1 Amendments of Gaston FRANCO related to 2010/2001(BUD)
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Expresses its concern about the planned decrease in commitment appropriations for public health, veterinary and phytosanitary measures to EUR 340 million, and stresses the need to remain vigilant with regard to animal disease eradication; emphasises the importance of measures to combat the proliferation of insect pests (such as the red palm weevil, the pine wood nematode, the citrus longhorn beetle and Diabrotica), in view of the scale of the problem, and calls for the appropriations against Items 17 04 04 01 and 17 01 04 01 to be kept at the same level;