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Activities of Alexander BERNHUBER related to 2020/2260(INI)

Plenary speeches (1)

Farm to Fork Strategy (debate)
2021/10/18
Dossiers: 2020/2260(INI)

Amendments (115)

Amendment 54 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 8 a (new)
- having regard to the European Parliament’s report on technological solutions for sustainable agriculture in the EU (2015/2225(INI)),
2021/02/18
Committee: ENVIAGRI
Amendment 134 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 25 a (new)
- having regard to the Special Eurobarometer report 504: "Europeans, Agriculture and the CAP",
2021/02/18
Committee: ENVIAGRI
Amendment 232 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
B. whereas Europe’s food system should deliver food and nutrition security in a way that contributes to social well- being and maintains and restores ecosystem health; whereas currently, the food system is responsible for a range of impacts on human and animal health and on the environment, the climate and biodiversity; whereas the way in which we produce and consume food needs to transform in order to ensure coherence with the SDGs, the Paris Agreement, the Convention on Biological Diversity and EU policies, particularly in the areas of sustainability, the environment, biodiversity, climate, public health, animal welfare, food and economic sustainability for farmers;
2021/02/18
Committee: ENVIAGRI
Amendment 253 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas the Farm to Fork Strategy should reward farmers, agri-cooperatives and other operators in the food chain who have already undergone the transition to sustainable practices, enable the transition for the others, and create additional opportunities for their businesses;
2021/02/18
Committee: ENVIAGRI
Amendment 259 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas biodiversity is also crucial for safeguarding food security in the EU; highlights the important role of the European agricultural sector regarding the production of healthy, safe and affordable foods;
2021/02/18
Committee: ENVIAGRI
Amendment 261 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas the EU authorisation procedure for plant protection products is one of the most stringent in the world;
2021/02/18
Committee: ENVIAGRI
Amendment 265 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B b (new)
Bb. whereas it is fundamental that the policy formulation and implementation supports farmers and their cooperatives’ economic sustainability, improves the functioning of the markets while contributing to a more economically, environmentally and socially sustainable agri-food sector; in addition, it must be recognised that there are numerous production methods which bring additional benefits from a sustainability point of view;
2021/02/18
Committee: ENVIAGRI
Amendment 271 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B b (new)
Bb. whereas the uptake of smart farming technologies to continuously monitor animal health and welfare has the potential to ensure effective disease prevention and the implementation of animal welfare standards and thereby ensuring food safety;
2021/02/18
Committee: ENVIAGRI
Amendment 274 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B c (new)
Bc. whereas the European agri food system is part of a global food system and the EU has the safest, healthiest, most sustainably produced, most nutritious and high-quality foods in the global marketplace; whereas the EU is also dependent on imports for certain agri foods because of climatic conditions and shortages; whereas it should be stressed that all imported foods have to apply the same sustainability and agri food safety standards;
2021/02/18
Committee: ENVIAGRI
Amendment 275 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B c (new)
Bc. whereas the Farm to Fork Strategy must take into account all three pillars of sustainability (economic, social and environmental) in this broader discussion; this is the only way to recognise the contribution of agriculture and of rural areas to food and feed production as well as biofuels, textiles and reforestation. Agriculture and forestry can provide long-term solutions;
2021/02/18
Committee: ENVIAGRI
Amendment 277 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B d (new)
Bd. whereas it is necessary to ensure consistency and coherence between the measures envisaged by the Farm to Fork Strategy and the Common Agriculture and Fisheries Policies, the Trade Policy, the EU’s Biodiversity Strategy for 2030, as well as other related EU Policies and Strategies;
2021/02/18
Committee: ENVIAGRI
Amendment 278 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B d (new)
Bd. highlights that the shift towards an healthy and sustainable food policy should be initiated by incentives and education, and not by product bans and advertisement bans or taxes;
2021/02/18
Committee: ENVIAGRI
Amendment 308 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
C. whereas the European model of a multifunctional agricultural sector, driven by family farms, continues to ensure competitive and quality food production, local supply chains, good agriculture practices, high environmental standards and vibrant rural areas throughout the EU;
2021/02/18
Committee: ENVIAGRI
Amendment 316 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
C. whereas the European model of a multifunctional agricultural-food sector, driven by family farms, continues to ensure quality food production, local supply chains, good agriculture practices, high environmental standards and vibrant rural areas throughout the EU;
2021/02/18
Committee: ENVIAGRI
Amendment 344 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas the security of supply of food and the production of renewable energy has to be ensured when setting new targets on the Farm to Fork strategy;
2021/02/18
Committee: ENVIAGRI
Amendment 352 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C b (new)
Cb. whereas the Farm to Fork strategy needs to be well-balanced and taking into account environmental, economic and health aspects;
2021/02/18
Committee: ENVIAGRI
Amendment 415 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
E. whereas the European food system has played a crucial role during the COVID-19 pandemic, demonstrating its resilience with farmers, processors and retailers working together under difficult conditions, including lockdowns, to ensure that European consumers continue to have access to safe, affordable, and high quality products without impediment while respecting the integrity of the internal market;
2021/02/18
Committee: ENVIAGRI
Amendment 443 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Ea. whereas it became evident that animal health is an essential element in any sustainable food system and impacts on animal health have direct effect on the sustainability of the food system;
2021/02/18
Committee: ENVIAGRI
Amendment 485 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the farm to fork strategy as an important step in ensuring a sustainable, fair and resilient food system, which is central to achieving the goals set out in the European Green Deal and in the SDGs; emphasises the inextricable links between healthy people, healthy societies and a healthy planet, encourages the Commission to; recognises the need for a realistic and balanced approach in the implementation of the strategy in which all three dimensions of sustainability (economic, environmental and social) should be acknowledged and integrated; encourages the Commission to conduct a comprehensive evidence-based impact assessment before translateing the strategy into concrete legislative and non- legislative action as soon as possible; ;
2021/02/18
Committee: ENVIAGRI
Amendment 486 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the farm to fork strategy as an important step in ensuring a sustainable, fair and resilient food system, which is central to achieving the goals set out in the European Green Deal and in the SDGs; emphasises the inextricable links between healthy people, healthy societies and a healthy planet, encourages the Commission to translateconduct a comprehensive and holistic impact assessment of the combined envisaged targets on the social, environmental and economic sustainability of agriculture in the EU before translating the strategy into concrete legislative and non-legislative action as soon as possible; stresses that any legal action should have a strong fact-based foundation;
2021/02/18
Committee: ENVIAGRI
Amendment 535 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Calls on to carry out an Impact Assessment on every single set target within the farm to fork strategy, to ensure that every set measure ensures a sustainable, fair and resilient food system by itself;
2021/02/18
Committee: ENVIAGRI
Amendment 567 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
2. Welcomes the announcement of an impact-assessed proposal for a legislative framework for sustainable food systemCalls on the Commission before proposing any targets to conduct a comprehensive evidence-based impact assessment of all strategies combined on individual and cumulative impacts on the social and economic sustainability of agriculture in the EU, generational renewal, food security and prices, and the potential risks of displacing biodiversity losses abroad by the replacement of local agricultural production with imports; invites the Commission to use this proposal to set outimpact assessment to analyse a holistic common food policy aimed at reducing the environmental and climate footprint of the EU food system in order to make Europe the first climate-neutral continent by 2050 and strengthen its resilience to ensure food security in the face of climate change and biodiversity loss, leading a global transition towards sustainability from farm to fork, based on the principle of a multifunctional agricultural sector while ensuring consistency between policies by taking into account the existing legislation in order to enable all actors in the European food system to develop long- term plans based on realistic and transparent objectives; suggests that the respective base lines and progress achieved in each Member State be taken into account, while promoting the exchange of know-how and best practices between Member States; stresses the need to include the entire food and beverage chains including processing, marketing, distribution and retail;
2021/02/18
Committee: ENVIAGRI
Amendment 598 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
2. Welcomes the announcement of an impact-assessed proposal for a legislative framework for sustainable food systems; invites the Commission to use this proposal to set out a holistic common food policy aimed at reducing the environmental and climate footprint of the EU food system in order to make Europe the first climate- neutral continent by 2050 and strengthen its resilience to ensure food security in the face of climate change and biodiversity loss, leading a global transition towards sustainability from farm to fork, based on the principle of a multifunctional agricultural sector and securing the full implementation of the innovation principle in order to the future technological advances while ensuring consistency between policies by taking into account the existing legislation in order to enable all actors in the European food system to develop long-term plans based on realistic and transparent objectives; suggests that the respective base lines and progress achieved in each Member State be taken into account, while promoting the exchange of know-how and best practices between Member States; stresses the need to include the entire food and beverage chains including processing, marketing, distribution and retail;
2021/02/18
Committee: ENVIAGRI
Amendment 599 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
2. Welcomes the announcement of an impact-assessed proposal for a legislative framework for sustainable food systems; invites the Commission to use this proposal to set out a holistic common food policy aimed at reducing the environmental and climate footprint of the EU food system in order to make Europe the first climate- neutral continent by 2050 and strengthen its resilience to ensure food security in the face of climate change and biodiversity loss and to ensure a sustainable livelihood for primary producers who still lag behind in terms of income, leading a global transition towards sustainability from farm to fork, based on the principle of a multifunctional agricultural sector while ensuring consistency between policies by taking into account the existing legislation in order to enable all actors in the European food system to develop long- term plans based on realistic and transparent objectives; suggests that the respective base lines and progress achieved in each Member State be taken into account, while promoting the exchange of know-how and best practices between Member States; stresses the need to include the entire food and beverage chains including processing, marketing, distribution and retail;
2021/02/18
Committee: ENVIAGRI
Amendment 627 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Calls on the Commission to provide thorough impact assessments of the strategy’s measures and targets, food security and prices describing the methods of calculation of the targets and the baselines and reference periods of each individual target; emphasises that the impact assessments should cover the individual and combined impact of proposed targets and measures resulting from the farm to fork and biodiversity strategies and other Green Deal initiatives;
2021/02/18
Committee: ENVIAGRI
Amendment 631 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to maintain a holistic approach as the implementation of certain Farm-to-Fork-Strategy targets in Europe must not lead to the relocation of parts of agricultural production to regions outside Europe, with competitive advantages, as standards are lower than in Europe; underlines that European food is already a global standard for food that is safe, plentiful, nutritious and of high quality;
2021/02/18
Committee: ENVIAGRI
Amendment 649 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Underlines that the Commission should base legislative proposals on scientifically sound ex-ante impact assessments describing the methods of calculation of the targets and the baselines and reference periods of each individual target, after consultation with the Member States; the cumulative effects of the legislative proposals should be taken into account;
2021/02/18
Committee: ENVIAGRI
Amendment 655 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Calls for a structured dialogue between the Commission, European Parliament, Member States and food system stakeholders to discuss gaps, opportunities, challenges and trade-offs in the development and implementation of a holistic common EU food policy;
2021/02/18
Committee: ENVIAGRI
Amendment 678 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 c (new)
2c. Calls on the Commission to establish regular evidence-based evaluations of the implementation of the Strategy, in order to adjust the measures and targets to a more restrained or ambitious approach; stresses the importance of appropriate target-related measures taking into account active market demand; calls on the Commission to submit mid-term reviews for every legislative proposal corresponding to the strategy;
2021/02/18
Committee: ENVIAGRI
Amendment 722 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
3. Welcomes the decision to revise the directive on the sustainable use of pesticides and to further reduction targets fore the environmental and health impact of pesticides, fertilisers, and antibiotics; recalls that the EU has the most stringent authorisation procedure for Plant Protection products; emphasises the importance of pursuing these targetobjectives through holistic and circular approaches, such as agroecologicalsustainable practices; insissupports that each Member State should establish robust quantitative reduction targetspromote the sustainable use of these products and establish reduction corridors based on an evidence-based impact assessments and base lines for each member state, accompanied by well- defined support measures ensuring accountability at all levels to help reach these targets; reiterates its call for the translation into legislation of the above targets and objectives and calls on the Commission to clarify how it will deal with individual Member States’ contributions to Union-wide targets and to clarify the methods, baselines for these targetsand reference periods for these targets; underlines the importance of establishing baselines with flexibility so that frontrunners in reduction of the use of pesticides, fertilisers and antibiotics are rewarded and not punished;
2021/02/18
Committee: ENVIAGRI
Amendment 736 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
3. Welcomes the decision to revise the directive on the sustainable use of pesticides and the reduction targets for pesticides, fertilisers, and antibiotics; emphasises the importance of pursuing these targets through holistic and circular approaches, such as agroecological practices; considers that Member States’ different starting points including already achieved reductions must be taken into account; insists that each Member State should establish robust quantitative reduction targets, accompanied by well- defined support measures ensuring accountability at all levels to help reach these targets; reiterates its call for the translation into legislation of the above targets and objectives while maintaining the high level of food quality, safety and availability; underlines in this regard the importance of the development and provision of adequate and scientifically sound sustainable products, measures and methods as alternatives for primary producers; and calls on the Commission to clarify how it will deal with individual Member States’ contributions to Union- wide targets and to clarify the baselines for these targets;
2021/02/18
Committee: ENVIAGRI
Amendment 749 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
3. Welcomes the decision to revise the dDirective on the sustainable use of pesticides and the reduction targets for hazardous pesticides, fertilisers, nutrient losses and antibiotics; emphasises the importance of pursuing these targets through holistic and circular approaches, such as agroecological practices; insists that each Member State should establish robust quantitative reduction targets, accompanied by well- defined support measures ensuring accountability at all levels to help reach these targets; reiteratescalls on the Commission to clarify how it will deal with individual Member States’ contributions to the Union-wide targets and to clarify the baselines for the targets; insists that efficient crop protection must be ensured at all times and that farmers must have access to sufficient active substances; stresses that plant health and thereby yield its call for the translation into legislation of the above targets and objectives and calls on the Commission to clarify how it will deal with individual Member States’ contributions to Union-wide targets and to clarify the baselines for these targetsonly achieved as a result of the correct and needs-based application of pesticides and fertilisers; urges the Commission to review any emergency authorisations given for plant protection products by Member States to avoid distortion of competition and to reach the sustainability targets; insists that antibiotics may be used only to retrieve animal health curatively and not preventively;
2021/02/18
Committee: ENVIAGRI
Amendment 751 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
3. Welcomes the decision to revise the 3. directive on the sustainable use of pesticides and the reduction targets for pesticides, fertilisers, and antibiotics; recognises the efforts made until now by the EU Member States and by different sectors and stakeholders, especially in the agricultural sector; emphasises the importance of pursuing these targets through holistic and circular approaches, such as agroecological practices;, insists that each Member State should establish robust quantitative reduction targets, accompanied by well- defined support measures ensuring accountability at all levels to help reachtegrated farm management, integrated crop management and integrated pest management practices while promoting innovative technologies to optimise the use targets; reiterates its call for the translation into legislation of the above targets and objectivof agricultural inputs; insists on a comprehensive and holistic impact assessment of the envisaged targets in both the farm to fork and biodiversity strategies and calls on the Commission to clarify how it will deal with individual Member States’ contributions to Union- wide targets and to clarify the baselines for these targets;
2021/02/18
Committee: ENVIAGRI
Amendment 753 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
3. Welcomes the decision to revise the directive on the sustainable use of pesticides and the reduction targets for pesticides, fertilisers, and antibiotics; emphasises the importance of pursuing these targets through holistic and circular approaches, such as agroecological practices and by prioritizing and fast- tracking approval processes of low-risk alternatives to conventional pesticides, such as natural, biological plant protection products; insists that each Member State should establish robust quantitative reduction targets, accompanied by well- defined support measures ensuring accountability at all levels to help reach these targets; reiterates its call for the translation into legislation of the above targets and objectives and calls on the Commission to clarify how it will deal with individual Member States’ contributions to Union-wide targets and to clarify the baselines for these targets;
2021/02/18
Committee: ENVIAGRI
Amendment 776 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Strongly underlines that the emergency authorisations of pesticides, as it is provided for in the EU legal framework, need to be further allowed in order to ensure the food security of supply within the EU;
2021/02/18
Committee: ENVIAGRI
Amendment 777 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Stresses that the reduction targets of the use of chemical pesticides and fertilisers need to be accompanied by an increase in research and development of alternative plant protection products and fertilisers, as well as application methods and technologies, if the EU truly wants to become the front runner in terms of sustainable and environmentally friendly agriculture; calls on the Commission to carry out an impact assessment and the Member states to offer farmers a tool box of alternatives for plant protection and fertilization in order to ensure the security of supply with high-quality and biodiversity-friendly produced food; calls on the co-legislators to take these targets duly into consideration in the upcoming legislative initiatives;
2021/02/18
Committee: ENVIAGRI
Amendment 779 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Calls on the Commission to facilitate agricultural innovation and the access to these technologies for European farmers in the pursuit of further protecting biodiversity by incentivising technologies, including biopesticides and digital tools with a proportionate and evidence-based regulatory framework which can support the need for monitoring and decision-making;
2021/02/18
Committee: ENVIAGRI
Amendment 784 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Recalls that access to safe and efficient plant protection is essential to enable farmers to prevent naturally occurring food-borne contaminants such as carcinogenic mycotoxins, which put the safety of our food at risk; stresses that integrated pest management(IPM) is only possible when farmers have adequate and enough resources; therefore stresses the need to come up with an innovation and substitution principle for IPM, meaning that before a substance/product is taken from the market, the Commission needs to be sure that adequate alternatives are available, to ensure that farmers have access to an adequate toolbox of safe, effective and affordable solutions, as well as access to the latest knowledge, technology and the best advisory services;
2021/02/18
Committee: ENVIAGRI
Amendment 789 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Stresses that all reduction targets and measures included in the Strategy have to be based on a thorough impact assessment evaluating the impact of all pesticides and all fertilisers including products mainly used in organic agriculture; emphasises the strengths and opportunities that lie within precision agriculture and smart farming to achieve the targets of the strategy; highlights the importance of further education to enable stakeholders of the whole food supply chain to participate and engage in the transformation towards a sustainable food supply chain and subsequently towards sustainable agriculture;
2021/02/18
Committee: ENVIAGRI
Amendment 807 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Considers it imperative that active farmers receive more support or are provided with knowledge and training, technology and innovation as well as legal certainty in the transition towards more agroecological practices, and appropriate remuneration of their ecologically- friendly produced products on market;
2021/02/18
Committee: ENVIAGRI
Amendment 826 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Points out that to reduce nutrient losses and to avoid overfertilisation targeted fertilization that is adapted to plant requirements and modern application technologies are key; highlights that modern mineral fertilisers enable farmers to supply their crops with nutrients in a particularly targeted, application-adapted, needs-based and thus environmentally friendly manner whilst producing optimum yields and quality, thereby stabilising the farmers income and supporting plant health;
2021/02/18
Committee: ENVIAGRI
Amendment 835 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Calls on Member States to encourage more conservation farming where possible, which reduces soil management practices to a minimum, through the use of innovative technologies such as ‘no-till-drills’, in order to help restore and build soil organic matter, soil moisture, carbon storage in the uppermost soil layers and prevent soil erosion overall;
2021/02/18
Committee: ENVIAGRI
Amendment 846 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 c (new)
3c. Acknowledges the substantial efforts made to reduce the use of antimicrobials in animals as highlighted in the 2019 European Court of Auditors report on AMR, further strengthened by the new EU Regulations on Veterinary Medicinal Products and Medicated Feed, contributing to the global effort to reduce antibiotic resistance; underlines that the EU must ensure that continued treatment of animals with antimicrobials remains possible when needed, so as to guarantee animal health and to protect animal welfare at all times;
2021/02/18
Committee: ENVIAGRI
Amendment 856 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 c (new)
3c. Stresses that many Member States already follow as many ecological practices as possible; underlines that it must be taken into account that not all farmers have the possibility to switch to organic farming; mentions that conventional farming can also contribute in increasing the biodiversity;
2021/02/18
Committee: ENVIAGRI
Amendment 868 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 d (new)
3d. Stresses the need to come up with suitable alternatives where restrictions are put in place; highlights that plant protection and fertilisation are important to guarantee the safety of agricultural products entering the food chain and to ensure their production in sufficient quantities;
2021/02/18
Committee: ENVIAGRI
Amendment 907 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
4. Emphasises the importance of recognising the significant impact of agriculture and especially animal production on greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and land use; stresses the need to enhance natural carbon sinks and reduce agricultural emissions of carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide, in particular in the feed and livestock sectors; calls for regulatory measures and targets to ensure progressive reductions in all GHG emissions in these sectors; emphasises that the agricultural sector has already made a significant contribution (-19,2%) to the reduction of GHGs since 19901a; acknowledges that according to the FAO, well management practices of livestock can lead to a 30% decrease in GHG emissions, and that healthy animals require less natural resource inputs like feed and water as they move through the production system; stresses the need to enhance natural carbon sinks and reduce agricultural emissions of carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide, in particular in the feed and livestock sectors; calls on the European Commission and Member States to facilitate the uptake of agricultural technologies including precision farming, nitrification inhibitors and advanced animal nutrition to reduce the GHG emissions from agriculture; _________________ 1a https://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/de/h eadlines/society/20191129STO67756/emis sionen-des-luft-und-schiffsverkehrs- zahlen-und-fakten-infografik
2021/02/18
Committee: ENVIAGRI
Amendment 930 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
4. Emphasises the importance of recognising the significant impact of agriculture and especially animal production on greenhouse gas (act of the whole food supply chain from agriculture, animal production to transport, packaging and consumption on GHG emissions and land use; acknowledges that according to the FAO, well management practices of livestock can lead to a 30% decrease in GHG) emissions, and land usethat healthy animals require less natural resource inputs like feed and water as they move through the production system; stresses the need tofor enhanceing natural carbon sinks and reduceing agricultural emissions of carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide, in particular inby the feed and livestock sectors; calls for regulatory measures and targets to ensurto reduce the progressive reductions in all GHG emissions in these sectors whole food supply chain;
2021/02/18
Committee: ENVIAGRI
Amendment 962 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Highlights that the successful implementation of the Strategy requires an effective cooperation at EU and Member States level including civil society, public authorities and business, in particular stakeholders specifically affected by the measures foreseen in the Strategy, especially in the agriculture, fisheries, forestry and extractive sectors;
2021/02/18
Committee: ENVIAGRI
Amendment 969 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Calls on the Commission to establish a plan for the compensation of the loss of income of farmers, which may result due to the set farm to fork targets and the interlinked decline in production;
2021/02/18
Committee: ENVIAGRI
Amendment 1003 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
5. Points out that extensive farmland, permanent grassland-based or organic animal husbandry i as well as sloping and terraced vineyards are features of the European food systemagricultural landscape and a defining element of many traditional rural communities, and that it has with multiple positive effects foron the environment and against climate change, and contributes to a circular economy;
2021/02/18
Committee: ENVIAGRI
Amendment 1023 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
5. Points out that extensive and permanent grassland-based or organic animal husbandry is a feature of the European food system and a defining element of many traditional rural communities, and that it has multiplenumerous positive effects for the environment, for the conservation of cultural landscapes and against climate change, and contributes to a circular economy;
2021/02/18
Committee: ENVIAGRI
Amendment 1054 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Expresses its support for market- driven uptake of agricultural land under organic farm management;
2021/02/18
Committee: ENVIAGRI
Amendment 1055 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Points out that increasing settlement pressure means a reduction in the amount of agricultural land in Europe; stresses that organic farming produces significantly less food per area than conventional farming, having in mind the European Commission's call to increase the share of organic land in Europe to 25% by 2030, thus possibly putting at stake food security in Europe by having less agricultural land and less production on the remaining land, therefore encourages the Commission to conduct a comprehensive evidence-based impact assessment on the possible productivity increase of organic farming; calls for a productivity target for organic farming and a correction of the 2030 organic farming target, if proven that organic farming is unable to increase its productivity by the percentage that is necessary to guarantee food security in Europe or if food security can only be achieved by importing products from third countries;
2021/02/18
Committee: ENVIAGRI
Amendment 1095 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
6. Welcomes the notion of rewarding carbon sequestration in soils; stresses, however, that intensive and industrial agriculture and farming models with negative impacts on biodiversity should not receive climate funding or be incentivisedhighlights that soils used as carbon sinks should remain actively managed agricultural land; stresses, however, that some agriculture and farming models could operate more sustainably; highlights that the transformation towards a sustainable food system should be based on incentives including measures to enhance sustainable agriculture and farming models; calls for the proposals to be in line with the environmental objectives and the ‘do no harm’ principle of the Green Deal;
2021/02/18
Committee: ENVIAGRI
Amendment 1102 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
6. Welcomes the notion of rewarding carbon sequestration in soils; stresses, however, that intensive and industrial agriculture and farming models with negative impacts on biodiversity should not receive climate funding or be incentivisedunderlines in this regard that agriculture should not only be seen as a carbon sink but also as an enabler for the highly necessary phasing out of fossil fuels as agriculture can offer a broad variety of GHG-neutral biogenic products and resources; calls for the proposals to be in line with the environmental objectives and the ‘do no harm’ principle of the Green Deal;
2021/02/18
Committee: ENVIAGRI
Amendment 1106 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
6. Welcomes the notion of rewarding carbon sequestration in soils; stresses, however, that intensive and industrial agriculturethat low carbon farming and fcarming models with negative impacts on biodiversity should not receive climate funding orbon sequestration models should be incentivised; calls for the proposals to be in line with the environmental objectives and the ‘do no harm’ principle of the Green Deal;
2021/02/18
Committee: ENVIAGRI
Amendment 1191 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Stresses that global food supply chains are crucial to ensure long-term food security and a diversified and sustainable diet throughout the whole year; highlights the importance of diversified diets in a healthy lifestyle; points out that global supply chains can be essential during times of crisis and natural catastrophes causing low yield;
2021/02/18
Committee: ENVIAGRI
Amendment 1192 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Stresses that the farm to fork strategy should fully take into account the upcoming agreement on the CAP Strategic Plans and avoid additional legal burdens and uncertainty for farmers after the agreement of the new CAP;
2021/02/18
Committee: ENVIAGRI
Amendment 1243 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
8. Calls for CAP National Strategic Plans to ensure adequate financial support and incentives to promote new ecological ‘green’ business models for agriculture and artisanal food production, notably through fostering short supply chains and quality food production; stresses that regional marketing of agricultural products plays an important role in promoting sustainable supply chains;
2021/02/18
Committee: ENVIAGRI
Amendment 1279 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Highlights the efficiency and the high output achieved by some industrial agricultural farming practices and its subsequent lower carbon footprint; underlines that efficiency in agriculture is crucial to ensure food security; stresses that industrial agriculture may be accompanied by lower labour input and that accountable techniques should be recognised;
2021/02/18
Committee: ENVIAGRI
Amendment 1323 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Calls, in this regard, on the Commission and the Member States to ensure equal product and production standards and effective controls of the agricultural products imported from third countries with a view to ensuring a level playing field for European food production and a high level of protection and underlines that the supply with high- quality foodstuff from EU farmers must be an overall target;
2021/02/18
Committee: ENVIAGRI
Amendment 1326 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Stresses that the agri food sector supports not only farmers but also upstream and downstream businesses, secures and creates jobs and is the backbone of the entire food industry; highlights in this respect that the preservation of cultural landscape is the driving force for active rural areas;
2021/02/18
Committee: ENVIAGRI
Amendment 1329 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 b (new)
9b. Calls on the Commission for a strategy on supporting local value chains as a key element for reaching the proposed targets; stresses that small- scaled agriculture and SMEs require additional support for realising the proposed targets;
2021/02/18
Committee: ENVIAGRI
Amendment 1335 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
10. Underlines that robust and reliable legal frameworks for the fisheries and aquaculture sector should provide the basis for better protection measures and animal health with subsequent increases in fish populations and more clarity regarding the use of space and licenses in aquaculture, allowing for greater predictability for investments; stresses that good traceability mechanisms and high sustainability standards for all products sold on EU markets are essential to ensure transparency for consumers, the sector and the different administrations, and to achieve the targets of the Green Deal and the SDGs; stresses the importance of a clear labelling of origin with a focus on milk, milk and meat as ingredient also in processed food, as this is clearly requested by the consumer;
2021/02/18
Committee: ENVIAGRI
Amendment 1375 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
11. Expresses its deep concern about the emergence of zoonotic diseases that are transferred from animals to humans (anthropozoonoses), such as Q fever, avian influenza and the new strain of influenza A (H1N1), which is exacerbated by anthropogenic climate change, the destruction of biodiversity, environmental degradation and our current food production systems;
2021/02/18
Committee: ENVIAGRI
Amendment 1428 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
12. Calls for primary producers to be supported in making the transition to greater sustainability through the encouragement of cooperation and collective actions as well as through competition rules and the enhancement of possibilities for cooperation within the common market organisations for agricultural, fishery and aquaculture products, and thus for farmers’ and fishers’ position in the supply chain to be strengthened in order to enable them to capture a fair share of the added value of sustainable production; points out that appreciation of food is essential for fair pricing and subsequently the reduction of food waste as often the price decides about the value given to a food by the consumers;
2021/02/18
Committee: ENVIAGRI
Amendment 1431 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
12. Calls for primary producers to be supported in making the transition to greater sustainability through the encouragement of cooperation and collective actions as well as through competition rules and the enhancement of possibilities for cooperation within the common market organisations for agricultural, fishery and aquaculture products, and thus for farmers’ and fishers’ position in the supply chain to be strengthened in order to enable them to capture a fair share of the added value of sustainable production; underlines that ensuring a fair income for primary producers is of paramount importance for a successful transition towards a sustainable food system;
2021/02/18
Committee: ENVIAGRI
Amendment 1455 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Calls to promote the recognition and appreciation of food and farmers' contribution for food production; stresses that this contribution deserves a fair and rewarding remuneration of expenses and the work involved in the production; expresses deep concern about the challenging situation farmers find themselves in and the lack of understanding imposed by some members of our society;
2021/02/18
Committee: ENVIAGRI
Amendment 1464 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 b (new)
12b. Calls on the urgent need to address the distortions of competition and unbalances in the food supply chain to protect most vulnerable actors such as small farmers and agri-food workers;
2021/02/18
Committee: ENVIAGRI
Amendment 1495 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
13. Urges the Commission to follow up on Directive (EU) 2019/633 on unfair trading practices22 and the EU code of conduct on responsible business and marketing practices by producing a monitoring framework for the food and retail sectors and providing for legal actionnecessary measures if progress in integrating economic, environmental and social sustainability into corporate strategies is insufficient, and in so doing promoting and rewarding the efforts of sustainable agricultural producers while increasing the availability and affordability of healthy, sustainable food options and reducing the overall environmental footprint of the food system; stresses the importance of halting and addressing consolidation and concentration in the grocery retail sector in order to ensure fair prices for farmers; _________________ 22 OJ L 111, 25.4.2019, p. 59.
2021/02/18
Committee: ENVIAGRI
Amendment 1516 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Emphasises that in order to support the Commission’s initiative in seeking improved labelling of origin or provenance for certain products it will be necessary to revise the food information regulation (1169/2011) with a focus on milk and milk and meat as ingredient;
2021/02/18
Committee: ENVIAGRI
Amendment 1544 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
14. Urges the review of the EU promotion programme for agricultural and food products, including the EU school scheme, the European Healthy School Lunches initiative and the EU Action Plan on Childhood Obesity 2014-2020, with a view to enhancing its contribution to sustainable production and consumption, notably by focusing on educational messages about the importance of healthy nutrition and promoting greater consumption of fruit and vegetables with the aim of reducing obesity rates;
2021/02/18
Committee: ENVIAGRI
Amendment 1549 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
14. Urges the review of the EU promotion programme for agricultural and food products, including the EU school scheme, with a view to enhancing its contribution to sustainable production and consumption, notably by focusing on educational messages about the importance of healthy nutritiostate quality labels, f.e. the EU organic label, about the importance of healthy nutrition, as well as about a clear labelling of origin and promoting greater consumption of fruit and, vegetables with the aim of reducing obesity ratesand meat;
2021/02/18
Committee: ENVIAGRI
Amendment 1566 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
14. Urges the review of the EU promotion programme for agricultural and food products, including the EU school scheme, with a view to enhancing its contribution to sustainable production and consumption, notably by focusing on educational messages about the importance of healthy, balanced nutrition and promoting greater consumption of fruit and vegetables with the aim of reducing obesity rates;
2021/02/18
Committee: ENVIAGRI
Amendment 1573 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Supports the Commission’s initiative in seeking improved labelling of origin or provenance for certain products; is convinced that clear labelling of origin would empower consumers to support local and regional – and thus often also more sustainable – supply chains and thereby contribute significantly to sustainable food systems;
2021/02/18
Committee: ENVIAGRI
Amendment 1584 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Highlights that proper nutrition promotes optimal growth and development of children and that kindergarten and schools are key partners in encouraging children to develop healthy eating habits;
2021/02/18
Committee: ENVIAGRI
Amendment 1589 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 b (new)
14b. Calls on Member States to include food and nutrition education as a mandatory part of the national curriculum; reiterates that educational activities may also involve teachers and parents as they are role models for children’s healthy eating habits and lifestyles;
2021/02/18
Committee: ENVIAGRI
Amendment 1592 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 c (new)
14c. Emphasises the importance of a balanced diet and sufficient exercise for a healthy lifestyle and welcomes the Commission's aim of tackling the rise in overweight and obesity across the EU by 2030; calls for measures to prevent obesity to be developed on the basis of independent science data and to take into account that a calorie imbalance between calorie intake and calorie consumption is the main cause for obesity;
2021/02/18
Committee: ENVIAGRI
Amendment 1593 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 d (new)
14d. Highlights that a sustainable diet includes safe, enjoyable, balanced and needs-covering foods; stresses the need of the food industry to provide for a wide variety of foods that take different lifestyles and different nutritional needs and preferences into account; stresses that a more sustainable diet needs to support a purchase decision which is based on the range of foods available and the consumer's choice; highlights that it is indispensable for a conscious decision to have sufficient information and the right understanding;
2021/02/18
Committee: ENVIAGRI
Amendment 1626 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Stresses that Member States should enable farmers with financial support, farm advisory services, training, technology, innovation and the development of new sustainable business models in the uptake and delivery of biodiversity and environmental benefits; while considering the importance of balancing voluntary measures and regulatory action;
2021/02/18
Committee: ENVIAGRI
Amendment 1632 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 b (new)
15b. Considers it imperative that farmers receive life-long support and training in the transition towards agroecological practices;
2021/02/18
Committee: ENVIAGRI
Amendment 1666 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
16. Calls for measures to reduce the burden that highly processed foods with high salt, sugar and fat content place on public health; regrets that the introduction of nutrient profiles is greatly delayed and stresses that a robust set of nutrient profiles must be developed to restrict or prohibit the use of false nutritional claims on foods high in fats, sugars and/or salt; calls for a mandatory EU-wide front-of-pack nutria harmonised EU-wide front-of-pack nutrition labelling system based on independent science and dietary guidelines that support consumers to make healthier food choices and that provides them with better, more detailed and easier to understand but not over- simplistic information labelling system based on independent sciencout the food they consume;
2021/02/18
Committee: ENVIAGRI
Amendment 1683 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
16. Calls for measures to reduce the burden that highly processed foods with high salt, sugar and fat content place on public health; regrets that the introduction of nutrient profiles is greatly delayed and stresses that a robust set of nutrient profiles must be developed to restrict or prohibit the stresses that nutrient profiles for claim purposes could not assist in the fight against overweight and obesity if they focuse of false nutritional claims on foods high in fats, sugars and/or salnly on certain nutrients and ignore products’ energy content; calls for a mandatory EU-wide front-of- pack nutrition labelling system based on independent science with an open access for all market operators;
2021/02/18
Committee: ENVIAGRI
Amendment 1700 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Stresses in this context, that natural food shall not be rated negative in comparison to artificially produced food; calls on the Commission and the Member States while preparing the EU-wide front- of-pack nutritional labelling system that natural food shall be highlighted in this context;
2021/02/18
Committee: ENVIAGRI
Amendment 1715 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 b (new)
16b. Stresses that exemptions for all agricultural direct marketers and for small scale businesses have to be ensured, so that food companies shall not have market benefits;
2021/02/18
Committee: ENVIAGRI
Amendment 1720 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 c (new)
16c. Emphasises that overweight and obesity are at the origin of diet-related non-communicable diseases, as obesity is caused by an imbalance between energy intake and energy expenditure, all actions must take this principle into account;
2021/02/18
Committee: ENVIAGRI
Amendment 1733 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
17. Welcomes the Commission’s commitment to revise the EU legislation on food contact materials (FCM) and to adopt with no delay specific measures for those 13 groups of materials not yet harmonised at EU level; reiterates its call to revise the legislation on FCM in line with the regulation on the registration, evaluation, authorisation and restriction of chemicals (REACH), as well as classification, labelling and packaging regulations, and to insert, without further delay, specific provisions to substitute endocrine disrupting chemicals;
2021/02/18
Committee: ENVIAGRI
Amendment 1751 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
18. Welcomes the fact that the strategy rightly recognises the role and influence of the food environment in shaping consumption patterns and the need to make it easier for consumers to choose healthy and sustainable diets; reiterates the importance of promoting sustainable diets by raising consumer awareness including digital channels of the impacts of consumption patterns and providing information on diets that are better for human health and have a lower environmental footprint; underlines that food prices must send the right signal to consumers; welcomes, therefore,requests to consider that fair food prices, reflecting also the strategy’s objective that the healthy and sustainable choice should becomeue cost of production for the environment and society, are the only way to achieve sustainable and equitable food systems in the long term; underlines the need to increase transparency and raise consumers’ awareness regarding the mcosts affordablnd profits related to each stage of the food supply chain; encourage conesumers to make healthier lifestyle choices;
2021/02/18
Committee: ENVIAGRI
Amendment 1772 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
18. Welcomes the fact that the strategy rightly recognises the role and influence of the food environment in shaping consumption patterns and the need to make it easier for consumers to choose healthy and sustainable diets; reiterates the importance of promoting sustainable diets by raising consumer awareness of the impacts of consumption patterns and providing information on diets that are better for human health and have a lower environmental footprint as well as a clear label of origin; underlines that food prices must send the right signal to consumers; welcomes, therefore, the strategy’s objective that the healthy and sustainable choice should become the most affordable one; stresses the importance that is necessary to ensure a fair income for farmers;
2021/02/18
Committee: ENVIAGRI
Amendment 1828 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
19. Reaffirms its belief that policy measures that are dependent solely on consumer choice unduly shift the responsibility to purchase sustainable products to consumers; notes that third- party certification and labelling alone are not effective in ensuring sustainable production and consumption; acknowledges nevertheless, that transparency is an important element, that will empower consumers to make more sustainable buying decisions;
2021/02/18
Committee: ENVIAGRI
Amendment 1833 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
19. Reaffirms its belief that policy measures that are dependent solely on consumer choice unduly shift the responsibility to purchase sustainable products toSupports a holistic approach including all stakeholders to make our food system more sustainable; reaffirms that policy measures need to be based on the triad of sustainable production, target oriented labelling and on consumers choice; notes that third- party certification and labelling alone are not effective in ensuring sustainable production and consumption;
2021/02/18
Committee: ENVIAGRI
Amendment 1835 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
19. Reaffirms its belief that policy measures that are dependent solely on consumer choice unduly shift the responsibility to purchase sustainable products to consumers; notes that third- party certification and labelling alone are not effective in ensuring sustainable production andthe consumer choices play an essential role and their choices have to be taken into account during the transition to a more sustainable and healthy European food system; notes that state and the EU quality labels, e.g. the EU organic label, are an important opportunity to raise awareness of sustainable consumption;
2021/02/18
Committee: ENVIAGRI
Amendment 1863 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
20. Highlights the recognition in the strategy that Europeans’ diets are not in line with recommendations for healthy eating, and that a population-wide shift in consumption patterns is needed towards more healthy anddiets which may include more plant-based foods and less red and processed meat, sugars, salt, and fats, which will also benefit the environment; emphasises that EU-wide guidelines for sustainable and healthy diets would bring clarity to consumers on what constitutes a healthy and sustainable diet and inform Member States’ own efforts to integrate sustainability elements in national dietary advice; calls on the Commission to develop such guidelinesencourage consumers to live a healthy diet calls on the Commission to develop such guidelines and specific actions to effectively promote healthy diets; urges that these guidelines could be reflected in an EU-wide easy to grasp and easy to understand nutrition labelling; encourages Member States to integrate sustainability elements in national dietary advice; calls on the Commission to develop EU wide guidelines for sustainable diets; suggests to use these guidelines to develop a sustainable labelling and specific actions to effectively promote healthy plant-based diets;
2021/02/18
Committee: ENVIAGRI
Amendment 1896 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
20. Highlights the recognition in the strategy that Europeans’ diets are not in line with recommendations for healthy eating, and that a population-wide shift in consumption patterns is needed towards more healthy and plant-based foods and less red and processed meat, sugars, salt, and fatsbalanced diet, which will also benefit the environment; emphasises that EU-wide guidelines for sustainable and healthy diets should be science-based and take into account the cultural and regional diversity of European foods and diets would bring clarity to consumers on what constitutes a healthy and sustainable diet and inform Member States’ own efforts to integrate sustainability elements in national dietary advice; calls on the Commission to develop such guidelines and specific actions to effectively promote healthy plant-basand balanced diets;
2021/02/18
Committee: ENVIAGRI
Amendment 1898 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
20. Highlights the recognition in the strategy that Europeans’ diets are not in line with recommendations for healthy eating, and that a population-wide shift in consumption patterns is needed towards more healthy and plant-based foods and less red and processed meat, sugars, salt, and fats, which will also benefit the environmentfood, towards more sustainable and regional products; emphasises that EU-wide guidelines for sustainable and healthy diets would bring clarity to consumers on what constitutes a healthy and sustainable diet and inform Member States’ own efforts to integrate sustainability elements in national dietary advice; calls on the Commission to develop such guidelines and specific actions to effectively promote healthy plant-based diets;
2021/02/18
Committee: ENVIAGRI
Amendment 1899 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
20. Highlights the recognition in the strategy that Europeans’ diets are not in line with recommendations for healthy eating, and that a population-wide shift in consumption patterns is needwelcomed towards more healthy and plant-based foods and less red and processed meat, sugars, salt, and fats,balanced diet which will also benefit the environment; emphasises that EU-wide guidelines for sustainable and healthy diets would bring clarity to consumers on what constitutes a healthy and sustainable diet and inform Member States’ own efforts to integrate sustainability elements in national dietary advice; calls on the Commission to develop such guidelines and specific actions to effectively promote healthy pbalant-basced diets;
2021/02/18
Committee: ENVIAGRI
Amendment 1913 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20a. Calls for the expansion of regional and farm slaughtering to avoid long and painful animal transports and to be able to slaughter animals gently in familiar surroundings; highlights that this would simultaneously strengthen rural agriculture, the promotion of the consumption of regional food and would cause less stress before slaughtering and also improve the quality of the meat;
2021/02/18
Committee: ENVIAGRI
Amendment 1917 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure that foodstuffs suitable for vegetarians or vegans that do not contain meat, may not mislead consumers in a subtle way;
2021/02/18
Committee: ENVIAGRI
Amendment 1928 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
21. Considers that the further development of plant protein production and alternative sources of protein in the EU is a way of effectively addressing many of the environmental and climate challenges that EU agriculture is facing, as well as preventing deforestation in countries outside the EU; highlights the need of an EU protein transition strategy that encourages the cultivation of plant proteins for food and feed in the EU as well as the utilisation of save and available processed animal proteins;
2021/02/18
Committee: ENVIAGRI
Amendment 1972 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
22. Calls for a revision of public procurement legislation, including minimum mandatory criteria in schools and other public institutions to encourage organicsustainable and local food production and to promote more healthy diets by creating a food environment that enables consumers to make the healthy choice; stresses that regional products should be given priority in public procurement and that this should be reflected in the relevant legal acts;
2021/02/18
Committee: ENVIAGRI
Amendment 1974 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
22. Calls for a revision of public procurement legislation and funding, including minimum mandatory criteria in kindergarten and schools and other public institutions to encourage organic and local food production andlocal food chains, organic farming, sustainable production and the reduction of foodwaste; calls to promote more healthy diets and dietary patterns by creating a food environment that enables consumers to make the healthy choice;
2021/02/18
Committee: ENVIAGRI
Amendment 1997 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
22. Calls for a revision of public procurement legislation, including minimum mandatory criteria in schools and other public institutions to encourage organicsustainable and local food production and to promote more healthy diets by creating a food environment that enables consumers to make the healthy choice;
2021/02/18
Committee: ENVIAGRI
Amendment 1999 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
22. Calls for a revision of public procurement legislation, including minimum mandatory criteria in schools and other public institutions to encourage organicsustainably and local foodly production aned food to promote more healthy diets by creating a food environment that enables consumers to make the healthy choice;
2021/02/18
Committee: ENVIAGRI
Amendment 2034 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
23. Reiterates its call to take the measures required to achieve a Union food waste reduction target of 30 % by 2025 and 50 % by 2030 compared to the 2014 baseline; underlines that binding targets are needed to achieve this; recognises that ensuring animal health also helps to avoid food losses and waste at source;
2021/02/18
Committee: ENVIAGRI
Amendment 2047 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)
23a. Recalls that 70% of EU food waste results from a combination of households, restaurants, catering services and retail, whereas the remaining 30% occurs on farms and during processing;
2021/02/18
Committee: ENVIAGRI
Amendment 2049 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 b (new)
23b. Recognises that ensuring animal health also helps to avoid food losses and waste at source;
2021/02/18
Committee: ENVIAGRI
Amendment 2050 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 c (new)
23c. Reiterates that according to the FAO 2019 report, consumer waste is often a result of poor purchase planning, excess and impulse buying, opting for extreme cheap prices instead of quality and sustainability, confusion over labels ('best before' and 'use by'), poor in-home storing or stock management, preparation of too much food, and a lack of knowledge on how to use leftovers in other recipes instead of discarding them;
2021/02/18
Committee: ENVIAGRI
Amendment 2069 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
24. Welcomes the proposed revision of EU rules on date marking; stresses that any change to date marking rules should be risk and science based and should improve the use of date marking by actors in the food chain and its understanding by consumers, in particular ‘best before’ labelling, while at the same time not undermining food safety or quality;
2021/02/18
Committee: ENVIAGRI
Amendment 2081 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)
24a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to clarify and harmonise the definitions and terminology, concepts and statistics in use and to ensure the coherence of the policies and measures adopted;
2021/02/18
Committee: ENVIAGRI
Amendment 2127 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
25. Underlines the importance EU funding for research and innovation especially for SMEs as a key driver in accelerating the transition to a more sustainable, healthy and inclusive European food system while facilitating investments needed to encourage agro- ecological practices in both social and technological innovation, and the crucial role of farm advisory services in ensuring the transfer of knowledge to the farming community, drawing on the existing specialised training systems for farmers in Member States;
2021/02/18
Committee: ENVIAGRI
Amendment 2138 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)
25a. Highlights in this regard the importance of agricultural internships supported by Erasmus+;
2021/02/18
Committee: ENVIAGRI
Amendment 2164 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)
25a. Acknowledges that SMEs are a valuable source and contributor enabling the transition towards a fair, healthy and environmentally-friendly farm to fork strategy;
2021/02/18
Committee: ENVIAGRI
Amendment 2196 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
26. Recalls the global responsibility of European food systems and their key role in setting global standards for food safety, environmental protection and animal welfare; calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure that all food and feed products imported to the EU fully meet relevant EU regulations and standards and to provide development assistance to support primary producers from developing countries in meeting those standards; welcomes the Commission’s intention to take the environmental impacts of requested import tolerances into account; otherwise the implementation of this strategy would lead to an unintended leakage of production in countries with lower production standards; welcomes that the EU will seek to ensure an ambitious sustainability chapter in all bilateral trade agreements; highlights the necessity of improving the competitiveness of EU primary producers and to ensure a level playing field;
2021/02/18
Committee: ENVIAGRI
Amendment 2250 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 a (new)
26a. Recalls that trade agreements must ensure that the parties involved participate actively in promoting sustainable development principles; international standards that are in line with European environmental and climate ambitions for sustainable growth must also be guaranteed; in addition, in order to ensure a global transition to sustainable food systems, these agreements should make the Paris Agreement on Climate Change and compliance to this as essential and binding elements;
2021/02/18
Committee: ENVIAGRI
Amendment 2270 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 a (new)
26a. Underlines that all international trade agreements have to fulfil the requirements which are set by this strategy;
2021/02/18
Committee: ENVIAGRI