39 Amendments of Radan KANEV related to 2020/2260(INI)
Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 1 a (new)
Citation 1 a (new)
- having regard to its resolution of 18 December 2019 on the EU Pollinators Initiative (2019/2803(RSP)),
Amendment 45 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 6 a (new)
Citation 6 a (new)
- having regard to the report on the "European Environment – State and outlook 2020" by the European Environment Agency,
Amendment 47 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 6 a (new)
Citation 6 a (new)
- having regard to the "European Environment – State and outlook 2020" report by the European Environment Agency,
Amendment 81 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 11 b (new)
Citation 11 b (new)
- having regard to Council Directive of 12 December 1991 concerning the protection of waters against pollution caused by nitrates from agricultural sources (91/676/EEC),
Amendment 210 #
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 a significant driver for global deforestation and biodiversity loss in Europe as well as 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 notably and timely 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 235 #
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 rapidly 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 292 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas the European model of a multifunctional agricultural sector, driven by family farms, continues to ensures quality food production, and local supply chains, good agriculture practices, high environmental standards and vibrant rural areas throughout the EU, regretfully in just over a decade several million farms have ceased to exist, representing over a third of all farms in Europe, and the vast majority of lost farms are small family businesses;
Amendment 368 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas food value chain actors have a large share of responsibility for current unsustainable and unhealthy diets and must contribute to the transition to sustainable food systems; in this regard, 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 ensures 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 welfare;
Amendment 398 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas food value chain actors have a noteworthy share of the responsibility for current unsustainable and unhealthy diets and must contribute to the transition to sustainable food systems;
Amendment 495 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the farm to fork strategy as an important step in ensuring a sustainable, fair and resilient food system, which is central to achieving the goals set out in the European Green Deal and in the SDGs; emphasises the inextricable links between healthy people, healthy societies and a healthy planet; in light of this, encourages the Commission to translate, as a matter of urgency, the strategy into concrete legislative and non-legislative action as soon as possiblein order to tackle rapidly the unsustainability of the current food system and the higher costs of a failure to act;
Amendment 570 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Welcomes the announcement of an impact-assessed and evidence-based 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 and negative public health impacts 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 theUN FAO’s principles of a multifunctional agricultural sectorgroecology and the UN right to food, 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; stresses the need for timely and decisive policy and legislative change in the face of overwhelming scientific evidence of the unsustainability of the current food system and the higher costs of a failure to act; suggests that the respective base lines and progress achieved in each Member State be taken into account, while promoting the exchange of know-how, innovation and best practices between Member States; stresses the need to include the entire food and beverage chains including processing, marketing, distribution and retail;
Amendment 603 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Welcomes the announcement of an impact-assesevidence-based 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 and negative public health impacts of the EU food system in order to make Europe the first climate- neutral continent by 2050 at the latest and strengthen its resilience to ensure long- term 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 agricultural production, processing, marketing, distribution and retail;
Amendment 632 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Welcomes the first mid-term review of the Strategy planned by mid- 2023; stresses the need for any evaluation of the Strategy to consider the cumulative impact of all actions foreseen therein in a holistic and systemic manner rather than to focus on individual targets taken in isolation; insists on the need for any assessment of the Strategy to cover all dimensions of sustainability, including environmental, social (including health) and economic;
Amendment 635 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Welcomes the first mid-term review of the Strategy planned by mid- 2023; stresses the need for any evaluation of the Strategy to consider the impact of all actions foreseen in a holistic and systemic manner, rather than to focus only on individual targets; insists on the need for any assessment of the Strategy to cover all dimensions of sustainability, including environmental, economic, social and health;
Amendment 741 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Welcomes the decision to revise the directive on the sustainable use of pesticides and the reduction targets for pesticides, fertilisers, and antibiotics; emphasises the importance of pursuing these targets through holistic and circular approaches, such as agroecological practices; insists that each Member State should establish robust and time-bound quantitative reduction targets in their CAP Strategic Plans and other relevant policy instruments, accompanied by well- defined support measures ensuring accountability at all levels to help reach these targets; reiterates its call for the prompt translation into legislation of the above targets and objectives, including through the revision of the Directive on the Sustainable Use of Pesticides; and calls on the Commission to clarify how it will deal with individual Member States’ contributions to Union- wide targets and to clarify the baselines for these targets;
Amendment 899 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Emphasises the importance of recognising the significant impact of agriculture and especially animal production on greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and land use; stresses the need to enhance natural carbon sinks and reduce agricultural emissions of carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide, in particular in the feed and livestock sectors; calls for regulatory measures and targets to ensure progressive reductions in all GHG emissions in these sectorslegally-binding EU-level and national targets for emissions from agriculture and related land use as part of the “Fit for 55” package to ensure ambitious reductions in all GHG emissions in these sectors in the EU but also addressing embedded land use emissions from imported feed and food;
Amendment 1008 #
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 for the environment and against climate change, and contributes to a circular economycan play a role in a sustainable and circular food system; stresses that, in contrast, intensive livestock farming causes major negative impacts on public health and the environment; calls on the European Commission to ensure that its policies and funding programmes promote a shift to optimised animal farming and meat, dairy and eggs consumption in Europe;
Amendment 1038 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Viewing the increasing concern of consumers towards animal welfare and animal health, welcomes the European Commission intention to consider options for animal welfare labelling to better transmit value through the food chain; urges the Commission to develop an easy- to-read, transparent and harmonised EU- wide animal welfare label, which could lead to significantly improve public knowledge, awareness and understanding of animal welfare and animal health in food production while creating a new market for farmers to sell products based on higher animal welfare standards;
Amendment 1086 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Welcomes the notion of rewarding carbon sequestration in soils; stresses, however, that intensive and industrial agriculture and farming models with negative impacts on biodiversity should not receive climate funding or be incentivised; calls for the proposals to be in line with the environmental objectives and the ‘do no harm’ principle of the Green Deal; in this regard, stresses the point that the intrinsic value of the farm to fork strategy will only be unlocked if supported by an equally ambitious and environmentally consistent CAP;
Amendment 1093 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Welcomes the notion of rewarding carbon sequpromoting carbon sequestration in soils; reminds of the importance of nature-based solutions, such as agroecology or ecosystem restoration in soil, especially peatland restoration, for increasing natural carbon sinks; stresses, however, that intensive and industrial agriculture and farming models with negative impacts on biodiversity should not receive climate funding or be incentivised; calls for the proposals to be in line with the environmental objectives and the ‘do no harm’ principle of the Green Deal;
Amendment 1177 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Underlines the importance of seed security and diversity, notably of promoting EU- sustainably grown plant proteins as part of long crop rotation to deliver locally sourced food and feed stuffs with high nutritional value while granting farmers access to quality seeds for plant varieties adapted to the pressures of climate change, including traditional and locally-adapted varieties, while ensuring access to innovative plant breeding in order to contribute to healthy seed, which pass and protect plants against harmful pests and diseaseper risk assessment process; raises awareness of the potential negative effects of concentration and monopolisation in the seed sector;
Amendment 1222 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls for CAP National Strategic Planon the European Commission to only approve CAP National Strategic Plans if they demonstrate their contribution to European Green Deal objectives given Member States respective baselines and that all CAP National Strategic Plans together meet the Union-wide targets; calls on Member States to ensure adequate financial support and incentives to promote new ecological ‘green’ business models for agriculture and artisanal food production, notably through fostering short supply chains and quality food production;
Amendment 1223 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls for CAP National Strategic Planon the European Commission to only approve CAP National Strategic Plans if they demonstrate their contribution to European Green Deal objectives given Member States respective baselines and that all CAP National Strategic Plans together meet the Union-wide targets; calls on Member States to ensure adequate financial support and incentives to promote new ecological ‘green’ business models for agriculture and artisanal food production, notably through fostering short supply chains and quality food production;
Amendment 1303 #
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 andbut that the healthfulness and sustainability of European food must still improve; 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 Europeans;
Amendment 1309 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Recalls that the European food system delivers a sufficient and varied supply of safe, nutritious, and affordable and sustainable food to people at all times and, while its healthfulness and sustainability must still improve; 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 Europeans;
Amendment 1345 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Welcomes the European Commission commitment in accelerating a sustainable fish and seafood production; however, considers with serious concern that a slow action has caused 66% of the marine environment to be altered by human pressure1a and 34,2% of fish stocks to be fished at unsustainable levels1b; therefore, urges the Commission to deliver, without undue delay, on the legally binding measures it is committed to in the framework of the marine Natura2000 sites under the EU Birds and Habitats Directives while applying zero tolerance in the fight against illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing(IUU); _________________ 1aIPBES (2019),Global assessment report on biodiversity and ecosystem services of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services, https://ipbes.net/global- assessment 1bFAO (2020), The State of World Fisheries and Aquaculture, http://www.fao.org/publications/sofia/202 0/en/
Amendment 1353 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 b (new)
Paragraph 10 b (new)
10b. Considering that in the EU alone, unsustainable and intensive agriculture and fisheries have left only 23% of protected species and 16% of protected habitats in good conservation1a; recalls also that over the last 25 years birds have suffered from significant declines with no sign of recovery; therefore, urges the European Commission to make sure that the farm to fork strategy becomes part of the solution to address the biodiversity and ecosystem crisis by updating and enlarging the Birds and Habitats Directives’ Annexes without undue delay; _________________ 1a Bird Life Europe (2019), The EU Biodiversity Strategy to 2030,https://www.birdlife.org/sites/default /files/attachments/birdlife_position_biodiv ersity_web_01.pdf
Amendment 1508 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Reiterates that dual quality of food products is unacceptable and needs to be fully counteracted to avoid discrimination and misleading of EU consumers; in this regard, calls the European Commission to monitor closely the situation on the market and propose targeted legislation when necessary; in addition, stresses the importance to strengthen the role of consumer organisations in identifying potentially misleading branding practices as well as misleading information provided on the packaging;
Amendment 1537 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Urges the review of the EU promotion programme for agricultural and food products, including the EU school scheme, to align it fully with the European Green Deal and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), with a view to enhancing its contribution to sustainable production and consumption, notably by focusing on educational messages about the importance of healthy and sustainable nutrition andwhile promoting greater consumption of fruit and vegetables and less sugar, fat and meat with the aim of reducing obesity rates;
Amendment 1538 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Urges the reviewoverhaul of the EU promotion programme for agricultural and food products, including the EU school scheme, to align it fully with the European Green Deal and the Sustainable Development Goals, with a view to enhancing its contribution to sustainable production and consumption, notably by focusing on educational messages about the importance of healthy nutritionand sustainable nutrition based on optimised meat and dairy, and promoting greater consumption of fruit and vegetables with the aim of reducing obesity rates;
Amendment 1614 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Recalls the need to promote effective Agricultural Knowledge and Innovation Systems (AKIS), enabling all food chain actors to become sustainable by speeding up innovation and accelerating knowledge transfer; recalls, in addition, the need for a farm sustainability data network to set benchmarks for farm performance and document the uptake of sustainable farming practices, while allowing for the accessible, precise and tailored application of new production approaches at farm level by providing farmers with access to fast broadband connections;
Amendment 1678 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Calls for measures to reduce the burden that highly processed foods with high salt, sugar and fat content place on public health; regrets that the introduction of nutrient profiles is greatly delayed and stresses that a robust set of nutrient profiles must be developed to restrict or prohibit the use of false nutritional claims on foods high in fats, sugars and/or salt; calls for a mandatory EU-wide front-of-pack nutrition labelling system based on independent science; robust scientific evidence and proven consumer understanding;
Amendment 1695 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Welcomes the European Commission intention to extend the mandatory origin or provenance indications to certain products while fully taking into account impacts on the single market; in this context, calls on the Commission to carry out a holistic impact assessment and analyse different options of place of origin labelling, including through an EU harmonised Regional Food Label which can offer consumers more accurate information and support regional development;
Amendment 1911 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Highlights the recognition in the strategy that Europeans’ diets are often not in line with recommendations for healthy eating, and that a population-wide shift in consumption patterns is needed towards more healthy and plant-based foods and less red and processed meat, sugars, salt, and fats, which will also benefit the environment; emphasises thatin this regard, calls on the European Commission to promote specific actions towards more plant-based foods as well as to develop EU-wide guidelines for sustainable and healthy diets would bring clarity toto properly inform consumers on what constitutes a healthy and sustainable diet and inform, while helping Member States’ own efforts to integrate sustainability elements in national dietary advice; calls on the Commission to develop such guidelines and specific actions to effectively promote healthy plant-based dietstheir food-based dietary guidelines (FBDGs);
Amendment 1971 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Calls for a revision of public procurement legislation, including minimum mandatory criteria in schools and other public institutions to encourage organic and local food production and to promote more healthy diets by creating a food environment that enables consumers to make the healthy choice; calls on the Commission to set mandatory targets for sustainable food procurement and to develop monitoring and reporting tools to collect data on these procurements;
Amendment 2018 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Recalls that food waste and food loss should be addressed holistically, as early as from the farm and all the way to the fork; 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 urgently needed to achieve this and that food waste and food loss at the level of primary production and retail should be also included in the targets;
Amendment 2030 #
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 this, and that food losses and waste at the level of primary production and retail should be included in the targets;
Amendment 2054 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Welcomes the proposed revision ofto clarify the current EU rules on date marking in order to prevent and reduce food waste and food loss; stresses that any change to date marking rules should be risk and science based and should improve the use of date marking by actors in the food chain and its understanding by consumers, in particular “use-by” and ‘best before’ labelling, while at the same time not undermining food safety or quality; in this regard, recalls the importance to strengthen the role of EU Platform on Food Losses and Food Waste and Member States’ Working Group in sharing best practices, progress made over time and solutions;
Amendment 2192 #
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 standards and to provide development assistance to support primary producers from developing countries in meeting those standards; welcomes the Commission’s intention to take the environmental impacts of requested import tolerances into account; calls for all EU trade agreements to include enforceable clauses on commitment to the Paris Agreement, “non-regression” on environment and ‘do no harm’ principles; recommends that agricultural and food imports, especially feed imports, having negative land use and land use change, causing GHG emissions such as legal or illegal deforestation where they are produced, are included in the Carbon Border Adjustment mechanism to account for their embedded GHG emissions;