2 Amendments of Annie SCHREIJER-PIERIK related to 2015/2259(INI)
Amendment 60 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Welcomes the fact that members of the public, businesses and interbranch organisations in Member States are advocating a ban on the use of mineral oils in inks for packaging materials throughout the Union; calls on the Commission and Member States to ban this use of mineral oils in inks in the abovementioned specific EU measures;
Amendment 63 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Is convinced that, in light of the EU’s focus on moving towards a circular economy, specific measures at EU level should also be proposed for recycled paper and board, devoting particular attention to the risk of migration of mineral oils into food pacakged in reused paper and board material; supports, pending a European ban on mineral oils in inks for packaging materials, research into the incorporation of functional barriers in packaging material in order to prevent this migration; supports research into methods of removing mineral oils during recycling of paper and board; supports, pending a European ban on mineral oils in inks for packaging materials, the increasing use by businesses of so-called 'low-migration inks';