21 Amendments of Elisabetta GARDINI related to 2016/2223(INI)
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas food is a precious commodity; whereas, as the „food system" utilises a lot of resources such as land, soil, water, phosphorous and energy, the efficient and sustainable managing of these resources is of utmost importance; whereas food waste causes massive economic and environmental costs (1.7 trillion USD per year on global scale according to FAO estimates1a); whereas preventing and reducing food waste provides economic benefits for households and society while at the same time decreasing environmental damage; _________________ 1aFAO „Food waste Foodprint. Impacts on natural resources"; FAO Rome, 2013.
Amendment 12 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
Amendment 31 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Amendment 57 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas there is no common consistent definition of ‘food waste’ and for 'food chain surpluses' nor a common methodology for measuring food chain surpluses and food waste at Union level yet, which makes it difficult to compare different datasets and to measure progress in reducing food waste; whereas in the FUSIONS project, food waste was defined as ‘any food, and inedible parts of food, removed from the food supply chain to be recovered or disposed (including composted, crops ploughed in/not harvested, anaerobic digestion, bio-energy production, co- generation, incineration, disposal to sewer, landfill or discarded to sea)’11 ; _________________ 11 FUSIONS Definitional Framework for Food Waste, 3 July 2014.
Amendment 71 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas the waste management hierarchy established by the Waste Framework Directive12 (prevention, preparing for re-use, recycling, recovery and disposal) cannot be applied in full to food waste; whereas currently there is no specific hierarchy for the management of unconsumed food at EU level; whereas a hierarchy for the use of food chain surpluses should be established, in which the first priority is human nutrition; _________________ 12 Directive 2008/98/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 November 2008 on waste and repealing certain Directives (OJ L 312, 22.11.2008, p. 3).
Amendment 98 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital L
Recital L
L. whereas countries such as Italy have adopted legislation that defines the food chain surpluses, provides a hierarchy for the recovery of surpluses, giving priority to human consumption, and for that reason facilitates food donation by excluding donor liability for food that is donated in good faith and known to be fit for consumption at the time of donation;
Amendment 127 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls for a coordinated policy response at EU and Member State level that takes into account policies regarding the recovery of food surplus for human nutrition, waste, food safety and information, but also aspects of economic, research and innovation, environment, agriculture, education, and social policy;
Amendment 131 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Calls on the Commission to apply a systemic approach to food waste addressing the wide range of relevant areas and all the stages of the food chain and their interrelationships; therefore calls on the Commission to establish an action plan on food waste covering the various policy areas and outlining the strategy for the years ahead;
Amendment 136 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Urges the Commission to involve all relevant Commission services dealing with food waste such as DG ENV, DG MARE, DG AGRI, DG SANTE and to ensure continued and strengthened coordination at Commission level;
Amendment 158 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Urges the Commission to swiftly adopt a common methodology to measure food surpluses, the re-use of the surpluses and food waste;
Amendment 172 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls for the establishment in EU legislation of a hierarchy for the management of unsold food giving priority to re-use for the purpose of human consumption;
Amendment 197 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Calls on the European Commission, in the framework of the research projects financed by the EU budget, to promote innovative technologies able to extend the shelf-life of food products;
Amendment 199 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Encourages the Commission and the Member States to engage, in cooperation with stakeholders, in improving consumers’ understanding of ‘use by’ dates and ‘best before’ dates; asks the Commission to assess whether current EU legislation and current practice in use with ‘use by’ and ‘best before’ dates in different Member States are fit for purpose;
Amendment 217 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Asks the Commission to update the list of foods currently exempt from 'best before' labelling in order to prevent food waste;
Amendment 250 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Calls on the Member States to encourage local governments, civil society, supermarkets and other relevant stakeholders to support food waste reducing initiatives and contribute to a local food strategy, for example, by informing consumers, via a mobile application, about unsold foods, aligning demand and supply;
Amendment 277 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Calls on the Commission to propose and the Member States to implement a change in the VAT Directive that would explicitly authorise tax exemptions on food donations in particular for food banks and for charitable organisations;
Amendment 283 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States not to divert resources of the Fund for European Aid to the most Deprived (FEAD) for food banks and charitable organisations towards other target groups, in particular in response to the migration challenge; welcomes in this regard the Commission's proposal for additional financing to tackle the migration challenge in the European Union;
Amendment 284 #
13a. Calls on the Commission to identify the European legislation that might hamper the effective combating of food waste and analyse how it might be adapted to meet the food waste prevention objective;
Amendment 294 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Calls on the Member States to create economic incentives for increasing the donations, promote the recovery and the re-use of food chain surpluses and limiting food waste;
Amendment 318 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Calls on the Member States to introduce in their national waste prevention plans measures to reduce food waste with the aim of achieving an EU- wide food waste reduction target of 30% by 2025 and of 50% by 2030; to this end, invites Member States to set out national specific food waste prevention programs, describing at least the implementation of the measures and the economic instruments adopted to achieve the reduction of food waste;
Amendment 321 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Calls on the European Commission, within the actions of the EU Platform on Food Losses and Food waste, to assess the best practices already implemented in the different Member States, in order to better define effective instruments to reduce food waste;