Activities of Zbigniew KUŹMIUK related to 2020/2260(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Farm to Fork Strategy (debate)
Amendments (15)
Amendment 156 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 40 a (new)
Citation 40 a (new)
— having regard to Directive 2019/2161 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 November 2019 amending Council Directive 93/13/EEC and Directives 98/6/EC, 2005/29/EC and 2011/83/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the better enforcement and modernisation of Union consumer protection rules (Text with EEA relevance),
Amendment 333 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas the proposed regulations will necessitate investment in the form of large number of costly technological adaptations requiring the broad transfer of new knowledge, thus posing a particular challenge for agriculture based on small and medium-sized family farms;
Amendment 448 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
Ea. having regard to the increasing globalisation of the food market and the related increase in importance of free trade agreements between the EU and third countries;
Amendment 484 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the farm to fork strategy as an important step in ensuring a sustainable, fair and resilient food system, which is central to achieving the goals set out in the European Green Deal and in the SDGs; emphasises the inextricable links between healthy people, healthy societies and a healthy planet, encourages the Commission to translate the strategy into concrete legislative and non-legislative action as soon as possi; at the same time takes a negative view of the failure to present an impact assessment of the strategy at the stage of its consultation with the Member States; points out that European farmers should be better informed about the new requirements and the scope of the adjustments that will apply to them after 2020, so as to strengthen the sense among the farming community that the legal framework is secure and stable;
Amendment 637 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2b. Calls on the Commission to demarcate in the proposed strategy, in an appropriate manner that is compliant with the TFEU, the financing of rural areas under the common agricultural policy and the cohesion policy, taking into account the objectives of each policy, as described in Article 39 and Article 174 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the EU, in order to limit the financing from CAP funds of investments not directly related to agriculture;
Amendment 723 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
Amendment 797 #
3a. Notes, furthermore, that climate change poses a risk of the spread of new plant pests affecting both agricultural crops and forest areas; new phytosanitary risks may therefore make it difficult or impossible to achieve the objectives of reducing the use of plant protection products; calls at the same time for the continued strengthening of the European Union’s import regime, while respecting the provisions of the International Plant Protection Convention;
Amendment 1036 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Points out that, as regards the objective of allocating at least 25% of EU agricultural land to organic farming by 2030, there are significant disparities in the proportion of organic land in individual Member States, which may lead to a distortion of the competitive balance in the common market; also points out that there is a lack of clarification as to whether the 25% figure should include all land which is organically farmed or only land on which organic products are produced; takes the view that this lack of information makes it difficult both to assess the impact of the strategy on the market and to target support under the common agricultural policy tools;
Amendment 1162 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Underlines the importance of seed security and diversity, notably of promoting EU-grown plant proteins to deliver locally sourced food and feed stuffs with high nutritional value while granting farmers access to quality seeds for plant varieties adapted to the pressures of climate change, including traditional and locally-adapted varieties, while ensuring access to innovative plant breeding in order to contribute to healthy seeds and protect plants against harmful pests and diseases; raises awareness of the potential negative effects of concentration and monopolisation in the seed sector; considers that reducing the EU’s dependence on imports of plant proteins has significant sustainability benefits worldwide and calls for the promotion of EU-grown plant proteins to provide locally sourced food and feed with high nutritional value;
Amendment 1470 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Urges the Commission to follow up on Directive (EU) 2019/633 on unfair trading practices22 and the EU code of conduct on responsible business and marketing practices by producing a monitoring framework for the food and retail sectors and providing for legal action if progress in integrating economic, environmental and social sustainability into corporate strategies is insufficient; these actions should help to promote and reward the efforts of sustainable agricultural producers while increasing the availability and affordability of healthy, sustainable food options and reducing the overall environmental footprint of the food system; stresses the importance of halting and addressing consolidation and concentration in the grocery retail sector in order to ensure fair prices for farmers; recalls furthermore, in relation to the problem of dual quality products in the EU common market, that under Directive 2019/2161 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 November 2019 with regard to better enforcement and modernisation of EU consumer protection rules, misleading consumers as to the composition of a product, after individual assessment by the competent authorities, may be considered an unfair commercial practice prohibited by EU law; _________________ 22 OJ L 111, 30.3.2007, p. 59.
Amendment 1623 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Points out that farmers have a weaker bargaining position vis-à-vis processing and the large-scale trade and competition from non-EU suppliers in the supply chain; and therefore also recommends institutional and financial support for agricultural producers in setting up joint economic structures such as agricultural producer groups and organisations and cooperatives;
Amendment 1638 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Calls for measures to reduce the burden that highly processed foods with high salt, sugar and fat content place on public health; regrets that the introduction of nutrient profiles is greatly delayed and stresses that a robust set of nutrient profiles must be developed to restrict or prohibit the use of false nutritional claims on foods high in fats, sugars and/or salt; calls for a mandatory EU-wide front-of-pack nutrition labelling system based on independent science; takes the view that reducing the prevalence of excess weight and obesity, reducing morbidity and mortality due to cardiovascular disease, cancer and type 2 diabetes, and increasing the number of healthy life years should be priority objectives; recommends, therefore, that the stimulation of sustainable food processing practices should take into account current data on food and food ingredient consumption in individual countries, their impact on health, as well as recommendations on the principles of proper nutrition;
Amendment 2096 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Underlines the importance EU funding for research and innovation as a key driver in accelerating the transition to a more sustainable, healthy and inclusive European food system while facilitating investments needed to encourage agro- ecological practices in both social and technological innovation, and the crucial role of farm advisory services in ensuring the transfer of knowledge to the farming community, drawing on the existing specialised training systems for farmers in Member States; emphasises that the costs of the transition must not lead to a reduction in farm profitability and that meeting higher environmental standards must entail an increase in economic scale; emphasises, in particular, that the new model for implementing the common agricultural policy must seek to reduce the risk of a lower uptake of funds by final beneficiaries as a result of increased conditionality requirements; is concerned that preliminary analyses indicate that the cumulative effect of implementing the Green Deal strategy could result in a significant reduction in farm profitability in the first period and could disrupt the liquidity of payments from the second pillar of the CAP;
Amendment 2139 #
25 a. Deforestation and forest degradation Considers, in view of the Commission’s plans to introduce in 2021 a legislative proposal and other measures to avoid or minimise the placing on the EU market of products associated with deforestation and forest degradation, that the proposed provisions need to be clarified, in particular, a clear definition is needed of ‘products associated with deforestation and forest degradation' and of the concept of ‘forest degradation’ itself; calls on the Commission to consult the relevant definitions with forestry experts in European Union countries and to incorporate these provisions into the forestry strategy currently being drawn up;
Amendment 2199 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Recalls the global responsibility of European food systems and their key role in setting global standards for food safety, environmental protection and animal welfare; calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure that all food and feed products imported to the EU fully meet relevant EU regulations and standards and to provide development assistance to support primary producers from developing countries in meeting those standards; welcomes the Commission’s intention to take the environmental impacts of requested import tolerances into account; takes the view, therefore, that the EU’s trade policy should make the granting of preferences and strengthening of cooperation with third countries conditional on those countries undertaking and actually implementing ambitious commitments in key areas such as animal welfare, the use of pesticides and the fight against antimicrobial resistance;