BETA

7 Amendments of Elisabeth JEGGLE related to 2011/2108(INI)

Amendment 16 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
C. whereas ina decreased bee mortality in the number of bee colonies has been reported in both the EU and other parts of the world; whereas science and veterinary practice cannot currently provides little in the way of effective prevention or disease control against certain pests and diseases owing to insufficient research and development of new bee-health medicines in the past decades, which is the result of the limited size of the market and the consequent low interest of big pharmaceutical companies,
2011/08/31
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 26 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
D. whereas the health of individual bees and colonies is affected by numerous lethal and sub-lethal factors, many of themwhich may be interconnected; whereas the limited number of marketed medicines to fight the Varroa destructor mite are in many cases no longer efficient; whereas the toxic agents in certain pesticides, changing climatic and environmental conditions, loss of plant biodiversity, land use change, mismanaged beekeeping practices and the presence of invasive species weaken colonies’ immune systems and favour opportunistic pathologies,
2011/08/31
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 50 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
1. Calls on the Commission to increase the level of support for honeybee-health- related research under the next financial framework (FP8) and to focus the research on technological developments, disease prevention and control, particularly the impact of environmental factors on bee colony immune systems, defining sustainable agricultural practices and increasing non-chemical alternativesthe use of alternative forms of plant protection, and the development of veterinary medical products for current EU honeybee-disease- causing agents, especially Varroa destructor mites, Nosema ceranae endoparasites and other opportunistic diseases; calls on the Commission to rule out overlaps in the use of funds and to create new financial opportunities where neededmake the allocation of funding contingent on compliance with efficiency criteria;
2011/08/31
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 136 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
17. Calls on the Member States to transpose and fully implement, as soon as possible, Directive 2009/128/EC on the sustainable use of pesticidelant protection products and, in particular, to promote low-pesticidelant-protection-product-input pest management and integrated pest management; in addition, calls for measures to promote training and further training in the bee-friendly use of plant protection products;
2011/08/31
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 153 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
19. Calls for comprehensive scientific research, based on appropriate risk assessment, on the possible replacement of active substances in pesticides that are harmful to the pollinator or to aquatic animal stocks;deleted
2011/08/31
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 162 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
20. Calls, in a spirit of dialogue between beekeepers and agricultural stakeholders, for the setting up of a system of obligatory preliminary notification of beekeepers in all Member States in advance of pesticide applications, especially aerial chemical mosquito controlbeekeepers to be informed in advance of applications of plant protection products, especially aerial chemical mosquito controls; calls, further, for beekeepers to be required to notify farmers if they set up hives in the vicinity of fields;
2011/08/31
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 218 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32
32. Calls on all stakeholders in the beekeeping sector to take advantage of the opportunities offered by the current common agricultural policy and the upcoming reform thereof, which favourtake proper account of producer organisations throughout the agricultural sector;
2011/08/31
Committee: AGRI