43 Amendments of Sirpa PIETIKÄINEN related to 2020/2260(INI)
Amendment 13 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 1 a (new)
Citation 1 a (new)
- having regard to its resolution of 18 December 2019 on the EU Pollinators Initiative (2019/2803(RSP)),
Amendment 45 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 6 a (new)
Citation 6 a (new)
- having regard to the report on the "European Environment – State and outlook 2020" by the European Environment Agency,
Amendment 80 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 11 b (new)
Citation 11 b (new)
- having regard to Council Directive of 12 December 1991 concerning the protection of waters against pollution caused by nitrates from agricultural sources (91/676/EEC)1a, __________________ 1a OJ L 375, 31.12.1991, p.1
Amendment 88 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 12 a (new)
Citation 12 a (new)
- having regards to Directive 2001/18/EC on the deliberate release into the environment of genetically modified organisms,
Amendment 146 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 36 a (new)
Citation 36 a (new)
- having regard to the 2020 report commissioned by the European Parliament’s Committee on Petitions, entitled “Ending the Cage Age: Looking for Alternatives”,
Amendment 211 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas Europe’s food system should deliver food and nutrition security in a way that contributes to social well- being and maintains and restores ecosystem health; whereas currently, the food system is the single largest driver of global deforestation and biodiversity loss in Europe as well as responsible for a range of impacts on human and animal health and on the environment, the and climate and biodiversity; whereas the way in which we produce and consume food needs to transform radically and rapidly in order to ensure coherence with the SDGs, the Paris Agreement, the Convention on Biological Diversity and EU policies, particularly in the areas of sustainability, the environment, climate, public health, animal welfare, food and economic sustainability for farmers;
Amendment 245 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas European citizens are increasingly concerned about the welfare of animals in the agricultural sector and expect the EU to transition away from intensive farming practices, like caged farming; whereas the European Citizens’ Initiative (ECI) “End the Cage Age”, which calls on the EU to phase-out the use of cages in animal farming, has collected nearly 1.4 million certified signatures, qualifying as one of the few successful ECIs; whereas the European Committee of the Regions committed to the objective of ending caged farming and many EU member states already adopted national legislation which goes beyond the minimum EU standards, increasing the urgency for legislative action, at the EU level, to end this inhumane practice and ensuring a level-playing field for farmers across the EU;
Amendment 368 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas food value chain actors have a large share of responsibility for current unsustainable and unhealthy diets and must contribute to the transition to sustainable food systems; in this regard, it is important that consumers are informed and enabled to take responsibility for the consequences of their choice of food stuffs on the whole food system, from production to processing and distribution; whereas this requires a healthy and sound food environment which ensures that the healthy and sustainable choice is also the easy and affordable choice, and fosters and encourages consumption patterns that support human health while ensuring the sustainable use of natural and human resources and animal welfare;
Amendment 390 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas genome editing methods have a high technical potential to make the whole genome available for genetic changes, very often resulting in complex patterns of genetic change (genotypes) and profound intended changes in the biological characteristics (phenotypes), even if no additional genes are inserted; whereas organisms derived from genome editing are covered by the Cartagena Biosafety Protocol of the Convention on Biological Diversity;
Amendment 446 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
Ea. whereas the Farm to Fork Strategy should reward farmers, agri-cooperatives and other operators in the food chain who have already undergone the transition to sustainable practices;
Amendment 459 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E b (new)
Recital E b (new)
Eb. whereas it is necessary to ensure consistency and coherence between the measures envisaged by the Farm to Fork Strategy and the Common Agriculture and Fisheries Policies, the Trade Policy, the EU’s Biodiversity Strategy for 2030, as well as other related EU Policies and Strategies;
Amendment 495 #
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; in light of this, encourages the Commission to translate, as a matter of urgency, the strategy into concrete legislative and non-legislative action as soon as possiblein order to tackle rapidly the unsustainability of the current food system and the higher costs of a failure to act;
Amendment 558 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Welcomes the announcement of an impact-asses science-based proposal for a legislative framework for sustainable food systems; invites the Commission to use this proposal to set out a holistic common food policyenvironmentally, socially and economically sustainable common food policy, consistent with EU treaties, European Green Deal, climate, biodiversity, health and other policy objectives and international commitments such as Sustainable Development Goals, within the planetary boundaries, based on harmonised, comparable and uniform indicators to be applied across Union activities, financial instruments and regulatory initiatives that are consistent with the harmonised life cycle assessment and natural capital accounting methodologies, in order to deliver meaningful environmental and broader sustainability impact and to decrease unnecessary administrative burden, aimed at reducing the environmental and climate footprint of the EU food system in order to make Europe the first climate- neutral continent by 2050 at the latest, and strengthen its resilience to ensure long- term food security, including availability, access, utilisation and stability, in the face of climate change and biodiversity loss, leading a global transition towards sustainability from farm to fork, based on the principle of a multifunctional agricultural sector while ensuring consistency between policies by takbring into account the existing legislationg all legislative and non-legislative initiatives under a new legal framework for food systems, in order to enable all actors in the European food system to develop long-term plans based on realistic and transparent objectivesscience based objectives; stresses the need for urgent and bold policy and legislative change in the face of overwhelming scientific evidence for the unsustainability of the current food system and the higher costs of a failure to act; suggests that the respective base lines and progress achieved in each Member State be taken into account, while promoting the exchange of know-how and best practices between Member States; stresses the need to include the entire food and beverage chains including processing, marketing, distribution and retail;
Amendment 630 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Calls on the Commission to develop Food Policy Strategic Plans backed by a dedicated fund as a part of the new legal framework, including clear common EU level objectives, to facilitate, stimulate and upscale new and existing national regional and local food policies, e.g. the EU School Scheme; these objectives should be promoted by policymakers, food actors and citizens at the regional level and they would work alongside the supply-driven measures;
Amendment 635 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Welcomes the first mid-term review of the Strategy planned by mid- 2023; stresses the need for any evaluation of the Strategy to consider the impact of all actions foreseen in a holistic and systemic manner, rather than to focus only on individual targets; insists on the need for any assessment of the Strategy to cover all dimensions of sustainability, including environmental, economic, social and health;
Amendment 740 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Welcomes the decision to revise the directive on the sustainable use of pesticides and the reduction targets for pesticides, fertilisers, and antibioticsreduction targets for pesticides, fertilisers, antibiotics, nutrient loss and greenhouse gas emissions, as well as the targets for high-biodiversity landscape features and organic farming; emphasises the importance of pursuing these targets through holistic and circular approaches, such as agroecological practices; insists that each Member State should establish robust and time-bound quantitative reduction targets in their CAP Strategic Plans and other relevant policy instruments, accompanied by well- defined support measures ensuring accountability at all levels to help reach these targets; reiterates its call for the prompt translation into legislation of the above targets and objectives, including through the revision of the Directive on the Sustainable Use of Pesticides; and calls on the Commission to clarify how it will deal with individual Member States’ contributions to Union- wide targets and to clarify the baselines for these targets;
Amendment 898 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Emphasises the importance of recognising the significant impact of agriculture and especially animal production on greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and land use; stresses the need to enhance natural carbon sinks and reduce agricultural emissions of carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide, in particular in the feed and livestock sectors; calls for regulatory measures and targets to ensure progressive reductions in all GHG emissions in these sectorslegally-binding EU-level and national targets for emissions reduction from agriculture and related land use as part of the “Fit for 55” package to ensure ambitious and progressive reductions in all GHG emissions in these sectors in the EU but also addressing embedded land use emissions from imported feed and food;
Amendment 955 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Recalls that European sustainably managed agriculture and forestry could play a crucial role in addressing climate change adaptation and mitigation, as it has significant potential to reduce the emissions, to sequester carbon and to boost economies in a sustainable manner;
Amendment 978 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Amendment 1005 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Points out that extensive and permanent grassland-based or organic animal husbandry is a feature of the European food system and a defining element of many traditional rural communities, and that it has multiple positive effects for the environment and against climate change, and contributes to a circular economycan play a role in a sustainable and circular food system, particularly where they support or enable the management of important ecotypes, such as highly biodiverse grasslands; stresses that, in contrast, intensive livestock farming causes major negative impacts on public health and the environment; emphasises the need to scientifically determine the safe operating space for livestock production and consumption to keep it within planetary boundaries; calls on the European Commission to ensure that its policies and funding programmes promote a shift to less and better animal farming and meat, dairy and eggs consumption in Europe;
Amendment 1038 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Viewing the increasing concern of consumers towards animal welfare and animal health, welcomes the European Commission intention to consider options for animal welfare labelling to better transmit value through the food chain; urges the Commission to develop an easy- to-read, transparent and harmonised EU- wide animal welfare label, which could lead to significantly improve public knowledge, awareness and understanding of animal welfare and animal health in food production while creating a new market for farmers to sell products based on higher animal welfare standards;
Amendment 1077 #
6. Welcomes the notion of rewarding carbon sequpromoting carbon sequestration in soils; reminds of the importance of nature-based solutions, such as agroecology or ecosystem restoration in soil, especially peatland restoration, for increasing natural carbon sinks; stresses, however, that intensive and industrial agriculture and farming models with negative impacts on biodiversity should not receive climate funding or be incentivised; calls for the proposals to be in line with the environmental objectives and the ‘do no harm’ principle of the Green Deal; calls for the removal of market distorting and environmentally harmful subsidies;
Amendment 1086 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Welcomes the notion of rewarding carbon sequestration in soils; stresses, however, that intensive and industrial agriculture and farming models with negative impacts on biodiversity should not receive climate funding or be incentivised; calls for the proposals to be in line with the environmental objectives and the ‘do no harm’ principle of the Green Deal; in this regard, stresses the point that the intrinsic value of the farm to fork strategy will only be unlocked if supported by an equally ambitious and environmentally consistent CAP;
Amendment 1164 #
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;
Amendment 1189 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Recalls that the precautionary principle in regard to GMOs has to be applied in accordance with the judgment of the Court of Justice of the European Union of 25 July 2018 in Case C-528/16, which includes the need for companies to provide methods to identify the relevant organisms as well as mandatory approval process, including risk assessment and labelling.
Amendment 1222 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls for CAP National Strategic Planon the European Commission to only approve CAP National Strategic Plans if they demonstrate their contribution to European Green Deal objectives given Member States respective baselines and that all CAP National Strategic Plans together meet the Union-wide targets; calls on Member States to ensure adequate financial support and incentives to promote new ecological ‘green’ business models for agriculture and artisanal food production, notably through fostering short supply chains and quality food production;
Amendment 1303 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Recalls that the European food system delivers a sufficient and varied supply of safe, nutritious, affordable and sustainable food to people at all times andbut that the healthfulness and sustainability of European food must still improve; underlines that increasing the economic, environmental and social sustainability of food producers will ultimately increase their resilience; encourages the Commission to consider the food supply chain and its workers as a strategic asset for the safety and well-being of all Europeans;
Amendment 1345 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Welcomes the European Commission commitment in accelerating a sustainable fish and seafood production; however, considers with serious concern that a slow action has caused 66% of the marine environment to be altered by human pressure1a and 34,2% of fish stocks to be fished at unsustainable levels1b; therefore, urges the Commission to deliver, without undue delay, on the legally binding measures it is committed to in the framework of the marine Natura2000 sites under the EU Birds and Habitats Directives while applying zero tolerance in the fight against illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing(IUU); _________________ 1aIPBES (2019),Global assessment report on biodiversity and ecosystem services of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services, https://ipbes.net/global- assessment 1bFAO (2020), The State of World Fisheries and Aquaculture, http://www.fao.org/publications/sofia/202 0/en/
Amendment 1353 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 b (new)
Paragraph 10 b (new)
10b. Considering that in the EU alone, unsustainable and intensive agriculture and fisheries have left only 23% of protected species and 16% of protected habitats in good conservation1a; recalls also that over the last 25 years birds have suffered from significant declines with no sign of recovery; therefore, urges the European Commission to make sure that the farm to fork strategy becomes part of the solution to address the biodiversity and ecosystem crisis by updating and enlarging the Birds and Habitats Directives’ Annexes without undue delay; _________________ 1a Bird Life Europe (2019), The EU Biodiversity Strategy to 2030,https://www.birdlife.org/sites/default /files/attachments/birdlife_position_biodiv ersity_web_01.pdf
Amendment 1440 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Calls for primary producers to be supported in making the transition to greater sustainability, including cage-free animal farming, through the encouragement of cooperation and collective actions as well as through competition rules and the enhancement of possibilities for cooperation within the common market organisations for agricultural, fishery and aquaculture products, and thus for farmers’ and fishers’ position in the supply chain to be strengthened in order to enable them to capture a fair share of the added value of sustainable production;
Amendment 1443 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Calls for primary producers to be supported in making the transition to greater sustainability and organic farming through the encouragement of cooperation and collective actions as well as through competition rules and the enhancement of possibilities for cooperation within the common market organisations for agricultural, fishery and aquaculture products, and thus for farmers’ and fishers’ position in the supply chain to be strengthened in order to enable them to capture a fair share of the added value of sustainable production;
Amendment 1508 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Reiterates that dual quality of food products is unacceptable and needs to be fully counteracted to avoid discrimination and misleading of EU consumers; in this regard, calls the European Commission to monitor closely the situation on the market and propose targeted legislation when necessary; in addition, stresses the importance to strengthen the role of consumer organisations in identifying potentially misleading branding practices as well as misleading information provided on the packaging;
Amendment 1535 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Urges the review of the EU promotion programme for agricultural and food products, including the EU school scheme, to align fully with the European Green Deal and the Sustainable Development Goals, with a view to enhancing its contribution to sustainable production and consumption, notably by focusing on educational messages about the importance of healthy and sustainable nutrition, and promoting greater consumption of fruit and vegetables with the aim ofand less sugar, fat, ultra-processed food and meat with the aim of healthiness of diets and reducing obesity rates;
Amendment 1678 #
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; robust scientific evidence and proven consumer understanding;
Amendment 1680 #
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 and trans 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;
Amendment 1911 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Highlights the recognition in the strategy that Europeans’ diets are often not in line with recommendations for healthy eating, and that a population-wide shift in consumption patterns is needed towards more healthy and plant-based foods and less red and processed meat, sugars, salt, and fats, which will also benefit the environment; emphasises thatin this regard, calls on the European Commission to promote specific actions towards more plant-based foods as well as to develop EU-wide guidelines for sustainable and healthy diets would bring clarity toto properly inform consumers on what constitutes a healthy and sustainable diet and inform, while helping Member States’ own efforts to integrate sustainability elements in national dietary advice; calls on the Commission to develop such guidelines and specific actions to effectively promote healthy plant-based dietstheir food-based dietary guidelines (FBDGs);
Amendment 1961 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Calls for a revision of public procurement legislation, including minimum mandatory criteria in schools and other public institutions to encourage organic and local food production and to promote more healthy diets by creating a food environment that enables consumers to make the healthy choicepublic procurement to promote more healthy and sustainable diets by creating a food environment that enables consumers to make the healthy choice; considers that sustainably produced local and organic farming can contribute to this target; calls on the Commission to set mandatory targets for sustainable food procurement and to develop monitoring and reporting tools to collect data on these procurements; recommends that the criteria are developed in a way that they integrate principles of the circular economy, ensure the reduction of packaging and food waste and can be used beyond public authorities by corporate groups reporting on sustainability and covered by non- financial reporting policy as well as private institutions offering the same services as public services;
Amendment 2018 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Recalls that food waste and food loss should be addressed holistically, as early as from the farm and all the way to the fork; Reiterates its call to take the measures required to achieve a Union food waste reduction target of 30 % by 2025 and 50 % by 2030 compared to the 2014 baseline; underlines that binding targets are urgently needed to achieve this and that food waste and food loss at the level of primary production and retail should be also included in the targets;
Amendment 2054 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Welcomes the proposed revision ofto clarify the current EU rules on date marking in order to prevent and reduce food waste and food loss; stresses that any change to date marking rules should be risk and science based and should improve the use of date marking by actors in the food chain and its understanding by consumers, in particular “use-by” and ‘best before’ labelling, while at the same time not undermining food safety or quality; in this regard, recalls the importance to strengthen the role of EU Platform on Food Losses and Food Waste and Member States’ Working Group in sharing best practices, progress made over time and solutions;
Amendment 2098 #
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 bothand social and technological innovations, 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; warns against excessive reliance on technological innovations which do not address the root causes of problems nor the systemic environmental issues faced by the agricultural sector; reminds that many alternatives to excessive use of agricultural inputs such as chemical pesticides already exist and that it is essential to focus on better uptake by farmers; recalls that the precautionary principle underpins the EU Directive on GMO (Dir. 2001/18/EC) and that the 2018 ruling the Court of Justice of the EU strengthens the precautionary protection of human and environment;
Amendment 2163 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)
Paragraph 25 a (new)
25a. Calls for the Commission to set up a High-level food sustainability advisory board to assess the coherence of new or amended EU law that affect our food system;
Amendment 2253 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 a (new)
Paragraph 26 a (new)
26a. Recalls that trade agreements must ensure that the parties involved participate actively in promoting sustainable development principles; international standards that are in line with European environmental and climate ambitions for sustainable growth must also be guaranteed; in addition, in order to ensure a global transition to sustainable food systems, these agreements should make the Paris Agreement on Climate Change and compliance to this as essential and binding elements;
Amendment 2274 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 b (new)
Paragraph 26 b (new)
26b. Encourages the European Commission to integrate in its possible trade and climate initiative in the World Trade Organization (WTO) and other initiatives in preparation of the 12th WTO Ministerial Conference, a reform of the goods classification system in a way that it can distinguish products according to the emissions that are released in their production;