8 Amendments of Claudiu Ciprian TĂNĂSESCU related to 2016/2903(RSP)
Amendment 30 #
Recital D
D. whereas biological low-risk pesticides may constitute a viable alternative to conventional plant protection products, both for conventional and for organic farmers, and contribute to a more sustainable agriculture; whereas some biological pesticides possess new modes of action, which is beneficial with a view to evolving resistance to conventional pesticides and limits the impact on non- target organisms; whereas biological low- risk pesticides should be the preferred option for non-professional users and home gardening;
Amendment 67 #
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses that farmers need to have a bigger toolbox at hand to protect their crops and to decide which measure will most sustainably protect their crops; therefore encourages wider use of various alternatives to synthetic chemical pesticideefficient use of plant protection methods, including the use of biological pesticides, as a component of integrated pest management and maintenance of land in good agricultural and environmental condition;
Amendment 77 #
Paragraph 3
3. Underlines that in order to promote the development and use of new biological low-risk pesticides, the evaluation of efficacy in comparison with existing chemical pesticides should be designed in a way not to hinder their development and market entry;
Amendment 81 #
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Stresses that in order to assess the effectiveness of low-risk pesticides and their sustainable use, Member States should be encouraged to use economic instruments, without this prejudicing the applicability of state aid rules;
Amendment 87 #
Paragraph 4
4. Underlines the need to engage in a wider public debate about making biological low-risk alternatives to conventional pesticides available to farmers and growers, and the necessity to educate and propagate knowledge on the need to ensur; stresses the need to educate and inform the general public, through awareness campaigns, on the effects of the sustainability of crop protectione of biological pesticides on human health and the environment;
Amendment 98 #
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to give priority to the evaluation, authorisation and, registration and monitoring of the use of biological low- risk plant protection products;
Amendment 104 #
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Invites the Member States to include the use of low-risk biological pesticides in their national action plans on the protection of the environment and of human health;
Amendment 124 #
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Calls on the Commission to create the opportunity to develop an integrated system that includes an appropriate database of low-risk biological pesticides with that information being made available to all interested parties: the competent authorities, researchers, farmers, users, the general public, etc.;