Activities of Mazaly AGUILAR
Plenary speeches (49)
Patentability of plants and essential biological processes (debate)
US tariffs on European goods following WTO's decision on the Airbus dispute (debate)
Objection pursuant to Rule 112: Genetically modified soybean A2704-12 (ACS-GMØØ5-3) (B9-0105/2019)
Presentation of the Court of Auditors' annual report - 2018 (debate)
EU-Ukraine Agreement amending the trade preferences for poultry meat and poultry meat preparations provided for by the EU-Ukraine Association Agreement (debate)
One-minute speeches on matters of political importance
Measures to address the impact on European agriculture of the WTO ruling on the Airbus dispute (debate)
Compatibility between the current EU - Mercosur Free Trade Agreement and the Commission's proposal for a European Green Deal (topical debate)
EU response to devastation following floods in Spain (debate)
Conclusion of the EU-Viet Nam Free Trade Agreement - Conclusion of the EU-Viet Nam Free Trade Agreement (Resolution) - EU-Viet Nam Investment Protection Agreement - EU-Viet Nam Investment Protection Agreement (Resolution) (debate)
Preparation of the Extraordinary European Council Meeting of 20 February 2020 on the Multiannual Financial Framework (debate)
Farm to Fork Strategy - the key role of farmers and rural areas (debate)
European protection of cross-border and seasonal workers in the context of the COVID-19 crisis (debate)
The role of cohesion policy in tackling the socio-economic fallout from COVID-19 (debate)
The European Forest Strategy - The Way Forward (debate)
Common agricultural policy - support for strategic plans to be drawn up by Member States and financed by the EAGF and by the EAFRD - Common agricultural policy: financing, management and monitoring - Common agricultural policy – amendment of the CMO and other Regulations (debate)
Conclusions of the European Council meeting of 15 and 16 October 2020, in particular the negotiations of the future relations with the UK (debate)
Deforestation (debate)
Transitional provisions for support from the EAFRD and EAGF in the years 2021 and 2022 (debate)
Presentation of the programme of activities of the Portuguese Presidency (debate)
The situation in Myanmar (debate)
Fisheries control (debate)
Long-term vision for rural areas (debate)
EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030: Bringing nature back into our lives (debate)
European Citizens' Initiative "End the cage age" (continuation of debate)
EU contribution to transforming global food systems to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (debate)
Farm to Fork Strategy (debate)
Common agricultural policy - support for strategic plans to be drawn up by Member States and financed by the EAGF and by the EAFRD - Common agricultural policy: financing, management and monitoring - Common agricultural policy – amendment of the CMO and other regulations (debate)
Need for an urgent EU action plan to ensure food security inside and outside the EU in light of the Russian invasion of Ukraine (debate)
EU action plan for organic agriculture (debate)
New EU Forest Strategy for 2030 – Sustainable Forest Management in Europe (debate)
Protection of livestock farming and large carnivores in Europe (debate)
Ukrainian cereals on the European market (debate)
Geographical Indications for wine, spirit drinks and agricultural products (debate)
Ensuring food security and the long-term resilience of EU agriculture (debate)
European Citizens’ Initiative ‘Save Cruelty Free Cosmetics – Commit to a Europe without animal testing’ (debate)
Nature restoration (debate)
Delivering on the Green Deal: risk of compromising the EU path to the green transition and its international commitments (debate)
Reviewing the protection status of wolves and other large carnivores in the EU (topical debate)
The proposed extension of glyphosate in the EU (debate)
European Citizens' Initiative 'Fur Free Europe' (debate)
Generational renewal in the EU farms of the future (debate)
Sustainable use of plant protection products (debate)
Threat to rule of law as a consequence of the governmental agreement in Spain (debate)
Improving the socio-economic situation of farmers and rural areas, ensuring fair incomes, food security as well as a just transition (debate)
Plants obtained by certain new genomic techniques and their food and feed (debate)
Geographical Indications for wine, spirit drinks and agricultural products (debate)
Need to impose sanctions on the import of Russian and Belarusian food and agricultural products to the EU and to ensure stability of EU agricultural production (debate)
Production and marketing of plant reproductive material - Production and marketing of forest reproductive material (joint debate - Plant and forest reproductive material)
Shadow reports (11)
REPORT on a European Parliament recommendation to the Council and the Vice-President of the Commission / High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy concerning the preparation of the 2020 Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons Treaty (NPT) review process, nuclear arms control and nuclear disarmament options
REPORT on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down certain transitional provisions for the support by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) and by the European Agricultural Guarantee Fund (EAGF) in the year 2021 and amending Regulations (EU) No 228/2013, (EU) No 229/2013 and (EU) No 1308/2013 as regards resources and their distribution in respect of the year 2021 and amending Regulations (EU) No 1305/2013, (EU) No 1306/2013 and (EU) No 1307/2013 as regards their resources and application in the year 2021
REPORT on the European Forest Strategy - The Way Forward
RECOMMENDATION on the draft Council decision on the conclusion on behalf of the European Union, of the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the Union and Cuba relating to the modification of concessions on all the tariff-rate quotas included in the EU Schedule CLXXV as a consequence of the United Kingdom's withdrawal from the European Union
RECOMMENDATION on the proposal for a Council decision on the signing, on behalf of the European Union, of the Agreement in the form of an exchange of letters between the Union and the Argentine Republic relating to the modification of concessions on all the tariff rate quotas included in the EU Schedule CLXXV as a consequence of the United Kingdom's withdrawal from the European Union
REPORT on a farm to fork strategy for a fair, healthy and environmentally-friendly food system
REPORT on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EU) 2019/216 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards Union tariff rate quota for high quality beef from Paraguay
REPORT on a new EU Forest Strategy for 2030 – Sustainable Forest Management in Europe
RECOMMENDATION on the draft Council decision on the conclusion, on behalf of the Union, of the Agreement between the European Union and the Federative Republic of Brazil pursuant to Article XXVIII of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) 1994 relating to the modification of concessions on all the tariff rate quotas included in the EU Schedule CLXXV as a consequence of the United Kingdom’s withdrawal from the European Union
REPORT on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on European Union geographical indications for wine, spirit drinks and agricultural products, and quality schemes for agricultural products, amending Regulations (EU) No 1308/2013, (EU) 2017/1001 and (EU) 2019/787 and repealing Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012
RECOMMENDATION on the draft Council decision on the conclusion, on behalf of the Union, of the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Union and the Argentine Republic amending the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Union and the Argentine Republic pursuant to Article XXVIII of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) 1994 relating to the modification of concessions on all the tariff-rate quotas included in the EU Schedule CLXXV as a consequence of the United Kingdom’s withdrawal from the European Union
Opinions (1)
OPINION on reversing demographic trends in EU regions using cohesion policy instruments
Shadow opinions (8)
OPINION on The EU’s role in protecting and restoring the world’s forests
OPINION on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EU) No 182/2011 laying down the rules and general principles concerning mechanisms for control by Member States of the Commission’s exercise of implementing powers
OPINION with recommendations to the Commission on an EU legal framework to halt and reverse EU-driven global deforestation
OPINION on the draft Council decision on the Protocol to the Agreement establishing an Association between the European Union and its Member States, on the one hand, and Central America on the other, to take account of the accession of the Republic of Croatia to the European Union
OPINION on a Farm to Fork Strategy for a fair, healthy and environmentally friendly food system
OPINION on an intellectual property action plan to support the EU’s recovery and resilience
OPINION on the assessment of the new communication of the European Commission on Outermost Regions
OPINION Conclusion of the Free Trade Agreement between the European Union and New Zealand
Institutional motions (8)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the patentability of plants and essentially biological processes
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on measures to address the impact on European agriculture of the WTO ruling on the Airbus dispute
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on measures to address the impact on European agriculture of the WTO ruling on the Airbus dispute
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the breach of the UN Convention of the Rights of the Child and the use of minors by the Moroccan authorities in the migratory crisis in Ceuta
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on media freedom and further deterioration of the rule of law in Poland
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the rule of law crisis in Poland and the primacy of EU law
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the first anniversary of the de facto abortion ban in Poland
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the protection of livestock farming and large carnivores in Europe
Oral questions (2)
Human rights situation in Iran, in particular the situation of political prisoners sentenced to death
Alleged conflicts of interest and influence-trafficking by judges of the Court of Justice of the European Union and the Commission
Written explanations (2)
Objection pursuant to Rule 112: Genetically modified maize MZHG0JG (SYN-ØØØJG-2) (B9-0107/2019)
. – Voto en contra de las tres oposiciones de hoy a la autorización de organismos modificados genéticamente por varios motivos: las sistemáticas oposiciones presentadas hasta la fecha no se basan en temas técnicos sino en prejuicios o aspectos emocionales que omiten los requisitos establecidos en las reglas de procedimiento para su presentación. La evaluación del riesgo de la EFSA ha concluido en el análisis de esos productos que son tan seguros como los productos convencionales. Existe consenso científico al respecto. La Comisión tiene la obligación de implementar la legislación existente. Este Parlamento no puede apoyar oposiciones sin base científica.
Objection pursuant to Rule 112: Genetically modified cotton LLCotton25 (ACS-GHØØ1-3) (B9-0170/2019)
. – Conviene en este tipo de votaciones no dejarse llevar por el amor u odio hacia los organismos modificados genéticamente. Seamos serios, no estamos votando si nos gustan o no, sino, única y exclusivamente, si la Comisión Europea ha respetado o no el procedimiento y las competencias conferidas para estos actos de ejecución. Es decir, es una cuestión de procedimiento y no de contenido pese a las continuas y sistemáticas oposiciones que se presentan. He votado en contra. No apoyo las oposiciones porque la Comisión Europea se ha limitado a cumplir con su trabajo y escuchar una vez más a la EFSA. Estos productos no suponen ningún riesgo ni para la salud ni para el medio ambiente. Si quieren un debate sobre el papel de la biotecnología, tengámoslo ,pero no persistan en cuestiones ideológicas para obstaculizar los procedimientos.
Written questions (32)
New seizures of citrus fruits from South Africa
EU-Mercosur trade agreement - impact assessment and compensation fund
Vesuvius PLC closures
Memorandum of understanding of 27 November 2019 between Turkey and Libya’s Government of National Accord
The protection and conservation of turtle doves
Regulating gene drives
The coronavirus challenge and EU solutions to the agricultural crisis
Need for seasonal farm labour
Influence of environmental NGOs on DG Environment
Trapping and live-capture of songbirds in Spain
Measures against market disturbance to the veal sector
The connection between the CAP and bullfighting
Commission agriculture plan for a no-trade-deal Brexit
Use of pesticides in organic farming
Independent study on the viability of captive breeding
Damage caused by Storm Filomena to Spain’s agricultural sector
Customs duty fraud involving agricultural imports from Morocco
Commission Regulation on botanicals species containing hydroxyanthracene derivatives
Suspension of trade relations with Myanmar: rice
Clarification concerning the COVID-19 vaccine supply cuts in the EU
Pro-life individuals and groups singled out by political institutions
Infographic shared by President von der Leyen showing how many COVID-19 vaccine doses the EU has manufactured
Difference in treatment between liberal NGOs related to Open Society and conservative NGOs
Hydroponic crops and organic certification
Transparency and funding of the Conference on the Future of Europe
Protecting European aluminium manufacturers from unfair Chinese trade practices
Controversial provisions in the post-Cotonou Partnership Agreement
Recent revelations about UN experts supported by the EU
Marketing of olives via oil mills in Spain and implementation of EU law
Commission action against adulterated honey
New CO2 tax agreed on by the Sánchez Government under the Spanish Recovery and Resilience Plan
Does the Commission approve of the communication by Luis Miguel Bueno, the EU’s Arabic spokesperson?
Individual motions (7)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the harassment of democratic political parties in Spain
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the restitution of funds allocated to Turkey under the pre-accession instrument, now that the pre-accession process has been halted, and the removal of the aforementioned programme for Turkey from the current multiannual financial framework (MFF)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on defending the manufacture of motor vehicles and the discrimination and limitation of rights to which the citizens of Europe, but not those of other continents such as Africa, are subjected
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the family as the cornerstone of society
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on an EU Cardiovascular Action Plan
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION ‘Defending the rule of law in Spain’
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on abolishing the European Green Deal
Unknown (5)
PROPOSAL FOR A UNION ACT on the need to protect families, businesses and self-employed persons from the rise in fuel prices in Europe
PROPOSAL FOR A UNION ACT on the need to amend 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
PROPOSAL FOR A UNION ACT on the repeal of legislation derived from the European Green Deal
PROPOSAL FOR A UNION ACT on the need to suspend the current EU ban on trawling in European waters
PROPOSAL FOR A UNION ACT on the suspension of the agreement between the EU and Morocco concerning reciprocal liberalisation measures on agricultural products and fishery products
Amendments (681)
Amendment 1 #
2023/0038M(NLE)
Draft opinion
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the EU is New Zealand’s third largest trading partner for goods; whereas agricultural exports accounted for 64.9% (EUR 1.822 million) of its total exports to the EU in 2022, and whereas Spain is the EU’s largest sheepmeat producer;
Amendment 16 #
2023/0038M(NLE)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – point 1 (new)
Paragraph 1 – point 1 (new)
(1) Notes with concern that the Agreement does not include the ‘mirror clause’ concept, which is a key demand of farmers aimed at ensuring that all producer countries are subject to the same conditions in terms of agriculture and livestock breeding, thus guaranteeing their ability to compete in the market and improve their production;
Amendment 28 #
2023/0038M(NLE)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Insists, nevertheless, that the Commission carefully manage and monitor the TRQs to prevent the negative consequences that these will have on the agri-food sector, especially the meat sector;
Amendment 33 #
2023/0038M(NLE)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls for the EU to implement safeguards, such as seasonality, on the additional TRQs for agricultural products, particularly for European sheepmeat for which there are two demand peaks every year that European livestock breeders traditionally use to cover their costs before the mass imports from New Zealand;
Amendment 38 #
2023/0038M(NLE)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 – point 1 (new)
Paragraph 4 – point 1 (new)
(1) Notes with concern the failure to take account of the reduction in production and the loss of competitiveness that farmers and livestock breeders will suffer as a result of this Agreement, which will therefore have consequences for European society as a whole;
Amendment 39 #
2023/0038M(NLE)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 – point 2 (new)
Paragraph 4 – point 2 (new)
(2) Stresses that sheep breeding is a key sector for keeping the population in rural areas;
Amendment 40 #
2023/0038M(NLE)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 – point 3 (new)
Paragraph 4 – point 3 (new)
(3) Stresses that sheep breeding is extensive, sustainable and vital for keeping upland areas clear and preventing fires;
Amendment 50 #
2023/0038M(NLE)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 – point 1 (new)
Paragraph 5 – point 1 (new)
(1) Stresses that sheep breeding is a key sector for keeping the population in rural areas;
Amendment 54 #
2023/0038M(NLE)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Calls on the Commission to require both parties to the Agreement to comply with the same standards in order to prevent unfair competition, increased economic pressure in the sector, and loss of competitiveness;
Amendment 57 #
2023/0038M(NLE)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Warns that increasing the TRQs for sheepmeat will allow the mass import of New Zealand meat at prices with which European producers will be unable to compete;
Amendment 64 #
2023/0038M(NLE)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Calls on the Commission to require both parties to the Agreement to comply with the same standards in order to prevent unfair competition, increased economic pressure in the sector, and the loss of competitiveness;
Amendment 272 #
2022/2182(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22a. Calls also on the Member States to consider preferential tax treatment for new farms resulting from generational renewal, which will help to ensure the economic profitability vital for their survival;
Amendment 46 #
2022/2147(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Stresses that the EU biodiversity strategy’s targets should not hinder the sustainable development and thus the survival of the agricultural sectors in the outermost regions (ORs). In these remote regions, farming is the mainstay of the local economy, and the Commission’s ‘green’ requirements may make it impossible for farms to survive;
Amendment 75 #
2022/2147(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the Commission to establish a separate chapter dedicated to the ORs in its impact assessments of the farm to fork and biodiversity strategies; The specific characteristics of production in these climates, which differ to much from the mainland, require a different set of rules and an exemption from the objectives of the Commission’s strategy, which are inapplicable;
Amendment 114 #
2022/2147(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls for strict compliance of tropical goods from non-EU countries with the applicable EU environmental and social standardsthe EU’s requirements for agricultural production in the outermost regions to apply to products imported from third countries, and not for more requirements. In that way we can avoid the unfair competition they are currently facing;
Amendment 49 #
2022/2016(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the TFEU makes no reference to a common EU forest policy and therefore forest policy remains at Member States' competence; whereas Article 4 TFEU provides for a shared competence on environmental policy; whereas due to the specificextremely high diversity of the EU’s forests with regard to bio-geography, structure, size, biodiversity and ownership patterns, where environmental policy touches upon forests, it is necessary to duly apply the principle of subsidiarity and proportionality in the development and implementation of the new EU forest strategy (the strategy) and relevant EU legislation;
Amendment 73 #
2022/2016(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas about 60 % of the EU’s forests are owned by 16 million private forest owners, of whom a significant share are small-holders; whereas involving and motivating these owners through a comprehensive policy and legislative framework, based on the recognition of their property rights, experience as managers and specific challenges, will be key to achieving the strategy’s targets, including the provision of climate and other ecosystem services; emphasizes the need to avoid administrational burden on all actors.
Amendment 85 #
2022/2016(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas most recent data gathered under Article 17 of the Habitats Directive indicates that only 49 % of forests habitats have a good conservation status; whereas focusing solely on aggregated data might be insufficient to identify and address key information on the most urgent issues and it is therefore necessary to consult more specific indicators especially created by FOREST EUROPE, on trends in condition and pressures; whereas these indicators do not support an overall negative assessment of the state of the EU’s forests, but show both positive and negative trends that require nuanced responses;
Amendment 147 #
2022/2016(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Recognises that the maintenance and protection of healthy and resilient forests is a fundamental goal of all actors in forestry and the forest-based value chain, including the various livestock farmers who keep their livestock there, cleaning the forests and reducing the likelihood of fires, as well a key priority for people in the EU;
Amendment 184 #
2022/2016(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Recognises the complexity of assessing the state of forests, as well as the uneven availability and quality of data and therefore stresses the need for continuous policy and scientific dialogue with all stakeholders at all levels to improve data collection and harmonisation;
Amendment 196 #
2022/2016(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Underlines that the strategy must align with the work undertaken in international forums, such as FOREST EUROPE and the Food and Agriculture Organization, not forgetting farmers and producers themselves, and should avoid duplicating work; further believes that, given the EU’s strong commitment to promoting the sustainable use of resources globally, the strategy should be implemented in such a way as to serve as a model of best practices;
Amendment 211 #
2022/2016(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Recognises the key role of forests in protecting the climate and biodiversity; underlines that the multi-functional role of forests comprises multiple socioeconomic functions, such as the provision of raw materials, which leads to jobs and economic growth in rural areas, the provision of clean water and air, protection against natural hazards and recreational value, as well as economic functions and serving to anchor rural populations to the land; stresses that the implementation of the strategy must ensure a balanced provision of all services and maintain competitiveness and innovation; underlines that the successful provision of services requires sustainable active management;
Amendment 227 #
2022/2016(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Stresses that forests contribute to climate change mitigation via carbon sequestration, carbon storage and the substitution of wood and all wood products for fossil fuels and derived products; notes that the strategy has a particular focus on storage in the construction sector and believes its implementation should support a broader use of different options for substitution, in line with the goals of the bioeconomy strategy; emphasizes the role of research on substitution of fossil-based materials and fossil fuels.
Amendment 235 #
2022/2016(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Highlights that for wood-based products to contribute optimally to climate change mitigation and a circular economy requires that they be used in the most efficient and sustainable way; believes that the cascading principle8 is a good guideline for efficient use, but must not use a static approach and therefore must be adjusted regularly to reflect innovative uses; stresses that a well-functioning, un- distorted market incentivises the efficient use of wood- based resources; _________________ 8 As outlined in the Commission’s ‘Guidance on cascading use of biomass with selected good practice examples on woody biomass’.
Amendment 254 #
2022/2016(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Underlines the importance of a reliable supply of wood, wood-based products and forest-based biomass to achieve the EU’s sustainability goals and notes that the demand is expected to continue to grow; believes that the EU’s forestry sector provide the most sustainably sourced raw materials; calls on the Commission to consider displacement effects and monitor any effects on the availability of wood following the implementation of measures under the strategy; after the Russian invasion of Ukraine on 24 February 2022, highlights the crucial importance of the EU’s security of supply and own raw material production.
Amendment 297 #
2022/2016(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Highlights that pressure on forests from natural disasters and other disturbances is being increasingly intensified by climate change and that strengthening forests’ resilience is a matter of urgency; notes the role that restoration and afforestation can play in strengthening resilience and enhancing biodiversity; notes that sustainable forest management consists of a broad array of actions and adaptive practices, many of which can play a key role in climate mitigation; the Member States’ varying forests and climate conditions require differentiated sustainable forest management practices, that should be developed nationally, regionally and locally.
Amendment 330 #
2022/2016(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Takes note of the ongoing work on voluntary guidance for ‘closer-to-nature’ forestry by the Working Group on Forests and Nature; believes that to ensure added value, guidance on this concept should incorporate results-oriented, scientifically and locally proven sustainable forest management practices to give forest owners and managers the tools to yield connections and cooperation on better integrating biodiversity protection with improved management practices;
Amendment 346 #
2022/2016(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Reiterates its call for the protection and further research of primary and old- growth forests and stresses the need toat the Member States should create a definition for what constitutes old-growth forests; welcomes the ongoing work of the Working Group on Forests and Nature and underlines the need to consider a diverse set of attributes and ensure flexibility to account for specific conditions in bio- geographic regions and forest types;
Amendment 403 #
2022/2016(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Points out that the forestry sector operates primarily as a market-based sector; stresses that putting a stronger emphasis on other ecosystem services should not lead to an increased dependency on subsidies and encourages the Commission and Member States to further pursue the development of market-based payment for ecosystem services schemes, such as carbon farming;, taking into account that CAP-funding must mainly remain targeted for food production and ensuring food security in the Union.
Amendment 419 #
2022/2016(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Acknowledges the important contribution of existing market-driven certification schemes to the further uptake of sustainable forest management; takes note of the Commission’s announcement on developing a ‘closer-to-nature’ certification schemrelies on consumer demand and preferences to shape the development on these schemes also in the future; encourages the Commission to cooperate with existing certification schemes and believes that to create added value, the certification must offer foresters a price premium for the provision of ecosystem services;
Amendment 426 #
2022/2016(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Highlights that to unlock the full potential of forests to contribute to climate and circular economy targets, further research and development in the field of bio-based alternatives to fossil-based products are required and should be incentivised; underlines that a predictable regulatory environment is a precondition to attracting investments; encourages to continue supporting innovations related to wood, such as wood-based textiles that have high potential to substitute synthetic textile fibres and cotton.
Amendment 440 #
2022/2016(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Stresses that the implementation of the strategy must focus on enabling small- holders to deliver on the multiple forest functions and calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure that support programmes, payment for ecosystem services schemes and research funding are attractive understandable and easily accessible;
Amendment 464 #
2022/2016(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Stresses the importance of accurate, integrated and up-to-date data on Europe’s forests and takes note of the initiative for a legislative proposal for a framework on forest observation, reporting and data collection; reminds that the data must be collected from local actors; underlines that the broad availability, high quality and transparency of data are preconditions to meeting the goals of the strategy and believes that to deliver added value the framework must build on existing mechanisms and processes through a bottom-up approach to best use the expertise and experience present in the Member States;
Amendment 481 #
2022/2016(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Takes note of the idea to introduce strategic plans for forests under the framework on forest observation, reporting and data collection; further notes that several Member States already have national strategies for forests in place; calls on the Commission to give priority to the existing national strategies over strategic plans on EU level.
Amendment 490 #
2022/2016(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
Paragraph 27
27. Believes that due to the multi- functional contribution of forests to high- level EU goals and the different administrative levels and stakeholder groups involved, the cornerstones of the strategy’s implementation must be close cooperation and the exchange of best practices with national and regional experts, stakeholders, forest managers, scientists and civil society; underlines that governance must take EU and Member State engagement in international processes into account; reminds that forests should not only be considered as CO2 sinks and thereby reducing other sectors' contribution in minimising their emissions.
Amendment 526 #
2022/2016(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31 a (new)
Paragraph 31 a (new)
31a. Invites the Commission to report to the Parliament on the implementation of the Strategy on a yearly basis.
Amendment 108 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Title 1
Title 1
Proposal for a REGULATIONDIRECTIVE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on the sustainable use of plant protection products and amending Regulation (EU) 2021/2115 (Text with EEA relevance)
Amendment 110 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Citation 2 a (new)
Citation 2 a (new)
The European Parliament rejects the Commission proposal.
Amendment 114 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1 a (new)
Recital 1 a (new)
(1a) The treaty requires that the Common Agricultural POlicy objectives shall increase agricultural productivity by promoting technical progress and by ensuring the rational development of agricultural production and the optimal utilisation of the factors of production, to ensure a fair standard of living for the agricultural community, to stabilise markets, to assure the availability of supplies and to ensure that supplies reach consumers at reasonable prices.
Amendment 116 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2
Recital 2
(2) Directive 2009/128/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council37established a framework to achieve a sustainable use of pesticides by reducing the risks and impacts of the use of pesticides on human health and the environment. The evaluation38of that Directive found that it has not achieved its overall objectives and that the Member States did not implement it in a satisfactory manner. This conclusion was confirmed in reports from the Commission to the European Parliament and Council in 201739and 202040. The precautionary principle is set out in Article 191 of the Treaty, acknowledging that is already taken into account in of the authorisation procedure. _________________ 37 Directive 2009/128/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 October 2009 establishing a framework for Community action to achieve the sustainable use of pesticides (OJ L 309, 24.11.2009, p. 71). 38 [Reference to be inserted.] 39 Report from the Commission to the European Parliament and the Council on Member State National Action Plans and on progress in the implementation of Directive 2009/128/EC on the sustainable use of pesticides COM(2017)587 final. 40 Report from the Commission to the European Parliament and the Council on the experience gained by Member States on the implementation of national targets established in their National Action Plans and on progress in the implementation of Directive 2009/128/EC on the sustainable use of pesticides COM(2020) 204 final.
Amendment 124 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3 a (new)
Recital 3 a (new)
(3a) The European Parliament stressed the need for an impact assessment, the need to ensure food secuty, etc, in its resolution of 16 February 2023 on the Commssion communication on ensuring availability and affordability of fertilisers as global food security and food prices are threaten by the current geopolitical situation.
Amendment 135 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7
Recital 7
(7) The Commission Communication entitled ‘the European Green Deal’47set out a roadmap of key measures, including legislative, to significantly reduce the use and risk of chemical pesticides. In the Farm to Fork Strategy48, EU Biodiversity Strategy for 203049and the Zero Pollution Action Plan50, the Commission committed to 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. As plant breeding and seed production contribute to the overall reduction targets, through the marketing of resistant varieties and the supply of healthy seeds to the market, the above mentioned activities are exempt from the overall reduction targets. _________________ 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.
Amendment 144 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8
Recital 8
Amendment 146 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8 a (new)
Recital 8 a (new)
(8a) (8 a) In their latest advice about the ECI “Save bees and farmers”, the EESC points out that many legislative acts are being prepared or have already been adopted by the Commission in favour of bees, pollinators, biodiversity, the sustainable use of pesticides, and support for farmers in the agro-ecological transition. It recognises, however, that these measures have not fully achieved their objectives. It therefore calls on the Commission to take additional measures to achieve its ambitious objectives more effectively in practice. For example, it recommends stronger support for precision agriculture, digital agriculture, biological control, and robotics, as well as agro-ecology. The EESC stresses the need to take into account all three pillars of sustainability (environmental, social and economic), without neglecting the economic situation, which is often overlooked, in an essential context of systemic sustainability and food sovereignty The EESC also calls on the Commission to carry out impact assessments before taking any decision, in order to assess, in particular, the costs of the initiative for agricultural production and the economy, compared to the financial cost of biodiversity loss for farmers.
Amendment 158 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11
Recital 11
(11) Biological control agents are a sustainable control alternative to the use of chemical productsis one example of alternative to the use of synthetic, inorganic or industrial products, to combine with other solutions like regenerative agriculture practices, New Genomic Techniques, innovative agricultural equipment, etc. for the control of harmful organisms. As noted in Council Decision (EU) 2021/110257 , biological control agents have a growing importance in sustainable agriculture and forestry and have an instrumental role to play in the success of integrated pest management and both organic, high-technological and conventional farming. Access to biological controls would facilitates moving away from chemicalommonly-used plant protection products and apply them as a last resort following the Integrated Pest Management (IPM) principles, including reduced use through precision farming techniques. It is appropriate to encourage farmers to switch to low input agricultural methods including organic farming. It is therefore appropriate to define the concept of biological control as a basis for Member States to set indicative targets to increase the percentage of crops on which biological control agents are used. _________________ 57 Council Decision (EU) 2021/1102 of 28 June 2021 requesting the Commission to submit a study on the Union’s situation and options regarding the introduction, evaluation, production, marketing and use of invertebrate biological control agents within the territory of the Union and a proposal, if appropriate in view of the outcomes of the study (OJ L 238, 6.7.2021, p. 81)The Commission shall consider proposing an administratively slim, fast, efective and efficient framework to facilitate placing on the market of biological control products.
Amendment 169 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12 a (new)
Recital 12 a (new)
(12a) Since the European Commission presented the Green Deal, including the Farm to Fork Strategy in May 2020, numerous impact assessments have been conducted in order to measure the impact of the Commission proposals on European agriculture and food security in the Union. One of these studies, conducted by Wageningen University and Research, found that the proposed targets could lead to an average production decline of up to 20%. Agricultural production standards and food production standards in the EU are higher than outside EU. Therefore food not produced in the EU will be produced elsewhere in a less ecofriendly way. Also decrease in the agricultural production in the EU will lead to higher imports from 3rd countries, lower export and therefore potential pressure on food shortages. Because of the strong regulation among others regarding the pesticides, only import from countries with same level of regulation shall be allowed, with exception of transit of commodities through the EU territory.
Amendment 171 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12 b (new)
Recital 12 b (new)
(12b) The Parliament notes that although the Commission conducted and published an impact assessment alongside the Proposal for a Regulation on the Sustainable Use of Pesticides in June 2022, the Commission’s impact assessment only took into account the possible policy options considered by the Commission during the review phase, and therefore did not include any analysis of the impact of a complete ban of pesticides on sensitive areas. Furthermore, while the impact assessment acknowledges that pesticide reduction targets would lead to “an overall reduction in yield” and is expected to “induce production price increases,” it does not offer any quantifiable figures to how much yields are expected to decrease, for which crops, or in which regions of Europe.
Amendment 174 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13
Recital 13
(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 Strategic Plans when setting their own binguiding national targetreduction ambitions (“national 2030 reduction targets”). Intensity of use isand risk should best measured by dividing the total quantity of active substances placedthrough a scientifically justified formula, taking into account the particular conditions onf the mfarket, and therefore used, in the form of plant protems (e.g., technical and mechanical solutions to reduce risk should be taken into account; for closed farming systems, the impacti on products in a particular Member State by the surface area over which the active substances were appliedthe environment is much lower and not related to sales, etc) and the Member States (e.g., geography, climate, production methods, IPM measures applied jointly with the possible use of synthetic pesticides when needed) and developing comparable usage indicators that would not rely on adaptation of sales data but on usage per unit of harvested product. Intensity in the use of csynthemtical and/or hazardous pesticides, a may depend ion particular of the more hazardous pesticides, correlates with greater dependency on chemical pesticides, greater risks to human health and the environment and less sustainable farming practicthe availability of alternatives products, practices and tools that can be used instead. Availability of viable alternatives allows farmers to use synthetic pesticides as a last recourse following IPM principles. It is therefore appropriate to allow Member States to take their lower intensity of use of cconsider both the availability in the market of synthemtical 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 sett, biological controls and non-synthetic tools for plant protection, including regenerative agriculture practices and accessibility and uptake of digital and precision farming techniques, when designing their national 2030 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 csynthemtical plant protection products, they should now make a greater contribution to the achievement of the Union 2030 reduction targets, while also taking account of their intensity and risk of pesticide use. In order to ensure a fair and collective effort towards the achievement of Union-wide targets and an adequate level of ambition, minimum limits should be laid down for national 2030 reduction targets. TMember States territories, including 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 expo, should be allowed to take into account the specific needs of their different regions as regards the use of plant protection products and measures 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 cropailored to specific climatic conditions and crops. In some particular regions, tailored- measures should be further developed to cope with problems derived from remoteness, insularity and/or high exposure to climate change. This should allow a case-by-case decision-making process regarding the level of pesticide reduction targets in both EU continental and outermost regions. In order to ensure a fair and collective effort towards the achievement of Union-wide targets, where a Member State reaches the level of its 2030 national reduction target before 2030, it should not be required to undertake additional reduction efforts, but it should closely monitor annual fluctuations in the use and risk of csynthemtical plant protection products and in the use of more hazardous plant protection products to ensure progress towards meeting the respective 2030 national reduction target. In the interests of transparency, Member State responses to any Commission recommendations in relation to the level of ambition of national targets and the annual progress made towards them should be publicly accessible.
Amendment 223 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 20
Recital 20
(20) An approach to pest control that follows integrated pest management in ensuring careful consideration of all available means that discourage the development of populations of harmful organisms, while keeping the use of chemical plant protection products to levels that are economically and ecologically justified and minimising risks to human health and the environment is necessary for the protection of human health and the environment. ‘Integrated pest management’ emphasises the growth of a healthy crop with the least possible disruption to agro-ecosystems, encourages natural pest control mechanisms and uses chemical control only when there are no viable alternatives or all other control means are exhausted. To ensure that integrated pest management is implemented consistently on the ground, it is necessary to lay down clear rules in this Regulation. In order to comply with the obligation to follow integrated pest management, a professional user should consider and implement all methods and practices that avoid the use of plant protection products. Chemical pPlant protection products should only be used when all other control means have been exhausted or there is a risk of a significant loss of yield or quality. In order to ensure and monitor compliance with this requirement, it is important that professional users keep a record of the reasons why they apply plant protection products or the reasons for any other action taken in line with integrated pest management and of advice received in support of their implementation of integrated pest management from independent advisors. These records are also required for aerial applications.
Amendment 240 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 25
Recital 25
(25) UImproper 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. How sensitive areas are to be defined remains the competence of Member States as this should be done at case by case basisconsidering the particular agronomic and climatic conditions of their territory. 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 Parliaor 1 meter when efficient drift control nozzles are used, should therefore be prohibited. If a physical buffer zone is already present, no addition buffer zones are needed. Exemptions and derogations from the prohibition should be foreseen for cases where the use of PPPs contributes to the achievement 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)overall objectives of this Regulation, e.g. the use of PPPs in plant breeding and seed production to assure the supply of healthy commercial seed for farmers and growers compliant with EU Regulation 2016/2031 and specific standards laid down in the EU seed marketing legislation.
Amendment 275 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 38
Recital 38
(38) Statistical data on plant protection products collected in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1185/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council74should be used in calculating these harmonised risk indicators based on real use of pesticidesand progress towards achieving binguidingUnion and national targets based on the Farm to Fork Strategy. Given that pesticide use fluctuates between years depending, in particular, on the weather, a three year baseline period is appropriate to take account of such fluctuationt least a ten year timespan should be considered to see the real usage trends in use of pesticides. The baseline period for the calculation of harmonised risk indicators 1 and 2 is 2011–2013, as this was the first three year period for which data was received by the Commission under Regulation (EC) No 1185/2009 and coincides with the entry into force of Directive 2009/128/EC. The baseline period for the calculation of progress towards the Union 2030 reduction targets is 2015–, therefore, 2011 – 20173, as this was the three most recent years for which data was available at the time of the announcement of the Farm to Fork Strategyin order to fully reflect and respect the achievements already made by European farmers. The baseline period for the calculation of a new harmonised risk indicator 2a is 2022–2024, as this will be the first three year period for which data on the areas treated under each authorisation for an emergency situation in plant protection will be available. _________________ 74 Regulation (EC) No 1185/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 November 2009 concerning statistics on pesticides (OJ L 324, 10.12.2009, p. 1).
Amendment 276 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
–
–
– The European Parliament rejects the Commission proposal (The proposal is inconsistent with the principles of subsidiarity and proportionality.)
Amendment 282 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 39
Recital 39
(39) For the moment, the only robust statistical data available at Union level relating to the marketing and use of plant protection products are the statistics on the quantities of active substances in plant protection products placed on the market, and the data on the number of authorisations for emergency situations in plantThe EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030 recognises the need for urgent action to protect biodiversity. There is evidence of a widespread reduction of species, in particular insects and pollinators, in the Union. Biodiversity loss is, amongst other factors such as decrease in livestock proteduction granted under Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009. Those statistics are used inor a deviation from the principles of the calirculation of harmonised risk indicators 1 and 2 under Directive 2009/128/EC and in calculating progress towards the binding Union 2030 reduction targets and national 2030 reduction targets bar economy, driven by the incorrect or redundant use of plant protection products. It is therefore essential to ensure that plant protection products are used oin the Farm to Fork Strategy. The new harmonised risk indicator 2a will be calculated using statistics on the number of authorisations for emergency situations in plant protection, the properties of the active substances in plant protection products subject to these authorisations, and the areas treated under these authorisations to better such a way as to mitigate the risk of harmful effects of such products on wildlife, through a number of measures including training, inspection of application equipment in professional use and protection of the aquantify the risks arising from authorisations for emergency situations in plant protectionc environment and sensitive areas.
Amendment 284 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1
Recital 1
(1) The Treaty requires a high level of protection of human health and of the environment to be ensured in the definition and the implementation of all Union policies and activities and provides that Union policy on the environment is to aim at a high level of protection. The precautionary principle is set out in Article 191 of the Treaty, acknowledging that is already taken into account in of the authorisation procedure.
Amendment 319 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7
Recital 7
(7) The Commission Communication entitled ‘the European Green Deal’47 set out a roadmap of key measures, including legislative, to significantly reduce the use and risk of chemical pesticides. In the Farm to Fork Strategy48 , EU Biodiversity Strategy for 203049 and the Zero Pollution Action Plan50 , the Commission committed to take action to reduce by 50% the overall use 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 Council51 and listed in Part E of the Annex to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 540/201152 , or containing one or more active substances listed in the Annex to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/40853 ) by 2030. The 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 work54 and thereby contributes to the implementation of principle 10 of the European Pillar of Social Rights on a healthy, safe and well- adapted work environment. As plant breeding and seed production contribute to the overall reduction targets, through the marketing of resistant varieties and the supply of healthy seeds to the market, the above mentioned activities are exempt from the overall reduction targets. __________________ 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.
Amendment 320 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1
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 plant protection products application equipment, providing for training and awareness raising, and providing for implementation of integrated pest management, and providing for Member State contributions to the European Union reduction targets for the use and risk of plant protection products by 2035.
Amendment 326 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
This RegulationDirective shall apply to products, in the form in which they are supplied to the user, consisting of or containing active substances, safeners or synergists, and intended for one of the following uses:
Amendment 335 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 1
(1) ‘chemical plant protection product’ means a plant protection product containing a chemical active substance excluding plant products using natural means of biological origin or substances identical to them, such as micro- organisms, semiochemicals, extracts from plant products as defined in Article 3(6) of Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009, or invertebrate macro-organisms;
Amendment 338 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8
Recital 8
Amendment 342 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8 a (new)
Recital 8 a (new)
(8a) In their latest advice about the ECI “Save bees and farmers”, the EESC points out that many legislative acts are being prepared or have already been adopted by the Commission in favour of bees, pollinators, biodiversity, the sustainable use of pesticides, and support for farmers in the agro-ecological transition. It recognises, however, that these measures have not fully achieved their objectives. It therefore calls on the Commission to take additional measures to achieve its ambitious objectives more effectively in practice. For example, it recommends stronger support for precision agriculture, digital agriculture, biological control, and robotics, as well as agro-ecology. The EESC stresses the need to take into account all three pillars of sustainability (environmental, social and economic), without neglecting the economic situation, which is often overlooked, in an essential context of systemic sustainability and food sovereignty The EESC also calls on the Commission to carry out impact assessments before taking any decision, in order to assess, in particular, the costs of the initiative for agricultural production and the economy, compared to the financial cost of biodiversity loss for farmers.
Amendment 349 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 6 a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 6 a (new)
(6a) 'organic farming' means farming practices in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 2018/848.
Amendment 356 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11
Recital 11
(11) Biological control agents are a sustainable controlis one type of alternative to the use of chemical products, to combine with other solutions like agronomic practices, genetics, innovative agricultural equipment, etc. for the control of harmful organisms. As noted in Council Decision (EU) 2021/110257 , biological control agents have a growing importance in sustainable agriculture and forestry and have an instrumental role to play in the success of integrated pest management and both organic, high-technological and conventional farming. Access to biological controls would facilitates moving away from chemical plant protection products and apply them as a last resort following the Integrated Pest Management (IPM) principles, including reduced use through precision farming techniques. It is appropriate to encourage farmers to switch to low input agricultural methods including organic farming. It is therefore appropriate to define the concept of biological control as a basis for Member States to set indicative targets to increase the percentage of crops on which biological control agents are used. __________________ 57 Council Decision (EU) 2021/1102 of 28 June 2021 requesting the Commission to submit a study on the Union’s situation and options regarding the introduction, evaluation, production, marketing and use of invertebrate biological control agents within the territory of the Union and a proposal, if appropriate in view of the outcomes of the study (OJ L 238, 6.7.2021, p. 81).
Amendment 356 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 10
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;
Amendment 360 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 11 – point b
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 11 – point b
(b) application equipment with horizontal or vertical booms or orchard blast sprayers, irrespective of whether it is being used for the application of plant protection products;
Amendment 378 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 16 – point a
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 16 – point a
(a) an area used by the general public, such as a public park or garden, recreation or sports grounds, or a public path. Sport grounds and railway networks shall not be considered to be sensitive areas for the purpose of this Regulation;
Amendment 379 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12 a (new)
Recital 12 a (new)
(12a) Since the European Commission presented the Green Deal, including the Farm to Fork Strategy in May 2020, numerous impact assessments have been conducted in order to measure the impact of the Commission proposals on European agriculture and food security in the Union. One of these studies, conducted by Wageningen University and Research, found that the proposed targets could lead to an average production decline of up to 20%12a. __________________ 12a https://www.wur.nl/en/research- results/research-institutes/economic- research/show-wecr/green-deal-probably- leads-to-lower-agricultural-yields.htm
Amendment 380 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12 b (new)
Recital 12 b (new)
Amendment 384 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) Given the different levels of historical progress and differences in intensity of pesticide use between Member States, it is necessary to allow Member States some flexibilityadaptation to farm realities in their National Strategic Plans when setting their own binguiding national targetreduction ambitions (“national 2030 reduction targets”). Intensity of use isand risk should best measured by dividing the total quantity of active substances placedthrough a scientifically justified formula, taking into account the particular conditions onf the mfarket, and therefore used, in the form of plant protems (e.g., technical and mechanical solutions to reduce risk should be taken into account; for closed farming systems, the impacti on products in a particular Member State by the surface area over which the active substances wethe environment is much lower and not related to sales, etc.) and the Member States (e.g., geography, climate, production methods, IPM measures applied. Intensity in th jointly with the possible use of csynthemtical pesticides, and in particular of the more hazardous pesticides, correlates with greater dependency on chemical pesticides, greater risks to human health and the environment and less sust when needed) and developing comparable usage indicators that would not rely on adaptation of sales data but on usage per unit of harvested product. Intensity in the use of synthetic and/or hazardous pesticides may depend on the avainlable farming pracility of alternaticves. It is therefore appropriate to allow Member States to take their lower intensity of or low-risk products and tools to be used instead. Availability of suitable alternatives allows farmers to use of csynthemtical 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 cas a last recourse following IPM principles. It is therefore appropriate to allow Member States to consider both the availability in the market of synthemtical pesticides than the Union average into account in sett, low-risk and non-synthetic tools for plant protection when designing their national 2030 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 csynthemtical plant protection products, they should now make a greater contribution to the achievement of the Union 2030 reduction targets, while also taking account of their intensity and risk of pesticide use. In order to ensure a fair and collective effort towards the achievement of Union-wide targets and an adequate level of ambition, minimum limits should be laid down for national 2030 reduction targets. TMember States territories, including 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 expo, should be allowed to take into account the specific needs of their different regions as regards the use of plant protection products and measures 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 cropailored to specific climatic conditions and crops. In some particular regions, tailored- measures should be further developed to cope with problems derived from remoteness, insularity and/or high exposure to climate change. This should allow a case-by-case decision-making process regarding the level of pesticide reduction targets in both EU continental and outermost regions. In order to ensure a fair and collective effort towards the achievement of Union-wide targets, where a Member State reaches the level of its 2030 national reduction target before 2030, it should not be required to undertake additional reduction efforts, but it should closely monitor annual fluctuations in the use and risk of csynthemtical plant protection products and in the use of more hazardous plant protection products to ensure progress towards meeting the respective 2030 national reduction target. In the interests of transparency, Member State responses to any Commission recommendations in relation to the level of ambition of national targets and the annual progress made towards them should be publicly accessible.
Amendment 403 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13 a (new)
Recital 13 a (new)
(13a) In its Staff Working Document on the Drivers of Food Security, the European Commission acknowledges that “Soil, water, biodiversity, and air are basic requirements for food production” and confirms how availability and access to food for consumers at reasonable prices are objectives that cannot be taken for granted.
Amendment 411 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 16 – point f – point i
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 16 – point f – point i
(i) any protected area under Annex IV of Directive 2000/60/EC, excluding those designated pursuant Annex IV 1 part (iv) and 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; _________________ 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).
Amendment 418 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 16 – point f – point ii
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 16 – point f – point ii
(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);, where the conservation objectives relate to nature, biodiversity, or habitat protection, with use of the less harmful pesticides.
Amendment 423 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 16 – point f – point iii
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 16 – point f – point iii
Amendment 429 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 22
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 22
Amendment 460 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1
Article 4 – paragraph 1
1. Each Member State shall contribute, through the adopction and achievement of national targetss set out in accordance with Article 5 to achievpproaching by 2030 a 50 % Union-wide reduction of both the use 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 20173 (collectively referred to as ‘the Union 2030 reduction targets’). When new data on PPP use becomes available via the SAIO, two separate trends, one for conventional and one for organic agriculture shall be published at EU and MS levels. Plant breeding and seed production are exempt from the overall reduction targets, as they contribute to the overall objectives of the Regulation through the marketing of resistant varieties and to assure the supply of healthy commercial seed for farmers and growers compliant with EU Regulation 2016/2031 and specific standards laid down in the EU seed marketing legislation. To facilitate the sustainable use of pesticides in the long-term, the Commission will consider prposing an administratively slim, fast, efficient and effective frameworkfor the authorisation of biological control products to increase their availability and use in Europe.
Amendment 473 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 20
Recital 20
(20) An approach to pest control that follows integrated pest management in ensuring careful consideration of all available means that discourage the development of populations of harmful organisms, while keeping the use of chemical plant protection products to levels that are economically and ecologically justified and minimising risks to human health and the environment is necessary for the protection of human health and the environment. ‘Integrated pest management’ emphasises the growth of a healthy crop with the least possible disruption to agro-ecosystems, encourages natural pest control mechanisms and uses chemical control only when all other control means are exhausted. To ensure that integrated pest management is implemented consistently on the ground, it is necessary to lay down clear rules in this Regulation. In order to comply with the obligation to follow integrated pest management, a professional user should consider and implement all methods and practices that avoid the use of plant protection products. Chemical plant protection products should only be used when there are no viable alternatives or all other control means have been exhausted. In order to ensure and monitor compliance with this requirement, it is important that professional users keep a record of the reasons why they apply plant protection products or the reasons for any other action taken in line with integrated pest management and of advice received in support of their implementation of integrated pest management from independent advisors. These records are also required for aerial applications.
Amendment 502 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
By … [OP: please insert the date – 6 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 20151, 20162 and 20173, of the following:
Amendment 505 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 25
Recital 25
(25) UImproper 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 Council67 and Council Directive 92/43/EEC68 , such as parks or urban areas and sports and leisure facilities, urban areas covered by a watercourse or water feature, to be defined at a case-by-case basis considering the particular conditions of each Member State. 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 Parliaor 1 meter when efficient drift control nozzles are used, should therefore be prohibited. If a physical buffer zone is already present, no addition buffer zones are needed. Exemptions and derogations from the prohibition should be foreseen for cases where the use of PPPs contributes to the achievement and of the Council of 30 November 2009overall objectives onf 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)is Regulation, e.g. the use of PPPs in plant breeding and seed production to assure the supply of healthy commercial seed for farmers and growers compliant with EU Regulation 2016/2031 and specific standards laid down in the EU seed marketing legislation.
Amendment 540 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 3
Article 5 – paragraph 3
3. Each Member State shall aim and actively contribute towards reaching the targets referred to in paragraph 1 by 2030. A Member State that reaches the level of one of its 2030 national reduction targets before 2030 shall not be required to undertake additional reduction efforts. It shall monitor annual fluctuations in order to maintain the progress achieved in relation to that 2030 national reduction target.
Amendment 559 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 4
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 20151, 20162 and 20173 and the year 2030 in the relevant Member State that at least equals 50%.
Amendment 564 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1
Article 5 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1
A Member State may reduce its national targetcontribution for the use 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 in the third subparagraph of this paragraph. Where that percentage is higher than 50%, the Member State shall increase its national target to that percentage.
Amendment 575 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2 – point a
Article 5 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2 – point a
(a) 35at least 10% where a Member State’s weighted intensity of use and risk of chemical plant protection products during the average of the years 20151, 20162 and 20173 is less than 70% of the Union average;
Amendment 584 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 38
Recital 38
(38) Statistical data on plant protection products collected in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1185/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council74 should be used in calculating these harmonised risk indicators based on real use of pesticides and progress towards achieving binguiding Union and national targets based on the Farm to Fork Strategy. Given that pesticide use fluctuates between years depending, in particular, on the weather, a three year baseline period is appropriate to take account of such fluctuationt least a ten year timespan should be considered to see the real usage trends in use of pesticides. The baseline period for the calculation of harmonised risk indicators 1 and 2 is 2011–2013, as this was the first three year period for which data was received by the Commission under Regulation (EC) No 1185/2009 and coincides with the entry into force of Directive 2009/128/EC. The baseline period for the calculation of progress towards the Union 2030 reduction targets is 2015–, therefore, 2011 – 20173, as this was the three most recent years for which data was available at the time of the announcement of the Farm to Fork Strategyin order to fully reflect and respect the achievements already made by European farmers. The baseline period for the calculation of a new harmonised risk indicator 2a is 2022–2024, as this will be the first three year period for which data on the areas treated under each authorisation for an emergency situation in plant protection will be available. __________________ 74 Regulation (EC) No 1185/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 November 2009 concerning statistics on pesticides (OJ L 324, 10.12.2009, p. 1).
Amendment 587 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2 – point b
Article 5 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2 – point b
(b) at least 350% where a Member State’s weighted intensity of use and risk of chemical plant protection products during the average of the years 20151, 20162 and 20173 is between 70% and 140% ofmore than the Union average;
Amendment 592 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2 – point c
Article 5 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2 – point c
(c) 650% where a Member State’s weighted intensity of use and risk of chemical plant protection products during the average of the years 20151, 20162 and 20173 is more than 140% of the Union average.
Amendment 598 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 39
Recital 39
(39) For the moment, the only robust statistical data available at Union level relating to the marketing and use of plant protection products are the statistics on the quantities of active substances in plant protection products placed on the market, and the data on the number of authorisations for emergency situations in plantThe EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030 recognises the need for urgent action to protect biodiversity. There is evidence of a widespread reduction of species, in particular insects and pollinators, in the Union. Biodiversity loss is, amongst other factors such as decrease in livestock proteduction granted under Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009. Those statistics are used inor a deviation from the principles of the calirculation of harmonised risk indicators 1 and 2 under Directive 2009/128/EC and in calculating progress towards the binding Union 2030 reduction targets and national 2030 reduction targets bar economy, driven by the incorrect or redundant use of plant protection products. It is therefore essential to ensure that plant protection products are used oin the Farm to Fork Strategy. The new harmonised risk indicator 2a will be calculated using statistics on the number of authorisations for emergency situations in plant protection, the properties of the active substances in plant protection products subject to these authorisations, and the areas treated under these authorisations to better such a way as to mitigate the risk of harmful effects of such products on wildlife, through a number of measures including training, inspection of application equipment in professional use and protection of the aquantify the risks arising from authorisations for emergency situations in plant protectionc environment and sensitive areas.
Amendment 609 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 3 – point b
Article 5 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 3 – point b
(b) where a Member State has increased the use and risk of chemical plant protection products, or has made a smaller reduction than the Union average between the average of the years 2011, 2012 and 2013 and the average of the years 20158, 20169 and 201720, a figure that is established by adding to 50% the difference between the reduction or, as applicable, increase achieved and the Union average reduction, but without surpassing 70%.
Amendment 623 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 2 – point a
Article 5 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 2 – point a
(a) 35at least 10% where a Member State’s intensity of use of the more hazardous plant protection products during the average of the years 20151, 20162 and 20173 is less than 70% of the Union average;
Amendment 636 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 2 – point b
Article 5 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 2 – point b
(b) at least 350% where a Member State’s intensity of use of the more hazardous plant protection products during the average of the years 20151, 20162 and 20173 is between 70% and 140% ofmore than the Union average;
Amendment 639 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 2 – point c
Article 5 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 2 – point c
Amendment 650 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 3 – point a
Article 5 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 3 – point a
(a) where a Member State has achieved a greater reduction in the use of the more hazardous plant protection products than the Union average between the average of the years 2011, 2012 and 2013 and the average of the years 20158, 20169 and 201720, a figure that is established by subtracting from 50% the difference between the reduction achieved and the Union average reduction;
Amendment 654 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 49
Recital 49
(49) The implementation of this Regulation by Member States will result in new and enhanced obligations for farmers and other pesticides users. Some of them constitute statutory management requirements and standards of good agricultural and environmental conditions of land as listed in Annex III to Regulation (EU) 2021/2115 of the European Parliament and of the Council78 , which, in accordance with that Regulation, farmers must comply with to receive CAP payments, whereas other requirements, which go beyond the baseline of mandatory requirements, may be rewarded with additional payments under voluntary regimes like eco-schemes pursuant to Article 31 of Regulation (EU) 2021/2115. Article 31(5), points (a) and (b), and Article 70(3), points (a) and (b), of Regulation (EU) 2021/2115 provide that the CAP funding is only available for practices implemented under an eco- scheme or agri-environmental-climate commitment which go beyond the relevant statutory management requirements and the standards of good agricultural and environmental conditions of land established under that Regulation and the relevant minimum requirements for the use of fertiliser and plant protection products, animal welfare, as well as other relevant mandatory requirements established by national and Union law. Since farmers and other users need to be financially supported in theirThe transition towards a more sustainable use of pesticides, Regulation (EU) 2021/2115 needs to be amended to allow the financing of requirements imposed in accordance with this Regulation during a transitional period. This exceptionallant protection products, at EU and Member State level must be financed through the Just Transition Fund. This will guarantee an adequate transition in an appropriate time span, allowing for medium- and long-term alternatives to be developed and deployed. No CAP funding should be used in this context. The option for Member States to provide additional funding for measures taken in implementing this Regulation should apply to any obligation for farmers and other users resulting from the application of this Regulation, including compulsory farming practices imposed by the crop-specific rules for integrated pest management. Further, pursuant to Article 73(5) of Regulation (EU) 2021/2115, investments by farmers to comply with new requirements imposed by Union law may be supported for a maximum of 24 months from the date on which they become mandatory for the holding. Similarly, aA longer transition period should be set out for investments complying with requirements imposed on farmers in accordance with this Regugoing beyond the provisions set in the current legislation. and Regulation (EU) 2021/2115 should therefore be amended accordingly. __________________ 78 Regulation (EU) 2021/2115 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 2 December 2021 establishing rules on support for strategic plans to be drawn up by Member States under the common agricultural policy (CAP Strategic Plans) and financed by the European Agricultural Guarantee Fund (EAGF) and by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) and repealing Regulations (EU) No 1305/2013 and (EU) No 1307/2013, OJ L 435, 6.12.2021, p. 1.
Amendment 674 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 8
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 3510%.
Amendment 726 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 6
Article 6 – paragraph 6
6. Having assessed the level of national 2030 reduction targets of all Member States set in accordance with Article 5, the Commission shall verify whether their average at least equals 50% so as to achieve the corresponding Union 2030 reduction targetmeeting these objectives will not jeopardise overall food security in the European Union, food sovereignty, the competitiveness and viability of European farmers, biodiversity and the environment and climate. .
Amendment 736 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 7
Article 6 – paragraph 7
Amendment 773 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 3
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 national 2030 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, on the website referred to in paragraph 1.
Amendment 812 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point d
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, without compromising the viability of the rest of sustainable productive methods existing and applied in the EU territories; _________________ 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).
Amendment 872 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 4
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 plans.
Amendment 948 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – point a
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – point a
(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 20151-20173 and the year ending 20 months prior to the publication;
Amendment 970 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
Article 10 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
Amendment 973 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2
Article 10 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2
Amendment 1004 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 4
Article 11 – paragraph 4
Amendment 1060 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1
Article 13 – paragraph 1
1. Professional users shall first applyconsider 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.
Amendment 1064 #
2022/0196(COD)
A A professional user’s records referred to in Article 14(1) shall demonstrais expected that he or she has considered all of the following optionapplicable options from the list below, before resorting to plant protection products:
Amendment 1072 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – indent 1 a (new)
Article 13 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – indent 1 a (new)
Amendment 1106 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 4 – introductory part
Article 13 – paragraph 4 – introductory part
4. Professional users shall use biological controls, physical and other non-chemicalalternative methods. Professional users may only use chemical methodplant protection products if they are necessary to achieve acceptable levels of harmful organism control after all other non-chemicalalternative methods as set out in paragraphs 1, 2 and 3 have been exhausted and where any of the following conditions has been satisfied:
Amendment 1112 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 4 – point a
Article 13 – paragraph 4 – point a
(a) the results of monitoring of harmful organisms show, based on recorded observation, that chemicalor scientifically documented agronomic local situations show that plant protection measures need to be applied in a timely manner because of the presence of a sufficiently high number of harmful organismharmful organisms which surpasses economic thresholds.
Amendment 1128 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 6 – introductory part
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, if allowed and by national legislations on the registration and placing on the market of plant protection products:
Amendment 1131 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 6 – point a a (new)
Article 13 – paragraph 6 – point a a (new)
(aa) Optimal timing of application.
Amendment 1143 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 9
Article 13 – paragraph 9
Amendment 1242 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 6 – point b
Article 15 – paragraph 6 – point b
(b) the non-chemicalalternative interventions involving cultural, physical and biological control which are effective against the harmful organisms referred to in point (a) and qualitative criteria or conditions under which these interventions are to be made;
Amendment 1248 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 6 – point c
Article 15 – paragraph 6 – point c
(c) the low-risk plant protection products or alternatives to chemical plant protection products which are effective against the harmful organisms referred to in point (a) and qualitative criteria or conditions under which these interventions are to be made;
Amendment 1254 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 6 – point d
Article 15 – paragraph 6 – point d
(d) chemical plant protection products that are not low-risk plant protection products and that are effective against the harmful organisms referred to in point (a) and qualitative criteria or conditions under which these interventions are to be made;
Amendment 1261 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 6 – point e
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 exhaustedin accordance with the product label;
Amendment 1273 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 6 – point f
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.
Amendment 1282 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 6 – point g
Article 15 – paragraph 6 – point g
(g) the obligation to record observations demonstrating that the relevant pest infestation threshold value has been reached.
Amendment 1290 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 8
Article 15 – paragraph 8
Amendment 1304 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 9
Article 15 – paragraph 9
Amendment 1356 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 5
Article 16 – paragraph 5
5. Competent authorities referred to in paragraph 1 shall share the data gathered under paragraph 1, points (a) and (c), of this Article with the national competent authorities in charge of the implementation of Directives 2000/60/EC and (EU) 2020/2184 for cross-linking that data, in anonymised form, with environmental, groundwater and water quality monitoring data, to enhance the identification, measuring and reduction of risks from the use of plant protection products. Strict protection of the data and its anonymisation shall be ensured.
Amendment 1385 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 1
Article 18 – paragraph 1
Amendment 1400 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 2
Article 18 – paragraph 2
Amendment 1407 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 3
Article 18 – paragraph 3
Amendment 1412 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 3 – point b
Article 18 – paragraph 3 – point b
Amendment 1420 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 4
Article 18 – paragraph 4
Amendment 1423 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 5
Article 18 – paragraph 5
Amendment 1433 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 6
Article 18 – paragraph 6
Amendment 1449 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 7
Article 18 – paragraph 7
Amendment 1455 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 8
Article 18 – paragraph 8
Amendment 1556 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 3
Article 21 – paragraph 3
Amendment 1683 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 3
Article 26 – paragraph 3
Amendment 1701 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 4 – point c
Article 26 – paragraph 4 – point c
(c) precision farming techniques, including use of seed treatments, space data and services;
Amendment 1777 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 30 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point b
Article 30 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point b
(b) use the central electronic register to receive and process third party entries regarding ownership, transfer of ownership, sale, withdrawal from use and return to use of application equipment in professional use, for recording and tracking purposes;
Amendment 1781 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 30 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 30 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Where the designated competent authority does not carry out the inspection of application equipment in professional use, it shall designate one or more bodies to carry out such inspections, or develop a certification system with which inspection services must comply.
Amendment 1791 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 31 – paragraph 1
Article 31 – paragraph 1
1. The competent authority referred to in Article 30 or a body designated by it shall inspect application equipment in professional use every three years, starting from the date of first purchase. The competent authority shall ensure that there is sufficient staff, equipment and other resources necessary for the inspection of all application equipment due for inspection, within the three year cycle. The competent authority may develop a certification system enabling a fast implementation of inspections by service organisations compliant with the certification.
Amendment 1815 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 31 – paragraph 11
Article 31 – paragraph 11
Amendment 1831 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 33 – paragraph 2 – point h
Article 33 – paragraph 2 – point h
(h) the nozzle type(s) present on the application equipment at the time of inspection, as well as the type of drift reduction equipment;
Amendment 1840 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 34 – paragraph 1
Article 34 – paragraph 1
1. The methodology for calculating progress towards achieving the two Union 2030 reduction targets and the two national 2030 reduction targetcontributions until and including 2030 is laid down in Annex I. This methodology shall be based on statistical data collected in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1185/2009.
Amendment 1847 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 34 – paragraph 2
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 2030 reduction targetcontributions annually until and including 2030 and publish those results on the website referred to in Article 7.
Amendment 1853 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 35 – paragraph 4
Article 35 – paragraph 4
Amendment 1866 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 39 – paragraph 1
Article 39 – paragraph 1
Member States may recover the costs related to carrying out their obligations under this Regulation by means of fees or charges. No additional levy or tax shall be imposed on plant protection products.
Amendment 2142 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 3
Article 18 – paragraph 3
Amendment 2150 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 3 – point a
Article 18 – paragraph 3 – point a
Amendment 2153 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 3 – point b
Article 18 – paragraph 3 – point b
Amendment 2162 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 4
Article 18 – paragraph 4
Amendment 2164 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 5
Article 18 – paragraph 5
Amendment 2175 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 6
Article 18 – paragraph 6
Amendment 2183 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 7
Article 18 – paragraph 7
Amendment 2190 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 8
Article 18 – paragraph 8
Amendment 2288 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 3
Article 21 – paragraph 3
Amendment 2432 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 3
Article 26 – paragraph 3
Amendment 2446 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 4 – point c
Article 26 – paragraph 4 – point c
(c) precision farming techniques, including use of seed treatments, space data and services;
Amendment 2548 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 30 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point b
Article 30 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point b
(b) use the central electronic register to receive and process third party entries regarding ownership, transfer of ownership, sale, withdrawal from use and return to use of application equipment in professional use, for recording and tracking purposes;
Amendment 2558 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 30 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 30 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Where the designated competent authority does not carry out the inspection of application equipment in professional use, it shall designate one or more bodies to carry out such inspections, or develop a certification system to which inspection services must comply.
Amendment 2575 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 31 – paragraph 1
Article 31 – paragraph 1
1. The competent authority referred to in Article 30 or a body designated by it shall inspect application equipment in professional use every three years, starting from the date of first purchase. The competent authority shall ensure that there is sufficient staff, equipment and other resources necessary for the inspection of all application equipment due for inspection, within the three year cycle. The competent authority may develop a certification system enabling a fast implementation of inspections by service organisations compliant with the certification.
Amendment 2594 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 31 – paragraph 10
Article 31 – paragraph 10
Amendment 2628 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 33 – paragraph 2 – point h
Article 33 – paragraph 2 – point h
(h) the nozzle type(s) present on the application equipment at the time of inspection, as well as any type of drift reduction equipment;
Amendment 2646 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 34 – paragraph 1
Article 34 – paragraph 1
1. The methodology for calculating progress towards achieving the two Union 2030 reduction targetcontributions and the two national 2030 reduction targets until and including 2030 is laid down in Annex I. This methodology shall be based on statistical data collected in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1185/2009.
Amendment 2652 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 34 – paragraph 2
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 2030 reduction targetcontributions annually until and including 2030 and publish those results on the website referred to in Article 7.
Amendment 2661 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 35 – paragraph 4
Article 35 – paragraph 4
Amendment 2700 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 39 – paragraph 1
Article 39 – paragraph 1
Member States may recover the costs related to carrying out their obligations under this Regulation by means of fees or charges. No additional levy or tax on plant protection products shall be imposed.
Amendment 2756 #
2022/0196(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Annex I – paragraph 1 – introductory part
This Regulation is the instrument used to achieve the pesticide reduction targets contained in the Farm to Fork Strategy by requiring each Member State to contribute to achieving by 2030 a 50 % Union-wide reduction of both the use 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’). 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:
Amendment 209 #
2022/0089(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) geographical indications for wine, spirit drinks and agricultural products.
Amendment 254 #
2022/0089(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1
Article 3 – paragraph 1
1. The Commission and the Member States shall process and make public the personal data received in the course of the procedures for registration, approval of amendments, cancellation, opposition, granting of transitional period and control pursuant to this Regulation, Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 and Regulation (EU) 2019/787, in accordance with Regulations (EU) 2018/1725 and (EU) 2016/679.
Amendment 277 #
2022/0089(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1
Article 5 – paragraph 1
1. This Title covers wine, spirit drinks and agricultural products, including foodstuffs and fishery and aquaculture products, listed under Chapters 1 to 23 of the combined nomenclature set out in Annex I to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/8743 , and the additional agricultural products under the combined nomenclature headings and codes set out in Annex I to this Regulation. _________________ 43 Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 of 23 July 1987 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff (OJ L 256, 7.9.1987, p. 1).
Amendment 286 #
2022/0089(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) ‘geographical indication’, unless otherwise stated, means designations of origin and geographical indications of wine, as defined in Article 93 of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013, designations of origin and geographical indications of agricultural products, as defined in Article 48 of this Regulation and geographical indications of spirit drinks, as defined in Article 3(4) of Regulation (EU) 2019/787, that are applied for or entered in the Union register of geographical indications referred to in Article 23;
Amendment 290 #
2022/0089(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point b
Amendment 302 #
2022/0089(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1
Article 8 – paragraph 1
1. Applications for the registration of geographical indications may only be submitted by a producer group of a product ('applicant producer group'), the name of which is proposed for registration. ROther interested parties, including regional or local public bodies, may help in the preparation of the application and in the related procedure.
Amendment 304 #
2022/0089(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 2
Article 8 – paragraph 2
2. An authority designated by a Member State or by a third country may be deemed to be an applicant producer group for the purposes of this Title, with respect to geographical indications of a spirit drink, if it is not feasible for the producers concerned to form a group by reason of their number, geographical location or organisational characteristics. In such case, the application referred to in Article 9(2) shall state those reasons.
Amendment 314 #
2022/0089(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 3
Article 9 – paragraph 3
3. The Member State shall scrutinise the application for registration in order to check that it meets the conditions for registration of the respective provisions for wine, spirit drinks or agricultural products as appropriate.
Amendment 323 #
2022/0089(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – point a
Amendment 358 #
2022/0089(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – point a
Amendment 367 #
2022/0089(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – point c – point i
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – point c – point i
Amendment 372 #
2022/0089(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 6
Article 15 – paragraph 6
Amendment 386 #
2022/0089(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 4
Article 17 – paragraph 4
4. Where, based on the scrutiny carried out pursuant to paragraph 1, the Commission considers that the conditions laid down in this Regulation and in Regulations (EU) No 1308/2013 and (EU) 2019/787, as appropriate, are fulfilled, it shall publish in the Official Journal of the European Union the single document and the reference to the publication of the product specification.
Amendment 393 #
2022/0089(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 5
Article 17 – paragraph 5
Amendment 405 #
2022/0089(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 1
Article 19 – paragraph 1
1. Within 3 months from the date of publication in the Official Journal of the European Union of the single document and the reference to the product specification pursuant to Article 17(4), the authorities of a Member State or of a third country, or a natural or legal person having a legitimate interest, established or resident in a third country, may lodge an opposition or a notice of comment with the Commission.
Amendment 408 #
2022/0089(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 2
Article 19 – paragraph 2
2. Any natural or legal person having a legitimate interest, established or resident in a Member State other than the one from which the Union application for registration was submitted, may lodge an opposition with the Member State, in which it is established or resident, within a time limit permitting an opposition or notice of comments to be lodged pursuant to paragraph (1).
Amendment 410 #
2022/0089(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 3
Article 19 – paragraph 3
3. An opposition shall claim that the application could infringe the conditions laid down in this Regulation, Regulations (EU) No 1308/2013 or (EU) 2019/787, as appropriate, and give reasons. An opposition that does not contain the said claim shall be void.
Amendment 419 #
2022/0089(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 5
Article 19 – paragraph 5
5. The authority or the person that lodged the opposition and the authority or applicant producer group that lodged the application shall start appropriate consultations without undue delay. They shall provide each other with the relevant information to assess whether the application for registration complies with this Regulation, Regulations (EU) No 1308/2013 or (EU) 2019/787, as appropriate.
Amendment 424 #
2022/0089(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 9
Article 19 – paragraph 9
9. After completion of the opposition procedure, the Commission shall finalise its assessment of the Union application for registration, taking into account any request for transitional periods, the outcome of the opposition procedure, any notice of comments received and any other matters arising subsequently to its scrutiny that may imply a change of the single document.
Amendment 428 #
2022/0089(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 10
Article 19 – paragraph 10
10. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts, in accordance with Article 84 supplementing this Regulation by detailed procedures and deadlines for the opposition procedure, for the official submission of comments by national authorities and persons with a legitimate interest, which will not trigger the opposition procedure and by rules on entrusting its tasks set out in this Article to EUIPO.
Amendment 436 #
2022/0089(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 20 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) the proposed geographical indication does not comply with the definition of the geographical indication or with the requirements referred to in this Regulation, Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 or Regulation (EU) 2019/787 as the case may be;
Amendment 442 #
2022/0089(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 22 – paragraph 2
Article 22 – paragraph 2
2. Where it receives no admissible opposition, the Commission shall adopt implementing acts, without applying the procedure referred to in Article 53(2), registering the geographical indication. The Commission may take in to account the notices of comments received in accordance with Article 19(1).
Amendment 449 #
2022/0089(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 7
Article 23 – paragraph 7
Amendment 459 #
2022/0089(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 1
Article 25 – paragraph 1
1. A recognized producer group having a legitimate interest may apply for the approval of an amendment to the product specification of a registered geographical indication.
Amendment 463 #
2022/0089(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 25 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Where a recognized producer group does not exist, a producer group having a legitimate interest may apply for the approval of an amendment to the product specification of a registered geographical indication.
Amendment 466 #
2022/0089(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 3 – point a
Article 25 – paragraph 3 – point a
(a) includes a change in the name, or in the use of the name, or, for wine and spirit drinks, in the category of product or products designated by the geographical indication, or, for spirit drinks, in the legal name; or
Amendment 468 #
2022/0089(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 3 – point b
Article 25 – paragraph 3 – point b
Amendment 481 #
2022/0089(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 10
Article 25 – paragraph 10
Amendment 489 #
2022/0089(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 26 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. After the cancellation of a designation of origin or a geographical indication, the use of the name on the market and its protection as another industrial property right shall be prohibited for a period of at least 10 years.
Amendment 495 #
2022/0089(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 6
Article 26 – paragraph 6
Amendment 516 #
2022/0089(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 2
Article 27 – paragraph 2
Amendment 537 #
2022/0089(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 28 – paragraph 3
Article 28 – paragraph 3
Amendment 571 #
2022/0089(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 33 – paragraph 2
Article 33 – paragraph 2
2. A producer group may be designated as recognised producer group subject to a prior agreement concluded between at least two-thirds minimum number of the producers of the product bearing a geographical indication, accounting for at least two-thirds of the production minimum volume or value of marketable production to be laid down by the Member States of that product in the geographical area referred to in the product specification. As an exception, an authority, as referred to in Article 8(2), and a single producer, as referred to in Article 8(3), shall be deemed to be a recognised producer group.
Amendment 601 #
2022/0089(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 37 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 37 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) a symbol identifying protected designations of origin of wine and of agricultural products; and
Amendment 602 #
2022/0089(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 37 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 37 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) a symbol identifying protected geographical indications of wine and of agricultural products and geographical indications of spirit drinks.
Amendment 607 #
2022/0089(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 37 – paragraph 3
Article 37 – paragraph 3
3. By way of derogation from paragraph (2), in the case of wine and spirit drinks originating in the Union that are marketed under a geographical indication, Union symbols may be omitted from the labelling and advertising material of the product concerned.
Amendment 609 #
2022/0089(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 37 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1
Article 37 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1
Where wine, agricultural products or spirit drinks are designated by a geographical indication the indications ‘protected designation of origin’ or ‘protected geographical indication’ shall appear on the labelling of wine, the indications ‘protected designation of origin’ or ‘protected geographical indication’ may appear on the labelling of agricultural products and the indication ‘geographical indication’ may appear on the labelling of spirit drinks, respectively.
Amendment 613 #
2022/0089(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 37 – paragraph 6
Article 37 – paragraph 6
Amendment 615 #
2022/0089(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 37 – paragraph 7
Article 37 – paragraph 7
Amendment 620 #
2022/0089(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 37 – paragraph 9
Article 37 – paragraph 9
Amendment 665 #
2022/0089(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 46
Article 46
Amendment 667 #
2022/0089(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 47
Article 47
Amendment 739 #
2022/0089(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 81 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Article 81 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Regulation (EU) 1308/2013
Article 93 – paragraph 1 – point b – indent ii
Article 93 – paragraph 1 – point b – indent ii
(ii) as originating in a specific place, region or, in exceptional cases country;
Amendment 740 #
2022/0089(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 81 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Article 81 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Regulation (EU) 1308/2013
Article 93 – paragraph 1 – point b – indent iii
Article 93 – paragraph 1 – point b – indent iii
Amendment 744 #
2022/0089(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 81 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Article 81 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Regulation (EU) 1308/2013
Article 94
Article 94
Amendment 11 #
2021/2239(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas Europe’s food system shouldmust deliver food and ensure food security in a way that contributes to social and economic well-being, maintains ecosystem health and ensures a fair living for farmers;
Amendment 59 #
2021/2239(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the Commission’s recognition of organic farming as one of the importanta components on the EU’s path towards more sustainable food systems and the ambition of increasing the EU’s agricultural area under organic farming by 2030; recognises, at the same time, the potential for other sustainable farming methods to contribute to the Green Deal’s objectives;
Amendment 72 #
2021/2239(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Underlines that the development and growth of the organic sector must be accompanied by market-driven and holistic supply chain developments as well as measureremoving administrative and/or bureaucratic requirements to stimulate further demand for organic food and ensure consumer trust, in order to safeguard the future profitability of the organic market and organic farming in the EU;
Amendment 78 #
2021/2239(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Notes that organic farming also exacerbates emissions through greater food production elsewhere to compensate for the lower yields in organic agriculture;1a _________________ 1a Smith, L.G., Kirk, G.J.D., Jones, P.J. et al. The greenhouse gas impacts of converting food production in England and Wales to organic methods. Nat Commun 10, 4641 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019- 12622-7
Amendment 114 #
2021/2239(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Acknowledges that organic production often involves higher production costs and, therefore, may needs higher market prices to recover those costs; points out that higher prices may represent a barrier to expansion but that they are necessary to ensure the continuation of organic farming and its further uptake;
Amendment 125 #
2021/2239(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Recognises the importance of speeding up the market development of organic aquaculture in the EU;
Amendment 205 #
2021/2239(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Considers that an adequate common agricultural policy (CAP) budget shcould be providedused towards to create incentives for farmers to convert to and maintain organic farming practices at national level, through rural development measures or newly introduced eco-schemes, or a combination of the two; calls on the Member States to support generational renewal in organic farming;
Amendment 266 #
2021/2239(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Stresses the need for research and innovation to overcome restrictions in organic agriculture, such as the availability of organic protein feed, vitamins, plant protection products, fertilisers and genetic resources, which would increase the tolerance to drought, pests, diseases etc., thus increasing the yields, and to encourage meeting societal expectations on animal welfare and efficient resource use; welcomes the Commission’s intention to earmark Horizon Europe funding in this respect; calls on the Commission to stimulate and foster cooperation between research communities working on organic and conventional food and farming;
Amendment 6 #
2021/2199(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 37
Citation 37
— having regard to the joint statement of the EU and the UN of 25 September4 January 201822 on reinforcing the UN-EU Strategic Partnership on Peace Operations and Crisis Management: Priorities 201922-20214,
Amendment 7 #
2021/2199(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 37 a (new)
Citation 37 a (new)
— having regard to the Council conclusions (5591/22) on the European security situation, as approved by the Council at its meeting held on 24 January 2022,
Amendment 9 #
2021/2199(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 37 b (new)
Citation 37 b (new)
— having regard to the Helsinki Final Act of 1975 of the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE),
Amendment 11 #
2021/2199(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 38
Citation 38
— having regard to the Minsk Protocol of 5 September 2014, the Minsky Memorandum of 19 September 2014, the package of measures for the implementation of the Minsk Agreements, adopted and signed in Minsk on 12 February 2015, and endorsed as a whole by the UN Security Council in Resolution 2202 (2015) of 17 February 2015,
Amendment 15 #
2021/2199(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 49 a (new)
Citation 49 a (new)
— having regard to the creation of the Associated Trio that has come into being on May 17th 2021 as a platform of cooperation among the three most advanced countries of EaP (Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine),
Amendment 16 #
2021/2199(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 49 b (new)
Citation 49 b (new)
— having regard to the common declaration of the Parliamentary Commissions of Foreign Affairs of the Associated Trio as well as the ones of Poland and Lithuania adopted on December 13th 2021 on strengthening the cooperation within the scope of human rights monitoring in the territories of the EaP states occupied by Russia,
Amendment 19 #
2021/2199(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 50
Citation 50
— having regard to its previous resolutions on Russia, especially those related to Russia’s actions in the territories of the EaP countries, violations of the rights of the Crimean Tatars, the occupation of parts of the territory of Georgia and Ukraine and related borderisation activities, ands well as hostile propaganda and disinformation against the EU and the EaP countries,
Amendment 56 #
2021/2199(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
D a. whereas the EU-US Security Dialogue represents an important opportunity to maximize the added value of transatlantic relations in security and defence and should dedicate ample time and resources to improving the security environment in the EaP region;
Amendment 57 #
2021/2199(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D b (new)
Recital D b (new)
D b. whereas The Three Seas Initiative (3SI) involving twelve countries on the EU’s Eastern and South flanks and some 112 million citizens co-operating to develop infrastructure, energy, transport and digital networks, is a critical development that can be expanded to include EaP countries in an effort to further strengthen ties with the EU;
Amendment 60 #
2021/2199(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas President Putin’s Russia has engaged in continuous hybrid warfare against EaP countries, backed by the ever- present threat of force across the region, armed aggression, illegal occupation and attempted annexation against Ukraine, to keep states politically off-balance and tied to Moscow’s self-declared sphere of influence, effectively removing the right of EaP countries to choose their own alliances in contravention of the relevant OSCE principles enshrined in the Helsinki Final Act of 1975 the Paris Charter of 1990 as well as the Istanbul (1999) and Astana (2010) documents;
Amendment 67 #
2021/2199(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas in September 2021, Russia’s joint ZAPAD military exercise with Belarus and several other countries in the Russia-led Collective Security Treaty Organisation (CSTO) comprised as many as 200 000 troops training in counterinsurgency, urban warfare and cyber-attacks in a non-transparent display of force, while the upcoming joint Russia- Belarus 'Allied Resolve' military exercises, demonstrated that Russia’s gap in military capabilities is rapidly closing while its aim of deepening its political and military relations with CSTO countries is rising;
Amendment 88 #
2021/2199(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
H. whereas the Normandy Format and Minsk I & II Agreements have failed to end hostilities between Ukraine and Russian-backed separatists in Donetsk and Luhansk; whereas theillegal armed formations in certain areas of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions of Ukraine; whereas the international armed conflict in the Donbas region has killed more than 14 000 people;
Amendment 101 #
2021/2199(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
I. whereas Russia, against the backdrop of a crisis on the EU-Belarusian border, has amassed over 10027 000 troops on the border of Ukraine in an offensive formation while increasing its hybrid warfare tactics targeting the elected government in Kyiv, creating widespread concern about a potential second invasion of Ukraine;
Amendment 119 #
2021/2199(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital J
Recital J
J. whereas following the electoral unrest, Belarus has largely abandoned its aim of fostering better relations with the EU, having reversed trends towards democratisation and taken to weaponising refugeemigrants in an attempt to uproot domestic aspirations towards liberalisation and destabilise EU Member States;
Amendment 124 #
2021/2199(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital J a (new)
Recital J a (new)
J a. whereas Member States, Ukraine and other international partners established the International Crimea Platform – a consultation and coordination format aimed at increasing the effectiveness of the international response to the ongoing illegal occupation of Crimea, Ukraine, reaffirming the non- recognition of its annexation and achieving de-occupation of Crimea and its peaceful return under Ukraine’s control;
Amendment 153 #
2021/2199(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital O
Recital O
O. whereas hybrid threats in the years to come will see the systematic combination of information warfare, agile force manoeuvre, mass cyber warfare and emerging and disruptive technologies from sea-bed to space with both advanced air- breathing and space–based surveillance and strike systems deployed, all of which will be enabled by advanced artificial intelligence (AI), quantum computing, increasingly ‘intelligent’ drone swarm technologies, offensive cyber capabilities, hypersonic missile systems, and Nano- tech and bio-warfare;;
Amendment 156 #
2021/2199(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital O a (new)
Recital O a (new)
O a. whereas if CSDP missions are to achieve mission objectives, they must begin advisory and training in coping with emerging and disruptive technologies that are rapidly entering the ‘frozen conflict’ environment;
Amendment 158 #
2021/2199(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital P
Recital P
P. whereas the EU’s Civilian Planning and Conduct Capability (CPCC) will havehas to consider how to protect a deployed EU force-led missions against such increasing threats;
Amendment 160 #
2021/2199(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital P a (new)
Recital P a (new)
P a. whereas CSDP missions in EaP countries must remain in place as long as they are deemed necessary by recipient countries and Member States to ensure the accomplishment of mission objectives;
Amendment 170 #
2021/2199(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital R
Recital R
R. whereas the CSDP will also require close coordination with NATO’s defence and deterrence posture and the Open Door Policy in addition to close EU-NATO coordination being needed to ensure coherence between the EU’s Strategic Compass and the next NATO Strategic Concept;
Amendment 173 #
2021/2199(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital T a (new)
Recital T a (new)
T a. whereas the mission has a further five priorities: national and state security, organised and cross-border crime, criminal justice, community safety and police management, and digital transformation and innovation;
Amendment 174 #
2021/2199(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital t b (new)
Recital t b (new)
T b. whereas EUAM is conducting its activities in partnership with the National Security Council and the Foreign Intelligence Service of Ukraine;
Amendment 175 #
2021/2199(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital T c (new)
Recital T c (new)
T c. whereas EUAM works with Ukraine’s court system via its prosecutors to ensure independence and efficiency of the prosecution via digitisation, e-case management and human resources management with a key emphasis on attestation to ensure prosecutors prove the existence of claims via evidence;
Amendment 176 #
2021/2199(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital T d (new)
Recital T d (new)
T d. whereas EUAM collaborates with Europol’s Serious and Organised Crime Threat Assessment (SOCTA) in assisting Ukrainian authorities in capacity building measures and integrated border management to support its criminal investigation capabilities and counter organised crime;
Amendment 177 #
2021/2199(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital T e (new)
Recital T e (new)
T e. whereas EUAM trains and equips Ukrainian police forces via its regional field offices and collaboration with neighbouring provinces to ensure the integrity of local law enforcement and safety of local communities;
Amendment 178 #
2021/2199(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital T f (new)
Recital T f (new)
T f. whereas EUAM concentrates its police training initiatives via the provision of strategic advice and a ‘Community Safety Dialogue’ and trains local police in key areas such as: defensive driving, interview techniques, gender mainstreaming, de-escalation techniques and digitisation;
Amendment 179 #
2021/2199(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital U
Recital U
U. whereas the EUAM’s work in assisting the reform of the Security Service of Ukraine (SSU), including under draft bill 3196, remains its highest priority and it must concentrate its efforts on implementingsupport to the implementation of the reform to ensure the SSU relephases any extrinsic functionsout pre-trial investigative powers, demilitarises the service, has a clear division of competences with other security agencies, effective oversight and fewer pre-trial and detention powers, and that it downsizes itself in accordance with democratic developments, and that it downsizes itself;
Amendment 180 #
2021/2199(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital U a (new)
Recital U a (new)
U a. whereas if properly implemented, Bill 3196 sets the SSU to concentrate its efforts on counterintelligence, counteraction to threats to state security, counterterrorism, cyber security, protection of national statehood and territorial integrity and protection of state secrets;
Amendment 181 #
2021/2199(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital U b (new)
Recital U b (new)
U b. whereas the necessary reforms to ensure democratic development call for the SSU to undergo: a clear separation of functions, removal from the investigation of economic and corruption crimes (except in exceptional cases when authorised by the Attorney General), political independence, demilitarisation and further optimisation, greater transparency and accountability and added focus on the protection of critical infrastructure;
Amendment 182 #
2021/2199(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital U c (new)
Recital U c (new)
U c. whereas the EUAM’s assistance in establishing the Bureau of Economic Security (BES), targeting financial crime throughout Ukraine is a key reform effort in Ukraine’s investigation and law enforcement on economic crime;
Amendment 183 #
2021/2199(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital U d (new)
Recital U d (new)
U d. whereas the transparent selection of BES personnel and the disbandment of the State Fiscal Service and Tax Militia are critical to the gradual reduction of oligarch influence over Ukraine’s economy;
Amendment 184 #
2021/2199(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital U e (new)
Recital U e (new)
U e. whereas BES is set to inherit pre- trial investigative powers from SSU in the sphere of economic security and must support Ukraine’s efforts to resist pressure from law-enforcement institutions while effectively transferring the powers currently held by the Tax Militia;
Amendment 185 #
2021/2199(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital V
Recital V
V. whereas in 2020, the EUAM established its fourth field office in Mariupol, close to the lineto support the implementation of coentact, torally-led reforms at regional and local levels such as the training and adviseing of local law enforcement, reflecting the growing role of the EUAM in strengthening Ukraine’s resilience across the country and the desire of various oblasts to assist in their alignment with CSDP objectives;
Amendment 189 #
2021/2199(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital W
Recital W
W. whereas in its 13 years of existence, the European Union Monitoring Mission in Georgia (EUMM) has represented the strong political commitment of the EU in the region by providing stability and security to conflict-affected communitiescontributing to confidence building and providing stability on the ground and in the wider region;
Amendment 191 #
2021/2199(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital X
Recital X
X. whereas the EUMM currently hosts 325 Mission members, including over 200 civilian monitors with an allocated budget of EUR 44.8 million and a mandate up for renewal in December 2022;
Amendment 194 #
2021/2199(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital Y
Recital Y
Y. whereas the original mandate from 2008 remains unchanged as regards monitoring the implementation of the six- point agreement, which calls for: no recourse to use violence, cessation of hostilities, granting access to humanitarian aid, return of Georgian armed forces to their usual quarters, withdrawal of Russian armed forces to pre-hostility positions and the opening of international discussion on security and stability of South Ossetia and Abkhazia;
Amendment 196 #
2021/2199(INI)
Z. whereas Russia does not comply with the sSix-point aAgreement as it maintains a presence of armed forces and Federal Security Service (FSB) agents in the Abkhazia and Tskhinvali regions, who prevent the EUMM from entering the territories that are beyond the control of the Government of Georgia, a critical obstruction to the accomplishment of mission objectivesand Russian Federation Border Guards in the breakaway regions of Abkhazia and South Ossetia;
Amendment 197 #
2021/2199(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital Z a (new)
Recital Z a (new)
Z a. whereas the EUMM continues to be denied physical access to the breakaway regions despite its mandate being valid throughout all of Georgia, a critical obstruction to the accomplishment of mission objectives;
Amendment 199 #
2021/2199(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital AA
Recital AA
AA. whereas flagrant violations of the sSix-point aAgreement and ceasefire by occupying forces arethe Russian Federation continues and is often met with limited responses or calls to action by Member States, or no response at all, which risks emboldening the occupying forcesRussian Federation to carry out more such actions;
Amendment 201 #
2021/2199(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital AA a (new)
Recital AA a (new)
AA a. whereas the mandate allows focusing on hybrid threats, human rights, radicalization, terrorism, minorities, and environmental aspects of security;
Amendment 202 #
2021/2199(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital AA b (new)
Recital AA b (new)
AA b. whereas EUMM is not a typical civilian mission due to its mandate and focus on monitoring activities, civilian competency building and leads confidence-building activities via small grants and targeted projects between the two sides;
Amendment 203 #
2021/2199(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital AA c (new)
Recital AA c (new)
AA c. whereas EUMM has created an Advisory Committee on Hybrid Warfare and participates in Joint Training Courses for Open Source Intelligence (OSINT) analysis;
Amendment 204 #
2021/2199(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital AA d (new)
Recital AA d (new)
AA d. whereas EUMM has regular contacts with the NATO Liaison Office and the team that implements the Substantial NATO-Georgia Package;
Amendment 205 #
2021/2199(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital AA e (new)
Recital AA e (new)
Amendment 207 #
2021/2199(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital AB
Recital AB
AB. whereas the EUMM has a constant need to adapt its technical capabilities to address the growing threat of hybrid warfareexpand its analytical focus and capabilities to address the persistent hybrid threats;
Amendment 211 #
2021/2199(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital AD
Recital AD
AD. whereas the EUMM has created a newbeen managing the “Hotline”, a confidence- building mechanism – a ‘hotline’ – which is the onlywhich serves as a channel of communication between the Government of Georgia and the de facto authorities in Abkhazia and South Ossetia, including Russia’s FSBn Federation border guards deployed in both territorieregions; whereas this hHotline was activated 3 0over 2100 times in 20201;
Amendment 213 #
2021/2199(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital AE
Recital AE
Amendment 215 #
2021/2199(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital AF
Recital AF
AF. whereas the EUMM’s role in securingfacilitating effective exchanges of information, for example in connection with medical crossings or the release of persons detained border guards, as well as its efforts to assist sick people from the territories in getting treatment in Georgiaat the Administrative Boundary Lines (ABLs), as well as in co- facilitating in-person discussions at the Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism (IPRM) meetings in Ergneti, adds tremendous value to the important role the EUMM plays in both conflict management and confidence building;
Amendment 218 #
2021/2199(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital AF a (new)
Recital AF a (new)
AF a. whereas Georgia is one of the biggest contributors per capita to CSDP missions in Africa;
Amendment 221 #
2021/2199(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital AG a (new)
Recital AG a (new)
AG a. whereas EUBAM is designed to bolster border and customs capabilities of Moldova and Ukraine and is tasked with: combating customs fraud, drug smuggling, irregular migration and trafficking in human beings, supporting trade facilitation, integrated border management and assisting a peaceful settlement of the Transnistrian conflict through the ‘5+2’ process;
Amendment 222 #
2021/2199(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital AG b (new)
Recital AG b (new)
AG b. whereas EUBAM assists Moldova and Ukraine to fulfil the obligations of the Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Area (DCFTA) as part of their Association Agreements with the EU;
Amendment 223 #
2021/2199(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital AG c (new)
Recital AG c (new)
AG c. whereas tobacco smuggling, including counterfeit products, is presently assessed as one of the most serious risks to border security at the Moldova-Ukraine border, causing an estimated loss of €10 billion per year to the state budgets of Moldova, Ukraine and Member States;
Amendment 224 #
2021/2199(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital AG d (new)
Recital AG d (new)
AG d. whereas EUBAM Task Force Drugs seeks to engage Mission’s partner services with other drug enforcement authorities in the region and to establish an intelligence-led approach in fighting drug smuggling;
Amendment 225 #
2021/2199(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital AG e (new)
Recital AG e (new)
AG e. whereas EUBAM is assisting the border services of Moldova and Ukraine in the development of general common indicators used for the identification of victims of trafficking, the enhancement of risk analysis and selectivity during border checks, advising in the development of new relevant working methodologies and data collection methods;
Amendment 226 #
2021/2199(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital AG f (new)
Recital AG f (new)
AG f. whereas EUBAM has been a consistent advocate for the re-opening of the international transport corridors that cross Transnistria and develops and advocates for technical confidence- building measures between Chisinau and Tiraspol on transport, customs, veterinary and phytosanitary, and law enforcement issues;
Amendment 227 #
2021/2199(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital AG g (new)
Recital AG g (new)
AG g. whereas despite Transnistria serving as a safe haven for human smugglers and organized crime, EUBAM played an important role in helping to re- open rail freight through Transnistria that had been suspended for six years and in 2020 aided in launching a direct dialogue between Tiraspol and Chisinau;
Amendment 228 #
2021/2199(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital AG h (new)
Recital AG h (new)
AG h. whereas from 2020-2021 EUBAM thwarted multiple smuggling operations, seizing copious amounts of ammunition, tobacco, alcohol, ethanol and heroin;
Amendment 229 #
2021/2199(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital AG i (new)
Recital AG i (new)
AG i. whereas EUBAM collaborates with multiple international organisations including Europol, FRONTEX and OSCE via its Arms Working Group, ORIO II Joint Operations and ‘EU 4 Border Security’ initiatives;
Amendment 230 #
2021/2199(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital AH a (new)
Recital AH a (new)
Amendment 235 #
2021/2199(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital AK a (new)
Recital AK a (new)
AK a. whereas the Defence Reform Advisory Board, comprised of high-level experts from the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Poland, Germany and Lithuania, is the highest-level international advisory body in Ukraine, reporting directly to the Ukrainian Minister of Defence and Chief of the General Staff;
Amendment 238 #
2021/2199(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital AK b (new)
Recital AK b (new)
AK b. whereas the role of China in competing in the region for political, social and economic influence is growing in EaP countries where Chinese investment combines cheap loans that drive up debt-GDP ratios with the projected outcome being a default in EaP countries, leading to aggressive recompense, often in the form of ownership of strategic infrastructure and policy alignment;
Amendment 240 #
2021/2199(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital AK c (new)
Recital AK c (new)
AK c. whereas the influence of third countries in EaP countries, notably Iran, is largely concentrated in the South Caucasus where its longstanding cultural, religious, political and economic influence continues to grow, which risks undermining the security and stability of some EaP countries due to assassination attempts linked to Iranian IRGC operatives in Georgia and Azerbaijan, creating further concern for the EU’s efforts to promote security, stability and good neighbourliness among EaP countries;
Amendment 245 #
2021/2199(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital AL a (new)
Recital AL a (new)
AL a. whereas Nord Stream II represents an important tool for Russia to increase its political and economic leverage over Member States and EaP countries, likely to lead to further subversion and aggression towards EU’s EaP and CSDP policies;
Amendment 246 #
2021/2199(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital AL b (new)
Recital AL b (new)
AL b. whereas there is a high biofuel potential in EaP countries which can better utilize domestic biofuel resources such as ethanol, silage and others as a means to reduce energy dependency;
Amendment 247 #
2021/2199(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital AL c (new)
Recital AL c (new)
AL c. whereas the threats posed to the EU’s East not only concern friction with Russia but also terrorism, organised crime, human trafficking, corruption, mass irregular migration, and a host of other threats to the cohesion of societies both within and outside the EU;
Amendment 264 #
2021/2199(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the decision of the European Council of 2 December 2021 to utilise the European Peace Facility (EPF) in providing Ukraine with a package of EUR 31 million, Georgia with a package of EUR 12.75 million and Moldova with a package of EUR 7 million to assist in strengthening their resilience and defence capabilities, particularly cybersecurity, medical, engineering, mobile and logistics capabilities; encourages further utilisation of the EPF to increase the ability of EaP countries, particularly those hosting CSDP missions, in further addressing their security needs in key areas such as the equipment necessary to exchange intelligence via secure communication lines, particularly those EaP countries hosting CSDP mission and technical tools needed to counter hybrid threats;
Amendment 277 #
2021/2199(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Reaffirms its unwavering support to the EaP countries, and in particular for their independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity within their internationally recognised borders;
Amendment 280 #
2021/2199(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital AL d (new)
Recital AL d (new)
AL d. whereas CSDP’s access to both planning, resources and logistics gives it the potential to become the primary enabler of civilian crisis management during emergencies and should be used as a practice hub of societal resilience and recovery in the face of both man-made and natural disasters;
Amendment 288 #
2021/2199(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Encourages Member States to ensure that any provision of equipment support via the EPF to EaP countries is in line with the needs of the EaP country and is carried out in collaborordination with NATOrespective NATO capacity building initiatives for partner countries and strategic planning in order to avoid unnecessary duplication;
Amendment 292 #
2021/2199(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Considers involving some EaP partners in the early stage of CSDP mission/operations planning, especially those missions/operations that the EaP partners host or will be hosting;
Amendment 294 #
2021/2199(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2 b. Encourages Member States to extend participation of EaP countries to the European Centre of Excellence for Countering Hybrid Threats (Hybrid COE);
Amendment 315 #
2021/2199(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the CPCCivilian Planning and Conduct Capability (CPCC), Military Planning and Conduct Capability (MPCC), EU Military Committee (EUMC) and EU military staff (EUMS) to develop a model for generating and sharing best practices with regard to campaign or mission planning concepts, at the earliest possible stage, with partners vital to campaign success;
Amendment 320 #
2021/2199(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls on the CPCC and the EU Military Planning and Conduct Capability (MPCC) to emphasise the importance of professional civil-military education for all staff in CSDP missions through mechanisms such as the Professional Development Program (PDP);
Amendment 322 #
2021/2199(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8 a. Welcomes the roll out of Military Advisors to EU Missions and Delegations and encourages efforts to further strengthen security and defence expertise inside EU Delegations;
Amendment 323 #
2021/2199(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Calls on the Commission, the European External Action Service (EEAS), particularly the CPCC, and the EUMC to better adapt to building interagency working groups with exercising and training;
Amendment 347 #
2021/2199(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Invites Member States to reinforce cooperation with NATO, also through the upcoming EU-NATO joint declaJoint Declaration on EU-NATO cooperation, in supporting the defence and security capacity of our neighboubuilding of our partners toin the eEastern neighbourhood;
Amendment 358 #
2021/2199(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12 a. Encourages Member States to ensure that the digital transition undertaken in EaP countries is safeguarded from malign activities and thus encourages further utilization of the EU’s existing flagship cyber capacity- building initiatives in the region – CyberEast and EU4Digitalto include the establishment of legal and administrative structures to certify software and hardware, coordinate national CERT teams and cyber forensic and investigative bodies across Europe;
Amendment 375 #
2021/2199(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Encourages Member States to use the third-country PESCO agreement over military mobility as a template for EaP country participation, with an emphasis onPESCO participating Member States to tailoring PESCO projects to the needs of EU CSDP missions and onperations, e.g. developing highly encrypted secure civilian communication systems, and in accordance with the general conditions for third-State participation in PESCO projects, to consider inviting EaP countries that meet these general conditions;
Amendment 387 #
2021/2199(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Calls on the Commission, the EEAS and particularly the CPCC to ensure that the EUAM maintains as its priority the reform of Ukraine’s national security servicethe Security Service of Ukraine and to extend the scope of the cooperation with the SSU on cybersecurity, countering terrorism and hybrid threats;
Amendment 394 #
2021/2199(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Encourages Member States to extend EUAM cooperation to all anti- corruption structures involved in the reform of the Civilian Security Sector and to include, either in the form of training and instruction or on the basis of sharing best practices and jointly setting future priorities, both Ukraine’s National Agency on Corruption Prevention (NAZK) and its Highthe anti-corruption apparatus of the Ukrainian state, NAPC, and the Supreme Anti- Corruption Court;
Amendment 397 #
2021/2199(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 b (new)
Paragraph 18 b (new)
18 b. Encourages Member states to recommend the inclusion in ongoing training courses for representatives of the Ukrainian services and administration, the studies of corruption cases and analyses of the reasons for the failure of investigations and the failure to enforce accountability for the perpetrators in order to assist personnel in anti- corruption roles to avoid repeating past mistakes;
Amendment 399 #
2021/2199(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Encourages Member States to expand their support to the EUAM’s digitalisation efforts related to the reform of Ukraine’s Civilian Security Sector via training and the provision of technologies that support data registry, human resource management and court filing procedures to assist in transparency, community trust building and countering corruption;
Amendment 401 #
2021/2199(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19 a. Encourages Member States to expand their support to EUAM digitisation efforts via trainings and provision of technologies that support data registry, human resource management and court filing procedures to assist in transparency, community trust building and countering corruption;
Amendment 408 #
2021/2199(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 b (new)
Paragraph 19 b (new)
19 b. Calls on the Commission, the EEAS and the CPCC to ensure EUAM maintains prioritization on the reform of Ukraine’s National Security Service (SSU) to ensure greater oversight, less pre-trial investigative powers and detention centres, downsizing and demilitarisation of the SSU with a quarterly assessment on implementation once Bill 3196 is passed in the Verkhovna Rada;
Amendment 412 #
2021/2199(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20 a. Encourages Member States to implement more efficient intelligence sharing capabilities within and between CSDP missions and to give particular emphasis to enhanced collaboration and secondment of personnel from Europol and Interpol to CSDP mission headquarters to facilitate seamless intelligence sharing;
Amendment 413 #
2021/2199(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Implores Member States to advocate for EUMM physical access to the breakaway regions of Abkhazia and South Ossetia and strengthen their public reactions to provocations against the EUMM, especially detentions of EUMM border guards and ceasefire violations;
Amendment 421 #
2021/2199(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)
Paragraph 23 a (new)
23 a. Calls on the Commission and the EEAS and encourages Member States to contribute to the cooperation within the International Crimea Platform to address hybrid threats to the wider Black Sea region security posed by or related to Russia’s illegal occupation in Crimea and militarization of the Black and Azov Seas;
Amendment 423 #
2021/2199(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 b (new)
Paragraph 23 b (new)
Amendment 439 #
2021/2199(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)
Paragraph 25 a (new)
25 a. Calls on the Commission to establish a structural dialogue with the Associated Trio (A3) countries of EaP;
Amendment 440 #
2021/2199(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 b (new)
Paragraph 25 b (new)
25 b. Declares the will of the European Parliament Committees on Foreign Affairs and its Subcommittee on Human Rights to participate in the A3’s and willing EU Member States’ parliamentary activity on monitoring the situation in the territories of the A3 illegally occupied by Russia (Abkhazia, South Ossetia, Transnistria, Crimea and Donbas);
Amendment 442 #
2021/2199(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 c (new)
Paragraph 25 c (new)
25 c. Calls on the EEAS, MPCC, CPCC and CSDP HQ’s to foster a new culture of understanding between civilian and military partners based on enhanced institutional relationships and shared awareness and assessment in an effort to develop a comprehensive planning framework and culture;
Amendment 445 #
2021/2199(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 d (new)
Paragraph 25 d (new)
25 d. Encourages Member States to further strengthen military resilience of Ukraine through provision of defence weapons to Ukraine, including anti-ship, anti-aircraft and anti-tank weapons;
Amendment 58 #
2021/2177(INI)
7a. Urges the Commission to carry out a study of the possible economic impact of this agreement, bearing in mind that agriculture and stockbreeding in India are not subject to EU regulations that increase the costs of production in Europe, possibly subjecting it to unfair competition, as has already been the case regarding other agreements with third countries;
Amendment 48 #
2021/2043(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. All measures taken by the EU should be consistent with, and under no circumstances in violation of, the WTO principles".
Amendment 49 #
2021/2043(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5 b. Legislative measures should primarily aim at the quality and parameters of the final (agricultural) product, rather than at production methods.
Amendment 10 #
2021/2037(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Points out that the agreement in principle on investments between the European Union and the People’s Republic of China gives China access to strategic EU sectors (telecoms, energy infrastructure, modern information and digital technologies connected, for example, with big data, intelligence, robotics and smart manufacturing), facilitating China’s ‘technological supremacy’ and thereby fulfilling one of the objectives set in the country’s ‘Made in China 2025’ plan, which involves the Chinese Government promoting Chinese firms by making government funds available to them so that they can acquire sections of the European economy that are critical to the EU’s security, at the same time leaving the EU at the mercy of technologies provided by third countries whose values and methods are unreliable;
Amendment 13 #
2021/2037(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Points out that, as it currently stands, the agreement in principle on investments between the European Union and the People’s Republic of China will make the EU more dependent, also in agriculture, where the Chinese Government is investing large amounts of money in agricultural technology and innovation under a legislative framework that allows it to do whatever it wants; points out, furthermore, that under the current approach it would be easier for China to continue buying European firms and farmland, thereby increasing Europe’s dependence on a country in which, for example, private property does not exist, and food safety standards are a world away from those that apply in Europe;
Amendment 5 #
2021/2007(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Having regard to its resolution of 19 September 2019 on the patentability of plants and essential biological processes
Amendment 6 #
2021/2007(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Whereas the system of plant variety rights enshrined in the UPOV Convention and Council Regulation 2100/94 does not allow the holder of a plant variety right to prevent others from using the protected plant variety for the purpose of further breeding activities
Amendment 7 #
2021/2007(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 c (new)
Paragraph 1 c (new)
1c. Welcomes the presentation of the new Intellectual Property Plan and recognises the need to foster research and innovation in the agri-food sector
Amendment 8 #
2021/2007(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 d (new)
Paragraph 1 d (new)
1d. Recognises that incentives are essential for seed and plant variety innovation in order to meet the demands of farmers and consumers.
Amendment 9 #
2021/2007(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 e (new)
Paragraph 1 e (new)
1e. Stresses that improvements in plant and animal breeding reduce greenhouse gas emissions by providing more efficient and safer agriculture.
Amendment 18 #
2021/2007(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Points out that promotion campaigns raise consumer awareness about these products, making it easy to identify their authenticity and, indirectly, to protect them against usurpation and imitations; calls on the Commission to strengthen GI and TSG promotional campaigns in the next revision of the corresponding legislation; Invites the Commission and Member States to adapt public procurement mechanisms in order to improve access to quality-labelled products such as GIs and TSGs
Amendment 25 #
2021/2007(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Amendment 37 #
2021/2007(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Considers it essential to protect intellectual property rights to promote innovation, in particular with the aim of introducing more resilient agricultural varieties to cope with climate change and achieve the objectives of the European Green Deal;sustainable development goals (SDG) and the objectives of the European Green Deal; Points out that intellectual property rights must ensure food security and the resilience and competitiveness of our agri-food model.
Amendment 47 #
2021/2007(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Insists, however, that intellectual property rights should not lead to a reduction in the diversity of species and varieties and a loss of independence for farmers; also insists that farmers must remain the owners of their seeds and breeding material. in accordance with the system of plant variety rights provided for in the UPOV Convention and Council Regulation 2100/94
Amendment 49 #
2021/2007(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Amendment 56 #
2021/2007(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Recognises that the processes of breeding through crossing and selection, as well as the resulting biological material, should not be patentable.
Amendment 58 #
2021/2007(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 c (new)
Paragraph 6 c (new)
6c. Stresses that further efforts should be made to increase transparency with respect to the status and patentability of biological material; Points out that breeders should be provided with adequate access to information on the biological material they will use in the plant breeding process; Stresses that the Commission should implement new methods for effective consultation and exchange of information.
Amendment 7 #
2021/2003(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. WelcomNotes the fact that the new EU Gender Action Plan 2021-2025 (GAP III) calls for the promotion of gender equality through the EU’s trade policy and recalls the necessary support forjects the inclusion of a specific gender chapter in EU trade and investment agreements; underlines that ideologising EU trade policy does not constitute a solution for improving the quality of democracy beyond our borders;
Amendment 25 #
2021/2003(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Notes that trade policy is not gender neutralshould not address gender issues as a matter of priority and that better collection of gender-disaggregated data, together with clear indicators, is neededcan serve to adequately assess the different impacts of trade policy on women and on men; reiterates its call for the EU and its Member States to include in ex ante and ex post impact assesscollect data on the situation of men’s and woment’s the country-specific and sector-specific gender impact of EU trade policy and agreementsrights in countries that conclude trade agreements with the EU;
Amendment 27 #
2021/2003(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Stresses that European trade policy is far from being consistent with all the quality and production standards required of European producers; is opposed to EU trade concessions potentially contributing to the maintenance of dictatorial regimes where fundamental rights, including women’s rights, are systematically violated.
Amendment 32 #
2021/2003(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls for the Commission to engage activelyparticipate in the recently established WTO Informal Working Group on Trade and Gender to work towards a strong Ministerial Declaration in the 12th Ministerial Conference (MC12) that could serve as a road map for the implementation of the 2017 Buenos Aires Declaration;
Amendment 39 #
2021/2003(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Recognises the disproportionate impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the participation in trade of female entrepreneurs and womenrade in goods and services; calls for COVID-19 recovery strategies to pay special attention to micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs), which are often run by women, and to sectors with higher female participation (agriculture, tourism, garment and retail); as well as to the situation of women in rural areas; stresses the need for training, innovation and knowledge transfer to be tailored to women’s needs.
Amendment 49 #
2021/2003(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Notes with cothe differencerns the persistent gender gap in digitalat exist in certain preferential trading partner countries of the EU as regards women’s access andto digital skillscompetence; calls for the Commission and the Member States to support female entrepreneurs in acquiring the necessary skills through development cooperation and Aid for Trade;
Amendment 59 #
2021/2003(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the Commission to ensure through its trade policy that women are not discriminated against and that their rights are fully respected in all EU trading partner countries, especially those which are given priority and preferential treatment; demands that sufficient resources arbe made available to promote the core value of gender equality in its trade and investment policies and to ensure that the secretariats of the EU institutions responsible for trade policy and negotiations have the knowledge and technical capacity to incorporto ensure thate the gender perspectivebasic rights of EU citizens are not undermined and violated by third country EU preferential trading partners.
Amendment 5 #
2021/0227(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
Amendment 20 #
2021/0227(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Stresses that in view of the progressive liberalisation of agricultural trade and the existence in our trading partners of different production standards, environmental practices and animal welfare rules, it is imperative to strengthen border controls; calls on the Commission to monitor existing trade agreements with countries where there are serious doubts about compliance with Community rules and which have been the subject of complaints made to the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF);
Amendment 22 #
2021/0227(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Recalls that the COVID-19 pandemic has emphasised the strategic role that agriculture plays in avoiding a food crisis by providing safe, high-quality food at affordable prices; Iinsists that some of the COVID-19 crisis measures supporting agricultural sectors need to be continued and provided with additional funds in 2022 to mitigate the impact of the COVID- 19 pandemic;
Amendment 30 #
2021/0227(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Stresses the necessity to allocate a significant share of the Horizon Europe funds to the agri-food sector to support research and innovation in food, agriculture and rural development in order to improve agricultural productivity and accommodate the ambitions of the European Green Deal; urges the Commission to ensure that the results reach farm level; calls on the Commission to implement the multi-actor approach in the Horizon Europe programme in an effective and practical manner, so that farmers or their representative organisations do not have a marginal or purely symbolic role in these programmes but are involved in the process of design, implementation and dissemination throughout the life of the project; recalls the importance of proper and accessible advisory services for farmers to integrate state-of-the-art technologies and practices and improve the sector’s competitiveness and sustainability.
Amendment 2 #
2020/2273(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Recalls that the damage to the planet’s biodiversity is almost at the point of no return and that biodiversity loss is a driver of zoonotic pathogens such as COVID-19; highlightNotes the scientific evidence on the role of trade in biodiversity loss, in particular with regard to trade in minerals, biomass and certain agricultural commodities, and biodiversity loss due to land-use changes, invasive alien species, overexploitation of resources and pollution;
Amendment 3 #
2020/2273(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Recalls that the damage to the planet’s biodiversity is almost at the point of no return and that biodiversity loss is a driver of zoonotic pathogens such as COVID-19it is important and a matter of urgency to slow down worldwide biodiversity loss; highlights the scientific evidence on the role of trade in biodiversity loss, in particular with regard to trade in minerals, biomass and certain agricultural and in unsustainably produced biomass and commodities, and biodiversity loss due to land-use changes, invasive alien species, overexploitation of resources and pollution;
Amendment 12 #
2020/2273(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Recalls that agricultural productivity and resilience depend on biodiversity to guarantee the long-term sustainability of our food systems; underlines, furthermore, that much of the biodiversity across Europe has been created by farming and its survival is dependent on the continued active management of farmland; points out that the progressive abandonment of arable land in the EU poses an increasing threat to biodiversity;
Amendment 16 #
2020/2273(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Stresses the importance of the role of fishers, farmers, hunters and all mainstays of rural culture in defending biodiversity and protecting the ecosystem;
Amendment 27 #
2020/2273(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses the importance of systematically including a biodiversity dimension, alongside the economic and social dimension, to all sustainable impact assessments (SIAs) that follow a robust methodology, as suggested by available Commission studies, and to consistently factor in biodiversity issues; requests that the Commission secure adequate funding for carrying out such analyses on biodiversity; calls for SIAs to be launched as part of the scoping exercise phase on future free trade agreements and for them to be regularly updated as negotiations develop in order to adequately identify and address possible risks as early as possible, and to shape relevant bilateral commitments outlined in the negotiations; stresses the importance of systematically conducting regular ex post sustainable impact assessments to ensure consistency with the EU’s international commitments on biodiversity; calls for trade and sustainable development chapters to include time-bound roadmaps that provide verifiable commitments and objectives, which are to be regularly monitored by ex post SIAs and for the lowering of (non- )tariff barriers be made conditional thereon; invites the Commission to update existing chapters accordingly;
Amendment 38 #
2020/2273(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Calls on the Commission to promote trade practices that protect geographical indications (GIs) more effectively, focusing in particular on local production, which is more in line with the objective of preserving biodiversity;
Amendment 43 #
2020/2273(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Welcomes the high level of ambition of the EU biodiversity strategy for 2030 in seeking to halt and reverse biodiversity loss in the EU; considers that this level of ambition encourages policy action at all levels and promotes the development of research and innovative solutions to tackle biodiversity loss; stresses that the continuous decline in farmland biodiversity is a reality and that bold action is needed to counteract this trend, such as plant breeding to stress factors;
Amendment 43 #
2020/2273(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Considers that the EU’s trade policy and green diplomacy should aim to phase out fossil fuels and environmentally harmful subsidiesthose instruments that run counter to the objectives of sustainability as a matter of urgency in accordancline with the commitments taken at the G20 Summit in Pittsburgh in 2009; invites the Commission to agree on a roadmap with each trade partner covered by a trade agreement, with milestones in place, and to show leadership in relevant international forums;
Amendment 44 #
2020/2273(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Welcomes the high level of ambition of the EU biodiversity strategy for 2030 in seeking to halt and reverse biodiversity loss in the EU; considers that this level of ambition should encourages policy action at all levels and promotes the development of research and innovative solutions to tackle biodiversity loss; stresses that the continuous decline in farmland biodiversity is a reality and that bold science-based action is needed to counteract this trend;
Amendment 44 #
2020/2273(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Considers that the EU’s trade policy and green diplomacy should aim to phase outreplace fossil fuels and environmentally harmful subsidies as a matter of urgency in accordance with the commitments taken at the G20 Summit in Pittsburgh in 2009; invites the Commission to agree on a roadmap with each trade partner covered by a trade agreement, with milestones in place, and to show leadership in relevant international forums;
Amendment 59 #
2020/2273(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Points out that a step-by-step approach should be adopted with regard to the introduction of a new trade agreement in order to avoid harming EU companies, especially SMEs, and ensure that we do not place our businesses at an economic disadvantage by requiring them to comply with new rules;
Amendment 60 #
2020/2273(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Supports the notion that EU trade policy can contribute to biodiversity protection by making it compatible with activities such as agriculture or forestry that are beneficial to the environment;
Amendment 65 #
2020/2273(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Calls for compliance with European production standards when it comes to trade and imports from third countries; considers that imported food and products that do not comply with EU biodiversity standards should not be allowed into the internal market;
Amendment 66 #
2020/2273(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Calls for a detailed impact study prior to the submission of any legislative proposal in the field of biodiversity to assess the social, environmental and economic implications based on data and scientific evidence;
Amendment 67 #
2020/2273(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
Amendment 73 #
2020/2273(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Calls for measures to be taken through trade agreements to promote and encourage the adoption of innovative practices and the digitisation of agriculture to enable the primary sector to adapt to the new demands of improved biodiversity in the EU and beyond;
Amendment 74 #
2020/2273(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 b (new)
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7b. Warns of the risk of certain productive sectors relocating to countries such as China where biodiversity legislation is laxer than in Europe, notwithstanding the Commission's determination to make them priority trading partners.
Amendment 75 #
2020/2273(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Welcomes the Commission’s intention to present a legislative proposal in Spring 2021 that will prohibit the placing of products associated with deforestation or forest degradation from the EU market; calls on the Commission to adopt a moratorium on imports of wild animals from reported emerging infectious disease hotspots;
Amendment 81 #
2020/2273(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Notes the gradual increase in forest areas in the EU in contrast to growing deforestation in different parts of Asia, Africa and Latin America;
Amendment 86 #
2020/2273(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Stresses the benefits of promoting EU agricultural products, thereby heightening third-country awareness of the environmental, social and sustainability aspects of European methods of production; points out that priority should be given to organic, traditional and typical products with geographical indications and forming part of short food supply chains;
Amendment 104 #
2020/2273(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Considers that biodiversity conservation is a key societal goal, requiring a broad and inclusive debate, and the effective participation of everyone in society, in particular those more affected by the measures, such as the farming community, while at the same benefiting from their knowledge and experience, and creating a sense of ownership, vital for the successful implementation of the strategy; points out that this goal can be achieved only by implementing a voluntary system that offers incentives to those farmers who opt for new and more sustainable productive models or practices;
Amendment 117 #
2020/2273(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Considers that biodiversity conservation is a key societal goal, requiring a broad and inclusive debate, and the effective participation of everyone in societykey players, in particular those more affected by the measures, such as the farming community, while at the same benefiting from their knowledge and experience, and creating a sense of ownership, vital for the successful implementation of the strategy;
Amendment 129 #
2020/2273(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Stresses the key role of the common agricultural policy (CAP) in protecting and promoting farmland biodiversity; underlines the potential of the green architecture components of the CAP in promoting and providing incentives for the transition to more sustainable agricultural systems for producing food and maintaining high nature value farmland; considers that Member States must ensure the timely development and uptake of actions which contribute to enhancing the delivery and potential of biodiversity benefits in line with the required level of ambition; considers that the CAP cannot be the only tool for promoting biodiversity in European agriculture, and calls for the other Green Deal policies and instruments to assume their share of this responsibility;
Amendment 161 #
2020/2273(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Highlights the importance of maintaining and restoring high-diversity landscape features in agricultural landscapes for their value in terms of biodiversity, pollinators and the natural biological control of pests; calls on the Member States to develop the necessary measures under their CAP Strategic Plans to promote non-productive areas and features with the aim of achieving an area of at least 10% of high diversity areas beneficial for biodiversity at national level, promoting interconnectivity between habitats and thereby maximising the potential for biodiversity; points out that reducing pesticide use and increasing landscape features must not come at the cost of lower productivity of European agriculture and increased imports from third countries;
Amendment 171 #
2020/2273(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Highlights the importance of maintaining and restoring high-diversity landscape features in agricultural landscapes for their value in terms of biodiversity, pollinators and the natural biological control of pests; calls on the Member States to develop the necessary measures under their CAP Strategic Plans to promote non-productive areas and features with the aim of achieving an area of at least 10% of high diversity areas beneficial for biodiversity at national level, promoting interconnectivity between habitats and thereby maximising the potential for biodiversity;
Amendment 183 #
2020/2273(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Recognises that extensively grazed pasture, regardless of the intended use of grazing livestock, is a highly valuable and seriously threatened ecosystem that needs appropriate European-wide protection and management in order to safeguard biodiversity;
Amendment 191 #
2020/2273(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Welcomes the recognition of organic farming as a strong component on the EU’s path towards more sustainable food systems, and calls on the Commission to also examine the potential of other production models, such as integrated production or precision farming; underlines that the development of organicsustainable food production must be accompanied by research, innovation and scientific transfer, market and supply chain development, and measures stimulating demand for organic food, ensuring both the stability of the organic products market and the fair remuneration of farmers; stresses that the target of achieving 25% organic production by 2030 is both laudable and ambitious, but rejects the idea of this being a legal requirement without taking account of developments in the market and demand;
Amendment 207 #
2020/2273(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Stresses that the European model of a multifunctional agricultural sector, driven by family farms, continues to ensure quality food production, local supply chain, good agriculture practices, high environmental standards and vibrant rural areas throughout the EU. Each level of biodiversity must lead to overarching sustainability of agricultural production, at least at the current levels of production. Biodiversity as such cannot be a goal in itself. This is because an increased biodiversity may, inter alia, imply an increase of: invasive alien species(IAS), weeds, zoonotic diseases transferred to domestic animals and/or humans and other factors harmful to sustainability;
Amendment 210 #
2020/2273(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Calls on the Commission to carry out an environmental impact study on the use of natural pesticides in organic farming, bearing in mind the potential increase in organic farming in Europe and its role as a sustainable production system guaranteeing biodiversity;
Amendment 245 #
2020/2273(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Stresses that the promotion of sustainable forest management in the EU has had a positive impact on forests and forest conditions and on livelihoods in rural areas, as well as on the biodiversity of forests in the EU;
Amendment 247 #
2020/2273(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 b (new)
Paragraph 8 b (new)
8b. Recognises that long-term public and private investments in a reinforced sustainable forest management which places equal focus on the social, environmental and economic benefits of forests can help ensure forests´ resilience and adaptive capacity, as well as achieving the transition to a circular bio- economy and the promotion of biodiversity;
Amendment 253 #
2020/2273(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 c (new)
Paragraph 8 c (new)
8c. Underlines the importance of resilient and healthy forest ecosystems including fauna and flora, in order to maintain and enhance the delivery of the multiple ecosystem services that forests provide, such as biodiversity, clean air, water, healthy soil and wood and non- wood raw materials;
Amendment 256 #
2020/2273(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 d (new)
Paragraph 8 d (new)
8d. Points out that achieving the EU´s goals for environment, climate and biodiversity will never be possible without forests that are multifunctional, healthy and sustainably managed applying a long- term perspective, together with viable forest-based industries;
Amendment 259 #
2020/2273(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 e (new)
Paragraph 8 e (new)
8e. Points out the need to develop a coherent approach to bring together biodiversity protection and climate protection in a thriving forest-based sector and bio-economy;
Amendment 266 #
2020/2273(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Stresses the importance of plant protection products and tools for the stability of agricultural production, food security and the sustainability of farmers’ incomes; considers that, although progress has been made, a substantial reduction in the use and risks of the most harmful chemical pesticides is needed; stresses the key role of integrated pest management and green biotechnology in reducing pesticide dependency, and urges the Member States to ensure it is applied and its implementation is assessed systematically; stresses that farmers need a bigger toolbox of effective crop protection solutions and methods, as well as bolstered systems of training and advisory systemce in the use of chemical and natural pesticides; deplores the fact that the gradual reduction in plant protection products has not been accompanied by alternatives allowing farmers to effectively combat new pests and diseases;
Amendment 270 #
2020/2273(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Stresses the importance of plant protection products and tools for the stability of agricultural production and the sustainability of farmers’ incomes; considers that, although progress has been made, a substantial reduction in the use and risks of chemical pesticides is needed; stresses the key role of integrated pest management in reducing pesticide dependency, and urges the Member States to ensure it is applied and its implementation is assessed systematically; stresses that farmers need a bigger toolbox of crop protection solutions and methods, as well as bolstered training and advisory systems;given the considerable differences across MS1a in use of pesticides and fertilisers, an arbitrary reduction of pesticides and fertilisers by 50% is a wrong policy tool; considers that certain levels of pesticides and fertilisers are justified from the point of view of sustainability and economics; stresses the key role of integrated pest management in reducing pesticide dependency, and urges the Member States to ensure it is applied and its implementation is assessed systematically; stresses that farmers need a bigger toolbox of crop protection solutions and methods1b; questions the economic impact and financial burden on farmers, tax-payers and Member States; _________________ 1aCalculations based on data from available statistical databases demonstrates a considerable differences among MS in the average of pesticides, of a magnitude of 20times greater between the average amounts of pesticides used in MS with the highest consumption and the MS with the lowest average consumption. 1bFarmers usually have superior knowledge of farming and dislike bureaucracy setting and obligations.
Amendment 294 #
2020/2273(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Calls on the Commission to ease and speed up authorisation procedures for plant protection products, such as biopesticides, that could form a real alternative to chemical pesticides;
Amendment 309 #
2020/2273(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Regrets the fact that agricultural production is being increasingly concentrated in a limited range of agricultural crops, varieties and genotypes; acknowledges that consumers preferences contributed to a decrease of biodiversity1a; underlines that preserving genetic variability in all its components is crucial to promoting the diversity and richness of agricultural ecosystems and to the preservation of local genetic resources, in particular as a repository of solutions to help in facing the environmental challenges that lie ahead. _________________ 1aE.g.: most consumers will not buy white carrots, when red carrots are more healthy, thus de facto contributing to less biodiversity.
Amendment 7 #
2020/2260(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses that EU trade policy has a major role to play in the transition towards more sustainable agri-food systems, in line with the Paris Agreement and the European Green Deal; points out, however, that this transition needs to take place in an acceptably gradual manner;
Amendment 11 #
2020/2260(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses that a new model of EU trade policy has a major role to play in the transition towards more sustainable agri- food systems, in line with the Paris Agreement and the European Green Deal;
Amendment 16 #
2020/2260(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Stresses the need to fully revise the EU trade policy in order to be consistent with the European ambition on the farm to fork and biodiversity strategies; Highlights that the farm to fork strategy will not be credible if trade policies on agriculture products are not modified in depth.
Amendment 21 #
2020/2260(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Notes that the EU internal market is the world’s biggest importer and exporter of agri-food products; is convinced that the EU should use this position to set the benchmark in terms of standards for sustainable food systems, based on the precautionary principle, environmental protection and animal welfare, as well as the economic sustainability of all stakeholders in the agri-food supply chain; calls on the Commission in this regard to limit, and maybe even abolish, imports of agri-food products that do not meet the high standards required by the EU from the European agri-food sector;
Amendment 36 #
2020/2260(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Notes that the EU internal market is the world’s biggest importer and exporter of agri-food products; is convinced that the EU should use this position to set the benchmark in terms of standards for sustainable food systems, based on the precautionary principlscience, environmental protection and animal welfare;
Amendment 39 #
2020/2260(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Calls the Commission to ensure consistency and coherence between the measures envisaged by the Farm to Fork Strategy and the Common Agriculture and Fisheries Policies, the Trade Policy, the EU’s Biodiversity Strategy for 2030,as well as other related EU Policies and Strategies in accordance with the principle of better regulation;
Amendment 44 #
2020/2260(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Stresses that an EU Promotion Policy including all EU agricultural products and different models of farming, can actively contribute to this benchmark setting on the sustainability of agricultural products;
Amendment 46 #
2020/2260(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 c (new)
Paragraph 2 c (new)
2c. Highlights that it is essential to give substance to the objective of the Farm to Fork Strategy to put European food security and independence at the centre of the future EU trade policy and of any bilateral trade agreements."
Amendment 50 #
2020/2260(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Believes that sustainable production should gradually become a key characteristic of EU agri-food products, expanding the concept of quality to social and environmental aspect, environmental and economic aspects; considers it vital in this regard to use new technologies based on genomic techniques, which are useful for selecting more resistant and hence sustainable varieties;
Amendment 61 #
2020/2260(INI)
3. Believes that sustainable production should become further promoted as a key characteristic of EU agri-food products, expanding the concept of quality to social and environmental aspects;
Amendment 77 #
2020/2260(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Commission to pursue in a realistic and pragmatic way the objectives of the Farm to Fork Strategy through the development of Green Alliances in all relevant forums, including the UN Food Systems Summit 2021;
Amendment 78 #
2020/2260(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Commission to pursue the objectives of the Farm to Fork Strategy through the development of Green Alliances in all relevant forums, including the UN Food Systems Summit 2021that are able to achieve the goals set;
Amendment 80 #
2020/2260(INI)
4a. Underlines that the Commission should base legislative proposals on scientifically-sound ex-ante impact assessments describing the methods of calculation of the targets and the baselines and reference periods of each individual target, after consultation with the Member States; the cumulative effects of the legislative proposals should be taken into account;
Amendment 83 #
2020/2260(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. In light of the Farm to Fork Strategy ambitious objectives, calls on the European Commission to review the fundamental principles of the MERCOSUR agreement as far as agriculture and environment protection are concerned; highlights the imbalance in the agriculture and sustainability chapters and stresses that safeguard measures are insufficient to prevent market distortions or environment degradation.
Amendment 94 #
2020/2260(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Emphasises the importance of enforceable Trade and Sustainable Development chapters in trade agreements to promote biodiversity, foster more sustainable agri-food production and stop EU-driven global deforestation; urges support for developing countries to promote food security and alignment with European standards for sustainability; urges to engage in a constructive dialogue with governments and stakeholders globally;
Amendment 96 #
2020/2260(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Emphasises the importance of enforceable Trade and Sustainable Development chapters in trade agreements to promote biodiversity, and foster more sustainable agri-food production and stop EU-driven global deforestation; urges support for developing countries to promote food security and alignment with European standards for sustainability;
Amendment 105 #
2020/2260(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Emphasises that European production standards must be respected when it comes to trade and imports from third countries. Imported food that does not comply with relevant EU environmental standards should not be allowed on EU markets in order to maintain a level playing field;
Amendment 108 #
2020/2260(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Amendment 135 #
2020/2260(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Calls for a reinforcement in European ports border controls in order to prevent new animal and plant pests and diseases; Stresses the need for a better control and accountability of customs rights and import taxes from Morocco agriculture products.
Amendment 185 #
2020/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas our environmental protection and our agricultural sustainability cannot be achieved without improving the profitability of agricultural and livestock holdings;
Amendment 188 #
2020/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A b (new)
Recital A b (new)
Ab. whereas all proposals stemming from the Green Deal, the Biodiversity Strategy and the Farm to Fork Strategy need to be thoroughly reviewed and analysed in the light of lessons learned from the pandemic;
Amendment 190 #
2020/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A c (new)
Recital A c (new)
Ac. whereas the agricultural sector is facing new and ambitious environmental, social and economic goals, with a significant cut in CAP funds and a gradual increase in imports from third countries;
Amendment 209 #
2020/2260(INI)
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, agri-food trade, animal welfare, food and economic sustainability for farmers;
Amendment 249 #
2020/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. recalls that the Mediterranean Diet, recognised by UNESCO in 2010 as an Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity, is known as a healthy, balanced diet, with a high nutritional, social and cultural value, based on respect for the territory and biodiversity, ensuring the conservation and development of traditional activities and crafts related to fishing, sustainable hunting and agriculture and playing a protective role in the primary and secondary prevention of the main chronic degenerative diseases;
Amendment 300 #
2020/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas the European model of a multifunctional agricultural sector, driven by family farms and production diversity, continues to ensure food security, quality food production, local supply chains, good agriculture practices, high environmental standards and vibrant rural areas throughout the EU;
Amendment 332 #
2020/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas science and innovation, through artificial intelligence, digitisation, precision farming and smart machinery, can play a crucial role in facilitating the transition to a sustainable, productive and environmentally-friendly agri-food model;
Amendment 450 #
2020/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
Ea. whereas animal health is an essential element of any food model that aspires to be considered sustainable;
Amendment 489 #
2020/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the farm to fork strategy as an important step in ensuring ambarking on a global reflection that could culminate in concrete proposals to ensure a gradual transition towards a more 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 animals, healthy societies and a healthy planet, encourages the Commission to translate the strategy into concrete legislative and non-legislative action based on impact studies as soon as possible;
Amendment 572 #
2020/2260(INI)
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 atimprove communication with consumers on agriculture’s contribution to food security and the environment; calls on the Commission to set out a holistic common food policy aimed at making agricultural activity more profitable and 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 that will ensure the correct application of the principle of subsidiarity; 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;
Amendment 656 #
2020/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Stresses that, through their professional activity, agricultural and livestock farmers are the main actors protecting the environment in rural areas, contributing to a living and dynamic rural environment; recognises the strategic and fundamental nature of agricultural and livestock activity;
Amendment 669 #
2020/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Calls on the Commission to give young farmers a leading role in developing the farm to fork strategy; emphasises that this strategy may adversely affect the availability and price of land, leading to increased speculation and further hindering young people’s ability to access land and enter the sector;
Amendment 767 #
2020/2260(INI)
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, fertiliserthe loss of nutrients from organic and mineral sources, and antibiotics; emphasises the importance of pursuing these targets through holistic and circular approaches, such as agroecological practices; insists that each Member State should, according to its own particular situation, 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 and implement them at farm level through innovative and technological solutions; 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 793 #
2020/2260(INI)
3a. Recognises the latest developments in plant protection technology with the consequent reduction in the quantities applied and in toxic compounds such as mycotoxins; notes that harmonised risk indicators are needed to effectively reduce pesticide use in conventional and organic farming; stresses that any pesticide initiatives must take into account the different climatic and agronomic conditions in the EU;
Amendment 828 #
2020/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Calls for alternatives and tools to enable farmers to deal with new pests and diseases; invites the Commission to speed up and simplify the biopesticide authorisation process and, in the planned measures to promote digitisation and precision farming, to consider the use of drones for aerial spraying of plant protection products together with initiatives to reduce nitrogen levels in the soil;
Amendment 844 #
2020/2260(INI)
3c. Underlines the significant efforts made to date to reduce the use of antimicrobials in animals in line with the 2019 report by the Court of Auditors on antimicrobial resistance and with the new European Regulations on veterinary medicinal products and medicated feed; notes that the EU must ensure that animals can continue to be treated with antimicrobials when necessary to permanently protect animal health and welfare;
Amendment 867 #
2020/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 d (new)
Paragraph 3 d (new)
3d. Emphasises that the aim of achieving a 50% reduction in nutrient losses by 2030 requires CAP strategic plans, especially eco-schemes, to incorporate specific measures based on smart and precision farming to ensure efficient use of plant nutrients;
Amendment 924 #
2020/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Emphasises the importance of recognising the significantpositive impact of agriculture and especially animal production on greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and land useas a carbon sink; stresses the need to enhance natural carbon sinks and continue supporting good practice in the sector to reduce agricultural emissions of carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide, in particular in the feed and livestock sectors; calls for regulatory measures and targets tomeasures aimed at ensureing progressive reductions in all GHG emissions in these sectors; supports measures for a more efficient nutrient use that can be developed through expert advisory services and the smart farming model; recognises the enormous potential of agriculture and forestry in achieving the climate and environmental goals set out by the European Commission;
Amendment 1112 #
2020/2260(INI)
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 model through initiatives that can effectively contribute to sustainable soil use; stresses, however, that certain practices 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 1186 #
2020/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Stresses that, in order to achieve the ambitious goals of the farm to fork strategy, the regulatory framework for gene editing techniques in plant breeding needs to be clarified; notes that all initiatives for seeds or modern plant breeding techniques must be based on scientific evidence, the principle of innovation and citizen communication;
Amendment 1256 #
2020/2260(INI)
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’ businesssustainable models for agriculture and artisanal food production, notably through fostering short supply chains, sustainable export-oriented production models and quality food production;
Amendment 1342 #
2020/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Underlines that robust and reliable legal frameworks for the fisheries and aquaculture sector should provide the basis for better protection measures and animal health with subsequent increases in fish populations and more clarity regarding the use of space and licenses in aquaculture, allowing for greater predictability for investments; stresses that good traceability mechanisms and high sustainability standards for all products sold on EU markets are essential to ensure transparency for consumers, the sector and the different administrations, and to achieve the targets of the Green Deal and the SDGs;
Amendment 1378 #
2020/2260(INI)
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 (H1IN1), which is exacerbated by anthropogenic climate change, the destruction of biodiversity, environmental degradation and our current food production systemand recognises the efforts made by the European livestock sector to apply strict safety protocols aimed at avoiding and preventing disease; expresses its dismay at the unjustified smear campaign and harassment being suffered by the Union’s livestock sector despite its products being recognised on international markets;
Amendment 1547 #
2020/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Urges the reviewstrengthening of the EU promotion programme for agricultural and food products, including the EU school scheme, with a view to enhancing its contribution to sustainable production and consumption, notably by focusing on educational messages about the importance of healthy and varied nutrition and, promoting greater consumption of fruit and vegetablesthe elements of a Mediterranean diet with the aim of reducing obesity rates and creating healthier eating habits;
Amendment 1613 #
2020/2260(INI)
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 becommove towards more sustainable models 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 precise and tailored application of new production approaches at farm level by providing farmers with access to fast broadband connections;
Amendment 1625 #
2020/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Calls on the Commission to develop a predictable, long-term, science- based policy framework to develop agricultural innovation; advocates precision agriculture and biotechnology as key elements of a rapid and safe transition to more socially, economically and environmentally sustainable practices;
Amendment 1676 #
2020/2260(INI)
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 andsystem of nutrient profiles supported by the Commission, Nutriscore, lacks scientific basis and is not an effective system for providing consumers with useful information encouraging a healthy and balanced diet; 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 sciencen online science-based labelling system;
Amendment 1730 #
2020/2260(INI)
17. Welcomes the Commission’s commitment to revise the EU legislation on food contact materials (FCM); reiterates its call to revise the legislation on FCM in line with the regulation on the registration, evaluation, authorisation and restriction of chemicals (REACH), as well as classification, labelling and packaging regulations, and to insert, without further delay, specific provisions to substitute endocrine disrupting chemicals; supports the scientific opinions of EFSA and ECHA and recognises the need to give both agencies more weight in decision- making;
Amendment 1836 #
2020/2260(INI)
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 are not effective, voluntary agreements and labelling can be a useful addition in ensuring sustainable production and consumption;
Amendment 1883 #
2020/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Highlights the recognition in the strategy that Europeans’ diets are 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 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 and specific actions to effectively promote healthy plant-based dieeating habits;
Amendment 1941 #
2020/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Considers that the further development of plant protein production and alternative sources of protein in the EU, with the support of the CAP and innovative plant breeding technologies, is a way of effectively addressing manysome of the environmental and climate challenges that EU agriculture is facing, as well as preventing deforestation in countries outside the EU;
Amendment 1977 #
2020/2260(INI)
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 choicefood production that contributes to more healthy and balanced diets;
Amendment 2016 #
2020/2260(INI)
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; stresses that a significant proportion of the losses occurring on farms are a consequence of production standards set by large-scale agri-food retailers in order to meet consumer preferences; notes that ensuring animal health will help avoid food waste at source;
Amendment 2134 #
2020/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Underlines the importance EU funding for research and innovation as a key driver in accelerating the transition to a more sustainable, healthy and inclusive European food system while facilitating investments needed to encourage agro- ecologicalsustainable practices in both social and technological innovation, and the crucial role of farm advisory services in ensuring the transfer of knowledge to the farming community, drawing on the existing specialised training systems for farmers in Member States;
Amendment 2165 #
2020/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 4 a (new)
Subheading 4 a (new)
Calls on the Commission to explain clearly and precisely what it means by a sustainable, holistic and resilient food system;
Amendment 2225 #
2020/2260(INI)
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, in line with WTO trade rules;
Amendment 2255 #
2020/2260(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 a (new)
Paragraph 26 a (new)
26a. Recognises the need to support reciprocity and the principle of Community preference; warns of the hypocrisy of raising environmental standards in the European Union while at the same time facilitating, through trade agreements, the import of agri-food products that do not meet basic European production and quality standards in terms of animal welfare or phytosanitary products;
Amendment 14 #
2020/2257(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 27 a (new)
Citation 27 a (new)
— having regard to the European Deterrence Initiative which has deployed an additional 4000 - 5 000US troops to Europe and represents one of the largest financial and material contributions to European security in decades, beginning with a budget of $4.8 Billion USD, the US recently requested $6.5 Billion USD for FY 2019,
Amendment 15 #
2020/2257(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 27 b (new)
Citation 27 b (new)
— having regard to NATO’s Enhanced Forward Presence (EfP) in the Eastern flank of the Alliance with four multinational battlegroups in Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, and Poland, led by the U.S., United Kingdom, Canada and Germany respectively,
Amendment 16 #
2020/2257(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 27 c (new)
Citation 27 c (new)
— having regard to the EfP's South- East European component ‘Tailored Forward Presence’ which includes both land forces and aerial support as a multinational brigade that coordinates training in Romania and Bulgaria,
Amendment 17 #
2020/2257(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 27 d (new)
Citation 27 d (new)
— having regard to the Transatlantic Defence Investment Cooperation (TADIC) formally commissioned in 2000 to address fragmentation of the security and defence industry within Europe and resolve the large differences of investment in defence capability, technology, export controls and technology transfer regimes among Member States,
Amendment 18 #
2020/2257(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 27 e (new)
Citation 27 e (new)
— having regard to the studies published by NATO’s Strategic Communications Centre of Excellence which outline the increasingly capable social media bots, AI-created fake images, video and even automated weapons platforms Russia utilises,
Amendment 19 #
2020/2257(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 27 f (new)
Citation 27 f (new)
— having regard to the enormous impact on potential EU defence capabilities of the departure of the UK, one of the most effective European military powers from the EU,
Amendment 20 #
2020/2257(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 27 g (new)
Citation 27 g (new)
— having regard to Russia's illegal invasion and annexation of Crimea,
Amendment 21 #
2020/2257(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 27 h (new)
Citation 27 h (new)
— having regard to Russia's violation of airspace and maritime borders of member states,
Amendment 22 #
2020/2257(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 27 i (new)
Citation 27 i (new)
— having regard to the Intermediate Range Nuclear Force (INF) Treaty, Russia's repeated violations including the development and deployment of 9M729 ground-launched cruise missile systems and the resulting US withdrawal from the Treaty,
Amendment 23 #
2020/2257(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 27 j (new)
Citation 27 j (new)
— having regard to China's increase in economic and military presence in the Mediterranean and African countries,
Amendment 24 #
2020/2257(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 27 k (new)
Citation 27 k (new)
— having regard to the threat of domestic and foreign terrorism, primarily from groups such as ISIS,
Amendment 25 #
2020/2257(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 27 l (new)
Citation 27 l (new)
— having regard to new technologies such as artificial intelligence, space capabilities and quantum computing which present new opportunities for mankind, but also create new challenges in defence and foreign policy that require a clear strategy and consensus between EU & NATO,
Amendment 33 #
2020/2257(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 35 a (new)
Citation 35 a (new)
— having regard to NATO’s role in Rapid Air Movement during the COVID- 19 crisis,
Amendment 92 #
2020/2257(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Reaffirms its previous commitment to the EU’s ambitions in the field of security and defence, and reiterates the EU’s ambition to be a global actor for peace and security; underlines the fact that NATO remains indispensable and must remain the primary actor for the security and collective defence of its members and the transatlantic community as a whole;
Amendment 113 #
2020/2257(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Stresses the significance of and exceptional contributions made by NATO’s various Partner countries to Euro-Atlantic security; urges stronger coordination and effective division of labour between the EU and NATO in cooperating with third countries with a particular emphasis on NATO’s Enhanced Opportunities Partner (EoP) countries;
Amendment 117 #
2020/2257(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Acknowledges that close cooperation should also take place with third countries and through the command and planning structures of NATO; such cooperation will provide vital capabilities, such as strategic lift, essential to operations in the European periphery;
Amendment 133 #
2020/2257(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Underlines the importance of achieving quantum computing capabilities and stresses the need to enhance EU-NATO cooperation in this area to ensure that quantum computing is first realized among partners sharing warm relations and supporting objectives;
Amendment 134 #
2020/2257(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Notes the growing importance of space security and satellites, stresses the importance of the European Union Satellite Centre and requests the agency to analyse and provide a report regarding the safety and/or vulnerabilities of the EU and Member State satellites to space debris, cyber attack and direct missile attack;
Amendment 213 #
2020/2257(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Recognises the important cooperation between the EU and NATO in the Western Balkans, notably through the EUFOR Althea mission and the important role that NATO integration has played in the region by stabilising and preparing these countries for eventual EU integration;
Amendment 247 #
2020/2257(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Consider that the EU and NATO must coordinate their dual-track approach of deterrence and dialogue with Russia within parameters agreed at the Wales and Warsaw Summits; recognises that NATO should maintain regular contact with Russia in areas of immediate threat to the security of the Euro-Atlantic, including in arms control, military transparency, and maintaining channels of communication to avoid misunderstandings that could escalate into major crises;
Amendment 253 #
2020/2257(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 c (new)
Paragraph 13 c (new)
13c. Consider that EU & NATO should coordinate their positions in developing an agenda for international arms control in key areas of EDT with military application;
Amendment 255 #
2020/2257(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 d (new)
Paragraph 13 d (new)
13d. Considers that EU & NATO should work together to ensure Russia’s return to compliance with existing arms control agreements;
Amendment 269 #
2020/2257(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Recognises that EU & NATO should coordinate on issue’s where China’s actions are contrary to Euro- Atlantic security interests; prioritization should be given to challenges in the cyber, hybrid, EDT, space, arms control, and non-proliferation areas;
Amendment 270 #
2020/2257(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 b (new)
Paragraph 14 b (new)
14b. Recognises that China’s acquisitions of intellectual property and technological advances by leading research centres are often used to propel its military aims and therefore EU & NATO should work together to develop a long-term game plan to counter China’s military-civil fusion (MCF) strategy in Europe;
Amendment 271 #
2020/2257(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 c (new)
Paragraph 14 c (new)
14c. Urges EU-NATO cooperation in regulating 5G implementation to comply with strict national security standards that secures national and international information networks capable of encrypting communications;
Amendment 272 #
2020/2257(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 d (new)
Paragraph 14 d (new)
14d. Consider jointly establishing a C4ISRnetwork with a state of the art command and control systems in the Asia Pacific, in cooperation with Allies throughout Asia, to ensure rapid response capability in addressing security crises in the Asia-Pacific;
Amendment 273 #
2020/2257(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 e (new)
Paragraph 14 e (new)
14e. Recognises that China has thousands of precision warheads tied to a sophisticated command and control system; Considers China’s stockpiling of an enormous and technologically advanced arsenal of ballistic missiles such as the Dong Feng-26have advanced unhindered by the absence of any international Treaty;
Amendment 296 #
2020/2257(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Recognises the role that NATO’s Capacity Building Initiatives (CBI) play in contributing to Middle East stabilization via training missions to local security forces and the support the EU has provided by assuming civilian responsibilities in certain CBI initiatives;
Amendment 300 #
2020/2257(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 b (new)
Paragraph 16 b (new)
16b. Considers the important role the EU can play in supporting NATO’s Open Door Policy by maintaining close political and operational synergy with its applicant countries, namely Ukraine and Georgia;
Amendment 303 #
2020/2257(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 c (new)
Paragraph 16 c (new)
16c. Joint Training & Exercises - Summit looks to enhance training, exercises and strategic communications to counter hybrid threats while supporting continued EU & NATO cooperation in maritime operations;
Amendment 304 #
2020/2257(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 d (new)
Paragraph 16 d (new)
Amendment 305 #
2020/2257(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 e (new)
Paragraph 16 e (new)
16e. Stresses the significance of military mobility and the EU’s roles in providing the legislative and infrastructural reforms required to ensure speedy movement of Member State forces across Europe; urges resolution to the border crossing &VAT laws authorizing foreign militaries unhindered country access, along with infrastructural redevelopment of bridges, roads and runways;
Amendment 306 #
2020/2257(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 f (new)
Paragraph 16 f (new)
16f. Supports further modernization of NATO’s Command Structure and commends the new Joint Force Command for the Atlantic, Enabling Command Centre and Cyber Operations Centre;
Amendment 307 #
2020/2257(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 g (new)
Paragraph 16 g (new)
16g. Encourages joint EU-NATO synergy in supporting Joint Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (JISR) via training and education, doctrine and procedures and network environment;
Amendment 320 #
2020/2257(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Further calls upon the EU & NATO to jointly provide economic, political and operational support with existing regional forces based in Africa such as the African Union, G5 Sahel Force and Economic Community of West African States(ECOWAS);
Amendment 321 #
2020/2257(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 b (new)
Paragraph 17 b (new)
17b. Encourages EU-NATO cooperation to cooperate with ASEAN countries in all aspects already agreed upon, further stresses the need to cooperate on economic manners and combatting terrorism;
Amendment 322 #
2020/2257(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 c (new)
Paragraph 17 c (new)
17c. Recognises the growing political, economic, environmental, security and strategic value of the Arctic Circle, urges EU-NATO cooperation to explore cooperation with the Arctic Council on all issues of common interest and to form a comprehensive strategy for the region;
Amendment 323 #
2020/2257(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 d (new)
Paragraph 17 d (new)
17d. Takes into consideration that EU & NATO should enhance its situational awareness across the High North and the Arctic and create a new strategy focusing on broader deterrence and defence plans; the strategy should include plans for ensuring freedom of navigation in the High North and adjacent bodies of water, including the North Atlantic, as well as provisions for addressing aggressive moves by state actors;
Amendment 348 #
2020/2257(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19a. Highlights the role AI can play in providing advanced training and pre- deployment unit-level preparation for EU or NATO-led forces during peacetime to ensure a rapid yet smooth transition into conducting operations.
Amendment 349 #
2020/2257(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 b (new)
Paragraph 19 b (new)
19b. Urges EDA, CDP, CARD and NDPP to utilize autonomous software to assist with maintenance, logistics management, and targeting of offensive and defensive systems to ensure that a CSDP force is successfully integrated with autonomous, unmanned ground, air and sea vehicles to provide a standardised, and ever increasing, level of operational competence and consistency of execution;
Amendment 350 #
2020/2257(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 c (new)
Paragraph 19 c (new)
19c. Recognises that machine-learning systems can use sensor data, entire technical libraries and advanced models to accurately predict and prevent equipment failure and should thus be integrated into our procurement plans;
Amendment 351 #
2020/2257(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 d (new)
Paragraph 19 d (new)
19d. Recognises the emerging threat of Hyper war and the unique requirements this will place on defence architectures and the need for a high-tech industrial base if the EU and NATO are to preserve an adequate deterrence and defence posture or simply maintain a comparative advantage against adversarial actors;
Amendment 352 #
2020/2257(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 e (new)
Paragraph 19 e (new)
19e. Encourages developing a set of common EU AI capabilities matched to a Member State’s operating concepts to bridge technical gaps to ensure that Member States lacking the relevant technology–industry expertise or the ability to implement AI systems in their defence ministries are not left behind;
Amendment 353 #
2020/2257(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 f (new)
Paragraph 19 f (new)
19f. Stresses the concern posed by Russia’s harmonisation of highly disruptive propaganda and kinetic operations while committing to investments in military-relevant AI;
Amendment 354 #
2020/2257(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 g (new)
Paragraph 19 g (new)
19g. Encourages that initiatives such as EDIDP, PESCO and EDF facilitate SME engagement by advancing efforts that support incubation and capital investment;
Amendment 355 #
2020/2257(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 h (new)
Paragraph 19 h (new)
19h. Considers that EDF should collaborate actively with NATO in order to facilitate transatlantic technological and industrial development in a manner that removes barriers and protectionism and ensures export licensing processes/technological transfer policies are harmonized among Member States; special consideration should be given to the development of a task force between EDA and NSPA/NCIA for developing a roadmap on identifying ideal equipment for procurement and to generate the best value on defence expenditure as well as the formulation of a ‘transatlantic DARPA’;
Amendment 367 #
2020/2257(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20a. Considers that Member States should isolate part of their 2%-20% contribution goals to include a dedicated minimum expenditure towards research and development within their defence budgets;
Amendment 369 #
2020/2257(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 b (new)
Paragraph 20 b (new)
20b. Strongly encourages the foundation of an Advisory Group for Small and Medium Enterprises (SME) to the NATO Industrial Advisory Group (NIAG)to advise EU & NATO on how to keep pace with technological change; A key objective for these efforts should be to encourage the development of an AI- focused agenda for R&D within the Alliance;
Amendment 387 #
2020/2257(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22a. Calls on Member States and the Commission to ensure the EDA provides a specific framework to pragmatically and practically drive forward requirement and specification, promote more effective and efficient project management and ensure rigorous delivery regimes and timetables
Amendment 389 #
2020/2257(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 b (new)
Paragraph 22 b (new)
Amendment 390 #
2020/2257(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 c (new)
Paragraph 22 c (new)
22c. Recommends Member States incorporate new technology thinking in defence planning and do it constantly and consistently while placing a strong emphasis on systematic, independent and robust ‘red-teaming’;
Amendment 391 #
2020/2257(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 d (new)
Paragraph 22 d (new)
22d. Urges the EU’s PESCO and promotion of pooling and sharing, as well as NATO’s Smart Defence, Connected Forces Initiative and Defence Investment Pledge be reinforced by an EU-NATO Capability Action Plan that seeks to better forge synergies, harmonisation and efficiencies into the relationship between suppliers and end-users;
Amendment 392 #
2020/2257(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 e (new)
Paragraph 22 e (new)
22e. Recommends Member States and EU’s various defence agencies implement, as a matter of urgency the prioritization of developments in new technologies, specifically AI, machine learning, military application of nano and bio-technologies and developing counter weights to the threats posed by CBRN weapons and new missile technologies;
Amendment 393 #
2020/2257(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 f (new)
Paragraph 22 f (new)
22f. Urges future defence plans to meet strategic rather than satisfy political needs;
Amendment 394 #
2020/2257(INI)
22g. Recommends an audit be taken by both the EU and NATO to better understand what European forces need, where the key shortfalls are found and the level of resource-waste caused by redundant fixed assets and duplication of effort;
Amendment 395 #
2020/2257(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 h (new)
Paragraph 22 h (new)
22h. Recommends the establishment of a Current Assets Framework be established that would purposively focus on the more efficient use of existing assets and capabilities;
Amendment 396 #
2020/2257(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 i (new)
Paragraph 22 i (new)
22i. Establish a Future Requirements Framework that identified the operational capabilities that Member States need and how best to obtain them by 2030;
Amendment 397 #
2020/2257(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 j (new)
Paragraph 22 j (new)
22j. Recommends Member State forces establish regular joint exercises and training campaigns to ensure that forces participating in CSDP or NATO Crisis Management operations are properly trained, equipped and rapidly deployable;
Amendment 414 #
2020/2257(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Calls for regular special summits with the participation of all NATO and EU Heads of State and Government to maintain trust and understanding at the highest levels, and expresses its long-term vision for an EU- NATO Partnership Council; underlines the principle of inclusiveness;
Amendment 430 #
2020/2257(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 a (new)
Paragraph 27 a (new)
27a. Underlines that EU& NATO must synergize their efforts to combat terrorism and radicalization and ensure that efforts made are supported by necessary resources and commensurate with the threat that it poses; Both organizations should strive to improve current practices of intelligence-sharing among Member States with particular emphasis on achieving better, common situational awareness in key areas including emerging safe havens and terrorists’ use of EDTs, as well as hybrid tactics.
Amendment 4 #
2020/2140(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Acknowledges, in view of the repeated customs duty violations in the case of agricultural imports from Morocco, that the Commission and the Member States need to strengthen control systems and effectively prevent fraud so as not to penalise European producers;
Amendment 10 #
2020/2140(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Highlights that the disproportional complexity and bureaucracy forced upon CAP beneficiaries is paradoxical given the ongoing digitisation process and one- stop shop. We therefore call on the Commission and the Member States to simplify to the extent possible the obligations resulting from the new green architecture;
Amendment 16 #
2020/2140(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Considers that, in view of the lack of specific CAP instruments to balance the functioning of the food supply chain, the pressing priority is to continue legislating so that farmers are no longer the weakest link in the chain;
Amendment 23 #
2020/2140(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Warns that public CAP spending risks being misperceived by the European taxpayer if the same environmental and food safety laws in force in the EU do not apply to products imported from third countries; calls on the Commission to review the operation of safeguard clauses in trade agreements to facilitate and extend their application beyond temporary market situations;
Amendment 36 #
2020/2140(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Highlights how well voluntary coupled payments generally work to support sectors at serious risk of abandonment;
Amendment 39 #
2020/2140(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Points out that promotional funds are essential for opening and consolidating new markets; calls on the Commission to ensure that the ecological model is promoted in the same way as other equally sustainable models, such as integrated production or precision farming;
Amendment 42 #
2020/2140(DEC)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 c (new)
Paragraph 5 c (new)
5c. Emphasises the role of basic income support in the CAP and its contribution to the maintenance of agricultural and livestock activity, curbing the rural exodus and promoting a vibrant and dynamic rural environment;
Amendment 173 #
2020/2085(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Stresses the continuous process of modernising farms and the significant investments made with the aim of consolidating high standards of animal welfare and health;
Amendment 238 #
2020/2085(INI)
6a. Demands the introduction of measures to guarantee the safety of farmers and their integrity in the event of certain actions being taken in respect of animals;
Amendment 241 #
2020/2085(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Stresses that any change must be considered in the light of the time needed for livestock farmers to implement it and the inertia it may entail; highlights the fact that any changes to legislation must be made gradually and proportionately;
Amendment 261 #
2020/2085(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Recalls that investments in improved animal welfare incur higher production costs which the farmer does not pass on to the consumer, no matter the type of livestock farming concerned; notes that, unless covered by financial aid or a return on investment from the market, the rise in production costs means that farmers will not be able to invest in animal welfare;
Amendment 266 #
2020/2085(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Calls for regulatory burdens to be removed when making structural changes to farms;
Amendment 273 #
2020/2085(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Calls for financial support to be provided to livestock farmers who must effect a transition on their farms, whether by means of public policies (a coherent combination of different tools, including the CAP and promotion policies) or the market, and for consumers to be provided with clear and transparent information by ensuring clear and reliable labelling of animal products on welfare- related aspects of their production; calls, further, for a positive and non-stigmatising communications strategy to be implemented;
Amendment 279 #
2020/2085(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Invites the Commission to communicate and help give visibility more effectively on virtuousto good practices and to assist the livestock sector in its efforts to make progress, by supporting the means of implementation, thus respecting the efforts of all stakeholders to get their initiatives off the ground and adopting an encouraging stance that incentivises the incorporation of new practices;
Amendment 295 #
2020/2085(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Stresses that some measures believed to improve animal welfare are in fact counterproductive and may undermine other aspects of sustainability, namely welfare and health safety-related issues, as well as efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions; cites, by way of example, that keeping rabbits in the open air increases stress and mortality levels, and that installing collective cages in rabbitries leads to aggressive behaviour among does, causing stress, injury and reduced performance; points out that in fact free cage systems increase mortality among piglets through crushing by more than 15%;
Amendment 310 #
2020/2085(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. SRecognises the efforts made by the European pig farming sector to seek alternatives to piglet castration and stresses the need for amendments to the veterinary rules covering pig farms to take account of progress in the field of piglet castration;
Amendment 337 #
2020/2085(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Urges the Commission to inform consumers, combat disinformation and raise their awareness of the reality of livestock farming and the diversity and origin of production methods by showing, without dogmatism or ideology, the care and attention that farmers pay to their animals;
Amendment 374 #
2020/2085(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)
Paragraph 25 a (new)
25a. Regrets the fact that, as recognised by the Commission, under existing EU legislation, only a few animal species and products are subject to specific animal welfare requirements on import;
Amendment 6 #
2020/2077(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Considers that the agriculture, food and forestry sectors and rural areas are essentialrelevant components of the circular economy;
Amendment 12 #
2020/2077(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Takes the view that the announcement of the action plan is a clarion call for profound change to reorient farm production models towards agro-ecology, given the degradation and scarcity both in natural resources and primary purpose of agriculture is to produce food and feed, at affordable prices for both: the consumer as well as the farmer, as this constitutes his/her living. Any policy in place should refrain from incentivising and/or forcing the rest of the food chainfarmer to unnecessarily degrade natural resources;
Amendment 29 #
2020/2077(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls for the impleonsiders the possibility of recommentdation of a Europeans to the Member States for protein plan advocating consumption of legumepulse crops, as crops that need no nitrogen- based fertilisers;
Amendment 62 #
2020/2077(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Supports the Commission in its efforts to better inform consumers on nutritional and ecological claims, and calls for labelling of residues present in food;mplement already existing legislation on food labelling7a; _________________ 7aThe obligation of listing all ingredients already exists. This shall be implemented thoroughly. The problem is that it is in very small letters, for older population impossible to read. Any unnecessary information on the label will be a further complication.
Amendment 82 #
2020/2077(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Urges the use of bio-sourced and biodegradable materials in agricultural plasticsConsiders that agricultural land is primarily destined for food and feed production. Bio-sourced and biodegradable materials in agricultural plastics should be primarily produced from agricultural or other waste material;
Amendment 91 #
2020/2077(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10 a. Urges that an attention should be paid to water retention in the landscape at two levels: technically, e.g. ponds, and, biologically, by e.g. growing crops with greater root systems;
Amendment 95 #
2020/2077(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10 b (new)
Paragraph 10 b (new)
10 b. Any efforts made in this regard must be made in line with the ISO norm TC 323.
Amendment 21 #
2020/2074(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Points out that climate change mitigation is an opportunity to make agricultural holdings more effective; notes that agriculture is a sink for greenhouse gases and has a high strategic value that needs to be highlighted in EU policies;
Amendment 26 #
2020/2074(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Stresses that the primary role of agriculture is to produce sufficient amount of safe food and feed, to nourish the growing population. Any other priorities must be secondary;
Amendment 27 #
2020/2074(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Underlines that efficient livestock production can help to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, enhance sinks and increase productivity;
Amendment 29 #
2020/2074(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
Amendment 40 #
2020/2074(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Stresses that the scarcity of financial means in EU, MS and regional budgets is becoming more eminent in the foreseeable future due to the unprecedented economic recession caused by the pandemic related measures as well as Brexit;
Amendment 54 #
2020/2074(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Calls on the Commission to re- examine the role of biotechnology; notes that biotechnology helps to mitigate climate change by offering solutions for substituting fossil materials with bio- based materials; points out that sustainable use of farmland is essential to ensure that the various models of agricultural production are effective in their efforts to mitigate climate change;
Amendment 55 #
2020/2074(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Highlights that the uptake of climate changes-minded cohesion policy and regional environment strategies must be underpinned through research and innovation and thorough impact assessment factoring in economic and social consequences;
Amendment 59 #
2020/2074(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Points out that innovations in plant breeding, using tools such as gene editing, have enormous potential in terms of developing varieties with a greater capacity to mitigate climate change;
Amendment 60 #
2020/2074(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 c (new)
Paragraph 3 c (new)
3c. Believes that climate-smart agriculture depends on the use and development of new farming technologies, especially in the case of small, organic farmers and producers;
Amendment 61 #
2020/2074(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 d (new)
Paragraph 3 d (new)
3d. Calls on the Commission, in the interest of climate change mitigation, not to concentrate its efforts exclusively on developing organic farming but to also provide incentives for integrated production models, precision agriculture or soil conservation techniques;
Amendment 62 #
2020/2074(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 e (new)
Paragraph 3 e (new)
3e. Calls for robust data, better access to information and comprehensive training for farmers in order to facilitate the identification and adoption of best practices in the area of climate change mitigation;
Amendment 81 #
2020/2074(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Highlights that developing cohesion policy and regional environment strategies would require aligned genuine business incentives with fight against climate change policy goals;
Amendment 91 #
2020/2074(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Highlights the importance of re- localthe existing food and feed production, notablyEuropean initiatives to promote the production of plant proteins, in and mitigate climate change mitigation, as this shortens transport distances and limits deforestation; underlines the opportunities offered by cohesion policy and regional environmental strategies in supporting this re-localisation;
Amendment 135 #
2020/2074(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Highlights the importance of bottom up approach to the cohesion and regional development, whereas initiatives should be made at regional and/or MS level.
Amendment 24 #
2020/2058(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Points out that agriculture in the EU is the only major system in the world to have cut its greenhouse gas emissions (by 20 % since 1990);
Amendment 29 #
2020/2058(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Asks the Commission for changes in state-aid rules and rules on competition not to damage the commonality of the CAP;
Amendment 35 #
2020/2058(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Recalls that a significant percentage of the common agricultural policy (CAP) envelope, which represents the largest share of the EU budget, will be set aside to support climate-related objectives; recalls that although the reform of the CAP is still ongoing and that no decision has yet been made on the exact contribution topassing through the approval process it is fully compatible with the environmental and climate-related objectives and requirementsof the Green Deal and the Farm to Fork Strategy;
Amendment 51 #
2020/2058(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Points out that the recent COVID- 19 outbreak has revealed the strategic role that agriculture plays in providing safe and high-quality food at affordable prices; insists that efforts made by EU farmers to produce food more sustainably must not be undermined by the new green obligations or by the import of products from third countries that do not meet the EU’s food safety, environmental protection, animal welfare and social standards.
Amendment 7 #
2020/2039(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas, in the light of the pandemic, policies and instruments addressing demographic problems must be reviewed, especially in the more sparsely populated and vulnerable areas of the Union;
Amendment 12 #
2020/2039(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas rural areas make up 44% of the Union's surface area;
Amendment 14 #
2020/2039(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital B b (new)
Recital B b (new)
Bb. whereas the needs of rural areas in the face of demographic change must be met in a more coordinated and effective manner;
Amendment 29 #
2020/2039(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Urges the Commission, in developing the Farm to Fork and Biodiversity strategies, to take practical steps to maintain the rural population and support the local economy; calls on the Commission to harness both strategies to improve the way in which the agricultural sector and rural areas are perceived, bearing in mind that lack of knowledge about agriculture is responsible for a number of misconceptions regarding the work done by farmers and their contribution to the environment;
Amendment 39 #
2020/2039(INI)
3a. Calls on the Commission to ensure that the future publication setting out its long-term vision for rural areas includes a detailed analysis of the role of agriculture, livestock farming and forestry as mainstays of the rural economy;
Amendment 43 #
2020/2039(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Recognises that the policies most effectively addressing demographic challenges are those seeking long-term objectives and resulting from consultation with local stakeholders and civil society organisations;
Amendment 44 #
2020/2039(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 c (new)
Paragraph 3 c (new)
Amendment 45 #
2020/2039(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 d (new)
Paragraph 3 d (new)
3d. Urges the Commission to factor in demographic considerations as an integral part of all cohesion policy instruments; stresses the importance of coordinating any Union initiatives with strategies adopted by the Member States in response to the demographic challenge;
Amendment 46 #
2020/2039(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 e (new)
Paragraph 3 e (new)
3e. Underlines the fundamental role of the CAP in maintaining and creating employment in the rural and agricultural sector but recognises its limitations; urges therefore that cohesion policy resources and the new Union recovery fund be harnessed more effectively to meet the needs of rural areas, consolidating efforts in this area and seeking new forms of cooperation;
Amendment 47 #
2020/2039(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 f (new)
Paragraph 3 f (new)
3f. Considers that the new CAP strategies should be flexible and include instruments specifically designed to support digitisation, rural mobility and the development of smart towns;
Amendment 48 #
2020/2039(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 g (new)
Paragraph 3 g (new)
3g. Points out that cohesion policy must focus more decisively on innovation in rural areas; CAP resources must be deployed as part of a concerted effort to help family farms benefit from innovation and new technologies;
Amendment 49 #
2020/2039(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 h (new)
Paragraph 3 h (new)
Amendment 50 #
2020/2039(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 i (new)
Paragraph 3 i (new)
3i. Stresses that measures to ensure the economic profitability of agriculture are essential to the success of demographic policies designed to inject fresh life into rural communities and make them attractive to new generations;
Amendment 51 #
2020/2039(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 j (new)
Paragraph 3 j (new)
3j. Calls for more ambitious measures at political level to promote generational replacement in this sector through substantial changes regarding conditions of access to land and credit; seeks comprehensive Union support for young farmers through the adoption of policies over and above a CAP that is being required to address more objectives with less funding;
Amendment 52 #
2020/2039(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 k (new)
Paragraph 3 k (new)
3k. Considers that, in order to encourage the more effective integration of young farmers and newcomers to agricultural activity, it is imperative to facilitate the transfer of holdings by cutting down on bureaucracy and ensure decent terms for farmers taking retirement;
Amendment 53 #
2020/2039(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 l (new)
Paragraph 3 l (new)
3l.. Recognises the key role of women in agriculture; calls for measures to be taken rural areas to make it easier for women of all generations to remain in their immediate environment, contributing its revival and further development;
Amendment 54 #
2020/2039(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 m (new)
Paragraph 3 m (new)
Amendment 107 #
2020/2023(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8 a. Reiterates the EP's proposed mandate for the negotiations of 12 February 20201a in support of the negotiating directives, which establish that Gibraltar will not be included in the territorial scope of the agreements to be concluded between the EU and the United Kingdom, and that any separate agreement will require the prior agreement of the Kingdom of Spain; _________________ 1a OJ L 29, 31.1.2020, p. 7.
Amendment 109 #
2020/2023(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31 a (new)
Paragraph 31 a (new)
31 a. Recalls to fully respect and implement the citizens´ rights guaranteed under the Withdrawal Agreement for both EU and UK citizens and highlights in this regard the situation of Gibraltar where the rights of residents and specially those of workers who move from both sides must be secured until the controversy between Spain and the United Kingdom concerning the sovereignty over the territory has been reached in light of the relevant resolutions and decisions of the General Assembly of the United Nations, which were endorsed by European Parliament and the European Council;
Amendment 163 #
2020/2023(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Takes note that the UK has chosen to establish its future economic and trade partnership with the EU on the basis of a ‘Comprehensive Free Trade Agreement’ as laid down in the UK’s Approach to Negotiations; emphasises that, while the European Parliament is supportive of the EU constructively negotiating a balanced, ambitious and comprehensive FTA with the UK, by its nature an FTA will never be equivalent to ‘frictionless’ trade; shares the Commission’s negotiating position whereby the scope and ambition of an FTA that the EU would agree to is conditional on the UK agreeing to provisions related to the level playing field, given the geographical proximity and integration of markets, as well as on the conclusion of an agreement on fisheri bilateral partnership agreement on fisheries with the aim of maintaining a high level of cooperation, coherence and convergence, ensuring stable and continued mutual access to waters and resources in accordance with common fisheries policy principles;
Amendment 181 #
2020/2023(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 – point i
Paragraph 13 – point i
(i) reciprocal arrangement for mutually beneficial market access for goods, services, public procurement without any restrictions on imports and exports, recognition of professional qualifications and where relevant foreign direct investment to be negotiated in full compliance with World Trade Organization (WTO) rules;
Amendment 240 #
2020/2023(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Reiterates that given the UK’s geographic proximity and economic interdependence with the EU, the breadth and depth of the agreement on a level playing field will be essential in determining the extent of the overall future EU-UK relationship; considers, therefore, that a level playing field must be ensured and EU standards safeguarded in order to avoid a ‘race to the bottom’ as well as measures having an unjustified and disproportionate damaging effect on trade flows, with a view to dynamic alignment; stresses the need to ensure that the UK does not gain an unfair competitive advantage through the undercutting of levels of protection and to prevent regulatory arbitrage by market operators;
Amendment 252 #
2020/2023(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 – point ii
Paragraph 16 – point ii
(ii) relevant tax matters, including the fight against tax evasion and avoidance and money laundering and terrorism financing;
Amendment 265 #
2020/2023(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Points out that these provisions should ensure that standards are not lowered, while empowering both parties to modify commitments over time to lay down higher standards or include additional areas, in full respect of the proportionality and necessity principles; stresses, moreover, that commitments and provisions should be enforceable by autonomous interim measures, a solid dispute settlement mechanism and remedies, with a view to dynamic alignment;
Amendment 272 #
2020/2023(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Strongly believes that the UK should adhere to the evolving standards on taxation and anti-money laundering and terrorism financing legislation within the EU acquis, including tax transparency, the exchange of information on tax matters and anti-tax avoidance measures, and should address the respective situations of its Overseas Territories, its Sovereign Base Areas and its Crown Dependencies and their non- compliance with EU good governance criteria and transparency requirements;
Amendment 23 #
2020/2008(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas our food security depends on a successful generational renewal in agriculture;
Amendment 47 #
2020/2008(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Points out that an ageing workforce and, the lack of generational renewal and the adaptation to adverse climatic phenomena constitute a more serious issue in agriculture than in other sectors; believes that coordinated action under the different European policies in order to addressing market uncertainty and lack of profitability in farming enterprises areis key to reversing this trend;
Amendment 62 #
2020/2008(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Considers that family workers still represent the vast majority of agricultural labour in Europe, but notes that this type of labour has been steadily declining for years and is expected to decline further in the near future; stresses that the unstoppable rural exodus from certain parts of the Union will lead to rural areas facing economic, social and environmental problems that need more ambitious and coordinated policies;
Amendment 80 #
2020/2008(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Considers that agricultural pensions should be brought into line with those in other sectors of the economy; calls on the Member States to encourage early cessation of agricultural activity upon reaching the age of retirement, introducing measures to ensure that the holding is actually transferred to an active farmer;
Amendment 86 #
2020/2008(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Points out that, in light of the situation arising from the COVID-19 pandemic, it is necessary to commit to a living and dynamic countryside, eliminating red tape, investing in infrastructure and quality services in rural areas, in order to curb the ageing process in agriculture and promote the role of women as heads of holdings;
Amendment 17 #
2020/2007(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas agricultural activity is the main backbone of the economic and social fabric in rural areas;
Amendment 51 #
2020/2007(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Acknowledges the advances made by Member States regarding the protection of temporary farm workers; rejects the hoax and disinformation campaign surrounding the situation of farm workers; stresses that members of the European Union respect the rights of farm workers;
Amendment 55 #
2020/2007(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Notes that there are isolated cases of serious breaches of labour law on some farms and calls for exemplary intervention to protect the rights of farm workers;
Amendment 57 #
2020/2007(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 c (new)
Paragraph 3 c (new)
3c. Points out that labour inspections on farms should be proportional and not hamper the normal development of the farm's activity;
Amendment 74 #
2020/2007(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Considers that the labour shortage and skills gap is one of the main problems facing farms in the south of Europe;
Amendment 88 #
2020/2007(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Considers that, in order to create quality employment, farms and livestock holdings must be profitable and not sell below production costs;
Amendment 89 #
2020/2007(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Considers that certain regional support systems for part-time workers incentivise the shadow economy and informal employment;
Amendment 36 #
2020/2006(INL)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. recommends that all new trade agreements include, in their chapters on sustainable development, binding provisions on the conservation and sustainable management of forests and the obligation to ensureguarantee that multilateral environmental agreements, such as the Paris Agreement and the Convention on Biological Diversity, are implemented effectively;
Amendment 2 #
2020/2004(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 11 a (new)
Citation 11 a (new)
- having regard to the NATO Secretary General’s Statement on the Intermediate-Range Nuclear forces Treaty of 2 August 2019,
Amendment 3 #
2020/2004(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 11 b (new)
Citation 11 b (new)
- having regard to the new START Treaty signed by the United States and Russian Federation in effect since 5 February 2011,
Amendment 5 #
2020/2004(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 18 a (new)
Citation 18 a (new)
- having regard to Russia’s repeated violations of the INF Treaty due to Russia’s deployment of the SSC-8 missile system,
Amendment 18 #
2020/2004(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital L
Recital L
L. whereas the 2020 review conference will take place in a particularly challenging international security context, owing to the lack of progress in the denuclearisation of the Korean Peninsula as well as the US withdrawal from, Iran’s alleged violations and the responding formal complaints of France, UK and Germany formally triggering a dispute mechanism in the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) with Iran; whereas the current degree of disagreement and division between the 191 NPT nuclear- armed and non-armed state parties over the best approach to reducing and eliminating nuclear weapons will add a further challenge to the debate;
Amendment 25 #
2020/2004(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital M
Recital M
M. whereas the previous failurecomplete disregard by Russia to honour the security guarantees it had given to Ukraine by the Budapest Memorandum and disregard for international law, has had a corrosive effect on the climate of nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation talks;
Amendment 28 #
2020/2004(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital O
Recital O
Amendment 35 #
2020/2004(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital S a (new)
Recital S a (new)
S a. whereas the strategic nuclear forces of the United States, UK and France have contributed to nuclear deterrence for decades;
Amendment 38 #
2020/2004(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital V
Recital V
V. whereas multilateral dialogue and diplomacy have proven to be effective tools in preventing the proliferation crisis and an escalation of conflicts, as demonstrated by the JCPOA, which is considered a historic accomplishment and a key contribution to the global non- proliferation regimemultilateral dialogue and diplomacy are required to revive the JCPOA, which is considered a floundering agreement due to Iran´s recent violations and the resulting triggering of the dispute mechanism by all of the JCPOA´s European signatories;
Amendment 51 #
2020/2004(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point e
Paragraph 1 – point e
(e) remind the states that the 50th anniversary of the NPT, coinciding with the 2020 Review Conference, could provide momentum for engaging in a sincere and result-oriented dialogue in order to restore mutual trust and confidence, the aim being to enlarge areas of overlap and identify a common ground in order to make headway with discussions; the ultimate goal being the adoption of an agreed document recognising nuclear disarmament and the total elimination of nuclear weapons as a common objective;
Amendment 57 #
2020/2004(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point h
Paragraph 1 – point h
(h) call on states in violation of the NPT such as Iran, to recognise nuclear arms control, disarmament and non- proliferation regimes as crucial tools in substantially contributing to reversing the deterioration of the international security environment, thereby preventing major interstate war and preserving peace and security;
Amendment 61 #
2020/2004(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point k
Paragraph 1 – point k
(k) urge the US and Russia to assume responsibilities that stem from their possession of the bulk of world’s nuclear arsenal in order to enhance mutual trust and confidence in view of resuming a dialogue on possible ways to build a new arms control relationship; stress that a clear commitment by Russia and the US, ahead of the 2020 NPT Review Conference, to extend the new START Treaty before February 2021 would be an important contribution to the review conference; strongly encourages both parties to negotiate a new instrument that would eincompass both deployed and non- deployed weaponlude China in light of its widespread proliferation of missile technologies, as well as strategic and non- strategic weapons;
Amendment 62 #
2020/2004(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point l
Paragraph 1 – point l
(l) reiterate the EU’s deep regret in connection with the recent collapse of the INF Treaty due to Russia's deployment of the SSC-8 missile system, which is nuclear-capable, mobile, hard to detect, and lowers the threshold for the use of nuclear weapons in armed conflict, while stressing the significant negative impact of this on European security; call on both signatories to the INF Treaty to resume dialogue on possible ways to put in place a new legally binding instrument for short- and medium-range missiles; support efforts to multilateralise such instruments to include China in light of its widespread proliferation of missile technologies;
Amendment 90 #
2020/2004(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point t
Paragraph 1 – point t
(t) take into account the outcome of the first session of the Conference on the Establishment of a Middle East Nuclear- Weapon-Free Zone, the abstention from an instauration of a convention by all 28 Member States and continue supporting the longstanding goal of drafting a legally binding treaty allowing for the establishment of a MENWFZ; encourage all participating states to do their utmost to advance in this endeavour at the second session of the Conference;
Amendment 100 #
2020/2004(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point w
Paragraph 1 – point w
(w) support the commitment to enhance transparency by the nuclear-weapon statesamong all nuclear-armed signatories of the NPT in line with the 13 steps on disarmament adopted at the 2000 NPT Review Conference; recall that further improving the reporting mechanism by systematising the nuclear-weapon- states’ reporting frameworks would contribute to achieving the same level of transparency among the different nuclear- weapon states; in this context calls on the EU to pay special attention to the Non- Proliferation and Disarmament Initiative proposals to enhance transparency for strengthening the review process of the NPT;
Amendment 108 #
2020/2004(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point aa
Paragraph 1 – point aa
(aa) reaffirm the EU’s continuing commitment to the JCPOA as the best possible means for obtaining assurances of an exclusively peaceful use of nuclear energy by Iran, and as a vital tool for enhancing stability and security in the Middle East; reiterate the EU’s regret over the withdrawal by the US fromand Iran´s alleged violations resulting in dispute mechanisms being triggered by all European signatories to the JCPOA andrisking the re-impositions of sanctions should Iran continue its violations; calls on Iran to return to full compliance with its nuclear-related commitments under the JCPOA and the NPT;
Amendment 45 #
2020/0036(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1 a (new)
Recital 1 a (new)
(1a) In light of the crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, some objectives and instruments included in the European Green Deal may be substantially affected. To that end, the Commission should periodically prepare a report on and a detailed assessment of the impact of the economic crisis on the objectives of all the legislative initiatives resulting from the Green Deal.
Amendment 67 #
2020/0036(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5 a (new)
Recital 5 a (new)
(5a) EU climate action should be taken with the objective of maintaining the economic viability of strategic sectors. Ensuring food production and security in cooperation with the Member States constitutes one of the Union’s priorities. The Commission should present, by 1 January 2021, a detailed assessment of the impact of the European Climate Law on the resilience and competitiveness of the EU’s farming sector.
Amendment 75 #
2020/0036(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6
Recital 6
(6) Achieving climate neutrality should require a contribution from all economic sectors. In light of the importance of energy production and consumption on greenhouse gas emissions, the transition to a sustainable, affordable and secure energy system relying on a well-functioning internal energy market is essential. The digital transformation, technological innovation, and research and development are also important drivers for achieving the climate-neutrality objective, and priorities in the legislative development of the Farm to Fork strategy and the 2030 biodiversity strategy.
Amendment 106 #
2020/0036(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12
Recital 12
(12) The Union should aim to achieve a balance between anthropogenic economy- wide emissions and removals, through natural and technological solutions, of greenhouse gases domestically within the Union by 2050. Agriculture and forestry are natural carbon sinks whose contribution to achieving the set objectives is of particular relevance. The Union-wide 2050 climate-neutrality objective should be pursued by all Member States collectively, and the Member States, the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission should take the necessary measures to enable its achievement. Measures at Union level will constitute an important part of the measures needed to achieve the objective.
Amendment 169 #
2020/0036(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 23 a (new)
Recital 23 a (new)
(23a) The EU is currently responsible for less than 10% of the world’s emission of greenhouse gases. The objective of climate neutrality is limited to EU- produced emissions, but a consistent climate policy also involves controlling emissions from third-country consumption and imports.
Amendment 287 #
2020/0036(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – point b a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – point b a (new)
(ba) food security and production;
Amendment 379 #
2020/0036(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – point a
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) the consistency of Union measures with the climate-neutrality objective set out in Article 2(1) as expressed by the trajectory referred to in Article 3(1) and the economic viability of strategic sectors in the EU such as agriculture;
Amendment 382 #
2020/0036(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – point b a (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – point b a (new)
(ba) the contribution and added value of EU measures for overcoming the economic crisis resulting from COVID- 19.
Amendment 427 #
2020/0036(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) reports of the European Environment Agency (EEA) and other EU bodies;
Amendment 452 #
2020/0036(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9
Article 9
Amendment 47 #
2019/2157(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas properly funded high- quality research, innovation, collection of information, maintenance and development of databases, best practise and knowledge sharing are of utmost importance for the future of EU´s multifunctional forests and for the entire forest-based value-chain, in light of the increasing demands being placed upon them and the needs to meet the multiple opportunities and challenges facing the society;
Amendment 110 #
2019/2157(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Recognises that the eight plus one priority areas of the strategy have been implemented with relatively few impediments, with the exception of ongoing challenges in the areas of ‘What forests do we have and how are they changing?’ and ‘Fostering coordination and communication’specifically concerning the public perception and information on the forestry sector and ‘Fostering coordination and communication’, specifically concerning forest-related policies;
Amendment 138 #
2019/2157(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Emphasises that the EU’s forests are multifunctional and characterised by great diversity, including differences in ownership patterns, size, structure, biodiversity, resilience and challenges; points out, in addition, that forests offer society a wide variety of ecosystem services including raw materials, improved air quality, clean water, erosion control, and protection from droughts, floods and avalanches; points out that forests are a reservoir of carbon and unique ecosystems, species and genetic resources and nonetheless already absorb around 10% of the European Union´s greenhouse gas emissions;
Amendment 145 #
2019/2157(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Emphasises that the EU’s forests are multifunctional and characterised by great diversity, including differences in ownership patterns, size, structure, biodiversity, resilience and challenges; points out, in addition, that forests offer society a wide variety of ecosystem services including raw materials, improved air quality, clean water, erosion control, and protection from droughts, floods and avalanches and recreational and cultural benefits;
Amendment 154 #
2019/2157(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Notes that over the past decades EU´s forest resources have been increasing in terms of forest cover and volume, and currently forests and other wooded areas cover at least 43 % of the surface of the EU and; points out that the sector employs at least 500 000 people directly3 and 2.6 million indirectly in the EU4 and that maintenance of this workforce and the sector´s long-term competitiveness require constant efforts to attract skilled and trained workforce to the sector; _________________ 3 Eurostat database on forestry, available at: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/web/forestry/d ata/database 4European Parliament fact sheet of May 2019 on the European Union and forests.
Amendment 166 #
2019/2157(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Stresses that around 60% of the EU´s forests are privately owned; supports all measures improving the exchange of information and best practises as regards the implementation of sustainable forest management;
Amendment 175 #
2019/2157(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Reiterates that forests and the forest-based sector significantly contribute to the development of local, circular bioeconomies in the EU; stresses that in 2010 the bioeconomy represented a market estimated to be worth over EUR 2 trillion, providing 20 million jobs and accounting for 9 % of total employment in the EU; notes that every euro invested in bioeconomy research and innovation under Horizon 2020 will generate about EUR 10 in added value;
Amendment 184 #
2019/2157(INI)
8. Acknowledges the crucial climate benefits of forests and the forest-based sector; highlights the need to increase CO2 sequestration in forests, carbon storage in wood-based products and the substitution of fossil-based materials and energy; notes however the importance of avoiding unnecessary market distortions for wood- based raw-materials as it comes to support schemes for bioenergy;
Amendment 195 #
2019/2157(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Amendment 202 #
2019/2157(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Underlines the importance of resilient and healthy forest ecosystems including fauna and flora, in order to maintain and enhance delivery of multiple ecosystem services forests provide such as biodiversity, clean air, water, healthy soils, wood and non-wood raw-materials; highlights that voluntary tools and legislations in place, such as the EU Birds and Habitats directives, affect land management decisions and must be respected and implemented appropriately;
Amendment 205 #
2019/2157(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Highlights the suitability and viability of the two-step approach to verify sustainability of forest biomass, as agreed in the recast of Renewable Energy Directive; notes that this should be achieved by continuing the halted development of non-end use specific sustainability criteria by the Standing Forestry Committee and the Commission;
Amendment 209 #
2019/2157(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 b (new)
Paragraph 9 b (new)
9b. Recognises the role of forests as regards provision of recreational values and forest-related activities such as harvesting of non-wood forest products e.g. mushrooms and soft fruits; takes note on the opportunities in enhancing biomass removals as forest fire prevention via grazing but also notes that wildlife grazing have a negative impact on seedlings and therefore notes on the needs for sustainable management of grazing fauna;
Amendment 248 #
2019/2157(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Emphasises the crucial role of forests, the forest-based sector and the bioeconomy in achieving the goals of sustainable development and the implementation of the European Green Deal; stresses that achieving the EU’s environmental and climate goals will never be possible without multifunctional, healthy and sustainably managed forests and viable industries; encourages, in addition, actions to increase forest cover;
Amendment 335 #
2019/2157(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Stresses that due to climate change, natural disturbances such as droughts, floods, storms, pest infestations, erosion and fires will occur more frequently, causing damage to forests in the EU; emphasises, in this context, the need to betterdevelop risk management tools to prepare for and prevent such events by making forests more resilient, for example through research and innovation and by offering better support mechanisms for affected areas and properties so they can be restored;
Amendment 354 #
2019/2157(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Recognises the role of biodiversity in ensuring that forest ecosystems remain healthy and resilient; highlights the importance of the Natura 2000 sites in which there is a possibility to provide the society with multiple ecosystem services, including raw materials; notes, however, that sufficient financial resources are needed to manage such areas;
Amendment 357 #
2019/2157(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Recognises the role of biodiversity in ensuring that forest ecosystems remain healthy and resilient; highlights the importance of the Natura 2000 sites; notes, however, that sufficient financial resources are needed to manage such areas; stresses that economic losses caused by protection measures should be fairly compensated;
Amendment 422 #
2019/2157(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22a. Stresses the need for improved communication regarding the importance of the sustainable management of forest areas, together with the possibility of extending, implementing and coordinating information campaigns on the multifunctional nature of forests and the many economic, social and environmental benefits provided by forest management at all relevant levels of the EU;
Amendment 433 #
2019/2157(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Highlights the fact that global deforestation and forest degradation are serious problems; points out that policy initiatives should be developed to tackle issues outside the EU, with a focus on the tropics and the drivers of unsustainable practices in forests from outside the sector; stresses the need to foster the implementation of the EU Timber Regulation and the FLEGT (Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade) action plan in order to prevent the entry of illegally sourced wood into the EU market; calls for concrete requirements avoiding arbitrary interpretation of the EUTR due diligence system;
Amendment 439 #
2019/2157(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)
Paragraph 23 a (new)
23a. Notes that digitalisation and sustainable technologies play a key role in providing added value in the further development of the forest-based sector; calls on the Commission and the Member States to encourage knowledge and technology transfer and sharing best practises on e.g. sustainable and active forest management;
Amendment 453 #
2019/2157(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Stresses the need to develop an EU- wide Forest Information System for Europe under the shared responsibility of all of the relevant Commission Directorates-General; stresses the importance of providing real- time, science-based, and balanced information on European forest resources and aiming at forecasting the impact of natural disturbances and their consequences with socio-economic indicators for the development of any forest-related EU policy;
Amendment 469 #
2019/2157(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Calls on the Commission’s Standing Forestry Committee to give the Member States a central role in the preparation and implementation of the post-2020 EU Forest Strategy; stresses the importance of the parallel involvement of relevant stakeholders in the Civil Dialogue Group on Forestry and Corkmaintaining the regular meetings of the Civil Dialogue Group on Forestry and Cork, increasing coordination and synergies with the Standing Forestry Committee; urges the Commission to involve Parliament in the implementation of the EU Forest Strategy on an annual basis;
Amendment 2 #
2019/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 6 a (new)
Citation 6 a (new)
- having regard to the enormous impact on potential EU defence capabilities of the departure of the UK, one of the most effective European military powers from the EU,
Amendment 5 #
2019/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 21 a (new)
Citation 21 a (new)
- having regard to Russia's illegal invasion and annexation of Crimea,
Amendment 6 #
2019/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 21 b (new)
Citation 21 b (new)
- having regard to the Intermediate Range Nuclear Force (INF) Treaty, Russia's repeated violations including the development and deployment of 9M729 ground-launched cruise missile systems and the US and Russian withdrawal from the Treaty,
Amendment 7 #
2019/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 21 c (new)
Citation 21 c (new)
- having regard to Russia's violation of airspace and maritime borders of member states,
Amendment 8 #
2019/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 21 d (new)
Citation 21 d (new)
- having regard to China's increase in economic and military presence in the Mediterranean and African countries,
Amendment 9 #
2019/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 21 e (new)
Citation 21 e (new)
- having regard to the threat of domestic and foreign terrorism, primarily from groups such as ISIS and Al Qaeda,
Amendment 10 #
2019/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 21 f (new)
Citation 21 f (new)
- having regard to new technologies such as artificial intelligence, space capabilities and quantum computing which present new opportunities for mankind, but also create new challenges in defence and foreign policy that require a clear strategy and consensus among allies,
Amendment 39 #
2019/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
Amendment 49 #
2019/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
Amendment 68 #
2019/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Notes that the Union has been slow to react and adapt – politically, diplomatically and militarily – to new crises and to this new international context; considers that, in the specific area of defence, there has been insufficient investment, differences in capabilities and a lack of interoperability, but also, and above all, a political reluctance to implement the robust provisions provided for in the European treaties and the numerous cooperation arrangements between Member States have weakened the Union’s ability to play a decisive role in external crises; recognises, further, that no country is able by itself to address the security challenges on the European continent and in its immediate environment;
Amendment 74 #
2019/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Welcomes, in this adverse and volatile context, the belated but real recognition of shared security interests and the growing political will on the part of European countries and the European institutions to act collectively for their security by endowing themselves with greater means to act autonomouslydecisively; welcomes also the great increase in US commitment to European security, not least through its enhanced $6 billion European Deterrence Initiative and the increase in its Forward Military Presence in Europe;
Amendment 94 #
2019/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Is convinced that the response to the Union’s security challengesdefence and security of the Union lies primarily in strengthening its strategic autonomythe Atlantic Alliance;
Amendment 97 #
2019/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7 a. Welcomes and supports Operation Atlantic Resolve and NATO's Enhanced Forward Presence on the European continent and recognises the importance of NATO troops in the effort to deter further Russian aggression and provide crucial support in the event of a conflict;
Amendment 98 #
2019/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 b (new)
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7 b. Recognizes European involvement and support for Operation Resolute Support in Afghanistan; further recognizes the importance of this mission to the stability and security of Afghanistan and the region;
Amendment 99 #
2019/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 c (new)
Paragraph 7 c (new)
Amendment 108 #
2019/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Considers that the principle of European strategic autonomy is based on the ability of the Union to strengmistaken idea that the EU is better able thean its freedomNATO or our nations to assess, take decisions and take action where circumstances so require in order to defend its interests and valuesto defend the interests and values of our citizens while some European countries might well embark on low intensity military operations, it is difficult to imagine circumstances where European countries would engage in major combat operations without the support of NATO Allies and therefore urges renewed commitment to the revitalisation of the Alliance;
Amendment 134 #
2019/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
Amendment 145 #
2019/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Stresses that strategic autonomy can only be genuinely achieved if Member States demonstrate solidarity, which is reflected in particular in the need to prioritise the procurement of European capabilities where equipment is available and competitive with the primary objective being to ensure interoperability with major Allies and avoid duplication among European forces to facilitate rapid deployment in as seamless a manner as possible;
Amendment 154 #
2019/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
Amendment 162 #
2019/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Maintains that European strategic autonomy must take practical form in the areas of industry, capability (joint programmes, investment in defence technologies) and operations (financing of operations, capacity building for partners, capacity to plan and conduct missions) and can be based upon the successes of the NATO Industrial Advisory group and be complementary to the existing commitments of Member States who are part of the Transatlantic Defence Technological and Industrial Cooperation (TADIC);
Amendment 173 #
2019/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Considers that Europe’s defence is based largely on the Union’s capacity to intervAcknowledges that CSDP activities are small-scale operations within the European periphery and have limited manpower and objectives recognizes that the EU cannot replicate or replace the command and defence militarily, in a credible manner, in external theatres of operationsplanning structures of NATO and its role as the cornerstone of European defence;
Amendment 191 #
2019/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Calls on the Member States and European bodies to prioritise and maintain a high level of commitment in Africa; welcomes, therefore, the Council’s decision of July 2018 to extend the mandate of the EUTM RCA military training mission for two years and its intention to launch a civilian mission to complement the military component; notes that these recent developments are a positive sign of re-engagement on the part of the Member States; acknowledges that closer cooperation with existing regional forces such as the African Union, G5 Sahel Force and Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) as well as the US, are essential to successful operations in Africa;
Amendment 225 #
2019/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Deplores the lengthy decision- making and implementation processes; points out that very few recent military operations have been given an executive mandate because of the different speeds at which commitment decisions are made, and calls, in this connection, for changes to CSDP structures and procedures so that missions can be deployed in a more rapid, flexible and coherent manner; notes the use of a new crisis management tool – the launching of mini-missions under Article 28 TEU – with a view to responding to crises more quickly and flexibly; calls for mission construction to be complementary to NATO's Readiness Action Plan (RAP) and Very High Readiness Joint Task Force (VTJF) to avoid duplication and better support joint mission objectives;
Amendment 230 #
2019/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Stresses the need to assess missions and operations on a regular basis in order to make them more effective; calls on the EEAS and the Commission to draw up mandates and budgets which are appropriate to the operations concerned and to provide for an exit strategy; calls, in that connection, for more regular consultations with the relevant parliamentary committees, and calls on the latter to focus their missions and delegations on areas where CSDP missions and operations are deployed; calls for the European Court of Auditors to conduct a review of all ongoing CSDP missions to ensure that their budgets and forces are being deployed in the most effective way; further calls for all ongoing CSDP missions to have a formal end date, which is subject to a full and comprehensive review before consideration of any extension is given;
Amendment 238 #
2019/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Recalls the importance of organising joint training and exercises between European and US armed forces, thereby promoting interoperability, with a view to maximising mission preparedness and addressing a broad range of threats, both conventional and non-conventional;
Amendment 283 #
2019/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35
Paragraph 35
35. Believes that the implementation of CSDP missions and operations must be backed up by flexible instruments in order to make it easier for the Union and its Member States to commit to ensuring European strategic autonomyoperational successes on the ground, in the service of the stability of the European continent; stresses, in this connection, the effectiveness of modular, multipurpose and genuinely operational command structures, such as the European Corps (Eurocorps); notes that the missions of this command structure have been successfully extended and diversified: between 2015 and 2018 the European Corps was deployed four times as part of the EU training missions in Mali and the Central African Republic (EUTM Mali and EUTM RCA); calls on the Member States and the Commission to follow this example of flexible and operational cooperation, which has already proved valuable and effective;
Amendment 289 #
2019/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36
Paragraph 36
36. Expects the Union to make effective use of all existing CSDP policy instruments in the areas of diplomacy, cooperation, development, conflict management and peacekeeping; stresses that CSDP military and civilian instruments cannot, under any circumstances, be the only solution to security issues and that a ‘comprehensive approach’ should always be adopted; considers that only the use of all these instruments on the basis of a ‘comprehensive approach’ will provide the flexibility needed to effectively achieve the most ambitious security objectives;
Amendment 310 #
2019/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 38
Paragraph 38
38. Welcomes the significant reversal of the trend of cutting defence budgets as a result of the Defence Investment Pledge made at the NATO Summit in Wales in 2014; is of the opinion that this should be supported and encouraged at Union level;
Amendment 344 #
2019/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 42
Paragraph 42
42. Welcomes the effective implementation of Permanent Structured Cooperation (PESCO) as an important step towards closer cooperation in security and defence among Member States; stresses that this provision, introduced in the 2009 Lisbon Treaty (Article 46 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union), is legally binding and includes a set of ambitious commitments to enable European countries wishing to do so to move ahead faster on common defence projects; recognises the role that PESCO can play in structuring European demand; notes that a significant number of EDIDP- eligible projects are being developed within the PESCO framework and may also benefit from higher rates of subsidy; supports full consistency between PESCO projects and the EDF; calls for the closest possible access to PESCO for third countries, acknowledging that such countries' defence industries have expertise, related instruments and capabilities that EU Member's industries could benefit from;
Amendment 364 #
2019/2135(INI)
45. Questions the slow start-up of the 34 projects and the delays to the launch of a third wave of 13 projects, given that none are as yet up and running; notes that only four projects will reach their initial operational capacity in 2019; highlights the lack of ambition and scale of some projects, which do not address the most obvious capability gaps, particularly those in the first wave, which are primarily capability projects involving as many Member States as possible; notes that the desired inclusion of participation in PESCO projects should not jeopardise a high level of ambition on the part of the participating Member States; considers that third countries’ involvement should be subject to stringent conditions and based on established and effective reciprocity; calls on the Member States to submit projects with a strategic European dimension, thereby strengthening the European Defence Technological and Industrial Base (EDTIB), which is an essential part of the strategic autonomisation process and relates more to the operational side in order to respond directly to the operational needs of European armed forces while avoiding any duplication of existing capability initiatives;
Amendment 368 #
2019/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 46
Paragraph 46
46. Stresses the still virtual nature of the European Defence Fund; points out that that this instrument has not yet been finally approved, with only partial and political agreement having been given in April 2019; stresses the importance of maintaining Parliament’s position concerning the amount of the EDF, the involvement of third countries and the establishment of an appropriate intellectual property policy in relation to security and defence in order to protect research results; draws attention, in that connection, to the highly sensitive and strategic nature of defence research, both for industrial competitiveness and for the strategic autonomy of the Union; calls for the initial lessons learned from the implementation of the EDIDP (in particular concerning the application of derogations for eligible entities), the pilot project and the preparatory action on defence research to be properly taken into account; calls on the Member States to be fully involved in the decision-making process in order to avoid bureaucratic excesses and to ensure that the programmes included address the strategic needs of the CSDP and the Member States; considers that the success of the EDF will depend on its ability to cater for the specific defence needs of the participating states and to guarantee the availability of sufficient budgetary resources, whilst ensuring that industrial know-how is not duplicated, national defence investment is not crowded out and cooperation does not become over-complicated; considers that developing the European defence industry by regulating access for entities controlled by non-EU third parties to projects financed by the Fund is fully consistent with the European ambition of strategic autonomy; , SME engagement is supported by incubation and capital investment and cooperation does not become over-complicated; considers that 22 Member States are committed under their NATO membership to commit 20% of their defence expenditure on investment in new capabilities and therefore should isolate part of this budget specifically towards research and development to guarantee a minimum expenditure in R+D; EDF should collaborate actively with NATO in order to facilitate transatlantic technological and industrial development in a manner that removes barriers and protectionism and ensures export licensing processes/technological transfer policies are harmonized among Member States; special consideration should be given to the development of a task force between EDA and NSPA/NCIA for developing a roadmap on identifying ideal equipment for procurement and to generate the best value on defence expenditure;
Amendment 378 #
2019/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 47
Paragraph 47
47. Hopes that decisions on the participation of third parties in PESCO projects will under no circumstances undermine the conditions agreed in the negotiations on the EDF and the EDIDP, given the purely European and that cooperation with a post-Brexit UK and our transatlantic partners is encouraged regardless of the nature of the financing of these programmes;
Amendment 385 #
2019/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 48
Paragraph 48
48. Stresses the strategic dimension for Europe of the space sector, and emphasises the need to make progress in developing technologies with both civilian and military uses which are capable of ensuring European strategic autonomysupporting CSDP operations and objectives; welcomes the inclusion in the next MFF of the Commission’s EUR 16 billion space programme proposal to boost EU space leadership; welcomes the progress made on EU satellite services (Galileo, Copernicus, EGNOS); emphasises that, if it is to enjoy decision-making and operational autonomy, the Union must have adequate satellite resources in the fields of space imagery, intelligence-gathering, communications and space surveillance; considers that space-based services should be fully operationalised in order to provide high-resolution satellite imaging in support of CSDP missions and operations; stresses the need to finance, through the EDF, industrial projects with a space dimension where the Union can generate real added value;
Amendment 398 #
2019/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 50
Paragraph 50
50. Believes that the Union and its Member States face an unprecedented threat in the form of cyber attacks as well as cyber crime and terrorism; believes that the nature of cyber attacks makes them a threat that requires a Union-level response; supports NATO's decision to include cyber attacks under Art. 5; encourages the Member States to mimic this by provideing mutual assistance in the event of a cyber attack against any one of them as 22 Member States are likewise committed for their fellow NATO Allies;
Amendment 410 #
2019/2135(INI)
51a. Recognizes the growing importance of cyber and automated intelligence capabilities, stresses that these provide threats to all the Member States and EU institutions, urges all EU institutions and Member States to continue to improve upon their cyber and automated technologies, further encourages cooperation on these technological advances;
Amendment 413 #
2019/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 52
Paragraph 52
52. Recognises the increasingly prominent role of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning in European defence; notes, in particular, the many military applications stemming from AI for managing and simulating operational environments, assisting the decision- making process, detecting threats and processing intelligence; stresses that the development of reliable AI in the field of defence is essential for ensuring European strategic autonomy in capability and operational areasoperational objectives are accomplished; calls on the Union to keep up its investment in this area and in particular in disruptive technologies through existing instruments (European Defence Fund, European Innovation Council, future Horizon Europe, Digital Europe programme); encourages transatlantic cooperation in this space to ensure partnering on development and application are used to maximize added value to joint operations and commitments;
Amendment 421 #
2019/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 52 a (new)
Paragraph 52 a (new)
52a. Underlines the importance of achieving quantum computing capabilities and stresses the need to enhance EU-US cooperation in this area to ensure that quantum computing is first realized among partners sharing warm relations and supporting objectives;
Amendment 424 #
2019/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 53 a (new)
Paragraph 53 a (new)
53a. Notes the growing importance of space security and satellites, stresses the importance of the European Union Satellite Centre and commissions the agency to analyse and provide a report regarding the safety and/or vulnerabilities of the EU and Member State satellites to space debris, cyber attack and direct missile attack;
Amendment 425 #
2019/2135(INI)
54. Stresses that the ambition of European strategic autonomy is based on the ability of Europeans to take action to defend their interests, either independently or within an institutional cooperation framework (NATO, UN)recognising that this must ensure complementarity to NATO and UN missions and operations;
Amendment 436 #
2019/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 55
Paragraph 55
55. Considers that European strategic autonomyactions must be based on sustainable cooperation and strategic partnerships with countries and organisations sharing the Union’s values; welcomes, further, the contributions made by CSDP partners to Union missions and operations;
Amendment 438 #
2019/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 55 a (new)
Paragraph 55 a (new)
55a. Acknowledges and welcomes the continued US military presence in Europe and welcomes the $1.75 billion increase in the budget for the European Deterrence Initiative, rising to $6.531 billion for 2019;
Amendment 440 #
2019/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 56
Paragraph 56
56. Considers it essential to maintain strong, close and special defence and security cooperation between the Union and the United Kingdom after Brexit; stresses that working in cooperation with the United Kingdom will enable the Union to maximise its capabilities and operational capacitiesthe UK is Europe's most capable and committed military power; considers that defence cooperation which systematically excludes the United Kingdom should be ruled out; proposes the conclusion of a defence and security treatyarrangement with the United Kingdom which enables that country to participate, as far as possible, in Union instrument in Union missions on a case-by-case basis, guaranteeing command of its own forces in any CSDP operation and ensuring an ambitious relationship with the EDA beyond that of other third countries;
Amendment 462 #
2019/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 60
Paragraph 60
60. Supports, in parallel with institutional cooperation and partnerships, the combining of different forms of flexible, multifaceted, open and, at the same time, operational, ambitious and demanding cooperation, both within and outside EU, NATO and UN structures, which could facilitate joint commitments in operations, thereby strengthening the Union’s operational strategic autonomyobjectives; stresses, in this connection, that examples of cooperation such as the European Intervention Initiative, the Nordic Defence Cooperation (NORDEFCO), Visegrad 4 Group and the increasing integration of the German and Dutch armed forces refelect this drive for closer military cooperation between Member States;
Amendment 466 #
2019/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 60 a (new)
Paragraph 60 a (new)
60a. Recognizes that political and economic stability along with military capabilities and cooperation in the Sub- Saharan Africa is key to mitigating the growth of jihadist activity, migrant crises and combatting the spread and influence of extremism;
Amendment 467 #
2019/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 60 b (new)
Paragraph 60 b (new)
60b. Recognizes and supports the EU Border Assistance Mission (EUBAM) to Libya, that has been assisting with the transition to democracy and works to train, advise, and develop Libyan border security in land, air and sea;
Amendment 468 #
2019/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 60 c (new)
Paragraph 60 c (new)
60c. Further calls upon the EU to keep its commitments in the Fourth EU- African Summit to support economic and political stability and to further support the capabilities of the African Standby Force;
Amendment 469 #
2019/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 60 d (new)
Paragraph 60 d (new)
60d. Recommends that Member States adopt weapon systems and munitions in accordance with NATO standards in order to maintain interoperability among allies;
Amendment 470 #
2019/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 60 e (new)
Paragraph 60 e (new)
60e. Encourages the Member States to continue cooperation with the AU and continue to fulfil commitments already made;
Amendment 471 #
2019/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 60 f (new)
Paragraph 60 f (new)
60f. Encourages the Member States to continue to work with ASEAN countries in all aspects already agreed upon, further stresses the need to cooperate on economic manners and combatting terrorism;
Amendment 472 #
2019/2135(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 60 g (new)
Paragraph 60 g (new)
Amendment 124 #
2019/0254(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) In light of the fact that the Union should continue to support rural development in 2021, Member States, that demonstrate the risk to run out of funds and not to be able to undertake new legal commitments in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013, should have the possibility to extend their rural development programmes or certain of their regional rural development programmes supported by the EAFRD to 31 December 2021 and to finance those extended programmes from the corresponding budget allocation for the year 2021. The extended programmes should aim at maintaining at least the same overall levelpercentage of EAFRD expenditure ofn environment and climate ambition.
Amendment 167 #
2019/0254(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 21 a (new)
Recital 21 a (new)
(21a) In order to respect the continuity principle this Regulation advocates respecting the maintenance of the budget during the transitional period. For the POSEI scheme it is appropriate to reinstate the financial allocations at their current levels provided for in Regulation (EU) No 228/2013.
Amendment 235 #
2019/0254(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 4
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 4
The notification referred to in the second subparagraph shall be without prejudice to the need to submit a request to amend a rural development programme for the year 2021 as referred to in Article 11(1)(a) of Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013. Such an amendment shall aim at maintaining at least the same overall level of thepercentage of EAFRD expenditure for the measures referred to in Article 59(6) of that Regulation.
Amendment 294 #
2019/0254(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point b a (new)
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point b a (new)
(ba) be developed by the producer organisation until its conclusion in accordance with the previous legislation in force.
Amendment 310 #
2019/0254(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 6
Article 7 – paragraph 6
6. With regard to the aid schemes referred to in paragraphs 2, 3 and 4 of this Article, Articles 7(3), 9, 21, 43, 51, 52, 54, 59, 67, 68, 70 to 75, 77, 91 to 97, 99, 100, 102(2), 110 and 111 of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013, and articles 32, 33 and 34 of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013, and the relevant provisions of delegated and implementing acts related to those Articles shall continue to apply after 31 December 2021 in relation to expenditure incurred and payments made for operations implemented pursuant to Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 after that date and until the end of the aid schemes referred to in paragraphs 2, 3 and 4 of this Article.
Amendment 20 #
2017/0035(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2
Recital 2
(2) The system established by Regulation (EC) No 182/2011 has, overall, proven to work well in practice and struck an appropriate institutional balance as regards the roles of the Commission and the other actors involved. That system should therefore continue to function unchanged except for certain targeted amendments concerning specific aspects of procedure at the level of the appeal committee. These amendments are intended to ensure wider political accountability and ownership of politically sensitive implementing acts without, however,, taking account of the precautionary principle without, however, weakening the risk assessment carried out by the EU’s assessment agencies, and without modifying the legal and institutional responsibilities for implementing acts as organised by Regulation (EU) No 182/2011.
Amendment 27 #
2017/0035(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6
Recital 6
(6) That discretion is, however, significantly reduced in cases relating to the authorisation of products or substances, such as in the area of genetically modified food and feed, as the Commission is obliged to adopt a decision within a reasonable time and cannot abstain from taking a decision. The European Ombudsman pointed out in her decision on complaint 1582/2014 that the Commission must comply with the existing legal requirements regarding the timescales for the authorisation of genetically modified food and feed.
Amendment 29 #
2017/0035(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7
Recital 7
(7) While the Commission is empowered to decide in such cases, due to the particular sensitivity of the issues at stake, Member States should also fully assume their responsibility in the decision- making process. This, however, is not the case when Member States are not able to reach a qualified majority, due to, amongst others, a significant number of abstentions or non-appearances at the moment of the vote.
Amendment 33 #
2017/0035(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8
Recital 8
Amendment 36 #
2017/0035(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9
Recital 9
Amendment 40 #
2017/0035(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10
Recital 10
Amendment 43 #
2017/0035(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11
Recital 11
(11) Transparency on the votes of Member State representatives at the appeal committee level should be increased and the individual Member State representatives' votes should be made public, and the composition of the committees, should be made public and should be accompanied by a justification to help citizens understand the outcome of the vote.
Amendment 49 #
2017/0035(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Regulation (EU) No 182/2011
Article 3 – paragraph 7
Article 3 – paragraph 7
Amendment 50 #
2017/0035(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Regulation (EU) No 182/2011
Article 3 – paragraph 7
Article 3 – paragraph 7
Where no opinion is delivered in the appeal committee pursuant to the second subparagraph of Article 6(3), the chair may decide, in agreement with the majority of Member States present at the time of the vote, that the appeal committee shall hold a further meeting, at ministerial level. In such cases the appeal committee shall deliver its opinion within 3 months of the initial date of referral. (https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX:32011R0182&from=fr)Or. es
Amendment 54 #
2017/0035(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point a
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point a
Regulation (EU) No 182/2011
Article 6 – paragraph 1
Article 6 – paragraph 1
Amendment 61 #
2017/0035(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point b a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point b a (new)
Regulation (EU) No 182/2011
Article 6 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Amendment 67 #
2017/0035(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – point a
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – point a
Regulation (EU) No 182/2011
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – point e
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – point e
(e) the voting results including, in the case of the appeal committee, the votes expressed by the representative of each Member State; (https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX:32011R0182&from=fr), along with the justification; Or. es