Activities of Pavel POC related to 2017/2115(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Prospects and challenges for the EU apiculture sector (debate)
Amendments (13)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Considers that honeybees are a crucial part of biodiversity and that they constitute an irreplaceable universal heritage on which animal pollination largely dependEmphasises that beekeeping as an economic and social activity plays a crucial role in the sustainable development of rural areas, creates jobs and provides an important ecosystem service via pollination, which contributes to the improvement of biodiversity by maintaining the genetic diversity of plants;
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
Amendment 36 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Deplores the fact that the widespread use of chemical pesticides, particularly on melliferous plant species, threatens the survival of beesEmphasises that the use of plant protection products in agriculture should be regarded as a main factor affecting bee health;
Amendment 37 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Stresses that the long-term effects of systemic plant protection products are underestimated; believes that use of plant protection products should be taken into account in order to clarify to what extent they play a role in bee health; welcomes the recent adoption of a pilot project on Environmental monitoring of pesticide use through honeybees;
Amendment 41 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3 b. Points out that special attention must be paid to the use of plant protection products of the neonicotinoid family (Clothianidin, Thiacloprid, Imidacloprid, Thiamethoxam), phenyl pyrazole (Fipronil), pyrethroids and active substances such as Chlorpyrifos and Dimethoate, with lethal effects (mortality due to the acute or chronic toxicity of active substances in plant protection products) or sub-lethal effects (effects on the immune system or on behaviour of bees), directly or via contaminated water, droplet guttation, nectar and pollen that could cause digestive and hormonal disruption;
Amendment 47 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
Amendment 58 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Notes that the fight against fraud in the field of bee products calls for substantial funding to tackle the unfair competition represented by adulterated ‘honey’ in particularhoney is the third most adulterated product in the world and that the adulteration of honey imported from third countries is causing considerable damage to European beekeepers;
Amendment 63 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls onWelcomes that the Ccommission to include as one of the objectives of the common agricultural policy (CAP) limits on the objective of increasing productivity to circumscribe crop intensification, in order to provide sufficient and healthy living space for beepulsory greening measures of the new Direct Payment Regulation, in particular crop diversification and ecological focus areas, could contribute to a better environment for bees; stresses however that bees and other pollinators shall be at the heart of the EU food production system and more needs to be done to establish agricultural systems that respond to the needs of pollinators, while guaranteeing food production that contributes to the well- being of European citizens;
Amendment 73 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
Amendment 83 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Considers it appropriatRecalls Directive 2009/128/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 October 2009 establishing a framework for Community action to achieve tohe support the development of biological pesticides harmless to beesstainable use of pesticides and especially Article 14 thereof, which makes it mandatory for all farmers to apply the general principles of integrated pest management on their farms as from 2014, and Article 9, which places a general ban on aerial spraying;
Amendment 91 #
8a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to accelerate the evaluation, authorisation, registration and monitoring of the use of low-risk plant protection products of biological origin while maintaining risk assessment at a high level in order to offer an even larger range of alternatives to farmers;
Amendment 95 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Calls for support for the training of beekeepers in order to promote a non- intrusive European surveillance of bees by developing indicators for the vitality of colonies; on the Commission to promote sustainable agricultural practices in the CAP, to encourage all farmers to employ simple agronomic practices in line with Directive 2009/128/EC and to strengthen agri-environmental measures specific to the beekeeping sector, in the spirit of the new EU Biodiversity Strategy; calls on the Member States to lay down agri-environmental measures geared to apiculture in their rural development programmes and to encourage farmers to engage in agri-environmental measures supporting ‘bee-friendly’ grasslands on field margins and to employ an advanced level of integrated production, taking a holistic approach to farming and using biological control with low risk where possible;
Amendment 105 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Calls for a reinforcement of the resources allocated to the fight against commercial fraud affecting honey products. on the Commission to increase the level of support for honeybee-health-related research under the next financial framework and to focus the research on technological developments, particularly on the impact of environmental factors on the bee colony immune system and their interactions with pathologies, on defining sustainable agricultural practices, on promoting non-chemical alternatives (i.e. preventative agronomic practices such as crop rotation and use of biological control) and on generally further encouraging Integrated Pest Management techniques;