16 Amendments of Witold TOMCZAK related to 2006/2059(INI)
Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 1 a (new)
Citation 1 a (new)
- having regard to Council Decision 93/626/EEC of 25 October 1993 concerning the conclusion of the Convention on Biological Diversity1,
Amendment 2 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital - A a (new)
Recital - A a (new)
-A. whereas biological diversity, including genetic, species and ecosystem diversity, is a foundation of life and the fundamental basis of human health, quality of life and well-being, representing an intrinsic value; whereas introducing genetically modified organisms into natural ecosystems at the present time could irreversibly damage the existing balance and have incalculable effects on the environment and human beings,
Amendment 3 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas themodern biotechnology sector includes several fields of research concerning agriculture, the enis characterised by the application of techniques using nucleic acid in vitronment and food; whereas applied biotechnology also concern many fields including the use of biomass from agriculture, forestry and organic waste or the development of innovative bio-molecules and microbial products or fusion of cells derived from different taxonomical families, techniques which cross natural physiological reproductive barriers and are not used in traditional farming,
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the development and use of agricultural biotechnology offer, in view of the controversy in scientific circles regarding the influence of the cultivation and breeding of genetically modified organisms aon opportunity to develop both economically and environmbiological diversity, human health and their economic efficiency, it is now necessary to stop using these organisms in plant cultivation and animal breeding; whereas, however, from the point of view of potentially sustainable farming and food production benefits, further research is needed into these organisms in order to eliminate existing risks,
Amendment 16 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
Amendment 27 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas advances made in biotechnology have the potential to create new openings for agriculture and sylviculture and to contribute to the better use of all biomass from renewable sources; and whereas these innovations concern the fields of green chemistry, food and health,
Amendment 34 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas Community legislation is sometimes interpreted differently by Member States and its implementation is therefore not always consistent across all Member States; whereas there is a clear need to develop a common approach, particularly witregions and Member States are entitled to protect their biodiversity and public health and should therefore be able to establish aregard to the coexistence of genetically modified crops and conventional and organic crops which would provide the basis for choice for both farmers and consumeras free of the cultivation and breeding of genetically modified organisms,
Amendment 43 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
Amendment 51 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
H. whereas genetically modified products for use in agriculture necessarily have to pass very stringent assessments and the present authorisation process is slow and bureaucratic, given the potential threat they pose to the natural environment and to humans, must pass very stringent assessments, particularly as regards risk assessment, which should take into consideration the possibility of adverse effects appearing many years later,
Amendment 71 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital K
Recital K
K. whereas 114 million hectares of geneticallyin the European Union we are witnessing a decline in biodiversity, farming structures dominated by small and moedified crops were grown worldwide in 2007 and this hectarage is very likely to be substantially increasum-sized concerns and at the same time growing consumer demand for healthy foodstuffs and whereas it can therefore be expected that GMO-free plant cultivation and animal breed in the following years, while the area under genetically modified cultivation in the EU is comparatively lowg (contrary to worldwide trends) offers EU farmers now and in future a tremendous opportunity to improve their economic situation,
Amendment 82 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Encourages efforts to develop research into biotechnologies in the EU as one way of making agriculture viable and capable of providing a living, and takes the view that these biotechnologies facilitate the development of sustainable methods of production, increased yield, higher quality and more diverse products with reduced use of fertilisers and rational use of water; underlines the need for cwhich can provide benefits for agriculture, the environvmentional and organic agriculture to remain successful on their markets and people;
Amendment 118 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
Amendment 122 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
Amendment 132 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Calls for all holdings whoseith a ‘GM-free’ quality label has caused them to increase their prices to be safeguarded by adequate and clearly defined measures for coexistenceto be safeguarded and to prevent against contamination from genetically modified organisms, and to ensure that the market position they have won, and hence their economic stability, is not jeopardised;
Amendment 158 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
Amendment 162 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16