8 Amendments of Sirpa PIETIKÄINEN related to 2023/2720(RSP)
Amendment 2 #
Citation 4 a (new)
– having regard to the IPBES Assessment Report on Pollinators, Pollination and Food Production,
Amendment 10 #
Recital A a (new)
Aa. Whereas pollinators are declining primarily due to human activity, especially due to the human caused climate change, intensive agriculture, the use of pesticides, loss and degradation of natural habitat, environmental pollution and invasive alien species and diseases;
Amendment 18 #
Recital C a (new)
Ca. Whereas the decline of pollinators has a negative economic impact, as about €15 billion of the EU's annual agricultural output is directly attributed to insect pollinators due to 4 out of 5 crop species and wild flower species depend, at least some extent, on insects for pollinators;
Amendment 67 #
Paragraph 7
7. Underlines the continued need to better protect pollinators from risks resulting from pesticides and biocides, and regrets the delay in taking action to protect pollinators through the authorisation procedures laid down in Regulation (EC) 1107/20097 and Regulation (EU) 528/20128 , and calls for ambitious pesticides reduction targets in Regulation (COD) 2022/0196; _________________ 7 Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 October 2009 concerning the placing of plant protection products on the market and repealing Council Directives 79/117/EEC and 91/414/EEC (OJ L 309, 24.11.2009, p. 1). 8 Regulation (EU) No 528/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 May 2012 concerning the making available on the market and use of biocidal products (OJ L 167, 27.6.2012, p. 1).
Amendment 73 #
Paragraph 8
8. Stresses the importance of improving the scientific evidence base for assessto amend legislation and implement policies according to the relative toxicity of pesticides, not just insecticides, to bees and oest scientific evidence so that ther pollinators so that the harm reduction targets can be better adjustdecline can be stopped by 202730;
Amendment 111 #
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Stresses the importance of nature restoration on stopping the pollinators decline and calls for ambitious nature restoration law to achieve the targets for pollinators;
Amendment 144 #
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20a. Calls on the Commission to take a swift action to protect pollinators and to take a stricter position on pesticides to stop the decline of pollinators;
Amendment 145 #
Paragraph 20 b (new)
20b. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to support research to better understand the impact of endocrine disruptors on pollinators, and implement policies based on the latest scientific evidence on the impact;