58 Amendments of Sylwia SPUREK 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 289 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas the European model of a multifunctional agricultural sector, driven by family farms, continues to ensure quality food production, local supply chains, good agriculture practices, high environmental standards and vibrant rural areas throughout the EU; whereas this agricultural model is endangered by the ongoing takeover of production capacities by industrial and multinational companies that rely on large-scale, automated and cage-based production methods;
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 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 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 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 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 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 968 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 1440 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Calls for primary producers to be supported in making the transition to greater sustainability, including cage-free animal farming, through the encouragement of cooperation and collective actions as well as through competition rules and the enhancement of possibilities for cooperation within the common market organisations for agricultural, fishery and aquaculture products, and thus for farmers’ and fishers’ position in the supply chain to be strengthened in order to enable them to capture a fair share of the added value of sustainable production;
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 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 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 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 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 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 2070 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)
Paragraph 24 a (new)
24a. Invites to delete rules in relevant EU-legislation that are detrimental to the welfare of animals such as the requirement of minimum liver weights for foie gras production in Commission Regulation 543/2008 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 as regards the marketing standards for poultry meat;
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 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;