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Proposal for a regulation
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– The European Parliament rejects the Commission proposal.

2023/04/04
Committee: ENVI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 4

4. An application by a professional user for a permit for the use of a plant protection product in a sensitive area shall include the information necessary to demonstrate that the conditions set out in paragraph 3 are met.deleted

2023/04/05
Committee: ENVI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 5

~~5. The competent authority referred to in paragraph 3 shall decide on the application for a permit for the use of a plant protection product within 2 weeks of its submission.~~deleted

2023/04/05
Committee: ENVI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 6

6. The permit to use a plant protection product in a sensitive area shall indicate all of the following: (a) the conditions for limited and controlled use by the applicant; (b) the obligation to display notices regarding use of plant protection products on the perimeter of the area to be treated, and any specific form such display is to take; (c) (d) permit.deleted risk mitigation measures; the duration of validity of the

2023/04/05
Committee: ENVI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 7

7. A professional user that has been granted a permit to use a plant protection product in a sensitive area shall display notices to that regard on the perimeter of the area to be treated in the form indicated in the permit.deleted

2023/04/05
Committee: ENVI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 8

~~8. Where a permit for use of a plant protection product in a sensitive area is granted, be~~deleted the location of the use; the evidence fore the ~~first day of its validity, the competent authority referred to in paragraph 3 shall make publicly available the following information: (a) (b) circumstances justifying the application~~exceptional the start and end date of the the relevant weather conditions the name of athe plant protection ~~product; (c) approval period of the permit, which shall not exceed 60 consecutive days; (d) allowing a safe application; (e) product or products; (f) used and the risk mitigation measures to be taken.~~the application equipment to be

2023/04/05
Committee: ENVI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 19

Measures to protect the aquatic environment and drinking water 1. The use of all plant protection products is prohibited on all surface waters and within 3 metres of such waters. This 3 metre buffer zone shall not be reduced by using alternative risk- mitigation techniques. 2. Member States may establish larger mandatory buffer zones adjacent to surface waters. 3. of application of this Regulation], Member States shall have in place appropriate measures to avoid deterioration of surface and groundwater status as well as coastal and marine waters and allow achievement of good surface and groundwater status, to protect the aquatic environment and drinking water supplies from the impact of plant protection products to achieve, at least, the objectives set out in Directives 2000/60/EC, 2006/118/EC, 2008/105/EC, 2008/56/EC and (EU) 2020/2184.Article 19 deleted By … [OP: please insert the date

2023/04/05
Committee: ENVI

Marlene MORTLER, Norbert LINS, Lena DÜPONT, Jens GIESEKE, Angelika NIEBLER, Andreas SCHWAB, Ralf SEEKATZ, David MCALLISTER, Christine SCHNEIDER, Stefan BERGER

Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 1

1. A distributor shall only sell a plant protection product authorised for professional use to a purchaser or his or her representative when that distributor has checked, at the time of purchase, that the purchaser or representative is a professional user and holds a training certificate for following courses for professional users issued in accordance with Article 25 ~~or has a proof of entry in a central electronic register for following such courses in accordance with Article 25(5)~~.

2023/04/05
Committee: ENVI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 2

2. Where a purchaser is a legal person, a distributor may sell a plant protection product authorised for professional use to a representative of the purchaser of the plant protection product when that distributor has checked, at the time of purchase, that the representative is the holder of a training certificate for following courses for professional users issued in accordance with Article 25 ~~or has a proof of entry in a central electronic register for following such courses in accordance with Article 25(5)~~.

2023/04/05
Committee: ENVI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 3

3. A distributor shall direct a purchaser of a plant protection product to read its label prior to use and to use the product in accordance with the instructions on the label and shall inform the purchaser of the website referred to in Article 27.deleted

2023/04/05
Committee: ENVI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 5

5. Each distributor shall ensure that it has sufficient staff that hold a training certificate for following courses for distributors issued in accordance with Article 25 orand has a proof of entry in a central electronic register for following such courses in accordance with Article 25(5) available at the time of sale to provide adequate responses to purchasers of plant protection products at the moment of sale on their use, related health and environmental risksthe necessary knowledge of the health and environmental risks relating to storage and handling and of the appropriate safety instructions to manage those risks.

2023/04/05
Committee: ENVI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 6

6. The distributor referred to in paragraph 5 shall inform the purchaser of a plant protection product about less hazardous control techniques before the purchaser buys a plant protection product with a higher risk for human health and the environment.deleted

2023/04/05
Committee: ENVI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 2

2. Each Member State shall designate a competent authority or authorities responsible for the implementation of the system for the training and certification of all training referred to in paragraph 1 ~~and~~, for issuing and renewing training certificates, ~~updating the central electronic register, providing proof of entry in the central electronic register and~~and for overseeing that the tasks referred to in paragraph 1 are carried out by the body that provided the training.

2023/04/05
Committee: ENVI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 4 – point b

~~(b) the employer of the professional user, distributor or advisor to whom the training was provided, where that employer is a legal person or a natural person in its professional capacity;~~deleted

2023/04/05
Committee: ENVI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 4 – point f

~~(f) the number of hours of training;~~deleted

2023/04/05
Committee: ENVI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – title

~~Independen~~Expert advisory system

2023/04/05
Committee: ENVI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 1

1. Each Member State shall designate a competent authority to establish, oversee and monitor the operation of a system of ~~independen~~expert advisors for professional users. That system ~~may make use of the impartial farm advisors referred to in Article 15 of Regulation (EU) No 2021/2115, who must be regularly trained and can be funded under Article 78 of the same regulation~~shall comprise advisors trained in accordance with Article 25.

2023/04/05
Committee: ENVI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 2

2. The competent authority referred to in paragraph 1 shall ensure that any advisor registered in the system referred to in that paragraph (‘independent advisor’) is free from any conflict of interest and, in particular, is not in a situation which, directly or indirectly, could affect their ability to carry out their professional duties in an impartial manner.deleted

2023/04/05
Committee: ENVI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 3

~~3. Each professional user shall consult an independent advisor at least once a year for the purposes of receiving the strategic advice referred to in paragraph 4.~~deleted

2023/04/05
Committee: ENVI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 4 – introductory part

~~4. An advisor referred to in paragraph 3~~(4) An expert advisor shall provide strategic advice on the following subjects:

2023/04/05
Committee: ENVI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 33

1. designated by a Member State pursuant to Article 30 shall establish and maintain a central electronic register to record: (a) parties pursuant to Article 20(2), point (b)(i), and Article 29; (b) certificates as set out in Article 31(6) and (7)(b); (c) paragraph 2 on application equipment in professional use in its Member State that has not been exempted from inspection under Article 32(3). 2. to in Article 30 shall, at the time of inspection, record the following information: (a) the name of the body carrying out the inspections; (b) the unique ID of the application equipment, if available; (c) the date of manufacture, if available; (d) the name and address of the current owner; (e) where there has been a transfer of ownership, the date of each transfer and the name and address of previous owners within the last five years; (f) the tank size; (g) the width of the horizontal spray boom, if applicable; (h) the nozzle type(s) present on the application equipment at the time of inspection; (i) in the case of boom sprayers, whether section and/or nozzle control through geospatial localisation technology is present or absent on the application equipment; (j) years, the date of each inspection carried out in accordance with Article 31; (k) whether the application equipment passed or failed each inspection caArticle 33 deleted Electronic register of application equipment in professional use Each competent authority information entered by third records of inspections and other information as set out in The competent authorities referried out under Article 31; (l) the reasons for any failed inspection. 3. Where application equipment does not bear a unique ID as referred to in paragraph 2, point (b), the competent authorities referred to in Article 30 shall supply a unique ID.for equipment older than three

2023/04/05
Committee: ENVI

Marlene MORTLER, Norbert LINS, Lena DÜPONT, Peter JAHR, Jens GIESEKE, Angelika NIEBLER, Andreas SCHWAB, Ralf SEEKATZ, David MCALLISTER, Christine SCHNEIDER, Stefan BERGER, Sabine VERHEYEN, Rainer WIELAND, Monika HOHLMEIER, Michael GAHLER, Christian DOLESCHAL, Karolin BRAUNSBERGER-REINHOLD, Daniel CASPARY, Herbert DORFMANN

Proposal for a regulation
Article 34 – paragraph 2

2. Using the methodology set out in Annex I, the Commission shall calculate the results of progress towards achieving the ~~two~~... Union reduction and two national ~~2030 reduction targets annually until and including 2030~~... [OP: please insert the dates – 10 years after the date of application of this Regulation] corridor targets annually until and including ... [OP: please insert the date – 10 years after the date of application of this Regulation] and publish those results on the website referred to in Article 7.

2023/04/05
Committee: ENVI

Marlene MORTLER, Norbert LINS, Lena DÜPONT, Jens GIESEKE, Angelika NIEBLER, Andreas SCHWAB, Ralf SEEKATZ, David MCALLISTER, Christine SCHNEIDER, Stefan BERGER, Sabine VERHEYEN, Rainer WIELAND, Monika HOHLMEIER, Michael GAHLER, Christian DOLESCHAL, Karolin BRAUNSBERGER-REINHOLD, Daniel CASPARY, Herbert DORFMANN

Proposal for a regulation
Article 35 – paragraph 4

4. The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 40 amending this Article and Annex VI in order to take into account technical progress, including progress in the availability of statistical data, and scientific and agronomic developments. Such delegated acts may modify the existing harmonised risk indicators or provide for new harmonised risk indicators, which may take into account Member States’ progress towards achieving the target of having 25% of their utilised agricultural area devoted to organic farming by 2030 as referred to in Article 8(1), point (d).

2023/04/05
Committee: ENVI

Marlene MORTLER, Norbert LINS, Lena DÜPONT, Peter JAHR, Jens GIESEKE, Angelika NIEBLER, Andreas SCHWAB, Ralf SEEKATZ, David MCALLISTER, Christine SCHNEIDER, Stefan BERGER, Sabine VERHEYEN, Rainer WIELAND, Monika HOHLMEIER, Michael GAHLER, Christian DOLESCHAL, Karolin BRAUNSBERGER-REINHOLD, Daniel CASPARY, Herbert DORFMANN

Proposal for a regulation
Article 36 – paragraph 1

1. Each Member State shall evaluate the results of each calculation of (a) progress towards achieving each of the two national ~~2030 reduction~~... [OP: please insert the date – 10 years after the date of application of this Regulation] corridor targets as referred to in Article 34 and (b) harmonised risk indicators at Member State level, as referred to in Article 35, each time the calculations are performed.

2023/04/05
Committee: ENVI

24 Amendments of Stefan BERGER related to 2022/0196(COD)

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