16 Amendments of Nils TORVALDS related to 2018/0172(COD)
Amendment 30 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) In the Union, 80 to 85 % of marine litter, measured as beach litter counts, is plastic, with single-use plastic items representing 50 % and fishing-related items representing 27 %. Single-use plastics products include a diverse range of commonly used fast-moving consumer products that are discarded after having been used once for the purpose for which they were provided, are rarely recycled, and are prone to littering. A significant proportion of the fishing gear placed on the market is not collected for treatment. Single-use plastic products and fishing gear containing plastic are therefore a particularly serious problem in the context of marine litter and pose a severe risk to marine ecosystems, sustainable fish stocks, biodiversity and, potentially, to human health and are damaging activities such as tourism, professional and recreational fisheries and shipping.
Amendment 43 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 12
Recital 12
(12) For other single-use plastic products, suitable and more sustainable alternatives that are also affordable are readily available. In order to limit the adverse impact of such products on the environment, especially the marine environment, Member States should be required to prohibit their placing on the Union market. By doing so, the use of those readily available and more sustainable alternatives as well as innovative solutions towards more sustainable business models, re-use alternatives and substitution of materials would be promoted.
Amendment 56 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 16 a (new)
Recital 16 a (new)
(16 a) The same incentives provided for returning fishing gear should apply equally for returning waste that has been passively fished as well as for waste that has been caught under the fishing for litter initiatives
Amendment 57 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 16 b (new)
Recital 16 b (new)
(16 b) The requirements on port facilities should be proportionate and not put excessive administrative burden on small, unmanned ports or on remotely located ports, notable on remote islands
Amendment 58 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 16 c (new)
Recital 16 c (new)
(16 c) Under the Fisheries Control Regulation 1224/2009, a master of a Union vessels is required to report any losses of fishing gear that cannot be retrieved to the competent authority of its flag member state. The revision of the Control Regulation should lay down further measures strengthening the capacity of retrieval of lost gear and of reporting, through daily electronic reporting, of its loss when it cannot be retrieved.
Amendment 60 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 18
Recital 18
(18) In order to prevent littering and other inappropriate forms of disposal resulting in marine litter containing plastic, consumers need to be properly informed about the most appropriate waste disposal options available and/or waste disposal options to be avoided, best practices with regard to waste disposal and the environmental impact of bad disposal practices as well as about the plastic content in certain single-use plastic products and fishing gear, and available alternatives already on the market. Therefore, Member States should be required to take awareness raising measures ensuring that such information is given to the consumers. The information should not contain any promotional content encouraging the use of the single-use plastic products. Member States should be able to choose the measures which are most appropriate based on the nature of the product or its use. Producers of single-use plastic products and fishing gear containing plastic should cover the costs of the awareness raising measures as part of their extended producer responsibility obligation.
Amendment 74 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 3
(3) 'fishing gear' means any item or piece of equipment that is used in fishing and aquaculture to target or capture marine biological resources or that is floating on the sea surface and is deployed with the objective of attracting andor capturing such marine biological resources;
Amendment 96 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 8
Recital 8
(8) Single use plastic products can be manufactured from a wide range of plastics. Plastics are usually defined as polymeric materials to which additives may have been added. However, this definition would cover certain natural polymers. Unmodified natural polymers should not be covered as they occur naturally in the environment. Therefore, the definition of polymer in Article 3(5) of Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council43 should be adapted and a separate definition should be introduced for the purposes of this Directive. Plastics manufactured with modified natural polymers, or plastics manufactured from bio-based, fossil or synthetic starting substances are not naturally occurring and should therefore be addressed by this Directive. The adapted definition of plastics should therefore cover polymer-based rubber items and bio-based and biodegradable plastics regardless of whether they are derived from biomass and/or intended to biodegrade over time. Certain polymeric materials are not capable of functioning as a main structural component of final materials and products, such as polymeric coatings, linings, paints, inks, and adhesives. Those materials should not be addressed by this Directive and should therefore not be covered by the definition. Sales packaging, which is not filled at the point of sale, and which have a polymeric lining for the functional purpose, should not be addressed by this Directive. __________________ 43 Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 December 2006 concerning the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH), establishing a European Chemicals Agency, amending Directive 1999/45/EC and repealing Council Regulation (EEC) No 793/93 and Commission Regulation (EC) No 1488/94 as well as Council Directive 76/769/EEC and Commission Directives 91/155/EEC, 93/67/EEC, 93/105/EC and 2000/21/EC (OJ L 396, 30.12.2006, p. 1).
Amendment 96 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) the presence of plastics in the product., and where applicable, the availability of alternatives
Amendment 100 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 3
Article 8 – paragraph 3
3. Member States shall ensure that extended producer responsibility schemes are established for fishing gear containing plastic placed on the Union market, in accordance with the provisions on extended producer responsibility in Directive 2008/98/EC. Member States shall ensure that those extended producer responsibility schemes achieve an improved recycling level for fishing gears. In order to ensure that, Member States shall require the schemes to inter alia: (a) establish deposit-refund schemes to encourage the return of old, derelict or unstable fishing gear except in small unmanned ports or in remotely located ports, notably on remote islands (b) include monitoring, tracking and reporting programmes; and (c) cover retrieval operations
Amendment 104 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
(a a) Article 9a Passively fished waste 1.The Member States shall adopt proportionate national plans to ensure that ports where fishing vessels can be received, except for small, unmanned ports and remotely located ports, notably on remote islands, are able to carry out the collection and subsequent treatment of passively fished waste collected during normal fishing operations with a view to encouraging the separate collection, re- use and recycling of such waste. 2.Such plans shall be laid down in accordance with the guidelines set out in OSPAR Recommendation 2016/01 on the reduction of marine litter through the implementation of fishing for litter initiatives. 3. In addition to the resources made available by the EMFF, the Member States may set up and maintain national funds to support the collection of waste that has been passively fished by fishing vessels. The funds may be used to ensure the functioning of fishing-for-litter initiatives, including the provision of dedicated on-board waste storage facilities, the monitoring of passively fished waste, education and promotion of voluntary participation in the initiative, costs of waste treatment and to cover the costs of personnel required for the functioning of such schemes.
Amendment 116 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point a a (new)
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point a a (new)
(a a) estimates of the amounts of marine waste originating in products covered by this Directive in order to monitor the effects of the measures taken
Amendment 123 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 15 – paragraph 3 – point b a (new)
Article 15 – paragraph 3 – point b a (new)
(b a) A sufficient improvement of the recycling level for fishing gear has taken place and whether the introduction of quantitative targets is needed to ensure sufficient progress in the future
Amendment 255 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 2
(2) 'single-use plastic product' means a product that is made wholly or partly from plastic, excluding polymeric coatings, linings, paints, inks or adhesives, and that is not conceived, designed or placed on the market to accomplish, within its life span, multiple trips or rotations by being returned to the producer for refill or re- used for the same purpose for which it was conceived;
Amendment 492 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 15 – paragraph 1
Article 15 – paragraph 1
1. The Commission shall carry out an evaluation of this Directive by … [sixthree years after the end-date for transposition of this Directive]. The evaluation shall be based on the information available in accordance with Article 13. Member States shall provide the Commission with any additional information necessary for the purposes of the evaluation and the preparation of the report referred to in paragraph 2.
Amendment 500 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 15 – paragraph 3 – point a
Article 15 – paragraph 3 – point a
(a) the scope of this Directive needs to be redefined and the Annex listing single- use plastic products needs to be reviewed;