23 Amendments of Anne SANDER related to 2023/0232(COD)
Amendment 51 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 1
Recital 1
(1) Soil is a vital, limited, non- renewable and irreplaceable resource that is crucial for agricultural and forestry production, the economy, the environment and the society.
Amendment 59 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 2
Recital 2
(2) Healthy soils are in good chemical, biological and physical condition so that they can more effectively provide ecosystem services that are vital to humans and the environment, such as safe, nutritious and sufficient food, biomass, clean water, nutrients cycling, carbon storage and a habitat for biodiversity. However, 60 to 70 % of the soils in the Union are deteriorated and continue to deteriorate.
Amendment 65 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) The EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030 states that it is essential to step up efforts to protect and improve soil fertility, reduce soil erosion and increase soil organic matter by adopting sustainable soil management practices. It also states that significant progress is needed on identifying contaminated soil sites, restoring degraded soils, defining the conditions for good ecological status of soils, introducing restoration objectives, and improving the monitoring of soil health.
Amendment 75 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 11
Recital 11
(11) Funding is vital to enable a transition to healthy soils. The Multiannual Financial Framework presents several funding opportunities available for the protection, sustainable management and regeneration of soils. A ‘Soil Deal for Europe’ is one of the five EU missions of the Horizon Europe programme and is specifically dedicated to promoting soil health. The Soil Mission is a key instrument for the implementation of this Directive. It aims to lead the transition to healthy soils through funding an ambitious research and innovation programme, establishing a network of 100 living labs and lighthouses in rural and urban areas, advancing the development of a harmonized soil monitoring framework and increasing the awareness of the importance of soil. Other Union programmes that present objectives contributing to healthy soils are the Common Agricultural Policy, the Cohesion Policy funds, the Programme for Environment and Climate Action, the Horizon Europe work programme, the Technical Support Instrument, the Recovery and Resilience Facility and InvestEU. CAP funding, if it can contribute to the general objective, should not be affected by this Directive.
Amendment 84 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 17
Recital 17
(17) The Commission’s Communication on safeguarding food security and reinforcing the resilience of food systems47 stressed that food sustainability is fundamental for food security. HProductive, healthy soils make the Union food system more resilient by providing the basis for nutritious and sufficient food. __________________ 47 Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions, Safeguarding food security and reinforcing the resilience of food systems, COM (2022) 133 final.
Amendment 124 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 28
Recital 28
(28) Member States shall ensure that soil monitoring does not constitute an administrative or financial burden; they shall provide support through incentive mechanisms. In order to create incentives, Member States should set up mechanisms to recognize the efforts of landowners and land managers to maintain the soil in healthy condition, including in the form of soil health certification complementary to the Union regulatory framework for carbon removals, and supporting the implementation of the renewable energy sustainability criteria set out in article 29 of Directive (EU) 2018/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council50. The Commission should facilitate soil health certification by inter alia exchanging information and promoting best practices, raising awareness and assessing feasibility of developing recognition of certification schemes at Union level. Synergies between different certification schemes should be exploited as much as possible to reduce administrative burden for those applying for relevant certifications. __________________ 50 Directive (EU) 2018/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2018 on the promotion of the use of energy from renewable sources (recast) (OJ L 328, 21.12.2018, p. 82).
Amendment 128 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 30
Recital 30
(30) Soil is a limited resource subject to an ever-growing competition for different uses. Land take is a process often driven by economic development needs, that transforms natural and semi-natural areas (including agricultural and forestry land, gardens and parks) into artificial land development, using soil as a platform for constructions and infrastructure, as a direct source of raw material or as archive for historic patrimony. This transformation may cause the loss, often irreversibly, of the capacity of soils to provide other ecosystem services (provision of food and biomass, water and nutrients cycling, basis for biodiversity and carbon storage). In particular, land take often affects the most fertile agricultural soils, putting food security in jeopardy. Sealed soil also exposes human settlements to higher flood peaks and more intense heat island effects. Therefore, it is necessary to monitor land take and soil sealing and their effects on soil’s capacity to provide ecosystem services. It is also appropriate to lay down certain principles to mitigate the impacts of land take as part of sustainable soil management. The monitoring of land take and the establishment of these principles must be carried out in consultation with local stakeholders and take due account of the socio-economic needs of the territories.
Amendment 210 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 4
(4) ‘soil health’ means the physical, chemical and biological condition of the soil determining its fertility, productivity and capacity to function as a vital living system and to provide ecosystem services;
Amendment 222 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 5
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 5
(5) ‘sustainable soil management’ means soil management practices that aim to maintain or enhance the ecosystem services provided by the soil without impairing the functions enabling those services, or being detrimental to other properties of the environment;
Amendment 227 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 8
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 8
(8) ‘soil district’ means the part of the territory of a Member State, as delimited by that Member State in accordance with this Directive and in consultation with the local authorities;
Amendment 416 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point a
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point a
(a) defining sustainable soil management practices respecting the sustainable soil management principles listed in Annex III to be gradually and voluntarily implemented on all managed soils and, on the basis of the outcome of the soil assessments carried out in accordance with Article 9, regeneration practices to be gradually implemented on the unhealthy soils in the Member States;
Amendment 454 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 4
Article 10 – paragraph 4
Amendment 474 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – point a – point i
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – point a – point i
(i) reducing the area affected by the land take to the extentwhere possible and
Amendment 480 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – point a – point ii
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – point a – point ii
(ii) selecting areas where the loss of ecosystem services would be minimized, taking into account the socio-economic balance of the territory concerned, and
Amendment 498 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) compensate as much as possible the loss of soil capacity to provide multiple ecosystem services without undermining the development of the territories.
Amendment 558 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 17 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 17 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Within 12 months of the date of entry into force of this Regulation, the Commission shall submit a report to the European Parliament and to the Council setting out the financial resources available at Union level for the implementation of this Directive.
Amendment 592 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 20
Article 20
Amendment 611 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 23 – paragraph 1
Article 23 – paragraph 1
1. Without prejudice to the obligations of Member States under Directive 2008/99/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council, Member States shall lay down the rules on penalties applicable to violations by natural and legal persons, of the national provisions adopted pursuant to this Directive and shall ensure that those rules are implemented. The penalties provided for shall be effective, proportionate and dissuasive. They shall take into account the accessibility of obligations for legal and natural persons, in particular for landowners, farmers and foresters, as well as for SMEs and VSEs.
Amendment 612 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 23 – paragraph 2
Article 23 – paragraph 2
Amendment 617 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 24 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 24 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. By (OP :please insert the date = 612 years after the date of entry into force of the Directive), the Commission shall carry out an evaluation of this Directive to assess the progress towards its objectives and the need to amend its provisions in order to set more specific requirements to ensure that unhealthy soils are regenerated and that all soils will be healthy by 2050. This evaluation shall take into account, inter alia, the following elements:
Amendment 658 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex III – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Annex III – paragraph 1 – introductory part
The following principles shall apply while taking into account the specific environmental features of each territory:
Amendment 661 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex III – paragraph 1 – point a
Annex III – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) avoid leaving soil bare by establishing and maintaining vegetative soil cover, especially during environmentally sensitive periods, and taking into account good agronomic and forestry practices;
Amendment 666 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex III – paragraph 1 – point b
Annex III – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) minimise unnecessary physical soil disturbance;