8 Amendments of Marco CAMPOMENOSI related to 2020/2273(INI)
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Notes with concern that the loss of economic costs of invasive alien species in Europe can be estimated as €12.7 billion/year1a, and in particular the costs for the agricultural, fisheries, forestry and health sectors amount to €5.1 billion/year, excluding the costs of epidemic animal and human diseases; in this regard, calls on the Commission to improve controls at the borders to ensure that imports introduced in the European Union do not put at risk European biodiversity and competitiveness, since the increasing volume of trade contributes to the spread of invasive species; _________________ 1ahttps://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal- content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:5200 8SC2887&from=EN
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses the importance of systematically including a biodiversity dimension to all sustainable impact assessments (SIAs) that follow a robust methodology, as suggested by available Commission studies, and to consistently factor in biodiversity issues; requests that the Commission secure adequate funding for carrying out such analyses on biodiversity; calls for neutral and impartial SIAs to be launched as part of the scoping exercise phase on future free trade agreements and for them to be regularly updated as negotiations develop in order to adequately identify and address possible risks as early as possible, and to shape relevant bilateral commitments outlined in the negotiations; stresses the importance of systematically conducting regular ex post sustainable impact assessments to ensure consistency with the EU’s international commitments on biodiversity; calls for trade and sustainable development chapters to include time- bound roadmaps that provide verifiable commitments and objectives, which are to be regularly monitored by ex post SIAs and for the lowering of (non- )tariff barriers be made conditional thereon; invites the Commission to update existing chapters accordingly; recalls that FTAs should be based on a coordinated approach, fostering more consistency between trade, customs and market surveillance;
Amendment 41 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
Amendment 52 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
Amendment 64 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Urges the EU to adopt a whitelist of endangered speciesanimal and plant species in the different regions of the world to efficiently combat the illegal trade thereof, to improve the training of customs officials and to support the establishment of a mechanism to prohibit the export of nationally protected endangered species in their countries of origin;
Amendment 68 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
Amendment 88 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Believes that the strategy should set out realistic, achievable, and fair objectives by giving the possibility and the time needed for stakeholders and respective actors involved to gradually adapt to any changes required in the production process without any abrupt shifts; deplores that the targets reduction do not take into consideration the progress already made by the European stakeholders;
Amendment 94 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 b (new)
Paragraph 9 b (new)
9b. Notes that Strategy will set out various constraints for producers and stakeholders, which should be counterbalanced by the provision of alternative tools; notes that the drastic reduction of technical means without valid alternatives would lead to a decrease in both agricultural production of EU and its competitiveness on export markets, without a proven guarantee of an effective improvement in terms of environmental impact and health;