13 Amendments of Christofer FJELLNER related to 2008/2306(INI)
Amendment 32 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
H. Whereas, according to a Special Eurobarometer survey published in March 2008, 58 % of the total European population is opposed to the use of GMOs in farming while 21 % support their use.; whereas, however, opposition to genetically modified organisms in agriculture is diminishing over time; whereas the same survey shows that the percentage who are concerned about genetically modified organisms has fallen since 2004 from 24 to 20 per cent,
Amendment 80 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Points out that, during the authorisation procedure, a qualified majority in favour or against is never reached, either in the regulatory Committee or in the Council, and that, in fine, the authorisation decision is taken by the Commission; therefore urges Member States to assume their responsibilities in order to avoid this situation; calls on the Member States to justify their positions in every vote and also to account for social and economic considerations in their justification.
Amendment 116 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on the Commission and Member States to give normative status to those guidelines in order to ensure Member States alignment on scientific criteria and thereby eliminate additional scientific questions from Member States in the Comitology procedure that lengthen the approval process;
Amendment 118 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. 8. Urges Member States and the EFSA to work more closely; underlines the need to improve Member States' involvement in the risk assessment process; calls on the Commission and Member States to increase the financial and human resources allocated to the EFSA;EFSA to give higher priority to work on environmental risk assessments of genetically modified organisms;.
Amendment 138 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Stresses the importance of taking into account socio-economic considerations into the risk management process, such as potential benefits or disadvantages for farmers, for consumers, for the society in general, for European agriculture and for the different economic sectors (such as food);
Amendment 148 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
Amendment 152 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. InvitWelcomes the Commission and Member States to develop a methodological framework at EU level to identify relevant socio-economic criteriauncil's proposal that the Member States should exchange relevant information concerning the socio-economic implications of placing genetically modified organisms on the market;
Amendment 158 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Stresses the need to dramatically improve public information; cCalls upon Member States and the Commission to launch information campaigns to raise public awareness and public understanding in order to allow citizens to make informed choices;
Amendment 162 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. UnderlinRecognises the importance thatact of the information on GMOs provided by the media to the general public is based on scientific grounds; stresses the importance of the Member States justifying their positions in the regulatory committee and the Council since it enhances the transparency of the system and access to information;
Amendment 186 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
Amendment 195 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Takes the view that those thresholds should be set at the lowest possible level which is practical and proportionate;
Amendment 215 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
Amendment 229 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
Paragraph 27
27. Invites the Commission and Member States to clarify the legal definition of GMO-free zoneexplore the use of voluntary agreements among farmers to restrict or to facilitate the growing of approved GM crops, and clarify how a voluntary system to establish GMO-free zones would work in order to encourage the coexistence of conventional, organic and GM crops;