23 Amendments of Rob ROOKEN related to 2020/2260(INI)
Amendment 191 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas Europe’s food system should deliver food and nutrition security in a way that contributes to social well- being and maintains and restores ecosystem health; whereas currently, the food system is responsible for a range of impacts on human and animal health and on the environment, the climate and biodiversity; whereas the way in which we produce and consume food needs to transform in order to ensure coherence with the SDGs, the Paris Agreement, the Convention on Biological Diversity and EU policies, particularly in the areas of sustainability, the environment, climate, public health, animal welfare, food and economic sustainability for farmers;
Amendment 283 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas the European model of a multifunctional agricultural sector, driven by family farms, continues to ensure quality food production, local supply chains, good agriculture practices, high environmental standards and vibrant rural areas throughout the EU; whereas European farmers are subjected to the highest global standards and still continue to deliver high quality food, not only for European citizens, but also for many citizens on other continents; whereas many citizens in the European Union and abroad can count on the European agricultural sector every day; whereas the agricultural sector is also of immense strategic value;
Amendment 363 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas it is important that consumers are informed and enabled to take responsibility for the consequences of their choice of food stuffs on the whole food system, from production to processing and distribution; whereas this requires a healthy and sound food environment which ensuceive proper information about the product they are about to obtain in general; whereas food is an essential need; whereas that the healthy and sustainable choice is also the easy and affordable choice, and fosters and encourages consumption patterns that support human health while ensuring the sustainable use of natural and human resources and animal welfareits not a task of the European Union to influence its citizens food preferences;
Amendment 411 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas the European food system has played a crucial role during the COVID-19 pandemic, demonstrating its resilience with farmers, processors and retailers working together under difficult conditions, including lockdowns, to ensure that European consumers continue to have access to safe, affordable, and high quality products without impediment; whereas this should not be rewarded with a strategy which threatens their future existence in the European Union;
Amendment 428 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
Ea. whereas it should be emphasised that the agricultural sector over the last decades reduced its GHG-emissions significantly; underlines that other sectors did not so; reiterates that according to the European Environment Agency the aviation GHG-emissions increased with about 120% in the period 1990-2018; reiterates that the Von der Leyen - Commission despite of that increased the budget for private jets with 50%; points out that the Commission should lead by example before assuming moral superiority and point fingers at others;
Amendment 481 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. WelcomesNotes with concern the farm to fork strategy as an important step in ensuring a sustainable, fair and resilient food system, which is central to achieving the goit threatens many farmers in their future existence; stresses that the agricultural sector is a crucials set outctor in the European Green Deal and in the SDGs; emphasises the inextricable links between healthy people, healthy societies and a healthy planet, encourages the Commission to translate the strategy into concrete legislative and non-legislative action as soon as possibUnion which as of yet already suffers from more than enough unnecessary rules; underlines that it is crucial that more, if not all, EU-rules regarding GHG-emissions in the EU are repealed;
Amendment 556 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Welcomes the announcement of an impact-assessed proposal for a legislative framework for sustainable food systems; invites the Commission to use this proposal to set out a holistic common food policy aimed at reducing the environmental and climate footprint of the EU food system in order to make Europe the first climate-neutral continent by 2050 and strengthen its resilience to ensure food security in the face of climate change and biodiversity loss, leading a global transition towards sustainability from farm to fork, based on the principle of a multifunctional agricultural sector while ensuring consistency between policies by taking into account the existing legislation in order to enable all actors in the European food system to develop long-term plans based on realistic and transparent objectives; suggests that the respective base lines and progress achieved in each Member State be taken into account, while promoting the exchange of know-how and best practices between Member States; stresses the need to include the entire food and beverage chains including processing, marketing, distribution and retail, which should aim the preservation of food security and food supply in the European Union;
Amendment 701 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. WelcomesTakes note of the decision to revise the directive on the sustainable use of pesticides and the reduction targets for pesticides, fertilisers, and antibiotics; emphasises the importance of pursuing these targets through holistic and circular approaches, such as agroecological practices; insists that each Member State should establish robust quantitative reduction targets, accompanied by well- defined support measures ensuring accountability at all levels to help reach these targets; reiterates its call for the translation into legislation of the above targets and objectives and calls on the Commission to clarify how it will deal with individual Member States’ contributions to Union-wide targets and to clarify the baselines for these targetsat is of the utmost importance to adjust any legislation in this area with the greatest precaution; underlines that the agricultural sector already has to comply with very strict rules; stresses that is essential to have a vital agricultural sector in the European Union; underlines that new revisions should not result in involuntary (de facto) reductions of livestock;
Amendment 891 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
Amendment 1012 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Points out that extensive and permanent grassland-based or organic animal husbandry is a feature of the European food system and a defining element of many traditional rural communities, and that it has multiple positive effects foron the environment and against climate change, and contributes to a circular economy; underlines that only organic farming is not feasible in the European Union; stresses that other options to improve animal welfare should be explored by the Member States; underlines that the availability of (high-quality) food is a human right; stresses in this regard that this also means that food should be available at a reasonable price; stresses that this also counts for those with a minimum income;
Amendment 1063 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
Amendment 1175 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Underlines the importance of seed security and diversity, notably of promoting EU-grown plant proteins to deliver locally sourced food and feed stuffs with high nutritional value while granting farmers access to quality seedsplant reproductive material for plant varieties adapted to the pressures of climateweather change, including traditional and locally- adapted varieties, while ensuring access to innovative plant breeding in order to contribute to healthy seeds and protect plants against harmful pests and diseases; raises awareness of the potential negative effects of concentration and monopolisation in the seed sector;
Amendment 1252 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls for CAP National Strategic Plans to ensure adequate financial support and incentives to promote new ecological ‘green’ business models for agriculture and artisanal food production, notably through fostering short supply chains and quality food productionbusiness models, which have animal-welfare at the core where applicable;
Amendment 1261 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls for CAP National Strategic Plans to ensure adequate financial support and incentives to promote new ecological ‘green’ business models for agriculture and artisanal food production, notably through fostering shorintelligent supply chains and quality food production;
Amendment 1299 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Recalls that the European food system delivers a sufficient and varied supply of safe, nutritious, affordable and sustainable food to people at all times and underlines that increasing the economic, environmental and social sustainability of food producers will ultimately increase their resilience; encourages the Commission to consider the food supply chain and its workers as a strategic asset for the safety and well-being of all Europeansmore legislation, especially legislation regarding GHG-emissions, is a threat to the European food system;
Amendment 1320 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Notes that many upcoming economies, including China, find it hard to provide their citizens with sufficient, safe, and high-quality food; underlines in this regard that the European agricultural sector is of crucial strategic value; expresses its concern about the increasing amount of legislation, especially GHG- emissions related legislation, which makes it extraordinarily hard to provide safe, reliable and high-quality food to the citizens of the European Union and those outsides of the European Union;
Amendment 1330 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
Amendment 1374 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Expresses its deep concern about the emergence of zoonotic diseases that are transferred from animals to humans (anthropozoonoses), such as Q fever, avian influenza and the new strain of influenza A (H1N1), which is exacerbated by anthropogenic climate change, the destruction of biodiversity, environmental degradation and our current food production systems;
Amendment 1749 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. WelcomesTakes note of the fact that the strategy rightly recognises the role and influence of the food environment in shaping consumption patterns and the need to make it easier for consumers to choose healthy and sustainable diets; reiterates the importance of promoting sustainable diets by raising consumer awareness of the impacts of consumption patterns and providing information on diets that are better for human health and have a lower environmental footprint; underlines that food prices must send the right signal to consumers; welcomes, therefore, the strategy’s objective that the healthy and sustainable choice should become the most affordable one;
Amendment 1841 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Reaffirms its belief that policy measures that are dependent solely on consumer choice unduly shift the responsibility to purchase sustainable products to consumers; notes that third- party certification and labelling alone areUnderlines that EU-citizens are well-educated and don't have to be lectured on what is sustainable food and what not; stresses that the European Union and its institutions lack all credibility to do so as they do not effepractivce in ensuring sustainable production and consumptionwhat they preach themselves;
Amendment 1860 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Highlights the recognition in the strategyEmphasises that it is not a task of thate Europeans’ diets are not in lin Union to lecture with recommendations for healthy eating, and that a population-wide shift in consumption patterns is needed towards more healthy and plant-based foods and less red and processed meat, sugars, salt, and fats, which will also benefit the environment; emphasises that EU-wide guidelines for sustainable and healthy diets would bring clarity to consumers on what constitutes a healthy and sustainable diet and inform Member States’ own efforts to integrate sustainability elements in national dietary advice; calls on the Commission to develop such guidelines citizens about what they put on their plate; stresses that every citizen should decide for itself what he plans to eat; underlines that each Member State has the responsibility to ensure that all its citizens cand specific actions to effectively promote healthy plant-based diets acquire sufficient healthy food;
Amendment 2029 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Reiterates its call to take the measures required to achieve a Union food waste reduction target of 30 % by 2025 and 50 % by 2030 compared to the 2014 baseline; underlines that binding targets are needed to achieve thisUnderlines that food waste should be addressed at a Member State level;
Amendment 2207 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Recalls the global responsibility of European food systems and their key role in setting global standards for food safety, environmental protection and animal welfare; calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure that all food and feed products imported to the EU fully meet relevant EU regulations and stand and animal welfare; underlines that the European food sector is a lightning example in this regards and to provide development assistance to support primary producers from developing countries in meeting those standards; welcomes the Comhat increased levels of environmental protection and GHG-emission’s intention to take the environmental impacts of requested import tolerances into accountrelated measures are a direct threat to this vital sector;