Activities of Czesław Adam SIEKIERSKI related to 2017/2115(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Prospects and challenges for the EU apiculture sector (debate) PL
Amendments (16)
Amendment 62 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
H. whereas farmbeekeepers receive support for protective measures against Varroa destructor, which there has so far been no success in eradicating as there are no effective remedies as yet and R&D efforts are very inadequate;
Amendment 112 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital M
Recital M
M. whereas beekeepers never use as many bee colonies in honey production as the statistics show, since producers restore they rebuild the original number of colonies in the course of the year, at the expense of production quantities;
Amendment 173 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital AF
Recital AF
AF. whereas other beekeeping products such as pollen, propolis, beeswax and, royal jelly and bee venom also contribute significantly to people’s wellbeing and, play an important role in the healthcare and cosmetics industries and are an additional resource serving to improve the economic situation of apiaries;
Amendment 180 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital AF a (new)
Recital AF a (new)
AFa. whereas the apiculture sector suffers from a particularly serious demographic problem, with statistics showing that only a small percentage of beekeepers are under 50 years of age, leading to a lack of young people that jeopardizes the future of the sector;
Amendment 197 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Understands that bees perform a basic agricultural service by pollinating crops, without which European agriculture and in particular entomophilous plant cultivation would not exist in any form;
Amendment 206 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Understands that financing of beekeeping must be increased significantly in future agricultural policy, which should translate into an increase in the number of bee colonies in the EU;
Amendment 218 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Proposes a 47.8%significant increase in the EU budget for national beekeeping programmes – in line with the actual increase in the bee population – as compared with the 2004 level, which translates as EUR 47 million annuallythis would support the beekeeping sector’s enormous growth potential;
Amendment 231 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the Commission to include a new direct support scheme for beekeepers based on colony numbers in its proposals for the common agricultural policy post-2020 owing to the role that bees play in pollination and commensurate with the value that this activity has for EU agriculture;
Amendment 240 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Calls for consideration to be given to the possibility of introducing a system to compensate beekeepers for losses incurred as a result of lost bee fodder plants;
Amendment 243 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Calls on the Commission to present a long-term strategy for the functioning and development of beekeeping in the EU;
Amendment 254 #
7. Calls on the Commission to adopt recommendations in order to introduce a uniform, high-quality basic and vocational beekeeping education programme in the EU, as well as programmes to encourage young people to enter the beekeeping profession;
Amendment 281 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Calls for an assessment of the EU market for bee feeds, supplements and medicines to be carried out, and for necessary measures to be taken to streamline it and to prevent counterfeiting and illegal trading in those products;
Amendment 315 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Draws attention to the gradual disappearance of valuable bee fodder plants – such as cornflowers, vetches, thistles or white clover – caused by the intensive chemical protection of cereals, the decrease in the use of grassland for grazing and the increase in its use for hay production; points out that this results in a lack of pollen and thus causes malnutrition in bees, which is one of the causes of the decline in bee health and their increased susceptibility to pathogens;
Amendment 337 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Stresses the importance of biodiversity for the health and well-being of bees, and thus its positive impact on the natural environment and agricultural production;
Amendment 355 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Stresses the importance of comprehensive and concerted medical efforts following the discovery of diseases or pathogens affecting bees, in order to prevent its spread;
Amendment 449 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29 a (new)
Paragraph 29 a (new)
29 a. Stresses the growing importance of apitherapy as a natural alternative to treatment using conventional medicines;