Activities of Davor ŠKRLEC related to 2015/2117(INI)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on implementation of the Mining Waste Directive (2006/21/EC) PDF (428 KB) DOC (65 KB)
Amendments (7)
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas even eleven years after adoption of the Directive, the Commission has not yet adopted the guidelines on inspections as required by Article 22(1)(c) of the Directive;
Amendment 15 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls on the Member States concerned and the Commission to ensure the correct and complete transposition and implementation of the Directive as soon as possible;
Amendment 17 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Urges the Commission, therefore, to adopt sector-specific guidelines on inspections in the extractive waste industries as soon as possible, and in any case not later than by the end of 2017;
Amendment 22 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls for reform of the current reporting mechanism (including the questionnaire) as a matter of priority, taking into accountin time for the upcoming deadlines for the third reporting period (2014-2017), so as to allow a proper assessment of the implementation of the Directive in practice based on the third reporting period and thereafter; calls on the Commission to ensure that the questionnaire no longer allows for different interpretations, requires Member States to report on extractive waste facilities and requires that only up-to-date information is submitted;
Amendment 25 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Takes noteRegrets that the Commission has published only one implementation report covering both the first and second reporting periods (2008-2011 and 2011- 2014), instead of one every three years as required pursuant to Article 18(1) of the Directive, thus leaving the public for many years without information on an economic activity with significant environmental, health and social implicationsthe (lack of) implementation of this Directive and hereby de facto delaying further action to ensure full implementation of this Directive, even though this Directive deals with an economic activity with significant environmental, health and social implications; calls on the Commission to strictly respect the three- year intervals for reporting;
Amendment 31 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Is especially concerned about the incompleteness of the process regarding the due classification and permitting of Category A facilities, which involve higher risks, and warns that external emergency plans are missing for around 25 % of the Category A facilities located on EU territory; calls, therefore, on the Member States to finalise the adequate classification of facilities on their territories and to adopt the missing external emergency plans no later than by the end of 2017;
Amendment 42 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Draws attention to its resolution of 5 May 2010 on a complete ban on cyanide mining in the EU, especially in light of the weak implementation status concerning the authorisation of Category A facilities, and reiterates its call on the Commission to propose a complete ban on the use of cyanide mining technologies in the European Union as soon as possible; , especially in light of the availability of non-toxic alternatives such as for example cyclodextrin 1a ; _________________ 1aLiu et al. (2013) "Selective isolation of gold facilitated by second-sphere coordination with α-cyclodextrin", Nature Communications