13 Amendments of Esther HERRANZ GARCÍA related to 2011/2108(INI)
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas beekeeping as an economic and social activity plays a crucial role in the sustainable development of rural areas and creates ‘greena large number of jobs’,
Amendment 20 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas the health of individual bees and colonies is affected by numerous lethal and sub-lethal factors, many of them interconnected; whereas the limited number of marketed medicines to fight the Varroa destructor mite are in many cases no longer efficient; whereas the toxic agents in certaininappropriate use of pesticides, changing climatic and environmental conditions, loss of plant biodiversity, land use change, mismanaged beekeeping practices and the presence of invasive species weaken colonies’ immune systems and favour opportunistic pathologiesare factors that may have an influence on honeybee health,
Amendment 56 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Calls on the Commission to increase the level of support for honeybee-health- related research under the next financial framework (FP8) and to focus the research on technological developments, disease prevention and control, particularly the impact of environmental factors on bee colony immune systems, defining sustainable agricultural practices and increasing non-chemical alternativesintegrated pest management, and the development of veterinary medical products for current EU honeybee-disease- causing agents, especially Varroa destructor mites, Nosema ceranae endoparasites and other opportunistic diseases; calls on the Commission to rule out overlaps in the use of funds and to create new financial opportunities where needed;
Amendment 89 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls on the Commission actively to encourage a greater degree of information- sharing, including ecotoxicological studies, among Member States, laboratories and, beekeepers on ecotoxicological studies and other, farmers, industry and scientists on factors affecting honeybee health so as to make possible informed, independent scientific scrutiny;
Amendment 113 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Highlights the need to offer the pharmaceutical industry incentives for the development of new medicinal products designed to combat bee diseases;
Amendment 122 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Welcomes the Commission's intention to introduce maximum residue levels for the use of medicinal products through the 'cascade' procedure in order to eliminate the current legal uncertainty which hinders the treatment of sick bees;
Amendment 123 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Calls on the Commission to look into the possibility of extending cover under the European Union Veterinary Fund to bee diseases when the fund is next revised;
Amendment 127 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Invites the Commission to improve risk assessment methodology for pesticides, which should focus on both the individual insect and the entire colony, and to ensure free access toan appropriate exchange of information on the results of the ecotoxicological studies included in the authorisation dossiers;
Amendment 138 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Calls on the Member States to transpose and fully implement, as soon as possible, Directive 2009/128/EC on the sustainable use of pesticides and, in particular, to pay particular attention to the use of pesticides that may have an adverse effect on bees and on colony health, and to promote low-pesticide-input pest management and integrated pest management;
Amendment 141 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Calls on the Commission to consider chronic, larval and sub-lethal toxicity, and substance-pathogen and substance- substance synergies in the risk assessment of pesticides; calls on the Commission to pay special attention to specific pesticides, such as those of the family of the neonicotinoide family (Clothianidin, Thiacloprid, Imidacloprid, Thiamethoxam), phenyl-pyrazoles (Fipronil) and pyrethroids, or active substances such as Chlorpyrifos or Dimethoat, as these active substances in pesticides have a proven adverse in the risk assessment of pesticides, as laid down in Regulation 1107/2009, ensuring that they will result in a negligible exposure of bees or will have no unacceptable acute or chronic effects on bee and colony health; application methods such as seed coating should also be consideredcolony survival and development, taking into account effects on bee larvae and bee behaviour;
Amendment 152 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18a. Welcomes the fact that experts from the European Food Safety Authority are carrying out an independent assessment of the requirements placed on the industry as regards supplying data on the various pesticides;
Amendment 154 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Calls for comprehensive scientific research, based on appropriate risk assessment, on the possible replacement of active substances in pesticides that are harmful to the pollinator or to aquatic animalf pesticides, into possible substance-pathogen and substance- substance synergies that are harmful to honeybee stocks;
Amendment 163 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Calls, inAdvocates a spirit of dialogue and cooperation between beekeepers and agricultural stakeholders, for the setting up of, public authorities, researchers and agricultural stakeholders in order to offer effective solutions, such as a system of obligatory preliminary notification of beekeepers in all Member States in advance of pesticide applications, especially aerial chemical mosquito controls;