2017/2284(INI) | [ParlTrack]

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Expresses its dissatisfaction with the ~~overall degree~~shocking lack of progress shown by the Member States in implementing Directive 2009/128/EC; uNotes that the Commission's 2017 progress report 1a identifies significant gaps in the National Action Plans of Member States, suggesting a lower commitment to protecting the environment and farmers in some countries that might imply unfair competition and undermine the single market; Urges the Commission to promote the harmonisation of risk indicators at EU level and to oblige the Member States to provide more comprehensive information in their National Action Plans, which must be coherent and include measurable and achievable goals and targets, and to collect more reliable data on the health and environmental impacts of exposure to pesticides; Reserves the right to refer non-compliant member states to the Competition Commissioner. _________________ 1a https://ec.europa.eu/food/sites/food/files/p lant/docs/pesticides_sup_report- overview_en.pdf

Amendment 10 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Regrets that in some Member States the training and certification requirements of the Directive are not fully met; underlines the importance of training of users to ensure the safe and sustainable use of PPPs; considers it fitting to distinguish between professional and amateur users, given that they are not subject to the same obligations; emphasises that professional and non- professional users of PPPs should receive adequate training; stresses that PPPs are not only used in agriculture, but also for weed and pest control in urban areas, including public parks and railways;

Amendment 11 #

Nicola CAPUTO, Molly SCOTT CATO

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Notes that the implementation report on the Directive presented in October 2017 was due from the Commission on 26 November 2014 1a and that it will take significant efforts to recover from this time lost, especially regarding shortcomings in the NAPs; Deplores the low priority accorded to the control of pesticide use that this 3-year delay implies. _________________ 1a https://ec.europa.eu/food/sites/food/files/p lant/docs/pesticides_sup_report- overview_en.pdf

Amendment 12 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Notes that all Member States have adopted National Action Plans (NAPs), in many cases with significant delays, and with a huge diversity in their completeness and coverage; regrets that only five NAPs set high-level measurable targets, of which four relate to risk reduction and one to use reduction;

Amendment 13 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Underlines the importance of Directive 2009/128/EC in providing a framework for the safe and sustainable use of plant protection products (PPP); stresses that this framework provides for monitoring and measuring the use of PPPs, guidance on their safety, uses and storage, and training of users;

Amendment 14 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Appreciates the efforts made to ensure success regarding the sustainable use of pesticides in the EU by reducing the risks and the impact of pesticide use on human and animal health and the environment and promoting the use of practices and techniques that are an ecological alternative to pesticides;

Amendment 15 #

Nicola CAPUTO, Molly SCOTT CATO

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)

1b. Considers it essential to evaluate the implementation of this directive in conjunction with the EU’s overarching pesticide policy, including the rules laid down by Regulation (EU)1107/2009 (the Plant Protection Products Regulation), Regulation (EU) 528/2012 (the Biocides Regulation), Regulation (EC) 396/2005 (the Maximum Residue Level Regulation), and Regulation (EC) 178/2002 (the General Food Law);

Amendment 16 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)

1b. Notes that, while Member States generally have systems to gather information on pesticide acute poisoning, the accuracy of this data and its use is questioned; highlights that systems for gathering such information on chronic poisoning are not widely implemented;

Amendment 17 #

Jan HUITEMA, Fredrick FEDERLEY, Elsi KATAINEN

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)

1b. Highlights that sustainable and responsible use of pesticides is a precondition for the authorisation of plant protection products;

Amendment 18 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. ~~Note~~Regrets that many Member States have changed their initial targets, focusing more on reducing the risks that pesticide use entails, rather than on actual reductions in the quantities used; regrets the fact that in many Member States there is no real commitment to integrated pest management (IPM) and thus developing a more environmentally-sustainable agriculture with lower costs for farmers; Notes that despite the differences in dose- effect relationships, it is still possible to classify reductions of pesticide quantities per product into meaningful categories.

Amendment 19 #

Karine GLOANEC MAURIN, Eric ANDRIEU, Marc TARABELLA, Nicola CAPUTO

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. ~~Notes that many Member States have changed their initial targets, focusing more on reducing the risks that pesticide use entails, rather than on actual reductions in the quantities used; r~~Regrets the fact that in many Member States there is no real commitment to integrated pest management (IPM) and thus developing a more environmentally-sustainable agriculture with lower costs for farmers;

Amendment 2 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. ~~Expresses its satisfaction with~~Declares that the overall degree of progress shown by the Member States in implementing Directive 2009/128/EC is encouraging, despite great unevenness in the effectiveness of the National Plans and their implementation; urges the Commission to promote the harmonisation of risk indicators at EU level and to oblige the Member States to provide more comprehensive information in their National Action Plans~~, which must~~. These Plans must be based on an obligation in respect of results (with evaluations) and not only means, be coherent and include measurable and achievable goals and targets, and to collect more reliable data on the health impacts of exposure to pesticides, including public statistics on the traceability of occupational and non- occupational exposures to pesticides;

Amendment 20 #

Daniel BUDA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Notes that many Member States have changed their initial targets, focusing more on reducing the risks that pesticide use entails, rather than on actual reductions in the quantities used; regrets the fact that in many Member States there is no real commitment to integrated pest management (IPM) and thus developing a more environmentally-sustainable agriculture with lower costs for farmers; calls on the Member States to include in their national strategic plans provisions striking a balance between the requirements of food production on the one hand and respect for the environment on the other;

Amendment 21 #

Philippe LOISEAU, Jacques COLOMBIER

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Notes that many Member States have changed their initial targets, focusing more on reducing the risks that pesticide use entails, rather than on actual reductions in the quantities used; regrets the fact that in many Member States there is no real commitment to integrated pest management (IPM) and thus developing a more environmentally-sustainable agriculture with lower costs for farmers, as well as reducing the dependence of agricultural holdings on the agro- chemical industry;

Amendment 22 #

Karine GLOANEC MAURIN, Eric ANDRIEU, Marc TARABELLA, Nicola CAPUTO, Maria NOICHL

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Notes that many Member States have changed their initial targets, focusing more on reducing the risks ~~that pesticide use entail~~associated with plant protection products, rather than on actual reductions in the quantities used; regrets the fact that in many Member States there is no ~~real~~t sufficient commitment to integrated pest management (IPM) ~~and thus~~to assist in developing a more environmentally- sustainable agriculture with ~~lower costs for~~benefits for the environment, consumers and farmers;

Amendment 23 #

Georgios EPITIDEIOS

2. Notes that many Member States have changed their initial targets, focusing more on reducing the risks that pesticide use entails, rather than on actual reductions in the quantities used, something which needs to be rectified soon; regrets the fact that in many Member States there is no real commitment to integrated pest management (IPM) and thus developing a more environmentally-sustainable agriculture with lower costs for farmers;

Amendment 24 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Notes that many Member States have changed their initial targets, focusing more on reducing the risks that pesticide use entails, rather than on actual reductions in the quantities used; regrets the fact that in many Member States there is no real commitment to integrated pest management (IPM) and thus developing a more environmentally-sustainable agriculture which is more human health- friendly with lower costs for farmers;

Amendment 25 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

Amendment 26 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Notes that many Member States have changed their initial targets, focusing more on reducing the risks that pesticide use entails, rather than on actual reductions in the quantities used; ~~regrets the fact that in many Member States there is no real commitment to~~stresses the importance of commitment from Member States to apply integrated pest management (IPM) ~~and thus~~to develop~~ing~~ a more environmentally- sustainable agriculture with lower costs for farmers;

Amendment 27 #

Nicola CAPUTO, Molly SCOTT CATO

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 (new)

Considers that a faster approvals process would stimulate industry research into the development of new low-risk active ingredients, including new, innovative low-risk substances, thus ensuring that farmers have sufficient plant-protection tools at their disposal and enabling them to switch more rapidly to sustainable plant protection products and increase integrated pest management efficacy.

Amendment 28 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Regrets that Integrated Pest Management (IPM) remains underused by Member States despite the fact that the number of EU-approved low risk/non- chemical pesticide substances has doubled since 2009; notes that IPM is a cornerstone of Directive 2009/128/EC, but compliance with the principles of IPM at individual grower level is not being systematically checked by Member States; highlights, furthermore, that Member States have not yet set clear criteria in order to ensure that the general principles of IPM are implemented by all professional users;

Amendment 29 #

Jan HUITEMA, Fredrick FEDERLEY, Elsi KATAINEN

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Encourages the focus on reducing risks that pesticides entail, as limited use of a high-risk plant protection products can be more harmful then extensive usage of a low-risk plant protection products; underlines that this risk reduction should go hand in hand with use reduction;

Amendment 3 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Expresses its satisfaction with the overall degree of progress shown by the Member States in implementing Directive 2009/128/EC; urges the Commission to promote the harmonisation of risk indicators at EU level and to oblige the Member States to provide more comprehensive information in their National Action Plans, which must be coherent and include measurable and achievable goals and targets, and to collect more reliable data on the health impacts of exposure to pesticides; warns also of the numerous derogations, which undermine predictability of use and hamper company investment in research and innovation;

Amendment 30 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Calls therefore for the collection of data on pesticide use as foreseen in Reg. 1185/2009 on pesticide use statistics, including the use of simple indicators and giving more attention to EU-wide monitoring tools.

Amendment 31 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Recommends that Member States step up their efforts to raise awareness regarding the use of pesticides and the effects thereof;

Amendment 32 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)

2b. Underlines that there is always a certain amount of risk involved when one interferes in nature, whether it is with chemical, biological or low-risk plant protection products. Risks can never be excluded, however, they can be managed. Therefore, legislation in the field of plant protection products should set up criteria and levels for acceptable risk;

Amendment 33 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)

2b. Recalls that procedures for plant protection from harmful organisms are an integral part of all good agricultural practice guidelines, bearing in mind that the use of pesticides is frequently essential for cultivation purposes;

Amendment 34 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)

2b. Notes in this context the importance of transparency on pesticide use statistics, as it has effects on the public and public goods, which are broader than mere commercial interests.

Amendment 35 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 c (new)

2c. Notes that increased use and dependency on pesticides comes at a high input cost to farmers; Notes also the organic farmers who suffer economic losses from their neighbours' pesticide use, whereby drift from pesticide spraying and movement of persistent active substances in the environment contaminate organic produce and soils; Notes that consequently, organic farmers are forced to sell that produce as conventional, losing out on their price premium, or worse become decertified, due to actions that are not their own.

Amendment 36 #

Karine GLOANEC MAURIN, Eric ANDRIEU, Marc TARABELLA, Nicola CAPUTO, Maria NOICHL

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 d (new)

2d. Notes the unintentional effects of pesticides on soil and non-target species, in particular the recent scientific study illustrating the "insect Armageddon" whereby 75% winged insects have become regionally extinct in Germany 2a, even in nature reserves where no agricultural pesticides have been used; Notes further that studies also show common bird species are declining across Europe 2b, which could be attributed to the decline in insect populations; recognises the importance of NAPs and IPM in significantly reducing pesticide usage to avoid ecological collapse; _________________ 2a More than 75% decline over 27 years in total flying insect biomass in protected areas; Hallmann et al, 2017. http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id =10.1371/journal.pone.0185809 2b https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10. 1111/ele.12387

Amendment 37 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Recalls that pesticides are important tools for the agricultural sector, not least for reducing losses caused by pests, and therefore help stabilise farmers’ incomes so that they can produce safely and at affordable prices; highlights the fact that EFSA’s latest report on pesticide residues in food showed that 97.2 % of samples throughout Europe were within the legal limits of EU legislation, which bears witness to a very rigorous and safe food production system; recalls, however, that the agencies believe that users will follow handling recommendations or 'good practices', which is not always the case;

Amendment 38 #

Miguel VIEGAS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Recalls that pesticides are important tools for the agricultural sector, not least for reducing losses caused by pests, and therefore help stabilise farmers’ incomes so that they can produce safely and at affordable prices; highlights the fact that EFSA’s latest report on pesticide residues in food showed that 97.2 % of samples throughout Europe were within the legal limits of EU legislation, which bears witness to a very rigorous and safe food production system; notes that the use of pesticides is attributable to CAP promotion of an intensive export-led production model that is totally unsustainable;

Amendment 39 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Recalls that p~~esticide~~lant protection products are important tools for the agricultural sector, not least for reducing yield losses caused by pests, ~~and therefore~~disease, weeds and invasive alien species and by combatting pathogen resistance build-up; notes therefore that PPPs help to stabilise farmers’ incomes so that they can produce safely and at affordable prices; highlights the fact that EFSA’s latest report on pesticide residues in food showed that 97.2 % of samples throughout Europe were within the legal limits of EU legislation, which bears witness to a very rigorous and safe food production system;

Amendment 4 #

Daniel BUDA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Expresses its satisfaction with the overall degree of progress shown by the Member States in implementing Directive 2009/128/EC; urges the Commission to promote the harmonisation of risk indicators at EU level and to oblige the Member States to provide more comprehensive information in their National Action Plans, which must be coherent and include measurable and achievable goals and targets, and to collect more reliable data on the health impacts of exposure to pesticides with regard to consumers, animals and soil quality;

Amendment 40 #

Georgios EPITIDEIOS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Recalls that pesticides are important tools for the agricultural sector, not least for reducing losses caused by pests, and therefore help stabilise farmers’ incomes so that they can produce safely and at affordable prices; highlights the fact that EFSA’s latest report on pesticide residues in food showed that 97.2 % of samples throughout Europe were within the legal limits of EU legislation, which bears witness to a very rigorous and safe food production system; in any case, however, excessive use of pesticides should be avoided.

Amendment 41 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Recalls that pesticides are important tools for ~~the~~ agriculturale and other sectors, not least for reducing losses caused by pests, and therefore help stabilise farmers’ incomes so that they can produce safely and at affordable prices; highlights the fact that EFSA’s latest report on pesticide residues in food showed that 97.2 % of samples throughout Europe were within the legal limits of EU legislation, which bears witness to a very rigorous and safe food production system;

Amendment 42 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Recalls that pesticides are important tools for the agricultural sector, not least for reducing losses caused by pests, and therefore help stabilise farmers’ incomes so that they can produce safely and at affordable pricesincreasing resistance to pesticides has created a steady increase in their use in the agricultural sector, leading to increased dependency; highlights the fact that although EFSA’s latest report on pesticide residues in food showed that 97.2 % of samples throughout Europe were within the legal limits of EU legislation, ~~which bears witness to a very rigorous and safe food production system;~~residues in fruits and vegetables tested increased again to 30.1% and the fruits and vegetables tested found to be without detectable pesticide residues decreased by 50.7%.

Amendment 43 #

Philippe LOISEAU, Jacques COLOMBIER

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Recalls that pesticides are important tools for the agricultural sector, not least for reducing, eliminating and preventing losses caused by pests, and therefore help stabilise farmers’ incomes so that they can produce safely and at affordable prices; highlights the fact that EFSA’s latest report on pesticide residues in food showed that 97.2 % of samples throughout Europe were within the legal limits of EU legislation, which bears witness to a very rigorous and safe food production system;

Amendment 44 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Recalls that pesticides are important tools for the agricultural sector, not least for reducing losses caused by pests, and therefore help stabilise farmers’ incomes so that they can produce safely and at affordable prices; highlights the fact that EFSA’s latest report on pesticide residues in food showed that 97.2 % of samples throughout Europe were within the legal limits of EU legislation, which bears witness to a very rigorous and safe food production system;

Amendment 45 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 (new)

Notes that the increased availability of low-risk plant protection products on the market would reduce the risk of resistance to active ingredients and the effects on non-target species linked to commonly used plant protection products.

Amendment 46 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Notes that resistance to pesticide active substances is a biological inevitability in fast-reproducing pests and diseases and is a growing problem; Stresses therefore the IPM approach that chemical pesticides should be used selectively and in a targeted manner, as a last rather than a first resort after exhausting all possible physical or biological alternatives; Calls therefore for the Commission and Member States to advocate a similar approach used to tackle antibiotic resistance, and limit regular, systematic, blanket /metaphylactic treatments.

Amendment 47 #

Miguel VIEGAS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Stresses the importance of small and medium-sized farms using less aggressive and invasive techniques and assuming responsibility for the preservation of races, species and native seeds and of traditional farming methods and practices that respect the environment; notes that small and medium-sized farms are also an important repository of this genetic heritage, thereby helping to conserve biodiversity;

Amendment 48 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Stresses that horticulture is reliant on a variety of plant protection products (PPPs), and urges the Commission to take a risk-based approach to the regulation of these products that is justified by peer- reviewed, independent, scientific evidence; emphasises that minor uses are particularly vulnerable owing to the scarcity of the relevant active substances.

Amendment 49 #

Philippe LOISEAU, Jacques COLOMBIER

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Welcomes that training and certification schemes on the use of PPPs have been established in all member states; acknowledges that approximately 4 million users have been trained to date but notes that due to data deficiencies there is a lack of information on the number of PPP users who have yet to receive training;

Amendment 5 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Expresses its satisfaction with the overall degree of progress shown by the Member States in implementing Directive 2009/128/EC; urges the Commission to promote the harmonisation of risk indicators at EU level and to ~~oblige~~ask the Member States to provide more comprehensive information in their National Action Plans, which must be coherent and include measurable and achievable goals and targets, and to collect more reliable data on the health impacts of exposure to pesticides of farmers and consumers;

Amendment 50 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)

3b. Considers that Integrated Pest Management (IPM) is a cornerstone for this Directive and is important to reduce dependency on PPPs, representing a valuable tool for farmers to combat pests and disease and to ensure production yields; notes that a more intensive effort is needed to encourage the uptake of IPM through research and member states' advisory bodies; recalls that IPM is not a silver-bullet solution to combat all threats to plant health but can play a role in reducing the quantities and varieties of PPPs used;

Amendment 51 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)

3b. Notes that a farmer's "toolbox" is a set of agronomic practices based on physical methods as well as chemical substances and alternatives to those, such as organisms or their extracts (biological control). Notes that this broader definition of a toolkit is the basis of IPM, which can cut pesticide use by between 50-30%, and can be as simple as shallow ploughing at key times, crop rotation, allowing proliferation of beneficial species that are predators of pest species, and avoiding monocultures;

Amendment 52 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)

3b. Stresses that farmers need to have a bigger toolbox of crop protection solutions, including a wide range of active substances, low risk substances and those of natural origin in order to ensure a comprehensive IPM strategy that can be implemented by European farmers.

Amendment 53 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 c (new)

3c. Notes that within the IPM toolkit, biological control involves boosting or introducing beneficial species that predate upon and so regulate pest populations, keeping them in check; Emphasises, therefore, the importance of using chemical pesticides as a last resort in IPM following other physical and biological methods and always applied in a selective and targeted manner, otherwise these beneficial pest control agents risk being wiped out, leaving the crops more susceptible to future attacks.

Amendment 54 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. ~~Welcomes the fact that European waters are becoming cleaner and calls for greater investment in practices that~~Calls for greater investment in practices that prevent pesticides from reaching surface and deep water; Notes that of 4000 EU sites studied, 42% suffer from chronic toxicity due to failures in risk assessment of pesticides and their management, clearly showing that agrochemicals are a large-scale environmental problem across the EU with significant ecotoxicological impacts on freshwater ecosystems 1a; Highlights the cost-effectiveness of preventing pesticides ~~from reaching surface and deep water;~~entering freshwater systems as opposed to costly removal technologies. _________________ 1a Malaj et al, 2014. Organic chemicals jeopardize the health of freshwater ecosystems on the continental scale. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/249 79762

Amendment 55 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Welcomes the fact that European waters are becoming cleaner and calls for greater investment in practices that prevent pesticides from reaching surface and deep water; notes that both surface water and ground water resources need continued protection; encourages in this connection, measures to contain possible leaching of these substances into watercourses, rivers and seas and recommends that their use be prohibited in soils possibly draining into groundwater;

Amendment 56 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Welcomes the fact that European waters are becoming cleaner and calls for greater investment in and adaption of practices that prevent ~~pesticid~~agri-chemical substances from reaching surface and deep water;

Amendment 57 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. ~~Welcomes the fact that European waters are becoming cleaner and c~~Calls for greater investment in practices that prevent pesticides from reaching surface and deep water, as monitoring of waters indicates that Europe’s waters are merely in a satisfactory condition;

Amendment 58 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Welcomes the fact that European waters are becoming cleaner ~~and~~, while callsing for greater investment in practices that prevent pesticides from reaching surface and deep water;

Amendment 59 #

Nicola CAPUTO

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Notes that Member States have taken a range of measures to protect the aquatic environment from the impact of pesticides, to reduce the use or risks of pesticides in specific areas (such as public parks) and to promote the safe handling and storage of pesticides and remnants; highlights, however, that progress is difficult to assess given the lack of measurable targets in most NAPs in these areas;

Amendment 6 #

Karine GLOANEC MAURIN, Eric ANDRIEU, Marc TARABELLA, Nicola CAPUTO, Maria NOICHL

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Expresses its satisfaction with the overall degree of progress shown by the Member States in implementing Directive 2009/128/EC; urges the Commission to promote the harmonisation of risk indicators at EU level and to oblige the Member States to provide more comprehensive information in their National Action Plans, which must be coherent and comparable, and include measurable and achievable goals and targets, and to collect more reliable data on the health and environmental impacts of exposure to pesticides;

Amendment 60 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Highlights the need to focus on precision and digital agriculture and developing biocontrol methods, so as to prevent the dispersion of pesticides in areas where they are not needed; underlines the need for research into new low-risk substances as well as into plant protection methods based on the use of natural mechanisms, and into the equipment and technology that could render them more efficient and reduce the potential exposure of farmers, operators and the general public. Recalls the importance of mobilising the Horizon Europe programme to search for more environmentally friendly mechanical or chemical solutions;

Amendment 61 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Highlights the need to focus on precision and digital agriculture, so as to prevent the dispersion of p~~esticide~~lant protection products in areas where they are not needed, for example by means of drone and GPS precision technology; underlines the need for research into new low-risk substances ~~and into the equipment and technology that could render them~~; recalls the European Parliament resolution of 15 February 2017 on low-risk pesticides of biological origin (2016/2903(RSP) and highlights their role in sustainable agriculture; considers that further investment and research into equipment and technology could play an important role in rendering PPPs more efficient and reduce the potential exposure of farmers, operators and the general public.

Amendment 62 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Highlights the need to focus on precision and digital agriculture, so as to prevent the dispersion of pesticides in areas where they are not needed; underlines the need for research into new low-risk substances and into the equipment and technology that could render them more efficient and reduce the potential exposure of farmers, operators and the general public.; observes that the number of authorized substances should be increased in order to reduce the use of broad spectrum pesticides; notes the need for progress in ensuring traceability and information regarding fruit and vegetables;

Amendment 63 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Highlights the ~~need to focu~~usefulness onf precision and digital agriculture~~, so as to~~ in preventing the drift and dispersion of pesticides in ~~areas~~non-target areas and targeting those substances better where they are ~~not~~ needed; uUnderlines the need for ~~research into new low-risk substances and~~using existing research results and funding further research on biological low-risk pest control products, as well as into the equipment and technology that could ~~render them more efficient and~~help scale up their use, in order to reduce the ~~potential~~ exposure of farmers, operators and the general public to damaging chemicals.

Amendment 64 #

Daniel BUDA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Highlights the need to focus on precision and digital agriculture, so as to prevent the dispersion of pesticides in areas where they are not needed; calls for more comprehensive funding to give farmers access to the latest digital technologies; underlines the need for research into new low-risk substances and into the equipment and technology that could render them more efficient and reduce the potential exposure of farmers, operators and the general public.

Amendment 65 #

Paolo DE CASTRO

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Highlights the need to focus on precision and digital agriculture, so as to prevent the dispersion of pesticides in areas where they are not needed; underlines the need for research into new low-risk substances and their ability to meet the environmental, health and economic requirements of agriculture and into the equipment and technology that could render them more efficient and reduce the potential exposure of farmers, operators and the general public.

Amendment 66 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Highlights the need to focus on precision and digital agriculture and to provide funding for this from the budget for the Common Agricultural Policy among other sources, so as to prevent the dispersion of pesticides in areas where they are not needed; underlines the need for research into new low-risk substances and into the equipment and technology that could render them more efficient and reduce the potential exposure of farmers, operators and the general public.

Amendment 67 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Highlights the need to focus on precision and digital agriculture, so as to prevent the dispersion of pesticides in areas where they are not needed; underlines the need for innovation and research into new low-risk substances and into the equipment and technology that could render them more efficient and reduce the potential exposure of farmers, operators and the general public.

Amendment 68 #

Karine GLOANEC MAURIN, Eric ANDRIEU, Marc TARABELLA, Nicola CAPUTO, Maria NOICHL

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 – point 1 (new)

(1) Maintains that neonicotinoid- based pesticides have a particular role to play in the worrying decline in bee populations across Europe, as can be seen from a range of international studies which have formed the basis for petitions from citizens bearing hundreds of thousands of signatures from all over the continent;

Amendment 69 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 – point 1 (new)

(1) Stresses the need for Member States to introduce mandatory training schemes, which also involve small and micro-businesses;

Amendment 7 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Expresses its satisfaction with the overall degree of progress shown by the Member States in implementing Directive 2009/128/EC; urges the Commission to promote the harmonisation of risk indicators at EU level and to oblige the Member States to provide more comprehensive information in their National Action Plans, which must be coherent and include measurable and achievable goals and targets, and to collect more reliable data on the health impacts of exposure to pesticides with regard to consumers, animals and the environment;

Amendment 70 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 – point 2 (new)

(2) Calls on the Commission to propose legislation banning the production, sale and use of all neonicotinoid-based pesticides throughout the EU, with no derogations and as a priority measure, in order to protect bee populations;

Amendment 71 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 – point 3 (new)

(3) Points to the growing body of scientific research connecting the extinction of bee colonies to the use of neonicotinoid pesticides;

Amendment 72 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 – point 4 (new)

(4) Calls on to member states to follow strictly the ban of import of forbidden pesticides into the EU from third countries.

Amendment 73 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. Stresses the fundamental need to step up information and awareness campaigns regarding the use of pesticides and their harmful effects, ensuring that farmers know how to use them properly and how to protect their health and that of others; calls for the promotion of comprehensive protection through information and awareness campaigns and for agricultural advisors in the field of pesticides and integrated protection to be more widely established, providing solutions adapted to the situation in each case; welcomes the almost total ban on the aerial application of pesticides;

Amendment 74 #

Ricardo SERRÃO SANTOS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. Stresses the need for investment to develop, maintain or obtain type-approval for the more restricted use of plant protection products for a limited number of staple crops cultivated in outermost regions, one of the aims being to make them more economically viable and competitive, particularly following the opening of markets to third country imports;

Amendment 75 #

Paolo DE CASTRO

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. Stresses the importance of low-risk organic pesticides and the need to promote the development, authorisation and marketing thereof in the EU; calls on the Commission to promote the necessary changes in the current regulations to introduce a common definition, making a clear distinction between organic and synthetic chemical plant protection products.

Amendment 76 #

Miguel VIEGAS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. Stresses the need for a new CAP focused on the defence and promotion of small and medium-sized farms, which play an irreplaceable role maintaining equilibrium within the community by producing quality food, preserving biodiversity and ensuring food sovereignty by meeting local needs in this area;

Amendment 77 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. Notes that although precision/digital agriculture can be used to better target pesticide use where it is genuinely needed, in principle reducing the volumes used, it can in some cases simply shift the type of input dependency at a time when many farmers want to become more autonomous and cut input costs.

Amendment 78 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. Underlines the central role IPM plays to reduce pesticide use; acknowledges the willingness of farmers to use IPM, but understands that farmers are reluctant to apply new methods for pest management, if they face an unacceptably high risk to their economic viability in case these methods do not work;

Amendment 79 #

Nicola CAPUTO

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. Notes that drones can now carry tanks of fertilisers and pesticides in order to spray crops with far more precision than a tractor, which helps reduce costs and potential pesticide exposure to farmers who would have needed to spray those crops manually;

Amendment 8 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Expresses its satisfaction with the overall degree of progress shown by the Member States in implementing Directive 2009/128/EC; urges the Commission to ~~promote the~~adopt harmonis~~ation of~~ed risk indicators at EU level and to oblige the Member States to provide more comprehensive information in their National Action Plans, which must be coherent and include measurable and achievable goals and targets, and to collect more reliable data on the health impacts of exposure to pesticides;

Amendment 80 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)

5b. Notes further that the best pesticide volume reductions are likely to arise from systemic changes that reduce susceptibility to pest attack, favour structural and biological diversity over monocultures and continuous cropping, and reduce pest resistance to active ingredients; Highlights therefore the need to focus on, fund and mainstream agroecological methods which make the whole farming system more resilient to pests.

Amendment 81 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)

5b. Stresses the essential need for regular assessment of proportionality between the quantity of pesticides sold and the agricultural area of application, based on user databases and sales records; calls on the Commission and Member States to create platforms for good practice in the use of pesticides and integrated protection at regional and local level;

Amendment 82 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)

5b. Stresses the importance of the availability of low-risk pesticides, adequate research and the sharing of best practices within and among Member States to fully utilise the potential of integrated pest management.

Amendment 83 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 c (new)

5c. Urges the Commission to make the 8 general principles of IPM legal requirements; Calls for the integration of IPM into the revision of the CAP with proven reductions in pesticide dependency being an indicator of success.

Amendment 84 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 d (new)

5d. Highlights the importance of farm advisory services (FAS) to help farmers reduce pesticide use and to successfully and affordably incorporate IPM as standard practice, resorting only to chemical pesticides if necessary after using physical and biological alternatives; Underlines the need for knowledge sharing and skill acquisition regarding alternatives to chemical pesticides and IPM, including finding the optimum crop rotation for farmers' market and climatic situations; Notes further that this was already foreseen in the horizontal regulation of the CAP, notably also FAS and EIP innovation partnerships, both financed by the CAP within Rural Development;

Amendment 85 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 e (new)

5e. Highlights the pilot project supported by the agriculture and the budget committees on the IPM toolkit for farmers, allowing them to be aware of and chose from the various alternative and combined pest control options available to them, in order to best suit their needs and mainstream IPM, cutting chemical use.

Amendment 9 #

Georgios EPITIDEIOS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Expresses its satisfaction with the overall degree of progress shown by the Member States in implementing Directive 2009/128/EC; urges the Commission to promote the harmonisation of risk indicators at EU level and to ~~oblige~~ask the Member States to provide more comprehensive information in their National Action Plans, which must be coherent and include measurable and achievable goals and targets, and to collect more reliable data on the health impacts of exposure to pesticides;

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2018/11/21 ENVI 263 amendments...

Amendment 1 #

Jytte GUTELAND, Nicola CAPUTO, Simona BONAFÈ, Pavel POC, Eric ANDRIEU, Monika BEŇOVÁ, Karin KADENBACH

Motion for a resolution
Citation 10 a (new)

- having regard to the Communication from the Commission to the Council, the European Parliament, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions - A thematic strategy on the sustainable use of pesticides {COM(2006) 373 final} {SEC(2006)894} {SEC(2006) 895} {SEC(2006) 914} of 12 July 2006,1a _________________ 1a https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal- content/EN/TXT/?uri=celex:52006DC037 2

Amendment 10 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 9 a (new)

- having regard to the Special Report 2014 of the European Court of Auditors "Integration of EU water policy objectives with the CAP: a partial success";

Amendment 100 #

Pavel POC, Nicola CAPUTO, Daciana Octavia SÂRBU, Karin KADENBACH

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Expresses concern at the fact that approximately 80 % of Member States’ NAPs contain no specific information on how to quantify the achievement of many of the objectives and targets, particularly as regards targets for IPM and aquatic protection measures and that measures to protect soil and biodiversity from pesticides are lacking; stresses that this greatly complicates the process of measuring the progress made by Member States towards the main objectives and purpose of the directive;

Amendment 101 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Expresses concern at the fact that approximately 80 % of Member States’ NAPs contain no specific information on how to quantify the achievement of many of the objectives and targets, particularly as regards targets for IPM and aquatic protection measures; while measures to protect soil and biodiversity from pesticides are lacking; stresses that this greatly complicates the process of measuring the progress made by Member States towards the main objectives and purpose of the directive;

Amendment 102 #

Mairead McGUINNESS, Jan HUITEMA, Angélique DELAHAYE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Expresses concern at the fact that approximately 80 % of Member States’ NAPs contain no specific information on how to ~~quantify the achievement of~~achieve and quantify many of the objectives and targets, particularly as regards targets for IPM ~~and~~, aquatic protection measures, and measures to protect soil and biodiversity from pesticide contamination; stresses that this greatly complicates the process of measuring the progress made by Member States towards the main objectives and purpose of the directive;

Amendment 103 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. Is concerned ~~that very little progress has been made in promoting the uptake of low-risk and non-chemical~~by a lack of innovation and development of low-risk alternatives to conventional pesticides; notes that a mere handful of NAPs contain incentives for the registration of such alternative products;

Amendment 104 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. Is concerned that ~~very little~~insufficient progress has been made in promoting the uptake of low-risk and non-chemical alternatives to conventional pesticides; notes that a mere handful of NAPs contain incentives for the registration of such alternative products;

Amendment 105 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. Is concerned that very little progress has been made in promoting the uptake of low-risk and non-chemical alternatives to conventional pesticides; notes that a mere handful of NAPs contain incentives for the registration of such alternative products; emphasises that minor uses are particularly vulnerable owing to the scarcity of the relevant active substances;

Amendment 106 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. Is concerned that very little progress has been made in promoting and incentivising the uptake of low-risk and non-chemical alternatives to conventional pesticides; notes that a mere handful of NAPs contain incentives for the registration of such alternative products;

Amendment 107 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

Amendment 108 #

Pavel POC, Nicola CAPUTO, Daciana Octavia SÂRBU, Karin KADENBACH

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

Amendment 109 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6 a. Regrets the lack of availability of low-risk biological plant protection products which is caused by the lengthy evaluation, authorisation and registration process; Regrets that while the current regulatory framework provides certain incentives for low-risk active substances and plant protection products, namely a shorter authorization time frame of 120 days, the 120 days deadline is rarely fulfilled at the Member States level; emphasises that the current situation is not compliant with the principles of promoting and implementing IPM, which stand at the core of the directive;

Amendment 11 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 23 a (new)

- having regard to the 2014 Auditor Special Report "Integration of EU water policy objectives with the CAP: a partial success"

Amendment 110 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. Deplores the fact that the Commission has so far refused to submit by the end of 2018, in accordance with Parliament’s resolution of 8 February 2017 on low-risk pesticides of biological origin, a specific legislative proposal to amend Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009, independently of the general revision in connection with the REFIT initiative, with a view to introducing a fast-track evaluation, authorisation and registration procedure for those low-risk biological pesticides;

Amendment 111 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6 a. Is concerned that the practice of using pesticide cocktails to combat resistant pests only leads to an increase of resistance, and therefore this practice should be prohibited;

Amendment 112 #

Pavel POC, Nicola CAPUTO, Daciana Octavia SÂRBU, Karin KADENBACH

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 b (new)

6 b. Notes the widespread and prophylactic use of pesticides which comes at a high input cost to farmers; notes also the organic farmers who suffer economic loss due to the pesticide use of neighbouring farmers, whereby drift spraying and movement of persistent active substances in the environment contaminate organic produce and soil; notes that consequently, organic farmers are forced to sell their produce as conventional and thus with economic loss, and/or are facing de-certification due to actions contributable to others;

Amendment 113 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 b (new)

6 b. Stresses the need in that regard for more expertise within the European Commission, EFSA and the national competent authorities to adequately evaluate low-risk biological active substances and products, and promote their use;

Amendment 114 #

Mairead McGUINNESS, Jan HUITEMA, Herbert DORFMANN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Stresses that the common agriculture policy (CAP), in its current form, is not capable of reducing farms’ dependency on pesticides; considers that specific policy instruments in the post- 2020 CAP are required in order to help change farmers’ behaviour as regards pesticide use, such as fiscal measures at national level, cross-compliance between IPM and CAP direct payments etc.;deleted

Amendment 115 #

Karl-Heinz FLORENZ, Peter JAHR, Angélique DELAHAYE, Norbert LINS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Stresses that the common agriculture policy (CAP), in its current form, is not capable of reducing farms’ dependency on pesticides; considers that specific policy instruments in the post- 2020 CAP are required in order to ~~help~~ change farmers’ behaviour as regards pesticide use~~, such as fiscal measures at national level, cross-compliance between IPM and CAP direct payments etc.~~;

Amendment 116 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. ~~Stresses that the common agriculture policy (CAP), in its current form, is not capable of reducing farms’ dependency on pesticides; c~~Considers that specific policy instruments in the post- 2020 CAP are required in order to help change farmers’ behaviour as regards pesticide use~~, such as fiscal measures at national level, cross-compliance between IPM and CAP direct payments etc.~~;

Amendment 117 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Stresses that the common agriculture policy (CAP), in its current form, idoes not ~~capable of reducing farms’ dependency on pesticides~~sufficiently incentivise the reduction of pesticide use at farm level; considers that specific policy instruments in the post- 2020 CAP are required in order to help change farmers’ behaviour as regards pesticide use, such as fiscal measures at national level, cross- compliance between IPM and CAP direct payments etc.;

Amendment 118 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Stresses that the common agriculture policy (CAP), in its current form, is not capable of reducing farms’ dependency on pesticides; Calls on the Commission and the Member States to integrate IPM, as laid down in Article 14 of the Directive, into the cross compliance rules without delay; considers that additional specific policy instruments in the post- 2020 CAP are also required in order to help change farmers’ behaviour as regards pesticide use, such as fiscal measures at national level, ~~cross-compliance between IPM and CAP direct payments etc.~~as foreseen in the Thematic Strategy on the Sustainable use of Pesticides;

Amendment 119 #

Christofer FJELLNER, Julie GIRLING

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

Amendment 12 #

Jytte GUTELAND, Nicola CAPUTO, Simona BONAFÈ, Pavel POC, Eric ANDRIEU, Monika BEŇOVÁ, Karin KADENBACH

Motion for a resolution
Citation 9 b (new)

- having regard to Council Directive98/83/EC of 3 November 1998 on the quality of water intended for human consumption,

Amendment 120 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Stresses that the common agriculture policy (CAP), in its current form, is not capable of reducing farms’ dependency on pesticides while maintaining competitiveness and minimising the negative footprint on the environment; considers that specific policy instruments in the post- 2020 CAP are required in order to help change farmers’ behaviour as regards pesticide use, such as ~~fiscal measures at national level~~training, digitalisation, precision farming techniques, cross-compliance between IPM and CAP direct payments etc.;

Amendment 121 #

Jan HUITEMA, Pavel TELIČKA, Anthea McINTYRE, Fredrick FEDERLEY

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

Amendment 122 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Stresses that the common agriculture policy (CAP), in its current form, is not sufficiently capable of reducing farms’ dependency on pesticides; considers that specific policy instruments in the post- 2020 CAP are required in order to help change farmers’ behaviour as regards pesticide use, such as fiscal measures at national level, cross- compliance between IPM and CAP direct payments etc.;

Amendment 123 #

Jytte GUTELAND, Nicola CAPUTO, Pavel POC, Eric ANDRIEU, Guillaume BALAS, Monika BEŇOVÁ, Karin KADENBACH

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)

7 a. Deplores the fact that the Commission proposal on the new post- 2020 CAP does not incorporate the principle of Integrated Pest Management in the statutory management requirements referred to in Annex III of that proposal; stresses that lack of cross- compliance between this Directive and the new CAP model will effectively hamper reducing pesticide dependency;

Amendment 124 #

Karl-Heinz FLORENZ, Peter JAHR

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Notes that most Member States use national risk indicators to assess, either entirely or in part, the adverse impact of pesticide use; recalls that in spite of the explicit obligation laid down in Article 15 of the directive, the Commission has not yet established EU-wide harmonised risk indicators, which makes it all but impossible to compare the progress made in different Member States and across the Union as a whole; further notes, in this respect, the need for a coherent and transparent pesticide residue monitoring system, as well as the importance of the collection of statistical data on pesticides;

Amendment 125 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Notes that most Member States use national risk indicators to assess, either entirely or in part, the adverse impact of pesticide use; recalls that in spite of the explicit obligation laid down in Article 15 of the directive, the Commission has not yet established EU-wide harmonised risk indicators, which makes it all but impossible to compare the progress made in different Member States and across the Union as a whole; hopes, however, that the harmonised risk indicators, whose establishment is now on the way, will be ready at the beginning of 2019;

Amendment 126 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Notes that most Member States use national risk indicators to assess, either entirely or in part, the adverse impact of pesticide use; re~~call~~grets that in spite of the explicit obligation laid down in Article 15 of the directive, EU-wide harmonised risk indicators, as recently proposed by the Commission, hasve not yet ~~established EU-wide harmonised risk indicator~~been agreed upon by the Member States, which makes it all but impossible to compare the progress made in different Member States and across the Union as a whole;

Amendment 127 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Notes that most Member States use national risk indicators to assess, either entirely or in part, the adverse impact of pesticide use; recalls that in spite of the explicit obligation laid down in Article 15 of the directive, the Commission has not yet established EU-wide harmonised risk indicators, which makes it ~~all but impossible~~difficult to compare the progress made in different Member States and across the Union as a whole;

Amendment 128 #

Norbert LINS, Peter JAHR, Herbert DORFMANN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)

8 a. Is concerned that the EU's use of pesticides, after a drop in 2009, is constantly growing and only in 2016, 368.588,42 tonnes of actives substances were used, making Europe third consumer of pesticides with 11,8% of all pesticides used worldwide, with France, Spain and Italy amongst the top ten biggest users of pesticides worldwide 1a _________________ 1a http://www.fao.org/faostat/en/#data/RP/vi sualize

Amendment 129 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

Amendment 13 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 9 b (new)

- having regards to the Habitats Directive 92/43 and Birds Directive 2009/147/EC;

Amendment 130 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Is deeply concerned at the ~~gradual~~ongoing, rapid and potentially irreversible depletion of biodiversity in Europe and at the ~~particularly disconcert~~alarming demise of winged insects, as evidenced by the findings of a recent scientific study26 that the population of flying insects in Germany has plummeted by more than 75 % in 27 years; considers that this collapse must be linked to the use of pesticides and further underlines the need for Europe to switch to a more sustainable pesticide use and increase the number of non-chemical alternatives for farmers possibly due to the unintentional effects of pesticides on soil and non-target species; Notes further that studies also show common bird species are declining across Europe which could be attributed to the decline in insect population; further underlines the need for Europe to switch to a more sustainable food and farming production system by increasing and utilising the number of non-chemical alternatives for farmers; recognises the importance of NAPs and IPM in significantly reducing pesticide usage to avoid ecological collapse while favouring agro-ecological measures and organic farming wherever possible; _________________ 26 https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id= 10.1371/journal.pone.0185809

Amendment 131 #

Karl-Heinz FLORENZ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Is deeply concerned about the ~~gradual depletion of~~continuing loss of biodiversity, in particular farmland biodiversity, in Europe and about the ~~particularly disconcert~~alarming de~~mis~~cline of winged insects, including pollinators, as evidenced by the findings of a recent scientific study26 ~~that~~according to which the population of flying insects in Germany has plummeted by more than 75 % in 27 years; ~~considers that this collapse must be linked to the use of pesti~~notes also the unintentional effects of pesticides on soil and soil organisms26a and other non-target species; considers that pesticides are one of the relevant factors that are responsible for the decline of insects, farmland bird specides as well as other non-target organisms and further underlines the need for Europe to switch to a more sustainable pesticide use and increase the number of non-chemical alternatives for farmers; _________________ 26 https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id= 10.1371/journal.pone.0185809 26a https://esdac.jrc.ec.europa.eu/public_path /shared_folder/doc_pub/EUR27607.pdf

Amendment 132 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Is deeply concerned at the gradual depletion of biodiversity in Europe and at the particularly disconcerting demise of winged insects, as evidenced by the findings of a recent scientific study26 that the population of flying insects in 63 nature protection areas in Germany has plummeted by more than 75 % in 27 years; ~~considers that this collapse must be linked to the use of pesticides and further~~further takes note that 94 % of these areas were enclosed by agricultural fields and that the study hence concludes that next to other factors such as climate and weather, agricultural intensification including the use of pesticides may form a plausible cause for that decline; underlines the need for Europe to switch to a more sustainable pesticide use and increase the number of non-chemical alternatives for farmers; _________________ 26 https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id= 10.1371/journal.pone.0185809

Amendment 133 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Is ~~deeply~~ concerned at the gradual depletion of biodiversity in Europe and at the particularly disconcerting demise of winged insects~~, as evidenced by th~~ which seems to be findi~~ngs of~~cated by a recent scientific study26~~that the population of flying insect~~ which concluded that the biomass of flying insects in 63 nature conservation areas in Germany hasd plummeted by more than 75 % in the past 27 years; ~~consid~~notes, howevers, that this collapse must be linked to the use of pesticides and further underlines the need for Europe to switch to a more sustainable pesticide use and increase the number of non-chemical alternatives for farmerse study itself did not identify any significant causal link between this decline and any pesticide use; stresses, nevertheless, that Europe is bound to operate in accordance with the principles and rules of integrated pest management; _________________ 26 https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id= 10.1371/journal.pone.0185809

Amendment 134 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Is ~~deeply~~ concerned at the ~~gradual depletion~~decline of biodiversity in Europe and at the particularly disconcerting demise of winged insects,; as evidenced by the findings of a recent scientific study26 that the population of flying insects in Germany has plummeted by more than 75 % in 27 years; considers that this collapse must be linked to the use of pesticides andcknowledges the Commission’s first ever EU Pollinators Initiative on 1 June 2018 that sets strategic objectives and a set of actions to be taken to address this decline; further underlines the need for Europe to switch to a more sustainable pesticide use and increase the number of non-chemical alternatives for farmers; ~~_________________ 26 https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?i d=10.1371/journal.pone.0185809~~

Amendment 135 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Is deeply concerned at the gradual depletion of biodiversity in Europe and at the particularly disconcerting demise of winged insects, as evidenced by the findings of a recent scientific study26 that the population of flying insects in Germany has plummeted by more than 75 % in 27 years; considers that this collapse must be linked to the use of pesticides and further underlines the urgent need for Europe to switch to ~~a more~~ sustainable ~~pesticide use and increase the number of non-chemical alternatives for farmers~~, ecological and safe plant protection techniques; considers also that if the Commission were no longer refusing to apply Art. 4.2 of Regulation 1107/2009 and instead were to actually decide on the unacceptable effects on the environment, it would contribute to halting the depletion of biodiversity; _________________ 26 https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id= 10.1371/journal.pone.0185809

Amendment 136 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Is deeply concerned at the gradual depletion of biodiversity in Europe and at the particularly disconcerting demise of winged insects, as evidenced by the findings of a recent scientific study26 that the population of flying insects in Germany has plummeted by more than 75 % in 27 years; considers that this collapse must be linked to the use of pesticides and further underlines the need for Europe to ~~switch to a more sustainable pesticide use and~~ increase the number of non-chemical alternatives for farmers~~; _________________ 26 https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id= 10.1371/journal.pone.0185809~~ and, in the long-term, to aim to abandon the use of potentially hazardous pesticides outright, while helping farmers make this transition without it reducing their income;

Amendment 137 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Is deeply concerned at the gradual depletion of biodiversity in Europe and at the particularly disconcerting demise of winged insects, as evidenced by the findings of a recent scientific study26 that the population of flying insects in Germany has plummeted by more than 75 % in 27 years; considers that this collapse must be linked to the use of pesticides and further underlines the need for Europe to switch to a more sustainable pesticide use and increase the number of non-chemical alternatives for farmers; advocates for further research on the impact of pesticides on non-target species and for immediate action to minimize it; _________________ 26 https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id= 10.1371/journal.pone.0185809

Amendment 138 #

Pavel POC, Nicola CAPUTO, Daciana Octavia SÂRBU, Karin KADENBACH

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

Amendment 139 #

Christofer FJELLNER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Is deeply concerned at the gradual de~~pletion~~cline of biodiversity in Europe and at the particularly disconcerting demise of winged insects, as evidenced by the findings of a recent scientific study26 that the population of flying insects in Germany has plummeted by more than 75 % in 27 years; considers that this collapse musight be linked to the use of pesticides and further underlines the need for Europe to switch to a more sustainable pesticide use and increase the number of non-chemical alternatives for farmers; _________________ 26 https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id= 10.1371/journal.pone.0185809

Amendment 14 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 11

~~— having regard to its resolution of 7 June 2016 on enhancing innovation and economic development in future European farm management14 , _________________ 14~~deleted OJ C 86, 6.3.2018, p. 62.

Amendment 140 #

Norbert LINS, Peter JAHR, Angélique DELAHAYE, Herbert DORFMANN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

Amendment 141 #

Jytte GUTELAND, Nicola CAPUTO, Simona BONAFÈ, Pavel POC, Eric ANDRIEU, Guillaume BALAS, Monika BEŇOVÁ, Karin KADENBACH

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. Emphasises the fundamental importance of biodiversity and robust ecosystems, most notably bees and other pollinating insects, for ensuring a healthy and sustainable agricultural sector; underlines that the protection of biodiversity is not exclusively a matter of protecting the environment but also a means to ensure Europe’s sustained food security in the future;

Amendment 142 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. Emphasises the fundamental importance of biodiversity and robust ecosystems, most notably bees and other pollinating insects, for ensuring a healthy and sustainable agricultural sector; underlines the need for Europe to switch to a more sustainable pesticide use and increase the number of low risk alternatives for farmers;

Amendment 143 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. Emphasises the fundamental importance of biodiversity and robust ecosystems, most notably bees and other pollinating insects, for ensuring a healthy and sustainable agricultural sector, as well as biodiversity as a whole, human health and the long-term survival of human beings as a species;

Amendment 144 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. Emphasises the fundamental importance of biodiversity and robust ecosystems, most notably bees and other pollinating insects, for ensuring a healthy and sustainable agricultural sector, calls for dedicated ring-fenced funding for this sector in the new CAP;

Amendment 145 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. Emphasises the fundamental importance of biodiversity and robust ecosystems, most notably bees and other pollinating insects, ~~for~~which are essential in order to ensur~~ing~~e a healthy and sustainable agricultural sector and the food supply without which humanity cannot survive;

Amendment 146 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)

10 a. Further emphasises that the development of sustainable agricultural choices is necessary to reduce climate change impacts on food security;

Amendment 147 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

Amendment 148 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

11. ~~Expresses particular concern at the~~Recalls that Regulation 1107/2009 already contain~~ued use of pesticides with active~~s adequate provisions to regulate the placing on the market of substances that armay be mutagenic, carcinogenic or toxic for reproduction, or active substances that have endocrine- disrupting characteristics and are damaging to humans or animals; emphasises that ~~the use of such pesticides is incompatible with~~consistency should be ensured between the objectives and purpose of the directive and Regulation 1107/2009;

Amendment 149 #

Pavel POC, Nicola CAPUTO, Daciana Octavia SÂRBU, Karin KADENBACH

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

11. Expresses particular concern at the continued use of pesticides with active substances that are mutagenic, carcinogenic or toxic for reproduction, or active substances that have endocrine- disrupting characteristics and are damaging to humans or animals; emphasises that the use of such pesticides is incompatible with the objectives and purpose of the directive; expresses particular criticism on the Commission's approach to bypass the first step of Art. 4.1 (last paragraph) of Regulation 1107/2009 which intends to evaluate classified pesticides;

Amendment 15 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 12

~~— having regard to its resolution of 7 June 2016 on technological solutions for sustainable agriculture in the EU15 , _________________ 15~~deleted OJ C 86, 6.3.2018, p. 51.

Amendment 150 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

11. Expresses particular concern at the continued use of pesticides with active substances that are mutagenic, carcinogenic or toxic for reproduction, or active substances that have endocrine- disrupting characteristics and are damaging to humans or animals; emphasises that the use of such pesticides is incompatible with the objectives and purpose of the directive; points out that pesticide authorisation procedures at EU level remain far too open to influence from lobbies from the the agrochemicals industry;

Amendment 151 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

11. Expresses particular concern at the continued use of pesticides with active substances that are mutagenic, carcinogenic or toxic for reproduction, or active substances that have endocrine- disrupting characteristics and are damaging to humans or animals, or active substances with unacceptable effects on the environment; emphasises that the use of such pesticides is incompatible with the objectives and purpose of the directive;

Amendment 152 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)

11 a. Notes that, while Member States generally have systems to gather information on acute poisoning from pesticides, the accuracy of this data is questionable and that systems for gathering information on chronic poisoning are not widely implemented;

Amendment 153 #

Jan HUITEMA, Mairead McGUINNESS, Pavel TELIČKA, Ulrike MÜLLER, Anthea McINTYRE, Fredrick FEDERLEY

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)

11 a. Encourages more focus on risk reduction, as extensive use of low-risk substances might be more harmful than limited use of high-risk substances;

Amendment 154 #

Karl-Heinz FLORENZ, Mairead McGUINNESS, Angélique DELAHAYE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

12. REmphasizes that the aquatic environment is especially sensitive to pesticides; regrets the fact that the improvement of water quality has been insufficiently targeted, with the Commission renewing the approval to pesticides toxic to aquatic life such as glyphosate, and most Member States failing to establish targets and timetables for measures to protect the aquatic environment from pesticides, and those that did so not specifying how the achievement of targets or objectives would be measured;

Amendment 155 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

12. ~~Regrets the fact that the improvement of water quality has been insufficiently targeted, with most Member States failing to establish~~Welcomes that Member States have taken a range of measures to protect the aquatic environment from pesticide use; regrets, however, that most Member States have not established quantitative targets and timetables for measures to protect the aquatic environment from pesticides, and those that did so have not specif~~ying~~ied how the achievement of targets or objectives would be measured; also believes that the monitoring in the aquatic environment of currently used pesticides should be improved;

Amendment 156 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

12. Re~~grets the fact that~~cognises the importance of the imp~~rov~~lement ~~of water quality has been insufficiently targeted, with most~~ation of the Water Framework Directive to improve water quality, and encourages Member States ~~failing~~ to establish targets and timetables for measures to protect the aquatic environment from pesticides, and t~~hose that did so not~~o specify~~ing~~ how the achievement of targets or objectives would be measured;

Amendment 157 #

Jan HUITEMA, Mairead McGUINNESS, Pavel TELIČKA, Ulrike MÜLLER, Anthea McINTYRE, Fredrick FEDERLEY

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)

12 a. Regrets that in some Member States the training and certification requirements of the Directive are not fully met; underlines the importance of training of users to ensure the safe and sustainable use of PPPs; considers it fitting to distinguish between professional and amateur users, given that they are not subject to the same obligations; emphasises that professional and non- professional users of PPPs should receive adequate training; stresses that PPPs are not only used in agriculture, but also for weed and pest control in urban areas, including public parks and railways;

Amendment 158 #

Karl-Heinz FLORENZ, Mairead McGUINNESS, Peter JAHR, Angélique DELAHAYE, Norbert LINS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)

12 a. Notes that of 4000 European monitoring sites studied in a 2014 report, 42% suffered from chronic toxicity due to failures in risk assessment of pesticides and their management, clearly showing that agrochemicals are a large-scale environmental problem across the EU with significant eco toxicological impacts on freshwater ecosystems1a;highlights the cost-effectiveness of preventing pesticides entering freshwater systems as opposed to costly removal technologies; _________________ 1a Malaj et al, 2014. Organic chemicals jeopardise the health of freshwater ecosystems on the continental scale. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/249 79762

Amendment 159 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)

12 a. Highlights the need to focus on precision farming and digital agriculture, so as to prevent the dispersion of plant protection products in areas where they are not needed, for example by means of drone and GPS precision technology; considers that further investment and research into equipment and technology could play an important role in rendering plant protection products more efficient and reduce the potential exposure of professional users and the general public;

Amendment 16 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 14

— having regard to its resolution of 24 October 2017 on the draft Commission implementing regulation renewing the approval of the active substance glyphosate in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the placing of plant protection products on the market, and amending the Annex to Implementing Regulation (EU) No 540/201117, _________________ 17 OJ C 346, 27.9.2018, p. 117.deleted

Amendment 160 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)

12 a. Regrets the deterioration of water resources has increasingly led to extra- treatment by drinking water operators to ensure that water intended for human consumption complies with limits for pesticides as enshrined in Council Directive 98/83/EC of 3 November 1998 on the quality of water intended for human consumption and the relative costs have been borne by consumers, not polluters;

Amendment 161 #

Jytte GUTELAND, Nicola CAPUTO, Pavel POC, Eric ANDRIEU, Monika BEŇOVÁ, Karin KADENBACH

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)

12 a. Notes that agriculture is the main source that causes groundwater to fail to achieve good chemical status, as it leads to pollution by nitrates and pesticides; welcomes the progress made by Member States in tackling priority substances, which has led to fewer water bodies failing to meet standards for substances, such as cadmium, lead and nickel, as well as pesticides;

Amendment 162 #

Jan HUITEMA, Mairead McGUINNESS, Pavel TELIČKA, Anthea McINTYRE, Fredrick FEDERLEY

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)

12 a. Stresses that some pesticides are internationally recognized as persistent organic pollutants (POPs) due to their potential for long-range transport, persistence in the environment, ability to bio-magnify throughout the food chain and bio-accumulate in ecosystems, as well as their significant negative effects on human health;

Amendment 163 #

Jytte GUTELAND, Nicola CAPUTO, Simona BONAFÈ, Pavel POC, Eric ANDRIEU, Monika BEŇOVÁ, Karin KADENBACH

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 b (new)

12 b. Welcomes that several Member States and many regional and local governments have taken action to restrict or prohibit pesticide use in areas used by the public or vulnerable groups; notes however the absence of measurable targets in the majority of Member States;

Amendment 164 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 b (new)

12 b. Highlights that sustainable and responsible use of pesticides is a precondition for the authorisation of plant protection products;

Amendment 165 #

Jytte GUTELAND, Nicola CAPUTO, Simona BONAFÈ, Pavel POC, Eric ANDRIEU, Monika BEŇOVÁ, Karin KADENBACH

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 c (new)

12 c. Notes Member States’ continued support for organic agriculture as a low pesticide input system; welcomes that the number of organic farms has continued to increase in the Union but notes that progress still varies much between one Member States and another;

Amendment 166 #

Jytte GUTELAND, Nicola CAPUTO, Simona BONAFÈ, Pavel POC, Eric ANDRIEU, Monika BEŇOVÁ, Karin KADENBACH

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 d (new)

12 d. Notes the potential in using intelligent technology and precision farming as means to better administer and reduce the overall use of pesticides; stresses that the uptake of such solutions could be improved in Member States if better incorporated into training courses and certification schemes for pesticides users in the National Action Plans;

Amendment 167 #

Joëlle MÉLIN, Jean-François JALKH

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

~~13. Calls on the Member States to complete the implementation of the directive without further delay;~~deleted

Amendment 168 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. Calls on the Member States to complete the implementation of the directive without further delay; reminds the Member States that implementation of the Directive alone cannot guarantee the desired transition to sustainable agriculture, and that they would be well advised to take stricter measures on pesticide use than those adopted at EU level;

Amendment 169 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. Calls on the Member States to complete the implementation of the directive without further delay, more specifically by ensuring that all professional users of pesticides stricly and comprehensively apply the IPM principles by 2020 and by establishing an ambitious reduction target of 50% by 2023;

Amendment 17 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 23 b (new)

- having regard to the joint working paper of AGRI and ENVI SWD(2017)153 final on agriculture and sustainable water management;

Amendment 170 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. Calls on the Member States to complete the implementation of the directive without further delay, in particular to establish timetables and targets for the reduction of pesticides use on soils and for the elimination of water bodies´exposure to spray drift, drain flow and run off;

Amendment 171 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. Calls on the Member States to ~~complete~~remedy gaps in the implementation of the directive without further delay;

Amendment 172 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)

13 a. Calls on the Commission to facilitate the development and uptake of modern precision farming technologies for all farm types as part of IPM, which provide a clear advantage in lowering pesticide, fertiliser and water use, while improving soil fertility and optimising yields;

Amendment 173 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)

13 a. Calls for strict implementation of the collection of data on pesticide use as foreseen by Regulation 1185/2009 on pesticide use statistics and calls for increased transparency on these statistics;

Amendment 174 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)

13 a. Calls on the Commission to set an obligatory reduction target of 50% by 2023, and to impose this target on Member States who fail to do so themselves;

Amendment 175 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

14. Calls on the Member States to take a proactive role in the practical implementation of the directive in order to identify gaps and specific areas which require particular attention with respect to the protection of human health and the environment, and not to limit themselves only to the usual national transposition and control mechanisms, but instead to revise and to develop their NAPs with clearly defined targeted, objectives and time tables for environmental (protection of water, soil and biodiversity) and human health protection;

Amendment 176 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

14. Calls on the Member States to take a proactive role in the practical implementation of the directive in order to identify gaps and specific areas which require particular attention with respect to the protection of human health and the environment, and not to limit themselves only to the usual national transposition and control mechanisms but instead to revise and develop their NAPs with clearly defined targets, objectives and time tables for human and animal health protection and for environmental protection;

Amendment 177 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)

14 a. Calls on Member States to incorporate into their NAPs clearly defined targets, objectives and timetables for the protection of human health and the environment (including water, soil and biodiversity and to make sure that these targets, objectives and timetables are met;

Amendment 178 #

Norbert LINS, Peter JAHR, Angélique DELAHAYE, Herbert DORFMANN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)

14 a. Calls on the Member States to make sure that by 1 January 2019, IPM will serve as the basis for decisions on national authorisations of pesticides and to prohibit non-IPM practices, such as preventive spraying and calendar spraying;

Amendment 179 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

15. Calls on the Member States to adhere to the established timelines for delivering revised NAPs; urges those Member States that have not yet delivered revised NAPs to do so without further delay, this time with the clear overall objective of an immediate and long-term reduction in pesticide use, expressed either through a quantity- or risk-based approach, including clearly defined annual reduction targets and with special attention for the possible effects on pollinators and the uptake of alternative techniques in thwhile promoting alternatives, low risk methods towards a more sustainable agricultur~~al sector~~e;

Amendment 18 #

Karl-Heinz FLORENZ, Peter JAHR

Motion for a resolution
Citation 17 a (new)

- having regard to the Commission Staff Working Document on Agriculture and Sustainable Water Management in the EU (SWD(2017) 153 final);

Amendment 180 #

Karl-Heinz FLORENZ, Mairead McGUINNESS, Peter JAHR, Norbert LINS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

15. Calls on the Member States to adhere to the established timelines for delivering revised NAPs; urges those Member States that have not yet delivered revised NAPs to do so without further delay, this time with ~~the~~ clear ~~overall objective of an immediate and long-term reduction in pesticide use~~, measurable objectives and quantitative targets, expressed ~~either~~ through a ~~quantity- or~~ risk-based approach, including ~~clearly defined annual reduction targets and with special attention for the possible effects on pollinators and the uptake of~~the uptake of digital and precision farming technologies and alternative techniques in the agricultural sector;

Amendment 181 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

15. Calls on the Member States to adhere to the established timelines for delivering revised NAPs; urges those Member States that have not yet delivered revised NAPs to do so without further delay, this time with the clear overall objective of an immediate and long-term reduction in pesticide use, ~~expressed either through a quantity- or risk-based approach,~~ including clearly defined annual reduction targets and with special attention for the possible effects on pollinators and the uptake of alternative techniques in the agricultural sector;

Amendment 182 #

Joëlle MÉLIN, Jean-François JALKH

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

15. Calls on the Member States to a~~dhere to the established timelines for delivering~~ccelerate procedures for adopting their revised NAPs; urges those Member States that have not yet delivered revised NAPs to do so without further delay, this time with the clear overall objective of an immediate and long-term reduction in pesticide use, expressed either through a quantity- or risk-based approach, expressed either through a quantity- or risk-based approach, including clearly defined annual reduction targets and with special attention for the possible effects on pollinators and the uptake of alternative techniques in the agricultural sector;

Amendment 183 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

15. Calls on the Member States to adhere to the established timelines for delivering revised NAPs; urges those Member States that have not yet delivered revised NAPs to do so without further delay~~, this time with the clear overall objective of an immediate~~; urges the Member States to include clear overall objectives and targets for the immediate, short-term and long-term reduction in pesticide use, (expressed either through a quantity- or risk-based approach, including clearly defined annual reduction targets and with special attention for the possible effects on pollinators) and for the uptake of ~~alternative techniques in the agricultural sector~~sustainable, ecological and safe plant protection techniques;

Amendment 184 #

Christofer FJELLNER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

15. Calls on the Member States to adhere to the established timelines for delivering revised NAPs; urges those Member States that have not yet delivered revised NAPs to do so without further delay, this time with the clear overall objective of an immediate and long-term reduction inof risk and impact of pesticide use, expressed either through a quantity- or risk-based approach, including clearly defined annual reduction targets and with special attention for the possible effects on pollinators fostering of and the uptake of new technologies and alternative techniques in the agricultural sector;

Amendment 185 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

15. Calls on the Member States to adhere to the established timelines for delivering revised NAPs; urges those Member States that have not yet delivered revised NAPs to do so without further delay, this time with the clear overall objective of an immediate and long-term reduction in pesticide use, expressed either through a quantity- or risk-based approach, including clearly defined annual reduction targets and with special attention for the possible effects on pollinators and the uptake of alternative techniques, such as Agroforestry and Organic farming, in the agricultural sector;

Amendment 186 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

15. Calls on the Member States to adhere to the established timelines for delivering revised NAPs; urges those Member States that have not yet delivered revised NAPs to do so without further delay, this time with the clear overall objective of an immediate and long-term reduction in pesticide use, expressed either through a quantity- or risk-based approach, including clearly defined annual reduction targets and with special attention for the possible effects on pollinators and the uptake of alternative non-chemical techniques in the agricultural sector;

Amendment 187 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

15. Calls on the Member States to adhere to the established timelines for delivering revised NAPs; urges those Member States that have not yet delivered revised NAPs to do so without further delay, this time with the clear overall objective of an immediate and long-term reduction in pesticide use, expressed either through a quantity- or risk-based approach, including clearly defined annual reduction targets and with special attention for the possible effects on pollinators and the uptake of alternative non-chemical techniques in the agricultural sector;

Amendment 188 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)

15 a. Notes that many Member States have taken action to ban pesticide use in public areas; calls on the Commission to propose a ban on pesticides for non- professional use in its second evaluation report; calls on the Commission to speed up work on this report, given that the report is due in 26 November 2018;

Amendment 189 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

16. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure better coherence of the directive and its implementation with related EU legislation ~~and policies, most notably the provisions under the CAP and the regulation concerning the placing of plant protection products on the market~~- the provisions under the CAP - first of all by making sure that IPM is being fully integrated as already called for in article 55 of Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 and in article 14 of the SUD with mandatory and voluntary IPM rules clearly defined while urges the Commission to make the 8 general principles of IPM legal requirements; calls for the integration of IPM into the revision of the CAP with proven reductions in pesticide dependency being an indicator of success, and the regulation concerning the placing of plant protection products on the market, first of all by limiting the number of essential use derogations, but also making sure that environmental exposure is finally being considered in the authorization procedures;

Amendment 19 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 24

~~— having regard to the resolution of the French Senate of 19 May 2017 to limit the use of pesticides in the European Union24, _________________ 24~~deleted http://www.senat.fr/leg/ppr16-477.html

Amendment 190 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

16. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure better coherence of the directive and its implementation with related EU legislation and policies, most notably the provisions under the CAP and the regulation concerning the placing of plant protection products on the market; in particular to identify the mandatory aspects of IPM to be integrated under the CAP in a system of cross-compliance and to stop offering rural development funding to farmers who use chemical inputs where alternatives are available, with a view to targeting serious pesticide use reduction and facilitating the uptake of organic production techniques;

Amendment 191 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

16. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure better coherence of the directive and its implementation with related EU legislation and policies, most notably the provisions under the CAP and ~~the r~~Regulation 1107/2009 concerning the placing of plant protection products on the market including by strictly limiting the number of essential use derogations and by updating the relevant guidance documents to ensure that the risk assessment of pesticides reflect real life exposure and conditions and takes into account all possible impacts on health and the environment as well as cumulative and synergistic effects;

Amendment 192 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

16. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure better coherence of the directive and its implementation with related EU legislation and policies, most notably the provisions under the CAP and the regulation concerning the placing of plant protection products on the market, such coherence must be in line with the fundamental principle of the necessary transition to sustainable agriculture, which the provisions of the CAP and the procedures for authorising pesticides at EU level currently run counter to;

Amendment 193 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)

16 a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to commit to reducing farmers' dependency on pesticides and therefore to ensure cross-compliance between IPM and CAP, more specifically by linking the eligibility for CAP direct payments to those who quantifiably comply with the full set of IPM principles (and not just parts of IPM) and on the condition that pesticides are no longer used but are replaced by sustainable, ecological and safe plant protection techniques;

Amendment 194 #

Jytte GUTELAND, Nicola CAPUTO, Simona BONAFÈ, Pavel POC, Eric ANDRIEU, Guillaume BALAS, Monika BEŇOVÁ, Karin KADENBACH

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)

16 a. Calls on the Commission to without any further delay deliver on its commitment under the 7th Environment Action Programme to put forth a Union strategy for a non-toxic environment that is conducive to innovation and the development of sustainable substitutes including non-chemical solutions, and expects the Commission to take particular account of the impacts of pesticides on the environment and human health in this strategy;

Amendment 195 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)

16 a. Urges the Commission to make the 8 general principles of IPM legal requirements; calls for the integration of IPM into the revision of the CAP with proven reductions in pesticide dependency being an indicator of success;

Amendment 196 #

Jan HUITEMA, Ulrike MÜLLER, Pavel TELIČKA, Anthea McINTYRE, Fredrick FEDERLEY

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)

16 a. Recommends to give Member States the flexibility to apply IPM as part of the greening measures under the CAP;

Amendment 197 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)

21 a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to take immediate action in order to ensure protection for vulnerable groups as defined in Article 3(14) of the PPP Regulation, especially considering the existing lack of protection of millions of EU rural residents living in the vicinity of crops; therefore, calls on the Commission and the Member States to impose immediate measures that prohibit the use of pesticides within a substantial and safe perimeter from residents' homes, schools, parks, playgrounds, nurseries, hospitals and other public spaces;

Amendment 198 #

Michèle RIVASI, Martin HÄUSLING

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 b (new)

16 b. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to pay particular attention to the protection of vulnerable groups, as defined in Article 3(14) of Regulation 1107/2009, especially considering the existing lack of protection of millions of EU rural residents living in the locality of crops; calls on the Commission to immediately prohibit the use of pesticides within substantial distances in the locality of residents homes, schools, playgrounds, nurseries and hospitals;

Amendment 199 #

Jytte GUTELAND, Nicola CAPUTO, Simona BONAFÈ, Pavel POC, Eric ANDRIEU, Guillaume BALAS, Monika BEŇOVÁ, Karin KADENBACH

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 e (new)

21 e. Calls on the Commission and Member States to ensure that the polluter- pays principle is fully implemented and effectively enforced as regards the protection of water resources;

Amendment 2 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 1 a (new)

- having regard to COM(2006)372 final communication from the Commission to the Council, the European Parliament, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions on a Thematic Strategy on the Sustainable Use of Pesticides;

Amendment 20 #

Anthea McINTYRE, Julie GIRLING

Motion for a resolution
Citation 25

— having regard to the scientific study entitled ‘More than 75 % decline over 27 years in total flying insect biomass in protected areas’ by Caspar A. Hallmann, Martin Sorg, Eelke Jongejans, Henk Siepel, Nick Hofland, Heinz Schwan et al, published on 18 October 201725 , _________________ 25 https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?i d=10.1371/journal.pone.0185809deleted

Amendment 200 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 b (new)

16 b. Calls on the Commission and the Member Sates to fully implement the polluter-pays principle and effectively protect water resources;

Amendment 201 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 c (new)

16 c. Expresses concern that many Member States have not interpreted the requirement of Article 12(a) correctly by interpreting it as only referring to non- agricultural use, while in fact vulnerable groups as those defined in Regulation 1107/2009 include residents subject to high pesticide exposure over the long term; notes in addition that the Commission has confirmed that there is no legal reason as to why agricultural application should be excluded from the provisions of Article 12;

Amendment 202 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17

17. ~~Calls on~~Welcomes the proposed harmonised risk indicators from the Commission and ~~the~~urges Member States to rapidly move forward with the ~~development of harmonised risk indicators in order to properly monitor the reduction impacts of pesticides~~ir adoption and implementation;

Amendment 203 #

Jytte GUTELAND, Nicola CAPUTO, Pavel POC, Eric ANDRIEU, Monika BEŇOVÁ, Karin KADENBACH

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17

17. Calls on the Commission and the Member States, while building upon the existing national indicators set under Directive and the work of the OECD, to move forward with the development of harmonised risk indicators in order to properly monitor the reduction impacts of pesticides; stresses that the harmonised risk indicators must contain different categories of pesticides, enabling comparisons and analyses not only on the basis of the quantity but also on the load of pesticides;

Amendment 204 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)

17 a. Notes that, in addition to the establishment of harmonised risk indicators, there is a need for a coherent residues monitoring system; calls on the Commission to establish a fully operational operating system for the regular collection of data on pesticide residues in the environment, including in soil and water, possibly based on the successful experience with the Land Use and Coverage area frame statistical survey (LUCAS) soil monitoring system;

Amendment 205 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)

17 a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to promote research programmes aimed at determining the impacts of pesticide use on human health, taking into account the full range of toxicological effects, including immunotoxicity, endocrine disruption and neurodevelopmental toxicity, and focusing on the effects of prenatal exposure to pesticides on children's health;

Amendment 206 #

Jytte GUTELAND, Nicola CAPUTO, Simona BONAFÈ, Pavel POC, Eric ANDRIEU, Monika BEŇOVÁ, Karin KADENBACH

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)

17 a. Calls on the Member States to acknowledge that Europe must act without delay to transition to a more sustainable use of pesticides and that the main responsibility for implementing such practices lies with the Member States; emphasises that swift action is essential;

Amendment 207 #

Pavel POC, Nicola CAPUTO, Daciana Octavia SÂRBU, Karin KADENBACH

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)

17 a. Calls on the Commission to also impose independent monitoring on industrial producers of pesticides who are applying for pesticide approval or re- authorisation;

Amendment 208 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)

17 a. Calls for the collection of data on pesticide use as foreseen in Reg. 1185/2009 on pesticide use statistics;

Amendment 209 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 b (new)

17 b. Calls on the Commission to establish fully operational monitoring systems for the regular collection of data on pesticide residues in the environment, particularly in soil and water; suggests to the Commission to take into consideration the LUCAS soil monitoring system as an example;

Amendment 21 #

Pavel POC, Nicola CAPUTO, Daciana Octavia SÂRBU, Karin KADENBACH

Motion for a resolution
Citation 25 a (new)

- having regard to Directive 2003/35/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 May 2003 providing for public participation in respect of the drawing up of certain plans and programmes relating to the environment;

Amendment 210 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 b (new)

17 b. Calls on the Commission to establish a fully operational monitoring system for the regular collection of updated measured data on pesticide residue in the environment, especially in soil and water.

Amendment 211 #

Mairead McGUINNESS, Jan HUITEMA, Angélique DELAHAYE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18

18. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to take all the requisite measures to promote low-risk pesticides ~~and to prioritise non-chemical options and methods which cause the least harm to health and nature~~;

Amendment 212 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18

Amendment 213 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18

18. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to take all the requisite measures to promote ~~low-risk pesticides and to prioritise non-chemical options and methods which cause the least~~and enable the further development and uptake of sustainable, ecological and safe plant protection techniques and to prioritise the immediate prohibition of pesticides which are harmful to human health, an~~d nature~~imal health or the environment;

Amendment 214 #

Christofer FJELLNER, Julie GIRLING

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18

18. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to take all the requisite measures to promote low-risk pesticides and to prioritise non-chemical options and methods which cause the least harm to health and nature, with the ultimate objective of abandoning the use of potentially hazardous pesticides outright as soon as possible;

Amendment 215 #

Jytte GUTELAND, Nicola CAPUTO, Simona BONAFÈ, Pavel POC, Eric ANDRIEU, Monika BEŇOVÁ, Karin KADENBACH

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18

18. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to take all the requisite measures to promote low-risk pesticides and to prioritise non-chemical options and methods which cause the least harm to health and nature; stresses that for this to be successful, the economic incentives for farmers to choose such options must be strengthened;

Amendment 216 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18

18. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to take all the requisite measures to promote low-risk pesticides and to prioritise non-chemical options and methods which cause the least harm to health and nature, while ensuring effective and efficient crop protection;

Amendment 217 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18

18. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to take all the requisite measures to promote low-risk pesticides ~~and to prioritise~~, precision and digital farming, and non- chemical ~~options and methods which cause~~methods provided that they deliver efficient pest control with the least harm to health and nature;

Amendment 218 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18

Amendment 219 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18

18. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to take all the requisite measures to promote and incentivise low- risk pesticides and to prioritise non- chemical options and methods which cause the least harm to health and nature;

Amendment 22 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 25 b (new)

- Having regard to Council Directives 85/337/EC and 96/61/EC;

Amendment 220 #

Pavel POC, Nicola CAPUTO, Daciana Octavia SÂRBU, Karin KADENBACH

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18

18. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to take all the requisite measures to promote ~~low-risk pesticides~~, and to prioritise, non- chemical options and methods which ~~caus~~have the least risk of harm to health and nature;

Amendment 221 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)

18 a. Calls on the Commission to submit before the end of its current mandate a specific legislative proposal amending Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009, outside of the general revision in connection with the REFIT initiative, with a view to establishing a rigorous fast-track evaluation, authorisation and registration procedure for low-risk biological pesticides, in line with its resolution of 15 February 2017 on low-risk pesticides of biological origin and with its resolution of 13 September 2018 on the implementation of the Plant Protection Products Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009;

Amendment 222 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)

19a. Urges the Commission to submit by the end of 2018, in accordance with Parliament’s resolution of 8 February 2017 on low-risk pesticides of biological origin, a specific legislative proposal to amend Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009, independently of the general revision in connection with the REFIT initiative, with a view to introducing a fast-track evaluation, authorisation and registration procedure for low-risk biological pesticides;

Amendment 223 #

Pavel POC, Nicola CAPUTO, Daciana Octavia SÂRBU, Karin KADENBACH

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)

18 a. Notes that resistance to pesticide active substances is a biological inevitability in fast-reproducing pests and diseases and that resistance is a growing problem; emphazises that prophylactic spraying should be prohibited, that targeted spraying should only be used as a last option rather than a first one, and that replacing pesticides by sustainable, ecological and safe plant protection techniques is the preferred option as it is the only one that offers a viable solution to the problem;

Amendment 224 #

Susanne MELIOR

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)

18 a. Calls on the member states to take on a more ambitious role in providing consultation and training on the sustainable use of pesticides;

Amendment 225 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 b (new)

18 b. Calls on the Commission to propose amending the Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 to add a definition and a separate category for ‘naturally occurring substances’ and ‘nature-identical substances’ for which the criterion is the existing presence and exposition of the substance in nature;

Amendment 226 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19

~~19. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to place greater emphasis on the promotion of the development, research and marketing of low-risk biological alternatives;~~deleted

Amendment 227 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19

19. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to place greater emphasis on the ~~promotion of the development, research and marketing of low-risk biological alternatives~~transition to a pesticide-free future; further calls on the Member States to use chemical pesticides as a last resort in IPM after exhausting all possible physical or biological alternatives and in a selective and targeted manner, avoiding routine preventive treatments (prophylactic and/or metaphylactic);

Amendment 228 #

Pavel POC, Nicola CAPUTO, Daciana Octavia SÂRBU, Karin KADENBACH

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19

19. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to place greater emphasis on the promotion of the development, research and marketing of low-risk biological alternatives and of sustainable agricultural practices such as permaculture, agro-ecology and, in particular, agroforestry;

Amendment 229 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19

19. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to place greater emphasis on the promotion of the development, research and marketing of low-risk biological alternatives; including by increasing funding opportunities within Horizon Europe and the Multiannual Financial Framework 2021-2027.

Amendment 23 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 25 c (new)

- having regard to the UNECE Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters (the Aarhus Convention);

Amendment 230 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19

19. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to place greater emphasis on the promotion of the development, research and ~~marketing~~registration of low-risk and biological ~~alternativ~~solutions; also calls for greater emphasis on the adoption of new, digital and precision farming technologies;

Amendment 231 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19

19. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to place greater emphasis on the promotion of the development, research and marketing of low-risk biological alternatives, as well as introducing educational campaigns for people who carry out spraying and for farmers;

Amendment 232 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19

19. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to place greater emphasis on the promotion of the development, research and marketing of low-risk biological alternatives and to make pesticide free agriculture a top priority in the Horizon Europe programme;

Amendment 233 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19

19. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to place greater emphasis on the promotion of the development, research and marketing of low-risk biological alternatives in addition to the promotion of farming systems which require less intensive inputs;

Amendment 234 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19

19. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to place ~~greater~~the emphasis on the ~~promotion of the~~ development, research ~~and marketing of low-risk biological alterna~~, promotion and uptake of sustainable, ecological and safe plant protection techniques, and to provide for the necessary incentives;

Amendment 235 #

Mairead McGUINNESS, Jan HUITEMA, Angélique DELAHAYE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19

19. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to place greater emphasis on the promotion of the development, research and marketing of low-risk ~~biological~~ alternatives;

Amendment 236 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19

19. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to place greater emphasis on the promotion of the development, research and marketing of low-risk ~~biological~~ alternatives;

Amendment 237 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)

19 a. Notes that resistance to pesticide active substances is a biological inevitability in fast reproducing pests and is a growing problem; stresses therefore that chemical pesticides should be used according to the IPM approach which is selectively and in a targeted manner, as a last rather than a first resort, after exhausting all possible physical and biological alternatives; Calls therefore on the Commission and Member States to ban prophylactic use of synthetic pesticides, such as the use of coated seeds;

Amendment 238 #

Pavel POC, Nicola CAPUTO, Daciana Octavia SÂRBU, Karin KADENBACH

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)

19 a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure the effective implementation of the Union´s obligations under the Protocol to the 1979 Convention on Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution and the 2004 Stockholm Convention on POPs, namely to scale up their efforts to eliminate the manufacturing, placing on the market and use of POPs pesticides, together with the establishment of provisions on the disposal of waste containing or contaminated by any of these substances;

Amendment 239 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)

19 a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to promote organic farming, which relies on preventive and indirect plant protection strategies aimed at reducing the use of external inputs, and on multi-functional naturally occurring substances; acknowledges the need for more research in and development of preventive and indirect agro-ecological plant health care strategies;

Amendment 24 #

Karl-Heinz FLORENZ, Peter JAHR, Norbert LINS

Motion for a resolution
Citation 25 d (new)

- having regard to the European Citizens Initiative "Ban glyphosate and protect people and the environment from toxic pesticides"

Amendment 240 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)

19 a. Calls on the Commission to further develop guidance on the IPM principles and their implementation; asks the Commission in this regard to establish guidelines on the establishment of criteria for measuring and assessing the implementation of IPM in the Member States;

Amendment 241 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)

19 a. calls for plant breeding, crop rotation, agronomic measures such as reduced tilling and precision farming, sowing time to be part of holistic management of natural resources;

Amendment 242 #

Pavel POC, Nicola CAPUTO, Daciana Octavia SÂRBU, Karin KADENBACH

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)

19 a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to commit to a 50% reduction in the use of pesticides by 2023;

Amendment 243 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 b (new)

19 b. Calls for Horizon Europe to provide sufficient funding to promote to develop plant health care strategies based on a system approach combining innovative agro-ecological technics and preventive measures to reduce the use of external inputs to a minimum;

Amendment 244 #

Karl-Heinz FLORENZ, Mairead McGUINNESS, Peter JAHR, Angélique DELAHAYE, Norbert LINS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 b (new)

19 b. Calls on the Member States to ensure that professionally qualified and independent advisory services are available to provide advice on IPM to end- users;

Amendment 245 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 b (new)

19 b. Calls on the Commission to extend the scope of the Directive to cover biocidal products and ensure coherence with the implementation of Regulation 528/2012;

Amendment 246 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20

20. Calls on the Commission to carefully consider all the measures available to ensure compliance~~, including infringement proceedings against Member States that fail to comply with the obligation to fully implement the directive~~;

Amendment 247 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20

20. Calls on the Commission to ~~carefully consider all the measures available to ensure compliance, including infringem~~reorientate its agricultural policy which currently pro~~ceedings against Member States that fail to comply with the obligation to fully implement the directive~~motes industrial agricultural to compete on the world commodity markets, to one that is based on self sufficiency for the European Union which would allow farmers to practice a less intensive more sustainable agricultural model;

Amendment 248 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20

20. Calls on the Commission to carefully consider all the measures available to ensure compliance, including launching infringement proceedings against Member States that fail to comply with the obligation to fully implement the directive;

Amendment 249 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)

20 a. Calls on the Commission to ensure consistency between the objectives and purpose of the Sustainable Use Directive and the Regulation 1107/2009;

Amendment 25 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 25 e (new)

- having regard to the vast numbers of people adversely impacted by pesticide use across the EU, as highlighted, for example, by the work of the organisation https://victimes-pesticides.fr/

Amendment 250 #

Karl-Heinz FLORENZ, Peter JAHR, Norbert LINS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21

21. Calls on the Commission to immediately prohibit the use of pesticides with active substances that are mutagenic, carcinogenic, or toxic for reproduction, or active substances that have endocrine- disrupting characteristics and are damaging to humans or animals;deleted

Amendment 251 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21

Amendment 252 #

Christofer FJELLNER, Julie GIRLING, Anthea McINTYRE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21

21. Calls on the Commission to ~~immediately prohibit the use of pesticides with~~properly apply Regulation 1107/2009 on the placing on the market of active substances that are mutagenic, carcinogenic, or toxic for reproduction, or active substances that have endocrine- disrupting characteristics and are damaging to humans or animals;

Amendment 253 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21

21. Calls on the Commission to immediately prohibit the use of pesticides with active substances that are mutagenic, carcinogenic, or toxic ~~for~~to reproduction, including those which are currently considered to be 'likely' to be mutagenic, carcinogenic or reprotoxic, or active substances that have endocrine- disrupting characteristics and are damaging to humans or animals;

Amendment 254 #

Joëlle MÉLIN, Jean-François JALKH

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21

21. Calls on the Commission ~~to immediately prohibi~~, following the results of an impartial expert assessment, to take immediate steps against the use of pesticides with active substances that are mutagenic, carcinogenic, or toxic for reproduction, or active substances that have endocrine- disrupting characteristics and are damaging to humans or animals;

Amendment 255 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21

21. Calls on the Commission to immediately prohibit the use of pesticides with active substances that are proven to be mutagenic, carcinogenic, or toxic for reproduction, or active substances that have endocrine- disrupting characteristics and are damaging to humans or animals;

Amendment 256 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)

21 a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to recognize the need to work seriously to develop preventive measures, pest monitoring, early warning and decision support systems as well as alternative control measures, with the aim of developing robust cropping systems that are cost-effective in order to promote further IPM implementation in all Member States; considers that agricultural knowledge and information systems (AKIS) need to be constantly improved, and there is a need to offer advisory systems independent of sales of pesticide products; calls on Member States to coordinate to develop such systems;

Amendment 257 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)

21 a. Notes that within the IPM toolkit, biological control involves boosting or introducing beneficial species that predate upon and therefore regulate pest populations, keeping them in check; emphasises therefore the importance of using chemical pesticides as a last resort in IPM following other physical and biological methods and also applying them in a selective and targeted manner, otherwise these beneficial pest control agents risk being wiped out, leaving the crops more susceptible to future attacks;

Amendment 258 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)

21 a. notes further that the best pesticide volume reductions are likely to arise from systemic changes that reduce susceptibility to pest attack, favour structural and biological diversity over monocultures and continuous cropping, and reduce pest resistance to active ingredients; highlights therefore the need to focus on, fund and mainstream agro- ecological methods which make the whole farming system more resilient to pests;

Amendment 259 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 b (new)

21 b. Notes further that the greatest reductions in pesticide use are most likely to arise from systemic changes that reduce susceptibility to pest attack, favour structural and biological diversity over monocultures and continuous cropping and which reduce pest resistance to active substances; highlights therefore the need to focus on, and mainstream, agroecological methods which make the whole farming system more resilient to pests;

Amendment 26 #

Jytte GUTELAND, Nicola CAPUTO, Simona BONAFÈ, Pavel POC, Eric ANDRIEU, Monika BEŇOVÁ, Karin KADENBACH

Motion for a resolution
Citation 27 a (new)

- having regard to the Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing rules on support for strategic plans to be drawn up by Member States under the Common agricultural policy (CAP Strategic Plans) and financed by the European Agricultural Guarantee Fund (EAGF) and by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) and repealing Regulation (EU)No 1305/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council and Regulation (EU)No 1307/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council (COM(2018)392 final,

Amendment 260 #

Jytte GUTELAND, Nicola CAPUTO, Simona BONAFÈ, Pavel POC, Eric ANDRIEU, Guillaume BALAS, Monika BEŇOVÁ, Karin KADENBACH

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)

21 a. Calls on the Commission to take vigorous action against Member States that are systematically abusing derogations against banned pesticides containing neonicotinoids;

Amendment 261 #

Jytte GUTELAND, Nicola CAPUTO, Simona BONAFÈ, Pavel POC, Eric ANDRIEU, Monika BEŇOVÁ, Karin KADENBACH

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 b (new)

21 b. Calls on the Member States to take action concerning pesticide use in urban areas and provide support and information to local governments wishing to restrict and prohibit the use of pesticides in areas used by the public or vulnerable groups;

Amendment 262 #

Jytte GUTELAND, Nicola CAPUTO, Simona BONAFÈ, Pavel POC, Eric ANDRIEU, Guillaume BALAS, Monika BEŇOVÁ, Karin KADENBACH

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 c (new)

21 c. Calls on the Commission to set up a pan-European Platform on Sustainable Pesticides Use bringing together sectorial stakeholders and representatives at local and regional level so as to facilitate information sharing and exchange of best practices in reducing pesticides use;

Amendment 263 #

Jytte GUTELAND, Nicola CAPUTO, Simona BONAFÈ, Pavel POC, Eric ANDRIEU, Guillaume BALAS, Monika BEŇOVÁ, Karin KADENBACH

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 d (new)

21 d. Calls on the Commission and Member States to work towards the establishment of quantifiable national targets as well as a cumulative EU target for organic farming;

Amendment 27 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital A

A. whereas Directive 2009/128/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the sustainable use of pesticides (hereinafter ‘the directive’) provides for a range of actions to achieve a sustainable use of pesticides in the EU by reducing pesticide dependency, by reducing the risks and impacts of pesticide use on human health and the environment and by promoting the use of Integrated Pest Management (IPM) ~~and~~, including alternative ~~approaches or techniques, such as non- chemical alternatives to pesticides~~plant protection techniques, more specifically sustainable, ecological and safe techniques which - contrary to many pesticides - do not harm human health, animal health nor the environment;

Amendment 28 #

Pavel POC, Nicola CAPUTO, Daciana Octavia SÂRBU, Karin KADENBACH

Motion for a resolution
Recital A

A. whereas Directive 2009/128/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the sustainable use of pesticides (hereinafter ‘the directive’) provides for a range of actions to achieve a sustainable use of pesticides in the EU, by reducing the risks and impacts of pesticide use on human health and the environment and promoting the use of Integrated Pest Management (IPM) and alternative approaches or techniques, such as non- chemical alternatives to pesticides; whereas the EU's ultimate objective should simply be to abandon the use of potentially harmful pesticides outright as soon as possible;

Amendment 29 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital A

A. whereas Directive 2009/128/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the sustainable use of pesticides (hereinafter ‘the directive’) provides for a range of actions to achieve a sustainable use of pesticides in the EU, by reducing the risks and impacts of pesticide use on human health and the environment and promoting the use of Integrated Pest Management (IPM) and alternative approaches or techniques, such as non- chemical alternatives ~~to pesticides;~~including low-risk biological plant protection products; aiming at reducing pesticide dependency

Amendment 3 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 3 a (new)

- having regard to Directive 98/24 on the protection of workers from chemical risks and to Directive 2004/37 on the protection of workers from carcinogens and mutagens;

Amendment 30 #

Mairead McGUINNESS, Jan HUITEMA

Motion for a resolution
Recital A

A. whereas Directive 2009/128/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the sustainable use of pesticides (hereinafter ‘the directive’) provides for a range of actions to achieve a sustainable use of pesticides in the EU, by reducing the risks and impacts of pesticide use on human health and the environment and promoting the use of Integrated Pest Management (IPM) and alternative approaches or techniques, such as non- chemical alternatives to pesticides aimed at reducing pesticide dependency;

Amendment 31 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital B

B. whereas the directive is one of the Union’s most valuable tools to ensure that the environment, ecosystems and human health are well protected from ~~hazard~~dangerous substances in pesticides; whereas the ~~failure to fully~~ implemention of the directive ~~makes it all but impossible to achieve the highest degree of protection and to transition towards a sustainable agricultural sector and non-toxic environment~~could be improved;

Amendment 32 #

Christofer FJELLNER, Julie GIRLING, Anthea McINTYRE

Motion for a resolution
Recital B

Amendment 33 #

Norbert LINS, Peter JAHR, Angélique DELAHAYE, Herbert DORFMANN, Mairead McGUINNESS

Motion for a resolution
Recital B

B. whereas the directive is one of the Union’s most valuable tools to ensure that the environment, ~~ecosystems~~animal and human health are well protected from hazardous substances in pesticides; whereas the ~~failure to fully~~ implementation of the directive ~~makes it all but impossible to achieve the highest degree of protection and to~~could be improved to achieve the transition towards a sustainable agricultural sector and non- toxic environment;

Amendment 34 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital B

Amendment 35 #

Pavel POC, Nicola CAPUTO, Daciana Octavia SÂRBU, Karin KADENBACH

Motion for a resolution
Recital B

B. whereas the directive is one of the Union’s most valuable tools to ensure that the environment, ecosystems and human health are well protected from hazardous substances in pesticides; whereas the failure to fully implement the directive makes it all but impossible to achieve the highest degree of protection and to transition towards a sustainable agricultural sector and non-toxic environment; whereas, at the same time, full implementation of the Directive alone cannot guarantee access to the highest level of protection or a transition to sustainable agriculture; whereas it is a proven fact that pesticide authorisation procedures at EU level remain far too open to influence from lobbies to ensure this protection and transition;

Amendment 36 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital B

B. whereas the directive is one of the Union’s most valuable tools to ensure that the environment, ecosystems and human health are well protected from hazardous substances in pesticides, while providing a larger and more varied farmers’ toolbox to protect their crops through sustainable solutions such as low-risk biological plant protection products; whereas the failure to fully implement the directive makes it all but impossible to simultaneously achieve the highest degree of protection and to transition towards a sustainable agricultural sector and non-toxic environment;

Amendment 37 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital B

B. whereas the directive is one of the Union’s most valuable tools to ensure that the environment, ecosystems and human health are well protected from hazardous substances in pesticides; whereas the failure to fully implement the directive makes it all but impossible to achieve the highest degree of protection and to transition towards a sustainable agricultural sector, and ncon~~-toxic environment~~sequently the production of healthy food and a clean environment in which pesticides are eliminated or reduced to a minimum;

Amendment 38 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital B

B. whereas the directive is ~~one of the Union’s most~~a valuable tools to ~~ensure tha~~help protect the environment, ecosystems ~~and~~, human ~~health are well protected~~and animal health from hazardous substances in pesticides; whereas the failure to fully implement the directive makes it all but impossible to achieve the highest degree of protection ~~and to~~for human and animal health and for the environment, and to achieve the urgently needed transition towards a sustainable agricultural sector and a non-toxic, pesticide-free and EDC-free environment;

Amendment 39 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)

B a. whereas the directive has to be read in conjunction with the other two main pieces of legislation covering the complete lifecycle of a pesticide, starting from its placing on the market (Regulation 1107/2009) and ending with the setting of maximum residue levels (Regulation 396/2005); thus it is impossible to achieve its objective to protect human health and the environment from the risks associated with the use of pesticides without fully implementing and properly enforcing the entire "pesticides package";

Amendment 4 #

Pavel POC, Nicola CAPUTO, Daciana Octavia SÂRBU, Karin KADENBACH

Motion for a resolution
Citation 9 a (new)

- having regard to Directive 98/24 on the protection of workers from chemical risks and Directive 2004/37 on the protection of workers from carcinogens and mutagens;

Amendment 40 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)

B a. whereas the current practices by the Commission and Member States regarding the approval of active substances and authorisation of plant protection products is not compatible with the objectives and purpose of Directive 2009/128/EC on the sustainable use of pesticides; whereas these current practices impede attaining the highest possible level of protection and transition to a sustainable agricultural sector and non-toxic environment;

Amendment 41 #

Karl-Heinz FLORENZ, Mairead McGUINNESS, Peter JAHR, Angélique DELAHAYE, Norbert LINS

Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)

B a. whereas it is important to promote the development of alternative procedures or techniques to reduce dependence on conventional pesticides and to deal with the rising threads of resistances to conventional plant protection products;

Amendment 42 #

Jytte GUTELAND, Nicola CAPUTO, Simona BONAFÈ, Pavel POC, Eric ANDRIEU, Monika BEŇOVÁ, Karin KADENBACH

Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)

B a. whereas the use of conventional plant protection products is increasingly subject to public debate, due to the potential risks they pose to human health, animals and the environment;

Amendment 43 #

Pavel POC, Nicola CAPUTO, Daciana Octavia SÂRBU, Karin KADENBACH

Motion for a resolution
Recital B b (new)

B b. whereas there is a lack of availability of low-risk plant protection products, including biological ones; whereas only 13 substances are approved as low-risk active substances, 12 of them biological, out of a total of almost 500 available on the EU market; whereas the lack of availability of low-risk plant protection products including biological ones hinders the development and implementation of IPM;

Amendment 44 #

Jytte GUTELAND, Nicola CAPUTO, Simona BONAFÈ, Pavel POC, Eric ANDRIEU, Guillaume BALAS, Monika BEŇOVÁ, Karin KADENBACH

Motion for a resolution
Recital B b (new)

B b. whereas Integrated Pest Management implementation is mandatory in the Union in accordance with the Directive; whereas Member States and local authorities should place more emphasis on the sustainable use of pesticides, including low-risk plant protection alternatives;

Amendment 45 #

Pavel POC, Nicola CAPUTO, Daciana Octavia SÂRBU, Karin KADENBACH

Motion for a resolution
Recital B b (new)

B b. whereas the "sustainable use" of pesticides cannot be realized without taking into account human exposure to combinations of active substances and co- formulants, as well as their cumulative and possible aggregate and synergistic effects on human health;

Amendment 46 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital B c (new)

B c. whereas the current regulatory framework, including the data requirements, was designed for the assessment and management of chemical plant protection products, and is thus ill- fitting for low-risk biological active substances and products; whereas this ill- fitting framework is significantly slowing down the market entry of low-risk biological plant protection products, often deterring applicants; whereas this hinders innovation and hampers the competitiveness of EU agriculture; whereas this also leads to over 60 active substances identified by the European Commission as candidates for substitution not being replaced given the lack of safer alternatives, including low-risk biological active substances;

Amendment 47 #

Jytte GUTELAND, Nicola CAPUTO, Simona BONAFÈ, Pavel POC, Eric ANDRIEU, Monika BEŇOVÁ, Karin KADENBACH

Motion for a resolution
Recital B c (new)

B c. whereas the available evidence clearly shows that the implementation of the Directive is not sufficiently aligned with related EU policies in the field of pesticides, agriculture and sustainable development, notably but not exclusively the Common Agricultural Policy and Plant Protection Products Regulation;

Amendment 48 #

Jytte GUTELAND, Nicola CAPUTO, Pavel POC, Eric ANDRIEU, Monika BEŇOVÁ, Karin KADENBACH

Motion for a resolution
Recital B d (new)

B d. whereas Europe currently stands at a crossroads that will determine thefuture of the agriculture sector and the Union’s possibility to achieve a sustainable use of pesticides, most notably through the reform of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP); whereas the reform of the CAP brings with it a substantial potential to strengthen the streamlining and harmonisation of policies as well as the implementation of the Directive and to facilitate the transition towards more environmentally- sustainable agricultural practices;

Amendment 49 #

Pavel POC, Nicola CAPUTO, Daciana Octavia SÂRBU, Karin KADENBACH

Motion for a resolution
Recital B d (new)

B d. whereas in October 2017, the Commission declared the European Citizens' Initiative "Ban glyphosate and protect people and the environment from toxic pesticides" admissible; whereas over one million citizens called on the Commission to propose to the Member States the introduction of a ban on the use of glyphosate, to reform the approval procedure for pesticides and to set mandatory reduction targets at EU level for the use of pesticides;

Amendment 5 #

Pavel POC, Nicola CAPUTO, Daciana Octavia SÂRBU, Karin KADENBACH

Motion for a resolution
Citation 5

— having regard to Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 October 2009 concerning the placing of plant protection products on the market and repealing Council Directives 79/117/EEC and 91/414/EEC8 ; having regard to the European Implementation Assessment on the Regulation and to its relevant annexes, as published by the European Parliamentary Research Service (EPRS) in April 2018, _________________ 8 OJ L 309, 24.11.2009, p. 1.

Amendment 50 #

Jytte GUTELAND, Nicola CAPUTO, Simona BONAFÈ, Pavel POC, Eric ANDRIEU, Guillaume BALAS, Monika BEŇOVÁ, Karin KADENBACH

Motion for a resolution
Recital B e (new)

B e. whereas there is increasing evidence of an ongoing mass death of insects in Europe; whereas the observed sharp decline in insects has negative impacts on the entire ecosystem and biological diversity but also on the agricultural sector and its future economic wellbeing and output; whereas there is indisputable evidence that the decline in insects is linked to the current levels of pesticide use;

Amendment 51 #

Jytte GUTELAND, Nicola CAPUTO, Simona BONAFÈ, Pavel POC, Eric ANDRIEU, Monika BEŇOVÁ, Karin KADENBACH

Motion for a resolution
Recital B f (new)

B f. whereas stakeholders in the agricultural sector are concerned that the insufficient implementation of the Directive has de facto created a unlevelled playing field in Europe with diverging national practices impeding the optimal uptake of sustainable alternatives on the market; whereas this situation has created economic barriers for alternative low-risk and non-chemical products to sufficiently penetrate the EU market which reduces their attractiveness to farmers, who may instead opt for more cost-effective alternatives in the short-term;

Amendment 52 #

Jytte GUTELAND, Nicola CAPUTO, Simona BONAFÈ, Pavel POC, Eric ANDRIEU, Monika BEŇOVÁ, Karin KADENBACH

Motion for a resolution
Recital B g (new)

B g. whereas the available evidence shows that the Directive, as well as related actions at EU-level, has great potential to further enhance and add value to national efforts and actions in the agricultural sector and protection for the environment and human health;

Amendment 53 #

Jytte GUTELAND, Nicola CAPUTO, Simona BONAFÈ, Pavel POC, Eric ANDRIEU, Guillaume BALAS, Monika BEŇOVÁ, Karin KADENBACH

Motion for a resolution
Recital B h (new)

B h. whereas organic agriculture plays an important role as a low pesticide input system and should be further encouraged;

Amendment 54 #

Jytte GUTELAND, Nicola CAPUTO, Pavel POC, Eric ANDRIEU, Monika BEŇOVÁ, Karin KADENBACH

Motion for a resolution
Recital B i (new)

B i. whereas Regulation 1107/2009 obliges the Council to include in the statutory management requirement referred to in Annex III to Council Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 of 29 September 2003 establishing common rules for direct support schemes under the Common Agricultural Policy and establishing certain support schemes for farmers, the principles of integrated pest management, including good plant protection practice and non-chemical methods of plant protection and pest and crop management;

Amendment 55 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph -1 (new)

-1. Recalls the specific objectives of the Thematic Strategy on the Sustainable Use of Pesticides as, inter alia, the minimisation of hazards and risks to health and the environment from the use of pesticides; improved controls on the use and distribution of pesticides; reduction in the levels of harmful active substances including through substituting the most dangerous with safer, including non-chemical alternatives; encouraging low-input or pesticide free cultivation; and the establishment of a transparent system for reporting and monitoring progress towards the fulfilment of the objectives of the strategy including through the development of suitable indicators;

Amendment 56 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

Amendment 57 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. Regrets the fact that the overall degree of progress in implementation by the Member States is totally insufficient to meet the directive’s main objectives ~~and to unlock its full potential to reduce the overall risks deriving from pesticide use~~, to reduce the use of pesticides, to promote the transition towards sustainable, ecological and safe plant protection techniques, and to achieve the ~~environmental and health improvements the directive was specifically designed for~~protection of human and animal health and the environment;

Amendment 58 #

Anthea McINTYRE, Julie GIRLING

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. Regrets the ~~fac~~three years’ delay by the European Commission in preparing its report on Member States progress in implementation of the Directive, lacking EU steering, and as a result Member States so far not having fulfilled the requirements foreseen in the NAPs with the result that the overall degree of progress in implementation by the Member States is insufficient to meet the directive’s main objectives and to unlock its full potential to reduce the overall risks deriving from pesticide use while reducing pesticide dependency and achieve the environmental and health improvements the directive was specifically designed for;

Amendment 59 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. Regrets the fact that the overall degree of progress in implementation by the Member States is insufficient to meet the directive’s main objectives and to unlock its full potential to reduce the overall risks deriving from pesticide use and achieve the environmental and health improvements the directive was specifically designed for; however, notes that this legislative framework is covering a policy area that has not been previously regulated and for a majority of Member States the National Action Plans (NAPs) were entirely new; due consideration is needed for delays in the full implementation of the Directive;

Amendment 6 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 6 a (new)

- having regard to the report from the Commission to the European Parliament and the Council on the implementation of Regulation (EC) No1185/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 November 2009 concerning statistics on pesticides (COM/2017/0109 final);

Amendment 60 #

Mairead McGUINNESS, Angélique DELAHAYE, Jan HUITEMA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. RDeeply regrets the fact that the overall degree of progress in implementation by the Member States is wholly insufficient to meet the directive’s main objectives and to unlock its full potential to reduce the overall risks deriving from pesticide use whilst reducing pesticide dependency and to achieve the urgently needed environmental and health improvements the directive was specifically designed for;

Amendment 61 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. ~~Regret~~Notes the fact that the overall degree of progress in implementation by the Member States ~~is insufficient~~could be improved to meet the directive’s main objectives and to unlock its full potential to reduce the overall risks deriving from pesticide use and achieve the environmental and health improvements the directive was specifically designed for;

Amendment 62 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Emphasises that the implementation of the directive must be comprehensive and cover all the required aspects, and that the partial implementation of certain elements but not others is insufficient to realise the directive’s overarching purpose of achieving the sustainable use of pesticides; underlines the fact that the implementation of IPM practices plays a particularly important role in efforts to achieve this objective; points out that the more ambitious target of abandoning the use of potentially harmful pesticides outright must be set as soon as possible;

Amendment 63 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Emphasises that the implementation of the directive must be comprehensive and cover all the required aspects, and that the partial implementation of certain elements but not others is insufficient to realise the directive’s overarching purpose of achieving the sustainable use of pesticides; underlines the fact that the implementation of IPM practices, combined with educational measures to increase the awareness of the benefits of IPM, plays a particularly important role in efforts to achieve this objective;

Amendment 64 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Emphasises that the implementation of the directive must be comprehensive and cover all the required aspects, and that the partial implementation of certain elements but not others is insufficient to realise the directive’s overarching purpose of achieving the sustainable use of pesticides; underlines the fact that the implementation of IPM practices, with the prioritisation of non-chemical alternatives to pesticides, plays a particularly important role in efforts to achieve this objective;

Amendment 65 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Emphasises that the implementation of the directive must be comprehensive and cover all the required aspects, and that the partial implementation of certain elements but not others is insufficient to realise the directive’s overarching purpose of achieving the sustainable use of pesticides; underlines the fact that the implementation of IPM practices with the priorisation of non-chemical alternatives to pesticides, plays a particularly important role in efforts to achieve this objective;

Amendment 66 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2 a. Considers that a faster approvals process would stimulate industry research into the development of new low-risk active ingredients, including new, innovative low-risk substances, thus ensuring that farmers have sufficient plant-protection tools at their disposal and enabling them to switch more rapidly to sustainable plant protection products and increase Integrated Pest Management efficacy;

Amendment 67 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2 a. Notes that the Commission's 2017 progress report identifies significant gaps in the National Action Plans of Member States, suggesting a lower commitment to protecting the environment and health in some countries possibly resulting in unfair market competition and an undermining of the single market; reserves the right to refer non compliant Member States to the Competition Commissioner;

Amendment 68 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 b (new)

2 b. Notes that the Commission's October 2017 implementation report on the Directive was due in in November 2014 and that it will take significant time to make up for this lost time, especially in regards to the shortcomings in the NAPs; deeply regrets the low priority accorded to the control of pesticides that this 3 year delay implies;

Amendment 69 #

Monika BEŇOVÁ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Is concerned by the fact that the National Action Plans (NAPs) are notoriously inconsistent as regards the establishment of quantitative objectives, targets, measurements and timetables for the various action areas, making it impossible to assess the progress made; regrets the fact that just two Member States have produced a revised NAP to date;. Horizontal cooperation among Member States should be promoted and help the process of harmonization of the European approach towards sustainable use of pesticides.

Amendment 7 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 6 a (new)

- having regard to the report from the Commission to the European Parliament and the Council on the implementation of Regulation (EC) No 1185/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 November 2009 concerning statistics on pesticides (COM/2017/0109 final)

Amendment 70 #

Karl-Heinz FLORENZ, Mairead McGUINNESS, Peter JAHR

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Is concerned by the fact that the National Action Plans (NAPs) are notoriously inconsistent as regards the establishment of quantitative objectives, targets, measurements and timetables for the various action areas, making it impossible to assess the progress made; regrets the fact that just two Member States have produced a revised NAP to date and that only five NAPs set high-level measurable targets, of which four relate to risk reduction and only one to use reduction;

Amendment 71 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Is concerned by the fact that the National Action Plans (NAPs) are ~~notoriously~~ inconsistent as regards the establishment of quantitative objectives, targets, measure~~ment~~s and timetables for the various action areas, making it impossible to assess the progress made; regrets the fact that ~~just two~~only eleven Member States have produced a revised NAP to date, although the deadline for revision was at the end of 2017;

Amendment 72 #

Norbert LINS, Peter JAHR, Angélique DELAHAYE, Herbert DORFMANN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Is concerned by the fact that the National Action Plans (NAPs) ~~are notoriously~~show signs of inconsistentcy as regards the establishment of quantitative objectives, targets, measurements and timetables for the various action areas, making it ~~impossible~~more difficult to assess the progress made; regrets the fact that just two Member States have produced a revised NAP to date;

Amendment 73 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Is concerned by the fact that the National Action Plans (NAPs) are ~~notoriously~~ inconsistent as regards the establishment of quantitative objectives, targets, measurements and timetables for the various action areas, making it ~~impossible~~more difficult to assess the progress made; regrets the fact that ~~just two~~only 11 Member States have produced a revised NAP to date;

Amendment 74 #

Jytte GUTELAND

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

Amendment 75 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Is concerned by the fact that the National Action Plans (NAPs) are notoriously inconsistent as regards the establishment of quantitative objectives, targets, measurements and timetables for the various action areas, making it impossible to assess the progress made; ~~regrets the fact that just~~welcomes that more than two Member States have produced a revised NAP to date;

Amendment 76 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3 a. Notes the unintentional effects of pesticides on soil and non-target species, in particular the recent scientific study illustrating the "insect Armageddon" whereby 75% of winged insects have become extinct in certain regions, even in nature reserves where no agricultural pesticides have been used; notes further that studies also show common bird species are declining across Europe which can be attributed to the decline in insect populations; recognises the importance of NAPs and IPM, in particular the swift transition to sustainable, ecological and safe plant protection techniques, in significantly reducing pesticide usage to avoid ecological collapse;

Amendment 77 #

Karl-Heinz FLORENZ, Mairead McGUINNESS, Peter JAHR, Angélique DELAHAYE, Norbert LINS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3 a. Stresses that farmers need to have a bigger toolbox of crop protection solutions, including a wide range of active substances, low risk substances and those of natural origin in order to ensure a comprehensive Integrated Pesticide Management (IPM) strategy that can be implemented by European farmers;

Amendment 78 #

Jytte GUTELAND, Nicola CAPUTO, Simona BONAFÈ, Pavel POC, Eric ANDRIEU, Guillaume BALAS, Monika BEŇOVÁ, Karin KADENBACH

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3 a. Notes that an increased uptake of IPM serves the dual purpose of strengthening the protection of the environment and biodiversity as well as reducing costs for farmers to switch to more sustainable alternatives and reduce the use of conventional pesticides;

Amendment 79 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. ~~Regrets the fact that in many Member States there is no real commitment to IPM practices, which are the cornerstone of the directive; underlines the fact that rigorous~~Stresses the importance of commitment from Member States to apply integrated pest management; regrets that one of the main challenges regarding the implementation of the principles of IPM, which are the cornerstone of the directive, seems to be the current lack of appropriate control instruments and methods to assess compliance in the Member States as well as clear rules and guidance; recalls that while IPM techniques are sustainable from a long- term perspective, IPM can mean a higher economic risk in the short-term; underlines the fact that implementation of IPM is one of the key measures to reduce dependency on pesticide use in sustainable agriculture, which is environmentally friendly, economically viable and socially responsible and contributes to Europe’s food security while strengthening biodiversity and human and animal health, boosting the rural economy and reducing costs for farmers by facilitating the market uptake of low-risk and non-chemical alternatives; stresses that additional financial incentives are needed to strengthen the uptake of IPM practices by individual farms;

Amendment 8 #

Jytte GUTELAND, Nicola CAPUTO, Simona BONAFÈ, Pavel POC, Eric ANDRIEU, Monika BEŇOVÁ, Karin KADENBACH

Motion for a resolution
Citation 9 a (new)

- having regard to Directive2013/39/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 August 2013amending Directives 2000/60/EC and 2008/105/EC as regards priority substances in the field of water policy,

Amendment 80 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Regrets the fact that in ~~many~~the Member States there is no real commitment to IPM practices, which are the cornerstone of the directive; underlines the fact that rigorous ~~implementation~~and comprehensive implementation of all eight principles of IPM is one of the key measures to reduce dependency on pesticide ~~use in sustainable agriculture, which is environmentally friendly~~s; recognises that this approach is a first and necessary step towards sustainable agriculture in general, and towards sustainable, eco~~nom~~logically viable and socially responsible and contributes to Europe’s food security while strengthening biodiversity and human and animal health, boosting the rural economy and reducing costs for farmers by facilitating the market uptake of low-risk and non- chemical alternatives and safe plant protection techniques in particular; stresses that only a food production system that is both environmentally friendly and beneficial (rather than detrimental) to human and animal health, will secure Europe’s food production while simultaneously strengthening biodiversity; stresses that additional ~~financial~~measures and incentives are needed to ~~strengthen the uptake of IPM prac~~promote and enable professional users to replace pesticides by ~~individual farm~~sustainable, ecological and safe plant protection techniques;

Amendment 81 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Regrets the fact that in many Member States there is no real commitment to IPM practices, which are the cornerstone of the directive; underlines the fact that rigorous implementation of IPM is one of the key measures to reduce dependency on pesticide use in sustainable agriculture, which is environmentally friendly, economically viable and socially responsible and contributes to Europe’s food security while strengthening biodiversity and human and animal health, boosting the rural economy and reducing costs for farmers by facilitating the market uptake of low-risk and non-chemical alternatives; stresses that additional financial incentives are needed to strengthen the uptake of IPM practices by individual farms; notes also the organic farmers who suffer economic losses from their neighbours' pesticide use, whereby drift from pesticide spraying and movement of persistent active substances in the environment contaminate organic produce and soils; notes that consequently, organic farmers are forced to sell that produce as conventional, losing out on their price premium, or worse become decertified, due to actions that are not their own;

Amendment 82 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Regrets the fact that in many Member States there is no real commitment to IPM practices, which are the cornerstone of the directive; underlines the fact that rigorous implementation of IPM is one of the key measures to reduce dependency on pesticide use in sustainable agriculture, which is environmentally friendly, economically viable and socially responsible and contributes to Europe’s food security while strengthening biodiversity and human and animal health, boosting the rural economy and reducing costs for farmers by facilitating the market uptake of low-risk and non-chemical alternatives; stresses that additional financial incentives are needed to strengthen the uptake of IPM practices by individual farms; stresses that, in their defence, the Member States are hampered in their efforts to combat pesticides by the stated aims of the common agricultural policy, whose production-orientated principles encourage an extremely short- termist approach and the widespread use of such active substances;

Amendment 83 #

Jytte GUTELAND

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

Amendment 84 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Regrets the fact that in many Member States there is no real commitment to IPM practices, which are the cornerstone of the directive; underlines the fact that rigorous implementation of IPM is one of the key measures to reduce dependency on pesticide use in sustainable agriculture, which is environmentally friendly, economically viable and socially responsible and contributes to Europe’s food security while strengthening biodiversity and human and animal health, boosting the rural economy and reducing costs for farmers by facilitating the market uptake of low-risk and non-chemical alternatives; stresses that additional financial incentives, in particular for small farmers and small and medium-sized agricultural businesses, are needed to strengthen the uptake of IPM practices ~~by individual farms~~;

Amendment 85 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Regrets the fact that ~~in many Member States~~ there is no real commitment to IPM practices by Member States, which are the cornerstone of the directive; underlines the fact that rigorous implementation of IPM, based on its eight principles and with the prioritisation of non-chemical alternatives to pesticides, is one of the key measures to reduce dependency on pesticide use in sustainable agriculture, which is environmentally friendly, economically viable and socially responsible and contributes to Europe’s food security while strengthening biodiversity and human and animal health, boosting the rural economy and reducing costs for farmers ~~by facilitating the market uptake of low-risk and non-chemical alternatives~~; stresses that additional financial incentives are needed to strengthen the uptake of IPM practices by individual farms;

Amendment 86 #

Pavel POC, Nicola CAPUTO, Daciana Octavia SÂRBU, Karin KADENBACH

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

Amendment 87 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4 a. Notes in this respect that resistance to pesticide active substances is a biological inevitability in fast- reproducing pests and diseases and is a growing problem; stresses therefore that chemical pesticides should be used selectively and in a targeted manner, as a last rather than a first resort after exhausting all possible physical or biological alternatives; otherwise these beneficial pest control agents risk being wiped out, leaving the crops more susceptible to future attacks.

Amendment 88 #

Jan HUITEMA, Pavel TELIČKA, Ulrike MÜLLER, Anthea McINTYRE, Fredrick FEDERLEY

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Regrets the fact that in many Member States there is no ~~real~~t sufficient commitment to IPM practices, which are the cornerstone of the directive; underlines the fact that rigorous implementation of IPM is one of the key measures to reduce dependency on pesticide use in sustainable agriculture, which is environmentally friendly, economically viable and socially responsible and contributes to Europe’s food security while strengthening biodiversity and human and animal health, boosting the rural economy and reducing costs for farmers by facilitating the market uptake of low-risk and non-chemical alternatives; stresses that additional financial incentives are needed to strengthen the uptake of IPM practices by individual farms;

Amendment 89 #

Karl-Heinz FLORENZ, Mairead McGUINNESS, Peter JAHR, Angélique DELAHAYE, Norbert LINS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4 a. Considers that IPM represents a valuable tool for farmers to combat pests and disease and to ensure production yields; notes that a more intensive effort is needed to encourage the uptake of IPM through research and Member States' advisory bodies; recalls that IPM is not a silver-bullet solution to combat all threats to plant health but can play an important role in reducing the quantities and varieties of pesticides used;

Amendment 9 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 27 a (new)

- having regard to Directive 2013/39/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 August 2013 amending Directives 2000/60/EC and 2008/105/EC as regards priority substances in the field of water policy;

Amendment 90 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4 a. Regrets also the fact that the Commission and the Member States fail to recognise the urgent need to drastically reduce the widespread and prophylactic use of pesticides (including those with endocrine disrupting properties) on a short term basis in order to protect human and animal health and the environment;

Amendment 91 #

Jan HUITEMA, Mairead McGUINNESS, Pavel TELIČKA, Ulrike MÜLLER, Anthea McINTYRE, Fredrick FEDERLEY

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4 a. Stresses the importance of the availability of low-risk pesticides, adequate research and the sharing of best practices within and among Member States to fully utilise the potential of integrated pest management.

Amendment 92 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4 a. Notes that increased use of, and dependency on, pesticides comes at a high cost to farmers, both through the high input cost and also due to the loss in yields due to depleting soil and soil quality;

Amendment 93 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 b (new)

4 b. Notes that organic farmers suffer economic losses when their soil and organic produce are contaminated by pesticide use on neighbouring farms via, for example, drift from pesticide spraying and movement of persistent active substances in the environment; notes that, consequently, due to actions beyond their control, organic farmers may be forced to sell their produce as conventional, losing out on their price premium, or may even be de-certified;

Amendment 94 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 b (new)

4 b. Regrets also the fact that the Commission and the Member States fail to commit to drastically reducing the use of pesticides (including those with endocrine disrupting properties) on a short term basis and to promote and enable a swift transition towards sustainable, ecological and safe plant protection techniques;

Amendment 95 #

Jan HUITEMA, Mairead McGUINNESS, Pavel TELIČKA, Ulrike MÜLLER, Anthea McINTYRE, Fredrick FEDERLEY

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 b (new)

4 b. Acknowledges the willingness of farmers to use IPM, but understands that farmers are reluctant to apply new methods for pest management if they face an unacceptably high risk to their economic viability in case these methods do not work;

Amendment 96 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 c (new)

4 c. Regrets the fact that the Directive itself lacks ambition; emphazises that in order to achieve the Directive's objectives in regard to the protection of human and animal health and the environment, it needs to acknowledge that a shift towards a sustainable food production system that is both pesticide-free and EDC-free, is urgently needed; stresses that the Commission must therefore impose additional measures and incentives to enable this shift, such as cross- compliance between IPM and CAP and a reduction target of 50% by 2023, promotion;

Amendment 97 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 c (new)

4 c. Regrets that the Commission has not taken action to make the Sustainable Use Directive mandatory as part of cross compliance as required under the Directive;

Amendment 98 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 d (new)

4 d. Regrets the three years delay by the Commission in preparing its report on the progress made by the Member States in the implementation of the Directive, lacking EU steering, and as a result Member States not having fulfilled the requirements in the NAPs;

Amendment 99 #