Amen­de­menten Hazekamp over het voorstel voor een veror­dening van de Raad tot wijziging van de bijlagen II en V bij Veror­dening (EG) nr. 396/2005 wat betreft de maxi­mum­ge­halten aan residuen van tricy­clazool in of op bepaalde producten

Motion for a resolution on the proposal for a Council regulation amending Annexes II and V to Regulation (EC) No 396/2005 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards maximum residue levels for tricyclazole in or on certain products.

Amendment 1
Anja Hazekamp
on behalf of The Left Group
Maria Arena
on behalf of the S&D Group
Jutta Paulus
on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group

Motion for a resolution
Citation 2a (new)

Amendment

New citation after the second:

- having regard to Regulation (EC) No 178/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 28 January 2002 laying down the general principles and requirements of food law, establishing the European Food Safety Authority and laying down procedures in matters of food safety^1a, and in particular Article 5(1) thereof,

^1a: OJ L 31, 1.2.2002, p. 1.

Amendment 2
Anja Hazekamp
on behalf of The Left Group
Maria Arena
on behalf of the S&D Group
Jutta Paulus
on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group

Motion for a resolution
Recital Ba (new)

Amendment

Ba (new): whereas Regulation (EC) 396/2005 aims at ensuring a high level of consumer protection and harmonised Community provisions relating to maximum levels of pesticide residues in or on food and feed of plant and animal origin;

Amendment 3
Anja Hazekamp
on behalf of The Left Group
Maria Arena
on behalf of the S&D Group
Jutta Paulus
on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group

Motion for a resolution
Recital C

Motion for a resolution

C. whereas recital (8) of Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council[1] provides that the purpose of that Regulation is to ensure a high level of protection of both human and animal health and the environment and at the same time to safeguard the competitiveness of Union agriculture;

[1] 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).

Amendment

C. whereas Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council[1] provides that the purpose of that Regulation is to ensure a high level of protection of both human and animal health and the environment and to improve the functioning of the internal market through the harmonisation of the rules on the placing on the market of plant protection products, while improving agricultural production;

[1] 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).

Amendment 4
Anja Hazekamp
on behalf of The Left Group
Maria Arena
on behalf of the S&D Group
Jutta Paulus
on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group

Motion for a resolution
Recital Ca (new)

Amendment

Ca (new) whereas Article 5(1) of Regulation (EC) No 178/2002 provides that food law is to pursue one or more of the general objectives of a high level of protection of human life and health and the protection of consumers’ interests, including fair practices in food trade, taking into account, where appropriate, the protection of animal health and welfare, plant health and the environment;

Amendment 5
Anja Hazekamp
on behalf of The Left Group
Maria Arena
on behalf of the S&D Group
Jutta Paulus
on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group

Motion for a resolution
Recital Fa (new)

Amendment

Fa (new) whereas tricyclazole was not included in in Annex I to Council Directive 91/414/EEC in 2008, after the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health concluded that “there are clear indications that it may be expected that it has harmful effects on human health and in particular the crucial missing data does not allow to set reliable ADI, ARfD and AOEL and such values are necessary to conduct the risk assessment”^1a, whereas ever since 30 March 2009, tricyclazole has not been allowed for use in the EU;

^1a: 2008/770/EC: Commission Decision of 30 September 2008 concerning the non-inclusion of tricyclazole in Annex I to Council Directive 91/414/EEC and the withdrawal of authorisations for plant protection products containing that substance, OJ L 263, 2.10.2008, p. 16–17

Amendment 6
Anja Hazekamp
on behalf of The Left Group
Maria Arena
on behalf of the S&D Group
Jutta Paulus
on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group

Motion for a resolution
Recital Fb (new)

Amendment

Fb (new) whereas already in 2013 there was an request for import tolerances in order to accommodate the use of tricyclazole in Brazil; whereas EFSA in its reasoned opinion concluded that “on the basis of the currently available studies, the toxicological reference values for tricyclazole cannot be set, since the genotoxic potential of tricyclazole could not be totally disregarded. In addition, uncertainties regarding the carcinogenic potential of tricyclazole were identified by EFSA. The submitted residue trials data were found to be insufficient to derive an MRL proposal which accommodates the use of tricyclazole on rice in Brazil. EFSA concludes that the import tolerance request for tricyclazole in rice is not sufficiently supported by data which are needed to justify maintaining the existing EU MRL of 1 mg/kg”^1a;

^1a: Reasoned opinion on the modification of the existing MRL for tricyclazole in rice, EFSA Journal 2013;11(4):3198, https://efsa.onlinelibrary.wil...

Amendment 7
Anja Hazekamp
on behalf of The Left Group
Maria Arena
on behalf of the S&D Group
Jutta Paulus
on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group

Motion for a resolution
Recital Fc (new)

Amendment

Fc (new) whereas EFSA in its peer review, following an application for approval for use in the in EU in 2015 concluded^1a that there were multiple critical areas of concern with regards to the toxicology of tricyclazole, whereas EFSA could not disregard the genotoxicity and carcinogenicity potential of tricyclazole, and therefore reference values (ADI, ARfD and AOEL) for use in human health risk assessments could not be established. Consequently, the risk assessments for operators, workers, bystanders, residents and consumers could not be conducted; whereas furthermore EFSA could also not exclude potential endocrine disrupting properties; whereas the application for approval was consequently denied^1b;

^1a: Conclusion on the peer review of the pesticide risk assessment of the active substance tricyclazole1, EFSA Journal 2015;13(2):4032, https://efsa.onlinelibrary.wil...

^1b: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1826 of 14 October 2016 concerning the non-approval of the active substance tricyclazole, in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the placing of plant protection products on the market, OJ L 279, 15.10.2016, p. 88–89

Amendment 8
Anja Hazekamp
on behalf of The Left Group
Maria Arena
on behalf of the S&D Group
Jutta Paulus
on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group

Motion for a resolution
Recital S

Motion for a resolution

S. whereas the adoption of the proposal for a Council regulation would undermine food security and, in the absence of appropriate traceability and information means, could generate deceptive practices for consumers;

Amendment

S. whereas the adoption of the proposal for a Council regulation would undermine food safety, and the protection of health and the environment;

Amendment 9
Anja Hazekamp
on behalf of The Left Group
Maria Arena
on behalf of the S&D Group
Jutta Paulus
on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

Motion for a resolution

3. Considers that the proposal for a Council regulation is not compatible with the aim and content of Regulation (EC) No 396/2005;

Amendment

3. Considers that the proposal for a Council regulation is not compatible with the aim and content of Regulation (EC) No 396/2005 and Regulation (EC) No 178/2002;