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Activities of Anja HAZEKAMP related to 2021/0340(COD)

Plenary speeches (1)

Amending Annexes IV and V to Regulation (EU) 2019/1021 on persistent organic pollutants (debate)
2022/05/02
Dossiers: 2021/0340(COD)

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
2022/04/06
Committee: ENVI
Dossiers: 2021/0340(COD)
Documents: PDF(221 KB) DOC(86 KB)
Authors: [{'name': 'Martin HOJSÍK', 'mepid': 197770}]

Amendments (10)

Amendment 15 #
Proposal for a regulation
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 be underpinned by the precautionary principle as set forth in the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU) and aim to eliminate, where feasible, the release of POPs into the environment, in order to 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- neutralthe zero-pollution ambition for a toxic-free environment, developing non-toxic material cycles where banned substances should not be reintroduced on the EU market through recycling activities, and a circular economy, enshrined in the European Green Deal26 . _________________ 26 COM(2019) 640 final
2022/03/09
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 19 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6 a (new)
(6 a) 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoro-2- (heptafluoropropoxy)propanoic acid, its salts and its acyl halides (HFPO-DA), are identified as substances of very high concern in accordance with Article 57(f) of Regulation(EC) 1907/2006 (REACH) in July 2019, based on the assessment that it poses an equivalent level of concern to human health or the environment as other chemicals listed as SVHCs that are considered carcinogenic, mutagenic or toxic for reproduction, persistent, bioaccumulative and toxic, or very persistent and very bioaccumulative. Considering that scientific and technical progress are rapidly evolving, the Commission should review the possibilities for banning its use and for setting concentration limits for HFPO- DA, its salts including GenX and its acyl halides in waste and, where appropriate, adopt a legislative proposal to set such values, consistent with the values for PFOA, for which GenX is used as a replacement. The Commission should act as quickly as possible and, in any event, not later than 1 January 2024.
2022/03/09
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 22 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6 b (new)
(6 b) Perfluorobutane sulfonic acid (PFBS) and its salts are identified as substances of very high concern in accordance with Article 57(f) of Regulation(EC) 1907/2006 (REACH) as there is scientific evidence of probable serious effects to the environment and human health which give rise to an equivalent level of concern to those of other substances listed in points (a) to (e) of Article 57 of REACH. This substance has been added by ECHA to its Candidate List of substances of very high concern (SVHCs) in January 2020. Considering that scientific and technical progress are rapidly evolving, the Commission should review the possibilities for banning its use and for setting concentration limits for PFBS and its salts in waste and, where appropriate, adopt a legislative proposal to set such values, consistent with the values for PFOS, for which PFBS is used as a replacement. The Commission should act as quickly as possible and, in any event, not later than 1 January 2024.
2022/03/09
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 24 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6 c (new)
(6 c) The Union is seriously concerned by the continuous release of persistent organic pollutants(‘POPs’) into the environment. Therefore, further measures need to be taken in order to protect human health and the environment against those pollutants. The Commission should prepare a proposal to the Council, pursuant to Article 218(9) TFEU, for the listing in accordance with the provisions of the Convention of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) which the Agency has already identified as substances of very high concern in accordance with Article 57(f) of Regulation(EC) 1907/2006 (REACH) as there is scientific evidence of probable serious effects to the environment and human health which give rise to an equivalent level of concern to those of other substances listed in points (a) to (e) of Article 57 of REACH, including HFPO-DA and PFBS.
2022/03/09
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 25 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6 d (new)
(6 d) Considering that scientific and technical progress are rapidly evolving, especially concerning the hazardous properties of PFAS, and in order to promote the traceability of waste containing POPs and ensure control, the Commission should set up, facilitate and ensure the proper use of a database containing all processes, materials and products containing PFAS. The Commission should act as quickly as possible and, in any event, not later than 1 January 2024.
2022/03/09
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 30 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point a – table
Regulation (EU) 2019/1021
Annex IV – table
‘Pentachlorophe 87-86-5 and others 201-778-6 and 100 mg/kg nol, its salts and others esters Dicofol 115-32-2 204-082-0 50 mg/kg Perfluorooctano 335-67-1 and 206-397-9 and 10.0025 mg/kg ic acid (PFOA), others others (PFOA and its its salts and salts), PFOA-related compounds 410 mg/kg (PFOA-related compounds)’
2022/03/09
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 33 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point b – table Regulation (EU) 2019/1021
‘Alkanes C10-C13, 85535-84-8 287-476-5 1 500 mg/kg’ chloro (short-chain chlorinated paraffins) (SCCPs)
2022/03/09
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 38 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point c – table
Regulation (EU) 2019/1021
Annex IV – table
Tetrabromodip h 40088-47-9 254-787-2 Sum of the henyl ether concentrations of and others and others C12H6Br4O tetrabromodiphen yl ether, Pentabromodiph 32534-81-9 251-084-2 pentabromodiphe enyl ether nyl ether, pentabromodiphe enyl ether and others and others C12H5Br5O nyl ether, C12H5Br5O hexabromodiphe Hexabromodiph 36483-60-0 253-058-6 nyl ether, enyl ether heptabromodiphe and others and others nyl ether and C12H4Br6O nyl ether and Heptabromodip 68928-80-3 273-031-2 decabromodiphen Heptabromodiphenyl ether 68928-80-3 273-031-2 yl ether: henyl ether and others and others C12H3Br7O Bis(pentabromo 1163-19-5 214-604-9 phenyl) ether and others and others (decabromodiph enyl ether; decaBDE) C12Br10O (a) until [OP, please introduce the date of the day before the date in the following point], 5 100 mg/kg (b) from [OP, please introduce the date of 5 years after the date of entry into force of this Regulation], 20050 mg/kg or, if higher, the sum of the concentration of those substances where they are present in mixtures or articles, as set out in Annex I, fourth column, point 2 for the substances tetrabromodiphen yl ether, pentabromodiphe nyl ether, hexabromodiphe nyl ether, heptabromodiphe nyl ether and decabromodiphen yl ether.’
2022/03/09
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 43 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point d – table
Regulation (EU) 2019/1021
Annex IV – table
‘Polychlorinate 5 1 µg/kg (2) d dibenzo-p- dioxins and dibenzofurans (PCDD/PCDF) and dioxin-like polychlorinated biphenyls (dl- PCBs) ________________ (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.’
2022/03/09
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 47 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point e – table
Regulation (EU) 2019/1021
Annex IV – table
‘Hexabromocyc 25637-99-4, 3194- 247-148-4 221- 5100 mg/kg lododecane(4) 55-6, 134237-50-6, 695-9 134237-51-7, 134237-52-8
2022/03/09
Committee: ENVI