254 Amendments of Anja HAZEKAMP related to 2020/2260(INI)
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 1 a (new)
Citation 1 a (new)
- having regard to Article 13 TFEU that states that when formulating and implementing the Union's policies, in particular concerning its internal market, full regard should be paid to the welfare requirements of animals, since animals are sentient beings,
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 1 a (new)
Citation 1 a (new)
- having regard to the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Peasants and Other People Working in Rural Areas of 2018,
Amendment 18 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 1 a (new)
Citation 1 a (new)
- having regard to its resolution of 18 December 2019 on the EU Pollinators Initiative1a, __________________ 1a P9_TA(2019)0104.
Amendment 19 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 1 a (new)
Citation 1 a (new)
- having regard to the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture of 2009,
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the resilience and sustainable development of the EU food system depends on the work of European fishers and fish farmers, as they play a key role in supporting the economic and social dimension of coastal and many inland communitiesEurope’s food system should deliver food and nutrition security in a way that contributes to social well- being and maintains and restores ecosystem health and respects the planetary boundaries; whereas the requires a transition in the fisheries and aquaculture sector to ensure healthy oceans and marine- and coastal ecosystems, animal welfare and food safety and traceability;
Amendment 28 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 5 a (new)
Citation 5 a (new)
- having regard to the European Pillar of Social Rights,
Amendment 29 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 5 b (new)
Citation 5 b (new)
- having regard to the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union,
Amendment 33 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 5 c (new)
Citation 5 c (new)
- having regard to its resolution on European protection of cross-border and seasonal workers in the context of the COVID-19 crisis adopted on 19 June,
Amendment 39 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 5 e (new)
Citation 5 e (new)
- having regard to the Council conclusions on seasonal and mobile workers adopted on 12 October 2020,
Amendment 44 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 6 a (new)
Citation 6 a (new)
Amendment 49 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 7 a (new)
Citation 7 a (new)
Amendment 62 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 10 a (new)
Citation 10 a (new)
- having regard to Council Directive 1999/74/EC of 19 July 1999 laying down minimum standards for the protection of laying hens1a, __________________ 1a OJ L 203, 3.8.1999, p. 53–57
Amendment 64 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 10 b (new)
Citation 10 b (new)
- having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1/2005 of 22 December 2004 on the protection of animals during transport and related operations1a, __________________ 1a OJ L 3, 5.1.2005, p. 1–44
Amendment 66 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 10 b (new)
Citation 10 b (new)
- having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1099/2009 of 24 September 2009 on the protection of animals at the time of killing1a, __________________ 1a OJ L 303, 18.11.2009, p. 1–30
Amendment 68 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 10 c (new)
Citation 10 c (new)
- having regard to Regulation (EU) 2016/429 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 March 2016 on transmissible animal diseases and amending and repealing certain acts in the area of animal health (‘Animal Health Law’)1a, __________________ 1a OJ L 84, 31.3.2016, p. 1.
Amendment 69 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 10 c (new)
Citation 10 c (new)
- having regard to Council Directive 2007/43/EC of 28 June 2007 laying down minimum rules for the protection of chickens kept for meat production1a, __________________ 1a OJ L 182, 12.7.2007
Amendment 71 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 10 d (new)
Citation 10 d (new)
- having regard to Regulation (EU) 2019/6 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2018 on veterinary medicinal products1a, __________________ 1a OJ L 4, 7.1.2019, p. 43–167
Amendment 72 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 10 e (new)
Citation 10 e (new)
- having regard to Council Directive 2008/120/EC of 18 December 2008 laying down minimum standards for the protection of pigs1a, __________________ 1a OJ L 47, 18.2.2009, p. 5–13
Amendment 73 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 10 e (new)
Citation 10 e (new)
- having regard to Council Directive 2008/119/EC of 18 December 2008 laying down minimum standards for the protection of calves1a, __________________ 1a OJ L 10, 15.1.2009, p. 7–13
Amendment 74 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 10 f (new)
Citation 10 f (new)
- having regard to Directive 2010/63 EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 September 2010 on the protection of animals used for scientific purposes1a, __________________ 1a OJ L 276, 20.10.2010, p. 33–79
Amendment 78 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 11 a (new)
Citation 11 a (new)
- having regard to Council Directive of 12 December 1991 concerning the protection of waters against pollution caused by nitrates from agricultural sources1a, __________________ 1a OJ L 375, 31.12.1991, p. 1.
Amendment 82 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 11 b (new)
Citation 11 b (new)
- having regard to Regulation (EU) No 1185/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 November 2009 concerning statistics on pesticides1a, __________________ 1a OJ L 324, 10.12.2009, p. 1–22
Amendment 87 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
Amendment 87 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 12 a (new)
Citation 12 a (new)
- having regard to Regulation (EU) 2019/1381 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 June 2019 on the transparency and sustainability of the EU risk assessment in the food chain1a, __________________ 1a OJ L 231, 6.9.2019, p. 1–28
Amendment 88 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 12 a (new)
Citation 12 a (new)
- having regards to Directive 2001/18/EC on the deliberate release into the environment of genetically modified organisms,
Amendment 89 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 12 b (new)
Citation 12 b (new)
- having regard to Directive 2000/60/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2000 establishing a framework for Community action in the field of water policy1a, __________________ 1a OJ L 327, 22.12.2000, p. 1–73
Amendment 92 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 12 c (new)
Citation 12 c (new)
- having regard to Directive 2006/118/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 December 2006 on the protection of groundwater against pollution and deterioration1a, __________________ 1a OJ L 372, 27.12.2006, p. 19–31
Amendment 93 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 13 a (new)
Citation 13 a (new)
Amendment 94 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Notes that in the EU annual fish consumption per capita is estimated at 24kg, while EU annual fish production per capita is estimated to be 11kg; points out that Europe consumes far more seafood than it can catch in domestic waters or produce in fish farms and that more than half of the yearly demand comes from abroad, highlighting that developing countries account for about half of the imports; emphasizes that switching to a more plant based diet would increase the degree of self- sufficiency and result in positive effects on fish populations and marine ecosystems in Europe and the rest of the world;
Amendment 96 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 18 a (new)
Citation 18 a (new)
- having regard to its resolution of 11 February 2015 on country of origin labelling for meat in processed food1a, __________________ 1a OJ C 310, 25.8.2016, p. 15–18
Amendment 97 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 18 b (new)
Citation 18 b (new)
- having regard to its legislative resolution of 8 September 2015 on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the cloning of animals of the bovine, porcine, ovine, caprine and equine species kept and reproduced for farming purposes1a, __________________ 1a P8_TA(2015)0285
Amendment 100 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 18 c (new)
Citation 18 c (new)
- having regard to its resolution of 12 May 2016 on mandatory indication of the country of origin or place of provenance for certain foods1a, __________________ 1a OJ C 76, 28.2.2018, p. 49–53
Amendment 101 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 19 a (new)
Citation 19 a (new)
- having regard to European Parliament resolution of 28 November 2019 on the climate and environment emergency,
Amendment 102 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 19 b (new)
Citation 19 b (new)
- having regard to the 2017 WHO report, entitled 'Assessing the economic costs of unhealthy diets and low physical activity: an evidence review and proposed framework',
Amendment 111 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 22 a (new)
Citation 22 a (new)
- having regard to its resolution of 17 April 2018 on the implementation of the 7th Environment Action Programme1a, __________________ 1a OJ C 390, 18.11.2019, p. 10–18
Amendment 118 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Calls on the Commission and Member States to limit the impact of the EU's fishing industry on biodiversity, animal welfare and the environment, by increasing efforts to prevent bycatch of non-target species such as dolphins, marine turtles and seabirds and by restricting the most destructive fishing techniques;
Amendment 118 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 24 a (new)
Citation 24 a (new)
- having regard to its resolution of 13 March 2019 on a Europe that protects: Clean air for all1a, __________________ 1a P8_TA(2019)0186
Amendment 121 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Welcomes the announced new EU Strategic Guidelines on Aquaculture; notes that intensive aquaculture is associated with impacts on animal welfare, marine biodiversity and local fish populations; underlines that the capture of fish to feed carnivorous farmed fish is a driver of marine biodiversity loss as well as a major animal welfare issue, and is therefore a practice that should be ended; calls on the Commission and Member States to improve the welfare of (farmed) fish by taking measures such as implementing humane methods of stunning before slaughter and regulating stocking densities to levels that provide better welfare and allow fish to exercise their natural behaviour;
Amendment 122 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 24 a (new)
Citation 24 a (new)
- having regard to the FAO report entitled 'Natural Capital Impacts in Agriculture, 2015', on harmful environmental external costs for food consumption, double the global market value of food 1a, __________________ 1a http://www.fao.org/fileadmin/templates/nr /sustainability_pathways/docs/Natural_Ca pital_Impacts_in_Agriculture_final.pdf
Amendment 124 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 24 b (new)
Citation 24 b (new)
- having regard to the 2020 edition of the report of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) on the State of World Fisheries and Aquaculture (SOFIA 2020),
Amendment 125 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 24 c (new)
Citation 24 c (new)
- having regard to the decision of the European Ombudsman in case 640/2019/FP on the transparency of the Council of the European Union’s decision-making process leading to the adoption of annual regulations setting fishing quotas (total allowable catches),
Amendment 126 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 24 d (new)
Citation 24 d (new)
- having regard to the UN FAO 2018 report entitled 'The 10 Elements of Agroecology: Guiding the Transition to Sustainable Food and Agricultural Systems',
Amendment 127 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 24 e (new)
Citation 24 e (new)
- having regard to 'A European Strategy for Plastics in a Circular Economy',
Amendment 128 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 25 a (new)
Citation 25 a (new)
- having regards to Special Eurobarometer 505:"Making our food fit for the future – Citizens’ expectations" from October 2020,
Amendment 131 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 25 a (new)
Citation 25 a (new)
Amendment 132 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 25 a (new)
Citation 25 a (new)
- having regard to the EAT Lancet Commission 2019 report Food in The Anthropocene: the EAT-Lancet Commission on Healthy Diets From Sustainable Food Systems1a, __________________ 1a https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet /article/PIIS0140-6736(18)31788- 4/fulltext
Amendment 136 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 25 b (new)
Citation 25 b (new)
- having regard to the Implementation Report on the Sustainable Use of Pesticides Directive (COM(2020)204),
Amendment 137 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 35 c (new)
Citation 35 c (new)
- having regard to the EEA report Food in a greenlight - A systems approach to sustainable food1a, __________________ 1a EEA Report No 16/2017
Amendment 138 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 35 e (new)
Citation 35 e (new)
- having regard to the scientific opinion of March 2020 by the Group of Chief Scientific Advisors to the European Commission entitled ‘Towards a Sustainable Food System’1a, __________________ 1aDirectorate-General for Research and Innovation, Group of Chief Scientific Advisors (2020). ‘Towards a sustainable food system. Moving from food as a commodity to food as more of a common good: independent expert report’.
Amendment 139 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 35 f (new)
Citation 35 f (new)
- having regard to the European Commission’s Fitness Check Roadmap and revision of the existing animal welfare legislation, including on animal transport and the slaughter of animals, to assess their effectiveness, relevance and consistency and to ensure a higher level of animal welfare in the EU,
Amendment 140 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 35 h (new)
Citation 35 h (new)
- having regard to the Report on the REFIT evaluation of the pesticide legislation (COM(2020)208),
Amendment 141 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 35 i (new)
Citation 35 i (new)
- having regard to the Report on front-of-pack nutrition labelling (COM(2020)207),
Amendment 142 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 35 j (new)
Citation 35 j (new)
- having regard to the Commissions’ Staff Working Document on the Evaluation of the Nutrition and Health Claims Regulation (SWD(2020) 95),
Amendment 143 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 35 k (new)
Citation 35 k (new)
- having regard to DG (SANTE) audits 2020-6935, 2019-6679, 2018-6459, 2018-6457 and 2016-8860 evaluating the control system in place governing the production of food of animal origin, including horse meat, intended for export to the European Union,
Amendment 145 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 36 a (new)
Citation 36 a (new)
- having regard to the Communication from the Commission on the European Citizens' Initiative “Ban glyphosate and protect people and the environment from toxic pesticides” (C(2017) 8414 final),
Amendment 146 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 36 a (new)
Citation 36 a (new)
- having regard to the 2020 report commissioned by the European Parliament’s Committee on Petitions, entitled “Ending the Cage Age: Looking for Alternatives”,
Amendment 148 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 37 a (new)
Citation 37 a (new)
- having regard to Council Presidency Conclusions of 15 December 2020 on front-of-pack nutrition labelling, nutrient profiles and origin labelling,
Amendment 150 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Stresses that fish are sentient beings and should be spared unnecessary suffering; calls on the Commission and the Member States to take steps to develop and implement gentler methods of capture, landing and slaughter of fish in order to reduce stress and improve fish quality;
Amendment 150 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 37 a (new)
Citation 37 a (new)
- having regard to the opinion of the Committee of the Regions "From farm to fork – the local and regional dimension",
Amendment 153 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Notes that EU animal welfare legislation is currently not applicable to decapod crustaceans, while several third countries have included these animals in their animal welfare legislation; calls on the Commission and the Member States to take steps to improve the welfare of decapod crustaceans, such as crabs and lobsters, by including these animals in their animal welfare legislation;
Amendment 163 #
6. Stresses the need to continue to promote the responsible exploitation of fisheries resources and to combat IUU fishing by strengthening the policy of sustainable fisheries agreements with non-EU countries for European vessels providing quality products;
Amendment 176 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Deeply regrets the failure to achieve the commitment under the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG 14.6) of phasing out harmful fisheries subsidies by 2020; calls on the Commission and the Member States to abolish all harmful fisheries subsidies, including capacity-building subsidies; Underlines the importance of EMFAF in sustaining and modernising the sector, favouring generational renewal, and promoting the active participation of women, associations, including guilds (‘cofradías), producer organisations and the retail sector;
Amendment 181 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas infinite economic growth on a planet with finite resources is impossible; whereas the pursuit of economic growth is a deeply problematic paradigm that needs to give way to a more sensible pursuit of enhancing quality of life and wellbeing, meaning that our economic models need to be adapted to the planetary boundaries to ensure a sustainable future;
Amendment 184 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas food should not be considered a commodity but a common good; whereas the Farm to Fork Strategy should be based on food as a human right and should recognise food sovereignty as a guiding principle;
Amendment 195 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas Europe’s food system should deliver food and nutrition security in a way that contributes to social well- being and maintains and restores ecosystem health and respects the planetary boundaries; whereas currently, the food system is the single largest driver of global deforestation and biodiversity loss in Europe as well as responsible for a wide range of detrimental impacts on human and animal health and welfare, on the environment, the climate and biodiversity; whereas the way in which we produce and consume food needs to transform radically and rapidly in order to ensure coherence with the SDGs, the Paris Agreement, the Convention on Biological Diversity and EU policies, particularly in the areas of sustainability, the environment, climate, biodiversity, public health, animal welfare, research and innovation, trade policy, food and economic sustainability for farmers;
Amendment 197 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Recommends that appropriately funded dedicated campaigns aimed at consumers be launched to bolsterring in line the EU's fish consumption with its domestic production and reduce dependence on third-country waters and high seas for fishery products.
Amendment 245 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas European citizens are increasingly concerned about the welfare of animals in the agricultural sector and expect the EU to transition away from intensive farming practices, like caged farming; whereas the European Citizens’ Initiative (ECI) “End the Cage Age”, which calls on the EU to phase-out the use of cages in animal farming, has collected nearly 1.4 million certified signatures, qualifying as one of the few successful ECIs; whereas the European Committee of the Regions committed to the objective of ending caged farming and many EU member states already adopted national legislation which goes beyond the minimum EU standards, increasing the urgency for legislative action, at the EU level, to end this inhumane practice and ensuring a level-playing field for farmers across the EU;
Amendment 247 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas industrial livestock production and intensive monocultures result in high greenhouse gas emissions, soil degradation, air pollution, water contamination and biodiversity loss; whereas globally, food and farming systems contribute up to 30% of all greenhouse gas emissions; whereas agriculture is responsible for about 90% of EU ammonia emissions, which has significant negative effects on the environment and biodiversity, and is a major contributor to the air pollution that kills 400,000 European citizens each year; whereas the use of pesticides and fertilisers threatens biodiversity, including bees and other essential pollinators, and human and animal health;
Amendment 248 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas working condition of a vast proportion of workers employed in the European agriculture sector are extremely challenging and precarious, characterised by poor wages, long working hours, a high proportion of undeclared work, an extremely high incidence of accidents and illness (according to Eurostat, agriculture is among the most dangerous occupations in Europe) and deplorable housing conditions with workers falling often prey to widespread exploitation, including gang master practices and other forms of modern slavery;
Amendment 258 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas IPBES estimates that 90% of land is projected to be significantly altered by 2050 and 75% of land has already been significantly altered; whereas 85% of wetlands areas have already been lost;
Amendment 263 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B b (new)
Recital B b (new)
Bb. whereas animals are recognised under Article 13 TFEU as sentient beings and full regard must be paid to animal welfare requirements in EU policymaking as they deserve due consideration and respect, especially because the welfare of animals kept for food production is a key issue of concern for EU citizens; whereas significant developments in animal welfare science have taken place since the existing EU farm animal welfare legislation was adopted and it is thus vital to revise and augment the existing body of animal welfare legislation to bring it into line with the latest scientific advancements and to respond to societal demands for improvement of the welfare of animals and the elimination of outdated livestock housing systems and other production practices that negatively impact their welfare;
Amendment 266 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B b (new)
Recital B b (new)
Bb. whereas antimicrobial resistance is a major threat to human health, reducing and minimizing the use of antibiotics in animal husbandry will help slow down its emergence and spread, particularly in settings of intensive animal production, noting that in many countries much of the antibiotics used in animals are for growth promotion and prevention of disease, not to treat sick animals;
Amendment 270 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B b (new)
Recital B b (new)
Bb. whereas it has been over two years since the IPCC released its Special Report on Global Warming of 1.5°C, which stated that limiting global warming to 1.5°C would require rapid, far-reaching and unprecedented changes in all aspects of society;
Amendment 273 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B c (new)
Recital B c (new)
Bc. whereas in the current risk assessment of active and basic substances and pesticides and biocides, the following parameters are not taken into account properly: multiplicity of pollutants co- existing in nature, chronic exposure, toxicity of mixtures, interaction between active substances and other chemicals (synergistic toxicity, such as food additives, food contaminants and silos), frequency of usage, exposure time, nor parameters related to the landscape and the climate, while the widespread, increasing and prophylactic use of plant protection products is of concern to EU citizens;
Amendment 276 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B d (new)
Recital B d (new)
Bd. whereas unhealthy diets, high in salt, sugar, fat and animal protein are a leading risk factor for disease and mortality in Europe; and at the same time antimicrobial resistance, hazardous pesticides and exposure to endocrine disrupting chemicals via food and food packaging, are also increased threats to public health;
Amendment 279 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B e (new)
Recital B e (new)
Be. whereas a diet rich in plant-based foods and with fewer animal source foods confers both improved health and environmental benefits, and transformation to healthy diets by 2050 will require substantial dietary shifts, whereas global consumption of fruits, vegetables, nuts and legumes will have to double, and consumption of foods such as red meat and sugar will have to be reduced by more than 50% in order to achieve dietary shifts towards less resource-intensive products (more plant based, less refined), with more effective distribution chains, and food waste prevention to easily compensate for the yield shortfalls that are often associated with more sustainable production methods;
Amendment 303 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas the European model of a multifunctional agricultural sector, driven bywhich should be driven by small-scaled family farms, continues topartly ensures quality food production, and local supply chains, good agriculture practices, high environmental standards and vibrant rural areas throughout the EU;
Amendment 337 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas in just over a decade several million farms have ceased to exist, representing over a third of all farms in Europe, of which the vast majority were small family businesses, due to upscaling and intensification of the agricultural system;
Amendment 347 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C b (new)
Recital C b (new)
Cb. whereas the Farm to fork strategy should include in its remit a commitment to address the phenomenon of land concentration or “land grabbing”; recalls that land is an increasingly scarce resource, which is non-renewable, and is the basis of the human right to healthy and sufficient food, and of many ecosystem services vital to survival, and should therefore not be treated as an ordinary item of merchandise; notes that land is, threatened, on the one hand by the loss of agricultural land through soil sealing, urban development, tourism, infrastructure projects, and the spread of desertification caused by climate change, and, on the other hand, by the concentration of land in the hands of large-scale agricultural undertakings and investors from outside the farming sector; stresses that it is the responsibility of the authorities to control and limit the loss of agriculture land through such activities, small and medium-sized farms, direct ownership or properly regulated tenancy, and access to common land, are the best way of ensuring a responsible relationship with the land and sustainable land management, and of fostering identification and a sense of belonging; believes that such forms of tenure encourage people to remain in rural areas and enable them to work there, which has a positive impact on the socio-economic infrastructure of rural areas, food security, food sovereignty and the preservation of the rural way of life;
Amendment 357 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas it is important that consumers are informed and enabled to take responsibility forfood value chain actors have a large share of the responsibility for current unsustainable and unhealthy diets and must contribute to the transition to sustainable and local food systems and it is important theat consequences of their choice of food stuffs on the whole food system, from production to processing and distribution; whereas this requireumers are empowered to make informed food choices, including with regards to the impact on the whole food system, from production to processing and distribution; whereas consumer choices are constrained by norms and conventions, price, convenience, habit and the ways in which food choice is presented; whereas information provision, education, and awareness campaigns are on their own insufficient to achieve the required behavioural change towards sustainable consumer choices; whereas a healthy and sound food environment is needed, which ensures that the healthy and sustainable choice is also the easy and affordable choice, and fosters and encourages consumption patterns that support human health while ensuring the sustainable use of natural and human resources and animal welfare;
Amendment 389 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas the COVID-19 pandemic has shown us how vulnerable we are for emerging zoonotic diseases; taking into account that around half of the zoonotic diseases that have emerged in humans since 1940 resulted from changes in land use, especially clearing land for crop and livestock production that bring people and livestock close to forests and increase contact between wildlife, livestock, pathogens and people; whereas the expansion and intensification of agriculture, the breeding of billions of farm animals kept in close proximity to each other and to humans and the lack of genetic diversity in kept animals coupled with the high use of veterinary medicine which reduce the natural resistance in animals, unsustainable international trade and wildlife hunting and trade create ideal conditions for outbreaks of infectious and zoonotic diseases, which, just as the novel coronavirus, have the potential to become pandemics with dramatic consequences for our health and our societies;
Amendment 390 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas genome editing methods have a high technical potential to make the whole genome available for genetic changes, very often resulting in complex patterns of genetic change (genotypes) and profound intended changes in the biological characteristics (phenotypes), even if no additional genes are inserted; whereas organisms derived from genome editing are covered by the Cartagena Biosafety Protocol of the Convention on Biological Diversity;
Amendment 402 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas the European food system has played a crucial role during the COVID-19 pandemic, demonstrating its resilience with farmers, processors and retailers working together under difficult conditions, including lockdowns, to ensure that European consumers continue to have access to safe, affordable, and high quality products without impediment; nevertheless, the COVID-19 crisis has highlighted the limits and weaknesses of globalised and intricate food supply chains, and has shown that over- specialisation of agricultural production leaves countries more vulnerable to trade restrictions and sudden shifts in consumer demand, which proves that there is a need to focus increasingly on ensuring long term food security and resilience by establishing shorter and robuster food chains;
Amendment 426 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
Ea. whereas globally, according to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), agriculture represents roughly one quarter of total anthropogenic emissions (23% on average) while the estimated share of food systems more broadly is between 21%and 37%1a; whereas about half of the food system emissions are direct emissions, mostly methane (CH4) and nitrous oxide (N2O)from farming practices, from the animals themselves and from their manure and the other half being emissions linked to land use and land-use changes1b (such as clearing of forests), and CO2 emissions from pre- and post- production sectors (transport of food, food processing, food waste, etc.); __________________ 1aIPCC Special Report on Climate Change and Land (SRCCL),Summary for Policy Makers, 8 August 2019. https://www.ipcc.ch/srccl/ 1bBetween 1960 and 2011, 65% of global land-use change was driven by the production of animal products. Drivers for global agricultural land-use change: The nexus of diet, population, yield and bioenergy. Global Environmental Change, 35: 138–147.
Amendment 429 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
Ea. whereas the European food safety tests that are using animals are rapidly becoming out-of-date for drawing conclusions that can be reproduced and validated, as well as that ensure the highest safety standards for the public, animals and the environment; whereas the use of animal-free new approach methodologies (NAMs) should become the main approach for addressing the data needs which underpin food safety and the sustainable and safe use of pesticides;
Amendment 433 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
Ea. whereas the European Parliament adopted a resolution on EU Pollinators Initiative1a which confirms its strong position regarding the importance of pollinators protection, particularly in context of risk and exposure to chemicals and the need to transform away from harmful agricultural practices; __________________ 1a P9_TA(2019)0104
Amendment 441 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
Ea. whereas food security is dependent on soil security, and thus healthy soils, their protection and their sustainable use must be a top priority in the implementation of this Strategy in order to ensure food security for the future;
Amendment 456 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E b (new)
Recital E b (new)
Eb. whereas the EU agricultural sector produced 426 473 kilo tonnes of CO2 equivalent of greenhouse gases in 2015, about 10 % of the EU’s total GHG emissions (excluding Land Use, Land Use Change and Forestry (LULUCF) net removals) for that year; whereas there are considerable variations between Member States, with agriculture accounting from ~3% to 33% of national GHG emissions;
Amendment 458 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E b (new)
Recital E b (new)
Eb. whereas the EFSA Bee Guidance Document (2013) has not been adopted yet and its review has not been finalised, and the process of Biocides - Pollinators Guidance Document by ECHA is ongoing; whereas even full application of the 2013 EFSA Bee Guidance would leave butterflies, moths and hoverflies unprotected under the pesticide approval regime;
Amendment 464 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E b (new)
Recital E b (new)
Eb. whereas the food and beverage sector is a big contributor to the plastic waste; whereas increasing on-the-go consumption of food and drink is fuelling the growth of ‘single use plastics’;
Amendment 467 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E c (new)
Recital E c (new)
Ec. whereas emissions of ammonia (NH3) rose for the fourth year running, increasing by 0.4% across the EU, from 2016 to 20171a with the overall increase over the 2014-2017 period of about 2.5%; whereas these increases are because of the lack of emission reductions in the agricultural sector; whereas ammonia emissions can lead to increased acid depositions and excessive levels of nutrients in soil, rivers or lakes, which can have negative impacts on aquatic ecosystems and cause damage to forests, crops and other vegetation; whereas eutrophication can lead to severe reductions in water quality with subsequent impacts including decreased biodiversity, and toxicity effects; __________________ 1aAnnual EEA briefing ‘National Emission Ceilings (NEC) Directive reporting status 2019’ https://www.eea.europa.eu/themes/air/air- pollution-sources-1/national-emission- ceilings/nec-directive-reporting-status- 2019
Amendment 472 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E d (new)
Recital E d (new)
Ed. whereas agriculture is the third biggest source of primary PM10 emissions in the EU, as stressed by the European Environment Agency; whereas ammonia (NH3) emissions from agriculture contribute to episodes of high PM concentrations experienced across Europe each spring, as well as to both short- and long-term negative health impacts;
Amendment 473 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E d (new)
Recital E d (new)
Ed. whereas sustainable farming practices, including IPM uptake, agroforestry, agroecology and organic farming, are viable, including at a global scale, and should be encouraged; whereas scientific evidence1a confirms that pesticide use can be reduced substantially without affecting profitability and productivity negatively; __________________ 1aLechenet, M., Dessaint, F., Py, G. et al. Reducing pesticide use while preserving crop productivity and profitability on arable farms. Nature Plants 3, 17008 (2017)
Amendment 476 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E e (new)
Recital E e (new)
Ee. whereas methane emissions from agriculture are an important precursor to ground-level ozone, which has adverse effects on human health; whereas 98 % of the EU’s urban population is exposed to ozone levels exceeding WHO guidelines;
Amendment 477 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E f (new)
Recital E f (new)
Ef. whereas agro-ecology is an integrated approach that simultaneously applies ecological and social concepts and principles to the design and management of food and agricultural systems; whereas it seeks to optimise the interactions between plants, animals, humans and the environment while taking into consideration the social aspects that need to be addressed for a sustainable and fair food system;
Amendment 478 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E f (new)
Recital E f (new)
Ef. whereas annual value of biological pest control and pollination are estimated at EUR 320 billion and EUR 90 billion respectively1a and both ecosystem services can be stimulated by beneficial practices and measures taken on EU's, Member States', regional, local and farm's level; __________________ 1a Costanza, R., d'Arge, R., de Groot, R. et al. The value of the world's ecosystem services and natural capital. Nature 387, 253–260 (1997)
Amendment 479 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E g (new)
Recital E g (new)
Eg. whereas agro-ecology can support food production and security and nutrition while restoring the ecosystem services and biodiversity that are essential for sustainable agriculture and plays an important role in building resilience and adapting to climate change; whereas the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO)recognises it as a solution to tackle the multi-facetted social and environmental challenges facing the global food system;
Amendment 480 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E h (new)
Recital E h (new)
Amendment 516 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the farm to fork strategy as an important step in ensuring a sustainable, fair, healthy, animal friendly, local and resilient food system, which is central to achieving the goals set out in the European Green Deal and in the SDGs; emphasises the inextricable links between healthy people, healthy societies and a healthy planet, encourages the Commission to translate the strategy into concrete legislative and non-legislative action as soon as possible;
Amendment 539 #
1a. Considers that all impact assessments from the Commission should include the costs of non-action and include robust environmental impact assessment;
Amendment 555 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 f (new)
Paragraph 1 f (new)
1f. Calls on the Commission to propose actions aiming for a system change, for example by focusing on innovative governance system, not mere ‘techno-fixes’ which cannot offer a real solution to the diverse issues impacting the sector;
Amendment 559 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Welcomes the announcement of an impact-assesevidence-based proposal for a legislative framework for sustainable food systems; invites the Commission to use this proposal to set out a holistic, integrated common food policy aimed at reducing the environmental, water and climate footprint, as well as reducing the negative impacts on biodiversity and human and animal health and welfare of the EU food system in order to make Europe the first climate- neutral and zero-pollution continent by 2050 and strengthen its resilience to ensure long-term food security in the face of climate change, environmental degradation and biodiversity loss, leading a global transition towards sustainability from farm to fork, based on the UN FAO’s principles of a multifunctional agricultural sector while ensuring consistency between policies by taking into account the existing legislation in ordergroecology and the UN right to food, while ensuring enhanced policy coherence of all the legislative and non-legislative acts and to enable all actors in the European food system to develop long-term plans based on realistic and transparent objectives; stresses the need for urgent and bold policy and legislative change in the face of overwhelming scientific evidence of the unsustainability of the current food system and the higher costs of a failure to act; suggests that the respective base lines and progress achieved in each Member State be taken into account, while promoting the exchange of know-how and best practices between Member States; stresses the need to include the entire food and beverage chains including processing, marketing, distribution and retail and to cover the environmental, social (including health) and economic dimensions of sustainability; calls for this legislative proposal to pay full regard to the welfare of farm animals, given that this is integral to food sustainability; recommends that it includes measures to stimulate the adoption of higher animal welfare standards, a reduction of the amount of farm animals and stocking densities, and to increase the production and consumption of plant-based products at the same time;
Amendment 624 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Stresses that a more sustainable food system is a prerequisite for securing the supply of safe and healthy food in the long term and that food security and food sustainability are interrelated and interdependent; highlights that food availability is generally not a major challenge in the EU, while issues such as food waste, overconsumption and obesity, as well as the environmental footprint of European households’ food consumption are more significant challenges facing the EU food system today;
Amendment 642 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Stresses that according to FAO agroecology is a key part of the global response to climate change and of the creation of sustainable food and agricultural systems; points out that the new legislative framework for sustainable food systems should be based on the principles and elements defined by FAO as agroecology in order to trigger an agroecological transition;
Amendment 657 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Emphasises the need to ensure coherence of agricultural practices with the goals of the European Green Deal in terms of climate change, biodiversity, circular economy and zero pollution;
Amendment 660 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Calls on the Commission to propose a binding EU target of a minimum 30% reduction target for its food consumption footprint by 2030, using a 2020 baseline;
Amendment 663 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Invites the Commission, as part of the legal framework for sustainable food systems, to develop Food Policy Strategic plans, backed by ring-fenced EU funds, which serve to facilitate, stimulate and upscale new and existing national, regional, and local food policies; emphasises the importance of the underpinning of these plans by independent science and involvement of stakeholders of a broad variety of perspectives to ensure a legitimate and inclusive process; stresses that a new cross-cutting approach to governance is needed to ensure coherence between EU food and farming policies and those that influence them such as trade, energy, competition, and climate policies to increase synergies and avoid trade-offs;
Amendment 664 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Calls on the Commission to use the farm to fork strategy to build a truly long-term vision for Europe’s sustainable and competitive food system, able to guarantee access to healthy and quality products through binding targets for agriculture on biodiversity, climate, air pollution, water pollution, pesticides use and land degradation, while addressing sustainability issues around consumption, health and trade and safeguarding a high level of animal health and welfare, and at the same time promoting reciprocity of EU production standards with all commercial partners;
Amendment 674 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Amendment 676 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 c (new)
Paragraph 2 c (new)
2c. Calls on the farm to fork strategy to deliver together with the Biodiversity Strategy on the EU’s climate and environmental objectives through protection and restoration of ecosystems currently used for food production with a particular focus on the restoration of grasslands and drained peatlands, two major carbon sinks, as well as through protection of remaining natural ecosystems from further agricultural expansion such as peatlands, wetlands and old-growth forests;
Amendment 679 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 c (new)
Paragraph 2 c (new)
2c. Stresses that protection and restoration of biodiversity is crucial for safeguarding EU and global food security, and that the coherence with the EU Biodiversity Strategy, including the contribution of Natura2000 and Marine Protected Areas to support healthy food production, must be guaranteed at all times;
Amendment 682 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 e (new)
Paragraph 2 e (new)
2e. Reiterates that to ensure a proportionate contribution from the sector, agriculture should be target-driven in the EU’s ambition to move towards net- zero emissions by mid-century or before; stresses that inclusion of farmers in climate action is crucial in order to achieve global mitigation targets without compromising global food and nutrition security and the Sustainable Development Goals;
Amendment 692 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 g (new)
Paragraph 2 g (new)
2g. Insists that bio-based industrial value chains that threaten food security, the climate and biodiversity in Europe and globally, must no longer receive any subsidies or market incentives; highlights furthermore that the strict public monitoring of the climate and biodiversity impacts of raw biomass production, in particular, will be paramount in preventing the destruction of carbon sinks;
Amendment 697 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 g (new)
Paragraph 2 g (new)
2g. Stresses the importance of robust and strict criteria for biomass-based renewable energy production and calls on the Commission to bring forward science- based criteria as part of the review of the Renewable Energy Directive;
Amendment 699 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 g (new)
Paragraph 2 g (new)
2g. Stresses that the EU rapidly needs to reduce the use of pesticides and move to ecological farming and a sustainable food system production, in order to reduce the immense costs resulting from the harmful effects on human and animal health and in order to drastically reduce the burden on the environment, including notably pollinators;
Amendment 728 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
Amendment 781 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Emphasises the need to place greater attention to the protection of workers’ health and safety in future EU legislative initiatives linked to the use of pesticides; reminds that pesticides can cause various health problems for workers exposed to them including skin irritations, allergies, poisoning, immune system disturbances, chromosomal damage, respiratory distress, male genital abnormalities, reproductive disorders and cancers; recalls the importance of ensuring all workers receive protective equipment as well as comprehensive information and training about the use and the associated dangers related to the use of pesticides; stresses the need to ensure that each agricultural worker is able to get official documentation reporting the type of pesticide used during their work activity; underlines that in order to achieve these targets it is crucial to further revise Directive2004/37/EC - carcinogens or mutagens at work- as well as the Plant Protection Product Regulation 1107/2009 and Directive 98/24/EC on the protection of the health and safety of workers from the risks related to chemical agents at work
Amendment 782 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Points out that, in addition to revising the directive on the sustainable use of pesticides to reduce the use and risks of pesticides, the Commission should improve the environmental risk assessment for plant protection products in order to take into account the effects of pesticides on water quality and drinking water sources, including cumulative and combination effects; emphasises that pesticides that have a strong negative impact on groundwater and surface water quality, or to the production of drinking water, should be phased out as a priority, and that the substitution of harmful pesticides by low-risk substances should be promoted; stresses the need to improve policy coordination between agricultural, pesticide-, biocide- and fertiliser-related legislation and, inter alia, water legislation in order to ensure the protection of our water resources, and in particular of those used for drinking water production, from overexploitation and agricultural pollution;
Amendment 815 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Believes that the quantitative reduction target of 50% of all chemical pesticides used should be raised to 70% and that the use of all high-risk pesticides should be phased out by 2030;
Amendment 818 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Notes that several CAP measures can contribute to the implementation of the Sustainable Use of Pesticides Directive, for example by promoting IPM and organic farming; reminds that CAP rules also require Member States to establish farm advisory systems and provide advice on IPM to all farmers; regrets however that, while the IPM principles are mandatory for farmers, they are not included as a condition for CAP payments and despite encouragement for more sustainable farming practices, there are few measures deterring farmers from using ‘standard’ PPPs rather than turning to non-chemical or alternative methods1e; calls on the Member States to convert the general IPM principles into practical and measurable criteria and verify these criteria at farm level; calls on the Commission to incorporate these measurable IPM criteria into ‘conditionality’ in the post-2020 CAP and ensure they are enforced; _________________ 1eSpecial Report of the Court of Auditors 05/2019 "Sustainable use of plant protection products: limited progress in measuring and reducing risks"
Amendment 819 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Reiterates its calls for an improved pesticide authorisation system in the EU, based on peer-reviewed scientific studies and full transparency on the degree of human and environmental exposure and health risks; calls for a revision of the pesticide legislation to make sure that Member States wishing to withdraw certain active substances will be allowed to do so based on the precautionary principle; calls for a full inclusion of chronic exposure to and cumulative and synergistic effects of pesticides to be included in their risk assessment and setting of MRLs; calls on the Commission to ensure further requirements for the prioritisation of non-chemical methods of pest control in order to move crop protection away from the reliance on chemical pesticides to sustainable non- chemical alternatives;
Amendment 831 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Stresses the need to improve policy coordination between agricultural, pesticide-, biocide- and fertiliser-related legislation and, inter alia, water legislation in order to ensure the protection of our water resources from overexploitation and agricultural pollution; points out the need to promote adapted agricultural production such as low water requiring crops in areas affected by drought;
Amendment 842 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 c (new)
Paragraph 3 c (new)
3c. Notes with interest the Commission's estimation of the EU-wide risks and impacts related to PPP use, published in November 2019, based on calculations of the two recently adopted harmonised risk indicators (one indicator based on PPP sales statistics and the other based on the number of emergency authorisations); regrets however that neither of the indicators show the extent to which the SUP Directive has been successful in achieving the EU objective of sustainable use of PPPs and that several concerns have been raised regarding the scientific rationale for the weightings used;1f calls on the Commission, in order to adequately assess the progress made towards policy objectives, to improve the harmonised risk indicators, or develop new ones that take into account, for Harmonised Risk Indicator II, agricultural areas or volumes of active substance, for Harmonised Risk Indicator I, the way PPPs are used; _________________ 1fEuropean Court of Auditors' Special Report 05/2019 "Sustainable use of plant protection products: limited progress in measuring and reducing risks"
Amendment 852 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 c (new)
Paragraph 3 c (new)
3c. Calls on the Commission to introduce a definition and a separate category for natural substances in horizontal legislations, as well as to establish a specific risk assessment and authorisation procedure for these naturally occurring substances to facilitate their registration and to increase the availability of alternative plant healthcare strategies;
Amendment 860 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 d (new)
Paragraph 3 d (new)
3d. Reiterates its calls to only present draft implementing regulations to extend the approval periods of substances for which the current state of science is not expected to lead to a Commission proposal for non-renewal of the authorisation of the active substance concerned, and to withdraw the approvals for substances if proof or reasonable doubt exists that they will not meet the safety criteria laid down in Regulation; reiterates its calls on the Member States to ensure the proper and timely reassessment of the authorisations for the active substances for which they are the reporting Member States, and to ensure that current delays are solved effectively as soon as possible;
Amendment 873 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 e (new)
Paragraph 3 e (new)
3e. Recalls the polluter pays principle, emphasising that financial incentives to reduce the use and risks of pesticides could be helpful in the transition towards a zero-pollution agriculture; calls therefore on Member States to install levies or taxes on pesticides and calls on the Commission to develop guidelines to aid Member States in this process;
Amendment 877 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 f (new)
Paragraph 3 f (new)
3f. Points out that about half of the fruit and vegetables in the EU is currently free from (measurable) synthetic pesticide residues and that the other half still poses serious risks to human health, especially the unborn, notably the 27% of all fruit and vegetables on the EU market that contain cocktails of pesticides; calls therefore for a zero-pollution policy of food and a total phase-out of pesticide residues in food in 2030, and urges the Commission to introduce regulatory measures to ensure at least a 50% reduction of the occurrence of cocktails of pesticide residues in fruit and vegetables by 2025;
Amendment 880 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 g (new)
Paragraph 3 g (new)
3g. Underlines the importance of transparency and disclosure towards consumers about the contamination levels in and on their food; calls on the Commission to set up a pesticide labelling scheme for food produced in, or imported into, the EU in order to enhance consumer choice, which should inform consumers about any pesticide treatments that have been applied during the production of the food in question, taking into account the dose and frequency of treatment, the residues, as well as the toxicity of the chemicals used;
Amendment 881 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 h (new)
Paragraph 3 h (new)
3h. Calls for regulatory measures to involve retailers in the food chain to act as chain manager and to implement all available IPM-practices and methods for every crop in their chain and to implement the EU goals and reduction targets from the farm to fork strategy; calls for mandatory yearly reporting of every food chain on the implementation and progress regarding the goals and reduction targets;
Amendment 882 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 i (new)
Paragraph 3 i (new)
3i. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to acknowledge and reiterate the need for the implementation of a systematic post-market vigilance system, which includes the collection, sharing and analysis of data on real-life behaviour and practices of operators, on environmental impact and on illnesses related to PPPs, including those suspected of being caused by EDCs; calls for the data collected through post-market biomonitoring to be used to verify the accuracy of predicted exposure levels for farm workers, bystanders and consumers, as well as farm animals;
Amendment 883 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 j (new)
Paragraph 3 j (new)
3j. Calls on the Member States to allocate in their research policies sufficient funding for public research projects to investigate the possible risks from pesticide products, without any industry involvement in order to develop and maintain public sector capacity and expertise in these fields;
Amendment 884 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 k (new)
Paragraph 3 k (new)
3k. Welcomes EFSA's encouragement of the use of in vitro methods in assessing the safety of feed additives for food handlers and its tiered approach to toxicological testing for pesticides; believes, however, that more must be done to promote the development and use of New Approach Methodologies (NAMs) in this regard to significantly reduce tests on animals and ensure better health and environmental protection;
Amendment 885 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 l (new)
Paragraph 3 l (new)
3l. Calls for measures to facilitate the incorporation of New Approach Methodologies (NAMs) in chemical food and feed risk assessments, contributing to European (PARC) and international (OECD, APCRA) initiatives and complementing the farm to fork strategy, reducing the need for tests using animals and ultimately contributing to the complete phase-out of animal testing;
Amendment 887 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 m (new)
Paragraph 3 m (new)
3m. Welcomes the targets to halve nutrient losses and cut fertiliser use by 20%; urges the Commission to prioritise reductions in “new” N and P inputs from synthetic fertilisers and from livestock feed imports; emphasises the importance of pursuing these targets through holistic and circular approaches to nutrients management, such as agroecological practices, which can deliver co-benefits for soil quality and biodiversity and help farmers end their dependency on mineral fertilisers;
Amendment 888 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 n (new)
Paragraph 3 n (new)
3n. Reiterates the crucial importance of protecting bees and other pollinators against the harmful effects of pesticides; reiterates its call on the Commission to ensure that Bee Guidance is based on the latest scientific and technical knowledge, and thus proposes modifying the uniform principles, not only with regard to acute toxicity for honeybees, but at least also with regard to chronic toxicity and larval toxicity for honeybees and acute toxicity for bumblebees; stresses that the level of protection must in any case not be lower than the bee guidance established by EFSA in 2013;
Amendment 897 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Emphasises the importance of recognising the significant impact of agriculture and especially animal production on greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, biodiversity loss and land use; stresses the need to enhance natural carbon sinks and reduce agricultural emissions of carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide, in particular in the feed and livestock sectors; calls for regulatory measures and targets to ensure progressive reductions in all GHG emissions in these sectorslegally binding EU-level and national targets for emissions from agriculture and related land use as part of the “Fit for 55” package to ensure ambitious reductions in all GHG emissions in these sectors in the EU but also addressing embedded land use emissions from imported feed and food, and calls for a significant reduction of the amount of animals kept for intensive farming;
Amendment 968 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Amendment 980 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 2 a (new)
Subheading 2 a (new)
Stepping up on animal welfare
Amendment 981 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Welcomes the Commission’s commitment to evaluate and revise the existing body of animal welfare legislation and underlines the importance of taking into account the latest advancements in animal welfare science and responding to public, political and market demands for higher animal welfare standards; expresses concern that the revision of this animal welfare legislation is only scheduled for the fourth quarter of 2023, urges the Commission to deliver concrete proposals to revise existing animal welfare legislation already by 2022 and also report annually to Parliament on its actions concerning the protection of animals during slaughter and transport;
Amendment 982 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 c (new)
Paragraph 4 c (new)
4c. Stresses that intensive livestock production is highly unsustainable as it overloads the environment with nutrients, contributes to climate change through intensive GHG emissions, as well as air pollution and soil degradation and relies on destructive monocultures for feed production; calls for a coherent policy mix to enable a transition towards circular, extensive livestock production as part of mixed farming system, which respects the carrying capacity of the local environment and supports biodiversity;
Amendment 984 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 d (new)
Paragraph 4 d (new)
Amendment 985 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 d (new)
Paragraph 4 d (new)
4d. Urges the revision of Council Directive 98/58/EC concerning the protection of animals kept for farming purposes, which sets down generic rules that have proved difficult to implement and enforce, suggests therefore transposing this Directive into a Regulation, thereby creating the possibility of delivering delegated and implementing acts to set down welfare requirements for species for which no species-specific EU minimum standards presently exist, including dairy cattle, beef cattle, sheep, goats, turkeys, ducks, geese, rabbits, farmed fish and of all their offspring;
Amendment 987 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 e (new)
Paragraph 4 e (new)
4e. Urges the revision of Council Directive 1999/74/EC laying down minimum standards for the protection of laying hens in order to rapidly phase-out and prohibit enriched battery cages and require cage-free systems for all laying hens, to create a level-playing field and improve the welfare of animals kept in the EU at the same time;
Amendment 989 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 f (new)
Paragraph 4 f (new)
4f. Calls for Council Directive 2008/120/EC laying down minimum standards for the protection of pigs to be revised to inter alia remove the 28 day exemption for confining sows in individual stalls and to ensure that the animals are kept in group housing throughout the entire gestation period and farrowing;
Amendment 990 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 f (new)
Paragraph 4 f (new)
4f. Deeply regrets the lack of action to regulate clones and their descendants and reiterates that natural or artificial breeding or breeding procedures which cause, or are likely to cause, suffering or injury to any of the animals concerned must not be practised and that it is necessary to ensure that food from cloned animals and their descendants does not enter the food chain; calls on the Commission to present a new legal proposal without undue delay to avoid the import of cloned animals and their descendants and of products obtained from cloned animals and their descendants, from third countries into the EU, and to set up enforcement and traceability measures in this regard;
Amendment 991 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 g (new)
Paragraph 4 g (new)
4g. Calls on the Commission to implement and enforce relevant EU legislation, in particular Council Directive 1/2005/EC of 22 December 2004 on the protection of animals during transport, and regrets the current incompliance with the ruling of the Court of Justice of the European Communities in Luxembourg that animal welfare protection does not stop at the EU's external borders and that animal transporters departing from the European Union must therefore also comply with European animal welfare rules when leaving the EU; and calls on the Commission and the Member States to establish a ban on the transport of animals to countries outside of the EU in case the welfare of these animals is not guaranteed;
Amendment 992 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 h (new)
Paragraph 4 h (new)
4h. Emphasises that the transport of live animals does not only pose severe risks to the welfare and health of the animals transported, but also to public health due to the possible spread of diseases, and underlines in this regard the importance of reducing, refining and replacing live transport and to make sure that the revision of the Council Directive 1/2005/EC of 22 December 2004 on the protection of animals during transport contains comprehensive species- and category-specific requirements, especially regarding the maximum duration of a transport, and a more strict and transparent monitoring and reporting system to ensure that systematic violations will be effectively identified and prevented, and that this revision is in full alignment with the objectives of the farm to fork strategy;
Amendment 993 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 i (new)
Paragraph 4 i (new)
4i. Stresses that, in the context of food safety, environmental protection, climate action, animal welfare and equality between Member States, the Commission must at all times ensure strict enforcement of European legislation; calls on the Commission to make more and better use of infringement procedures in this regard, including strong sanctions, and reminds the Commission of the routine docking of piglets' tails which has not been allowed in the EU since 1991 but is still common practice in many Member States and stresses the need for action to end this;
Amendment 994 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 j (new)
Paragraph 4 j (new)
4j. Calls on the Commission to draw up a roadmap to ensure better welfare for broilers, that includes a timetable for phasing out the farming of chicken breeds associated with health and welfare problems, lower stocking densities without exceptions, adequate distraction facilities, sufficient natural light and space and stricter air quality parameters and calls on the Commission to revise Council Directive 2007/43/EC in order to realise a ban on the rearing of extremely fast- growing hens;
Amendment 995 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 k (new)
Paragraph 4 k (new)
4k. Stresses that, although a large proportion of sheep and goats are reared in extensive farming conditions, such as on pastureland, significant concerns exist regarding animal welfare in intensive goat and sheep farming; underlines the alarming situation of male goat-kids that are treated as a waste product, as well as problems as mutilations, lameness, transport problems and diseases caused by communicable diseases, and calls on the Commission to address these concerns in the upcoming revision of animal welfare legislation;
Amendment 996 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 l (new)
Paragraph 4 l (new)
4l. Repeats its call on the Commission and the Member States to tackle the problem of stable fires by promoting best practices and by introducing fire safety requirements, including preventive measures and sprinkler installations, and measures which guarantee that animals can escape from their stables in the event of fire;
Amendment 997 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 m (new)
Paragraph 4 m (new)
4m. Emphasises that animals should experience as little distress and stress as possible when transported and slaughtered and therefore welcomes the revision of existing animal welfare legislation on animal transport and the slaughter of animals; suggests in this regard to establish mandatory camera surveillance in slaughterhouses in the EU and to encourage Member States to ensure that trucks and vessels used to transport animals are equipped with a GPS tracking system;
Amendment 998 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 n (new)
Paragraph 4 n (new)
4n. Is of the opinion that animals should no longer be slaughtered in the EU according to methods that cause additional distress, such as the electrical water bath method stunning of poultry and CO2 stunning of pigs, and urges the Member States to ensure that all animals slaughtered in the EU are stunned prior to slaughter, without any exceptions, as confirmed by the European Court of Justice ruling C-336/19 of 17 December 2020 that Member States have the right to introduce mandatory pre-slaughter stunning;
Amendment 1006 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Points out that extensive and permanent grassland-based or organic animal husbandry is a feature of the European food system and a defining element of many traditional rural communities, and that it has multiple positive effects for the environment and against climate change, and contributes to a circular economy; can play a role in a sustainable and circular food system; stresses that, in contrast, intensive livestock farming causes major negative impacts on public health and the environment and thus calls on the Commission to ensure that its policies and funding programmes solely promote a shift to less and better animal farming and meat, dairy and eggs consumption in Europe, while emphasising that to restore biodiversity, the use of non-native grass types and use of herbicides should be abandoned in dairy farms;
Amendment 1039 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Recalls that each years, in the EU alone, over 300 million farmed animals spend all, or a significant part, of their lives imprisoned in cages; stresses that this practice causes tremendous suffering, as these sentient beings cannot perform most of their natural behaviours, resulting in physical and psychological illness; calls on the Commission to put forward, without delay, a legislative proposal to phase-out the use of cages for all farmed animals, while ensuring, together with Member States, appropriate measures to assist farmers in this transition;
Amendment 1040 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Notes that the EU keeps more than seven billion animals annually for the production of meat, dairy and eggs, which results in an enormous environmental impact, the emission of many greenhouse gases and harmful substances, biodiversity loss and climate change, but also causes immense animal suffering; emphasises that a reduction in the number of animals kept for agricultural purposes should be encouraged and calls in that regard for a European ban on the establishment, development and extension of factory farms;
Amendment 1059 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Notes that EU species and habitats dependant on agroecosystems are identified to be in the worst conservation status across Member States and are at risk of further decline without transformative changes in agriculture policy and practices in line with the EU Green Deal;
Amendment 1061 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Stresses that, unless animal production standards in third countries are aligned with those of the EU, imports of animal products from third countries should be forbidden;
Amendment 1080 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Welcomes the notion of rewardpromoting carbon sequestration in soils; stresses, however,reminds of the importance of nature-based solutions, such as agroecology or ecosystem restoration, especially peatland restoration, for increasing natural carbon sinks; warns against reliance on voluntary carbon markets or other carbon trading schemes, stresses that intensive and industrial agriculture and farming models with negative impacts on biodiversity should not receive climate funding or be incentivised; calls for the proposals to be in line with the environmental objectives and the ‘do no harm’ principle of the Green Deal;
Amendment 1134 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Acknowledges the essentiality of soil organic matter and biodiversity and the services and goods which it provides; regrets that the soils are under increasing pressure; believes that a robust EU-wide monitoring of soil organisms and trends in their range and volume must be in place and maintained across all Member States;
Amendment 1139 #
6e. Calls on the Commission to ensure that the provisions of Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 are properly applied and thereby guarantee, inter alia, a minimum standard of notifications on emergency authorisations of pesticides, including the need for Member States to provide complete and detailed explanations, and to make those notifications public; welcomes the role of EFSA in examining these derogations;
Amendment 1142 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 h (new)
Paragraph 6 h (new)
6h. Welcomes the ongoing efforts of ECHA to develop a Pollinator Guidance for assessing the risks to arthropod pollinators from biocides exposure to ensure a high and harmonised level of protection of the environment; believes that knowledge and legislative gaps related to toxicity of biocides and veterinary products to pollinators need to be addressed without delays and that the development of alternatives to the most toxic insecticides in veterinary pest management should be promoted;
Amendment 1143 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 i (new)
Paragraph 6 i (new)
6i. Reiterates its call for a pollinator indicator2a and a restoration target; calls on the Commission and the Member States to secure a new EU-wide pollinator monitoring framework with robust schemes deployed on Member State level, interim milestones, clear time-bound objectives, indicators and targets; stresses that the monitoring activities must be integrated in the new CAP monitoring and evaluation framework; _________________ 2aAs per commitment made in the EU Pollinators Initiative: Action 5C https://ec.europa.eu/environment/nature/c onservation/species/pollinators/documents /EU_pollinators_initiative.pdf
Amendment 1147 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Underlines the importance of seed security and diversity, notably of promoting EU- sustainably grown plant proteins as part of long crop rotations to deliver locally sourced food and feed stuffs with high nutritional value while granting farmers access to quality seeds for plant varieties adapted to the pressures of climate change, including traditional and locally-adapted varieties, while ensuring access to innovative plant breeding in order to contribute to healthy seeds and protect plants against harmful pests and diseases; raises awareness of the potential negative effects of concentration and monopolisation in the seed sector; and varieties suitable for organic production, while ensuring access to diverse, participatory and innovative plant breeding, which pass a proper risk assessment process, in order to contribute to healthy seeds and protect plants against harmful pests and diseases, while ensuring transparency and freedom of choice to farmers, processors and consumers, in line with the European Court of Justice judgement in Case C- 528/16 which stipulates that food crops modified by genome editing are subject to the requirements of GMO legislation, including risk assessment, traceability and labelling; raises awareness of the potential negative effects of concentration and monopolisation in the seed sector and the detrimental role played by wide-scoped patents in this phenomenon; stresses the importance to halt and reverse the current concentration of power in the hands of only a few multinationals; calls for the inclusion of sustainability and food security criteria in competition law to be able to refuse mergers and takeovers that hinder the sustainability and food security ambitions of the EU; invites the Commission to present an EU strategy on genetic resources;
Amendment 1180 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Welcomes the acknowledgment of the crucial role played by seed diversity in ensuring the sustainability and resilience of food production; expects a meaningful reform of the seeds marketing legal framework that would enable the wide range of crop diversity initiatives that exist in the EU as well as support the innovative emerging ones, and inter alia ensure that different types of diversity have facilitated access to the market; deplores the lack of a European policy on both animal and plant genetic resources, vital to ensure seed security; calls on the Commission to take initiatives to ensure that conventional breeding of plants and animals, including random processes, followed by further crossing and selection, is fully excluded from patentability; calls on the Commission to take initiatives to ensure that patents on biotechnological inventions which concern plants or animals are restricted to the specific technical processes;
Amendment 1182 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Underlines that inconsistencies between different EU policies affecting our food system have hindered progress towards EU’s international commitments on the SDGs and a truly sustainable European food system; stresses that the farm to fork strategy and the European Green Deal must ensure full policy coherence between agriculture, environment, trade and climate policies; calls on the CAP National Strategic Plans to fully support the implementation of existing EU environmental law and to contribute to the objectives of the Green Deal in order to ensure coherence with EU’s climate and environmental targets;
Amendment 1187 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Deeply deplores that the opportunity to fundamentally reform the CAP has been wasted, and that the stances taken by Parliament and Council will lock in our agricultural sector even deeper in unsustainable farming methods; points out that even the Commission's analysis shows that the ambitions and goals of the European Green Deal will not be met with the current positions of the legislators;
Amendment 1189 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Recalls that the precautionary principle in regard to GMOs has to be applied in accordance with the judgment of the Court of Justice of the European Union of 25 July 2018 in Case C-528/16, which includes the need for companies to provide methods to identify the relevant organisms as well as mandatory approval process, including risk assessment and labelling.
Amendment 1199 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 b (new)
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7b. Calls on the Commission and on Member States to promote the agro- ecological farming practices in EU agriculture based on the set of principles as defined by FAO1g, in particular through the CAP Strategic Plans, in order to transform the EU’s food and agricultural system, to mainstream sustainable agriculture and to achieve Zero Hunger and multiple other SDGs; _________________ 1gThe 10 Elements of Agroecology Guiding the Transition to Sustainable Food and Agricultural Systems http://www.fao.org/3/I9037EN/i9037en.pd f
Amendment 1207 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls for CAP National Strategic Plans to ensure adequate financial support and incentives to promote new ecological ‘green’ business models for agriculture and artisanal food production, notably through fostering short supply chains and quality food production; fully contribute to the farm to fork targets and ambition, and to include a national target for organic land based on an analysis of the organic sector’s current development and potential in each Member State; calls on the European Commission to only approve CAP National Strategic Plans if they demonstrate their contribution to European Green Deal objectives, given Member States respective baselines, and to make sure that all CAP National Strategic Plans together meet the Union- wide targets; calls on Member States to ensure adequate financial support and incentives to promote new ecological ‘green’ business models for agriculture and artisanal food production, notably through fostering short supply chains, pesticide free and high-quality, local food production; stresses that such models should support farmers in the transition towards climate neutrality and biodiversity conservation, and calls for eco-schemes to include a funding mechanism to help farmers transition away from animal agriculture, towards plant-crop farming, to ensure a healthy and sustainable future;
Amendment 1269 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Emphasises that the CAP Strategic Plans will be crucial to deliver on much of the farm to fork and biodiversity strategies ambitions and European Green Deal targets; calls on the Commission to ensure greater policy coherence to swift away from ‘silos’ approaches, and to close the gap between the CAP and the farm to fork/biodiversity strategies; urges the Commission to ensure that the CAP strategic plans support a transition away from low welfare farming practices, such as caging farmed animals; stresses that Member States must include in their CAP Strategic Plans an analysis of the organic sector’s production, of the expected demand, and of its potential to fulfil CAP objectives, and must set up mechanisms to support agroecology, increase the share of agricultural land under organic management as well as to develop the entire organic supply chain; insists furthermore that, based on this assessment, Member States must determine the appropriate level of support towards organic conversion and maintenance through rural development measures in Article 65 of the CAP and must ensure that allocated budgets match the expected growth in organic production;
Amendment 1290 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Recalls that the European food system generally delivers a sufficient and varied supply of safe, nutritious, affordable and sustainable food to people at all times and and affordable food to people at all times but emphasises that the healthfulness and sustainability of European food must still improve; points out that an estimated 11% of the population (49 million people, EU-27) are unable to afford a quality meal every second day and that COVID-19 is likely to exacerbate financial difficulties for many European households; stresses that food poverty requires appropriate policy response; underlines that increasing the economic, environmental and social sustainability of food producers will ultimately increase their resilience; encourages the Commission and the Member States to consider the food supply chain and its workers as a strategic asset for the safety and well-being of all Europeans, and to ensure that working and social protection conditions throughout the EU food supply chain meet national, EU and international standards for all workers;
Amendment 1319 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Recalls that the social dimension must be fully integrated in all future initiatives of the farm to fork strategy along with the economic and environmental dimensions, to achieve a much-needed policy coherence for sustainable development; insists that improvement of working conditions, collective bargaining, social protection, investment in public services, inclusive governance and fair taxation should be included as sustainability criteria; this would contribute to making our production and consumption systems fairer and more sustainable in the long run and also contribute to the implementation of the UN Agenda 2030;
Amendment 1338 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Underlines that robust and reliable legal frameworks for the fisheries and aquaculture sector, aligned with the updated Strategic Guidelines for the sustainable development of EU aquaculture, should provide the basis for better protection measures with subsequent increases in fish populations and more clarity regarding the use of veterinary drugs, including antibiotics, space and licenses in aquaculture, allowing for greater predictability for investments; stresses that good traceability mechanisms and high sustainability and animal welfare standards for all products sold on EU markets are essential to ensure transparency for consumers, the sector and the different administrations, and to achieve the targets of the Green Deal and the SDGs;
Amendment 1350 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Welcomes the development of algae as an alternative protein for human consumption and notes it could also be used to replace fishmeal and oil in animal feeds; underlines that the use of wild- caught pelagic fish to feed fish raised in aquaculture systems is unsustainable and alternative proteins are needed;
Amendment 1351 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Demands that the Council of the European Union proactively make public all documents related to the adoption of TAC regulations, in line with the European Ombudsman’s recommendation in case 640/2019/FP;
Amendment 1354 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 b (new)
Paragraph 10 b (new)
10b. Calls on the Commission to support the transition to low-impact fisheries, including banning destructive fishing practices, non-selective fishing gear and by-catch of sensitive species; calls on the Commission to prohibit fishing with bottom-contacting gear and other industrial and destructive activities within Marine Protected Areas;
Amendment 1355 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 b (new)
Paragraph 10 b (new)
10b. Stresses that fish are sentient beings and should be spared unnecessary suffering; calls on the Commission and the Member States to take steps to develop and implement gentler methods of capture, landing, transport and slaughter of fish in order to reduce stress and improve fish quality;
Amendment 1356 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 c (new)
Paragraph 10 c (new)
10c. Notes that EU animal welfare legislation is currently not applicable to marine invertebrates, while several third countries have included these animals in their animal welfare legislation; calls on the Commission and the Member States to take steps to improve the welfare of marine invertebrates, like crabs and lobsters, by including these animals in their animal welfare legislation;
Amendment 1357 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 c (new)
Paragraph 10 c (new)
10c. Calls for an end to all harmful fisheries subsidies, including capacity- enhancing subsidies, in the EMFF;
Amendment 1358 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 d (new)
Paragraph 10 d (new)
Amendment 1362 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Expresses its deep concern about the emergence of zoonotic diseases that are transferred from animals to humans (anthropozoonoses), such as Q fever, avian influenza and the new strain of influenza A (H1N1), which is exacerbated by anthropogenic climate change, the destruction of biodiversity, environmental degradation and our current food production systems; underlines that the intensive animal production systems, which involve the confinement of thousands of animals of a similar genotype in close proximity to one another under chronically stressful conditions can significantly compromise animal welfare and increases their susceptibility to infectious disease, creating conditions for the emergence and spread of zoonotic diseases;
Amendment 1405 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Notes that outbreaks of animal diseases have disastrous consequences for the health and welfare of animals, farmers and local residents; stresses that human and animal health must prevail at all times and that a drastic reduction of intensive livestock farming and the amount of animals kept in the EU for agricultural purposes is necessary in this regard;
Amendment 1411 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 b (new)
Paragraph 11 b (new)
11b. Is deeply worried about the potential of intensive livestock farms to facilitate the spread of pests and epidemic diseases, especially in areas with a high concentration of intensive farms; urges the Commission, Member States and regional authorities to use all means to their disposal to protect public and animal health, including notably spatial zoning policy ensuring a sufficiently large buffer strip between industrial farms and populated areas, and to regulate a maximum stocking density;
Amendment 1414 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 c (new)
Paragraph 11 c (new)
11c. Welcomes the emphasis placed on the need to reduce antibiotics use in animal agriculture and stresses that EU initiatives in this area should adopt a One Health approach that recognises the interdependence between the health and well-being of humans, animals and the planet; calls to ensure equivalent standards for products of animal origin imported into the EU as those adopted under the Veterinary Medicines Regulation; notes the need, as part of the revision of the feed additives Regulation, to address substances currently not classified as antibiotics, such as coccidiostats, that may be used in animal agriculture in high quantities for preventative use and thereby compensate for poor animal husbandry practices;
Amendment 1416 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 d (new)
Paragraph 11 d (new)
11d. Urges the Commission to present legal proposals to ban the import, trade and consumption of all wildlife in the EU in order to reduce the risk of future zoonosis outbreaks;
Amendment 1417 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 e (new)
Paragraph 11 e (new)
11e. Calls for an EU wide ban on fur production as the COVID-19 pandemic has shown that this sector is highly susceptible for infectious disease and is responsible for intolerable animal suffering;
Amendment 1466 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Urges the Commission to follow up on Directive (EU) 2019/633 on unfair trading practices22, particularly its transposition into national law and the enforcement of national level, and the EU code of conduct on responsible business and marketing practices by producing a monitoring framework for the food and retail sectors and providing for legal action if progress in integrating economic, environmental and social sustainability into corporate strategies is insufficient, and in so doing promoting and rewarding the efforts of sustainable agricultural producers while increasing the availability and affordability of healthy, sustainable food options and reducing the overall environmental footprint of the food system; stresses the importance of halting and addressing consolidation and concentration in the grocery retail sector in order to ensure fair prices for farmers; at yearly reporting on the progress made towards the EU reduction targets in their chain should become mandatory, insists on the need for the EU code of conduct for food and retail businesses to focus on commitments which are relevant to shaping healthy and sustainable food environments, and which are specific, measurable and time bound, and centred on key operations of the entities involved; stresses the importance of halting and addressing consolidation and concentration in the grocery retail sector in order to ensure fair prices for farmers and decent labour conditions for workers, urges the Commission to promote alternative business models rooted in the social and solidarity economy, such as consumer-friendly cooperative schemes; _________________ 22 OJ L 111, 25.4.2019, p. 59. 22
Amendment 1502 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Amendment 1512 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Stresses that self-regulation is not effective enough and that the proposed EU code of conduct should be accompanied by binding targets and measures to discourage non-compliance, such as administrative or economic sanctions, as this is the only means to ensure business operators to improve formulation of processed food and levels of nutrients;
Amendment 1518 #
13b. Highlights that the COVID-19 pandemic shed new light on the challenging working and living conditions of millions of workers in the agricultural sector in Europe, notably those working in slaughterhouses, and calls for the recognition of the importance of protecting workers’ individual and collective labour and social rights, thereby reinforcing the ‘social dimension’ of EU agriculture, and calls on the Commission to strengthen measures focusing on the rights, working and employment conditions and social protection of farm labourers including migrants and other mobile workers, and to ensure coherence between policy areas on this issue;
Amendment 1526 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Urges the reviewoverhaul of the EU promotion programme for agricultural and food products, including the EU school scheme, with a viewto align it fully with the European Green Deal and the Sustainable Development Goals, with a view bringing it into coherence with the objectives of the Green Deal and farm to fork strategy and to enhancing its contribution to sustainable production and consumption, notably by promoting organic produce, focusing on educational messages about the importance of healthy nutritionand sustainable nutrition based on less meat and dairy and promoting greater consumption of fruit and vegetables with the aim of reducing obesity rates, increasing environmental awareness and encouraging a shift towards a more sustainable plant-based diet;
Amendment 1579 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Points out that given the significant environmental impact of dairy production, the EU school scheme should be limited to organic fruit and vegetables, and no longer promote cow’s milk; underlines that, at the very minimum, children should be offered the alternatives of plant-based milk products if it continues;
Amendment 1588 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 b (new)
Paragraph 14 b (new)
14b. Welcomes the Strategy’s recognition that marketing campaigns advertising meat at very low prices should be avoided, but regrets that the Strategy made no commitment to cease stimulating the production and consumption of meat through promotional programmes for agricultural products;
Amendment 1590 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 c (new)
Paragraph 14 c (new)
14c. Takes note of the Commission's implementing decision of 16 December 2020 on the financing of information provision and promotion measures concerning agricultural products implemented in the internal market and in third countries and the adoption of the work programme for 2021; welcomes the recognition that there is an urgent need to reduce dependency on pesticides and antimicrobials, reduce excess fertilisation, increase organic farming, improve animal welfare, and reverse biodiversity loss and that the annual work programme’s orientation should therefore include topics that highlight and favour products complying with these objectives; sees the ring-fencing of half of the annual work programme’s budget on promoting organic products, on highlighting the environmental sustainability of Union agriculture and on promoting the consumption of fruit and vegetables in the context of balanced, healthy diets as a step into the right direction, but stresses that more should be done to achieve the targets of the farm to fork and the Green Deal; calls on the Commission to ensure that in the next annual work programme, the entire budget is ring-fenced to sustainable, organic and plant based products and promotes short and local food chains;
Amendment 1595 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 d (new)
Paragraph 14 d (new)
14d. Denounces the use of the EU promotion programme for false and misleading claims on animal welfare, as was for example recently ruled by the SRC, the self-regulation system of advertising in The Netherlands, in the case of a promotion campaign for chicken, and calls on the Commission to ensure that misleading advertising campaigns are not co-financed with EU funding;
Amendment 1620 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Amendment 1627 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Emphasises the importance of advising and supporting women; through training and skills development, rural women can play a much greater role in the development of green food and agricultural value chains;
Amendment 1634 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Calls for regulatory measures to reduce the burden that highly processed foods with high salt, sugar and fat content place on public health; regrets that the introduction of nutrient profiles is greatly delayed and stresses that a robust set of nutrient profiles must be developed to restrict or prohibit the use of falsecalls that nutrient profiles, which are long overdue, remain pertinent and necessary to meet the objectives of Regulation (EC) No 1924/2006 on Nutrition and Health Claims; welcomes the announcement of a legislative proposal to establish nutrient profiles; points out that many food products, including some marketed towards children, continue to use health and nutrition claims despite them having high levels of nutrients of concern; stresses that a robust set of nutrient profiles must be developed to prohibit the use of claims on foods high in fats, sugars and/or salt; calls on binding targets for the major food producers and retailers to reformulate processed foods; highlights that 1 in 2 adults is overweight or obese in the EU, demonstrating the need for stronger action to help stem this public health crisis; recognises that front-of-pack nutritional claims on foods high in fats, sugars and/or salt; calls for abels have been identified by international public health bodies such as the World Health Organisation as a key tool to help consumers make more informed and healthier food choices; calls on the Commission to ensure that the EU mandatory EU-wide front-of-pack nutritional labell is developed based on robust, independent scientific evidence and demonstrated consumer understanding; system based on independent sciencetresses furthermore that to facilitate comparison across products, it should include an interpretive element and be based on uniform reference amounts such as per 100g/100ml;
Amendment 1692 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Calls for renewed attention to achieve an effective and EU-wide approach to tackle the exposure of children and adolescents to the advertising and marketing [commercial communications] of processed foods high in fat, sugar and salt on broadcast and digital media; calls on the Commission to consider taking legislative action to protect the health of this vulnerable group of consumers, and calls on Member States and regional authorities to ban commercial communications in public spaces and to take a stand against the promotion of unhealthy choices due to the rapid release of new establishments of fast-food chains;
Amendment 1711 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 b (new)
Paragraph 16 b (new)
16b. Encourages the Commission to set measurable targets to reduce the consumption of meat in the EU, more in line with dietary guidelines and the sustainability challenges; suggests the inclusion of the target established in the Netherlands, to ensure a level-playing field in the EU, of a reversal of the ratio of animal protein to plant protein consumption from 60/40 to 40/60, and a 10 to 15 % reduction in the total protein intake;
Amendment 1726 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. WRegrets the lack of action to ensure that all food contact materials are safe and sustainable, welcomes the Commission’s commitment to revise the EU legislation on food contact materials (FCM); reiterates its call to revise the legislation on FCM in line with the regulation on the registration, evaluation, authorisation and restriction of chemicals (REACH), as well as classification, labelling and packaging regulations, and to insert, without further delay, specific provisions to substitute endocrine disrupting chemicals; calls for the revision to also include inks and other materials in contact with food and likely to migrate into it and to cover all most common and all hazardous contaminants in FCMs;
Amendment 1741 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Welcomes the intention of the Commission to establish rules for the safe recycling into food contact materials of plastic materials other than PET, and calls on the Commission to also establish rules on other streams including the inks, liners and glues allowed on the internal market to ensure that hazardous chemicals and compounds, such as heavy metals, MOSH/MOAH and other endocrine disrupting and otherwise hazardous chemicals do not end up in recycled plastic, paper and cardboard to ensure safe food packaging;
Amendment 1745 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 b (new)
Paragraph 17 b (new)
17b. Notes that vast majority of chemicals in the EU is currently regulated on a case-by-case basis and for each specific use while ample evidence justifies that for the most harmful chemicals the generic approach to risk management becomes the default option, in particular as regards their use in consumer products; calls, therefore, on the Commission to extend the generic approach to risk management across legislation to ensure that substances used in agriculture, food production and processing do not contain chemicals that cause cancers, gene mutations, affect the reproductive or the endocrine system, or are persistent and bio-accumulative;
Amendment 1746 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 b (new)
Paragraph 17 b (new)
17b. Believes that to encourage circularity in the food sector and trust in recycled materials, supply chains and final consumers have to have the information about the identity and safety of chemicals in and migrating from food contact materials and articles; recalls to this aim its call to apply equal safety requirements for virgin and recycled materials and to ensure traceability of hazardous chemicals throughout articles’ life-cycles;
Amendment 1747 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 b (new)
Paragraph 17 b (new)
17b. Insists further on the need for comprehensive, harmonised regulation of all FCMs, which should be based on the precautionary principle, the principle of ‘no data, no market’, comprehensive safety assessments that address all the relevant safety and health endpoints and are based on the latest scientific data for all chemicals used in FCMs, effective enforcement and improved information to consumers;
Amendment 1755 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Welcomes the fact that the strategy rightly recognises the role and influence of the food environment in shaping consumption patterns and the need to make it easier for consumers to choose healthy and sustainable diets; regrets, however, the lack of a systematic and evidence-based approach to creating healthy food environments and the renewed reliance on self-regulation via a code of conduct, reiterates the importance of promoting sustainable diets by changing the food environment, raising consumer awareness of the impacts of consumption patterns and providing information on diets that are better for human health and have a lower environmental footprint; underlines that food prices must send the right signal to consumers; welcomes, therefore, the strategy’s objective that the healthy and sustainable choice should become the most affordable one;
Amendment 1793 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18a. Stresses the need for True Pricing of food to ensure that food prices increasingly reflect the true cost of food by internalising externalities and by upholding the ‘polluter pays principle’ in food production; welcomes the announcement of tax incentives that drive the transition to a sustainable food system and encourage consumers to choose sustainable and healthy diets, like the Commission’s proposal on VAT rates currently under discussion, that could allow Member States to make more targeted use of rates, for instance to support organic fruit and vegetable;
Amendment 1803 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 b (new)
Paragraph 18 b (new)
18b. Urges the Commission to present legal or fiscal instruments by 2022 to translate this principle into practice, which should incorporate flexibility in the VAT rates on food with different health and environmental impacts, promoting the use of a zero VAT tax for healthy and sustainable food products (e.g., organic vegetables and fruits) and higher VAT rate on meat and dairy;
Amendment 1805 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 c (new)
Paragraph 18 c (new)
18c. Invites the Commission to launch a study to quantify in economic terms the environmental and societal (including health-related) costs associated with the production and consumption of the most consumed food products on the EU market, and to conduct an inventory of international true cost/true pricing-related initiatives and analyses, and an assessment of the strong and weak points and lessons learned of the variety of methods and approaches in use, as a first step towards moving towards true cost accounting for food;
Amendment 1807 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 d (new)
Paragraph 18 d (new)
18d. Welcomes the future legislative proposals to improve consumer information on food origin; highlights that origin is the most important factor for Europeans when buying food and therefore reiterates its calls for mandatory origin labelling of drinking milk, dairy products and meat used as an ingredient in processed foods; adds furthermore that mandatory labelling of origin should also be extended to seafood products, not least those that are preserved or processed; stresses that the existing country of origin labelling has many defects and omissions (for instance packaged mixed vegetables) and in some cases such as with honey creates more confusion than clarity, calls for amendments to ensure full transparency and counter fraud;
Amendment 1811 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 e (new)
Paragraph 18 e (new)
18e. Highlights consumers’ increasingly broad interest in food, which also expands to animal welfare as well as environmental and social sustainability and welcomes the Commission’s intention to develop a new framework for sustainable food labelling; calls on the Commission to define the methodology and specify which dimensions of sustainability would be covered while ensuring that the new scheme does not conflict with existing environmental frameworks such as the EU ecolabel or the organic logo;
Amendment 1813 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 f (new)
Paragraph 18 f (new)
18f. Stresses that Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011 requires that where the origin of a food is given and is different from the one of its primary ingredient, the origin of the primary ingredient shall be given or at least indicated as being different to the origin of the food; points out that in practice that means that products whose primary ingredients are not locally or regionally sourced can be marketed as such if the origin of said non-local primary ingredients is indicated in small print; underlines that there is an imbalance between the visibility of marketing practices that use national, regional and local names and symbols for products whose primary ingredients are not nationally, regionally or locally sourced and EU labelling requirements; considers this to be detrimental to the consumers' right to be properly informed and potentially misleading; calls on the Commission to rectify that imbalance;
Amendment 1814 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 f (new)
Paragraph 18 f (new)
18f. Highlights that too many unsubstantiated and even misleading environmental claims are being used on food, creating confusion among consumers and making it difficult for them to identify the products that are truly environmentally friendly; calls on the Commission to introduce a new regulatory framework establishing a clear, swift and efficient pre-approval procedure for all green claims and labels, taking into account the experience gained in the application of the system already in place for health and nutrition claims; stresses that such framework would protect consumers from untruthful green claims while ensuring that businesses who genuinely strive for more environmentally friendly operations are duly rewarded for their efforts; stresses the need for independent certification and audits of any label allowed on food products;
Amendment 1816 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 g (new)
Paragraph 18 g (new)
18g. Points out that Directive 2001/110 regulates that honey sold on European markets is either labelled as coming from a specific country, as ‘EU’ or as ‘non- EU’, or as both ‘EU and non-EU’ honey blends. In both non-EU cases, blended or not, the consumer is not aware whether the product is actually genuine EU standard quality honey, meaning without added sugar syrup, for example; calls on the Commission and Member States to support the EU beekeeping sector by reinforcing import inspections in order to prevent imports of adulterated honey; considers that the current rules are not fit for purpose as they provide ambiguous information to consumers and facilitate the import and sale of low quality or adulterated honey in the EU; calls on the Commission to propose legislative changes for honey labelling rules that will result in better consumer information and support the EU beekeeping sector;
Amendment 1817 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 g (new)
Paragraph 18 g (new)
18g. Underlines the need to establish method-of-production labels on animal products and products derived from animals, containing the date and place of birth, rearing and slaughter of the animal of concern as well as other relevant information such as the housing systems in which it was kept, in order to increase transparency, help consumers to make a better choice and contribute to the welfare of animals;
Amendment 1818 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 h (new)
Paragraph 18 h (new)
18h. Stresses the need that labelling and marketing rules favour the much needed transition towards sustainable diets, especially sustainable proteins, and stresses that the transition towards more plant based proteins should be promoted, not hindered; calls furthermore for the long overdue rules for clear labelling for vegetarian and vegan suitable foods to be put forward without further undue delay;
Amendment 1819 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 i (new)
Paragraph 18 i (new)
18i. Stresses the role of retailers and the hospitality sector in creating the food environment which greatly influences consumer behaviour, calls for measures, including regulation, to ensure a healthy food environment, including but not limited to addressing the unhealthy snack promotions at cash registers and the dramatic increase in the number of fast- food restaurants in city centres, along highways and at public transportation hubs;
Amendment 1825 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Reaffirms its belief and the evidence that policy measures that are dependent solely on consumer choice unduly shift the responsibility to purchase sustainable products to consumers and lack efficacy; notes that third- party certification and labelling alone are not effective in ensuring sustainable production and consumption; stresses the need to raise the bar on sustainability requirements for food through legislative measures; emphasises that sustainability labelling should be based on harmonised sustainability criteria and should entail independent certification and inspections and cannot replace regulation but only complement it;
Amendment 1923 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Considers that the further development of plant protein production and alternative sources of protein in the EU is a way of effectively addressing many of the environmental and climate challenges that EU agriculture is facing, as well as preventing deforestation in countries outside the EU, biodiversity loss and ecosystem degradation in countries outside the EU; calls on the Commission to present an EU protein transition strategy covering the demand and the supply side, prioritising food over feed production, enhancing EU self- sufficiency and lowering overall environmental and climate impacts;
Amendment 1953 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21a. Recalls its resolution of 15 January 2020 on the European Green Deal and its resolution of 22 October 2020 on an EU legal framework to halt and reverse EU-driven global deforestation and its repeated demand to the Commission to present, without delay, a proposal for an EU legal framework based on mandatory due diligence to ensure sustainable and deforestation-free supply chains for products placed on the Union market, with a particular focus on tackling the main drivers of imported deforestation and instead encouraging imports that do not create deforestation and ecosystem degradation abroad;
Amendment 1967 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Calls for a revision of public procurement legislation, including minimum mandatory criteria in schools and other public institutions to encourage organic and local food producas well as less and better meat, dairy and eggs production and consumption and to promote more healthy and sustainable diets by creating a food environment that enables consumers to make the healthy choice and to have ready access to plant-based proteins; calls on the Commission to set mandatory targets for sustainable food procurement and to develop monitoring and reporting tools to collect data on these procurements;
Amendment 2006 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22a. Recommends that the criteria are developed in a way that they integrate principles of the circular economy, ensure the reduction of packaging and food waste and can be used beyond public authorities by corporate groups reporting on sustainability and covered by non- financial reporting policy as well as private institutions offering the same services as public services;
Amendment 2010 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 b (new)
Paragraph 22 b (new)
22b. Stresses that all schools, kindergartens and public canteens in the EU need mandatory, progressive, sustainable food procurement with at least 20% of organic products by 2022, increasing annually to 60% by 2030;
Amendment 2028 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Reiterates its call to take the measures required to achieve a Union food waste reduction target of 30 % by 2025 and 50 % by 2030 compared to the 2014 baseline; underlines that binding targets are urgently needed to achieve this and that food losses and waste at the level of primary production, processing and retail should be included in the targets;
Amendment 2043 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)
Paragraph 23 a (new)
23a. Calls for the comprehensive measurement of unharvested food and food ploughed back into the field, and for the identification of the trading practices and policy changes needed to prevent such food waste; stresses that CAP Strategic Plans should include Food Loss and Waste prevention actions at farm level, including support for the development of Short Food Supply Chains, which lower the risks of generating food waste;
Amendment 2074 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)
Paragraph 24 a (new)
24a. Highlights with concern the downward trend across the EU in both the number of official food controls undertaken and the resources allocated to them; calls on the Member States to step up their audits and inspections in all parts of the food chain, including border controls; supports the Commission in its efforts to combat food fraud and stresses that consumers must always be informed of cases of food fraud and recalls;
Amendment 2076 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)
Paragraph 24 a (new)
24a. Acknowledges that consumers want less packaging on their food and are very receptive to packaging-free food; calls for measures to incentivise and promote alternative food distribution models, particularly buying in bulk, buying loose, and rewarding the reuse of food containers; calls on the Commission to present legal proposals to reduce food packaging;
Amendment 2084 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 b (new)
Paragraph 24 b (new)
24b. Stresses that food packaging is not required on all food products and that only certain food products (liquids, moist items) actually have justified food safety or convenience reasons for packaging; in this regard, considers that food packaging has a limited role in relation to food safety; believes that food safety in general is best guaranteed through short-supply chains;
Amendment 2087 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 c (new)
Paragraph 24 c (new)
Amendment 2089 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 d (new)
Paragraph 24 d (new)
24d. Believes that food should not be treated as a commodity and that we should move towards decommodifying food and considering it a public good; believes that the commodification of food and global capitalism has led to the situation we have today of a world of extreme hunger and malnutrition existing with extremes of obesity, unhealthy diets and diet-related diseases;
Amendment 2090 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 e (new)
Paragraph 24 e (new)
24e. Calls on Member States to ban mink farming; calls on the Commission to soon introduce an EU-wide ban on mink farming if this is not done at national level;
Amendment 2091 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 f (new)
Paragraph 24 f (new)
24f. Recalls the intrinsic link of our food systems with pandemics; believes our current global food systems are contributing significantly to the outbreak of pandemics and there is a need to address them systematically;
Amendment 2092 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 g (new)
Paragraph 24 g (new)
24g. Welcomes the adoption of Regulation (EU) 2019/1381 (the new Transparency Regulation), which is a direct response to the successful European Citizens' Initiative, "Stop Glyphosate", which seeks to improve the transparency of risk assessment in the food chain, and in particular to strengthen the reliability, objectivity and independence of the studies used by EFSA;
Amendment 2094 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Underlines the importance EU funding for research and innovation as a key driver in accelerating the transition to a more sustainable, healthy and inclusive European food system while facilitating investments needed to encourage agro- ecological practices in both social and technological innovation, including the promotion of NAMs, and the crucial role of farm advisory services in ensuring the transfer of knowledge to the farming community, drawing on the existing specialised training systems for farmers in Member States; welcomes the proposed earmarking of funds under Horizon Europe for research into the availability and sources of alternative plant, microbial and marine algae based proteins; warns against excessive reliance on technological innovations which do not address the root causes of problems nor the systemic environmental issues faced by the agricultural sector; reminds that many alternatives to excessive use of agricultural inputs such as chemical pesticides already exist and that it is essential to focus on better uptake by farmers; recalls that the precautionary principle underpins the EU Directive on GMO (Dir. 2001/18/EC) and that the 2018 ruling the Court of Justice of the EU strengthens the precautionary protection of human and environment;
Amendment 2156 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)
Paragraph 25 a (new)
25a. Calls for clear commitments to ringfence 25% of the budget for research and innovation for organic farming and agro-ecological approaches, both in national research and innovation (R&I) programmes and European frameworks (e.g. Horizon Europe), in line with the farm to fork targets to reduce pesticides and to reach 25% organic land at EU level;
Amendment 2159 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)
Paragraph 25 a (new)
25a. Calls on the Member States to carry out systematic, standardised field monitoring of biodiversity on farmland, including pollinators, involving both professionals, farmers and citizen scientists and to use the data to help evaluate EU policies and their implementation;
Amendment 2167 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 b (new)
Paragraph 25 b (new)
25b. Highlights that the farm to fork strategy and Horizon Europe place excessive emphasis on end-of-pipe solutions and technological innovation such as digitalisation, biotechnology, bio- economy, stresses that a transition from technology to knowledge, investing more in participatory research programmes, is needed in agricultural research to bring tailored solutions to farmers, in line with their specific environmental conditions; adds furthermore that to achieve this, increasing the resources available to public science and knowledge production would be required, while ending the corporate capture of certain EU research funds;
Amendment 2170 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 b (new)
Paragraph 25 b (new)
25b. Considers that investment in innovation and research should not only contribute to a more sustainable but also a fairer food system, increasing the resources available to small-scale primary producers, as well as to public science and knowledge production while ending the corporate capture of certain EU research funds;
Amendment 2183 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 c (new)
Paragraph 25 c (new)
25c. Highlights that the precautionary principle must be followed at all times, especially when investments in innovation are to be carried out;
Amendment 2185 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 d (new)
Paragraph 25 d (new)
25d. Stresses that the ERDF and EAFRD should be aligned to promote the goal of shorter food supply chains; emphasises furthermore that the ERDF should support cities in developing ambitious food strategies which are aligned with cities’ climate and social ambitions, and support the connection between cities and rural areas;
Amendment 2187 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 e (new)
Paragraph 25 e (new)
25e. Regrets that the global dimension of the farm to fork strategy is not ambitious enough; notes with concern that actions to address elements related to international aspects and trade are vague and non-committal;
Amendment 2242 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 a (new)
Paragraph 26 a (new)
Amendment 2243 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 a (new)
Paragraph 26 a (new)
26a. Underlines that approximately 80% of global deforestation is caused by the expansion of land used for agriculture1a; stresses in this context that the Commission Communication on Stepping up EU Action to Protect and Restore the World’s Forests of July 2019 recognises that Union demand for products such as palm oil, meat, soy, cocoa, maize, timber, rubber, including in the form of processed products or services, is a large driver of deforestation, forest degradation, ecosystem destruction and associated human rights violations across the globe and represents around 10 % of the global share of deforestation embodied in total final consumption1b; in addition notes that EU consumption of other commodities, such as cotton, coffee, sugar cane, rapeseed and mangrove- farmed shrimps also contributes to global deforestation; _________________ 1aFAO. 2016. State of the World’s Forests 2016. Forests and agriculture: land-use challenges and opportunities. Rome. http://www.fao.org/3/a-i5588e.pdf 1bEuropean Commission, 2013. The impact of EU consumption on deforestation: Comprehensive analysis of the impact of EU consumption on deforestation. Final report. Study funded by the European Commission and undertaken by VITO, the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, HIVA-Onderzoeksinstituut voor Arbeid en Samenleving and International Union for the Conservation of Nature NL.
Amendment 2244 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 a (new)
Paragraph 26 a (new)
26a. Underlines that Free Trade Agreements should never expose the EU agriculture, and food sectors to unfair competition with negative consequences on working conditions and employment; stresses the need to ensure coherence between the ambitious environmental goals of the EU Green Deal and the farm to fork strategy and the potential consequences of Free Trade Agreements; recalls that the respect of labour rights should constitute an essential element of all trade and investment agreements, including possible suspension of the agreement in case of sustained breaches; recalls that the ratification and implementation of the eight ILO Core Labour Standards, as well as compliance with up-to-date ILO conventions, should be a precondition for entering into trade negotiations;
Amendment 2246 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 a (new)
Paragraph 26 a (new)
26a. Recalls with great sadness the Amazon rainforest fires 2019 and believes that European food systems are entwined in the root cause of these fires; reiterates that the production of GMOs is a key driver of deforestation, particularly in Brazil and Argentina, and reiterates its belief that the importation of GMOs into the Union should be ended; reiterates that meat consumption, even within the Union, contributes to deforestation outside the Union by way of increasing demand for cheap GMO animal feed, particularly imports of GM soybean; calls on the Commission to swiftly take up the Parliament's call for an EU legal framework to halt and reverse EU-driven global deforestation;
Amendment 2273 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 b (new)
Paragraph 26 b (new)
26b. Recalls that Free trade agreements should promote a broad range of fundamental rights, the right to adequate, nutritious and safe food, the right to food security and food sovereignty, the right to a safe working and living environment, the right to livelihood protection, and multiple democratic rights including the rights of workers and their trade unions;
Amendment 2275 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 b (new)
Paragraph 26 b (new)
26b. Encourages the Commission to integrate a reform of the goods classification system in its possible trade and climate initiative in the World Trade Organization (WTO) and other initiatives in preparation of the 12th WTO Ministerial Conference, enabling differentiation of products according to the emissions induced during their production phase;
Amendment 2284 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 c (new)
Paragraph 26 c (new)
26c. Recommends, in the context of the ‘do no harm’ principle as highlighted in the communication on the European Green Deal, that the Commission better and regularly assess the impact of existing trade and investment agreements on deforestation, forest and ecosystem degradation, land grabbing and human rights and ensure that more ambitious binding and enforceable provisions on forest and ecosystem protection, biodiversity, on ending land grabbing and sustainable forestry are included in the trade and sustainable development chapters of all free trade and investment agreements;
Amendment 2286 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 c (new)
Paragraph 26 c (new)
26c. Calls to integrate Policy Coherence for Sustainable Development in trade and investment policies, and to monitor negative impacts of EU food exports on small-scale food and agricultural producers in third countries;
Amendment 2289 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 d (new)
Paragraph 26 d (new)
26d. Calls on the Commission to critically reassess all current trade deals and all trade deals which are currently under negotiation on their health and environmental impacts;
Amendment 2290 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 e (new)
Paragraph 26 e (new)
26e. Strongly welcomes the intention of the Commission to lead by example, and, in line with international commitments, to ensure that hazardous chemicals, including pesticides, banned in the EU are not produced for export, including by amending relevant legislation if and as needed; invites the Commission to apply this principle also on other relevant areas by ensuring that livestock systems- and products that are not allowed in the EU, i.a. unenriched cage systems are not produced and are forbidden to export;
Amendment 2292 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 f (new)
Paragraph 26 f (new)
26f. Notes with concern that several audits carried out by DG Sante as well as detailed NGO investigations state that full traceability of live horses from Argentina destined to the European Union market is not ensured, involving food safety risks, and that animal welfare is compromised; calls on the Commission to suspend the import of horse meat from countries where applicable EU requirements relating to traceability and animal welfare are not complied with;
Amendment 2294 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 g (new)
Paragraph 26 g (new)
26g. Reminds that structural animal experiments that are not indispensable should have no place in the food chain as Directive 2010/63/EU prescribes the replacement and reduction of the use of animals in procedures; calls on the Commission and Member States to stop the import and domestic production of Pregnant Mare Serum Gonadotropin(PMSG), which is extracted from the blood of pregnant horses that are systematically impregnated and exposed to blood collections, involving health- and welfare issues;