Activities of Sandra PEREIRA related to 2022/0196(COD)
Plenary speeches (1)
Sustainable use of plant protection products (debate)
Amendments (94)
Amendment 111 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1
Recital 1
(1) The Treaty requires a high level of protection of human health and of the environment to be ensured in the definition and the implementation of all Union policies and activities and provides that Union policy on the environment is to aim at a high level of protection, which should be based on the precautionary principle and on the principles of preventive action and rectifying environmental damage at source as a priority .
Amendment 119 #
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 . The European Parliament stressed the importance of achieving these goals through holistic, preventive and circular approaches, including organic and agroecological practices, focusing on the key role of integrated pest management (IPM) in reducing pesticide dependency. _________________ 41 P8_TA(2019)0082, 12 February 2019. 42 P9_TA(2021)0425, 20 October 2021.
Amendment 131 #
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 to be adapted by laying down additional, clearer and directly applicable rules for operators, wholesalers and retailers. In addition, a number of rules should be reinforced and clarified, including the rules on the application ofprotection of rural residents and workers, the application of agroecological strategies and 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 138 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7
Recital 7
(7) The Commission Communication entitled ‘the European Green Deal’ 47set 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 to reduce by 50% the overall use anduse and overall 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 sustainablwift reduction and phase-out of the 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 work54and thereby contributes to the implementation of principle 10 of the European Pillar of Social Rights on a healthy, safe and well-adapt regarding a healthy, safe and well-adapted work environment. The Commission Communication on a Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability included the commitment to ensure that hazardous chemicals banned in the European Union are not produced wfork environmenxport. _________________ 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 Bbiodiversity Strategy for 2030 Bbringing 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 cConcerning 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 145 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8
Recital 8
(8) Two European citizens’ initiatives address the use of pesticides and call for ambitious reduction targets. The initiative ‘Ban glyphosate and protect people and the environment from toxic pesticides’ submitted to the Commission on 6 October 2017 called on the Commission, under its third aim, ‘to set EU-wide mandatory reduction targets for pesticide use, with a view to achieving a pesticide-free future’. In its reply adopted on 12 December 2017, the Commission stated that it would re- evaluate the need for EU-wide mandatory targets for pesticides. More recently, the initiative ‘Save bees and farmers! Towards a bee-friendly agriculture for a healthy environment’ calls on the Commission ‘to propose legal acts to phase out synthetic pesticides in EU agriculture by 80% by 2030, starting with the most hazardous, and to become free of synthetic by 2035.’ The initiative has collected over 1 million statements of support by 30 September 2021 which are currently being verified by Member States authoritiesIt further calls for measures 'to restore natural ecosystems in agricultural areas so that farming becomes a vector of biodiversity recovery', 'to reform agriculture by prioritising small-scale, diverse and sustainable farming, supporting a rapid increase in agro- ecological and organic practice', and 'enabling independent farmer-based training and research into pesticide- and GMO-free farming'.
Amendment 147 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8 a (new)
Recital 8 a (new)
(8a) Public opinion and academia concur regarding the need to move away from pesticide-dependent food systems. As a result, it is anticipated that more alternative solutions to chemical pesticides will become available and the transition should be based on the diverse pool of know-how regarding complementary crop protection strategies, including the principles of integrated pest management. It is therefore appropriate for this regulation to seek the long-term phasing out of chemical pesticides and provide technical and financial support for small and medium farmers for the implementation of sustainable agroecological strategies and organic control methods to facilitate this transition.
Amendment 148 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8 b (new)
Recital 8 b (new)
(8b) Transition to farming methods aligned to the principles of agroecology and focusing on more sustainable and effectively resilient production systems is urgently necessary to address the growing problems arising from the damage caused by intensive agricultural practices and climate change. It will also affect the incomes of farmers, especially the smaller ones. It is therefore essential to guarantee that aid is fairly distributed to all farmers, encouraging more people to enter and remain in this sector, and adopt market regulation policies guaranteed to facilitate production flows, encourage the consumption of food produced as locally as possible and promote adherence to agroecological principles. It is also necessary to ensure that agricultural products entering the EU meet the same high standards as those originating in the EU.
Amendment 150 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) In the final report of the Conference on the Future of Europe, published on 9 May 2022, when it comes to the proposals on agriculture, food production, biodiversity and ecosystems, pollution, citizens ask the Union in particular to significantly reduce the use of chemical pesticides and fertilizers, in line with the existing targets, while still ensuring food security, and support for research to develop more sustainable and natural- based alternatives. Citizens ask for more research and innovations, including in technological solutions for sustainable production, plant resistance, and precision farming, and more communication, advisory systems, and training for and from farmers as well as asking the Union to protect insects, in particular indigenous and pollinating insects.55. _________________ 55 Conference on the Future of Europe – Report on the Final Outcome, May 2022, Proposals 1 and 2, pp. 43-44.
Amendment 172 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) Given the different levels of historical progress and differences in intensity of pesticide use between Member States, it is necessary to allow Member States some flexibility when setting their own binding national targets (“national 2030 reduction targets”), to be reflected in technical or financial support for farmers to ensure that small producers are not overburdened by the need to meet the aforesaid targets and that peoples depending on their products are not faced with rising food prices. Intensity of use is best measured by dividing the total quantity of active substances placed on the market, and therefore used, in the form of plant protection productesticides in a particular Member State by the surface area over which the active substances were applied. Intensity in the use of chemical pesticides, and in particular of the more hazardous pesticides, correlates with greater dependency on chemical pesticides, greater risks to human health and the environment and less sustainable farming practices. It is therefore appropriate to allow Member States to take their lower intensity of use of chemical pesticides than the Union average into account in setting their national 2030 reduction targets. It is also appropriate to require them to take their higher intensity of use of chemical pesticides than the Union average into account in setting their national 2030 reduction targets. In addition, in order to n order to give recognition to past efforts by Member States, they should also be allowed to take into account historical progress prior to the adoption of the Farm to Fork Strategy when setting national 2030 reduction targets. Conversely, where Member States have increased, or made only limited reductions in, their use and risk of chemical plant protection products, they should now make a greater contribution to the achievement of the Union 2030 reduction targets, while also taking account of their intensity of pesticide use. In order to ensure a fair and collective effort towards the achievement of Union- wide targets and an adequate level of ambition, minimum limits should be laid down for national 2030 reduction targets. The EU’s outermost regions, as listed in Article 349 of the Treaty, are located in the Atlantic, Caribbean and Indian Ocean. Due to permanent constraints such as their remoteness to the European continent, insularity and high exposure to climate change, it is appropriate to allow Member States to take into account the specific needs of these regions as regards the use of plant protection productesticides and measures tailored to specific climatic conditions and crops. In order to ensure a fair and collective effort towards the achievement of Union-wide targets, where a Member State reaches the level of its 2030 national reduction target before 2030, it should not be required to undertake additional reduction efforts, but its should closely monitor annual fluctuations in the use and risk of chemical plant protection productesticides and in the use of more hazardous plant protection productesticides to ensure progress towards meeting the respective 2030 national reduction target. In the interests of transparency, Member State responses to any Commission recommendations in relation to the level of ambition of national targets and the annual progress made towards them should be publicly accessible.
Amendment 195 #
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-chemical alternatives. Availability of these alternatives will incentivise the adoption of low pesticide- input pest management practices such as organic farming. In order to meet Union- wide reduction targets and national reduction targets for 2030, it is necessary to increase the availability and use of organic control and other non-chemical alternatives, thereby providing incentives for the adoption of low pesticide pest management practices such as organic farming. In its report on the farm to fork strategy, the European Parliament also stressed the need to establish fast-track procedures for the evaluation, authorisation and registration of non- chemical low-risk pesticides, while ensuring that they are assessed as rigorously as other substances.
Amendment 208 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16 a (new)
Recital 16 a (new)
(16a) Biophysical and environmental factors such as climate have a significant impact on soil, the principal resource for food production in the European Union, influencing land use and changes thereto and hence food production systems. The current intensive agricultural production model, which relies on chemical plant protection products, may thus pose a medium-term threat to food security due to loss of biodiversity, a possible increase in pests, soil deterioration and the depletion of pollinators essential for agricultural production. Reducing dependence on plant protection products in the European Union is key to ensuring food security and self-sufficiency.
Amendment 222 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 20
Recital 20
(20) An approach to pest control that follows integrated pest management in ensuring careful consideration of all available means that discourage the development of populations of harmful organisms, while simultaneously 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 healthand animal health, organisms that are not being targeted and the environment. ‘Integrated pest management’ emphasises the growth of a healthy crop with the least possible disruption to agro-ecosystems, encourages natural pest prevention strategies and control mechanisms and uses chemical control only when all other control means are exhausted. To ensure that agroecological practices and integrated pest management isare 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 productesticides. Chemical plant protection products should only be used as a last resort 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 229 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 21 a (new)
Recital 21 a (new)
(21a) Given that traders and retailers wield a great deal of power in the value chain, they should also assume responsibility for achieving pesticide reduction and phase-out targets to ensure a rapid transition to green and organic farming practices and adequate rewards for farmers. It is crucial that they work closely with their suppliers, sharing best practices with regard to integrated protection and providing the necessary support. In addition, retailers and traders also have a responsibility to ensure the safety of the food products they are placing on the market. Measures should be taken as soon as possible to ensure that they are free of measurable pesticide residues and this should also apply to imported products, ensuring food safety and a level playing field for European producers.
Amendment 230 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 21 b (new)
Recital 21 b (new)
(21b) At a time when many people are facing obvious difficulties in accessing food, with healthy food becoming increasingly expensive and producers and small farmers being squeezed by the prices they are able to command on the one hand and their increasing costs on the other, the large distribution chains are making millions in profits by charging prices that many families are simply unable to afford, thus compromising the right to a varied and healthy diet.
Amendment 231 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 21 c (new)
Recital 21 c (new)
(21c) Food production should be regarded as a noble occupation and not simply a business, with transition to agroecological practices pointing the way forward, creating jobs in certain areas of pest control for which remuneration should be regarded as an investment in public health rather than an expense.
Amendment 233 #
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 250 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 26 a (new)
Recital 26 a (new)
(26a) There is no scientific rationale for expecting a significant and positive contribution from genetic engineering, including the use of New Genomic Techniques (NGTs), in reducing the use of chemical pesticides. Around 80% of pesticides used in the European Union are herbicides and fungicides and no genetically modified solutions are in existence (or being developed) that could substantially diminish the use thereof. Use of NGTs involves uncertainties and risks for human and animal health and for the environment, as well as social and economic risks for stockbreeders, farmers, food producers, retailers and consumers related to freedom of choice, transparency, co-existence, the viability of the organic sector, the question of patents and threats of further monopolisation of the food chain. For this reason, genetically modified organisms (GMOs), including NGTs, are not covered by integrated pest management.
Amendment 251 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 26 b (new)
Recital 26 b (new)
(26b) Member States and the EU should commit themselves to careful application of the precautionary principle, especially in the agricultural sector where there is increasing pressure to introduce genetically modified organisms. In the formation of genetically modified (GM) seeds and plants, antibiotic resistance genes are commonly used as marker genes for the selection of transformed plant cells. In view of the potential benefits of scientific and technological development in the field of biotechnology, the presence of genes encoding antibiotics used in human and veterinary medicine should not be allowed in genetically modified seeds and plants. Uncertainty and growing antimicrobial resistance are sufficient grounds to reverse all decisions to open up the cultivation of genetically modified varieties and reject all attempts to commercialise and patent seeds or biological processes, to the clear detriment of biodiversity, plant genetic heritage and the right to health.
Amendment 253 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 27
Recital 27
(27) Precision farming refers to agricultural management systems carefully tailoring crop management to fit localised conditions such as those found within land parcels. The application of existing technology, including the use of Union space data and services (Galileo and Copernicus), has the potential to significantly reduce pesticide usage. It is therefore necessary to provide for a legislative framework that incentivises the development of precision farming. Application of plant protection products from an aircraft, including application by planes, helicopters and drones, is usually less precise than other means of application and may therefore potentially cause adverse impacts on human health and the environment. Aerial application should therefore be prohibited, with limited derogations on a case-by-case basis where it has a less negative impact on human health and the environment than any alternative application method or there is no viable alternative application method. It is also necessary to record the numbers of aerial applications carried out on the basis of permits granted for aerial application in order to have clear data on how many aerial applications for which permits were granted actually took place.
Amendment 256 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 27 a (new)
Recital 27 a (new)
Amendment 257 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 28
Recital 28
Amendment 263 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 30
Recital 30
(30) Given the importance of advice on the use of plant protection products as a means to support their use in a manner that protects human health and the environment in accordance with integrated pest management, it is important that advisors are adequately trained. Advisors should not have any ties, especially of a commercial nature, to manufacturers or distributors of chemical plant protection products, nor should they have had such ties in the past five years.
Amendment 269 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 34
Recital 34
(34) Considering the possible risks to human health and the environment from the use of plant protection products, the public should not be allowed to purchase, sell or make use of them and should have access to better information on the overall impacts of the use of such products through awareness- raising programmes, information passed on through distributors and other appropriate measures.
Amendment 290 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 41
Recital 41
(41) The EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030 recognises the need for urgent action to protect biodiversity. There is evidence of a widespread reduction of species, in particular insects and pollinators, in the Union. Biodiversity loss is, amongst other factors, driven by the use of plant protection products, while Member States actions under current Union policy instruments have not yet been able to stop this trend of biodiversity loss. It is therefore essential to ensure that plant protection products are used in such a way as to mitigate the risk of harmful effects of such products on wildlife, through a number of measures including training, inspection of application equipment in professional use and protection of the aquatic environment and sensitive areas, as well as a quicker phasing-out of the plant protection products that have the biggest impact on pollinators and on other beneficial and non-target organisms.
Amendment 312 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1.º – paragraph 1
Article 1.º – paragraph 1
This Regulation 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, and for the phasing-out of such products, establishing requirements for use, storage, advertisement and sponsorships, sale and disposal of plant protection products and for application equipment, providing for protection of the public, workers and rural residents from the hazards of pesticides, and providing for independent advice, training and awareness raising, ands well as providing for implementation of integrated pest managementagro-ecological and organic practices and integrated pest management and monitoring of the progress in achieving those goals.
Amendment 325 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2.º – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 2.º – paragraph 1 – introductory part
This Regulation shall apply to products, in the form in which they are supplied to the user, consisting of active substances, safeners, synergists, co-formulants and/or adjuvants or containing active substances, safeners or synergisand/or adjuvants, and intended for one of the following uses:
Amendment 328 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2.º – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 2.º – paragraph 1 a (new)
Amendment 330 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2.º – paragraph 2
Article 2.º – paragraph 2
These products are referred to as ‘plant protection products’'biological controls' if derived from natural substances or ‘pesticides’ if derived from chemicals.
Amendment 341 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3.º – paragraph 1 – point 1
Article 3.º – paragraph 1 – point 1
(1) ‘chemical plant protection product’ means a plant protection productesticide’ means a pesticide containing a chemical active substance excluding plant products using natural means of biological origin or substances identical to them, such as micro-organisms, semiochemicals, extracts from plant products as defined in Article 3(6) of Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009, or invertebrate macro-organisms;
Amendment 343 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3.º – paragraph 1 – point 2
Article 3.º – paragraph 1 – point 2
(2) ‘low-risk plant protection productesticide’ means a plant protection product authorised in accordance with Article 47(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009;
Amendment 347 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3.º – paragraph 1 – point 5
Article 3.º – paragraph 1 – point 5
(5) ‘more hazardous plant protection product’ means a plant protection productesticide’ means a pesticide containing one or more active substances approved as candidates for substitution in accordance with Article 24 of Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 and listed in Part E of the Annex to Implementing Regulation (EU) No 540/2011 or meeting one or more of the criteria established in point 4 of Annex II to Regulation No 1107/2009, or containing one or more active substances listed in the Annex to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/408; (This amendment applies throughout the text.)
Amendment 351 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3.º – paragraph 1 – point 9
Article 3.º – paragraph 1 – point 9
(9) ‘advisor’ means any person who advises on integrated pest management and the safe use of plant protection products, in the context of a professional capacity or commercial service, including private and public advisory services, provided they have no connections to chemical pesticide producers or other conflicts of interest;
Amendment 363 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3.º – paragraph 1 – point 13
Article 3.º – paragraph 1 – point 13
Amendment 365 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3.º – paragraph 1 – point 15
Article 3.º – paragraph 1 – point 15
(15) ‘integrated pest management’ means careful consideration and application of all available means that prevent and discourage the development of populations of harmful organisms, while keeping the use of chemical plant protection products to levels that are economically and ecologically justified andithin an ecosystems-based or organic strategy, through a combination of agro-ecological techniques such as habitat manipulation, modification of cultural practices, and use of resistant GMO-free varieties, prioritising non-chemical methods such as biological control in cases where harmful organisms have been found, using chemical plant protection products only as a last resort and with the goal of removing only the target organism, in a way that minimises risks to human health and the environmentand animal health, beneficial and non-target organisms and the environment. Treatment of propagating material and soils with plant protection products is therefore incompatible with integrated pest management, as is any other prophylactic use of plant protection products;
Amendment 428 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3.º – paragraph 1 – point 21
Article 3.º – paragraph 1 – point 21
(21) ‘risk indicator’ means a measurement indicating the relative change in risks for human healthand animal health, beneficial and non-target organisms or the environment associated with the use of plant protection products, and calculated in accordance with the methodology set out in Annex VI;
Amendment 431 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3.º – paragraph 1 – point 22
Article 3.º – paragraph 1 – point 22
(22) ‘non-chemical methods’ means alternatives to chemical plant protection products, excluding the use of genomic techniques either in the plant or in the intervention method;
Amendment 444 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3.º – paragraph 1 – point 23 a (new)
Article 3.º – paragraph 1 – point 23 a (new)
(23a) ‘advertising’ means any form of commercial communications with the aim or direct or indirect effect of promoting a chemical pesticide;
Amendment 538 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5.º – paragraph 3
Article 5.º – paragraph 3
3. Each Member State shall reach the targets referred to in paragraph 1 by 2030. A Member State that reaches the level of one of its 2030 national reduction targets before 2030 shall not be required to undertake additional reduction efforts. It shall monitor annual fluctuations in order to maintain the progress achieved in relation to that 2030 national reduction target.
Amendment 820 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8.º – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point g
Article 8.º – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point g
(g) national measures for encouraging the use of agro-ecological and biological prevention methods and non-chemical methods by professional users through financial incentives, in accordance with Union legislation on State aid;
Amendment 822 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8.º – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point h
Article 8.º – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point h
(h) planned and adopted measures to support, or and ensure, through binding requirements laid down in national law, innovation and the development and use of preventive, agro-ecological and biological methods as well as non-chemical pest control methods;
Amendment 836 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8.º – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point i
Article 8.º – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point i
(i) other planned and adopted measures to support, or ensure through binding requirements laid down in national law, the sustainable use of plant protection products in line with integrated pest management principles, including those contained in crop-specific rules as set out in Article 15(1).
Amendment 842 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8.º – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point i a (new)
Article 8.º – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point i a (new)
(ia) planned and adopted measures to effectively protect rural residents and bystanders against exposure to chemical pesticides and measures to monitor their health, including epidemiological studies and effective follow-up with appropriate health care in rural communities;
Amendment 899 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9.º – paragraph 1 – point d
Article 9.º – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) for each of the pests referred to in point (c), a list of preventive and non- chemical strategies and methods used or likely to be available by 2030.
Amendment 910 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9.º – paragraph 2 – introductory part
Article 9.º – paragraph 2 – introductory part
2. For each non-chemical preventive strategy and method listed in accordance with paragraph 1, point (d), national action plans shall indicate all of the following:
Amendment 915 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9.º – paragraph 2 – point a
Article 9.º – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) the estimated scale of its use, based on data on the sale of plant protectionbiological control products, surveys and expert judgement, during the 3 calendar years preceding the adoption of the national action plan, together with a national indicative target for increasing its use by 2030 and a list of potential obstacles to achieving this increase;
Amendment 935 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9.º – paragraph 4
Article 9.º – paragraph 4
4. National action plans shall also include binding national indicative targets for increasing the percentage of overall sales of plant protection products which are notbiological control products replacing chemical plant protection products from a baseline period of the 3 calendar years preceding the adoption of the national action plan.
Amendment 943 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10.º – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 10.º – paragraph 1 a (new)
Amendment 978 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10.º – paragraph 6
Article 10.º – paragraph 6
Amendment 1013 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11.º – paragraph 6
Article 11.º – paragraph 6
Amendment 1039 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12.º – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 12.º – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Non-professional users shall not use chemical pesticides.
Amendment 1053 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13.º – paragraph 1
Article 13.º – paragraph 1
1. 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 productsapply strategies and measures that aim to prevent the occurrence of hazardous pests, and they shall monitor the occurrence of harmful organisms. When monitoring results indicate a need for plant protection measures, sustainable biological, physical and other non- chemical methods may be used. The use of chemical plant protection products is only allowed as a last resort, based on demonstrable evidence, and shall be used to minimise the effects on human and animal health, beneficial and non-target organisms and the environment.
Amendment 1073 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13.º – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – indent 1 a (new)
Article 13.º – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – indent 1 a (new)
– measures to establish, maintain and restore biodiversity which protects and enhances the variety of living organisms and important beneficial organisms,
Amendment 1074 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13.º – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – indent 1 b (new)
Article 13.º – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – indent 1 b (new)
– enhanced crop diversity, including the mixing of different varieties, intercropping or polyculture,
Amendment 1078 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13.º – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – indent 3
Article 13.º – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – indent 3
Amendment 1104 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13.º – paragraph 4 – introductory part
Article 13.º – paragraph 4 – introductory part
4. Professional users shall use biological controls, physical and other non- chemical methods. Professional users may only use chemical methods if they are proven to be absolutely necessary to achieve acceptable levels of harmful organism control after all other non- chemical methods as set out in paragraphs 1, 2 and 3 have been exhausted and where any of the following conditions hasve been satisfied:
Amendment 1114 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13.º – paragraph 4 – point b
Article 13.º – paragraph 4 – point b
Amendment 1124 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13.º – paragraph 5
Article 13.º – paragraph 5
5. Professional users shall apply plant protection products thatesticides that have the lowest risk profile and are as specific as possible to control the harmful organisms and have the least side effects on human health,and animal health, beneficial and non-target organisms and the environment.
Amendment 1134 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13.º – paragraph 6 a (new)
Article 13.º – paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Professional users shall avoid using the following practices, as they are not in compliance with integrated pest management: (a) prophylactic use of pesticides, inter alia as seed coating, pesticide granules and soil treatments; (b) use of genetically modified organisms, including organisms developed using new genomic techniques; (c) pesticides that use the mechanisms of ribonucleic acid interference (RNAi); (d) pesticides which have been banned or explicitly not approved for use in the EU;
Amendment 1237 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15.º – paragraph 6 – point b
Article 15.º – paragraph 6 – point b
(b) the non-chemical interventions involving cultural, physical and biological controlprevention and control strategies and measures 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 1322 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15.º a (new)
Article 15.º a (new)
Amendment 1350 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16.º – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 16.º – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a The register(s) referred to in paragraph 1 shall not impose additional burdens on farmers, particularly on small and medium-sized family farms, and adequate technical backup shall be provided sufficiently well in advance.
Amendment 1396 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18.º – paragraph 1
Article 18.º – paragraph 1
1. The use of all plant protection products is prohibited in all sensitive areas and within 3100 metres of such areas. This 3 100-metre buffer zone shall not be reduced by using alternative risk-mitigation techniques.
Amendment 1481 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19.º – paragraph 1
Article 19.º – paragraph 1
1. The use of all plant protection products is prohibited on all surface waters and within 325 metres of such waters. This 3 25-metre buffer zone shall not be reduced by using alternative risk-mitigation techniques.
Amendment 1488 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19.º – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 19.º – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Member States shall adopt and enforce measures to ensure that the volume and width of watercourses and channels are not reduced as a result of this Regulation.
Amendment 1491 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 20.º – paragraph 2
Article 20.º – paragraph 2
Amendment 1507 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 20.º – paragraph 3
Article 20.º – paragraph 3
Amendment 1511 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 20.º – paragraph 4
Article 20.º – paragraph 4
Amendment 1521 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 20.º – paragraph 5
Article 20.º – paragraph 5
Amendment 1527 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 21.º
Article 21.º
Amendment 1567 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 22.º – paragraph 3
Article 22.º – paragraph 3
Amendment 1570 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 23.º – paragraph 1
Article 23.º – 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 certificatwho has no commercial or other links to a manufacturer, retailer or distributor of plant protection products, has had no such links for the hlas been issued for followingt five years, is a member of a public body designated by the Member State and for who holds a certificate of completion of a courses for advisors issued in accordance with Article 25, or who has a proof of entryproof of registration in a central electronic register for followingcompletion of such courses in accordance with Article 25(5).
Amendment 1576 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 24.º – title
Article 24.º – title
24. Requirements for the sale and prohibition of marketing and advertising of plant protection products
Amendment 1589 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 24.º – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 24.º – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. All forms of advertising for chemical pesticides shall be prohibited.
Amendment 1590 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 24.º – paragraph 1 b (new)
Article 24.º – paragraph 1 b (new)
1B. Sponsorship of events, activities or programmes by undertakings whose principal activity is the manufacture or sale of chemical pesticides shall be prohibited.
Amendment 1606 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 24.º – paragraph 4
Article 24.º – paragraph 4
4. A distributor shall not sell chemical plant protection products to non- professional users and shall provide general information to non-professional users on the risks to human health and the environment of the use of non-chemical 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 non-chemical 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).
Amendment 1673 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26.º – title
Article 26.º – title
Amendment 1674 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26.º – paragraph 1
Article 26.º – paragraph 1
1. Each Member State shall designate a competent authority to establish, oversee and monitor the operation of a system of independent advisors for professional users. That system may make use of the impartial farm advisors referred to in Article 15 of Regulation (EU) No 2021/2115, who must be regularly trained and can be funded under Article 78 of the same regulation.
Amendment 1681 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26.º – paragraph 2
Article 26.º – paragraph 2
2. The competent authority referred to in paragraph 1 shall ensure that any advisor registered in the system referred to in that paragraph (‘independent advisor’) is free from any conflict of interest and, in particular, is not in a situation which, directly or indirectly, could affect their ability to carry out their professional duties in an impartial manner, including the requirement for the advisor to have no connection to a company involved in manufacturing, distribution or sale.
Amendment 1691 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26.º – paragraph 3
Article 26.º – paragraph 3
3. Each professional user shall consult an independentan advisor at least once a year for the purposes of receiving the strategic advice referred to in paragraph 4.
Amendment 1696 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26.º – paragraph 4 – point a a (new)
Article 26.º – paragraph 4 – point a a (new)
(aa) agro-ecological and organic strategies and principles for agriculture, including preventive measures and techniques for harmful organisms;
Amendment 1698 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26.º – paragraph 4 – point c
Article 26.º – paragraph 4 – point c
Amendment 1705 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26.º – paragraph 4 – point e
Article 26.º – paragraph 4 – point e
(e) where chemical plant protection products are deemed necessary, measures to effectively minimise risks to human as a last resort, measures to apply it to only the target organism and to effectively minimise risks from such use to human and animal health and the environment, in particular to bystanders and rural residents, biodiversity, including pollinators, from such use and other beneficial and non- target organisms, including risk and emission mitigation measures and techniques.
Amendment 1727 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 27.º – paragraph 3 – point c
Article 27.º – paragraph 3 – point c
(c) agro-ecological and biological prevention strategies and principles and alternatives to chemical plant protection products;
Amendment 1734 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 28.º – title
Article 28.º – title
Information on acute and chronic poisoningpoisoning and repeated exposure
Amendment 1735 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 28.º – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 28.º – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. Each Member State shall designate a competent authority to maintain or put in place systems for gathering and keeping the following information on acute and chronic poisoning incidents and repeated exposure which lead to illness or other negative health effects arising from exposure of persons to plant protection products:
Amendment 1739 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 28.º – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 28.º – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) the number of individuals poisoned or repeatedly exposed;
Amendment 1740 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 28.º – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 28.º – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) the symptoms of poisoning or of the repeated exposure;
Amendment 1742 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 28.º – paragraph 1 – point e – introductory part
Article 28.º – paragraph 1 – point e – introductory part
(e) whether a confirmed acute or chronic poisoning incident or repeated exposure resulted from:
Amendment 1744 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 28.º – paragraph 1 – point e – point iv a (new)
Article 28.º – paragraph 1 – point e – point iv a (new)
(iva) violation of the buffer zones and prior notification obligations as laid down in Article 18a;
Amendment 1748 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 28.º – paragraph 2 – point a
Article 28.º – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) the number of acute and chronic poisoning incidents or communicated health effects arising from exposure of persons to plant protection products during the preceding calendar year;
Amendment 1782 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 30.º – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 30.º – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Where the designated competent authority does not carry out the inspection of application equipment in professional use, it shall designate one or more public bodies to carry out such inspections.
Amendment 1838 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 34.º – paragraph 1
Article 34.º – paragraph 1
1. The methodology for calculating progress towards achieving the two Union 2030 reduction targets and the two national 2030 reduction targets until and including 2030 is laid down in Annex I. This methodology shall be based on statistical data collected in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1185/2009 and shall take into account the relative toxicity of the pesticide, the area on which it is used and the maximum application rate given in the legal requirements of the approval of the pesticide.
Amendment 1865 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 39.º – paragraph 1
Article 39.º – paragraph 1
Member States mayshall recover the costs related to carrying out their obligations under this Regulation by means of fees or charges. Such costs shall not be reflected in access to food, higher food prices or increased production costs and overloading of small and medium-sized farms.
Amendment 1867 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 40.º
Article 40.º