Activities of Biljana BORZAN related to 2023/0124(COD)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on Detergents and surfactants, amending Regulation (EU) 2019/1020 and repealing Regulation (EC) No 648/2004
Amendments (22)
Amendment 98 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 20
Recital 20
(20) Since importers play a key role in guaranteeing the compliance of imported detergents and surfactants in the Union market, when placing a detergent or surfactant on the market, importers should indicate on the product their name, registered trade name or registered trade mark as well as their postal address and, where available, electronic means of communication through which they can be contacted.
Amendment 103 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 31
Recital 31
(31) Digital labelling could improve the communication of labelling information both by avoiding overcrowded physical labels and by allowing users to rely on various reading options available only for digital formats, such as increased font, automatic search, loud speakers or translation into other languages. Providing digital labels could also lead to a more efficient management of the labelling obligations by economic operators, by facilitating the update of labelling information, reducing labelling costs and permitting a more targeted information of users. Therefore, economic operators should be allowed to provide certain labelling information only through the digital label subject to certain conditions to ensurewhile ensuring that elements essential to a high level of protection of detergents’ users and the environment remain on the physical label.
Amendment 117 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 13
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 13
(13) ‘making available on the market’ means any supply for distribution, consumption or use on the Union market in the course of a commercial activity, whether in return for payment or free of charge. Import shall be deemed to be making available on the market;
Amendment 126 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 3
Article 7 – paragraph 3
3. Manufacturers shall keep the technical documentation and the product passport for 10 years aftera period of at least 10 years after the last time the detergent or the surfactant covered by that documentation or product passport has been placedmade available on the market.
Amendment 134 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 2 – point a
Article 7 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 2 – point a
(a) upon request from the Member States’ appointed bodiesat the time of placing a detergent on the market;
Amendment 135 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 2 – point b
Article 7 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 2 – point b
(b) when the detergent for which a data sheet has already been requestprovided no longer corresponds to the information included in that datasheet.
Amendment 142 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2 – point b
Article 8 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2 – point b
(b) keep the product passport and technical documentation at the disposal of national market surveillance authorities for a period of at least 10 years after the detergent or surfactant covered by those documents has been placedmade available on the market;
Amendment 158 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 9
Article 9 – paragraph 9
9. Importers shall keep the reference to the unique product identifier at the disposal of the market surveillance authorities for a period of at least 10 years after the detergent or surfactant has been placedmade available on the market and shall ensure that the technical documentation can be made available to those authorities, upon request.
Amendment 166 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 2
Article 15 – paragraph 2
2. An economic operator making a detergent available on the market directly to an end-user in a refill format shall provide the physical label orand the data carrier through which the digital label is accessible to the end-user.
Amendment 176 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 1 – point h
Article 17 – paragraph 1 – point h
(h) the digital label shall remain available for a period of 10 years from the momentat least 10 years after the detergent or surfactant iwas placedst made available on the market, also in cases of an insolvency, a liquidation or a cessation of activity in the Union of the economic operator that created it, or for a longer period as required under other Union legislation covering the information that it contains;
Amendment 179 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 17 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
The data carrier shall be physically, visibly and legibly present on the detergent or surfactant, their packaging or the documentation accompanying them.
Amendment 190 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 2 – point d
Article 18 – paragraph 2 – point d
(d) it shall be accurate, complete and up-to date;
Amendment 192 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 2 – point f
Article 18 – paragraph 2 – point f
(f) it shall be accessible to customers, end-users, market surveillance authorities, customs authoritienufacturers, importers and distributors, dealers, market surveillance authorities, competent national authorities, customs authorities, civil society organisations, researchers, trade unions, the Commission and other economic operators;
Amendment 195 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 2 – point g
Article 18 – paragraph 2 – point g
(g) it shall be available for a period of at least 10 years after the detergent or surfactant iwas placedst made available on the market, also in cases of an insolvency, a liquidation or a cessation of activity in the Union of the economic operator that created the product passport;
Amendment 201 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 3
Article 18 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 3
The data carrier shall be clearly visible to the end-user before any purchase and to market surveillance authorities, including, where applicable, in cases where the detergent or surfactant is made available through distance sales on the main page of the online product page.
Amendment 209 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 22 – paragraph 3
Article 22 – paragraph 3
3. Where, in the course of the controls referred to in paragraph 1 or paragraph 2, the market surveillance authorities find that the detergent or surfactant does not comply with the requirements laid down in this Regulation, they shall without delay require the relevant economic operators to take all appropriate corrective action to bring the detergent or surfactant into compliance with those requirements, to withdraw it from the market, or to recall it within a reasonable period prescribed by the market surveillance authorities and which is commensurate with the nature of the risk referred to in paragraph 1.
Amendment 210 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 1
Article 24 – paragraph 1
1. Where, having carried out an evaluation under Article 22(1), a market surveillance authority finds that although a detergent or surfactant is in compliance with this Regulation, it presents a risk to health or to the environment, it shall require the relevant economic operator to take all appropriate measures to ensure that the detergent or surfactant concerned, when placed on the market, no longer presents that risk, to withdraw the detergent or surfactant from the market or to recall it, within a reasonable period prescribed by the market surveillance authorities and which is commensurate with the nature of that risk.
Amendment 218 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex V – Part A – point 1 – point d a (new)
Annex V – Part A – point 1 – point d a (new)
(d a) preservatives,
Amendment 219 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex V – Part A – point 3 – paragraph 1
Annex V – Part A – point 3 – paragraph 1
Amendment 220 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex V – Part B – point 1 – point a
Annex V – Part B – point 1 – point a
(a) the recommended quantities and/or dosage instructions expressed in millilitres or grams or, where relevant, number of pods, capsules or sheets appropriate to a standard washing machine load, for soft, medium and hard water hardness levels and making provision for one or two cycle washing processes,
Amendment 221 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex VI – paragraph 1 – point f
Annex VI – paragraph 1 – point f
(f) a full list of substances intentionally added in the detergent or surfactant and of preservatives labelled in accordance with part A, point 3, first subparagraph, point (b), of Annex V, using the International Nomenclature of Cosmetic Ingredients, or where it is not available, the European Pharmacopoeia name and, when also the latter is not available, the common chemical name or International Union of Pure and Applied Chemists name.
Amendment 222 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex VI – paragraph 2
Annex VI – paragraph 2