Activities of Erna HENNICOT-SCHOEPGES related to 2006/0132(COD)
Plenary speeches (1)
Framework for Community action to achieve a sustainable use of pesticides - Placing of plant protection products on the market (debate)
Amendments (2)
Amendment 43 #
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
1. Member States shall adopt, and implement without undue delay, National Action Plans to set up targets, measures and timetables to reduce risks and impacts of pesticide use on human health and the environment and to encourage the development and introduction of integrated pest management and of alternative approaches or techniques in order to reduce dependency on the use of pesticides. These national actions shall as a minimum, the include: a) for other than biological pesticides and low-risk plant protection products as defined in Regulation (EC) No ... , quantitative use reduction targets measured as a treatment index. The treatment index will be adapted to the specific conditions of each Member State. The treatment index will have to be communicated immediately to the Commission for its approval. For active substances of very high concern (as defined in Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and the Council of 18 December 2006 concerning the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH), establishing a European Chemicals Agency), the reduction target shall be a minimum 50% reduction in relation to the treatment index calculated for the year 2005 by the end of 2013, unless the Member State can prove that it has already achieved a comparable or higher target based on another year of reference from the period 1995-2004; b) for pesticide formulations classified as toxic or very toxic pursuant to Directive 1999/45/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 31 May 1999 concerning the approximation of the laws, regulations and administrative provisions of the Member States relating to the classification, packaging and labelling of dangerous preparations, a quantitative use reduction target measured as sold volumes. This target shall be a minimum 50% reduction calculated in relation to the year 2005 by the end of 2013, unless the Member State can prove that it has already achieved a comparable or higher reduction target based on another year of reference from the period 1995-2004. 1 OJ L 396, 30.12.2006, p. 1; corrected version, OJ L 136, 29.5.2007, p. 3. 2 OJ L 200, 30.7.1999, p. 1.
Amendment 77 #
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – point c
c) use of mitigation measures which minimise the risk of off-site pollution caused by spray drift, drain-flow and run- off. These shall include when necessary the establishment of appropriately-sized buffer zones for the protection of non- target aquatic organisms and safeguard zones for surface and groundwater used for the abstraction of drinking water, where pesticides must not be used or stored;