reflected in the future Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), which must seek to reduce pesticide use; stresses however that the Sustainable Use of Pesticides Directive (2009/128/EC) is the main EU Instrument for pesticide reduction;

2019/10/24
Committee: ENVI

2019/2184(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Stresses that good governance is a decisive factor for the fair and appropriate distribution of aid and points out that achievement of the SDGs, and hence the effectiveness of the funds, depends to a large extent on the capacity of partner countries to use the funds in a fair and transparent manner;

2020/09/25
Committee: DEVE

2019/2184(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. Points out that the EU has set itself ambitious environmental and climate goals and calls on the EU to support partner countries through close cooperation in order to help them meet their own climate and environmental goals and strategies, both those laid down by treaty and those that are self-imposed, as the sustainable use of their own resources is the basis of the economies of many partner countries and is essential for the achievement of the SDGs;

2020/09/25
Committee: DEVE

2019/2184(INI)

Christine SCHNEIDER, Hildegard BENTELE, Marlene MORTLER, Jens GIESEKE, Alexander BERNHUBER, Christian DOLESCHAL

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)

8a. Notes that, in some areas, development aid efficiency and effectiveness are hard to measure, but calls on the Commission to look into appropriate indicators for assessment and use the results in order to prepare country-specific information on the efficiency and effectiveness of development aid and to develop best- practice approaches;

2020/09/25
Committee: DEVE

2019/2157(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Notes that safeguarding and sustainably managing our forests makes a core contribution to our general well- being and should not be subject to competition law; forests are a home for public-interest activities in the field of leisure and health as well as education;

2020/04/30
Committee: ENVI

2019/2157(INI)

Christine SCHNEIDER, Hildegard BENTELE, Marlene MORTLER, Jens GIESEKE, Alexander BERNHUBER, Christian DOLESCHAL

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)

1b. Observes that, with reference to the multifunctional role of forests, all aspects need to be promoted: the protective function of forests as a habitat for countless animal and plant species, the utility function of forests as sources of wood and other products, the protective function of forests for flora and fauna; stresses that the ecological, economic and social functions of forests must be considered in conjunction with one another;

2020/04/30
Committee: ENVI

2019/2157(INI)

Christine SCHNEIDER, Hildegard BENTELE, Marlene MORTLER, Jens GIESEKE, Alexander BERNHUBER, Christian DOLESCHAL

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 c (new)

1c. Stresses the importance of the reorientation of forestry so as to adopt integrated forest management practices, thereby realising the existing potential of woodland by means of multifunctional active forestry with sustainable management;

2020/04/30
Committee: ENVI

2019/2157(INI)

Christine SCHNEIDER, Hildegard BENTELE, Marlene MORTLER, Jens GIESEKE, Alexander BERNHUBER, Christian DOLESCHAL

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Stresses the importance and the vital role of the forestry and wood cluster for protection of the climate; stresses that forestry and forestry services, as well as downstream processing operations, generate substantial economic activity, particularly in rural, structurally disadvantaged regions, thanks to their demand for further goods and services from other sectors;

2020/04/30
Committee: ENVI

2019/2157(INI)

Christine SCHNEIDER, Hildegard BENTELE, Marlene MORTLER, Jens GIESEKE, Alexander BERNHUBER, Christian DOLESCHAL

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. Notes that forests and other wooded areas cover at least 43 % of the surface of the EU and that the sector employs at least 500 000 people directly3 and 2.6 million indirectly4 in the EU4; 60% of forests, which are generally small-scale, are in private ownership; _________________ 3 Eurostat dDatabase on forestry, available at: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/web/forestry/d ata/database 4European Parliament fact sheet of May 2019 on the European Union and forests.

302/01/01
Committee: AGRI

2019/2157(INI)

Norbert LINS, Marlene MORTLER, Peter JAHR, Lena DÜPONT, Simone SCHMIEDTBAUER, Herbert DORFMANN, Christine SCHNEIDER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)

7a. Notes that over 10% of the EU's greenhouse gas emissions are stored by sustainably, actively-managed forests; larger areas of healthy forest mean increased CO2 sequestration, thus making them an effective instrument in the fight against climate change;

302/01/01
Committee: AGRI

2019/2157(INI)

Norbert LINS, Marlene MORTLER, Peter JAHR, Lena DÜPONT, Herbert DORFMANN, Christine SCHNEIDER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Acknowledges the crucial climate benefits of forests and the forest-based sector; highlights the need to further promote and increase CO2 sequestration in forests, and carbon storage in wood-based products ~~and the~~by means of active, subst~~itution of~~ainable forest management and to substitute fossil-based materials and energy;

302/01/01
Committee: AGRI

2019/2157(INI)

Norbert LINS, Marlene MORTLER, Peter JAHR, Lena DÜPONT, Herbert DORFMANN, Christine SCHNEIDER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)

8a. Therefore calls for the promotion of the circular use of wood products in order to foster resource-efficiency, waste reduction and an extension of the carbon life cycle with the aim of creating a sustainable bioeconomy;

302/01/01
Committee: AGRI

2019/2157(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. Notes that a uniform European approach to research is needed to tackle the impact of climate change on our forests; stresses the future importance of climate-resistant tree species and coordinated pest control;

2020/04/30
Committee: ENVI

2019/2157(INI)

Christine SCHNEIDER, Hildegard BENTELE, Marlene MORTLER, Jens GIESEKE, Alexander BERNHUBER, Christian DOLESCHAL

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)

5b. Calls for trade agreements to take account of the principle of sustainability with regard to timber imports, and for penalties to be applied in the event of infringements;

2020/04/30
Committee: ENVI

2019/2157(INI)

Christine SCHNEIDER, Norbert LINS, Lena DÜPONT, Marlene MORTLER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)

12a. Notes that safeguarding and sustainably managing our forests is a core part of our general well-being, as they are a home for public-interest activities in the field of leisure and health as well as education;

302/01/01
Committee: AGRI

2019/2157(INI)

Christine SCHNEIDER, Norbert LINS, Lena DÜPONT, Marlene MORTLER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17

17. Stresses that due to climate change, natural disturbances such as droughts, floods, storms, pest infestations, erosion and fires will occur more frequently, causing damage to forests in the EU; emphasises, in this context, the need to better prevent such events by making forests more resilient and climate- resistant, for example through research and innovation and by offering better support mechanisms for affected areas and properties, such as special disaster funds, so they can be restored;

2020/06/11
Committee: AGRI

2019/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17

17. Stresses that due to climate change, natural disturbances such as droughts, floods, storms, pest infestations, erosion and fires will occur more frequently, causing damage to forests in the EU, and that this will call for risk- and crisis- management tailored to each scenario in the future; emphasises, in this context, the need to better prevent such events by making forests more resilient, for example through research and innovation and by offering better support mechanisms for affected areas and properties so they can be restored;

2020/06/11
Committee: AGRI

2019/2157(INI)

Norbert LINS, Marlene MORTLER, Peter JAHR, Lena DÜPONT, Simone SCHMIEDTBAUER, Herbert DORFMANN, Christine SCHNEIDER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)

17a. Calls therefore on the Commission and the Member States to set up an emergency mechanism to ensure that, after damage occurs, less-valuable wood can be used in such a way that it helps foresters as well as contributing to climate protection;

2020/06/11
Committee: AGRI

2019/2157(INI)

Christine SCHNEIDER, Norbert LINS, Lena DÜPONT, Marlene MORTLER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20

20. Encourages the completion of the ongoing process to develop a non-end-use- driven sustainability approach with the close involvement of the Standing Forestry Committee and the Member States, building on the two-step approach of the recast Renewable Energy Directive; believes that the two-step approach could be used in other policies aiming to improve the sustainability of forestry and reward ecosystem-related achievements, in particular the socially-significant climate- related achievements of forests;

2020/06/11
Committee: AGRI

2019/2157(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)

23a. Calls for the import of illegally- acquired timber to be included in trade agreements, with sanctions to be imposed in the event of infringements;

2020/06/11
Committee: AGRI

2019/2157(INI)