17 Amendments of Hilde VAUTMANS related to 2017/2115(INI)
Amendment 3 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the beekeeping sector is an integral part of European agriculture, providingnotes that over 50620 000 EU1a citizens with their main income or additional earnings; are beekeepers, but only few make a living out of it; _________________ 1a https://ec.europa.eu/agriculture/honey_en
Amendment 12 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the beekeeping sector is hugely significanta vital sector for the EU (around EUR 14.2 annually), as 84% of plant species and 76% of food production are dependent on pollination by bees, which also helps maintain the ecological balance and biological diversity in Europe;
Amendment 49 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas in some Member States the tax laws differentiate between professional and amateur beekeepers, with the latter benefiting from tax relief, although this makes no sense professionallykind of differentiation is not beneficial for the overall development of the sector;
Amendment 60 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
H. whereas farmers receive support for protective measures against Varroa destructor, which there has so far been no success in eradicating as there are no effective remedies as yet and R&D efforts are very inadequate; knowing that it is not possible to eliminate the Varroa destructor completely and that a balanced host (bee) to parasite (Varroa destructor) relation through natural selection with co-existence of both must be achieved to prevent even further losses of bees;
Amendment 101 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital L
Recital L
Amendment 113 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital M a (new)
Recital M a (new)
Ma. whereas the reconstruction of lost bee colonies also requires honey and that honey production is essentially a matter of weather conditions; warm and moist weather promotes the honey production, while cold and wet at the same time impedes it;
Amendment 124 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital O
Recital O
O. whereas the EU imports 25% of the honey it uses (60% of its annual imports) each year from these countries, which is why Europe’s beekeepers are in dire straitsand the European Union is not able to cap the degree of self-sufficiency;
Amendment 126 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital P
Recital P
Amendment 166 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital AE
Recital AE
AE. whereas numerous examples of self-organisation and direct sale from the beekeeper is showing that the sale of honeys and other beekeeping products with short supply chains and at local producers’ markets is hugely successful, particularly for bio-honey;
Amendment 222 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
Amendment 310 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Calls on the Commission to involve all relevant drugmedicament producers in research into bee drugmedicaments and to set up a common IT platform to share best solutions and drugsmedicine with interested parties; and calls for research on biological and physical alternative methods f.e. formic acid;
Amendment 429 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Reminds the Commission that consumers have the right to know the place of origin of all foodstuffs; however, the ‘blend of EC honeys’, ‘blend of non-EC honeys’ and especially ‘blend of EC and non-EC honeys’ labelling completely conceals the origin of the honey from the consumer; while the success of direct sales of honey deems origin labelling rather needless;
Amendment 430 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Paragraph 26 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Expresses concern that contaminated wax imported from China often can cause health issues for bees;
Amendment 439 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
Paragraph 28
Amendment 448 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
Paragraph 29
29. Acknowledges and welcomes the European Honey Breakfast initiative and calls on the Member States to incorporate the initiative into their basic education systems;
Amendment 451 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
Paragraph 30
Amendment 466 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32
Paragraph 32