15 Amendments of Benoît LUTGEN related to 2022/0196(COD)
Amendment 118 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3
Recital 3
(3) The European Parliament resolution of 12 February 2019 on the implementation of Directive 2009/128/EC on the sustainable use of pesticides41noted that the Union must act without delayto transition to a more sustainable use of pesticides and called on the Commission to propose an ambitious Union-wide binding target for the reduction of pesticide use. The European Parliament re-affirmed its call for binding reduction targets in its resolution of 20 October 2021 on a Farm to Fork Strategy for a fair, healthy and environmentally- friendly food system42. However, the European Parliament in its resolution of 20 October 2021 on a Farm to Fork Strategy for a fair, healthy and environmentally-friendly food system avoided setting a numerical Union-wide binding target for the reduction of pesticide use. The European Parliament also called on the Commission to clarify how it will deal with individual Member States’ contributions to Union-wide binding target, ensure a level playing field, as well as how it will clarify the baselines for these reduction targets, taking into account the different starting points, efforts undertaken and characteristics of each Member State. _________________ 41 P8_TA(2019)0082, 12 February 2019. 42 P9_TA(2021)0425, 20 October 2021.
Amendment 155 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10 a (new)
Recital 10 a (new)
(10a) On 19 December 2022, the Council of the European Union adopted a Council Decision requesting the European Commission to provide a complementary study to its existing impact assessment on the sustainable use of plant protection products. The Member States welcomed the objectives of the proposal to reduce by 2030 the use and risks of plant protection products (PPPs) by 50% at EU level, as well as the use of more hazardous pesticides. Nevertheless, since the impact assessment provided by the Commission is based on data collected and analysed before the outbreak of Russia’s war in Ukraine, the Member States were concerned that it does not take into account the increased long-term impact on food security and the negative impact on the climate.
Amendment 157 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10 b (new)
Recital 10 b (new)
(10b) In its conclusions of 13 June 2022, the Agriculture and Fisheries Council welcomed the information provided by the Commission on its recently adopted report on the application of EU health and environmental standards to imported agricultural and agri-food products. The report demonstrated the ability to implement measures, in compliance with WTO standards, in multilateral fora, in bilateral trade agreements or through autonomous measures when a production standard is introduced in European regulations.
Amendment 194 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14 a (new)
Recital 14 a (new)
Amendment 297 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 48 a (new)
Recital 48 a (new)
(48a) In order to support the transition to sustainable food systems, it is important to continue to improve the consistency of the Green Deal, the Union's sectoral policies and the common trade policy. This entails, in particular, more robust application of European production standards, particularly sanitary, plant protection, environmental and animal welfare standards, to imported products, which makes it possible to tackle carbon leakage effectively. To this end, there are a range of tools that can be used at multilateral and bilateral level, but also autonomously, as indicated in the European Commission report of June 2022, and they must be incorporated into the relevant legislation and applied appropriately (for example, Regulation (EC) No 396/2005 on maximum residue levels of pesticides). This Regulation must contribute to that consistency.
Amendment 298 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 48 a (new)
Recital 48 a (new)
(48a) In order to support the transition to sustainable food systems, it is important to continue to improve the consistency of the Green Deal, the Union's sectoral policies and the common trade policy. This entails, in particular, more robust application of European production standards, particularly sanitary, plant protection, environmental and animal welfare standards, to imported products, which makes it possible to tackle carbon leakage effectively. To this end, there are a range of tools that can be used at multilateral and bilateral level, but also autonomously, as indicated in the European Commission report of June 2022, and they must be incorporated into the relevant legislation and applied appropriately (for example, Regulation (EC) No 396/2005 on maximum residue levels of pesticides). This Regulation must contribute to that consistency.
Amendment 300 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 48 b (new)
Recital 48 b (new)
(48b) It is important to take into account the international dimension of protection of human health and the environment. To this end, the Commission should be able to include a chapter on 'Sustainable food systems' in the trade agreements it negotiates for the European Union with third countries, including commitments to reduce and gradually eliminate the use of the most hazardous plant protection products. Adopting an ambitious approach, these commitments may take into account, on a case-by-case basis, the specific agronomic, climate and economic characteristics of the trade partners.
Amendment 301 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 48 b (new)
Recital 48 b (new)
(48b) It is important to take into account the international dimension of protection of human health and the environment. To this end, the Commission should be able to include a chapter on 'Sustainable food systems' in the trade agreements it negotiates for the European Union with third countries, including commitments to reduce and gradually eliminate the use of the most hazardous plant protection products. Adopting an ambitious approach, these commitments may take into account, on a case-by-case basis, the specific agronomic, climate and economic characteristics of the trade partners.
Amendment 302 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 48 c (new)
Recital 48 c (new)
(48c) The impact assessment suggests that the EU's trade balance could suffer without any guarantee of reciprocal standards. Lower pesticide use in the EU could in fact lead to greater dependence on imports from third countries with less stringent crop protection standards. Moreover, while public concerns about plant protection products are growing as their impact on health and the environment become better known, EU countries continue to produce dangerous pesticides that are banned in the EU and export them to the rest of the world. Thus, the manufacture, circulation, storage and export to third countries of plant protection products containing active substances whose use is prohibited in the European Union should be prohibited to ensure the coherence of European trade policy and to protect the environment and health on a wider scale.
Amendment 303 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 48 c (new)
Recital 48 c (new)
(48c) The impact assessment suggests that the EU's trade balance could suffer without any guarantee of reciprocal standards. Lower pesticide use in the EU could in fact lead to greater dependence on imports from third countries with less stringent crop protection standards. Moreover, while public concerns about plant protection products are growing as their impact on health and the environment become better known, EU countries continue to produce dangerous pesticides that are banned in the EU and export them to the rest of the world. Thus, the manufacture, circulation, storage and export to third countries of plant protection products containing active substances whose use is prohibited in the European Union should be prohibited to ensure the coherence of European trade policy and to protect the environment and health on a wider scale.
Amendment 304 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 48 d (new)
Recital 48 d (new)
Amendment 314 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article premier – paragraph 1
Article premier – paragraph 1
This Regulation lays down rules for the sustainable use of plant protection products by providing for the setting, and achievement by 2030, of reduction targets for the use and risk of chemical plant protection products, establishing requirements for use, storage, sale and disposal of plant protection products and for application equipment, providing for training and awareness raising, providing for reciprocity on standards with third countries, and providing for implementation of integrated pest management or alternatives to chemical plant protection products, such as non- chemical and biological alternatives, including biological control agents.
Amendment 315 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article premier – paragraph 1
Article premier – paragraph 1
This Regulation lays down rules for the sustainable use of plant protection products by providing for the setting, and achievement by 2030, of reduction targets for the use and risk of chemical plant protection products, establishing requirements for use, storage, sale and disposal of plant protection products and for application equipment, providing for training and awareness raising, providing for reciprocity on standards with third countries, and providing for implementation of integrated pest management. or alternatives to chemical plant protection products, such as non- chemical and biological alternatives, including biological control agents.
Amendment 777 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 a (new)
Article 7 a (new)
Article 7a. Trade agreements The Commission shall include in the trade agreements it negotiates binding commitment targets for the use of plant protection products, in particular for the most hazardous plant protection products. These targets shall be equivalent to those laid down in Article 4 of this Regulation. They may take into account, on a case-by- case basis, the specific agronomic, climate and economic conditions of the trade partners.
Amendment 778 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 a (new)
Article 7 a (new)
Article 7a. Trade agreements The Commission shall include in the trade agreements it negotiates binding commitment targets for the use of plant protection products, in particular for the most hazardous plant protection products. These targets shall be equivalent to those laid down in Article 4 of this Regulation. They may take into account, on a case-by- case basis, the specific agronomic, climate and economic conditions of the trade partners.