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Plenary speeches (1)

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

Amendments (135)

Amendment 106 #
Bert-Jan RUISSEN
Proposal for a regulation
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The Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development calls on the Committee on Environment, Public Health and Food Safety, as the committee responsible, to reject the Commission's proposal.
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 107 #
Bert-Jan RUISSEN
Proposal for a regulation
Title 1
Proposal for a REGULATIONDIRECTIVE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on the sustainable use of plant protection products and ensuring sustainable crop protection and amending Regulation (EU) 2021/21151107/2009 (Text with EEA relevance)
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 112 #
Bert-Jan RUISSEN
Proposal for a regulation
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. Acknowledging that the precautionary principle is already taken into account in of the authorisation procedure.
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 115 #
Bert-Jan RUISSEN
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1 a (new)
(1a) Article 39 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union sets out the clear objective that supplies should be secured and that food should be available to consumers at reasonable prices.
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 132 #
Bert-Jan RUISSEN
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5 a (new)
(5a) In the communication from the Commission to the European Council of 22 March 2023, it was expressed that the Commission had too little data and could not make a clear impact assessment of the present proposal on food security in individual member states and impacts on individual crops. The Commission should still provide a comprehensive impact assessment on economic, environmental and social effects.
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 137 #
Bert-Jan RUISSEN
Proposal for a regulation
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 203049and the Zero Pollution Action Plan50, the Commission committproposedto take action to reduce by 50% the overall use and risk from chemical pesticides by 2030 and reduce by 50% the use of more hazardous pesticides (plant protection products containing one or more active substances approved as candidates for substitution in accordance with Article 24 of Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council51and listed in Part E of the Annex to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 540/201152, or containing one or more active substances listed in the Annex to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/40853) by 2030. The sustainable use of plant protection products is also complementary to the promotion of organic farming and achieving the Farm to Fork Strategy target of at least 25% of the Union’s agricultural land under organic farming by 2030. It supports the objectives of the EU strategic framework on health and safety at work54and thereby contributes to the implementation of principle 10 of the European Pillar of Social Rights on a healthy, safe and well-adapted work environment. However, the European Parliament has not endorsed precise legally binding quantitative targets and has asked for more comprehensive impact assessments. _________________ 47 Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the European Council, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions The European Green Deal COM/2019/640 final. 48 Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions A Farm to Fork Strategy for a fair, healthy and environmentally-friendly food system, COM/2020/381 final. 49 Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions, EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030 Bringing nature back into our lives, COM/2020/380 final. 50 Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions, Pathway to a Healthy Planet for All EU Action Plan: 'Towards Zero Pollution for Air, Water and Soil', COM(2021) 400 final. 51 Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 October 2009 concerning the placing of plant protection products on the market and repealing Council Directives 79/117/EEC and 91/414/EEC (OJ L 309, 24.11.2009, p. 1). 52 Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 540/2011 of 25 May 2011 implementing Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the list of approved active substances (OJ L 153, 11.6.2011, p. 1). 53 Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/408 of 11 March 2015 on implementing Article 80(7) of Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the placing of plant protection products on the market and establishing a list of candidates for substitution (OJ L 67, 12.3.2015, p. 18). 54 Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions, EU strategic framework on health and safety at work 2021-2027 Occupational safety and health in a changing world of work, COM/2021/323 final.
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 140 #
Bert-Jan RUISSEN
Proposal for a regulation
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 authorities.deleted
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 154 #
Bert-Jan RUISSEN
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10
(10) In its conclusions of 19 October 202056, the Council of the European Union, when taking note of the Commission’s reduction targets for the use of pesticides set out in the Farm to Fork Strategy, pointed out that achieving those targets will require efforts from Member States and all stakeholders and intensive co- operation, consultation and collaboration. The Council alsoMembers States requested that the European Commission bases its legislative proposals on scientifically sound ex-ante impact assessments taking into account the cumulative effect of the legislative proposals, including their effects on EU agriculture competitiveness and farmer profitability. The Council also emphasised the importance of the availability of alternative plant protection products and requested the Commission to ensure that these targets are Union targets to which all Member States must contribute through action at national level. The Council conclusions request such targets to be set taking into account achievements to date, as well as Member States' different starting points, circumstances and conditions. _________________ 56 Brussels, 19 October 2020, 12099/20.
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 163 #
Bert-Jan RUISSEN
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12
(12) The objective of the Farm to Fork Strategy is to make substantial progress in the reduction of the use of chemical plant protection products in an economically viable way. In order to achieve that aim, it is necessary to set quantified targets at Union and Member State levels for the reduction in the use and risk of chemical plant protection products and the use of more hazardous plant protection products to monitor progress. National targets should be established by national law in order to ensure adequate progress and accountability in relation to them. These binding national targets should also be achieved by Member States by 2030. The reduction in the use of chemical plant protection products is expected to significantly reduce occupational safety and health risks for professional users.deleted
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 182 #
Bert-Jan RUISSEN
Proposal for a regulation
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 flexibilityadaptation to farm realities in their National Action Plans when setting their own binguiding national targetreduction contributions (“national 2030 reduction targets”). Intensity of use isimpact and risk should best measured by dividing the total quantity of active substances placed onthrough a scientifically justified formula, taking into account the mparket, and therefore used, inticular conditions of the foarm of plant protection products in a particular Member State by the surface area over which the active substances s (e.g., technical and mechanical solutions to reduce risk should be taken into account. In closed farming systems, impact on the environment is much lowere applied. Intensity in the use of chemical pesticides, and in particular of the more hazardond not related to sales. In such controlled environment agriculture systems, the focus should be on the use 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 ir unit product instead of use per hectares if the aim is to measure sustainability) and the Member States (e.g., geography, climate, production methods, IPM measures applied jointly with the possible use of chemicals when needed) and developing comparable usage indicators that would not rely on adaptation of sales data but on usage per unit harvested product. Intensity ofin the 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 settand/or hazardous pesticides may depend on the availability of non- chemical or low-risk products and tools to be used instead. It is therefore appropriate to allow Member States to consider both the availability in the market of chemicals, low-risk and non-chemical tools for plant protection when designing their national 20305 reduction targets. In addition, in 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 UnMember States should be allowed to justify their inability to meet the national 20305 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 targ due to a lack of available alternatives to chemical plant protection products or due to taken measures to ensure food security and safetsy. 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 products 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 20305 national reduction targetcontribution before 20305, it should not be required to undertake additional reduction efforts, but it should closely monitor annual fluctuations in the use and risk of chemical plant protection products and in the use of more hazardous plant protection products to ensure progress towards meeting the respective 20305 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.
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 185 #
Bert-Jan RUISSEN
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14
(14) Member States should draftset up and publish national action plans. In order for the Member State national action plans to be effective, they should contain quantitative objectives, references to binding national 2030 reduction targets as set out in national law, together with related indicative targets set out in the national action plans, measures, timetables and indicators to reduce risks and impacts of pesticide use on human health and the environment. This will allow for a structured approach to the setting of quantitative objectives and targets, with a clear link to the national 2030 reduction targets. In order to monitor compliance with the provisions of this Regulation, Member States should also be required to report annually on targets and precise quantitative data relating to compliance with provisions on use, training, application equipment and integrated pest managemen, describing the actions to be taken in order to contribute to the 2035 Union target.
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 196 #
Bert-Jan RUISSEN
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15
(15) In order to achieve the Union-wide reduction targets (‘Union 20305 reduction targets’) as well as national 20305 reduction targets, it is necessary to increase the availability, accessibility and affordability of low-risk alternatives and use of biological control and other economically justified non-chemical alternatives, including new breeding, technological and precision techniques. Availability and viability of these alternatives will incentivise the adoption of low pesticide- input pest management practices such as organic farming. In order to ensure that sufficient low risk and biological plant protection products are available to meet the Union reduction and replacement targets, it is appropriate to amend Regulation (EC) 1107/2009 to enable provisional authorisation for these products.
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 214 #
Bert-Jan RUISSEN
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 18
(18) Economic instruments, including those unaccess to new financial instruments outsider the CAP that provide support to farmers, can play a crucialsignificant role in the achievement of objectives relating to the sustainable use of plant protection products and, in particular, reducing the use of chemical plant protection products. Member States have to show in their national CAP Strategic Plans that their implementation of the CAP contributes to and supports other relevant Union legislation and their objectives, including objectives under this Regulation. Additional funding, outside the CAP, is needed to ensure that farmers receive adequate financial support to avoid productivity losses and ensure that the environmental, economic and social sustainability of European agriculture is maintained.
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 238 #
Bert-Jan RUISSEN
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 25
(25) Use of plant protection products may have particularly negative impacts in certain areas that are frequently used by the general public or by vulnerable groups, communities in which people live and work and ecologically sensitive areas, such as Natura 2000 sites protected in accordance with Directive 2009/147/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council67and Council Directive 92/43/EEC68. If plant protection products are used in areas used by the general public, the possibility of exposure of humans to such plant protection products is high. In order to protect human health and the environment, the use of plant protection products in sensitive areas and within 3 metres of such areas, should therefore be prohibited. Derogations from the prohibition should only be allowed under certain conditions and on a case- by-case basis. _________________ 67 Directive 2009/147/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 November 2009 on the conservation of wild birds (OJ L 20, 26.1.2010, p. 7). 68 Council Directive 92/43/EEC of 21 May 1992 on the conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora (OJ L 206, 22.7.1992, p. 7).deleted
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 322 #
Bert-Jan RUISSEN
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1
This RegulationDirective lays down rules for the sustainable use of plant protection products by providing for the setting, and achievement by 2030, of reduction targets for the use and risk of chemical plant protection products, establishing requirements for use, storage, sale and disposal of plant protection products and for application equipment, providing for training and awareness raising, and providing for implementation of integrated pest management, with the aim of jointly contributing to European Union reduction targets for the impact and risk of chemical plant protection products by 2035.
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 346 #
Bert-Jan RUISSEN
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 5
(5) ‘more hazardous plant protection product’ means a plant protection product 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 containing one or more active substances listed in the Annex to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/408;deleted
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 355 #
Bert-Jan RUISSEN
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 10
(10) ‘application equipment’ means any equipment the use of whichused for the application of a plant protection product is reasonably foreseeable at the time of manufacture andand the accessories that are essential for the effective operation of such equipment, with the exception of equipment designed for the sowing or planting of propagating material treated with plant protection products;
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 367 #
Bert-Jan RUISSEN
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 15
(15) ‘integrated pest management’ means careful consideration of all available meanplant protection methods and subsequent integration of appropriate measures that discourage the development of populations of harmful organisms, while and keeping the use of chemical plant protection products and other forms of intervention to levels that are economically and ecologically justified and reduce or minimise risks to human health and the environment. ‘Integrated pest management’ emphasises the growth of a healthy crop with the least possible disruption to agro-ecosystems and encourages natural pest control mechanisms;
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 374 #
Bert-Jan RUISSEN
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 16
(16) ‘sensitive area’ means any of the following: (a) an area used by the general public, such as a public park or garden, recreation or sports grounds, or a public path; (b) an area used predominantly by a vulnerable group as defined in Article 3(14) of Regulation (EC) No 1107/ 2009; (c) human settlements (community in which people live and work), defined as the most up to date CORINE (Coordination of information on the Environment) system maintained by the EEA Land Cover Level 1 classification (Artificial Surfaces) (excluding Level 2 – 1.2: Industrial, commercial and transport units and Level 2 – 1.3: Mine, dump and construction sites)80; (d) an urban area covered by a watercourse or water feature; (e) non-productive areas as defined under the EU standards on good agricultural and environmental condition of land (GAEC), GAEC standard 8 listed in Annex III to Regulation (EU) 2021/2115. (f) an ecologically sensitive area, which means any of the following: (i) any protected area under Directive 2000/60/EC, including possible safeguard zones as well as modifications of those areas following the risk assessment results for drinking water abstraction points under Directive (EU) 2020/2184 of the European Parliament and of the Council81; (ii) sites of Community importance in the list referred to in Article 4(2) of Directive 92/43/EEC and the special areas of conservation designated in accordance with Article 4(4) of that Directive, and special protection areas classified pursuant to Article 4 of Directive 2009/147/EC, and any other national, regional, or local protected area reported by the Member States to the Nationally designated protected areas inventory (CDDA); (iii) any area for which the monitoring of pollinator species carried out in accordance with Article 17(1), point (f), of Regulation xxx/xxx [reference to adopted act to be inserted] establishes that it sustains one or more pollinator species which the European Red Lists classify as being threatened with extinction. _________________ 80 See CORINE Land Cover nomenclature conversion to Land Cover Classification system (https://land.copernicus.eu/user- corner/technical-library/corine-land- cover-nomenclature-guidelines/html) and CORINE Land Cover (CLC) inventory (CORINE Land Cover — Copernicus Land Monitoring Service). 81 Directive (EU) 2020/2184 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 2020 on the quality of water intended for human consumption (OJ L 435, 23.12.2020, p. 1).deleted
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 449 #
Bert-Jan RUISSEN
Proposal for a regulation
Chapter II – title
II REDUCTION TARGETS FOR THE RISK OF CHEMICAL PLANT PROTECTION PRODUCTS
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 458 #
Bert-Jan RUISSEN
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – title
4 Union 2030 reduction targets for chemical plant protection products
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 464 #
Bert-Jan RUISSEN
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1
1. Each Member State shall contribute, through the adoption and achievement of national targets in accordance with Article 5 to achievowards approaching by 20305 a 50 30% Union-wide reduction of both the useimpact and risk of chemical plant protection products (‘Union 2030 reduction target 1’) and the use of more hazardous plant protection products (‘Union 2030 reduction target 2’), compared to the average of the years 20151, 20162 and 2017 (collectively referred to as ‘the Union 2030 reduction targets’)3.
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 480 #
Bert-Jan RUISSEN
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2
2. Progress towards achieving the Union 20305 reduction targets shall be calculated annually by the Commission in accordance with the methodology set out in Annex I.
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 489 #
Bert-Jan RUISSEN
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – title
Member States 20305 contributions towards the EU-wide reduction targets for chemical plant protection products
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 496 #
Bert-Jan RUISSEN
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
By … [OP: please insert the date – 618 months after the date of application of this Regulation] each Member State shall adopt national targets in its national legislation to achieve by 2030 a reduction set in accordance with this Article, from the average of the years 2015, 2016 and 2017, of the following:describe in its national action plan actions to be taken in order to contribute to approaching towards the Union 2035 reduction targets.
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 506 #
Bert-Jan RUISSEN
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point a
(a) the use and risk of chemical plant protection products as defined in Annex I (‘national 2030 reduction target 1’);deleted
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 512 #
Bert-Jan RUISSEN
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point b
(b) the use of more hazardous plant protection products as defined in Annex I (‘national 2030 reduction target 2’).deleted
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 519 #
Bert-Jan RUISSEN
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
For the purposes of this Regulation, the two national reduction targets listed in points (a) and (b) of the first subparagraph, are collectively referred to as the ‘national 2030 reduction targets’.deleted
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 527 #
Bert-Jan RUISSEN
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Member States should determine the measures referred to in paragraph 1 based on sound scientific and statistical principles, taking into account where relevant: (a) the principles of integrated pest management (b) the availability of economically and technically reasonable non-chemical measures as an alternative to chemical treatment (c) expansion of techniques that help to apply crop protection products more precisely and in a more targeted manner, such as precision farming instruments, e.g. point sprayers, band sprayers, robotics, use of drones, etc. (d) structure of the crops and expected changes in the acreage of the crops due to climate change, (e) harmful organisms present on the territory of the Member State concerned, (f) change or expected change in pest profile between 2017 and 2035, e.g. Occurrence, spread and development of new pests or changes in the biology of the pests or changed resistance status of the pests, (g) increase or expected increase between 2017 and 2035 in the use of chemical plant protection products to meet requirements related to the control of invasive species or Union quarantine pests, (h) increase or expected increase between 2017 and 2035 in the use of chemical crop protection products to meet import requirements from third countries, (i) food security requirements, (j) reduction potential, understood as the degree of reduction in the use of certain plant protection products that does not lead to a reduction in the production of individual crops, (k) already achieved reduction in the use or risk of chemical plant protection products or the use of the more hazardous plant protection products since 2011 per unit of produce (l) percentage of active ingredients used in the total amount that are permitted for use in organic production, (m) differences in the use of active ingredients per unit of produce, (n) active substances that are not used in primary production and may distort statistics on the use and risk of plant protection products.
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 531 #
Bert-Jan RUISSEN
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2
2. The progresscontribution of each Member State towards achieving the Unational 20305 reduction targets shall be calculated annually by the Commission in accordance with the methodology set out in Annex I.
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 545 #
Bert-Jan RUISSEN
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 3
3. Each Member State shall reachaim and actively contribute to the targets referred to in paragraph 1 by 20305. A Member State that reaches the level of one of its 2030 national reduction targetactions before 20305 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.
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 549 #
Bert-Jan RUISSEN
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. The non-fulfilment of the obligations to contribute to the targets set out in paragraph 1 is justified if it is caused by: (a) the lack of available alternatives to chemical plant protection products to ensure that that agricultural production levels are maintained; (b) a significant increase in the occurrence of pests and diseases caused by climate change, invasive species or other proven causes; (c) measures needed to ensure the viability of the farming sector and to ensure food security and safety;
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 552 #
Bert-Jan RUISSEN
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 4
4. Subject to paragraphs 5 to 8, the national 2030 reduction targets shall be set at such level so as to achieve a reduction between the average of the years 2015, 2016 and 2017 and the year 2030 in the relevant Member State that at least equals 50%.deleted
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 568 #
Bert-Jan RUISSEN
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1
A Member State may reduce its nationalcontribution to the Union target for the useimpact and risk of chemical plant protection products referred to in paragraph 4 to a percentage that is a mid- point, between the figure related to intensity as laid down in the second subparagraph of this paragraph and the figure related to the use and risk as laid down inand the third subparagraph of this paragraph. Where that percentage is higher than 50%, the Member State shall increase its national target to that percentagreductions achieved since 2010. A Member State may also reduce its contribution if it can show a reduced impact on the environment in relation to its use.
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 571 #
Bert-Jan RUISSEN
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2
The figure related to intensity shall be the following: (a) 35% where a Member State’s weighted intensity of use and risk of chemical plant protection products during the average of the years 2015, 2016 and 2017 is less than 70% of the Union average; (b) 50% where a Member State’s weighted intensity of use and risk of chemical plant protection products during the average of the years 2015, 2016 and 2017 is between 70% and 140% of the Union average; (c) 65% where a Member State’s weighted intensity of use and risk of chemical plant protection products during the average of the years 2015, 2016 and 2017 is more than 140% of the Union average.deleted
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 613 #
Bert-Jan RUISSEN
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 4
For the purposes of this paragraphThe ‘weighted intensity of use and risk of chemical plant protection products’ means a value corresponding to the kilograms of chemical active substances in plant protection products sold per year in a Member State, weighted according to their hazard weightings as set out in row (iii) of the Table of Annex I, divided by the number of hectares of utilised agricultural areakilograms of crops produced in that Member State.
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 619 #
Bert-Jan RUISSEN
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 1
A Member State may reduce its nationalcontribution to the Union target for the useimpact and risk of the more hazardous plant protection products referred to in paragraph 4 to a percentage that is a mid- point, between the figure related to intensity as laid down in the second subparagraph of this paragraph and the figure related to the use and risk as laid down inand the third subparagraph of this paragraph. Where that percentage is higher than 50%, the Member State shall increase its national target to that percentagreductions achieved since 2010. A Member State may also reduce its contribution if it can show a reduced impact on the environment in relation to its use.
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 629 #
Bert-Jan RUISSEN
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 2 – point b
(b) 50% where a Member State’s intensity of use of the more hazardous plant protection products during the average of the years 2015, 2016 and 2017 is between 70% and 140% of the Union average;deleted
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 638 #
Bert-Jan RUISSEN
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 2 – point c
(c) 65% where a Member State’s intensity of use of the more hazardous plant protection products during the average of the years 2015, 2016 and 2017 is more than 140% of the Union average.deleted
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 658 #
Bert-Jan RUISSEN
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 4
For the purposes of this paragraphThe ‘intensity of use of the more hazardous plant protection products’ means a value corresponding to the kilograms of chemical active substances in the more hazardous plant protection products sold per year in the Member State concerned divided by the number of hectares of utilised agricultural areakilograms of crops produced in that Member State.
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 664 #
Bert-Jan RUISSEN
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. By way of derogation to paragraphs 1 and 2, Member States may take into account the minimal emissions of plant protection products applied in controlled environment agriculture and for that reason deduce the plant protection products applied in those controlled environment agriculture facilities from the annual quantities of active substances in plant protection products placed on the market each year, both in setting of targets referred to in paragraph 1 and in performing the calculations referred to in paragraph 2 of this Article in accordance with Annex I and in Article 35 in accordance with Annex VI. Controlled environment agriculture facilities shall be defined by the competent authorities in the National Action Plan referred to in Article 8 with appropriate criteria, guaranteeing minimum emissions to the air, water and soil, and shall be set in appropriate national legislation, validated and enforced by those authorities.
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 669 #
Bert-Jan RUISSEN
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 8
8. In no case may the application of paragraph 5, paragraph 6 and paragraph 7 result in either of the 2030 national reduction targets being lower than 35%.deleted
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 680 #
Bert-Jan RUISSEN
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 9
9. By … [OP: please insert the date – 712 months after the date of application of this Regulation], each Member State shall communicate its national 20305 reduction targetcontribution actions to the Commission.
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 684 #
Bert-Jan RUISSEN
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 10
10. If a Member State fails to adopt a national 2030 reduction target by … [OJ: please insert the date –6 months after the date of application of this Regulation], that target shall be deemed to be either 50%; or, where the percentage would be above 50% in accordance with paragraph 5 or paragraph 6, that higher percentage.deleted
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 695 #
Bert-Jan RUISSEN
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6
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2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 759 #
Bert-Jan RUISSEN
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – title
Publication of Union and national 20305 reduction targets trends by the Commission
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 764 #
Bert-Jan RUISSEN
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1
1. By 31 August of each calendar year, the Commission shall publish on a website the average trends in progress towards achieving the Union 20305 reduction targets. These trends shall be calculated as the difference between the average of the years 20151-20173 and the year ending 20 months prior to the publication. The trends shall be calculated in accordance with the methodology set out in Annex I.
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 770 #
Bert-Jan RUISSEN
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 3
3. By 31 August of each calendar year, the Commission shall publish information for each Member State on trends in progress towards achieving the nationalcontributing to the Union-wide 20305 reduction targets. These trends shall be calculated as the difference between the average of the years 2015- 1-20173 and the year ending 20 months prior to the publication. The trends shall be calculated in accordance with the methodology set out in Annex I, on the website referred to in paragraph 1.
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 781 #
Bert-Jan RUISSEN
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
By … [OP: please insert the date – 1824 months after the date of application of this Regulation] each Member State shall draft and publish on a website a national action plan containing the following information:
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 785 #
Bert-Jan RUISSEN
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point a
(a) the natactions foreseen in order to contribute to approaching to Unional 20305 reduction targets adopted in accordance with Chapter II;
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 791 #
Bert-Jan RUISSEN
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point b
(b) information related to national 2030 reduction targets as set out in Article 9;deleted
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 801 #
Bert-Jan RUISSEN
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point c
(c) details of planned progress in relation to the elements relevant for the implementation of this Regulation listed in Part 2 of Annex II;deleted
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 806 #
Bert-Jan RUISSEN
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point d
(d) a link to the relevant parts of CAP strategic plans, drawn-up in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2021/2115, which set out plans for an increase in the utilised agricultural area engaged in organic farming and how the plans will contribute to achieving the target set out in the 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 system84of having 25% of the utilised agricultural area devoted to organic farming by 2030; _________________ 84 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).deleted
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 818 #
Bert-Jan RUISSEN
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point g
(g) national measures for encouraging the use of non-chemical methods by professional users through financial incentivesand a reduction of the environmental impact of chemical methods by professional users through financial incentives which fully compensate for the resulting reduction in productivity, in accordance with Union legislation on State aid;
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 824 #
Bert-Jan RUISSEN
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point h
(h) planned and adopted measures to support, or ensure through binding requirements laid down in national law, innovation and the development and use of non-chemical pest control methods;
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 834 #
Bert-Jan RUISSEN
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – 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).
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 843 #
Bert-Jan RUISSEN
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point i a (new)
(ia) planned and adopted measures to improve the authorisation procedure for plant protection products, and in particular to improve of the authorisation for low-risk and biological plant protection products;
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 847 #
Bert-Jan RUISSEN
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3
Each Member State shall review its national action plan at least every 35 years from the first publication. As a result of the review a Member State may amend its national action plan. Member States shall publish amended versions of their national action plans and shall provide amended national action plans to the Commission without delay.
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 870 #
Bert-Jan RUISSEN
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 4
4. National action plans shall be consistent with the plans of Member States drawn-up in accordance with Directives 91/676/EEC, 92/43/EEC, 2000/60/EC, 2008/50/EC, 2009/147/EC and (EU) 2016/2284 and Regulation xxx/xxx on nature restoration [reference to adopted act to be inserted], be consistent with the CAP Strategic Plans drawn-up in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2021/2115 and shall contain explanations how the national action plan is consistent with those plansDirectives 92/43/EEC, 2000/60/EC, 2008/50/EC, 2009/147/EC and (EU) 2016/2284.
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 876 #
Bert-Jan RUISSEN
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9
[...]deleted
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 939 #
Bert-Jan RUISSEN
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10
1. By 31 August every year, but not sooner than [OP: please insert the date – 30 months after the date of application of this Regulation], each Member State shall submit to the Commission an annual progress and implementation report containing the information listed in Annex II. 2. The annual progress and implementation report shall include: (a) all trends in progress towards achieving the national 2030 reduction targets as set out in Part 1 of Annex II, calculated in accordance with the methodology set out in Annex I as the difference between the average of the years 2015-2017 and the year ending 20 months prior to the publication; (b) all trends in progress towards achieving national indicative targets set out in Article 9(2), point (a), Article 9(3), point (a), and Article 9(4) ), calculated annually as the difference between the extent of use in the 3 calendar years preceding the adoption of the national action plan in accordance with Article 9(1) and the calendar year ending 20 months prior to the publication of the relevant annual progress and implementation report; (c) all other quantitative data in relation to implementation of this Regulation as set out in Part 2 of Annex II; (d) the outcome of the evaluation of the results of each harmonised risk indicator carried out in accordance with Article 36(1); (e) all trends in progress towards achieving an increase in the utilised agricultural area under organic farming referred to in Article 8(1), point (d). 3. Each Member State shall publish its annual progress and implementation report on a website and inform the Commission thereof. 4. The Commission may request a Member State to include further details in its annual progress and implementation report. Within 2 months of receipt of the Commission’s request, the Member State concerned shall respond to the request and shall publish its response on the website referred to in paragraph 3. 5. The Commission shall publish annual progress and implementation reports of the Member States on a website. 6. The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 40 amending Annex II in order to take into account data relevant to the sustainable use of plant protection products.Article 10 deleted Annual progress and implementation reports
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 981 #
Bert-Jan RUISSEN
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11
[...]deleted
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1026 #
Bert-Jan RUISSEN
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. Professional users shallmay apply integrated pest management as follows:
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1031 #
Bert-Jan RUISSEN
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) by applyconsidering Article 13 where no crop-specific rulguidelines have been adopted for the relevant crop and area in accordance with Article 15 by the Member State in which they operate;
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1038 #
Bert-Jan RUISSEN
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) by applying crop-specific rules adopted by the Member State in which they operate for the relevant crop and area in accordance with Article 15 and performing the actions set out in Article 13(8).
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1043 #
Bert-Jan RUISSEN
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 2
2. Advisors shall provide advice that is consistent with the applicable crop- specific rulguidelines and with integrated pest management.
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1049 #
Bert-Jan RUISSEN
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – title
Obligations of professional users and advisors related toGuidelines on integrated pest management
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1051 #
Bert-Jan RUISSEN
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1
1. Professional users shall first applyapply integrated pest management as defined in Article 3 (15), meaning that they will take careful consideration of all available means that 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 and minimise risks to human health and the environment. In that regard, professional users shall first consider measures that do not require the use of chemical plant protection products for the prevention or suppression of harmful organisms before resorting to application of chemical plant protection products.
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1067 #
Bert-Jan RUISSEN
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
A professional user’s records referred to in Article 14(1) shall demonstrate that he or she has considered all of the following optionsMeasures to be considered by professional users include:
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1076 #
Bert-Jan RUISSEN
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – indent 2
– use of modern cultivation techniques, including stale seedbed technique, sowing dates and densities, under-sowing, intercropping, conservation tillage, pruning and direct sowing,
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1089 #
Bert-Jan RUISSEN
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Where a professional user has not applied a measure listed in the first subparagraph of this paragraph, the records referred to in Article 14(1) shall contain reasons thereof.deleted
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1094 #
Bert-Jan RUISSEN
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 3 – introductory part
3. Professional users shall monitor harmful organisms by appropriate methods and tools. Such methods and tools shall include at least one of the following:
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1095 #
Bert-Jan RUISSEN
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 3 – point a
(a) observations in the field;deleted
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1096 #
Bert-Jan RUISSEN
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 3 – point b
(b) scientifically sound warning, forecasting and early diagnosis systems, where feasible;deleted
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1097 #
Bert-Jan RUISSEN
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 3 – point c
(c) the use of advice from professionally qualified advisors.deleted
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1100 #
Bert-Jan RUISSEN
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 4 – introductory part
4. Professional users shall, where necessary, use biological controls, physical and other non- chemical methods. Professional users may only use chemical methods if they are 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 has been saor are considered not to be the most effective measures to meet the principles of integrated pest management as defined in Article 3 (15), or if the use of chemical methods is considered to be economically and ecologically justisfied:.
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1109 #
Bert-Jan RUISSEN
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 4 – point a
(a) the results of monitoring of harmful organisms show, based on recorded observation, that chemical plant protection measures need to be applied in a timely manner because of the presence of a sufficiently high number of harmful organisms.deleted
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1116 #
Bert-Jan RUISSEN
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 4 – point b
(b) where justified by a decision- support system, or by an advisor who meets the conditions laid down in Article 23, the professional user decides, by way of a recorded decision, to use chemical plant protection products methods for preventative reasons.deleted
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1130 #
Bert-Jan RUISSEN
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 6 – introductory part
6. Professional users shall keep the use of chemical plant protection products and other forms of intervention to levels that do not exceed the levels that are absolutely necessary to control the harmful organisms and that do not increase the risk for development of resistance in populations of harmful organisms. Where possible, professional users shall use the following measures:may use measures such as
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1139 #
Bert-Jan RUISSEN
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 8
8. Professional users shall perform all of the following actions: (a) check and document the level of success of the applied plant protection measures on the basis of the records on the use of plant protection products and other interventions, and the monitoring of harmful organisms; (b) apply the information obtained by performing the actions referred to in point (a) as part of the decision-making process regarding future interventions.deleted
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1144 #
Bert-Jan RUISSEN
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 9
9. The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 40 amending this Article in order to take into account technical progress and scientific developments.
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1147 #
Bert-Jan RUISSEN
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14
[...]deleted
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1178 #
Bert-Jan RUISSEN
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – title
Implementation of integrated pest management using crop-specific rulguidelines
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1180 #
Bert-Jan RUISSEN
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 1
1. . Member States shall adopt agronomic requirements based on integrated pest management controls that must be adhered tofollowed when growing or storing a particular crop and are designed to ensure that chemical crop protection is only used if they are considered to be the most effective measures to meet the principles of integrated pest management as defined in Article 3 (15) or after all other non- chemical methods have been exhaustconsidered and when a threshold for intervention is reached (‘crop-specific rulguidelines’). The crop-specific rulguidelines shall implement the principles of integrated pest management, set out in Article 13, for the relevant crop and be set out in a binding legal acts with highest chemical pesticide usage.
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1195 #
Bert-Jan RUISSEN
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 2
2. Each Member State shall designate a competent authority responsible for ensuring that the crop-specific rulguidelines are scientifically robust and comply with this Article.
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1199 #
Bert-Jan RUISSEN
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 3
3. By … [OP: please insert the date = the first day in the month following 24 months after the date of entry into force of this Regulation] each Member State shall have in place effective and enforceable crop-specific rules, for crops covering an area that accounts for at least 90 % of its utilised agricultural area (excluding kitchen gardens). Member States shall determine the geographic scope of those rules taking account of relevant agronomic conditions, including, the type of soil and crops and the prevailing climatic conditions.deleted
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1213 #
Bert-Jan RUISSEN
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 4 – introductory part
4. At least 9 months prior to the point in time when a crop-specific rule becomes applicable under national lawguidelines are introduced, the Member State shall perform all of the following actions:
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1220 #
Bert-Jan RUISSEN
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 4 – point c
(c) submit the draft that takes into account the commentnotify the Commission of the publication of crop-specific guidelines as referred to in point (b) to the Commissiona.
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1224 #
Bert-Jan RUISSEN
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 5
5. Where the Commission is notified of a draft in accordance with paragraph 4, point (c), it may within 6 months of receipt of the draft object to its adoption by a Member State, if it considers that the draft does not comply with the criteria set out in paragraph 6. If the Commission objects, the Member State shall refrain from adopting the draft until it has amended the text so as to remedy the shortcomings identified in the Commission’s objections. The absence of a reaction from the Commission in accordance with this paragraph to a draft crop–specific rule shall not prejudice any action or decision which might be taken by the Commission under other Union acts.deleted
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1233 #
Bert-Jan RUISSEN
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 6 – introductory part
6. The crop-specific rules shallguidelines may convert the requirementprinciples of integrated pest management laid down in Article 13 into verifiable criteria by, among others, specifying the following:
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1238 #
Bert-Jan RUISSEN
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 6 – point b
(b) the non-chemical interventions involving cultural, physical and biological control which are available, affordable, economically sustainable and effective against the harmful organisms referred to in point (a) and qualitative criteria or conditions under which these interventions are to be made;
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1258 #
Bert-Jan RUISSEN
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 6 – point e
(e) the quantitative criteria or conditions under which chemical plant protection products may be used after all other means of control that do not require the use of chemical plant protection products have been exhausted;deleted
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1267 #
Bert-Jan RUISSEN
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 6 – point f
(f) the measurable criteria or conditions under which more hazardous plant protection products may be used after all other means of control that do not require the use of chemical plant protection products have been exhausted.deleted
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1277 #
Bert-Jan RUISSEN
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 6 – point g
(g) the obligation to record observations demonstrating that the relevant threshold value has been reached.deleted
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1284 #
Bert-Jan RUISSEN
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 7
7. Each Member State shall review its crop-specific rules annuallyguidelines every 3 years and update them where necessary, including when it is needed to reflect changes in the availability of harmful organism control tools.
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1291 #
Bert-Jan RUISSEN
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 8
8. A Member State that is planning to update a crop-specific rule shall, at least 6 months before the update becomes applicable under national law: (a) publish a draft of the updated rules for public consultation; (b) take into account comments received from stakeholders and members of the public on the draft in a transparent manner; (c) submit the draft that takes into account the comments as referred to in point (b) to the Commission.deleted
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1303 #
Bert-Jan RUISSEN
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 9
9. Where the Commission is notified of a draft under paragraph 8, it may within 3 months of receipt of the draft object to the updating of the crop-specific rule by a Member State, if it considers that the draft does not comply with the criteria set out in paragraph 6. If the Commission objects, the Member State shall refrain from updating the crop- specific rule until it has amended the text so as to remedy the shortcomings identified in the Commission’s objections. The absence of a reaction from the Commission in accordance with this paragraph to a draft crop–specific rule shall not prejudice any action or decision which might be taken by the Commission under other Union acts.deleted
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1311 #
Bert-Jan RUISSEN
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 10
10. A Member State with significant climatic or agronomic differences between regions, shall adopt crop-specific rulguidelines for each of those regions.
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1314 #
Bert-Jan RUISSEN
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 11
11. Each Member State shall publish all of its crop-specific rulguidelines on a single website.
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1319 #
Bert-Jan RUISSEN
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 13
13. By … [OP: please insert the date = the first day of the month following 7 years after the date of entry into force of this Regulation], the Commission shall submit a report to the European Parliament and the Council on the adoption and enforcementsubmission of crop-specific rulguidelines in the Member States and the compliance of those rulguidelines with Article 15.
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1324 #
Bert-Jan RUISSEN
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16
[...]deleted
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1369 #
Bert-Jan RUISSEN
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) uses the services of an independent advisor in accordance with Article 26(3).deleted
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1380 #
Bert-Jan RUISSEN
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18
[...]deleted
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1472 #
Bert-Jan RUISSEN
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19
Measures to protect the aquatic environment and drinking water 1. The use of all plant protection products is prohibited on all surface waters and within 3 metres of such waters. This 3 metre buffer zone shall not be reduced by using alternative risk-mitigation techniques. 2. Member States may establish larger mandatory buffer zones adjacent to surface waters. 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 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.Article 19 deleted
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1480 #
Bert-Jan RUISSEN
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 1
1. The use of all plant protection products is prohibited on all surface waters and is minimised within 3 metres of such waters. This 3 metre buffer zone shall notmay be reduced by using alternative risk- mitigation techniques.
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1485 #
Bert-Jan RUISSEN
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 2
2. Member States may establish larger mandatory buffer zones adjacent to surface waters.deleted
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1520 #
Bert-Jan RUISSEN
Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 5
5. A professional user that has been granted a permit for aerial application shall at least 2 days before the date of each specific aerial application display notices to that effect on the perimeter of the area to be treated.deleted
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1690 #
Bert-Jan RUISSEN
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 3
3. EWhere relevant, each professional user shall consult an independent advisor at least once a year for the purposes of receiving the strategic advice referred to in paragraph 4.
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1711 #
Bert-Jan RUISSEN
Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 1
1. Each Member State shall designate a competent authority to provide information to the public, in particular through awareness-raising programmes, in relation to the benefits and risks associated with the use of plant protection products.
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1714 #
Bert-Jan RUISSEN
Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 2
2. The competent authority referred to in paragraph 1 shall establish a website or websites dedicated to providing information on benefits and risks associated with the use of plant protection products. That information may be provided directly or by providing links to relevant websites of other national or international bodies.
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1719 #
Bert-Jan RUISSEN
Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 3 – point a
(a) the potential risks to human health and the environment through acute or chronic effects relating to the use of plant protection products and the strict authorisation procedures, the applied safeguards for professional use and maximum residue limits;
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1722 #
Bert-Jan RUISSEN
Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 3 – point a a (new)
(aa) the reason why plant protection products are used and their role in agriculture; agronomic and where applicable health benefits of the use of plant protection products;
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1726 #
Bert-Jan RUISSEN
Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 3 – point b a (new)
(ba) risk posed by pests, in particular quarantine pests and invasive alien species;
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1752 #
Bert-Jan RUISSEN
Proposal for a regulation
Article 28 – paragraph 3
3. The Commission shall adopt implementing acts to establish the format for the submission of the information and data referred to in paragraph 2 of this Article. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 41(2)is obligated to guarantee that sensitive data is collected with due regard to data protection and only entered into the system with explicit consent from the data subject.
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1756 #
Bert-Jan RUISSEN
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29
Electronic register of application equipment in professional use 1. By … [OP please insert the date = first day of the month following 9 months after the date of entry into force of this Regulation], an owner of application equipment in professional use shall enter the fact that he or she is the owner of the application equipment in the electronic register of application equipment in professional use referred to in Article 33, using the form set out in Annex V, unless the Member State in which the owner uses the equipment has exempted that equipment from inspection in accordance with Article 32(3). 2. If application equipment in professional use is sold, the seller and the buyer shall enter the fact of the sale, within 30 days after the sale, in the electronic register of application equipment in professional use referred to in Article 33, using the form set out in Annex V, unless the application equipment in professional use has been exempted from inspection in the relevant Member State(s) in accordance with Article 32(3). A similar obligation to enter a transfer of ownership in the electronic register applies in the case of any other changes of ownership of application equipment in professional use that has not been exempted from inspection in the relevant Member State(s) in accordance with Article 32(3). 3. If application equipment in professional use is withdrawn from use and is not intended to be used again, its owner shall, within 30 days after the withdrawal from use, enter the fact that the equipment has been withdrawn from use in the electronic register of application equipment in professional use referred to in Article 33, using the form set out in Annex V. 4. If application equipment in professional use is returned to use, its owner shall, within 30 days after the return to use, enter that fact in the electronic register of application equipment in professional use referred to in Article 33 using the form set out in Annex V. 5. The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 40 amending Annex V in order to take into account technical progress and scientific developments.Article 29 deleted
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1834 #
Bert-Jan RUISSEN
Proposal for a regulation
Article 34 – title
Methodology for calculating progress towards achieving the two national and two Union 20305 reduction targets
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1839 #
Bert-Jan RUISSEN
Proposal for a regulation
Article 34 – paragraph 1
1. The methodology for calculating progress towards achieving the two Union 2030 reduction targets and the two national 20305 reduction targets until and including 20305 is laid down in Annex I. This methodology shall be based on statistical data collected in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1185/2009.
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1851 #
Bert-Jan RUISSEN
Proposal for a regulation
Article 34 – paragraph 2
2. Using the methodology set out in Annex I, the Commission shall calculate the results of progress towards achieving the two Union and two national 20305 reduction targets annually until and including 20305 and publish those results on the website referred to in Article 7.
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1852 #
Bert-Jan RUISSEN
Proposal for a regulation
Article 35 – paragraph 1
1. The methodology for calculating progress in relation to harmonised risk indicators 1, 2 and 2a, at both Union and Member StateUnion level, is laid down in Annex VI. This methodology shall be based on statistical data collected in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1185/2009.
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1856 #
Bert-Jan RUISSEN
Proposal for a regulation
Article 35 – paragraph 4
4. The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 40 amending this Article and Annex VI in order to take into account technical progress, including progress in the availability of statistical data, and scientific and agronomic developments. Such delegated acts may modify the existing harmonised risk indicators or provide for new harmonised risk indicators, which may take into account Member States’ progress towards achieving the target of having 25% of their utilised agricultural area devoted to organic farming by 2030 as referred to in Article 8(1), point (d).
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1868 #
Bert-Jan RUISSEN
Proposal for a regulation
Article 40 – paragraph 2
2. The power to adopt delegated acts referred to in Articles 10(6), 13(9), 21(3), 25(10), 29(5), 31(10)9(5), and 35(4) shall be conferred on the Commission for an indeterminate period of five years from [OP please insert the date of entry into force of this Regulation]. The Commission shall draw up a report in respect of the delegation of power not later than nine months before the end of the five-year period. The delegation of power shall be tacitly extended for periods of an identical duration unless the European Parliament or the Council opposes such extension not later than three months before the end of each period.
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1870 #
Bert-Jan RUISSEN
Proposal for a regulation
Chapter XII – title
XII IMPACT ASSESSMENT, TRANSITIONAL AND FINAL PROVISIONS
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1872 #
Bert-Jan RUISSEN
Proposal for a regulation
Article 42 a (new)
Article42a Impact assessment 1. The Commission shall carry out an impact assessment by 2024, assessing whether: (a) sufficient new breeding techniques that make crops more resilient and thus less dependent on chemical plant protection products have been approved in the EU; (b) sufficient low risk or alternative non- chemical plant protection products are available; (c) the 2035 Union-wide reduction target of 30% can be realised without jeopardising food security and affordability in Europe. 2. Based on the assessment the Commission shall adapt the reduction target accordingly, if needed.
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1898 #
Bert-Jan RUISSEN
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – subheading 1
METHODOLOGY FOR CALCULATING PROGRESS TOWARDS ACHIEVING THE TWO UNION AND TWO NATIONAL 20305 REDUCTION TARGETS
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1899 #
Bert-Jan RUISSEN
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – paragraph 1 – introductory part
This Regulation is the instrument used to achieve the pesticide reduction targets contained in the Farm to Fork Strategyim to approach Union-wide plant protection product reduction targets by requiring each Member State to take measures to contribute to achievpproaching by 20305 a 530 % Union-wide reduction of both the useimpact and risk of chemical plant protection products (‘Union 20305 reduction target 1’) and the use of more hazardous plant protection products (‘Union 20305 reduction target 2’). This Regulation also regulates the contribution of each Member State to these Union targets. Each Member State contribution, set in the form of a national target, to Union 2030 reduction target 1 is referred to as a ‘national 2030 reduction target 1’, while a Member State contribution to Union 2030 reduction target 2 is referred to as a ‘national 2030 reduction target 2’. The methodology for calculating progress towards achieving these targets is set out below:
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1906 #
Bert-Jan RUISSEN
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – subheading 1
NatUnional 20305 reduction target 1: methodology for estimating progress towards the reduction in useimpact and risk of chemical plant protection products
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1913 #
Bert-Jan RUISSEN
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point 3 – paragraph 3
Categorisation of active substances and hazard weightings for the purpose of calculating progress towards national 20305 reduction target 1
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1914 #
Bert-Jan RUISSEN
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point 4
4. The baseline for reduction target 1 shall be set at 100, and is equal to the average result of the above calculation for the period 20151-20173.
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1917 #
Bert-Jan RUISSEN
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point 3
3. The baseline for reduction target 2 shall be set at 100, and is equal to the average result of the above calculation for the period 20151-20173.
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1922 #
Bert-Jan RUISSEN
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3 – subheading 1 – point 1
1. The methodology for calculating trends towards the two Union 20305 reduction targets shall be the same as the methodology for calculating trends at national levelin contributions as set out in Sections 1 and 2.
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1923 #
Bert-Jan RUISSEN
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – Part 1
1 1. the trends in a Member State’s progress towards achieving the two national 2030 reduction targets referred to in Article 10(2), point (a); 2. all other national indicative targets indicated in Article 9(2), point (a), Article 9(3), point (a) and Article 9(4).deleted
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1927 #
Bert-Jan RUISSEN
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – Part 2 – paragraph 1 – point 6
6. the number of permits for use of plant protection products in sensitive areas;deleted
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1928 #
Bert-Jan RUISSEN
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – Part 2 – paragraph 1 – point 7
7. the percentage of utilised agricultural area and other areas covered by permits for use of plant protection products in sensitive areas;deleted
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1930 #
Bert-Jan RUISSEN
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – Part 2 – paragraph 2 – point 11
11. the percentage of professional users that failed to comply with the obligation to use independent advisory services at least once a year.deleted
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1931 #
Bert-Jan RUISSEN
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – Part 2 – paragraph 4 – point 15
15. the percentage of utilised agricultural area in each Member State that is covered by crop-specific rules that have been made legally binding under national legislationipm.
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
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