Activities of Sylvia LIMMER related to 2022/0196(COD)
Plenary speeches (2)
Sustainable use of plant protection products (debate)
Sustainable use of plant protection products (A9-0339/2023 - Sarah Wiener) (vote)
Amendments (212)
Amendment 103 #
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 Commission's 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.
Amendment 109 #
Proposal for a regulation
Citation 1
Citation 1
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 39(1) and Article 192(1) thereof,
Amendment 113 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1 a (new)
Recital 1 a (new)
(1a) The Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union defines the objectives of the Common Agricultural Policy as being (a) to increase agricultural productivity by promoting technical progress and by ensuring the rational development of agricultural production and the optimum utilisation of the factors of production, in particular labour; (b) thus to ensure a fair standard of living for the agricultural community, in particular by increasing the individual earnings of persons engaged in agriculture; (c) to stabilise markets; (d) to assure the availability of supplies; (e) to ensure that supplies reach consumers at reasonable prices.
Amendment 117 #
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. In its resolution of 16 February 2023 on the Commission communication on ensuring availability and affordability of fertilisers, the European Parliament stressed the need for an impact assessment comprehensively analysing the supply of nutrients to EU farming from mineral, organo-mineral and organic fertilisers, with a focus on ensuring the long-term objective of self-sufficiency in nutrient supply, since the current geopolitical situation poses a threat to global food security and food prices. _________________ 41 P8_TA(2019)0082, 12 February 2019. 42 P9_TA(2021)0425, 20 October 2021.
Amendment 125 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4
Recital 4
(4) In 2018, a study43 by the European Parliament Research Service (EPRS) found progress in many Member States but a limited overall achievement of the objectives of Directive 2009/128/EC. A 2020 special report44 from the European Court of Auditors (ECA) on the sustainable use of plant protection products found that there is limited progress in measuring and reducing the risks of plant protection product use and identified weaknesses in the current Union framework. As noted in its information report in relation to evaluation of Directive 2009/128/EC45, the European Economic and Social Committee also considers it essential to reassess the requirements, targets, conditions and timetables set under national action plans, and that lessons should be learned from the successive failures of the French Ecophyto and Ecophyto II plans, which led to a significant increase in pesticide use, though the aim was to reduce it drastically, in order to avoid homothetic and similar outcomes at EU level. _________________ 43 European Parliamentary Research Service, Directive 2009/128/EC on the sustainable use of pesticides – European Implementation Assessment, October 2018. 44 Sustainable use of plant protection products: limited progress in measuring and reducing risks, Special Report European Court of Auditors, ISBN: 978- 92- 847-4206-6, Publications Office of the European Union, Luxemburg, 2020. 45 European Economic and Social Committee, Evaluation on Directive on the Sustainable Use of Pesticides (Information report), adopted on 27 April 2021.
Amendment 130 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) In order to ensure full attainment of the objectives of the Union legal framework on sustainable use of plant protection products, it needs tobring about sustainable use of plant protection products with a view to food safety, the Union legal framework must be adapted by laying downestablishing clearer and more directly and easily applicable rules for operatorsbusinesses without creating an unreasonable or disproportionate burden and without jeopardising food safety. In addition, a number of rules should be clarified, including the rules on the application of integrated pest management, restrictions of use of plant protection products and the inspections of equipment used to apply plant protection products. It is therefore appropriate to repeal Directive 2009/128/EC and replace it with a regulation.
Amendment 134 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6 a (new)
Recital 6 a (new)
(6a) As there is no difference between ‘chemical’ and ‘biological’ pesticides, that distinction is being done away with here and in all relevant sections of the Regulation.
Amendment 139 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7
Recital 7
(7) The Commission Communication entitled ‘the European Green Deal’47 set out a roadmap of key measures, including legislative, to significantly reduce the use and risk of chemical pesticides. In the Farm to Fork Strategy48 , EU Biodiversity Strategy for 203049 and the Zero Pollution Action Plan50 , the Commission committed to take action, despite the lack of a thorough impact assessment, to reduce by 50% the overall use and risk from chemical pesticides by 2030 and reduce by 50% the use of more hazardous pesticides (plant protection products containing one or more active substances approved as candidates for substitution in accordance with Article 24 of Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council51 and listed in Part E of the Annex to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 540/201152 , or containing one or more active substances listed in the Annex to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/40853 ) by 2030. The sustainable use of plant protection products is also complementary to the promotion of organic farming and achieving the Farm to Fork Strategy target of at least 25% of the Union’s agricultural land under organic farming by 2030. It supports the objectives of the EU strategic framework on health and safety at work54 and thereby contributes to the implementation of principle 10 of the European Pillar of Social Rights on a healthy, safe and well- adapted work environment. _________________ 47 Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the European Council, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions, The European Green Deal, COM/2019/640 final. 48 Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions, A Farm to Fork Strategy for a fair, healthy and environmentally-friendly food system, COM/2020/381 final. 49 Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions, EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030 Bringing nature back into our lives, COM/2020/380 final. 50 Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions, ‘Pathway to a Healthy Planet for All – EU Aaction Pplan: 'Towards Zero Pollution for Air, Water and Soil'’, (COM(2021) 400 final). 51 Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 October 2009 concerning the placing of plant protection products on the market and repealing Council Directives 79/117/EEC and 91/414/EEC (OJ L 309, 24.11.2009, p. 1). 52 Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 540/2011 of 25 May 2011 implementing Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the list of approved active substances (OJ L 153, 11.6.2011, p. 1). 53 Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/408 of 11 March 2015 on implementing Article 80(7) of Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the placing of plant protection products on the market and establishing a list of candidates for substitution (OJ L 67, 12.3.2015, p. 18). 54 Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions, EU strategic framework on health and safety at work 2021-2027 Occupational safety and health in a changing world of work, COM/2021/323 final.
Amendment 151 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10
Recital 10
(10) In its conclusions of 19 October 202056, the Council of the European Union, when taking note of the Commission’s reduction targets for the use of pesticides set out in the Farm to Fork Strategy, pointed out that achieving those targets will require efforts from Member States and all stakeholders and intensive co- operation, consultation and collaboration. The Council also requested the Commission to ensure that these targets are Union targets to which all Member States must contribute through action at national level. The Council conclusions request such targets to be set taking into account achievements to date, as well as Member States' different starting points, circumstances and conditions. (10) Furthermore, in its decision of 9 December 2022 the Council requested the Commission to submit a study complementing the impact assessment for the proposal for a regulation, voicing its concern that the impact assessment accompanying the proposal did not take into account the possible long-term impacts of the proposed regulation on food security in the Union. The fact that the impact assessment was concluded before the war in Ukraine and the energy, fertilisers and food price crises further validates those concerns. The Council therefore considers that additional quantitative analysis on a number of indicators needs to be conducted in order to determine whether the assessment of the economic and social effects of the proposal needs to be adjusted. In particular, the Council considers that an additional analysis reflecting the Union’s agricultural production, the expected decrease in yields in the Union resulting from the reduction and restriction of the use of plant protection products and the potential dependence on food and feed imports should be carried out. The Council also considers that a more in- depth analysis of the situation of small and medium-sized enterprises and profitability along their supply chain would be necessary. _________________ 56 Brussels, 19 October 2020, 12099/20.
Amendment 161 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11
Recital 11
(11) BSo-called ‘biological’ control agents are amight sustainabley control alternative to the use of chemical products for themplement so- called ‘chemical’ control of harmful organisms. As noted in Council Decision (EU) 2021/110257, biological control agents have a growing importance in sustainable agriculture and forestry and have an instrumental role to play in the success of integrated pest management and organic farming. Access to biological controls facilitates moving away from chemicalmight make it easier to lessen dependence on the most sensitive plant protection products. It is appropriate to encourage farmers to switch to low input agricultural methods including organic farming. It is therefore appropriate to define the concept of biological control as a basis for Member States to set non- binding indicative targets to increase the percentage of crops on which biological control agents are used. _________________ 57 Council Decision (EU) 2021/1102 of 28 June 2021 requesting the Commission to submit a study on the Union’s situation and options regarding the introduction, evaluation, production, marketing and use of invertebrate biological control agents within the territory of the Union and a proposal, if appropriate in view of the outcomes of the study (OJ L 238, 6.7.2021, p. 81).
Amendment 193 #
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 204 #
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 biological control and other non-chemicacontrol alternatives. Availability of these alternatives will incentivise the adoption of low pesticide- input pest management practices such as organic farming.
Amendment 207 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16
Recital 16
(16) The implementation of policies and measures in the areas of sustainable use of plant protection products has an impact on food production, farmers’ incomes, the environment, public health and working conditions. Member States should therefore ensure that the public, stakeholders – farmers’ organisations in particular – and social partners are given sufficient opportunities to participate in and to be consulted on the preparation of Member State national action plans in accordance, where applicable, with Directive 2001/42/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council58 . _________________ 58 Directive 2001/42/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 June 2001 on the assessment of the effects of certain plans and programmes on the environment (OJ L 197, 21.7.2001, p. 30).
Amendment 212 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 18
Recital 18
(18) Economic instruments, including those under the CAP that provide support to farmers, can play a crucial role in the achievement of objectives relating to the sustainable use of plant protection products and, in particular, reducing the use of chemical plant protection products. Member States have to show in their national CAP Strategic Plans that their implementation of the CAP contributes to and supports other relevant Union legislation and their objectives, including objectives under this Regulation, as long as yields and food security are guaranteed, since the objective of the CAP is to ensure agricultural productivity while maintaining affordable prices.
Amendment 220 #
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 discourageprevent 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. It should be borne in mind that, as in the case of antimicrobials, the astute use of pesticides at the right dose and at an early stage can prevent further deterioration of an organism’s health and the development of resistance. ‘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.
Amendment 228 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 21
Recital 21
(21) To avoid unnecessary duplication, the Commission should establish a standard template for Member States to integrate records kept by professional users of actions taken in line with integrated pest management with those kept under Article 67 of Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009. In order to ensure a level playing field, products imported from third countries must be accompanied by identical documents.
Amendment 234 #
(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 CommissionMember States should verify their development, implementation and enforcement on the ground.
Amendment 236 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 23
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 preventativeIPM measures 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).
Amendment 237 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 25
Recital 25
Amendment 249 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 26
Recital 26
(26) The aquatic environment and drinking water supplies are especially sensitive to plant protection products. In order to protect the aquatic environmentClearly, the use of plant protection products in and around surface waters areas should therefore be prohibitedcannot be completely banned, but Member States are called on to invest in the latest generation of water treatment plants that filter micropollutants. Member States should have in place appropriate measures to avoid deterioration of surface and groundwater 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. In addition, it is important that professional users are trained in how to minimise or eliminate applications of certain plant protection products classified as “harmful to aquatic life with long lasting effects”, “very toxic to aquatic life with long lasting effects” or “toxic to aquatic life with long lasting effects”. It is also important that professional users are trained on the importance of giving preference to low risk plant protection products or non- chemical alternatives, use of drift reducing technology and risk mitigation measures.
Amendment 258 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 28
Recital 28
(28) It is however likely that certain unmanned aircraft (including drones) will allow for the targeted aerial application of plant protection products. Such unmanned aircraft are likely to help reduce the use of plant protection products due to targeted application and consequently help reduce the risks to human health and the environment compared to use of land- based application equipment, in particular to protect crops from problematic bioaggressors under certain conditions, i.e. biological (low disease pressure), vegetative (limited leaf volume and/or open growth), climatic (instable soils) and/or topographical (very steep slopes). It is therefore appropriate to set criteria in this Regulation for an exemption of certain unmanned aircraft from the prohibition of aerial application. It is also appropriate to defer the application of this exemption for 310 years given the current state of scientific uncertainty.
Amendment 262 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 29
Recital 29
(29) Handling of plant protection products, including storage, dilution and mixing of such products, cleaning of application equipment after use, recovery and disposal of tank mixtures and disposal of empty packaging and remnants of plant protection products may pose particular risks of exposure to humans and to the environment. Therefore it is appropriate to provide for specific measures addressing these activities. To the extent that the use, storage and disposal of plant protection products require compliance with minimum health and safety requirements at the workplace, those requirements are laid down by, inter alia, Council Directive 89/391/EEC69, Council Directive 89/656/EEC70, Council Directive 98/24/EC71, Directive 2004/37/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council72 and Directive 2009/104/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council73. _________________ 69 Council Directive 89/391/EEC of 12 June 1989 on the introduction of measures to encourage improvements in the safety and health of workers at work (OJ L 183, 29.6.1989, p. 1). 70 Council Directive 89/656/EEC of 30 November 1989 on the minimum health and safety requirements for the use by workers of personal protective equipment at the workplace (third individual directive within the meaning of Article 16 (1) of Directive 89/391/EEC) (OJ L 393, 30.12.1989, p. 18). 71 Council Directive 98/24/EC of 7 April 1998 on the protection of the health and safety of workers from the risks related to chemical agents at work (fourteenth individual Directive within the meaning of Article 16(1) of Directive 89/391/EEC) (OJ L 131, 5.5.1998, p. 11). 72 Directive 2004/37/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 on the protection of workers from the risks related to exposure to carcinogens or mutagens at work (Ssixth individual Ddirective within the meaning of Article 16(1) of Council Directive 89/391/EEC) (OJ L 158, 30.4.2004, p. 50). 73 Directive 2009/104/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 September 2009 concerning the minimum safety and health requirements for the use of work equipment by workers at work (second individual Directive within the meaning of Article 16(1) of Directive 89/391/EEC) (OJ L 260, 3.10.2009, p. 5).
Amendment 271 #
Proposal for a regulation
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– The European Parliament rejects the Commission proposal.
Amendment 277 #
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 281 #
Proposal for a regulation
Citation 1
Citation 1
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 39(1) and Article 192(1) thereof,
Amendment 286 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1 a (new)
Recital 1 a (new)
(1a) The Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union defines the objectives of the Common Agricultural Policy as being (a) to increase agricultural productivity by promoting technical progress and by ensuring the rational development of agricultural production and the optimum utilisation of the factors of production, in particular labour; (b) thus to ensure a fair standard of living for the agricultural community, in particular by increasing the individual earnings of persons engaged in agriculture; (c) to stabilise markets; (d) to assure the availability of supplies; (e) to ensure that supplies reach consumers at reasonable prices.
Amendment 295 #
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. In its resolution of 16 February 2023 on the Commission communication on ensuring availability and affordability of fertilisers, the European Parliament stressed the need for an impact assessment comprehensively analysing the supply of nutrients to EU farming from mineral, organo-mineral and organic fertilisers, with a focus on ensuring the long-term objective of self-sufficiency in nutrient supply, since the current geopolitical situation poses a threat to global food security and food prices; __________________ 41 P8_TA(2019)0082, 12 February 2019. 42 P9_TA(2021)0425, 20 October 2021.
Amendment 295 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 44
Recital 44
Amendment 303 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4
Recital 4
(4) In 2018, a study43 by the European Parliament Research Service (EPRS) found progress in many Member States but a limited overall achievement of the objectives of Directive 2009/128/EC. A 2020 special report44 from the European Court of Auditors (ECA) on the sustainable use of plant protection products found that there is limited progress in measuring and reducing the risks of plant protection product use and identified weaknesses in the current Union framework. As noted in its information report in relation to evaluation of Directive 2009/128/EC45, the European Economic and Social Committee also considers it essential to reassess the requirements, targets, conditions and timetables set under national action plans, and that lessons should be learned from the successive failures of the French Ecophyto and Ecophyto II plans, which led to a significant increase in pesticide use, though the aim was to reduce it drastically in order to avoid homothetic and similar outcomes at EU level. __________________ 43 European Parliamentary Research Service, Directive 2009/128/EC on the sustainable use of pesticides –European Implementation Assessment, October 2018. 44 Sustainable use of plant protection products: limited progress in measuring and reducing risks, Special Report European Court of Auditors, ISBN:978-92- 847-4206-6, Publications Office of the European Union, Luxemburg, 2020. 45 European Economic and Social Committee, Evaluation on Directive on the Sustainable Use of Pesticides (Information report), adopted on 27 April 2021.
Amendment 307 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) In order to ensure full attainment of the objectives of the Union legal framework on sustainable use of plant protection products, it needs tobring about sustainable use of plant protection products with a view to food safety, the Union legal framework must be adapted by laying downestablishing clearer and more directly and easily applicable rules for operatorsbusinesses without creating an unreasonable or disproportionate burden and without jeopardising food safety. In addition, a number of rules should be clarified, including the rules on the application of integrated pest management, restrictions of use of plant protection products and the inspections of equipment used to apply plant protection products. It is therefore appropriate to repeal Directive 2009/128/EC and replace it with a regulation.
Amendment 309 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 49
Recital 49
(49) The implementation of this Regulation by Member States will result in new and enhanced obligations for farmers and other pesticides users. Some of them constitute statutory management requirements and standards of good agricultural and environmental conditions of land as listed in Annex III to Regulation (EU) 2021/2115 of the European Parliament and of the Council78, which, in accordance with that Regulation, farmers must comply with to receive CAP payments, whereas other requirements, which go beyond the baseline of mandatory requirements, may be rewarded with additional payments under voluntary regimes like eco-schemes pursuant to Article 31 of Regulation (EU) 2021/2115. Article 31(5), points (a) and (b), and Article 70(3), points (a) and (b), of Regulation (EU) 2021/2115 provide that the CAP funding is only available for practices implemented under an eco- scheme or agri-environmental-climate commitment which go beyond the relevant statutory management requirements and the standards of good agricultural and environmental conditions of land established under that Regulation and the relevant minimum requirements for the use of fertiliser and plant protection products, animal welfare, as well as other relevant mandatory requirements established by national and Union law. Since farmers and other users need to be financially supported in their transition toward a more sustainable use of pesticides, Regulation (EU) 2021/2115 needs to be amended to allow the financing of requirements imposed in accordance with this Regulation during a transitional period. This exceptional option for Member States to provide additional funding for measures taken in implementing this Regulation should apply to any obligation for farmers and other users resulting from the application of this Regulation, including compulsory farming practices imposed by the crop-specific rules for integrated pest management. Further, pursuant to Article 73(5) of Regulation (EU) 2021/2115, investments by farmers to comply with new requirements imposed by Union law may be supported for a maximum of 2460 months from the date on which they become mandatory for the holding. Similarly, a longer transition period should be set out for investments complying with requirements imposed on farmers in accordance with this Regulation. Regulation (EU) 2021/2115 should therefore be amended accordingly. _________________ 78 Regulation (EU) 2021/2115 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 2 December 2021 establishing rules on support for strategic plans to be drawn up by Member States under the common agricultural policy (CAP Strategic Plans) and financed by the European Agricultural Guarantee Fund (EAGF) and by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) and repealing Regulations (EU) No 1305/2013 and (EU) No 1307/2013, (OJ L 435, 6.12.2021, p. 1).
Amendment 313 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1
This Regulation seeks to lays down rules for the sustainable use of plant protection products by providing for the setting, and achievement by 2030, 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.. The overriding priority is to ensure food security while respecting environmental principles
Amendment 317 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6 a (new)
Recital 6 a (new)
(6a) As there is no difference between ‘chemical’ and ‘biological’ pesticides, that distinction is being done away with here and in all relevant sections of the Regulation.
Amendment 327 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7
Recital 7
(7) The Commission Communication entitled ‘the European Green Deal’47 set out a roadmap of key measures, including legislative, to significantly reduce the use and risk of chemical pesticides. In the Farm to Fork Strategy48 , EU Biodiversity Strategy for 203049 and the Zero Pollution Action Plan50, the Commission, in spite of the lack of a thorough impact assessment, committed to take action to reduce by 50% the overall use and risk from chemical pesticides by 2030 and reduce by 50% the use of more hazardous pesticides (plant protection products containing one or more active substances approved as candidates for substitution in accordance with Article 24 of Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council51 and listed in Part E of the Annex to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 540/201152, or containing one or more active substances listed in the Annex to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/40853) by 2030. The sustainable use of plant protection products is also complementary to the promotion of organic farming and achieving the Farm to Fork Strategy target of at least 25% of the Union’s agricultural land under organic farming by 2030. It supports the objectives of the EU strategic framework on health and safety at work54 and thereby contributes to the implementation of principle 10 of the European Pillar of Social Rights on a healthy, safe and well- adapted work environment. __________________ 47 Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the European Council, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions The European Green Deal COM/2019/640 final. 48 Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions A Farm to Fork Strategy for a fair, healthy and environmentally-friendly food system (COM/2020/381 final). 49 Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions, EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030 Bringing nature back into our lives, COM/2020/380 final. 50 Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions, ‘Pathway to a Healthy Planet for All – EU action plan: Towards Zero Pollution for Air, Water and Soil’, COM(2021) 400 final. 51 Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 October 2009 concerning the placing of plant protection products on the market and repealing Council Directives 79/117/EEC and 91/414/EEC (OJ L 309, 24.11.2009, p. 1). 52 Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 540/2011 of 25 May 2011 implementing Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the list of approved active substances (OJ L 153, 11.6.2011, p. 1). 53 Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/408 of 11 March 2015 on implementing Article 80(7) of Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the placing of plant protection products on the market and establishing a list of candidates for substitution (OJ L 67, 12.3.2015, p. 18). 54 Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions, EU strategic framework on health and safety at work 2021-2027 Occupational safety and health in a changing world of work, COM/2021/323 final.
Amendment 327 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point d
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) descontroylling undesired plants or parts of plants, except algae unless the products are applied on soil or water to protect plants;
Amendment 329 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 2
Article 2 – paragraph 2
These products are referred to as ‘plant protection products’. This Regulation shall apply to plant protection products listed in the Annex as a result of an implementing act. The Commission shall adopt implementing acts establishing the list of plant protection products referred to in this Article. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 41 once the Commission has provided documentary evidence that a reduction in use does not lead to a reduction in yield.
Amendment 340 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Amendment 342 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Amendment 344 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Amendment 345 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 5
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 5
Amendment 349 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10
Recital 10
(10) In its conclusions of 19 October 202056, the Council of the European Union, when taking note of the Commission’s reduction targets for the use of pesticides set out in the Farm to Fork Strategy, pointed out that achieving those targets will require efforts from Member States and all stakeholders and intensive co- operation, consultation and collaboration. The Council also requested the Commission to ensure that these targets are Union targets to which all Member States must contribute through action at national level. The Council conclusions request such targets to be set taking into account achievements to date, as well as Member States' different starting points, circumstances and conditions. Furthermore, in its decision of 9 December 2022 the Council requested the Commission to submit a study complementing the impact assessment for the proposal for a regulation, voicing its concern that the impact assessment accompanying the proposal did not take into account the possible long-term impacts of the proposed regulation on food security in the Union. The fact that the impact assessment was concluded before the war in Ukraine and the energy, fertilisers and food price crises further validates those concerns. The Council therefore considers that additional quantitative analysis on a number of indicators needs to be conducted in order to determine whether the assessment of the economic and social effects of the proposal needs to be adjusted. In particular, the Council considers that an additional analysis reflecting the Union’s agricultural production, the expected decrease in yields in the Union resulting from the reduction and restriction of the use of plant protection products and the potential dependence on food and feed imports should be carried out. The Council also considers that a more in- depth analysis of the situation of small and medium-sized enterprises and profitability along their supply chain would be necessary. __________________ 56 Brussels, 19 October 2020, 12099/20.
Amendment 350 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 9
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 9
Amendment 362 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11
Recital 11
(11) BSo-called ‘biological’ control agents are amight sustainabley control alternative to the use of chemical products for themplement so- called ‘chemical’ control of harmful organisms. As noted in Council Decision (EU) 2021/110257, biological control agents have a growing importance in sustainable agriculture and forestry and have an instrumental role to play in the success of integrated pest management and organic farming. Access to biological controls facilitates moving away from chemicalmight make it easier to lessen dependence on the most sensitive plant protection products. It is appropriate to encourage farmers to switch to low input agricultural methods including organic farming. It is therefore appropriate to define the concept of biological control as a basis for Member States to set indicative targets to increase the percentage of crops on which biological control agents are used. __________________ 57 Council Decision (EU) 2021/1102 of 28 June 2021 requesting the Commission to submit a study on the Union’s situation and options regarding the introduction, evaluation, production, marketing and use of invertebrate biological control agents within the territory of the Union and a proposal, if appropriate in view of the outcomes of the study (OJ L 238, 6.7.2021, p. 81).
Amendment 369 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 15
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 15
Amendment 372 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 16
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 16
Amendment 418 #
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 426 #
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 biological control and other non-chemicacontrol alternatives. Availability of these alternatives will incentivise the adoption of low pesticide- input pest management practices such as organic farming.
Amendment 434 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 23
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 23
Amendment 440 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16
Recital 16
(16) The implementation of policies and measures in the areas of sustainable use of plant protection products has an impact on food production, farmers’ incomes, the environment, public health and working conditions. Member States should therefore ensure that the public, stakeholders – farmers’ organisations in particular – and social partners are given sufficient opportunities to participate in and to be consulted on the preparation of Member State national action plans in accordance, where applicable, with Directive 2001/42/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council58 . __________________ 58 Directive 2001/42/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 June 2001 on the assessment of the effects of certain plans and programmes on the environment (OJ L 197, 21.7.2001, p. 30).
Amendment 450 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 18
Recital 18
(18) Economic instruments, including those under the CAP that provide support to farmers, can play a crucial role in the achievement of objectives relating to the sustainable use of plant protection products and, in particular, reducing the use of chemical plant protection products. Member States have to show in their national CAP Strategic Plans that their implementation of the CAP contributes to and supports other relevant Union legislation and their objectives, including objectives under this Regulation, as long as yields and food security are guaranteed, since the objective of the CAP is to ensure agricultural productivity while maintaining affordable prices.
Amendment 450 #
Proposal for a regulation
Chapter II – title
Chapter II – title
II REDUCTION TARGETS FOR CHEMICAL PLANT PROTECTION PRODUCTS
Amendment 452 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – title
Article 4 – title
Amendment 459 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1
Article 4 – paragraph 1
Amendment 467 #
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 discourageprevent 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. It should be borne in mind that, as in the case of antimicrobials, the astute use of pesticides at the right dose and at an early stage can prevent further deterioration of an organism’s health and the development of resistance. ‘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.
Amendment 476 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 1 a (new)
(1a) Each Member State shall contribute to a further reduction of the low residual risk associated with the use of active substances and plant protection products authorised in the EU and in the Member States by means of appropriate agricultural cultivation methods and support for integrated pest management and the promotion of active substances in agriculture and forestry that are safer to use, less prone to resistance formation and leave fewer residues, as well as being environmentally safe, while at the same time preserving their effectiveness.
Amendment 477 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 b (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 1 b (new)
(1b) Progress shall thus primarily be achieved through the authorisation of novel active substances and only secondarily through the reduction of plant protection products per unit of yield, although a direct comparison is not always possible owing to the different risk factors resulting from direct and indirect environmental impacts, residue formation and mode of action.
Amendment 478 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2
Article 4 – paragraph 2
Amendment 479 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 21
Recital 21
(21) To avoid unnecessary duplication, the Commission should establish a standard template for Member States to integrate records kept by professional users of actions taken in line with integrated pest management with those kept under Article 67 of Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009. In order to ensure a level playing field, products imported from third countries must be accompanied by identical documents.
Amendment 486 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5
Article 5
Amendment 489 #
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 CommissionMember States should verify their development, implementation and enforcement on the ground.
Amendment 496 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 23
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 IPM measures 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).
Amendment 501 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 25
Recital 25
Amendment 522 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 26
Recital 26
(26) The aquatic environment and drinking water supplies are especially sensitive to plant protection products. In order to protect the aquatic environmentClearly, the use of plant protection products in and around surface waters areas should therefore be prohibitedcannot be completely banned, but Member States are called on to invest in the latest generation of water treatment plants that filter micropollutants. Member States should have in place appropriate measures to avoid deterioration of surface and groundwater 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. In addition, it is important that professional users are trained in how to minimise or eliminate applications of certain plant protection products classified as “harmful to aquatic life with long lasting effects”, “very toxic to aquatic life with long lasting effects” or “toxic to aquatic life with long lasting effects”. It is also important that professional users are trained on the importance of giving preference to low risk plant protection products or non- chemical alternatives, the use of drift reducing technology and risk mitigation measures.
Amendment 535 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 28
Recital 28
(28) It is however likely that certain unmanned aircraft (including drones) will allow for the targeted aerial application of plant protection products. Such unmanned aircraft are likely to help reduce the use of plant protection products due to targeted application and consequently help reduce the risks to human health and the environment compared to use of land- based application equipment, in particular to protect crops from problematic bioaggressors under certain conditions, i.e. biological (low disease pressure), vegetative (limited leaf volume and/or open growth), climatic (instable soils) and/or topographical (very steep slopes). It is therefore appropriate to set criteria in this Regulation for an exemption of certain unmanned aircraft from the prohibition of aerial application. It is also appropriate to defer the application of this exemption for 310 years given the current state of scientific uncertainty.
Amendment 540 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 29
Recital 29
(29) Handling of plant protection products, including storage, dilution and mixing of such products, cleaning of application equipment after use, recovery and disposal of tank mixtures and disposal of empty packaging and remnants of plant protection products may pose particular risks of exposure to humans and to the environment. Therefore it is appropriate to provide for specific measures addressing these activities. To the extent that the use, storage and disposal of plant protection products require compliance with minimum health and safety requirements at the workplace, those requirements are laid down by, inter alia, Council Directive 89/391/EEC69, Council Directive 89/656/EEC70, Council Directive 98/24/EC71, Directive 2004/37/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council72 and Directive 2009/104/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council73. __________________ Council Directive 89/391/EEC of 12 June 1989 on the introduction of measures to encourage improvements in the safety and health of workers at work, OJ L 183, 29.6.1989, p. 1. Council Directive 89/656/EEC of 30 November 1989 on the minimum health and safety requirements for the use by workers of personal protective equipment at the workplace (third individual directive within the meaning of Article 16 (1) of Directive 89/391/EEC) (OJ L 393, 30.12.1989, p. 18). 71 Council Directive 98/24/EC of 7 April 1998 on the protection of the health and safety of workers from the risks related to chemical agents at work (fourteenth individual Directive within the meaning of Article 16(1) of Directive 89/391/EEC) (OJ L 131, 5.5.1998, p. 11). 72 Directive 2004/37/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 on the protection of workers from the risks related to exposure to carcinogens or mutagens at work (Sixth individual Directive within the meaning of Article 16(1) of Council Directive 89/391/EEC) (OJ L 158, 30.4.2004, p. 50). 73 Directive 2009/104/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 September 2009 concerning the minimum safety and health requirements for the use of work equipment by workers at work (second individual Directive within the meaning of Article 16(1) of Directive 89/391/EEC) (OJ L 260, 3.10.2009, p. 5).
Amendment 591 #
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 632 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 44
Recital 44
Amendment 658 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 49
Recital 49
(49) The implementation of this Regulation by Member States will result in new and enhanced obligations for farmers and other pesticides users. Some of them constitute statutory management requirements and standards of good agricultural and environmental conditions of land as listed in Annex III to Regulation (EU) 2021/2115 of the European Parliament and of the Council78, which, in accordance with that Regulation, farmers must comply with to receive CAP payments, whereas other requirements, which go beyond the baseline of mandatory requirements, may be rewarded with additional payments under voluntary regimes like eco-schemes pursuant to Article 31 of Regulation (EU) 2021/2115. Article 31(5), points (a) and (b), and Article 70(3), points (a) and (b), of Regulation (EU) 2021/2115 provide that the CAP funding is only available for practices implemented under an eco- scheme or agri-environmental-climate commitment which go beyond the relevant statutory management requirements and the standards of good agricultural and environmental conditions of land established under that Regulation and the relevant minimum requirements for the use of fertiliser and plant protection products, animal welfare, as well as other relevant mandatory requirements established by national and Union law. Since farmers and other users need to be financially supported in their transition toward a more sustainable use of pesticides, Regulation (EU) 2021/2115 needs to be amended to allow the financing of requirements imposed in accordance with this Regulation during a transitional period. This exceptional option for Member States to provide additional funding for measures taken in implementing this Regulation should apply to any obligation for farmers and other users resulting from the application of this Regulation, including compulsory farming practices imposed by the crop-specific rules for integrated pest management. Further, pursuant to Article 73(5) of Regulation (EU) 2021/2115, investments by farmers to comply with new requirements imposed by Union law may be supported for a maximum of 2460 months from the date on which they become mandatory for the holding. Similarly, a longer transition period should be set out for investments complying with requirements imposed on farmers in accordance with this Regulation. Regulation (EU) 2021/2115 should therefore be amended accordingly. __________________ 78 Regulation (EU) 2021/2115 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 2 December 2021 establishing rules on support for strategic plans to be drawn up by Member States under the common agricultural policy (CAP Strategic Plans) and financed by the European Agricultural Guarantee Fund (EAGF) and by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) and repealing Regulations (EU) No 1305/2013 and (EU) No 1307/2013, OJ L 435, 6.12.2021, p. 1.
Amendment 694 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6
Article 6
Amendment 754 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7
Article 7
Amendment 782 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
By … [OP: please insert the date – 1836 months after the date of application of this Regulation] each Member State shall draft and publish on a website a national action plan containing the following information:
Amendment 788 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point a
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point a
(a) the national 20305 reduction targets adopted in accordance with Chapter II;
Amendment 797 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point b
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point b
(b) information related to national 20305 reduction targets as set out in Article 9;
Amendment 804 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point d
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point d
Amendment 852 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 4
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 4
The updated versions of national action plans published until and including 20305 shall contain the information listed in the first subparagraph, points (a) to (i).
Amendment 859 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 5
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 5
The updated versions of national action plans published after 20305 shall contain the information listed in the first subparagraph, points (c) to (i).
Amendment 875 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9
Article 9
Amendment 938 #
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 980 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11
Article 11
Amendment 1025 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. PAs far as possible, professional users shall apply integrated pest management as follows:
Amendment 1035 #
(b) by applying crop-specific rules 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 1040 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 2
Article 12 – paragraph 2
Amendment 1047 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – title
Article 13 – title
Obligations of professional users and advisorswhen applying plant protection products and related to integrated pest management
Amendment 1057 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1
Article 13 – paragraph 1
1. PWhere possible, professional users shall first apply measures that do not require the use of chemical plant protection products for the prevention or suppression of harmful organisms before resorting to application of chemical plant protection products.
Amendment 1075 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – indent 2
Article 13 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – indent 2
Amendment 1079 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – indent 5
Article 13 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – indent 5
Amendment 1084 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – indent 7 a (new)
Article 13 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – indent 7 a (new)
– biological pest control.
Amendment 1090 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Article 13 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Amendment 1093 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 3
Article 13 – paragraph 3
Amendment 1098 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 4
Article 13 – paragraph 4
Amendment 1138 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 8
Article 13 – paragraph 8
Amendment 1149 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – title
Article 14 – title
Amendment 1152 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. Where a professional user takes a preventative measure or performs an intervention, the professional user shall entgather the following information in the electronicon integrated pest management andunder Article 13, and on plant protection product use register referred to in Article 16, which coversin respect of the area where the professional user operates:
Amendment 1153 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – point a
Amendment 1158 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – point b
Amendment 1165 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 2
Article 14 – paragraph 2
2. A professional user shall enter an electronic record in the electronic integrated pest management and plant protection product use register, referred to in Artdocument his or her professional knowledge and skills in the handling of plant protection products, by reference to advicle 16 of the name of its advisor and the dates andor training provided by the conmpetent of the advice received from it in accordance with Article 26(3). The professional user shall make those records available to the competent authority referred to in Article 15(2) upon requestauthority, either in an electronic register operated by that authority or by means of analogue documentation.
Amendment 1168 #
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 ein ther electronic integrated pest management and plant protection product use register referred to in Article 16ally, at the competent authority, or in analogue records. Those records shall be kept for at least three years and made available to the authority upon request. 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 1171 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 4
Article 14 – paragraph 4
Amendment 1179 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 1
Article 15 – paragraph 1
Amendment 1191 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 2
Article 15 – paragraph 2
2. Each Member State intending to adopt crop-specific rules shall designate a competent authority responsible for ensuring that the crop-specificose rules are scientifically robust and comply with this Article.
Amendment 1198 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 3
Article 15 – paragraph 3
Amendment 1223 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 5
Article 15 – paragraph 5
Amendment 1236 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 6 – introductory part
Article 15 – paragraph 6 – introductory part
6. TheShould a Member State adopt crop-specific rules shall converin order to implement the requirements of integrated pest management laid down in Article 13 into verifiable criteria by, among others, specifying the following, at least the following shall be included:
Amendment 1240 #
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 biologicalall integrated plant protection interventions for pest control which are effective against the harmful organisms referred to in point (a) and qualitative criteria or conditions under which these interventions are to be made;
Amendment 1244 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 6 – point c
Article 15 – paragraph 6 – point c
(c) the low-risk plant protection products or alternatives to chemical plant protection products which are effective against the harmful organisms referred to in point (a) and qualitative criteria or conditions under which these interventions are to be made;
Amendment 1249 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 6 – point d
Article 15 – paragraph 6 – point d
Amendment 1259 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 6 – point e
Article 15 – paragraph 6 – point e
(e) the quantitative criteria or conditions under which chemical plant protection products may be used after all other means of control that do not require the use of chemical plant protection products have been exhaustedconditions under which only restricted use of plant protection measures may be made;
Amendment 1266 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 6 – point f
Article 15 – paragraph 6 – point f
Amendment 1275 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 6 – point g
Article 15 – paragraph 6 – point g
Amendment 1300 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 9
Article 15 – paragraph 9
Amendment 1317 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 13
Article 15 – paragraph 13
Amendment 1330 #
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:information referred to in Articles 13 and 14.
Amendment 1334 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point a
Article 16 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point a
Amendment 1339 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point b
Article 16 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point b
Amendment 1342 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point c
Article 16 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point c
Amendment 1347 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 2
Article 16 – paragraph 2
Amendment 1351 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 3
Article 16 – paragraph 3
Amendment 1353 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 4
Article 16 – paragraph 4
Amendment 1358 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 5
Article 16 – paragraph 5
Amendment 1360 #
Amendment 1368 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 17 – paragraph 1 – point b
Amendment 1370 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 2
Article 17 – paragraph 2
Amendment 1379 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18
Article 18
Amendment 1479 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 1
Article 19 – paragraph 1
Amendment 1484 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 2
Article 19 – paragraph 2
Amendment 1495 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 2 – point a
Article 20 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) there is no technically feasible alternative application method to the aerial application due to inaccessible terraiviable alternative to aerial application;
Amendment 1499 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 2 – point b – introductory part
Article 20 – paragraph 2 – point b – introductory part
(b) the aerial application has a less negative impact on human health and, the environment and crop yield than any alternative application method, for example (but not only) either because the aerial application equipment can be deployed on the relevant terrain in a faster timescale than land-based equipment and avoids a situation where the number of plant pests increases due to the longer time period required for land-based deployment or because it minimizes soil erosion when adverse weather conditions make the land unsuitable for land vehicles, and all of the following conditions are met:
Amendment 1514 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 4 – point b
Article 20 – paragraph 4 – point b
(b) the validity period of the permit for aerial application, which shall be for a limited period with a precisely defined start and end date that is the shortest possible and shall not exceed 60 days, for example 60 days, but may be extended if necessary;
Amendment 1523 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 5
Article 20 – paragraph 5
Amendment 1526 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 5 a (new)
Article 20 – paragraph 5 a (new)
(5a) Pilots responsible for the aerial application of plant protection products shall be deemed to be ‘professional users’ within the meaning of Article 3.
Amendment 1536 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
Article 21 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
Amendment 1540 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 2 – point a
Article 21 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) the technical specifications of the unmanned aircraft, including in relation to spray drift, number and size of rotors, payload, boom width and overall weight, operating height and speed, allowing for a minimum weight of 25 kilograms at take- off and mandatory use of anti-drift nozzles;
Amendment 1557 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 3
Article 21 – paragraph 3
Amendment 1560 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 21 – paragraph 3 a (new)
(3a) Operators tasked with using certain categories of unmanned aircraft for aerial application shall be deemed to be ‘professional users’ within the meaning of Article 3.
Amendment 1571 #
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)s shall be compulsorily provided to a professional user via the competent authority. A certificate of successful participation shall be issued and recorded in an electronic register of the Member State concerned.
Amendment 1581 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 1
Article 24 – paragraph 1
Amendment 1591 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 2
Article 24 – paragraph 2
Amendment 1618 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 25 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Amendment 1622 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 25 – paragraph 1 – point c
Amendment 1632 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 2
Article 25 – paragraph 2
Amendment 1637 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 4 – point a
Article 25 – paragraph 4 – point a
(a) the name of the professional user, or distributor or advisor to whom the training was provided;
Amendment 1642 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 4 – point b
Article 25 – paragraph 4 – point b
(b) the employer of the professional user, or distributor or advisor to whom the training was provided, where that employer is a legal person or a natural person in its professional capacity;
Amendment 1643 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 4 – point c
Article 25 – paragraph 4 – point c
(c) the type of training provided, where a Member State provides different types of training to different categories of professional users, or distributors or advisors;
Amendment 1645 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 4 – point e
Article 25 – paragraph 4 – point e
(e) the name of the bodauthority that provided the training;
Amendment 1649 #
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 1655 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 5
Article 25 – paragraph 5
Amendment 1657 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 6
Article 25 – paragraph 6
Amendment 1663 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 7
Article 25 – paragraph 7
Amendment 1671 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26
Article 26
Amendment 1721 #
(a) the potential risks to human health and the environment through acute or chronic effects relating to the use of plant protection products and the reasons as to why such plant protection products are necessary;
Amendment 1728 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 3 – point c
Article 27 – paragraph 3 – point c
(c) alternatives to chemical plant protection products and the different yields from individual solutions;
Amendment 1755 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29
Article 29
Amendment 1773 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 30 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point a
Article 30 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point a
Amendment 1775 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 30 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point b
Article 30 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point b
Amendment 1779 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 30 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point c
Article 30 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point c
(c) inspect, or oversee the inspection of, application equipment in accordance with Article 31(1), (2), (3) and (63);
Amendment 1780 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 30 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point d
Article 30 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point d
(d) issue, or oversee the issuing of, certificates of inspection in accordance with Article 31(7). The certificates of inspection shall be clearly visible and firmly affixed to the application equipment.
Amendment 1784 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 30 – paragraph 2
Article 30 – paragraph 2
2. Each Member State shall carry out official controls to verify compliance by operators with the provisions of this Regulation relating to application equipment. Member States shall take appropriate follow-up measures to remedy any specific or systemic shortcomings identified through controls performed by the Commission experts in accordance with paragraphs 3 and 4. They shall give the necessary assistance to ensure that the Commission experts have access to all premises or parts of premises, and goods, and to information, including computer systems, relevant for the execution of their duties.
Amendment 1785 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 30 – paragraph 3
Article 30 – paragraph 3
Amendment 1788 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 30 – paragraph 4
Article 30 – paragraph 4
Amendment 1798 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 31 – paragraph 6
Article 31 – paragraph 6
Amendment 1804 #
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 33a badge shall be placed in a clearly visible position on, and firmly affixed to, the application equipment. It shall, as a minimum, give the date of the inspection passed, the date of the next inspection and the owner’s name and address, and identify the regulation under which the inspection was conducted and the body that carried it out.
Amendment 1813 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 31 – paragraph 10
Article 31 – paragraph 10
Amendment 1818 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 32 – paragraph 2
Article 32 – paragraph 2
2. Before laying down less stringent inspection requirements and different inspection intervals as referred to in paragraph 1, a Member State shall carry out a risk assessment on their potential impacts on human health and the environment. The competent authority referred to in Article 30 shall maintain a copy of the risk assessment for control by the Commission.
Amendment 1821 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 32 – paragraph 3
Article 32 – paragraph 3
3. A Member State may exempt from inspection referred to in Article 31 handheld application equipment or knapsack sprayers, in professional use, based on a risk assessment on their potential impact on human health and the environment, which shall include an estimation of the scale of use. The competent authority referred to in Article 30 shall maintain a copy of the risk assessment for control by the Commission.
Amendment 1822 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 32 – paragraph 4
Article 32 – paragraph 4
Amendment 1824 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 33
Article 33
Amendment 1889 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 43 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 43 – paragraph 1 a (new)
In order to help farmers, foresters and other professional users to comply with their requirements and with the objectives of this Regulation, financial support may be granted under the LIFE programme or any other programme outside the CAP under the current MFF in order to meet these requirements for a maximum period of ten years from the date on which they become mandatory for the business. This is a reassignment of funds that cannot give rise to additional taxes or the creation of new EU own resources. The implementation and call for funds must be simple enough to enable applicants to obtain the funds ideally before or at the latest two weeks after the expenditure. Yield and/or income losses due to the compulsory reduction in the use of plant protection products must also be fully compensated.
Amendment 1938 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex IV – paragraph 4 – Part 5 – paragraph 1
Annex IV – paragraph 4 – Part 5 – paragraph 1
Amendment 2210 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 1
Article 19 – paragraph 1
1. The use of all plant protection products is prohibited on all continuously flowing surface waters and within 3 metres of such waters. This 3 metre buffer zone shall not be reduced by using alternative risk-mitigation techniques.
Amendment 2217 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 2
Article 19 – paragraph 2
Amendment 2233 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 2 – point a
Article 20 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) there is no technically feasible alternative application method to the aerial application due to inaccessible terraiviable alternative to aerial application;
Amendment 2235 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 2 – point b – introductory part
Article 20 – paragraph 2 – point b – introductory part
(b) the aerial application has a less negative impact on human health and, the environment and crop yield than any alternative application method, for example (but not only) either because the aerial application equipment can be deployed on the relevant terrain in a faster timescale than land-based equipment and avoids a situation where the number of plant pests increases due to the longer time period required for land-based deployment or because it minimizes soil erosion when adverse weather conditions make the land unsuitable for land vehicles, and all of the following conditions are met:
Amendment 2249 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 4 – point b
Article 20 – paragraph 4 – point b
(b) the validity period of the permit for aerial application, which shall be for a limited period with a precisely defined start and end date that is the shortest possible and shall not exceed 60 days, for example 60 days, but may be extended if necessary;
Amendment 2259 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 5
Article 20 – paragraph 5
5. A professional user that has been granted a permit for aerial application shall at least 2 days before the date of each specific aerial application display notices to that effect on the perimeter of the area to be treated. Alternatively, and if more appropriate, a professional user may also inform the local authorities responsible for circulating the information to the communities concerned by any suitable means.
Amendment 2260 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 5 a (new)
Article 20 – paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Pilots responsible for the aerial application of plant protection products shall be deemed to be ‘professional users’ within the meaning of Article 3.
Amendment 2272 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
Article 21 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
Amendment 2276 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 2 – point a
Article 21 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) the technical specifications of the unmanned aircraft, including in relation to spray drift, number and size of rotors, payload, boom width and overall weight, operating height and speed, allowing for a minimum weight of 25 kilograms at take- off and mandatory use of anti-drift nozzles;
Amendment 2289 #
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 criteria. In particular, the Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts to define a specific plant protection risk assessment so as to prevent needless delays at Member State level when aerial application by unmanned aircraft is to be authorised.
Amendment 2293 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 21 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Operators tasked with using certain categories of unmanned aircraft for aerial application shall be deemed to be ‘professional users’ within the meaning of Article 3.
Amendment 2308 #
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)s shall be compulsorily provided to a professional user via the competent authority. A certificate of successful participation shall be issued and recorded in an electronic register of the Member State concerned.
Amendment 2321 #
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 2329 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 2
Article 24 – paragraph 2
Amendment 2358 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 25 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. A competent authority designated in accordance with paragraph 2 shall appoint one or more bodies to provide the following training:
Amendment 2367 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 25 – paragraph 1 – point c
Amendment 2379 #
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 forprovision of 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 2383 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 4 – point a
Article 25 – paragraph 4 – point a
(a) the name of the professional user, or distributor or advisor to whom the training was provided;
Amendment 2388 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 4 – point b
Article 25 – paragraph 4 – point b
(b) the employer of the professional user, or distributor or advisor to whom the training was provided, where that employer is a legal person or a natural person in its professional capacity;
Amendment 2389 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 4 – point c
Article 25 – paragraph 4 – point c
(c) the type of training provided, where a Member State provides different types of training to different categories of professional users, or distributors or advisors;
Amendment 2391 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 4 – point e
Article 25 – paragraph 4 – point e
(e) the name of the bodauthority that provided the training;
Amendment 2394 #
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 2403 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 5
Article 25 – paragraph 5
5. A competent authority designated in accordance with paragraph 2 shall provide electronic proof of entry in a centraln electronic register to a professional user, or 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 2405 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 6
Article 25 – paragraph 6
6. A training certificate or an entry in a centraln 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 2412 #
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 centraln 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 2420 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26
Article 26
Amendment 2471 #
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 plant protection products, and the reasons why such plant protection products are necessary;
Amendment 2485 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 3 – point c
Article 27 – paragraph 3 – point c
(c) alternatives to chemical plant protection products and the different yields from individual solutions;
Amendment 2522 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29
Article 29
Amendment 2543 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 30 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point a
Article 30 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point a
Amendment 2546 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 30 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point b
Article 30 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point b
Amendment 2552 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 30 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point c
Article 30 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point c
(c) inspect, or oversee the inspection of, application equipment in accordance with Article 31(1), (2), (3) and (63);
Amendment 2555 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 30 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point d
Article 30 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point d
(d) issue, or oversee the issuing of, certificates of inspection in accordance with Article 31(7). The certificate of inspection shall be clearly visible and firmly affixed to the application equipment.
Amendment 2562 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 30 – paragraph 2
Article 30 – paragraph 2
2. Each Member State shall carry out official controls to verify compliance by operators with the provisions of this Regulation relating to application equipment. Member States shall take appropriate follow-up measures to remedy any specific or systemic shortcomings identified through controls performed by the Commission experts in accordance with paragraphs 3 and 4. They shall give the necessary assistance to ensure that the Commission experts have access to all premises or parts of premises, and goods, and to information, including computer systems, relevant for the execution of their duties.
Amendment 2568 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 30 – paragraph 3
Article 30 – paragraph 3
Amendment 2571 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 30 – paragraph 4
Article 30 – paragraph 4
Amendment 2582 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 31 – paragraph 6
Article 31 – paragraph 6
Amendment 2587 #
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 33A badge shall be placed in a clearly visible position on, and firmly affixed to, the application equipment. It shall, as a minimum, give the date of the inspection passed, the date of the next inspection and the owner’s name and address, and identify the regulation under which the inspection was conducted and the body that carried it out.
Amendment 2593 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 31 – paragraph 10
Article 31 – paragraph 10
Amendment 2604 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 32 – paragraph 2
Article 32 – paragraph 2
2. Before laying down less stringent inspection requirements and different inspection intervals as referred to in paragraph 1, a Member State shall carry out a risk assessment on their potential impacts on human health and the environment. The competent authority referred to in Article 30 shall maintain a copy of the risk assessment for control by the Commission.
Amendment 2608 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 32 – paragraph 3
Article 32 – paragraph 3
Amendment 2610 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 32 – paragraph 4
Article 32 – paragraph 4
Amendment 2612 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 33
Article 33
Amendment 2892 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex IV – paragraph 4 – Part 5 – paragraph 1
Annex IV – paragraph 4 – Part 5 – paragraph 1