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Amendments (153)

Amendment 104 #
Proposal for a regulation
The Committee on [Agriculture and Rural Development] calls on the Committee on [the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety], as the committee responsible, to propose rejection of the [The sustainable use of plant protection products and amending Regulation (EU) 2021/2115].
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 317 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1
This Regulation lays down rules for the sustainable use of plant protection products by providing for the setting, and achievement by 2030[OP: please insert the date – 10 years after the date of application of this Regulation], of reduction targets for the use and risk of chemical plant protection products, establishing requirements for use, storage, sale and disposal of plant protection products and for application equipment, providing for training and awareness raising, and providing for implementation of integrated pest management.
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 366 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 15
(15). ‘integrated pest management’ means careful consideration of all available meanplant protection methods and the subsequent integration of appropriate measures that discourage the development of populations of harmful organisms, while and keeping the use of chemical plant protection products and other forms of intervention to levels that are economically and ecologically justified and reduce or minimise risks to human health and the environment. Integrated pest management emphasises the growth of a healthy crop with the least possible disruption to agro-ecosystems and encourages natural pest control mechanisms;
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 389 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 16 – point c
(c) human settlements (community in which people live and work), defined as the most up to date CORINE (Coordination of information on the Environment) system maintained by the EEA Land Cover Level 1 classification (Artificial Surfaces) (excluding Level 2 – 1.2: Industrial, commercial and transport units and Level 2 – 1.3: Mine, dump and construction sites)80; _________________ 80 See CORINE Land Cover nomenclature conversion to Land Cover Classification system (https://land.copernicus.eu/user- corner/technical-library/corine-land- cover-nomenclature-guidelines/html) and CORINE Land Cover (CLC) inventory (CORINE Land Cover — Copernicus Land Monitoring Service).deleted
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 394 #
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 398 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 16 – point e
(e) non-productive areas as defined under the EU standards on good agricultural and environmental condition of land (GAEC), GAEC standard 8 listed in Annex III to Regulation (EU) 2021/2115.deleted
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 404 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 16 – point f
(f) an ecologically sensitive area, which means any of the following: (i) any protected area under Directive 2000/60/EC, including possible safeguard zones as well as modifications of those areas following the risk assessment results for drinking water abstraction points under Directive (EU) 2020/2184 of the European Parliament and of the Council81; (ii) sites of Community importance in the list referred to in Article 4(2) of Directive 92/43/EEC and the special areas of conservation designated in accordance with Article 4(4) of that Directive, and special protection areas classified pursuant to Article 4 of Directive 2009/147/EC, and any other national, regional, or local protected area reported by the Member States to the Nationally designated protected areas inventory (CDDA); (iii) any area for which the monitoring of pollinator species carried out in accordance with Article 17(1), point (f), of Regulation xxx/xxx [reference to adopted act to be inserted] establishes that it sustains one or more pollinator species which the European Red Lists classify as being threatened with extinction. _________________ 81 Directive (EU) 2020/2184 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 2020 on the quality of water intended for human consumption (OJ L 435, 23.12.2020, p. 1).deleted
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 451 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – title
Union 2030[OP: please insert the date – 10 years after the date of application of this Regulation] reduction targets for chemical plant protection products
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 463 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1
1.(1) Each Member State shall contribute, through the adoption and achievement of national targets in accordance with Article 5 to achieving by 2030 a 50 %[OP: please insert the date – 10 years after the date of application of this Regulation] a Union-wide reduction of both the use and risk of chemical plant protection products (‘Union 2030[OP: please insert the date – 10 years after the date of application of this Regulation] reduction target 1') and the use of more hazardous plant protection products (‘Union 2030[OP: please insert the date – 10 years after the date of application of this Regulation] reduction target 2’), compared to the average of the years 20151, 20162 and 20173 (collectively referred to as ‘the Union 2030[OP: please insert the date – 10 years after the date of application of this Regulation] reduction targets’).
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 487 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – title
Member States 2030 [OP: please insert the date – 10 years after the date of application of this Regulation] reduction targets for chemical plant protection products
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 494 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
By [OP: please insert the date – 612 months after the date of application of this Regulation] each Member State shall adopt national targets in its national legislation to achieve by 2030[OP: please insert the date – 10 years after the date of application of this Regulation] a reduction, set in accordance with this Article, from the average of the years 20151, 20162 and 20173, of the following:
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 507 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point a
(a) the use and risk of chemical plant protection products as defined in Annex I (‘national 2030 reduction targetwith a flexibility of 10% (‘national [OP: please insert the date – 10 years after the date of application of this Regulation] target range 1’);
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 513 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point b
(b) the use of more hazardous plant protection products as defined in Annex I (‘national 2030 reduction targetwith a flexibility of 10% (‘national [OP: please insert the date – 10 years after the date of application of this Regulation] target range 2’).
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 521 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
For the purposes of this Regulation, the two national reduction targets listed in points (a) and (b) of the first subparagraph, are collectively referred to as the ‘national 2030[OP: please insert the date – 10 years after the date of application of this Regulation] reduction targets’.
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 528 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2
2.(2) The progress of each Member State towards achieving the national 2030 reduc[OP: please insert the date – 10 years after the date of application of this Regulation] target ranges shall be calculated annually by the Commission in accordance with the methodology set out in Annex I.
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 536 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 3
3.(3) Each Member State shall reach the targets referred to in paragraph 1 by 2030. A Member State that reaches the level of one of its 2030 national reduction targets before 2030[OP: please insert the date – 10 years after the date of application of this Regulation]. A Member State that reaches the level of one of its [OJ: please insert the date – 10 years after the date of application of this Regulation] national reduction targets before [OJ: please insert the date – 10 years after the date of application of this Regulation] shall not be required to undertake additional reduction efforts. It shall monitor annual fluctuations in order to maintain the progress achieved in relation to that 2030[OP: please insert the date – 10 years after the date of application of this Regulation] national reduction target.
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 567 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1
A Member State may reduce its national target for the use and risk of chemical plant protection products referred to in paragraph 4 to a percentage that is a mid-point between the figure related to intensity as laid down in the second subparagraph of this paragraph and the figure related to the use and risk as laid down in the third subparagraph of this paragraph. Where that percentage is higher than 50%, the Member State shall increase its national target to that percentage.
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 577 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2 – point a
(a) 35% where a Member State’s weighted intensity of use and risk of chemical plant protection products during the average of the years 20151, 20162 and 20173 is less than 70% of the Union average;
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 584 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2 – point b
(b) 50% where a Member State’s weighted intensity of use and risk of chemical plant protection products during the average of the years 20151, 20162 and 20173 is between 70% and 140% of the Union average;
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 594 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2 – point c
(c) 65% where a Member State’s weighted intensity of use and risk of chemical plant protection products during the average of the years 20151, 20162 and 20173 is more than 140% of the Union average.
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 607 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 3 – point b
(b) where a Member State has increased the use and risk of chemical plant protection products, or has made a smaller reduction than the Union average between the average of the years 2011, 2012 and 2013 and the average of the years 2015, 2016 and 2017, a figure that is established by adding to 50% the difference between the reduction or, as applicable, increase achieved and the Union average reduction, but without surpassing 70%.
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 610 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 4
For the purposes of this paragraph ‘weighted intensity of use and risk of chemical plant protection products’ means a value corresponding to the kilograms of chemical active substances in plant protection products sold per year in a Member State, weighted according to their hazard weightings as set out in row (iii) of the Table of Annex I, divided by the number of hectares of utilised agricultural area in that Member State.deleted
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 616 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 1
A Member State may reduce its national target for the use of the more hazardous plant protection products referred to in paragraph 4 to a percentage that is a mid- point between the figure related to intensity as laid down in the second subparagraph of this paragraph and the figure related to use as laid down in the third subparagraph of this paragraph. Where that percentage is higher than 50%, the Member State shall increase its national target to that percentage.
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 624 #
(a) 35% where a Member State’s intensity of use of the more hazardous plant protection products during the average of the years 20151, 20162 and 20173 is less than 70% of the Union average;
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 633 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 2 – point b
(b) 50% where a Member State’s intensity of use of the more hazardous plant protection products during the average of the years 20151, 20162 and 20173 is between 70% and 140% of the Union average;
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 643 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 2 – point c
(c) 65% where a Member State’s intensity of use of the more hazardous plant protection products during the average of the years 20151, 20162 and 20173 is more than 140% of the Union average.
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 647 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 3 – point a
(a) where a Member State has achieved a greater reduction in the use of the more hazardous plant protection products than the Union average between the average of the years 2011, 2012 and 2013 and the average of the years 2015, 2016 and 2017, a figure that is established by subtracting from 50% the difference between the reduction achieved and the Union average reduction;
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 654 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 3 – point b
(b) where a Member State has increased the use of the more hazardous plant protection products, or has made a smaller reduction than the Union average between the average of the years 2011, 2012 and 2013 and the average of the years 2015, 2016 and 2017, a figure that is established by adding to 50% the difference between the reduction or, as applicable, increase achieved and the Union average reduction, but without surpassing 70%.
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 662 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 7
7.(7) Member States with outermost regions, as listed in Article 349 of the Treaty, may take into account the specific needs of these regions as regards the use of plant protection products when adopting national 2030 reduction targetstarget ranges for [OP: please insert the date - 10 years after the date of application of this Regulation], due to the particular climatic conditions and crops in these regions.
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 671 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 8
8.(8) In no case may the application of paragraph 5, paragraph 6 and paragraph 7 result in either of the 2030 national reduction targets for ... [OP please insert the date - 10 years after the date of application of this Regulation] being lower than 35%.
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 678 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 9
9.(9) By … [OP: please insert the date – 7 months after the date of application of this Regulation], each Member State shall communicate its national 2030 reduction targetstarget ranges for [OP: please insert the date - 10 years after the date of application of this Regulation] to the Commission.
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 686 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 10
(10.) If a Member State fails to adopt a national 2030 reduction targettarget range for [OP: please insert the date – 10 years after application of this Regulation], by … [OJ: please insert the date – 6 months after the date of application of this Regulation], that target shall be deemed to be either 50%; or, where the percentage would be above 50% in accordance with paragraph 5 or paragraph 6, that higher percentage.
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 697 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1
1.(1) The Commission shall review the national 2030 reduction targetstarget ranges for ... [OP: please please insert the date – 10 years after application of this Regulation] communicated to it in accordance with Article 5(9) and the information explaining any lowering of targets made in accordance with Article 5(5) or Article 5(6).
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 704 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2
2.(2) Where the Commission concludes, on the basis of the information made available to it, that the national 2030 reduction tartarget rangets communicated by a Member Statefor … [OP: [OP: please insert the date – 10 years after the date of application of this Regulation] need to be set at a more ambitious level, it shall, by ... [OP: please insert the date – 1 year after the date of application of this Regulation], recommend that the Member State to increase the level of its national 2030 reduction targetss its national target ranges by ... [OP: please insert the date - 10 years after the date of application of this Regulation]. The Commission shall make that recommendation public.
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 710 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 3
3.(3) Where a Member State adjusts its national 2030 reduction targetstarget ranges for ... [OP: please insert the date - 10 years after the date of application of this Regulation] as recommended by the Commission, it shall amend the national targets set in its national legislation in accordance with Article 5 and include the adjusted targets in its national action plan together with the Commission's recommendation.
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 717 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 4
4.(4) Where a Member States decides not to adjust its national 2030 reduction targetstarget ranges for ... [OP: please insert the date - 10 years after the date of application of this Regulation], as recommended by the Commission, it shall include the justifications for such decision in its national action plan together with the text of the recommendation.
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 728 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 6
6.(6) Having assessed the level of national 2030 reducnational target ranges of all Member States for [OP: please insert the date - 10 years after the date of application of this Regulation] set in accordance with Article 5, the Commission shall verify whether their average at least equals 50% so as to achieve the corresponding Union 2030the resulting average reduction targetin the EU.
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 733 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 7
7. If the average of national 2030 reduction targets of all Member States is lower than 50%, the Commission shall recommend that one or more Member States increase the level of their national 2030 reduction targets in order to achieve the Union 2030 reduction targets. The Commission shall make any such recommendation public.deleted
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 742 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 8
8. Within one month of receiving the recommendation referred to in paragraph 7, a Member State shall take one of the following actions: (a) adjust its national 2030 reduction targets as recommended by the Commission, amend the national targets set in its national legislation in accordance with Article 5 and include the adjusted targets in its national action plan together with the Commission recommendation; (b) provide justifications for not adjusting its national 2030 reduction targets as recommended by the Commission, and include the justifications for such decision in its national action plan together with the Commission recommendation.deleted
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 755 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – title
Publication of Union and national 2030 reduction tartrends in Union reduction targets and national target rangets trends by the Commission for ... [OP: please insert the date - 10 years after the date of application of this Regulation]
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 760 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1
1.(1) By 31 August of each calendar year, the Commission shall publish on a website the average trends in progress towards achieving the Union 2030 reduction targetsa reduction in the EU by ... [OP: please insert the date - 10 years after the date of application of this Regulation]. These trends shall be calculated as the difference between the average of the years 20151-20173 and the year ending 20 months prior to the publication. The trends shall be calculated in accordance with the methodology set out in Annex I.
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 769 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 3
3.(3) By 31 August of each calendar year, the Commission shall publish information for each Member State on trends in progress towards achieving the national 2030 reduction targetstarget ranges for ... [OP: please insert the date - 10 years after the date of application of this Regulation]. These trends shall be calculated as the difference between the average of the years 20151- 20173 and the year ending 20 months prior to the publication. The trends shall be calculated in accordance with the methodology set out in Annex I, on the website referred to in paragraph 1.
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 783 #
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 793 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point b
(b) information related to national 2030 reduction targets as set out in Article 9;deleted
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 799 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point c
(c) details of planned progress in relation to the elements relevant for the implementation of this Regulation listed in Part 2 of Annex II;deleted
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 805 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point d
(d) a link to the relevant parts of CAP strategic plans, drawn-up in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2021/2115, which set out plans for an increase in the utilised agricultural area engaged in organic farming and how the plans will contribute to achieving the target set out in the Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions A Farm to Fork Strategy for a fair, healthy and environmentally- friendly food system84of having 25% of the utilised agricultural area devoted to organic farming by 2030; _________________ 84 Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions A Farm to Fork Strategy for a fair, healthy and environmentally-friendly food system (COM/2020/381 final).deleted
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 835 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point i
(i) other planned and adopted measures to support, or ensure through binding requirements laid down in national law, the sustainable use of plant protection products in line with integrated pest management principles, including those contained in crop-specific rules as set out in Article 15(1).
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 850 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 4
The updated versions of national action plans published until and including 2030 shall contain the information listed in the first subparagraph, points (a) to (i).deleted
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 857 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 5
The updated versions of national action plans published after 2030 shall contain the information listed in the first subparagraph, points (c) to (i).deleted
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 864 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 2
2. Each Member State shall carry out a public consultation process prior to the adoption or modification of its national action plan in accordance with the requirements of Directive 2001/42/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council85. _________________ 85 Directive 2001/42/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 June 2001 on the assessment of the effects of certain plans and programmes on the environment (OJ L 197, 21.7.2001, p. 30).deleted
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 869 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 4
4. National action plans shall be consistent with the plans of Member States drawn-up in accordance with Directives 91/676/EEC, 92/43/EEC, 2000/60/EC, 2008/50/EC, 2009/147/EC and (EU) 2016/2284 and Regulation xxx/xxx on nature restoration [reference to adopted act to be inserted], be consistent with the CAP Strategic Plans drawn-up in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2021/2115 and shall contain explanations how the national action plan is consistent with those plans.deleted
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 881 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1
1. National action plans published until and including 2030 shall include all of the following information related to the national 2030 reduction targets: (a) a list of at least the 5 active substances that most strongly influence the trend in the reduction in the use and risk of chemical plant protection products, and of the use of the more hazardous plant protection products, as determined by applying the methodology set out in Annex I, during the 3 years preceding the adoption of the national action plan; (b) a list of the crops on which each of the active substances referred to in point (a) are most widely used and the number of hectares of each crop treated; (c) a list of pests against which the active substances referred to in point (a) are used on the crops referred to in point (b); (d) for each of the pests referred to in point (c), a list of non-chemical methods used or likely to be available by 2030.deleted
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 886 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) a list of at least the 5 active substances that most strongly influence the trend in the reduction in the use and risk of chemical plant protection products, and of the use of the more hazardous plant protection products, as determined by applying the methodology set out in Annex I, during the 3 years preceding the adoption of the national action plan;deleted
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 889 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) a list of the crops on which each of the active substances referred to in point (a) are most widely used and the number of hectares of each crop treadeleted;
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 893 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) a list of pests against which the active substances referred to in point (a) are used on the crops referred to in point (b);deleted
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 896 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) for each of the pests referred to in point (c), a list of non-chemical methods used or likely to be available by 2030.deleted
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 907 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 2
2. For each non-chemical method listed in accordance with paragraph 1, point (d), national action plans shall indicate all of the following: (a) the estimated scale of its use, based on data on the sale of plant protection products, surveys and expert judgement, during the 3 calendar years preceding the adoption of the national action plan, together with a national indicative target for increasing its use by 2030 and a list of potential obstacles to achieving this increase; (b) a list of measures and other actions to be taken by the Member State and by other actors to address the potential obstacles referred to in point (a), with a detailed timeline of intermediary steps and the authorities responsible for each of the steps to be taken by the Member State.deleted
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 912 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) the estimated scale of its use, based on data on the sale of plant protection products, surveys and expert judgement, during the 3 calendar years preceding the adoption of the national action plan, together with a national indicative target for increasing its use by 2030 and a list of potential obstacles to achieving this increase;deleted
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 919 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) a list of measures and other actions to be taken by the Member State and by other actors to address the potential obstacles referred to in point (a), with a detailed timeline of intermediary steps and the authorities responsible for each of the steps to be taken by the Member State.deleted
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 923 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 3
3. In relation to at least the 5 crops that most strongly influenced the trend in the use and risk of chemical plant protection products, and the trend in the use of the more hazardous plant protection products, as determined by applying the methodology set out in Annex I, during the 3 years preceding the adoption of the national action plan, the national action plan shall indicate all of the following: (a) the percentage of all plant protection products used on those crops which were biological controls during the 3 calendar years preceding the adoption of the national action plan, together with the national indicative targets for increasing that percentage by 2030 and a list of the potential obstacles to achieving that increased percentage; (b) a list of measures and other actions to be taken by the Member State and by other actors to address the potential obstacles referred to in point (a), with a detailed timeline of intermediary steps and the authorities responsible for each step to be taken by the Member State.deleted
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 925 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 3 – point a
(a) the percentage of all plant protection products used on those crops which were biological controls during the 3 calendar years preceding the adoption of the national action plan, together with the national indicative targets for increasing that percentage by 2030 and a list of the potential obstacles to achieving that increased percentage;deleted
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 929 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 3 – point b
(b) a list of measures and other actions to be taken by the Member State and by other actors to address the potential obstacles referred to in point (a), with a detailed timeline of intermediary steps and the authorities responsible for each step to be taken by the Member State.deleted
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 933 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 4
4. National action plans shall also include national indicative targets for increasing the percentage of overall sales of plant protection products which are not chemical plant protection products from a baseline period of the 3 calendar years preceding the adoption of the national action plan.deleted
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 937 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10
Annual progress and implementation 1. By 31 August every year, but not sooner than [OP: please insert the date – 30 months after the date of application of this Regulation], each Member State shall submit to the Commission an annual progress and implementation report containing the information listed in Annex II. 2. The annual progress and implementation report shall include: (a) all trends in progress towards achieving the national 2030 reduction targets as set out in Part 1 of Annex II, calculated in accordance with the methodology set out in Annex I as the difference between the average of the years 2015-2017 and the year ending 20 months prior to the publication; (b) all trends in progress towards achieving national indicative targets set out in Article 9(2), point (a), Article 9(3), point (a), and Article 9(4) ), calculated annually as the difference between the extent of use in the 3 calendar years preceding the adoption of the national action plan in accordance with Article 9(1) and the calendar year ending 20 months prior to the publication of the relevant annual progress and implementation report; (c) all other quantitative data in relation to implementation of this Regulation as set out in Part 2 of Annex II; (d) the outcome of the evaluation of the results of each harmonised risk indicator carried out in accordance with Article 36(1); (e) all trends in progress towards achieving an increase in the utilised agricultural area under organic farming referred to in Article 8(1), point (d). 3. Each Member State shall publish its annual progress and implementation report on a website and inform the Commission thereof. 4. The Commission may request a Member State to include further details in its annual progress and implementation report. Within 2 months of receipt of the Commission’s request, the Member State concerned shall respond to the request and shall publish its response on the website referred to in paragraph 3. 5. The Commission shall publish annual progress and implementation reports of the Member States on a website. 6. The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 40 amending Annex II in order to take into account data relevant to the sustainable use of plant protection products.rticle 10 deleted reports
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 940 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 1
1. By 31 August every year, but not sooner than [OP: please insert the date – 30 months after the date of application of this Regulation], each Member State shall submit to the Commission an annual progress and implementation report containing the information listed in Annex II.deleted
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 944 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 2
2. The annual progress and implementation report shall include: (a) all trends in progress towards achieving the national 2030 reduction targets as set out in Part 1 of Annex II, calculated in accordance with the methodology set out in Annex I as the difference between the average of the years 2015-2017 and the year ending 20 months prior to the publication; (b) all trends in progress towards achieving national indicative targets set out in Article 9(2), point (a), Article 9(3), point (a), and Article 9(4) ), calculated annually as the difference between the extent of use in the 3 calendar years preceding the adoption of the national action plan in accordance with Article 9(1) and the calendar year ending 20 months prior to the publication of the relevant annual progress and implementation report; (c) all other quantitative data in relation to implementation of this Regulation as set out in Part 2 of Annex II; (d) the outcome of the evaluation of the results of each harmonised risk indicator carried out in accordance with Article 36(1); (e) all trends in progress towards achieving an increase in the utilised agricultural area under organic farming referred to in Article 8(1), point (d).deleted
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 947 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) all trends in progress towards achieving the national 2030 reduction targets as set out in Part 1 of Annex II, calculated in accordance with the methodology set out in Annex I as the difference between the average of the years 2015-2017 and the year ending 20 months prior to the publication;deleted
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 955 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) all trends in progress towards achieving national indicative targets set out in Article 9(2), point (a), Article 9(3), point (a), and Article 9(4) ), calculated annually as the difference between the extent of use in the 3 calendar years preceding the adoption of the national action plan in accordance with Article 9(1) and the calendar year ending 20 months prior to the publication of the relevant annual progress and implementation report;deleted
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 958 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – point c
(c) all other quantitative data in relation to implementation of this Regulation as set out in Part 2 of Annex II;deleted
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 960 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – point d
(d) the outcome of the evaluation of the results of each harmonised risk indicator carried out in accordance with Article 36(1);deleted
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 961 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – point e
(e) all trends in progress towards achieving an increase in the utilised agricultural area under organic farming referred to in Article 8(1), point (d).deleted
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 964 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 3
3. Each Member State shall publish its annual progress and implementation report on a website and inform the Commission thereof.deleted
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 969 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
The Commission may request a Member State to include further details in its annual progress and implementation report.deleted
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 972 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2
Within 2 months of receipt of the Commission’s request, the Member State concerned shall respond to the request and shall publish its response on the website referred to in paragraph 3.deleted
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 974 #
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 977 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 6
6. The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 40 amending Annex II in order to take into account data relevant to the sustainable use of plant protection products.
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 984 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1
1. By … [OP: please insert the date – 2 years after the date of application of this Regulation], and every 2 years thereafter until 2030, the Commission shall publish on a website an analysis of: (a) the trends in progress towards the Union 2030 reduction targets; (b) Member States’ progress towards achieving the national 2030 reduction targets.deleted
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 988 #
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 992 #
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 997 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 2
2. As from … [OP: please insert the date – 4 years after the date of application of this Regulation], the Commission shall include in the analysis referred to in paragraph 1 an analysis of the information to be provided by Member States in accordance with Article 10(2), points (a), (b) and (c).deleted
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 998 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 3
3. Following the analysis referred to in paragraph 2, the Commission may make a recommendation to a Member State to take any of the following actions: (a) take additional measures; (b) increase the level of ambition of any of national indicative target set out in Article 9(2), point (a), Article 9(3), point (a), and Article 9(4).deleted
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1003 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 4
4. A Member State that has received a recommendation from the Commission to take additional measures in accordance with paragraph 3 shall provide one of the following pieces of information in its subsequent annual progress and implementation report: (a) a description of measures taken as a response to the recommendation; (b) the reasons for not following the Commission’s recommendation.deleted
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1006 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 5
5. A Member State that has received a recommendation from the Commission in accordance with paragraph 3, point (b), to increase the level of ambition of a national indicative target set out in Article 9(2), point (a), Article 9(3), point (a),or Article 9(4) shall take one of the following actions: (a) change the level of the relevant target as set out in the recommendation by amending its national action plan within 6 months after receiving the recommendation; (b) provide reasons for not following the Commission’s recommendation in its subsequent annual progress and implementation report.deleted
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1009 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 5 – point a
(a) change the level of the relevant target as set out in the recommendation by amending its national action plan within 6 months after receiving the recommendation;deleted
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1010 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 5 – point b
(b) provide reasons for not following the Commission’s recommendation in its subsequent annual progress and implementation report.deleted
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1012 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 6
6. Where, on the basis of its analysis of the annual progress and implementation reports, the Commission concludes that the progress achieved is insufficient for the collective achievement of the Union 2030 reduction targets, it shall propose measures and exercise its other powers at Union level in order to ensure the collective achievement of those targets. Such measures shall take into consideration the level of ambition of contributions to the Union 2030 reduction targets by Member States set out in the national 2030 reduction targets adopted by them.deleted
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1018 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 7
7. By … [OP: please insert the date – 5 years from the date of application of this Regulation], the Commission shall submit a report on annual progress and implementation reports to the European Parliament and the Council.deleted
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1029 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) by applying Article 13the integrated pest management framework where no crop- specific rulguidelines have been adopted for the relevant crop and area in accordance with Article 15 by the Member State in which they operate;
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1034 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) by applying crop-specific rulguidelines adopted by the Member State in which they operate for the relevant crop and area in accordance with Article 15 and performing the actions set out in Article 13(8).
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1044 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 2
2. Advisors shall provide advice that is consistent with the applicable crop- specific rulguidelines and with integrated pest management.
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1050 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1
1. Professional users shall first apply measures that do not require the use of chemical plant protection products for the prevention or suppression of harmful organisms before resorting to application of chemical plant protection products.deleted
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1069 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
A pProfessional users records referred to in Article 14(1) shallshall apply a farm-level integrated pest management concept which demonstrates that he or she has considered all of the following options have been considered:
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1092 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Where a professional user has not appliedtaken up, in the plan, a measure listed in the first subparagraph of this paragraph, the records referred to in Article 14(1) shall contain reasons thereofreasons for that shall be given. The plan shall be renewed every three years.
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1107 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 4 – introductory part
4. Professional users shall use biological controls, physical and other non- chemical methods. Professional users mayshall only use chemical methods if they are necessary to achieve acceptable levels of harmful organism control afterif all other non- chemical methods as set out in paragraphs 1, 2 and 3 have been exhausted and whereor any of the following conditions has been satisfied:
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1118 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 4 – point b
(b) where justified by a decision- support system, or by an advisor who meets the conditions laid down in Article 23, the professional user decides, by way of a recorded decision, to use chemical plant protection products methods for preventative reasons.
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1121 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 5
5. Professional users shall apply plant protection products that are as specific as possible to control the harmful organisms and have the least side effects on human health, non-target organisms and the environment.deleted
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1135 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 7 – subparagraph 2
Where a plant protection measure involves repeated use of plant protection products, pProfessional users shall use plant protection products with different modes of action where such products are available.
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1137 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 8
8. Professional users shall perform all of the following actions: (a) check and document the level of success of the applied plant protection measures on the basis of the records on the use of plant protection products and other interventions, and the monitoring of harmful organisms; (b) apply the information obtained by performing the actions referred to in point (a) as part of the decision-making process regarding future interventions.deleted
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1150 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 1
1. Where a professional user takes a preventative measure or performs an intervention, the professional user shall enter the following information in the electronic integrated pest management and plant protection product use register referred to in Article 16, which covers the area where the professional user operates: (a) any preventative measure or intervention and the reason for that preventative measure or intervention, including the identification and assessment of pest level, where no crop- specific rules have been adopted for the relevant crop and area by the Member State in which the professional user operates; (b) any preventative measure or intervention and the reason for that preventative measure or intervention, including the identification and assessment of pest level, performed with a reference to measurable criteria set out in the applicable crop-specific rules where crop-specific rules have been adopted for the relevant crop and area by the Member State in which the professional user operates.deleted
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1164 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 2
2. A professional user shall enter an electronic record in the electronic integrated pest management and plant protection product use register, referred to in Article 16 of the name of its advisor and the dates and the content of the advice received from it in accordance with Article 26(3). The professional user shall make those records available to the competent authority referred to in Article 15(2) upon request.deleted
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1169 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 3
3. A professional user shall enter an electronic record of each application of a plant protection product under Article 67 of Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 in the electronic integrated pest management and plant protection product use register referred to in Article 16. A professional user shall also enter an electronic record specifying whether the application was done by aerial or land- based equipment. In the case of aerial application, a professional user shall specify the type of equipment used.
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1173 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 4
4. In order to ensure a uniform structure of the entries to be made by professional users in the electronic integrated pest management and plant protection product use register in accordance with paragraphs 1, 2 and 3, the Commission may, by means of implementing acts, adopt a standard template for such entries. Any such template shall include fields for inputting records that need to be kept in accordance with Article 67 of Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 and shall require the use of a recognisable ID. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 41(2).
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1182 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall adopt agronomic requirements based on integrated pest management controls that must be adhered to when growing or storing a particular crop and are designed to ensure that chemical crop protection is only used after all other non-chemical methods have been exhausted and when a threshold for intervention is reached (‘crop-specific rulguidelines’). The crop-specific rulguidelines shall implementtemise the principles of integrated pest management, set out in Article 13, for the relevant crop and be set out in a binding legal act.
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1190 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Member States shall establish appropriate incentives to prompt professional users to implement crop- or sector-specific guidelines for integrated pest management on a voluntary basis. Public authorities or organisations representing particular professional users may draw up such guidelines. Member States shall refer to those guidelines that they consider relevant and appropriate in their National Action Plans.
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1196 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 2
2. Each Member State shall designate a competent authority responsible for ensuring that the crop-specific rulguidelines are scientifically robust and comply with this Article.
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1197 #
3. By … [OP: please insert the date = the first day in the month following 24 months after the date of entry into force of this Regulation] each Member State shall have in place effective and enforceable crop-specific rules, for crops covering an area that accounts for at least 90 % of its utilised agricultural area (excluding kitchen gardens). Member States shall determine the geographic scope of those rules taking account of relevant agronomic conditions, including, the type of soil and crops and the prevailing climatic conditions.deleted
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1208 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 4
4. At least 9 months prior to the point in time when a crop-specific rule becomes applicable under national law, the Member State shall perform all of the following actions: (a) publish a draft for public consultation; (b) take into account comments received from stakeholders and members of the public on the draft in a transparent manner; (c) submit the draft that takes into account the comments as referred to in point (b) to the Commission.deleted
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1222 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 5
5. Where the Commission is notified of a draft in accordance with paragraph 4, point (c), it may within 6 months of receipt of the draft object to its adoption by a Member State, if it considers that the draft does not comply with the criteria set out in paragraph 6. If the Commission objects, the Member State shall refrain from adopting the draft until it has amended the text so as to remedy the shortcomings identified in the Commission’s objections. The absence of a reaction from the Commission in accordance with this paragraph to a draft crop–specific rule shall not prejudice any action or decision which might be taken by the Commission under other Union acts.deleted
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1232 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 6 – introductory part
6. The crop-specific rulguidelines shall convertidentify, for individual crops, the requirements of integrated pest management laid down in Article 13 into verifiable criteria by, among others, spec, clarifying the following inter alia:
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1241 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 6 – point b
(b) the non-chemical interventions involving cultural, physical and biological control which are effective against the harmful organisms referred to in point (a) and qualitative criteria or conditions under which these interventions are tomay be made;
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1243 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 6 – point c
(c) the low-risk plant protection products or alternatives to chemical plant protection products which are effective against the harmful organisms referred to in point (a) and qualitative criteria or conditions under which these interventions are to be made;deleted
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1250 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 6 – point d
(d) chemical plant protection products that are not low-risk plant protection products and that are effective against the harmful organisms referred to in point (a) and qualitative criteria or conditions under which these interventions are to be made;deleted
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1256 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 6 – point e
(e) the quantitative criteria or conditions under which chemical plant protection products may be used after all other means of control that do not require the use of chemical plant protection products have been exhausted;deleted
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1272 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 6 – point f
(f) the measurable criteria or conditions under which more hazardous plant protection products may bare used after all other means of control that do not require the use of chemical plant protection products have been exhausted.;
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1287 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 7
7. Each Member State shall review its crop-specific rules annuallyguidelines every three years and update them where necessary, including when it is needed to reflect changes in the availability of harmful organism control tools.
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1289 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 8
8. A Member State that is planning to update a crop-specific rule shall, at least 6 months before the update becomes applicable under national law: (a) publish a draft of the updated rules for public consultation; (b) take into account comments received from stakeholders and members of the public on the draft in a transparent manner; (c) submit the draft that takes into account the comments as referred to in point (b) to the Commission.deleted
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1301 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 9
9. Where the Commission is notified of a draft under paragraph 8, it may within 3 months of receipt of the draft object to the updating of the crop-specific rule by a Member State, if it considers that the draft does not comply with the criteria set out in paragraph 6. If the Commission objects, the Member State shall refrain from updating the crop- specific rule until it has amended the text so as to remedy the shortcomings identified in the Commission’s objections. The absence of a reaction from the Commission in accordance with this paragraph to a draft crop–specific rule shall not prejudice any action or decision which might be taken by the Commission under other Union acts.deleted
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1312 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 10
(10.) A Member State with significant climatic or agronomic differences between regions, shall adopt crop-specific rulguidelines for each of those regions.
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1315 #
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1329 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Each Member State shall designate a competent authority or competent authorities to establish and maintain an electronic integrated pest management and plant protection product use register or registers.
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1333 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – introductory part
The electronic integrated pest management and plant protection product use register or registers shall contain all of the following information for a period of at least 3 years from date of entry:
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1335 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point a
(a) any preventative measure or intervention and the reasons for that preventative measure or intervention entered in accordance with Article 14(1);deleted
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1338 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point b
(b) the name of the advisor and dates and content of advice entered in accordance with Article 14(2);deleted
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1343 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point c
(c) an electronic record of each application of a plant protection product under Article 67 of Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 and a report on any aerial application carried out under Article 20, as required by Article 14(3).deleted
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1393 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 1
1.(1) The use of all plant protection products is prohibited in all sensitivshall be areas and within 3 metres of such stricted as fare as. This 3 metre buffer zone shall not be reduced by using alternative risk-mitigation techniques possible in the sensitive areas referred to in Article 3(16)(b).
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1404 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 2
2.(2) Member States may establish larger mandatory buffer zones adjacent to sensitive areasshall ensure that there is a causal link between the use of plant protection products and the objective of protecting a sensitive area. Areas or parts of those areas the preservation and protection of which are dependent on agricultural exploitation shall be exempted.
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1417 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 4
4. An application by a professional user for a permit for the use of a plant protection product in a sensitive area shall include the information necessary to demonstrate that the conditions set out in paragraph 3 are met.deleted
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1426 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 5
5. The competent authority referred to in paragraph 3 shall decide on the application for a permit for the use of a plant protection product within 2 weeks of its submission.deleted
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1432 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 6
6. The permit to use a plant protection product in a sensitive area shall indicate all of the following: (a) the conditions for limited and controlled use by the applicant; (b) the obligation to display notices regarding use of plant protection products on the perimeter of the area to be treated, and any specific form such display is to take; (c) risk mitigation measures; (d) the duration of validity of the permit.deleted
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1444 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 7
7. A professional user that has been granted a permit to use a plant protection product in a sensitive area shall display notices to that regard on the perimeter of the area to be treated in the form indicated in the permit.deleted
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1452 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 8
8. Where a permit for use of a plant protection product in a sensitive area is granted, before the first day of its validity, the competent authority referred to in paragraph 3 shall make publicly available the following information: (a) the location of the use; (b) the evidence for the exceptional circumstances justifying the application of a plant protection product; (c) the start and end date of the approval period of the permit, which shall not exceed 60 consecutive days; (d) the relevant weather conditions allowing a safe application; (e) the name of the plant protection product or products; (f) the application equipment to be used and the risk mitigation measures to be taken.deleted
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1471 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19
1. The use of all plant protection products is prohibited on all surface waters and within 3 metres of such waters. This 3 metre buffer zone shall not be reduced by using alternative risk-mitigation techniques. 2. Member States may establish larger mandatory buffer zones adjacent to surface waters. 3. By … [OP: please insert the date of application of this Regulation], Member States shall have in place appropriate measures to avoid deterioration of surface and groundwater status as well as coastal and marine waters and allow achievement of good surface and groundwater status, to protect the aquatic environment and drinking water supplies from the impact of plant protection products to achieve, at least, the objectives set out in Directives 2000/60/EC, 2006/118/EC, 2008/105/EC, 2008/56/EC and (EU) 2020/2184.Article 19 deleted Measures to protect the aquatic environment and drinking water
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1583 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 1
1.(1) A distributor shall only sell a plant protection product authorised for professional use to a purchaser or his or her representative when that distributor has checked, at the time of purchase, that the purchaser or representative is a professional user and holds a training certificate for following courses for professional users issued in accordance with Article 25 or has a proof of entry in a central electronic register for following such courses in accordance with Article 25(5).
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1593 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 2
2.(2) Where a purchaser is a legal person, a distributor may sell a plant protection product authorised for professional use to a representative of the purchaser of the plant protection product when that distributor has checked, at the time of purchase, that the representative is the holder of a training certificate for following courses for professional users issued in accordance with Article 25 or has a proof of entry in a central electronic register for following such courses in accordance with Article 25(5).
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1601 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 3
3. A distributor shall direct a purchaser of a plant protection product to read its label prior to use and to use the product in accordance with the instructions on the label and shall inform the purchaser of the website referred to in Article 27.deleted
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1607 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 5
5.(5) Each distributor shall ensure that it has sufficient staff that hold a training certificate for following courses for distributors issued in accordance with Article 25 orand has a proof of entry in a central electronic register for following such courses in accordance with Article 25(5) available at the time of sale to provide adequate responses to purchasers of plant protection products at the moment of sale on their use, related health and environmental risksthe necessary knowledge of the health and environmental risks relating to storage and handling and of the appropriate safety instructions to manage those risks.
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1613 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 6
6. The distributor referred to in paragraph 5 shall inform the purchaser of a plant protection product about less hazardous control techniques before the purchaser buys a plant protection product with a higher risk for human health and the environment.deleted
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1628 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 2
2.(2) Each Member State shall designate a competent authority or authorities responsible for the implementation of the system for the training and certification of all training referred to in paragraph 1 and, for issuing and renewing training certificates, updating the central electronic register, providing proof of entry in the central electronic register andand for overseeing that the tasks referred to in paragraph 1 are carried out by the body that provided the training.
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1638 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 4 – point b
(b) the employer of the professional user, distributor or advisor to whom the training was provided, where that employer is a legal person or a natural person in its professional capacity;deleted
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1647 #
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1675 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 1
1. Each Member State shall designate a competent authority to establish, oversee and monitor the operation of a system of independenexpert advisors for professional users. That system may make use of the impartial farm advisors referred to in Article 15 of Regulation (EU) No 2021/2115, who must be regularly trained and can be funded under Article 78 of the same regulationshall comprise advisors trained in accordance with Article 25.
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1677 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 2
2. The competent authority referred to in paragraph 1 shall ensure that any advisor registered in the system referred to in that paragraph (‘independent advisor’) is free from any conflict of interest and, in particular, is not in a situation which, directly or indirectly, could affect their ability to carry out their professional duties in an impartial manner.deleted
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1684 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 3
3. Each professional user shall consult an independent advisor at least once a year for the purposes of receiving the strategic advice referred to in paragraph 4.deleted
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1693 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 4 – introductory part
4. An expert advisor referred to in paragraph 3 shall provide strategic advice on the following subjects:
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1837 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 34 – paragraph 1
1. The methodology for calculating progress towards achieving the two Union 2030 reduction targets and the two national 2030 reduction targets until and including 2030... [OP: please insert the date – 10 years after the date of application of this Regulation] reduction targets and the two national ... [OP: please insert the date – 10 years after the date of application of this Regulation] corridor targets until and including ... [OP: please insert the date – 10 years after the date of application of this Regulation] is laid down in Annex I. This methodology shall be based on statistical data collected in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1185/2009.
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1845 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 34 – paragraph 2
2. Using the methodology set out in Annex I, the Commission shall calculate the results of progress towards achieving the two Union and two national 2030 reduction targets annually until and including 2030Union reduction targets and two national ... [OP: please insert the date – 10 years after the date of application of this Regulation] corridor targets annually until and including ... [OP: please insert the date – 10 years after the date of application of this Regulation] and publish those results on the website referred to in Article 7.
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1854 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 35 – paragraph 4
4. The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 40 amending this Article and Annex VI in order to take into account technical progress, including progress in the availability of statistical data, and scientific and agronomic developments. Such delegated acts may modify the existing harmonised risk indicators or provide for new harmonised risk indicators, which may take into account Member States’ progress towards achieving the target of having 25% of their utilised agricultural area devoted to organic farming by 2030 as referred to in Article 8(1), point (d).
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI