8 Amendments of Eleonora EVI related to 2016/2272(INI)
Amendment 34 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Highlights that the shift to ‘products as services’, and in general a transition from ownership to use, has the potential to improve the sustainability of production and consumption patterns, provided that product-service systems do not result in shortened product lifetimes;
Amendment 49 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Notes that reparability, upgradeability, design for disassembly, information and ease of reuse are characteristics which are inherently part of the durability of a product;
Amendment 59 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Notes the Commission’s Ecodesign Work Plan 2016-2019; welcomes especially the inclusion of product durability and ease of reuse as a possible environmental standard of its own and calls for product-specific and horizontal requirements on ease of repair;
Amendment 61 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Calls for the coverage of as many as possible products, included non energy related ones, in the Ecodesign work plan;
Amendment 91 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Paragraph 6 – subparagraph 1 (new)
The EU Ecolabel should include information to consumers on product expected lifetime and availability of spare parts on the market;
Amendment 94 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Calls on the Commission to ask manufacturers to make diagnostic and service manuals publicly available as well as to make spare parts and accessories of products available on the market for a minimum number of years in line with the product's expected lifetime which should be indicated in the EU Ecolabel;
Amendment 101 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6 b. Calls on Member States to discourage the placing on the market of products with planned obsolescence;
Amendment 106 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on the Member States to adopt economic incentives for product repair services to facilitate the extension of product lifetimes., including reduced VAT on repair activities;