Activities of Hiltrud BREYER

Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)

Aa. Whereas it is necessary to ensure that, as laid down in the EC legal framework on GMOs, scientific risk assessment associated with cultivating GM crops takes account of the environmental effects including long-term effects as well as specific characteristics of the ecosystems/environment and geographical areas hosting such crops,

2009/01/30
Committee: ENVI

2008/2306(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C

C. Whereas fewer than ten authorisations of GMO have been granted under Directive 2001/18/EC and fewer than ten under Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003; whereas those authorisations concern exclusively the import of GMOs and not their cultivation,deleted

2009/01/30
Committee: ENVI

2008/2306(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D

D. Whereas no GMO has been authorised for cultivation since 1998 either under Directive 2001/18/EC or Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003, because of the controversy concerning incomplete risk assessment in the EU,

2009/01/30
Committee: ENVI

2008/2306(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital E

E. Whereas ~~a little fewer than 30~~28 GMO products are currently authorised in the EU, directly or as derived products - cotton, maize, oilseed rape, ~~biomass,~~ soybean, sugar beet - almost exclusively for import; whereas the EU has authorised less GM crops than the US and Canada but more than China, Argentina, Brazil and India,

2009/01/30
Committee: ENVI

2008/2306(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital I

I. Whereas GMOs, notably their cultivation, give rise to discussion and questions within society as well as among the scientific community~~; whereas GMOs are often perceived by society in a very emotional way not necessarily based on scientific ground~~ regarding the possible impacts of GM crops on health, the environment and ecosystems,

2009/01/30
Committee: ENVI

2008/2306(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital I a (new)

Ia. Whereas it is necessary to look for improvement of the implementation of the EU legal framework in order to better meet the objectives of the EC legislation,

2009/01/30
Committee: ENVI

2008/2306(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital J

J. Whereas Member States should work more closely with each other on the issue of GMOs~~; whereas Member States should address this issue in a practical and rational way rather than in a political way~~,

2009/01/30
Committee: ENVI

2008/2306(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital J a (new)

Ja. Whereas the commercial cultivation of GMOs may introduce a completely new genetic make-up over large areas,

2009/01/30
Committee: ENVI

2008/2306(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital J a (new)

Ja. Whereas the cultivation of GMOs leads to changes in agricultural practices,

2009/01/30
Committee: ENVI

2008/2306(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital J b (new)

Jb. Whereas tests on GM plants grown in open fields for the purposes of environmental risk assessment are carried out over a few hectares, whereas a GM crop which has been given a marketing authorisation may potentially be cultivated over thousands of hectares. This increase in scale may produce harmful effects which cannot be predicted on the basis of experimental studies or assessments which, as a matter of necessity, are carried out on a smaller scale,

2009/01/30
Committee: ENVI

2008/2306(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital J c (new)

Jc. Whereas scientific expertise at European level must be improved in order to make it more balanced and multidisciplinary, so that greater account can be taken of the diversity of related agronomic and ecological issues within the European Union,

2009/01/30
Committee: ENVI

2008/2306(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. Stresses the need to increase transparency at European level and national level, especially regarding the environment and health dimensions, in order to improve citizens' ~~confide~~knowledge conce rning the authorisation procedure;

2009/01/30
Committee: ENVI

2008/2306(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Notes that the EU authorisation procedure is facing substantial delays, and that more than 50 applications for authorisation are currently pending; calls on the Commission and Member States to ensure that such undue delays are avoidedmore than 50 applications for authorisation are currently pending; notes that applicant companies often do not provide the necessary information required under Directive 2001/18/EC, which result in delays;

2009/01/30
Committee: ENVI

2008/2306(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Proposes that products which contain viable GM grains shall not be authorised if the species' centre of origin or centre of diversity is in European regions, as the modified gene can escape and spread into other native species;

2009/01/30
Committee: ENVI

2008/2306(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Notes that Commission decisions for GMO authorisations are exclusively based on EFSA's opinions despite the clear distinction Directive 2001/18 makes between the role of a risk manager (European Commission and Council) and a risk assessor (European Food Safety Authority);

2009/01/30
Committee: ENVI

2008/2306(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 b (new)

3b. Requests EFSA to ensure that risk assessment of herbicide tolerant GM plants considers the effects on human health and the environment caused by the changes in agricultural practices that different herbicide use GM plants entail, such as recently demanded by DG HEALTH and DG ENVIRONMENT;

2009/01/30
Committee: ENVI

2008/2306(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Underlines the need for further harmoniszation of practices and methods of assessing ~~the~~ environmental risks of GMOs, ~~especially as, under Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003, the environmental evaluation is not centralised but delegated by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) to a Member State~~while ensuring that each GM crop should be analysed on a case-by-case basis taking account of the characteristics of ecosystems/environments and of the specific geographical areas in which GM crops may be cultivated in accordance with existing legislation;

2009/01/30
Committee: ENVI

2008/2306(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Stresses the need to further develop environmental risk assessment, in particular regarding the impact on non- target species, the potential long-term effects as well as the potential consequences of the changes in the use of herbicides caused by herbicide-tolerant genetically modified plants; underlines that the environmental risk assessment shall cover all nine EU biogeographical regions defined in the Habitats Directive 92/43/EEC;

2009/01/30
Committee: ENVI

2008/2306(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. Stresses the need to ensure coherence between risk assessments of GM crops which produce active substances covered by directive 91/414/EEC and those of the corresponding plant protection products;

2009/01/30
Committee: ENVI

2008/2306(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. Welcomes the ongoing revision of the EFSA's guidelines on environmental evaluation requested by the Commission; stresses that these guidelines must respect the criteria contained in the annexes of Directive 2001/18/EC; emphasises the importance of taking into account the above- mentioned aspects within the framework of this revision;

2009/01/30
Committee: ENVI

2008/2306(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. Welcomes the ongoing revision of the EFSA's guidelines on environmental evaluation requested by the Commission; underlines the need for these guidelines to comply with the criteria set out in the Annexes to Directive 2001/18/EC; emphasises the importance of taking into account the above-mentioned aspects within the framework of this revision;

2009/01/30
Committee: ENVI

2008/2306(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. Notes with satisfaction that the Commission's mandate to EFSA to further develop and update its guidelines as regards the environmental risk assessments of GMOs includes in particular detailed assessment of the long- term environmental effects of GM plants and covers the following areas: Environmental risk assessment of potential effects of genetically modified plants on non-target organisms, development of criteria for field trials to assess the potential ecological effects of the GMOs in receiving environments, identification of the EU geographic regions where the GMOs may be released, selection of appropriate techniques to assess potential long-term effects of GMOs including experimental and theoretical methodologies, and recommendations for establishing relevant baseline information;

2009/01/30
Committee: ENVI

2008/2306(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)

8a. Emphasises that Member States and the Commission should ensure that systematic and independent research on the potential risks involved in the deliberate release or the placing on the market of GMOs is conducted; and that independent researchers should be given access to all relevant material, while respecting intellectual property rights,

2009/01/30
Committee: ENVI

2008/2306(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 b (new)

8b. Urges EFSA not to issue any opinions until it has completed the European Commission mandate to improve its knowledge on the assessment of long-term environmental risks posed by GMOs;

2009/01/30
Committee: ENVI

2008/2306(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)

8a. Recognizes that current practice in the risk assessments do not specifically address the EU biogeographic regions, urges the Commission to ensure that the new guidelines guarantee case-by-case examination of the environmental impacts of GMOs on all biogeographic regions of the EU,

2009/01/30
Committee: ENVI

2008/2306(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 b (new)

8b. Urges the Commission to ensure that EFSA fulfils its legal requirement to address differences in scientific opinions and to acknowledge uncertainties, as stated in Article 30 of Regulation (EC) No 178/2002;

2009/01/30
Committee: ENVI

2008/2306(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 c (new)

8c. Invites EFSA and the Member States to pursue the formation of an extensive network of European scientific organisations representing all disciplines including those related to ecological issues with the assessment of risks associated with the cultivation or use of GM crops in food and feedingstuffs in accordance with Article 36 of Regulation No 178/2002;

2009/01/30
Committee: ENVI

2008/2306(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 c (new)

8c. Underlines that environmental risk assessments need to be carried out and/or reviewed by experts with the necessary environmental and ecological expertise to do such studies; calls on the Commission to involve the European Environmental Agency (EEA) in the GMO risk assessment procedures concerning cultivation applications in order for the EEA to provide the necessary environmental expertise;

2009/01/30
Committee: ENVI

2008/2306(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Stresses the importance of taking into account socio-economic considerations into the risk management process, such as potential benefits or disadvantages for farmers, for consumers, for the society in general, for European agriculture ~~and for the different economic sectors (such as food);~~over the medium and long term.

2009/01/30
Committee: ENVI

2008/2306(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)

9a. Recognises that the cultivation of GM crops leads to several adverse socio- economic effects such as changes in agricultural practices, impacts on social networks, loss of traditional farming knowledge, costs to prevent contamination and thus these “legitimate factors” that must be considered during the authorisation of GMOs;

2009/01/30
Committee: ENVI

2008/2306(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

121. Stresses the need to dramatically improve public information; ~~calls upon Member States and the Commission to launch information campaigns to raise public awareness and public understanding in order to allow citizens to make informed choices;~~

2009/01/30
Committee: ENVI

2008/2306(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)

13a. Transparency and information flows must be granted also to independent experts, which will be able to use this information to check GMOs independently;

2009/01/30
Committee: ENVI

2008/2306(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

15. Notes that from 2007 until 2008 the area in the EU under GM cultivation dropped and that in 20058 the total area of genetically modified maize cultivated in the EU represented around ~~55 000 hectares and that, in 2008, it accounted for more than~~ 100 000 hectares, representing 1,19 % of the total area of maize ~~cultivation~~ in the EU; notes that the only genetically modified plant cultivated in the EU today is maize MON810;

2009/01/30
Committee: ENVI

2008/2306(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)

15a. Points out that Member States may take measures to regulate the cultivation of GM crops, under national coexistence measures in conformity with Article 26 a of Directive 2001/18 which requires to “avoid the unintended presence of GMOs in other products”;

2009/01/30
Committee: ENVI

2008/2306(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)

17a. Calls on member states and the Commission to put in place legally binding strict liability legislation that covers cases of GMO contamination and other negative effects, to ensure that the polluter pays;

2009/01/30
Committee: ENVI

2008/2306(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23

23. Takes the view that those thresholds should be set at the lowest possible level in order to guarantee freedom of choice to producers and consumers of conventional, organic and GM products;

2009/01/30
Committee: ENVI

2008/2306(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)

23a. Recognises that establishing thresholds for GM contamination of seeds higher than detection limit would lead to an uncontrollable and untraceable spread of GMOs, recognises that even a minimal level of contamination of conventional seed stocks would make GMO-free agriculture impossible and would condemn conventional and organic producers with unjustifiably high social and economic costs;

2009/01/30
Committee: ENVI

2008/2306(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)

24a. Underlines the need to take full account of the specific regional and local characteristics of the Member States, particularly ecosystems / environments and specific geographical areas of particular value in terms of biodiversity and particular agricultural practices;

2009/01/30
Committee: ENVI

2008/2306(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25

25. Notes that GMO-free zones can also be set up by means of a voluntary agreement which could be tacit between all operators ~~concerned~~ in a determined area;

2009/01/30
Committee: ENVI

2008/2306(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26

26. Stresses that, in the addition to those possibilities, and in accordance with Community law, which includes the precautionary principle, Member States must be allowed the right to prohibit completely the cultivation of GMOs in re~~stricted geographical~~gions with specific agronomical and environmental characteristics, including small isolated areas, for instance in sites belonging to the Natura 2000 network;

2009/01/30
Committee: ENVI

2008/2306(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 a (new)

26a. Stresses that areas where products are labelled with Protected Designation of Origin (PDO), Protected Geographical Indication (PGI) and Traditional Speciality Guaranteed (TSG) indications are grown should be treated as regions with specific agronomical characteristics, where Member States should be allowed the right to prohibit completely the cultivation of GMOs;

2009/01/30
Committee: ENVI

2008/2306(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 a (new)

26a. Points out that according to current legislation each authorisation must specify what the GMO can be used for and in which biogeographical zones it may be released;

2009/01/30
Committee: ENVI

2008/2198(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Points out that whilst a breakthrough has been made with the appointment of Gender advisers in ESDP operation, the main challenges are still the lack of a concrete EU gender policy – particularly a policy tailored to address security aspects, a lack of gender understanding and gender awareness and/or an unwillingness to consider its importance, and a lack of pre-deployment on gender;

2009/01/23
Committee: FEMM

2008/2198(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)

2b. Stresses that rape and sexual violence are used as a weapon of war; stresses that they should be punished as war crimes and crimes against humanity; calls for more support programmes for victims;

2009/01/23
Committee: FEMM

2008/2198(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)

1 Conclusions of the General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC) of the Council of the European Union – Secretariat document (14884/1/06 Rev1) on promoting gender equality and gender mainstreaming in crisis management. www.consilium.europa.eu/ueDocs/cms_Data/docs/pressData/en/gena/91617.pdf3a. Notes that much effort is under way to mainstream a gender-sensitive approach into the security and defence culture of ESDP, including through developing the quantitative dimension of gender mainstreaming in ESDP (such as through questionnaires, development of check-lists, counting the number of men and women in ESDP operations, etc); stresses, however, the need to develop the qualitative conceptual framework for understanding the socio-economic context in which ESDP missions are deployed (i.e. areas of conflict) and gender-sensitive concerns in implementing operations/programmes; Or. en

2009/01/23
Committee: FEMM

2008/2198(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Is convinced that ESDP mission planning should take into account the inclusion of local women’s organisations in the peace process, to build on the specific contribution which they can make and to recognise the particular ways in which women are affected by conflict;

2009/01/23
Committee: FEMM

2008/2198(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)

4b. Stresses that currently quotas are an indispensable means of ensuring gender equality in peace and security missions, in decision-making in national and international reconstruction processes, to guarantee women’s political presence at the negotiating table; calls for at least 40% of the people involved in the whole peace process to be women; this figure should apply to mediation, peace-keeping, peace-making, peace-building and conflict prevention, including information and observation tasks, and peace negotiation;

2009/01/23
Committee: FEMM

2008/2144(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)

7a. Notes with concern the increased distribution of child pornography via the internet, involving ever younger children; calls on all Member States to make the blocking of access to child pornography websites a legally binding requirement, so that companies providing access to the internet are obliged to block such criminal sites;

2008/09/15
Committee: FEMM

2008/2144(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)

8a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to increase their efforts to prevent sexual exploitation of children on the internet, through increased funding of training and awareness-raising programmes for children and teenagers, especially concerning the risk of sexual exploitation in chat-rooms and forums;

2008/09/15
Committee: FEMM

2008/2144(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 b (new)

8b. Calls on the Member States to check whether their child protection laws still adequately ensure protection against the sexual exploitation of children and teenagers, in light of the rising incidence of sexual exploitation and harassment in new media and communication technologies and the general trend of sexualisation of children and teenagers;

2008/09/15
Committee: FEMM

2008/2118(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 1

~~- having regard to the work carried out by the winner of the 1992 Nobel Price in Economics, Gary Becker, particularly on human capital,~~deleted

2008/11/13
Committee: FEMM

2008/2118(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation (new)

- having regard to the resolution of the Council and of the Ministers for Employment and Social Policy, meeting within the Council of 29 June 2000 on the balanced participation of women and men in family and working life,

2008/11/13
Committee: FEMM

2008/2118(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A

A. whereas the Lisbon Strategy aims to ensure that 60% of women able to work are in employment; whereas efforts relating to the demographic challenge seek to promote higher birth rates to meet future requirements; whereas these two public policies target the same pivotal population group of women aged between 18 and 49, who are viewed both as workers and as mothers carrying life and bringing children into the world as well as taking care of the elderly; whereas the different policies now need to be built not just around the professional performance of workers but also around their role in society as human beinggender equality and work/life balance remains central to the debate on demographic change, recognising the diversity of 21st century family patterns,

2008/11/13
Committee: FEMM

2008/2118(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)

Aa. whereas gaps between women and men persist in all other aspects of work quality, for instance reconciling professional and private life, and whereas the employment rate for women with dependent children is only 62,4 %, compared with 91,4 % for men, whereas 76,5 % of part-time workers are women,

2008/11/13
Committee: FEMM

2008/2118(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B

B. whereas the various alternatives involved in the choice between formal employment and informal non market work do not have the same economic consequences, and the manifold but latent discrimination against women and men who would opt for informal non market work thus takes the form of having to chose between two alternatives which are not recognised as being equivalent in economic terms,deleted

2008/11/13
Committee: FEMM

2008/2118(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital F

F. whereas the work of Gary Becker, the winner of the 1992 Nobel Prize in Economics, uses economic and mathematical models to highlight the economic value of household production by women, particularly in terms of housework, educating children, looking after dependents regardless of their age or state of dependency, or running intergenerational solidarity networks,deleted

2008/11/13
Committee: FEMM

2008/2118(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital H

H. whereas attention should be drawn to the aforementioned 1995 UNDP Report which notes that if more human activities in the field of non-market informal work devoted to inter-generational solidarity were seen as market transactions in the same way as the prevailing wages, they would yield gigantically large monetary valuations for the work carried out by women/mothers and men/fathers; whereas this same report states that if national statistics fully reflected the 'invisible' contribution of women/mothers and men/fathers, it would become impossible for policy-makers to ignore them in their decisions on, particularly, policies to reconcile family life and 'formalised' working life,deleted

2008/11/13
Committee: FEMM

2008/2118(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital I

I. whereas the manifold but latent discrimination against women/mothers and men/fathers in this field is primarily manifested in the obligation of having to chose between two alternatives which are not recognised as being equivalent in economic terms (formal or informal work),deleted

2008/11/13
Committee: FEMM

2008/2118(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital J

J. whereas the manifold discrimination against women/mothers and men/fathers in the official recognition of their informal work is linked to a number of legal, social and economic factors which go beyond the single issue of equal pay for the same job and is due in particular to the fact that women/mothers or men/fathers are obliged to choose formal work simply because of the non- recognition of household work, even though formal work is burdened with the pay gap and upsets the balance between pursuing family plans and professional ambitions,deleted

2008/11/13
Committee: FEMM

2008/2118(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital K

K. whereas systems of national accounts (SNAs) in the Member States do not recognise the value of non-market informal work in its different forms even though, according to mathematical models, it accounts for one-third of national wealth in GDP,deleted

2008/11/13
Committee: FEMM

2008/2118(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Calls on Eurostat to develop measures to highlight the value of invisible work in the field of inter-generational solidarity and its contribution to the Union's GDP and, for this purpose, to work closely with the World Bank, the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) and the International Labour Office (ILO)visualise childcare and care for dependents, broken down by gender ;

2008/11/13
Committee: FEMM

2008/2118(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Calls on the Commission to conduct an awareness-raising campaign and introduce pilot projects to facilitate the balanced participation of women and men in professional and family life;

2008/11/13
Committee: FEMM

2008/2118(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 b (new)

3a. Calls on the Commission to launch a new directive concerning specific rights and safeguards in relation to reconciliation of working and family life where there are dependent family members (children, elderly and disabled people), also calls on the Member States to consider flexible working hours for parents (as a result of free choice) and flexible times for children's care institutions, to help both women and men to combine work and family life more successfully;

2008/11/13
Committee: FEMM

2008/2118(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)

8a. Refers to the growing number of teenage mothers and in this context to UK studies revealing that girls as young as 13 are making their "career choice" by deciding to have children, since they see parenting as preferable to working in a "dead-end job";

2008/11/13
Committee: FEMM

2008/2118(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)

11a. Points out that women's income remains the key to their economic autonomy and to greater equality between women and men in society as a whole;

2008/11/13
Committee: FEMM

2008/2118(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 b (new)

11b. Points out that pension schemes in Member States still leave many women with only derived rights based on their husband's employment record, with the consequence that the majority of older people living in poverty are women;

2008/11/13
Committee: FEMM

2008/2118(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 c (new)

11c. Calls on the Member States to address the structural factors contributing to inequality in pension schemes including the organisation of care and combining family and work life, inequalities in the labour market, the gender pay gap and direct discrimination in second and third pillar pensions;

2008/11/13
Committee: FEMM

2008/2118(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)

12a. Calls on the Member States to review their tax systems and set tax rates based on individual rights and consequently demands the individualisation of pension rights as well as social security system rights;

2008/11/13
Committee: FEMM

2008/2118(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 b (new)

12b. Calls on the Member States to re- evaluate and reform their tax and benefit systems in order to facilitate the return of women to the workforce, underlines priority to be given to the abolishment of discriminatory tax systems, for example the "Ehegattensplitting";

2008/11/13
Committee: FEMM

2008/2115(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Criticises the Commission for not taking gender mainstreaming adequately into account in its White Paper "Together for health: A Strategic Approach for the EU 2008-2013;

2008/06/27
Committee: FEMM

2008/2115(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)

1b. Points out that gender mainstreaming helps to identify and to clarify the differences between women and men, boys and girls, and demonstrates how these differences affect health status, access to, and interaction with, the health care system;

2008/06/27
Committee: FEMM

2008/2115(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 c (new)

1c. Points out that patients’ gender is the crucial factor in how doctors/healthcare personnel understand symptoms, make diagnoses and provide treatment - even when women’s and men’s symptoms are exactly the same and no biomedical facts justify any discrepancy;

2008/06/27
Committee: FEMM

2008/2115(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Calls for a more prominent role to be given to the question of solidarity, which implies support for those women and men, girls and boys who suffer from a poor health condition or a handicap; calls on the Commission to propose further action on this in its health strategy;

2008/06/27
Committee: FEMM

2008/2115(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)

2b. Underlines the fact that health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity;

2008/06/27
Committee: FEMM

2008/2115(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 c (new)

2c. Stresses the need to raise awareness about the environmental factors which influence women's and men's, girls' and boys' health, such as air pollution, dangerous chemicals and toxic pesticides; calls on the Commission and the Member States to take environmental factors better into account in their health and overall policy strategies so as to ensure a high level of health protection;

2008/06/27
Committee: FEMM

2008/2115(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Underlines the fact that there are vulnerable groups, such as pregnant and nursing women, children and adolescent girls, whose health is specifically at risk from hazardous environmental factors; calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure a high level of protection of these vulnerable groups in their health and overall policy strategies;

2008/06/27
Committee: FEMM

2008/2115(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)

7a. Underlines that the non- commercialisation of the human body and its parts as cited in Article 3 of the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights is an integral principle in the area of health, especially for questions of cell, tissue and organ donation;

2008/06/27
Committee: FEMM

2008/2098(INI)

Draft opinion)
Recital A a (new)

Aa. whereas around 2% of citizens of working age currently live and work in a Member State other than their own; whereas some 48% of all EU migrants are women, Or. . en

2008/07/22
Committee: FEMM

2008/2098(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Notes that the Commission will examine whether Regulation (EC) No 883/20041, its implementing Regulation2, and related administrative practices need adapting to take account of changing patterns of worker mobility; calls on the Commission also to take into account the rights of cohabiting or lesbian couples, and former spouses of workers who have no similar social entitlements; __________ 1 Regulation (EC) No 883/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 on the coordination of social security systems (OJ L 166, 30.4.2004, p. 1). 2 COM 2006(0016)

2008/07/22
Committee: FEMM

2008/2098(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Points out that gender mainstreaming is not adequately taken into account in the Commission's Action Plan, underlines that the worker, seen primarily as male, is the primary concern, criticises that items which would aid the independent and free movement of female workers such as childcare provision are not on the priority agenda;

2008/07/22
Committee: FEMM

2008/2063(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Regrets that there are no binding measures for the equal representation of women and men in the European Commission; calls for a system of nomination of commissioners whereby Member States would propose a woman and a man as nominee Commissioners in 2009 and the President would choose among them with a view to achieving a gender balance;

2008/05/14
Committee: FEMM

2008/2063(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Calls, consequently, for a dual approach that complements gender mainstreaming in practice, i.e. positive actions as well as clear and binding targets and measures;

2008/05/14
Committee: FEMM

2008/2047(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)

Ba. whereas women's participation in the labour market is still largely characterised by a high and increasing share of part- time work up to 74.9 % in the Netherlands and 31.4% in the EU-27 in 2007 compared to only 7.8% for men,

2008/06/05
Committee: FEMM

2008/2047(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)

Ha. whereas there is a risk of 'enforced' part-time work, particularly for women, a choice often forced on them by a lack of affordable childcare facilities,

2008/06/05
Committee: FEMM

2008/2047(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Calls on the Commission and Council to create a clear legal basis for combating all forms of violence against women, including trafficking, and to take a decision on the full communitarisation of a European policy to combat trafficking in human beings and on the related topics of immigration and asylum, and specifically on a right to asylum on the ground of gender-based repression and persecution;

2008/06/05
Committee: FEMM

2008/2047(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. Is concerned about women's disadvantaged labour market which implies that they accumulate fewer individual rights to pensions and other social welfare payments especially in systems where entitlement is closely based on an individual's record of employment contributions or earnings;

2008/06/05
Committee: FEMM

2008/2039(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)

10a. Refers to the fact that equal treatment does not apply to all social security systems; calls on the Member States and the Commission to ensure that occupational pension schemes in particular are not discriminatory against women and that they do not reinforce existing patterns that already put women at a disadvantage in terms of benefits and contributions;

2008/10/14
Committee: FEMM

2008/2038(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 3 a (new)

- having regard to Council Directive 89/552/ECC on the coordination of certain provisions laid down by law, regulation or administrative action in Member States concerning the pursuit of television broadcasting activities,

2008/04/23
Committee: FEMM

2008/2038(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)

Fa. whereas gender discrimination in the media is still widespread, whereas gender stereotyping advertising and media can be considered part of this discrimination,

2008/04/23
Committee: FEMM

2008/2038(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital F b (new)

Fb. whereas in 1996 the Swedish Government introduced a ban on all advertising aimed at children below the age of twelve and also banned any advertisements from being aired before or after any programmes aimed at children below this age,

2008/04/23
Committee: FEMM

2008/2038(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital O a (new)

Oa. whereas the report by the British Government’s Equalities Office “Women not for sale” reveals that British local newspapers receive £44 million a year from advertisements offering sexual services from women,

2008/04/23
Committee: FEMM

2008/2038(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. Notes that stereotyping is utilised in marketing directed at both adults and children, stresses that stereotypes in advertising on children’s television programs are a special problem because of their potential impact on gender socialization and, subsequently, children’s views of themselves, family members and the outside world;

2008/04/23
Committee: FEMM

2008/2038(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Draws attention in particular to the need to eliminate messages conveying gender stereotypes from textbooks, toys, TV games ~~and~~, TV advertising, Internet and the new information and communications technologies (ICTs);

2008/04/23
Committee: FEMM

2008/2038(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)

13a. Calls on the Member States to ensure by appropriate means that marketing and advertising guarantee respect for human dignity and that the integrity of the person are neither directly nor indirectly discriminatory nor contain any incitement to hatred based on sex, racial or ethnic origin, religion or belief, disability, age or sexual orientation, and shall not contain material which, judged in its context, sanctions, promotes or glamorises violence against women;

2008/04/23
Committee: FEMM

2008/2038(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)

13a. Calls on the Member States to prohibit pornography, meaning depictions inciting hatred based on sex, in advertising, marketing and all forms of audiovisual commercial communications and teleshopping;

2008/04/23
Committee: FEMM

2008/2038(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)

14 a. Calls on the Commission and the EU-Member States to develop a 'Code of Conduct' for advertising in which marketing communications respect the principle of equality between men and women and in which sex stereotyping and any exploitation or demeaning of men and women are avoided;

2008/04/23
Committee: FEMM

2008/2038(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 b (new)

14b. Reminds the Commission that Council Directive 2004/113/EC of 13 December 2004 implementing the principle of equal treatment between men and women in the access to and supply of goods and services originally in the Commission's first proposal also covered discrimination in the media; calls on the Commission to step up its efforts against this discrimination and to launch on the basis of the 'Code of Conduct' proposals for regulatory measures;

2008/04/23
Committee: FEMM

2008/2035(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital 1 a (new)

- having regard to the study by the European Commission, DG Employment and Social Affairs, on "undeclared work in the an enlarged union an analysis of undeclared work: an in-depth study of specific items (March 2004),

2008/06/26
Committee: FEMM

2008/2035(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Refers to the fact that working conditions of women in undeclared work are, overall, less favourable than those of men; points out that women who do undeclared work are mostly active in sectors with traditionally "female tasks", informally employed women are found in the service sector (personal services, care), in the hotel and restaurant business, health, education and commercial cleaning;

2008/06/26
Committee: FEMM

2008/2035(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Draws attention to service voucher schemes in Belgium, Germany and France, whereby households can buy household services at a lower price but still ensure that social security contributions and taxes are paid through the voucher;

2008/06/26
Committee: FEMM

2008/2034(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital A (new)

A. Whereas the Lisbon European Council in 2000 agreed to eradicate child poverty in Europe by 2010,

2008/06/04
Committee: FEMM

2008/2034(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital B (new)

B. Whereas the Nice European Council in 2000 called on the Member States to ensure a follow-up to the 1992 recommendation on minimum guaranteed resources to be provided by social protection systems,

2008/06/04
Committee: FEMM

2008/2034(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital C (new)

C. Whereas the risk of poverty in Europe is significantly higher for the unemployed, single-parent households (mainly headed by women), older people living alone (also especially women) and families with several dependants,

2008/06/04
Committee: FEMM

2008/2034(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital D (new)

D. Whereas in the absence of all social transfers, the poverty risk in the EU especially for women would increase from 16% to 40%, or 25% excluding pension payments,

2008/06/04
Committee: FEMM

2008/2034(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital E (new)

E. Whereas women’s shorter, slower and less well-paid careers also have an impact on their risk of falling into poverty, especially for the over 65s (21% or 5 points more than men),

2008/06/04
Committee: FEMM

2008/2034(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Calls for a ~~more pragmatic political and institutional approach to combating extreme poverty, which does not mix the policies on equality between men and women, the fight against~~policy to combat poverty and discrimination and promote active participation, ~~but~~ which clearly and fully promotes each goal in its own right~~, including that of partnership with families and with the poorest people~~;

2008/06/04
Committee: FEMM

2008/2034(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Points out that the persistent trend towards feminisation of poverty in European societies today demonstrates that the current framework of social protection systems, and the wide range of EU social, economic and employment policies are not designed to meet women's needs and differences in women's work; underlines that women's poverty and social exclusion in Europe requires specific, multiple and gendered policy responses;

2008/06/04
Committee: FEMM

2008/2034(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)

1b. Advocates the use of the Open Method of Coordination for social protection and social inclusion; calls on the Commission, the Social Protection Committee and the Member States to set up specific gender equality objectives and targets to combat poverty and social exclusion, including a set of policy actions to support groups of women which face a higher risk of poverty and social exclusion, such as non- traditional and one-parent families, migrant women, refugee and ethnic minority women, older women and disabled women;

2008/06/04
Committee: FEMM

2008/2034(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 c (new)

1c. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to carry out a specific analysis and reform of social protection systems and to develop EU guidelines to reform social protection systems from a gender equality perspective including the individualisation of rights to social security, adapting social protection and services to the changing family structures and ensuring that social protection systems better counteract women's precarious situation and meet the needs of the most vulnerable groups of women;

2008/06/04
Committee: FEMM

2008/2034(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Reiterates its call to Eurostat to develop indicators to measure the success of these policies, in close cooperation with associations experienced in fighting ~~extreme-~~poverty and, particularly, with the poorest people themselves, along the lines of the ‘interaction of knowledge’ programmes; also calls on Eurostat and academic researchers to undertake studies to highlight the fact that the family, and the natural solidarity network between the generations, is the best safeguard against extreme poverty and social exclusion;

2008/06/04
Committee: FEMM

2008/2034(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Recalls that the poorest people often say that being in a stable, paid job helps them to regain their sense of pride, dignity and self-esteem vis-à-vis their children and families; ; calls therefore for pathways into professional employment provide for particular guidance for the most vulnerable people and workers, paving the way for a society which is genuinely inclusive and respectful of the poorest citizens;deleted

2008/06/04
Committee: FEMM

2008/2034(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. Points out that 20 million people, especially women, in the EU are affected by in-work poverty, i.e. 6% of the total population and 36% of the working population are at in-work poverty risk; calls on the Member States to agree upon minimum wage legislation as an integral element of active inclusion;

2008/06/04
Committee: FEMM

2008/2034(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)

5b. States that adequate minimum income schemes are a fundamental prerequisite for an EU based on social justice and equal opportunities for all; calls on the Member States to ensure that an adequate minimum income is provided for periods out of or in between jobs, with particular attention to groups of women that have additional responsibilities;

2008/06/04
Committee: FEMM

2008/2034(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to develop an Open Method of Coordination in the field of care services in order to formulate recommendations on how to meet the need for provision of care services in Europe (i.e. the organising and financing of care for children and other dependent persons), including setting precise targets and indicators with the aim of providing childcare facilities for 90% of children from birth until mandatory school age across the EU and a sufficient level of care provision for other dependent persons by 2015; underlines that all services should meet the criteria of affordability, accessibility and good quality so that bringing up children and caring for dependents is not any longer especially for women a 'poverty risk';

2008/06/04
Committee: FEMM

2008/0193(COD)

Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 – point 3 — point c

Directive 92/85/EEC
Article 11 – paragraph 3

3. The allowance referred to in point 2(b) shall be deemed adequate if it guarantees income equivalent to the last monthly salary or an average monthly salary~~, subject to any ceiling aid down under national legislation. Such a ceiling may~~. The allowance must not be lower than the allowance received by workers within the meaning of Article 2 in the event of a break in activity on grounds connected with the worker's state of health. The Member States may lay down the period over which this average monthly salary is calculated.

2009/03/17
Committee: FEMM

2008/0192(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 5

Without prejudice to the specific conditions for access to certain activities which apply equally to both sexes, Member States shall undertake steps to grant both spouses/life-partners an equal legal status recognising their joint ownership and take the measures necessary to ensure that the conditions for the establishment of a company between spouses or life partners, when recognised by national law, are not more restrictive than the conditions for the establishment of a company with other persons.

2009/03/13
Committee: FEMM

2008/0192(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 6

Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure that assisting spouses ~~can, at their request,~~and life partners have mandatory social protection cover with the possibility at their request of opting out on a voluntary basis and that they benefit from at least an equal level of protection as self- employed workers under the same conditions applicable to self-employed workers.

2009/03/13
Committee: FEMM

2008/0192(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 7 — paragraph 1

1. Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure that female self- employed workers and assisting spouses can, at their request, be entitled to the same period of maternity leave as provided for in Directive 92/85/EEC and any subsequent legislation amending that Directive. Member States shall ensure that the mandatory period of leave laid down in such legislation is granted, at their request, to self employed workers and assisting spouses or life partners.

2009/03/13
Committee: FEMM

2008/0192(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 7 — paragraph 3

3. The allowance referred to in paragraph 2 shall be deemed adequate if it guarantees income at least equivalent to that ~~which the person concerned would receive in the event of a break in her activities on grounds connected with her state of health~~of the most recent declared earnings or, if not applicable, any equivalent allowance established by national law, ~~subject to any ceiling laid down under national legislation.~~

2009/03/13
Committee: FEMM

2008/0192(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 7 — paragraph 4

4. Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure that female self- employed workers and assisting spouses have access ~~as far as possible~~ to services supplying temporary replacements or to any existing national social services, ~~as an alternative~~in addition to the allowance referred to in paragraph 2.

2009/03/13
Committee: FEMM

2008/0192(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 7 — paragraph 4 a (new)

(4a) Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure that self employed workers and assisting spouses or life partners are entitled to parental leave measures including paternity leave.

2009/03/13
Committee: FEMM

2008/0142(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 8

(8) This directive aims to establish a general framework for provision of safe, high quality and efficient cross-border healthcare in the Community and to ensure patients mobility and freedom to provide healthcare and high level of protection of health, whilsprovide rules for the reimbursement of the costs of healthcare received in another Member State for patients who choose to go to another Member State for the purpose of receiving healthcare there and to enable cooperation between Member States in relation to health technology assessment, centres of reference and e-health, whilst fully respecting national competence in organising and delivering healthcare, in accordance with the principles of universal access, solidarity, affordability, equal territorial accessibility and democratic control. It fully respect~~ing~~s the responsibilities of the Member States ~~for~~in the field of healthcare according to the Treaty including the definition of social security benefits related to health and the organisation and delivery of healthcare and medical care and social security benefits in particular for sickness.

2009/01/22
Committee: FEMM

2008/0142(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 10

(10) For the purpose of this Directive, the concept of ‘cross-border healthcare’ covers the following modes of supply of healthcare: – Use of healthcare abroad (i.e.: a patient moving to a healthcare provider in another Member State for treatment); this is what is referred to as ‘patient mobility’; – Cross-border provision of healthcare (i.e.: delivery of service from the territory of one Member State into the territory of another); such as telemedicine services, remote diagnosis and prescription, laboratory services; – Permanent presence of a healthcare provider (i.e.: establishment of a healthcare provider in another Member State); and, – Temporary presence of persons (i.e.: mobility of health professionals, for example moving temporarily to the Member State of the patient to provide services)use of healthcare in a Member State other than the Member State of residence by patients who choose to travel to another Member State for the purpose of receiving healthcare there.

2009/01/22
Committee: FEMM

2008/0142(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 1

This Directive ~~establishes a general framework for the provision of safe~~provides rules for reimbursement of the costs of healthcare received in another Member State for patients who choose to go to another Member State for the purpose of receiving healthcare there and enables cooperation between Member States in relation to health technology assessment, centres of reference and e-health, whi~~gh quality and efficient cross-border healthcare~~lst fully respecting national competence in organising and delivering healthcare, in accordance with the principles of universal access, solidarity, affordability, equal territorial accessibility and democratic control.

2009/01/22
Committee: FEMM

2008/0142(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Prior authorisation shall in any case be granted when the patient is in need of medical treatment normally provided for by the social security system of the Member State of affiliation and the treatment cannot be provided in the Member State of residence, within a time limit which is medically justifiable, as established by Regulation No 1408/71 and Regulation No 883/2004.

2009/01/22
Committee: FEMM

2008/0142(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. The Member State of treatment may take appropriate measures to address the inflow of patients and to prevent it from undermining, or being likely to undermine, the planning and rationalisation carried out in the hospital sector to avoid hospital overcapacity, imbalance in the supply of hospital care and logistical and financial wastage, the maintenance of a balanced medical and hospital service open to all, or the maintenance of treatment capacity or medical competence on the territory of the Member State concerned. The Member State of treatment shall refrain from discriminating with regard to nationality and shall ensure that the measures restricting free movement shall be limited to what is necessary and proportionate. The Member State of treatment shall notify these measures to the Commission.

2009/01/22
Committee: FEMM

2008/0142(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 10 − paragraph 1

1. The Member States of affiliation shall ensure that there are mechanisms in place to provide patients on request with information on receiving healthcare in another Member State~~, and the terms and conditions that would apply, inter alia, whenever harm is caused as a~~. In information about cross-border care, a clear distinction shall be made between the rights which patients have by virtue of this Directive and rights arising from resgul~~t of healthcare received in another Member State~~ations on the coordination of social security schemes as referred to in Article 3(1)(f).

2009/01/22
Committee: FEMM

2008/0140(CNS)

Caroline LUCAS, Mojca DRČAR MURKO, Hiltrud BREYER

Article 4 - paragraph 1 - introductory part

1. In order to guarantee compliance with the principle of equal treatment in relation to persons with disabilities, in which connection 'disability' is to be understood as it is defined in the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and includes persons with chronic diseases:

2009/01/22
Committee: FEMM

2008/0035(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 25 (a) new

(25a) Test methods currently available are not adequate for assessing the risks associated with nanomaterials. Nano- specific non-animal test methods should urgently be developed. In order to protect human health and prevent animal testing, the use of nanomaterials in cosmetics should be prohibited until such a time as sufficient nano-specific non-animal test methods have been approved for use and an adequate safety assessment on the basis of these tests has been carried out.

2008/09/22
Committee: ENVI

2008/0035(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point i a (new)

(ia)'nanomaterial' means an intentionally manufactured material with one or more external dimensions, or an internal structure, of the order of 100 nm or less, which could exhibit novel characteristics compared to the same material without nanoscale features.

2008/09/22
Committee: ENVI

2008/0035(COD)

Caroline LUCAS, Mojca DRČAR MURKO, Hiltrud BREYER

Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – point e

(e) the presence of substances in the form of micronised particles o~~ther than substances listed in Annexe III to VI to this Regulation~~r nanomaterials;

2008/09/22
Committee: ENVI

2008/0035(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph i a (new)

(ia) nanomaterials until such a time as safety assessments relating to the effects of nanomaterials on human health based on information derived from scientifically robust, nano-specific safety tests not entailing the use of vertebrate animals have shown that their use is safe.

2008/09/22
Committee: ENVI

2008/0035(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1

2. ~~Subject to a Commission Decision to extend the scope of Annex IV to hair colouring products~~By 31 December 2009 at the latest, these products shall not contain colorants intended to colour the hair, other than those listed in Annex IV and colorants intended to colour the hair, which are not used in accordance with the conditions laid down in that Annex.

2008/09/22
Committee: ENVI

2008/0035(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2 – introductory part and indent 1

However, such substances may exceptionally be used in specific cosmetic products if, subsequent to their classification as carcinogenic, mutagenic or toxic for reproduction of category 1 or 2 under Directive 67/548/EEC after entry into force of this Regulation, all of the following conditions are fulfilled: - they have been evaluated and found safe for use by the SCCP in specific cosmetic products in particular in view of ~~exposure~~the global exposure from other significant sources as well as taking particular account of vulnerable population groups;

2008/09/22
Committee: ENVI

2008/0035(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – point g – subparagraph 3 a (new)

Nanomaterials shall be referred to by using the prefix 'nano'.

2008/09/22
Committee: ENVI

2008/0035(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 34 – paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Article 26(2) shall not apply to cosmetic products which contain nanomaterials not yet listed in Annex VIa if they have been placed on the market before the date referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article. These products may remain on the market for two years after the date referred to in paragraph 2. After that date Article 11(h) and Article 26(2) shall apply.

2008/09/22
Committee: ENVI

2008/0035(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – part A – point 1

~~Description of t~~The qualitative and quantitative composition of the product, including chemical identity of the substances (incl. chemical name, INCI, CAS, EINECS/ELINCS) and their intended function. In the case of essential oils, perfume compositions and perfumes, description of the name and code number of the composition and the identity of the supplier.

2008/09/22
Committee: ENVI

2008/0035(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – part A – point 2 – subparagraph 1 and 2

~~Description of t~~The physical and chemical characteristics of the substances, the raw- material as well as the cosmetic product. ~~Description of t~~The stability of the cosmetics product under reasonably foreseeable storage conditions.

2008/09/22
Committee: ENVI

2008/0035(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – part A – point 3 – subparagraph 1

~~Description of t~~The microbiological specifications of the raw material and the cosmetic product. Particular attention shall be paid to cosmetics used around the eyes, on mucous membranes in general, on damaged skin, on children under three years of age, on elderly people and persons showing compromised immune responses.

2008/09/22
Committee: ENVI

2008/0035(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – part A – point 4 – subparagraph 1

~~Description of~~The purity of the substances and raw material.

2008/09/22
Committee: ENVI

2008/0035(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – part A – point 4 – subparagraph 3

~~Description of t~~The relevant characteristics of packaging material, in particular purity and stability.

2008/09/22
Committee: ENVI

2008/0035(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – part A – point 5

~~Description of t~~The normal and reasonably foreseeable use of the product. The reasoning shall be justified in particular in the light of warnings and other explanations in the product labelling.

2008/09/22
Committee: ENVI

2008/0035(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – part A – point 6 – introduction

D~~escription of~~ata on and assessment of the exposure to cosmetic product taking into consideration the findings under Section 5 in relation to

2008/09/22
Committee: ENVI

2008/0035(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – part A – point 7

D~~escription~~ata on and assessment of the exposure to the substances contained in the cosmetic product for the relevant toxicological endpoints taking into account the information under Section 6.

2008/09/22
Committee: ENVI

2008/0035(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – part A – point 8 – subparagraph 1

Without prejudice to Article 14, ~~description~~an assessment of the toxicological profile of all relevant toxicological endpoints. A particular focus on local toxicity evaluation (skin and eye irritation), skin sensitisation, and in the case of UV absorption photo- induced toxicity shall be made.

2008/09/22
Committee: ENVI

2008/0035(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – part A – point 8 – subparagraph 3 – indent 3

- interaction of substances (cumulative and synergistic effects)

2008/09/22
Committee: ENVI

2008/0035(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – part A – point 9

~~Description of~~Complete data on the undesirable effects and serious undesirable effects to the cosmetic product or, where relevant, other cosmetic products. This includes statistical data.

2008/09/22
Committee: ENVI

2008/0035(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – part A – point 10

Other relevant information, e.g. ~~description of~~ existing studies from human volunteers.

2008/09/22
Committee: ENVI

2008/0035(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – introduction (new)

This list of substances does not apply to substances in the form of nanomaterials.

2008/09/22
Committee: ENVI

2008/0035(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex IV – introduction (new)

This list of substances does not apply to substances in the form of nanomaterials.

2008/09/22
Committee: ENVI

2008/0035(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex V – introduction (new)

This list of substances does not apply to substances in the form of nanomaterials.

2008/09/22
Committee: ENVI

2008/0035(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex VI – introduction (new)

This list of substances does not apply to substances in the form of nanomaterials.

2008/09/22
Committee: ENVI

2008/0035(COD)

Hiltrud BREYER, Jill EVANS

Proposal for a regulation
Annex VI a (new)

Annex VIa List of permitted nanomaterials

2008/09/22
Committee: ENVI

2008/0028(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 38

(38) Recent developments in the expression of the nutrition declaration, other than per 100g/100ml/portion, by some Member States and organisations in the food sector suggest that consumers like such ~~sch~~emes with an interpretative elemesnt as they can help them make informed choices quickly. However, there is not evidence across all the Community on how the average consumer understands and uses the alternative expression of the information. Therefore, it is appropriate to allow for different schemes to be developed and to allow research on consumer understanding in different Member States to continue so that, if appropriate, harmThe available evidence has proven that a simplified labelling scheme which comprises multiple colour coding for easier and quicker interpretation of nutrition information is~~ed schemes may be introduced~~ the best and preferred option for consumers.

2009/01/28
Committee: ENVI

2008/0028(COD)

Kathalijne Maria BUITENWEG, Carl SCHLYTER, Hiltrud BREYER, Jill EVANS

Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point b

(b) the amounts of fat, saturates, ~~carbohydrates with specific reference to sugars, and salt~~sugars, salt, carbohydrates, protein, and artificial and natural transfats.

2009/01/23
Committee: ENVI

2008/0028(COD)

Kathalijne Maria BUITENWEG, Carl SCHLYTER, Hiltrud BREYER, Jill EVANS

Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 2

2. The nutrition declaration may also include the amounts of one or more of the following: (a) ~~trans fats; (b)~~ mono-unsaturates; (cb) polyunsaturates; (dc) polyols; (ed) starch; (fe) fibre; (gf) ~~(h)~~any of the minerals or vitamins listed in point 1 of Part A of Annex XI, and present in significant amounts as defined in point 2 of Part A of Annex XI. protein; any of the minerals or vitamins

2009/01/23
Committee: ENVI

2008/0028(COD)

Hiltrud BREYER, Jill EVANS

Proposal for a regulation
Article 31 - paragraph 3

3. The ~~mandatory nutrition declaration shall be expressed, as appropriate, as a percentage of the reference intakes set out in Part B of Annex XI in~~levels of the nutrients on the front of pack nutrition information referred to in Article 29(1)(a) shall be indicated through a multiple colour coding system. The colours green, yellow and red shall indicate whether a food is low, medium or high in these nutrients. This information shall be communicated per 100g or per 100ml. The definition of the reference amounts for high, medium and low levels of these nutrients shall be established in accordance with the regulat~~ion to per 100 g or per 100 ml or per portion~~ory procedure with scrutiny referred to in Article 49 (3) based on an opinion of the European Food Safety Authority. When provided, the declaration on vitamins and minerals shall also be expressed as a percentage of the reference intakes set out in point 1 of Part A of Annex XI.

2009/01/23
Committee: ENVI

2008/0028(COD)

Kathalijne Maria BUITENWEG, Carl SCHLYTER, Hiltrud BREYER, Jill EVANS

Proposal for a regulation
Article 31 - paragraph 4

4. The declaration of polyols and/or starch and the declaration of type of fatty acids, other than the mandatory declaration of saturates and trans fats referred to in Article 29(1)(b), shall be presented in accordance with Annex XIII Part B.

2009/01/23
Committee: ENVI

2008/0028(COD)

Kathalijne Maria BUITENWEG, Carl SCHLYTER, Hiltrud BREYER, Jill EVANS

Proposal for a regulation
Article 34 - paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. The following particulars referred to in Article 31(2) related to the mandatory nutrition declaration shall be provided on the back of the package: carbohydrates, protein, and artificial and natural transfats. They shall be presented together in a clear format in the order specified above.

2009/02/24
Committee: ENVI

2008/0028(COD)

Kathalijne Maria BUITENWEG, Carl SCHLYTER, Hiltrud BREYER

Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – point 2.1

2.1 Foods ‘with containing a sweetener(s)’ this sweetener or statement shall sweeteners accompany the authorised name of the food. pursuant to in the principal Directive 89/107/ field of vision. EEC

2009/03/02
Committee: ENVI

2008/0028(COD)

Kathalijne Maria BUITENWEG, Carl SCHLYTER, Hiltrud BREYER

Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – point 2.2

2.2 Foods ‘with sugar(s) and containing both sweetener(s)’ this an added sugar or statement shall sugars and a accompany the sweetener or name of the food. sweeteners ~~authorised~~in the principal authorised field of vision. pursuant to Directive 89/107/ EEC

2009/03/02
Committee: ENVI

2008/0018(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 32

(32) In particular ~~power should be conferred on the Commission in order to adapt the chemical requirements in certain well defined cases~~, the Commission should be empowered to lower the maximum limits for certain chemical elements, adopt new restrictions for certain other chemicals, adapt the limit values for noise and grant exemptions from the prohibition of certain CMR substances in certain cases as well as to adapt the wording of the specific warnings for certain categories of toys. Since those measures are of general scope and are designed to amend non- essential elements of this Directive ~~and/ or to supplement this Directive by the addition of~~, inter alia by supplementing it with new non- essential elements, they must be adopted in accordance with the regulatory procedure with scrutiny provided for in Article 5a of Decision 1999/468/EC.

2008/07/25
Committee: ENVI

2008/0018(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 45 – paragraph 1 – point a

(a) Point~~s 7 and~~ 8 in Part III of Annex II to lower the migration limits;

2008/07/25
Committee: ENVI

2008/0018(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 45 – paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Without prejudice to the restrictions laid down in Part III of Annex II, the Commission may, where appropriate and in accordance with the regulatory procedure with scrutiny referred to in Article 46 (2), amend Annex II with a view to: – defining limit values or other restrictions for substances or preparations posing a risk to health other than those listed in points 7 and 8 in Part III of Annex II; – adopting or adapting limit values for noise.

2008/07/25
Committee: ENVI

2008/0018(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Annex II – Part I – point 10

10. Toys which are designed to emit a sound should be so designed and constructed so that the sound from them is not able to impair children~~’s hearing~~'s hearing. This shall apply to all toys irrespective of the age group targeted. The limit for impulse noise should be 135 dB LpC peak at the ear. Limits for continuous noise shall be set on the basis of the sensitivity of the ear of an infant under 36 months of age.

2008/07/25
Committee: ENVI

2008/0018(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Annex II – Part III – point 3

3. Without prejudice to the application of the restrictions under the first sentence of point 2, the use in toys of substances that are classified as carcinogenic, mutagenic or toxic for reproduction (CMR) according to Directive 67/548/EEC in ~~individual~~ concentrations equal to or greater than ~~the relevant concentrations established for the classification of preparations containing the substances in accordance with the provisions of Directive 1999/45/EC~~0,1% in homogeneous parts of the toy shall be prohibited, except if the substances are contained in components of toys or micro- structurally distinct parts of toys that are not accessible to any physical contact ~~by children~~, including inhalation, by children, thus excluding any possibility of exposure.

2008/07/25
Committee: ENVI

2008/0018(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Annex II – Part III – point 4 – introductory part

4. Substances or preparations classified as CMR category ~~1 and 2~~3 according to Directive 67/548/EEC may be used in toys provided that the following conditions are met:

2008/07/25
Committee: ENVI

2008/0018(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Annex II – Part III – point 5

5. Substances or preparations classified as CMR category 3 according to Directive 67/548/EEC may be used in toys if use of the substance has been evaluated by the relevant Scientific Committee and found to be safe, in particular in view of exposure, and following a Decision as referred to in Article 45 (2) and provided that they are not prohibited for uses in consumer articles under Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 (REACH).deleted

2008/07/25
Committee: ENVI

2008/0018(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Annex II – Part III – point 5 a (new)

5a. The Commission shall establish a programme aimed at systematically and regularly evaluating the occurrence of hazardous substances or materials in toys. The programme shall take into account reports of market surveillance bodies and concerns expressed by Member States and stakeholders. The Commission shall decide, following the opinion of the relevant Scientific Committee, to take appropriate restrictive measures, if necessary. Those measures, designed to amendment non-essential elements of this Directive by supplementing it, shall be adopted in accordance with the regulatory procedure with scrutiny referred to in Article 46(2).

2008/07/25
Committee: ENVI

2008/0018(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Annex II – Part III – point 7

7. Toys shall not contain the following allergenic fragrances: (1) Alanroot (Inula helenium) (2) Allylisothiocyanate (3) Benzyl cyanide (4) 4 tert-Butylphenol (5) Chenopodium oil (6) Cyclamen alcohol (7) Diethyl maleate (8) Dihydrocoumarin (9) 2,4-Dihydroxy-3-methylbenzaldehyde (10) 3,7-Dimethyl-2-octen-1-ol (6,7- Dihydrogeraniol) (11) 4,6-Dimethyl-8-tert-butylcoumarin (12) Dimethyl citraconate (13) 7,11-Dimethyl-4,6,10-dodecatrien-3- one (14) 6,10-Dimethyl-3,5,9-undecatrien-2- one (15) Diphenylamine (16) Ethyl acrylate (17) Fig leaf, fresh and preparations (18) trans-2-Heptenal (19) trans-2-Hexenal diethyl acetal (20) trans-2-Hexenal dimethyl acetal (21) Hydroabietyl alcohol (22) 4-Ethoxy-phenol (23) 6-lsopropyl-2-decahydronaphthalenol (24) 7-Methoxycoumarin (25) 4-Methoxyphenol (26) 4-(p-Methoxyphenyl)-3-butene-2-one (27) 1-(p-Methoxyphenyl)-1-penten-3-one (28) Methyl trans-2-butenoate (29) 6-Methylcoumarin (30) 7-Methylcoumarin (31) 5-Methyl-2,3-hexanedione (32) Costus root oil (Saussurea lappa Clarke) (33) 7-Ethoxy-4-methylcoumarin (34) Hexahydrocoumarin (35) Peru balsam (Myroxylonpereirae Klotzsch) (36) 2-Pentylidene-cyclohexanone (37) 3,6,10-Trimethyl-3,5,9-undecatrien- 2-one (38) Verbana oil (Lippia citriodora Kunth). However, the presence of traces of these substances shall be allowed provided that such presence is technically unavoidable in good manufacturing practice. In addition the following allergenic fragrances shall be listed if added to toys, as such, at concentrations exceeding 0,01 % by weight: (1) Amyl cinnamal (2) Amylcinnamyl alcohol (3) Anisyl alcohol (4) Benzyl alcohol (5) Benzyl benzoate (6) Benzyl cinnamate (7) Benzyl salicylate (8) Cinnamal (9) Cinnamyl alcohol (10) Citral (11) Citronellol (12) Coumarin (13) Eugenol (14) Farnesol (15) Geraniol (16) Hexyl cinnamaldehyde (17) Hydroxy-citronellal (18) Hydroxy- methylpentylcyclohexenecarboxaldehyde (19) Isoeugenol (20) Lilial (referred to in the Cosmetics Directive in entry 83 as: 2-(4-tert- Butylbenzyl) propionaldehyde (21) d-Limonene (22) Linalool (23) Methyl heptine carbonate (24) 3-methyl-4-(2,6,6-trimethyl-2- cyclohexen-1-yl)-3-buten-2-one (25) Oakmoss extracts (26) Treemoss extractsany fragrances.

2008/07/25
Committee: ENVI

2008/0018(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Annex II – Part III – point 8 – table

Element mg/kg in solid, dry, mg/kg brittle, powder-like in liquid or sticky or pliable toy toy material material Aluminium 5625 1406 Antimony 45 11.3 ~~Arsenic~~ deleted ~~7.5~~deleted ~~1.9~~deleted Barium 4500 1125 Boron 1200 300 ~~Cadmium~~ deleted deleted ~~3.8~~ deleted ~~0.9~~ Chromium (III) 37.5 9.4 ~~Chromium (VI)~~ deleted ~~0.04~~ deleted ~~0.01~~deleted Cobalt 10.5 2.6 Copper 622.5 156 ~~Lead~~ deleted deleted 27 deleted ~~6.8~~ Manganese 1200 300 ~~Mercury~~ deleted deleted 15 deleted ~~3.8~~ Nickel 75 75 18.8 Selenium 37.5 9.4 Strontium 4500 1125 ~~Tin~~ Tin 15000 3750 ~~Organic tin~~ deleted ~~1.9~~deleted ~~0.5~~deleted Zinc 3750 938

2008/07/25
Committee: ENVI

2008/0018(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Annex II – Part III – point 8 – paragraph 2 a (new)

Substances or preparations based on any of the following elements shall be prohibited for use in toys or components of toys: (1) Arsenic (2) Cadmium (3) Chromium (V) (4) Lead (5) Mercury (6) Organic tin

2008/07/25
Committee: ENVI

2008/0018(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Annex IV – point (a)

(a) a detailed description of the design and manufacture, including a list of components ~~and~~, materials and raw materials used in toys as well as ~~the safety data sheets on chemicals used to be obtained from chemical suppliers~~detailed information on chemicals used in the toys and their component parts, and the quantities used;

2008/07/25
Committee: ENVI

2008/0002(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1

(1) The free movement of safe and wholesome food is an essential aspect of the internal market and contributes significantly to the health and well-being of citizens, as well as to their social and economic interests. Differences between national laws, regulations and administrative provisions concerning the safety assessment and authorisation of novel foods may hinder their free movement, thereby potentially creating unfair competition conditions.

2008/10/16
Committee: ENVI

2008/0002(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2

(2) A high level of human health and consumer protection should be assured in the pursuit of Community policies as well as a high level of animal welfare and environmental protection. At all times, the precaution principle should apply.

2008/10/16
Committee: ENVI

2008/0002(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2 a (new)

2a. Article 13 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union clarifies that the Union and the Member States shall, since animals are sentient beings, pay full regard to the welfare requirements of animals when formulating and implementing policies

2008/10/16
Committee: ENVI

2008/0002(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2 b (new)

2b. European Parliament resolution of 3 September 2008 on the cloning of animals for food supply calls on the Commission to submit proposals prohibiting for food supply purposes (i) the cloning of animals, (ii) the farming of cloned animals or their offspring, (iii) the placing on the market of meat or dairy products derived from cloned animals or their offspring and (iv) the importing of cloned animals, their offspring, semen and embryos from cloned animals or their offspring, and meat or dairy products derived from cloned animals or their offspring.

2008/10/16
Committee: ENVI

2008/0002(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2 c (new)

2c. The Commission's Scientific Committee on Emerging and Newly Identified Health Risks (SCENIHR) adopted on 28-29 September 2005 an opinion which concluded that there are ‘major gaps in the knowledge necessary for risk assessment. These include nanoparticle characterisation, the detection and measurement of nanoparticles, the dose-response, fate, and persistence of nanoparticles in humans and in the environment, and all aspects of toxicology and environmental toxicology related to nanoparticles’; furthermore draws attention to the conclusion of SCENIHR that ‘existing toxicological and ecotoxicological methods may not be sufficient to address all of the issues arising with nanoparticles’;

2008/10/16
Committee: ENVI

2008/0002(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6 a (new)

(6a) Test methods currently available are not adequate for assessing the risks associated with nanomaterials. Nano- specific non-animal test methods should urgently be developed. In order to protect human health and prevent animal testing, the use of nanotechnologies in food production should be prohibited until such a time as sufficient nano-specific non-animal test methods have been approved for use and an adequate safety assessment on the basis of these tests has been carried out.

2008/10/16
Committee: ENVI

2008/0002(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14

(14) Novel foods should be placed on the Community market only if they are safe ~~and~~, do not mislead the consumer, and show clear benefits for the consumers. In addition, they should not differ from the food that they are to replace in any way that would be nutritionally disadvantageous for the consumer.

2008/10/16
Committee: ENVI

2008/0002(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15 a (new)

(15) In order to avoid animal testing, testing on vertebrate animals for the purposes of this Regulation should be undertaken only as a last resort. This Regulation should ensure that testing on vertebrate animals is minimised and that double-testing is avoided, and promote the use of non-animal test methods and intelligent testing strategies. Existing results from tests on vertebrate animals should be shared in the process of developing novel foods. In accordance with Council Directive 86/609/EEC of 24 November 1986 on the approximation of laws, regulations and administrative provisions of the Member States regarding the protection of animals used for experimental and other scientific purposes1, tests on vertebrate animals must also be replaced, restricted or refined. Implementation of this Regulation should where possible be based on the use of appropriate alternative testing methods. Not later than ...*, the Commission should review the rules on the data protection of results from tests on vertebrate animals and where necessary change those rules. 1 OJ L 358, 18.12.1986, p. 1. * Seven years after the entry into force of this Regulation.

2008/10/16
Committee: ENVI

2008/0002(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 18

(18) ~~Where appropriate and~~On the basedis onf the conclusions of the safety assessment, post- market monitoring requirements for the use of novel foods ~~for human consumption~~ should be introduced.

2008/10/16
Committee: ENVI

2008/0002(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 20

(20) Under specific circumstances in order to stimulate research and development within the agri-food industry, and thus innovation, the newly developed scientific evidence and proprietary data provided in support of an application for inclusion of a novel food in the Community list should not be used to the benefit of another applicant during a limited period of time, without the agreement of the first applicant. The protection of scientific data provided by one applicant should not prevent other applicants from seeking the inclusion in the Community list of novel foods on the basis of their own scientific data. However, the repetition of studies involving vertebrates should be prohibited. In this context, there should be an obligation to allow access to studies on vertebrates and other studies that may prevent animal testing.

2008/10/16
Committee: ENVI

2008/0002(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 21

(21) Novel foods are subject to the general labelling requirements laid down in Directive 2000/13/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 March 2000 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to labelling, presentation and advertising of foodstuffs. In certain cases it might be necessary to provide for additional labelling information, in particular regarding the description of the food, its source, or its conditions of use. Therefore, the inclusion of a novel food in the Community list ~~may~~will impose specific conditions of use or labelling obligations in those cases. Products produced with the aid of nanotechnologies and food produced from animals fed with genetically modified feedingstuffs must be labelled as such.

2008/10/16
Committee: ENVI

2008/0002(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1

This Regulation lays down harmonised rules for the placing of novel foods on the market in the Community with a view to ensuring a high level of ~~human health and consumers’ protection, whilst ensuring~~protection of human life and health, animal health and welfare, the environment and the interests of consumers, whilst ensuring transparency and the effective functioning of the internal market.

2008/10/16
Committee: ENVI

2008/0002(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Notwithstanding paragraph 2, this Regulation shall apply to food additives, food enzymes, flavourings and certain food ingredients with flavouring properties to which is applied a new production process not used before 15 May 1997 giving rise to significant changes in the composition or structure of the food (e.g. nanotechnologies). If novel foods can also have the impact of an additive or flavouring in a food product, they should be covered by both this regulation and the food additives legislation or the food flavourings legislation.

2008/10/16
Committee: ENVI

2008/0002(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 - point (a) (iii)

(iii) food to which is applied a new production process, not used ~~before 15 May 1997,~~in a significant way in the Community before 15 May 1997, - definitely including, but not confined to, foods produced with the aid of nanotechnologies - where that production process gives rise to ~~significant~~ changes in the composition or structure of the food which affect its nutritional value, metabolism or level of undesirable substances.;

2008/10/16
Committee: ENVI

2008/0002(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 - point (c a) (new)

(ca) ‘produced with the aid of nanotechnologies’: a product which contains, consists of or is produced with the aid of substances in the order of 300 nm in length, breadth or height and/or substances that exhibit, due to their reduced particle size, novel characteristics compared to the common form.

2008/10/16
Committee: ENVI

2008/0002(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5

Only novel foods included in the Community list of novel foods (hereinafter "the Community list") may be placed on the market. The Commission shall keep and publish the Community list on a publicly accessible page intended for the purpose on the website of the Commission.

2008/10/16
Committee: ENVI

2008/0002(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – introduction

1. A novel food may be included in the Community list only if it meets the following conditions:

2008/10/16
Committee: ENVI

2008/0002(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – point (a)

(a) it does not, on the basis of the scientific evidence available, pose a safety concern to the health of the consumer under normal consumption conditions; this implies that cumulative and synergistic effects as well as possible adverse effects on particular groups of the population will be taken into account in the risk assessment; Or. en Justification

2008/10/16
Committee: ENVI

2008/0002(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – point (c a) (new)

(ca) it shows clear benefits for consumers;

2008/10/16
Committee: ENVI

2008/0002(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – point (c b) (new)

(cb) its use does not have a negative impact on the environment, nor does its use produce residues or undigested substances that are persistent and accumulative or have in any other way a negative impact on the environment;

2008/10/16
Committee: ENVI

2008/0002(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Foods to which production processes have been applied that require specific risk assessment methods (e.g. nanotechnologies) may not be included in the Community list until such specific methods have been approved for use, and an adequate safety assessment on the basis of these methods has shown that the use of the respective foods is safe. These methods must not entail the use of vertebrate animals.

2008/10/16
Committee: ENVI

2008/0002(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. In case of doubt, e.g. if there is insufficient scientific certainty or lack of data, the precautionary principle shall be applied and the food in question can not be included in the Community list.

2008/10/16
Committee: ENVI

2008/0002(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2

(2) The entry of a novel food in the Community list shall include: (a) a specification of the food~~, and, where appropriate, specify the conditions of use, additional specific labelling requirements to inform the final consumer and/or a post-market monitoring requirement~~; (b) the intended use of the food; (c) the conditions of use; (d) the date of entry of the novel food in the Community list and the date of receipt of the application; (e) the name and address of the applicant; (f) the date and results of the last inspection according to the monitoring requirements laid down in Article 11.

2008/10/16
Committee: ENVI

2008/0002(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2 a – subparagraph 1 (new)

2a. Novel Foods are subject to the general labelling requirements laid down in Directive 2000/13/EC. Additional specific labelling requirements may be laid down for specific novel foods, in particular regarding the description of the food, its source, or its conditions of use. Where this is the case, the labelling requirement shall be mentioned in the Community list.

2008/10/16
Committee: ENVI

2008/0002(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2 a – subparagraph 2 (new)

Products produced with the aid of nanotechnologies must be labelled with the words ‘produced with the aid of nanotechnologies’;

2008/10/16
Committee: ENVI

2008/0002(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2 a – subparagraph 3 (new)

Products produced from animals fed with genetically modified feedingstuffs must be labelled with the words ‘produced from animals fed with genetically modified feedingstuffs’;

2008/10/16
Committee: ENVI

2008/0002(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 3

32. By way of derogation from the third paragraph of Article 7 of Regulation (EC) No [common procedure], the updating of the Community list with a novel food, other than traditional food from third countries, shall be decided in accordance with the regulatory procedure referred to in Article 14(2) in cases where newly developed scientific evidence and proprietary data are protected in accordance with Article 12. In the cases referred to in the first subparagraph the entry of a novel food in the Community list shall indicate, in addition to the information referred to in paragraph 2: (a) the date of entry of the novel food in the Community list; (b) the fact that the entry is based on newly developed scientific evidence and/or proprietary data protected in accordance with Article 12; (c) the name and address of the applicantThe updating of the Community list shall be decided in accordance with the regulatory procedure with scrutiny referred to in Article 14(3).

2008/10/16
Committee: ENVI

2008/0002(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1

1. A food business operator intending to place a traditional food from a third country on the market in the Community shall ~~notify it~~submit an application to the Commission, indicating the name of the food, its composition and country of origin. The ~~notif~~application shall be accompanied by a dossier with documented data demonstrating the history of safe food use in the third country based on the guidelines referred to in paragraph 5a.

2008/10/16
Committee: ENVI

2008/0002(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 2

2. The Commission shall forward the notification including the demonstration of history of safe food use referred to in paragraph 1 without delay to the Member States and the Authority and make it publicly available on its website.

2008/10/16
Committee: ENVI

2008/0002(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 3

3. ~~Within four~~The Authority shall, on the basis of the requirements specified in Article 6 and taking into consideration the dossier provided by the food business operator, assess whether the food is safe and can be placed on the European market. Within six months from the date on which the notification provided for in paragraph 2 is forwarded by the Commission, a Member State and/ or the Authority may inform the Commission that they have reasoned safety objections, based on scientific evidence, to the placing on the market of the traditional food concerned.

2008/10/16
Committee: ENVI

2008/0002(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 5

5. The Commission shall publish a list of traditional foods from third countries that may be placed on the market in the Community in accordance with paragraph 4 on a dedicated page of the Commission's website. This page shall be accessible from and linked to the page on the Community list on novel foods referred to in Article 5 paragraph 1.

2008/10/16
Committee: ENVI

2008/0002(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. Within six months after entry into force of this Regulation, the Commission shall, in consultation with the European Food Safety Authority, develop guideline criteria for the dossiers of applicants intending to place on the market traditional food from third countries. These criteria shall include the requirement of providing information on (a) the use and handling of the product, (including a statement whether parts or extracts of the product are commonly used); (b) common patterns of consumption; (c) common consumer groups; (d) (if applicable) commonly used concentrations; (e) all existing studies with regard to the respective food.

2008/10/16
Committee: ENVI

2008/0002(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9

The Commission shall, ~~where appropriate,~~ in close cooperation with the Authority, make available technical guidance and tools to assist food business operators and especially small and medium-sized enterprises in preparing and submitting applications under this Regulation. The technical guidance and tools shall be published, not later than six months after the date of entry into force of this Regulation, on a publicly accessible page intended for the purpose on the website of the Commission.

2008/10/16
Committee: ENVI

2008/0002(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – introduction

In assessing the safety of novel foods, the Authority shall, on the basis of the requirements specified in Article 6:

2008/10/16
Committee: ENVI

2008/0002(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – point (a)

(a) compare, where ~~appropriat~~possible, if the food is as safe as food from a comparable food category already existing on the market in the Community or as the food that the novel food is intended to replace; while also taking into account the implications of any new characteristics;

2008/10/16
Committee: ENVI

2008/0002(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – point (b)

(b) take into account for traditional food from a third country, the history of safe food use.; thereby referring to the guidelines laid down in Article 8, paragraph 5a;

2008/10/16
Committee: ENVI

2008/0002(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1

1. The Commission ~~may~~shall impose for food safety reasons a~~nd following the opinion of the Authority, a requirement for post- market monitoring. The food business operators placing the food in the Community market shall be responsible for the implement~~ requirement for post- market monitoring. This monitoring shall take place every five years and take into account food safety aspects as well as animal health and welfare aspects and the environmental impact. Special attention should be paid to the categories of the population ofwith the ~~post- marketing requirements specified in the entry of the food concerned in the Community list of novel food~~highest dietary intakes. The monitoring requirements shall also apply to novel foods already on the market, including novel foods that have been approved under the simplified procedure ('notification') of Regulation (EC) No 258/97. Member States shall appoint competent authorities that will be responsible for the post-marketing monitoring. The costs for the monitoring shall be covered by the respective food business operators.

2008/10/16
Committee: ENVI

2008/0002(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 - paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. In order to avoid animal testing, testing on vertebrate animals for the purposes of this Regulation shall be undertaken only as a last resort. The use of non-animal tests and intelligent testing strategies shall be promoted, and duplicate vertebrate animal testing shall be prohibited.

2008/10/16
Committee: ENVI

2008/0002(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 12

1. On request by the applicant, supported by appropriate and verifiable information included in the application dossier, newly developed scientific evidence and proprietary scientific data provided to support the applications, may not be used for the benefit of another application during a period of five years from the date of the inclusion of the novel food in the Community list without the agreement of the applicant unless there is a public health protection justification for doing so.

2008/10/16
Committee: ENVI

2008/0002(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Data from research projects partly or completely paid by the EC and/or public institutions and risk studies or data related to risk studies, like feeding studies should be published together with the application and are free to be used by other applicants.

2008/10/16
Committee: ENVI

2008/0002(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 1 b (new)

1b. In any circumstance, the repetition of studies involving vertebrates will be prohibited. In this context, studies involving tests on vertebrate animals and studies that may prevent animal testing will not be covered by data protection. Thus access to studies on vertebrates and other studies that may prevent animal testing must be allowed.

2008/10/16
Committee: ENVI

2008/0002(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 a (new)

Article 12a Inspection and control measures In order to enforce compliance with the present Regulation, official controls are to be carried out in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 882/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 on official controls performed to ensure the verification of compliance with feed and food law, animal health and animal welfare rules.

2008/10/16
Committee: ENVI

2008/0002(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 13

The Member States shall lay down the rules on penalties applicable to infringements of the provision of this Regulation and shall take all measures necessary to ensure that they are implemented. The penalties provided for must be effective, proportionate and dissuasive. The Member States shall notify those provisions to the Commission by [..] at the latest and shall notify it without delay of any subsequent amendment affecting them. This information shall be made available to the public by the Commission.

2008/10/16
Committee: ENVI

2008/0002(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 a (new)

Article 13a Privileges of Member States 1. Where a Member State, as a result of new information or a reassessment of existing information, has detailed grounds for considering that the use of a food or a food ingredient complying with this Regulation endangers human health or the environment, that Member State may either temporarily restrict or suspend the trade in and use of the food or food ingredient in question in its territory. It shall immediately inform the other Member States and the Commission thereof, giving the grounds for its decision. 2. The Commission, in close cooperation with EFSA, shall examine the grounds referred to in paragraph 1 as soon as possible and shall take the appropriate measures. The Member State which took the decision referred to in paragraph 1 may maintain it until the measures have entered into force.

2008/10/16
Committee: ENVI

2008/0002(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Food products that have been produced with the aid of nanotechnologies and that have been placed on the market before the entry into force of this Regulation may remain on the market for 18 months after the date of publication of this Regulation. After that date, Article 6 paragraph 2 shall apply.

2008/10/16
Committee: ENVI

2007/2290(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)

Aa. whereas the employment situation in Europe is not in line with the Lisbon strategy which has as its aims more and better jobs, full employment and social inclusion especially for women,

2008/07/04
Committee: FEMM

2007/2290(INI)

Draft opinion
Recital A b (new)

Ab. whereas the gender and intergenerational dimension greatly increase the risk of having a weaker position in the labour market, since women, and older and also younger workers engaged in non-standard contracts have fewer chances to improve their position in the labour market,

2008/07/04
Committee: FEMM

2007/2290(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Points out that an analysis and reform of social protection systems in the Member States must be framed in a gender equality perspective and include the individualisation of rights to social security, adapting social protection and services to the changing family structures and ensuring that social protection systems better counteract women's precarious situation and meet the needs of non-traditional and one-parent families;

2008/07/04
Committee: FEMM

2007/2290(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. Requests that the Commission and the Member States as a matter of urgency take measures prohibiting direct discrimination in occupational pension schemes, including the practice of basing the level of payments and contributions on actuarial factors based on sex;

2008/07/04
Committee: FEMM

2007/2290(INI)

Raül ROMEVA i RUEDA, Hiltrud BREYER, Heide RÜHLE, Kathalijne Maria BUITENWEG

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 – indent 1

– recognition of periods spend devoted to reconciling work and family life, such as ~~maternity leave,~~ parental leave, periods spent looking after a dependent relative and educational responsibilities, for example by increasing periods of compulsory insurance of complete the period of social insurance overage required for entitlement to a pension;

2008/07/04
Committee: FEMM

2007/2263(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 17 a (new)

~~1 Report by the Federal Government on the impact of~~– having regard to the Act Regulating the Legal Situation of Prostitutes (Prostitution Act) ~~2007.~~ adopted by the German Bundestag on 19 October 2001 and which entered into force on 1 January 2002,

2008/05/26
Committee: FEMM

2007/2263(INI)

Raül ROMEVA i RUEDA, Hiltrud BREYER, Monica FRASSONI, Kathalijne Maria BUITENWEG

Motion for a resolution
Citation 17 b (new)

– having regard to the Declaration of the Rights of Sex Workers in Europe adopted at the European Conference on Sex Work, Human Rights, Labour and Migration held on 15-17 October 2005 in Brussels,

2008/05/26
Committee: FEMM

2007/2263(INI)

Raül ROMEVA i RUEDA, Hiltrud BREYER, Heide RÜHLE, Kathalijne Maria BUITENWEG

Motion for a resolution
Citation 17 c (new)

– having regard to Council Directive 2004/83 of 29 April 2004 on minimum standards for the qualification and status of third country nationals or stateless persons as refugees or as persons who otherwise need international protection and the content of the protection granted,

2008/05/26
Committee: FEMM

2007/2263(INI)

Raül ROMEVA i RUEDA, Hiltrud BREYER, Heide RÜHLE, Kathalijne Maria BUITENWEG

Motion for a resolution
Citation 17 e (new)

– having regard to its resolution of 17 January 2006 on strategies to prevent the trafficking of women and children who are vulnerable to sexual exploitation1

2008/05/26
Committee: FEMM

2007/2263(INI)

Raül ROMEVA i RUEDA, Hiltrud BREYER, Heide RÜHLE, Kathalijne Maria BUITENWEG

Motion for a resolution
Citation 17 f (new)

1 – having regard to the 2000 Palermo Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children, supplementing the UN Convention against Transnational OJ C 287 E, 24.11.2006, p. 75, Organized Crime,

2008/05/26
Committee: FEMM

2007/2263(INI)

Raül ROMEVA i RUEDA, Hiltrud BREYER, Heide RÜHLE, Kathalijne Maria BUITENWEG

Motion for a resolution
Citation 17 g (new)

– having regard to its resolution of 15 March 2006 on forced prostitution in the context of world sports events 1

2008/05/26
Committee: FEMM

2007/2263(INI)

Raül ROMEVA i RUEDA, Hiltrud BREYER, Heide RÜHLE, Monica FRASSONI, Kathalijne Maria BUITENWEG

Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)

Ca. whereas trafficking in persons, particularly women and children, for sexual as well as other forms of exploitation, is one the most egregious violations of human rights, and whereas trafficking in human beings is growing globally as a result of the increase in organised crime and its profitability,

2008/05/26
Committee: FEMM

2007/2263(INI)

Raül ROMEVA i RUEDA, Hiltrud BREYER, Heide RÜHLE, Kathalijne Maria BUITENWEG

Motion for a resolution
Recital L

L. whereas ~~men who have ever paid for sex are significantly more likely to have contracted a sexually transmitted infection~~the widely held assumption that prostitutes were the main group affected by HIV/AIDS, or rather the main risk group, has not been substantiated by scientific evidence,

2008/05/26
Committee: FEMM

2007/2263(INI)

Raül ROMEVA i RUEDA, Hiltrud BREYER, Heide RÜHLE, Monica FRASSONI, Kathalijne Maria BUITENWEG

Motion for a resolution
Recital O a (new)

Oa. whereas the term “violence against women” is to be understood as any act of gender-based violence, which results in, or is likely to result in, physical, sexual or psychological harm or suffering to women, including threats of such acts, coercion, or arbitrary deprivation of liberty, whether occurring in public or private life,

2008/05/26
Committee: FEMM

2007/2263(INI)

Raül ROMEVA i RUEDA, Hiltrud BREYER, Heide RÜHLE, Monica FRASSONI, Kathalijne Maria BUITENWEG

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph -1 a (new)

-1a. Defines violence against women as 'any act of gender-based violence that results in, or is likely to result in, physical, sexual or mental harm or suffering to women, including threats of such acts, coercion or arbitrary deprivation of liberty, whether occurring in public or in private life' in accordance with the Declaration on the Elimination of Violence against Women adopted by the UN General Assembly in 1993;

2008/05/26
Committee: FEMM

2007/2263(INI)

Raül ROMEVA i RUEDA, Hiltrud BREYER, Heide RÜHLE, Kathalijne Maria BUITENWEG

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph -1 b (new)

-1b. Determines gender-based violence to be physical, sexual or psychological violence occurring within the family and in the wider community, including beatings, the sexual abuse of children, dowry-related violence, rape, female genital mutilation and other traditional practices harmful to women, non-spousal violence and violence related to exploitation, sexual harassment and intimidation at work, in educational institutions and elsewhere, trafficking in women, forced prostitution, and violence perpetrated or condoned by the State;

2008/05/26
Committee: FEMM

2007/2263(INI)

Raül ROMEVA i RUEDA, Hiltrud BREYER, Heide RÜHLE, Monica FRASSONI, Kathalijne Maria BUITENWEG

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph -1 c (new)

-1c. Calls on the Commission and the Council to create a clear legal basis for combating all forms of violence against women and to take a decision on the full communitarisation of a European policy;

2008/05/26
Committee: FEMM

2007/2263(INI)

Raül ROMEVA i RUEDA, Hiltrud BREYER, Heide RÜHLE, Monica FRASSONI, Kathalijne Maria BUITENWEG

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph -1 d (new)

-1d. Calls on the EU Member States and all other States to address the structural problems involved (poverty, political instability/war, gender inequality, unequal opportunities, lack of education and training), including in prostitutes' countries of origin, as the case may be, to prevent people from being 'forced' into prostitution by circumstances;

2008/05/26
Committee: FEMM

2007/2263(INI)

Raül ROMEVA i RUEDA, Hiltrud BREYER, Heide RÜHLE, Kathalijne Maria BUITENWEG

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph -1 e (new)

-1e. Underlines the fact that child prostitution can never be voluntary, as children do not have the capacity to 'consent' to prostitution; urges the Member States to prohibit child prostitution (under the age of 21) and to combat as energetically as possible other forms of forced prostitution; urgently demands a zero-tolerance approach based on prevention, the protection of victims and the prosecution of clients;

2008/05/26
Committee: FEMM

2007/2263(INI)

Raül ROMEVA i RUEDA, Hiltrud BREYER, Heide RÜHLE, Kathalijne Maria BUITENWEG

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph -1 i (new)

-1i. Calls on the Member States to ratify the Council of Europe Convention on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings;

2008/05/26
Committee: FEMM

2007/2263(INI)

Raül ROMEVA i RUEDA, Hiltrud BREYER, Heide RÜHLE, Kathalijne Maria BUITENWEG

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Points out that women who have experienced gender-based violence are at greater risk of problems such as chronic pain, disability, miscarriage and somatic disorders; points out that the psychological and emotional secondary disorders (sequelae) of abuse often manifest themselves in higher levels of depression, anxiety, panic attacks, substance abuse, eating disorders and psychiatric disorders;

2008/05/26
Committee: FEMM

2007/2263(INI)

Raül ROMEVA i RUEDA, Hiltrud BREYER, Heide RÜHLE, Monica FRASSONI, Kathalijne Maria BUITENWEG

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Points out that social, legal, interpersonal and epidemiological factors create the conditions in which HIV and STDs rapidly spread; calls for an effective targeted response in order to promote safer behaviour, to improve access to effective health and social services and to address the underlying structural and occupational dimensions of vulnerability;

2008/05/26
Committee: FEMM

2007/2263(INI)

Raül ROMEVA i RUEDA, Hiltrud BREYER, Heide RÜHLE, Kathalijne Maria BUITENWEG

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)

8a. Considers it essential for risk- reducing practices to avoid discrimination against people engaged in prostitution by ensuring their active participation in prevention efforts;

2008/05/26
Committee: FEMM

2007/2263(INI)

Raül ROMEVA i RUEDA, Hiltrud BREYER, Heide RÜHLE, Monica FRASSONI, Kathalijne Maria BUITENWEG

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)

12a. Refers to the report by the German Government on the impact of the Prostitution Act, pointing out that recent scientific evidence shows that prostitutes are not the main group affected by HIV/AIDS;

2008/05/26
Committee: FEMM

2007/2252(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Calls on the Commission to stop misrepresenting Parliament’s position with regard to the Environment and Health Action Plan as being “supportive”, when in fact Parliament has been and continues to be highly critical of the Action Plan, given its downgrading to a Research Plan;

2008/04/14
Committee: ENVI

2007/2252(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Calls on the Commission to evaluate the Action Plan in its own right, and not to cover up for its lack of actions to reduce disease burden by listing measures that were proposed independently of this Action Plan;

2008/04/14
Committee: ENVI

2007/2252(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Considers that shifting the burden of proof on to producers or importers and requiring them to demonstrate that a product is harmless would make it possible for a policy based on prevention to be promoted (as provided for in European Parliament and Council Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of 18 December 2006 concerning the registration, evaluation, authorisation and restriction of chemicals (REACH) and establishing a European Chemicals Agency1), and encourages the Commission to extend that obligation to Community legislation concerning all products; ~~1 OJ L 396, 30.12.2006, p. 1; corrected version in OJ L 136, 29.5.2007, p. 3~~

2008/04/14
Committee: ENVI

2007/2252(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Calls once again upon the Commission to ~~publish a Green Paper~~come forward with concrete measures on indoor air quality which would en~~able guidelines~~sure a high level of protection onf health and safety indoors to be established, ~~with~~in particular ~~reference to the properties~~when revising the directive ofn construction ~~materials,~~products, and to propose measures to increase the energy efficiency of buildings and the safety and the harmlessness of chemical compounds used in equipment and furnishings;

2008/04/14
Committee: ENVI

2007/2252(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)

10a. Is particularly concerned about the lack of specific legal provisions to ensure the safety of consumer products containing nanoparticles and the relaxed attitude of the Commission with regard to the need to review the regulatory framework for the use of nanoparticles in consumer products in light of the increasing number of consumer products containing nanoparticles being put on the market; calls on the Commission to take urgent action to ensure that such products are only put on the market after they have undergone comprehensive and adequate safety tests over their life cycle;

2008/04/14
Committee: ENVI

2007/2252(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)

13a. Calls on the Commission to consider in a comprehensive assessment the ancillary benefits to all health in all EU climate change related policies, in particular clean energy, sustainable transport, sustainable consumption and production, including conservation or sustainable use of natural resources;

2008/04/14
Committee: ENVI

2007/2252(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 b (new)

13b. Reiterates that the Commission and the Member States should support the WHO Children’s Environment and Health Action Plan in Europe, to encourage it both through EU and bilateral development policy, and to encourage similar processes outside the WHO Europe Region;

2008/04/14
Committee: ENVI

2007/2206(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)

Ba. whereas the percentage of women in the top grades of academia rarely exceeds 20% and men are three times more likely than women to obtain professorships or their equivalent,

2008/03/10
Committee: FEMM

2007/2206(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital K a (new)

Ka. whereas highly gifted and talented girls are often not recognised as such, and therefore cannot realise their full potential in science and education; whereas the promotion of highly gifted girls is an important element in reaching the goal of 700,000 additional researchers as part of the Lisbon strategy,

2008/03/10
Committee: FEMM

2007/2206(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)

.1a. Notes that it is of the utmost importance to promote science as an interesting field for both genders from early on; this will have to be taken into account when planning educational material and in teacher training;

2008/03/10
Committee: FEMM

2007/2206(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 b (new)

..1b. Criticises the fact that highly gifted and talented girls are often not recognised as such;, calls on the Commission and the Member States to step up efforts to promote and support these girls from early on;

2008/03/10
Committee: FEMM

2007/2206(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)

8a. Encourages universities, research institutes and private businesses to adopt and enforce equality strategies in their organisations and to conduct gender impact evaluation in their decision making processes,;

2008/03/10
Committee: FEMM

2007/2206(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)

10a. Criticises the unambitious and insufficient EU target of 25% of women in leading positions in public sector research;, reminds the Commission and the Member States that gender parity means at least 40% women;

2008/03/10
Committee: FEMM

2007/2206(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

15. Calls on the Commission and the Member States for positive actions to be taken to encourage female researchers and for further development of support and mentoring schemes, as well as targeted promotion policies with the goal of reaching gender parity; notes that simple measures like a sentence encouraging women in particular to apply has shown very positive results; however, also notes that measures such as obligatory targets for women researchers and professors are essential to achieve gender balance for women in science,

2008/03/10
Committee: FEMM

2007/2206(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)

17a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to set up programmes of coaching and supporting young women scientists in participating in research programmes and grant applications in order to help them to stay in academia and research;

2008/03/10
Committee: FEMM

2006/0136(COD)

Recital 27

(27) The principle of mutual recognition is one of the means of ensuring the free movement of goods within the Community. To avoid anunnecessary duplication of work, to reduce the administrative burden for industry and for Member States and to ~~provide for~~facilitate more harmonised availability of plant protection products, authorisations granted by one Member State should be ~~accept~~notified byto other Member States where agricultural, plant health and environmental (including climatic) conditions are comparable. Therefore, the Community should be divided into zones with such comparable conditions in order to facilitate such mutual recognition. However, environmental or agricultural circumstances specific to the territory of a Member State might require that, on application, Member Statesin which the applicant wishes to put the product on the market. Those Member States should be entitled to recognise an authorisation issued by another Member State, amend it or refrain from authorising the plant protection product in their territory, if justified because of specific agricultural ~~circumstances~~or environmental circumstances, that may, but do not need to, be limited to that Member State, or if the high level of protection of ~~both~~ human ~~and~~or animal health ~~and~~or the environment set out in this Regulation can not be achieved, or to maintain a higher protection level in their territory in line with their National Pesticide Action Plan.

2008/10/16
Committee: ENVI

2006/0136(COD)

Article 4 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2

For residues ~~which are of toxicological, ecotoxicological, environmental or~~of all approved substances, there shall be standardised methods in general use for measuring them which are sufficiently sensitive with respect to any technically detectable levels that could be present in any environmental and biological media or be of drinking water relevance~~, t~~. The residues shall be ~~methods in general use for measuring them~~detectable with the common multi-residue methods as applied by Community reference laboratories. Analytical standards shall be commonly available.

2008/10/16
Committee: ENVI

2006/0136(COD)

Article 12 – paragraph 2 - subparagraph 2

Within 120 days of the end of the period provided for the submission of written comments, the Authority shall adopt a conclusion in the light of current scientific and technical knowledge using guidance documents available at the time of application on whether the active substance can be expected to meet the approval criteria provided for in Article 4 and shall communicate it to the applicant, the Member States and the Commission and shall make it available to the public. Where a consultation as provided for in the first subparagraph is organised, the 120-day period shall be extended by 60 days.

2008/10/16
Committee: ENVI

2006/0136(COD)

Article 24 – paragraph 1

1. An active substance complying with the criteria provided for in Article 4 shall be approved as a candidate for substitution if it meets one or more of the additional criteria laid down in point 4 of Annex II. By way of derogation from Article 14(2), the approval may be renewed once or more for a period not exceeding ~~ten~~five years.

2008/10/16
Committee: ENVI

2006/0136(COD)

Article 31 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 a (new)

These requirements shall also include: (a) the maximum dose per hectare in each application; (b) the period between the last application and harvest; (c) the number of applications per year.

2008/10/16
Committee: ENVI

2006/0136(COD)

Article 31 – paragraph 3 – point (e)

~~(e) the maximum dose per hectare in each application;~~deleted

2008/10/16
Committee: ENVI

2006/0136(COD)

Article 31 – paragraph 3 – point (f)

~~(f) the maximum number of applications per year and interval between applications;~~deleted

2008/10/16
Committee: ENVI

2006/0136(COD)

Article 31 – paragraph 3 – point (h)

~~(h) the pre-harvest interval, where applicable;~~deleted

2008/10/16
Committee: ENVI

2006/0136(COD)

Roberto MUSACCHIO, Dan JØRGENSEN, Hiltrud BREYER, Margrete AUKEN

Annex II - point 3.7.1. – 3.7.1.1. – 3.7.1.2.

3.7.1. An active substance, safener or synergist shall only be approved where it, and its transformation products or residues, are not considered to be a persistent organic pollutants (POPs). A substance that fulfils all three of the criteria of the sections below is a POP. 3.7.1.1. Persistence An active substance, safener or synergist fulfils the persistence criterion where there is: - evidence that the time it takes for a degradation of 50 % (DT50) in water is greater than two months, or that its DT50 in soil is greater than six months, or that its DT50 in sediment is greater than six months.; or - evidence that the active substance is otherwise sufficiently persistent to be considered in the context of the POPs Convention; 3.7.1.2. Bioaccumulation An active substance, safener or synergist fulfils the bioaccumulation criterion where there is: - evidence that its bio-concentration factor or bio accumulation factor in aquatic species is greater than 52 000 or, in the absence of such data, that the partition coefficient n-octanol/water (log Ko/w) or the partition coefficient n-octanol/air (log Ko/a) is greater than 5; or - evidence that the active substance, safener or synergist present other reasons for concern, such as high bioaccumulation in other non-target species, high toxicity or ecotoxicity. ; or - evidence based on monitoring data in biota indicating that the bio-accumulation potential of the active substance is sufficient for it to be considered under the POPs Convention.

2008/10/16
Committee: ENVI

2006/0132(COD)

Citation 1

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Articles 152(4) and 175(1) thereof,

2008/10/24
Committee: ENVI

2006/0132(COD)

Roberto MUSACCHIO, Dan JØRGENSEN, Hiltrud BREYER, Margrete AUKEN, Anne FERREIRA

Recital 1

(1) In line with Articles 2 and 7 of Decision No 1600/2002/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 July 2002 laying down the Sixth Community Environment Action Programme, ~~this Directive establishes~~ a common legal framework for achieving a sustainable use of pesticides should be established, taking account of the precautionary principle.

2008/10/24
Committee: ENVI

2006/0132(COD)

Roberto MUSACCHIO, Dan JØRGENSEN, Hiltrud BREYER, Margrete AUKEN

Recital 2

(2) At present, this Directive should apply to pesticides which are plant protection products. However, ~~it is anticipated that~~ the scope of this Directive will be extended to cover biocidal products by 2012.

2008/10/24
Committee: ENVI

2006/0132(COD)

Roberto MUSACCHIO, Dan JØRGENSEN, Hiltrud BREYER, Margrete AUKEN, Anne FERREIRA

Recital 4

(4) National Action Plans aimed at setting quantitative objectives, targets, measures, indicators and timetables to reduce ~~risks and impacts of pesticide use on~~pesticide use and the risks to human health and the environment and at encouraging the development and introduction of Integrated Pest Management and of alternative non-chemical approaches or techniques in order to reduce ~~dependency on~~ the use of pesticides should be used by Member States in order to facilitate the implementation of this Directive. National Action Plans ~~may~~should be coordinated with implementation plans under other relevant Community legislation and could be used for grouping together objectives to be achieved under other Community legislation related to pesticides.

2008/10/24
Committee: ENVI

2006/0132(COD)

Roberto MUSACCHIO, Dan JØRGENSEN, Hiltrud BREYER, Margrete AUKEN, Anne FERREIRA

Recital 9

(9) Considering the possible risks from the use of pesticides, in particular their acute and chronic health effects and their environmental effects, consumers and the general public should be better informed on the overall impacts of the use of pesticides particularly through the media but also through awareness- raising campaigns, information passed on through retailers and other appropriate measures about both the health and environmental risk and short and long-term adverse effects related to the use of pesticides and about non-chemical alternatives. Member States should monitor and collect data on impacts of pesticide use, including poisoning incidents, and promote long- term research programmes on the effects of pesticide use.

2008/10/24
Committee: ENVI

2006/0132(COD)

Roberto MUSACCHIO, Dan JØRGENSEN, Hiltrud BREYER, Margrete AUKEN, Anne FERREIRA

Recital 12

(12) Aerial spraying of pesticides has the potential to cause significant adverse impacts on human health and the environment, in particular from spray drift. Therefore, aerial spraying should generally be prohibited with derogations possible where it represents clear advantages in terms of reduced impacts on human health and the environment in comparison with other spraying methods, or where there are no viable alternatives, provided that the best available technology to reduce drift is used (e.g. low-drift nozzles) and the health of residents or bystanders is not affected.

2008/10/24
Committee: ENVI

2006/0132(COD)

Roberto MUSACCHIO, Dan JØRGENSEN, Åsa WESTLUND, Hiltrud BREYER, Margrete AUKEN, Anne FERREIRA

Recital 14

(14) Use of pesticides can be particularly dangerous in very sensitive areas, such as Natura 2000 sites protected in accordance with Directives 79/409/EEC and 92/43/EEC. In other places such as residential areas, public parks, sports ~~grounds or children's playgrounds~~and recreation grounds, school grounds and children's playgrounds, and in the vicinity of public healthcare facilities (clinics, hospitals, rehabilitation centres, health resorts, hospices), the risks from exposure to pesticides of the general public are high. Use of pesticides in those areas should, therefore, be prohibited~~, restricted or the risks arising from such use minimised~~.

2008/10/24
Committee: ENVI

2006/0132(COD)

Roberto MUSACCHIO, Dan JØRGENSEN, Hiltrud BREYER, Margrete AUKEN, Anne FERREIRA

Recital 16

(16) The application of general principles and crop and sector specific guidelines of Integrated Pest Management by all farmers would result in a better targeted use of all available pest control measures, including pesticides. Therefore, it contributes to a further reduction of the risks to human health and the environment and the ~~dependency on the use~~reduction of pesticides use. Member States should promote low pesticide-input pest management, in particular Integrated Pest Management, and establish the necessary conditions and measures for its implementation. Additionally, Member States should implement mandatory crop- specific standards of Integrated Pest Management. Member States should use economic instruments for the promotion of Integrated Pest Management to provide advice and training for farmers, and to reduce the risks of pesticide use. A levy on pesticide products should be considered as one of the measures to finance the implementation of general and crop- specific methods and practices of Integrated Pest Management and the increase of land under organic farming.

2008/10/24
Committee: ENVI

2006/0132(COD)

Article 1

This Directive establishes a framework to achieve a sustainable use of pesticides by reducing their use and the risks and impacts of pesticide use on human health and the environment in line with the precautionary principle and promoting the use of Integrated Pest Management ~~and of alternative approaches or technique~~, giving priority to non-chemical methods.

2008/10/24
Committee: ENVI

2006/0132(COD)

Roberto MUSACCHIO, Dan JØRGENSEN, Hiltrud BREYER, Margrete AUKEN

Article 2 – paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Member States may provide subsidies or take fiscal measures to encourage the use of less harmful pesticides. This may include the introduction of a pesticides levy on all products except non-chemical products or low-risk plant protection products as defined in Article [50(1)] of Regulation (EC) No ... [concerning the placing of plant protection products on the market].

2008/10/24
Committee: ENVI

2006/0132(COD)

Roberto MUSACCHIO, Dan JØRGENSEN, Hiltrud BREYER, Margrete AUKEN, Anne FERREIRA

Article 2 – paragraph 2 b (new)

2b. The provisions of this Directive shall not prevent Member States from applying the precautionary principle in restricting or prohibiting the use of pesticides.

2008/10/24
Committee: ENVI

2006/0132(COD)

Roberto MUSACCHIO, Dan JØRGENSEN, Hiltrud BREYER, Margrete AUKEN, Anne FERREIRA

Article 3 – point 1 a (new)

1a) "use" means all operations carried out with a pesticide, such as storage, handling, dilution, mixing, and application;

2008/10/24
Committee: ENVI

2006/0132(COD)

Roberto MUSACCHIO, Dan JØRGENSEN, Hiltrud BREYER, Margrete AUKEN, Anne FERREIRA

Article 3 – point 9 a (new)

9a) "use reduction" means reduction of applications of pesticides and is not necessarily dependent on volume;

2008/10/24
Committee: ENVI

2006/0132(COD)

Roberto MUSACCHIO, Dan JØRGENSEN, Hiltrud BREYER, Margrete AUKEN

Article 3 – point 9 b (new)

9b) "treatment index" is based on the fixed standard dose of active substance per hectare needed for one treatment against the pest in question. Therefore, it is not necessarily dependent on volume and can be used to evaluate use reduction.

2008/10/24
Committee: ENVI

2006/0132(COD)

Roberto MUSACCHIO, Dan JØRGENSEN, Hiltrud BREYER, Margrete AUKEN, Anne FERREIRA

Article 4 – title

National Action Plans to reduce risks and use of pesticides

2008/10/24
Committee: ENVI

2006/0132(COD)

Roberto MUSACCHIO, Hiltrud BREYER, Margrete AUKEN, Anne FERREIRA

Article 4 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1

1. Member States shall adopt, and implement without undue delay, National Action Plans to set up targets, measures and timetables to reduce risks, including hazards, and impacts of pesticide use on human health and the environment and to en~~courag~~sure the development and introduction of integrated pest management and of alternative approaches or techniques, giving priority to non-chemical methods of plant protection and pest and crop management, in order to reduce dependency on and the use of pesticides. The National Action Plans shall as a minimum include: (a) for other than biological pesticides and low-risk plant protection products as defined in Article [50(1)] of Regulation (EC) No ... [concerning the placing of plant protection products on the market], quantitative use reduction targets measured as a treatment index. The treatment index will be adapted to the specific conditions of each Member State. The treatment index will have to be communicated immediately to the Commission for its approval. For active substances of very high concern the reduction target shall be a reduction of at least 50% in relation to the treatment index calculated for the year 2005 by the end of 2013, unless the Member State can prove that it has already achieved a comparable or higher target based on another year of reference from the period 1995-2004; (b) for pesticide formulations classified as toxic or very toxic pursuant to Directive 1999/45/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 31 May 1999 concerning the approximation of the laws, regulations and administrative provisions of the Member States relating to the classification, packaging and labelling of dangerous preparations1, a quantitative use reduction target measured as sold volumes. This target shall be a reduction of at least 50% calculated in relation to the year 2005 by the end of 2013, unless the Member State can prove that it has already achieved a comparable or higher reduction target based on another year of reference from the period 1995-2004. Member States shall establish a mechanism for financing the introduction of the National Action Plans. 1 OJ L 200, 30.7.1999, p. 1.

2008/10/24
Committee: ENVI

2006/0132(COD)

Roberto MUSACCHIO, Dan JØRGENSEN, Hiltrud BREYER, Margrete AUKEN, Anne FERREIRA

Article 4 – paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. By ...*, Member States shall adopt background reports in accordance with Annex IIa with the objective of identifying national trends in pesticide use and risks and the priority areas and crops to be addressed in the National Action Plan. * One year after the entry into force of this Directive.

2008/10/24
Committee: ENVI

2006/0132(COD)

Roberto MUSACCHIO, Dan JØRGENSEN, Hiltrud BREYER, Margrete AUKEN

Article 4 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2

National Action Plans shall be reviewed at least every ~~five years and any substantial changes to National Action Plans shall be reported to the Commission without undue delay.~~ three years and, depending on the attainment of objectives, updated. Monitoring shall also include an analysis of whether the risks in the Action Plan are appropriately taken into account or if they need to be reassessed. Any changes to National Action Plans and the findings of the monitoring shall be reported to the Commission without undue delay. The Commission shall establish an Internet portal to inform the public about the National Action Plans, any changes and the results of their implementation.

2008/10/24
Committee: ENVI

2006/0132(COD)

Article 4 – paragraph 3

3. ~~Where relevant, t~~The Commission shall make information communicated in accordance with paragraph 2 available to the public on the Internet.

2008/10/24
Committee: ENVI

2006/0132(COD)

Roberto MUSACCHIO, Dan JØRGENSEN, Hiltrud BREYER, Margrete AUKEN

Article 5 – paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Member States shall ensure that professional users, distributors and advisers are aware of the existence and risks of illegal (counterfeit) plant protection products, and are properly trained to identify such products.

2008/10/24
Committee: ENVI

2006/0132(COD)

Roberto MUSACCHIO, Dan JØRGENSEN, Hiltrud BREYER, Margrete AUKEN, Anne FERREIRA

Article 7

1. Member States shall take measures to inform the general public and to promote and facilitate information and awareness- raising programmes and the availability of accurate ~~and balanced~~ information relating to pesticides for the general public, in particular regarding the risks, including hazards, and the potential acute and chronic effects for human health, non-target organisms and the environment andrising from their use, and to the use of non-chemical alternatives. 2. Member States shall put in place mandatory systems for gathering information on pesticide acute and chronic poisoning incidents, especially among pesticide operators, workers, residents and any other groups that may be exposed to pesticides regularly. 3. Member States shall regularly monitor and collect information on indicator species exposed to pesticides and on pesticides in the environment, such as in fresh and marine waters, soil and air, and report on this information regularly to the Commission. 4. Member States shall carry out research programmes into specific situations where pesticides have been linked to impacts on human health and the environment, including studies on high-risk groups, biological diversity and combination effects. 5. To enhance comparability of information, the Commission, in cooperation with the Member States, shall develop by ...* a strategic guidance document on monitoring and surveying of impacts of pesticide use on human health and the environment. * Three years after the entry into force of this Directive.

2008/10/24
Committee: ENVI

2006/0132(COD)

Roberto MUSACCHIO, Dan JØRGENSEN, Hiltrud BREYER, Margrete AUKEN

Article 8 - paragraph 1

1. Member States shall ensure that pesticide application equipment and accessories in professional use shall be subject to mandatory inspections at regular intervals. The interval between inspections shall not exceed five years until 202015 and shall not exceed three years thereafter.

2008/10/24
Committee: ENVI

2006/0132(COD)

Dan JØRGENSEN, Anne LAPERROUZE, Margrete AUKEN, Hiltrud BREYER

Article 8 - paragraph 3 – point b

~~(b) exempt from inspection handheld pesticide application equipment or knapsack sprayers.~~deleted

2008/10/24
Committee: ENVI

2006/0132(COD)

Roberto MUSACCHIO, Dan JØRGENSEN, Anne LAPERROUZE, Hiltrud BREYER, Margrete AUKEN, Anne FERREIRA

Article 9 - paragraph 2 – point b

(b) the pesticides used must be explicitly a~~pprov~~uthorised for aerial spraying by the Member State following a specific assessment addressing risks from aerial spraying; substances classified as very toxic (R50) to aquatic organisms shall not be authorised for aerial spraying;

2008/10/24
Committee: ENVI

2006/0132(COD)

Roberto MUSACCHIO, Dan JØRGENSEN, Anne LAPERROUZE, Hiltrud BREYER, Margrete AUKEN, Anne FERREIRA

Article 9 - paragraph 2 – point d a (new)

(da) the area to be sprayed must not be in close proximity to public or residential areas and there must be no effects on the health of residents or bystanders;

2008/10/24
Committee: ENVI

2006/0132(COD)

Roberto MUSACCHIO, Dan JØRGENSEN, Hiltrud BREYER, Margrete AUKEN, Anne FERREIRA

Article 9 - paragraph 2 – point d b (new)

(db) the aerial craft must be equipped with the best available technology to reduce spray drift (e.g. low-drift nozzles); where helicopters are used, the spray booms must be equipped with injection jets to reduce drift.

2008/10/24
Committee: ENVI

2006/0132(COD)

Dan JØRGENSEN, Anne LAPERROUZE, Roberto MUSACCHIO, Margrete AUKEN, Hiltrud BREYER, Anne FERREIRA

Article 9 - paragraph 3

3. Member States shall designate the authorities competent for establishing the specific conditions by which aerial spraying may be carried out ~~and~~. The competent authority is responsible for authorising aerial spraying following a request pursuant to paragraph 4 and for makeing public information on crops, areas, circumstances and particular requirements for application including weather conditions where aerial spraying may be allowed. TIn the authorisation the competent authorities shall specify the measures necessary for warning residents and bystanders in good time and to protect the environment in the vicinity of the area sprayed.

2008/10/24
Committee: ENVI

2006/0132(COD)

Roberto MUSACCHIO, Dan JØRGENSEN, Anne LAPERROUZE, Margrete AUKEN, Hiltrud BREYER, Anne FERREIRA

Article 9 - paragraph 4

4. A professional user wishing to apply pesticides by aerial spraying shall submit a request in due time to the competent authority to apply pesticides by aerial spraying accompanied by evidence to show that the conditions referred to in paragraphs 2 and 3 are fulfilled. ~~Member States may provide that requests for which no answer was received on the decisi~~The notification shall con ta~~ken within the time period laid down by the compete~~in information about the time of spraying and the amounts a~~uthorities shall be deemed to be~~nd the type of pesticides app~~rov~~lied.

2008/10/24
Committee: ENVI

2006/0132(COD)

Roberto MUSACCHIO, Dan JØRGENSEN, Margrete AUKEN, Hiltrud BREYER, Anne FERREIRA

Article 9 - paragraph 6

6. The competent authorities shall keep records of the requests submitted under paragraph 4 and shall make them available to the public.

2008/10/24
Committee: ENVI

2006/0132(COD)

Dan JØRGENSEN, Anne LAPERROUZE, Roberto MUSACCHIO, Margrete AUKEN, Hiltrud BREYER

Article 10

1. Member States shall ensure that appropriate measures to protect the aquatic environment and drinking water supplies from the impact of pesticides are adopted. These measures shall support and be compatible with relevant provisions of Directive 2000/60/EC and Regulation (EC) No …. 2. The measuretake the necessary action to protect bodies of water, in particular by ensuring that buffer zones, where pesticides must not be applied or stored, are established on fields adjacent to water courses, and in particular to safeguard zones for the abstraction of drinking water established in accordance with Article 7(3) of Directive 2000/60/EC. The dimensions of the buffer zones shall be defined as a function of the risks of pollution and the agricultural and climate characteristics of the area concerned. Furthermore Member States shall ensure that, in safeguard zones for the abstraction of drinking water in accordance with Article 7(3) of Directive 2000/60/EC, additional measures are taken to prevent contamination of water with pesticides including, where necessary, tighter restrictions on use of some high-risk products, enhanced use of buffer zones, specific training and awareness of advisers and spray operators, and strict enforcement of best practice in filling, mixing and disposal of pesticides. Member States may establish any pesticide-free zones they deem necessary in order to safeguard drinking water resources. Such pesticide-free zones may cover the entire Member State. 2. In addition to the actions provided for in paragraph 1 ~~shall include~~, Member States shall take the following measures: (a) giving preference to pesticides that are not classified as dangerous for the aquatic environment pursuant to Directive 1999/45/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 31 May 1999 concerning the approximation of the laws, regulations and administrative provisions of the Member States relating to the classification, packaging and labelling of dangerous preparations nor containing priority hazardous substances as set in Article 16(3) of Directive 2000/60/EC; (b) giving preference to the most efficient application techniques such as the use of low-drift pesticide application equipment especially in vertical crops such as hops and those found in orchards and vineyards; (c) use of mitigation measures which minimise the risk of off-site pollution caused by spray drift, drain-flow and run- off. These shall include when necessary the establishment of appropriately-sized buffer zones for the protection of non- target aquatic organisms and safeguard zones for surface and groundwater used for the abstraction of drinking water, where pesticides must not be used or stored; (d) reducing as far as possible or ~~if appropriate~~ eliminating applications on or along roads, railway lines, very permeable surfaces or other infrastructure close to surface water or groundwater or on sealed surfaces with a high risk of run-off into surface water or sewage systems.

2008/10/24
Committee: ENVI

2006/0132(COD)

Roberto MUSACCHIO, Dan JØRGENSEN, Hiltrud BREYER, Margrete AUKEN, Anne FERREIRA

Article 11 –title - introductory part and point 1

Reduction of pesticide use orand risks in s~~pecific~~ensitive areas Member States shall, having due regard tofor the necessary hygiene and public health requirements and biodiversity, ~~or the results of relevant risk assessments,~~ ensure that the use of pesticides is prohibited, or restricted tor the ~~risks arising from such use minimised~~minimum necessary, in: 1) all areas used by the general public or by vulnerable population~~s, such as~~ groups, at least in residential areas, parks, public gardens, sports and recreation grounds, school grounds and playgrounds; and in the vicinity of public healthcare facilities (clinics, hospitals, rehabilitation centres, health resorts, hospices) as well as in substantial no-spray zones including in fields around these areas.

2008/10/24
Committee: ENVI

2006/0132(COD)

Roberto MUSACCHIO, Dan JØRGENSEN, Hiltrud BREYER, Margrete AUKEN

Article 13 – paragraph 1

1. Member States shall take a~~ppropriate measures~~ll necessary measures, including the use of economic instruments, to promote low pesticide- input pest management, giving priority ~~wherever possible~~ to non-chemical methods ~~and otherwis~~of plant protection and pest and crop management, and to ensure that professional users of pesticides switch as quickly as possible to practices and products with the lowest risk to human health and the environment among those available for the same pest problem. Low pesticide-input pest management includes Integrated Pest Management as well as organic farming according to Council Regulation (EC) No 834/2007 of 28 June 2007 on organic production and labelling of organic products.

2008/10/24
Committee: ENVI

2006/0132(COD)

Article 13 – paragraph 2

2. Member States shall establish or support the establishment of all necessary conditions for the implementation of Integrated Pest Management and non- chemical methods of plant protection and pest and crop management. In particular, they shall ensure that professional users have at their disposal information, training and tools for pest monitoring and decision making, as well as advisory services on integrated pest management. and non- chemical methods of plant protection and pest and crop management, and shall draw up descriptions of the best integrated crop protection practices, assigning priority to non-chemical crop protection.

2008/10/24
Committee: ENVI

2006/0132(COD)

Article 13 – paragraph 5

5. Member States shall establish appropriate incentives, training and financial measures to encourage professional users to implement crop or sector specific guidelines for integrated pest management ~~on a voluntary basis. Public authorities and/or organisations representing particular professional users may draw up such guidelines. Member States shall~~. Member States shall take into account the general criteria as described in Annex IIIa and refer to those guidelines that they consider pertinent and appropriate in their National Action Plans drawn up in accordance with Article 4.

2008/10/24
Committee: ENVI

2006/0132(COD)