39 Amendments of Viorica DĂNCILĂ related to 2017/2115(INI)
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the beekeeping sector is an integral part of European agriculture, providing over 500 000 EU citizens with their main income or additional earnings; whereas beekeeping is practiced also as a hobby or for production of honey for own consumption;
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas the sector develops and maintains additional activities such as production of materials for example wooden frames, beehives and others, as well as technique, which can also contribute to the development of the local and regional economies;
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A b (new)
Recital A b (new)
Ab. whereas the apitourism generates greater interest and opportunities among consumers in recent years, which can be further popularised to more stakeholders;
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A c (new)
Recital A c (new)
Ac. whereas pollination is the primary purpose of the bees, while production of honey, honey wax and other products is a secondary product from the activities of the bees; whereas the agriculture in the EU can be characterised as monocultural or with a limited plant variety;
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A d (new)
Recital A d (new)
Ad. whereas good theoretical knowledge combined with a practical training is a prerequisite for better understanding and dealing with the challenges ahead of the bee families;
Amendment 19 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas per nature the beekeeping is often practiced in the open and the beehives are thus exposed to additional external factors such as attacks from wild animals;
Amendment 23 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B b (new)
Recital B b (new)
Bb. whereas the urban beekeeping gathers popularity in recent years, which shows sustainability, interest and has the potential of increasing awareness among a broader circle of citizens, including children, about the nature and benefits from beekeeping;
Amendment 24 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas in 2004 the Commission guaranteed EUR 32 million to national beekeeping programmes for the sole benefit of beekeeping, and whereas this had been increased to 36 million by 2006 (representing 3 thousandths of the CAP budget); whereas for the period 2017-2019 EUR 108 million are foreseen for support of the national programmes for the apiculture sector from the EU budget;
Amendment 25 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas the national programmes for the apiculture sector have a positive effect, but there are some problems in their national application and they do not always enjoy the full confidence of the sector;
Amendment 96 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital J
Recital J
J. Does not affect English version.whereas the statistics indicate progress in the EU’s beekeeping sector, with an increase in the number of bee colonies and honey production over the past 15 years and an ongoing rise in the number of beekeepers;
Amendment 107 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital L
Recital L
L. whereas beekeepers always produce less honey once the winter is over, because of autumn and winter losses which can be as much ashoney production is seriously affected by the loss of bee colonies in winter, resulting in losses that may exceed 50 % in some Member States;
Amendment 129 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital P
Recital P
P. whereas consumersa big part of the consumers in the EU are unaware that no more than one third of the honey they use is produced in the EU;
Amendment 141 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital S a (new)
Recital S a (new)
Sa. whereas not all member states have laboratories, which can conduct full honey analyses, which causes a challenge for the sector in trying to use the opportunities for marketing the products on the single European market;
Amendment 154 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital Z
Recital Z
Z. whereas many honey packagers and traders now abuse this way of indicating origin in order to conceal the real country of origin, as well as the proportion of honey from the different countries, as purchasers are becoming more knowledgeable and are distrustful of foodstuffs from certain countries;
Amendment 172 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital AF
Recital AF
AF. whereas other beekeeping products such as pollen, propolis, beeswax and royal jelly also contribute significantly to people’s wellbeing and play an important role in the healthcare and cosmetics industries and they are looked for from the consumers as a part of a more natural way of life;
Amendment 177 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital AF a (new)
Recital AF a (new)
AFa. whereas timely and precise data collection is important for faster and more accurate planning; whereas the new technologies and digitalisation can have a crucial role in cutting costs and times; whereas some technologies can have hidden effects on the bees via the use of electromagnetic waves among others;
Amendment 181 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital AF a (new)
Recital AF a (new)
AFa. whereas beekeeping is closely linked to agriculture, given the importance of certain crops which, in certain areas and at certain times of the year, are the only source of nourishment for bees, consisting of nectar and pollen;
Amendment 185 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital AF b (new)
Recital AF b (new)
AFb. whereas agricultural modernisation, especially in the new Member States, involves the cultivation of new varieties and hybrids with regard to the main honey-bearing crops, with lower nectar and pollen yields and shorter flowering periods;
Amendment 189 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital AF c (new)
Recital AF c (new)
AFc. whereas greening rules are failing to resolve effectively the lack of nutrition for bee colonies, given that monoculture is becoming increasingly widespread;
Amendment 192 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital AF d (new)
Recital AF d (new)
AFd. whereas bee colonies sustain substantial annual losses as a result of not only depopulation but also fatal pesticide poisoning;
Amendment 198 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Understandlines that bees perform a basic agricultural service by pollinating crops, without which European agriculture and in particular plant cultivation would not exist in any form;
Amendment 202 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Understandlines that beekeeping makes a fundamental contribution to maintaining the ecological balance and biological diversity, so that the sector must be at the heart of the common agricultural policy;
Amendment 210 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Understandlines that financing of beekeeping must be considerably increased in future agricultural policy;
Amendment 225 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the Commission to include a new direct support scheme for beekeepers based on colony numbers in its proposals for the common agricultural policy post-2020, with national programmes providing funding for beekeeping organisations, research and the purchase of remedies for plant diseases and pests, particularly varroasis, and promoting cooperation between beekeeping and arable farming organisations;
Amendment 227 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the Commission to include a new direct support scheme for beekeepers, while developing, asserting and incorporating a fair payment for ecological services, such as pollination, which is done by all bees of every registered bee family based on colony numbers in its proposals for the common agricultural policy post-2020;
Amendment 249 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Urges the European Commission and the member states to launch a network of institutes and other scientific and academic establishments, which deal with bees, their lives and products of activities for faster, smoother and more effective exchange of information on bee- related topics;
Amendment 268 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. calls on the beekeepers for an active dialogue with the competent authorities for a more effective application of the national programmes for the apiculture programmes with the aim of improving them and correcting any occurring problems;
Amendment 269 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 b (new)
Paragraph 8 b (new)
Amendment 278 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. underlines the advantages of well prepared and informed beekeepers and encourages the member states to consider a compulsory prerequisite and not an additional advantage for taking part in the national programmes for the apiculture sector;
Amendment 346 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Calls on the Commission to ensure the consistent implementation of rules prohibiting of use of pesticides harmful to bees and other pollinating insects in all Member States, restricting exemptions to emergency situations that have been duly substantiated and not allowing such exemptions to be repeated if no meaningful action is taken to deal with such situations;
Amendment 367 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 b (new)
Paragraph 14 b (new)
14b. Calls on the Member States to adopt cultivation and greening policies beneficial to bees and other pollinators by providing them with the necessary nutrients;
Amendment 434 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
Paragraph 27
27. Asks that the ‘blend of EC and non- EC honeys’ descriptor be replaced by an indication of exactly which country or countries the honeys used in the final products come from and that these be listed in the order which corresponds to the proportions used in the final product with percentage numbers for the proportion of honey from every country;
Amendment 453 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
Paragraph 30
30. Calls on the Commission to put forward a proposal to increase EU support for these programmes by 50% annually to enable the school programmes to operate effectively, preschool competitions to be organised and local products such as honey, olives and olive oil to be fully included;
Amendment 459 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 6
Subheading 6
Encouraging honey consumption and promoting honey;encouraging cooperation between beekeepers and farmers;
Amendment 462 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31
Paragraph 31
31. Calls on the Commission to draw up a report on the amount of honey consumed and consumption patterns in all member states of the EU;
Amendment 480 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33 a (new)
Paragraph 33 a (new)
33 a. calls on the European commission to consider introduction of the brand "Honey from Europe" for honey, which is produced by 100% honey collected in the member states of the European Union;
Amendment 483 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34 a (new)
Paragraph 34 a (new)
34a. Calls on the Commission to support joint programmes for beekeepers and farmers in a bid to find effective ways of providing bees and other pollinators with a secure supply of nourishment by encouraging the cultivation of suitable crops and the adoption of farming practices and technologies conducive to this purpose;
Amendment 485 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34 b (new)
Paragraph 34 b (new)
3b. calls on the Commission to support cooperation between beekeepers and farmers to reduce the impact of pesticides on bees;
Amendment 486 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34 c (new)
Paragraph 34 c (new)
3b. Calls on the Commission to request Member States to organize EU honey tastings in public places in the presence of European beekeepers at the same time of year;