Activities of Marlene MORTLER related to 2022/0196(COD)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the sustainable use of plant protection products and amending Regulation (EU) 2021/2115
Amendments (244)
Amendment 40 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 49 a (new)
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;
Amendment 41 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 49 b (new)
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;
Amendment 42 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 49 c (new)
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;
Amendment 43 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 49 d (new)
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;
Amendment 104 #
Proposal for a regulation
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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].
Amendment 274 #
Proposal for a regulation
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– The European Parliament rejects the Commission proposal.
Amendment 296 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3
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.
Amendment 317 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1
This Regulation lays down rules for the sustainable use of plant protection products by providing for the setting, and achievement by 2030[OP: please insert the date – 10 years after the date of application of this Regulation], of reduction targets for the use and risk of chemical plant protection products, establishing requirements for use, storage, sale and disposal of plant protection products and for application equipment, providing for training and awareness raising, and providing for implementation of integrated pest management.
Amendment 332 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8
Recital 8
Amendment 344 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9
Recital 9
Amendment 353 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10 a (new)
Recital 10 a (new)
Amendment 366 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 15
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 15
Amendment 374 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12
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 bindingMember 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.
Amendment 376 #
Amendment 386 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13
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.
Amendment 389 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 16 – point c
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 16 – point c
Amendment 394 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 16 – point d
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 16 – point d
Amendment 398 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 16 – point e
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 16 – point e
Amendment 404 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 16 – point f
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 16 – point f
Amendment 412 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14
Recital 14
(14) Member States should draft and publish national action plans. In order for the Member State national action plans to be effective, they should contain quantitative objectives, references to binding national 2030 reduction targets as set out in national law, together with related indicative targets set out in the national action plans, measures, timetables and indicators to reduce risks and impacts of pesticide use on human health and the environment. This will allow for a structured approach to the setting of quantitative objectives and targets, with a clear link to the national 2030 reduction targets. In order to monitor compliance with the provisions of this Regulation, Member States should also be required to report annually on targets and precise quantitative data relating to compliance with provisions on use, training, application equipment and integrated pest management.
Amendment 419 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14 a (new)
Recital 14 a (new)
(14a) The current provision in the Article 34 of the Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council grants an exemption from supplying, in support of the authorisation application, the relevant tests and study reports to applicants who demonstrate that data protection period for a plant protection product has expired. Such provision does not incentivise investments in new technologies that could contribute to reaching the Union 2030 reduction targets. Approval processes for technological innovations in the EU should benefit from the "fast track" procedure in order to provide professional users with the broader range of solutions on the one side and faster reduction of the plant protection product use on the use on the other. Plant protection products with the proven reduction of the dose rates of the active substance should be evaluated as a priority.
Amendment 428 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15
Recital 15
(15) In order to achieve the Union-wide reduction targets (‘Union 2030 reduction targets’) as well as national 2030 reduction targets, it is necessary to increase the availability and use of effective and affordable biological control and other non-chemical alternatives. Availability of these effective and affordable alternatives will incentivise the adoption of low pesticide-input pest management practices such as organic and agroecological farming.
Amendment 451 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – title
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
Amendment 463 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1
Article 4 – paragraph 1
Amendment 465 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 20
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.
Amendment 476 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 20 a (new)
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.
Amendment 483 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 22
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.
Amendment 487 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – title
Article 5 – title
Member States 2030 [OP: please insert the date – 10 years after the date of application of this Regulation] reduction targets for chemical plant protection products
Amendment 490 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 23
Recital 23
Amendment 494 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
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:
Amendment 507 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point a
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 targetwith a flexibility of 10% (‘national [OP: please insert the date – 10 years after the date of application of this Regulation] target range 1’);
Amendment 513 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point b
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 targetwith a flexibility of 10% (‘national [OP: please insert the date – 10 years after the date of application of this Regulation] target range 2’).
Amendment 515 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 25
Recital 25
(25) Use of plant protection products may have particularly negative impacts in certain areas that are frequently used by the general public or by vulnerable groups, communities in which people live and work and ecologically sensitive areas, such as Natura 2000 sites protected in accordance with Directive 2009/147/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council67 and Council Directive 92/43/EEC68 . If plant protection products are used in areas used by the general public, the possibility of exposure of humans to such plant protection products is high. In order to protect human health and the environment, the use of plant protection products in sensitive areas and within 3 metres of such areas, should therefore be prohibited. Derogations from the prohibition should only be allowed under certain conditions and on a case-by-case basibe allowed under certain conditions, defined by this Regulation and the Member States. __________________ 67 Directive 2009/147/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 November 2009 on the conservation of wild birds (OJ L 20, 26.1.2010, p. 7). 68 Council Directive 92/43/EEC of 21 May 1992 on the conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora (OJ L 206, 22.7.1992, p. 7).
Amendment 521 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
For the purposes of this Regulation, the two national reduction targets listed in points (a) and (b) of the first subparagraph, are collectively referred to as the ‘national 2030[OP: please insert the date – 10 years after the date of application of this Regulation] reduction targets’.
Amendment 528 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2
Article 5 – paragraph 2
Amendment 536 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 3
Article 5 – paragraph 3
Amendment 567 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1
Article 5 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1
A Member State may reduce its national target for the use and risk of chemical 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 the use and risk 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.
Amendment 577 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2 – point a
Article 5 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2 – point a
Amendment 584 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2 – point b
Article 5 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2 – point b
(b) 50% where a Member State’s weighted intensity of use and risk of chemical plant protection products during the average of the years 20151, 20162 and 20173 is between 70% and 140% of the Union average;
Amendment 592 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 38
Recital 38
(38) Statistical data on plant protection products collected in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1185/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council74 should be used in calculating these harmonised risk indicators and progress towards achieving binding Union and national targets based on the Farm to Fork Strategy. Given that pesticide use fluctuates between years depending, in particular, on the weather, a three year baseline period is appropriate to take account of such fluctuations. The baseline period for the calculation of harmonised risk indicators 1 and 2 is 2011– 2013, as this was the first three year period for which data was received by the Commission under Regulation (EC) No 1185/2009 and coincides with the entry into force of Directive 2009/128/EC. The baseline period for the calculation of progress towards the Union 2030 reduction targets is 2015–2017, as this was the three most recent years for which data was available at the time of the announcement of the Farm to Fork Strategy. The baseline period for the calculation of a new harmonised risk indicator 2a is 2022–2024, as this will be the first three year period for which data on the areas treated under each authorisation for an emergency situation in plant protection will be available. __________________ 74 Regulation (EC) No 1185/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 November 2009 concerning statistics on pesticides (OJ L 324, 10.12.2009, p. 1).
Amendment 594 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2 – point c
Article 5 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2 – point c
(c) 65% where a Member State’s weighted intensity of use and risk of chemical plant protection products during the average of the years 20151, 20162 and 20173 is more than 140% of the Union average.
Amendment 600 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 3 – point a
Article 5 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 3 – point a
(a) where a Member State has achieved a greater reduction in the use and risk of chemical 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;
Amendment 601 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 39
Recital 39
(39) For the moment, the only robust statistical data available at Union level relating to the marketing and use of plant protection products are the statistics on the quantities of active substances in plant protection products placed on the market, and the data on the number of authorisations for emergency situations in plant protection granted under Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009. Those statistics are used in the calculation of harmonised risk indicators 1 and 2 under Directive 2009/128/EC and in calculating progress towards the binding Union 2030 reduction targets and nationalUnion 2030 reduction targets based on the Farm to Fork Strategy. The new harmonised risk indicator 2a will be calculated using statistics on the number of authorisations for emergency situations in plant protection, the properties of the active substances in plant protection products subject to these authorisations, and the areas treated under these authorisations to better quantify the risks arising from authorisations for emergency situations in plant protection.
Amendment 607 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 3 – point b
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%.
Amendment 610 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 4
Article 5 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 4
Amendment 616 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 1
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.
Amendment 624 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 43
Recital 43
Amendment 624 #
(a) 35% where a Member State’s intensity of use of the more hazardous plant protection products during the average of the years 20151, 20162 and 20173 is less than 70% of the Union average;
Amendment 626 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 43
Recital 43
(43) In order to enforce the obligations set out in this Regulation, Member States shouldmay 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.
Amendment 633 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 2 – point b
Article 5 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 2 – point b
(b) 50% where a Member State’s intensity of use of the more hazardous plant protection products during the average of the years 20151, 20162 and 20173 is between 70% and 140% of the Union average;
Amendment 637 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 45
Recital 45
Amendment 643 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 2 – point c
Article 5 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 2 – point c
(c) 65% where a Member State’s intensity of use of the more hazardous plant protection products during the average of the years 20151, 20162 and 20173 is more than 140% of the Union average.
Amendment 645 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 48
Recital 48
Amendment 647 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 3 – point a
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;
Amendment 654 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 3 – point b
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%.
Amendment 657 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 4
Article 5 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 4
Amendment 662 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 7
Article 5 – paragraph 7
Amendment 671 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 8
Article 5 – paragraph 8
Amendment 678 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 9
Article 5 – paragraph 9
Amendment 686 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 10
Article 5 – paragraph 10
(10.) If a Member State fails to adopt a national 2030 reduction targettarget range for [OP: please insert the date – 10 years after application of this Regulation], by … [OJ: please insert the date – 6 months after the date of application of this Regulation], that target shall be deemed to be either 50%; or, where the percentage would be above 50% in accordance with paragraph 5 or paragraph 6, that higher percentage.
Amendment 697 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1
Article 6 – paragraph 1
Amendment 704 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2
Article 6 – paragraph 2
Amendment 710 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 3
Article 6 – paragraph 3
Amendment 717 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 4
Article 6 – paragraph 4
Amendment 728 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 6
Article 6 – paragraph 6
Amendment 733 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 7
Article 6 – paragraph 7
Amendment 742 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 8
Article 6 – paragraph 8
Amendment 755 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – title
Article 7 – title
Publication of Union and national 2030 reduction tartrends in Union reduction targets and national target rangets trends by the Commission for ... [OP: please insert the date - 10 years after the date of application of this Regulation]
Amendment 760 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1
Article 7 – paragraph 1
Amendment 769 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 3
Article 7 – paragraph 3
Amendment 783 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point a
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point a
Amendment 793 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point b
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point b
Amendment 799 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point c
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point c
Amendment 805 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point d
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point d
Amendment 835 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point i
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point i
(i) other planned and adopted measures to support, or ensure through binding requirements laid down in national law, the sustainable use of plant protection products in line with integrated pest management principles, including those contained in crop-specific rules as set out in Article 15(1).
Amendment 850 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 4
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 4
Amendment 857 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 5
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 5
Amendment 864 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 2
Article 8 – paragraph 2
Amendment 868 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 3
Article 8 – paragraph 3
Amendment 869 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 4
Article 8 – paragraph 4
Amendment 874 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9
Article 9
Amendment 881 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1
Article 9 – paragraph 1
Amendment 886 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point a
Amendment 889 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point b
Amendment 893 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point c
Amendment 896 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point d
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point d
Amendment 907 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 2
Article 9 – paragraph 2
Amendment 912 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point a
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point a
Amendment 919 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point b
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point b
Amendment 923 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 3
Article 9 – paragraph 3
Amendment 925 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 3 – point a
Article 9 – paragraph 3 – point a
Amendment 929 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 3 – point b
Article 9 – paragraph 3 – point b
Amendment 933 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 4
Article 9 – paragraph 4
Amendment 937 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10
Article 10
Annual progress and implementation 1. By 31 August every year, but not sooner than [OP: please insert the date – 30 months after the date of application of this Regulation], each Member State shall submit to the Commission an annual progress and implementation report containing the information listed in Annex II. 2. The annual progress and implementation report shall include: (a) all trends in progress towards achieving the national 2030 reduction targets as set out in Part 1 of Annex II, calculated in accordance with the methodology set out in Annex I as the difference between the average of the years 2015-2017 and the year ending 20 months prior to the publication; (b) all trends in progress towards achieving national indicative targets set out in Article 9(2), point (a), Article 9(3), point (a), and Article 9(4) ), calculated annually as the difference between the extent of use in the 3 calendar years preceding the adoption of the national action plan in accordance with Article 9(1) and the calendar year ending 20 months prior to the publication of the relevant annual progress and implementation report; (c) all other quantitative data in relation to implementation of this Regulation as set out in Part 2 of Annex II; (d) the outcome of the evaluation of the results of each harmonised risk indicator carried out in accordance with Article 36(1); (e) all trends in progress towards achieving an increase in the utilised agricultural area under organic farming referred to in Article 8(1), point (d). 3. Each Member State shall publish its annual progress and implementation report on a website and inform the Commission thereof. 4. The Commission may request a Member State to include further details in its annual progress and implementation report. Within 2 months of receipt of the Commission’s request, the Member State concerned shall respond to the request and shall publish its response on the website referred to in paragraph 3. 5. The Commission shall publish annual progress and implementation reports of the Member States on a website. 6. The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 40 amending Annex II in order to take into account data relevant to the sustainable use of plant protection products.rticle 10 deleted reports
Amendment 940 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 1
Article 10 – paragraph 1
Amendment 944 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 2
Article 10 – paragraph 2
Amendment 947 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – point a
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – point a
Amendment 955 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – point b
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – point b
Amendment 958 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – point c
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – point c
Amendment 960 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – point d
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – point d
Amendment 961 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – point e
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – point e
Amendment 964 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 3
Article 10 – paragraph 3
Amendment 969 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
Article 10 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
Amendment 972 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2
Article 10 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2
Amendment 974 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 5
Article 10 – paragraph 5
Amendment 977 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 6
Article 10 – paragraph 6
Amendment 984 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1
Article 11 – paragraph 1
Amendment 988 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – point a
Amendment 992 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – point b
Amendment 997 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 2
Article 11 – paragraph 2
Amendment 998 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 3
Article 11 – paragraph 3
Amendment 1003 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 4
Article 11 – paragraph 4
Amendment 1006 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 5
Article 11 – paragraph 5
Amendment 1009 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 5 – point a
Article 11 – paragraph 5 – point a
Amendment 1010 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 5 – point b
Article 11 – paragraph 5 – point b
Amendment 1012 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 6
Article 11 – paragraph 6
Amendment 1018 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 7
Article 11 – paragraph 7
Amendment 1029 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) by applying Article 13the integrated pest management framework where no crop- specific rulguidelines have been adopted for the relevant crop and area in accordance with Article 15 by the Member State in which they operate;
Amendment 1034 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) by applying crop-specific rulguidelines adopted by the Member State in which they operate for the relevant crop and area in accordance with Article 15 and performing the actions set out in Article 13(8).
Amendment 1044 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 2
Article 12 – paragraph 2
2. Advisors shall provide advice that is consistent with the applicable crop- specific rulguidelines and with integrated pest management.
Amendment 1050 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1
Article 13 – paragraph 1
Amendment 1069 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
Article 13 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
Amendment 1092 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Article 13 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Where a professional user has not appliedtaken 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 thereofreasons for that shall be given. The plan shall be renewed every three years.
Amendment 1107 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 4 – introductory part
Article 13 – paragraph 4 – introductory part
4. Professional users shall use biological controls, physical and other non- chemical methods. Professional users mayshall only use chemical methods if they are necessary to achieve acceptable levels of harmful organism control afterif all other non- chemical methods as set out in paragraphs 1, 2 and 3 have been exhausted and whereor any of the following conditions has been satisfied:
Amendment 1118 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 4 – point b
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.
Amendment 1121 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 5
Article 13 – paragraph 5
Amendment 1132 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 6 – point b
Article 13 – paragraph 6 – point b
Amendment 1133 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 6 – point d
Article 13 – paragraph 6 – point d
Amendment 1135 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 7 – subparagraph 2
Article 13 – paragraph 7 – subparagraph 2
Amendment 1137 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 8
Article 13 – paragraph 8
Amendment 1150 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 1
Article 14 – paragraph 1
Amendment 1164 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 2
Article 14 – paragraph 2
Amendment 1169 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 3
Article 14 – paragraph 3
3. A professional user shall enter an electronic record of each application of a plant protection product under Article 67 of Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 in the electronic integrated pest management and plant protection product use register referred to in Article 16. A professional user shall also enter an electronic record specifying whether the application was done by aerial or land- based equipment. In the case of aerial application, a professional user shall specify the type of equipment used.
Amendment 1173 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 4
Article 14 – paragraph 4
4. In order to ensure a uniform structure of the entries to be made by professional users in the electronic integrated pest management and plant protection product use register in accordance with paragraphs 1, 2 and 3, the Commission may, by means of implementing acts, adopt a standard template for such entries. Any such template shall include fields for inputting records that need to be kept in accordance with Article 67 of Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 and shall require the use of a recognisable ID. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 41(2).
Amendment 1182 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 1
Article 15 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall adopt agronomic requirements based on integrated pest management controls that must be adhered to when growing or storing a particular crop and are designed to ensure that chemical crop protection is only used after all other non-chemical methods have been exhausted and when a threshold for intervention is reached (‘crop-specific rulguidelines’). The crop-specific rulguidelines shall implementtemise the principles of integrated pest management, set out in Article 13, for the relevant crop and be set out in a binding legal act.
Amendment 1190 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 15 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Member States shall establish appropriate incentives to prompt professional users to implement crop- or sector-specific guidelines for integrated pest management on a voluntary basis. Public authorities or organisations representing particular professional users may draw up such guidelines. Member States shall refer to those guidelines that they consider relevant and appropriate in their National Action Plans.
Amendment 1196 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 2
Article 15 – paragraph 2
2. Each Member State shall designate a competent authority responsible for ensuring that the crop-specific rulguidelines are scientifically robust and comply with this Article.
Amendment 1197 #
Amendment 1208 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 4
Article 15 – paragraph 4
Amendment 1222 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 5
Article 15 – paragraph 5
Amendment 1232 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 6 – introductory part
Article 15 – paragraph 6 – introductory part
6. The crop-specific rulguidelines shall convertidentify, for individual crops, the requirements of integrated pest management laid down in Article 13 into verifiable criteria by, among others, spec, clarifying the following inter alia:
Amendment 1241 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 6 – point b
Article 15 – paragraph 6 – point b
(b) the non-chemical interventions involving cultural, physical and biological control which are effective against the harmful organisms referred to in point (a) and qualitative criteria or conditions under which these interventions are tomay be made;
Amendment 1243 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 6 – point c
Article 15 – paragraph 6 – point c
Amendment 1250 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 6 – point d
Article 15 – paragraph 6 – point d
Amendment 1256 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 6 – point e
Article 15 – paragraph 6 – point e
Amendment 1272 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 6 – point f
Article 15 – paragraph 6 – point f
(f) the measurable criteria or conditions under which more hazardous plant protection products may bare used after all other means of control that do not require the use of chemical plant protection products have been exhausted.;
Amendment 1287 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 7
Article 15 – paragraph 7
7. Each Member State shall review its crop-specific rules annuallyguidelines every three years and update them where necessary, including when it is needed to reflect changes in the availability of harmful organism control tools.
Amendment 1289 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 8
Article 15 – paragraph 8
Amendment 1301 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 9
Article 15 – paragraph 9
Amendment 1312 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 10
Article 15 – paragraph 10
(10.) A Member State with significant climatic or agronomic differences between regions, shall adopt crop-specific rulguidelines for each of those regions.
Amendment 1315 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 11
Article 15 – paragraph 11
(11.) Each Member State shall publish all of its crop-specific rulguidelines on a single website.
Amendment 1321 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 13
Article 15 – paragraph 13
(13.) By … [OP: please insert the date = the first day of the month following 7 years after the date of entry into force of this Regulation], the Commission shall submit a report to the European Parliament and the Council on the adoption and enforcement ofsubmission of the crop- specific rulguidelines in the Member States and the compliance of those rulguidelines with Article 15.
Amendment 1325 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – title
Article 16 – title
Electronic integrated pest management and plant protection product use register
Amendment 1329 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 16 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Each Member State shall designate a competent authority or competent authorities to establish and maintain an electronic integrated pest management and plant protection product use register or registers.
Amendment 1333 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – introductory part
Article 16 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – introductory part
The electronic integrated pest management and plant protection product use register or registers shall contain all of the following information for a period of at least 3 years from date of entry:
Amendment 1335 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point a
Article 16 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point a
Amendment 1338 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point b
Article 16 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point b
Amendment 1343 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point c
Article 16 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point c
Amendment 1393 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 1
Article 18 – paragraph 1
Amendment 1404 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 2
Article 18 – paragraph 2
Amendment 1417 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 4
Article 18 – paragraph 4
Amendment 1426 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 5
Article 18 – paragraph 5
Amendment 1432 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 6
Article 18 – paragraph 6
Amendment 1444 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 7
Article 18 – paragraph 7
Amendment 1452 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 8
Article 18 – paragraph 8
Amendment 1471 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19
Article 19
Amendment 1583 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 1
Article 24 – paragraph 1
Amendment 1593 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 2
Article 24 – paragraph 2
Amendment 1601 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 3
Article 24 – paragraph 3
Amendment 1607 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 5
Article 24 – paragraph 5
Amendment 1613 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 6
Article 24 – paragraph 6
Amendment 1628 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 2
Article 25 – paragraph 2
Amendment 1638 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 4 – point b
Article 25 – paragraph 4 – point b
Amendment 1647 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 4 – point f
Article 25 – paragraph 4 – point f
Amendment 1672 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – title
Article 26 – title
Amendment 1675 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 1
Article 26 – paragraph 1
1. Each Member State shall designate a competent authority to establish, oversee and monitor the operation of a system of independenexpert 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 regulationshall comprise advisors trained in accordance with Article 25.
Amendment 1677 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 2
Article 26 – paragraph 2
Amendment 1684 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 3
Article 26 – paragraph 3
Amendment 1693 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 4 – introductory part
Article 26 – paragraph 4 – introductory part
4. An expert advisor referred to in paragraph 3 shall provide strategic advice on the following subjects:
Amendment 1825 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 33
Article 33
Amendment 1837 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 34 – paragraph 1
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.
Amendment 1845 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 34 – paragraph 2
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 2030Union 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.
Amendment 1854 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 35 – paragraph 4
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).
Amendment 1858 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 36 – paragraph 1
Article 36 – paragraph 1
1. Each Member State shall evaluate the results of each calculation of (a) progress towards achieving each of the two national 2030 reduction... [OP: please insert the date – 10 years after the date of application of this Regulation] corridor targets as referred to in Article 34 and (b) harmonised risk indicators at Member State level, as referred to in Article 35, each time the calculations are performed.
Amendment 2158 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 4
Article 18 – paragraph 4
Amendment 2167 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 5
Article 18 – paragraph 5
Amendment 2172 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 6
Article 18 – paragraph 6
Amendment 2180 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 7
Article 18 – paragraph 7
Amendment 2186 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 8
Article 18 – paragraph 8
Amendment 2202 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19
Article 19
Amendment 2203 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 1
Article 19 – paragraph 1
Amendment 2214 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 19 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Plant protection products may not be applied to bodies of water, with the exception of small bodies of water of minor importance for water management purposes, within 10 metres of the water body concerned, measured from the upper edge of the bank or, if there is no upper edge, from the mean water level line. By way of derogation from the first sentence, the minimum distance to be maintained shall be five metres if there is closed year- round vegetation cover. Tillage for vegetation renewal may be carried out once within five-year periods. The first five-year period shall start at XXX (to be inserted). If, when a given plant protection product is authorised, application-related provisions are laid down as regards greater distances or the plant protection equipment to be used, this shall be without prejudice to the obligation to comply with these provisions. The first to the fourth sentences shall not apply where a Member State has adopted or adopts provisions laying down different distances from bodies of water.
Amendment 2216 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 1 b (new)
Article 19 – paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. The competent authority may authorise derogations from the first and second sentences of paragraph 1 in order to prevent significant agricultural, forestry-related or other economic harm or to protect native fauna and flora, in particular against invasive species.
Amendment 2266 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 1
Article 21 – paragraph 1
1. Where certain categories of unmanned aircraft fulfil the criteria set out in paragraph 2, a Member State may exempt aAerial application by such unmanned aircraft from the prohibition laid down in Article 20(1) prior to any aerialwill not be prohibited for targeted application of plant protection products.
Amendment 2270 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 2
Article 21 – paragraph 2
Amendment 2291 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 3
Article 21 – paragraph 3
3. The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 40 supplementing this Regulation to specify precise criteria in relation to the factors set out in paragraph 2 once technical progress and scientific developments allow for the development of such precise criteriatechnical qualifications, use or training.
Amendment 2313 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 1
Article 23 – paragraph 1
Advice on the use of a plant protection product to a professional user may only be given by an advisor for whom a training certificate has been issued for following courses for advisors in accordance with Article 25 or who has a proof of entry in a central electronic register for following such courses in accordance with Article 25(5).
Amendment 2324 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 1
Article 24 – paragraph 1
1. A distributor shall only sell a plant protection product authorised for professional use to a purchaser or his or her representative when that distributor has checked, at the time of purchase, that the purchaser or representative is a professional user and holds 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).
Amendment 2328 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 1
Article 24 – paragraph 1
1. A distributor shall only sell a plant protection product authorised for professional use to a purchaser or his or her representative when that distributor has checked, at the time of purchase, that the purchaser or representative is a professional user and holds 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).
Amendment 2330 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 2
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).
Amendment 2334 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 2
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).
Amendment 2335 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 3
Article 24 – paragraph 3
Amendment 2344 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 5
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.
Amendment 2347 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 5
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.
Amendment 2348 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 6
Article 24 – paragraph 6
Amendment 2375 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 2
Article 25 – paragraph 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 andand for overseeing that the tasks referred to in paragraph 1 are carried out by the body that provided the training.
Amendment 2378 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 2
Article 25 – paragraph 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 overseeing that the tasks referred to in paragraph 1 are carried out by the body that provided the training.
Amendment 2381 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 4 – introductory part
Article 25 – paragraph 4 – introductory part
4. A training certificate or an entry in a central electronic register shall contain the following information:
Amendment 2384 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 4 – point b
Article 25 – paragraph 4 – point b
Amendment 2393 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 4 – point f
Article 25 – paragraph 4 – point f
Amendment 2396 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 4 – point g
Article 25 – paragraph 4 – point g
(g) the validity period of the training certificate or entry in the central electronic register.
Amendment 2400 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 5
Article 25 – paragraph 5
5. A competent authority designated in accordance with paragraph 2 shall provide electronica proof of entry in a central electronic register to a professional user, distributor or advisor at the time the entry is made. Such electronic proof shall include a record of the period of validity of the entry in the central electronic register.
Amendment 2408 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 6
Article 25 – paragraph 6
6. A training certificate or an entry in a central electronic register shall be valid for 10 years in the case of a distributor or professional user and for 5 years in the case of an advisor.
Amendment 2411 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 7
Article 25 – paragraph 7
7. Subject to paragraph 6, a training certificate or an entry in a central electronic register shall only be made or renewed if the holder of the certificate or the person whose name has been entered in the central electronic register demonstrates satisfactory completion of an initial and follow up training or extensive training referred to in paragraph 1, point (a) or (c).
Amendment 2415 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 9
Article 25 – paragraph 9
9. A competent authority designated in accordance with paragraph 2 or an appointed body referred to in paragraph 1 shall withdraw a training certificate if it was incorrectly issued or renewed or shall correct an entry in the central electronic register if it was incorrectly introduced.
Amendment 2422 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – title
Article 26 – title
Amendment 2423 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 1
Article 26 – paragraph 1
1. Each Member State shall designate a competent authority to establish, oversee and monitor the operation of a system of independenexpert 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 regulationshall comprise advisors trained in accordance with Article 25.
Amendment 2426 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 2
Article 26 – paragraph 2
Amendment 2433 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 3
Article 26 – paragraph 3
Amendment 2440 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 4 – introductory part
Article 26 – paragraph 4 – introductory part
Amendment 2523 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29
Article 29
Amendment 2525 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – title
Article 29 – title
Amendment 2530 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 1
Article 29 – paragraph 1
1. By … [OP please insert the date = first day of the month following 9 months after the date of entry into force of this Regulation], an owner of application equipment in professional use shall enter the fact that he or she is the owner of the application equipment in the electronic register of application equipment in professional use referred to in Article 33, using the form set out in Annex V, unless the Member State in which the owner uses the equipment has exempted that equipment from inspection in accordance with Article 32(3).
Amendment 2536 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 2
Article 29 – paragraph 2
2. If application equipment in professional use is sold, the seller and the buyer shall enter the fact of the sale, within 30 days after the sale, in the electronic register of application equipment in professional use referred to in Article 33, using the form set out in Annex V, unless the application equipment in professional use has been exempted from inspection in the relevant Member State(s) in accordance with Article 32(3). A similar obligation to enter a transfer of ownership in the electronic register applies in the case of any other changes of ownership of application equipment in professional use that has not been exempted from inspection in the relevant Member State(s) in accordance with Article 32(3).
Amendment 2539 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 3
Article 29 – paragraph 3
3. If application equipment in professional use is withdrawn from use and is not intended to be used again, its owner shall, within 30 days after the withdrawal from use, enter the fact that the equipment has been withdrawn from use in the electronic register of application equipment in professional use referred to in Article 33, using the form set out in Annex V.
Amendment 2541 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 4
Article 29 – paragraph 4
Amendment 2544 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 30 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point a
Article 30 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point a
(a) establish and maintain a central electronic register to record information on all application equipment in professional use in the Member State;
Amendment 2550 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 30 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point b
Article 30 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point b
(b) use the central electronic register to receive and process third party entries regarding ownership, transfer of ownership, sale, withdrawal from use and return to use of application equipment in professional use;
Amendment 2569 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 30 – paragraph 3
Article 30 – paragraph 3
Amendment 2574 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 30 – paragraph 4
Article 30 – paragraph 4
Amendment 2585 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 31 – paragraph 6
Article 31 – paragraph 6
6. The results of each inspection for which application equipment in professional use passes the test shall be recorded by the competent authority referred to in Article 30 in the central electronic register of application equipment in professional use referred to in Article 33.
Amendment 2589 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 31 – paragraph 7 – point b
Article 31 – paragraph 7 – point b
(b) recorded by that competent authority in the central electronic register of application equipment in professional use referred to in Article 33.
Amendment 2611 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 32 – paragraph 4
Article 32 – paragraph 4
4. Application equipment in professional use that has been exempted from inspection in accordance with paragraph 3 shall not be subject to the requirement to make an entry in the electronic register referred to in Article 29 or the registration requirements referred to in Article 33.
Amendment 2613 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 33
Article 33
Amendment 2614 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 33
Article 33
Amendment 2615 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 33
Article 33
Amendment 2619 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 33 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 33 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. Each competent authority designated by a Member State pursuant to Article 30 shall establish and maintain a central electronic register to record:
Amendment 2638 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 34 – paragraph 1
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.
Amendment 2648 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 34 – paragraph 2
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 reduction and two national 2030 reduction targets annually until and including 2030... [OP: please insert the dates – 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.
Amendment 2662 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 35 – paragraph 4
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).
Amendment 2676 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 36 – paragraph 1
Article 36 – paragraph 1
1. Each Member State shall evaluate the results of each calculation of (a) progress towards achieving each of the two national 2030 reduction... [OP: please insert the date – 10 years after the date of application of this Regulation] corridor targets as referred to in Article 34 and (b) harmonised risk indicators at Member State level, as referred to in Article 35, each time the calculations are performed.
Amendment 2696 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 39 – paragraph 1
Article 39 – paragraph 1
Amendment 2838 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – Part 2 – paragraph 2 – point 10
Annex II – Part 2 – paragraph 2 – point 10
10. the percentage of professional users, advisors and distributors trained in the subjects listed in Annex III and holding a training certificate in accordance with Article 25 or who has a proof of entry in a central electronic register in accordance with Article 25(5), broken down by professional users, advisors and distributors;
Amendment 2847 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – Part 2 – paragraph 4 – point 15
Annex II – Part 2 – paragraph 4 – point 15
15. the percentage of utilised agricultural area in each Member State that is covered by crop-specific rules that have been made legally binding under national legislatioguidelines in its National action plan.