Activities of Justas Vincas PALECKIS related to 2010/0208(COD)
Plenary speeches (1)
Possibility for Member States to restrict or prohibit the cultivation of GMOs in their territory (debate)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 2001/18/EC as regards the possibility for the Member States to restrict or prohibit the cultivation of GMOs in their territory PDF (442 KB) DOC (502 KB)
Amendments (7)
Amendment 15 #
Proposal for a regulation - amending act
Recital 2
Recital 2
(2) Under this set of legislation, GMOs for cultivation shall undergo an individual risk assessment of direct and indirect short- term and long-term risk to human health and the environment before being authorised to be placed on the Union market. The aim of this authorisation procedure is to ensure a high level of protection of human life and health, animal health and welfare, the environment and consumer interests, whilst ensuring the effective functioning of the internal market.
Amendment 49 #
Proposal for a regulation - amending act
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) On the basis of the subsidiarity principle, the purpose of this Regulation is not to harmonize the conditions of cultivation in Member States but to grant freedom to Member States to invoke other grounds than scientific assessment of health and environmental risks to ban cultivation of GMOs on their territoryrestrict or ban cultivation of GMOs on their territory based on environmental impact or other legitimate factors, which have not been addressed as part of the harmonised procedure provided for in Part C of Directive 2001/18/EC. In addition, one of the purposes of Directive 98/34/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 June 1998 laying down a procedure for the provision of information in the field of technical standards and regulations which is to allow the Commission to consider the adoption of binding acts at EU level would not be served by the systematic notification of Member States’ measures under that Directive. Moreover, since measures which Member States can adopt under this Regulation cannot have as a subject the placing of the market of GMOs and thus does not modify the conditions of placing on the market of GMOs authorised under the existing legislation, the notification procedure under Directive 98/34/EC does not appear the most appropriate information channel for the Commission. Therefore, by derogation, Directive 98/34/EC should not be applicable. A simpler notification system of the national measures prior to their adoption appears to be a more proportionate tool for the Commission to be aware of these measures. Measures which Member States intend to adopt should thus be communicated together with their reasons to the Commission and to the other Member States one month prior to their adoption for information purposes.
Amendment 53 #
Proposal for a regulation - amending act
Recital 9 a (new)
Recital 9 a (new)
(9a) Health concerns expressed by Member States should be fully and without delay addressed by EFSA and the Commission in the framework of existing legislation.
Amendment 54 #
Proposal for a regulation - amending act
Recital 9 b (new)
Recital 9 b (new)
(9b) Restrictions or bans on GMO cultivation by Member States should not prevent biotechnology research from being carried out provided that, in carrying out such research, all necessary safety measures are observed.
Amendment 76 #
Proposal for a regulation - amending act
Article 1 – point 1
Article 1 – point 1
Directive 2001/18/EC
Article 26 b – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 26 b – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) those measures are based on (i) grounds other than those related to the assessment of the adverse effectrelating to environmental impacts which might arise from the deliberate release or the placing on the market of GMOs, and which are complementary to the environmental impacts examined during the assessment of the negative impacts on the environment conducted under Part C of this Directive; (ii) the absence or lack of adequate data or the existence of highly contradictory data on thealth and environment which might arise from the deliberate release or the potential negative impacts of the release of GMOs on the environment of a Member State, including on biodiversity; or (iii) other grounds that may include, inter alia, changes in agricultural practices, land use, town and country placnning on the market of GMO, socio-economic impacts, or other legitimate factors;
Amendment 92 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 1
Article 1 – point 1
Directive 2001/18/EC
Article 26 b – paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
Article 26 b – paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
(aa) in cases where those measures concern crops which are already authorised at Union level, Member States ensure that farmers who cultivated such crops legally have sufficient time to finish cultivation season;
Amendment 98 #
Proposal for a regulation - amending act
Article 1 – point 1
Article 1 – point 1
Directive 2001/18/EC
Article 26 b – paragraph 1 – point a b (new)
Article 26 b – paragraph 1 – point a b (new)
(ab) those measures are adopted and made publicly available to all operators concerned prior to the start of the growing season;