Activities of Antoni COMÍN I OLIVERES related to 2022/0196(COD)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the sustainable use of plant protection products and amending Regulation (EU) 2021/2115
Amendments (6)
Amendment 19 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3
Recital 3
(3) The European Parliament resolution of 12 February 2019 on the implementation of Directive 2009/128/EC on the sustainable use of pesticides41noted that the Union must act without delay to transition to a more sustainable use of pesticides and called on the Commission to propose an ambitious Union-wide binding target for the reduction of pesticide use by ensuring that chemicals banned in the EU are not produced or exported. The European Parliament re-affirmed its call for binding reduction targets in its resolution of 20 October 2021 on a Farm to Fork Strategy for a fair, healthy and environmentally- friendly food system42and the need to promote an agricultural model that does not depend on synthetic pesticides and does not put at risk our health and that of our environment. . _________________ 41 P8_TA(2019)0082, 12 February 2019. 42 P9_TA(2021)0425, 20 October 2021.
Amendment 22 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3 a (new)
Recital 3 a (new)
(3 a) The Commission and the Member States shall move away from promoting the pesticide-intensive monoculture model and support more sustainable, nature- friendly and people-centered approaches to agriculture and should also introduce an immediate ban on imports of products with residues of chemicals that are forbidden in the EU itself.
Amendment 23 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3 b (new)
Recital 3 b (new)
(3 b) The increase in pesticide use has a toxic legacy, damaging biodiversity and exacerbating the already serious impacts on local communities.
Amendment 25 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4 a (new)
Recital 4 a (new)
(4 a) The EU has a major role to play in supporting low- and middle-income countries in the transition from intensive agriculture to more sustainable, agroecological practices and tackle the damaging impacts of pesticides on biodiversity and local communities;
Amendment 26 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4 b (new)
Recital 4 b (new)
(4 b) However, in the absence of an EU- wide ban, multinational pesticide companies can adapt to national bans by shifting their export trade to subsidiaries in other Member States.
Amendment 44 #
This Regulation lays down rules for the sustainable use of plant protection products with the aim to reduce the risks and impacts of pesticide use on human health and the environment and promote the use of integrated pest management and of alternative approaches or techniques such as nonchemical alternatives to pesticides by providing for the setting, and achievement by 2030, of reduction targets for the use and risk of chemical plant protection products, establishing requirements for use, storage, sale and disposal of plant protection products and for application equipment, providing for training and awareness raising, and providing for implementation of integrated pest management.