7 Amendments of Paola GHIDONI related to 2023/0234(COD)
Amendment 18 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 3 a (new)
Recital 3 a (new)
(3a) Farmers produce for the market and if an agricultural product is not sold, they lose out on income. This basic concept should serve to exclude farmers from any responsibility for the disposal of waste from products obtained from agricultural activity.
Amendment 32 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 10 a (new)
Recital 10 a (new)
(10a) The results obtained by all actors in the agri-food chain to reduce food loss and waste, in line with UN Sustainable Development Goal 12.3.
Amendment 45 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 14
Recital 14
(14) Based on the harmonised methodology set out in Commission Delegated Decision (EU) 2019/159776, the first year for which data on food waste levels were collected was 2020. Therefore, the year 2020 should be used as a baseline for setting food waste reduction targets. For Member States, which can demonstrate that they performed food waste measurements before 2020, using methods consistent with Delegated Decision (EU) 2019/1597, the use of an earlier baseline should be allowed. However, during the COVID-19 pandemic, most activities were stopped or stalled and consequently establishments closed for several months. What is more, this is the Member States' first experience in this area, and therefore data on food waste levels collected in 2020 cannot be considered as representative and/or relevant. It would, therefore, be logical to apply data derived from the three-year average 2021-2022-2023 as a basis of reference. _________________ 76 Commission Delegated Decision (EU) 2019/1597 of 3 May 2019 supplementing Directive 2008/98/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards a common methodology and minimum quality requirements for the uniform measurement of levels of food waste (OJ L 248, 27.9.2019, p. 77).
Amendment 51 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 15 a (new)
Recital 15 a (new)
(15a) The pursuit of food waste reduction targets must not undermine agricultural production or the food security of the European Union. Recourse to increasing imports from third countries to compensate for decreases in domestic production should be considered unfair competition with EU producers. For that reason, the reciprocity rule should be applied to products imported from third countries.
Amendment 57 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 a (new)
(2a) In Article 3, paragraph 4a is replaced by the following: (4a) 'food waste' means all food as defined in Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 178/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council that has become waste. Food waste does not include waste from agricultural production and from a production, processing or value-adding process for agricultural products, by farms or other agro-industrial companies, considered by-products within the conditions laid down in Article 5(1) of Directive 2008/98/EC. The agricultural materials referred to in Article 2(1)(f) and the animal by-products referred to in Article 2(2)(b) are also excluded.
Amendment 64 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Article 9 a – paragraph 1
Article 9 a – paragraph 1
(a) developing and supporting behavioural change interventions to reduce food waste, and information campaigns to raise awareness about food waste prevention, ensuring that professional associations and operators in the agri- food sector participate;
Amendment 111 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Article 9 a – paragraph 4
Article 9 a – paragraph 4
4a. With a view to achieving the reduction targets, Member States shall consider in their calculations the collection, processing and use of food waste as by-products for energy or other purposes, such as the production of materials and products. What is more, they shall promote programme agreements with public and private entities, including industry associations, to ensure that food waste is managed efficiently