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73 Amendments of Brando BENIFEI related to 2022/0095(COD)

Amendment 104 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5
(5) This Regulation will contribute to making products and digital services fit for a climate-neutral, resource-efficient and circular economy, in which economic sustainable growth is decoupled from resource use, reducing waste and ensuring that the performance of frontrunners in sustainability progressively becomes the norm. It should provide for the setting of new ecodesign requirements to improvmaximise product durability, reusability, upgradability and reparability, improvensure possibilities for refurbishment and maintenance, address the presence of hazardous chemicals in products, increase their energy and resource efficiency, reducminimise their expected generation of waste materials and increase recycled content in products, while ensuring their performance and safety, enabling remanufacturing and high-quality recycling and reducing carbon and environmental footprints. in order to achieve a fully circular economy by 205029a. _________________ 29a https://eur- lex.europa.eu/resource.html?uri=cellar:9 903b325-6388-11ea-b735- 01aa75ed71a1.0017.02/DOC_1&format= PDF
2022/12/06
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 108 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6
(6) The European Parliament, in its Resolution of 25 November 2020 ‘Towards a more sustainable single market for business and consumers’30 , welcomedcalled for promoting durable products which are easier to repair, re-use and recycle, while improving consumer rights, including through information requirements on lifetime and reparability of products and extended legal guarantee periods. In its report on the New Circular Economy Action Plan adopted on 16 February 202131 , the European Parliament further endorsed the agenda presented by the Commission in the CEAP. It considered that the transition to a circular economy can provide solutions to address the current environmental challenges and the economic crisis brought on by the COVID- 19 pandemic. The Council, in its conclusions on ‘Making the Recovery Circular and Green’ adopted on 11 December 202032 , also welcomed the Commission’s intention to submit legislative proposals as part of a comprehensive and integrated sustainable product policy framework that promotes climate neutrality, energy and resource efficiency and a non-toxic circular economy, protects public health and biodiversity, and empowers and protects consumers and public buyers. _________________ 30 P9_TA(2020)0318. 31 P9_TA(2021)0040. 32 13852/20.
2022/12/06
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 111 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10
(10) Directive 2009/125/EC has been generally successful in fostering the energy efficiency and some circularity aspects of energy-related products, and its approach has the potential to progressively address the sustainability of all products. To deliver on Green Deal commitments, this approach should be extended to other product groups and systematically address key aspects for increasing the environmental and social sustainability of products with binding requirements. By ensuring that only products that meet those requirements are placed on the Union market, this Regulation should not only improve the free movement of such products by avoiding national disparities, but also reduce the negative life cycle environmental impacts of products for which such requirements are set.
2022/12/06
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 115 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11
(11) In order to create an effective and future-proof regulatory framework, it is necessary to allow for the setting of ecodesign requirements on all physical goods placed on the market or put into service, including components and intermediate products. This should allow the Commissions to take into account the broadest range of products possible when prioritising the establishment of ecodesign requirements and thereby maximise their effectiveness. Where needed, specific exemptions should be made when setting ecodesign requirements, for example for products with a particular purpose that could not be fulfilled when complying with ecodesgin requirements, or for second- hand products that were originally manufactured before the entry into force of this Regulation or of the relevant Delegated Act. In addition, exemptions should be made at the level of the framework for those products for which it is already clear that ecodesign requirements would not be suitable or where other frameworks provide for the setting of such requirements. This should be the case for food and feed as defined in Regulation (EC) No 178/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council44 , medicinal products for human use as defined in Directive 2001/83/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council45 , veterinary medicinal products as defined in Regulation (EU) 2019/6 of the European Parliament and of the Council46 , living plants, animals and micro-organisms, products of human origin, and products of plants and animals relating directly to their future reproduction. _________________ 44 Regulation (EC) No 178/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 28 January 2002 laying down the general principles and requirements of food law, establishing the European Food Safety Authority and laying down procedures in matters of food safety (OJ L 31, 1.2.2002, p. 1). 45 Directive 2001/83/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 November 2001 on the Community code relating to medicinal products for human use (OJ L 311, 28.11.2001, p. 67). 46 Regulation (EU) 2019/6 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2018 on veterinary medicinal products and repealing Directive 2001/82/EC (OJ L 4, 7.1.2019, p. 43).
2022/12/06
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 118 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13
(13) In order to improve the environmental sustainability of products and to ensure the free movement of products in the internal market, the power to adopt acts in accordance with Article 290 TFEU should be delegated to the Commission to supplement this Regulation by setting out ecodesign requirements. Those ecodesign requirements should in principle apply to specific product groups, such as washing machines or washing machines and washer dryers. In order to maximise the effectiveness of ecodesign requirements and to efficiently improve environmental and social sustainability of products, it should also be possible to set out one or more horizontal ecodesign requirements for a wider range of products groups, such as electronic appliances or textiles. Horizontal ecodesign requirements should be established where the technical similarities of product groups allow their environmental sustainability to be improved based on the same requirements. Overall horizontal requirements should also be developed with regard to specific product aspects such as durability and reparability to ensure that such requirements apply across all new products and be implemented in delegated acts.
2022/12/06
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 119 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14
(14) In order to allow the Commission to set requirements as appropriate to the product groups covered, ecodesign requirements should include performance and information requirements. Those requirements should be used to improve product aspects relevant for environmental and social sustainability, such as energy efficiency, durability, reparability and carbon and environmental footprints. Ecodesign requirements should be transparent, objective, proportionate, and in compliance with international trade rules.
2022/12/06
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 126 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 23
(23) To improve environmental sustainability of products, information requirements should relate to a selected product parameter relevant to the product aspect, such as the product’s environmental footprint or its durability. They mayshould require manufacturer to make available information on the product’s performance in relation to a selected product parameter or other information that may influence the way the product is handled by parties other than the manufacturer in order to improve performance in relation to such a parameter. Such information requirements should be set either in addition to, or in place of, performance requirements on the same product parameter as appropriate. Where a delegated act includes information requirements, it should indicate the method for making the required information available, such as its inclusion on a free- access website, product passport or product label. Essential information relating to health, safety and consumer rights should always be provided to consumers through physical means such as on product or a leaflet accompanying the product. Additional information should be provided in physical format upon request from consumers. Information requirements are necessary to lead to the behavioural change needed to ensure that the environmental sustainability objectives of this Regulation are achieved. By providing a solid basis for purchasers and public authorities to compare products on the basis of their environmental sustainability, information requirements are expected to drive consumers and public authorities towards more sustainable choices.
2022/12/06
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 129 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 24
(24) Where delegated acts include information requirements, they may in addition determine classes of performance in relation to one or more relevant product parameters, in order to facilitate comparison between products on the basis of that parameter. Classes of performance should enable differentiation of products based on their relative sustainability and could be used by both consumers and public authorities. As such, they are intended to drive the market towards more sustainable products. In this regard, information requirements with regard to durability and reparability of products play a central role for consumers to engage in sustainable consumption patterns. This Regulation should therefore establish criteria to be taken into account for developing a reparability score and durability index to be applied on certain product-categories. In addition to information requirements on the durability and reparability of products that are essential for consumers to make a purchasing decision for more durable products, displaying information on their rights, such as on the length of the legal guarantee of conformity and, where relevant, its voluntary extension by the manufacturer, is also important since they reliable indicators of a product's durability. Such information should therefore be part of the labels to be displayed at point of sale.
2022/12/06
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 131 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 26
(26) The information requirements set under this Regulation should include the requirement to make available a product passport. The product passport is an important tool for making information available to actors along the entire value chain and the availability of a product passport should significantly enhance end- to-end traceability of a product throughout its value chain. Among other things, the product passport should help consumers make informed choices easily by improving their access to product information relevant to them, allow economic operators other value chain actors such as repairers, reburbishers or recyclers to access relevant information, and enable competent national authorities to perform their duties. To this end, the product passport should not replace but complement non-digital forms of transmitting information, such as information in the product manual or on a label. In addition, it should be possible for the product passport to be used for information on other sustainability aspects applicable to the relevant product group pursuant to other Union legislation.
2022/12/06
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 149 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 57
(57) Any importer or distributor that either places on the market a product covered by a delegated act adopted pursuant to this Regulation under the importer’s or distributor’s own name or trademark, or modifies such a product in such a way that compliance with this Regulation or with the relevant delegated act might be affected, should be considered to be the manufacturer and should assume the manufacturer’s obligations. Second- hand economic operators who make available on the market second-hand products or components, whether prepared for re-use, checked, cleaned, repaired, refurbished or without any action on the product should not be considered modifying a product in a way that compliance with this Regulation or with the relevant delegated act might be affected.
2022/12/06
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 150 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 57 a (new)
(57 a) Second-hand sectors, including refurbishment, play a specific role to promote sustainable consumption patterns and in the development of circular business models. Due to the specificities of those sectors, the role of second-hand economic operators along the value chain and related obligations must be distinguished from the ones applying to manufacturers, authorised representatives, importers, distributors or dealers of new products by specifying what should be the rules applicable to them.
2022/12/06
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 151 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 57 b (new)
(57 b) Second-hand economic operators have no control over the original design of the product, nor do they have access to the product information, such as technical documentation, covered by the delegated acts adopted pursuant to this Regulation. Second-hand economic operators should be responsible for the product’s compliance with information requirements only when the information has been made publicly available to them by a prior economic operator in the chain. Second-hand economic operators cannot be held responsible for the original product’s compliance with performance requirements after it has been repaired, refurbished or has undergone normal maintenance before being made available again on the market. If a second-hand economic operator replaces a component, consumable or spare part of a second- hand product with a new component, consumable or spare part, it should be liable for the compliance of that specific component, consumable or spare part, with ecodesign requirements under this regulation and subsequent delegated acts.
2022/12/06
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 154 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 88
(88) Effective enforcement of ecodesign requirements is essential to ensure equal competition in the Union market and to ensure that this Regulation’s expected benefits and contribution to achieving the Union’s climate, energy and circularity objectives are achieved. Therefore, Regulation (EU) 2019/1020 setting out a horizontal framework for market surveillance and control of products entering the Union market should apply to products for which ecodesign requirements are set pursuant to this Regulation, in so far as there are no specific provisions with the same objective, nature or effect in this Regulation. In addition, to lower the problematic levels of non-compliance of products covered by implementing measures adopted under Directive 2009/125/EC, to better prevent non- compliance with future ecodesign requirements, and taking account of the broader scope and increased ambition of this Regulation compared to Directive 2009/125/EC, this Regulation should contain specific additional rules complemting the framework created by Regulation (EU) 2019/1020. Those specific additional rules should be aimed at further strengthening the planning, coordination and support of Member State efforts and should provide additional tools for the Commission to ensure sufficient action is taken by market surveillance authroties to prevent non-compliance with ecodesign requirements and re-establish conformity where relevant.
2022/12/06
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 155 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 95
(95) To support Member States in their efforts to ensure sufficient action is taken to prevent non-compliance with ecodesign requirements, the Commission should, where relevant, make use of the support measures provided for in Regulation (EU) 2019/1020. The Commission should organise and, where appropriate finance, joint market surveillance and testing projects in areas of common interest, joint investments in market surveillance capacities and common trainings for the staff of market surveillance authorities, notifying authorities and notified bodies. In addition, the Commission should draw up guidelines on how to apply and enforce ecodesign requirements where necessary to ensure their harmonised application.
2022/12/06
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 168 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 17
(17) ‘upgrading’ means enhancing the functionality, performance, capacity, or aestheticssafety of a product;
2022/12/06
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 172 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 18
(18) ‘refurbishment’ means preparing or modifyingtesting, and where necessary performing repair and maintenance, as well as deleting data connected to the previous use, including personal data, in case of electronic devices, an object that is waste or a second- hand product to restore its performance or functionality within the intended use, range of performance and maintenance originally conceived at the design stage before making it available on the market, or to meet applicable technical standards or regulatory requirements, with. Refurbishment may also include improving the raesult of making a fully functionalthetics of the product;
2022/12/06
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 177 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 21
(21) ‘durability’ means the ability of a product to function as required, under specifiednd maintain for a certain period of time its required function and performance, under normal conditions of use, maintenance and repair, until a limiting event prevents its functioning;
2022/12/06
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 178 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 37
(37) ‘unsold consumer product’ means any consumer product that has not been sold, including surplus, excessive inventory, overstock, deadstock and samples, or that has been returned by a consumer in view of their right of withdrawal in accordance with Article 9 of Directive (EU) 2011/83/EU;
2022/12/06
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 184 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 46 a (new)
(46 a) ‘Second-hand economic operator’ means an economic operator who makes second-hand products or components, available on the market, including the preparation for re-use, refurbishing.
2022/12/06
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 188 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 55
(55) ‘online marketplace’ means a provider of an intermediary service using software, including a website, part of a website or an application, thatan online interface which allows customers to conclude distance contracts with economic operators for the sale of products covered by delegated acts adopted pursuant to Article 4;
2022/12/06
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 189 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 55 a (new)
(55 a) 'online interface' means any software, including a website, part of a website or an application, including mobile applications;
2022/12/06
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 194 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 59 a (new)
(59 a) Life cycle cost means an approach that assesses the total cost of an asset over its operational life cycle, including initial capital costs, maintenance costs and operating costs.
2022/12/06
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 207 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1
The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 66 to supplement this Regulation by establishing ecodesign requirements for, or in relation to, products to improve their environmental sustainability. Those requirements shall include the elements listed in Annex VI and shall be established in accordance with Articles 5, 6 and 7 and Chapter III. The empowerment to adopt ecodesign requirements includes the power to establish that no performance requirements, no information requirements or neither performance nor information requirements are necessary for certain specified product parameters referred to in Annex I, especially for second-hand products, if they were placed or made available on the market before the entry into force of this Regulation or of the relevant Delegated Act.
2022/12/06
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 221 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 3 – point h a (new)
(h a) specifying rules to provide for longer period for the legal guarantee of conformity based on the product parameters referred to in Annex I, point (a).
2022/12/06
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 224 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 3 – point h b (new)
(h b) establishing due diligence obligations for economic operators with regard to the environmental and social impacts referred to in paragraph 1(m) of Article 5.
2022/12/06
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 227 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. The Commission shall, as appropriate to the relevant product groups and with due consideration for all stages of their life cycle, establish ecodesign requirements to improve the following product aspects considering possible interdependences:
2022/12/06
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 234 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point n a (new)
(n a) compliance with new legislation on social and labour standards along the value chain;
2022/12/06
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 238 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 3
A horizontal ecodesign requirement established pursuant to the second subparagraph may cover products falling in the scope of a self-regulation measure established as a valid alternative pursuant to Article 18(3), where the Commission considers that that self-regulation measure does not address the product aspect covered by that horizontal ecodesign requirement.deleted
2022/12/06
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 245 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 4 – point a – point v a (new)
(v a) consider the interdependence between different parameters of a product;
2022/12/06
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 259 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 7
7. The Commission shall, where appropriate, identify appropriate means of verification for specific ecodesign requirements, including directly on the product or on the basis of the technical documentation.
2022/12/06
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 260 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 7 a (new)
7 a. Durability index 1.Information on product parameters referred to in point (a) of Annex I shall be displayed to consumers in a clear and visible way prior to the time of purchase pursuant to the requirements under Article 14 of this Regulation and shall ensure for consumers to easily compare the characteristics of products with regard to their durability. 2.By [2 years after entry into force], the Commission shall adopt a delegated act specifying the methodology and calculation methods to deploy a durability index and the classes of performance to be displayed.The delegated act shall also specify the product categories to which it will apply. 3. In addition to the requirements of paragraph 1 of this Article, distributors and dealers, as applicable, shall provide consumers with clear and easy-to- understand information prior to the time of purchase on the guaranteed lifetime of a product. This label shall include as a minimum the information of the length of the legal guarantee of conformtiy and its voluntary extension by the manufacturer.
2022/12/06
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 262 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 8 a (new)
8 a. 1.Pursuant to Article 5(1), first subparagraph, with regard to ecodesign requirements for durability of products falling under the scope of this Regulation, the following practices aimed at shortening a product's lifespan by downgrading or limiting its functionality shall be prohibited: (a) Downgrading or limiting the reparability or the functionality of a product when using consumables, spare parts or accessories that are not provided by the original manufacturer; (b) Downgrading or limiting the reparability or the functionality of a product when using consumable or spare parts and its services through the use of software during maintenance or repair; (c) Downgrading or limiting the reparability or the functionality of the relevant product through the design of specific feature; (d) Providing conformity software updates, including security updates, that will downgrade or limit the functionality of the products; (e) Not decoupling the provision of security and functionality updates; 2.Pursuant to Article 5(1), with regard to ecodesign requirements for reparability of products falling under the scope of this Regulation, restricting the reparability, including by impeding the disassembly of its key components or parts, or allowing access to repair and maintenance information and spare parts exclusively to authorized repairers or authorized refurbishers shall be prohibited. 3.In order to comply with the general requirements referred to in Paragraph 1 and 2 of this Article, manufacturers and importers shall fulfil the following obligations: (a) Make spare parts available to repairers, refurbishers and end-users for a minimum period of time after the last unit has been placed on the market.This minimum period shall be further defined in the delegated acts adopted pursuant to Article 4; (b) Provide access to repair and maintenance information, including access to diagnostic tool, to repairers, refurbishers and end-users; (c) Provide information on the availability and price of spare parts to relevant economic operators, including repairers, refurbishers and end-users; (d) For products with digital elements, provide software updates, including conformity/security updates, for the period of time that corresponds to consumers' expectations in accordance with Article 7 of Directive 2019/771.Conformity/security and functionality updates shall be provided separately.This minimum period shall be further defined in the delegated acts adopted pursuant to Article 4. (e) For products with digital elements, the user shall have the option to de-install a functionality update and to re-install a functionality update and to re-install the version running on the device prior to the update, unless the device performance remains at least the same when performing the same functions after the update; (f) For products with digital elements ensure, when applicable, that the core functionality of a connected product can be de-connected to enable performance without software updates of internet connection, when such functionality does not depend on an internet connection; (g) ensure that the user has the option to securely delete data from any data storage device.
2022/12/06
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 266 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – point b – paragraph 1 – point i
(i) information on the performance of the product in relation to the product parameters referred to in Annex I. For product parameters referred to in points (a) and (b) of Annex I, the information shall be displayed in an easy-to- understand and clearly visible manner prior to the time of purchase, including in case of distance selling, pursuant to requirements under Article 14 of this Regulation;
2022/12/06
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 277 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 7
7. The information to be supplied pursuant to information requirements shall be provided in a language which can be easily understood by consumers and other end-users, as determined by the Member State in which the product is to be made available on the market or put into service prior to the purchase of a product.
2022/12/06
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 278 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 7 a (new)
7 a. Manufacturers, importers or authorised representative of products falling in the scope of this Regulation pursuant to article 1 shall meet the following requirements: 1.In order to improve the repairability of products, manufacturers shall: a. make spare parts easily available to repairers.Essential spare parts, as defined in standard EN45554, shall also be made available to end users; b.Manufacturers shall inform about the spare parts that they make available; c.Manufacturers shall provide access to repair and maintenance information to repairers and end users.The European Commission shall adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 66 to supplement this Regulation by specifying the spare parts that shall be made available to repairers and end users, as well as the minimum period of time for the availability of such spare parts, depending on the characteristics of the product. 2.In the case of goods with digital elements, as defined in Directive (EU) 2019/771, the manufacturer, importer or authorised representative shall: a. ensure the availability of updates, including security updates, for the period of time that shall correspond to the expected lifespan of the product including the expectations of consumers given the type and purpose of the goods and the digital elements.The European Commission shall adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 66 to supplement this Regulation by specifying the minimum period of time for the availability of software updates depending on the characteristics of the products. b. provide functionality and security updates separately.The user shall have the option to de-install a functionality update and to re-install the version running on the device prior to the update, unless the device performance remains at least the same when performing the same functions after an update. c. ensure, where applicable, that the core functionality of a connected product can be de-connected to enable performance without software updates or internet connection, when such functionality does not depend on an internet connection. d. ensure that the user has the option to securely delete data from any data storage devices. 3. Manufacturers shall provide transparent information about products’ chemicals content.
2022/12/06
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 280 #
7 b. In order to avoid barriers to the free circulation of products, where possible, when establishing the layout and contents of the label, the Commission shall favour EU-wide labels that would not require any translation or adaptation to geographical specificities.
2022/12/06
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 281 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 a (new)
Article 7 a Label on ecodesign features of digital services For digital services not incorporated or interconnected with a tangible movable item and regulated under a product- related delegated act, the Commission shall establish ecodesign criteria and methodology to distinguish providers engaging in ambitious ecodesign aspects fo their digital services, such as on energy and resource efficiency as well as carbon and environmental footprints. Such label should enable consumers, enterprises and public authorities to choose digital services with a view to sustainability and resources consumption reduction.
2022/12/06
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 289 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 2 – point f
(f) the actors that shall have access to information in the product passport and to what information they shall have access, including customers, end-users, manufacturers, importers and distributors, dealers, repairers, refurbishers, remanufacturers, recyclers, competent national authorities, public interest organisations and the Commission, or any organisation acting on their behalf;
2022/12/06
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 291 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 2 – point g
(g) the actors that may introduce or update the information in the product passport, including where needed the creation of a new product passport, and what information they may introduce or update, including manufacturers, repairers, refurbishers, maintenance professionals, remanufacturers, recyclers, competent national authorities, and the Commission, or any organisation acting on their behalf;
2022/12/06
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 318 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point b
(b) the data carrier shall be physically present on the product, its packaging or on documentation accompanying the product, as specified in the applicable delegated act adopted pursuant to Article 4, and accessible to the consumer prior to the purchase of said product ;
2022/12/06
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 323 #
(f a) Within the information provided to consumers, it should be prohibited to use specific names of plants, tree-based or sustainable raw materials in product names and descriptions without the presence of such components in the product.
2022/12/06
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 327 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
(a a) product passports shall be fully interoperable with existing product databases such as the SCIP database and the EPREL database
2022/12/06
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 338 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. In order to avoid barriers to the free circulation of products, where possible, when establishing the layout and contents of the label, the Commission shall favour EU-wide labels that would not require any translation or adaptation to geographical specificities.
2022/12/06
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 339 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 1
Where delegated acts adopted pursuant to Article 4 do not require products to have a label, those products may not be placed on the market or put into service if they supply or display labels, or any kind of information accompanying the product which are likely to mislead or confuse customers with respect to the labels provided for in Article 14.
2022/12/06
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 343 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2 – introductory part
In the delegated acts adopted pursuant to the first subparagraph, the Commission shallmay set out certain exemptions to those prohibitions where it is appropriate in view of:
2022/12/06
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 365 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 8 – subparagraph 2 a (new)
Manufacturers shall establish reporting channels and ensure their accessibility to allow for end-users to submit complaints or concerns regarding potential non- conformity of products. Manufacturers shall assess the complaints and concerns received, and inform market surveillance authorities in the case of suspected non- compliance of the product. Manufacturers shall keep a register of complaints and concerns received for 10 years and make it available upon request from a market surveillance authority.
2022/12/06
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 375 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 7 a (new)
7 a. Importers shall establish reporting channels and ensure their accessibility to allow for end-users to submit complaints or concerns regarding potential non- conformity of products. Importers shall assess the complaints and concerns received, and inform market surveillance authorities in the case of suspected non- compliance of the product. Importers shall keep a register of complaints and concerns received for 10 years and make it available upon request from a market surveillance authority.
2022/12/06
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 380 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
Distributors shall establish reporting channels and ensure their accessibility to allow for end-users to submit complaints or concerns regarding potential non- conformity of products. Distributors shall assess the complaints and concerns received, and inform market surveillance authorities in the case of suspected non- compliance of the product. Distributors shall keep a register of complaints and concerns received for 10 years and make it available upon request from a market surveillance authority.
2022/12/06
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 383 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 3 – point c
(c) not provide or display other voluntary labels, marks, symbols or inscriptions that are likely to mislead or confuse customers with respect to the information included on the label regarding ecodesign.
2022/12/06
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 385 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 1
1. Where a delegated act adopted pursuant to Article 4 requires products to have a label as referred to in Article 14, the economic operator placing the product on the market or putting it into service shall ensure that products are accompanied, for each individual unit and free of charge, by printed labels upon request or digital copies in accordance with that delegated act. For sustainability reasons, preference should be given to digital labels.
2022/12/06
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 391 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 28 – paragraph 1 a (new)
This Article shall not apply to second- hand economic operators, including refurbishers.
2022/12/06
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 393 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) informing the market surveillance authorities of any action taken on a regular and timely basis;
2022/12/06
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 399 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 1 – point e a (new)
(e a) cooperating to ensure effective product recalls, including carrying out recalls directly and offering remedies to consumers if the responsible economic operator fails to take adequate and timely action;
2022/12/06
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 400 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 1 – point e b (new)
(e b) cooperating with law enforcement agencies at national and Union level, including the European Anti-Fraud Office, through regular and structured exchange of information on offers that have been removed on the basis of this Article by online marketplaces;
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Committee: IMCO
Amendment 401 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 1 – point e c (new)
(e c) Providing competent authorities access to relevant trader and product data and their interfaces to deploy online tools to identify and remove non-compliant products.
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Committee: IMCO
Amendment 405 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
The information shall be able to be provided for each product offered and displayed or otherwise made easily accessible by customers on the product listing, in a way and a language that is easily accessible and understandable for all consumers.
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Committee: IMCO
Amendment 408 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 3 a (new)
Online marketplaces shall ensure that the traders provide the required information for each product sold on the online interface and verify that such information is reliable, complete and up-to-date on a regular basis.
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Committee: IMCO
Amendment 411 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Without prejudice to the prohibition to conduct general monitoring as established under the [Digital Services Act], online marketplaces shall conduct regular and random identity checks and proceed to the verification of the information provided by the traders using their online interfaces before the products are advertised, promoted or put into circulation.
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Committee: IMCO
Amendment 412 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 3 b (new)
3 b. Online marketplaces shall periodically carry out visual inspections and sample testing of randomly chosen products considering previous reports, databases, reviews and potential problems of compliance with the requirements set out in this Regulation and its delegated acts.
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Committee: IMCO
Amendment 417 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2 a (new)
Competent authorities shall be entitled to impose deterrent, proportionate and effective sanctions on online marketplaces failing to comply with the obligations laid down in this Article, in accordance with Article 68 of this Regulation. Consumers, consumer organisations and other stakeholders shall be entitled to seek remedies against online marketplaces for failing to comply with the obligations laid down in this Regulation.
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Committee: IMCO
Amendment 418 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Online marketplaces shall ensure that all consumers have the possibility to communicate with them in an effective, swift and easily accessible way.For this purpose: a.Online marketplaces shall disclose their contact details, including their phone numbers, email addresses and the postal address of their establishment within the Union. b.Online marketplaces shall not exclusively rely on automated tools for the purpose of ensuring communication with consumers. c.Where online marketplaces propose electronic contact forms or instant messaging for consumers, online marketplaces shall also encourage consumers to store or save on a durable medium any correspondence, including the date and hour of such correspondence. d.Online marketplaces shall provide consumers with the postal address and the identity of the seller on whose behalf the online marketplace is acting. e. Online marketplaces shall allocate the necessary human and financial resources to ensure that the communication referred to in Paragraph 14 is performed in a quick, effective, and efficient manner.
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Committee: IMCO
Amendment 420 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 5 c (new)
5 c. Online marketplaces shall take all measures that are necessary to comply with the order issued by a Member State market surveillance authority as referred to in Article 14 of the Market Surveillance Regulation and article […] of the Digital Services Act.Upon receipt of the order issued by the market surveillance authority, the online marketplace shall act without delay and no later than one calendar day from the receipt of the order. The online marketplace shall inform the market surveillance authority of any follow-up actions they will take to prevent the illegal content from reappearing on the online interface.
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Committee: IMCO
Amendment 429 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 30 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
To protect confidential business information and comply with requirement (b) of paragraph 3 in Article 8, actors in the value chain that have a justified interest should make a specific request to the manufacturer when the information cannot be shared publicly, and the information needs to be shared in a secure way;
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Committee: IMCO
Amendment 463 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 58 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. When setting targets pursuant to paragraph 1 of this Article, the Commission shall prioritise second-hand and refurbished products, when available.
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Committee: IMCO
Amendment 465 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 59 – paragraph 2 – point b a (new)
(b a) the number of complaints received from end-users , consumer organisations or other representative entities.
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Committee: IMCO
Amendment 466 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 59 – paragraph 3
3. The nature and number of checks planned pursuant to paragraph 1, point (b), shall be proportionate to the objective criteria used to identify the priorities in line with paragraph 2. For product-categories identified as being high-risk of non- compliance, checks shall include as a minimum sample testing.
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Committee: IMCO
Amendment 467 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 59 a (new)
Article 59 a Possibility to lodge complaints 1. Market surveillance authorities shall establish a public database and ensure its easy access to allow any natural or legal person to lodge complaints where they deem, based on objective cirucumstances, that an operator or trader failed to comply with the requirements under this regulation. 2. Market surveillance authorities shall assess the complaints received and take appropriate action, including checks, inspections and hearings of operators or traders within a reasonable time-limit, in order to detect potential non-compliance and adopt interim measure. 3. Market surveillance authorities shall inform the natural or legal person having submitted a complaint of its decision to accede or refuse the request for action. Such decision shall take into consideration the objective cirucumstances provided for the complaint. Such decision shall state the reason for it. 4. The information received on possible non-compliance shall be shared with other national market surveillance authorities and with the Commission through the information and communication system referred to in Article 61 of this Regulation. 5. Market surveillance authorities shall publish a summary of the findings of their investigations, as well as of the decision taken, including sanctions and penaliteis applied to the economic operator or traders having infringed its obligations.
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Committee: IMCO
Amendment 468 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 62 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point d a (new)
(d a) the Commission should consult with stakeholders and experts where appropriate
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Committee: IMCO
Amendment 470 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 68 a (new)
Article 68 a Access to remedies in case of non- compliance 1. In the event of non-compliance of a product with ecodesign requirements, the product shall be considered to be in non- conformity with the sales contract pursuant to Article 5 of Directive (EU)2019/771, and shall give consumers the rights to remedy under the conditions set out in Article 13 of this Directive. 2. Marketing or offering on sale of a product which is non-compliant with ecodesign requirements shall be considered as an unfair commercial practice in accordance with Article 5 of Directive (EU) 2005/29. Consumers shall be given the right to remedy as laid down in the later.
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Committee: IMCO
Amendment 472 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 70 a (new)
Article 70 a Amendments to Directive (EU) 2020/1828 In annex I to Directive (EU) 2020/1828, point 27 shall be replaced by the following: “(27) Regulation (EU) …/… of the European Parliament and of the Council of … on establishing a framework for setting ecodesign requirements for sustainable products and repealing Directive2009/125/EC.
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Committee: IMCO
Amendment 473 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) ease of repair and maintenance as expressed through: characteristics, availability and delivery time and price of spare parts, modularity, compatibility with commonly available spare parts, availability of repair and maintenance instructions, number of materials and components used, use of standard components, use of component and material coding standards for the identification of components and materials, number and complexity of processes and tools needed, use of standard tools, ease of non-destructive disassembly and re- assembly, conditions for access to product data, conditions for access to or use of hardware and software neededconditions of access to software needed, paying due regard to the protection of intellectual property rights;
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Committee: IMCO
Amendment 474 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) ease of repair and maintenance as expressed through: characteristics, existence of usage-meters availability and delivery time of spare parts, modularity, compatibility with commonly available spare parts, availability of repair and maintenance instructions, number of materials and components used, use of standard components, use of component and material coding standards for the identification of components and materials, number and complexity of processes and tools needed, ease of non-destructive disassembly and re-assembly, conditions for access to product data, conditions for access to or use of hardware and software needed;
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Committee: IMCO
Amendment 475 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – paragraph 1 – point k a (new)
(k a) Information about the duration of a commercial guarantee of durability as specified by the Consumer Rights Directive (EU)2019/77 and in the proposal of COM (2022)143 revising the Consumer Rights Directive 2011/83/EU should be of high interest to consumers. Therefore, including information about the duration of such a type of guarantee in the DPP would be beneficial to the Circular Economy and to further empower consumers by ensuring full transparency on the durability of the products they purchase.
2022/12/06
Committee: IMCO