10 Amendments of Sylvie GODDYN related to 2016/2903(RSP)
Amendment 10 #
Recital A
A. whereas the use of conventional plant protection products is increasingly contentious, due to the risks that they pose for human healthnot only for the health of those who use them, but also for the health of the rest of the population and the environment;
Amendment 36 #
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas, with regard to the ongoing debate about introducing a certain percentage threshold for chemical pesticides in organic farming, the development of biological pesticides would seem to be the best defence against such a move, which would see the sector lose its product integrity, its health-related quality and, consequently, consumer confidence;
Amendment 41 #
Recital E
E. whereas the long approval and registration process before commercialization of biological low-risk pesticides represents an important economic barrier to manufacturers; whereas, additionally, there is an oligopolistic situation in the agrochemicals sector, where the presence of giant firms makes it extremely difficult for competitors to enter the market, especially when they are seeking to develop biological pesticides, even though sufficient competition is a prerequisite for innovation;
Amendment 46 #
Recital H a (new)
Ha. whereas no natural essential oil- based substance has been authorised, despite numerous applications for such substances to be authorised for use in organic farming;
Amendment 49 #
Recital I
I. whereas biological low-risk pesticides are often refused authorisation by Member States due to their lower efficacy as compared toregularly fail to be authorised because, until now, they have often been regarded as less effective than synthetic chemical pesticides;
Amendment 52 #
Recital I a (new)
Ia. whereas comparisons of efficacy between chemical and biological pesticides should be regularly updated to take account of the growing resistance to widely used chemical pesticides; whereas, to be applicable, these comparisons must weigh the effectiveness of chemical pesticides against the risks they pose to human health and the environment;
Amendment 63 #
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Calls on the Commission to authorise the use of natural essential oil- based pesticides in organic farming in order to expand the available plant health arsenal;
Amendment 90 #
Paragraph 4
4. Underlines the need to engage in a wider public debate aboutimportance of greater awareness of the necessity of making biological low-risk alternatives to conventional pesticides available to farmers and growers, and the necessity to educate and propagate knowledge on the need to ensure sustainability of crop protection;
Amendment 93 #
Paragraph 5
5. Welcomes the “Implementation Plan on increasing low-risk plant protection product availability and accelerating integrated pest management implementation in Member States” as endorsed by the Council; recalls that this plan was drawn up by a group composed of representatives from the Member States and the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA); calls on the Member States, the Commission and the European and Mediterranean Plant Protection Organization (EPPO) to follow up on the implementation of this plan;
Amendment 114 #
Paragraph 9
9. Stresses the need to revise Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 in order to foster the development, authorisation and placing on the EU market of biological low-risk pesticides; is concerned that the current authorisation process for placing plant protection products on the market is sub-optimal for biological low-risk pesticides, while keeping in mind the necessity of respecting Member State prerogatives, including the authorisation of plant protection products containing these active substances;