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Activities of Herbert DORFMANN related to 2022/0196(COD)

Plenary speeches (1)

Sustainable use of plant protection products (debate)
2023/11/21
Dossiers: 2022/0196(COD)

Amendments (373)

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 334 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 1
(1)1. ‘chemical plant protection product’ means a plant protection product containing a chemical active substance excluding plant products using natural means of biological origin or substances identical to them, such as micro- organisms, semiochemicals, extracts from plant products as defined in Article 3(6) of Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009, or invertebrate macro-organisms;
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 348 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 5
(5) ‘more hazardous 5. ‘plant protection product and candidates for substitution’ means a plant protection product containing one or more active substances approved as candidates for substitution in accordance with Article 24 of Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 and listed in Part E of the Annex to Implementing Regulation (EU) No 540/2011, or containing one or more active substances listed in the Annex to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/408;
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 354 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 10
(10). ‘application equipment’ means any equipment the use of whichused for the application of a plant protection product is reasonably foreseeable at the time of manufacture andand the accessories that are essential for the effective operation of such equipment, with the exception of equipment designed for the sowing or planting of propagating material treated with plant protection products;
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 361 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 11 – point b
(b) application equipment with horizontal or vertical booms or orchard blast sprayers, irrespective of whether it is being used for the application of plant protection products;
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 383 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 16 – point a
(a) an area used by the general public,public recreation areas and facilities such as a public swimming pools, parks or gardens, recreation or sports grounds, or a public pathcemeteries;
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 387 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 16 – point b
(b) an areafacilities used predominantly by a vulnerable group as defined in Article 3(14) of Regulation (EC) No 1107/ 2009;, such as childcare facilities, educational establishments, playgrounds, facilities to support people with disabilities, elderly care facilities, healthcare facilities and nursing homes
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 390 #
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 399 #
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 414 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 16 – point f – point i
(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; _________________ 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).
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 415 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 16 – point f – point ii
(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);deleted
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 422 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 16 – point f – point iii
(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.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 474 #
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 withmeasures laid down in Article 5, to achieving by 2030 a 50 % Union-wide reduction of both the use and risk of chemical plant protection products (‘Union 2030 reduction target 1’) and the use of more hazardous plant protection products (‘Union 2030 reduction target 2’), compared to the average of the years 2015, 2016 and 2017 (collectively referred to as ‘the Union 2030 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 497 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
By [OP: please insert the date – 618 months after the date of application of this Regulation] each Member State shall adopt national targets in its national legislation to achieve by 2030 a reduction set in accordance with this Article, from the average of the years 2015, 2016 and 2017, of the followingspecify, in its national action plan, the measures to be taken to work towards the Union 2030 reduction targets:
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 518 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
(2) Member States should establish measures, referred to in paragraph 1, based on sound scientific and statistical principles, taking into account, when appropriate: a) the principles of integrated pest management b) the availability of economic and technically reasonable non-chemical measures as an alternative to chemical treatment c) the development of techniques for more precise and better targeted application of plant protection products, such as those employed in precision farming (spot spraying, band spraying, robotics, etc.) d) structure of the crops and expected changes in the acreage of the crops due to climatic changes e) harmful organisms present on the territory of the Member State concerned f) change or expected change in the pest profile between 2017 and 2030, for example, the emergence, spread and development of new pests, changes in the biology of pests or a change in pest resistance status g) increase or expected increase between 2017 and 2030 in the use of chemical plant protection products to comply with requirements relating to the control of invasive species or Union quarantine pests h) increase or expected increase between 2017 and 2030 in the use of chemical plant protection products to comply with import requirements of third countries i) food security requirements j) reduction potential, understood as the degree of reduction in the use of certain plant protection products that does not lead to a reduction in the production of individual cultivated plants k) already achieved reduction of the use or risk of chemical plant protection products, or the use of the more hazardous plant protection products, since 2011 l) differences in the use of plant protection products per harvested unit of agricultural land between the Member State in question and the EU average m) proportion of active substances used in the total quantity that are authorised for use in organic production n) differences in the use of active substances per area unit against the same pest in organic and conventional farming o) active substances that are not used in primary production and may cause a distortion to the statistics regarding the use and risk of plant protection products
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 520 #
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 reduction targets’.deleted
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 535 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2
2.(2) The progresscontribution of each Member State towards achieving the Unational 2030 reduction targets 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 537 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 3
3. Each(3) A Member State sthall reach the targets referred to in paragraph 1 by 2030. A Member State that reaches the level of one of its 2030 nationalt, according to the calculations in Annex I, has made a sufficient contribution to the Union-wide 2030 reduction targets before 2030 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 national reduction target.
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 550 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 4
4. Subject to paragraphs 5 to 8, the national 2030 reduction targets shall be set at such level so as to achieve a reduction between the average of the years 2015, 2016 and 2017 and the year 2030 in the relevant Member State that at least equals 50%.deleted
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 562 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 4 a (new)
(4a) In the event that: (a) the status of one or more of the factors referred to in paragraph 2 has changed, or (b) the need to use more hazardous plant protection products has increased due to a lack of alternatives, or (c) the need to use plant protection products has increased as a result of: (i) the effects of climate change, such as the emergence of new pests, changes in plant physiology, changes in pest biology (i.e.changes in the number of generations during the growing season), changes in the cultivated area, or (ii) changes in pest resistance status, or (iii) the emergence of invasive species or Union quarantine pests, or (iv) changes in the import requirements of third countries, or (v) structural changes such as changes in agriculture, land management or ownership, or (d) the Member State expects to fall short of the national 2030 reduction target due to unpredictable reasons other than those referred to in letters a-c, the Member State may amend appropriately the measures referred to in paragraph 1.
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 563 #
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.deleted
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 570 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2
The figure related to intensity shall be the following: (a) 35% where a Member State’s weighted intensity of use and risk of chemical plant protection products during the average of the years 2015, 2016 and 2017 is less than 70% of the Union average; (b) 50% where a Member State’s weighted intensity of use and risk of chemical plant protection products during the average of the years 2015, 2016 and 2017 is between 70% and 140% of the Union average; (c) 65% where a Member State’s weighted intensity of use and risk of chemical plant protection products during the average of the years 2015, 2016 and 2017 is more than 140% of the Union average.deleted
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 589 #
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 2015, 2016 and 2017 is more than 140% of the Union average.deleted
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 597 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 3
The figure related to the use and risk shall be the following: (a) where a Member State has achieved a greater reduction in the use and risk of chemical 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; (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%.deleted
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 611 #
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 615 #
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.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 620 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 2
The figure related to intensity shall be the following: (a) 35% where a Member State’s intensity of use of the more hazardous plant protection products during the average of the years 2015, 2016 and 2017 is less than 70% of the Union average; (b) 50% where a Member State’s intensity of use of the more hazardous plant protection products during the average of the years 2015, 2016 and 2017 is between 70% and 140% of the Union average; (c) 65% where a Member State’s intensity of use of the more hazardous plant protection products during the average of the years 2015, 2016 and 2017 is more than 140% of the Union average.deleted
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 645 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 3
The figure related to the use shall be the following: (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; (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%.deleted
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 656 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 4
For the purposes of this paragraph ‘intensity of use of the more hazardous plant protection products’ means a value corresponding to the kilograms of chemical active substances in the more hazardous plant protection products sold per year in the Member State concerned divided by the number of hectares of utilised agricultural area in that Member State.deleted
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 670 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 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 being lower than 35%.deleted
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 677 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 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 targets to the Commission.deleted
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 682 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 10
10. If a Member State fails to adopt a national 2030 reduction target 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.deleted
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 693 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6
[...]deleted
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 779 #
Proposal for a regulation
Chapter III – title
III NATIONAL ACTION PLANS AND PROVISION OF INFORMATION
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 780 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
By [OP: please insert the date – 1824 months after the date of application of this Regulation] each Member State shall draft and publish on a website a national action plan containing the following information:
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 783 #
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 784 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point a
(a) the national 2030 reduction targets adopted in accordance with Chapter IIquantitative targets, objectives, measures and timetables to contribute to the achievement of the EU-wide 2030 reduction in areas falling within the scope of the Regulation;
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 792 #
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 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 800 #
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 803 #
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 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 815 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point e
(e) a list of application equipment in professional use to which the Member State applies different inspection requirements in accordance with Article 32(1);deleted
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 823 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point h
(h) planned and adopted measures to support, or ensure through binding requirements laid down in national law, innovation and the development and use of non-chemical pest control methods;
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 838 #
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 rulguidelines as set out in Article 15(1).
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 844 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point i a (new)
(ia) Member States may adopt measures tailored to the specific needs related to the specific climatic conditions and crops in the regions;
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 845 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point i b (new)
(ib) The provisions of this regulation do not prevent Member States from implementing further targets, provisions or measures;
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 849 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3
Each Member State shall review its national action plan at least every 35 years from the first publication. As a result of the review a Member State may amend its national action plan. Member States shall publish amended versions of their national action plans and shall provide amended national action plans to the Commission without delay.
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 855 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 4
The updated versions of the published national action plans published until and including 2030 shall contain the information listed in the first subparagraph, points (a) to (i).
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 856 #
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 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 866 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 2
2.(2) Each Member State shallmay 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).
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 867 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 3
3. National action plans shall contain a summary of the public consultation process carried out before their adoption and list authorities responsible for their implementation.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 871 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 4
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.
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 877 #
9 IProvision of further information on national 2030 reduction targets in connection with the adoption of the national action plans.
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 882 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. National action plans published until and including 2030 shall include all of the following information related to the national 2030 reduction targets(1) The published information shall include:
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 888 #
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 35 years preceding the adoption of the national action plan;
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 891 #
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 treated and a reference to the crop-specific guidelines referred to in Article 15(1), if there are any;
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 903 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) Infor eachmation ofn the pests referred to in point (c), a list of non-chemical methods used or likely to be available by 2030.availability of biological control agents and other alternative measures
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 904 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point d a (new)
(da) a list of information on professionally used application devices for which the Member State applies different control requirements in accordance with Article 32(1);
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 905 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point d b (new)
(db) a link to the relevant parts of the CAP strategic plans drawn up in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2021/2115, which include plans for an increase in land used for organic farming
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 906 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point d c (new)
(dc) Member States' contribution to the Union-wide reduction targets for 2030 using the calculation methodology set out in [...].
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 909 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
2. For each non-chemical method listed in accordance with paragraph 1, point (d), national action plans shall indicate all of the following:(2) After the publication of the national action plan, the information referred to in Article 9(1)(a) to (g) shall be published on a website and communicated to the Commission
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 913 #
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 918 #
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 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 922 #
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 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 932 #
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 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 941 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 1
1. By 31 August everyWithin a period of two years, 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.
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 946 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
2. The annual progress and implementation report shall include:
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 953 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) all trends in progress towards achieving the nationalEU-wide 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;
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 956 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) all trends in progress towards achieving national indicaquantitative objectives, targets and measures 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 reportand Article 8(1), points (a) to (d);
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 959 #
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 962 #
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 965 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 3
3. EAfter submission to the Commission, each Member State shall publish its annual progress and implementation report on a website and inform the Commission thereof.
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 967 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 4
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.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 976 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 5
5. The Commission shall publish annual progress and implementation reports of the Member States on a website.
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 979 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 6
6. The Commission is empowered to adopt delegatedimplementing 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 983 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – title
11 Commission’s analysis of annual progress and implementation reports
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 996 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) Member States’ progresscontribution towards achieving the nationalEU-wide 2030 reduction targets.
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 999 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 3 – introductory part
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 actionfurther measures:
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1000 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 3 – point a
(a) take additional measures;deleted
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1001 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 3 – point b
(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 1002 #
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 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 1007 #
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 1014 #
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 themcontribution towards achieving the Union 2030 reduction targets is insufficient, it may propose measures in order to ensure the collective achievement of those targets.
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 1032 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) by applying Article 13 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 1036 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) by applyingtaking into account the 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 1041 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 2
2. AdvisorsSufficient information shall providbe madvice that is consistent withe available to the professional user with regard to the applicable crop- specific rulguidelines and with integrated pest management.
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 1055 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1
1. Professional users shall first applydefine what the farm-level objectives are (e.g. conservation tillage, minimal tillage, carbon farming objectives, organic farming or seed production), in order to be able to weigh up the measures accordingly, and furthermore shall initially consider 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.
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 1070 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
A pProfessional users records referred to in Article 14(1) shall demonstrate that he or she has considered all of the following optionshall consider the following options before using chemical plant protection products:
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1077 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – indent 3
– where necessary, use of resistant or tolerant cultivars and high qualityealthy, standard or certified seed and planting material,
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1080 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – indent 6
protection and enhancement of important beneficial organisms, including beneficialsuitable plant protection measures or the utilisation of ecological infrastructurnatural or semi-natural structural elements of ecosystems and landscapes that are important for the provision of ecosystem services inside and outside production sites,
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1091 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Where a professional user has not applied a measure listed in the first subparagraph of this paragraph, the records referred to in Article 14(1) shall contain reasons thereof.deleted
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 1099 #
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 may only use chemical methods if they are necessary to achieve acceptable levels of harmful organism control after all other non-chemical methods as set out in paragraphs 1, 2 and 3 have been exhausted and where any ofthe most suitable method based on the principles of integrated pest management, taking into account the following conditions has been satisfied:
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 1113 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 4 – point a
(a) the results ofexperience with and monitoring of harmful organisms show, based on recorded observation, that chemical plant protection measures need to be applied in a timely manner because of the presence of a sufficiently high number of harmful organisms.
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1117 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 4 – point b
(b) whereif 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,, the professional user decides to use chemical plant protection products methods for preventative reasons.
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 1125 #
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 organismss specifically as possible and thare environmentconomically justifiable.
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1129 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 6 – introductory part
6. Professional users shall keep the use of chemical plant protection products and other forms of intervention to levels that do not exceed the levels that are absolutely necessary to control the harmful organisms and that do not increase the risk for development of resistance in populations of harmful organisms. Where possible, professional users shallare to use the following measures:
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 1136 #
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 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 1145 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 9
9. The Commission is empowered to adopt delegatedimplementing acts in accordance with Article 40 amending this Article in order to take into account technical progress and scientific developments.
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1146 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14
[...]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 1177 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – title
15 Implementation of integrated pest management using crop-specific rulguidelines
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1181 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall adopt agronomic requirements based on the principles of 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 usconsidered after all other non- chemical methods have been exhausted and when a threshold for intervention is reached (‘crop-specific rules’). The crop-specific rulguidelines shall implement 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 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 1192 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 2
2. Each Member State shall designate a competent authority, body or agency responsible for ensuring that the crop- specific rulguidelines are scientifically robust and comply with this Article.
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 1205 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 3
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 enforceafeasible crop-specific rulguidelines, for crops covering an area that accounts for at least 9075 % of its utilised agricultural area (excluding kitchen gardens). Member States shall determine the geographic scope of those rulguidelines taking account of relevant agronomic conditions, including, the type of soil and crops and the prevailing climatic conditions.
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1207 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 (new)
(a) Member States may at any time extend the crop-specific guidelines to other types of crop.
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 1212 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 4 – introductory part
4. At least 9 months prior to the point in time when a crop-specific rulguideline becomes applicable under national law, the Member State shall perform all of the following actions:
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1215 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 4 – point a
(a) publish a draft for public consultationthe competent authority shall publish a draft on a website;
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1216 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 4 – point b
(b) take into account comments received from stakeholders and members of the public on the draft in a transparent manner;deleted
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1219 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 4 – point c
(c) submit the draft that takes into accinform the Commission abount the comments as referred to in point (b) to the Commissionpublication of the draft.
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 1227 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 5
5. Where the Commission is notified of a draft in accordance with paragraph 4, point (c)informed of the publication of a draft, it may, within 6two 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 actsnotification of publication of the draft, submit a proposal for amendment to the Member State. If the Commission issues a recommendation, the Member State may amend where appropriate.
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 1234 #
6. The crop-specific rulguidelines shall convert the requirements of integrated pest management laid down in Article 13 into verifiable criteria by, among others, specifying the following:
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 1245 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 6 – point c
(c) if available, the low-risk plant protection products or alternatives to chemical plant protection products which are effectivauthorised for use against the harmful organisms referred to in point (a) and qualitative criteria or conditions under which these interventions are to be made;
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 1253 #
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 effectivauthorised for use against the harmful organisms referred to in point (a) and qualitative criteria or conditions under which these interventions are to be made;
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 1264 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 6 – point e
(e) theany 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 exhaustedtaken into consideration;
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 1274 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 6 – point f
(f) the measurable criteria or conditions under which more hazardous 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.
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1276 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 6 – point g
(g) the obligation to record observations demonstrating that the relevant threshold value has been reached.deleted
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1286 #
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 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 1296 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 8 – introductory part
8. A Member State that is planning to update a crop-specific rulguideline shall, at least 6 months before the update becomes applicable under national lawis published:
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1297 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 8 – point a
(a) publish a draft of the updated rules for public consultationthe competent authority shall publish a draft on a website;
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1298 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 8 – point b
(b) take into account comments received from stakeholders and members of the public on the draft in a transparent manner;deleted
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1299 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 8 – point c
(c) submit the draft that takes into accinform the Commission abount the comments as referred to in point (b) to the Commissionpublication of the draft.
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 1307 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 9
9. Where the Commission is notified of the publication of a draft under paragraph 8, it may, within 3three months of receipt of the draft object to the updat, submit to the Member State a proposal for amendment regarding 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.
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1310 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 10
(10.) A Member State with significant climatic or agronomic differences between regions, shall adoptmay publish crop-specific rulguidelines for each of those regions.
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 1316 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 11
(11.) Each Member State shall publish all of its crop-specific rules on a single websiteguidelines.
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1320 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 13
(13.) By [OP: please insert the date = the first day of the month following 7 years after the date of entry into force of this Regulation], the Commission shall submit a report to the European Parliament and the Council on the adoption and enforcement ofpublication of the crop- specific rulguidelines in the Member States and the compliance of those rulguidelines with Article 15.
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1326 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – title
16 Electronic integrated pest management and plant protection product use register
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1328 #
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 within 18 months of the entry into force of this regulation.
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 1331 #
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, starting 18 months after the entry into force of this regulation:
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 1336 #
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(16(2);
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1337 #
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 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 1344 #
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 1345 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 1 a (new)
(1a) Where a professional user takes a plant protection measure involving chemical plant protection products, said user shall enter the following information in the electronic register for the use of plant protection products: (a) A professional user shall record the organisation/name of the company of its adviser and the date of the last advice given.The professional user shall make those records available to the competent authority referred to in Article 15(2) upon request. (b) 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 plant protection product use register referred to in Article 16.A professional user shall also record the type of application technique. (c) In order to ensure a uniform structure of the entries to be made by professional users in the electronic 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. Such a template shall contain input fields for the commercial name of the plant protection product, the date of use, the application rate per hectare, the area covered and the crop for which the plant protection product was used, as well as the name of the professional user and the type of application technique.
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1346 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 1 b (new)
(1b) The records referred to in Article 16(2) shall be made in writing in the electronic register within 7 days of the application, but not later than 31 December of the year of application.
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1348 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 2
2.(2) The register(s) referred to in paragraph 1 shall be accessible online to professional users so that they are able to enter the electronic records in accordance with Article 146(2).
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1352 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 3
3.(3) Competent authorities referred to in paragraph 1 shall verify compliance of professional users with Article 146.
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1354 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 4
4.(4) Competent authorities referred to in paragraph 1 shall, once a year submit to the Commission a summary and analysis of the information collected under Article 14 and of any additional data on use of plant protection products gathered in accordance with Article 67 of Regulation (EC) No 1107/200916(2), as well as information under Article 7.
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1355 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 5
5. Competent authorities referred to in paragraph 1 shall share the data gathered under paragraph 1, points (a) and (c), of this Article with the national competent authorities in charge of the implementation of Directives 2000/60/EC and (EU) 2020/2184 for cross-linking that data, in anonymised form, with environmental, groundwater and water quality monitoring data, to enhance the identification, measuring and reduction of risks from the use of plant protection products.deleted
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1359 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 6
6. Competent authorities referred to in paragraph 1 shall ensure access to the register(s) referred to in paragraph 1 to national statistical authorities for the development, production and dissemination of official statistics.deleted
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1362 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 7
7.(7) In order to ensure a uniform structure of the summary and analysis referred to in paragraph 4, the Commission may, by means of implementing acts, adopt a standard template for such summary and analysis. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 41(2) and make it available to the Member States.
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1364 #
Proposal for a regulation
Chapter IV a (new)
IV a CHAPTER V
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1365 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. A plant protection product authorised for professional use may only be used by a professional user who:(Does not affect the English version.)
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1366 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) has been issued with a training certificate for following courses for professional users 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), and
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1371 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 2
2. More hazardous plant protection products(2) Plant protection products, containing one or more active substances classified as substitution candidates in accordance with Article 24 of Regulation (EU) 1107/2009, may only be used and purchased by professional users.
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1373 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 3
3.(3) Application equipment in professional use may only be used by professional users that hold a training certificate issued to them for following courses for professional users in accordance with Article 25 or have 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 1375 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 – point a
(a) the equipment has successfully passed inspection and the results have been recorded in the electronic register of application equipment in professional use in accordance with Article 31(6);
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1376 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2
At the time of submitting the equipment for inspection, the owner of the equipment or his or her representative shall provide to the competent authority or body carrying out the inspection, the information necessary for the competent authority to comply with its record- keeping obligations pursuant to Article 30(1), point (b).deleted
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1377 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 5
5. A professional user shall inspect and operate application equipment in accordance with the manufacturer’s manual of instructions.deleted
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1383 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 1
1. The use of all plant protection products is prohibited in all sensitive areas and within 3 metres of such areas. This 3 metre buffer zone shall not be reduced by using alternative risk- mitigation techniques.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 1397 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 1 a (new)
(1a) (1) Where a Member State concludes, based on sound scientific risk analysis, that safety precautions adopted on the basis of Regulation 1107/2009 and included in the safety rules of plant protection products do not eliminate the risk posed by the use of plant protection products in defined areas or objects, it shall define such areas or objects in national legislation and specify: (a) appropriate measures to eliminate the identified risk, (b) the arrangements to be followed for the implementation of the measures referred to in point (a), (c) the users of plant protection products who are obliged to implement the measures referred to in point (a), if applicable, (d) exemptions, where appropriate, from the measures referred to in point (a) and procedures for granting such exemptions. 2. The measures referred to in paragraph 1(a) may include one or more of the following elements: (a) A ban on the use of all plant protection products or specified groups of plant protection products in defined areas or objects, (b) Restrictions on the use of plant protection products in defined areas or objects, (c) Obligations for professional users to maintain a suitable buffer zone when using plant protection products in the vicinity of defined areas or objects, by observing distance requirements, (d) Obligations for professional users to apply drift protection techniques when using plant protection products in the immediate vicinity of defined areas or objects, (e) Obligations for professional users to apply appropriate warning measures, (f) Closing of defined areas or objects for the period of application of plant protection products, (g) Other measures necessary to eliminate the identified hazard. (3) The measures referred to in paragraph 1 letter (a) shall be without prejudice to Union and national law and the powers of the competent authorities with regard to the control and containment of quarantine pests, pests referred to in Articles 29 and 30 of the Regulation (EU) 2016/2031, vectors of above mentioned pests and invasive alien species.
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1399 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 2
2. Member States may establish larger mandatory buffer zones adjacent to sensitive areas.deleted
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 1406 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 3
3. By way of derogation from paragraph 1, a competent authority designated by a Member State may permit a professional user to use a plant protection product in a sensitive area for a limited period with a precisely defined start and end date that is the shortest possible but does not exceed 60 days, provided that all of the following conditions are met: (a) a proven serious and exceptional risk of the spread of quarantine pests or invasive alien species exists; (b) there is no technically feasible lower risk alternative control technique to contain the spread of quarantine pests or invasive alien species.deleted
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1416 #
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 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 1427 #
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 1431 #
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 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 1445 #
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 1451 #
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 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 1473 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 1
1.(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. Along bodies of water which, according to the national water management plan, have a 'moderate', 'unsatisfactory' or 'poor' ecological status due to substance pollution in accordance with the EU Water Framework Directive (Directive 2000/60/EC), the use of all plant protection products shall be prohibited within less than 10 m of standing bodies of water and at least 5 m of flowing bodies of water.
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1519 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 5
5. A professional user that has been granted a permit for aerial application shall at least 2 days before the date of each specific aerial application display notices to that effect on the perimeter of the area to be treated.deleted
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1535 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
2.(2) An aerial application by an unmanned aircraft may be exempted by the Member State from the prohibition laid down in Article 20(1) where factors related tothe risks arising from the use of the unmanned aircraft demonstrate that the risks from its use are lower thanare comparable to the risks arising from other aerial equipment and land-based application equipment. These factors shall include criteria relating to following criteria have to be considered:
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1555 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 3
3. The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 40 supplementing this Regulation to specify precise criteria in relation to the factors set out in paragraph 2 once technical progress and scientific developments allow for the development of such precise criteria.
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1574 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 1
Advice on the use of a plant protection product to a professional user may only be given by an advisor for whom a training certificate has been issued for following courses for advisors in accordance with Article 25 or who 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 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 1587 #
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 1597 #
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 1602 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 3
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.
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 1610 #
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 or 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 risks and the appropriate safety instructions to manage those risks.
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1612 #
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 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 1620 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) practical training for professional users on the use of application equipment in professional use;deleted
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1623 #
(c) extensive tTraining for advisors on the subjects listed in Annex III with particular emphasis on the application of integrated pest management.
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 1630 #
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 and 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 1635 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 4 – introductory part
4.(4) A training certificate or an entry in a central electronic register shall contain the following information:
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 1639 #
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 1650 #
(g) the validity period of the training certificate or entry in the central electronic register.
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1653 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 5
5.(5) A competent authority designated in accordance with paragraph 2 shall provide electronic proof of entry in a central electronic register to a professional user, distributor or advisor at the time the entry is made. Such electronic proof shall include a record of the period of validity of the entry in the central electronic register.
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1658 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 6
6.(6) A training certificate or an entry in a central electronic register shall be valid for 10 years in the case of a distributor or professional user and for 56 years in the case of an advisor.
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1661 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 7
7.(7) Subject to paragraph 6, a training certificate or an entry in a central electronic register shall only be made or renewed if the holder of the certificate or the person whose name has been entered in the central electronic register demonstrates satisfactory completion of an initial and follow up training or extensive training referred to in paragraph 1, point (a) or (c).
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1667 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 9
9. A competent authority designated in accordance with paragraph 2 or an appointed body referred to in paragraph 1 shall withdraw a training certificate if it was incorrectly issued or renewed or shall correct an entry in the central electronic register if it was incorrectly introduced.
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 1689 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 3
3. Each professional user shall consult an independent advisor at least once aevery six years for the purposes of receiving the strategic advice referred to in paragraph 4.
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 1708 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 1
1. Each Member State shall designate a competent authority to provide information to the public, in particular through awareness-raising programmes, on the occurrence of harmful organisms and the associated risks for food quality and in relation to the risks associated with the use of plant protection products.
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1712 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 2
2. The competent authority referred to in paragraph 1 shall establish a website or websites dedicated to providing information on the occurrence of harmful organisms and risks associated with the use of plant protection products. That information may be provided directly or by providing links to relevant websites of other national or international bodies.
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1718 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 3 – point a
(a) the risk assessments that plant protection products must undergo prior to authorisation and upon renewal or re- authorisation, and the science backing the safe use of plant protection products and the potential risks to human health and the environment through acute or chronic effects relating to the use of plant protection products;
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1724 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 3 – point a a (new)
(aa) the occurrence and spread of the main pests and their impact on crops and harvested products.
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1731 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 3 – point g
(g) the rights of third parties to request access to information on the use of plant protection products by addressing the relevant competent authority in accordance with Article 67(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009.deleted
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1758 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – title
29 Electronic rRegister of application equipment in professional use
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1762 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 1
1. By … [OP please insert the date = first day of the month following 9 months after the date of entry into force of this Regulation], an owner of application equipment in professional use shall enter the fact that he or she is the owner of the application equipment in the electronic register of application equipment in professional use referred to in Article 33, using the form set out in Annex V, unless the Member State in which the owner uses the equipment has exempted that equipment from inspection in accordance with Article 32(3).
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1764 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 2
2. If application equipment in professional use is sold, the seller and the buyer shall enter the fact of the sale, within 30 days after the sale, in the electronic register of application equipment in professional use referred to in Article 33, using the form set out in Annex V, unless the application equipment in professional use has been exempted from inspection in the relevant Member State(s) in accordance with Article 32(3). A similar obligation to enter a transfer of ownership in the electronic register applies in the case of any other changes of ownership of application equipment in professional use that has not been exempted from inspection in the relevant Member State(s) in accordance with Article 32(3).
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1766 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 3
3. If application equipment in professional use is withdrawn from use and is not intended to be used again, its owner shall, within 30 days after the withdrawal from use, enter the fact that the equipment has been withdrawn from use in the electronic register of application equipment in professional use referred to in Article 33, using the form set out in Annex V.deleted
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1769 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 4
4. If application equipment in professional use is returned to use, its owner shall, within 30 days after the return to use, enter that fact in the electronic register of application equipment in professional use referred to in Article 33 using the form set out in Annex V.deleted
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1772 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 5
5. The Commission is empowered to adopt delegatedimplementing acts in accordance with Article 40 amending Annex V in order to take into account technical progress and scientific developments.
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1774 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 30 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point a
(a) establish and maintain a central electronic register to record information on all application equipment in professional use in the Member State;
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1776 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 30 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point b
(b) use the central electronic register to receive and process third party entries regarding ownership, transfer of ownership, sale, withdrawal from use and return to and use of application equipment in professional use;
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1783 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 30 – paragraph 2
2. Each Member State shall carry out official controls to verify compliance by operators with the provisions of this Regulation relating to application equipment. Member States shall take appropriate follow-up measures to remedy any specific or systemic shortcomings identified through controls performed by the Commission experts in accordance with paragraphs 3 and 4. They shall give the necessary assistance to ensure that the Commission experts have access to all premises or parts of premises, and goods, and to information, including computer systems, relevant for the execution of their duties.
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1786 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 30 – paragraph 3
3. Commission experts shall perform controls, including audits, in each Member State to verify the application of the rules relating to application equipment laid down in this Regulation. The experts may investigate and collect information on official controls and enforcement practices in the area of application equipment.deleted
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1789 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 30 – paragraph 4
4. The Commission shall: (a) prepare a draft report on the findings and on recommendations addressing the shortcomings identified by its experts during these controls; (b) send to the Member State where those controls have been performed a copy of the draft report referred to in point (a) for its comments; (c) take the comments of the Member State referred to in point (b) into account in preparing the final report on the findings of the controls performed by its experts in the Member States as provided for in this Article; (d) make publicly available the final report referred to in point (c) and the comments of the Member States referred to in point (b).deleted
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1793 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 31 – paragraph 1
1. The competent authority referred to in Article 30 or a body designated by it shall inspect application equipment in professional use every three years, starting from the date of first purchase. TEvery three years from the date of purchase, the user of application equipment in professional use shall be inspected by the competent authority shall ensureferred that there is sufficient staff, equipment and other resources necessary for the inspection of allo in Article 30 or by a body designated by that authority. An exemption shall be established for new application equipment to providue for inspection, within the three year cycl five years after the date of first purchase.
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1799 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 31 – paragraph 6
6. The results of each inspection for which application equipment in professional use passes the test shall be recorded by the competent authority referred to in Article 30 in the central electronic register of application equipment in professional use referred to in Article 33.deleted
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1802 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 31 – paragraph 7 – point a
(a) issued by the competent authority, institution or body referred to in Article 30 to the owner of application equipment in professional use where that equipment complies with the requirements listed in Annex IV; and
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1807 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 31 – paragraph 7 – point b
(b) recorded by that competent authority in the central electronic register of application equipment in professional use referred to in Article 33.
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1811 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 31 – paragraph 8
8. A record as referred to in paragraph 6positive certificate of inspection shall be valid for threfive years unless the Member State provides for a different inspection interval pursuant to Article 32.
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1814 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 31 – paragraph 10
10. The Commission is empowered to adopt delegatedimplementing acts in accordance with Article 40 amending this Article and Annex IV in order to take into account technical progress and scientific developments.
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1817 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 32 – paragraph 2
2. Before laying down less stringent inspection requirements and different inspection intervals as referred to in paragraph 1, a Member State shall carry out a risk assessment on their potential impacts on human health and the environment. The competent authority referred to in Article 30 shall maintain a copy of the risk assessment for control by the Commission.
2023/06/02
Committee: AGRI
Amendment 1820 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 32 – paragraph 3
3. A Member State may exempt from inspection referred to in Article 31 handheld application equipment or knapsack sprayers, in professional use, based on a risk assessment on their potential impact on human health and the environment, which shall include an estimation of the scale of use. The competent authority referred to in Article 30 shall maintain a copy of the risk assessment for control by the Commission.
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
Amendment 2158 #
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
2023/04/05
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 2167 #
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
2023/04/05
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 2172 #
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) (d) permit.deleted risk mitigation measures; the duration of validity of the
2023/04/05
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 2180 #
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
2023/04/05
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 2186 #
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, bedeleted the location of the use; the evidence fore the first day of its validity, the competent authority referred to in paragraph 3 shall make publicly available the following information: (a) (b) circumstances justifying the applicationexceptional the start and end date of the the relevant weather conditions the name of athe plant protection product; (c) approval period of the permit, which shall not exceed 60 consecutive days; (d) allowing a safe application; (e) product or products; (f) used and the risk mitigation measures to be taken.the application equipment to be
2023/04/05
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 2202 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19
Measures to protect the aquatic environment and drinking water 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. 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 By … [OP: please insert the date
2023/04/05
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 2330 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 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).
2023/04/05
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 2335 #
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
2023/04/05
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 2344 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 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.
2023/04/05
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 2348 #
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
2023/04/05
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 2375 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 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.
2023/04/05
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 2384 #
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
2023/04/05
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 2423 #
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.
2023/04/05
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 2426 #
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
2023/04/05
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 2433 #
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
2023/04/05
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 2440 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 4 – introductory part
4. An advisor referred to in paragraph 3(4) An expert advisor shall provide strategic advice on the following subjects:
2023/04/05
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 2613 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 33
1. designated by a Member State pursuant to Article 30 shall establish and maintain a central electronic register to record: (a) parties pursuant to Article 20(2), point (b)(i), and Article 29; (b) certificates as set out in Article 31(6) and (7)(b); (c) paragraph 2 on application equipment in professional use in its Member State that has not been exempted from inspection under Article 32(3). 2. to in Article 30 shall, at the time of inspection, record the following information: (a) the name of the body carrying out the inspections; (b) the unique ID of the application equipment, if available; (c) the date of manufacture, if available; (d) the name and address of the current owner; (e) where there has been a transfer of ownership, the date of each transfer and the name and address of previous owners within the last five years; (f) the tank size; (g) the width of the horizontal spray boom, if applicable; (h) the nozzle type(s) present on the application equipment at the time of inspection; (i) in the case of boom sprayers, whether section and/or nozzle control through geospatial localisation technology is present or absent on the application equipment; (j) years, the date of each inspection carried out in accordance with Article 31; (k) whether the application equipment passed or failed each inspection caArticle 33 deleted Electronic register of application equipment in professional use Each competent authority information entered by third records of inspections and other information as set out in The competent authorities referried out under Article 31; (l) the reasons for any failed inspection. 3. Where application equipment does not bear a unique ID as referred to in paragraph 2, point (b), the competent authorities referred to in Article 30 shall supply a unique ID.for equipment older than three
2023/04/05
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 2648 #
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 reduction and two national 2030 reduction targets annually until and including 2030... [OP: please insert the dates – 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.
2023/04/05
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 2662 #
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).
2023/04/05
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 2676 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 36 – paragraph 1
1. Each Member State shall evaluate the results of each calculation of (a) progress towards achieving each of the two national 2030 reduction... [OP: please insert the date – 10 years after the date of application of this Regulation] corridor targets as referred to in Article 34 and (b) harmonised risk indicators at Member State level, as referred to in Article 35, each time the calculations are performed.
2023/04/05
Committee: ENVI