22 Amendments of Daciana Octavia SÂRBU related to 2017/2128(INI)
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Underlines that the provisions of the Regulations are underpinned by the precautionary principle in order to ensure that active substances or products placed on the market do not adversely affect human or animal health or the environment;
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Points out that environmental measures aimed to prevent, limit and contain the spread of pathogens and pests has to remain the focus of all current and further actions;
Amendment 33 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Recital F a (new)
Fa. Underlines that the capacities of competent authorities in terms of expertise and staff and thus the quality of the results from the evaluations of hazard identification and initial risk assessment performed at national level, differ across Member States;
Amendment 39 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Notes that the proper use of plant protection products shall comply with the provisions of Directive 2009/128/EC and in particular, with general principles of integrated pest management (IPM); regrets that those principles are not used to their full potential in the MS and that IPM development is hindered by limited availability of low risk and non-chemical pesticides;
Amendment 40 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Recalls that there is a substantial need for an integrative approach and that the Regulation (EC) No 1185/2009 on statistics on pesticides has to be part of the assessment by using its results reducing the quantity and as consequence minimising the risks and their negative impact on health and environment;
Amendment 47 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)
Recital H a (new)
Ha. Whereas the implementation of the Regulation is not fully coherent with the principle of mutual recognition, whereas the mutual recognition principle was assessed by stakeholders as one of the most problematic instruments to implement, whereas national evaluators tend to re-evaluate dossiers which were already evaluated by the zonal Rapporteur Member State;
Amendment 71 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Notes that the rapporteur Member State shall prepare and submit to the Commission, with a copy to the Authority , a report referred to as " draft assessment report", assessing whether the active substance can be expected to meet the approval criteria provided for in article 4; highlights that the rapporteur Member State shall make an independent, objective and transparent assessment in the light of current scientific and technical knowledge;
Amendment 85 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Notes that by the way of derogation from article 28, in special circumstances a Member State may authorise, for a period not exceeding 120 days, the placing on the market of plant protection products, for limited and controlled use, where such a measure appears necessary because of a danger which cannot be contained by any other reasonable means; raises concerns that Article 53 is being used as a loophole for placing products on the market and that sometimes the derogations are granted without proper justification;
Amendment 87 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Recalls that in case of emergency Plant Protection Products authorisations the standard of the technical audit has to remain at a constant high level to ensure protection of human health and/or environment in particular with regard to ecologically or environmentally sensitive areas and that these derogations and their justifications are constantly subject to a critical review;
Amendment 90 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4 b. Observes in this context that there is still a lack in the availability of detailed data associated with market authorisations and the criteria for the application of active substances in Plant Protection Products whereby their risk assessment for health and environment cannot be carried out in an appropriate manner by sciences, research or other user groups; therefore the confidentiality restrictions have to be abolished;
Amendment 100 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Highlights the imbalance in the number of applications between some MS of the same zone and of similar size and agricultural conditions;
Amendment 126 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7 a. Expresses its concern that the Member States are not sufficiently equipped to deal with illegal and counterfeit plant protection products;
Amendment 127 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7 a. States that the Member States' right to refuse authorized Plant Protection Products remain unaffected;
Amendment 128 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 b (new)
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7 b. Notes that the lack of coordination between the Member States is leading to duplication of work, resulting in inefficient expenditure and administrative burden;
Amendment 131 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Highlights that the lack of availability of low-risk plant protection products hinders Integrated Pest Management developments, stresses that only 10 substances are approved as low- risk plant protection products out of a total of almost 500 available on the EU market;
Amendment 134 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 b (new)
Paragraph 8 b (new)
8b. Emphasises that the authorisation and promotion of low-risk and non- chemical pesticides is an important measure to support low pesticide-input pest management;
Amendment 154 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Calls on the Member States to improve the serious and chronic understaffing of the national competent authorities which leads to delays at the stage of hazard identification and initial risk assessment performed by Member States;
Amendment 156 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 b (new)
Paragraph 13 b (new)
13b. Calls on the holders of authorisations for plant protection products in one Member State to fully implement the mutual recognition principle and apply for authorisation for the same product and the same uses in another Member State, calls on the Member States to improve the current lack of confidence which leads to the repetition of evaluations of the same products and to fully apply this principle in the authorisation of plant protection products;
Amendment 198 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to incentivise research initiatives on active substances and plant protection products within Horizon Europe and the Multiannual Financial Framework 2021-2027 in general and to support exchanges among national authorities and extending this also to international authorities and relevant scientific bodies so as to develop a stronger and more cohesive scientific base;
Amendment 212 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20a. Calls in particular to improve transparency in the process and the overall accountability of the system by explaining and justifying the PAFF Committee decisions over precautionary risk mitigation measures, precautionary bans, and approvals;
Amendment 217 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21a. Calls on the Commission to submit, before the end of 2018, a specific legislative proposal amending Regulation (EC) No1107/2009, outside of the general revision in connection with the REFIT initiative, with a view to establishing a fast-track evaluation, authorisation and registration process for low-risk pesticides of biological origin;
Amendment 223 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Calls on the Member States to ensure effective enforcement of the Regulation especially as regards controls of the plant protection products marketed in the EU, regardless of whether they have been produced in the EU or imported from third countries;