2023/2720(RSP) | [ParlTrack]

Recital A a (new)

Aa. Whereas pollinators are declining primarily due to human activity, especially due to the human caused climate change, intensive agriculture, the use of pesticides, loss and degradation of natural habitat, environmental pollution and invasive alien species and diseases;

Amendment 100 #

Alexander BERNHUBER, Franc BOGOVIČ, Christine SCHNEIDER, Simone SCHMIEDTBAUER, Norbert LINS

Paragraph 13 a (new)

13a. Notes that in the EU at least 8.4 billion cattle, sheep, horses, rabbits, pigs, poultry, and goats as well as around 1.5 billion farmed fish are slaughtered for food production in the European Union, which results in an enormous environmental impact, notably the emission of nitrogen and methane, pollution of soils and water and biodiversity, but also causes immense animal suffering; emphasizes that a reduction in the number of animals kept for agricultural purposes should be encouraged and calls in that regard for a European ban on the establishment, development and extension of factory farms;

Amendment 101 #

Paragraph 13 a (new)

13a. Emphasizes the need for further measures to mitigate the risk of abandonment of less productive agricultural areas, such as mountainous or marginal regions, to prevent their natural overgrowth with bushes and trees; highlights that this overgrowth negatively impacts biodiversity by diminishing habitats crucial for pollinators (e.g., mountain meadows) and exacerbates the risk of endangered species being pushed towards extinction;

Amendment 102 #

Paragraph 13 b (new)

13b. Deeply deplores that the previous opportunity to fundamentally reform the CAP has been wasted, and that this substantial part of the EU budget is used to lock in our agricultural sector even deeper in unsustainable farming methods;

Amendment 103 #

Paragraph 13 c (new)

13c. Calls on Member States to ensure adequate financial support and incentives to promote new ecological ‘green’ business models for agriculture and artisanal food production, notably through fostering short supply chains, pesticide free and high-quality, local food production; stresses that such models should support farmers in the transition towards climate neutrality and biodiversity conservation, and calls for eco-schemes to include a funding mechanism to help farmers transition away from animal agriculture, towards toxic-free and plant-based farming, to ensure a healthy and sustainable future;

Amendment 104 #

Paragraph 13 d (new)

13d. Is of the opinion that the findings of EFSA on the toxicity of glyphosate should lead to a non-reapproval decision;

Amendment 105 #

Martin HOJSÍK, Róża THUN UND HOHENSTEIN, Michal WIEZIK, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Irena JOVEVA, Frédérique RIES, Erik POULSEN, Asger CHRISTENSEN

Paragraph 13 e (new)

13e. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to not renew but rather to ban glyphosate from the European market;

Amendment 106 #

Paragraph 14

14. Regrets the lack of coordinated efforts to address light pollution, with some countries adopting national policies and others taking no action; underlines that metrics that record and report on light pollution levels in the EU and Member States are needed in order to be able to set pollution reduction targets against agreed baselines, and to monitor progress; encourages the use of Copernicus services to establish a diagnosis of the current light pollution in the European Union;

Amendment 107 #

Martin HOJSÍK, Róża THUN UND HOHENSTEIN, Michal WIEZIK, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Irena JOVEVA, Frédérique RIES, Erik POULSEN, Asger CHRISTENSEN

Paragraph 14

14. ~~Regret~~Notes the lack of coordinated efforts to address light pollution, with some countries adopting national policies and others taking no action;

Amendment 108 #

Paragraph 15

15. Underlines the need to incorporate the conservation of biodiversity and ecosystem services into urban planning practices in order to protect pollinator populations, contribute to their diversity and create new and well-connected habitats; calls on the Member States and local authorities to widely apply the guidance on pollinator-friendly cities;

Amendment 109 #

Martin HOJSÍK, Róża THUN UND HOHENSTEIN, Michal WIEZIK, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Irena JOVEVA, Frédérique RIES, Erik POULSEN, Asger CHRISTENSEN

Paragraph 15 a (new)

15a. Is alarmed by the ongoing habitat loss and fragmentation and their adverse effects on many pollinating insects; welcomes, in this respect, the commitment of the Commission to prepare a blueprint for a network of ecological corridors for pollinators, or ‘Buzz Lines', jointly with Member States; underlines the necessity to agree on a plan of actions with deadlines and calls on the Members States to support its implementation;

Amendment 11 #

Martin HOJSÍK, Róża THUN UND HOHENSTEIN, Michal WIEZIK, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Irena JOVEVA, Frédérique RIES, Erik POULSEN, Asger CHRISTENSEN

Recital A b (new)

Ab. whereas annual collection of objective, reliable and comparable data on the species richness and abundance of pollinator species in the field is fundamental for assessing the state of pollinator populations and for assessing whether the EU and its Member States make progress in reversing their decline.

Amendment 110 #

Paragraph 15 a (new)

15a. Emphasises that monocultures are one of the main causes of the decline in pollinators, calls on the Commission and Member States to take action to ensure much more diversity in rural areas, including by promoting crop-rotation, hedges and flowerstrips, and by investigating possibilities to introduce limits to the size of a field with the same crop;

Amendment 111 #

Alexander BERNHUBER, Franc BOGOVIČ, Christine SCHNEIDER, Simone SCHMIEDTBAUER, Norbert LINS

Paragraph 15 a (new)

15a. Stresses the importance of nature restoration on stopping the pollinators decline and calls for ambitious nature restoration law to achieve the targets for pollinators;

Amendment 112 #

Paragraph 15 a (new)

15a. Calls for the promotion and development of pollinator habitats in urban areas;

Amendment 113 #

Alexander BERNHUBER, Franc BOGOVIČ, Christine SCHNEIDER, Simone SCHMIEDTBAUER, Norbert LINS

Paragraph 15 b (new)

15b. Underlines, in this regard, the strong interconnection between the revised EU Pollinators Initiative, upholding and improving nature protection under the EU Birds and Habitats Directives and the EU nature restoration law when it comes to achieving a trend reversal in pollinator decline, in particular through the alignment of national nature restoration measures with the relevant policies under the EU Pollinators Initiative; calls for measures to address biodiversity loss outside protected areas; notes that restoring nature and ecosystems in protected areas does not make up for continued loss of biodiversity and degradation of ecosystems in other areas;

Amendment 114 #

Paragraph 15 b (new)

15b. Calls on the Member States to and local authorities to widely apply the guidance on pollinator-friendly cities.

Amendment 115 #

Alexander BERNHUBER, Franc BOGOVIČ, Christine SCHNEIDER, Simone SCHMIEDTBAUER, Norbert LINS

Paragraph 15 c (new)

15c. Calls on the Member states to monitor pollinator populations in urban areas, collect data on pollinator health, and develop evidence-based strategies for their conservation; encourages the sharing of best practices and experiences among cities to create a network for urban pollinator conservation efforts

Amendment 116 #

Alexander BERNHUBER, Franc BOGOVIČ, Christine SCHNEIDER, Simone SCHMIEDTBAUER, Norbert LINS

Paragraph 15 d (new)

15d. Urges the Member States to include pollinator-friendly landscaping and green infrastructure in their city planning; emphasizes the benefits of green roofs, vertical gardens, and sustainable urban agriculture practices in providing habitats for pollinators, contributing to urban resilience and improved quality of life

Amendment 117 #

Alexander BERNHUBER, Franc BOGOVIČ, Christine SCHNEIDER, Simone SCHMIEDTBAUER, Norbert LINS

Paragraph 15 e (new)

15e. Highlights the potential for urban areas to serve as models of coexistence between communities and pollinators, showcasing how cities can provide essential resources for these species while simultaneously benefiting from their vital ecosystem services.

Amendment 118 #

Aurélia BEIGNEUX, Mathilde ANDROUËT, Catherine GRISET

Paragraph 16

16. Stresses that linear infrastructure in the EU should be designed, managed and adapted so as to minimise negative effects in the form of habitat fragmentation, and must not undermine the integrity of the ‘Buzz Lines’ network project or network of ecological corridors and habitats for pollinators, allowing species to move in search of food, shelter and nesting and breeding sites;

Amendment 119 #

Alexandr VONDRA

Paragraph 16 a (new)

16a. Calls on the Member States to promote species diversity of cultivated arable crops as well as preserving natural habitats for pollinators to the greatest extent possible;

Amendment 12 #

Martin HOJSÍK, Róża THUN UND HOHENSTEIN, Michal WIEZIK, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Irena JOVEVA, Frédérique RIES

Recital B a (new)

Ba. whereas healthy populations of wild pollinators provide more robust and reliable pollination services for the agricultural sector; whereas over-reliance on pollination by single species, such as honey bees, also leads to increased risks related to higher vulnerability of the species to diseases;

Amendment 120 #

Martin HOJSÍK, Róża THUN UND HOHENSTEIN, Michal WIEZIK, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Irena JOVEVA, Frédérique RIES, Erik POULSEN, Asger CHRISTENSEN

Paragraph 16 a (new)

16a. Stresses the need to connect existing natural areas using ecological corridors and calls on Member States to step up their efforts in this regard;

Amendment 121 #

Alexandr VONDRA

Paragraph 16 b (new)

16b. Calls for strict application of rules to prevent the spread of invasive non- native insect species, which have a demonstrable negative effect on domestic pollinators.

Amendment 122 #

Paragraph 17

17. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to develop a standardised EU pollinator monitoring scheme to improve the gathering of data about the pollinator population; underlines that the granularity of the collected data should enable detection of annual population changes which are meaningful for policy actions and conservation measures; calls on the Member States to support training and capacity building in order to rapidly obtain the human resources required for pollinator monitoring;

Amendment 123 #

Martin HOJSÍK, Róża THUN UND HOHENSTEIN, Michal WIEZIK, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Irena JOVEVA, Frédérique RIES, Erik POULSEN, Asger CHRISTENSEN

Paragraph 17

17. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to develop a ~~standardised~~coordination scheme for EU pollinator monitoring ~~scheme~~ to improve the gathering of data about the pollinator population; calls on the Member States to support training and capacity building in order to rapidly obtain the human resources required for pollinator monitoring;

Amendment 124 #

Paragraph 17 a (new)

17a. Underlines the importance of an appropriate design and statistical power to detect changes within the future monitoring efforts; believes, in this regard, that the monitoring needs to be underpinned inter alia by adequately high number of sites in each Member State to detect changes in abundance and species´ richness of various pollinator groups; believes that these elements are key to ensure the necessary representativeness, accuracy, credibility and acceptance of resulting data as indicators of change;

Amendment 125 #

Paragraph 17 a (new)

17a. Calls on the Commission to verify that the strategic planning tools for the management of Natura 2000 sites (PAFs) include requirements for the protection of wild pollinators, and assess the relevant measures proposed by the Member States in the PAFs;

Amendment 126 #

Martin HOJSÍK, Róża THUN UND HOHENSTEIN, Michal WIEZIK, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Irena JOVEVA, Frédérique RIES, Erik POULSEN, Asger CHRISTENSEN

Paragraph 17 b (new)

17b. Calls on Member States to develop pollinator recovery plans, including species recovery plans for their Habitats Directive listed and other most endangered pollinator species, and resource their implementation, by 2026 at the latest; in this regard, encourages Member States to establish new protected areas for butterflies, moths and other wild pollinators, especially Red Listed species, by 2025 at the latest;

Amendment 127 #

Paragraph 17 b (new)

17b. Believes that high quality annual monitoring and information on the state of pollinator populations, assessed at least every three years, is essential to support and improve decision-making processes, ensure more effective public spending, and increase accountability and understanding of the impact of policies and legislation;

Amendment 128 #

Martin HOJSÍK, Róża THUN UND HOHENSTEIN, Michal WIEZIK, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Irena JOVEVA, Frédérique RIES, Erik POULSEN, Asger CHRISTENSEN

Paragraph 17 c (new)

17c. Welcomes, in this regard, the initial expert proposal for an EU Pollinator Monitoring Scheme1a as the basis for developing more advanced options; calls on the Commission to continue this technical work, in close collaboration with Member States, with a view to produce a set of costed options for an EU Pollinator Monitoring Scheme; each option should be accompanied by an implementation roadmap, outlining technical capacity gaps in Member States and avenues to swiftly address them; _________________ 1a https://wikis.ec.europa.eu/pages/viewpage. action?pageId=23462107

Amendment 129 #

Martin HOJSÍK, Róża THUN UND HOHENSTEIN, Michal WIEZIK, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Irena JOVEVA, Frédérique RIES

Paragraph 17 d (new)

17d. Applauds the work and results of the past and ongoing EU initiatives, focusing on monitoring of species, state of habitats, pollutants present in the environment and awareness raising; calls on the Commission, in this regard, to establish legal basis and lasting financial framework for the following initiatives: SPRING (Strengthening pollinator recovery through indicators and monitoring), INSIGNIA (Environmental monitoring of pollutants via honeybees), EMBAL (European Monitoring of Biodiversity in Agricultural Landscapes), LUCAS (Land Use and Coverage Area frame Survey) and STING (Science and Technology for Pollinating Insects), and underlines that monitoring of drivers of pollinator decline needs to be continuously implemented over long periods of time;

Amendment 13 #

Martin HOJSÍK, Róża THUN UND HOHENSTEIN, Michal WIEZIK, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Irena JOVEVA, Frédérique RIES, Erik POULSEN, Asger CHRISTENSEN

Recital B a (new)

Ba. whereas the dramatic loss of pollinators such as bees, bumblebees and butterflies is exemplary of how humankind is destroying its environment;

Amendment 130 #

Paragraph 17 e (new)

17e. Calls on Member States to support and provide adequate funding to the Long-Term Ecosystem Research in Europe (eLTER)2a, and facilitate the integration of the EMBAL and INSIGNIA, as well as the future EU Pollinator Monitoring Scheme, into the eLTER framework. _________________ 2a https://elter-ri.eu

Amendment 131 #

Alexander BERNHUBER, Franc BOGOVIČ, Christine SCHNEIDER, Simone SCHMIEDTBAUER, Norbert LINS

Paragraph 18

18. Supports the implementation of the EU pollinator monitoring scheme and the integration of a specific indicator for the common agricultural policy, which will evaluate the policy’s impact on both pollinators and pollination;deleted

Amendment 132 #

Martin HOJSÍK, Róża THUN UND HOHENSTEIN, Michal WIEZIK

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18

18. Supports the implementation of the EU pollinator monitoring scheme and repeats its call for the integration of a specific pollinator indicator for the cCommon aAgricultural pPolicy, which will evaluate the policy’s impact on both pollinators and pollination, by 2026;

Amendment 133 #

Aurélia BEIGNEUX, Mathilde ANDROUËT, Catherine GRISET

Paragraph 18

18. Supports the implementation of the EU pollinator monitoring scheme ~~and the integration of a specific indicator for the common agricultural policy~~, which will evaluate the policy’s impact on both pollinators and pollination;

Amendment 134 #

Michèle RIVASI

Paragraph 18 a (new)

18a. Proposes the development of a scalable contamination monitoring system on the state of pollinator habitats and environmental pollution, including indicators on the state of pollinator populations and the pressures they face, to fill information gaps and to complete the Insignia project, which aims to monitor pesticides and other pollutants using the honeybee as a bioindicator;

Amendment 135 #

Martin HOJSÍK, Róża THUN UND HOHENSTEIN, Michal WIEZIK, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Irena JOVEVA, Frédérique RIES, Erik POULSEN, Asger CHRISTENSEN

Paragraph 18 a (new)

18a. Appreciates the commitments to finalise the EU-wide mapping of key pollinator areas by 2025 and the Red List assessments for key insect pollinator groups by 2024; calls, in this regard, on the Commission to adopt action plans for the recovery of key species with concrete measures and targets as soon as possible following their Red List assessment;

Amendment 136 #

Alexandr VONDRA

Paragraph 18 a (new)

18a. Encourages the planting of draws and restoration of multi-species orchards, which are a source of pollen and nectar.

Amendment 137 #

Alexander BERNHUBER, Franc BOGOVIČ, Christine SCHNEIDER, Simone SCHMIEDTBAUER, Norbert LINS

Paragraph 19

19. Highlights the essential role of farmers in maintaining habitats for pollinators and fostering sustainable agricultural practices that prioritise the well-being of these crucial species and contribute to the preservation of biodiversity; stresses the importance of an independent network of advisors trained in pollinator conservation in agricultural areas in order to ensure the dissemination and effective implementation of pollinator-friendly measures;

Amendment 138 #

Paragraph 19

19. Highlights the essential role of farmers in maintaining habitats for pollinators and fostering sustainable agricultural practices that prioritise the well-being of these crucial species and contribute to the preservation of biodiversity; highlights in this regard agricultural practices already being carried out at local level to protect pollinator habitats;

Amendment 139 #

Christine SCHNEIDER, Norbert LINS, Marlene MORTLER, Peter JAHR, Lena DÜPONT

Paragraph 19

Amendment 14 #

Michal WIEZIK, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Róża THUN UND HOHENSTEIN, Irena JOVEVA

Recital C

C. whereas crop yield and/or quality depend on both the abundance and diversity of pollinators; whereas the variation in pollinator presence, abundance and richness can be in some contexts and depending on species´ ecological traits explained more by proximity and proportion of favourable (semi-)natural habitats like grasslands and forests than by in-field flower strips1a, in others the understorey flower richness in agricultural plot could be found to compensate for isolation from natural habitat2a ; _________________ 1a Océane Bartholomée, Amandine Aullo, Juliette Becquet, Clémence Vannier, Sandra Lavorel, Pollinator presence in orchards depends on landscape-scale habitats more than in-field flower resources, Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment, Volume 293,2020, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agee.2019.10680 6. 2a Manu E. Saunders, Gary W. Luck, Interaction effects between local flower richness and distance to natural woodland on pest and beneficial insects in apple orchards, Agricultural and Forest Entomology,2017, https://doi.org/10.1111/afe.12258

Amendment 140 #

Alexander BERNHUBER, Franc BOGOVIČ, Christine SCHNEIDER, Simone SCHMIEDTBAUER, Norbert LINS

Paragraph 19 a (new)

19a. Underlines the importance of providing support and incentives to farmers who actively engage in pollinator conservation efforts; encourages the development of agricultural policies that promote biodiversity-friendly farming practices.

Amendment 141 #

Martin HOJSÍK, Róża THUN UND HOHENSTEIN, Michal WIEZIK, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Irena JOVEVA, Frédérique RIES

Paragraph 20

20. Calls on the Commission to assess new avenues for financing the measures needed to meet the objectives of the EU Pollinators Initiative, including by setting up a Nature Fund within the new Multiannual Financial Framework 2027+; underlines that the initiative must mobilise sufficient additional financial resources and secure commitments and investments at EU and Member State levels on a scale and with an urgency that will contribute to halting pollinator losses by 2030; calls on the Commission to propose a dedicated financial tool, which will support systematic biodiversity monitoring, indicators and reporting on state, trends and pressures across all Member States;

Amendment 142 #

Martin HOJSÍK, Róża THUN UND HOHENSTEIN, Michal WIEZIK, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Irena JOVEVA, Frédérique RIES, Erik POULSEN, Asger CHRISTENSEN

Paragraph 20 a (new)

20a. Calls on the relevant Commission´s Directorate Generals and on the EEA, EFSA, ECHA to intensify cooperation to fill the identified data and policy gaps; believes that the Commission, agencies and Member States need to improve collection, sharing, management and generation of new biodiversity data in order to improve policy making and ensure policy coherence at all levels;

Amendment 143 #

Paragraph 20 a (new)

20a. Calls on the Commission to set up appropriate governance and monitoring mechanisms, including assigning clear responsibilities between Commission departments involved in policy areas relevant for wild pollinators;

Amendment 144 #

Paragraph 20 a (new)

20a. Calls on the Commission to take a swift action to protect pollinators and to take a stricter position on pesticides to stop the decline of pollinators;

Amendment 145 #

Aurélia BEIGNEUX, Mathilde ANDROUËT, Catherine GRISET

Paragraph 20 b (new)

20b. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to support research to better understand the impact of endocrine disruptors on pollinators, and implement policies based on the latest scientific evidence on the impact;

Amendment 146 #

Paragraph 21

21. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to support research to better understand the interactions, including in terms of competition, between honeybee colonies and native/alien/wild pollinators;

Amendment 147 #

Alexander BERNHUBER, Franc BOGOVIČ, Christine SCHNEIDER, Simone SCHMIEDTBAUER, Norbert LINS

Paragraph 21 a (new)

21a. Calls on the Members States to comply with the IPM principles which offer a practical way to reducing the use of pesticides, one of the main drivers of pollinators decline;

Amendment 148 #

Paragraph 22

~~22. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to actively engage in bee diplomacy as a foreign policy tool to promote the inclusion of pollinators in international policies;~~deleted

Amendment 149 #

Milan BRGLEZ, Biljana BORZAN, Robert HAJŠEL, Sara CERDAS, Rovana PLUMB

Paragraph 22

22. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to actively engage in bee diplomacy as a foreign policy tool to promote the inclusion of pollinators in international policies with the purpose to support activities contributing to environmental and social resilience of developing countries and vulnerable groups;

Amendment 15 #

Aurélia BEIGNEUX, Mathilde ANDROUËT, Catherine GRISET

Recital C

C. whereas ~~crop yield and/or quality depend on both~~ the abundance and diversity of pollinators increase the quantity and quality of food, and ultimately secure our food supply;

Amendment 150 #

Paragraph 22

22. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to actively engage in bee diplomacy as a ~~foreign policy tool~~tool in free-trade agreements to promote the inclusion of pollinators in international policies;

Amendment 151 #

Milan BRGLEZ, Biljana BORZAN, Sara CERDAS

Paragraph 23

23. Recognises the importance of citizen scientists and taxonomists, who need to be supported further so that they can strengthen their expertise and good practices and share them across Member States~~; appreciates the successful work of Pollinator Ambassadors in motivating citizens and businesses;~~ while acknowledging the findings of a study commissioned by the Commission5a and published in December 2022 showing that expertise tends to be particularly poor in the countries with the richest biodiversity, and noting also that taxonomists are predominantly male and ageing; appreciates the successful work of Pollinator Ambassadors in motivating citizens and businesses; _________________ 5a European Commission. 2022. Assessment of Taxonomic Expertise in Europe – ‘European Red List’ of Taxonomists.

Amendment 152 #

Martin HOJSÍK, Róża THUN UND HOHENSTEIN, Michal WIEZIK, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Irena JOVEVA, Frédérique RIES, Erik POULSEN, Asger CHRISTENSEN

Paragraph 23

23. Recognises the importance of citizen scientists and taxonomists, who need to be supported further so that they can strengthen their expertise and good practices and share them across Member States; calls on the Member States to support existing and new Butterfly Monitoring Schemes, inter alia by providing long-term financial assistance to their appointed coordinators; appreciates the successful work of Pollinator Ambassadors in motivating citizens and businesses; engagement and calls on the Commission and Member States for their support;

Amendment 153 #

Alexander BERNHUBER, Franc BOGOVIČ, Christine SCHNEIDER, Simone SCHMIEDTBAUER, Norbert LINS

Paragraph 23

23. Recognises the importance of citizen scientists and taxonomists, who need to be supported further so that they can strengthen their expertise and good practices and can share them across Member States; appreciates the successful work of Pollinator Ambassadors in ~~motivating~~raising the awareness of citizens and businesses;

Amendment 154 #

Paragraph 23

23. Recognises the importance of citizen scientists, farmers and taxonomists, who need to be supported further so that they can strengthen their expertise and good practices and share them across Member States; appreciates the successful work of Pollinator Ambassadors in motivating citizens and businesses;

Amendment 155 #

Christine SCHNEIDER, Norbert LINS, Marlene MORTLER, Peter JAHR, Lena DÜPONT

Paragraph 23

23. Recognises the importance of ~~citizen~~ scientists and ~~taxonomist~~farmers, who need to be supported further so that they can strengthen their expertise and good practices and share them across Member States; appreciates the successful work of Pollinator Ambassadors in motivating citizens and businesses;

Amendment 156 #

Martin HOJSÍK, Róża THUN UND HOHENSTEIN, Michal WIEZIK, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Irena JOVEVA, Frédérique RIES

Paragraph 23 a (new)

23a. Urges the Commission and Member States to provide small grant schemes to experts, civil society and individuals to support local and regional actions for pollinators and to enable setting up an EU platform for wild pollinators coordinating their efforts and facilitating knowledge-sharing on long- term basis;

Amendment 157 #

Alexander BERNHUBER, Franc BOGOVIČ, Christine SCHNEIDER, Simone SCHMIEDTBAUER

Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)

23a. Highlights the potential of creating local networks and knowledge- sharing platforms where farmers can exchange best practices and contribute to the conservation of these invaluable species, while ensuring the resilience of our agricultural systems and food security;

Amendment 158 #

Martin HOJSÍK, Róża THUN UND HOHENSTEIN, Michal WIEZIK, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Irena JOVEVA, Frédérique RIES, Erik POULSEN, Asger CHRISTENSEN

Paragraph 23 a (new)

23a. Recalls that one of the obstacles to the effective implementation of citizen science programmes is the lack of taxonomic expertise for data processing and the lack of taxonomic tools; calls on the Commission and the Member States to address these shortcomings;

Amendment 159 #

Christine SCHNEIDER, Norbert LINS, Marlene MORTLER, Peter JAHR, Lena DÜPONT

Paragraph 23 a (new)

23a. calls for a research initiative on the protection of pollinators, especially honeybees, in order to combat diseases and invasive alien species, in particular to combat the Varroa mite – the greatest threat to honeybees;

Amendment 16 #

Milan BRGLEZ, Biljana BORZAN, Sara CERDAS, Rovana PLUMB

Recital C a (new)

Ca. whereas policy tools intended to ensure sufficient crop pollination need to take account of potential competition between honeybees and native wild pollinators, which necessitates a better assessment of when, where, and in what densities honeybees are required to ensure effective pollination of mass-flowering crops without harming wild native pollinators or plants1a; _________________ 1a Geldmann, Jonas and Juan P. González-Varo. 2018. Conserving honeybees does not help wildlife: High densities of managed honeybees can harm populations of wild pollinators. Sciencemag, 359 (6374), 26 January 2018.

Amendment 160 #

Michèle RIVASI

Paragraph 23 a (new)

23a. Suggests to the Commission to include all the wild pollinator species in the taxonomic platform projects Orbit and Taxofly, rather than to limit it to bees and hoverflies only;

Amendment 161 #

Paragraph 23 b (new)

23b. Calls on the Commission and Member States to ensure all necessary means in order to maintain and improve the recently expanded European Butterfly Monitoring Scheme database and to launch and maintain a public EU- database required for the future EU pollinator monitoring scheme;

Amendment 162 #

Christine SCHNEIDER, Norbert LINS, Marlene MORTLER, Peter JAHR, Lena DÜPONT

Paragraph 24

24. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to support education programmes for beekeepers and agronomy students in order to build capacities in the management and promotion of biodiversity and pollination as an ecosystem service; stresses that incentive schemes for measures promoting pollinator populations are necessary and that farmers and other land users should be financially supported, and that cooperation with and the voluntary involvement of land users should be emphasised in the promotion of pollinators in the agricultural landscape;

Amendment 163 #

Martin HOJSÍK, Róża THUN UND HOHENSTEIN, Michal WIEZIK, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Irena JOVEVA, Frédérique RIES, Erik POULSEN, Asger CHRISTENSEN

Paragraph 24 a (new)

24a. Underlines the importance of open, constructive and genuine dialogues among EU institutions and representatives of relevant authorities on all governance levels, experts, beekeepers and citizens, which can pave the way towards new partnerships, actions and commitments and stronger engagement, such as during the EU Pollinator Week 2021: A New Deal for Pollinators; believes that knowledge sharing, awareness raising, capacity building and engagement of all relevant stakeholders, such as farmers, beekeepers, foresters, businesses, landscape architects, taxonomists, citizen scientists and young people in pollinator protection is a precondition for successful implementation of this Initiative;

Amendment 164 #

Michal WIEZIK, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Róża THUN UND HOHENSTEIN, Irena JOVEVA

Paragraph 24 a (new)

24a. Calls on Member States to support coordination and data management of complementary citizen science European Butterfly Monitoring Schemes (eBMS) across the EU by increasing butterfly transects, monitoring rare and threatened species and real time reporting technology;

Amendment 17 #

Recital C a (new)

Ca. whereas the pressures to pollinators are often mainly associated with agriculture, whereas unsustainable commercial forestry responsible for lack of presence of old- trees, deadwood and associated microhabitats has been also identified as one of the main threats to hoverflies, 37% of which are threatened with extinction in Europe1a; _________________ 1a IUCN SSC HSG/CPSG (2022). European Hoverflies: Moving from Assessment to Conservation Planning. Conservation Planning Specialist Group, Apple Valley, MN, USA.

Amendment 18 #

Recital C a (new)

Ca. Whereas the decline of pollinators has a negative economic impact, as about €15 billion of the EU's annual agricultural output is directly attributed to insect pollinators due to 4 out of 5 crop species and wild flower species depend, at least some extent, on insects for pollinators;

Amendment 19 #

Recital C a (new)

Ca. whereas in recent decades wild pollinators in the EU have declined in abundance and diversity under the increasing threat from human activity, including climate change; whereas the most affected insect species are butterflies, moths, bees and beetles;

Amendment 2 #

Citation 4 a (new)

– having regard to the IPBES Assessment Report on Pollinators, Pollination and Food Production,

Amendment 20 #

Recital C a (new)

Ca. whereas pesticide and fertiliser use threaten biodiversity, notably including bees and other essential pollinators;

Amendment 21 #

Recital C b (new)

Cb. whereas the European Citizens Initiative ‘Save bees and farmers! Towards a bee-friendly agriculture for a healthy environment’ calls on the Commission to propose legal acts to phase out synthetic pesticides in EU agriculture by 80% by 2030, starting with the most hazardous, and to become free of synthetic by 2035, to restore natural ecosystems in agricultural areas so that farming becomes a vector of biodiversity recovery, to reform agriculture by prioritising small scale, diverse and sustainable farming, supporting a rapid increase in agro-ecological and organic practice, and for enabling independent farmer-based training and research into pesticide- and GMO-free farming;

Amendment 22 #

Milan BRGLEZ, Biljana BORZAN, Robert HAJŠEL, Sara CERDAS

Recital C b (new)

Cb. whereas pollinators are essential for maintaining biodiversity and ecosystem health, they contribute to the maintenance and creation of wildlife habitats, are crucial for seed production in both agricultural and natural systems, are integral to food production, nutrition quality and food security, they contribute to the beauty and aesthetics of landscapes by enabling the growth and flowering of various plants, while their direct contribution to the EU agriculture is estimated at around EUR 15 billion1b significantly supporting, among others, the livelihoods of farmers and other stakeholders in the agricultural sector; _________________ 1b European Court of Auditors. 2020. Protection of wild pollinators in the EU — Commission initiatives have not borne fruit. Special Report.

Amendment 23 #

Recital C b (new)

Cb. whereas some pollinator species, such as butterflies, are ideal bioindicators as they move their ranges, alter their abundance and shift their seasonal activities in response to the effects of climate change and human activites over recent decades; whereas for many other pollinators, climate change and human activites have severe impacts on their populations and overall distribution;

Amendment 24 #

Recital C c (new)

Cc. whereas the Court of Justice issued a ruling on 19 January 2023 in Pesticide Action Network Europe and Others v État belge (Case C-162/21), stating that Article 53(1) of 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 does not permit Member States to use the so-called “emergency derogation” to allow the placing on the market or use of certain pesticides or seeds treated with those products if their marketing and use has been explicitly prohibited by EU legislation; whereas the Commission has acknowledged to the European Parliament that this ruling is binding and concerns not only the banned neonicotinoids but also all other pesticides which have been banned, or which have explicitly received a non-approval after an application, for use in the EU;

Amendment 25 #

Alexander BERNHUBER, Franc BOGOVIČ, Christine SCHNEIDER, Simone SCHMIEDTBAUER, Norbert LINS

Recital C c (new)

Cc. whereas a new report on trends of grassland butterflies across Europe shows that numbers declined by 36% in just ten years and the main factors driving their decline are agricultural intensification either from the conversion of grasslands to arable fields or the heavy use of fertilisers and herbicides, which reduce the wildflowers on which butterflies breed;

Amendment 26 #

Recital D

D. whereas pollinators are vital for both food and nutrition security and are essential for food types like fruit, vegetables~~, nuts~~ and seeds, which are in turn crucial for ensuring good dietary health and particularly for preventing non- communicable diseases;

Amendment 27 #

Milan BRGLEZ, Biljana BORZAN, Robert HAJŠEL, Sara CERDAS, Rovana PLUMB

Recital D a (new)

Da. whereas the decline in wild pollinators and its implications on food security, agricultural resilience, human health, quality of life, quality nutrition and ecosystem services has increased public awareness and strong concerns across society prompting action to address the causes behind the decline and mitigate the consequences, which led among others also to the successful conclusion of the European Citizens’ Initiative (ECI) “Save Bees and Farmers” calling for a transition towards a more bee-friendly agriculture;

Amendment 28 #

Recital D a (new)

Da. whereas market withdrawals over four decades of the active substances most harmful to biodiversity used as pesticides have not led to a decline in agricultural production thanks to the competence of farmers using alternatives such as bio- control;

Amendment 29 #

Recital E a (new)

Ea. whereas in its 2019 report on the state of the European environment, the EEA said that nine of the 13 specific policy objectives set for 2020 in the area of protecting, conserving and enhancing European biodiversity and nature will largely not be on track in 20201a; whereas the nine targets included the EU protected species and habitats, the common species (birds and butterflies), and the ecosystem condition and services; _________________ 1a EEA, “The European environment - state and outlook 2020”

Amendment 3 #

Aurélia BEIGNEUX, Mathilde ANDROUËT, Catherine GRISET

Citation 5 a (new)

– having regard to the opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee of 13 July 2023 entitled "Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions on the Revision of the EU Pollinators Initiative – A new deal for pollinators";

Amendment 30 #

Recital E a (new)

Ea. whereas alien pollinators and invasive species in Europe have a negative impact on native pollinators and are the second biggest cause of biodiversity extinction, after the degradation and destruction of natural habitats;

Amendment 31 #

Alexander BERNHUBER, Franc BOGOVIČ, Christine SCHNEIDER, Simone SCHMIEDTBAUER, Norbert LINS

Recital E a (new)

Ea. Whereas there is inadequate data and information about insect pollinators other than bees and butterflies;

Amendment 32 #

Alexander BERNHUBER, Franc BOGOVIČ, Christine SCHNEIDER, Simone SCHMIEDTBAUER, Norbert LINS

Recital E b (new)

Eb. Whereas pollinators include insects such as bees, hoverflies, butterflies, moths, beetles, wasps, thrips and mammals such as bats and birds;

Amendment 33 #

Alexander BERNHUBER, Franc BOGOVIČ, Christine SCHNEIDER, Simone SCHMIEDTBAUER

Recital E b (new)

Eb. whereas IPM can reduce insecticide applications by 95% while maintaining or enhancing crop yields through wild pollinator conservation;

Amendment 34 #

Recital E c (new)

Ec. Whereas air pollution and light pollution lead to the decline of pollinators;

Amendment 35 #

Alexander BERNHUBER, Franc BOGOVIČ, Simone SCHMIEDTBAUER

Recital E d (new)

Ed. Whereas the European Commission established a virtual pollinator park in 2020 incurring a budgetary allocation of 470.000 with the aim to raise online awareness about the decline of pollinators;

Amendment 36 #

Paragraph 1

1. Welcomes the revised EU Pollinators Initiative – A new deal for pollinators and underlines the urgent need for the Commission, the Member States and ~~regional and~~ local actors to take concrete action to reverse pollinator decline as soon as possible and by 2030 the latest;

Amendment 37 #

Alexander BERNHUBER

Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Stresses the importance, also in the future, of pest control in agriculture for the protection of crops in terms of security of supply of food, feed and renewable resources; underlines that the yields and qualities of agricultural products can only be ensured using effective pest control; calls for practical solutions for trade-offs resulting from the protection of pollinators.

Amendment 38 #

Michal WIEZIK, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Róża THUN UND HOHENSTEIN, Irena JOVEVA

Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Welcomes the European Citizens Initiative Save Bees and Farmers; believes that an environmentally-friendly agriculture is the basis for sustainable production of healthy food; believes that the demands of citizens need to be translated into future policies quickly and efficiently;

Amendment 39 #

Paragraph 2

2. Agrees that pollinator decline poses a threat to human well-being, agricultural productivity, food security and nature in general; stresses that pollination by wild and managed pollinators is an essential agricultural input; Highlights that the 4,5 bln EUR annual value of ecosystem service Pollination in the EU only records the value of the service that is actually used and results in yield of fruits and vegetables, while if there was not a shortage of pollinators due to pressures they suffer, this value could be much higher1a. _________________ 1a EUROSTAT: Accounting for ecosystems and their services in the European Union. 2021 edition. https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/documents/7 870049/12943935/KS-FT-20-002-EN- N.pdf/de44610d-79e5-010a-5675- 14fc4d8527d9?t=1624528835061

Amendment 4 #

Martin HOJSÍK, Róża THUN UND HOHENSTEIN, Michal WIEZIK, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Irena JOVEVA, Frédérique RIES

Citation 5 b (new)

– having regard to the Special Report 15/2020 of the European Court of Auditors of 9 July 2020 entitled " Protection of wild pollinators in the EU - Commission initiatives have not borne fruit";

Amendment 40 #

Paragraph 2

2. Agrees that pollinator decline poses a threat to human well-being, agricultural productivity and nature in general; stresses that pollination by wild and managed pollinators is an essential agricultural input; and that up to EUR 15 billion of the EU’s annual agricultural output can be directly attributed to pollinators1a; _________________ 1a Gallai, N. et al., Economic Valuation of the Vulnerability of World Agriculture Confronted with Pollinator Decline, Ecological Economics, 68:3, pp. 810-821.

Amendment 41 #

Milan BRGLEZ, Biljana BORZAN, Robert HAJŠEL, Sara CERDAS

Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Emphasizes that crop pollination mediated by wild and domesticated animals is a crucial and endangered ecosystem service2a; notes further that the global economic value of pollination from domesticated and wild animals has been estimated at EUR 153 billion, while the consumer surplus loss associated with a total loss of animal pollination service was estimated between EUR 190 and EUR 310 billion2b. _________________ 2a Potts SG, Biesmeijer JC, Kremen C, Neumann P, Schweiger O, et al. 2010. Global pollinator declines: trends, impacts and drivers. Trends Ecol Evol 25: 345– 353. 2b Gallai N, Salles JM, Settele J, Vaissiere BE. 2009. Economic valuation of the vulnerability of world agriculture confronted with pollinator decline. Ecol Econ 68: 810–821.

Amendment 42 #

Milan BRGLEZ, Biljana BORZAN, Robert HAJŠEL, Sara CERDAS, Rovana PLUMB

Paragraph 2 b (new)

2b. Stresses the benefits for human health and well-being provided by pollination, and the need to ensure these can continue sustainably; notes further that pollinators contribute to the agricultural yield for 35% of global food production3a, while animal-pollinated crops contain the majority of several vitamins (A, C and E) and minerals (calcium, fluoride and iron) available for diets worldwide3b; emphasizes, therefore, that pollinators are vital for both food and nutrition security; _________________ 3a Klein, Alexandra-Maria et al. 2007. Importance of pollinators in changing landscapes for world crops. 3b Eilers, Elisabeth J. et al. 2011. Contribution of Pollinator-Mediated Crops to Nutrients in the Human Food Supply.

Amendment 43 #

Milan BRGLEZ, Biljana BORZAN, Robert HAJŠEL, Sara CERDAS

Paragraph 2 c (new)

2c. Stresses that total global pollinator loss would lead to 1,42 million more deaths annually due to increased incidence of NCDs and malnutrition- related disease, mostly attributable to low intake of fruit, vegetables, nuts and seeds, while the average global fruit supply could fall 22,9% and vegetables by 16,3% with resultant negative impacts on diet and health4a; _________________ 4a Smith, Matthew R. et al. (2015). Effects of decreases of animal pollinators on human nutrition and global health: a modelling analysis. The Lancet. 386 (10007): 1964–1972.

Amendment 44 #

Paragraph 3

3. ~~Recognises the contribution made by~~Deeply regrets that the first EU Pollinators Initiative ~~and appreciates its~~did not bring tangible and effective results;

Amendment 45 #

Martin HOJSÍK, Róża THUN UND HOHENSTEIN, Michal WIEZIK, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Irena JOVEVA, Frédérique RIES, Erik POULSEN, Asger CHRISTENSEN

Paragraph 3

3. Recognises the contribution made by the first EU Pollinators Initiative ~~and appreciates its results~~;

Amendment 46 #

Paragraph 3

3. Recognises the contribution made by the first EU Pollinators Initiative and appreciates its results; calls on the Commission to incorporate the results of the Initiative in the future Biodiversity Strategy, including also other key ecosystem services which insects provide;

Amendment 47 #

Martin HOJSÍK, Róża THUN UND HOHENSTEIN, Michal WIEZIK, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Irena JOVEVA, Frédérique RIES

Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Welcomes the commitments of the European Economic and Social Committee1a and the European Committee of Regions2a, when it comes to the possibilities and shared responsibilities of Europe´s socio- occupational interest groups and local and regional authorities in accelerating the implementation of the Pollinators Initiative and achieving its goals; _________________ 1a Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee of 13 July 2023 on Revision of the EU pollinators initiative – A new deal for pollinators 2a Opinion of the Committee of the Regions of 26 January 2022 on Local and regional authorities accelerating the implementation of the EU Pollinators Initiative

Amendment 48 #

Martin HOJSÍK, Róża THUN UND HOHENSTEIN, Michal WIEZIK, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Irena JOVEVA, Frédérique RIES, Erik POULSEN, Asger CHRISTENSEN

Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Is alarmed by the impact of herbicides use on protected species, which are on decline, and which leads toward their reduced vitality and an increased risk of local extinction; calls in this regard on the Member States to apply farmland management compatible with wildlife conservation;

Amendment 49 #

Paragraph 3 b (new)

3b. Emphasizes the need to address all main drivers of pollinators decline;

Amendment 5 #

Alexander BERNHUBER, Franc BOGOVIČ, Christine SCHNEIDER, Simone SCHMIEDTBAUER, Norbert LINS

Citation 7

– having regard to the Commission communication of 20 May 2020 entitled ‘A Farm to Fork Strategy for a fair, healthy and environmentally-friendly food system’ and the goal of the strategy to ensure a sustainable livelihood for primary producers (COM(2020)0381),

Amendment 50 #

Michal WIEZIK, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Róża THUN UND HOHENSTEIN, Irena JOVEVA

Subheading 2

Policy (in)coherence: agriculture, forestry, pollution and connectivity

Amendment 51 #

Alexander BERNHUBER, Franc BOGOVIČ, Christine SCHNEIDER, Simone SCHMIEDTBAUER, Norbert LINS

Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Emphasizes the professional utilization of plant protection products by European farmers, while concurrently underlining the continuous enhancement of pollinator safeguarding through specialized training for farmers;

Amendment 52 #

Martin HOJSÍK, Róża THUN UND HOHENSTEIN, Michal WIEZIK, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Irena JOVEVA, Frédérique RIES, Erik POULSEN, Asger CHRISTENSEN

Paragraph 4

4. Recalls that the European Green Deal was adopted as a new holistic strategy enabling the Union to tackle climate and environment-related challenges while leaving no one behind; recalls that the objectives of the Green Deal, including the EU Biodiversity Strategy and the Farm to Fork Strategy, will be met only when the main goal of the EU Pollinators Initiative, namely to reverse pollinator decline, is effectively achieved;

Amendment 53 #

Paragraph 4

4. Recalls that the European Green Deal was adopted as a new holistic strategy enabling the Union to tackle climate and environment-related challenges ~~while leaving no one behind~~; recalls that the objectives of the Green Deal will be met only when the main goal of the revised EU Pollinators Initiative, namely to reverse pollinator decline, is effectively achieved;

Amendment 54 #

Paragraph 5

5. Emphasises the need to close the gaps in key EU sectoral policies, in particular the common agricultural policy, tackling pollinator decline, and to streamline measures for the protection of pollinators into relevant EU policies; calls for consideration to be given to the budgetary means needed to support the agro-ecological transition of European agriculture while maintaining a high level of self-sufficiency in the key agricultural products;

Amendment 55 #

Martin HOJSÍK, Róża THUN UND HOHENSTEIN, Michal WIEZIK, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Irena JOVEVA, Frédérique RIES, Erik POULSEN, Asger CHRISTENSEN

Paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. Regrets that in 2022 the Commission proposed derogations from GAEC 7 and 8 in relation to the environmental conditionality of the new CAP, given that multicropping and ecological focus areas are positive for insect populations and biodiversity in general; calls on the Commission to propose a genuine forward-looking food security strategy so as not to have to propose such derogations, which are ineffective in terms of increasing production but are harmful to biodiversity protection;

Amendment 56 #

Paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. Emphasises that dedicated national and/or regional pollinators’ protection strategies are essential tools to mobilise all relevant parties and manage all the actions needed to reverse pollinator decline; appreciates the efforts of Member States which have adopted dedicated national or regional strategies to protect pollinators and calls on the remaining ones to do so as soon as possible in order to jointly address all drivers of decline in a coordinated manner, taking into account national, regional and local specificities and conditions;

Amendment 57 #

Martin HOJSÍK, Róża THUN UND HOHENSTEIN, Michal WIEZIK, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Irena JOVEVA, Frédérique RIES

Paragraph 5 b (new)

5b. Calls on the Commission to assess the compliance of CAP Strategic Plans with the objectives of the EU Pollinators Initiative by 2025; calls on the Commission and Member States to jointly improve those plans, which are found to fall short of the necessary actions; calls, furthermore, on the Commission and Member States to create a specific chapter within the CAP Strategic Plans to describe concrete measures aiming at wild and managed pollinators protection, considering their importance as providers of agricultural input;

Amendment 58 #

Martin HOJSÍK, Róża THUN UND HOHENSTEIN, Michal WIEZIK, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Irena JOVEVA, Frédérique RIES, Erik POULSEN, Asger CHRISTENSEN

Paragraph 5 c (new)

5c. Calls on the Commission and Member States to ensure that current and future governance mechanisms and platforms are fully functional in order to reach, by agreed deadlines, the goals of the Pollinators Initiative and more broadly the Biodiversity Strategy; calls, in this respect, on the Commission to take necessary legislative and non-legislative measures that will lead towards closing existing governance gaps and removing obstacles to meet objectives and targets agreed on the Union level;

Amendment 59 #

Alexander BERNHUBER, Franc BOGOVIČ, Christine SCHNEIDER, Simone SCHMIEDTBAUER, Norbert LINS

Paragraph 6

6. Underlines, in this regard, the strong interconnection between the revised EU Pollinators Initiative and the EU nature restoration law when it comes to achieving a trend reversal in pollinator decline, in particular through the alignment of national nature restoration measures with the relevant policies under the EU Pollinators Initiativrevised EU Pollinators Initiative when it comes to achieving a trend reversal in pollinator decline;

Amendment 6 #

Citation 7 a (new)

– having regard to the Commission communication of 14 October 2020 entitled ‘Chemical Strategy for Sustainability - Towards a Toxic-Free Environment’ (COM(2020)0667),

Amendment 60 #

Paragraph 6

Amendment 61 #

Paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. Reiterates its support for the EU Biodiversity and Farm to Fork Strategies and calls on the Commission and Member States for their swift and full implementation; reiterates that the Biodiversity Strategy for 2030 needs to fully deliver on its targets; urges the Commission and the Member States to commit to substantial and additional measures on biodiversity conservation;

Amendment 62 #

Michèle RIVASI

Paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. Stresses the need for an independent network of trained advisors on pollinator conservation in agricultural areas; proposes that such a network could be set up and coordinated through the EU Pollinators Initiative, to ensure dissemination and effective implementation of pollinator-friendly measures;

Amendment 63 #

Paragraph 6 b (new)

6b. Stresses that the EU rapidly needs to reduce the use of pesticides and move to ecological farming and a sustainable food system, in order to reduce the immense costs resulting from the harmful effects on human and animal health and in order to drastically reduce the burden on the environment, including notably pollinators;

Amendment 64 #

Christine SCHNEIDER, Norbert LINS, Marlene MORTLER, Peter JAHR, Lena DÜPONT

Paragraph 7

7. Underlines the continued need to better protect pollinators from risks resulting from pesticides and biocides, and regrets the delay in taking action to protect pollinators through the authorisation procedures laid down in Regulation (EC) 1107/20097and Regulation (EU) 528/20128; _________________ 7 Regat effective pest control can ensure the yields and qualities of agricultural products and that trade- offs resulation (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). 8 Regulation (EU) No 528/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 May 2012 concerning the making available on the market and use of biocidal products (OJ L 167, 27.6.2012, p. 1).ng from the protection of pollinators must be weighed up and met with practical solutions;

Amendment 65 #

Ulrike MÜLLER, Asger CHRISTENSEN, Erik POULSEN

Paragraph 7

7. Underlines the continued need to better protect pollinators from risks resulting from pesticides and biocides by reducing the use of pesticides by 50% by 2030 as set out in the farm to fork strategy, and regrets the delay in taking action to protect pollinators through the authorisation procedures laid down in Regulation (EC) 1107/20097 and Regulation (EU) 528/20128; _________________ 7 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). 8 Regulation (EU) No 528/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 May 2012 concerning the making available on the market and use of biocidal products (OJ L 167, 27.6.2012, p. 1).

Amendment 66 #

Paragraph 7

7. Underlines the continued need to better protect pollinators from risks resulting from pesticides and biocides, and ~~regrets the delay in taking action~~welcomes the publication of the new bee guidance document which is essential in order to impro~~tect pollinators through the~~ve the assessment of adverse effects on pollinators within the approval and authorisation procedures laid down in Regulation (EC) 1107/20097 and Regulation (EU) 528/20128 ; _________________ 7 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). 8 Regulation (EU) No 528/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 May 2012 concerning the making available on the market and use of biocidal products (OJ L 167, 27.6.2012, p. 1).

Amendment 67 #

Alexander BERNHUBER, Franc BOGOVIČ, Christine SCHNEIDER, Simone SCHMIEDTBAUER, Norbert LINS

Paragraph 7

7. Underlines the continued need to better protect pollinators from risks resulting from pesticides and biocides, ~~and~~ regrets the delay in taking action to protect pollinators through the authorisation procedures laid down in Regulation (EC) 1107/20097 and Regulation (EU) 528/20128 , and calls for ambitious pesticides reduction targets in Regulation (COD) 2022/0196; _________________ 7 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). 8 Regulation (EU) No 528/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 May 2012 concerning the making available on the market and use of biocidal products (OJ L 167, 27.6.2012, p. 1).

Amendment 68 #

Paragraph 7

7. Underlines the continued need to better protect pollinators from risks resulting from p~~esticide~~lant protection products and biocides, and regrets the delay in taking action to protect pollinators through the authorisation procedures laid down in Regulation (EC) 1107/20097 and Regulation (EU) 528/20128 ; _________________ 7 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). 8 Regulation (EU) No 528/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 May 2012 concerning the making available on the market and use of biocidal products (OJ L 167, 27.6.2012, p. 1).ed action on improving the process on less harmful alternatives;

Amendment 69 #

Michal WIEZIK, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Róża THUN UND HOHENSTEIN, Irena JOVEVA

Paragraph 7 a (new)

7a. Reiterates that the widespread commercial forestry model that does not support presence of old, veteran trees, deadwood and associated microhabitats is one of the main threats to esssential pollinators; Appreciates that one conservation plan under the New Deal for Pollinators will be about forest landscapes; Proposes that the plan should consider the evidence at hand, follow up on the call of strict protection of all remaining old-growth and primary forests as proposed in the EU Forest Strategy, and that it should look for synergies with principles of closer to nature forestry;

Amendment 7 #

Alexander BERNHUBER, Franc BOGOVIČ, Christine SCHNEIDER, Simone SCHMIEDTBAUER, Norbert LINS

Citation 8

– - having regard to its resolution of 16 January 2019 on the Union’s authorisation procedure for p~~esticides~~lant protection products,2 , _________________ 2 OJ C 411, 27.11.2020, p. 48.

Amendment 70 #

Paragraph 7 a (new)

7a. Is surprised that, in its proposal for a regulation on new GMOs, the Commission is promoting varieties made resistant to systemic herbicides by proposing their deregulation, given that pollen from weed flora is an important food resource for all pollinators;

Amendment 71 #

Alexander BERNHUBER, Franc BOGOVIČ, Christine SCHNEIDER, Simone SCHMIEDTBAUER, Norbert LINS

Paragraph 7 a (new)

7a. Reiterates the crucial importance of protecting bees and other pollinators against the harmful effects of pesticides and biocides;

Amendment 72 #

Paragraph 8

8. Stresses the role of plant protection products in ensuring food security and the importance of improving the scientific evidence base for assessing the relative toxicity of p~~esticides, not just insecticides,~~lant protection products to bees and other pollinators so that the harm reduction targets can be better adjusted ~~by 2027;~~ , while ensuring food security;

Amendment 73 #

Paragraph 8

8. Stresses the importance ~~of improving the scientific evidence base for assess~~to amend legislation and implement policies according to the relat~~ive toxicity of pesticides, not just insecticides, to bees and o~~est scientific evidence so that ther pollinators ~~so that the harm reduction targets can be better adjust~~decline can be stopped by 202730;

Amendment 74 #

Paragraph 8 a (new)

8a. Underlines the importance of protecting pollinators not only in the EU but worldwide, and stresses that the Commission needs to take its full responsibility in this regard;

Amendment 75 #

Ulrike MÜLLER, Asger CHRISTENSEN, Erik POULSEN, Irena JOVEVA

Paragraph 9

9. Calls for an end to ~~the~~ import~~ation of agricultural products produced using pesticides that are banned in the EU and~~ tolerances for residues of pesticides that are banned in the EU for reasons of human health and biodiversity protection, in order to prevent the import of products that can cause unacceptable harm to pollinators;

Amendment 76 #

Paragraph 9

9. Calls for an end to the importation of agricultural products produced using pesticides that ~~are banned in the EU and can cause~~have not been approved or re-approved in the EU due to unacceptable ~~harm to~~risks for pollinators;

Amendment 77 #

Milan BRGLEZ, Biljana BORZAN, Sara CERDAS

Paragraph 9

9. Calls for an end, by 2027, to the importation of agricultural products produced using pesticides that are banned in the EU and can cause unacceptable harm to pollinators;

Amendment 78 #

Alexander BERNHUBER, Franc BOGOVIČ, Christine SCHNEIDER, Simone SCHMIEDTBAUER, Norbert LINS

Paragraph 9

9. Calls ~~for an end~~ to stop the importation of agricultural products produced using p~~esticides that are~~lant protection products banned in the EU and can cause unacceptable harm to pollinators;

Amendment 79 #

Martin HOJSÍK, Róża THUN UND HOHENSTEIN, Michal WIEZIK, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Irena JOVEVA, Frédérique RIES, Erik POULSEN, Asger CHRISTENSEN

Paragraph 9 a (new)

9a. Urges the Commission to take further action to rapidly reduce the MRLs of all neonicotinoids and fipronil to the LOD and to refuse all current and requested import tolerances for all products containing residues of these harmful pesticides and biocides;

Amendment 8 #

Recital A a (new)

Aa. whereas according to the European Red List, the population of around one in three bee, butterfly and hoverfly species is declining; moreover, one in ten bee and butterfly species, and one in three hoverfly species are threatened with extinction; at regional level, insect population losses of up to 75% have been observed over the last three decades.

Amendment 80 #

Paragraph 9 a (new)

9a. Calls for a ban on the production and export of pesticides whose use is banned in the EU, as we must not be responsible for harm to biodiversity on other continents;

Amendment 81 #

Michal WIEZIK, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Róża THUN UND HOHENSTEIN

Paragraph 9 b (new)

9b. Urges the Commission to adopt a legal proposal by the end of 2023, prohibiting the production and export of hazardous chemicals which have been banned for use in the EU, as was announced in the Chemical Strategy for Sustainability and promised on several occasions by the responsible Commissioner;

Amendment 82 #

Paragraph 10

10. ~~Takes note of~~Regrets the European Food Safety Authority’s revised guidance on the risk assessment of plant protection products on bees (Apis mellifera, Bombus spp. and solitary bees) ~~and calls on the Commission and the Member States to implement it swiftly;~~ has been based on the agreement made during Agriculture and Fisheries Council meeting of 28-29 June 2021 to establish a Specific Protection Goal of 10% as the maximum permitted level of colony size reduction resulting from exposure of honey bees to pesticides; considers that the Specific Protection Goal of 10% presents an unnecessarily high risk to honey bees, wild pollinators and biodiversity in general; points to the fact that this agreement fails to protect the rights of beekeepers;

Amendment 83 #

Martin HOJSÍK, Róża THUN UND HOHENSTEIN, Michal WIEZIK, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Irena JOVEVA, Frédérique RIES

Paragraph 10

10. Takes note of the European Food Safety Authority’s revised guidance on the risk assessment of plant protection products on bees (Apis mellifera, Bombus spp. and solitary bees) and calls on the Commission and the Member States to implement it swiftly; takes note of the agreement in the European Union’s Agriculture and Fisheries Council meeting of 28-29 June 2021 to establish a Specific Protection Goal of 10% as the maximum permitted level of colony size reduction resulting from exposure of honey bees to pesticides; takes note the SCOPAFF decision of May 2022 to implement an undefined threshold approach for specific protection goals for both bumblebees and solitary bees; considers that specific protection goals for wild pollinators must be in line with the need for recovery of already depleted populations today;

Amendment 84 #

Aurélia BEIGNEUX, Mathilde ANDROUËT, Catherine GRISET

Paragraph 10

10. Takes note of the European Food Safety Authority’s (EFSA) revised guidance on the risk assessment of plant protection products on bees (Apis mellifera, Bombus spp. and solitary bees) ~~and~~, calls on the Commission and the Member States to implement it swiftly, calls on the Commission to mandate the EFSA to issue an opinion on the use of pure organic acids to combat the development of Varroa in order to determine whether their use could be more widely authorised, and lastly calls for funding for research into protecting native pollinators from alien pollinators and invasive species;

Amendment 85 #

Ulrike MÜLLER, Asger CHRISTENSEN, Erik POULSEN

Paragraph 10

10. ~~Takes note of~~Welcomes the European Food Safety Authority’s revised guidance on the risk assessment of plant protection products on bees (Apis mellifera, Bombus spp. and solitary bees) and calls on the Commission and the Member States to implement it swiftly;

Amendment 86 #

Paragraph 10 a (new)

10a. Recalls that a major obstacle to improving pesticide risk assessment for pollinators is the lack of internationally validated testing methods; welcomes the Commission’s commitment to draw up a work plan to this end; insists that adequate financial support be provided to this end, for example through the EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation – Horizon Europe;

Amendment 87 #

Martin HOJSÍK, Róża THUN UND HOHENSTEIN, Michal WIEZIK, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Irena JOVEVA, Frédérique RIES

Paragraph 10 a (new)

10a. Notes the Commission’s commitment to update the guidance document for pesticide risk assessment for non-target arthropods (including wild pollinators other than bees); stresses the urgency of this update and calls for a clear deadline to be set for it;

Amendment 88 #

Paragraph 11 a (new)

11a. Is concerned by the limitations of single-active ingredient assessments during authorisation of pesticides; calls, therefore, on the Commission and the EFSA to enable a transition towards a more holistic and contextualized environmental risk assessment of pesticides for insects, including pollinators, building on the IPol-ERA project, without delay; believes that such systemic transformation should take into account a broad range of pollinators and also cumulative effects of different chemicals, and that it requires coordinated efforts of all relevant agencies;

Amendment 89 #

Martin HOJSÍK, Róża THUN UND HOHENSTEIN, Michal WIEZIK, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Irena JOVEVA, Frédérique RIES, Erik POULSEN, Asger CHRISTENSEN

Paragraph 12

12. Takes note of the European Chemicals Agency’s draft guidance on the assessment of risks to bees from the use of biocides; underlines the need to swiftly finalize the guidance document, so that it starts to be used in the authorization process under Regulation (EU) 528/2012 at EU or Member State level and for the approval at EU level, respectively;

Amendment 9 #

Martin HOJSÍK, Róża THUN UND HOHENSTEIN, Michal WIEZIK, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Irena JOVEVA, Frédérique RIES, Erik POULSEN, Asger CHRISTENSEN

Recital A a (new)

Aa. whereas pollinators are primarily wild species of insects, such as bees (including bumble bees, honey bees and solitary species of bees), wasps, hoverflies, butterflies, moths, beetles and other fly species, which transfer pollen from male to female structures of flowers enabling fertilisation and reproduction of plants;

Amendment 90 #

Paragraph 12 a (new)

12a. Calls on the Commission and Member States to address all pending calls by the European Parliament within the adopted report on Union's authorization procedure for pesticides (P8_TA(2019)0023);

Amendment 91 #

Martin HOJSÍK, Róża THUN UND HOHENSTEIN, Michal WIEZIK, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Irena JOVEVA, Frédérique RIES

Paragraph 12 a (new)

12a. Underlines that it is necessary to phase-out harmful co-formulants, which have unacceptable effects on non-target species, including pollinators;

Amendment 92 #

Paragraph 12 a (new)

12a. emphasises the need for a zero- pollution future and calls for a total phase-out of pesticide residues in food in 2030;

Amendment 93 #

Paragraph 12 b (new)

12b. Points out that food producers, wholesalers and retailers have a strong and often dominant position in the value chain, and should therefore also take responsibility in achieving the pesticide reduction and phase-out targets;

Amendment 94 #

Martin HOJSÍK, Róża THUN UND HOHENSTEIN, Michal WIEZIK, María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS, Irena JOVEVA, Frédérique RIES

Paragraph 12 c (new)

12c. Stresses the added value that meaningful engagement of the large food producers, wholesalers and retailers with their suppliers could have in reducing the use and risks of pesticides; underlines the need for the large companies in the food chain to conclude long-term contracts with their the producers, and to help their farmers in correctly implementing IPM- practices, including by offering the necessary financial and technical support for the farmers and growers to ensure they can swiftly transition towards agro- ecological and organic farming practices while being secure of a right price for their efforts;

Amendment 95 #

Paragraph 12 c (new)

12c. Regrets that several Member States continue to provide emergency derogations for the use of EU-banned neonicotinoids despite the ruling of the Court of Justice - Case C162-211a ; calls on the Commission to fully enforce compliance with the ruling. _________________ 1a Case C162-21, see https://eur- lex.europa.eu/legal- content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:6202 1CJ0162

Amendment 96 #

Paragraph 12 d (new)

12d. Underlines the role and responsibility of the large food producers, retailers and wholesalers to ensure food safety; stresses that the products they sell should be free of measurable residues of pesticides as soon as possible and no later than 2030; underlines that this should apply also to imported products, thereby securing both food safety and good economic opportunities and a level playing field for European producers;

Amendment 97 #

Paragraph 12 e (new)

12e. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure that the large and powerful players in the food chain, including the large food producers, wholesalers and retailers, are incentivised to take their responsibility in reducing the use and risk of pesticides and helping the farmers to transition to a zero-pollution and agro-ecological way of farming, and to ensure the proper legal framework for this;

Amendment 98 #