5 Amendments of Sergio Paolo Francesco SILVESTRIS related to 2011/2108(INI)
Amendment 54 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
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 alternatives and further supporting integrated pest management techniques, 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 needed;
Amendment 72 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 – point 1 (new)
Paragraph 2 – point 1 (new)
(1) Calls on the European Commission to support a European Network of "reference hives" to monitor bee health in relation with environmental conditions and beekeeping and agricultural practices;
Amendment 91 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls on the Commission actively to encourage a greater degree of information- sharing among Member States, laboratories, the plant protection industry and beekeepers on ecotoxicological studies and other factors affecting honeybee health so as to make possible informed, independent scientific scrutiny;
Amendment 135 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. CStresses the importance of sustainable farming for the healthy development of honeybee colonies and calls on the Member States to transpose and fully implement, as soon as possible, Directive 2009/128/EC on the sustainable use of pesticides and, in particular, to promote low-pesticide-inputintegrated pest management and integrated pest management; and bee-friendly practices;
Amendment 145 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Calls on the Commission to consider chronic, larval and sub-lethal toxicity, and substance-pathogen and substance- substance synergies in the risk assessment of pesticidesensure correct implementation of the Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 on the placing on the market of plant protection products in application since 14 June 2011 introducing chronic, larval and sub-lethal toxicity in the risk of assessment of pesticides; invites the Commission to promote research on the potential interactions between substance-pathogen and substance-substance; calls on the Commission to pay special attention to the use of specific pesticides, such as those of the family of the neonicotinoide family (Clothianidin, Thiacloprid, Imidacloprid, Thiamethoxam), phenyl-pyrazoles (Fipronil) and pyrethroids, or active substances such as Chlorpyrifos or Dimethoat, as these active substances in pesticides have a provencould have adverse effect on bee and colony health; application methods such as seed coating should also be considered;