16 Amendments of Jean ARTHUIS related to 2014/0100(COD)
Amendment 376 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) Research projects have demonstrated that consumer confidence is crucial in the market for organic food. In the long run, rules that are not trustworthy can jeopardise public confidence and lead to market failure. Therefore the sustainable development of organic production in the Union should be based on sound production rules which are harmonised at Union level. In addition, those production rules should meet operators' and consumers' expectations regarding the quality of organic products and the compliance with the principles and rules laid down in this Regulation. Given the track record of persistent deficiencies of controls on a European level, it is of utmost importance to improve data collection, communication, monitoring and coordination of the implementation of these rules in all Member States and on a European level. The Commission should, therefore, streamline and step up efforts to coordinate effectively these measures, as the growth of the organic sector depends on availability of data related to organic production and the credibility in the perception of consumers.
Amendment 496 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
This Regulation shall apply to agricultural products listed in Annex I to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (‘the Treaty') and to somethe following products originating from agriculture, including aquaculture, where such products are, or are intended to be, produced, prepared, distributed, placed on the Union market, or imported into or exported from the Union as organic: (a) live or unprocessed agricultural products, including seed and other plant reproductive material; (b) processed agricultural products for food; (c) feed; (d) algae and aquaculture animals; (e) wine; (f) yeast; (g) mushrooms; (h) collected wild plants and parts thereof, and to other products listed in Annex I to this Regulation, insofar as those agricultural products and those other products closely linked to agriculture are intended to be produced, prepared, distributed, placed on the market, imported or exported as organic.
Amendment 521 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 7
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 7
(7) ‘'group of operators' means a group in which each operator is a farmer who has a holding of up to 5 hectares of utilised agricultural area and who may, in addition to producing food or feed, be engaged in processing of food or feed;: (i) managed exclusively by farmers through an internal control system; (ii) in which each operator may, in addition to producing food or feed, be engaged in processing of food or feed; (iii) whose farms are geographically close; (iv) in which the production involves only one type of production.
Amendment 600 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point h
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point h
(h) exclusion of genetic engineering, animal cloning, artificially induced polyploidy in animal production and ionising radiation from the whole organic food chain;
Amendment 849 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 a (new)
Article 23 a (new)
Article 23 a Control system 1. Official controls in relation to organic production and labelling of organic products shall be performed for the verification of compliance with the provisions of this Regulation and shall include, in particular, the verification of the application of preventive measures. 2. The nature and frequency of the official controls shall be determined on the basis of the likelihood of non- compliance. All operators and groups of operators (with the exception of those who sell products directly to the final consumer or user provided that they do not produce, prepare, store other than in connection with the point of sale, organic products or import such products from a third country or have not contracted out such activities to a third party) shall be subject to a verification of compliance at least once a year. The verification of compliance shall imply a physical on-the- spot inspection, except where Member States decide that in duly justified cases the operators and group of operators concerned present a proven low-risk profile and fulfil the criteria of compliant track-record of at least 3 years. In those duly justified cases, however, the period between two physical on-the-spot inspections shall not exceed thirty months.
Amendment 989 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – indent 19 b (new)
Annex I – indent 19 b (new)
- uncarded wool,
Amendment 994 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – indent 19 c (new)
Annex I – indent 19 c (new)
- raw hides,
Amendment 999 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – indent 19 d (new)
Annex I – indent 19 d (new)
- traditional herbal medicinal products,
Amendment 1034 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – part I – point 1.5.4
Annex II – part I – point 1.5.4
The total amount of livestock manure,fertilizer as defined in Council Directive 91/676/EEC67, from industrial scale production (of animals or plants), applied on the agricultural holding, shall not exceed 170 kg of nitrogen per year/hectare of agricultural area used. That limit shall only apply to the use of farmyard manure, dried farmyard manure and dehydrated poultry manure, composted animal excrements, including poultry manure, composted farmyard manure and liquid animal excrements The calculation shall be applied at the level of the parcel. For market garden production under shelter (greenhouses and tunnels) up to 240 units of nitrogen per year/hectare of utilised agricultural area may be applied, calculated on the total area under shelter. __________________ 67 Council Directive 91/676/EEC of 12 December 1991 concerning the protection of waters against pollution caused by nitrates from agricultural sources (OJ L 375, 31.12.1991, p. 1).
Amendment 1035 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – part I – point 1.5.4 a (new)
Annex II – part I – point 1.5.4 a (new)
1.5.4 a In the absence of manure from organic livestock, other fertilizers may be used. A definition of the systems which are compatible with organic agriculture is therefore required: - herbivorous livestock with access to pasture for at least part of the year - pigs raised on bedding or with access to an exercise area or free range - poultry with access to an outdoor area
Amendment 1068 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – part II – point 1.3.5 a (new)
Annex II – part II – point 1.3.5 a (new)
1.3.5a. As bees have a high mortality rate, apiculture should also be covered by this provision.
Amendment 1090 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – part II – point 1.4.3.2 a (new)
Annex II – part II – point 1.4.3.2 a (new)
1.4.3.2a. Feed coming from the holding itself and from other sources For herbivores, except during the annual period of transhumance in accordance with the provisions of paragraph 1.4.2.2, at least 90 % of the feed shall come from the holding itself, or, if this is not possible, shall be produced in cooperation with other organic farms in the same region. For pigs and poultry, at least 60 % of the feed shall come from the holding itself, or, if this is not possible, shall be produced in cooperation with other organic farms or organic feed producers. For bees, at the end of the production season hives shall be left with sufficient reserves of honey and pollen to survive the winter. Feeding of bee colonies shall only be permitted where the survival of the hives is endangered due to climatic conditions. Feeding shall be with organic honey, organic sugar syrups, or organic sugar.
Amendment 1099 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – part II – point 1.5.2.2 a (new)
Annex II – part II – point 1.5.2.2 a (new)
1.5.2.2a. In addition to antibiotic treatments, allopathic antiparasitic remedies are used widely and systematically in animal husbandry. Their onset time also requires the following framework: -for cattle breeding, a limit of two treatments in a 12 month period, and for animals with a productive lifecycle of less than a year; -for breeding of sheep and goats, a limit of four treatments in a 12 month period, and of three treatments if their productive lifecycle is less than a year; - for breeding of horses, a limit of two treatments in a 12 month period; - for breeding of pigs, a limit of three treatments in a 12 month period; - for breeding of poultry for meat, a prohibition on treatment; -for laying and breeding hens, a limit of two treatments in a 12 month period.
Amendment 1102 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – part II – point 1.5.2.4
Annex II – part II – point 1.5.2.4
1.5.2.4. With the exception of vaccinations, treatments for parasites, phytotherapeutic and homeopathic products and compulsory eradication schemes where an animal or group of animals receive more than three courses of treatments with chemically- synthesised allopathic veterinary medicinal products including antibiotics within 12 months, or more than one course of treatment if their productive lifecycle is less than one year, the livestock concerned, or produce derived from them, shall not be sold as organic products, and the livestock shall undergo the conversion periods referred to in points 1.2 and 2.
Amendment 1106 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – part II – point 1.5.2.6 a (new)
Annex II – part II – point 1.5.2.6 a (new)
1.5.2.6a. The use of synthesised chemical allopathic veterinary medicines for preventive treatment is prohibited. Bolus composed of synthesised allopathic chemical molecules should therefore be prohibited in organic farming.
Amendment 1120 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – part II – point 1.7.6 a (new)
Annex II – part II – point 1.7.6 a (new)
1.7.6a. The tethering of cattle may be authorised for a period of 30 days over the entire winter period (that is ten days per month). During this period the animals should however still have access to the outside if weather conditions permit.