Activities of Massimo PAOLUCCI related to 2018/0070(COD)
Plenary speeches (1)
Persistent organic pollutants (debate) IT
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on persistent organic pollutants (recast) PDF (903 KB) DOC (112 KB)
Amendments (11)
Amendment 16 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11
Recital 11
(11) In line with the Protocol and the Convention, releases of POPs which are unintentional by-products of industrial processes should be identified and reduced as soon as possible with the ultimate aim of elimination, where feasible. Appropriate national action plans, covering all sources and measures, including those provided for under existing Union legislation, should be implemented and developed to reduce such releases continuously and cost-effectively as soon as possible. To this end, appropriate tools should be developed in the framework of the Convention.
Amendment 20 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17
Recital 17
(17) Substances listed in Part A to Annex I or Part A to Annex II to this Regulation should only be allowed to be manufactured and used as closed-system site-limited intermediates if an annotation to that effect is expressly entered in that Annex and if the manufacturer confirms to the Member State concerned that the substance is only manufactured and used under strictly controlled conditions, namely without posing significant risks to the environment or human health and in the absence of any technically feasible alternatives.
Amendment 21 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 18
Recital 18
(18) In accordance with the Convention and the Protocol, information on POPs should be provided to other Parties to those Agreements . The exchange of information with third countries not party to those Agreements should also be promoted. Similarly, the Convention requires that each Party must undertake to develop appropriate strategies to identify sites contaminated by POPs, and the Union’s Seventh Environment Action Programme, up to 2020, commits the Union and its Member States to stepping up their efforts to remediate contaminated sites.
Amendment 25 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2 – point b
Article 4 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2 – point b
(b) the manufacturer demonstrates that the manufacturing process will transform the substance into one or more other substances that do not exhibit the characteristics of a POP ;or pose other significant risks to the environment or human health.
Amendment 27 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2 – point c a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2 – point c a (new)
(ca) the manufacturer demonstrates that there are no technically feasible alternatives to the use of a substance listed in Part A of Annex I or in Part A of Annex II.
Amendment 28 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
The holder shall manage the stockpile in a safe, efficient and environmentally sound manner, in accordance with the thresholds and requirements laid down in Directive 2012/18/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council1a and Directive 2010/75/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council1b, where applicable. _________________ 1aDirective 2012/18/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 4 July 2012 on the control of major-accident hazards involving dangerous substances, amending and subsequently repealing Council Directive 96/82/EC. 1bDirective 2010/75/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 November 2010 on industrial emissions.
Amendment 29 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Amendment 34 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point f
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – point f
(f) compile, register, process and make available to the Commission and the competent authorities of the Member States all the information received or available pursuant to Article 4(2) and (3), Article 5, Article 7(4)(b)(iii), Article 9(2), Article 13(1). The Agency shall make the non- confidential information publicly available on its website and shall facilitate the exchange of that information with relevant information platforms such as those referred to in Article 13(2);
Amendment 35 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 11 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Amendment 37 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 3
Article 11 – paragraph 3
3. Without prejudice to Directive 2003/4/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council ,of 28 January 2003 on public access to environmental information32, information on the environment and health and safety of humans, in addition to the information referred to in paragraphs 1, 2 and 2a, shall not be regarded as confidential. The Commission , the Agency and the Member States that exchange information with a third country shall protect any confidential information in accordance with Union law . _________________ 32 OJ L 41, 14.2.2003, p. 26. OJ L 41, 14.2.2003, p. 26.
Amendment 42 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 2
Article 18 – paragraph 2
2. The power to adopt delegated acts referred to in Articles 4(3), 7(5) and 15 shall be conferred on the Commission for an indeterminate period of five years from [date of entry into force of this Regulation]. The Commission shall draw up a report in respect of the delegation of power not later than nine months before the end of the five-year period. The delegation of power shall be tacitly extended for periods of time from […]. an identical duration, unless the European Parliament or the Council opposes such extension not later than three months before the end of each period.