20 Amendments of Edouard FERRAND related to 2017/2116(INI)
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the European Union is still suffering from a major deficit in vegetable proteins, which has regrettably seen little improvement despite the many intentions announced, and initiatives taken, on this topic for more than 15 years by the Commission; whereas the present-day context means that we should be taking more energetic actiontangible solutions need to be implemented;
Amendment 20 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the issue of protein used in animal feed has too often been analysed with a focus on often-imported protein-rich matter, linked to our deficit in vegetable proteins and to the search for raw materials to supplement farm animals’ diets;
Amendment 23 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas it is necessary to adopt a more comprehensive analysis of the protein issue in Europe so as to maximise the number of instruments at our disposal for boosting the effectiveness of action to reduce our dependence on vegetable proteins, in view of all the analyses carried out over the past 15 years;
Amendment 31 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas proteins are at the core of the challenges of European food safety, and environmental protection and global warming; whereas they are essential to life and are present in all foods consumed by both humans and animals;
Amendment 40 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas there are Member States that are unable to ensure the protein autonomy of their livestock sector;
Amendment 50 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas in recent years China has become the world’s largest importer of soya and, unlike the EU, has launched a genuine security of supply strategy for itself which couldis already threatening our own supplies tomorrow;
Amendment 61 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas the development of agriculture in the past 50 yearmassive imports of raw materials in recent decades hasve given rise to the large-scale long-distance transport of raw materials for the production of vegetable and meat proteins, which is nowhave caused and are causing problems for the environment and the climatebecause of their high carbon footprint;
Amendment 80 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
H. whereas in order to reduce dependence on outside suppliers, it is necessary to focus on not only protein-rich crops but also on all other crops (including in forage and grassland areas) which, while they have a lesser protein content, are extensively cultivated throughout the Union and have a positive impact on soil;
Amendment 81 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
I. whereas there is a need today for a strategic, effective and ambitious protein supply plan to be implemented for the sustainable development of European agriculture; whereas such a plan requires the mobilisation of several EU policies, first and foremost the CAP;
Amendment 121 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Takes the view that it is time to implement a major strategic European vegetable protein supply plan based on the sustainable development of all the crops grown throughout the EU; further takes the view that this change implies a substantial alteration of our production systems to meet the requirements of the circular economy and of agroecologymore environmentally friendly agriculture;
Amendment 150 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Takes the view that this plan must maximise the biomass production of all usable agricultural areas by developing permanent plant cover, somemuch of which can be devoted to protein supply;
Amendment 172 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Recommends supporting farmers who wish to grow soya again in countries where it was banned;
Amendment 190 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Considers it advisable to develop and support regional protein production and processing chains by creating closer links between cereal farmers and livestock farmers (supply and exchange contracts), and deems it useful, to that end, to assist risk- taking by operators entering small supply chains for protein-based food and feed;
Amendment 213 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Stresses the need to make proteins affordable for farmers, by promoting support for producers and for producer- consumers, and for farmers concerned to obtain stocks of local proteins so as to offset the fact that they are unable to produce them;
Amendment 248 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Points out that there are promising technologies for the mobile processing of these protein crops, i.e. towed systems for harvesting, dehydrating and processing crops on the spot to form pellets; stresses that, as a result of those technologies, protein crops could be introduced widely and rapidly, offsetting the fact that processing facilities may be located far away; recommends that the plan provide assistance firstly for developing those technologies and then for acquiring them;
Amendment 252 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Takes the view that there are some Member States that have long experience in growing and conducting research into soya and other leguminous plants and that can share their know-how at European level, and with this end in mind there is a need for better cooperation at European level;
Amendment 278 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Considers it important for the CAP to support protein crop cultivation by means of the voluntary coupled payment (which, if not restricted to crops and regions in difficulty, would give scope for more action) and the greening payment, and by means of the second pillar, particularly through agro-environmental measures on organic farming, investment quality, advice, training and of course innovation via the EIP; stresses the need to make coupled support for protein and leguminous crops more flexible in order to facilitate the use of existing funding and ensure its continuity after 2020;
Amendment 303 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Calls for research efforts, particularly for publicprotein crop research, efforts to be stepped up into under-developed protein crops which are of little or no interest to private investor, particularly through public-private partnerships;
Amendment 314 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
Amendment 333 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Takes the view that the 1992 Blair House Agreement is now obsolete and is likely to hampering the sustainable development of protein crop growing in Europe;