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13 Amendments of Miriam DALLI related to 2016/0023(COD)

Amendment 115 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9
(9) As Union legislation already transposes many of the obligations of the Convention, this Regulation should only lay down provisions that complement the Union acquis and that are needed to ensure its full alignment with the Convention and, accordingly, to enable the Union and its Member States to ratify and implement it.
2016/07/18
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 122 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11 a (new)
(11a) This Regulation should not prevent the export, import and manufacturing of medicinal products providing demonstrable significant health benefits where there are no mercury-free active substances available as alternatives.
2016/07/18
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 130 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13 a (new)
(13a) In accordance with Article 193 TFEU, this Regulation should not prevent Member States from maintaining or introducing more stringent protective measures, provided that such measures are compatible with the Treaties and the Commission has been notified.
2016/07/18
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 136 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14
(14) In the absence of relevant available mercury-free production processes, operating conditions for the production of sodium or potassium methylate or ethylate involving the use of mercuryThe production of sodium or potassium methylate or ethylate which involves the use of mercury should be prohibited. In the absence of relevant available mercury-free production processes for potassium methylate or ethylate, operating conditions and a phasing-out period for such production should be set.
2016/07/18
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 138 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15
(15) The manufacturing and placing on the market of new mercury-added products and the establishment of new mercury- based manufacturing processes would increase the use of mercury and of mercury compounds and mercury emissions within the Union. Such new activities should therefore be prohibited unless an assessment of the risks and the benefits demonstrates that these uses would provide significant environmental and health benefits and that no technically and economically feasible mercury-free alternatives providing such benefits are available.
2016/07/18
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 200 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 3 – indent 2
- an assessment of its environmental and health risks and benefits;
2016/07/18
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 213 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 1
1. From 1 January 20198 onwards dental amalgam shall only be used in an encapsulated form.
2016/07/18
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 217 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. From 1 January 2018, dental amalgam shall not be used for the treatment of children under 12 years old and of pregnant and breastfeeding women.
2016/07/18
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 220 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. The use of dental amalgam shall be phased-out by 31 December 2021.
2016/07/18
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 250 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph -1 (new)
-1. Mercury waste shall be permanently stored in solidified form in salt mines that are adapted for the disposal of mercury, or in deep underground hard rock formations providing a level of safety and confinement equivalent to that of such salt mines;
2016/07/18
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 252 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. By way of derogation from paragraph -1 and from point (a) of Article 5(3) of Directive 1999/31/EC, mercury waste may be stored in one of the following ways: temporarily stored in liquid form for up to five years subject to the specific requirements for the temporary storage of mercury waste, as laid down in Annexes I, II and III to that Directive, in above-ground facilities dedicated to and equipped for the temporary storage of mercury.
2016/07/18
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 259 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) temporarily stored for more than one year or permanently stored in salt mines that are adapted for the disposal of mercury, or in deep underground hard rock formations providing a level of safety and confinement equivalent to that of those salt mines;deleted
2016/07/18
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 271 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 2
2. The specific requirements for the temporary storage of mercury waste, as laid down indeleted Annexes I, II and III to Directive 1999/31/EC shall apply to the permanent storage facilities referred to in point (a) of paragraph 1 of this Article under the following conditions laid down in the following Annexes to that Directive: (a) fifth indents) and Annex II to Directive 1999/31/EC shall apply; (b) and sixth indents) and Annex III, Section 6, to Directive 1999/31/EC shall only apply where deemed appropriate by the competent authorities of the Member States in charge of implementing that Directive.Section 8 (first, third and Annex I, Section 8 (second, fourth
2016/07/18
Committee: ENVI