15 Amendments of Delara BURKHARDT related to 2022/0196(COD)
Amendment 2222 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 3
Article 19 – paragraph 3
3. By … [OP: please insert the date of application of this Regulation], Member States shall have in place appropriate measures to avoid deterioration of surface and groundwater status as well as coastal and marine waters and allow achievement of good surface and groundwater status, to protect the aquatic environment and drinking water supplies from the impact of plant protection products and their relevant and non-relevant metabolites to achieve, at least, the objectives set out in Directives 2000/60/EC, 2006/118/EC, 2008/105/EC, 2008/56/EC and (EU) 2020/2184.
Amendment 2302 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 22 – paragraph 3
Article 22 – paragraph 3
3. Member States shall take all necessary measures regarding plant protection products authorised for non- professional users to prevent and, where prevention is not possible, to limit dangerous handling operations. Those measures may include measures relating to size limits for packaging or containers. Those measures may provide that nNon- professional users may only use low-risk plant protection products and other plant protection products that are in the form of ready to use formulations and measures for the use of safe closure or a locking device for packaging or containernon- chemical plant protection products.
Amendment 2309 #
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 advisorindependent advisor in accordance with Article 26 (2) 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 2315 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 a (new)
Article 23 a (new)
Article 23a Occupational Health and Safety Obligations arising from this Regulation for the use, storage and disposal of plant protection products shall apply without prejudice to the minimum health and safety requirements at the workplace, as laid down by, inter alia, Council Directive 89/391/EEC, Council Directive 89/656/EEC , Council Directive 98/24/EC , Directive 2004/37/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and Directive 2009/104/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council.
Amendment 2316 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 b (new)
Article 23 b (new)
Article 23b Monitoring of plant protection product residues 1. Member States shall put in place national measures and arrangements for carrying out appropriate health surveillance of farmers and farm workers using chemical plant protection products, assessing whether: (a) exposure to chemical plant protection product residues is within the limits established by the European Food Safety Authority in relation to non-dietary exposures and the potential impact on human health (i.e. development of diseases), in line with Article 10 of Directive 98/24/EC and the provisions of Directive 89/391/EEC; (b) examining the efficacy of mitigation measures and protection equipment. 2. Member States shall put in place measures for carrying out comprehensive environmental monitoring of plant protection product residues in water resources, groundwater, soil, air/dust and biota among others, assessing, inter alia, whether: (a) plant protection product residues exceed the predicted environmental concentrations or those that have the potential to cause harm to human health or that of other species, via environmental indicators and methods such as farmland birds index, pollinators index, Insignia- bee, LUCAS of Soil Biodiversity and Pesticides; (b) mitigation measures are properly implemented. 3. If necessary, Member States shall propose readjustments to ensure that the use of plant protection products complies with the provisions of Article 4 of Regulation (EU) 1107/2009.
Amendment 2374 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 2
Article 25 – paragraph 2
2. Each Member State shall designate a competent and independent 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. Competent authority in each Member State shall be composed of independent experts, free from any conflict of interests.
Amendment 2418 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 10 a (new)
Article 25 – paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Member States shall ensure that employers provide training to workers using plant protection products and acting as professional users.
Amendment 2419 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 10 b (new)
Article 25 – paragraph 10 b (new)
Amendment 2472 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 3 – point a
Article 27 – paragraph 3 – point a
(a) the potential risks to human health and the environment through acute or chronic effects relating to the use of and exposure to plant protection products;
Amendment 2598 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 32
Article 32
Amendment 2621 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 33 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 33 – paragraph 1 – point c
(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).
Amendment 2707 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 40 – paragraph 6
Article 40 – paragraph 6
6. A delegated act adopted pursuant to Articles 10(6), 13(9), 21(3), 25(10), 29(5), 31(10) and 35(4) shall enter into force only if no objection has been expressed either by the European Parliament or the Council within a period of two months of notification of that act to the European Parliament and the Council or if, before the expiry of that period, the European Parliament and the Council have both informed the Commission that they will not object. That period shall be extended by two months at the initiative of the European Parliament or of the Council.
Amendment 2766 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point 1
Annex I – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point 1
1. The methodology shall be based on statistics on the quantities of chemical active substances placed on the market in plant protection products under Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009, provided to the Commission (Eurostat) under Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 1185/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council91 in combination with the mean application rates of chemical active substances based on their representative uses, which have been evaluated under Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009. __________________ 91 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 2804 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point 1
Annex I – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point 1
1. The methodology shall be based on statistics on the quantities of active substances placed on the market in plant protection products under Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009, provided to the Commission under Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 1185/2009 in combination with the mean application rates of chemical active substances based on their representative uses, which have been evaluated under Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009.
Amendment 2815 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3 – subheading 1 – point 2
Annex I – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3 – subheading 1 – point 2
2. The trend at national level shall be calculated using national statistics on the quantities of chemical active substances as defined in point 3 of Article 3 of this Regulation placed on the market in plant protection products under Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009, provided to the Commission under Annex I (Statistics on the placing on the market of pesticides) to Regulation (EC) No 1185/2009 in combination with the mean application rates of chemical active substances based on their representative uses, which have been evaluated under Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009.