5 Amendments of Jean-Paul DENANOT related to 2017/2128(INI)
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the fact that an implementation report for Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 is being undertaken with the aim of ensuring a high level of protection of both human, plant and animal health as well as the environment and improving the sustainability of agricultural development, while safeguarding the competitiveness of the EU’s agriculture sector by continuing to providinge access to a broad range of active substances and Plant Protection Products (PPP) for all farmers and producers, irrespective of the Members States they are operating in and in tandem with increased research and the use of alternatives to PPPs;
Amendment 58 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Stresses the importance of a science-based approach in authorising any active substance, in line with the EU’s risk analysis principles and the precautionary principle as established in the General Food Law (Regulation (EC) No 178/2002); sees a need to review the procedure currently used to evaluate substances before their approval for distribution in order to improve evaluations, increase the independence of the authorities tasked with carrying out studies, avoid conflicts of interest and make the procedure more transparent;
Amendment 72 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Considers it vital to improve harmonisation in the legislation on placing PPPs on the market in the EU in order to prevent distortions of competition in production and cross-border product- trafficking and enabling a product which is authorised in one country but not in another to enter and be used in the latter;
Amendment 145 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Takes the view that Regulation 1107/2009 should also be amended to take more account of substances not regarded as PPPs and which, when used for plant protection, are governed by the Regulation; such substances offer interesting alternatives in terms of integrated production methods and some bio-control products.
Amendment 163 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 c (new)
Paragraph 8 c (new)
8c. Takes the view that, for each request for a PPP to be placed on the market, Regulation 1107/2009 should provide for a comparative assessment with non-chemical methods of preventing or combating pests in order to give priority to methods which best protect health and the environment.