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Plenary speeches (2)

Sustainable use of plant protection products (debate)
2023/11/21
Dossiers: 2022/0196(COD)
Sustainable use of plant protection products (debate)
2023/11/21
Dossiers: 2022/0196(COD)

Amendments (27)

Amendment 2207 #
Maria ARENA, Biljana BORZAN, Sarah WIENER, Günther SIDL
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 1
1. The use of all plant protection products is prohibited on all surface waters and within 310 metres of the average shoreline over the year of such waters. This 310 metre buffer zone shall not be reduced by using alternative risk- mitigation techniques. Member States shall encourage the establishment of vegetated buffer strips along water courses.
2023/04/05
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 2222 #
Maria ARENA, Biljana BORZAN, Günther SIDL, Delara BURKHARDT
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 3
3. By … [OP: please insert the date of application of this Regulation], Member States shall have in place appropriate measures to avoid deterioration of surface and groundwater status as well as coastal and marine waters and allow achievement of good surface and groundwater status, to protect the aquatic environment and drinking water supplies from the impact of plant protection products and their relevant and non-relevant metabolites to achieve, at least, the objectives set out in Directives 2000/60/EC, 2006/118/EC, 2008/105/EC, 2008/56/EC and (EU) 2020/2184.
2023/04/05
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 2227 #
Maria ARENA, Biljana BORZAN, Günther SIDL
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 a (new)
Article 19a Extended Producer Responsibility 1. Member States shall ensure that extended producer responsibility schemes are established for all plant protection products including their metabolites, in accordance with Articles 8 and 8a of Directive 2008/98/EC. 2. Member States shall ensure that the producers of plant protection products cover the costs pursuant to the extended producer responsibility provisions in Directive 2008/98/EC and, insofar as not already included, cover the following costs: (a) the investment and operational costs incurred by drinking water suppliers to treat raw drinking water to ensure compliance with the parametric values for plant protection products and their metabolites defined in Annex 1, Part B of Directive 2020/2184; (b) the investment costs incurred by drinking water suppliers for other measures to ensure compliance with the parametric values for plant protection products and their metabolites defined in Annex 1, Part B of Directive 2020/2184; 3. The costs to be covered referred to in paragraph 2 shall not exceed the costs that are necessary to provide the services referred to therein in a cost-efficient way and shall be established in a transparent way between the actors concerned. 4. Member States shall define in a clear way the roles and responsibilities of all relevant actors involved. 5. Each Member State shall allow the producers established in another Member State and placing products on its market to appoint a legal or natural person established on its territory as an authorised representative for the purposes of fulfilling the obligations of a producer related to extended producer responsibility schemes on its territory according to the provisions of this Article.
2023/04/05
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 2315 #
Maria ARENA, Biljana BORZAN, Günther SIDL, Delara BURKHARDT
Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 a (new)
Article 23a Occupational Health and Safety Obligations arising from this Regulation for the use, storage and disposal of plant protection products shall apply without prejudice to the minimum health and safety requirements at the workplace, as laid down by, inter alia, Council Directive 89/391/EEC, Council Directive 89/656/EEC , Council Directive 98/24/EC , Directive 2004/37/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and Directive 2009/104/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council.
2023/04/05
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 2316 #
Maria ARENA, Biljana BORZAN, Günther SIDL, Delara BURKHARDT
Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 b (new)
Article 23b Monitoring of plant protection product residues 1. Member States shall put in place national measures and arrangements for carrying out appropriate health surveillance of farmers and farm workers using chemical plant protection products, assessing whether: (a) exposure to chemical plant protection product residues is within the limits established by the European Food Safety Authority in relation to non-dietary exposures and the potential impact on human health (i.e. development of diseases), in line with Article 10 of Directive 98/24/EC and the provisions of Directive 89/391/EEC; (b) examining the efficacy of mitigation measures and protection equipment. 2. Member States shall put in place measures for carrying out comprehensive environmental monitoring of plant protection product residues in water resources, groundwater, soil, air/dust and biota among others, assessing, inter alia, whether: (a) plant protection product residues exceed the predicted environmental concentrations or those that have the potential to cause harm to human health or that of other species, via environmental indicators and methods such as farmland birds index, pollinators index, Insignia- bee, LUCAS of Soil Biodiversity and Pesticides; (b) mitigation measures are properly implemented. 3. If necessary, Member States shall propose readjustments to ensure that the use of plant protection products complies with the provisions of Article 4 of Regulation (EU) 1107/2009.
2023/04/05
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 2340 #
Maria ARENA, Günther SIDL
Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 4
4. A distributor shall sell only non- chemical plant protection products to non-professional users. Distributors shall provide general information to non- professional users on the risks to human health and the environment of the use of plant protection products, including the information on hazards, exposure, proper storage, handling, application and safe disposal in accordance with Directive 2008/98/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council86 , and shall recommend alternative low-risk plant protection products and ways in which risks can be mitigated when using plant protection products. __________________ 86 Directive 2008/98/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 November 2008 on waste and repealing certain Directives (OJ L 312 22.11.2008, p. 3) and shall recommend alternative to chemical plant protection products.
2023/04/05
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 2419 #
Maria ARENA, Biljana BORZAN, Günther SIDL, Delara BURKHARDT
Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 10 b (new)
10b. Training provided by employers to workers shall be free of cost and shall count and be remunerated as working time and, where possible, shall take place during working hours in accordance with Directive 2019/11521a. __________________ 1a Directive (EU) 2019/1152 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 June 2019 on transparent and predictable working conditions in the European Union (OJ L 186, 11.7.2019, p. 105)
2023/04/05
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 2520 #
Maria ARENA, Biljana BORZAN, Günther SIDL
Proposal for a regulation
Article 28 a (new)
Article 28a Occupational diseases resulting from the use of and exposure to plant protection products 1. Each Member States shall designate a public competent authority for health responsible to establish a system for the reporting, recognition and fair compensation of diseases resulting from the use of and/or the exposure to plant protection products. 2. Member States shall ensure that the designated authorities have sufficient staff and resources to perform their tasks properly, including carrying out health surveillance and effective inspections. 3. Member States shall ensure the monitoring, compliance and enforcement of national mandatory occupational exposure limits (OELs) set for the use of and/or the exposure to active substance(s) in plant protection products, their metabolites and co-formulants. 4. Member States shall ensure that each professional user, including workers, have access to official documentation reporting the type of plant protection product used during his/her work activity, the health and environmental risks related to its use as well as the period of exposure. 5. Employers shall provide to all workers employed in their business activity the official documentation referred to in paragraph 4. 6. Member States shall ensure the enforcement of the obligation referred to in paragraph 5 and shall apply effective, dissuasive and proportionate sanctions in case of infringement of such requirement. 7. Member States shall facilitate the reporting of diseases linked to plant protection products use and exposure by setting accessible and effective reporting mechanisms. 8. Member States are required to ensure recognition of such diseases as well as fair compensation.
2023/04/05
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 2521 #
Maria ARENA, Biljana BORZAN, Günther SIDL
Proposal for a regulation
Article 28 b (new)
Article 28b Advertising of plant protection products 1. For the purposes of this Article, ‘advertising of plant protection products’ shall include any form of door-to-door information, canvassing activity or inducement designed to promote the supply, sale or use of plant protection products; it shall include in particular: (a) the advertising of plant protection products to the general public; (b) advertising of plant protection products to persons qualified to retail, use plant protection products, or provide advice in accordance with Article 26; (c) visits by producers of plant protection product to persons qualified to retail, use plant protection products, or provide advice in accordance with Article 26; (d) the supply of samples; (e) the provision of inducements to retail, use, or provide advice on plant protection products by the gift, offer or promise of any benefit or bonus, whether in money or in kind; (f) sponsorship of promotional meetings attended by persons qualified to retail, use plant protection products, or provide advice in accordance with Article 26; (g) sponsorship of scientific congresses attended by persons qualified to retail, use plant protection products, or provide advice in accordance with Article 26, and in particular payment of their travelling and accommodation expenses in connection therewith. 2. Advertising of chemical plant protection products to the general public is prohibited. 3. Member States shall prohibit or restrict the advertising of plant protection products consisting of practices listed in paragraph 1, points (b) to (g). 4. The provisions of this Article shall apply without prejudice to labelling and other advertising requirements under Regulation (EU) No 1107/2009.
2023/04/05
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 2598 #
Maria ARENA, Günther SIDL, Delara BURKHARDT
Proposal for a regulation
Article 32
inspection of application equipment in 1. carrying out the risk assessment referred to in paragraph 2, lay down less stringent inspection requirements and provide for different inspection intervals than those set out in Article 31 to application equipment in professional use which represents a very low scale of use estimated by way of the risk assessment referred to in paragraph 2 and which is listed in the national action plan referred to in Article 8. This paragraph shall not apply to the following application equipment in professional use: (a) trains or aircraft; (b) are larger than 3 m, including sprayers that are mounted on sowing equipment which is larger than 3 m wide; (c) vertical sprayer or orchard blast sprayer. 2. 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. 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. 4. professional use that has been exempted from inspection in accordance with paragraph 3 shall not be subject to the requirement to make an entry in the electronic register referred to in Article 29 or the registrArticle 32 deleted Member State derogations regarding professional use A Member State may, after spraying equipment mounted on horizontal boom sprayers which Before laying down less stringent Application requirepments referred to in Article 33. in
2023/04/05
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 2720 #
Maria ARENA, Biljana BORZAN, Günther SIDL
Proposal for a regulation
Article 42 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. The Commission shall, additionally, assess the following issues: (a) whether advances in scientific data concerning uses and risks associated with spraying plant protection products using unmanned aircrafts allow to conclude whether this method may result in negative environmental and health impacts or whether the potential benefits of aerial spraying by unmanned aircraft warrants a review of this Regulation to allow for their use under certain specifications; (b) whether the report from the Commission to the European Parliament and the Council on the sustainable use of biocides pursuant to Article 18 of Regulation (EU) No 528/2012 and subsequent actions as set out in the conclusions of this report are fit for purpose to ensure a sustainable use of biocidal products and subsequently whether the scope of this Regulation should be extended to biocidal products; c. whether reduction of the use of plant protection products and full implementation of integrated pest management should become a specific objective of the post-2027 Common Agricultural Policy by evaluating, inter alia, whether Common Agricultural Policy payments should be linked to evidence on the implementation of integrated pest management and a reduction in the use of plant protection products in accordance with this Regulation.
2023/04/05
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 2724 #
Maria ARENA, Biljana BORZAN, Günther SIDL
Proposal for a regulation
Article 42 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Based on the findings of the report referred to in paragraph 2 and the updated and new harmonised risk indicators referred to in Article 35(6), the Commission shall develop a strategy for the sustainable use of plant protection products after 2030 taking into account the latest scientific developments and statistics on the use of plant protection products in agriculture. It may, as appropriate, submit a legislative proposal to the European Parliament and to the Council in this regard.
2023/04/05
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 2764 #
Günther SIDL
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point 1
1. The methodology shall be based on statistics on the quantities of chemical active substances placed on the market in plant protection products under Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009, provided to the Commission (Eurostat) under Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 1185/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council91 and on reference hectare application rates calculated by Member States for each active substance on the basis of the maximum dose per hectare in each application, that is set by member states for plant protection products placed on the market containing the respective active substances, in accordance with Article 31 (3) of Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009. __________________ 91 Regulation (EC) No 1185/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 November 2009 concerning statistics on pesticides (OJ L 324, 10.12.2009, p. 1).
2023/04/05
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 2768 #
Günther SIDL
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point 2 – point a
(a) progress shall be calculated on the basis of the categorisation of chemical active substances into the 4 groups set out in the Table in this Annex and the corresponding weighting factors;
2023/04/05
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 2773 #
Günther SIDL
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point 2 – point f a (new)
(fa) Reference hectare application rates for a given chemical active substance shall be calculated as follows: (i) For plants or plant products for which plant protection products containing the active substance concerned are approved, the maximum doses per hectare of the active substance shall be calculated from the maximum doses per hectare of the corresponding plant protection products that have been established for each application in accordance with Article 31(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009. (ii) For plants or plant products for which more than one plant protection product is approved, and for which therefore different maximum doses per hectares are calculated, the highest calculated value shall be used as the maximum dose per hectare of the active substance. (iii) The reference hectare application rate of an active substance shall be calculated as the weighted arithmetic mean of the maximum doses per hectare of the active substance for all plants and plant products for which plant protection products containing the active substance are authorised, with weighting factors corresponding to the number of plant protection products authorised for the plants or plant products concerned.
2023/04/05
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 2774 #
Günther SIDL
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point 2 – point f b (new)
(fb) Chemical active substances that are not contained in plant protection products applied to agricultural production areas are not covered by the methodology described here.
2023/04/05
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 2777 #
Günther SIDL
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point 3 – paragraph 1
Progress towards achieving reduction target 1 shall be calculated by multiplydividing the annual quantities of active substances in plant protection products placed on the market for each group in the Table in this Annex by the relevant reference hectare application rate and multiplying by the relevant hazard weighting set out in row (iii), followed by the aggregation of the results of these calculations.
2023/04/05
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 2784 #
Günther SIDL
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Section 1 – Table 1 – Row 3
(ii) Hazard Weightings applicable to quantities of chemical active substances placed on the market in products authorised under Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 standardized by the mean application rate per hectare of its representative uses evaluated in the approval procedure under Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009
2023/04/05
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 2790 #
Günther SIDL
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Section 1 – Table 1 – Row 4
(iii) 1 8 16 64 * *the weighing factor associated with the last group assignment before loss of approval
2023/04/05
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 2800 #
Günther SIDL
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point 6
6. The CommissionMember States shall calculate the progress towards achieving reduction target 1 in accordance with Article 34(2) of this Regulation for each calendar year and at the latest 20 months after the end of the year for which progress towards the reduction target 1 is being calculated.
2023/04/05
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 2802 #
Günther SIDL
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point 6 a (new)
6a. Member States shall report the trends in progress towards achieving their 2030 reduction targets to the Commission on an annual basis.
2023/04/05
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 2906 #
Günther SIDL
(ii) Hazard weightings applicable to quantities of active substances placed on the market in products authorised under Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 standardized by the mean application rate per hectare of its representative uses evaluated in the approval procedure under Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009
2023/04/05
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 2912 #
Günther SIDL
Proposal for a regulation
Annex VI – Section 2 – Table 1 – Row 4
(iii) 1 8 16 64 * *the weighing factor associated with the last group assignment before loss of approval
2023/04/05
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 2928 #
Günther SIDL
Proposal for a regulation
Annex VI – Section 3 – Table 2 – Row 3
(ii) Hazard weightings applicable to quantities of active substances placed on the market in products authorised under Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 standardized by the mean application rate per hectare of its representative uses evaluated in the approval procedure under Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009
2023/04/05
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 2934 #
Günther SIDL
Proposal for a regulation
Annex VI – Section 3 – Table 2 – Row 4
(iii) 1 8 16 64 * *the weighing factor associated with the last group assignment before loss of approval
2023/04/05
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 2948 #
Günther SIDL
Proposal for a regulation
Annex VI – Section 4 – Table 3 – Row 3
(ii) Hazard weightings applicable to quantities of active substances placed on the market in products authorised under Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 standardized by the mean application rate per hectare of its representative uses evaluated in the approval procedure under Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009
2023/04/05
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 2956 #
Günther SIDL
Proposal for a regulation
Annex VI – Section 4 – Table 3 – Row 4
(iii) 1 8 16 16 * 64 *the weighing factor associated with the last group assignment before loss of approval l
2023/04/05
Committee: ENVI
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