16 Amendments of Péter OLAJOS related to 2008/2306(INI)
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. Whereas it is necessary to improve the scientific assessment of the risks associated with cultivating GM crops, in order to take account of the environmental effects including long-term ones and specific characteristics of the ecosystems/environment and geographical areas hosting such crops,
Amendment 38 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
I. Whereas GMOs, notably their cultivation, give rise to discussion and questions within society as well as among the scientific community; whereas GMOs are often perceived by society in a very emotional way not necessarily based on scientific ground regarding the possible impacts of GM crops on health, the environment and ecosystems,
Amendment 41 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I a (new)
Recital I a (new)
Ia. Whereas it is necessary to ensure that scientific risk assessment associated with cultivating GM crops addresses long term impacts on the environment, as laid down in the EC legal framework on GMOs,
Amendment 58 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital J a (new)
Recital J a (new)
Ja. Whereas the cultivation of GMOs leads to changes in agricultural practices,
Amendment 60 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital J b (new)
Recital J b (new)
Jb. Whereas tests on GM plants grown in open fields for the purposes of environmental risk assessment are carried out over a few hectares, whereas a GM crop which has been given a marketing authorisation may potentially be cultivated over thousands of hectares. This increase in scale may produce harmful effects which cannot be predicted on the basis of experimental studies or assessments which, as a matter of necessity, are carried out on a smaller scale,
Amendment 65 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital J c (new)
Recital J c (new)
Jc. Whereas scientific expertise at European level must be improved in order to supplement and extend its scope and make it more balanced and multidisciplinary, so that greater account can be taken of the diversity of related agronomic and ecological issues within the European Union,
Amendment 84 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Proposes that GMOs or GMO products containing seeds shall not be authorised, if the species’ centre of origin or centre of diversity is in European regions, as the modified gene can escape and spread into other native species;
Amendment 87 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Notes that Commission decisions for GMO authorisations are exclusively based on EFSA's opinions despite the clear distinction Directive 2001/18 makes between the role of a risk manager (European Commission and Council) and a risk assessor (European Food Safety Authority);
Amendment 90 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Underlines the need for further harmoniszation of practices and methods of assessing the environmental risks of GMOs, especially as, under Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003, the environmental evaluation is not centralised but delegated by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) to a Member Statewhile ensuring that each GM crop should be analysed on a case-by-case basis taking account of the characteristics of ecosystems/environments and of the specific geographical areas in which GM crops may be cultivated in accordance with existing legislation;
Amendment 101 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Stresses the need to further develop environmental risk assessment, in particular regarding the impact on non- target species, the potential long-term effects as well as the potential consequences of the changes in the use of herbicides caused by herbicide-tolerant genetically modified plants; underlines that the environmental risk assessment shall cover all nine EU biogeographical regions defined in the Habitats Directive 92/43/EEC;
Amendment 110 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Welcomes the ongoing revision of the EFSA's guidelines on environmental evaluation requested by the Commission; stresses that these guidelines must respect the criteria contained in the annexes of Directive 2001/18/EC; emphasises the importance of taking into account the above- mentioned aspects within the framework of this revision;
Amendment 144 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Recognises that the cultivation of GM crops leads to several adverse socio- economic effects such as changes in agricultural practices, impacts on social networks, loss of traditional farming knowledge, costs to prevent contamination and thus these “legitimate factors” that must be considered during the authorisation of GMOs;
Amendment 171 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Notes that from 2007 until 2008 the area in the EU under GM cultivation dropped and that in 20058 the total area of genetically modified maize cultivated in the EU represented around 55 000 hectares and that, in 2008, it accounted for more than 100 000 hectares, representing 1,19 % of the total area of maize cultivation in the EU; notes that the only genetically modified plant cultivated in the EU today is maize MON810;
Amendment 175 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Points out that Member States may take measures to regulate the cultivation of GM crops, under national coexistence measures in conformity with Article 26 a of Directive 2001/18 which requires to “avoid the unintended presence of GMOs in other products”;
Amendment 200 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)
Paragraph 23 a (new)
23a. Recognises that seeds are the building blocks of life and that establishing thresholds for GM contamination of seeds higher than detection limit would lead to an uncontrollable and untraceable spread of GMOs, recognises that even a minimal level of contamination of conventional seed stocks would make GMO-free agriculture impossible and would condemn conventional and organic producers with unjustifiably high social and economic costs;
Amendment 204 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)
Paragraph 24 a (new)
24a. Underlines the need to take full account of the specific regional and local characteristics of the Member States, particularly ecosystems / environments and specific geographical areas of particular value in terms of biodiversity and particular agricultural practices;