Activities of José BOVÉ related to 2016/2221(INI)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on working conditions and precarious employment
Amendments (7)
Amendment 35 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses that farmers and farm workers are, by virtue of their profession, exposed to a range of external factors, such as price and market fluctuations or even unpredictable weather, that make employment prospects precarious and insecure; considers that the Commission and the Member States must encourage the use of income-stabilisation and risk- management toolsremunerative farm gate prices covering production costs are fundamental to secure farmers' incomes in the long run;
Amendment 98 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Notes the regular professional exposure of many agri-food sector workers to chemicals, which includes exposure to cocktails of hazardous substances;
Amendment 101 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5 b. Notes the increasing reporting specific illnesses related to the use of synthetic pesticides by farmers and agricultural workers, e.g. non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, Parkinson's disease and multiple chemical sensitivity;
Amendment 103 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 c (new)
Paragraph 5 c (new)
5 c. Notes that, according to medics and scientists, the repeated and regular use of pesticides may lead to reproductive disorders and carcinogenic effects seen in rural populations;
Amendment 106 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 d (new)
Paragraph 5 d (new)
5 d. Further notes that this cumulative exposure, including to a cocktail of chemical substances, is inadequately taken into account in the current authorisation process and its data requirements;
Amendment 107 #
5 e. Notes that improving working conditions of farmers and agricultural workers also depends on reducing their exposure to chemical treatments in the workplace; Is concerned that such exposure and measures intended to limit that exposure may be insufficiently recognised and controlled by EU and national authorities;
Amendment 108 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 f (new)
Paragraph 5 f (new)
5 f. Calls the European Commission to report on the implementation of the European law in this field and specifically to assess how effectively measures are implemented by the Member States regarding farmers and agricultural workers' occupational exposure to chemical pesticides.