Activities of Deirdre CLUNE related to 2021/0340(COD)
Plenary speeches (1)
Amending Annexes IV and V to Regulation (EU) 2019/1021 on persistent organic pollutants (debate)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Annexes IV and V to Regulation (EU) 2019/1021 of the European Parliament and of the Council on persistent organic pollutants
Amendments (10)
Amendment 11 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2
Recital 2
(2) At the seventh meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention, held from 4 to 15 May 2015, it was agreed to include pentachlorophenol, its salts and esters (‘pentachlorophenol’) in Annex A to the Convention. At the ninth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention, held from 29 April to 10 May 2019, it was agreed to include dicofol as well as perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA), its salts and PFOA-related compounds in Annex A to the Convention. In view of those amendments to the Convention and to ensure that waste containing those substances is managed in accordance with the provisions of the Convention, it is necessary to also amend Annexes IV and V to Regulation (EU) 2019/1021 by including pentachlorophenol, dicofol and perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA), its salts and PFOA-related compounds in the Annexes and also indicating their corresponding concentration limits.
Amendment 12 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3
Recital 3
(3) Pentachlorophenol had been previously listed in Annexes IV and V to Regulation (EC) No 850/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council23 by Commission Regulation (EU) 2019/63624 , with an Annex IV value of 100 mg/kg and an Annex V value of 1 000 mg/kg. Regulation (EC) No 850/2004 was repealed by Regulation (EU) 2019/1021, but pentachlorophenol was unintentionally omitted from that Regulation. It is therefore necessary to amend Annexes IV and V to Regulation (EU) 2019/1021 to now include pentachlorophenol. _________________ 23 Regulation (EC) No 850/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 on persistent organic pollutants and amending Directive 79/117/EEC (OJ L 158, 30.4.2004, p. 7). 24 Commission Regulation (EU) 2019/636 of 23 April 2019 amending Annexes IV and V to Regulation (EC) No 850/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council on persistent organic pollutants (OJ L 109, 24.4.2019, p. 6).
Amendment 13 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4
Recital 4
(4) Annexes IV and V to Regulation (EU) 2019/1021 already contain concentration limits for the following substances or substance groups: a) the sum of the concentrations of tetrabromodiphenyl ether, pentabromodiphenyl ether, hexabromodiphenyl ether, heptabromodiphenyl ether and decabromodiphenyl ether (with the exception of the latter, which is not listed in Annex V to that Regulation); b) Hexabromocyclododecane; c) Alkanes C10-C13, chloro (short-chain chlorinated paraffins) (SCCPs); and d) Polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and dibenzofurans (PCDD/PCDF). Pursuant to Article 15(2) of Regulation (EU) 2019/1021, it is appropriate to amend the concentration limits in Annex IV for those substances to adapt their limit values according to scientific and technical progress. To be consistent with the list of polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) listed in Annex IV to Regulation (EU) 2019/1021, the substance decabromodiphenyl ether should be included among the PBDEs listed in the third column of Annex V to that Regulation.
Amendment 17 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6
Recital 6
(6) The proposed concentration limits in Annexes IV and V to Regulation (EU) 2019/1021 have been set applying the same methodology that was used to establish the concentration limits in previous amendments of Annexes IV and V to Regulation (EC) No 850/2004. The proposed concentration limits should achieve the objective of a high level of protection of human health and the environment associated to the destruction or irreversible transformation of the substances concerned. Those limits should also take into consideration the broader policy objective of achieving a climate- neutral and circular economy, enshrined in the European Green Dealincreasing recycling and reducing Green House Gas (GHG) emissions as enshrined in the European Green Deal's ambitions related to toxic-free material cycles26 . _________________ 26 COM(2019) 640 final
Amendment 21 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6 a (new)
Recital 6 a (new)
(6 a) As such limits in Annex IV and Annex V do not determine whether secondary materials recovered from waste can be placed on the market. This is regulated by conditions and limits fixed for some POP substances in Annex I of the Regulation. These are out of the scope of the current proposal.
Amendment 31 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point a – table
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point a – table
Regulation (EU) 2019/1021
Annex IV – table
Annex IV – table
Amendment 36 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point b – table
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point b – table
Regulation (EU) 2019/1021
Annex IV – table
Annex IV – table
‘Alkanes C10-C13, 85535-84-8 287-476-5 1 500 mg/kg’ chloro (short-chain chlorinated paraffins) (SCCPs) The Commission chlorinated shall review that paraffins) (SCCPs) Concentration limit and shall, where appropriate and in accordance with the Treaties, adopt a legislative proposal to lower that value [OP, please introduce the date of 5 years after the date of entry into force of this Regulation].
Amendment 41 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point c – table
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point c – table
Regulation (EU) 2019/1021
Annex IV – table
Annex IV – table
Amendment 46 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point d – table
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point d – table
Regulation (EU) 2019/1021
Annex IV – table
Annex IV – table
‘Polychlorinate 5 µ g/kg (2) d dibenzo-p- dioxins and dibenzofurans (PCDD/PCDF) and dioxin-like polychlorinated biphenyls (dl- PCBs) _ The Commission dioxins and shall review that dibenzofurans Concentration (PCDD/PCDF) limit and shall, and dioxin-like where polychlorinated appropriate and biphenyls (dl- in accordance PCBs) with the Treaties, adopt a legislative proposal to lower that value [OP, please introduce the date of 5 years after the date of entry into force of this Regulation]. _______________ (2) The limit is calculated as the sum of PCDD, PCDF and dl-PCBs according to the toxic equivalency factors (TEFs) set out in Part 2, in the third subparagraph, in the table, of Annex V.’
Amendment 50 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point e – table
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point e – table
Regulation (EU) 2019/1021
Annex IV – table
Annex IV – table
‘Hexabromocyc 25637-99-4, 3194- 247-148-4 221- 500 mg/kg lododecane(4) 55-6, 134237-50-6, 695-9 134237-51-7, 134237-52-8 The Commission 134237-51-7, shall review that 134237-52-8 Concentration limit and shall, where appropriate and in accordance with the Treaties, adopt a legislative proposal to lower that value [OP, please introduce the date of 5 years after the date of entry into force of this Regulation].