Activities of Maria GRAPINI related to 2021/2040(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Implementation of the Toy Safety Directive (debate)
Amendments (17)
Amendment 34 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Recognises that in the period 2012- 2019, the Directive has been amended 14 times to adapt to the new scientific evidence pointing out previously unknown risks for children, especially in the area of chemicals; is concerned, however, that problems remain that cannot be solved through implementing acts and which jeopardise children's safety;
Amendment 37 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Highlights the need for toys that are placed on the EU market to comply with the TSD, as well as the relevant EU legislation on chemicals, in particular the REACH Regulation and the RoHS Directive, even when they are manufactured in third countries;
Amendment 40 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Stresses that spreading out requirements across several pieces of legislation, and providing for different limit values, can be burdensome and costly, especially for SMEs, and can in some cases necessitate duplicateing the measuring of substances, as in the case of migration and content limit values; calls on the Commission, therefore, to consider consolidating all applicable limits for toys in one piece of legislation in order to streamline conformity assessment, ensure compliance with quality and safety standards and reduce implementing costs;
Amendment 49 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Considers that the derogation from the prohibition of chemicals that are carcinogenic, mutagenic or toxic to reproduction (CMRs) set out in the TSD allows for the presence of those chemicals in concentrations that are too high to ensure the protection of children; calls on the Commission urgently to substantially reduce the generic limits for derogated CMRs in the TSD; insists that, in line with the Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability, the possibility to derogate from the rules on the presence of CMRs in parts of the toy that are inaccessible to the child in toys should be deleted;
Amendment 60 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10 a. calls on the Commission to include provisions to take into account children’s combined exposure to chemicals as well as of potential low-dose effects in its revision of the TSD, in line with the Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability;
Amendment 69 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11 a. is concerned that the labelling requirements for specific allergenic fragrances in certain experimental toy sets cannot be easily updated when the lists of allergenic fragrances are amended; calls on the Commission to use the revision of the TSD to also tackle this shortcoming, by making it easier to amend those requirements.
Amendment 82 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Welcomes the adoption of Regulation (EU) 2019/1020, which aims to improve market surveillance by strengthening controls by national authorities to ensure that products entering the single market, including toys, are safe and comply with the rules, and calls on the Member States to implement it fully, and on the Commission to verify its implementation in all Member States;
Amendment 84 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13 a. Urges the Commission to adopt implementing acts laying down benchmarks and techniques for checks on the basis of common risk analysis on the Union level, in order to ensure a consistent enforcement of Union law, to strengthen the controls on products entering the Union market and to ensure an effective and uniform level of such controls, in line with Article 25 of Regulation (EU) 2019/1020.
Amendment 88 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 b (new)
Paragraph 13 b (new)
13 b. Calls on the Commission to adopt implementing acts specifying the procedures for the designation of Union testing facilities, in line with Article 21 of Regulation(EU) 2019/1020;
Amendment 93 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Calls on the Commission to explore possibilities for using new technologies such as blockchain and artificial intelligence to facilitate the work of market surveillance authorities by providing easily accessible, up-to-date and structured information on products and their traceability;
Amendment 95 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Welcomes the adoption of the Single Market Programme and the introduction of a specific objective, with a specific budget line and dedicated resources for market surveillance, which will contribute to support Member States' action in ensuring that only safe and compliant toys enter the EU market;
Amendment 99 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Calls on the Member States to step up coordination of their market surveillance activities and to inform one other whenever they discover that non- compliant toys have entered the internal market, bearing in mind Regulation (EU) 2021/444 of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing the Customs programme for cooperation in the field of customs and repealing Regulation (EU) No 1294/2013;
Amendment 120 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Highlights that the development of e-commerce poses challenges for market surveillance authorities in ensuring the compliance of products sold online; notes that many products bought online fail to conform to EU safety requirements and is concerned by the high number of dangerous toys sold online; considers it necessary to introduce clear rules and measures so as to be able to eliminate the sale of non-compliant and dangerous toys online whenever this is detected;
Amendment 128 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Welcomes the guidance of the Commission on Article 4 of Regulation 2019/1020, which clarifies the tasks of economic operators, in particular with regard to products sold online and placed on the EU market from non-EU countries; stresses that compliance with EU rules by all economic operators is key to ensuring the safety of children and providing a level playing field for companies, and calls on market surveillance and customs authorities to step up their cooperation and perform robust enforcement actions to stop rogue traders from exploiting the EU market;
Amendment 169 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
Paragraph 28
28. Highlights that the lack of consistent EU-wide statistics on toy-related accidents makes it impossibles have made it difficult to quantitatively assess the level of protection granted by the TSD and to inform the standardization work on toys; believes that a lack ofinsufficient coordination and funding at EU level is a root cause of the absence of consistent data and calls on the Commission to address this in a future revision through theof the Directive, including by establishment ofing a pan-European accident and injury database and exploring how indicators and data such as those gathered from ICSMS, Safety Gate, joint actions and the possibility of establishing a digital product passport could contribute to a higher safety level for toys;
Amendment 172 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
Paragraph 29
29. Calls on the Member States to step up their data collection on the TSD, which is now uneven and incomplete, and to exchange information between one other to counteract risks and vulnerabilities in relation to toy safety;
Amendment 178 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 a (new)
Paragraph 30 a (new)
30 a. Calls on the Commission to publish the summary of the 2014-2018 report by Member States;