17 Amendments of Giovanni LA VIA related to 2014/0100(COD)
Amendment 59 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12
Recital 12
(12) Because of the local natursignificance of mass catering operations, measures taken by Member States and private schemes in this area are considered adequaterequire harmonised standards to ensure the functioning of the single market. Therefore, food prepared by mass caterers on their premises should not be subject to this Regulation. EquallyOn the other hand, products of hunting and fishing of wild animals should not be covered by this Regulation since the production process cannot be fully controlled.
Amendment 81 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 20
Recital 20
(20) The use of pesticides should be significantly restricted. Preference should be given to the application of measures that prevent any damage by pests and weeds through techniques which do not involve the use of plant protection products such as crop alternation and rotation. Presence of pests and weeds should be monitored to decide whether any intervention is economically and ecologically justified. The use of certain plant protection products should be allowed if such techniques do not provide adequate protection and only if those plant protection products have been authorised in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council28, after having been assessed to be compatible with objectives and principles of organic production, including with restrictive conditions of use, and consequently authorised in accordance with this Regulation. __________________ 28 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).
Amendment 86 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 22
Recital 22
(22) As livestock production naturally involves the management of agricultural land, where the manure is used to nourish crop production, landless livestock production should be prohibited. The choice of breeds should take account of their capacity to adapt to local conditions, their vitality and their resistance to disease, and aenalised. It would be advisable to encourage the use of native species so as to ensure optimum capacity to adapt while seeking at the same time to encourage wide biological diversity should be encouraged.
Amendment 89 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 25
Recital 25
(25) Mutilations and all practices which lead to stress, harm, disease or suffering of animals should be prohibited.
Amendment 116 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 58
Recital 58
Amendment 150 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – point 11 a (new)
Article 3 – point 11 a (new)
(11a) 'plant reproductive material' means any plant at any stage in its development, including seeds from which entire plants can be grown and intended for this purpose;
Amendment 193 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point d
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point d
Amendment 216 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 11 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Amendment 230 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point a a (new)
Article 19 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point a a (new)
(aa) as non-organic agricultural ingredients to be used for the production of organic processed products;
Amendment 234 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2 – point c a (new)
Article 19 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2 – point c a (new)
(ca) the ingredient is not available in sufficient quantity in the Union in accordance with the organic production rules.
Amendment 360 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2
Recital 2
(2) The observance of high health, environmental and animal welfare standards in the production of organic products is intrinsic to the high qualitywholesomeness of those products. As underlined in the Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament and to the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions on agricultural product quality policy11, organic production forms part of the Union's agricultural product quality schemes together with geographical indications, traditional specialties guaranteed and products of the outermost regions of the Union, as laid down in Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council12 and Regulation (EU) No 228/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council13, respectively. In this sense, organic production pursues the same objectives within the common agricultural policy (‘CAP’) which are inherent to all the agricultural product quality schemes of the Union. __________________ 11 COM(2009) 234 final. 12 Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 November 2012 on quality schemes for agricultural products and foodstuffs (OJ L 343, 14.12.2012, p. 1). 13 Regulation (EU) No 228/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 March 2013 laying down specific measures for agriculture in the outermost regions of the Union and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 247/2006 (OJ L 78, 20.3.2013, p. 23).
Amendment 389 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16 a (new)
Recital 16 a (new)
(16a) The choice of species or variety to be cultivated should take account of their ability to adapt to climatic and pedagogical conditions and of their resistance to disease.
Amendment 394 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 20
Recital 20
(20) The use of pesticides, should be significantly restricted. Preference should be given to the application of measures that prevent any damage by pests and weeds through techniques which do not involve the use of plant protection products such as crop alternation and rotation. Presence of pests and weeds should be monitored to decide whether any intervention is economically and ecologically justified. The use of certain plant protection products should be allowed if such techniques do not provide adequate protection and only if those plant protection products have been authorised in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council28, after having been assessed to be compatible with objectives and principles of organic production, including with restrictive conditions of use, and consequently authorised in accordance with this Regulation. __________________ 28 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).
Amendment 403 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 25
Recital 25
(25) Mutilations and all practices which lead to stress, harm, disease or suffering of animals should be prohibited.
Amendment 417 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 34
Recital 34
(34) Provisions concerning the composition of organic processed food should be laid down. In particular, such food should be produced mainly from agricultural ingredients that are organic with a limited possibility to use certain non-organic agricultural ingredients specified in this Regulation. In addition, only certain substances authorised in accordance with this Regulation should be allowed for use in the production of organic processed food.
Amendment 530 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 7
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 7
(7) ‘group of operators’ means a group in which each operator is a farmer who has a holding of up to 5 hectares of utilised agricultural area, or 15 hectares in the case of permanent grassland and extensive grazing land, and who may, in addition to producing food or feed, be engaged in processing of food or feed;
Amendment 976 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – indent 2 a (new)
Annex I – indent 2 a (new)
- aromatized wine products as defined in Council Regulation 251/2014,