Activities of Csaba Sándor TABAJDI related to 2011/2108(INI)
Plenary speeches (2)
Honeybee health and beekeeping (A7-0359/2011 - Csaba Sándor Tabajdi) (vote)
Honeybee health and beekeeping (short presentation)
Reports (1)
REPORT on honeybee health and the challenges of the beekeeping sector PDF (257 KB) DOC (151 KB)
Amendments (6)
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas beekeeping as an economic and social activity plays a crucial role in the sustainable development of rural areas and creates ‘green jobs’, creates ‘green jobs’, and provides an important ecosystem service via pollination, which contributes to the improvement of biodiversity by maintaining the genetic diversity of plants,
Amendment 87 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on the Member States to encourage and oversee the setting up of national melliferous plant phenology monitoring networks and to share the best practices of currently functioning national systems in an effort to better trace the changes in bee pastures;
Amendment 92 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls on the Commission actively to encourage a greater degree of information- sharing among Member States, laboratories and beekeepers on ecotoxicological studies and other factors affecting honeybee health so as to make possible informed, independent scientific scrutiny; calls on the Commission to help this process by making available its relevant webpage on all official languages of the concerned Member States;
Amendment 104 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10 a. Calls on the authorities and representative organisations in the Member States to support the dissemination of appropriate scientific and technical knowledge about bee health among beekeepers; underlines that a permanent dialogue is needed between beekeepers, farmers and the relevant authorities;
Amendment 128 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Invites the Commission to improve risk assessment methodology for pesticides, which should focus on both the individual insect and the entire colony, and to ensure freappropriate access to the ecotoxicological studies included in the authorisation dossiers;
Amendment 148 #
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), 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 methodpractices such as seedowing of coating seeds should also be considerimproved;