8 Amendments of Nils TORVALDS related to 2021/0367(COD)
Amendment 114 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3 a (new)
Recital 3 a (new)
(3 a) This Regulation should enable the Union to ensure the promotion of the circular economy, whilst protecting the environment and human health by preventing the adverse impacts which may result from the shipment of waste.
Amendment 144 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1
This Regulation lays down measures to protect the environment, enhance the circular economy and human health by preventing or reducing the adverse impacts which may result from the shipment of waste. It establishes procedures and control regimes for the shipment of waste, depending on the origin, destination and route of the shipment, the type of waste shipped and the type of treatment to be applied to the waste at its destination.
Amendment 162 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 (new)
(28) ‘hazardous material for recovery’ means any waste that is classified as hazardous but that qualifies under the definition of ‘material for recovery’.
Amendment 164 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2
Article 3 – paragraph 2
In addition, the definitions of ‘waste’, ‘hazardous waste’, ‘treatment’, ‘disposal’, ‘recovery’, ‘material for recovery’, ‘preparing for re-use’, ‘re-use’, ‘recycling’, ‘waste producer’, ‘waste holder’, ‘dealer’ and ‘broker’ laid down in Article 3, points (1), (2), (14), (19), (15), (15a), (16), (13), (17), (5), (6), (7) and (8) respectively of Directive 2008/98/EC shall apply.
Amendment 244 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) the planned shipment or recovery would not be in accordance with Directive 2008/98/EC, while ensuring an objection to a planned shipment does not harm ‘environmentally sound management’;
Amendment 330 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 28 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
Article 28 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
The Commission is also empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 76 to supplement this Regulation by establishing criteria to distinguish between used goods and waste and to set rules with regard to how the financial obligations underextended producer responsibility are to apply to used goods shipped from the Union, for specific categories of commodities for which this distinction is of particular importance for the export of waste or used goods from the Union.
Amendment 445 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 43 – paragraph 2
Article 43 – paragraph 2
2. In order to fulfil the obligation referred to in paragraph 1, a natural or legal person intending to export waste from the Union shall ensure that the facilities which will manage the waste in the country of destination have been subject to an audit by an independent and accredited third party with appropriate qualifications. The exporter shall ensure that the facilities, which will manage the waste in the country of destination, in accordance with article 38, has an appropriate environmental certification. The exporter must obtain written confirmation of the certification.
Amendment 513 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 59 – paragraph 2 – point g a (new)
Article 59 – paragraph 2 – point g a (new)
(g a) information as to how concerns or irregularities can be reported to a prescribed organisation (whistleblowing).