19 Amendments of Tiziana BEGHIN related to 2022/0396(COD)
Amendment 127 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 22 a (new)
Recital 22 a (new)
(22a) In order to ensure the balanced participation of all stakeholders, the Commission should establish an ad hoc forum made up of Member State representatives and the other parties involved, such as industry (including SMEs and craft enterprises), trade unions, traders, retailers, importers, environmental protection groups and the consumer organisation. The Commission should consult this forum so as to give it a say in preparing detailed design-for- recycling criteria for each packaging category.
Amendment 155 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 54
Recital 54
(54) In order to safeguard the functioning of the internal market, it is necessary to ensure that packaging from third countries entering the Union market comply with this Regulation, whether imported as self-standing packaging or in a packaged product. In particular, it is necessary to ensure that appropriate conformity assessment procedures have been carried out by manufacturers with regard to that packaging. Importers should therefore ensure that the packaging they place on the market comply with those requirements and that documentation drawn up by manufacturers are available for inspection by the competent national authorities. Appropriate support should be provided to non-professional importers, and particularly micro-companies and small enterprises, in order to ensure these obligations are fulfilled.
Amendment 201 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 137
Recital 137
(137) It is necessary to provide for sufficient time for economic operators to comply with their obligations under this Regulation, and for Member States to set up the administrative infrastructure necessary for its application. The application of this Regulation should therefore also be deferred to a date where those preparations can reasonably be finalised. Particular attention should be paid to facilitate compliance by SMEs with their obligations and requirements under this Regulation, including through guidance to be provided by the Commission to facilitate compliance by economic operators, with a focus on SMEmicro-companies and SMEs and sectors heavily impacted by the new requirements.
Amendment 349 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 a (new)
Article 6 a (new)
Article 6a Packaging and packaging waste forum The Commission shall ensure that, when drawing up the delegated and/or implementing acts, it maintains a balanced participation of Member State representatives and all stakeholders, such as industry (including SMEs and craft enterprises), trade unions, traders, retailers, importers, environmental protection groups and consumer organisations. These parties shall, in particular, help to establish design-for-recycling criteria for the various types of packaging and recycling output criteria based on the criteria and parameters listed in Table 2 of Annex II for the packaging categories listed in Table 1 of that annex. To that end, the Commission shall establish a working group, known as the ‘Packaging and packaging waste forum’, in which these parties shall meet.
Amendment 457 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
From [OP: Please insert the date = 42 months after the entry into force of this Regulation], packaging shall be marked with a label and/or a QR code or other type of digital labelling containing information on its material composition. This obligation does not apply to transport packaging. However, it applies to e- commerce packaging.
Amendment 482 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
Article 11 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
Labels referred to in paragraphs 1 to 3 and/or the QR code or other type of digital data carrier referred to in paragraph 2s 1 to 3 shall be placed, printed or engraved visibly, clearly legibly and indelibly on the packaging. Where this is not possible or not warranted on account of the nature and size of the packaging, they shall be affixed to the grouped packaging.
Amendment 484 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2 a (new)
Article 11 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2 a (new)
Where the information referred to in paragraphs 1 to 3 can be communicated digitally via the packaging or a label affixed thereto, the following requirements shall apply: (a) user data must not be collected or traced; (b) the information must not be displayed alongside other sales or marketing information.
Amendment 498 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 10 a (new)
Article 16 – paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Member States shall provide tools to support non-professional importers, and particularly importing micro- companies and small enterprises, in order to ensure that the obligations laid down in this article are fulfilled.
Amendment 536 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 22 – paragraph 3
Article 22 – paragraph 3
3. Member States mayust exempt economic operators from point 3 of Annex V if they comply with the definition of micro-company in accordance with rules set out in the Commission Recommendation 2003/361, as applicable on [OP: Please insert the date = the date of entry into force of this Regulation], namely farms and agricultural businesses engaged in direct sales activities in farmers’ markets regulated by national or regional law, and where it is not technically feasible not to use packaging or to obtain access to infrastructure that is necessary for the functioning of a reuse system.
Amendment 538 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 22 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 22 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Economic operators shall be exempt from the application of point 3 of Annex V if: (a) by 2030, they are able to demonstrate a collection and recycling rate for these packaging formats of at least 85% by weight, on the basis of the predominant packaging material; or (b) they qualify as a micro-companies or small enterprises in accordance with the rules laid down in Commission Recommendation 2003/361, as applicable on [OP: please insert the date = the date of entry into force of this regulation].
Amendment 552 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 26 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Economic operators shall be exempt from the requirement in paragraph 1a, provided that, by 2030, the packaging material listed in Annex II: (a) reaches a minimum recycling rate of 90% at EU level, as calculated in Article 47; and (b) is recycled at scale within the meaning of Article 6(6).
Amendment 559 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
Article 26 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
2. The final distributor, with the exception of the economic operators referred to in Article 22(3), making available on the market within the territory of a Member State in sales packaging cold or hot beverages filled into a container at the point of sale for take-away shall ensure that:
Amendment 576 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 3 – introductory part
Article 26 – paragraph 3 – introductory part
3. A final distributor, with the exception of the economic operators referred to in Article 22(3), that is conducting its business activity in the HORECA sector and that is making available on the market within the territory of a Member State in sales packaging take- away ready-prepared food, intended for immediate consumption without the need of any further preparation, and typically consumed from the receptacle, shall ensure that:
Amendment 655 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 8 a (new)
Article 26 – paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Economic operators shall be exempt from the requirement in paragraph 8, provided that, by 2030, the packaging material listed in Annex II: (a) reaches a minimum recycling rate of 90% at EU level, as calculated in Article 47; and (b) is recycled at scale within the meaning of Article 6(6).
Amendment 693 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 12 – subparagraph 2
Article 26 – paragraph 12 – subparagraph 2
This obligation applies to pallets, boxes, excluding cardboard, trays, plastic crates, intermediate bulk containers, drums and canisters, of all sizes and materials (excluding paper and cardboard), including flexible formats.
Amendment 706 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 13 – subparagraph 2
Article 26 – paragraph 13 – subparagraph 2
This obligation applies to pallets, boxes, excluding cardboardtrays, plastic crates , intermediate bulk containers, and drums and canisters, of all sizes and materials (excluding paper and cardboard), including flexible formats.
Amendment 714 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 13 a (new)
Article 26 – paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Packaging needed to increase the shelf life of products, and therefore to combat food waste, protect the environment and ensure the efficient use of raw materials, shall be excluded from the scope of this article.
Amendment 821 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 62 – paragraph 1
Article 62 – paragraph 1
1. By [OP: Please insert the date = 24 months after the date of entry into force of this Regulation], Member States shall lay down the rules on penalties applicable to infringements of this Regulation and shall take all measures necessary to ensure that they are implemented. The penalties provided for shall be effective, proportionate and dissuasive. Failure to comply with the requirements of Articles 21 to 26 shall be sanctioned by an administrative fine imposed on the relevant economic operator. At least 30% of the sums collected from those fines shall be added to the budgets of the local authorities required to carry out the inspections and checks provided for in this regulation.
Amendment 824 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 62 a (new)
Article 62 a (new)
Article 62a Incentivising of checks The Member States shall encourage the introduction of reward mechanisms (incentives and bonuses) for operators that carry out the checks and inspections provided for in this regulation.