2017/2116(INI) European strategy for the promotion of protein crops - Encouraging the production of protein and leguminous plants in the European agriculture sector
Lead committee dossier:
Progress: Procedure completed
| Role | Committee | Rapporteur | Shadows |
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| Lead | AGRI |
DENANOT Jean-Paul ( S&D)
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MCGUINNESS Mairead ( PPE),
DOHRMANN Jørn ( ECR),
HUITEMA Jan ( ALDE),
ECK Stefan ( GUE/NGL),
HÄUSLING Martin ( Verts/ALE),
ZULLO Marco ( EFDD),
LOISEAU Philippe ( ENF)
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| Committee Opinion | ENVI |
HÖLVÉNYI György ( PPE)
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Jørn DOHRMANN ( ECR),
Anneli JÄÄTTEENMÄKI ( ALDE),
Susanne MELIOR ( S&D)
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Lead committee dossier:
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RoP 54
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RoP 54Events
2018/09/10
Commission response to text adopted in plenary
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2018/04/17
EP - Results of vote in Parliament
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2018/04/17
EP - Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading
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The European Parliament adopted by 542 votes to 33, with 109 abstentions, a resolution on a European strategy for the promotion of protein crops - encouraging the production of protein and leguminous plants in the European agriculture sector.
Members recalled that the EU is suffering from a major deficit in vegetable proteins due to the needs of its livestock sector, which is dependent on feed imports from third countries.
The EU devotes only 3% of its arable land to protein crops and imports over 75% of its vegetable protein supply, mainly from Brazil, Argentina and the USA. The current situation carries major risks , especially for the EU livestock sector, as price volatility on international markets has substantially increased.
In this context, Parliament proposed to implement a major European strategic plan for the production and supply of plant proteins , based on the sustainable development of all crops throughout the Union.
It called for:
the Commission to take immediate actions aimed at avoiding any reduction in the current production level of protein crops, taking into due account the environmental benefits deriving from the conventional cultivation of nitrogen-fixing crops in EFAs; the establishment of a European platform , supported by the European Crops Market Observatory to identify protein cultivation areas, determine protein production capabilities and catalogue all research done so far on proteins.
Plan’s objectives : Parliament recommended supporting, in particular under the CAP, the cultivation of soya in the EU by making it profitable and competitive, as new varieties are currently opening up fresh possibilities for some regions where the crop can adapt. It recommended that vegetable protein crops such as soya, alfalfa, broad beans, peas and crops such as clover, sainfoin and many other legumes be reintroduced into large-scale cultivation and forage systems.
The resolution also encouraged the need to:
develop local and regional protein production and processing chains by establishing groups of farmers and by creating closer links between arable crop farmers and livestock farmers; assist, via the CAP, operators taking risks by entering short supply chains for protein-based food and feed; support greater self-sufficiency of farms in animal feed at both farm and regional level and for ruminants as well as for mono-gastric animals, including through on-farm feed production; increase the profitability of these crops and to develop practices such as crop rotation (over a minimum of three years) and under-sowing for leguminous crops, and increase the mixing of varieties and crops in the pulse (clover/rape, triticale/peas etc.) and forage (grass, clovers, meslins, etc.) production sectors, in order to shift towards a more sustainable agri-food system, supporting a shift from input-intensive crop monocultures within and outside the EU towards a diversified agro ecological system; invest massively in research , particularly on crop varieties, to make protein crops more economically attractive and their production more competitive and to increase their yield.
Plan’s instruments : Members stressed that this plan calls for the mobilisation and coordination of several EU policies : the CAP; research policy; environmental and climate action policies; energy policy; the neighbourhood policy and trade policy.
It is important for the CAP to support protein crop cultivation by means of different measures such as the voluntary coupled payment – which should not be restricted to crops and regions, in difficulty in order to give scope for more action – and the greening payment, and by means of the second pillar, particularly through agro-environmental measures on organic and other types of farming, investment quality, the Farm Advisory System (FAS), training and of course innovation.
Parliament stressed the need to:
introduce new instruments to help increase the supply of plant proteins, in particular soya, and to ensure equitable implementation across all the Member States; secure autonomy in soya supplies by cooperating more closely with the EU’s neighbourhood. Members supported the establishment of transparent product labelling systems based on certified production standards, such as the Danube Soya and Europe Soya standards; adjust the second pillar of the CAP to provide better recognition of and remuneration for the contribution of crops that feed pollinators at critical times of the season (early flowering plants in spring) and their role in fighting pollinator decline.
Documents
2018/04/17
EP - End of procedure in Parliament
2018/04/16
EP - Debate in Parliament
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2018/03/27
EP - Committee report tabled for plenary, single reading
Details
The Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development adopted the own-initiative report by Jean-Paul DENANOT (S&D, FR) on a European strategy for the promotion of protein crops - encouraging the production of protein and leguminous plants in the European agriculture sector.
The report noted that the European Union is suffering from a major deficit in vegetable proteins due to the needs of its livestock sector which is dependent on feed imports from third countries. It is vital to reduce the Union's massive dependency on imports of protein crops, which are mainly used for animal feed. In addition to the environmental impact in soya producing regions, the current situation carries major risks especially for the EU livestock sector, as price volatility on international markets has substantially increased.
The European production of protein-rich matter rose from 24.2 to 36.3 million tonnes between 1994 and 2014, but at the same time the consumption increased from 39.7 million tonnes to 57.1 million tonnes, increasing thus the Union’s overall deficit from 15.5 to 20.8 million tonnes.
The Union devotes only 3% of its arable land to protein crops and imports more than 75% of its vegetable protein supply, mainly from Brazil, Argentina and the United States.
Overall, Members stressed that it is time to implement a major strategic European vegetable protein production and supply plan based on the sustainable development of all the crops grown throughout the EU.
They called for:
the Commission to take immediate actions aimed at avoiding any reduction in the current production level of protein crops, taking into due account the environmental benefits deriving from the conventional cultivation of nitrogen-fixing crops in EFAs; the establishment of a European platform , supported by the European Crops Market Observatory to identify protein cultivation areas, determine protein production capabilities and catalogue all research done so far on proteins. The EU should then heavily invest into integrated and targeted research to make protein crops more economically attractive and their production more competitive and to increase their yield.
Plan’s objectives : Members recommended supporting, in particular under the CAP, the cultivation of soya in the EU by making it profitable and competitive, as new varieties are currently opening up fresh possibilities for some regions where the crop can adapt.
They also encouraged the need to:
develop local and regional protein production and processing chains by establishing groups of farmers and by creating closer links between arable crop farmers and livestock farmers; assist, via the CAP, operators taking risks by entering short supply chains for protein-based food and feed; support greater self-sufficiency of farms in animal feed at both farm and regional level and for ruminants as well as for mono-gastric animals, including through on-farm feed production; increase the profitability of these crops and to develop practices such as crop rotation (over a minimum of three years) and under-sowing for leguminous crops, and increase the mixing of varieties and crops in the pulse (clover/rape, triticale/peas etc.) and forage (grass, clovers, meslins, etc.) production sectors, in order to shift towards a more sustainable agri-food system, supporting a shift from input-intensive crop monocultures within and outside the EU towards a diversified agro ecological system.
Plan’s instruments : Members stressed that this plan calls for the mobilisation and coordination of several EU policies: the CAP; research policy; environmental and climate action policies; energy policy; the neighbourhood policy and trade policy.
It is important for the CAP to support protein crop cultivation by means of different measures such as the voluntary coupled payment – which should not be restricted to crops and regions, in difficulty in order to give scope for more action – and the greening payment, and by means of the second pillar, particularly through agro-environmental measures on organic and other types of farming, investment quality, the Farm Advisory System (FAS), training and of course innovation via the EIP. The report highlighted that the introduction of a coupled payment has driven protein crop production in some Member States.
Members stressed the need to introduce new instruments to help increase the supply of plant proteins, in particular soya, and to ensure equitable implementation across all the Member States.
The report highlighted the need to secure autonomy in soya supplies by cooperating more closely with the EU’s neighbourhood. Members supported the establishment of transparent product labelling systems based on certified production standards, such as the Danube Soya and Europe Soya standards.
Lastly, Members called for adjustments to the second pillar of the CAP to provide better recognition of and remuneration for the contribution of crops that feed pollinators at critical times of the season (early flowering plants in spring) and their role in fighting pollinator decline.
Documents
2018/03/20
EP - Vote in committee, 1st reading/single reading
2017/12/11
EP - Committee opinion
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2017/11/16
EP - Amendments tabled in committee
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2017/10/09
EP - Committee draft report
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2017/07/13
EP - HÖLVÉNYI György (PPE) appointed as rapporteur in ENVI
2017/07/06
EP - Committee referral announced in Parliament, 1st reading/single reading
2017/06/12
EP - DENANOT Jean-Paul (S&D) appointed as rapporteur in AGRI
Documents
- Commission response to text adopted in plenary: SP(2018)474
- Results of vote in Parliament: Results of vote in Parliament
- Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading: T8-0095/2018
- Debate in Parliament: Debate in Parliament
- Committee report tabled for plenary, single reading: A8-0121/2018
- Committee opinion: PE610.801
- Amendments tabled in committee: PE613.513
- Committee draft report: PE610.905
- Committee draft report: PE610.905
- Amendments tabled in committee: PE613.513
- Committee opinion: PE610.801
- Commission response to text adopted in plenary: SP(2018)474
Activities
- Michel DANTIN
Plenary Speeches (1)
- Beata GOSIEWSKA
Plenary Speeches (1)
- Notis MARIAS
Plenary Speeches (1)
- Momchil NEKOV
Plenary Speeches (1)
- Marijana PETIR
Plenary Speeches (1)
- Miguel VIEGAS
Plenary Speeches (1)
Votes
A8-0121/2018 - Jean-Paul Denanot - vote unique 17/04/2018 13:31:59.000 #
2018/04/17 Outcome: +: 542, 0: 109, -: 33
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2017/2116(INI)
2017/10/31
ENVI
122 amendments...
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion Paragraph -1 (new) -1. A. whereas, historically, the European deficit in protein crops dates back to old international trade agreements, especially with the United States, which allowed the European Community to protect its cereal production but in return allowed duty-free imports of protein crops and oilseeds into the Union (GATT and 1992 Blair House Agreement); whereas this was accompanied by significant progress in the efficiency of protein crop production in third countries, leading to a competitive disadvantage for EU farmers, for whom protein crop production is not sufficiently attractive from an economic point of view;
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Believes that the promotion of protein crop cultivation is a powerful tool in the transition towards more sustainable agri-food systems, supporting a shift from input-intensive crop monoculture towards diversified agro-ecological systems, and can help to re-establish a favourable environment and increase pollinator dietary sources, which are an essential part of biodiversity;
Amendment 100 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 9 9. Highlights that legumes are an important source of plant-based protein and therefore that they also play an important role in ensuring sustainable and healthy human diets; Believes that the volume of high quality, non GM protein crops grown in the EU needs to increase in order to satisfy growing consumer interest in, and demand for, plant-based diets;
Amendment 101 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 9 9. Highlights that legumes are an
Amendment 102 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 9 9. Highlights that legumes are an important source of plant-based protein and therefore that they also play an important role in ensuring sustainable and healthy human diets, in particular by reducing the consumption of animal proteins;
Amendment 103 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 9 9. Highlights that legumes are an important source of plant-based protein and therefore
Amendment 104 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 9 a (new) 9a. Notes that protein crops grown in the EU contribute to a more sustainable livestock production; in this regard, stresses the importance of diverse crop rotation and efficient nutrient and water management.
Amendment 105 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 9 a (new) 9a. Recalls that vegetal protein are healthier than animal ones;
Amendment 106 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 9 b (new) 9b. Highlights the importance that dietary education may play in shaping the food demands; stresses the need for the adoption of dietary guidelines at either EU or Member States' level aimed at promoting healthy diet while addressing the environmental concerns linked to food production;
Amendment 107 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 10 10. Stresses the need for heavy investment in research to solve the pressing agronomic issues that are limiting protein crop cultivation; calls, therefore, for attention to be paid to: protein plant breed improvement; better sustainable crop- growing techniques for enhanced yield; boosting the efficiency of protein crop rotation; and consultancy services for protein crop cultivation;
Amendment 108 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 10 10. Stresses th
Amendment 109 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 10 10. Stresses the need for heavy investment in research
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Believes that the promotion of protein crop cultivation is a powerful tool in the transition towards more sustainable agri-food systems, supporting a shift from input-intensive crop monoculture towards diversified agro-ecological systems; stresses, also, the fact that protein crops are protein-rich plants which can ensure a balance of crops and, more generally, benefit the environment;
Amendment 110 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 10 10. Stresses the need for heavy investment in research to solve the
Amendment 111 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 10 10. Stresses the need for heavy investment in independent scientific research to solve the pressing agronomic issues that are limiting protein crop cultivation;
Amendment 112 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 10 10. Stresses the need for heavy investment in research to solve the pressing agronomic, political and trade issues that are limiting protein crop cultivation;
Amendment 113 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 10 a (new) 10a. Encourages investment in legume breeding and highlights that climate change increases the need for stress resistant crops.
Amendment 114 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 11 11. Supports the establishment of transparent product labelling systems based on certified production standards
Amendment 115 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 11 11. Supports the establishment of transparent product labelling systems based on certified production standards, such as the Danube Soya and Europe Soya standards; supports also the establishment of effective border controls to ensure the traceability of products imported into the EU and to identify fraud and counterfeiting upstream;
Amendment 116 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 11 11. S
Amendment 117 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 11 11. Supports the
Amendment 118 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 11 a (new) 11a. Calls for the extension of the GMO labelling rules to cover products issued from animals that have mainly been fed with GM feed;
Amendment 119 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 12 12. Notes that
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Believes that the promotion of protein crop cultivation is a powerful tool in the transition towards more sustainable agri-food systems, supporting a shift from input-intensive crop monoculture towards diversified agro-ecological systems; believes, also, that it is an excellent way of moving towards reasonable consumption of meat products and a redefinition of our eating habits;
Amendment 120 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 12 12. Notes that the principles of a circular economy, production for short circuits, crop diversification, knowledge dissemination
Amendment 121 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 12 12. Notes that knowledge dissemination, the exchange of good practices and market development are also
Amendment 122 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 12 – point 1 (new) (1) Stresses the need for innovation and development into management practices and techniques to combat weeds, pests and other factors that may negatively impact crop yield and growth;
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Believes that the promotion of protein crop cultivation
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1.
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Believes that the promotion of protein crop cultivation is a
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Stresses that the availability of statistics concerning knowledge of protein crop cultivation and trade, together with consumer preferences in this regard, as well as farmers’ initiatives for the cultivation of protein crops and their impact on the environment, health and nutrition, is essential for the launching, development, implementation and monitoring of a European protein crop promotion strategy;
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Believes that the best way to use protein crops is for food for humans. Their production should therefore follow an order of priorities which favours direct human consumption followed by the production of animal feed and which permits biofuel production from waste only;
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 b (new) 1b. Recalls that consumption of red meat may lead to the onset of cardiovascular disease and that, according to a recent publication by the IARC in Lyon, consumption even in modest daily amounts of processed red meat may increase the risk of cancer;
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion Paragraph -1 a (new) -1a. B. whereas, consequently, the Union devotes only 3% of its arable land to protein crops and imports more than 75% of its vegetable protein supply, mainly from Brazil, Argentina and the United States;
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 b (new) 1b. Notes that European protein crops generate oilseed by-products which, in keeping with the circular economy, can be used as highly sustainable biofuels;
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 c (new) 1c. Notes that the co-production of proteins and highly sustainable biofuels makes it possible to reduce imports of GMO proteins, reduce imports of deforestation-causing biofuels, limit greenhouse gas emissions and provide income support for farmers and can serve as a basis for investments in advanced biofuels;
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 c (new) 1c. Recalls that animal production is responsible for about 15% of total greenhouse gas emissions and that, according to the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP), the only way to address the food needs of a growing human population is by reducing the consumption of meat and dairy products;
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 d (new) 1d. Recalls that between 1990 and 2013 livestock numbers in the EU27 increased by about 40 million; stresses that the intensification of stockbreeding, and the resulting imbalance between the area of land growing fodder and livestock numbers is at the root of the need to import most of the feed and the raw materials to produce it;
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 d (new) 1d. Notes that the best option for a viable, long-term European protein plan is to use the co-production of highly sustainable biofuels as a basis;
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Highlights the fact that protein crops include not only soy
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Highlights the fact that protein crops include not only soybeans, but also grain and forage legumes, which can be grown in a diverse range of agro-climatic and soil conditions across Europe; points out that protein crop seed variety must be protected, along with the right to reseed from own crops;
Amendment 27 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Highlights the fact that protein crops include not only soybeans, but also grain and forage legumes, which can be grown in a diverse range of agro-climatic and soil conditions across Europe; adds that it is desirable to promote crops suited to the environment;
Amendment 28 #
2. Highlights the fact that protein crops include not only soybeans, but also grain and forage legumes, which can be grown in a diverse range of agro-climatic and soil conditions across Europe; considers it important to promote the conservation and cultivation of indigenous varieties;
Amendment 29 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Highlights the fact that protein crops include not only soybeans, but also grain and forage legumes, which can be grown in a diverse range of agro-climatic and soil conditions across Europe including Northern Europe;
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion Paragraph -1 b (new) -1b. C. whereas total European production of protein-rich matter rose from 24.2 to 36.3 million tonnes (+50%) between 1994 and 2014, but whereas at the same time consumption increased from 39.7 million tonnes to 57.1 million tonnes (+44%); whereas the Union’s overall deficit (20.8 tonnes in 2014) is therefore increasing;
Amendment 30 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Highlights the fact that protein crops include not only soy
Amendment 31 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Highlights the fact that protein crops include not only soybeans, but also hemp, grain and forage legumes, which can be grown in a diverse range of agro- climatic and soil conditions across Europe;
Amendment 32 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 – point 1 (new) (1) Recalls that the BSE crisis in the 1990s and the ban on using processed animal proteins in animal feed, as established in Regulation (EC) No 999/2001, has increased demand for plant-based protein in Europe; notes that alternative European protein feed sources such as fishmeal are used in the European fish farming sector;
Amendment 33 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. Highlights that in crop rotation systems that include leguminous crops, the reproductive cycles of pests and pathogens are interrupted, thus reducing plant disease levels; Notes in addition that biodiversity is also increased through the breaking up of monocultures;
Amendment 34 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3.
Amendment 35 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3.
Amendment 36 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Notes that protein crops have a wide range of environmental benefits, such as being able to fix nitrogen from the atmosphere, using less fossil fuel-based fertilisers, improving soil properties, reducing disease levels and protecting biodiversity; adds that crops combining cereals and protein plants, which are commonly found in organic farming, have proven to be useful and should not be marginalised;
Amendment 37 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Notes that protein crops have a wide range of environmental benefits, such as
Amendment 38 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Notes that
Amendment 39 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. Recalls that in a European strategy for the promotion of protein crops, it is essential to ensure the rotation of crops to improve soil structure and fertility and biodiversity, preventing pathogenic and parasitic accumulation and reducing the use of pesticides and water pollution;
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion Paragraph -1 c (new) -1c. D. whereas crops from Brazil, Argentina and the United States are not subject to the same environmental, health, regulatory and GMO-related constraints as European crops;
Amendment 40 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. Notes that leguminous crops are attractive to pollinators, but that when insecticides are used on them, this can result in the death of pollinators;
Amendment 41 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. Stresses the benefits that large- scale protein crop cultivation would have on the climate;
Amendment 42 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Recalls that
Amendment 43 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Recalls that the EU relies on massive imports of protein-rich feed materials, for the most part genetically modified herbicide tolerant soya, which
Amendment 44 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Recalls that the EU
Amendment 45 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4.
Amendment 46 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Recalls that the EU relies on massive imports of protein-rich feed materials, for the most part genetically modified soya, which may give rise to serious environmental problems in source countries and also have a significant carbon footprint;
Amendment 47 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4.
Amendment 48 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Recalls that the EU relies on massive imports of protein-rich feed materials, for the most part genetically modified soya, which may give rise to serious environmental problems, and severe damage to the health of workers, in source countries;
Amendment 49 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Recalls that
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion Paragraph -1 d (new) -1d. E. whereas legal certainty and the stability and coherence of European public policies are an essential part of any credible long-term protein strategy;
Amendment 50 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 a (new) 4a. Notes that the majority of genetically modified soy imported into the EU has been made tolerant to one or more herbicides, such as glyphosate, which are therefore present as residues on the imported food and feed; Notes that, even though there are Maximum Residue Levels in place, that there is insufficient data on whether these MRLs are respected and therefore that there may be a higher than safe level of herbicide residues entering the food chain, with possible health impacts for both humans and animals;
Amendment 51 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 a (new) 4a. Recalls that according to the FAO, over the past quarter of a century forests have been cleared from an area the size of India particularly in Central and South America and that expansion of pastures for livestock production has been one of the driving forces behind this destruction. Deforestation causes incalculable environmental damage, releasing billions of tonnes of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere and driving thousands of species of life to extinction each year;
Amendment 52 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 a (new) 4a. Stresses that the EU would benefit from large scale production of protein crops by reducing our deficit in plant protein; recognises the significant obstacles stemming from the relatively low yields of suitable legumes and their weak price competitiveness in relation to imported products;
Amendment 53 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 b (new) 4b. Notes that cows and other ruminants have co-evolved with beneficial bacteria which convert grass and other vegetation into a protein rich food source; Notes therefore that it is not desirable, from an environmental, health or economic perspective, to feed them with imported soya which has been transported long distances, given that local sources of feed could be used;
Amendment 54 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 b (new) 4b. Stresses that Commission data shows that over 50% of EU cereals are used to feed animals; notes that the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation has warned that further ruse of cereals as animal feed could threaten food security by reducing the grain available for human consumption;
Amendment 55 #
4c. Notes that the shift away from ruminants feeding on forage to feeding on imported soya plus maize has led to the destruction of rainforests, permanent grasslands, meadows and pasture resulting in a devastating loss of biodiversity as well as to a loss of carbon due to land use change;
Amendment 56 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 c (new) 4c. Recalls that some 75% of soybeans go to feed animals and that genetically modified soybean is planted on over 90 million hectares worldwide, the 82% of the total surface for soy cultivation; recalls that in US the percentage of GE soybean is well over 90%;
Amendment 57 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 d (new) 4d. Recalls that the massive use of herbicide resistant transgenic (HT) plant varieties has helped considerably to the selection of resistant weeds; highlights that a similar trend can be observed among target insects becoming resistant to insecticidal protein released by Bt transgenic plant; stresses the risk that HT plant can be sprayed with herbicides just before the harvesting thus increasing the risk of higher concentration of chemical residues in commercial products;
Amendment 58 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 d (new) 4d. Believes that in order to reduce dependency on imported soya, which is predominantly used for animal feed, including in factory farming, pasture based feeding in Europe should be encouraged and incentivised;
Amendment 59 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 e (new) 4e. Notes that, in addition to pasture- based feeding, other grazing or foraging alternatives are also available on temporary grassland such as grass-clover mixes and undersowing with leguminous crops such as vetch, lupins and grain legumes such as alfalfa;
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion Paragraph -1 e (new) -1e. F. whereas in recent decades the Union has used three main levers to support the objective of European protein independence, namely voluntary coupled aid for protein and oilseed crops, EU biofuel policy and the conditionality of 30% of direct support introduced by the last reform of the Common Agricultural Policy in relation to the implementation of greening measures, including the obligation to devote 5% of arable land to ecological focus areas (EFAs) and the decision to allow nitrogen-fixing crops and catch crops;
Amendment 60 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Supports the objectives of the European Soya Declaration and other initiatives to boost non-genetically modified soya production and other protein crop cultivation in Europe; adds that the on-going development of non-transgenic soya is certainly desirable, for both human and animal food, in particular in order to respond to the development of high-quality meat sectors;
Amendment 61 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Supports the objectives of the European Soya Declaration and other initiatives to boost non-genetically modified soya production and other protein crop cultivation in Europe; notes, in this respect, that European agriculture, in particular livestock farmers, must have sufficient soya or other protein crop capacity to no longer rely on imports from third countries;
Amendment 62 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Supports the objectives of the European Soya Declaration and other initiatives to boost non-genetically modified soya production and other protein crop cultivation in Europe provided that, in practice, they are implemented responsibly and respect the aims of developing agricultural systems which are sustainable, socially just and ecologically resilient;
Amendment 63 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 a (new) 5a. Calls on the Commission to propose a protein plan in the next reform of the CAP, based on the co-production of highly sustainable biofuels;
Amendment 64 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 a (new) 5a. Stresses the need to interest farmers in protein crop cultivation;
Amendment 65 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Recalls that the CAP has a decisive impact on farmers’ decisions to grow leguminous protein crops and should therefore be used to its full potential; Believes that farmers should receive payment and training for growing their own protein-forage, as well as having animals on pastures, as this would render them less dependent on imported soya while at the same time lead to higher animal welfare standards; Believes that in the upcoming reform, a payment for leguminous protein crops, grown as part of a crop rotation on arable land, should be re-introduced into the CAP;
Amendment 66 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Recalls that the CAP has a decisive impact on farmers’ decisions to grow
Amendment 67 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Recalls that the CAP has a decisive impact on farmers’ decisions to grow protein crops and should therefore be used to its full potential, in accordance with the various commitments made by Member States and their own regulatory and legislative developments concerning protein and leguminous crop production;
Amendment 68 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Recalls that the
Amendment 69 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Recalls that the CAP has a decisive impact on farmers’ decisions to grow protein crops and should therefore be
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion Paragraph -1 f (new) -1f. G. whereas over the period 2000- 2013 the measures introduced by the CAP did not by themselves succeed in reversing the declining trend or stagnation in protein production in Europe, but whereas since 2013 the combination of such support together with the ‘greening’ measure authorising the cultivation of protein crops in ecological focus areas has been a decisive factor in a return to growth in the area and production of proteins in Europe;
Amendment 70 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Recalls that the CAP has a decisive impact on farmers’ decisions to grow protein crops and
Amendment 71 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Recalls that the CAP has a decisive impact on farmers’ decisions to grow protein crops and should therefore be used to its full potential, by means of incentives rather than punishment, if necessary by devoting a greater share of the EU budget to support farmers;
Amendment 72 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Recalls that the CAP has a decisive impact on farmers’ decisions to grow protein crops and should therefore be used to its full potential; notes that in order to incentivise farmers to grow protein crops this activity must be financially viable;
Amendment 73 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Recalls that the CAP has a decisive impact on farmers’ decisions to grow protein crops and should therefore be used to its full potential; stresses that the next CAP reform should pay more attention to the cultivation of protein crops;
Amendment 74 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Recalls that the CAP has a decisive impact on farmers’ decisions to grow protein crops and should therefore be used to its full potential in the context of European environmental standards and European sustainability goals;
Amendment 75 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Recalls that the CAP has a decisive impact on farmers’ decisions to grow protein crops and
Amendment 76 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 – point 1 (new) (1) Notes that the introduction of a coupled payment for protein crops has contributed to increased production in Member States that apply coupled support;
Amendment 77 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 a (new) 6a. Notes that, although the volume of protein crops grown in the EU is currently low, the EU US Blairhouse Agreement remains in force; Believes that the need for this agreement should be re- considered and notes also that WTO exemption clauses exist for socially and environmentally beneficial support measures;
Amendment 78 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 Amendment 79 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 7. Believes that once it has been in force for a few years, useful lessons should be learnt from the recent ban on the use of pesticides in ecological focus areas, even though, in 2016, they accounted for 15% of Europe’s arable land (8 million hectares) and almost 40% of these areas are used for nitrogen-fixing or catch crops; stresses that farmers are now faced with a dilemma between bearing the cost of starting and continuing to grow these crops without the assurance of being able to react to pest invasions, or reducing the share of ecological focus areas to what is strictly required under the rules, or choosing to leave them uncultivated;
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion Paragraph -1 g (new) -1g. H. whereas protein crop cultivation can participate fully in the circular economy by producing, on the one hand, meal used in animal feed and, on the other hand, vegetable oils or other by-products used in biofuels; whereas the production of rapeseed meal has doubled since 2004, with 9.3 million tonnes being directly attributable to biofuel production in the EU;
Amendment 80 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 7. Believes that
Amendment 81 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 7. Believes that once it has been in force for a few years, useful lessons should be learnt from the recent ban on the use of pesticides in ecological focus areas, whose primary function is to strengthen ecological processes by boosting biodiversity; Notes therefore that the ban on pesticides on EFAs is in line with the legislative goals;
Amendment 82 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 7. Believes that once it has been in force for a few years, useful lessons should be learnt from the recent ban on the use of pesticides in ecological focus areas, and also notes the unattractive conditions created for the cultivation of protein crops in Europe as a result of the introduction of the ban;
Amendment 83 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 7. Believes that once it has been in
Amendment 84 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 7. Believes that
Amendment 85 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 – subparagraph 1 (new) Believes that useful lessons should also be drawn from the conditioning of direct support under the CAP to the protection of 5% of the area of farms with more than 15 hectares; considers that while the intention is laudable, the threat of withdrawing support, which is already far from adequate for our farmers, is not a satisfactory method as it risks penalising already battered small-scale farmers, and that therefore an incentive-based approach is preferable;
Amendment 86 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 a (new) 7a. Welcomes the fact that, in the context of the omnibus revision of the Common Agricultural Policy, Parliament obtained a revaluation of the conversion coefficient for nitrogen-fixing crops from 0.7 to 1 in compensation for the ban on the use of pesticides in ecological focus areas;
Amendment 87 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 a (new) 7a. Recalls the importance to promote practices such as the nomadic apiculture that can either boost agricultural productivity, biodiversity and ensure a better resilience to the apiculture sector;
Amendment 88 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 8. Recalls that the by-products of food and bio-fuel production and certain processed animal proteins represent important alternative sources of proteins for feed; stresses that biofuels form part of a circular economy when they are manufactured from by-products, waste or residues, take up a small proportion of farmland, are beneficial with regard to crop rotation and diversification and to making use of fallow land in accordance with the green measures under the CAP and do not, on their own, cause food prices to go up;
Amendment 89 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 8. Recalls that the by-products of food and bio-fuel production and certain processed animal proteins represent important alternative sources of proteins
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion Paragraph -1 h (new) -1h. I. whereas, owing to the small share of protein crop cultivation in the EU, the number of vegetable protein research programmes is falling, matched by a decline in training, innovation and the acquisition of practical experience in the EU; whereas a research policy is only likely to succeed if it is backed by medium- to long-term political commitments;
Amendment 90 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 8. Recalls that the by-products of food and bio-fuel production and certain processed animal proteins, provided the protein is extracted exclusively from pieces fit for human consumption, represent important alternative sources of proteins for feed;
Amendment 91 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 8. Recalls that the by-products of food and bio-fuel production and certain processed animal proteins represent important alternative sources of proteins for feed and that their use should be promoted;
Amendment 92 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 8. Recalls that the by-products of food and bio-fuel production
Amendment 93 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 8. Recalls that the by-products of food and
Amendment 94 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 a (new) 8a. Notes that the GLOBIOM study of the European Commission already incorporates the greenhouse gas benefits of co-production of animal feed with biofuels in the recommended indirect land use emission estimates; notes also that the role of such co-products is often vastly overestimated;
Amendment 95 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 a (new) 8a. Believes that the promotion of protein crops should not result in the promotion of biofuel production. The production of biofuel from leguminous crops must be limited to waste from production and processing;
Amendment 96 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 b (new) 8b. Believes that the protein by- products of biomass, such as rape seed oil, should not be defined as sustainable since the production of biomass for biofuels is not sustainable;
Amendment 97 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 b (new) 8b. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to make greater efforts to promote pesticide-free agriculture for the benefit of the environment and consumers;
Amendment 98 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 9 9. Highlights that legumes are an important source of plant-based protein and therefore that they also play an important role in ensuring sustainable and healthy human diets; In terms of protein production and global food security, notes that a better balance needs to be achieved between crop and animal protein production, especially as regards the amount of energy, water and external inputs currently necessary for intensive animal protein production as opposed to protein crop production for human consumption, with the world food balance always the main focus;
Amendment 99 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 9 9. Highlights that legumes are an important source of plant-based protein and therefore that they also play an important role in ensuring a transition towards sustainable and healthy human diets; points out that they can only be healthy if produced by an agricultural model which avoids genetically modified organisms, the large-scale use of pesticides and a production-driven approach;
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2017/11/16
AGRI
339 amendments...
Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 8 a (new) – having regard to the Via Campesina Declaration on Food Sovereignty presented at the FAO Summit in Rome in November 1996;
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A A. whereas the European Union is still suffering from a major deficit in vegetable proteins because of the needs of its industrial livestock sector, which has regrettably seen little improvement despite the many intentions announced, and initiatives taken, on this topic for more than 15 years; whereas the present-day context means that we should be taking more energetic action;
Amendment 100 #
Motion for a resolution Recital J a (new) Ja. whereas soybean producers and processors, animal feed producers, but also representatives of the food industry (meat producers, milk and egg producers and other soybeans), trade chains and other relevant institutions and NGOs support sustainable systems in the production of GM-free soybean controlled origin;
Amendment 101 #
Motion for a resolution Recital J b (new) Jb. whereas the Commission has already funded, and is in the process of funding, a number of relevant projects, including those under the heading “SFS- 44-2016: A joint plant breeding programme to decrease the EU's and China's dependency on protein imports”; whereas appropriate communication, dissemination and exploitation of the results of such projects should be ensured so that future policy decisions in this field are based on evidence;
Amendment 102 #
Motion for a resolution Recital K K. whereas although the 1992 Blair House Agreement on proteins is
Amendment 103 #
Motion for a resolution Recital K K. whereas the 1992 Blair House Agreement on
Amendment 104 #
Motion for a resolution Recital K K. whereas the 1992 Blair House Agreement on proteins is now obsolete and no longer reflects present-day realities; whereas it should not, therefore, constitute an obstacle to the implementation of an ambitious protein plan;
Amendment 105 #
Motion for a resolution Recital K K. whereas the 1992 Blair House Agreement on proteins is now obsolete
Amendment 106 #
Motion for a resolution Recital K a (new) Ka. whereas due to trophic cascading it is more efficient in terms of energy and land/resource use for people to eat vegetable proteins directly, rather than being secondary consumers; whereas there is therefore a need to question the current levels of livestock produced and consumed, regional and global carrying capacities and the EU's export orientation;
Amendment 107 #
Ka. whereas conditions are excellent in the EU for the production of groundnuts, which are also a protein crop and whereas the groundnuts (peanuts) produced in Europe do not contain aflatoxins, unlike peanuts imported from third countries;
Amendment 108 #
Motion for a resolution Recital K a (new) Ka. whereas, according to a recent publication by the IARC, the excessive consumption of red meat and processed meat may lead to a greater risk of cancer and heart disease;
Amendment 109 #
Motion for a resolution Recital K a (new) Ka. whereas the cost of soya has roughly doubled in real-terms since 2007;
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A a (new) Aa. whereas the current agri-food system is designed to meet the needs of large agribusiness but not of the European or global population and whereas, consequently, a European livestock sector has been created which is completely dependent on imported crops which destroy the environment, agriculture, the soils and society on a large scale in Latin America, Africa and Asia;
Amendment 110 #
Motion for a resolution Recital K b (new) Kb. whereas the current potential for leguminous crop production is much broader than the relatively limited area in EFA; whereas incorporating leguminous crops in rotation on all arable land would bring significant benefits including soil fertility and biodiversity; whereas this is currently already possible via decoupled payments, although not all Member States have taken advantage of this;
Amendment 111 #
Motion for a resolution Recital K b (new) Kb. whereas the EU's soya imports total in about 35 million tons of primary soybean equivalent which corresponds to around 12-13 million hectare of arable land for an equivalent production in the EU1a _________________ 1aSource: Eurostat 2016; 12-13 million hectare of land would be needed assuming an average yield of about 2,7 tons per hectare based on FAOSTAT average yield for the EU.
Amendment 112 #
Motion for a resolution Recital K b (new) Kb. whereas animal production is responsible for about 15% of total greenhouse gas emissions;
Amendment 113 #
Motion for a resolution Recital K c (new) Kc. also that the recent prohibition of pesticides on EFA allows these areas to function as intended in the primary legislation , i.e. to boost biodiversity, rather than acting as death traps to the pollinators and beneficial predators attracted by the leguminous plants;
Amendment 114 #
Motion for a resolution Recital K c (new) Kc. whereas the European Union imports about 70% of the animal feed it uses, consisting mainly of soya and other genetically modified crops, and whereas these pose health risks to European consumers;
Amendment 115 #
Motion for a resolution Recital K d (new) Kd. whereas according to numerous studies, vegetable proteins are healthier for humans than animal proteins;
Amendment 116 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 1. Takes the view that it is time to implement a major strategic European vegetable protein supply plan based on the sustainable development of all the crops grown throughout the EU; further takes the view that
Amendment 117 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 1. Takes the view that it is time to implement a major strategic European vegetable protein supply plan based on the sustainable development of all the crops grown throughout the EU; further takes the view that this change implies a substantial a
Amendment 118 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 1. Takes the view that it is time to implement a major strategic European vegetable protein supply plan based on the sustainable development of all the crops grown throughout the EU; further takes the view that, given the failure of current production systems to deliver a viable return to primary producer, this change implies a substantial alteration of our production systems to meet the livelihood requirements of farmers and the requirements of the circular economy and of agroecology;
Amendment 119 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 1. Takes the view that it is time to implement a major strategic European vegetable protein supply plan based on the sustainable development of all the crops grown throughout the EU; further takes the view that this change implies a substantial alteration of our production systems to meet the requirements of the circular economy and of agroecology that includes low input ruminant feeding strategies based both on permanent pasture and temporary grasslands on arable land;
Amendment 12 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A a (new) Aa. whereas it is vital to reduce the Union's massive dependency on imports of protein crops, which are mainly used for animal feed; in addition to the environmental impact in soya producing regions, the current situation carries major risks especially for the EU livestock sector, as price volatility on international markets has substantially increased;
Amendment 120 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 1. Takes the view that it is time to implement a major strategic European vegetable protein supply plan based on the sustainable development of all the crops grown throughout the EU; further takes the view that this change implies a substantial alteration of our production systems to meet the requirements of the circular economy and of
Amendment 121 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 1. Takes the view that it is time to implement a major strategic European vegetable protein supply plan based on the sustainable development of all the crops grown throughout the EU; further takes the view that this change implies a substantial alteration of our production systems to meet the requirements of the circular economy and
Amendment 122 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 1. Takes the view that it is time to implement a major strategic European vegetable protein production and supply plan based on the sustainable development of all the crops grown throughout the EU; further takes the view that this change implies a substantial alteration of our production systems to meet the requirements of the circular economy and of agroecology;
Amendment 123 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Stresses that legislation on animal sources of protein is out of date and should be optimised in accordance with the circular economy and Parliament’s resolution on an initiative to reduce food waste effectively1 a and that, in addition to promoting production of traditional protein crops, more scope should be allowed for alternative protein sources, such as insects and algae; _________________ 1a European Parliament resolution of 16 May 2017 on initiative on resource efficiency: reducing food waste, improving food safety (2016/2223(INI)), in particular par. 33, 34, 38, 39.
Amendment 124 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Believes that the promotion of protein crop cultivation is a powerful tool in the transition towards more sustainable agri-food systems, supporting a shift from input-intensive crop monoculture towards diversified agro-ecological systems;
Amendment 125 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Underlines that demand for plant protein crops has increased due to increased consumption of poultry (including eggs) and pig meat, both animals being reliant on feed that is often composed of cereal and imported soybeans1b; _________________ 1bSource: European Commission, Short- Term Outlook for EU arable crops, dairy and meat markets in 2015 and 2016
Amendment 126 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 b (new) 1b. Notes that protein crops have a wide range of environmental benefits, such as being able to fix nitrogen from the atmosphere, using less fossil fuel- based fertilisers, improving soil properties, reducing disease levels and protecting biodiversity;
Amendment 127 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 b (new) 1b. Acknowledges that reducing EU demand for animal products, in particular pig and poultry, would lead to reduced demand for imported soybeans;
Amendment 128 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2. Calls for the
Amendment 129 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2. Calls for the establishment of a European platform making it possible to: identify protein cultivation areas by crop
Amendment 13 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A a (new) Aa. whereas Parliament has on a number of occasions spoken about proteins and the need for a European protein plan, but whereas its initiatives have not led to real effects likely to change Europe’s dependence on others for its supply of vegetable proteins;
Amendment 130 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2. Calls for the establishment of a European platform making it possible to: identify European protein cultivation areas by crop category and location; create technical references that are accessible to all farmers; ascertain European protein production capacities; and catalogue all the research carried out into proteins;
Amendment 131 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. Recommends avoiding any reduction in protein plant production, in view of the environmental benefits to be gained from the natural fixation of nitrogen in the ground, in ecological focus areas;
Amendment 132 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. Considers it important to conduct a profound evaluation of earlier policies on protein crops before introducing new strategies;
Amendment 133 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. Recommends focusing on all protein resources and thus on crops, insects and algae that can be used both in human food and possibly in farm animal feed;
Amendment 134 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. Recommends focusing on all protein resources
Amendment 135 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. Recommends focusing on all vegetable protein resources, including processed proteins, and thus on crops used both in human food and in farm animal feed;
Amendment 136 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. Recommends focusing on all protein resources, including processed proteins, and thus on crops used both in human food and in farm animal feed;
Amendment 137 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. Recommends focusing on all protein resources including ruminant bacteria and thus on crops used both in human food and in farm animal feed;
Amendment 138 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. Welcomes the process that has been made in the development and validation of analytical methods for official controls on the presence of Processed Animal Protein (PAP) in feed; Is looking forward to further developments in this field, to re-authorise pig PAP in poultry feed or poultry PAP in pig feed, in order to both contribute to the circular economy and to become less depended on imported vegetable protein;
Amendment 139 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. Points out that the EU’s earlier protein strategy, under the second CAP pillar, was not taken up by farmers, as protein crops were financially unattractive compared with other crops;
Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A a (new) Aa. whereas because of the outbreak of the BSE crisis a European ban was rightly imposed on the use of animal meal in feed (Regulation (EC) No 999/2001) but this has had the effect of sharply increasing imports of soya from Latin America;
Amendment 140 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. Recognises that soybean production can also have negative social impacts in the producing countries, as for instance in Brazil, especially because many of them do have no or only weak formal land tenure rights;
Amendment 141 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. Stresses that increased global demand for protein combined with the EU’s over reliance on importing vegetable protein from the Americas places Europe’s security of supply in a vulnerable position;
Amendment 142 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 b (new) 3b. Highlights that legislation on processed animal protein is often outdated and should be made fit for purpose in order to create more room within the regulatory framework to make the use of alternative protein sources easier, such as insect proteins;
Amendment 143 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 b (new) 3b. Acknowledges that soya production in South America resulted in multiple ecological problems such as contamination with pesticides, soil erosion and water depletion;
Amendment 144 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 b (new) 3b. Points out that protein crops, as well as being a source of protein, also benefit soil and biodiversity;
Amendment 145 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 c (new) 3c. Is of the opinion that a European protein strategy cannot succeed unless it is linked to other policy issues, for example the recast of the Renewable Energy Directive, and that, in particular, the dual use of rape as a feed protein and an energy source should be taken into account; calls, therefore, for the proportion of first-generation biofuels to be set at 7%;
Amendment 146 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 c (new) 3c. Recognises the importance of EU protein crops for human consumption as the market for plant-based meat and dairy alternatives is growing rapidly, with a predicted net worth of just under 6 Billion USD by 2022 and its economic potential for Europe which is currently the largest market for meat substitutes with a 39% global market share1c; _________________ 1cSource: Meat Substitutes Market by Type, Source, Category, and Region - Global Forecast to 2022; See also: Meat Substitute Market Report by Allied Market Research,
Amendment 147 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 4. Takes the view that this plan must maximise the complementarity between the different biomass production of all usable agricultural areas by
Amendment 148 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 4. Takes the view that this plan must
Amendment 149 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 4. Takes the view that this plan must maximise
Amendment 15 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A a (new) Aa. whereas the European Union is 70% dependent on imports from third countries for the supply of vegetable proteins, the vast majority of which are GMO crops from North America and Latin America;
Amendment 150 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 4. Takes the view that this plan must maximise the biomass production of all usable agricultural areas by developing permanent plant cover,
Amendment 151 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 a (new) Amendment 152 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 a (new) 4a. Is of the opinion that the main aim of the plan should be the transition towards a supply and consumption chain that promotes the inclusion of vegetable proteins in the diets of EU citizens, progressively but significantly reducing the consumption of animal protein, which is currently at levels that are too high and are endangering both human health and environmental sustainability;
Amendment 153 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 a (new) 4a. Underlines the importance of reducing the competitive disadvantages of European protein plants through the heightening of their yield potential through improved breeding, guidance on cultivation and a better commercialisation;
Amendment 154 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 a (new) 4a. Calls for the mandatory introduction of crop rotation involving one leguminous crop on all arable land where climatic and agronomic conditions permit that;
Amendment 155 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 a (new) 4a. Stresses that competition in food, animal feed and biofuel production in terms of land use has a direct impact on food security in the EU;
Amendment 156 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 b (new) 4b. Notes further that even soya grown in rotation can help to reduce the input of synthetic nitrate fertilisers up to 30 -50 kg of nitrate per hectare for the following crop, with even higher fertilisation effects of other legumes such as horse beans or peas in rotation;
Amendment 157 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 c (new) 4c. Calls for crop rotation with a leguminous component on all arable land where climate allows;
Amendment 158 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5. Considers it necessary to look in particular at the potential of leguminous crops, whether grain or forage legumes, as this family of plants presents many agr
Amendment 159 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5. Considers it necessary to look in particular at the potential of leguminous crops, whether grain or forage legumes, as this family of plants presents many agricultural, economic and environmental benefits (being the only one to fix nitrogen from the air); stresses that leguminous crops leave behind a good soil structure for the next crop thanks to their legacy of nitrogen, which can increase yields by between 10 and 20 %;
Amendment 16 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A b (new) Ab. whereas our soya import dependency has a massive environmental, social and economic footprint, in particular regarding deforestation, land conversion and climate change, as well as land grabbing, especially in tropical forests and savannahs in South America;
Amendment 160 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5. Considers it necessary to look
Amendment 161 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 a (new) 5a. Criticises the over-reliance on grain-based animal feed in intensive farming which has negative consequences for the environment and animal health and welfare; stresses the need to consider the natural eating habits of livestock animals in livestock farming;
Amendment 162 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 a (new) 5a. Notes that protein crops have a wide range of environmental benefits, such as being able to fix nitrogen from the atmosphere, using less fossil fuel- based fertilisers, improving soil properties, reducing disease levels and protecting biodiversity;
Amendment 163 #
5a. Notes that leguminous crops are attractive to pollinators, but that when insecticides are used on them, this results in increased mortality rates of pollinators;
Amendment 164 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 b (new) 5b. Highlights in addition that in crop rotation systems including leguminous crops, the reproductive cycles of pests and pathogens are interrupted, thus reducing plant disease levels and the need to apply pesticides; notes that an additional benefit is that biodiversity is also increased by breaking up year-on-year monocultures;
Amendment 165 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 6. Recommends supporting
Amendment 166 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 6. Recommends supporting
Amendment 167 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 6. Recommends supporting the cultivation of soya, new varieties of which are currently opening up fresh possibilities, but notes that this should not overshadow interest in other grain protein crops (lupins, faba beans, peas, chickpeas, etc.); deplores the fact that the delegated act on greening, which prohibits the use of pesticides in ecological focus areas under peas and beans, was not rejected; to that extent considers it unfortunate that a costly protein strategy should now have to be put in place in order to achieve the same effect;
Amendment 168 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 6. Recommends supporting the cultivation of GMO-free soya, new varieties of which are currently opening up fresh possibilities for some regions where the crop can adapt, but notes that this should not overshadow interest in other grain protein crops (lupins, faba beans, peas, chickpeas, etc.), this wide variety making it possible to maximise protein production in all regions in Europe, depending on pedoclimatic conditions there;
Amendment 169 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 6. Recommends supporting the cultivation of soya, new varieties of which are currently opening up fresh possibilities, but notes that this should not overshadow interest in other grain protein crops (lupins, faba beans, peas, chickpeas, groundnuts, etc.);
Amendment 17 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A b (new) Ab. whereas European protein crops generate oleaginous by-products which can, in a logic of circular economy, be valued for human consumption, renewable energy or green chemistry;
Amendment 170 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 6. Recommends supporting the cultivation of soya
Amendment 171 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 a (new) 6a. Underlines the devastating environmental and health consequences caused by the extensive use of soya such as the nitrate pollution of the ground water;
Amendment 172 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 a (new) 6a. Recommends supporting farmers who wish to grow soya again in countries where it was banned;
Amendment 173 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 b (new) 6b. Calls on the Commission to provide incentives for the local food and feed production and consumption in the EU; urges the Commission to support the cultivation of domestic protein plants such as broad beans and lupines;
Amendment 174 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 c (new) 6c. Stresses that the current intensive livestock farming model in the EU is heavily dependent on feed imports from third countries; calls therefore for a shift towards sustainable model of farming based on local grass feed and mixed crop- livestock systems;
Amendment 175 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 7. Calls for greater attention to be paid to the management of grassland crops which, given the extensive areas they occupy, make a major contribution to meeting protein needs for animal feed; notes that leguminous crops like clover can progress well in grassland;
Amendment 176 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 7. Calls
Amendment 177 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 7. Calls for greater attention to be paid to the management of grassland crops which, given the extensive areas they
Amendment 178 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 7. Calls for greater attention to be paid to the management of grassland and clover crops which, given the extensive areas they occupy, make a major contribution to meeting protein needs for animal feed;
Amendment 179 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 a (new) 7a. Maintains that parts of carcasses unfit for human consumption – primarily on account of their appearance – should be considered for use as feed for monogastric animals under a new European protein strategy;
Amendment 18 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A c (new) Ac. whereas the co-production of proteins and by-products makes it possible at the same time to reduce imports of GMO proteins, and of biofuels generating deforestation, to limit emissions of greenhouse gases, to bring a complementary income for farmers and to serve as a base for investments in advanced biofuels;
Amendment 180 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 a (new) 7a. Stresses the necessity to reduce the amount of animals kept per hectare in Europe in order to be able to produce a large amount of the feed needed within Europe;
Amendment 181 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 8.
Amendment 182 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 8.
Amendment 183 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 8. Hopes that crops such as lucerne, clover, sainfoin, and many other legumes and their mixed cultivation with grasses may be reintroduced into large-scale cultivation and forage systems;
Amendment 184 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 8.
Amendment 185 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 a (new) 8a. Takes the view that the promotion of protein crop cultivation is a vital tool for facilitating the transition from intensive monocultures, which involve the ample use of chemicals that are harmful to the environment as a whole, towards more diversified agro-ecological systems;
Amendment 186 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 9. Considers it advisable to develop local and regional protein production and processing chains by creating closer links between
Amendment 187 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 9. Considers it advisable to develop regional protein production and processing chains by creating closer links between cereal farmers and livestock farmers (supply and exchange contracts, building of decentral small to medium large "green protein" bio/refining plants), and deems it useful, to that end, to assist risk- taking by operators entering small supply chains for protein-based food and feed;
Amendment 188 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 9. Considers it advisable to develop regional protein production and processing chains by establishing groups of farmers and by creating closer links between cereal farmers and livestock farmers (supply and exchange contracts), and deems it useful, to that end, to assist risk-
Amendment 189 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 9. Considers it advisable to develop regional protein production and processing chains by creating closer links between
Amendment 19 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A d (new) Ad. whereas the most efficient option for a sustainable European protein plan in the long term is to rely on the co- generation of by-products that can be valued for human consumption, renewable energy or green chemistry;
Amendment 190 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 9. Considers it advisable to develop and support regional protein production and processing chains by creating closer links between cereal farmers and livestock farmers (supply and exchange contracts), and deems it useful, to that end, to assist risk-
Amendment 191 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 9.
Amendment 192 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 9. Considers it advisable to develop regional protein production and processing chains by creating closer links between cereal farmers and livestock farmers (supply and exchange contracts), and deems it useful, to that end, to assist risk- taking by operators entering s
Amendment 193 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 a (new) 9a. Regrets the decision of DG Trade to support an increase of beef imports from Mercosur countries, while studies and recent scandals have shown this in violation of EU commitments on zero deforestation and human rights;
Amendment 194 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 b (new) 9b. Urges the Commission to meet its climate and zero deforestation targets and therefore decrease soya imports;
Amendment 195 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 10. Encourages promoting the production of high-quality, GMO-free proteins by improving their traceability and labelling because there is an increasing interest of the European consumers for GM free products;
Amendment 196 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 10. Encourages promoting the production of high-quality, GMO-free proteins by improving their traceability and labelling, with regard to both their place of production and the methods used;
Amendment 197 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 10. Encourages promoting the production of high-quality, GMO-free proteins by improving their traceability and labelling and making the cultivation of protein crops financially more attractive;
Amendment 198 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 10. Encourages promoting the production of high-quality, GMO-free vegetable proteins by improving their traceability and labelling and supporting dedicated sectors;
Amendment 199 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 10. Encourages promoting the production of high-quality, GMO-free proteins by
Amendment 2 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 8 a (new) – taking into consideration the Danube Soya Declaration of 19th January 2013;
Amendment 20 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B B. whereas the issue of protein used in animal feed has too often been analysed with a focus on often-imported protein-rich matter, linked to our deficit in vegetable proteins and to the search for raw materials to supplement farm animals’ diets;
Amendment 200 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 10. Encourages promoting the production of high-quality
Amendment 201 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 10. Encourages promoting the production of high-quality
Amendment 202 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 a (new) 10a. Notes that cows and other ruminants have co-evolved with beneficial enteric bacteria which convert grass and other vegetation into a protein rich food source; notes therefore that it is not desirable, from an environmental, health or economic perspective, to feed them with imported soya which has been transported long distances, given that local sources of feed could be used;
Amendment 203 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 a (new) 10a. Believes that there is an untapped potential in plant breeding, especially for higher protein content in cereals and legumes, but also the development of cultivation-proof varieties of leguminous seeds;
Amendment 204 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 a (new) 10a. Supports the establishment of transparent product labelling systems based on certified production standards, such as the Danube Soya and Europe Soya standards;
Amendment 205 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 a (new) 10a. Considers it worthwhile to diversify production of vegetable-protein- based food intended for human consumption that has health-related nutritional value;
Amendment 206 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 a (new) 10a. Calls on the Commission to support farmers in changing the feed system towards GM-free and therefore soya free alternatives, which already exist in Europe;
Amendment 207 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 b (new) 10b. Calls for a legally binding labelling obligation for animal products, which were produced with the use of genetically modified soya;
Amendment 208 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 11. Considers it necessary to support the self-sufficiency
Amendment 209 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 11. Considers it necessary to support the self-sufficiency in feed of farms at farm and regional level
Amendment 21 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B B. whereas the issue of vegetable protein used in animal feed has too often been analysed with a focus on protein-rich matter, linked to our deficit in vegetable proteins and to the search for raw materials to supplement farm animals’ diets;
Amendment 210 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 Amendment 211 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 Amendment 212 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 – subparagraph 1 (new) Amendment 213 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 a (new) 11a. Stresses the need to make proteins affordable for farmers, by promoting support for producers and for producer- consumers, and for farmers concerned to obtain stocks of local proteins so as to offset the fact that they are unable to produce them;
Amendment 214 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 a (new) 11a. Notes that the shift away from ruminants feeding on forage to feeding on imported soya plus maize has led to the destruction of rainforests, permanent grasslands, meadows and pasture resulting in a devastating loss of biodiversity as well as to a loss of carbon due to land use change;
Amendment 215 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 a (new) 11a. Urges for the policies to support reduction in production and consumption of meat and dairy products in the EU in order to make EU agriculture sustainable and self-sufficient in food and feed production and not dependent on the imports of feed for livestock farming;
Amendment 216 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 a (new) 11a. Underlines the need to focus on regional nutrient cycles in order to limit protein tourism as well as climate- damaging transport of protein plants;
Amendment 217 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 b (new) 11b. Considers that the over-production and oversupply of milk and the effect on farmers’ incomes must be considered when drawing up a sustainable protein strategy;
Amendment 218 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 12. Considers it desirable to minimise harvest losses and increase nutritional value by improving harvesting and storage conditions (drying, wrapping, etc.) and by promoting efficient use of underused farmland so as to encourage plant protein production and research into synergies between biofuels, feed and increased European protein production;
Amendment 219 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 12. Considers it desirable to minimise harvest losses and increase nutritional value by improving harvesting
Amendment 22 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B a (new) Ba. whereas the same agri-food system, which is oriented towards the export and movement of foodstuffs across the planet, has not in any way solved the problems of small and medium-sized farms in Europe;
Amendment 220 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 12. Considers it desirable to enhance yields, minimise harvest losses, and increase nutritional value by supporting breeding, maintaining production resources, and improving harvesting and storage conditions (drying, wrapping, etc.);
Amendment 221 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 12. Considers it desirable to minimise harvest losses and residual streams and increase nutritional value by improving harvesting and storage conditions (drying, wrapping, etc.) and exploiting them better;
Amendment 222 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 13. Takes the view that in order to enhance
Amendment 223 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 13. Takes the view that in order to enhance protein production it is necessary to increase the economical profitability of such crops and new farming practices to rotate crops (over a minimum of three years) and increase mixing of varieties and crops in the pulse
Amendment 224 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 13. Takes the view that in order to enhance protein production it is necessary to rotate crops (over a minimum of three years) and increase mixing of varieties and crops in the pulse (clover/rape, triticale/peas etc.) and forage (leguminous grasses, meslins, etc.) production sectors; draws attention to the eligibility conditions for the greening payment, since in some Member States the crop rotation requirement is not feasible owing to soil and climate conditions and agronomic practices;
Amendment 225 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 13. Takes the view that
Amendment 226 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 13. Takes the view that
Amendment 227 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 13. Takes the view that in order to enhance protein production it is necessary to increase the profitability of these crops and rotate crops (over a minimum of three years) and increase mixing of varieties and crops in the pulse (clover/rape, triticale/peas etc.) and forage (leguminous grasses, meslins, etc.) production sectors;
Amendment 228 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 13. Takes the view that in order to enhance protein production and increase soil fertility, it is necessary to rotate crops (over a minimum of three years) and increase mixing of varieties and crops in the pulse (clover/rape,
Amendment 229 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 14. Calls for research work to begin on: selection of new varieties and species that give flexibility to farmers to adapt to climate change; resilience to stress; crop mixing; improvement of the yields, protein content and digestibility of animal feed (sprouted seeds, etc.);
Amendment 23 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C C. whereas it is necessary to
Amendment 230 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 14. Calls for research work to begin on: selection of new varieties and species; crop mixing; improvement of the yields,
Amendment 231 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 14. Calls for research work to begin on: selection of new varieties and species
Amendment 232 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 14. Calls for research work to begin on: suitability for use in rotations and intercropping and mixed cropping, selection of new varieties and species; crop mixing; improvement of the yields, protein content and digestibility of animal feed (sprouted seeds, etc.); and biostimulants;
Amendment 233 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 14. Calls for research work to begin on: selection of new varieties and species; crop mixing; improvement of the yields, protein content and digestibility of animal feed (sprouted seeds, etc.);
Amendment 234 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 a (new) 14a. Considers that research must make protein crops economically attractive again, since they may suffer by comparison with the margins obtainable from other crops, and that it is important to secure yields in order to consolidate protein production over time and ensure that volume is sufficient, this being essential for structuring production and distribution chains;
Amendment 235 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 a (new) 14a. Notes that the co-production potential of oil and protein is often greatly overestimated and that the Commission's GLOBIOM study already factors in beneficial greenhouse gas savings in its indirect land use change (ILUC) estimates; notes that overreliance on biofuels and their by-products will cause direct and indirect land use changes with will therefore be unsustainable;
Amendment 236 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 a (new) 14a. Considers it necessary to invest in new breeding techniques in order to develop firstly, protein crops that are more adapted to the European climate, and secondly, improve the protein value of our crops; stresses the importance of security of investments in order to foster research and investment in breeding better protein crops in the EU;
Amendment 237 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 a (new) 14a. Calls for greater investment in research and innovation and plant breeding activities which can support EU protein production by delivering new varieties with higher yields and other desirable environmental and nutritional characteristics;
Amendment 238 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 a (new) 14a. Stresses the need for heavy investment in research to solve the pressing agronomic issues that are limiting protein crop cultivation;
Amendment 239 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 Amendment 24 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C C. whereas it is necessary to adopt a more comprehensive analysis of the protein issue in Europe so as to equip ourselves with a long-term strategy and maximise the number of instruments at our disposal for boosting the effectiveness of action to reduce our dependence on vegetable proteins;
Amendment 240 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 15. Recommends greater use of precision agriculture in order to adjust plant nitrogen supplements and animal feed rations as accurately as possible so as to limit wastage and some types of pollution; notes that with increased N sinking by nitrogenous bacteria both free living in the soil and also in the root nodules of leguminous plants, the need for exogenous synthetic fertilisers is much reduced. Also that in a buffering system seen in living soils, there is no need for precision as the system adjusts itself to the needs of the plants;
Amendment 241 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 15. Recommends greater use of
Amendment 242 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 15. Recommends greater use of precision agriculture in order to adjust plant nitrogen supplements and animal feed rations as accurately as possible so as to limit wastage and some types of pollution, and also recommends making more use of mechanical weed control systems;
Amendment 243 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 15. Recommends greater use of precision agriculture
Amendment 244 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 15. Recommends greater use of digitalisation and precision agriculture in order to adjust plant
Amendment 245 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 15. Recommends
Amendment 246 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 a (new) 15a. Believes it is important to consider the consequences of any further restriction concerning the use of fertilizers in relation to the production of protein;
Amendment 247 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 16. Intends to promote: the acquisition of new knowledge; knowledge transfer; basic and continued training; and support for all other types of applied innovation and research into both human food and animal feed;
Amendment 248 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 a (new) 16a. Points out that there are promising technologies for the mobile processing of these protein crops, i.e. towed systems for harvesting, dehydrating and processing crops on the spot to form pellets; stresses that, as a result of those technologies, protein crops could be introduced widely and rapidly, offsetting the fact that processing facilities may be located far away; recommends that the plan provide assistance firstly for developing those technologies and then for acquiring them;
Amendment 249 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 a (new) 16a. Points out that the main aim of protein crops should be to feed humans and that human consumption should therefore be the main purpose of this cultivation, while the production of animal feed should be a secondary aim; stresses, however, that biofuel production should be permitted from waste only;
Amendment 25 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C C. whereas it is necessary to adopt a more comprehensive analysis of the vegetable protein issue in Europe so as to maximise the number of instruments at our disposal for boosting the effectiveness of action to reduce our dependence on vegetable proteins;
Amendment 250 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 a (new) 16a. Insists that strict and transparent checks be carried out at European ports, when holds on bulk carriers are opened, so as to prevent dockers and cargo handlers from being exposed to fumes from pesticides used during shipping, in particular from phosphine, which is the most commonly used pesticide;
Amendment 251 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 a (new) 16a. Calls for heavy investment in research, including varietal research, to improve the technical performance of these crops and solve the pressing agronomic issues that are limiting protein crop cultivation, such as the stabilisation of yields in the face of changes in climatic conditions;
Amendment 252 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 a (new) 16a. Takes the view that there are some Member States that have long experience in growing and conducting research into soya and other leguminous plants and that can share their know-how at European level, and with this end in mind there is a need for better cooperation at European level;
Amendment 253 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 a (new) 16a. Calls for support to be given to all forms of innovation and applied research by pooling experience and knowledge and by drawing in particular on local stakeholders offering innovative solutions;
Amendment 254 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 a (new) 16a. Calls for research and development of smaller, regional protein bio-refining units to extract “green protein” from forage legumes and/or grass/legume mixes which could benefit rural developments and employment;
Amendment 255 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 a (new) 16a. Calls for sustainability criteria for feed imports in order to ensure a sustainable production of protein plants in third countries which does not lead to negative environmental or social impacts;
Amendment 256 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 a (new) 16a. Believes that we need to define the agricultural and food policy that we want for Europe and that the problem of the dependence on vegetable protein is a clear example of current policy;
Amendment 257 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 a (new) 16a. Underlines the need for a regulatory framework that supports research and innovation programmes to achieve increased and competitive protein production;
Amendment 258 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 b (new) 16b. Considers it necessary to take nutrition education measures, especially for the younger generations, to promote healthier eating habits that encourage a greater intake of vegetable proteins in the daily diet, which will have a positive impact on people's health and on the environment;
Amendment 259 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 b (new) 16b. Regards it as essential to step up technical support for farmers and advisory services with a view to promoting the sustainable production of grain and forage protein;
Amendment 26 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C C. whereas it is necessary to adopt a more comprehensive analysis of the protein issue in Europe so as to maximise the number of instruments at our disposal for boosting the effectiveness of action to
Amendment 260 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 b (new) 16b. Calls for regulatory support for the development and marketing of new plant- based protein alternatives to animal products;
Amendment 261 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 17. Takes the view that this plan calls for the mobilisation and coordination of several EU policies: the CAP, research policy, environmental and climate action policy; the neighbourhood policy and trade
Amendment 262 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 17. Takes the view that this plan calls for the mobilisation and coordination of several EU policies: the CAP, research policy, the ene
Amendment 263 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 17. Takes the view that this plan calls for the mobilisation and coordination of several EU policies: the CAP, the Renewable Energy Directive, research policy, the neighbourhood policy and trade policy;
Amendment 264 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 17. Takes the view that this plan calls for the mobilisation and coordination of several EU policies: the CAP, renewable energy policy, research policy, the neighbourhood policy and trade policy;
Amendment 265 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 17. Takes the view that this plan calls for the mobilisation and coordination of several EU policies: the CAP, climate policy, research policy, the neighbourhood policy and trade policy;
Amendment 266 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 a (new) 17a. Recommends supporting the production of biofuels from European Biomass through multiple strategies and directives to enhance the European protein production; and to maintain the quantities of protein meal produced as by- product due to the production of biofuels in recent years; a loss of the current production level of biofuels and in consequence of the produced protein meals would put an unnecessary burden on the European Strategy for the promotion of Protein Crops;
Amendment 267 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 a (new) 17a. Notes that the production of protein/leguminous crops must be financially viable in order to encourage farmers to grow these crops;
Amendment 268 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 18.
Amendment 269 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 18. Considers it important for the CAP to support protein crop cultivation by means of the
Amendment 27 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C C. whereas it is necessary to adopt a more comprehensive analysis of the protein issue in Europe so as to maximise the number of instruments at our disposal for boosting the effectiveness of action to reduce our dependence on imported vegetable proteins;
Amendment 270 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 18. Considers it important for the CAP to support protein crop cultivation by means of the
Amendment 271 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 18. Considers it important for the CAP to support protein crop cultivation by means of the voluntary coupled payment
Amendment 272 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 18. Considers it important for the CAP to support protein crop cultivation by means of the voluntary coupled payment
Amendment 273 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 18. Considers it important for the CAP to support protein crop cultivation by means of the voluntary coupled payment (which, if not restricted to crops and regions in difficulty, would give scope for more action) and the greening payment,
Amendment 274 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 18. Considers it important for the CAP to support protein crop cultivation by means of the voluntary coupled payment (which, if not restricted to crops and regions in difficulty, would give scope for more action)
Amendment 275 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 18. Considers it important for the CAP to support protein crop cultivation by means of the voluntary coupled payment
Amendment 276 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 18. Considers it important for the CAP to support protein crop cultivation by means of the voluntary coupled payment
Amendment 277 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 18. Considers it important for the CAP to support protein crop cultivation by means of the voluntary coupled payment (which, if not restricted to crops and regions in difficulty, would give scope for more action) and the greening payment
Amendment 278 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 18. Considers it important for the CAP to support protein crop cultivation by
Amendment 279 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 18. Considers it important for the CAP to support protein crop cultivation by means of the voluntary coupled payment (which, if not restricted to crops and regions in difficulty, would give scope for more action) and the greening payment, and by means of the second pillar, particularly through agro-environmental measures on organic farming, investment quality, advice, training and of course innovation via the EIP; stresses the need to make coupled support for protein and leguminous crops more flexible in order to facilitate the use of existing funding and ensure its continuity after 2020;
Amendment 28 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C a (new) Ca. having regard to the importance in human food of proteins, which, like energy, are an essential component of our food and can be provided in plant or animal form;
Amendment 280 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 a (new) 18a. Considers that the fact that many Member States have made use of the voluntary coupled payments scheme with a view to protein crop cultivation shows that that is currently the most appropriate CAP instrument for supporting protein production; points out that it could be extended if it were better suited to protein production, since it may be used at present only as part of arrangements to maintain production where it is vulnerable or endangered; states that it should therefore be made more flexible;
Amendment 281 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 a (new) 18a. Considers it important that the CAP ensures a level playing field between Member States for the production of protein crops in the European Union; this would be an important pre-condition for the functioning of the internal market; therefore voluntary coupled support should continue to be restricted to crops and regions in difficulty, and encourages Member States to offer farmers to use nitrogen fixing crops as Ecological Focus Area;
Amendment 282 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 a (new) 18a. Calls on the Commission to take immediate actions aimed at avoiding any reduction in the current production level of protein crops, taking into due account the environmental benefits deriving from the conventional cultivation of nitrogen- fixing crops on ecological focus areas;
Amendment 283 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 a (new) 18a. Calls on the Member States to make full use of the support available under voluntary coupled aid, as currently only 16 Member States made use of such possibility (11% of EU aid covering 4.3 million hectares);
Amendment 284 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 a (new) 18a. Considers it important to support a domestic, sustainable production of protein plants, permanent pastures for grazing as well as land-based livestock farming;
Amendment 285 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 b (new) 18b. Recommends an adjustment to greening arrangements in connection with maintaining permanent grassland in order to take account more effectively, in particular regions, of the specific characteristics of alfalfa, either alone or in grass mixes, on temporary grassland that is more than five years old, that time span limit meaning that the grassland concerned will be classified as permanent, as defined in law, thus restricting ploughing up after the five-year period, even though replanting would enable a large volume of feed protein to be produced with greater protein autonomy for the holdings concerned;
Amendment 286 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 b (new) 18b. Believes that useful lessons should be learnt from the recent ban on the use of pesticides in Ecological Focus Areas, even though, in 2016, they accounted for15 % of Europe’s arable land (8 million hectares) and almost 40% of these areas are used for nitrogen-fixing or catch crops; stresses that farmers are now faced with a dilemma between bearing the cost of starting and continuing to grow these crops without the assurance of being able to react to pest invasions, or reducing the share of ecological focus areas to what is strictly required under the rules, or choosing to leave them uncultivated;
Amendment 287 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 b (new) 18b. Calls for the CAP to incentivise the production of high quality, protein rich food crops that are used in the production of meat and dairy analogues for human consumption, bearing in mind the environmental benefits of increased plant over animal based protein consumption;
Amendment 288 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 c (new) 18c. Takes the view that as part of the process of making use of all usable agricultural areas, provided for under the vegetable protein autonomy plan, ecological focus areas can be used for protein production both within conventional farming, with an integrated protection scheme, and within organic farming, but only to a marginal extent, given that, in order to replace soya imports into the EU, the equivalent of nearly 17 million hectares would have to be under soya in the EU; considers that ecological focus areas are furthermore essential for boosting biodiversity, which is under threat, and for our food security, since, in particular by improving pollination, biodiversity can increase yields by some 20% from neighbouring crops, which may be protein crops;
Amendment 289 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 c (new) 18c. Welcomes the fact that, in the context of the omnibus revision of the Common Agricultural Policy, Parliament obtained a revaluation of the conversion coefficient for nitrogen-fixing crops from 0.7 to 1 in compensation for the ban on the use of pesticides in Ecological Focus Areas;
Amendment 29 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C b (new) Cb. encourages, therefore, good practices such as the Danube Soya Initiative, making non-GMO soya largely traceable, and the development of organic protein crops;
Amendment 290 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 d (new) 18d. Stresses that biofuels form part of a circular economy when they are manufactured from by-products, waste or residues, take up a small proportion of farmland, are beneficial with regard to crop rotation and diversification and to making use of fallow land in accordance with the green measures under the CAP and do not, on their own, cause food prices to go up;
Amendment 291 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 19 19.
Amendment 292 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 19 19. Feels it is relevant to the future of the CAP to: consider additional proposals to support vegetables proteins, such as those for three-
Amendment 293 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 19 19. Feels it is relevant to the future of the CAP to: consider additional proposals to support proteins, such as those for three- year-minimum rotation systems on all arable land to have a leguminous component; create an ecosystem payment that is more flexible than the greening payment so as to encourage sustainable agricultural practices;
Amendment 294 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 19 19. Feels it is relevant to the future of the CAP to: consider additional proposals to support proteins, such as those for three- year-minimum rotation systems; create an ecosystem payment that is more flexible than the greening payment so as to encourage sustainable agricultural practices; provide risk-taking mechanisms for innovators; and
Amendment 295 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 19 19. Feels it is relevant to the future of the CAP to: consider additional proposals to support proteins, such as those for
Amendment 296 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 19 a (new) 19a. Supports the objectives of initiatives to boost non-genetically modified soya production and other protein crop cultivation in Europe provided that, in practice, they are implemented responsibly and respect the aims of developing agricultural systems which are sustainable, socially just and ecologically resilient;
Amendment 297 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 19 a (new) 19a. Urges the Commission to use the CAP reform for providing incentives for closed loop systems such as agroecology and help farmers move away from feeding imported soya and switch to grass-based systems;
Amendment 298 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 19 a (new) 19a. Stresses the need to introduce new instruments to help increase the supply of plant proteins, in particular soya, and to ensure equitable implementation across all the Member States;
Amendment 299 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 19 a (new) 19a. Emphasises the need for a coherent framework of regulatory measures and supportive research and innovation programmes to achieve increased and competitive protein production;
Amendment 3 #
Motion for a resolution Recital -A (new) -A. whereas, historically, the European deficit in protein crops dates back to old international trade agreements, especially with the United States, which allowed the European Community to protect its cereal production but in return allowed duty-free imports of protein crops and oilseeds into the Union (GATT and 1992 Blair House Agreement); whereas this was accompanied by significant progress in the efficiency of protein crop production in third countries, leading to a competitive disadvantage for EU farmers, for whom protein crop production is not sufficiently attractive from an economic point of view;
Amendment 30 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D D. whereas proteins are at the core of the challenges of food s
Amendment 300 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 19 a (new) Amendment 301 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 19 b (new) 19b. Calls for research work to begin on: selection of new varieties and species; crop mixing; improvement of the yields, protein content and digestibility of animal feed (sprouted seeds etc.); and biostimulants;
Amendment 302 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 20. Calls for public research
Amendment 303 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 20. Calls for
Amendment 304 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 20. Calls for research efforts, particularly for public research, to be stepped up into under-developed protein crops which are of little or no interest to private investors; calls for greater cooperation between public and private research institutions;
Amendment 305 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 20. Calls for research efforts, particularly for public research, to be stepped up into under-developed protein crops which are still of little or no interest to private investors and which hampers to develop a sustainable development of the European farming system;
Amendment 306 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 20. Calls for research efforts, particularly for public research, to be stepped up into under-developed protein crops, suitable for both human food and animal feed, which are of little or no interest to private investors;
Amendment 307 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 a (new) 20a. Takes the view that it is necessary that future policies on renewable energies acknowledge the importance of protein- rich by-products from the production of biofuels and bioliquids (e.g. rapeseed meal, distillers grains) as an indispensable part of the European protein supply;
Amendment 308 #
20a. Notes that the main imported protein crop is soya with approx. 35 million tonnes of soya beans and -meal per year which come mainly from North and South America into the European Union;
Amendment 309 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 a (new) 20a. Recommends increased investment in industrial and agricultural research projects that focus on boosting the quality and diversity of functional proteins for human consumption;
Amendment 31 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D D. whereas proteins are at the core of
Amendment 310 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 a (new) 20a. Believes that the current research in the field of a strategy for protein crops is fragmented and lacking focus; calls for a larger R & D effort;
Amendment 311 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 b (new) 20b. Notes that a high amount of imported soya especially from overseas is produced by GMOs which causes more and more problems to farmers as the demand of GMO free production is rising and processors and retailers do more and more refuse agricultural products which are produced by the use of GMOs;
Amendment 312 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 c (new) 20c. Notes that the majority of genetically modified soya imported into the EU has been made tolerant to one or more herbicides, such as glyphosate, which are therefore present as residues on the imported food and feed; notes that, even though there are Maximum Residue Levels (MRL) in place, that there is insufficient data on whether these MRL are respected and therefore that there may be a higher than safe level of herbicide residues entering the food chain, with possible health impacts for both humans and animals;
Amendment 313 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 d (new) 20d. Believes that in order to reduce dependency on imported soya, which is predominantly used for animal feed, including in factory farming, pasture based feeding in Europe should be encouraged and incentivised;
Amendment 314 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 Amendment 315 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 Amendment 316 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 21. Takes the view that it is necessary to secure our soya supplies by
Amendment 317 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 21. Takes the view that
Amendment 318 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 21. Takes the view that it is necessary to secure our soya supplies by cooperating more closely with our neighbourhood,
Amendment 319 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 21. Takes the view that it is necessary to secure our soya supplies by cooperating more closely with our neighbourhood
Amendment 32 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D D. whereas vegetable proteins are at the core of the challenges of food safety, environmental protection and global warming and are partly inseparable from the production of oilseeds valued for human consumption, renewable energy or green chemistry; whereas they are essential to life and are present in all foods consumed by both humans and animals;
Amendment 320 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 21. Takes the view that it is necessary to
Amendment 321 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 21. Takes the view that it is necessary to secure our soya supplies by cooperating more closely with our neighbourhood,
Amendment 322 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 21. Takes the view that it is necessary to secure our soya supplies by cooperating more closely with our neighbourhood,
Amendment 323 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 21. Takes the view that it is necessary to secure our soya supplies by cooperating more closely with our neighbourhood,
Amendment 324 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 21. Takes the view that it is necessary to secure our soya supplies by cooperating more closely with our neighbourhood, in particular with Ukraine, which has opted for Europe and which produces soya that could be brought into the EU via the Danube; admits that a GMO-free soya cultivation is needed to meet consumers' demands;
Amendment 325 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 21. Takes the view that it is necessary to secure our soya supplies by cooperating more closely with our neighbourhood, in particular with Ukraine, which has opted for Europe and which produces soya that could be brought into the EU via the Danube; observes that farmers in Ukraine are permitted to grow GMO soya;
Amendment 326 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 a (new) 21a. Recognises that today’s agricultural practices are unthinkable without soya; this highly important legume in the recent history had almost vanished from European cultivation into oblivion; the cultivation rose from 17 million tonnes in 1960 to 319 million tonnes in 2015;
Amendment 327 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 a (new) 21a. Notes that much more efforts have to be taken to develop grass-clover mixes and under-sowing with leguminous crops such as vetch, lupins and grain legumes such as alfalfa;
Amendment 328 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 b (new) 21b. Recalls that the EU relies on massive imports of protein-rich feed materials, for the most part genetically modified herbicide tolerant soya, which gives rise to serious environmental and social justice problems in source countries such as deforestation, loss of biodiversity, ecosystem simplification, ecotoxicological effects including on non-target species as well as land grabbing, forced expulsion and other human rights abuses;
Amendment 329 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 b (new) 21b. Supports the Donau Soja Initiative promoting the safety and the high quality of soya products, GM-free production and use of GM-free soybeans originating from Europe;
Amendment 33 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D D. whereas vegetable proteins are at the core of the challenges of food safety, nutritious food and feed, renewable energy, environmental protection and global warming; whereas they are essential to life and are present in all foods consumed by both humans and animals;
Amendment 330 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 22. Takes the view that although the 1992 Blair House Agreement is
Amendment 331 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 22. Takes the view that the 1992 Blair House Agreement is
Amendment 332 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 22. Takes the view that the 1992 Blair House Agreement
Amendment 333 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 22. Takes the view that the 1992 Blair House Agreement is now obsolete and is
Amendment 334 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 22. Takes the view that the 1992 Blair House Agreement is now obsolete and is likely to hamper the sustainable development of protein crop growing in Europe;
Amendment 335 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 22. Takes the view that the 1992 Blair House Agreement is now obsolete and is likely to hamper the sustainable development of protein crop growing in Europe; calls, therefore, for the useful contribution of protein crop biofuel production – which is helping to ensure the supply of GMO-free proteins in the EU – to be recognised in the biofuel debate and properly taken into account;
Amendment 336 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 a (new) 22a. Takes note of the improvement of the coefficient criteria of leguminous within the ecological focus areas but regrets this coefficient is not yet valuing the benefits of these crops at the level it should be;
Amendment 337 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 b (new) 22b. Calls to work on the second pillar to have a better recognition and remuneration of the contribution of such crops to feed the pollinators at critical time of the season (early flowering plants in spring) and contribution against the pollinator depopulation;
Amendment 338 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 c (new) 22c. Calls on the research work program to investigate possible improvement of the digestibility of rapeseed meal;
Amendment 339 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 d (new) 22d. Calls for the maintenance of a strong EU biofuels sector which provides the main part of concentrated vegetable proteins to the EU livestock sector. Therefore, the role of protein in the current bio fuels debate should be taken into consideration so that, crop-based bio fuels achieving GHG savings in accordance with sustainability criteria of the RED II directive and from feedstock produced in accordance with the environmental rules under the CAP, generating valuable co-products should not be limited in the calculation of the EU RES target for renewables;
Amendment 34 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D D. whereas proteins are at the core of the challenges of food safety, animal feed, renewables, environmental protection and global warming; whereas they are essential to life and are present in all foods consumed by both humans and animals;
Amendment 35 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D D. whereas proteins are at the core of the challenges of food safety, animal feed, biofuels, environmental protection and global warming; whereas they are essential to life and are present in all foods consumed by both humans and animals;
Amendment 36 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D D. whereas proteins are at the core of the challenges of food safety, environmental protection
Amendment 37 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D D. whereas proteins are at the core of the challenges of food safety and sovereignty, environmental protection and global warming; whereas they are essential to life and are present in all foods consumed by both humans and animals;
Amendment 38 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D a (new) Amendment 39 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D a (new) Da. whereas protein crops have the capacity to fix nitrogen without requiring nitrogenous fertilization, contributing to soil fertility and contrasting nitrogen leaching;
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution Recital -A a (new) -Aa. whereas, consequently, the Union devotes only 3% of its arable land to protein crops and imports more than 75% of its vegetable protein supply, mainly from Brazil, Argentina and the United States;
Amendment 40 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D a (new) Da. whereas there are Member States that are unable to ensure the protein autonomy of their livestock sector;
Amendment 41 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D a (new) Da. whereas over 50 percent of the world's crops are used to feed animals and not people;
Amendment 42 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D b (new) Db. whereas the livestock sector is the world’s largest user of agricultural land, through grazing and the use of feed crops and has huge impact on climate change, land and water management and biodiversity in the EU and in third countries;
Amendment 43 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D b (new) Db. whereas the cultivation of protein crops generates a significant added value for the environment, which is not endangered by the relative use of plant protection products;
Amendment 44 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D c (new) Dc. whereas the production of animal feed is one of the key drivers of land use change; whereas the EU livestock production based on imported feed is indirectly responsible for deforestation in third countries, especially in South America;
Amendment 45 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D d (new) Dd. whereas addressing the global challenge of deforestation and forest degradation has become even more important in the light of the 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda and the Paris Agreement on climate change;
Amendment 46 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D e (new) De. whereas in 2017 the Commission has to decide whether to take up deforestation, for which soya is one of the largest driver, on its 2018 work plan;
Amendment 47 #
Motion for a resolution Recital E E. whereas in recent years China has become the world’s largest importer of soya and has launched a genuine security of supply strategy for itself
Amendment 48 #
Motion for a resolution Recital E E. whereas in recent years China has become the world’s largest importer of soya and has launched a genuine and non- transparent security of supply strategy for itself which could
Amendment 49 #
Motion for a resolution Recital E E. whereas in recent years China has become the world’s largest importer of soya and has launched a genuine security of supply strategy for itself which could threaten the current balance of oilseed world market and by consequences jeopardise our own supplies tomorrow;
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution Recital -A b (new) -Ab. whereas total European production of protein-rich matter rose from 24.2 to 36.3 million tonnes (+50%) between 1994 and 2014, but whereas at the same time consumption increased from 39.7 million tonnes to 57.1 million tonnes (+44%); whereas the Union’s overall deficit (20.8 tonnes in 2014) is therefore increasing;
Amendment 50 #
Motion for a resolution Recital E E. whereas in recent years China has become the world’s largest importer of soya and, unlike the EU, has launched a genuine security of supply strategy for itself which
Amendment 51 #
Motion for a resolution Recital E E. whereas in recent years China has become the world’s largest importer of soya and has launched a genuine security of supply strategy for itself which could threaten our own supplies
Amendment 52 #
Motion for a resolution Recital E a (new) Ea. whereas soybean meal is the largest source of protein feed in the world with the current annual world production of around 350 million tonnes with continuous growing trend; whereas approximately 75percent of soybean globally is used for animal feed and only around 6 percent of soybean is consumed directly by humans;
Amendment 53 #
Motion for a resolution Recital E a (new) Ea. whereas the majority of soya imported into the EU comes from genetically modified crops, and whereas European consumers distrust this technology;
Amendment 54 #
Motion for a resolution Recital E a (new) Ea. whereas the growing demand for soya worldwide leads to increased competition for agricultural land, which will have new migratory pressure and refugee movements as a potential consequence;
Amendment 55 #
Motion for a resolution Recital E b (new) Eb. whereas the EU livestock sector is heavily dependent on soya imports from third countries, especially from South America; whereas the EU produces less than 1 million tonnes of soya a year, and imports around 35 million tonnes; whereas demand for soya within the EU uses an area of almost 15 million ha, 13 million ha of which is in South America;
Amendment 56 #
Motion for a resolution Recital E c (new) Ec. whereas Brazil is currently world’s second biggest producer and exporter of soya, and the biggest supplier of soya in the EU market; whereas the cultivated soya in Brazil is almost exclusively genetically modified;
Amendment 57 #
Motion for a resolution Recital E d (new) Ed. whereas the indigenous population in Brazil faces land grabbing, violence and death due to the soya boom;
Amendment 58 #
Motion for a resolution Recital E e (new) Ee. whereas the EU already regulates illegal timber, illegal fisheries and conflict minerals and therefore the possibility of regulating forest risk commodities such as soya should be strongly considered;
Amendment 59 #
Motion for a resolution Recital F F. whereas t
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution Recital -A c (new) -Ac. whereas livestock sectors in the Union are extremely sensitive to price volatility and distortion of competition and are dependent on imports of affordable and high quality vegetable protein, which poses a real challenge for European farms;
Amendment 60 #
Motion for a resolution Recital F F. whereas the
Amendment 61 #
Motion for a resolution Recital F F. whereas
Amendment 62 #
Motion for a resolution Recital F F. whereas the de
Amendment 63 #
Motion for a resolution Recital F F. whereas the development
Amendment 64 #
Motion for a resolution Recital F F. whereas the development of agriculture in the past 50 years has given rise to the large-scale long-distance transport of raw materials for the production of vegetable and meat proteins which is now causing problems for the environment
Amendment 65 #
F. whereas the development of agriculture in the past 50 years has given rise to the large-scale long-distance transport of raw materials for the production of vegetable and meat proteins which is now causing problems for the environment and the climate; and which generates surpluses which are sold on the world market, ruining small farmers around the world;
Amendment 66 #
Motion for a resolution Recital F Amendment 67 #
Motion for a resolution Recital F a (new) Fa. whereas the production of protein crops, particularly soya, in many regions outside Europe is a major driver of global deforestation and whereas increased European protein crop growing could provide an important complement to measures to promote agricultural commodity supply chains without deforestation;
Amendment 68 #
Motion for a resolution Recital G G. whereas the nitrogen needed to feed plants and manufacture vegetable proteins is today mainly provided by synthetic nitrogenous fertilisers, which
Amendment 69 #
Motion for a resolution Recital G G. whereas the nitrogen needed to feed plants and manufacture vegetable proteins
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A A. whereas the European Union is still suffering from a major deficit in vegetable proteins, which has regrettably seen little improvement despite the many intentions announced, and initiatives taken
Amendment 70 #
Motion for a resolution Recital G G. whereas the
Amendment 71 #
Motion for a resolution Recital G G. whereas the nitrogen needed to feed plants and manufacture vegetable proteins is today mainly provided by synthetic
Amendment 72 #
Motion for a resolution Recital G G. whereas the nitrogen needed to feed plants and manufacture vegetable proteins is today mainly provided by synthetic nitrogenous fertilisers, which are costly to produce and generate pollution of both water and air; whereas, in these circumstances, the question of proteins needs to be rethought, from production right through to consumption, in terms of productive and environmental performance, based on a more satisfactory management of the nitrogen cycle;
Amendment 73 #
Motion for a resolution Recital G a (new) Ga. whereas a protein plan and the reform of the CAP need to deal with the nitrogen surplus, as the adoption of nutrient management plans and environmental farm plans have to play a key role in this reduction;
Amendment 74 #
Motion for a resolution Recital G a (new) Ga. whereas the question of proteins calls for a thorough revision of the sustainability of our agricultural and food systems;
Amendment 75 #
Motion for a resolution Recital G a (new) Ga. whereas there is a growing interest of European consumers for local non- GMO products, and an increasing concern about the carbon footprint of imports;
Amendment 76 #
Motion for a resolution Recital H H. whereas in order to reduce dependence on outside suppliers, it is necessary to focus on
Amendment 77 #
Motion for a resolution Recital H H. whereas in order to reduce dependence on outside suppliers, it is necessary to focus on not only protein-rich crops but also on all other crops (including in forage and grassland areas) which, while they have a lesser protein content, are extensively cultivated throughout the Union; whereas, in order to reduce dependence on imported proteins, cattle breeding techniques need to be in line with, and to reflect the type of forage that is produced in the EU;
Amendment 78 #
Motion for a resolution Recital H H. whereas in order to reduce the EU’s dependenc
Amendment 79 #
Motion for a resolution Recital H H. whereas in order to reduce dependence on outside suppliers, it is necessary to focus on not only protein-rich crops but also on all other crops (including in forage and grassland areas) which, while they have a lesser protein content, are extensively cultivated throughout the Union; whereas there are many benefits of pasture-based grazing for ruminants including reducing farm input costs;
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A A. whereas the European Union is still suffering from a major deficit in vegetable proteins, which has regrettably seen little improvement despite the many intentions announced
Amendment 80 #
Motion for a resolution Recital H H. whereas in order to reduce dependence on outside suppliers, it is necessary to focus on not only protein-rich crops but also on all other crops (including in forage and grassland areas) which, while they have a lesser protein content, are extensively cultivated throughout the Union and have a positive impact on soil;
Amendment 81 #
Motion for a resolution Recital I I. whereas there is a need today for a strategic, effective and ambitious protein supply plan to be implemented for the sustainable development of European agriculture;
Amendment 82 #
Motion for a resolution Recital I I. whereas there is a need today for an assessment of need that considers local and global carrying capacities, leading to a strategic, effective and ambitious protein
Amendment 83 #
Motion for a resolution Recital I I. whereas there is a need today for a strategic, effective and ambitious protein supply plan to be implemented for the sustainable development of European agriculture; whereas such a plan requires the mobilisation of several EU policies, first and foremost the CAP; whereas legal certainty and the stability and coherence of European public policies are essential parts of any credible long-term protein strategy;
Amendment 84 #
Motion for a resolution Recital I I. whereas there will be any increase of vegetable protein production without improvement of the profitability of such plants and there is a need today for a strategic, effective and ambitious vegetable protein supply plan to be implemented for the
Amendment 85 #
Motion for a resolution Recital I I. whereas there is a need today for a strategic, effective and ambitious protein supply plan to be implemented for the sustainable development of European agriculture and the food security of 500 million Europeans; whereas such a plan requires the mobilisation of several EU policies, first and foremost the CAP;
Amendment 86 #
Motion for a resolution Recital I a (new) Ia. whereas in recent decades the Union has used three main levers to support the objective of European protein independence, namely voluntary coupled aid for protein and oilseed crops, EU biofuel policy and the conditionality of 30% of direct support introduced by the last reform of the Common Agricultural Policy in relation to the implementation of greening measures, including the obligation to devote 5% of arable land to ecological focus areas (EFAs) and the decision to allow nitrogen-fixing crops and catch crops;
Amendment 87 #
Motion for a resolution Recital I a (new) Ia. whereas the interest of farmers in nitrogen-fixing and protein-rich crops has increased significantly because in that way they can meet requirements under the greening policy, and whereas this interest will encourage plant breeders to resume or increase their activities related to these crops;
Amendment 88 #
Motion for a resolution Recital I a (new) Ia. whereas the political agreement on the CAP reached by the Parliament, the Council and the Commission in 2013 envisages the possibility to grow nitrogen- fixing crops on ecological focus areas;
Amendment 89 #
Motion for a resolution Recital I a (new) Ia. whereas no development of European vegetable protein production can take place without economic profitability and competitiveness of those productions;
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A A. whereas the European Union is still suffering from a major deficit in vegetable proteins, despite the use of co-products from biofuels production based on rapeseed which has regrettably seen little improvement despite the many intentions announced, and initiatives taken, on this topic for more than 15 years; whereas the present-day context means that we should be taking more energetic action;
Amendment 90 #
Motion for a resolution Recital I b (new) Ib. whereas over the period 2000-2013 the measures introduced by the CAP did not by themselves succeed in reversing the declining trend or stagnation in protein production in Europe, but whereas since 2013 the combination of such support together with the ‘greening’ measure authorising the cultivation of protein crops in ecological focus areas has been a decisive factor in a return to growth in the area and production of proteins in Europe;
Amendment 91 #
Motion for a resolution Recital I b (new) Ib. whereas this possibility has led to a sharp increase in the production of protein crops in the EU; whereas the Commission, in its report on the implementation of the ecological focus area obligation under the green direct payment scheme, highlights how EFAs with nitrogen-fixing crops represented almost 40% of the 8 million hectares of land declared as EFA in 2015;
Amendment 92 #
Motion for a resolution Recital I b (new) Ib. whereas research has shown that feed manufacturers often add more protein to food than is considered necessary and whereas efficiency gains can be made by means of more precise determination of the protein content required by the target species;
Amendment 93 #
Ic. whereas protein crop cultivation can participate fully in the circular economy by producing, on the one hand, meal used in animal feed and, on the other hand, vegetable oils or other by- products used in biofuels; whereas the production of rapeseed meal has doubled since 2004, with 9.3 million tonnes being directly attributable to biofuel production in the EU;
Amendment 94 #
Motion for a resolution Recital I c (new) Ic. whereas Commission delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/1155 generally improves the environmental ambition of the greening measures of the CAP through a series of measures including a complete ban of the use of pesticides on ecological focus areas;
Amendment 95 #
Motion for a resolution Recital J J. whereas
Amendment 96 #
Motion for a resolution Recital J J. whereas the proteins research policy should be stepped up and extended over the long term to include locally adapted home grown leguminous crops based on farmer saved seed systems and exchanges;
Amendment 97 #
Motion for a resolution Recital J J. whereas the vegetable proteins research policy should be stepped up to cover productivity gain and better use (digestibility, storage and process) and extended over the long term;
Amendment 98 #
Motion for a resolution Recital J J. whereas the proteins research policy should be stepped up and extended over the long term with a focus home grown leguminous crops that have a similar protein profile to soya;
Amendment 99 #
Motion for a resolution Recital J a (new) Ja. whereas supporting plant breeding activities will be important to develop new varieties of protein crops that can contribute to higher EU protein production; whereas effective plant breeding activities require a sufficiently funded long term research policy and a suitable regulatory environment that encourages innovation;
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