Activities of Kaja KALLAS related to 2016/0084(COD)
Plenary speeches (1)
CE marked fertilising products (debate)
Amendments (36)
Amendment 87 #
Proposal for a regulation
Title 1
Title 1
Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL laying down rules on the making available on the market of CE marked fertilising products and amending Regulations (EC) No 1069/2009 and, (EC) No 1107/2009, and Council Directive 91/676/EEC (Text with EEA relevance)
Amendment 94 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1
Recital 1
(1) The conditions for making fertilisers available on the internal market have been partially harmonised through Regulation (EC) No 2003/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council15 , which almost exclusively covers fertilisers from mined or chemically produced, inorganic materials. There is also a need to make use of recycled or organic materials for fertilising purposes. Harmonised conditions for making fertilisers made from such recycled or organic materials available on the entire internal market should be established in order to provide an important incentive for their further use. This would both make the use of nutrients more efficient in line with circular economy objectives, and reduce the EU's dependency on nutrients from third countries. The scope of the harmonisation should therefore be extended in order to include recycled and organic materials. _________________ 15 Regulation (EC) No 2003/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 October 2003 relating to fertilisers (OJ L 304, 21.11.2003, p. 1).
Amendment 110 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10
Recital 10
(10) The end point in the manufacturing chain should be determined for each relevant component material containing animal by-products in accordance with the procedures laid down in Regulation (EC) No 1069/2009. To take advantage of technical developments, create more opportunities for producers and businesses, and unlock the potential to make more use of nutrients from animal by-products such as animal manure, the setting of processing methods and recovery rules for animal by-products for which an end-point in the manufacturing chain has been determined should start immediately after the entry into force of this Regulation. Accordingly, the power to adopt acts in accordance with Article 290 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union should be delegated to the Commission in order to expand or add component material categories to include more animal by-products. Where a manufacturing process regulated under this Regulation starts already before that end point has been reached, the process requirements of both Regulation (EC) No 1069/2009 and this Regulation should apply cumulatively to CE marked fertilising products, which means application of the stricter requirement in case both Regulations regulate the same parameter.
Amendment 112 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) For certain recovered wastes within the meaning of Directive 2008/98/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council20 , such as struvite, biochar, and ash-based products, a market demand for their use as fertilising products has been identified. Furthermore, certain requirements are necessary for the waste used as input in the recovery operation and for the treatment processes and techniques, as well as for fertilising products resulting from the recovery operation, in order to ensure that the use of those products does not lead to overall adverse environmental or human health impacts. For CE marked fertilising products, those requirements should be laid down in this Regulation. Therefore, as of the moment of compliance with all the requirements of this Regulation, such products should cease to be regarded as waste within the meaning of Directive 2008/98/EC, and accordingly it should be possible for products containing or consisting of such recovered waste materials to access the internal market. To ensure legal clarity, take advantage of technical developments, and further stimulate the incentive among producers to make more use of valuable waste streams, the scientific analyses and the setting of process requirements at Union level for such products should start immediately after the entry into force of this Regulation. Accordingly, the power to adopt acts in accordance with Article 290 of the Treaty should be delegated to the Commission in respect of defining, without unnecessary delay, larger or additional categories of component materials eligible for use in the production of CE marked fertilising products. _________________ 20 Directive 2008/98/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on waste and repealing certain Directives (OJ L 312, 22.11.2008, p. 3).
Amendment 124 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15
Recital 15
(15) Certain substances, mixtures and micro-organisms, commonly referred to as plant biostimulants, are not as such nutrients, but nevertheless stimulate plants' nutrition processes. Where such products aim solely at improving the plants' nutrient use efficiency, tolerance to abiotic stress, or crop quality traits, degradation of soil organic compounds, or increasing the availability of nutrients in the soil or rhizosphere, they are by nature more similar to fertilising products than to most categories of plant protection products. Such products should therefore be eligible for CE marking under this Regulation and excluded from the scope of Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council21 . Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 should therefore be amended accordingly. _________________ 21 Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 October 2009 concerning the placing of plant protection products on the market and repealing Council Directives 79/117/EEC and 91/414/EEC (OJ L 309, 24.11.2009, p. 1).
Amendment 141 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 31
Recital 31
(31) Where harmonised standards have not been adopted, or do not with sufficient detail cover all elements of the quality and safety requirements laid down in this Regulation, and where there are undue delays in the process of adopting or updating standards to reflect those requirements, interim measures may be needed to lay down uniform conditions for implementing those requirements may be needed. The Commission should therefore be empowered to adopt implementing acts setting out those conditions in common specifications. For reasons of legal certainty, it should be clarified that CE marked fertilising products must comply with such specifications even if they are considered to be in conformity with harmonised standards.
Amendment 196 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 6
Article 6 – paragraph 6
6. Manufacturers shall indicate their name, registered trade name or registered trade mark and the postal address at which they can be contacted on the packaging of the CE marked fertilising product or, where the fertilising product is supplied without packaging, in a document accompanying the fertilising product. The postal address shall indicate a single point at which the manufacturer can be contacted. The contact details shall be in a language easily understood by end-users and market surveillance authorities.
Amendment 247 #
Amendment 257 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 1
Article 18 – paragraph 1
Amendment 288 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 42 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 42 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 43 to amend Annexes I to IV for the purposes of adapting them to technical progress, taking into account products and materials already authorised in Member States, and facilitating internal market access and free movement for CE marked fertilising products and component materials
Amendment 289 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 42 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 42 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) which are likelyhave the potential to be subject of significanto trade on the internal market, and
Amendment 290 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 42 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 42 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) for which there is scientific evidence that the theyy are effective, and do not present an unacceptable risk to human, animal or plant health, to safety or to the environment, and that they are sufficiently effective.
Amendment 292 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 42 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 42 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Within one year after the entry into force of this Regulation, the Commission shall adopt a delegated act, in accordance with the first subparagraph, to amend, for the first time, the component material categories set out in Annex II, in particular to add animal by-products, struvite, ash-based products and biochar to those component material categories. In adopting that delegated act, the Commission shall specifically focus on the technological progress which is being made in the recovery of nutrients.
Amendment 300 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 42 – paragraph 2 – point a
Article 42 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) name of the micro-organism at strain level;
Amendment 320 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 46 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Article 46 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Regulation (EC) 1107/2009
Article 3 – point 34
Article 3 – point 34
(3) "34. "plant biostimulant" means a product stimulating plant nutrition processes independently of the product's nutrient content with the sole aim of improving one or more of the following characteristics of the plant and the plant rhizosphere or phyllosphere:
Amendment 326 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 46 – paragraph 1 – point 2 a (new)
Article 46 – paragraph 1 – point 2 a (new)
Regulation (EC) 1107/2009
Article 3 – point 34 – point c a (new)
Article 3 – point 34 – point c a (new)
Amendment 328 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 46 – paragraph 1 – point 2 b (new)
Article 46 – paragraph 1 – point 2 b (new)
Regulation (EC) 1107/2009
Article 3 – point 34 – point c b (new)
Article 3 – point 34 – point c b (new)
(cb) availability of nutrients in the soil and rhizosphere;
Amendment 329 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 46 a (new)
Article 46 a (new)
Amendment 344 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – part II – PFC 1(A) – point 1 – paragraph 1 – indent 1
Annex I – part II – PFC 1(A) – point 1 – paragraph 1 – indent 1
– Organic carbon (C)- Corg and
Amendment 346 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – part II – PFC 1(A) – point 1 – paragraph 2
Annex I – part II – PFC 1(A) – point 1 – paragraph 2
of solely biological origin, including leonardite, lignite, and peat, but excluding other material which is fossilized or embedded in geological formations.
Amendment 458 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – part II – PFC 3(A) – point 1
Annex I – part II – PFC 3(A) – point 1
1. An organic soil improver shall consist exclusively of material of solely biological origin, including leondardite, lignite, and peat, but excluding other material which is fossilized or embedded in geological formations.
Amendment 461 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – part II – PFC 4 – point 1
Annex I – part II – PFC 4 – point 1
1. A growing medium shall be a material other than soil intended for use as a substrate for root developmentplants or fungi to grow in.
Amendment 463 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – part II – PFC 6 – point 1 – introductory part
Annex I – part II – PFC 6 – point 1 – introductory part
1. A plant biostimulant shall be a CE marked fertilising product stimulating plant nutrition processes independently of the product's nutrient content with the sole aim of improving one or more of the following characteristics of the plant and the plant rhizophere or phyllosphere:
Amendment 465 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – part II – PFC 6 – point 1 – point b
Annex I – part II – PFC 6 – point 1 – point b
(b) tolerance to abiotic stress, or
Amendment 466 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – part II – PFC 6 – point 1 – point c a (new)
Annex I – part II – PFC 6 – point 1 – point c a (new)
(ca) degradation of organic compounds in the soil, or
Amendment 468 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – part II – PFC 6 – point 1 – point c b (new)
Annex I – part II – PFC 6 – point 1 – point c b (new)
(cb) availability of nutrients in the soil and rhizosphere.
Amendment 469 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – part II – PFC 6(A) – point 12 – paragraph 2
Annex I – part II – PFC 6(A) – point 12 – paragraph 2
Amendment 470 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – part II – PFC 6(A) – point 13
Annex I – part II – PFC 6(A) – point 13
Amendment 471 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – introductory part – paragraph 2
Annex II – introductory part – paragraph 2
The component materials, or the input materials used to produce them, shall not contain one of the substances for which maximum limit values are indicated in Annex I of this Regulation in such quantities as to jeopardise the CE marked fertilising product'swhich it would not be possible to remove during the production process of the CE marked fertilising product to such an extent as would bring the product into compliance with one of the applicable requirements of that Annex.
Amendment 480 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – part II – CMC 2 – point 1
Annex II – part II – CMC 2 – point 1
1. A CE marked fertilising product may contain plants, plant parts or plant extracts having undergone no other processing than cutting, grinding, centrifugation, pressing, drying, freeze- dryingsieving, milling, centrifugation, pressing, drying, freeze- drying, buffering, extrusion, frost- treatment, radiation, sanitation by using heat, or extraction with water.
Amendment 485 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – part II – CMC 3 – point 2 – indent 1
Annex II – part II – CMC 3 – point 2 – indent 1
– in which onlyproduction lines for the processesing of input materials referred to in paragraph 1 above are clearly separated from production lines for the processing of input materials other than referred to in paragraph 1, and
Amendment 487 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – part II – CMC 4 – point 2 – indent 1
Annex II – part II – CMC 4 – point 2 – indent 1
– in which onlyproduction lines for the processesing of input materials referred to in paragraph 1 above are clearly separated from production lines for the processing of input materials other than referred to in paragraph 1, and
Amendment 488 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – part II – CMC 5 – point 2 – indent 1
Annex II – part II – CMC 5 – point 2 – indent 1
– in which onlyproduction lines for the processesing of input materials referred to in paragraph 1 above are clearly separated from production lines for the processing of input materials other than referred to in paragraph 1, and
Amendment 489 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – part II – CMC 7 – paragraph 1 – indent 1
Annex II – part II – CMC 7 – paragraph 1 – indent 1
Amendment 569 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – part 3 – PFC 3
Annex III – part 3 – PFC 3
Forms of the declared nutrient and other Permissible tolerances for the declared declared quality criteria parameter pH pH ± 0,7 at the time of manufacture ± 1,0 at any time in the distributionmanufacturing chain Organic carbon (C) ± 10% relative deviation of the declared value up to a maximum of 1,0 percentage points in absolute terms Total nitrogen (N) ± 20% relative deviation up to a maximum of 1,0 percentage point in absolute terms Total phosphorus pentoxide (P2O5) ± 20% relative deviation up to a maximum of 1,0 percentage point in absolute terms Total potassium oxide (K2O) ± 20% relative deviation up to a maximum of 1,0 percentage point in absolute terms Dry matter ± 10% relative deviation of the declared value Quantity - 5% relative deviation of the declared value at the time of manufacture - 25% relative deviation of the declared value at any time in the distributionmanufacturing chain Carbon (C) org /Nitrogen (N) org ± 20% relative deviation of the declared value up to a maximum of 2,0 percentage points in absolute terms Granulometry ± 10 % relative deviation applicable to the declared percentage of material passing a specific sieve.
Amendment 572 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – part 3 – PFC 4
Annex III – part 3 – PFC 4
Forms of the declared nutrient and other Permissible tolerances for the declared declared quality criteria parameter Electric conductivity ± 50% relative deviation at the time of manufacture ± 75% relative deviation at any time in the distribution manufacturing chain pH ± 0,7 at the time of manufacture ± 1,0 at any time in the distributionmanufacturing chain Quantity by volume (litres or m³) - 5% relative deviation at the time of manufacture - 25% relative deviation at any time in the distribution manufacturing chain Quantity (volume) determination of - 5% relative deviation at the time of materials with particle size greater than 60 manufacture mm mm - 25% relative deviation at any time in the distribution manufacturing chain Quantity (volume) determination of pre- - 5% relative deviation at the time of shaped GM manufacture - 25% relative deviation at any time in the distribution manufacturing chain Water-soluble nitrogen (N) ± 50% relative deviation at the time of manufacture ± 75% relative deviation at any time in the distribution manufacturing chain Water-soluble phosphorus pentoxide ± 50% relative deviation at the time of (P2O5) manufacture ± 75% relative deviation at any time in the distributionmanufacturing chain Water-soluble potassium oxide (K2O) ± 50% relative deviation at the time of manufacture ± 75% relative deviation at any time in the distributionmanufacturing chain