8 Amendments of Hannu TAKKULA related to 2017/2128(INI)
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1 b. Recognises that plant protection products have played a significant role in improving the agricultural sector's capability to satisfy global nutritional needs, which has contributed to reducing the global share of undernourished people in the population from 18.6% in 1990- 1992 to around 10.9% in 2014-2016 according to the FAO1a, thus takes the view that the current system should be improved by intensifying efforts to eliminate adverse effects rather than by dismissing it without having alternatives at hand that are equally capable of maintaining and further increasing the supply of food; _________________ 1aSee FAO (2015): The State of Food Security in the World, http://www.fao.org/3/a-i4646e.pdf.
Amendment 45 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Highlights the importance of a holistic approach that includes integrated pest management (IPM);
Amendment 46 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2 b. Highlights the potential efficiency gains in plant protection that could be realised through the use of precision farming technologies, which will allow farmers to apply plant protection products more targeted in regard to where and in what quantity exactly they are needed instead of a general application on the entire field, which would lead to a significant reduction of consumption quantity;
Amendment 60 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. StExpresses the importance of a science-based approachits concern that in recent debates the European Union's current science-based evaluation system for PPPs has been more and more called into question; therefore stresses the importance of maintaining and further strengthening a scientifically robust decision making in authorising any active substance, in line with the EU’s risk analysis principles and the precautionary principle as established in the General Food Law (Regulation (EC) No 178/2002);
Amendment 73 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Amendment 107 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Stresses the need to encourage work sharing between Member States by fostering the availability and use of harmonised methodology and models to conduct evaluations, while reducing the existence of unnecessary additional national requirements;
Amendment 139 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Paragraph 8 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Expresses concerns about the small amount of new substances that have been approved, while at the same time other substances have been taken of the market; stresses the importance of a suitable tool box of plant protection products for farmers to secure the EU's food supply;
Amendment 157 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 b (new)
Paragraph 8 b (new)
8 b. Highlights that special attention should be given to the role of small and medium entreprises (SMEs) in the development of new products, as SMEs often lack the extraordinary resources that are nessesary in the process of development and approval of new substances.