Activities of Ulrike RODUST related to 2013/2100(INI)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on the future of Europe’s horticulture sector – strategies for growth PDF (203 KB) DOC (102 KB)
Amendments (18)
Amendment 28 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Recital F a (new)
Fa. whereas, in addition to the cultivation of fruit and vegetables, the horticulture sector also incorporates the cultivation of ornamental plants, nurseries, perennial nurseries, gardening services, cemetery gardening and landscape gardening;
Amendment 32 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F b (new)
Recital F b (new)
Fb. whereas businesses operating in the horticulture sector are often also involved in the areas of production, sales and services;
Amendment 36 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses the importance of promoting the EU horticulture sector and enabling it to compete in the global marketplacein the areas of research and development, energy efficiency and security, adjustment to and the combating of climate change and innovation;
Amendment 47 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Encourages the promotion of F&V consumption in Member States through educational activities such as the Grow Your Own Potato and Cook Your Own Potato industry schemes in the UK and the EU School Fruit Scheme, an important programme at European level;
Amendment 64 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Points out that local and regional production and marketing help to create and safeguard economic activity and jobs in rural areas;
Amendment 65 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Points out that short value chains help to reduce emissions which are damaging to the climate;
Amendment 66 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 c (new)
Paragraph 4 c (new)
4c. Notes that urban farming offers the horticulture sector new outlets;
Amendment 81 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on the Commission, in its review of the EU F&V regime, to produce clearer practical rules about how POs should bon the designed and managed, and believes that in order to encourage more growers to join POs it is crucially important thaworking methods of POs and adjust the scheme adapts to fit the market structures that exist in Member States, so that it is attractive for growers to join POs;
Amendment 106 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Recalls that both the Plant Protection Products Regulation (Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 of 21 October 2009) and the new Biocides Regulation (Regulation (EU) No 528/2012 of 22 May 2012) require the Commission to specify scientific criteria for the determination of endocrine- disrupting properties by December 2013; is concerned that these criteria have the potential to remove significant substances which could still be used with acceptable risk; urges the Commission to fully consider the impact of different approaches when presenting proposals for endocrine disruptors;
Amendment 110 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
Amendment 119 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Calls for plant cultivation methods, such as crop rotation and the planting of catch crops, the use of traditional and new varieties and research and development, should be geared to minimising the environmental damage caused by the horticulture sector;
Amendment 121 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Notes with concern the Commission proposal for a regulation on plant reproductive material (COM(2013)0262) and stresses that while regulation in this area is necessary, any legislation should be proportional and recognise the principle of subsidiaritychanges to legislation must not serve to endanger traditional varieties and crops;
Amendment 127 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
Amendment 135 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Calls on the Commission to differentiate between cisgenic and transgenic plants and to create a different approvals process for cisgenic plants so as to recognise that cisgenesis is an extension of plensure that the ban on the cultivation antd breeding and not a form of genetically modificationed plants in the EU is upheld;
Amendment 138 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Highlights the specificeasonally high labour needs of the horticulture sector, and specifically the need for seasonal workers, and calls on the Member States to ensure that there are effective schemes in place to ensure that horticulture producers can access the labour they need for key periods of the year, and emphasises that appropriate wages must be paid, that wage dumping must be ruled out and that steps must be taken to ensure that social standards are complied with;
Amendment 144 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Welcomes the renewed emphasis on apprenticeships in workforce training but notes with concern that the numbers of people completing horticulture apprenticeships in some Member States remains worryingly low; emphasises that Europe-wide information campaigns encouraging young people to consider jobs in horticulture can help to enhance the sector's image;
Amendment 158 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Is deeply concerned that up to a third of edible produce is wasted because of its appearance and calls on the Commission to create possibilities for marketing a wider range of quality specifications of produce; draws attention, in that connection, to trials conducted in Austria and Switzerland involving the sale of blemished fruit and vegetables;
Amendment 166 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)
Paragraph 23 a (new)
23a. Points out that aquaponic systems can make sustainable local food production possible and that the combination of freshwater fish farming and vegetable cultivation in a closed system can help to reduce resource consumption by comparison with traditional systems;