8 Amendments of Gaston FRANCO related to 2013/0141(COD)
Amendment 38 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4
Recital 4
(4) Plant health is very important for plant production, public and private green, natural ecosystems, ecosystem services and biodiversity in the Union. Plant health is threatened by species injurious to plants and plant products, hereinafter 'pests'., which now present a greater risk of being introduced into European territory owing to globalisation of trade and climate change; To fight that threat, it is necessary to adopt measures concerning the determination of the phytosanitary risks posed by those pests and the reduction of those risks to an acceptable level.
Amendment 41 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) In order to allow efforts for the control of Union quarantine pests to concentrate on pests whose economic, environmental or social impact is most severe for the Union territory as a whole, a restricted list of such pests, hereinafter 'priority pests', including palm pests such as the red palm weevil (Rhynchophorus ferrugineus) should be established.
Amendment 42 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11
Recital 11
(11) In order to ensure effective and timely action in case of the presence of a Union quarantine pest, notification obligations should apply to the public, professional operators and to the Member States. It is essential to raise awareness of plant pests among green space workers, local authority officials, garden centres, nurseries, importers, landscape gardeners, arboriculturalists, teachers, researchers, business operators, staff of official agencies, elected representatives and ordinary citizens, and to train them in combating such pests.
Amendment 63 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 78 a (new)
Recital 78 a (new)
(78a) In accordance with the principle of smart regulation, this Regulation shall be coordinated with Regulation ..../2014* in order to guarantee that plant health legislation applies fully and its entirety. ______________ *OJ: Insert series number, date and publication references of the Regulation appearing in document … (Regulation on the prevention and management of the introduction and spread of invasive alien species).
Amendment 68 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1
1. This Regulation lays down rules to determine the phytosanitary risks posed by any species, strain or biotype of pathogenic agents, animals or parasitic plants injurious to plants or plant products (hereinafter “pests”), including invasive alien plant species which are injurious to plants, and measures to reduce those risks to an acceptable level.
Amendment 172 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 31 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 31 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Amendment 296 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 a (new)
Annex 1 a (new)
Amendment 309 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex 2 – section 1 – point 4 – paragraph 1 – point n a (new)
Annex 2 – section 1 – point 4 – paragraph 1 – point n a (new)
(na) effects on landscape heritage and tourist areas;