4 Amendments of Daniel CASPARY related to 2016/2222(INI)
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
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Paragraph 1
1. Recalls that palm oil accounts for about 40 % of global trade in all vegetable oils and that the EU, with around 7 million tonnes per year, is the second largest global importer; calls on the Commission, in this connection, to reduce the amount of imported palm oil from third countries by applying different customs duty schemes for certified sustainable palm-oil products;
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion
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2. Recalls that Malaysia and Indonesia are the main producers of palm oil, with an estimated 85-90 % of global production, and that the growing demand for this commodity puts pressure on land use and has significant effects on local communities, health and climate change; stresses, in this context, that the EU- Indonesia Free Trade Agreement should not cover palm oil and its derivatives within the current negotiationsemphasises, however, that the cultivation of many palm oil substitutes would require larger areas of land and would generate greater levels of greenhouse gas emissions, so that replacing palm oil with other oils could in fact make the situation worse;
Amendment 34 #
Draft opinion
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Paragraph 3
3. Stresses the importance of improving the situation through appropriate certification, easily accessible for SMEs,Welcomes palm oil certification programmes which confirming that the palm oil in question has been produced without undue harm to the environment and society, and that the product is effectively and transparently traceable throughout the entire supply chainemphasises that appropriate certification must be easily accessible to SMEs and small farmers;
Amendment 46 #
Draft opinion
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Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to ban EU imports of biodiesel derived from palm oil and to introduce a mandatory labelling scheme for biodiesel ingredients and their origins, and for other palm oil productscontinue research into suitable alternatives to biodiesel derived from palm oil;