7 Amendments of Carles PUIGDEMONT I CASAMAJÓ related to 2020/2260(INI)
Amendment 25 #
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; considers, in this sense, that the One Health and Health in All Policies principles should be also an integral part of the trade and investment accords fostered, led and signed by the Union;
Amendment 51 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Believes that sustainable production should become a key characteristic of EU agri-food products, expanding the concept of quality to social and environmental aspects; welcomes, therefore, the strategy’s objective that the healthy, environmentally respectful and sustainable choice should become the most affordable one, also embedded in trade accords;
Amendment 66 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Considers that the Food to Fork Strategy should have into account that improving rural health care reduces illegal logging and conserves carbon in a tropical forests; calls on the Commission to make an impact assessment on the accessibility of carbon markets to interventions aiming to couple rural health programs with forest conservation in a similar way and how to include these provisions in TSD chapters;
Amendment 73 #
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 2021; calls on the Commission to promote stronger coordination between all public and private stakeholders, including local governments in order to achieve these objectives;
Amendment 89 #
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; considers that TSD chapters are, together the General System of Preferences (GSP), the current best ways to ensure compliance by third countries with which the Union has signed trade accords on human rights, environmental and labour standards, which have a return in the agri-food sector of these third countries;
Amendment 119 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Stresses the risk of putting the EU agri-food sector at a competitive disadvantage in the absence of global convergence of standards, and of leading to increased costs for consumers; calls on the Commission to present a comprehensive impact assessment of the targets envisaged in the Strategy, as well as proportionate measures to maintain the competitiveness of the EU agri-food sector and ensure reciprocity of standards; urges the Commission to help third countries with which the Union has signed trade agreements to foster market diversity and combat market concentration in the agri- food sector;
Amendment 130 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Calls on the Commission to make an impact assessment on the possible adoption of European legislation for a carbon border adjustment mechanism (CBAM) for the ETS-sectors and for food imported to the Union from third countries with lower standards on GHG emissions in the agricultural sector, lower standards on their deforestation policies, or higher carbon footprints per kilogram, as well as for products like meat, dairy and animal feed;