8 Amendments of Michel DANTIN related to 2016/2903(RSP)
Amendment 59 #
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses the need to increaseimportance of increasing research and innovation and the availability of biological low-risk pesticides without any further delay;
Amendment 76 #
Paragraph 3
3. Underlines that in order to promote the development of new biological low-risk pesticides, the evaluation of their efficacy in comparison wiand risks and of their capacity to respond to the existing chemical pesticidesnvironmental, health-related and economic needs of agriculture should be designed in a way not to hinder their development and market entry;
Amendment 85 #
Paragraph 4
4. Underlines the need to engage in a widerimportance of a public debate about making biological low- risk alternatives to conventional pesticides available to farmers and growers, and the necessity toimportance of educateing and propagateing knowledge on the need to ensure sustainability of crop protection, and encourages research and innovation on pesticides in general in order to find the solutions that are most viable in environmental, health and economic terms;
Amendment 97 #
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to give priority to the evaluation, authorisation and registration of biological low-risk plant protection products while maintaining risk assessment at a high level;
Amendment 103 #
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Encourages Member States to exchange information and good practices deriving from the results of research into pest control, enabling the provision of alternative solutions that are viable in environmental, health and economic terms;
Amendment 105 #
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7b. Calls on the Commission to identify low-risk substances already on the market;
Amendment 112 #
Paragraph 9
9. Stresses the need to revise Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 in order to foster the development, authorisation and placing on the EU market of biological low-risk pesticides and conventional plant protection products; is concerned that the current authorisation process for placing plant protection products on the market is sub-optimal for biological low-risk pesticides;
Amendment 120 #
Paragraph 10
10. Calls on the Commission to submit a legislative proposal for the revision of Regulation 1107/2009 with a view to a fast-track evaluation, authorisation and registration process of biological low-risk pesticides; calls for open-ended approval of biological low-risk active substances as an important incentive for the development of biological low-risk pesticides;