10 Amendments of Janusz WOJCIECHOWSKI related to 2011/2108(INI)
Amendment 17 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas increased bee mortality has been reported in both the EU and other parts of the world; whereas there is a link between bee mortality and the use of genetically modified organisms (GMOs); whereas science and veterinary practice cannot currently provide effective prevention or disease control against certain pests and diseases owing to insufficient research and development of new bee-health medicines in the past decades, which is the result of the limited size of the market and the consequent low interest of big pharmaceutical companies,
Amendment 33 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas beekeepers are primarily responsible for the health and well-being of their bees, though farming methods have a role to play too, and whereas beekeepers do not receive any financial reward for the role they play in ensuring the pollination of plants in the natural environment,
Amendment 41 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas, because active substances and medicines are not metabolised by bees and can end up in honey, because European producers rely on clean, residue-free, high- quality honey, and also because of the problem of resistance, minimal use of veterinary products and active substances is advocated, as is maintaining a healthy colony immune system,
Amendment 80 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the Commission to set up a steering committee, together with representatives of the beekeeping sector, which will assist the Commission in establishing the annual work programme of the EU reference laboratory, covering a period of at least two years;
Amendment 88 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on the Member States to encourage and oversee the setting up of national melliferous and polliniferous plant phenology monitoring networks;
Amendment 106 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Stresses the need to ensure adequate training for veterinarians, as well as regular opportunities for veterinary consultation for beekeepers and the involvement of apiculture specialists in national veterinary authorities; stresses, furthermore, that in order to maintain direct contact with beekeepers a beekeeper should be appointed as full-time veterinary assistant in each area covered by a veterinary service, with inspections being carried out at least once a year at the premises of all beekeepers in that area and it being made compulsory for details of the state of the apiaries to be entered into a database every autumn;
Amendment 150 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Calls on the Commission to consider chronic, larval and sub-lethal toxicity, and substance-pathogen and substance- substance synergies in the risk assessment of pesticides; calls on the Commission to pay special attention to specific pesticides, such as those of the family of the neonicotinoide family (Clothianidin, Thiacloprid, Imidacloprid, Thiamethoxam, Acetamiprid), phenyl-pyrazoles (Fipronil) and pyrethroids, or active substances such as Chlorpyrifos or Dimethoat, as these active substances in pesticides have a proven adverse effect on bee and colony health; application methods such as seed coating should also be considered;
Amendment 167 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Calls, in a spirit of dialogue between beekeepers and agricultural stakeholders, for the setting up of a system of obligatory preliminary notification of beekeepers in all Member States in advance of pesticide applications, especially aerial chemical mosquito controls; takes the view that the cost of evacuating apiaries in the spraying area should be factored into the pest control costs;
Amendment 193 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 a (new)
Paragraph 28 a (new)
28a. Calls for action to boost consumption of European honey and apiculture products, including by promoting honeys with characteristics specific to certain varieties and geographical areas;
Amendment 217 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31
Paragraph 31
31. Calls on the Commission to rank the sugar used for bee foraging purposes as inexpensive industrial sugar, given the high sugar prices on the EU market; calls, furthermore, for bee feed syrups to be exempted from the fructose quota;