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8 Amendments of Hannu TAKKULA related to 2017/2128(INI)

Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1 b. Recognises that plant protection products have played a significant role in improving the agricultural sector's capability to satisfy global nutritional needs, which has contributed to reducing the global share of undernourished people in the population from 18.6% in 1990- 1992 to around 10.9% in 2014-2016 according to the FAO1a, thus takes the view that the current system should be improved by intensifying efforts to eliminate adverse effects rather than by dismissing it without having alternatives at hand that are equally capable of maintaining and further increasing the supply of food; _________________ 1aSee FAO (2015): The State of Food Security in the World, http://www.fao.org/3/a-i4646e.pdf.
2018/01/30
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 45 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Highlights the importance of a holistic approach that includes integrated pest management (IPM);
2018/01/30
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 46 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2 b. Highlights the potential efficiency gains in plant protection that could be realised through the use of precision farming technologies, which will allow farmers to apply plant protection products more targeted in regard to where and in what quantity exactly they are needed instead of a general application on the entire field, which would lead to a significant reduction of consumption quantity;
2018/01/30
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 60 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. StExpresses the importance of a science-based approachits concern that in recent debates the European Union's current science-based evaluation system for PPPs has been more and more called into question; therefore stresses the importance of maintaining and further strengthening a scientifically robust decision making in authorising any active substance, in line with the EU’s risk analysis principles and the precautionary principle as established in the General Food Law (Regulation (EC) No 178/2002);
2018/01/30
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 73 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3 b. Highlights that the credibility of the PPP authorisation system strongly depends on public trust in EFSA, which provides the scientific opinions that are the basis for approvals and risk management; underlines that transparency of the scientific assessment is important to maintain public trust; welcomes in this regard that the Commission in its REFIT evaluation of the General Food Law1a comes to the conclusion that EFSA has been highly transparent and has shared data within the boundaries of strict confidentiality rules given be the Co-Legislators; further welcomes the EFSA's continuous efforts to improve its system to ensure independence and the management of potential conflicts of interests which was praised by the Court of Auditors as the most advanced system of the audited agencies in 2012 1b and has recently been updated in June 20171c; calls on the Commission to propose improvements to further enhance the transparency of the regulatory process, including the access to the data of safety studies submitted by producers as part of their applications for market authorization of PPPs in the EU; _________________ 1a SWD(2018) 38 final. 1b https://www.eca.europa.eu/Lists/News/NE WS1210_11/NEWS1210_11_EN.PDF 1c https://www.efsa.europa.eu/sites/default/fi les/corporate_publications/files/policy_ind ependence.pdf
2018/01/30
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 107 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
6. Stresses the need to encourage work sharing between Member States by fostering the availability and use of harmonised methodology and models to conduct evaluations, while reducing the existence of unnecessary additional national requirements;
2018/01/30
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 139 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Expresses concerns about the small amount of new substances that have been approved, while at the same time other substances have been taken of the market; stresses the importance of a suitable tool box of plant protection products for farmers to secure the EU's food supply;
2018/01/30
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 157 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 b (new)
8 b. Highlights that special attention should be given to the role of small and medium entreprises (SMEs) in the development of new products, as SMEs often lack the extraordinary resources that are nessesary in the process of development and approval of new substances.
2018/01/30
Committee: AGRI