29 Amendments of Frédérique RIES related to 2020/2260(INI)
Amendment 433 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
Ea. whereas the European Parliament adopted a resolution on EU Pollinators Initiative1a which confirms its strong position regarding the importance of pollinators protection, particularly in context of risk and exposure to chemicals and the need to transform away from harmful agricultural practices; __________________ 1a P9_TA(2019)0104
Amendment 458 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E b (new)
Recital E b (new)
Eb. whereas the EFSA Bee Guidance Document (2013) has not been adopted yet and its review has not been finalised, and the process of Biocides - Pollinators Guidance Document by ECHA is ongoing; whereas even full application of the 2013 EFSA Bee Guidance would leave butterflies, moths and hoverflies unprotected under the pesticide approval regime;
Amendment 469 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E c (new)
Recital E c (new)
Ec. whereas biodiversity loss puts European and global agricultural production, food system and nutrition at risk; whereas it is estimated that the social and economic costs related to land degradation mount to €5.5-10.5 trillion per year;
Amendment 473 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E d (new)
Recital E d (new)
Ed. whereas sustainable farming practices, including IPM uptake, agroforestry, agroecology and organic farming, are viable, including at a global scale, and should be encouraged; whereas scientific evidence1a confirms that pesticide use can be reduced substantially without affecting profitability and productivity negatively; __________________ 1aLechenet, M., Dessaint, F., Py, G. et al. Reducing pesticide use while preserving crop productivity and profitability on arable farms. Nature Plants 3, 17008 (2017)
Amendment 475 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E e (new)
Recital E e (new)
Ee. whereas the Commission adopted Recommendations to the Member States1a and highlights the need to address the continued decline of pollinators (key to ecosystem services), in populations of farmland bird species and in the status of agricultural habitats; whereas agricultural intensification and farmland consolidation have increasingly contributed to the loss of a very significant share of valuable landscape features, as well as fallow land, extensively managed grasslands or wetland areas; __________________ 1a Communication on the CAP Strategic Plans Recommendations (COM(2020) 846 final
Amendment 562 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Welcomes the announcement of an impact-assessed proposal for a legislative framework for sustainable food systems; calls on the Commission to deliver an impact assessment which analyses both cost of action and non-action in terms of immediate and long-term impact on environment, human health and general sustainability; invites the Commission to use this proposal to set out a holistic common food policy aimed at reducing the environmental and climate footprint as well as negative public health impacts of the EU food system in order to make Europe the first climate- neutral continent by 2050and zero-pollution continent by 2050, to bring the food system within planetary boundaries and strengthen its resilience to ensure food security 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 and agroecology, while ensuring consistency between policies by taking into account the existing legislation in order to enable all actors in the European food system to develop long-term plans based on realistic and transparent objectives; 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 includeensure that the entire food and beverage chains including processing, marketing, distribution and retail; contributes to implementing these goals and reduction targets; welcome´s the Commission's objective to ensure that the whole food chain has a neutral or positive environmental impact;
Amendment 748 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
Amendment 794 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Believes that retailers in the food chain should play a strong role in attaining the reduction targets under the farm to fork strategy; is of the opinion that they should act as chain managers in implementing all available IPM-practices and methods for every crop in their chain in view of meeting the reduction targets of the farm to fork strategy; calls for mandatory yearly reporting of every food chain on the implementation of the goals and reduction targets;
Amendment 823 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Calls on the Commission to include in its revision of the implementing measures of the Market Authorization for Pesticides provisions to respect the EU- wide objective of pesticides reduction set by the Biodiversity Strategy, in particular by including environment provisions in the criteria to grant market access to a pesticides in Regulation 1107/2009; is of the opinion that an approval decision under Regulation 1107/2009 should not be granted when EFSA concludes that there is a high risk for the environment;
Amendment 858 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 c (new)
Paragraph 3 c (new)
3c. Calls on the Commission to present its legislative proposal on pesticides data at the latest by mid-2022;
Amendment 1026 #
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 hascan have multiple positive effects for the environment and, against climate change, and contributes to a circular economy and biodiversity restoration;
Amendment 1051 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Notes that Member States' Habitats Directive Article 17 Reports highlight that many semi natural grasslands are in unfavourable conservation - inadequate or - bad status and that pollinators which depend on them are threatened, putting pollination services in jeopardy;
Amendment 1087 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Highlights the importance of nature-based solutions, such as restoration of soils, peatlands and wetlands, for increasing natural carbon sinks and solving multiple challenges at once; 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;
Amendment 1126 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Underlines that healthy soil is a precondition for ensuring security of food, feed and fibre production and the basis for healthy food production; calls therefore on the Commission and Member States to close the existing legislative gap in soil protection and to work together to help Member States halt and reverse soil degradation on their territory;
Amendment 1137 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 c (new)
Paragraph 6 c (new)
Amendment 1138 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 d (new)
Paragraph 6 d (new)
6d. Recalls its resolution on Union’s authorisation procedure for pesticides report (2018/2153(INI)) and expects the Commission and Member States to address all its calls without delays;
Amendment 1139 #
6e. Calls on the Commission to ensure that the provisions of Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 are properly applied and thereby guarantee, inter alia, a minimum standard of notifications on emergency authorisations of pesticides, including the need for Member States to provide complete and detailed explanations, and to make those notifications public; welcomes the role of EFSA in examining these derogations;
Amendment 1140 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 f (new)
Paragraph 6 f (new)
6f. Calls on the Commission to assess the possibility of introducing a levy for the use or/and authorisation of synthetic fertiliser and pesticide products to be used as a source of financing for an EU wide independent monitoring and support for farmers in IPM;
Amendment 1141 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 g (new)
Paragraph 6 g (new)
6g. Calls for increased transparency of the review process of the EFSA Bee Guidance Document, including as regards the decision on the Strategic protection goals; calls on the Member States and the Commission to ensure that the review process will increase the level of protection of Apis mellifera, Bombus spp. and solitary bees as compared to the intended level by the 2013 EFSA Bee Guidance and that it addresses both chronic and acute toxicity, as well as larvae toxicity on honeybees and other species;
Amendment 1142 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 h (new)
Paragraph 6 h (new)
6h. Welcomes the ongoing efforts of ECHA to develop a Pollinator Guidance for assessing the risks to arthropod pollinators from biocides exposure to ensure a high and harmonised level of protection of the environment; believes that knowledge and legislative gaps related to toxicity of biocides and veterinary products to pollinators need to be addressed without delays and that the development of alternatives to the most toxic insecticides in veterinary pest management should be promoted;
Amendment 1143 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 i (new)
Paragraph 6 i (new)
6i. Reiterates its call for a pollinator indicator2a and a restoration target; calls on the Commission and the Member States to secure a new EU-wide pollinator monitoring framework with robust schemes deployed on Member State level, interim milestones, clear time-bound objectives, indicators and targets; stresses that the monitoring activities must be integrated in the new CAP monitoring and evaluation framework; _________________ 2aAs per commitment made in the EU Pollinators Initiative: Action 5C https://ec.europa.eu/environment/nature/c onservation/species/pollinators/documents /EU_pollinators_initiative.pdf
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 1369 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Expresses its deep concern about the emergence of zoonotic diseases that are transferred from animals to humans (anthropozoonoses), such as Q fever, avian influenza and the new strain of influenza A (H1N1), which is exacerbated by anthropogenic climate change, the destruction of biodiversity, environmental degradation and our current food production systems; calls on the Commission and Member States to accelerate the transformation from harmful agricultural practices and unsustainable use of wildlife in this regard;
Amendment 1379 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Expresses its deep concern about the emergence of zoonotic diseases that are transferred from animals to humans (anthropozoonoses), such as Q fever, avian influenza and the new strain of influenza A (H1N1), which is exacerbated by anthropogenic climate change, the destruction of biodiversity, environmental degradation and our current food production systems; recalls that 70% of emerging diseases and pandemics have an animal origin according to the IPBES;
Amendment 1609 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Recalls the need to promote effective Agricultural Knowledge and Innovation Systems (AKIS), enabling all food chain actors to become sustainable by speeding up innovation, the implementation of Integrated Pest Management for every crop and accelerating knowledge transfer; recalls, in addition, the need for a farm sustainability data network to set benchmarks for farm performance and document the uptake of sustainable farming practices, while allowing for the precise and tailored application of new production approaches at farm level by providing farmers with access to fast broadband connections;
Amendment 1744 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Recalls its call to extend the EU generic risk assessment across the legislation to prevent the exposure of consumers to hazardous substances in food;
Amendment 1956 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21a. Underlines the strong link between our food system and global deforestation; calls on the Commission to present a legislative proposal on the basis of the European Parliament resolution of 22 October 2020 with recommendations to the Commission on an EU legal framework to halt and reverse EU-driven global deforestation (2020/2006(INL));
Amendment 2116 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Underlines the importance EU funding forof EU resources for collection of data, reporting, assessment, 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 implementing the various practices of Integrated Pest Management and independent farm advisory services in ensuring the transfer of knowledge to the farming community, drawing on the exist and ensuring specialised training systems for farmers in Member States; believes that the boosting of innovation must be in synergy with the application of precautionary principle;
Amendment 2210 #
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 rleguislations and equivalent safety 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; underlines that the EU rules for international trade should not lead to increased MRLs of hazardous pesticides;