En En Amendments 1

European Parliament 2019-2024

Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety

PE689.631v01-00

8.3.2021

AMENDMENTS 1 - 436

Draft motion for a resolution Pernille Weiss, Maria Arena, Martin Hojsík, Manuela Ripa, Alexandr Vondra, Idoia Villanueva Ruiz (PE663.308v01-00)

Soil protection

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PE689.631v01-00 2/205 AM\1225880EN.docx EN Amendment 1 Pernille Weiss, Norbert Lins, Dan-Ştefan Motreanu, Ljudmila Novak, Edina Tóth, Radan Kanev, Lídia Pereira, Christine Schneider

Draft motion for a resolution Citation 1

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— having regard to the Treaty on the — having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 191 thereof, particular Articles 2 and 191 thereof,

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Amendment 2 Martin Hojsík, Irena Joveva, Frédérique Ries, Nicolae Ştefănuță, María Soraya Rodríguez Ramos

Draft motion for a resolution Citation 4 a (new)

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— having regard to Directive 2003/35/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 May 2003 providing for public participation in respect of the drawing up of certain plans and programmes relating to the environment,

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Amendment 3 Pernille Weiss, Norbert Lins, Dan-Ştefan Motreanu, Ljudmila Novak, Edina Tóth, Radan Kanev, Lídia Pereira, Christine Schneider

Draft motion for a resolution Citation 5 a (new)

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— having regard to the Commission Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council

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Amendment 4 Idoia Villanueva Ruiz, Manuel Bompard, Mick Wallace, Silvia Modig

Draft motion for a resolution Citation 6 a (new)

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— having regard to Directive 2000/60/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a framework for the Community action in the field of water policy,

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Amendment 5 Maria Arena, Rovana Plumb, Javi López, César Luena, Tudor Ciuhodaru, Sándor Rónai, Petar Vitanov, Sara Cerdas

Draft motion for a resolution Citation 7 a (new)

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— having regard to the Council Directive 91/676/EEC of 12 December 1991 concerning the protection of waters against pollution caused by nitrates from agricultural sources (the Nitrates Directive),

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Amendment 6 Idoia Villanueva Ruiz, Manuel Bompard, Mick Wallace, Silvia Modig

Draft motion for a resolution

PE689.631v01-00 4/205 AM\1225880EN.docx EN Citation 7 a (new)

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— having regard to Council Directive 91/676/EEC of 12 December 1991 concerning the protection of waters against pollution caused by nitrates from agricultural sources,

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Amendment 7 Martin Hojsík, Irena Joveva, Frédérique Ries, Nicolae Ştefănuță, María Soraya Rodríguez Ramos

Draft motion for a resolution Citation 8 a (new)

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— having regard to Directive (EU) 2016/2284 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 December 2016 on the reduction of national emissions of certain atmospheric pollutants,

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Amendment 8 Maria Arena, Rovana Plumb, Javi López, César Luena, Tudor Ciuhodaru, Sándor Rónai, Petar Vitanov, Sara Cerdas

Draft motion for a resolution Citation 10 a (new)

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— having regard to Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 establishing rules for direct payments to farmers under support schemes within the framework of the common agricultural policy and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No637/2008 and

AM\1225880EN.docx 5/205 PE689.631v01-00 EN Council Regulation (EC) No 73/2009 (OJ L 347, 20.12.2013),

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Amendment 9 Maria Arena, Rovana Plumb, Javi López, César Luena, Tudor Ciuhodaru, Sándor Rónai, Petar Vitanov, Sara Cerdas

Draft motion for a resolution Citation 10 b (new)

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— having regard to the Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing rules on support for strategic plans to be drawn up by Member States under the common agricultural policy (CAP Strategic Plans) and financed by the European Agricultural Guarantee Fund (EAGF) and by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) and repealing Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council and Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council (COM(2018)0392),

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Amendment 10 Antoni Comín i Oliveres

Draft motion for a resolution Citation 14 a (new)

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— having regard to the “Status of the World Soil Resources Report” by the ITPS-GSP-FAO published in 2015,

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PE689.631v01-00 6/205 AM\1225880EN.docx EN Amendment 11 Martin Hojsík, Irena Joveva, Frédérique Ries, Nicolae Ştefănuță, María Soraya Rodríguez Ramos

Draft motion for a resolution Citation 25 a (new)

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— having regard to its resolution of 16 January 2019 on the Union’s authorisation procedure for pesticides (2018/2153(INI)),

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Amendment 12 Martin Hojsík, Irena Joveva, Frédérique Ries, Nicolae Ştefănuță, María Soraya Rodríguez Ramos

Draft motion for a resolution Citation 25 b (new)

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— having regard to its resolution of 10 July 2020 on a Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability (2020/2531(RSP)),

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Amendment 13 Martin Hojsík, Irena Joveva, Frédérique Ries, Nicolae Ştefănuță, María Soraya Rodríguez Ramos

Draft motion for a resolution Citation 25 c (new)

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— having regard to its resolution of of 28 January 2021 on the New Circular Economy Action Plan (2020/2077(INI)),

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Amendment 14 Maria Arena, Rovana Plumb, Javi López, César Luena, Tudor Ciuhodaru, Sándor Rónai, Petar Vitanov, Sara Cerdas

Draft motion for a resolution Citation 27 a (new)

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— having regards to its resolution of 10 February 2021 on the New Circular Economy Action Plan (2020/2077(INI)),

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Amendment 15 Martin Hojsík, Irena Joveva, Frédérique Ries, Nicolae Ştefănuță, María Soraya Rodríguez Ramos

Draft motion for a resolution Citation 29 a (new)

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— having regard to the Opinion the Economic and Social Committee on the Agroecology adopted during the plenary session of the European Committee of the Regions on 3-5 February 2021’ (NAT- VII/010),

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Amendment 16 Maria Arena, Rovana Plumb, Javi López, César Luena, Tudor Ciuhodaru, Sándor Rónai, Petar Vitanov, Sara Cerdas

Draft motion for a resolution Citation 30 a (new)

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PE689.631v01-00 8/205 AM\1225880EN.docx EN — having regards to the EU Fitness Check on EU water legislation (SWD(2019) 439 final),

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Amendment 17 Marcos Ros Sempere

Draft motion for a resolution Citation 31 a (new)

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— having regard the New Leipzig Charter - The transformative power of cities for the common good, adopted at the Informal Ministerial Meeting on Urban Matters on 30 November 2020,

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Amendment 18 Aurélia Beigneux, Joëlle Mélin, Catherine Griset

Draft motion for a resolution Citation 32

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— having regard to the Agreement deleted adopted at the 21st Conference of the Parties to the UNFCCC (COP21) in Paris on 12 December 2015 (the Paris Agreement),

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Amendment 19 Sirpa Pietikäinen

Draft motion for a resolution Citation 38 a (new)

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— having regard the Economic losses, poverty & disasters: 1998-2017 report by the Centre United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction published in 2018,

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Amendment 20 Idoia Villanueva Ruiz, Manuel Bompard, Mick Wallace, Silvia Modig, João Ferreira

Draft motion for a resolution Recital A

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A. whereas soil is an essential, A. whereas soil is an essential, complex, multifunctional, and living complex, multifunctional, and living ecosystem of crucial environmental and ecosystem of crucial environmental and socio-economic importance which socio-economic importance which performs many key functions and delivers performs many key functions and delivers services vital to human activities and services vital to human existence and ecosystems survival; ecosystems survival, such as the provision of food, energy and raw materials, carbon sequestration, water purification, nutrient regulation, pest control, and support for biodiversity and recreation;

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Amendment 21 Petros Kokkalis

Draft motion for a resolution Recital Α

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PE689.631v01-00 10/205 AM\1225880EN.docx EN ecosystems survival; activities and ecosystems survival so that future generations can meet their own needs;

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Amendment 22 Michal Wiezik

Draft motion for a resolution Recital A a (new)

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A a. whereas the world´s cultivated soils have lost between 50 and 70 percent of their original carbon stock; whereas there are 2,500 billion tons of carbon in soil, compared with 800 billion tons in atmosphere and 560 billion tons in animal and plant life1a; ______1a Schwartz J.D. 2014. Soil as Carbon Storehouse: New Weapon in Climate Fight? Yale Environment 360.

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Amendment 23 Aurélia Beigneux, Annika Bruna, Joëlle Mélin, Catherine Griset

Draft motion for a resolution Recital A a (new)

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Aa. whereas soil organic matter performs many environmental functions; whereas it constitutes a temporary reservoir of organic carbon, which can act as a source of carbon capture or carbon sink;

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Draft motion for a resolution Recital A a (new)

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A a. whereas soil is a public good to all life forms on the planet and is critical for life on earth;

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Amendment 25 Idoia Villanueva Ruiz, Manuel Bompard, Mick Wallace, Silvia Modig

Draft motion for a resolution Recital A b (new)

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A b. whereas there are over 320 major soil types identified in Europe, with enormous physical, chemical and biological variations within each one;

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Amendment 26 Aurélia Beigneux, Annika Bruna, Joëlle Mélin, Catherine Griset

Draft motion for a resolution Recital A b (new)

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Ab. whereas the stock of organic carbon in agricultural soils has decreased;

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PE689.631v01-00 12/205 AM\1225880EN.docx EN Amendment 27 Aurélia Beigneux, Annika Bruna, Joëlle Mélin, Catherine Griset

Draft motion for a resolution Recital A c (new)

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Ac. whereas the disparity of soils results in differing sensitivity to environmental pressures, and whereas the approach methods must therefore take into account both the technical and historical aspects of a given territory;

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Amendment 28 Sirpa Pietikäinen, Róża Thun und Hohenstein

Draft motion for a resolution Recital B

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B. whereas soil plays a central role as B. whereas soil plays a central role as a habitat and gene pool as it hosts 25% of a habitat and gene pool as it hosts 25% of the world biodiversity, provides key the world biodiversity, provides key ecosystem services such as the provision of ecosystem services such as the provision of food, provides raw materials, carbon food, provides raw materials, carbon sequestration, water purification, nutrient sequestration, water purification, nutrient regulation, pest control, and serves as a regulation, pest control, and serves as a platform for human activity and helps platform for human activity and helps preventing floods and droughts; preventing floods and droughts; whereas soil formation and protection is one of the ecosystem services known to be declining in Europe;

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Amendment 29 Martin Hojsík, Irena Joveva, Frédérique Ries, Nicolae Ştefănuță, María Soraya Rodríguez Ramos

Draft motion for a resolution Recital B

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B. whereas soil plays a central role as B. whereas soil plays a central role as a habitat and gene pool as it hosts 25% of a habitat and gene pool as it hosts 25% of the world biodiversity, provides key the world biodiversity, provides key ecosystem services such as the provision of ecosystem services to local communities food, provides raw materials, carbon and in global context, such as the sequestration, water purification, nutrient provision of food, raw materials, climate regulation, pest control, and serves as a regulation through carbon sequestration, platform for human activity and helps water purification, nutrient regulation, pest preventing floods and droughts; control, and serves as a platform for human activity and helps preventing floods and droughts;

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Amendment 30 Tudor Ciuhodaru

Draft motion for a resolution Recital B

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B. whereas soil plays a central role as B. whereas soil plays a central role as a habitat and gene pool as it hosts 25% of a habitat and gene pool as it hosts 25% of the world biodiversity, provides key the world biodiversity, provides key ecosystem services such as the provision of ecosystem services such as the provision of food, provides raw materials, carbon food, energy and raw materials, carbon sequestration, water purification, nutrient sequestration, water purification, nutrient regulation, pest control, and serves as a regulation, pest control, and serves as a platform for human activity and helps platform for human activity and helps preventing floods and droughts; preventing floods and droughts;

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Amendment 31 Alexander Bernhuber

Draft motion for a resolution Recital B

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B. whereas soil plays a central role as B. whereas soil plays a central role as

PE689.631v01-00 14/205 AM\1225880EN.docx EN a habitat and gene pool as it hosts 25% of a habitat and gene pool as it hosts 25% of the world biodiversity, provides key the world biodiversity, provides key ecosystem services such as the provision of ecosystem services such as the provision of food, provides raw materials, carbon food, provides renewable raw materials, sequestration, water purification, nutrient carbon sequestration, water purification, regulation, pest control, and serves as a nutrient regulation, pest control, and serves platform for human activity and helps as a platform for human activity and helps preventing floods and droughts; preventing floods and droughts;

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Amendment 32 Maria Arena, Rovana Plumb, Javi López, César Luena, Tudor Ciuhodaru, Sándor Rónai, Petar Vitanov, Sara Cerdas

Draft motion for a resolution Recital B a (new)

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B a. whereas Earth’s soils represent the largest terrestrial carbon store and contain roughly 2,500 GT of carbon, more than three times the amount of carbon in the atmosphere and four times the amount stored in plants and animals; whereas soils remove approximately 25% of the equivalent carbon emitted through the world’s fossil fuel use each year;

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Amendment 33 Idoia Villanueva Ruiz, Manuel Bompard, Mick Wallace, Silvia Modig

Draft motion for a resolution Recital B a (new)

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B a. whereas although soil is very dynamic, it is also very fragile and is a non-renewable, finite resource, given the length of time soil formation requires, at around the pace of one centimetre of top soil every 1000 years; whereas this makes

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Amendment 34 Ulrike Müller, Nils Torvalds, Andreas Glück

Draft motion for a resolution Recital B a (new)

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B a. whereas soils play an important role for water purification and infiltration and hence contribute to the provision of drinking water to a large share of the European population as well as to reaching the goals of the Water Framework Directive;

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Amendment 35 Aurélia Beigneux, Annika Bruna, Joëlle Mélin, Catherine Griset

Draft motion for a resolution Recital B a (new)

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Ba. whereas soils play a role in the beauty of our European landscapes, along with forest areas, coastlines, mountainous areas and all of Europe's ecosystems;

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Amendment 36 Pernille Weiss, Norbert Lins, Dan-Ştefan Motreanu, Ljudmila Novak, Edina Tóth, Roberta Metsola, Radan Kanev, Lídia Pereira, Christine Schneider

Draft motion for a resolution Recital B a (new)

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B a. whereas that biodiversity in soils plays an crucial role in securing a sustainable ecosystem and in mitigating climate change as it is also an important element of terrestrial carbon sinks;

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Amendment 37 Maria Arena, Rovana Plumb, Javi López, César Luena, Tudor Ciuhodaru, Sándor Rónai, Petar Vitanov, Sara Cerdas

Draft motion for a resolution Recital B b (new)

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B b. whereas soils under grassland and forests are a net carbon sink, estimated to remove up to 80 million tonnes of carbon per year in the EU1a; whereas, however, together EU croplands and grasslands are net sources of emissions, releasing about 75.3 MtCO2e in 20171b; whereas agriculture and forestry sectors are therefore in a key position to contribute to the removal of carbon from the atmosphere through the capture and storage of carbon in soils and biomass; ______1a EEA. Soil Organic Carbon. (20 February 2017). https://www.eea.europa.eu/data-and- maps/indicators/soil-organic-carbon- 1/assessment 1b Climate and Soil Policy Brief: Better Integrating Soil Into EU Climate Policy, IEEP, October 2020 https://ieep.eu/uploads/articles/attachment s/437a17b8-f8a4-478d-ab7f- 4a74e2e60ced/IEEP%20(2020)%20Clima te%20and%20soil%20policy%20brief%20 - %20Better%20integrating%20soil%20into %20EU%20climate%20policy.pdf?v=6377

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Amendment 38 Maria Arena, Rovana Plumb, Javi López, César Luena, Tudor Ciuhodaru, Sándor Rónai, Petar Vitanov, Sara Cerdas

Draft motion for a resolution Recital B c (new)

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B c. whereas soil structure and characteristics are the product of soil formation, geomorphological and geological processes occurring over thousands of years, thus making it a non- renewable resource; whereas, therefore, it is far more cost-effective to prevent any kind of damage to soil strata (erosion, destruction, degradation, salinisation, etc.) and soil contamination than to try to restore soil functions;

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Amendment 39 Maria Arena, Rovana Plumb, Javi López, César Luena, Tudor Ciuhodaru, Sándor Rónai, Petar Vitanov, Sara Cerdas

Draft motion for a resolution Recital B d (new)

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B d. whereas soil functions are strongly dependent on the full complement of soil biodiversity; whereas above-ground and below-ground diversity have important connections, and soil biodiversity is an important contributor to local levels of plant diversity;

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PE689.631v01-00 18/205 AM\1225880EN.docx EN Amendment 40 Maria Arena, Rovana Plumb, Javi López, César Luena, Tudor Ciuhodaru, Sándor Rónai, Petar Vitanov, Sara Cerdas

Draft motion for a resolution Recital B e (new)

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B e. whereas the protection of soil biodiversity is absent from most environmental protection legislation (such as the Habitat Directive or Natura 2000) and the main EU Common Agricultural legislation; whereas increasing or maintaining soil biodiversity is an effective solution that can assist in soil restoration and soil pollution remediation;

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Amendment 41 Pernille Weiss, Norbert Lins, Dan-Ştefan Motreanu, Ljudmila Novak, Edina Tóth, Christine Schneider

Draft motion for a resolution Recital C

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C. whereas, both in the EU and C. whereas, both in the EU and globally, land and soil continue to be globally, land and soil continue to be degraded by a wide range of human degraded; activities, such as poor land management, land use change, unsustainable agricultural practices, pollution, forestry practices, construction activities and soil sealing, climate change, often combined with other factors, thus threatening their capacities to provide ecosystem services;

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AM\1225880EN.docx 19/205 PE689.631v01-00 EN Amendment 42 Sirpa Pietikäinen, Róża Thun und Hohenstein

Draft motion for a resolution Recital C

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C. whereas, both in the EU and C. whereas, both in the EU and globally, land and soil continue to be globally, land and soil continue to be degraded by a wide range of human degraded by a wide range of human activities, such as poor land management, activities, such as poor land management, land use change, unsustainable agricultural land use change, unsustainable agricultural practices, pollution, forestry practices, practices, pollution, forestry practices, construction activities and soil sealing, construction activities and soil sealing, climate change, often combined with other climate change, often combined with other factors, thus threatening their capacities to factors, thus threatening their capacities to provide ecosystem services; provide ecosystem services; whereas the past trends and outlook to 2030 indicate deteriorating trends in EU soil condition and are largely not on track to meet policy targets for 2050; and global and EU biodiversity targets cannot be met without coherent and ambitious soil protection;

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Amendment 43 Martin Hojsík, Irena Joveva, Frédérique Ries, Nicolae Ştefănuță, María Soraya Rodríguez Ramos

Draft motion for a resolution Recital C

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C. whereas, both in the EU and C. whereas, both in the EU and globally, land and soil continue to be globally, land and soil continue to be degraded by a wide range of human degraded by a wide range of human activities, such as poor land management, activities, such as poor land management, land use change, unsustainable agricultural land use change, unsustainable agricultural practices, pollution, forestry practices, practices, pollution, forestry practices, construction activities and soil sealing, construction activities and soil sealing, climate change, often combined with other climate change, often combined with other factors, thus threatening their capacities to factors, thus reducing their capacities to provide ecosystem services; provide ecosystem services for the whole society;

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Amendment 44 Alexander Bernhuber

Draft motion for a resolution Recital C

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C. whereas, both in the EU and C. whereas globally, land and soil in globally, land and soil continue to be part continue to be degraded by a wide degraded by a wide range of human range of human activities and climate activities, such as poor land management, change, such as poor land management, land use change, unsustainable agricultural land use change, certain unsustainable practices, pollution, forestry practices, agricultural and forestry practices, construction activities and soil sealing, pollution, construction activities and soil climate change, often combined with other sealing, heat waves, draughts, floods, factors, thus threatening their capacities to often combined with other factors, thus provide ecosystem services; threatening their capacities to provide ecosystem services;

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Amendment 45 Margarita de la Pisa Carrión

Draft motion for a resolution Recital C

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C. whereas, both in the EU and C. whereas, both in the EU and globally, land and soil continue to be globally, land and soil continue to be degraded by a wide range of human degraded by a wide range of human activities, such as poor land management, activities, such as poor land and forest land use change, unsustainable management, land use change, agricultural practices, pollution, forestry abandonment of arable land, pollution, practices, construction activities and soil construction activities and soil sealing, sealing, climate change, often combined climate change, often combined with other with other factors, thus threatening their factors, thus threatening their capacities to capacities to provide ecosystem services; provide ecosystem services;

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Draft motion for a resolution Recital Γ

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C. whereas, both in the EU and B. whereas, both in the EU and globally, land and soil continue to be globally, land and soil continue to be degraded by a wide range of human degraded by a wide range of human activities, such as poor land management, activities, such as poor land management, land use change, unsustainable agricultural land use change, unsustainable agricultural practices, pollution, forestry practices, and livestock husbandry practices, construction activities and soil sealing, pollution, forestry practices, industrial and climate change, often combined with other construction activities, tourism, soil factors, thus threatening their capacities to sealing, biodiversity loss and climate provide ecosystem services; change, often combined with other factors, thus threatening their capacities to provide ecosystem services;

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Amendment 47 Aurélia Beigneux, Annika Bruna, Joëlle Mélin, Catherine Griset

Draft motion for a resolution Recital C

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C. whereas, both in the EU and C. whereas, both in the EU and globally, land and soil continue to be globally, land and soil continue to be degraded by a wide range of human degraded by a wide range of human activities, such as poor land management, activities, such as poor land management, land use change, unsustainable agricultural land use change, certain unsustainable practices, pollution, forestry practices, agricultural practices, pollution, forestry construction activities and soil sealing, practices not taking into account the climate change, often combined with other renewal of parcels, construction activities factors, thus threatening their capacities to and soil sealing, climate change, often provide ecosystem services; combined with other factors, thus threatening their capacities to provide ecosystem services;

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PE689.631v01-00 22/205 AM\1225880EN.docx EN Amendment 48 Margarita de la Pisa Carrión

Draft motion for a resolution Recital C

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C. whereas, both in the EU and C. whereas, both in the EU and globally, land and soil continue to be globally, land and soil continue to be degraded by a wide range of human degraded at varying speeds by a wide activities, such as poor land management, range of human activities, such as poor land use change, unsustainable agricultural land management, land use change, practices, pollution, forestry practices, unsustainable agricultural practices, construction activities and soil sealing, pollution, forestry practices, construction climate change, often combined with other activities and soil sealing, climate change, factors, thus threatening their capacities to often combined with other factors, thus provide ecosystem services; threatening their capacities to provide ecosystem services;

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Amendment 49 Ulrike Müller, Nils Torvalds, Andreas Glück, Ondřej Knotek

Draft motion for a resolution Recital C

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C. whereas, both in the EU and C. whereas, both in the EU and globally, land and soil continue to be globally, land and soil continue to be degraded by a wide range of human degraded by a wide range of human activities, such as poor land management, activities, such as poor land management, land use change, unsustainable agricultural land use change, unsustainable agricultural practices, pollution, forestry practices, practices, pollution, unsustainable forestry construction activities and soil sealing, practices, construction activities and soil climate change, often combined with other sealing, climate change, often combined factors, thus threatening their capacities to with other factors, thus threatening their provide ecosystem services; capacities to provide ecosystem services;

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Amendment 50 Idoia Villanueva Ruiz, Manuel Bompard, Mick Wallace, Silvia Modig

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C a. whereas soil is a shrinking resource, with over 500 km2 of agriculture or natural land disappearing every year in the EU, as it is converted into artificial areas; whereas we are losing soil at a rate of 17 greater than it is reforming;

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Amendment 51 Idoia Villanueva Ruiz, Manuel Bompard, Mick Wallace, Silvia Modig

Draft motion for a resolution Recital C b (new)

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C b. whereas the quality of water is closely linked to the quality of soils; whereas soils play an essential role in the provision of drinking water for human consumption and healthy soils correlate with safer drinking water; whereas improving groundwater and surface water quality and quantity contributes to achieving the goals of the Water Framework Directive and these improvements require ambitious reductions in manure, fertilizers and pesticides and fully remediating contaminated sites;

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Amendment 52 Idoia Villanueva Ruiz, Manuel Bompard, Mick Wallace, Silvia Modig, João Ferreira

Draft motion for a resolution Recital C c (new)

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C c. whereas soils play a vital role for water management, as healthy soils with a high level of organic matter better benefit the water system and contribute to climate change mitigation and adaptation; whereas wetlands, peatlands and rural or urban nature-based solutions store and infiltrate rainwater, which allows filling aquifers for bridging dry periods and avoids connections to sewers, which reduces spills of untreated waste water during heavy rains;

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Amendment 53 Martin Hojsík, Irena Joveva, Frédérique Ries, Nicolae Ştefănuță, María Soraya Rodríguez Ramos

Draft motion for a resolution Recital D

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D. whereas several key threats to the D. whereas several key threats to the soil have been identified in the EU such as: soil have been identified in the EU such as: erosion, floods and landslides, loss of soil erosion, floods and landslides, loss of soil organic matter, salinisation, contamination, organic matter, salinisation, contamination, compaction, sealing, and loss of soil compaction, sealing, and loss of soil biodiversity, acidification, desertification; biodiversity, acidification, desertification; whereas most of these threats are not whereas most of these ongoing addressed in existing European legislation; degradation processes are not adequately addressed or not addressed at all in existing European legislation;

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Amendment 54 Alexander Bernhuber

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D. whereas several key threats to the D. whereas several key threats to the soil have been identified in the EU such as: soil have been identified in the EU such as: erosion, floods and landslides, loss of soil climate change, sealing, compaction, organic matter, salinisation, contamination, erosion, floods and landslides, draughts, compaction, sealing, and loss of soil loss of soil organic matter, salinisation, biodiversity, acidification, desertification; contamination, and loss of soil whereas most of these threats are not biodiversity, acidification, desertification; addressed in existing European legislation; whereas most of these threats are addressed in existing European and national legislation;

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Amendment 55 Margarita de la Pisa Carrión

Draft motion for a resolution Recital D

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D. whereas several key threats to the D. whereas several key threats to the soil have been identified in the EU such as: soil have been identified in the EU such as: erosion, floods and landslides, loss of soil erosion, floods and landslides, loss of soil organic matter, salinisation, contamination, organic matter, fires, storms, salinisation, compaction, sealing, and loss of soil contamination, compaction, sealing, and biodiversity, acidification, desertification; loss of soil biodiversity, acidification, whereas most of these threats are not desertification; whereas most of these addressed in existing European legislation; threats are not addressed in existing European legislation;

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Amendment 56 Pietro Fiocchi

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PE689.631v01-00 26/205 AM\1225880EN.docx EN organic matter, salinisation, contamination, hydrogeological instability, loss of soil compaction, sealing, and loss of soil organic matter, salinisation, contamination, biodiversity, acidification, desertification; compaction, sealing, and loss of soil whereas most of these threats are not biodiversity, acidification, desertification; addressed in existing European legislation; whereas most of these threats are not addressed in existing European legislation;

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Amendment 57 Róża Thun und Hohenstein, Michal Wiezik, Sirpa Pietikäinen, Radan Kanev

Draft motion for a resolution Recital D a (new)

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D a. Whereas the unsustainable management of land and soil has several negative impacts not only on terrestrial and freshwater biodiversity but also on marine biodiversity, causing changes in hydrographic conditions, excess nutrient and contamination concentrations, and increased loss and deterioration of coastal marine ecosystems; whereas shorelines protection is projected to be declining in Europe, threatening the natural capacity of coastal ecosystems to reduce the impacts of climate change and extreme weather events in the most vulnerable coastal zones;

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Amendment 58 Maria Arena, Rovana Plumb, Javi López, César Luena, Tudor Ciuhodaru, Sándor Rónai, Petar Vitanov, Sara Cerdas

Draft motion for a resolution Recital D a (new)

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D a. whereas urban expansion and infrastructure keeps increasing the

AM\1225880EN.docx 27/205 PE689.631v01-00 EN pressure on soil, whereas it is estimated that over 1000 km² of agriculture or natural land disappear every year in the EU, as it is converted into artificial areas; whereas organic matter is very scarce in 45% of Europe’s soil (0-2% organic carbon content); whereas approximately 3 million sites with potentially polluting activities in Europe are identified, 390 000 of which are expected to require remediation;

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Amendment 59 Aurélia Beigneux, Annika Bruna, Joëlle Mélin, Catherine Griset

Draft motion for a resolution Recital D a (new)

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Da. whereas erosion is a natural phenomenon which can create mudflows having sometimes disastrous consequences, with the emergence of deep gullies leading to the loss of the soil’s fertile surface layer, and whereas, in the long term, erosion can lead to soil degradation and the loss of cultivable land;

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Amendment 60 Michal Wiezik, Róża Thun und Hohenstein

Draft motion for a resolution Recital D a (new)

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D a. whereas land use modifies the quality and quantity of ecosystem services by conditioning the potential of land and soil to provide these services; whereas the

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Amendment 61 Antoni Comín i Oliveres

Draft motion for a resolution Recital D a (new)

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D a. whereas the availability of soil information in Europe is still incomplete and not harmonised; whereas it hampers the adoption of relevant decisions for soil protection both at regional and local scales;

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Amendment 62 Maria Arena, Rovana Plumb, Javi López, César Luena, Tudor Ciuhodaru, Sándor Rónai, Petar Vitanov, Sara Cerdas

Draft motion for a resolution Recital D b (new)

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D b. whereas land recycling accounts for only 13 % of urban developments in the EU; whereas the EU commitment to achieve land degradation neutrality by 20301a and the EU 2050 target of no net land take are unlikely to be met unless annual rates of land take are further reduced and/or land recycling is increased;

AM\1225880EN.docx 29/205 PE689.631v01-00 EN ______1a European Court of Auditors Special report n°33/2018: Combating desertification in the EU: a growing threat in need of more action

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Amendment 63 Aurélia Beigneux, Annika Bruna, Joëlle Mélin, Catherine Griset

Draft motion for a resolution Recital D b (new)

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Db. whereas erosion is both a national and a European concern, with 17% of European territory being affected by erosion, according to the European Environment Agency (EEA);

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Amendment 64 Maria Arena, Rovana Plumb, Javi López, César Luena, Tudor Ciuhodaru, Sándor Rónai, Petar Vitanov, Sara Cerdas

Draft motion for a resolution Recital D c (new)

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D c. whereas soils are degrading across Europe, costing €1.25 billion in annual agricultural productivity loss1a; whereas significant areas of EU farmland are facing salinisation and desertification, with 32-36% of European subsoils highly susceptible to compaction; ______1a https://ec.europa.eu/jrc/en/news/soil- erosion-costs-european-farmers-125- billion- year#:~:text=Soil%20erosion%20costs%2

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Amendment 65 Aurélia Beigneux, Annika Bruna, Joëlle Mélin, Catherine Griset

Draft motion for a resolution Recital D c (new)

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Dc. whereas, across Europe, a little over a fifth of soils are susceptible to wind erosion, of which 3% (or 13 million hectares) are highly susceptible;

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Amendment 66 Aurélia Beigneux, Annika Bruna, Joëlle Mélin, Catherine Griset

Draft motion for a resolution Recital D d (new)

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Dd. whereas no Member State is spared from coastal erosion, and whereas this coastline retreat leads to soil erosion on Europe's coasts;

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Amendment 67 Maria Arena, Rovana Plumb, Javi López, César Luena, Tudor Ciuhodaru, Sándor Rónai, Petar Vitanov, Sara Cerdas

Draft motion for a resolution Recital D d (new)

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AM\1225880EN.docx 31/205 PE689.631v01-00 EN D d. whereas soil erosion affects 25% of agricultural land in the EU and increased by some 20% between 2000 and 2010;

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Amendment 68 Maria Arena, Rovana Plumb, Javi López, César Luena, Tudor Ciuhodaru, Sándor Rónai, Petar Vitanov, Sara Cerdas

Draft motion for a resolution Recital D e (new)

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D e. whereas the responsibility of the EU for soil protection does not stop at EU borders as demand for areas to settle, grow food and biomass is rising around the world, and climate change is likely to impact negatively on land demand, availability and degradation; whereas the EU contributes to land degradation in third countries, as net "importer" of land, embedded into imported products;

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Amendment 69 Maria Arena, Rovana Plumb, Javi López, César Luena, Tudor Ciuhodaru, Sándor Rónai, Petar Vitanov, Sara Cerdas

Draft motion for a resolution Recital D f (new)

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D f. whereas land degradation exacerbates the impacts of natural disasters and contributes to social problems;

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PE689.631v01-00 32/205 AM\1225880EN.docx EN Amendment 70 Maria Arena, Rovana Plumb, Javi López, César Luena, Tudor Ciuhodaru, Sándor Rónai, Petar Vitanov, Sara Cerdas

Draft motion for a resolution Recital D g (new)

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D g. whereas 80% of nitrogen is wasted and lost to the environment1a; whereas, together, the different forms of wasted nitrogen threatens air quality, water quality, climate change through nitrous oxide emissions, soil quality and biodiversity and leads to the depletion of stratospheric ozone; whereas improving nitrogen use efficiency not only supports climate, nature and health goals but also saves US$100 billion globally annually; ______1a https://wedocs.unep.org/bitstream/handle/ 20.500.11822/27543/Frontiers1819_ch4.p df?sequence=1

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Amendment 71 Maria Arena, Rovana Plumb, Javi López, César Luena, Tudor Ciuhodaru, Sándor Rónai, Petar Vitanov, Sara Cerdas

Draft motion for a resolution Recital D h (new)

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D h. whereas agricultural intensification is causing increasing soil contamination by pesticide residues, becoming an issue of increasing concern in Europe due to some pesticides’ high soil persistence and toxicity to non-target species; whereas diffuse pollution by agrochemicals has become a major threat to soil and presents serious human health risks;

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Amendment 72 Maria Arena, Rovana Plumb, Javi López, César Luena, Tudor Ciuhodaru, Sándor Rónai, Petar Vitanov, Sara Cerdas

Draft motion for a resolution Recital D i (new)

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D i. whereas large parts of Southern Europe are likely to become desertified by 2050 as a result of climate change and inappropriate agricultural practices; whereas this threat is not coherently, efficiently, and effectively addresses at the EU level; whereas salinisation affects 3.8 million ha in the EU, with severe soil salinity along the coastlines, particularly in the Mediterranean;

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Amendment 73 Alexander Bernhuber

Draft motion for a resolution Recital E

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E. whereas soil protection in Europe is E. whereas soil protection in Europe currently derived from the protection of is sometimes derived from the protection other environmental resources and threats of other environmental resources and and is fragmented among many policy threats and is partly fragmented among instruments that lack coordination and many policy instruments, both at the EU which are often non-binding, both at the and Member States level; EU and Member States level;

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Amendment 74 Martin Hojsík, Irena Joveva, Frédérique Ries, Nicolae Ştefănuță, María Soraya

PE689.631v01-00 34/205 AM\1225880EN.docx EN Rodríguez Ramos

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E. whereas soil protection in Europe is E. whereas soil protection in Europe is currently derived from the protection of currently derived from the protection of other environmental resources and threats other environmental resources and is and is fragmented among many policy partial and fragmented among many instruments that lack coordination and policy instruments that lack coordination which are often non-binding, both at the and which are often non-binding, both at EU and Member States level; the EU and Member States level;

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Amendment 75 Margarita de la Pisa Carrión

Draft motion for a resolution Recital E

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E. whereas soil protection in Europe is E. whereas soil protection in Europe is currently derived from the protection of currently derived from the protection of other environmental resources and threats other environmental resources and threats and is fragmented among many policy and is fragmented among many policy instruments that lack coordination and instruments that should which are often non-binding, both at the be coordinated more effectively and which EU and Member States level; are often non-binding, both at the EU and Member States level;

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Amendment 76 Petros Kokkalis

Draft motion for a resolution Recital Ε

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E. whereas soil protection in Europe is E. whereas soil protection in Europe is currently derived from the protection of currently derived from the protection of

AM\1225880EN.docx 35/205 PE689.631v01-00 EN other environmental resources and threats other environmental resources and threats and is fragmented among many policy and is fragmented among many policy instruments that lack coordination and instruments that lack coordination and which are often non-binding, both at the which are often non-binding at the EU, EU and Member States level; Member States and regional levels;

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Amendment 77 Martin Hojsík, Irena Joveva, Frédérique Ries, Nicolae Ştefănuță, María Soraya Rodríguez Ramos

Draft motion for a resolution Recital E a (new)

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E a. whereas it is estimated that soil erosion causes an estimated loss of agricultural production of EUR 1.25 billion in the EU annually1k; whereas carbon stocks in arable topsoils are declining and the EU has been losing its wetlands and peatlands steadily; ______1k P. Panagos, et al. (2018). Cost of agricultural productivity loss due to soil erosion in the European Union: From direct cost evaluation approaches to the use of macroeconomic models

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Amendment 78 Norbert Lins

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Amendment 79 Alexander Bernhuber

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Amendment 80 Ulrike Müller, Nils Torvalds, Andreas Glück, Ondřej Knotek

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F. whereas voluntary national F. whereas voluntary national initiatives and existing national measures initiatives and existing national measures are important for achieving the objective of are important for achieving the objective of greater soil protection, but have proved in greater soil protection, but more efforts are the past to be insufficient to prevent its needed to prevent its further degradation; further degradation;

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Amendment 81 Tudor Ciuhodaru

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F. whereas voluntary national F. whereas voluntary national initiatives and existing national measures initiatives and existing national measures are important for achieving the objective of are important for achieving the objective of greater soil protection, but have proved in greater soil protection, but have proved in the past to be insufficient to prevent its the past to be insufficient to prevent its further degradation; further degradation; whereas cross-border measures are also necessary for problems arising from pollution or major incidents;

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Amendment 82 Margarita de la Pisa Carrión

Draft motion for a resolution Recital F

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F. whereas voluntary national F. whereas voluntary national initiatives and existing national measures initiatives and existing national measures are important for achieving the objective of are important for achieving the objective of greater soil protection, but have proved in greater soil protection, but have proved in the past to be insufficient to prevent its the past to be insufficient to prevent its further degradation; further degradation on their own;

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Amendment 83 Michal Wiezik, Róża Thun und Hohenstein

Draft motion for a resolution Recital F

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F. whereas voluntary national F. whereas voluntary national initiatives and existing national measures initiatives and existing national measures are important for achieving the objective of are important for achieving the objective of greater soil protection, but have proved in greater soil protection, but have proved in the past to be insufficient to prevent its the past to be insufficient to prevent its further degradation; further degradation, including land take;

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Amendment 84 Michal Wiezik, Róża Thun und Hohenstein

Draft motion for a resolution Recital F a (new)

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F a. whereas during the period 2000- 2018, 11 times more land was taken than was recultivated1a; whereas with no binding measures to limit land take and boost restoration, recultivation and recycling the objective of no net land take for 2050 will be impossible to be reached; ______1a EEA, 2020: Environment State and Outlook Report

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Amendment 85 Idoia Villanueva Ruiz, Manuel Bompard, Mick Wallace, Silvia Modig

Draft motion for a resolution Recital F a (new)

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F a. whereas the proposal for a Soil Framework Directive was withdrawn in May 2014 after eight years of blockage by a minority of Member States in the Council, and existing EU policies in other sectors are insufficient to guarantee an adequate level of protection for all soils in the EU;

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Amendment 86 Idoia Villanueva Ruiz, Manuel Bompard, Mick Wallace, Silvia Modig, João Ferreira

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F b. whereas healthy soils are key to preventing floods and droughts and restoring soil health is a powerful nature- based solution that can significantly help adapt to the effects of climate change;

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Amendment 87 Aurélia Beigneux, Annika Bruna, Joëlle Mélin, Catherine Griset

Draft motion for a resolution Recital G

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G. whereas the lack of a deleted comprehensive, adequate, coherent and integrated EU legal framework for protecting Europe’s land and soil resources has been identified as a key gap that contributes to the continuous degradation of many soils within the Union, reduces the effectiveness of the existing incentives and measures, and limits Europe´s ability to achieve its environmental, sustainable development and climate-related agenda and international commitments;

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Amendment 88 Norbert Lins

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PE689.631v01-00 40/205 AM\1225880EN.docx EN G. whereas the lack of a G. whereas a framework directive on comprehensive, adequate, coherent and soil is not compatible with the subsidiarity integrated EU legal framework for principle, generates considerable protecting Europe’s land and soil bureaucracy and would result in high resources has been identified as a key gap follow-up costs when implemented; that contributes to the continuous degradation of many soils within the Union, reduces the effectiveness of the existing incentives and measures, and limits Europe´s ability to achieve its environmental, sustainable development and climate-related agenda and international commitments;

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Amendment 89 Alexander Bernhuber

Draft motion for a resolution Recital G

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G. whereas the lack of a G. whereas a comprehensive, comprehensive, adequate, coherent and adequate, coherent and integrated integrated EU legal framework for EU strategy for protecting Europe’s land protecting Europe’s land and soil resources and soil resources could contribute the has been identified as a key gap that effectiveness of the existing incentives and contributes to the continuous degradation measures, therefore supporting Europe´s of many soils within the Union, reduces ability to achieve its environmental, the effectiveness of the existing incentives sustainable development and climate- and measures, and limits Europe´s ability related agenda and international to achieve its environmental, sustainable commitments; development and climate-related agenda and international commitments;

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Amendment 90 Pernille Weiss, Norbert Lins, Dan-Ştefan Motreanu, Ljudmila Novak, Edina Tóth, Lídia Pereira, Christine Schneider

Draft motion for a resolution Recital G

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G. whereas the lack of a G. whereas the lack of a comprehensive, adequate, coherent and comprehensive, adequate, coherent and integrated EU legal framework for integrated EU framework for protecting protecting Europe’s land and soil resources Europe’s land and soil resources has been has been identified as a key gap that identified as a key gap that contributes to contributes to the continuous degradation the continuous degradation of many soils of many soils within the Union, reduces the within the Union, reduces the effectiveness effectiveness of the existing incentives and of the existing incentives and measures, measures, and limits Europe´s ability to and limits Europe´s ability to achieve its achieve its environmental, sustainable environmental, sustainable development development and climate-related agenda and climate-related agenda and and international commitments; international commitments; whereas an earlier attempt to introduce a legal framework for soil protection in the EU has been tried without any success;

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Amendment 91 Ulrike Müller, Nils Torvalds, Andreas Glück, Ondřej Knotek

Draft motion for a resolution Recital G

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G. whereas the lack of a G. whereas the lack of a comprehensive, adequate, coherent and comprehensive, adequate, coherent, integrated EU legal framework for integrated and proportionate EU protecting Europe’s land and soil resources framework for protecting Europe’s land has been identified as a key gap that and soil resources has been identified as a contributes to the continuous degradation key gap that contributes to the continuous of many soils within the Union, reduces the degradation of many soils within the effectiveness of the existing incentives and Union, reduces the effectiveness of the measures, and limits Europe´s ability to existing incentives and measures, and achieve its environmental, sustainable limits Europe´s ability to achieve its development and climate-related agenda environmental, sustainable development and international commitments; and climate-related agenda and international commitments;

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Amendment 92 Alexandr Vondra

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Amendment 93 Martin Hojsík, Irena Joveva, Frédérique Ries, Nicolae Ştefănuță, María Soraya Rodríguez Ramos

Draft motion for a resolution Recital G a (new)

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G a. whereas according to the EEA the absence of suitable EU soil legislation contributes to soil degradation within Europe and progress towards sustainable development in Europe and globally is not possible if land and soil resources are not properly addressed1a; ______1a EEA (2019): The European environment - state and outlook 2020

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Amendment 94 Pernille Weiss, Norbert Lins, Dan-Ştefan Motreanu, Ljudmila Novak, Edina Tóth,

AM\1225880EN.docx 43/205 PE689.631v01-00 EN Radan Kanev, Lídia Pereira, Christine Schneider

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G a. whereas the Commission in 2006 adopted its Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a framework for the protection of soil and amending Directive 2004/35/EC2a and withdrew it again in 20143a; ______2a COM(2006) 232 final; 3a 2014/C 153/03

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Amendment 95 Idoia Villanueva Ruiz, Manuel Bompard, Mick Wallace, Silvia Modig

Draft motion for a resolution Recital G a (new)

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G a. whereas 95% of our food is directly or indirectly produced from our soils;

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Amendment 96 Martin Hojsík, Irena Joveva, Frédérique Ries, Nicolae Ştefănuță, María Soraya Rodríguez Ramos

Draft motion for a resolution Recital G b (new)

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G b. whereas according to the review of the current evidence of the state of EU

PE689.631v01-00 44/205 AM\1225880EN.docx EN soils, approximately 60-70% of EU soils are unhealthy due to the current management practices, with a further, but yet uncertain percentage of soils being unhealthy due to poorly quantified pollution issues1b; ______1b Veerman, C., et al. (2020), Caring for Soil is Caring for Life. In Interim Report for the Mission Board for Soil Health and Food; European Commission: Brussels, Belgium; p. 52.

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Amendment 97 Pernille Weiss, Norbert Lins, Dan-Ştefan Motreanu, Ljudmila Novak, Edina Tóth, Lídia Pereira, Christine Schneider

Draft motion for a resolution Recital G b (new)

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G b. whereas a too ambitious legal approach may undermine the very purpose of a strong and effective framework for soil protection in the EU;

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Amendment 98 Idoia Villanueva Ruiz, Manuel Bompard, Mick Wallace, Silvia Modig, João Ferreira

Draft motion for a resolution Recital G b (new)

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G b. whereas soil recycles nutrients which are essential for our ecosystems;

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AM\1225880EN.docx 45/205 PE689.631v01-00 EN Amendment 99 Martin Hojsík, Irena Joveva, Frédérique Ries, Nicolae Ştefănuță, María Soraya Rodríguez Ramos

Draft motion for a resolution Recital G c (new)

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G c. whereas local soil contamination in EU was estimated at 2.5 million potentially contaminated sites in Europe, with 350 000 expected to require remediation1l; whereas comprehensive information is lacking on diffuse soil pollution (e.g. from pesticides, fertilisers, emerging pollutants, heavy metals and unknown pollutants), which represent major threat to soil and human health; ______1l Commission Staff Working Document (2019): Evaluation of the 7th EAP, SWD/2019/181

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Amendment 100 Martin Hojsík, Irena Joveva, Frédérique Ries, Nicolae Ştefănuță, María Soraya Rodríguez Ramos

Draft motion for a resolution Recital G d (new)

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G d. whereas scientific evidence has proved that soil and its organisms are substantially exposed to mixture of chemicals, including persistent and bioaccumulative chemicals, pesticide residues, hydrocarbons, heavy metals, solvents and their mixtures substantially, leading to high risk of chronic toxicity, potentially altering biodiversity, hindering recovery, and impairing ecosystem functions1c;

PE689.631v01-00 46/205 AM\1225880EN.docx EN ______1c V. Silva, et al. (2019): Pesticide residues in European agricultural soils – A hidden reality unfolded, Science of The Total Environment,Volume 653. C. Pelosi, et al. (2021): Residues of currently used pesticides in soils and earthworms: A silent threat?, Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment, Volume 305.

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Amendment 101 Martin Hojsík, Irena Joveva, Frédérique Ries, Nicolae Ştefănuță, María Soraya Rodríguez Ramos

Draft motion for a resolution Recital G e (new)

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G e. whereas large parts of southern Europe are likely to become desert by 2050 as a result of climate change and inappropriate agronomic practices if strong action is not taken; whereas desertification is not coherently, effectively and efficiently addressed in the EU;4a ______4a Commission Staff Working Document (2019): Evaluation of the 7th EAP, SWD/2019/181 final

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Amendment 102 Martin Hojsík, Irena Joveva, Frédérique Ries, Nicolae Ştefănuță, María Soraya Rodríguez Ramos

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AM\1225880EN.docx 47/205 PE689.631v01-00 EN G f. whereas 32-36 % of European subsoils have high or very high susceptibility to compaction; whereas soil compaction is not addressed in existing EU legislation1d; ______1d Commission Staff Working Document (2019): Evaluation of the 7th EAP, SWD/2019/181 final

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Amendment 103 Martin Hojsík, Irena Joveva, Frédérique Ries, Nicolae Ştefănuță, María Soraya Rodríguez Ramos

Draft motion for a resolution Recital G g (new)

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G g. whereas soil erosion by water and wind is estimated to affect 22% of European land, and more than half of agricultural land in the EU has average erosion levels higher than what can be naturally replaced (representing over one tonne of lost soil per year and per hectare)1g, underlining the need for use of management techniques sustainable for soils; ______1g Commission Staff Working Document (2019): Evaluation of the 7th EAP, SWD/2019/181 final

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Amendment 104 Martin Hojsík, Irena Joveva, Frédérique Ries, Nicolae Ştefănuță, María Soraya Rodríguez Ramos

Draft motion for a resolution Recital G h (new)

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G h. whereas around 25% of irrigated agricultural land in the Mediterranean region is estimated to be affected by salt with an impact on agricultural potential; whereas the issue of salinisation is currently not addressed in existing EU legislation1h; ______1h Commission Staff Working Document (2019): Evaluation of the 7th EAP, SWD/2019/181 final

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Amendment 105 Martin Hojsík, Irena Joveva, Frédérique Ries, Nicolae Ştefănuță, María Soraya Rodríguez Ramos

Draft motion for a resolution Recital G i (new)

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G i. whereas loss of fertile land to urban development reduces the potential to produce bio-based materials and fuels to support a low-carbon bioeconomy;

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Amendment 106 Martin Hojsík, Irena Joveva, Frédérique Ries, Nicolae Ştefănuță, María Soraya Rodríguez Ramos

Draft motion for a resolution Recital G j (new)

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G j. whereas investing in avoiding land degradation and the restoration of degraded land makes sound economic sense as the benefits generally by far

AM\1225880EN.docx 49/205 PE689.631v01-00 EN exceed the cost; whereas the costs of restoration are estimated to be 10 times higher than prevention costs1e; ______1e IPBES (2018): The IPBES assessment report on land degradation and restoration

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Amendment 107 Martin Hojsík, Irena Joveva, Frédérique Ries, Nicolae Ştefănuță, María Soraya Rodríguez Ramos

Draft motion for a resolution Recital G l (new)

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G l. whereas soil eutrophication and acidification caused by excessive nitrogen deposition affects ecosystem services and biodiversity, including plant-pollinator interaction and networks;

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Amendment 108 Martin Hojsík, Irena Joveva, Frédérique Ries, Nicolae Ştefănuță, María Soraya Rodríguez Ramos

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H. whereas soil is mostly privately H. whereas land is mostly privately owned in the EU, while at the same time it owned in the EU, while at the same time is a common good that delivers food and soil is a common good that delivers food essential ecosystem services for the whole and essential ecosystem services for the society and nature; whole society and nature; believes that it is in the public interest that land users are encouraged to take precautionary measures to prevent soil degradation and to conserve soil and manage it sustainably

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Amendment 109 Alexander Bernhuber

Draft motion for a resolution Recital H

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H. whereas soil is mostly privately H. whereas soil is mostly privately owned in the EU, while at the same time it owned in the EU, while at the same time it is a common good that delivers food and is a common good that is needed for essential ecosystem services for the whole the production of food and delivers society and nature; essential ecosystem services for the whole society and nature; therefore supporting measures and further financial incentives for land-owners to protect soil and land are essential;

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Amendment 110 Pernille Weiss, Norbert Lins, Dan-Ştefan Motreanu, Ljudmila Novak, Edina Tóth, Lídia Pereira, Christine Schneider

Draft motion for a resolution Recital H

Draft motion for a resolution Amendment

H. whereas soil is mostly privately H. whereas soil is mostly privately owned in the EU, while at the same time it owned in the EU and should first and is a common good that delivers food and foremost be treated as such, while at the essential ecosystem services for the whole same time it is a common good that society and nature; delivers food and essential ecosystem services for the whole society and nature;

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Amendment 111 Ulrike Müller, Nils Torvalds, Andreas Glück

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H. whereas soil is mostly privately H. whereas soil is mostly privately owned in the EU, while at the same time it owned in the EU, while at the same time is a common good that delivers food and delivering food and essential ecosystem essential ecosystem services for the whole services for the whole society and nature; society and nature;

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Amendment 112 Aurélia Beigneux, Annika Bruna, Joëlle Mélin, Catherine Griset

Draft motion for a resolution Recital H

Draft motion for a resolution Amendment

H. whereas soil is mostly privately H. whereas soil is mostly privately owned in the EU, while at the same time it owned in the EU and whereas at the same is a common good that delivers food and time these parcels are a common good that essential ecosystem services for the whole deliver food and essential ecosystem society and nature; services for the whole society and nature;

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Amendment 113 Martin Hojsík, Irena Joveva, Frédérique Ries, Nicolae Ştefănuță, María Soraya Rodríguez Ramos

Draft motion for a resolution Recital H a (new)

Draft motion for a resolution Amendment

H a. whereas land recycling accounts for only 13% of urban developments in the EU and the EU 2050 target of no net land take is unlikely to be met unless annual rates of land take are further reduced and/or land recycling is increased;5a

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Amendment 114 Maria Arena, Rovana Plumb, Javi López, César Luena, Tudor Ciuhodaru, Sándor Rónai, Petar Vitanov, Sara Cerdas

Draft motion for a resolution Recital H a (new)

Draft motion for a resolution Amendment

H a. whereas a common level of protection is necessary at the EU level in order to ensure a level-playing field between all economic actors earning from the use of soil or using soil as a plat-form for their activities;

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Amendment 115 Maria Arena, Rovana Plumb, Tudor Ciuhodaru, Sándor Rónai, Petar Vitanov, Sara Cerdas

Draft motion for a resolution Recital H b (new)

Draft motion for a resolution Amendment

H b. whereas implementation of EU environmental policies, such as the Water Framework Directive or the Nitrates Directive, is undermined by policy frameworks promoting large-scale commodity production (incl. CAP, pesticide approval process, and biofuel incentives under the Renewable Energy Directive), unsustainable land development strategies, and enforcement gaps (e.g. lack of EU level monitoring requirement of pesticide residues in soil);

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Amendment 116 Maria Arena, Rovana Plumb, Javi López, César Luena, Tudor Ciuhodaru, Sándor Rónai, Petar Vitanov, Sara Cerdas

Draft motion for a resolution Recital H c (new)

Draft motion for a resolution Amendment

H c. whereas soils and surface waters are intimately related as a lot of surface and groundwater enters water bodies through soils; whereas substances in soils may, therefore, end up as pollutants in water bodies through diffuse pollution and erosion;

Or. en

Amendment 117 Maria Arena, Rovana Plumb, Javi López, César Luena, Tudor Ciuhodaru, Sándor Rónai, Petar Vitanov, Sara Cerdas

Draft motion for a resolution Recital H d (new)

Draft motion for a resolution Amendment

H d. whereas EU legislation is relatively comprehensive for water protection, but addresses control of pollutants from soils from the perspective of water protection rather than wider environmental protection including that of soils themselves;

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Amendment 118 Maria Arena, Javi López, César Luena, Tudor Ciuhodaru, Sándor Rónai, Petar Vitanov, Sara Cerdas

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H e. whereas soils extracted from construction sites accounted for more than 520 million tonnes of waste in 2018 and are by far the biggest source of waste produced in Europe, with every year five times the amount of household waste1a; whereas excavated soils are currently considered waste under EU law and are therefore disposed of in landfills; whereas a majority of those soils are not contaminated and could be safely reutilised elsewhere if a proper traceability system was put in place; ______1a Eurostat:https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/dat abrowser/view/ENV_WASGEN/bookmark /table?lang=en&bookmarkId=bbf937c1- ce8b-4b11-91b7-3bc5ef0ea042

Or. en

Amendment 119 Maria Arena, Rovana Plumb, Javi López, César Luena, Tudor Ciuhodaru, Sándor Rónai, Petar Vitanov, Sara Cerdas

Draft motion for a resolution Recital H f (new)

Draft motion for a resolution Amendment

H f. whereas there is a risk that the EU and its Member states will fail to fulfil international and European commitments linked to soil and land degradation;

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Amendment 120 Alexander Bernhuber

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I. whereas soil and land degradation deleted has inherent transboundary aspects linked for example to climate change and pollution that require response at the EU level;

Or. en

Amendment 121 Norbert Lins

Draft motion for a resolution Recital I

Draft motion for a resolution Amendment

I. whereas soil and land degradation I. whereas soil and land degradation has inherent transboundary aspects linked has virtually no transboundary aspects; for example to climate change and pollution that require response at the EU level;

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Amendment 122 Stanislav Polčák

Draft motion for a resolution Recital I

Draft motion for a resolution Amendment

I. whereas soil and land degradation I. whereas soil and land degradation has inherent transboundary aspects linked has inherent transboundary aspects and for example to climate change and consequences, and ultimately has a pollution that require response at the EU significant impact on ongoing changes in level; the climate that require response at the EU level;

Or. cs

PE689.631v01-00 56/205 AM\1225880EN.docx EN Amendment 123 Alexandr Vondra

Draft motion for a resolution Recital I

Draft motion for a resolution Amendment

I. whereas soil and land degradation I. whereas soil and land degradation has inherent transboundary aspects linked can have inherent transboundary aspects for example to climate change and linked for example to climate change and pollution that require response at the EU pollution and that these forms of level; degradation and pollution require a response at the EU level;

Or. en

Amendment 124 Martin Hojsík, Irena Joveva, Frédérique Ries, Nicolae Ştefănuță, María Soraya Rodríguez Ramos

Draft motion for a resolution Recital I

Draft motion for a resolution Amendment

I. whereas soil and land degradation I. whereas soil and land degradation has inherent transboundary aspects linked has inherent transboundary aspects linked for example to climate change and for example to climate change, flooding pollution that require response at the EU and sedimentation, infrastructure damage level; and pollution that require response at the EU level; whereas the soil degrading practices in one country can result in costs being borne by a different Member State; whereas differences between national soil protection regimes, e.g. as regards soil contamination, can impose on economic operators very different obligations and distort competition on the internal market;

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Amendment 125

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Draft motion for a resolution Recital I

Draft motion for a resolution Amendment

I. whereas soil and land degradation I. whereas soil and land degradation has inherent transboundary aspects linked has inherent transboundary aspects linked, for example to climate change and inter alia, to climate change (both pollution that require response at the EU mitigation and adaptation), water and level; pollution that require response at the EU level;

Or. en

Amendment 126 Antoni Comín i Oliveres

Draft motion for a resolution Recital I

Draft motion for a resolution Amendment

Or. en

Amendment 127 Pernille Weiss, Norbert Lins, Dan-Ştefan Motreanu, Ljudmila Novak, Edina Tóth, Roberta Metsola, Radan Kanev, Lídia Pereira, Christine Schneider

Draft motion for a resolution Recital I

Draft motion for a resolution Amendment

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Amendment 128 Margarita de la Pisa Carrión

Draft motion for a resolution Recital I

Draft motion for a resolution Amendment

Or. es

Amendment 129 Petros Kokkalis

Draft motion for a resolution Recital Θ

Draft motion for a resolution Amendment

Or. el

Amendment 130 Aurélia Beigneux, Annika Bruna, Joëlle Mélin, Catherine Griset

Draft motion for a resolution Recital I

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Or. fr

Amendment 131 Idoia Villanueva Ruiz, Manuel Bompard, Mick Wallace, Silvia Modig

Draft motion for a resolution Recital I a (new)

Draft motion for a resolution Amendment

I a. whereas soil contains over twice the amount of carbon that is found in the atmosphere and three times the amount stored in the planet’s vegetation; whereas healthy soils are crucial for climate change mitigation; whereas there is great potential to increase the carbon capture of soil by improving soil health;

Or. en

Amendment 132 Martin Hojsík, Irena Joveva, Frédérique Ries, Nicolae Ştefănuță, María Soraya Rodríguez Ramos

Draft motion for a resolution Recital I a (new)

Draft motion for a resolution Amendment

I a. whereas pollutants emitted to atmosphere and water can have indirect effects through deposition on the ground, which can negatively affect the quality of soil;

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Amendment 133 Manuela Ripa

Draft motion for a resolution Recital I a (new)

Draft motion for a resolution Amendment

I a. Whereas excavated soils accounted for more than 520 million tonnes of waste in 2018 and are by far the biggest source of waste produced in the EU;

Or. en

Amendment 134 Aurélia Beigneux, Annika Bruna, Joëlle Mélin, Catherine Griset

Draft motion for a resolution Recital I a (new)

Draft motion for a resolution Amendment

Ia. whereas the challenge of soil protection is based on the premise that soil issues have a transboundary dimension;

Or. fr

Amendment 135 Pernille Weiss, Norbert Lins, Dan-Ştefan Motreanu, Ljudmila Novak, Edina Tóth, Radan Kanev, Lídia Pereira, Christine Schneider

Draft motion for a resolution Recital I a (new)

Draft motion for a resolution Amendment

I a. whereas soils waste accounted for more than 520 million tonnes in the EU in 20181a;

AM\1225880EN.docx 61/205 PE689.631v01-00 EN ______1a https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/ view/ENV_WASGEN/bookmark/table?lan g=en&bookmarkId=bbf937c1-ce8b-4b11- 91b7-3bc5ef0ea042

Or. en

Amendment 136 Martin Hojsík, Irena Joveva, Frédérique Ries, Nicolae Ştefănuță, María Soraya Rodríguez Ramos

Draft motion for a resolution Recital I b (new)

Draft motion for a resolution Amendment

I b. whereas excavated soils accounted for more than 520 million tonnes of waste in 2018 and are by far the biggest source of waste produced in the EU and a majority of those soils are not contaminated and could be safely reutilised if a recovery target coupled with a comprehensive traceability system were put in place;

Or. en

Amendment 137 Aurélia Beigneux, Annika Bruna, Joëlle Mélin, Catherine Griset

Draft motion for a resolution Recital I b (new)

Draft motion for a resolution Amendment

Ib. whereas the outermost regions (ORs) and the overseas countries and territories (OCTs) have specific soils, such as soil which has developed on an old volcanic base, and consequently they have their own specific characteristics;

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Amendment 138 Manuela Ripa

Draft motion for a resolution Recital I b (new)

Draft motion for a resolution Amendment

I b. Whereas a majority of the soils are not contaminated and could be safely reutilised if a recovery target coupled with a comprehensive traceability system were put in place;

Or. en

Amendment 139 Pernille Weiss, Norbert Lins, Dan-Ştefan Motreanu, Ljudmila Novak, Edina Tóth, Roberta Metsola, Radan Kanev, Lídia Pereira, Christine Schneider

Draft motion for a resolution Recital I b (new)

Draft motion for a resolution Amendment

I b. whereas coastal protection should be included in a future cross-sectoral soil strategy;

Or. en

Amendment 140 Aurélia Beigneux, Annika Bruna, Joëlle Mélin, Catherine Griset

Draft motion for a resolution Recital J

Draft motion for a resolution Amendment

J. whereas a coherent and adequate deleted EU soil protection policy is a prerequisite in order to achieve the objectives of the Paris Agreement and the European Green

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Amendment 141 Alexandr Vondra

Draft motion for a resolution Recital J

Draft motion for a resolution Amendment

J. whereas a coherent and adequate deleted EU soil protection policy is a prerequisite in order to achieve the objectives of the Paris Agreement and the European Green Deal, and in particular, climate neutrality objective, the Farm-to-Fork Strategy, the Biodiversity strategy and the zero- pollution ambition and other main environmental and societal challenges;

Or. en

Amendment 142 Andreas Glück, Ondřej Knotek

Draft motion for a resolution Recital J

Draft motion for a resolution Amendment

J. whereas a coherent and adequate J. whereas coherent and adequate EU EU soil protection policy is a prerequisite soil protection policy is a prerequisite to in order to achieve the objectives of the achieve the objectives of the Paris Paris Agreement and the European Green Agreement and the European Green Deal, Deal, and in particular, climate neutrality and in particular, the climate neutrality objective, the Farm-to-Fork Strategy, the objective, the Farm-to-Fork Strategy, the Biodiversity strategy and the zero-pollution Biodiversity strategy and the zero-pollution ambition and other main environmental ambition; and societal challenges;

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Amendment 143 Alexander Bernhuber

Draft motion for a resolution Recital J

Draft motion for a resolution Amendment

J. whereas a coherent and adequate J. whereas coherent and adequate soil EU soil protection policy is a prerequisite protection is a prerequisite in order to in order to achieve the objectives of the adapt to climate change, achieve the Paris Agreement and the European Green objectives of the Paris Agreement and the Deal, and in particular, climate neutrality European Green Deal, and in particular, objective, the Farm-to-Fork Strategy, the climate neutrality objective, the Farm-to- Biodiversity strategy and the zero-pollution Fork Strategy, the Biodiversity strategy ambition and other main environmental and the zero-pollution ambition and other and societal challenges; main environmental and societal challenges;

Or. en

Amendment 144 Michal Wiezik, Róża Thun und Hohenstein

Draft motion for a resolution Recital J

Draft motion for a resolution Amendment

J. whereas a coherent and adequate J. whereas a coherent and adequate EU soil protection policy is a prerequisite EU soil protection policy is intertwined in order to achieve the objectives of the with and a prerequisite in order to achieve Paris Agreement and the European Green the objectives of the Paris Agreement and Deal, and in particular, climate neutrality the European Green Deal, and in particular, objective, the Farm-to-Fork Strategy, the climate neutrality objective, Common Biodiversity strategy and the zero- Agricultural policy, the Farm-to-Fork pollution ambition and other main Strategy, the Biodiversity strategy, Forest environmental and societal challenges; Strategy, the zero-pollution ambition, bioeconomy agenda and other main environmental and societal challenges;

Or. en

AM\1225880EN.docx 65/205 PE689.631v01-00 EN Amendment 145 Maria Arena, Rovana Plumb, Javi López, César Luena, Tudor Ciuhodaru, Sándor Rónai, Petar Vitanov, Sara Cerdas

Draft motion for a resolution Recital J

Draft motion for a resolution Amendment

J. whereas a coherent and adequate J. whereas a coherent and adequate EU soil protection policy is a prerequisite EU soil protection policy is a prerequisite in order to achieve the objectives of the in order to achieve the objectives of the Paris Agreement and the European Green Sustainable Development Goals, the Paris Deal, and in particular, climate neutrality Agreement and the European Green Deal, objective, the Farm-to-Fork Strategy, the and in particular, the climate neutrality Biodiversity strategy and the zero-pollution objective, the Farm-to-Fork Strategy, the ambition and other main environmental Biodiversity strategy and the zero-pollution and societal challenges; ambition and other main environmental and societal challenges;

Or. en

Amendment 146 Martin Hojsík, Irena Joveva, Frédérique Ries, Nicolae Ştefănuță

Draft motion for a resolution Recital J a (new)

Draft motion for a resolution Amendment

J a. whereas soils hold four times the amount of carbon stored in the atmosphere, and more than is held in vegetation and account for 81% of the world's terrestrial carbon stock, and therefore play a critical role in regulating carbon and nitrogen cycles and the exchange of greenhouse gases; whereas a soil organic carbon is the sub-indicator for monitoring land and soil degradation in relation to SDG 15.3.1;

Or. en

Amendment 147 Aurélia Beigneux, Joëlle Mélin, Catherine Griset

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Ja. whereas a comprehensive and adapted European soil protection policy is justified in the context of a partnership between Member States and, in particular, those having common borders in order to achieve reduction targets for various forms of pollution, as well as other major environmental and societal objectives;

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Amendment 148 Idoia Villanueva Ruiz, Manuel Bompard, Mick Wallace, Silvia Modig

Draft motion for a resolution Recital J a (new)

Draft motion for a resolution Amendment

J a. whereas the EU contributes to land degradation in third countries, as a net importer of land, embedded into imported products; whereas EU action on soils must have a global dimension and ensure consistency between external and internal policies;

Or. en

Amendment 149 Antoni Comín i Oliveres

Draft motion for a resolution Recital J a (new)

Draft motion for a resolution Amendment

J a. whereas soil is not perceived as an essential and valuable resource that has to be preserved by the society, as it

AM\1225880EN.docx 67/205 PE689.631v01-00 EN happens with air or water, and therefore it is difficult to promote its protection and care and develop legislation accordingly;

Or. en

Amendment 150 Marcos Ros Sempere

Draft motion for a resolution Recital J a (new)

Draft motion for a resolution Amendment

J a. whereas cities and artificial surfaces continue to grow and have a considerable impact on global warming, air, water and soil quality;

Or. en

Amendment 151 Idoia Villanueva Ruiz, Manuel Bompard, Mick Wallace, Silvia Modig

Draft motion for a resolution Recital J b (new)

Draft motion for a resolution Amendment

J b. whereas industrial livestock farming has a hugely detrimental effect on land availability and soil health, taking up around 26% of the Earth’s ice-free land for livestock grazing and one third of the planet’s arable land for crops solely for livestock feed, according to FAO; whereas overgrazing is leading to soil degradation within Europe;

Or. en

Amendment 152 Martin Hojsík, Irena Joveva, Frédérique Ries, Nicolae Ştefănuță, María Soraya Rodríguez Ramos

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Draft motion for a resolution Amendment

J b. whereas regularly updated, harmonised and open soil data and information are prerequisite in order to achieve better data driven and evidence based policy making to protect soil resources at EU and national level;

Or. en

Amendment 153 Martin Hojsík, Irena Joveva, Frédérique Ries, Nicolae Ştefănuță

Draft motion for a resolution Recital J c (new)

Draft motion for a resolution Amendment

J c. whereas the European Committee of the Regions called in it opinion of February 5th 2021 “on the European Commission to propose a new European directive on agricultural soils to halt the decrease in their organic matter, stop erosion and prioritise soil life in agricultural practices”1f; ______1f CDR 3137/2020

Or. en

Amendment 154 Idoia Villanueva Ruiz, Manuel Bompard, Mick Wallace, Silvia Modig

Draft motion for a resolution Recital J c (new)

Draft motion for a resolution Amendment

J c. whereas, in the EU, cropland soils are losing carbon at a rate of 0.5% per

AM\1225880EN.docx 69/205 PE689.631v01-00 EN year and 50% of peatlands are drained and losing carbon, contributing to climate change;

Or. en

Amendment 155 Idoia Villanueva Ruiz, Manuel Bompard, Mick Wallace, Silvia Modig, João Ferreira

Draft motion for a resolution Recital J d (new)

Draft motion for a resolution Amendment

J d. whereas food security is dependent on soil security and any practice that compromises soil health is a threat to food security; whereas healthier soils produce healthier food;

Or. en

Amendment 156 Martin Hojsík, Irena Joveva, Frédérique Ries, Nicolae Ştefănuță, María Soraya Rodríguez Ramos, Sophia in 't Veld

Draft motion for a resolution Recital J d (new)

Draft motion for a resolution Amendment

J d. whereas articles 4 and 191 of the TFEU enshrine the basic principles for EU environment policy and have established shared competence in the area;

Or. en

Amendment 157 Idoia Villanueva Ruiz, Manuel Bompard, Mick Wallace, Silvia Modig

Draft motion for a resolution Recital J e (new)

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J e. whereas drought, which is intrinsically linked to the protection of soil, has significant and pervasive socio- economic and environmental impacts and is known to cause more deaths and displace more people than any other natural disaster;

Or. en

Amendment 158 Idoia Villanueva Ruiz, Manuel Bompard, Mick Wallace, Silvia Modig, João Ferreira

Draft motion for a resolution Recital J f (new)

Draft motion for a resolution Amendment

J f. whereas forest soils constitute half of the soils in the EU and biodiverse and healthy forests can contribute significantly to soil health;

Or. en

Amendment 159 Idoia Villanueva Ruiz, Manuel Bompard, Mick Wallace, Silvia Modig

Draft motion for a resolution Recital J g (new)

Draft motion for a resolution Amendment

J g. whereas, according to the UNCCD land degradation has reduced the productivity of 23% of the global land surface, and three-quarters of the land- based environment has been significantly altered by human actions; whereas FAO estimated in 2015(International Year of Soil) that 33% of the world's soils are moderately to highly degraded due to erosion, nutrient depletion, acidification,

AM\1225880EN.docx 71/205 PE689.631v01-00 EN salinization, compaction and sealing, or chemical contamination;

Or. en

Amendment 160 Idoia Villanueva Ruiz, Manuel Bompard, Mick Wallace, Silvia Modig

Draft motion for a resolution Paragraph -1 (new)

Draft motion for a resolution Amendment

-1. Believes that the deterioration of our soils is one of the most aggravated crises in the environmental emergency; underscores that the data is clear that soil health is getting worse and we are losing soil at a much faster rate than it is forming, in the EU and globally; stresses that 60-70% of all soils in Europe are unhealthy, due to poor management practices, pollution, urbanisation and the effects of climate change;

Or. en

Amendment 161 Alexandr Vondra

Draft motion for a resolution Paragraph 1

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PE689.631v01-00 72/205 AM\1225880EN.docx EN 4 Caring for soil is caring for life - Ensure 75% of soils are healthy by 2030 for food, people, nature and climate: report of the Mission board for Soil health and food

Or. en

Amendment 162 Alexander Bernhuber

Draft motion for a resolution Paragraph 1

Draft motion for a resolution Amendment

1. Emphasizes the importance of 1. Emphasizes the importance of protecting soil and promoting healthy soils protecting soil and promoting healthy soils in the Union, having in view that the in the Union, having in view that the degradation of this living organism and degradation of this living organism and non-renewable resource continues, in spite non-renewable resource continues, in spite of limited action in some Member States; of limited action in some Member States; stresses the costs of inaction on soil degradation, with estimates in the Union exceeding €50 billion per year4 ; ______4 Caring for soil is caring for life - Ensure 75% of soils are healthy by 2030 for food, people, nature and climate: report of the Mission board for Soil health and food

Or. en

Amendment 163 Antoni Comín i Oliveres

Draft motion for a resolution Paragraph 1

Draft motion for a resolution Amendment

AM\1225880EN.docx 73/205 PE689.631v01-00 EN of limited action in some Member States; continues, in spite of limited action in stresses the costs of inaction on soil some Member States; stresses the costs of degradation, with estimates in the Union inaction on soil degradation, with estimates exceeding €50 billion per year4 ; in the Union exceeding €50 billion per year4 ; ______4 Caring for soil is caring for life - Ensure 4 Caring for soil is caring for life - Ensure 75% of soils are healthy by 2030 for food, 75% of soils are healthy by 2030 for food, people, nature and climate: report of the people, nature and climate: report of the Mission board for Soil health and food Mission board for Soil health and food

Or. en

Amendment 164 Martin Hojsík, Irena Joveva, Frédérique Ries, Nicolae Ştefănuță, María Soraya Rodríguez Ramos

Draft motion for a resolution Paragraph 1

Draft motion for a resolution Amendment

1. Emphasizes the importance of 1. Emphasizes the importance of protecting soil and promoting healthy soils protecting soil and promoting healthy soils in the Union, having in view that the in the Union, having in view that the degradation of this living organism and degradation of this living organism and non-renewable resource continues, in spite non-renewable resource continues, in spite of limited action in some Member States; of limited and uneven action in some stresses the costs of inaction on soil Member States; stresses the costs of degradation, with estimates in the Union inaction on soil degradation, with estimates exceeding €50 billion per year4 ; in the Union exceeding €50 billion per year4 ; ______4 Caring for soil is caring for life - Ensure 4 Caring for soil is caring for life - Ensure 75% of soils are healthy by 2030 for food, 75% of soils are healthy by 2030 for food, people, nature and climate: report of the people, nature and climate: report of the Mission board for Soil health and food Mission board for Soil health and food

Or. en

Amendment 165 Maria Arena, Rovana Plumb, Javi López, César Luena, Tudor Ciuhodaru, Sándor Rónai, Petar Vitanov, Sara Cerdas

PE689.631v01-00 74/205 AM\1225880EN.docx EN Draft motion for a resolution Paragraph 1

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1. Emphasizes the importance of 1. Emphasizes the importance of protecting soil and promoting healthy soils protecting soil and promoting healthy soils in the Union, having in view that the in the Union, having in view that the degradation of this living organism and degradation of this living ecosystem and non-renewable resource continues, in spite non-renewable resource continues, in spite of limited action in some Member States; of limited action in some Member States; stresses the costs of inaction on soil stresses the costs of inaction on soil degradation, with estimates in the Union degradation, with estimates in the Union exceeding €50 billion per year4 ; exceeding €50 billion per year4; ______4 Caring for soil is caring for life - Ensure 4 Caring for soil is caring for life - Ensure 75% of soils are healthy by 2030 for food, 75% of soils are healthy by 2030 for food, people, nature and climate: report of the people, nature and climate: report of the Mission board for Soil health and food Mission board for Soil health and food

Or. en

Amendment 166 Idoia Villanueva Ruiz, Manuel Bompard, Mick Wallace, Silvia Modig, João Ferreira

Draft motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 b (new)

Draft motion for a resolution Amendment

1 b. Underlines the potential of biodiverse forests to increase the health of soils in the Union; considers there to be strong links between the Biodiversity Strategy and soil protection, particularly in relation biodiversity-friendly afforestation and reforestation; considers rewinding and strict protection of primary and old-growth forests to be important actions to improve soil health;

Or. en

Amendment 167 Idoia Villanueva Ruiz, Manuel Bompard, Mick Wallace, Silvia Modig

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1 b. Welcomes how the Biodiversity Strategy 2030 deals with soil as a living ecosystem and underscores how this approach is essential for understanding soils; calls for soils to be part of the legally binding instrument on restauration targets;

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Amendment 168 Idoia Villanueva Ruiz, Manuel Bompard, Mick Wallace, Silvia Modig

Draft motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 c (new)

Draft motion for a resolution Amendment

1 c. Believes that soil health is the starting point for systemic transformations across value chains and territories; recalls the IPBES Assessment Report that over the past two centuries, soil organic carbon, an indicator of soil health, has seen an estimated 8 % loss globally from land conversion and unsustainable land management practices; underlines the role of healthy and sustainable soil in strengthening the territorial, economic and social cohesion of the EU; insists that soil protection is fundamental to the fight against the depopulation suffered by many peoples and regions in the EU;

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Amendment 169 Idoia Villanueva Ruiz, Manuel Bompard, Mick Wallace, Silvia Modig, João Ferreira

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1 d. Stresses that an essential element to addressing land degradation is improving soil health; underlines that changes in land use and intensive agriculture are some of the main threats to European habitats and species and it is estimated that about one third of Europe's landscape is highly fragmented by buildings and infrastructure;

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Amendment 170 Tudor Ciuhodaru

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2. Underlines the multifunctional role 2. Underlines the multifunctional role of soil (provision of food, carbon pool, of soil (provision of food, carbon pool, platform for human activities, biomass platform for human activities, biomass production, biodiversity pool, source of production, biodiversity pool, source of raw materials, pharmaceuticals and generic raw materials, pharmaceuticals and generic resources, water and nutrients cycling, resources, water and nutrients cycling, storage and filtering, storing geological and storage and filtering, storing geological and archaeological heritage, etc.) and the need archaeological heritage, etc.) and the need to preserve it; to preserve it through measures adopted at European level and, in particular, through cross-border cooperation between EU Member States and with third countries;

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Amendment 171 Ulrike Müller, Nils Torvalds, Andreas Glück, Ondřej Knotek

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2. Underlines the multifunctional role 2. Underlines the multifunctional role of soil (provision of food, carbon pool, of soil (provision of food, carbon pool, platform for human activities, biomass platform for human activities, biomass production, biodiversity pool, source of production, biodiversity pool, flood and raw materials, pharmaceuticals and generic drought prevention, source of raw resources, water and nutrients cycling, materials, pharmaceuticals and generic storage and filtering, storing geological and resources, water and nutrients cycling, archaeological heritage, etc.) and the need storage and filtering, storing geological and to preserve it; archaeological heritage, etc.) and the need to preserve its capacity to fulfil its multiple roles;

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Amendment 172 Martin Hojsík, Irena Joveva, Frédérique Ries, Nicolae Ştefănuță, María Soraya Rodríguez Ramos

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2. Underlines the multifunctional role 2. Underlines the multifunctional role of soil (provision of food, carbon pool, of soil (provision of food, carbon pool, platform for human activities, biomass platform for human activities, biomass production, biodiversity pool, source of production, biodiversity pool, source of raw materials, pharmaceuticals and generic raw materials, pharmaceuticals and generic resources, water and nutrients cycling, resources, water and nutrients cycling, storage and filtering, storing geological and storage and filtering, storing geological and archaeological heritage, etc.) and the need archaeological heritage, etc.) and the need to preserve it; to protect, sustainably manage, restore and preserve it;

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Amendment 173 Idoia Villanueva Ruiz, Manuel Bompard, Mick Wallace, Silvia Modig

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2. Underlines the multifunctional role 2. Underlines the multifunctional role of soil (provision of food, carbon pool, of soil (provision of food, carbon pool, platform for human activities, biomass platform for human activities, biomass production, biodiversity pool, source of production, biodiversity pool, flood and raw materials, pharmaceuticals and generic drought prevention, source of raw resources, water and nutrients cycling, materials, pharmaceuticals and generic storage and filtering, storing geological and resources, water and nutrients cycling, archaeological heritage, etc.) and the need storage and filtering, storing geological and to preserve it; archaeological heritage, etc.) and the need to preserve it;

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Amendment 174 Manuela Ripa

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2. Underlines the multifunctional role 2. Underlines the multifunctional role of soil (provision of food, carbon pool, of soil (provision of food, carbon pool, platform for human activities, biomass flood and drought prevention, platform for production, biodiversity pool, source of human activities, biomass production, raw materials, pharmaceuticals and generic biodiversity pool, source of raw materials, resources, water and nutrients cycling, pharmaceuticals and generic resources, storage and filtering, storing geological and water and nutrients cycling, storage and archaeological heritage, etc.) and the need filtering, storing geological and to preserve it; archaeological heritage, etc.) and the need to preserve it;

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Amendment 175 Stanislav Polčák

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2. Underlines the multifunctional role 2. Underlines the multifunctional role of soil (provision of food, carbon pool, of soil (provision of food, carbon pool,

AM\1225880EN.docx 79/205 PE689.631v01-00 EN platform for human activities, biomass platform for human activities, biomass production, biodiversity pool, source of production, biodiversity pool, source of raw materials, pharmaceuticals and generic raw materials, pharmaceuticals and generic resources, water and nutrients cycling, resources, water and nutrients cycling, storage and filtering, storing geological and storage and filtering, storing geological and archaeological heritage, etc.) and the need archaeological heritage, etc.) and the to preserve it; consequent need to preserve it;

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Amendment 176 Idoia Villanueva Ruiz, Manuel Bompard, Mick Wallace, Silvia Modig

Draft motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 a (new)

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2 a. Calls for circular approaches to the use of excavated soils and an increase in the reuse of urban soils, notes that soil reuse is low in the EU, currently at around 13%;

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Amendment 177 Idoia Villanueva Ruiz, Manuel Bompard, Mick Wallace, Silvia Modig, Malin Björk

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2 b. Calls for a restorative approach to peatlands to finally make them into carbon sinks and stop their industrial extraction;

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Amendment 178 Idoia Villanueva Ruiz, Manuel Bompard, Mick Wallace, Silvia Modig

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2 c. Notes that there are eight main threats to soil: erosion, compaction, soil organic matter decline, soil biodiversity loss, landslides, contamination, salinization, sealing; notes that five of these threats relate to agriculture and forestry;

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Amendment 179 Idoia Villanueva Ruiz, Manuel Bompard, Mick Wallace, Silvia Modig

Draft motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 d (new)

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2 d. Stresses that the use of pesticides has lasting effects on soil health and leads farmers to rely on artificial fertiliser and chemicals, which in turn alters the chemical composition of the soil and makes it harder for essential organisms to survive;expresses its support for the targets within the Farm to Fork Strategy and Biodiversity Strategy, to reduce by 50% the overall use and risk of chemical pesticides and reduce use by 50% of more hazardous pesticides, although believes these targets for 2030 represent low ambition; calls for the Commission to consider higher targets for both, to effectively protect soils, as well as human and animal health; calls for measures to ensure that soil contamination and accumulation of pesticides is implemented in the approval of active and basic substances and authorisation of pesticides and biocides;

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AM\1225880EN.docx 81/205 PE689.631v01-00 EN Amendment 180 Idoia Villanueva Ruiz, Manuel Bompard, Mick Wallace, Silvia Modig, João Ferreira, Malin Björk

Draft motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 e (new)

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2 e. Expresses deep concern at the hypocrisy of EU’s double standards on the export of pesticides, with 13,667 tons of pesticides which are banned for use on European crops being exported to Mercosur countries in 2019; stresses the global dimension that this in consistency in standards creates, seriously deteriorating soil health in the Global South; underlines that the substances in these banned pesticides, which are produced in Europe and exported elsewhere, also have chronic impacts on human health and poison workers and communities, as well as cause long- lasting damage to soils;

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Amendment 181 Idoia Villanueva Ruiz, Manuel Bompard, Mick Wallace, Silvia Modig

Draft motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 f (new)

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2 f. Notes that there are benefits for farmers in using mulch in conserving soil moisture and reducing weed growth in agricultural practices but notes with concern the pollution from plastic mulch which gravely affects soils; stresses that traditional practices, such as placing straw or other organic matter, are more sustainable and should be promoted to halt the increasing use of non-durable

PE689.631v01-00 82/205 AM\1225880EN.docx EN plastics in farming practices; calls for specific measures to protect soils from plastic pollution, particularly microplastics; calls for an immediate ban on all intentionally added microplastics, including those in fertilisers;

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Amendment 182 Idoia Villanueva Ruiz, Manuel Bompard, Mick Wallace, Silvia Modig

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2 g. Echoes the IPBES that the responses to reduce environmental impacts of urbanization not only address the problems associated with urban land degradation, but can also significantly improve quality of life while simultaneously contributing to climate change mitigation and adaptation, with proven approaches including urban planning, replanting with native species, green infrastructure development, remediation of contaminated and sealed soils, and wastewater treatment and river channel restoration;

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Amendment 183 Idoia Villanueva Ruiz, Manuel Bompard, Mick Wallace, Silvia Modig, Malin Björk

Draft motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 h (new)

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2 h. Considers that healthy soils are the basis for nutritious and safe food and are a prerequisite to sustainable food production; stresses that sustainable diets,

AM\1225880EN.docx 83/205 PE689.631v01-00 EN particularly increasing plant-based diets, has huge potential to drastically improve soil health and land use;

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Amendment 184 Idoia Villanueva Ruiz, Manuel Bompard, Mick Wallace, Silvia Modig

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2 i. Calls for a strengthening independent advisory services for farmers and foresters and measures to significantly improve soil literacy and awareness about soil in the environmental crisis; believes farm advisory services have great potential to improve the monitoring of soil quality and properties;

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Amendment 185 Idoia Villanueva Ruiz, Manuel Bompard, Mick Wallace, Silvia Modig, Malin Björk

Draft motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 j (new)

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2 j. Emphasises the important role of soils for water purification and infiltration and thus asa provider of drinking water; recalls the urgent need to improve ground water and surface water quality and quantity and to achieve the goals of the Water Framework Directive;

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Amendment 186

PE689.631v01-00 84/205 AM\1225880EN.docx EN Aurélia Beigneux, Annika Bruna, Joëlle Mélin, Catherine Griset

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4. Stresses that healthy soils are 4. Stresses that healthy soils are essential to achieve the objectives of the essential to achieve the objectives of a European Green Deal such as climate significant reduction in various forms of neutrality, biodiversity restoration, zero pollution, as well as other major pollution, healthy and sustainable food environmental and societal objectives; systems and a resilient environment; stresses the objective of developing healthy and sustainable food systems by promoting short supply chains and localism, and the objective of creating a resilient environment;

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Amendment 187 Alexandr Vondra

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4. Stresses that healthy soils are 4. Stresses that healthy soils play an essential to achieve the objectives of the important role in achieving the objectives European Green Deal such as climate of the European Green Deal such as neutrality, biodiversity restoration, zero climate neutrality, biodiversity restoration, pollution, healthy and sustainable food zero pollution, healthy and sustainable systems and a resilient environment; food systems and a resilient environment;

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Amendment 188 Ondřej Knotek

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4. Stresses that healthy soils are 4. Stresses that healthy soils are

AM\1225880EN.docx 85/205 PE689.631v01-00 EN essential to achieve the objectives of the essential to achieve the objectives of the European Green Deal such as climate European Green Deal such as climate neutrality, biodiversity restoration, zero neutrality, biodiversity restoration, pollution, healthy and sustainable food pollution reduction, responsible and systems and a resilient environment; sustainable land use, healthy and sustainable food systems and a resilient environment;

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Amendment 189 Manuela Ripa

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4. Stresses that healthy soils are 4. Stresses that healthy soils are a essential to achieve the objectives of the prerequisite to achieve the objectives of European Green Deal such as climate the European Green Deal such as climate neutrality, biodiversity restoration, zero neutrality, biodiversity restoration, zero pollution, healthy and sustainable food pollution, healthy and sustainable food systems and a resilient environment; systems and a resilient environment;

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Amendment 190 Martin Hojsík, Irena Joveva, Frédérique Ries, Nicolae Ştefănuță, María Soraya Rodríguez Ramos

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4. Stresses that healthy soils are 4. Stresses that healthy soils are essential to achieve the objectives of the essential to achieve the objectives of the European Green Deal such as climate European Green Deal such as climate neutrality, biodiversity restoration, zero neutrality, biodiversity restoration, zero pollution, healthy and sustainable food pollution, healthy and sustainable food systems and a resilient environment; systems and a resilient environment; therefore calls on the Commission to address all sources of soil pollution in the upcoming Zero Pollution Action Plan and to ensure that the revised Industrial

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Amendment 191 Idoia Villanueva Ruiz, Manuel Bompard, Mick Wallace, Silvia Modig

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4. Stresses that healthy soils are 4. Stresses that healthy soils are essential to achieve the objectives of the essential to achieve the objectives of the European Green Deal such as climate European Green Deal such as climate neutrality, biodiversity restoration, zero neutrality, biodiversity restoration, zero pollution, healthy and sustainable food pollution, healthy and sustainable food systems and a resilient environment; systems and a resilient environment; believes that soils should have special attention in the implementation of the Farm to Fork Strategy, Forestry Strategy, the Biodiversity Strategy 2030 and the Zero Pollution Strategy;

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Amendment 192 Alexander Bernhuber

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4. Stresses that healthy soils are 4. Stresses that healthy soils are essential to achieve the objectives of the essential for climate change adaption and European Green Deal such as climate also to achieve the objectives of the neutrality, biodiversity restoration, zero European Green Deal such as climate pollution, healthy and sustainable food neutrality, biodiversity restoration, systems and a resilient environment; ambition towards zero pollution, healthy and sustainable food systems and a resilient environment;

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AM\1225880EN.docx 87/205 PE689.631v01-00 EN Amendment 193 Tudor Ciuhodaru

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4. Stresses that healthy soils are 4. Stresses that healthy and fertile essential to achieve the objectives of the soils that are protected in the medium and European Green Deal such as climate long term are essential to achieve the neutrality, biodiversity restoration, zero objectives of the European Green Deal pollution, healthy and sustainable food such as climate neutrality, biodiversity systems and a resilient environment; restoration, zero pollution, healthy and sustainable food systems and a resilient environment;

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Amendment 194 Idoia Villanueva Ruiz, Manuel Bompard, Mick Wallace, Silvia Modig, João Ferreira, Malin Björk

Draft motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 a (new)

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4 a. Underscores the potential of soils in the fight against climate change, as the biggest terrestrial sink; stresses that intensive and industrial agriculture and farming models with negative impacts on biodiversity should not receive public funding, nor be incentivised; underlines that stopping soil degradation and restoring soil health is a key tool in mitigating climate change; expresses disdain that CO2 emissions from soil are getting worse in the EU;

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Amendment 195

PE689.631v01-00 88/205 AM\1225880EN.docx EN Michal Wiezik

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4 a. Highlights that while the European policy aims to develop the bioeconomy and new uses for biomass are presented and promoted, very little is being done to safeguard, protect and restore the prerequisite of terrestrial biomass production, which is healthy soil;

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Amendment 196 Maria Arena, Rovana Plumb, Javi López, César Luena, Tudor Ciuhodaru, Sándor Rónai, Petar Vitanov, Sara Cerdas

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5. Welcomes the inclusion of soil 5. Welcomes the inclusion of soil protection and restoration within the protection and restoration within the thematic priority objectives of the 8th thematic priority objectives of the 8th Environment Action Programme; Environment Action Programme; calls on the Commission to make soil protection a key element of the upcoming Zero Pollution Action Plan and to address all sources of pollution;

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Amendment 197 Idoia Villanueva Ruiz, Manuel Bompard, Mick Wallace, João Ferreira

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5 a. Notes that unlike water, air and

AM\1225880EN.docx 89/205 PE689.631v01-00 EN nature, soil is mostly privately owned in the EU; stresses that while soil may be privately owned, it still provides a public good to all and it is an ecosystem with benefits for the whole of society and nature; calls on the Commission to include in the regulation mechanisms to prevent land from becoming a resource susceptible to speculation;

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Amendment 198 Manuela Ripa

Draft motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 a (new)

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5 a. Supports the Commission’s intention to propose legally binding EU nature restoration targets in 2021 to restore degraded ecosystems, including degraded soils, as announced in the Biodiversity Strategy;

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Amendment 199 Alexandr Vondra

Draft motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 a (new)

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5 a. Stresses that, as far as soil protection is concerned, the Action Programme should focus on soil-related problems with clear transboundary effects;

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5 b. Considers that preventive soil protection measures should be given top priority; considers that intact soils should be preserved, especially in wetlands, peatlands, permanent grasslands and pastures, regardless of whether they are part of Natura 2000 network or not;

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Amendment 201 Michal Wiezik

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6. Recognizes the variability of soils 6. Recognizes the variability of soils in the Union and the need for different in the Union which are all living solutions to ensure their protection ecosystems characterised by specific through joint efforts at Union and Member organic carbon content, physical structure States level, taking into consideration the and soil biota, and their protection, transboundary impacts of soil and land restoration and recultivation need to degradation; holistically address these features through joint efforts at Union and Member States, regional, local and parcel level;

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Amendment 202 Alexander Bernhuber

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AM\1225880EN.docx 91/205 PE689.631v01-00 EN 6. Recognizes the variability of soils 6. Recognizes Member States’ in the Union and the need for different subsidiarity and the variability of soils in solutions to ensure their protection through the Union and the need for different joint efforts at Union and Member States solutions to ensure their protection through level, taking into consideration the joint efforts at Union and Member States transboundary impacts of soil and land level, taking into consideration the degradation; activities, efforts and improvements that have been already made;

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Amendment 203 Martin Hojsík, Frédérique Ries, Nicolae Ştefănuță, María Soraya Rodríguez Ramos

Draft motion for a resolution Paragraph 6

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6. Recognizes the variability of soils 6. Recognizes the need for targeted in the Union and the need for different and flexible policy solutions recognising solutions to ensure their protection through variability of soils in the Union to ensure joint efforts at Union and Member States their protection through joint efforts at level, taking into consideration the Union and Member States level, taking into transboundary impacts of soil and land consideration the transboundary impacts of degradation; soil and land degradation and the need to establish a level playing field for economic operators;

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Amendment 204 Ulrike Müller, Nils Torvalds, Andreas Glück, Ondřej Knotek

Draft motion for a resolution Paragraph 6

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6. Recognizes the variability of soils 6. Recognizes the variability of soils in the Union and the need for different in the Union and the need for different solutions to ensure their protection through solutions to ensure their protection through joint efforts at Union and Member States joint efforts at Union and Member States level, taking into consideration the level in line with Member States' transboundary impacts of soil and land competences, taking into consideration the degradation; transboundary impacts of soil and land

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Amendment 205 Maria Arena, Rovana Plumb, Javi López, César Luena, Tudor Ciuhodaru, Sándor Rónai, Petar Vitanov, Sara Cerdas

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6. Recognizes the variability of soils 6. Recognizes the variability of soils in the Union and the need for different in the Union and the need for solutions to ensure their protection through environment-specific sustainable soil joint efforts at Union and Member States management approaches to ensure their level, taking into consideration the protection through joint efforts at Union transboundary impacts of soil and land and Member States level, taking into degradation; consideration the transboundary impacts of soil and land degradation;

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Amendment 206 Aurélia Beigneux, Annika Bruna, Joëlle Mélin, Catherine Griset

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6. Recognizes the variability of soils 6. Recognizes the exceptional in the Union and the need for different variability of soils in the Union and the solutions to ensure their protection through need for different solutions to ensure their joint efforts at Union and Member States protection through joint efforts at Union level, taking into consideration the and Member States level, taking into transboundary impacts of soil and land consideration the transboundary impacts of degradation; soil and land degradation;

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Amendment 207 Margarita de la Pisa Carrión

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6. Recognizes the variability of soils 6. Recognizes the variability and in the Union and the need for different heterogeneity of soils in the Union and the solutions to ensure their protection through need for different solutions to ensure their joint efforts at Union and Member States protection through joint efforts at Union level, taking into consideration the and Member States level, taking into transboundary impacts of soil and land consideration the transboundary impacts of degradation; soil and land degradation;

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Amendment 208 Antoni Comín i Oliveres

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6. Recognizes the variability of soils 6. Recognizes the variability of soils in the Union and the need for different in the Union and the need for different solutions to ensure their protection through solutions to ensure their protection through joint efforts at Union and Member States joint efforts at Union, Member States and level, taking into consideration the local level, taking into consideration the transboundary impacts of soil and land transboundary impacts of soil and land degradation; degradation;

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Amendment 209 Martin Hojsík, Frédérique Ries, Nicolae Ştefănuță, María Soraya Rodríguez Ramos

Draft motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 a (new)

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6 a. Regrets that the EU and Member States are not meeting or at risk of not meeting their international and European commitments related to soil and land, in

PE689.631v01-00 94/205 AM\1225880EN.docx EN particular: a. to combat desertification, restore degraded land and soil, including land affected by desertification, drought and floods, and strive to achieve a land degradation-neutral world by 2030; b. to achieve the no net land take target by 2050 and reduce erosion, increase soil organic carbon and progress with remedial work by 2020; c. to manage land sustainably in the EU, protect soils adequately, and make sure that the remediation of contaminated sites is well underway by 2020;

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Amendment 210 Róża Thun und Hohenstein, Michal Wiezik, Sirpa Pietikäinen, Radan Kanev

Draft motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 a (new)

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6 a. Highlights that coastal marine ecosystems are among the most productive systems globally and that their fragmentation and loss of habitats reduce their ability to protect shorelines as well as to provide sustainable livelihoods; therefore, urges the European Commission to ensure that conservation and restoration of coastal habitats, together with ecosystem-based management, are central objectives of EU marine policies under implementation such as integrated coastal zone management and marine spatial planning;

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Amendment 211 Mick Wallace, Clare Daly

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6 a. Stresses that monocultures do not exist in nature and notes that they have a significant negative impact on soil health; believes that monoculture practices, by nature, disregard soil health and open the door for developing dependency on artificial chemicals and should therefore be avoided;

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Amendment 212 Aurélia Beigneux, Annika Bruna, Joëlle Mélin, Catherine Griset

Draft motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 a (new)

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6a. Stresses the importance of sharing experience and good practice as well as cross-border collaboration on the management of Natura 2000, within the biogeographical frameworks set out in the Habitats Directive;

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Amendment 213 Alexandr Vondra

Draft motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 a (new)

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6 a. Underlines that, if no transboundary effects are manifest, the primacy of taking measures to protect soil remains with the Member State;

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Amendment 214 Martin Hojsík, Irena Joveva, Frédérique Ries, Nicolae Ştefănuță, María Soraya Rodríguez Ramos

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6 b. Welcomes the Commission commitment to the objectives related to the protection of soil; calls, therefore, on the Commission and Member States to accelerate cooperation, including within the EU Expert Group on Soil Protection, and increase efforts to deliver on these commitments, inter alia by adopting methodology to assess the extent of soil degradation and a plan of targeted measures, clear milestones and reporting;

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Amendment 215 Aurélia Beigneux, Annika Bruna, Joëlle Mélin, Catherine Griset

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6b. Stresses the importance of cross- border cohesion in soil protection for protected areas, which are important sites in the defence of our European ecosystems;

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Amendment 216 Martin Hojsík, Irena Joveva, Frédérique Ries, Nicolae Ştefănuță, María Soraya Rodríguez Ramos

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6 c. Underlines the risks stemming from the absence of a level playing field between the Member States and their different protection regimes for soil to the functioning of the internal market which should be addressed on the Union level, preventing distortion of competition between economic operators; underlines that the new framework would address the problem of missing legal certainty for companies and has got a strong potential to stimulate fair competition in private sector, develop innovative solutions and know-how and strengthen the export of technologies outside the Union;

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Amendment 217 Alexandr Vondra

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7. Stresses that soil, which is a 7. Stresses that soil is unlike air or common resource, is unlike air or water water not covered by specific legislation; not covered by specific legislation; notes however that there is a difference welcomes, consequently, the Commission between polluting and not contributing to ambition to propose a coherent and a better environment; emphasizes that this integrated EU soil protection framework; should be taken into account when new measures are proposed;

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Amendment 218 Norbert Lins

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7. Stresses that soil, which is a 7. Stresses that, like forests, soil, common resource, is unlike air or water not which is a common resource, is unlike air covered by specific legislation; welcomes, or water not covered by specific consequently, the Commission ambition to legislation; propose a coherent and integrated EU soil protection framework;

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Amendment 219 Alexander Bernhuber

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7. Stresses that soil, which is a 7. Welcomes, the Commission common resource, is unlike air or water ambition to propose a coherent and not covered by specific legislation; integrated EU soil strategy; with focus on welcomes, consequently, the Commission the protection, preservation and ambition to propose a coherent and sustainable use of soils in the EU; integrated EU soil protection framework;

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Amendment 220 Ulrike Müller, Nils Torvalds, Ondřej Knotek

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7. Stresses that soil, which is a 7. Stresses that soil is unlike air or common resource, is unlike air or water water not covered by a specific EU not covered by specific legislation; framework; welcomes, consequently, the welcomes, consequently, the Commission Commission ambition to propose a ambition to propose a coherent and coherent and integrated EU soil protection integrated EU soil protection framework; framework; acknowledges that unlike for air or in large parts for water it is possible to allocate property rights to soil and that

AM\1225880EN.docx 99/205 PE689.631v01-00 EN soil is mostly privately owned in the EU; calls on the Commission to ensure that any proposal for an EU soil framework fully respects ownership rights;

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Amendment 221 Idoia Villanueva Ruiz, Manuel Bompard, Mick Wallace, Silvia Modig

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7. Stresses that soil, which is a 7. Stresses that soil, which is a common resource, is unlike air or water not common resource, is unlike air or water not covered by specific legislation; welcomes, covered by specific legislation; underlines consequently, the Commission ambition to that it has been inadequately protected at propose a coherent and integrated EU soil EU level and notably has lacked a protection framework; dedicated legislative framework; welcomes, consequently, the Commission ambition to propose a coherent and integrated EU soil protection framework; calls for a holistic and dedicated legislative framework, including the main threats to soil; underscores that the fragmented approach has caused great difficulty in integrating soil into other policy areas; calls for an obligation to monitor soils and a common monitoring system, an obligation for sustainable use, an obligation for identifying contaminated sites, and an obligation to restore degraded soils; believes that targets are needed for protecting soil and the functions it provides;

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Amendment 222 Manuela Ripa

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Amendment 223 Aurélia Beigneux, Annika Bruna, Joëlle Mélin, Catherine Griset

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Amendment 224 Petros Kokkalis

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7. Stresses that soil, which is a 7. Stresses that soil, which is a common resource, is unlike air or water not common non-renewable resource, is unlike covered by specific legislation; welcomes, air or water not covered by specific consequently, the Commission ambition to legislation; welcomes, consequently, the propose a coherent and integrated EU soil Commission ambition to propose a protection framework; coherent and integrated EU soil protection framework;

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AM\1225880EN.docx 101/205 PE689.631v01-00 EN Amendment 225 Idoia Villanueva Ruiz, Manuel Bompard, Mick Wallace

Draft motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 a (new)

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7 a. Expresses support for the target to reduce nutrient losses by at least 50%, while ensuring no deterioration in soil fertility; expresses its support for the target to have at least 25% of EU’s agricultural land under organic farming but expresses concern at the lack of ambition in this target; believes that organic farming must be the norm by 2030 and thus requires the necessary supports to move away from dependency on harmful agricultural practices;

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Amendment 226 Martin Hojsík, Irena Joveva, Frédérique Ries, Nicolae Ştefănuță, María Soraya Rodríguez Ramos

Draft motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 a (new)

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7 a. Highlights that the lack of a comprehensive and coherent policy framework for protection Europe´s land and soil resources was recognised as a key gap by the EEA and shares the view that by consequence this situation reduces the effectiveness of the existing incentives and measures and limits Europe´s ability to achieve its environmental, sustainable development and climate-related agenda;

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PE689.631v01-00 102/205 AM\1225880EN.docx EN Amendment 227 Martin Hojsík, Irena Joveva, Frédérique Ries, Nicolae Ştefănuță, María Soraya Rodríguez Ramos

Draft motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 b (new)

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7 b. Regrets that the policy integration of soils protection objectives as suggested by the 2006 Soil Thematic Strategy is still incomplete and that the objectives of the European Environment Action Programmes are repeatedly not met; calls therefore on the Commission and Member States to immediately close the gap in soil protection, including regarding threats that are currently not covered by the EU policies with the following overall goals: to improve the protection of soils and its sustainable use, to control the transboundary soil degradation effects, to protect aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems, and to preclude distortion of competition between economic operators;

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Amendment 228 Idoia Villanueva Ruiz, Manuel Bompard, Mick Wallace, Silvia Modig

Draft motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 b (new)

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7 b. Recalls that the proposal for a Soil Framework Directive was withdrawn in May 2014 after eight years of blockage by a minority of Member States and stresses that existing EU policies in other sectors are insufficient to guarantee an adequate level of protection for all soils in the EU; calls, therefore, for a new proposal for a Soil Framework Directive to effectively protect this precious resource and ensure their sustainable use;

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Amendment 229 Idoia Villanueva Ruiz, Manuel Bompard, Mick Wallace, Silvia Modig

Draft motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 c (new)

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7 c. Considers that the fragmented approach for soil protection to date has meant that soil has fallen through a policy gap; considers that soil protection policy has focused on the contamination side, with much less development in policy on the sustainable use of soil as a mean of production (agriculture, forestry); notes that soil protection is also fragmented at member state level and calls on member states to take more holistic approaches to soil protection; considers member state regimes for soil protection to be insufficient, and notes that despite these national regimes, the data shows that soil health is deteriorating across the EU;

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Amendment 230 Andreas Glück

Draft motion for a resolution Paragraph 8

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8. Calls on the Commission to design 8. Calls on the Commission to assess an EU-wide common legal framework for potential designs of an EU-wide common the protection and sustainable use of soil, legal framework for the protection and addressing all main soil threats, that shall sustainable use of soil, addressing main include, inter alia, common definitions of soil threats, including harmonised soil and soil functions and criteria for its indicators to monitor soil quality, good status, objectives, indicators, measurable targets to tackle identified including harmonised indicators to monitor threats and appropriate timelines (based on soil quality and reporting, measurable an impact assessment) taking into

PE689.631v01-00 104/205 AM\1225880EN.docx EN targets to tackle all identified threats and consideration ”first mover” and voluntary appropriate timelines (based on an impact efforts as well as ownership rights, while assessment) taking into consideration ”first ensuring compliance with Member States' mover” efforts, while ensuring integration competences and integration with relevant with relevant policy instruments; and policy instruments; and provide for training provide for training and sharing of best and sharing of best practices; practice as well as adequate control measures;

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Amendment 231 Ulrike Müller, Nils Torvalds, Ondřej Knotek

Draft motion for a resolution Paragraph 8

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8. Calls on the Commission to design 8. Calls on the Commission to assess an EU-wide common legal framework for options for an EU-wide common the protection and sustainable use of soil, framework for the protection and addressing all main soil threats, that shall sustainable use of soil with particular view include, inter alia, common definitions of to practicability, costs, administrative soil and soil functions and criteria for its burden, and subsidiarity, addressing all good status, objectives, indicators, main soil threats, that could include, inter including harmonised indicators to monitor alia, common definitions of soil and soil soil quality and reporting, measurable functions and criteria for its good status, targets to tackle all identified threats and objectives, indicators, including appropriate timelines (based on an impact harmonised indicators to monitor soil assessment) taking into consideration ”first quality and reporting, measurable targets to mover” efforts, while ensuring integration tackle all identified threats and appropriate with relevant policy instruments; and timelines (based on an impact assessment) provide for training and sharing of best taking into consideration ”first mover” and practice as well as adequate control voluntary efforts as well as ownership measures; rights, while ensuring compliance with Member States' competences and integration with relevant policy instruments; and provide for training and sharing of best practice as well as adequate control measures;

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Amendment 232 Alexander Bernhuber

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8. Calls on the Commission to design 8. Calls on the Commission to design an EU-wide common legal framework for together with the Member States an EU- the protection and sustainable use of soil, wide common thematic framework for the addressing all main soil threats, that shall protection and sustainable use of soil, include, inter alia, common definitions of addressing all main soil threats, that shall soil and soil functions and criteria for its include, inter alia, common definitions of good status, objectives, indicators, soil and soil functions and criteria for its including harmonised indicators to monitor good status, objectives, indicators, soil quality and reporting, measurable including harmonised indicators and targets to tackle all identified threats and methods to monitor soil quality and appropriate timelines (based on an impact reporting, reachable and measurable and assessment) taking into consideration ”first voluntary targets to tackle all identified mover” efforts, while ensuring integration threats and appropriate timelines based on with relevant policy instruments; and an impact assessment taking into provide for training and sharing of best consideration the situation of each practice as well as adequate control Member State, ”first mover” efforts and measures; the effects of climate change and provide for training and sharing of best practice;

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Amendment 233 Norbert Lins

Draft motion for a resolution Paragraph 8

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8. Calls on the Commission to design 8. Calls on the Commission to design an EU-wide common legal framework for an EU soil strategy, addressing all main the protection and sustainable use of soil, soil threats, that shall include, inter alia, addressing all main soil threats, that shall common definitions of soil and soil include, inter alia, common definitions of functions and criteria for its good status, soil and soil functions and criteria for its objectives, indicators, including good status, objectives, indicators, harmonised indicators to monitor soil including harmonised indicators to monitor quality and reporting, measurable targets to soil quality and reporting, measurable tackle all identified threats and appropriate targets to tackle all identified threats and timelines (based on an impact assessment) appropriate timelines (based on an impact taking into consideration ”first mover” assessment) taking into consideration ”first efforts, while ensuring integration with mover” efforts, while ensuring integration relevant policy instruments; and provide

PE689.631v01-00 106/205 AM\1225880EN.docx EN with relevant policy instruments; and for training and sharing of best practice as provide for training and sharing of best well as adequate control measures; practice as well as adequate control measures;

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Amendment 234 Martin Hojsík, Irena Joveva, Frédérique Ries, Nicolae Ştefănuță, María Soraya Rodríguez Ramos, Sophia in 't Veld

Draft motion for a resolution Paragraph 8

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8. Calls on the Commission to design 8. Calls on the Commission to design an EU-wide common legal framework for an EU-wide common legal framework for the protection and sustainable use of soil, the protection, sustainable use of soil and addressing all main soil threats, that shall its restoration, addressing all main soil and include, inter alia, common definitions of land degradation processes, and taking soil and soil functions and criteria for its into account all terrestrial land cover good status, objectives, indicators, types, that will be based on the including harmonised indicators to monitor precautionary principle and shall include, soil quality and reporting, measurable inter alia: targets to tackle all identified threats and appropriate timelines (based on an impact assessment) taking into consideration ”first mover” efforts, while ensuring integration with relevant policy instruments; and provide for training and sharing of best practice as well as adequate control measures; a. common definitions of soil, its functions, criteria for its good status and sustainable management clarification, b. objectives, indicators, including harmonised indicators to monitor soil status, c. reporting, assessment, measurable intermediate and final targets and measures to tackle all identified threats and appropriate timelines (based on an impact assessment) taking into consideration ”first mover” efforts and soil variability,

AM\1225880EN.docx 107/205 PE689.631v01-00 EN d. effective integration with relevant policy instruments and clarification of responsibilities of different stakeholders, e. mechanism for sharing of best practices, training as well as adequate control measures, f. financial resources supporting sustainable soil management practices and other beneficial actions, including soil protection and restoration, on Member States´, regional and local level;

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Amendment 235 Pernille Weiss, Norbert Lins, Dan-Ştefan Motreanu, Ljudmila Novak, Edina Tóth, Christine Schneider

Draft motion for a resolution Paragraph 8

Draft motion for a resolution Amendment

8. Calls on the Commission to design 8. Calls on the Commission to design an EU-wide common legal framework for an ambitious EU-wide common the protection and sustainable use of soil, framework for the protection and addressing all main soil threats, that shall promotion of the sustainable use of soil, include, inter alia, common definitions of addressing all main soil threats, that shall soil and soil functions and criteria for its include, inter alia, common definitions of good status, objectives, indicators, soil and soil functions and criteria for its including harmonised indicators to monitor good status, objectives, indicators, soil quality and reporting, measurable including harmonised indicators to monitor targets to tackle all identified threats and soil quality and reporting, measurable appropriate timelines (based on an impact targets to tackle all identified threats and assessment) taking into consideration ”first appropriate timelines (based on a proper mover” efforts, while ensuring integration impact assessment) taking into with relevant policy instruments; and consideration ”first mover” efforts, while provide for training and sharing of best ensuring integration with relevant policy practice as well as adequate control targets and instruments especially the measures; Union's climate neutrality target of 2050; and provide for training and sharing of best practice as well as adequate control measures;

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PE689.631v01-00 108/205 AM\1225880EN.docx EN Amendment 236 Margarita de la Pisa Carrión

Draft motion for a resolution Paragraph 8

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8. Calls on the Commission to design 8. Calls on the Commission, in an EU-wide common legal framework for keeping with the principles of subsidiarity the protection and sustainable use of soil, and better law making, to design an EU- addressing all main soil threats, that shall wide common legal framework for the include, inter alia, common definitions of protection and sustainable use of soil, soil and soil functions and criteria for its addressing all main soil threats, that shall good status, objectives, indicators, include, inter alia, common definitions of including harmonised indicators to monitor soil, soil threats and functions and criteria soil quality and reporting, measurable for its good status, objectives, indicators, targets to tackle all identified threats and including harmonised indicators to monitor appropriate timelines (based on an impact soil quality and reporting, measurable assessment) taking into consideration ”first targets to tackle all identified threats and mover” efforts, while ensuring integration appropriate timelines (based on a social, with relevant policy instruments; and economic and environmental impact provide for training and sharing of best assessment) taking into consideration ”first practice as well as adequate control mover” and voluntary efforts, while measures; ensuring integration with relevant policy instruments; and provide for training and sharing of best practice and new public awareness campaigns as well as adequate control measures;

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Amendment 237 Michal Wiezik, Róża Thun und Hohenstein

Draft motion for a resolution Paragraph 8

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AM\1225880EN.docx 109/205 PE689.631v01-00 EN soil quality and reporting, measurable soil quality and reporting, developing targets to tackle all identified threats and monitoring framework, harmonised appropriate timelines (based on an impact datasets and making use of remote assessment) taking into consideration sensing applications at suitable resolution ”first mover” efforts, while ensuring and of modelling tools, measurable targets integration with relevant policy to tackle all identified threats and instruments; and provide for training and appropriate timelines (based on an impact sharing of best practice as well as adequate assessment), while ensuring integration control measures; with relevant policy instruments; and provide for training and sharing of best practice as well as adequate control measures;

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Amendment 238 Alexandr Vondra

Draft motion for a resolution Paragraph 8

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8. Calls on the Commission to design 8. Calls on the Commission to design an EU-wide common legal framework for an EU-wide common framework for the the protection and sustainable use of soil, protection and sustainable use of soil, addressing all main soil threats, that shall addressing all main soil threats, that shall include, inter alia, common definitions of include, inter alia, common definitions of soil and soil functions and criteria for its soil and soil functions and criteria for its good status, objectives, indicators, good status, objectives, indicators, including harmonised indicators to monitor including harmonised indicators to monitor soil quality and reporting, measurable soil quality and reporting, measurable targets to tackle all identified threats and targets to tackle all identified threats and appropriate timelines (based on an impact appropriate timelines (based on an impact assessment) taking into consideration ”first assessment) taking into consideration ”first mover” efforts, while ensuring integration mover” efforts, while ensuring integration with relevant policy instruments; and with relevant policy instruments; and provide for training and sharing of best provide for training and sharing of best practice as well as adequate control practice as well as adequate control measures; measures;

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Amendment 239 Stanislav Polčák

PE689.631v01-00 110/205 AM\1225880EN.docx EN Draft motion for a resolution Paragraph 8

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8. Calls on the Commission to design 8. Calls on the Commission to design an EU-wide common legal framework for an EU-wide common legal framework for the protection and sustainable use of soil, the protection and sustainable use of soil, addressing all main soil threats, that shall addressing all main soil threats, that shall include, inter alia, common definitions of include, inter alia, common definitions of soil and soil functions and criteria for its soil and soil functions and criteria for its good status, objectives, indicators, good status, objectives, indicators, including harmonised indicators to monitor including harmonised indicators to monitor soil quality and reporting, measurable soil quality and reporting on a continuous targets to tackle all identified threats and basis, measurable targets to tackle all appropriate timelines (based on an impact identified threats and appropriate timelines assessment) taking into consideration ”first (based on an impact assessment) taking mover” efforts, while ensuring integration into consideration ”first mover” efforts, with relevant policy instruments; and while ensuring integration with relevant provide for training and sharing of best policy instruments in such a way as to practice as well as adequate control make it genuinely binding and widely measures; enforceable; and provide for training and sharing of best practice as well as adequate control measures;

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Amendment 240 Aurélia Beigneux, Joëlle Mélin, Catherine Griset

Draft motion for a resolution Paragraph 8

Draft motion for a resolution Amendment

8. Calls on the Commission to design 8. Calls on the Commission to design an EU-wide common legal framework for an EU-wide common legal framework for the protection and sustainable use of soil, the protection and sustainable use of soil, addressing all main soil threats, that shall addressing all main soil threats, that shall include, inter alia, common definitions of include, inter alia, common definitions of soil and soil functions and criteria for its soil, taking into account all the specific good status, objectives, indicators, characteristics of the soils in all the including harmonised indicators to monitor Member States, and soil functions and soil quality and reporting, measurable criteria for its good status, reasonable targets to tackle all identified threats and objectives for the proper functioning of appropriate timelines (based on an impact measures after a review of the situation in assessment) taking into consideration ”first the Union, indicators, including mover” efforts, while ensuring integration harmonised indicators to monitor soil

AM\1225880EN.docx 111/205 PE689.631v01-00 EN with relevant policy instruments; and quality and reporting, measurable targets to provide for training and sharing of best tackle all identified threats and appropriate practice as well as adequate control timelines (based on an impact assessment) measures; taking into consideration ”first mover” efforts, while ensuring integration with relevant policy instruments; and provide for training and sharing of best practice as well as adequate control measures;

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Amendment 241 Maria Arena, Rovana Plumb, Javi López, César Luena, Tudor Ciuhodaru, Sándor Rónai, Petar Vitanov, Sara Cerdas

Draft motion for a resolution Paragraph 8

Draft motion for a resolution Amendment

8. Calls on the Commission to design 8. Calls on the Commission to design an EU-wide common legal framework for an EU-wide common legal framework for the protection and sustainable use of soil, the protection and sustainable use of soil, addressing all main soil threats, that shall addressing all main soil threats, that shall include, inter alia, common definitions of include, inter alia, common definitions of soil and soil functions and criteria for its soil, soil functions, sustainable use of soil, good status, objectives, indicators, and criteria for its good status, objectives, including harmonised indicators to monitor indicators, including harmonised indicators soil quality and reporting, measurable to monitor soil quality and reporting, targets to tackle all identified threats and measurable legally binding targets to appropriate timelines (based on an impact tackle all identified threats and appropriate assessment) taking into consideration ”first timelines (based on an impact assessment) mover” efforts, while ensuring integration in order to maintain and improve soil with relevant policy instruments; and functions in the future, while taking into provide for training and sharing of best consideration best practices learned from practice as well as adequate control ”first mover” efforts, and ensuring measures; integration with relevant policy instruments; and provide for training and sharing of best practice as well as adequate control measures;

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Amendment 242 Idoia Villanueva Ruiz, Manuel Bompard, Mick Wallace, Silvia Modig

PE689.631v01-00 112/205 AM\1225880EN.docx EN Draft motion for a resolution Paragraph 8

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8. Calls on the Commission to design 8. Calls on the Commission to design an EU-wide common legal framework for an EU-wide common legal framework for the protection and sustainable use of soil, the protection and sustainable use of soil, addressing all main soil threats, that shall addressing all main soil threats, that shall include, inter alia, common definitions of include, inter alia, common definitions of soil and soil functions and criteria for its soil and soil functions and criteria for its good status, objectives, indicators, good status, objectives, indicators, including harmonised indicators to monitor including harmonised indicators to monitor soil quality and reporting, measurable soil quality and reporting, measurable targets to tackle all identified threats and targets to tackle all identified threats and appropriate timelines (based on an impact appropriate timelines (based on an impact assessment) taking into consideration ”first assessment) taking into consideration ”first mover” efforts, while ensuring integration mover” efforts, while ensuring integration with relevant policy instruments; and with relevant policy instruments; and provide for training and sharing of best provide for training and sharing of best practice as well as adequate control practice as well as adequate control measures; measures; notes with concern that despite having a soil thematic strategy, soil degradation has continued across the EU;

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Amendment 243 Petros Kokkalis

Draft motion for a resolution Paragraph 8

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8. Calls on the Commission to design 8. Calls on the Commission to design an EU-wide common legal framework for an EU-wide common legal framework for the protection and sustainable use of soil, the protection and sustainable use of soil, addressing all main soil threats, that shall addressing all main soil threats and include, inter alia, common definitions of prioritising prevention, that shall include, soil and soil functions and criteria for its inter alia, common definitions of soil and good status, objectives, indicators, soil functions and criteria for its good including harmonised indicators to monitor status, objectives, indicators, including soil quality and reporting, measurable harmonised indicators to monitor soil targets to tackle all identified threats and quality and reporting, measurable targets to appropriate timelines (based on an impact tackle all identified threats and appropriate assessment) taking into consideration ”first timelines (based on an impact assessment) mover” efforts, while ensuring integration taking into consideration ”first mover”

AM\1225880EN.docx 113/205 PE689.631v01-00 EN with relevant policy instruments; and efforts, while ensuring integration with provide for training and sharing of best relevant policy instruments; and provide practice as well as adequate control for training and sharing of best practice as measures; well as adequate control measures;

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Amendment 244 Maria Arena, Rovana Plumb, Javi López, César Luena, Tudor Ciuhodaru, Sándor Rónai, Petar Vitanov, Sara Cerdas

Draft motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 a (new)

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8 a. Stresses that the new EU legal framework must ensure that soil should be used in a sustainable manner which preserves its capacity to deliver ecological, economic and social services, while maintaining its functions so that future generations can meet their needs; stresses the need for the new EU soil strategy to enhance soil-based multiple ecosystem services other than merely production- driven service provision;

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Amendment 245 Norbert Lins

Draft motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 a (new)

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8a. Takes the view that soil protection can be achieved more effectively, less bureaucratically and more cost-effectively at local, regional and national level than at Union level;

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PE689.631v01-00 114/205 AM\1225880EN.docx EN Amendment 246 Alexander Bernhuber

Draft motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 a (new)

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8 a. Highlights the importance of including in this strategy support measures and incentives for land-owners to protect soil and land based on additional funds beyond CAP;

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Amendment 247 Pernille Weiss, Norbert Lins, Dan-Ştefan Motreanu, Ljudmila Novak, Edina Tóth, Roberta Metsola, Radan Kanev, Lídia Pereira, Christine Schneider

Draft motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 a (new)

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8 a. Calls on the Commission to secure that the EU-wide common framework will be implemented in a manner consistent with other policy areas;

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Amendment 248 Maria Arena, Rovana Plumb, Javi López, César Luena, Tudor Ciuhodaru, Sándor Rónai, Petar Vitanov, Sara Cerdas

Draft motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 b (new)

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8 b. Calls for the new EU legal framework for soil to be based on the principles of preservation of soil functions, prevention of soil degradation,

AM\1225880EN.docx 115/205 PE689.631v01-00 EN mitigation of its effects, and restoration of degraded soils in order to improve the protection of soils and its sustainable use, to control the transboundary soil degradation effects, to protect aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems, and to preclude distortion of competition between economic operators;

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Amendment 249 Norbert Lins

Draft motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 b (new)

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8b. Notes that a framework directive on soil would not be appropriate, would not be compatible with the subsidiarity principle and would give rise to a disproportionate amount of bureaucracy and follow-up costs when implemented; moreover, there is no need for a framework directive, since there is virtually no transboundary impact with soil, which is immobile and very diverse (important private property);

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Amendment 250 Pernille Weiss, Norbert Lins, Dan-Ştefan Motreanu, Ljudmila Novak, Edina Tóth, Roberta Metsola, Lídia Pereira, Christine Schneider

Draft motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 b (new)

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8 b. Underlines that soil is a national competence and falls under the fundamental Treaty principle of subsidiarity; calls on the Commission, in

PE689.631v01-00 116/205 AM\1225880EN.docx EN its EU-wide framework, to include specific guidelines for the Member States for the protection and sustainable use of soil; these guidelines must include specific decontamination targets;

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Amendment 251 Pernille Weiss, Norbert Lins, Dan-Ştefan Motreanu, Ljudmila Novak, Edina Tóth, Roberta Metsola, Lídia Pereira, Christine Schneider

Draft motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 c (new)

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8 c. Highlights for the Commission that the Member States will be responsible for executing the targets and measures set out in a EU-wide common framework; reminds the Commission the necessity to collaborate constructively with the Member States and closely involve them when formulating EU-wide targets for soil protection and decontamination efforts in the EU; shares its concern that a too ambitious legal approach by the Commission side may have the opposite effect and thereby not bettering the situation with soil derogation and other indirect challenge, such as mitigating the threat of biodiversity loss and climate challenge;

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Amendment 252 Maria Arena, Rovana Plumb, Javi López, César Luena, Tudor Ciuhodaru, Sándor Rónai, Petar Vitanov, Sara Cerdas

Draft motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 c (new)

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AM\1225880EN.docx 117/205 PE689.631v01-00 EN 8 c. Stresses that the new EU legal framework should be based on the precautionary principle, on the principle that preventive action should be taken, that environmental damage should as a priority be rectified at source and that the polluter should pay;

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Amendment 253 Maria Arena, Rovana Plumb, Javi López, César Luena, Tudor Ciuhodaru, Sándor Rónai, Petar Vitanov, Sara Cerdas

Draft motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 d (new)

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8 d. Welcomes the Commission's proposal for legally binding EU nature restoration targets to be put forward in 2021 and stresses that these should include targets on the restoration of soils;

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Amendment 254 Maria Arena, Rovana Plumb, Javi López, César Luena, Tudor Ciuhodaru, Sándor Rónai, Petar Vitanov, Sara Cerdas

Draft motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 e (new)

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8 e. Calls on the Commission to introduce the protection of intact soils, intended as the soils of land that have not been plowed, worked or excavated from a long period of time and which are covered by natural or semi-natural ecosystems such as: forests, moors, peatlands, Mediterranean scrub, prairies, pastures, garrigues, stresses that these intact soils represent an invaluable repository of

PE689.631v01-00 118/205 AM\1225880EN.docx EN biodiversity, above and below ground level, and host the largest part of the European soil organic carbon stock, considers that the change of their state and use, by excavation or plowing, implies the loss of this irreplaceable asset and the related provision of ecosystem services at a continental scale;

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Amendment 255 Andreas Glück

Draft motion for a resolution Paragraph 9

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9. Points out that the common 9. Points out that the assessment of a framework shall also consist of provisions common framework shall focus on regarding the mapping of risk areas and European added value; calls on the of contaminated sites and brownfield Commission and Member states to apply sites, and decontamination of the polluter pays principle and to propose a contaminated sites; calls on the mechanism for the remediation of orphan Commission and Member states to apply sites; the polluter pays principle and to propose a mechanism for the remediation of orphan sites;

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Amendment 256 Pernille Weiss, Norbert Lins, Dan-Ştefan Motreanu, Ljudmila Novak, Edina Tóth, Lídia Pereira, Christine Schneider

Draft motion for a resolution Paragraph 9

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AM\1225880EN.docx 119/205 PE689.631v01-00 EN sites; calls on the Commission and and to propose a balanced mechanism for Member states to apply the polluter pays the challenges with orphan sites in the principle and to propose a mechanism for Member States; the remediation of orphan sites;

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Amendment 257 Ulrike Müller, Nils Torvalds

Draft motion for a resolution Paragraph 9

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9. Points out that the common 9. Calls on the Commission to framework shall also consist of provisions explore added value of EU level regarding the mapping of risk areas and of provisions regarding the mapping of risk contaminated sites and brownfield sites, areas and of contaminated sites and and decontamination of contaminated sites; brownfield sites, and decontamination of calls on the Commission and Member contaminated sites; calls on the states to apply the polluter pays principle Commission and Member states to apply and to propose a mechanism for the the polluter pays principle and to propose a remediation of orphan sites; mechanism for the remediation of orphan sites;

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Amendment 258 Alexander Bernhuber

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Amendment 259 Maria Arena, Rovana Plumb, Tudor Ciuhodaru, Sándor Rónai, Petar Vitanov, Sara Cerdas

Draft motion for a resolution Paragraph 9

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9. Points out that the common 9. Points out that the common framework shall also consist of provisions framework shall also consist of provisions regarding the mapping of risk areas and of regarding the mapping of areas at risk of contaminated sites and brownfield sites, severe land degradation and of and decontamination of contaminated sites; contaminated sites and brownfield sites, calls on the Commission and Member including risk reduction, restoration, and states to apply the polluter pays principle decontamination targets for contaminated and to propose a mechanism for the sites; calls on the Commission and remediation of orphan sites; Member states to apply the polluter pays principle and to propose a funding mechanism for the remediation of orphan sites; stresses that initiative and actions to protect these high-risk areas could be funded by European funding mechanisms such as the European Structural and Investments Funds (ESIF) and the Rural Development Fund under the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP);

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Amendment 260 Martin Hojsík, Frédérique Ries, Nicolae Ştefănuță

Draft motion for a resolution Paragraph 9

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9. Points out that the common 9. Points out that the common framework shall also consist of provisions framework shall also consist of binding regarding the mapping of risk areas and of provisions regarding the identification, contaminated sites and brownfield sites, investigation, assessment, mapping and and decontamination of contaminated registration of risk areas and of sites; calls on the Commission and contaminated and brownfield sites, and an

AM\1225880EN.docx 121/205 PE689.631v01-00 EN Member states to apply the polluter pays obligation to decontaminate contaminated principle and to propose a mechanism for sites in order to eliminate risks to human the remediation of orphan sites; health and environment and improve the functioning of internal market; calls on the Commission and Member states to apply the polluter pays principle and to propose a mechanism for the remediation of historically contaminated sites;

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Amendment 261 Tudor Ciuhodaru

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9. Points out that the common 9. Points out that the common framework shall also consist of provisions framework must also include provisions regarding the mapping of risk areas and of regarding the mapping of risk areas and of contaminated sites and brownfield sites, contaminated sites and brownfield sites, and decontamination of contaminated sites; and decontamination of contaminated sites calls on the Commission and Member for reintegration within a reasonable states to apply the polluter pays principle period and re-use in the interest of the and to propose a mechanism for the general public and of local communities; remediation of orphan sites; calls on the Commission and Member states to apply the polluter pays principle and to propose a mechanism for the remediation of orphan sites for use by the relevant authorities;

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Amendment 262 Manuela Ripa

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PE689.631v01-00 122/205 AM\1225880EN.docx EN contaminated sites and brownfield sites, contaminated sites and brownfield and and decontamination of contaminated sites; abandoned sites, and decontamination of calls on the Commission and Member contaminated sites; calls on the states to apply the polluter pays principle Commission and Member states to apply and to propose a mechanism for the the polluter pays principle and to propose a remediation of orphan sites; mechanism for the funding of the remediation of orphan sites;

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Amendment 263 Petros Kokkalis

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Amendment 264 Margarita de la Pisa Carrión

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AM\1225880EN.docx 123/205 PE689.631v01-00 EN remediation of orphan sites; mechanism for the remediation of orphan sites;

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Amendment 265 Maria Arena, Rovana Plumb, Javi López, César Luena, Tudor Ciuhodaru, Sándor Rónai, Petar Vitanov, Sara Cerdas

Draft motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 a (new)

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9 a. Considers that the assessment, prevention, mitigation and management of soil contamination and the remediation of contaminated sites is crucial to preserve the proper physical and chemical properties of soil as well as soil quality; considers that the new EU legal framework for soil should set the criteria to be adopted in the risk analyses, the thresholds and the definition of uses compatible with soils having moderate levels of contamination; welcomes in this regard the Commission's commitment to support research and development for decontamination solutions in terrestrial environments9a; ______9a Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability Towards a Toxic-Free Environment (COM(2020)0667)

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Amendment 266 Martin Hojsík, Frédérique Ries, Nicolae Ştefănuță, María Soraya Rodríguez Ramos

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PE689.631v01-00 124/205 AM\1225880EN.docx EN 9 a. Believes that past efforts by Member States to identify contaminated sites should be taken into account; underlines that the identification of contaminated sites reflected in a national inventories should be updated regularly and made available for public consultation; further believes that adoption of provisions are needed in Member States to ensure that parties of land transactions are aware of the state of the soil and enabled to make an informed choice;

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Amendment 267 Maria Arena, Rovana Plumb, Javi López, César Luena, Tudor Ciuhodaru, Sándor Rónai, Petar Vitanov, Sara Cerdas

Draft motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 b (new)

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9 b. Calls on the Commission to commit, in the new EU soil strategy and in coherence with the Chemicals Strategy on Sustainability, to adopt regulatory measures to prevent and mitigate pollution of soil by chemicals, in particular persistent and bioaccumulative chemicals (including plastics and microplastics), to avoid accumulation of pollutants in soil that would hamper soil functions and create a risk to human health and the environment; calls on the Commission to clearly define exposure in soil in eco-toxicological studies and to better take into account mixtures of contaminants to allow comprehensive environmental risk assessments;

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Amendment 268

AM\1225880EN.docx 125/205 PE689.631v01-00 EN Martin Hojsík, Irena Joveva, Frédérique Ries, Nicolae Ştefănuță

Draft motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 b (new)

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9 b. Calls on the Commission to consider proposing a common list of activities with a significant potential to cause soil contamination, which could be complemented by other more comprehensive lists at national level; furthermore calls on the Commission to facilitate harmonization of risk assessment methodologies for contaminated sites;

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Amendment 269 Maria Arena, Rovana Plumb, Javi López, César Luena, Tudor Ciuhodaru, Sándor Rónai, Petar Vitanov, Sara Cerdas

Draft motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 c (new)

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9 c. Calls on the Commission to tackle the legacy of historical contamination of soil in order to prevent and mitigate harmful effects on human health and the environment; calls for the setup of inventories of contaminated sites in Member States which do not have one already; calls on the Commission to propose the establishment of national remediation strategies setting remediation time-bound targets and the order of priority in which sites should be remediated;

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Amendment 270

PE689.631v01-00 126/205 AM\1225880EN.docx EN Martin Hojsík, Frédérique Ries, Nicolae Ştefănuță, María Soraya Rodríguez Ramos

Draft motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 c (new)

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9 c. Believes that action should be taken under the responsibility of Member States, at the most appropriate level, based on a comparable approach, common methodology and establishment of risk reduction targets and programmes of measures to reach those targets;

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Amendment 271 Maria Arena, Rovana Plumb, Javi López, César Luena, Tudor Ciuhodaru, Sándor Rónai, Petar Vitanov, Sara Cerdas

Draft motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 d (new)

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9 d. Calls on the Commission to establish an open list of activities which can have a significant potential to cause soil contamination; stresses that this list should be made publicly available and regularly updated;

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Amendment 272 Maria Arena, Rovana Plumb, Javi López, César Luena, Tudor Ciuhodaru, Sándor Rónai, Petar Vitanov, Sara Cerdas

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9 e. Calls on the Commission to introduce a legal obligation for sellers or

AM\1225880EN.docx 127/205 PE689.631v01-00 EN prospective buyers to provide a soil status report for any transaction of land where a potentially contaminating activity has taken or is taking place;

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Amendment 273 Maria Arena, Rovana Plumb, Javi López, César Luena, Tudor Ciuhodaru, Sándor Rónai, Petar Vitanov, Sara Cerdas

Draft motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 f (new)

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9 f. Stresses that funding instruments at EU level, including the Cohesion Fund, European Regional Development Programme, Life+ and Horizon 2020, can be used for the remediation of land where liable parties cannot be identified or held to account; stresses that state aid guidelines allow Member States to make use of national funding to support soil remediation where no liable party can be identified and held to account;

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Amendment 274 Maria Arena, Rovana Plumb, Javi López, César Luena, Tudor Ciuhodaru, Sándor Rónai, Petar Vitanov, Sara Cerdas

Draft motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 g (new)

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9 g. Calls on the Commission to tackle the issue of diffuse contamination deriving from farming activities, in line with the targets of the 'Farm to Fork' strategy for the reduction of the inputs and toxicity of pesticides, mineral fertilizers and correctives, as well as

PE689.631v01-00 128/205 AM\1225880EN.docx EN growth factors and veterinary medicines; welcomes in this regard the Commission's announcement to revise the Directive on the Sustainable Use of Pesticides;

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Amendment 275 Maria Arena, Rovana Plumb, Javi López, César Luena, Tudor Ciuhodaru, Sándor Rónai, Petar Vitanov, Sara Cerdas

Draft motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 h (new)

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9 h. Calls on the Commission to review the Industrial Emission Directive with a view to the improved integration of soil protection;

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Amendment 276 Manuela Ripa

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10. Calls on the Commission to include 10. Calls on the Commission to include in this common framework measures on in this common framework mandatory prevention and/or minimisation of soil measures by the Member States on sealing, giving priority to brownfield prevention and/or minimisation of soil recycling over use of unsealed soil with the sealing and any other land use affecting aim to reach no-land degradation objective soil performance, giving priority to by 2030 and no net land take by 2050 at brownfield recycling and the recycling of the latest and the right to effective public abandoned sites over use of unsealed soil, participation and consultation on land use with the aim to reach no-land degradation planning; objective by 2030 and no net land take by 2050 at the latest, with an interim target of -50% by 2030, to achieve a circular economy, and to also include the right to effective and mandatory public participation and consultation on land use

AM\1225880EN.docx 129/205 PE689.631v01-00 EN planning;

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Amendment 277 Alexander Bernhuber

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10. Calls on the Commission to include 10. Calls on the Commission to include in this common framework measures on in this common framework measures on prevention and/or minimisation of soil prevention and/or minimisation of soil sealing, giving priority to brownfield sealing, giving priority to brownfield recycling over use of unsealed soil with the recycling over use of unsealed soil with the aim to reach no-land degradation objective aim to reach no-land degradation objective by 2030 and no net land take by 2050 at by 2030 and no net land take by 2050; the latest and the right to effective public participation and consultation on land use planning;

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Amendment 278 Maria Arena, Rovana Plumb, Javi López, César Luena, Tudor Ciuhodaru, Sándor Rónai, Petar Vitanov, Sara Cerdas

Draft motion for a resolution Paragraph 10

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10. Calls on the Commission to include 10. Calls on the Commission to include in this common framework measures on in this common framework measures on prevention and/or minimisation of soil prevention and/or minimisation of land sealing, giving priority to brownfield take, urban sprawl and soil sealing, giving recycling over use of unsealed soil with the priority to brownfield recycling over use of aim to reach no-land degradation objective unsealed soil with the aim to reach no-land by 2030 and no net land take by 2050 at degradation objective by 2030 and no net the latest and the right to effective public land take by 2050 at the latest and the right participation and consultation on land use to effective public participation and planning; consultation on land use planning; calls on the Commission to enshrine these targets in EU law and to set out intermediate

PE689.631v01-00 130/205 AM\1225880EN.docx EN targets to ensure and monitor progress; calls on the Commission to propose measures ensuring that where sealing does occur, Member States should provide for construction and drainage techniques that would allow as many soil functions as possible to be preserved;

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Amendment 279 Aurélia Beigneux, Annika Bruna, Joëlle Mélin, Catherine Griset

Draft motion for a resolution Paragraph 10

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10. Calls on the Commission to include 10. Calls on the Commission to include in this common framework measures on in this common framework measures on prevention and/or minimisation of soil prevention and/or minimisation of soil sealing, giving priority to brownfield sealing, giving priority to brownfield recycling over use of unsealed soil with the recycling over use of unsealed soil with the aim to reach no-land degradation objective aim to reach no-land degradation objective by 2030 and no net land take by 2050 at by 2030 and no net land take and the right the latest and the right to effective public to effective public participation and participation and consultation on land use consultation on land use planning in planning; compliance with the Member States' respective regulations;

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Amendment 280 Andreas Glück

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10. Calls on the Commission to include 10. Calls on the Commission to include in this common framework measures on in this assessment of a common prevention and/or minimisation of soil framework measures on prevention and/or sealing, giving priority to brownfield minimisation of net soil sealing, to recycling over use of unsealed soil with the incentivize brownfield recycling over use aim to reach no-land degradation objective of unsealed soil with the aim to reach no-

AM\1225880EN.docx 131/205 PE689.631v01-00 EN by 2030 and no net land take by 2050 at land degradation objective by 2030 and no the latest and the right to effective public net land take by 2050 at the latest and the participation and consultation on land use right to effective public participation and planning; consultation on land use planning;

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Amendment 281 Stanislav Polčák

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10. Calls on the Commission to include 10. Calls on the Commission to include in this common framework measures on in this common framework measures on prevention and/or minimisation of soil prevention and/or minimisation of soil sealing, giving priority to brownfield sealing, providing appropriate recycling over use of unsealed soil with the encouragement for the recycling of aim to reach no-land degradation objective brownfield sites instead of using unsealed by 2030 and no net land take by 2050 at soil with the aim to reach no-land the latest and the right to effective public degradation objective by 2030 and no net participation and consultation on land use land take by 2050 at the latest and the right planning; to effective public participation and consultation on land use planning; warns, in this regard, against the tendencies of some Member States to restrict this right;

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Amendment 282 Martin Hojsík, Irena Joveva, Frédérique Ries, Nicolae Ştefănuță, María Soraya Rodríguez Ramos

Draft motion for a resolution Paragraph 10

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PE689.631v01-00 132/205 AM\1225880EN.docx EN by 2030 and no net land take by 2050 at no-land degradation objective by 2030 and the latest and the right to effective public no net land take by 2050 at the latest and participation and consultation on land use the right to effective public participation planning; and consultation on land use planning;

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Amendment 283 Ulrike Müller, Nils Torvalds, Ondřej Knotek

Draft motion for a resolution Paragraph 10

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10. Calls on the Commission to include 10. Calls on the Commission to include in this common framework measures on in this common framework measures on prevention and/or minimisation of soil prevention and/or minimisation of net soil sealing, giving priority to brownfield sealing, giving priority to brownfield recycling over use of unsealed soil with the recycling over use of unsealed soil with the aim to reach no-land degradation objective aim to reach no-land degradation objective by 2030 and no net land take by 2050 at by 2030 and no net land take by 2050 at the latest and the right to effective public the latest and the right to effective public participation and consultation on land use participation and consultation on land use planning; planning;

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Amendment 284 Manuela Ripa

Draft motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 a (new)

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10 a. Calls on the Commission to address local settlement and transport policies as well as the financial drivers that lead to soil sealing and propose proportionate and effective compensation measures for indispensable surface sealing; considers that the corresponding loss of ecosystem services must be accounted for in any strategic evaluation of projects and programs that lead to soil

AM\1225880EN.docx 133/205 PE689.631v01-00 EN sealing;

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Amendment 285 Tudor Ciuhodaru

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10a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to carry out regular public awareness campaigns regarding soil conservation and sustainable use thereof, as well as the threats to it and the importance of soil protection in order to slow the deterioration of this vital organic whole;

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Amendment 286 Martin Hojsík, Irena Joveva, Frédérique Ries, Nicolae Ştefănuță, María Soraya Rodríguez Ramos

Draft motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 a (new)

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10 a. Calls on the Commission to accompany its legislative proposal by an impact assessment study which will analyse both costs of action and non- action in terms of immediate and long- term impact on environment, human health, internal market and general sustainability;

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Amendment 287

PE689.631v01-00 134/205 AM\1225880EN.docx EN Maria Arena, Rovana Plumb, Javi López, César Luena, Tudor Ciuhodaru, Sándor Rónai, Petar Vitanov, Sara Cerdas

Draft motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 a (new)

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10 a. Calls on the Commission to update the Guidelines on best practices to limit, mitigate or compensate soil sealing in line with the objectives of the European Green Deal;

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Amendment 288 Maria Arena, Rovana Plumb, Javi López, César Luena, Tudor Ciuhodaru, Sándor Rónai, Petar Vitanov, Sara Cerdas

Draft motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 b (new)

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10 b. Calls for the new EU soil strategy to clearly outline a roadmap toward land degradation neutrality by 2030 and a desertification strategy; calls on the Commission to periodically report on the progress of these instruments; calls on the Commission to provide guidance to Member States on practical aspects of preserving soil and achieving land degradation neutrality in the EU, including dissemination of good practices; calls on the Commission to provide technical support to Member States to establish national action plans to achieve land degradation neutrality by 2030 and to fight desertification, including identifying targeted measures, clear milestones, and intermediate reporting at Member State level;

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AM\1225880EN.docx 135/205 PE689.631v01-00 EN Amendment 289 Maria Arena, Rovana Plumb, Javi López, César Luena, Tudor Ciuhodaru, Sándor Rónai, Petar Vitanov, Sara Cerdas

Draft motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 c (new)

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10 c. Calls on the measurement of occupied and/or sealed land, and of the corresponding loss of ecosystem services and ecological connectivity; calls for these aspects to be accounted and adequately compensated for in the context of the Environmental and Strategic Impact Assessments of projects and programs;

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Amendment 290 Maria Arena, Tudor Ciuhodaru, Sándor Rónai, Petar Vitanov, Sara Cerdas

Draft motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 d (new)

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10 d. Considers that the principle of "no net land take" must be a binding requirement for the construction of the infrastructures related to the system of nodes and corridors of the TEN-T network;

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Amendment 291 Maria Arena, Rovana Plumb, Javi López, César Luena, Tudor Ciuhodaru, Sándor Rónai, Petar Vitanov, Sara Cerdas

Draft motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 e (new)

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PE689.631v01-00 136/205 AM\1225880EN.docx EN 10 e. Calls for the new EU legal framework for soil to require land users to take precautionary measures when their use of the land they own can be expected to significantly hamper soil functions;

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Amendment 292 Maria Arena, Rovana Plumb, Tudor Ciuhodaru, Sándor Rónai, Petar Vitanov, Sara Cerdas

Draft motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 f (new)

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10 f. Calls on the Commission to give particular attention to coastal areas in the new EU soil strategy and to promote the development of integrated coastal management; calls on the Commission to prioritize the restoration of coastal areas acting as natural sea defences and that have been negatively impacted by urbanisation of coasts, in regions threatened by coastal erosion and/or floods in the EU Nature restoration plan;

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Amendment 293 Maria Arena, Rovana Plumb, Javi López, César Luena, Tudor Ciuhodaru, Sándor Rónai, Petar Vitanov, Sara Cerdas

Draft motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 g (new)

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10 g. Calls for the new EU soil strategy to set targets for the sustainable management of soil biodiversity in all relevant legislation, stresses that approaches of sustainable soil management, especially in the

AM\1225880EN.docx 137/205 PE689.631v01-00 EN agricultural sector, can also enhance soil biodiversity;

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Amendment 294 Maria Arena, Rovana Plumb, Javi López, César Luena, Tudor Ciuhodaru, Sándor Rónai, Petar Vitanov, Sara Cerdas

Draft motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 h (new)

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10 h. Calls on the Commission to support the research to bridge the knowledge gaps that remain about the real potential of soil biodiversity in tackling soil pollution problems, and about how soil pollution actually affects soil biodiversity;

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Amendment 295 Maria Arena, Rovana Plumb, Javi López, César Luena, Tudor Ciuhodaru, Sándor Rónai, Petar Vitanov, Sara Cerdas

Draft motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 i (new)

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10 i. Calls on the Commission to take better account of soil pollution and its impact on soil biodiversity in the environmental risk assessment of contaminant substances (such as pesticides) notably by ensuring that ecologically relevant test conditions that are representative of field conditions are met;

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PE689.631v01-00 138/205 AM\1225880EN.docx EN Amendment 296 Michal Wiezik, Róża Thun und Hohenstein

Draft motion for a resolution Paragraph 11

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11. Stresses that soil protection and 11. Stresses that soil protection and sustainable use of soil needs to be sustainable use of soil needs to be integrated into and should be made integrated into and should be made consistent across all relevant EU sectoral consistent across all relevant EU sectoral policies in order to prevent further policies in order to prevent further degradation, ensure a consistent high level degradation, ensure a consistent high level of protection and to avoid overlapping, of protection and to avoid overlapping, incoherence, and inconsistencies between incoherence, and inconsistencies between EU legislation and policies; EU legislation and policies; highlights that sectoral policies in place, e.g. the agricultural policy, currently do not do their fair share; notes that while majority of the cropland is under the CAP regime, on average less than quarter1a applies effective protection from soil erosion; ______1a Eurostat, 2014b. European Agricultural Census 2010. [Online] URL: http://epp. eurostat.ec.europa.eu/statistics explained/index.php/Agricultural census 2010 (accessed 02.14.).- the European average of 19% cropland applying winter cover crop, 21.5% reduced tillage, 4% no- till farming

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Amendment 297 Maria Arena, Rovana Plumb, Javi López, César Luena, Tudor Ciuhodaru, Sándor Rónai, Petar Vitanov, Sara Cerdas

Draft motion for a resolution Paragraph 11

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AM\1225880EN.docx 139/205 PE689.631v01-00 EN consistent across all relevant EU sectoral consistent across all relevant EU sectoral policies in order to prevent further policies in order to prevent further degradation, ensure a consistent high level degradation, ensure a consistent high level of protection and to avoid overlapping, of protection and to avoid overlapping, incoherence, and inconsistencies between incoherence, and inconsistencies between EU legislation and policies; EU legislation and policies; calls on the Commission to identify and assess the impact of these policies on the prevention of soil degradation processes and the protection of soil functions and to amend them accordingly;

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Amendment 298 Stanislav Polčák

Draft motion for a resolution Paragraph 11

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Amendment 299 Petros Kokkalis

Draft motion for a resolution Paragraph 11

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PE689.631v01-00 140/205 AM\1225880EN.docx EN 11. Stresses that soil protection and 11. Stresses that soil protection and sustainable use of soil needs to be sustainable use of soil needs to be integrated into and should be made integrated into and should be made consistent across all relevant EU sectoral consistent across all relevant EU sectoral policies in order to prevent further policies in order to prevent further degradation, ensure a consistent high level degradation, ensure a consistent high level of protection and to avoid overlapping, of protection and remediation, wherever incoherence, and inconsistencies between possible, and to avoid overlapping, EU legislation and policies; incoherence, and inconsistencies between EU legislation and policies;

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Amendment 300 Manuela Ripa

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Amendment 301 Martin Hojsík, Irena Joveva, Frédérique Ries, Nicolae Ştefănuță, María Soraya Rodríguez Ramos

Draft motion for a resolution Paragraph 11

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11. Stresses that soil protection and 11. Stresses that soil protection, its

AM\1225880EN.docx 141/205 PE689.631v01-00 EN sustainable use of soil needs to be circular and sustainable use and integrated into and should be made restoration need to be integrated into and consistent across all relevant EU sectoral should be made consistent across all policies in order to prevent further relevant EU sectoral policies in order to degradation, ensure a consistent high level prevent further degradation, ensure a of protection and to avoid overlapping, consistent high level of protection and to incoherence, and inconsistencies between avoid overlapping, incoherence, and EU legislation and policies; inconsistencies between EU legislation and policies;

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Amendment 302 Pernille Weiss, Norbert Lins, Dan-Ştefan Motreanu, Ljudmila Novak, Edina Tóth, Roberta Metsola, Radan Kanev, Lídia Pereira, Christine Schneider

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Amendment 303 Manuela Ripa

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11 l. Considers it of utmost importance

PE689.631v01-00 142/205 AM\1225880EN.docx EN to achieve a healthy soil microbiome;

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Amendment 304 Michal Wiezik, Róża Thun und Hohenstein

Draft motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 a (new)

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11 a. Highlights that despite the fact that the Common Agricultural Policy is designed to be reformed every programming period, the transformational change has so far been impossible to be put in place; Stresses that this time round the CAP must be offering true transformation, with baseline conditions safeguarding the productivity and ecosystem services of soils, applying conservation practices keeping the level of soil erosion low to very low, maintaining or improving the soil organic carbon content, water retention and facilitating colonisation of soil with beneficial soil biota; Reiterates that the budget of the CAP should no longer be used to support practices which threaten the food security by depleting soil in a way that has a potential to turn it into a non-renewable resource;

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Amendment 305 Margarita de la Pisa Carrión

Draft motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 a (new)

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11a. Recognises the importance of soil in food production and notes the positive

AM\1225880EN.docx 143/205 PE689.631v01-00 EN role of the CAP in protecting and sustainably managing soils through conditionality, greening payments and rural development provisions; calls on the Commission to promote and incentivise techniques that can help improve and conserve soil through an integrated management of soil, water and biological agents.

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Amendment 306 Pernille Weiss, Norbert Lins, Dan-Ştefan Motreanu, Ljudmila Novak, Edina Tóth, Roberta Metsola, Radan Kanev, Lídia Pereira, Christine Schneider

Draft motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 a (new)

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11 a. Stresses the importance of achieving a so-called 'Water-Smart Society' to support soil restoration, protection, and notably exploring the close relationship between soil health and water pollution; calls on the Commission to encourage the use of relevant digital tools to monitor the status of water and soil and the effectiveness of policy instruments;

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Amendment 307 Marcos Ros Sempere

Draft motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 a (new)

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11 a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to implement sustainable land policies and land-use planning, focusing on urban structures with

PE689.631v01-00 144/205 AM\1225880EN.docx EN appropiate compactness and density, reducing land occupation and artificialisation through the regeneration of urban areas and favouring the creation of green areas to increase biodiversity.

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Amendment 308 Maria Arena, Tudor Ciuhodaru, Sándor Rónai, Petar Vitanov, Sara Cerdas

Draft motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 a (new)

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11 a. Regrets that intensive farming practices, which extract nutrients from soils, address depletion of soil fertility by increasing the use of synthetic fertilizers, causing further problems to soil structure and fauna as well as for water quality due to leaking, are still supported by the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP);

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Amendment 309 Manuela Ripa

Draft motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 a (new)

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11 a. Considers that CAP strategic national plans should integrate climate and soil protection into agricultural production by including sustainable soil management practices to maintain and improve soil fertility, organic matter content, humification and by significantly reducing synthetic fertiliser use;

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AM\1225880EN.docx 145/205 PE689.631v01-00 EN Amendment 310 Martin Hojsík, Irena Joveva, Frédérique Ries, Nicolae Ştefănuță, María Soraya Rodríguez Ramos

Draft motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 a (new)

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11 a. Calls on the Commission to assess in a comprehensive manner the impacts of other policies on soil health and status in order to determine what changes are needed to ensure policy coherence with soil protection;

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Amendment 311 Idoia Villanueva Ruiz, Manuel Bompard, Mick Wallace, Silvia Modig

Draft motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 a (new)

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11 a. Stresses that particular attention shall be given to soil protection, deforestation, and sustainable land use in the review of the EU Trade Policy and in future trade agreements;

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Amendment 312 Michal Wiezik, Róża Thun und Hohenstein

Draft motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 b (new)

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11 b. Stresses that EU forests store about 2.5 times more carbon in soils than in tree biomass1a, Calls on the

PE689.631v01-00 146/205 AM\1225880EN.docx EN Commission to prepare the EU Forest Strategy that duly takes this into account and that promotes management choices which sustain this invaluable resource, and endorses restoration and protection targets as these will work for soil, biodiversity and climate; ______1a BrunoDe Vos et al., Benchmark values for forest soil carbon stocks in Europe: Results from a large scale forest soil survey, Geoderma, Volumes 251–252, August 2015,Pages 33-46

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Amendment 313 Martin Hojsík, Irena Joveva, Frédérique Ries, Nicolae Ştefănuță, Sophia in 't Veld

Draft motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 b (new)

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11 b. Welcomes the Commission's intention to develop a new EU Nature Restoration Plan including legally binding restoration targets; underlines that it should be coherent with the reviewed Soil Thematic Strategy and include specific soil restoration objectives, milestones and timeline; believes that progress must be assessed regularly on both Member States and EU level;

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Amendment 314 Maria Arena, Tudor Ciuhodaru, Sándor Rónai, Petar Vitanov

Draft motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 b (new)

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AM\1225880EN.docx 147/205 PE689.631v01-00 EN 11 b. Calls on the Commission to include sustainable soil management requirements into the EU Common Agricultural Policy (CAP); calls on the Commission and Member States to seize the opportunity of the trilogues on the post-2020 CAP to integrate such requirements into CAP conditionality and to propose binding targets for the EU agricultural sector;

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Amendment 315 Idoia Villanueva Ruiz, Manuel Bompard, Mick Wallace, Silvia Modig

Draft motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 b (new)

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11 b. Welcomes the review of the Sewage Sludge Directive as a means of increasing organic matter in soils, recycling nutrients and reducing erosion through the application of bio-solids, while protecting soils and groundwater from pollution;

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Amendment 316 Pernille Weiss, Norbert Lins, Dan-Ştefan Motreanu, Ljudmila Novak, Edina Tóth, Roberta Metsola, Radan Kanev, Lídia Pereira, Christine Schneider

Draft motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 b (new)

Draft motion for a resolution Amendment

11 b. Recognises the crucial role of coastal protection to mitigate the threat from climate change in the EU and stresses the necessity for the Commission to include coastal protection as part of the common EU framework for soil

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Amendment 317 Manuela Ripa

Draft motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 b (new)

Draft motion for a resolution Amendment

11 b. Welcomes the Commission’s commitment to adopt a zero pollution action plan on air, water and soil; calls on the Commission to include legally binding measures to achieve zero pollution of soils by 2035 at the latest;

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Amendment 318 Michal Wiezik, Róża Thun und Hohenstein

Draft motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 c (new)

Draft motion for a resolution Amendment

11 c. Stresses that clearcutting forest management practice destroys the symbiotic interdependent network of trees with fungi and subsequent reestablishment of this web after clearcut is almost non-existent; Highlights that in Boreal forests this represents the single most important mechanism of accumulation of soil organic matter and is thus crucial in the global carbon cycle1a ; Reiterates that clearcutting does not mimic natural disturbance by wildfire as unlike a clearcut site a site disturbed by wildfire is characterised by a very high amount of deadwood and soil open for colonisation of species; Calls therefore for a ban of clearcutting forest management

AM\1225880EN.docx 149/205 PE689.631v01-00 EN across the EU as a complementary measure to other soil protection measures within the soil framework and relevant initiatives; ______1a K. E. Clemmensen et al., 2013: Roots and Associated Fungi Drive Long-Term Carbon Sequestration in Boreal Forest. Science 339, 1615 (2013)

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Amendment 319 Martin Hojsík, Ulrike Müller, Irena Joveva, Frédérique Ries, Nicolae Ştefănuță, María Soraya Rodríguez Ramos

Draft motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 c (new)

Draft motion for a resolution Amendment

11 c. Emphasizes the important role of soils for water purification and infiltration and, hence as a provider of drinking water to a large share of the European population; recalls the need to improve the quality of soil together with groundwater and surface water quality and quantity, in line with the goals of the Water Framework Directive;

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Amendment 320 Manuela Ripa

Draft motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 c (new)

Draft motion for a resolution Amendment

11 c. Calls therefore on the Commission to propose legislation with a binding commitment at EU level to reduce the use of synthetic pesticides by 50 % by 2025

PE689.631v01-00 150/205 AM\1225880EN.docx EN and by 80% by 2030 with binding national contributions, with a view to phasing them out by 2035;

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Amendment 321 Maria Arena, Rovana Plumb, Tudor Ciuhodaru, Sándor Rónai, Petar Vitanov, Sara Cerdas

Draft motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 c (new)

Draft motion for a resolution Amendment

11 c. Calls on the Commission to assess whether CAP National Strategic Plans ensure a high level of soil protection and to promote actions to regenerate degraded agricultural soils;

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Amendment 322 Martin Hojsík, Ulrike Müller, Irena Joveva, Frédérique Ries, Nicolae Ştefănuță, María Soraya Rodríguez Ramos

Draft motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 d (new)

Draft motion for a resolution Amendment

11 d. Highlights the need to ensure food security and safety; underlines that agricultural practices influence soil viability, while agriculture production is reciprocally dependent on soil quality; Therefore encourages the Member States to introduce coherent soil protection measures in their national CAP Strategic Plans, build on the Recommendations2a of the Commission and increase efforts in stimulating IPM uptake and overall sustainable soil management and conservation;

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Amendment 323 Maria Arena, Rovana Plumb, Tudor Ciuhodaru, Sándor Rónai, Petar Vitanov, Sara Cerdas

Draft motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 d (new)

Draft motion for a resolution Amendment

11 d. Calls on the Member States to make soil protection and sustainable soil management key elements of their national CAP Strategic Plans and to ensure a wide use of agronomic practices based on agroecology including three core principles - minimum soil disturbance, maintenance of permanent soil covers and cropping system diversity;

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Amendment 324 Michal Wiezik

Draft motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 d (new)

Draft motion for a resolution Amendment

11 d. Reiterates that at the point where we are facing biodiversity and climate crises, we cannot have any more 'more of everything' and unless we embrace the idea and put in place full and comprehensive protection of soil as a resource and unique ecosystem, bioeconomy agenda should be put on hold;

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Amendment 325 Manuela Ripa

Draft motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 d (new)

Draft motion for a resolution Amendment

11 d. Calls therefore for strict enforcement of good animal husbandry standards in livestock farming so as to significantly reduce the veterinary medicines and their spreading on fields via manure and for strict enforcement of the Nitrates Directive;

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Amendment 326 Martin Hojsík, Frédérique Ries, Nicolae Ştefănuță, María Soraya Rodríguez Ramos

Draft motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 e (new)

Draft motion for a resolution Amendment

11 e. Underlines the role of the CAP to restore soils and to set a harmonised baseline for soil protection across the EU; invites the Commission to strictly assess how and to what extent the Strategic Plans contribute to the climate and environmental objectives with regard to soil, as well as how the Strategic Plans are integrated into the EU climate and biodiversity policies; considers, furthermore, that all recommendations of the Evaluation support study on the impact of the CAP on sustainable management of the soil2b must be taken into account; ______2b https://op.europa.eu/en/publication- detail/-/publication/85bd465d-669b-11eb-

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Amendment 327 Maria Arena, Rovana Plumb, Javi López, Tudor Ciuhodaru, Sándor Rónai, Petar Vitanov, Sara Cerdas

Draft motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 e (new)

Draft motion for a resolution Amendment

11 e. Underlines that in order to build climate-resilient and healthy agro- ecosystems, the various policies shaping agricultural pathways – CAP, research, and extension policies– must be reintegrated towards agroecology;

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Amendment 328 Manuela Ripa

Draft motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 e (new)

Draft motion for a resolution Amendment

11 e. Calls for a prohibition of peat- containing fertilisers to protect peatlands;

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Amendment 329 Martin Hojsík, Frédérique Ries, Nicolae Ştefănuță, María Soraya Rodríguez Ramos

Draft motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 f (new)

Draft motion for a resolution Amendment

11 f. Acknowledges the goods and

PE689.631v01-00 154/205 AM\1225880EN.docx EN services provided by soil biota and regrets that soil biodiversity is under increasing pressure; believes that a robust EU-wide monitoring of soil organisms and trends in their range and volume must be in place and maintained across all Member States; underlines the linkages between soil organic matter, soil carbon and soil biota; highlights the need to ensure optimal level of soil organic matter across the Union; calls on the Commission and Member States to support further research, including in different depths and horizons, monitoring and beneficial farming and forestry practices increasing soil organic matter at greater depths;

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Amendment 330 Manuela Ripa

Draft motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 f (new)

Draft motion for a resolution Amendment

11 f. Welcomes the Commission’s commitment in the context of the Circular Economy Action Plan to revise Council Directive 86/278/EEC on Sewage Sludge; calls on the Commission to ensure that the review contributes to soil protection by increasing organic matter in soils, recycling nutrients and reducing erosion while protecting soils and groundwater from pollution;

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Amendment 331 Maria Arena, Rovana Plumb, Javi López, César Luena, Tudor Ciuhodaru, Sándor Rónai, Petar Vitanov, Sara Cerdas

Draft motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 f (new)

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11 f. Calls on the Commission to support the collection of data on compaction and promote sustainable agricultural measures aimed at reducing the use of heavy machinery;

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Amendment 332 Martin Hojsík, Irena Joveva, Frédérique Ries, Nicolae Ştefănuță, María Soraya Rodríguez Ramos

Draft motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 g (new)

Draft motion for a resolution Amendment

11 g. Welcomes the objectives within the Farm to Fork Strategy and Biodiversity Strategy to 2030 and recognizes the relevance of both strategies for ensuring a healthy state of soils; calls for clear trajectories in view of the committed mid- term reviews of both Strategies, respecting different starting points of Member States; expects effective corrective measures to be taken in due time if soil contamination does not decrease;

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Amendment 333 Maria Arena, Rovana Plumb, Javi López, César Luena, Tudor Ciuhodaru, Sándor Rónai, Petar Vitanov, Sara Cerdas

Draft motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 g (new)

Draft motion for a resolution Amendment

11 g. Calls on the Commission to task the European Soil Data Centre with monitoring pesticide residues as well as

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Amendment 334 Manuela Ripa

Draft motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 g (new)

Draft motion for a resolution Amendment

11 g. Calls on the Commission to reconsider the exclusion of excavated soils from the Waste framework directive, and set accordingly a material recovery target for excavated soils in the revision of the Waste framework directive within the objectives regarding construction and demolition waste;

Or. en

Amendment 335 Martin Hojsík, Irena Joveva, Frédérique Ries, Nicolae Ştefănuță, María Soraya Rodríguez Ramos

Draft motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 h (new)

Draft motion for a resolution Amendment

11 h. Believes that sustainable management of soil is a key component of farming and food policy in long term; recognizes, however, the importance of legal provisions contributing to restoration, conservation and strict protection of intact soils, focusing inter alia on soil and land use change in wetlands, peatlands, permanent

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Amendment 336 Manuela Ripa

Draft motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 h (new)

Draft motion for a resolution Amendment

11 h. Underlines the essential role of mandatory soil diagnosis for the reuse of excavated soils to assess the quality of soils as well as ensuring their compatibility with receiving sites and calls on the Commission to propose establish a traceability system for excavated soils;

Or. en

Amendment 337 Maria Arena, Rovana Plumb, Javi López, César Luena, Tudor Ciuhodaru, Sándor Rónai, Petar Vitanov, Sara Cerdas

Draft motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 h (new)

Draft motion for a resolution Amendment

11 h. Calls for the new EU soil strategy to identify and promote good and innovative farming practices that can prevent and reduce the threat of soil salinization, or control its negative effects;

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Amendment 338 Maria Arena, Rovana Plumb, Tudor Ciuhodaru, Sándor Rónai, Petar Vitanov, Sara Cerdas

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Draft motion for a resolution Amendment

11 i. Calls on the Commission to take measures to drastically reduce the overuse of synthetic fertilizers, especially nitrogen overuse by decreasing the thresholds fixed by the 'Nitrates' directive; calls on the Commission to build on the UNEP Resolution on Sustainable Nitrogen Management and on the objective of the Colombo Declaration on Sustainable Nitrogen Management to halve nitrogen waste from all sources by 2030; calls on the Commission to promote sustainable nutrient management such as organic farming, improving nitrogen use efficiency, extensification of livestock farming in areas of high livestock density, mixed farming integrating livestock and cropping systems, efficient use of animal manure and greater use, in rotations, of nitrogen-fixing crops (such as legumes) in all relevant legislation with a view to respect local environment’s carrying capacity; calls on the Commission for greater attention to nitrous oxide emissions in global greenhouse gas accounting, and more integrated efforts to tackle nitrogen excess as a climate, nature and health issue; and incentives for better nitrogen management at farm level;

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Amendment 339 Martin Hojsík, Irena Joveva, Frédérique Ries, Nicolae Ştefănuță

Draft motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 i (new)

Draft motion for a resolution Amendment

11 i. Encourages the Commission and Member States to contribute effectively towards the reduction of overuse of

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Amendment 340 Manuela Ripa

Draft motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 i (new)

Draft motion for a resolution Amendment

11 i. Calls for a revision of Directive 200114/35 on Environmental Liability to strengthen its provisions with regard to contaminated sites;

Or. en

Amendment 341 Martin Hojsík, Frédérique Ries, Nicolae Ştefănuță, María Soraya Rodríguez Ramos

Draft motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 j (new)

Draft motion for a resolution Amendment

11 j. Calls on the Commission and Member States to ensure sustainable nutrient management including by improving nitrogen use efficiency, extensification of livestock farming in defined areas, mixed farming integrating livestock and cropping systems, efficient use of animal manure and greater use, in rotations, of nitrogen-fixing crops such as legumes in all relevant legislation; calls on the Commission for greater attention to nitrous oxide emissions in global

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Amendment 342 Maria Arena, Rovana Plumb, Javi López, César Luena, Tudor Ciuhodaru, Sándor Rónai, Petar Vitanov, Sara Cerdas

Draft motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 j (new)

Draft motion for a resolution Amendment

11 j. Calls on the Commission to ensure the coherence between the new Soil Strategy and the upcoming EU Forest Strategy by including sustainable soil management requirement, such as agroforestry practices, into the Forest strategy;

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Amendment 343 Manuela Ripa

Draft motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 j (new)

Draft motion for a resolution Amendment

11 j. Calls for a revision of Directive 2011/92 on Environment Impact Assessment to strengthen its provisions with regard to soil protection to ensure a high level of soil protection;

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Amendment 344

AM\1225880EN.docx 161/205 PE689.631v01-00 EN Martin Hojsík, Frédérique Ries, Nicolae Ştefănuță, María Soraya Rodríguez Ramos

Draft motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 k (new)

Draft motion for a resolution Amendment

11 k. Calls on the Commission to review the Soil Thematic Strategy and to adopt the action plan “Towards a Zero Pollution Ambition for air, water and soil – building a Healthier Planet for Healthier People” without delays; welcomes in this regard the intention of the Commission to increase legal certainty for companies and citizens by setting clear objectives, measurable targets and plan of action;

Or. en

Amendment 345 Manuela Ripa

Draft motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 k (new)

Draft motion for a resolution Amendment

11 k. Calls for a revision of Directive 2001/42 on Strategic Environmental Assessment to strengthen its provisions with regard to soil protection to ensure a high level of soil protection;

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Amendment 346 Maria Arena, Rovana Plumb, Javi López, César Luena, Tudor Ciuhodaru, Sándor Rónai, Petar Vitanov, Sara Cerdas

Draft motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 k (new)

Draft motion for a resolution Amendment

PE689.631v01-00 162/205 AM\1225880EN.docx EN 11 k. Stresses that agroforestry practices can actively provide environmental benefits and synergies such as acting against erosion, improving biodiversity, storing carbon, and regulating water;

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Amendment 347 Maria Arena, Rovana Plumb, Javi López, César Luena, Tudor Ciuhodaru, Sándor Rónai, Petar Vitanov, Sara Cerdas

Draft motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 l (new)

Draft motion for a resolution Amendment

11 l. Recalls that the limited links between EU water law and soil protection actions have been recognised in the recent Fitness Check of EU water policy; reminds that for most water bodies it is not possible to adopt a comprehensive plan for water protection without a detailed understanding of pressures on soils, soil behaviour and movement of water through soil, together with the adoption of measures focused on soil pressures;

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Amendment 348 Martin Hojsík, Irena Joveva, Frédérique Ries, Nicolae Ştefănuță

Draft motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 l (new)

Draft motion for a resolution Amendment

11 l. Welcomes the quantitative reduction targets of 50% of the use and risk of all chemical pesticides and a 50% reduction of the use of high-risk pesticides and underlines that they are well within reach; reminds that many

AM\1225880EN.docx 163/205 PE689.631v01-00 EN alternatives to synthetic pesticides already exist and that it is essential to focus on transformative change in the agricultural sector, including by supporting of better IPM uptake;

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Amendment 349 Maria Arena, Rovana Plumb, Javi López, César Luena, Tudor Ciuhodaru, Sándor Rónai, Petar Vitanov, Sara Cerdas

Draft motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 m (new)

Draft motion for a resolution Amendment

11 m. Regrets that the Fitness Check of EU water legislation does not discuss opportunities for wider integrated environmental management in catchments, linking River Basin Management Plans with wider soil protection plans; is of the opinion that such integrated analysis and decision- making would benefit several different objectives of EU policy as well as lead potentially to gains at local governance levels;

Or. en

Amendment 350 Martin Hojsík, Irena Joveva, Frédérique Ries, Nicolae Ştefănuță, María Soraya Rodríguez Ramos

Draft motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 m (new)

Draft motion for a resolution Amendment

11 m. Highlights the relevance of the European Parliament resolution of 16 January on the Union’s authorisation procedure for pesticides (2018/2153(INI)) to soil and its protection and expects the

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Amendment 351 Martin Hojsík, Irena Joveva, Frédérique Ries, Nicolae Ştefănuță, María Soraya Rodríguez Ramos

Draft motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 n (new)

Draft motion for a resolution Amendment

11 n. Regrets that the EU authorisation process of chemicals, including environmental risk assessment and eco- toxicological studies, does not take due account of their impacts, including mixtures of chemicals, on soils; calls therefore on the Commission for further improvements in this regards;

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Amendment 352 Maria Arena, Rovana Plumb, César Luena, Tudor Ciuhodaru, Sándor Rónai, Petar Vitanov, Sara Cerdas

Draft motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 n (new)

Draft motion for a resolution Amendment

11 n. Calls on the Member States to integrate water and soil planning better, with combined assessments of pressures and risks (including within River Basin Management Plans) and adopting an integrated approach to measures that deliver protection to both of these environmental media;

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AM\1225880EN.docx 165/205 PE689.631v01-00 EN Amendment 353 Maria Arena, Rovana Plumb, Javi López, César Luena, Tudor Ciuhodaru, Sándor Rónai, Petar Vitanov, Sara Cerdas

Draft motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 o (new)

Draft motion for a resolution Amendment

11 o. Welcomes the commitment made in the CEAP concerning construction waste and the new Strategy for Sustainable Built Environment; reiterates its call that the revision of material recovery targets set in EU legislation for construction and demolition waste and its material-specific fractions should include a material recovery target for excavated soils in the revision of the Waste framework directive11a; ______11a Report of 28 January 2021 on the New Circular Economy Action Plan (2020/2077(INI)), paragraph 86

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Amendment 354 Martin Hojsík, Irena Joveva, Frédérique Ries, Nicolae Ştefănuță, María Soraya Rodríguez Ramos

Draft motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 o (new)

Draft motion for a resolution Amendment

11 o. Believes that knowledge and legislative gaps related to toxicity of biocides and veterinary products to soil and its organisms need to be addressed without delays; calls on the Commission and Member States to support the work of the responsible agencies to ensure development and promotion of alternatives to the most toxic biocides and insecticides in veterinary pest management;

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Amendment 355 Maria Arena, Rovana Plumb, Javi López, César Luena, Tudor Ciuhodaru, Sándor Rónai, Petar Vitanov, Sara Cerdas

Draft motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 p (new)

Draft motion for a resolution Amendment

11 p. Calls on the Commission and Member States to establish a mandatory diagnostic of the status and reuse potential of excavated soil and a traceability system for excavated soils and regular checks at disposal sites to prevent illegal dumping of contaminated soils coming from industrial brownfields as well as ensuring their compatibility with receiving sites; calls on the Commission to build on this traceability system and to revise relevant legislation to reconsider the exclusion of excavated soils from the Waste framework directive and to promote their safe and circular reuse;

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Amendment 356 Martin Hojsík, Frédérique Ries, Nicolae Ştefănuță, María Soraya Rodríguez Ramos

Draft motion for a resolution Paragraph 12

Draft motion for a resolution Amendment

12. Calls on the Member States and the 12. Agrees with the EEA that Commission to improve and speed up the harmonised, representative soil collection and the integration of data on the monitoring across Europe is needed to status and threats to soil at the EU level; develop early warnings of exceedances of welcomes in this regard the launch of the critical thresholds and to guide EU Soil Observatory; sustainable soil management2c; calls on the Member States and the Commission to improve and speed up the collection and the integration of data on the status, trends

AM\1225880EN.docx 167/205 PE689.631v01-00 EN and threats to soil at the EU level; welcomes in this regard the launch of the EU Soil Observatory, which builds on LUCAS Soil; calls on the Commission to ensure long term operability for both instruments as well as for sufficient resources to ensure optimal and regular monitoring of soil biological attributes and physio-chemical properties, including presence of agro-chemicals and other contaminants, such as contaminants of emerging concern; ______2c EEA (2019): The European environment - state and outlook 2020

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Amendment 357 Idoia Villanueva Ruiz, Manuel Bompard, Mick Wallace, Silvia Modig

Draft motion for a resolution Paragraph 12

Draft motion for a resolution Amendment

12. Calls on the Member States and the 12. Calls on the Member States and the Commission to improve and speed up the Commission to improve and speed up the collection and the integration of data on the collection and the integration of data on the status and threats to soil at the EU level; status and threats to soil at the EU level; welcomes in this regard the launch of the welcomes in this regard the establishment EU Soil Observatory; of the EU Soil Observatory to provide information and data needed to safeguard soils to the European Commission and the broader soil user community; believes this is fundamental to filling the gap on data and indicators and in supporting the European Green Deal;

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Amendment 358 Maria Arena, Rovana Plumb, Javi López, César Luena, Tudor Ciuhodaru, Sándor Rónai, Petar Vitanov, Sara Cerdas

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Draft motion for a resolution Amendment

12. Calls on the Member States and the 12. Calls on the Member States and the Commission to improve and speed up the Commission to improve and speed up the collection and the integration of data on the collection and the integration of data on the status and threats to soil at the EU level; status and threats to soil at the EU level; welcomes in this regard the launch of the welcomes in this regard the launch of the EU Soil Observatory; EU Soil Observatory; underlines the need to better understand the process leading to land degradation and desertification in the EU; calls on the Commission to establish a methodology and relevant indicators to assess and collect data on the extent of desertification and land degradation in the EU;

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Amendment 359 Alexander Bernhuber

Draft motion for a resolution Paragraph 12

Draft motion for a resolution Amendment

12. Calls on the Member States and the 12. Calls on the Member States and the Commission to improve and speed up the Commission to improve and speed up the collection and the integration of data on the collection and the integration of data on the status and threats to soil at the EU level; status and threats to soil at the EU level; welcomes in this regard the launch of the welcomes in this regard the launch of the EU Soil Observatory; EU Soil Observatory as a tool to gather and exchange qualified data in cooperation with Member States and relevant Stakeholders;

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Amendment 360 Pernille Weiss, Norbert Lins, Dan-Ştefan Motreanu, Ljudmila Novak, Edina Tóth, Radan Kanev, Lídia Pereira, Christine Schneider

Draft motion for a resolution

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Draft motion for a resolution Amendment

12. Calls on the Member States and the 12. Calls on the Member States and the Commission to improve and speed up the Commission to improve and speed up the collection and the integration of data on the collection and the integration of data on the status and threats to soil at the EU level; status and threats to soil at the EU level; welcomes in this regard the launch of the welcomes in this regard the launch of the EU Soil Observatory; EU Soil Observatory which has the ability to ensure a higher level of public awareness about soil health in the EU;

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Amendment 361 Martin Hojsík, Irena Joveva, Frédérique Ries, Nicolae Ştefănuță, María Soraya Rodríguez Ramos

Draft motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 a (new)

Draft motion for a resolution Amendment

12 a. Notes that diverse legislation3a refers to soil pollution and the need for data on pollution sources; calls therefore on the Commission to consider, where appropriate, establishing of binding measures such as to build and publish registers of polluted sites or to assess and apply harmonised definitions and critical thresholds for contaminants in soils; ______3a I.e. Water Framework Directive, Industrial Emissions Directive, National Emissions Ceiling Directive, Environmental Liability Directive, Mercury Regulation, Sewage Sludge Directive. See p. 131 of EEA (2019): The European environment - state and outlook 2020.

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PE689.631v01-00 170/205 AM\1225880EN.docx EN Amendment 362 Mick Wallace, Clare Daly

Draft motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 a (new)

Draft motion for a resolution Amendment

12 a. Recalls the Commission’s obligation under the Waste Framework Directive to consider a revision of material recovery targets set in EU legislation for construction and demolition waste and its material-specific fractions and repeats its call for excavated soils to be given a dedicated material recovery target;

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Amendment 363 Idoia Villanueva Ruiz, Manuel Bompard, Mick Wallace, Silvia Modig

Draft motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 a (new)

Draft motion for a resolution Amendment

12 a. Notes that 13 Member States have declared themselves as affected Parties under the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD); calls on the Commission to incorporate into EU policies the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals regarding soil;

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Amendment 364 Aurélia Beigneux, Annika Bruna, Joëlle Mélin, Catherine Griset

Draft motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 a (new)

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12a. Recognises that coastline retreat will be a major challenge for the Union in the coming decades;

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Amendment 365 Mick Wallace, Clare Daly

Draft motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 b (new)

Draft motion for a resolution Amendment

12 b. underlines that tillage significantly impacts soil, breaking up its composition, compacting the soil underneath and killing microorganisms, leaving the top soil exposed and vulnerable; calls for immediate measures to promote less intensive tillage practices and notillage (NT), with the absence of mechanical soil disturbance;

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Amendment 366 Aurélia Beigneux, Annika Bruna, Joëlle Mélin, Catherine Griset

Draft motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 b (new)

Draft motion for a resolution Amendment

12b. Calls on the Commission and Member States with one or more coastlines to introduce measures for harmonised data collection, information exchange and best practice on coastline retreat across the Union;

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PE689.631v01-00 172/205 AM\1225880EN.docx EN Amendment 367 Aurélia Beigneux, Annika Bruna, Joëlle Mélin, Catherine Griset

Draft motion for a resolution Paragraph 13

Draft motion for a resolution Amendment

13. Urges the Commission and deleted Member States to tackle the challenges of governance, coordination, communication, financial, technical and legal nature that hinder improving consistency and interoperability of Union- wide and national soil monitoring and information systems;

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Amendment 368 Martin Hojsík, Irena Joveva, Frédérique Ries, Nicolae Ştefănuță, María Soraya Rodríguez Ramos

Draft motion for a resolution Paragraph 13

Draft motion for a resolution Amendment

13. Urges the Commission and 13. Notes the challenges of governance, Member States to tackle the challenges of coordination, communication, financial, governance, coordination, communication, technical and legal nature that hinder financial, technical and legal nature that improving consistency and interoperability hinder improving consistency and of EU-wide and national soil monitoring interoperability of Union-wide and and collection of information; urges the national soil monitoring and information Commission and Member States to tackle systems; those challenges jointly, with the view of improving the level playing field on the internal market, competitiveness of farmers and avoiding unnecessary costs;

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Amendment 369 Idoia Villanueva Ruiz, Manuel Bompard, Mick Wallace, Silvia Modig, João Ferreira

Draft motion for a resolution

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13 a. Stresses that a new framework must also be backed up by adequate funding, to ensure its objectives are met; calls also on Member States to dedicate adequate funding to soil protection; stresses the important role of EU funding to bring about proper protection and help land users properly protect this resource;

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Amendment 370 Pernille Weiss, Norbert Lins, Dan-Ştefan Motreanu, Ljudmila Novak, Edina Tóth, Roberta Metsola, Radan Kanev, Lídia Pereira, Christine Schneider

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13 a. Highlights that a more sustainable use of soil should rely on a comprehensive monitoring system of soil quality by the Member States and the Commission;

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Amendment 371 Pernille Weiss, Norbert Lins, Dan-Ştefan Motreanu, Ljudmila Novak, Radan Kanev, Lídia Pereira, Christine Schneider

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13 b. Calls on the Commission and Member States to improve and speed up efforts to fully exploit the value in water to particularly achieve the full reuse of nutrients and valuable components found in wastewater in order to improve

PE689.631v01-00 174/205 AM\1225880EN.docx EN circularity in agriculture and avoid excessive discharge of nutrients into the environment;

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Amendment 372 Pernille Weiss, Norbert Lins, Dan-Ştefan Motreanu, Ljudmila Novak, Radan Kanev, Lídia Pereira, Christine Schneider

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13 c. Calls on the Commission to facilitate an annual conference where Member States and relevant stakeholders participate and thus have a critical role through issue-based dialogues which gives them a forum to address and influence the whole soil protection discussion from the beginning;

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Amendment 373 Aurélia Beigneux, Joëlle Mélin, Catherine Griset

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AM\1225880EN.docx 175/205 PE689.631v01-00 EN sectors to enhance carbon sinks;

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Amendment 374 Alexander Bernhuber

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Amendment 375 Michal Wiezik, Róża Thun und Hohenstein

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14. Acknowledges the important role of 14. Acknowledges the important role of healthy soil, as the largest terrestrial soil, as the largest terrestrial carbon sink or carbon sink to capture and store carbon, the largest terrestrial source of which must facilitate the achievement of atmospheric CO2, depending on land-use the 2030 climate targets as well as the and management, which must facilitate Union's objective of climate neutrality by the achievement of the 2030 climate targets 2050 at the latest; calls, therefore, on the as well as the Union's objective of climate Member States to strengthen the neutrality by 2050 at the latest; calls, sustainable use of soil as a tool for climate therefore, on the Member States to policy in their National Energy and strengthen the sustainable use of soil as a

PE689.631v01-00 176/205 AM\1225880EN.docx EN Climate Plans (NECPs) and in particular tool for climate policy in their National in measures applying to the agricultural Energy and Climate Plans (NECPs) and in and LULUCF sectors to enhance carbon measures applying to the LULUCF sector sinks; to enhance carbon sinks, and to promote the sustainable use of soil in the agricultural policy;

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Amendment 376 Maria Arena, Rovana Plumb, Javi López, César Luena, Tudor Ciuhodaru, Sándor Rónai, Petar Vitanov, Sara Cerdas

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14. Acknowledges the important role of 14. Acknowledges the important role of healthy soil, as the largest terrestrial carbon healthy soil, as the largest terrestrial carbon sink to capture and store carbon, which sink to capture and store carbon, which must facilitate the achievement of the 2030 must facilitate the achievement of the 2030 climate targets as well as the Union's climate targets as well as the Union's objective of climate neutrality by 2050 at objective of climate neutrality by 2050 at the latest; calls, therefore, on the Member the latest; stresses that the new soil States to strengthen the sustainable use of strategy should ensure that the soil as a tool for climate policy in their contribution of soils to climate mitigation National Energy and Climate Plans and adaptation is well planned and (NECPs) and in particular in measures organised in coherence with the rest of applying to the agricultural and LULUCF the EU climate policy architecture; calls, sectors to enhance carbon sinks; therefore, on the Member States to strengthen the restoration and sustainable use of soil as a tool for climate policy in their National Energy and Climate Plans (NECPs) and in particular in measures applying to the agricultural and LULUCF sectors to enhance carbon sinks in addition to action seeking to reduce agricultural emissions;

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Amendment 377 Ulrike Müller, Nils Torvalds, Andreas Glück, Ondřej Knotek

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14. Acknowledges the important role of 14. Acknowledges the important role of healthy soil, as the largest terrestrial carbon healthy soil, as the largest terrestrial carbon sink to capture and store carbon, which sink to capture and store carbon, which must facilitate the achievement of the 2030 must facilitate the achievement of the 2030 climate targets as well as the Union's climate targets as well as the Union's objective of climate neutrality by 2050 at objective of climate neutrality by 2050 at the latest; calls, therefore, on the Member the latest; calls, therefore, on the Member States to strengthen the sustainable use of States to strengthen the sustainable use of soil as a tool for climate policy in their soil as a tool for climate policy in their National Energy and Climate Plans National Energy and Climate Plans (NECPs) and in particular in measures (NECPs) and in particular in measures applying to the agricultural and LULUCF applying to the agricultural and LULUCF sectors to enhance carbon sinks; sectors to enhance carbon sinks; believes that measures to increase carbon sequestration in soils should be embedded in a framework that includes remuneration for land owners; welcomes, particularly, the Commission's announcement of a carbon farming initiative and encourages the Commission to explore several options including carbon market approaches;

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Amendment 378 Pernille Weiss, Norbert Lins, Dan-Ştefan Motreanu, Ljudmila Novak, Lídia Pereira, Christine Schneider

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PE689.631v01-00 178/205 AM\1225880EN.docx EN (NECPs) and in particular in measures States to strengthen the sustainable use of applying to the agricultural and LULUCF soil as a tool for climate policy in their sectors to enhance carbon sinks; National Energy and Climate Plans (NECPs) and in particular in measures applying to the agricultural and LULUCF sectors to enhance carbon sinks;

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Amendment 379 Silvia Modig

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14. Acknowledges the important role of 14. Acknowledges the important role of healthy soil, as the largest terrestrial carbon healthy soil, as the largest terrestrial carbon sink to capture and store carbon, which sink to capture and store carbon, which must facilitate the achievement of the 2030 must facilitate the achievement of the 2030 climate targets as well as the Union's climate targets as well as the Union's objective of climate neutrality by 2050 at objective of climate neutrality by 2050 at the latest; calls, therefore, on the Member the latest; calls, therefore, on the Member States to strengthen the sustainable use of States to strengthen the sustainable use of soil as a tool for climate policy in their soil as a tool for climate policy in their National Energy and Climate Plans National Energy and Climate Plans (NECPs) and in particular in measures (NECPs) and in particular in measures applying to the agricultural and LULUCF applying to the agricultural and LULUCF sectors to enhance carbon sinks; sectors to preserve, restore and enhance carbon sinks, especially in areas with carbon-rich soils, such as grasslands and peatlands;

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Amendment 380 Sirpa Pietikäinen, Róża Thun und Hohenstein

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14. Acknowledges the important role of 14. Acknowledges the important role of healthy soil, as the largest terrestrial carbon healthy soil, as the largest terrestrial carbon

AM\1225880EN.docx 179/205 PE689.631v01-00 EN sink to capture and store carbon, which sink to capture and store carbon, which must facilitate the achievement of the 2030 must facilitate the achievement of the 2030 climate targets as well as the Union's climate targets as well as the Union's objective of climate neutrality by 2050 at objective of climate neutrality by 2050 at the latest; calls, therefore, on the Member the latest; calls, therefore, on the Member States to strengthen the sustainable use of States to strengthen the sustainable use of soil as a tool for climate policy in their soil as a tool for climate policy in their National Energy and Climate Plans National Energy and Climate Plans (NECPs) and in particular in measures (NECPs) and in particular in measures applying to the agricultural and LULUCF applying to the agricultural and LULUCF sectors to enhance carbon sinks; sectors to enhance carbon sinks; Calls for the Commission to include these aspects to the common agricultural policy and the forest strategy;

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Amendment 381 Martin Hojsík, Frédérique Ries, Nicolae Ştefănuță, María Soraya Rodríguez Ramos

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14. Acknowledges the important role of 14. Acknowledges the important role of healthy soil, as the largest terrestrial carbon healthy soil, as the largest terrestrial carbon sink to capture and store carbon, which sink to capture and store carbon, which must facilitate the achievement of the 2030 must facilitate the achievement of the 2030 climate targets as well as the Union's climate targets as well as the Union's objective of climate neutrality by 2050 at objective of climate neutrality by 2050 at the latest; calls, therefore, on the Member the latest; calls, therefore, on the EU to States to strengthen the sustainable use of lead the way on using soil as a tool for soil as a tool for climate policy in their climate policy and the Member States to National Energy and Climate Plans strengthen the sustainable use of soil in (NECPs) and in particular in measures their National Energy and Climate Plans applying to the agricultural and LULUCF (NECPs) and in particular in measures sectors to enhance carbon sinks; applying to the agricultural and LULUCF sectors to enhance carbon sinks;

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Amendment 382 Idoia Villanueva Ruiz, Manuel Bompard, Mick Wallace, Silvia Modig

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PE689.631v01-00 180/205 AM\1225880EN.docx EN Paragraph 14 a (new)

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14 a. Considers soil health to be the key player in the proposed carbon farming initiative from the Farm to Fork Strategy, expected later this year; notes that soil, as a largely privately owned public good resource, requires tailored initiatives to ensure its sustainable use; stresses, however, that this does not mean that measures on protection and sustainable use of soils must be limited to financial transactions; welcomes, however, positive incentives such as rewarding carbon sequestration in soils and moving investments fully away from harmful subsidies and into sustainable practices and conservation;

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Amendment 383 Michal Wiezik

Draft motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 a (new)

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14 a. Highlights that the monitoring of the implementation of GAEC standards is limited to the verification of their application by ground-based surveys or remote sensing techniques but the actual effects on soil erosion and soil organic carbon content change as the determinant of the efficacy and cost-effectiveness of the policy is largely unknown; Calls for an ambitious result-oriented Common Agricultural Policy the performance framework of which comprises the envrionmental result and impact indicators;

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AM\1225880EN.docx 181/205 PE689.631v01-00 EN Amendment 384 Martin Hojsík, Frédérique Ries, Nicolae Ştefănuță, María Soraya Rodríguez Ramos

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14 a. Believes that unsustainable practices leading to soil organic carbon losses and contributing to climate change must be prevented; regrets that estimates related to carbon content are limited to upper soil horizons and calls on the Member States and Commission to generate relevant carbon content data in lower soil layers, which would improve the understanding of overall soil potential for carbon content retention and increase;

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Amendment 385 Pernille Weiss, Norbert Lins, Dan-Ştefan Motreanu, Ljudmila Novak, Edina Tóth, Roberta Metsola, Radan Kanev, Lídia Pereira, Christine Schneider

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14 a. Highlights that soil biodiversity is the very basis for key ecological processes and notes with concern the increased soil degradation, soil sealing and the decline in European agricultural area and therefore calls on the Commission, based on scientific data and economic, environmental and social impact assessments, to establish a common framework for its protection, conservation and restoration of soil quality;

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PE689.631v01-00 182/205 AM\1225880EN.docx EN Amendment 386 Antoni Comín i Oliveres

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14 a. Highlights the importance of healthy soils to increase resilience of populations when facing pandemics and future global crises that can threaten food availability due to the disruption of foodchains, lack of workforce or temporary lockdowns, whilst stressing the need to transition to a paradigm that relies more heavily on local food production.

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Amendment 387 Sirpa Pietikäinen

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14 a. Emphasises that there is an urgent need to verify scientifically how carbon can be most effectively stored to the soil, find the best practical implementations and the ways how this knowledge could be distributed to farmers around EU;

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Amendment 388 Maria Arena, Rovana Plumb, Tudor Ciuhodaru, Sándor Rónai, Petar Vitanov, Sara Cerdas

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14 a. Calls on the Commission to set, in the upcoming revision of the LULUCF regulation, a target date for all agricultural soils to be a net carbon sink, in line with the EU’s climate neutrality objectives by 2050;

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Amendment 389 Maria Arena, Rovana Plumb, Javi López, César Luena, Tudor Ciuhodaru, Sándor Rónai, Petar Vitanov, Sara Cerdas

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14 b. Calls for the new EU soil strategy to develop concrete solutions to address hotspot issues in Europe with the dual purposes of biodiversity restoration and nature-based climate change mitigation and adaptation; stresses that the restoration of degraded ecosystems with high carbon stock potential (such as forests, grasslands, wetlands, and peatlands) should be priorities of the EU Nature Restoration Plan;

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Amendment 390 Sirpa Pietikäinen

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14 b. Emphasises that carbon farming can bring multiple benefits: climate change mitigation, improved soil production capacity and resilience,

PE689.631v01-00 184/205 AM\1225880EN.docx EN biodiversity and reduced run-off of nutrients; calls for enhancing capacity- building, networking and knowledge transfer to speed up carbon sequestration and increase the amount of carbon stored in soil and thus, provide solutions to the climate challenge;

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Amendment 391 Pernille Weiss, Norbert Lins, Dan-Ştefan Motreanu, Ljudmila Novak, Edina Tóth, Roberta Metsola, Radan Kanev, Lídia Pereira, Christine Schneider

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14 b. Underlines the need to provide specific indicators and an EU-wide comparable monitoring system for soil fertility in order to secure high-quality standards for consumers and the EU agricultural food sector;

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Amendment 392 Michal Wiezik

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14 b. Highlights the synergies between soil protection and climate action as the potential soil organic carbon accumulation with improved practices can equal significant % of national GHG emissions1a; ______1a Pasquale Borrelli, Keith Paustianb, Panos Panagos, Arwyn Jones a, Brigitta

AM\1225880EN.docx 185/205 PE689.631v01-00 EN Schütt, Emanuele Lugato, 2015: Effect of Good Agricultural and Environmental Conditions on erosion and soil organic carbon balance: A national case study. full application of GAEC standards to all the cropland in IT would reach a potential SOC accumulation of 38 Mt year−1 by 2050, equal to about 7.8% of the total GHG national emission

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Amendment 393 Idoia Villanueva Ruiz, Manuel Bompard, Mick Wallace, Silvia Modig

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14 b. Expresses deep regret at the EU’s global footprint on the deterioration of soils; calls for actions to reduce the global footprint of EU’s food and timber imports on land degradation;

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Amendment 394 Maria Arena, Rovana Plumb, Javi López, César Luena, Tudor Ciuhodaru, Sándor Rónai, Petar Vitanov, Sara Cerdas

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14 c. Calls on the Commission, in the framework of the CAP, to incentivise (e.g. through a payment per tonne of carbon permanently fixed in the soil) the use of known and tested agricultural management practices that can significantly improve the sequestration of carbon in soils, including the use of cover crops, diversified crop rotation, tillage

PE689.631v01-00 186/205 AM\1225880EN.docx EN methods with minimum soil disturbance, organic farming, and the use of organic matter additions to soil; stresses it is also important to close nutrient cycles (bringing nutrients from societal wastes back to agricultural land) to both improve the functioning of soils allowing them to sequester more carbon, and reducing demand for nutrient inputs from finite and/or energy-intensive sources;

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Amendment 395 Michal Wiezik, Róża Thun und Hohenstein

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14 c. Stresses that unsustainable land use releases soil carbon to the atmosphere after centuries and millenia of having been part of the soil ecosystem; notes that emissions of soil carbon after forest harvest activities occur even decades after the site was logged and replanted, highlights that although these fluxes should appear in the accounts, the use of forest biomass is still being considered carbon neutral;

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Amendment 396 Maria Arena, Rovana Plumb, Javi López, César Luena, Tudor Ciuhodaru, Sándor Rónai, Petar Vitanov, Sara Cerdas

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14 d. Stresses that beyond climate regulation, cover crops can also suppress

AM\1225880EN.docx 187/205 PE689.631v01-00 EN weeds, reduce soil erosion, enhance soil fertility and quality, reduce diseases and pests, and promote biodiversity; stresses that farmers can therefore benefits from cover crops through improved yield, reduced input costs for pesticide and fertilizer management, and potentially higher crop prices sold as organic crops;

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Amendment 397 Alexander Bernhuber

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15. Calls on the Commission and 15. Calls on the Commission and Member States to scale up soil-specific Member States to adequately integrate research and funding and to adjust already existing and planned EU research criteria of relevant funding programmes activities like EJP Soil or the Mission Soil to reflect the specific characteristics of Health in their plannings; research in soil;

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Amendment 398 Pernille Weiss, Norbert Lins, Dan-Ştefan Motreanu, Ljudmila Novak, Radan Kanev, Christine Schneider

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PE689.631v01-00 188/205 AM\1225880EN.docx EN Amendment 399 Maria Arena, Rovana Plumb, Javi López, César Luena, Tudor Ciuhodaru, Sándor Rónai, Petar Vitanov, Sara Cerdas

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15. Calls on the Commission and 15. Calls on the Commission and Member States to scale up soil-specific Member States to scale up soil-specific research and funding and to adjust criteria research and funding and to adjust criteria of relevant funding programmes to reflect of relevant funding programmes to reflect the specific characteristics of research in the specific characteristics of research in soil; soil; welcomes in this regards the launch of the Horizon Europe mission for Soil Health and Food; calls for a strengthened role for the EU Soil Observatory and European Soil Data Centre and for the allocation of adequate funding to fulfil their mission and achieve the objectives of the new soil strategy;

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Amendment 400 Martin Hojsík, Ulrike Müller, Frédérique Ries, Nicolae Ştefănuță, María Soraya Rodríguez Ramos

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15. Calls on the Commission and 15. Calls on the Commission and Member States to scale up soil-specific Member States to scale up soil-specific research and funding and to adjust criteria research and funding and to adjust criteria of relevant funding programmes to reflect of relevant funding programmes to reflect the specific characteristics of research in the specific characteristics of research in soil; soil; calls, furthermore, on the Commission and Member States to build taxonomic expertise of soil biodiversity and knowledge on consequences of soil conditions for ecosystem interactions;

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AM\1225880EN.docx 189/205 PE689.631v01-00 EN Amendment 401 Idoia Villanueva Ruiz, Manuel Bompard, Mick Wallace, Silvia Modig, João Ferreira

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15. Calls on the Commission and 15. Calls on the Commission and Member States to scale up soil-specific Member States to scale up soil-specific research and funding and to adjust criteria research and funding and to adjust criteria of relevant funding programmes to reflect of relevant funding programmes to reflect the specific characteristics of research in the specific characteristics of research in soil; soil; points to the interdependence between soil and water and calls for dedicated support for developing knowledge on the positive role healthy soils play in further reducing diffuse pollution to water;

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Amendment 402 Ulrike Müller, Nils Torvalds, Andreas Glück, Ondřej Knotek

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15. Calls on the Commission and 15. Calls on the Commission and Member States to scale up soil-specific Member States to scale up soil-specific research and funding and to adjust criteria research and funding and to adjust criteria of relevant funding programmes to reflect of relevant funding programmes to reflect the specific characteristics of research in the specific characteristics of research in soil; soil; underlines the interdependence between soils and water and calls for support for research on the role of healthy soils in further reducing diffuse pollution to water;

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Amendment 403

PE689.631v01-00 190/205 AM\1225880EN.docx EN Manuela Ripa

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15. Calls on the Commission and 15. Calls on the Commission and Member States to scale up soil-specific Member States to ensure that the multi- research and funding and to adjust criteria functional role of soil is adequately of relevant funding programmes to reflect addressed in research, to scale up soil- the specific characteristics of research in specific research and funding and to adjust soil; criteria of relevant funding programmes to reflect the specific characteristics of soil in all related research;

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Amendment 404 Margarita de la Pisa Carrión

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15. Calls on the Commission and 15. Calls on the Commission and Member States to scale up soil-specific Member States to scale up innovation research and funding and to adjust criteria efforts, soil-specific research and funding of relevant funding programmes to reflect and to adjust criteria of relevant funding the specific characteristics of research in programmes, notably Horizon Europe and soil; the European Innovation Partnership, to reflect the specific characteristics of research in soil;

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Amendment 405 Pernille Weiss, Norbert Lins, Dan-Ştefan Motreanu, Ljudmila Novak, Edina Tóth, Roberta Metsola, Radan Kanev, Lídia Pereira, Christine Schneider

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AM\1225880EN.docx 191/205 PE689.631v01-00 EN 15 a. Highlights the necessity to raise awareness and interest of Members States to support an EU wide framework through economic incentives; stresses that in order to address the challenges of soil protection and to overcome some of the critical issues such as awareness, information and knowledge, long term effect and existence of economic returns from soil, it is essential to ensure that the relevant EU policy framework provides suitable economic incentives for Member States to foster understanding and engagement towards action;

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Amendment 406 Martin Hojsík, Ulrike Müller, Irena Joveva, Frédérique Ries, Nicolae Ştefănuță, María Soraya Rodríguez Ramos

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15 a. Calls on the Commission and Member States to foresee sufficient financial support and incentives to promote soil protection, its sustainable management, conservation and restoration, innovation and research via Common Agricultural Policy, Cohesion policy funds, Horizon Europe and other available financial instruments; encourages the Commission and Member States to identify areas subject to erosion and of low organic carbon and areas subject to compaction which could benefit from targeted funding;

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Amendment 407 Idoia Villanueva Ruiz, Manuel Bompard, Mick Wallace, Silvia Modig

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15 a. Calls for an obligation to identify contaminated soils, do an inventory and remedy them; stresses that the Liability Directive does not cover sites contaminated before 2007; calls for the Commission in collaboration with ECHA to develop European limits on PFAS and other PFOA pollution in soils, based on the precautionary principle;

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Amendment 408 Martin Hojsík, Ulrike Müller, Irena Joveva, Frédérique Ries, Nicolae Ştefănuță, María Soraya Rodríguez Ramos

Draft motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 b (new)

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15 b. Calls on the Commission and Member States to ensure adequate level of human resources and financial sustainability of agencies involved in the work related to the Soil Thematic Strategy; highlights that a sufficient level of qualified staff is a precondition for the successful implementation of Union policies; calls, therefore, on the Commission to secure adequate staffing levels particularly for the Directorate General for Environment;

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Amendment 409 Idoia Villanueva Ruiz, Manuel Bompard, Mick Wallace, Silvia Modig

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15 b. Regrets that Member States have not made full use of the potential of the CAP to protect soil;

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Amendment 410 Michal Wiezik, Róża Thun und Hohenstein

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16. Calls on the Commission and 16. Calls on the Commission and Member States to introduce measures for Member States to introduce measures for harmonised data collection, exchange of harmonised data collection, exchange of information and best practices on soil information and best practices on soil protection across the Union; protection across the Union in order to make these the baseline conditions the private and public owners should adhere to should they benefit from the Union or national funding;

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Amendment 411 Ondřej Knotek

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16. Calls on the Commission and 16. Calls on the Commission and Member States to introduce measures for Member States to introduce measures for harmonised data collection, exchange of harmonised data collection, exchange of information and best practices on soil information and best practices on soil protection across the Union; protection across the Union while maximising the synergies of existing monitoring systems with CAP tools;

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PE689.631v01-00 194/205 AM\1225880EN.docx EN Amendment 412 Martin Hojsík, Ulrike Müller, Irena Joveva, Frédérique Ries, Nicolae Ştefănuță, María Soraya Rodríguez Ramos

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16. Calls on the Commission and 16. Calls on the Commission and Member States to introduce measures for Member States to introduce measures for harmonised data collection, exchange of harmonised data collection, exchange of information and best practices on soil information and best practices on soil protection across the Union; protection, its sustainable management and restoration across the Union;

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Amendment 413 Maria Arena, Rovana Plumb, Javi López, César Luena, Tudor Ciuhodaru, Sándor Rónai, Petar Vitanov, Sara Cerdas

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16. Calls on the Commission and 16. Calls on the Commission and Member States to introduce measures for Member States to introduce measures for harmonised data collection, exchange of harmonised and integrated data collection, information and best practices on soil exchange of information and best practices protection across the Union; on soil protection across the Union;

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Amendment 414 Manuela Ripa

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16 a. Considers that Member States should draw up and publish soil condition

AM\1225880EN.docx 195/205 PE689.631v01-00 EN reports at regular intervals of no longer than 5years; considers that all soil data collected should be made publically available online;

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Amendment 415 Pernille Weiss, Norbert Lins, Dan-Ştefan Motreanu, Ljudmila Novak, Edina Tóth, Roberta Metsola, Radan Kanev, Lídia Pereira, Christine Schneider

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16 a. Calls on the Commission to create a strategy to improve knowledge, exchange of information and best practices on soil protection between Member States;

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Amendment 416 Martin Hojsík, Irena Joveva, Frédérique Ries, Nicolae Ştefănuță, María Soraya Rodríguez Ramos

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Amendment 417

PE689.631v01-00 196/205 AM\1225880EN.docx EN Idoia Villanueva Ruiz, Manuel Bompard, Mick Wallace, Silvia Modig

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17. Supports initiatives aiming to 17. Supports initiatives aiming to improve public awareness and improve public awareness and understanding on the positive impact of understanding on the positive impact of soil functionalities and protection, soil functionalities and protection, including those linked to public health and including those linked to public health and environmental sustainability; environmental sustainability; calls for greater engagement with the general public on soil health and the environmental emergency; calls for support for community initiatives on protection and sustainable use of soil; recalls the European Citizens Initiative of 2016 called People4Soil supported by 500 European institutions and organisations, which called on the EU to do more to protect soil;

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Amendment 418 Maria Arena, Rovana Plumb, Javi López, César Luena, Tudor Ciuhodaru, Sándor Rónai, Petar Vitanov, Sara Cerdas

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17. Supports initiatives aiming to 17. Supports initiatives aiming to improve public awareness and improve public awareness and understanding on the positive impact of understanding on the positive impact of soil functionalities and protection, soil functionalities and protection, including those linked to public health and including those linked to public health and environmental sustainability; environmental sustainability; stresses that public awareness and understanding of soil functionalities are key to the success of the new soil strategy and to ensure the participation of citizens, first and foremost of landowners, farmers, and foresters, as primary actors of soil management;

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Amendment 419 Maria Arena, Rovana Plumb, Javi López, César Luena, Tudor Ciuhodaru, Sándor Rónai, Petar Vitanov, Sara Cerdas

Draft motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 a (new)

Draft motion for a resolution Amendment

17 a. Stresses that environmental risks covered in the upcoming mandatory human-rights and environmental due- diligence legislation should include soil degradation based on the objectives and targets of the new EU soil strategy;

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Amendment 420 Aurélia Beigneux, Annika Bruna, Joëlle Mélin, Catherine Griset

Draft motion for a resolution Paragraph 18

Draft motion for a resolution Amendment

18. Calls on the Commission to deleted include in the new EU soil strategy the protection and sustainable use of soil in all relevant aspect of its external policy;

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Amendment 421 Maria Arena, Rovana Plumb, Javi López, César Luena, Tudor Ciuhodaru, Sándor Rónai, Petar Vitanov, Sara Cerdas

Draft motion for a resolution Paragraph 18

Draft motion for a resolution Amendment

18. Calls on the Commission to include 18. Calls on the Commission to include

PE689.631v01-00 198/205 AM\1225880EN.docx EN in the new EU soil strategy the protection in the new EU soil strategy the protection and sustainable use of soil in all relevant and sustainable use of soil in all relevant aspect of its external policy; aspect of its external policy; stresses that particular attention should be given to soil protection, deforestation,and sustainable land use in the review of the EU Trade Policy and in future trade agreements and in particular, with the view to achieve the objectives of the Farm to Fork Strategy; underlines in this regard that adequate priority should be given to reducing the dependency on imports of animal feeds from countries affected by deforestation and land uses that lead to soil degradation, while identifying targets to increase the European self-sufficiency in the production of these goods and to ensure appropriate livestock density in relation to the carrying capacity of the territory, within a vision of increasing sustainability of the European Food System in line with the global vision of the 2030 Agenda;

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Amendment 422 Andreas Glück, Ondřej Knotek

Draft motion for a resolution Paragraph 18

Draft motion for a resolution Amendment

18. Calls on the Commission to include 18. Calls on the Commission to include in the new EU soil strategy the protection in the new EU soil strategy the protection and sustainable use of soil in all relevant and sustainable use of soil in relevant aspect of its external policy; aspects of its external policy;

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Amendment 423 Stanislav Polčák

Draft motion for a resolution Paragraph 18

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18. Calls on the Commission to include 18. Calls on the Commission, as a in the new EU soil strategy the protection global leader in environmental protection, and sustainable use of soil in all relevant to include in the new EU soil strategy the aspect of its external policy; protection and sustainable use of soil in all relevant aspects of its external policy, and, in particular, to take this perspective fully into account when concluding relevant international agreements and to revise existing ones;

Or. cs

Amendment 424 Margarita de la Pisa Carrión

Draft motion for a resolution Paragraph 18

Draft motion for a resolution Amendment

18. Calls on the Commission to include 18. Calls on the Commission to include in the new EU soil strategy the protection in the new EU soil strategy the protection and sustainable use of soil in all relevant and sustainable use of soil in all relevant aspect of its external policy; aspect of its external policy, notably in the field of trade;

Or. es

Amendment 425 Andreas Glück, Ulrike Müller

Draft motion for a resolution Paragraph 19

Draft motion for a resolution Amendment

19. Calls on the Commission to take deleted measures to address imported soil degradation from third countries;

Or. en

PE689.631v01-00 200/205 AM\1225880EN.docx EN Amendment 426 Manuela Ripa

Draft motion for a resolution Paragraph 19

Draft motion for a resolution Amendment

19. Calls on the Commission to take 19. Calls on the Commission to include measures to address imported soil soil protection in trade agreements so as degradation from third countries; to ensure that trade agreements do not lead to soil degrading land use in third countries;

Or. en

Amendment 427 Aurélia Beigneux, Annika Bruna, Joëlle Mélin, Catherine Griset

Draft motion for a resolution Paragraph 19

Draft motion for a resolution Amendment

19. Calls on the Commission to take 19. Calls on the Commission to take measures to address imported soil measures to address imported soil degradation from third countries; degradation from third countries by ending all free-trade agreements which cause soil degradation in third countries, consistently impact ecosystems and further impoverish populations;

Or. fr

Amendment 428 Maria Arena, Rovana Plumb, Javi López, César Luena, Tudor Ciuhodaru, Sándor Rónai, Petar Vitanov, Sara Cerdas

Draft motion for a resolution Paragraph 19

Draft motion for a resolution Amendment

AM\1225880EN.docx 201/205 PE689.631v01-00 EN by stopping the production, import, refining and use of biofuels with highly negative environmental impact;

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Amendment 429 Ondřej Knotek

Draft motion for a resolution Paragraph 19

Draft motion for a resolution Amendment

19. Calls on the Commission to take 19. Calls on the Commission to take measures to address imported soil measures to address imported soil degradation from third countries; degradation from third countries; calls on the Commission to ensure that imports products from third countries to the EU comply with the same eco-standards and sustainable land use;

Or. en

Amendment 430 Martin Hojsík, Irena Joveva, Frédérique Ries, Nicolae Ştefănuță

Draft motion for a resolution Paragraph 19

Draft motion for a resolution Amendment

Or. en

Amendment 431 Martin Hojsík, Frédérique Ries, Nicolae Ştefănuță, María Soraya Rodríguez Ramos

Draft motion for a resolution Paragraph 19 a (new)

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19 a. Understands the importance of cooperation of all levels to effectively address all soil threats; therefore calls on the Member States to go by an example and to consider initiating a soil convention within the UN;

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Amendment 432 Idoia Villanueva Ruiz, Manuel Bompard, Mick Wallace, Silvia Modig, João Ferreira

Draft motion for a resolution Paragraph 19 a (new)

Draft motion for a resolution Amendment

19 a. Expresses its support for World Soils Day and urges for further actions to raise awareness about the environmental crisis in respect of soil;

Or. en

Amendment 433 Idoia Villanueva Ruiz, Manuel Bompard, Mick Wallace, Silvia Modig

Draft motion for a resolution Paragraph 19 b (new)

Draft motion for a resolution Amendment

19 b. Expresses its support for “Caring for Soil is Caring for Life”, the Horizon mission proposed by the Soil Health and Food Mission Board, with its goal to ensure 75% of soils are healthy by 2030 for healthy food, people, nature and climate;

Or. en

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Draft motion for a resolution Paragraph 19 a (new)

Draft motion for a resolution Amendment

19 a. Recommends the development of new green, forestry and agroforestry areas, especially in urban regions, to counterbalance the negative impacts of the current high level of soil sealing in European cities;

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Amendment 435 Manuela Ripa

Draft motion for a resolution Paragraph 19 b (new)

Draft motion for a resolution Amendment

19 b. Suggests the set-up of an European Land Register for responsible planning, based on spatial databases, that can be used by all Member States for the purpose of planning large, climate- friendly infrastructure and transport and energy projects (such as new railway lines wind power or photovoltaic sites) as well as for unused urban dwellings and unused construction lots;

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Amendment 436 Manuela Ripa

Draft motion for a resolution Paragraph 19 c (new)

Draft motion for a resolution Amendment

PE689.631v01-00 204/205 AM\1225880EN.docx EN 19 c. Urges the Commission and Member States to avoid urban sprawling by proposing a fee for built but unused urban dwellings that are vacant for over 3 years;

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