6 Amendments of Robert STURDY related to 2006/0136(COD)
Amendment 216 #
Recital 6 a (new)
(6a) Therefore, as the Regulation could have an impact on the landscape and the supply and price of plants and food, the Commission should carry out a thorough and broad-reaching EU-wide impact assessment of all aspects of this Regulation on all industry sectors affected including agriculture, horticulture, gardening, landscaping and public and private amenities prior to its implementation.
Amendment 240 #
Article 4 - paragraph 7 - subparagraph 1
7. By way of derogation from paragraph 1, where on the basis of documented evidence an active substance is necessary to control a serious danger to plant health which cannot be contained by other available means, such active substance may be approved for a time limited period not exceeding five years even if it does not satisfy the criteria set out in points 3.6.3, 3.6.4, 3.6.5, 3.7.2, 3.7.3, 3.8.1 or 3.8.2 of Annex II, provided that the use of the active substance is subject to risk mitigation measures to ensure that exposure of humans and the environment is minimised. For such substances maximum residue levels shall be set in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 396/2005.
Amendment 262 #
Article 30 - paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. By way of derogation from Article 29(1)(a), Member States may, on the basis of documented evidence, authorise for a provisional period not exceeding three years the placing on the market of a plant protection product containing an active substance that does not satisfy the criteria set out in points 3.6.3, 3.6.4, 3.6.5 and 3.8.2 of Annex II and which is not approved, provided the plant protection product is necessary to control a serious danger to plant health, including the development of resistance, which cannot be controlled by other available means and an application for the approval of the active substance according to Article 4(7) has been submitted. The use of the plant protection product has to be subject to risk mitigation measures to ensure that exposure of humans and the environment is minimised. Following the approval of the active substance, the validity of the plant protection product authorisation shall be adjusted so that it does not exceed the expiry date of the active substance approval. If a decision on the possible approval of the active substance has not been made by the time the provisional authorisation expires, Member States may extend the authorisation until a decision on the active substance has been taken. For such substances, exemptions from maximum residue levels shall be arranged in accordance with the procedure set out in Article 18(4) of Regulation (EC) No 396/2005.
Amendment 291 #
Article 63 – paragraph 2 - introduction
2. Disclosure of the following information shall normally be deemed to undermine the protection of the commercial interests or of privacy and the integrity of the individuals concerned:
Amendment 298 #
Article 82
By …*, Tthe Commission shall present a report to the European Parliament and the Council on the functioning of mutual recognition of authorisations and in particular on the application by the Member States of the provisions referred to in Article 36(3) and Article 50(2), the division of the Community into three zones and on the application of the criteria for the approval of active substances, safeners and synergists as set out in Annex II and the impact thereof on minor uses, raw material availability, the diversification and competitiveness of agriculture and the wider socio-economic context (i.e. food demand, evolution of food prices, availability of agricultural land) as well as on human health and on the environment. The report may be accompanied, if necessary, by the appropriate legislative proposals to amend those provisions.
Amendment 310 #
Annex II - point 3.6.5.
3.6.5. An active substance, safener or synergist shall only be approved if, on the basis of the assessment of Community or internationally agreed test guidelines or other available data and information, including a review of the scientific literature, reviewed by the Authority, it is not considered to have endocrine disrupting properties that may cause adverse effect in humans such that it is not or has not to be classified, in accordance with the provisions of Directive 67/548/EEC, as toxic for reproduction category 3, unless the exposure of humans to that active substance, safener or synergist in a plant protection product, under realistic proposed conditions of use, is negligible, i.e. the product is used in closed systems or in other conditions excluding contact with humans and where residues of the active substance, safener or synergist concerned on food and feed do not exceed the default value set in accordance with point (b) of Article 18(1) of Regulation (EC) No 396/2005.