C 434/22
EN
Official Journal of the European Union
15.11.2022
Tuesday 5 April 2022
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Points out that climate change and increased rainfall can lead to flooding and nutrient loss; regrets that current action programmes may not adequately address these risks; calls on the Member States to take these projections and risks into account when reviewing their action programmes, applying the precautionary principle; 11.
Points to the importance of promoting the adoption of innovations to induce efficiency and good practices in agriculture, recognising the need to reduce inefficiencies that lead to excessive use of water, fertilisers, pesticides and antibiotics; 12.
Recalls the importance of moving towards environmentally sustainable agriculture in order to eliminate nutrient pollution and to support the implementation of good environmental practices, including by properly using all relevant tools offered by the common agricultural policy, Structural Funds and other EU programmes, such as LIFE; stresses the importance of using innovative practices such as nitrogen recovery from manure to mitigate this pollution and minimise nutrient leakage into the environment; calls on the Commission to fund research programmes under Horizon Europe to find smart and innovative solutions to the problem of nutrient pollution in the EU; 13.
Considers that a regulation is the appropriate legislative instrument by which to ensure the protection of waters against pollution caused by nitrates from agricultural sources and to apply uniform enforcement of water quality objectives across the EU in line with the targets of the European Green Deal; 14.
Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the European Commission, the Council and the governments and parliaments of the Member States.