7 Amendments of Matteo SALVINI related to 2016/2222(INI)
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
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 to applying different customs duty schemes for certified sustainable palm-oil products;
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
Amendment 32 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Stresses the importance of improving the situation through appropriate certification, easily accessible for SMEs, 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 chain; calls for clear and transparent labelling for all processed goods, to indicate the presence and origin of palm oil and of the main ingredients of the food;
Amendment 51 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
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 products;
Amendment 53 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Maintains that the production of land-based biofuels must not cause deforestation; points to the need, in this regard, to favour the use of agricultural by-products and processing waste in order to rationalise the production process and limit farms’ energy bills;
Amendment 56 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
Amendment 61 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Points to the need to ensure that certification schemes guarantee genuinely sustainable palm oil under protocols that will effectively protect biodiversity and safeguard working conditions while helping to keep the deforestation level close to zero;