10 Amendments of Mairead McGUINNESS related to 2010/2111(INI)
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 6 a (new)
Citation 6 a (new)
- having regard to the study by the directorate general of the European Commission for agriculture and rural development on the "Economic Impact of Unapproved GMOs on EU Feed Imports and Livestock Production", 2007,
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas, historically, this significant deficit in protein crop production goes on the one hand back to previously established international trade agreements, especially with the United States, which allowed the EU to protect its cereal production and in return allowed duty-free imports of protein crops and oilseeds into the EU (GATT and 1992 Blair House Agreement), and is on the other hand related to significant progress in the efficiency of protein crop production and the use of new technologies outside the EU, leading to a competitive disadvantage of EU farmers who find protein crop production economically unattractive,
Amendment 22 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas the high degree of imports of protein crops for animal feed has made the entire EU livestock sector extremelyis vulnerable to price volatility and trade distortions, reflecting the consequences of increasingly liberalised agricultural marketand depends on affordable and high quality protein imports; whereas the sector's competitiveness is undermined by the additional costs of protein imports for feed incurred by the lack of an EU technical solution to the current zero tolerance policy on low level presence of unapproved GMOs,
Amendment 45 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital J
Recital J
J. whereas, in the context of climate change, the production of protein crops substantiallycan contribute to reduces greenhouse gas emissions through the assimilation and fixation of nitrogen in the soil (amounting to up to 100 kgN/ha per month) and the subsequent reduction in the use of nitrogen fertiliser,
Amendment 67 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital P
Recital P
P. whereas the ban on the use of animal protein in animal feed made of swill, bone and meat meal must remain in place as long as there is no guarantee that forced cannibalism or transmission of diseases can be ruled out, was introduced in times of crisis, it should be reconsidered for animals other than ruminants, provided that forced cannibalism or transmission of diseases can be ruled out; such measures would reduce the EU's dependency on protein imports and improve the sustainability of the EU feed and livestock chain,
Amendment 73 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital U
Recital U
U. whereas, instead of further encouragingnext to cereal and maize monoculturescultivation for feed and energy production, the use of extended crop rotation systems, on-farm mixed cropping and grass-clover mixtures has greatercan have environmental and agronomic benefits, since the growing of leguminous crops as part of a rotation system can prevent diseases and regenerate the soil,
Amendment 87 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Calls on the Commission to ensure that its legislative proposals for CAP reform include adequate measures and instruments which integrate protein crop production into improvedfor improved crop rotation and research into plant breeding, with the aim of a more efficient protein crop protaduction systems so as to overcomreduce the current protein deficit, improve farmers‘ revenues and address the key challenges agriculture is facing, such as climate change, the loss of biodiversity and soil fertility and the protection and sustainable management of water resources;
Amendment 103 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the Commission to carry out an appraisal evaluating the effects of current import tariffs and trade agreements on the various oilseed and protein crops, and to review the current strategies adopted proceed in the ongoing multilateral trade negotiations as regards so-called ‘non-trade aspects’, which include the agri-environmental effects of increased crop rotation, while paying due attention to the EU's agriculture interests;
Amendment 106 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Calls on the Commission to ensure an unhindered supply of soya to the EU market by providing a technical solution on the low level presence of GMOs for protein crops for food and feed imported in the EU; recalls that shortages of soya imports impose an additional cost burden on the EU livestock and feedstuffs sectors, and puts the economic viability of domestic meat production at risk;
Amendment 125 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls on the Commission to introduce a framework programme for decentralised agricultural research as part of research on agriculture and rural development andto improve European and international collaboration in agricultural research including on-farm training programmes on improving the breeding of locally adapted protein plants so as to ensure the applicability of new research in the field;