5 Amendments of Maria SPYRAKI related to 2023/0085(COD)
Amendment 144 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 41
Recital 41
(41) The environmental labels often aim at providing consumers with an aggregated scoring presenting a cumulative environmental impact of products or traders to allow for direct comparisons between products or traders. Such aggregated scoring however presents risks of misleading consumers as the aggregated indicator may dilute negative environmental impacts of certain aspects of the product with more positive environmental impacts of other aspects of the product. In addition, when developed by different operators, such labels usually differ in terms of specific methodology underlying the aggregated score such as the environmental impacts considered or the weighting attributed to these environmental impacts. This may result in the same product receiving different score or rating depending on the scheme. This concern arises in relation to schemes established in the Union and in third countries. This is contributing to the fragmentation of the internal market, risks putting smaller companies at a disadvantage, and is likely to further mislead consumers and undermine their trust in environmental labels. In order to avoid this risk and ensure better harmonisation within the single market, the explicit environmental claims, including environmental labels, based on an aggregated score representing a cumulative environmental impact of products or traders should not be deemed to be sufficiently substantiated, unless those aggregated scores stem from Union rules, including the delegated acts that the Commission is empowered to adopt under this Directive, resulting in Union-wide harmonised schemes for all products or per specific product group based on a single methodology to ensure coherence and comparability. Until Union rules are adopted, scoring systems are solely allowed if they rely on full life cycle analysis-based methodology that complies with the requirements set by the Directive.
Amendment 514 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 1
Article 7 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall ensure that environmental labels fulfil the requirements set out in Articles 3 to 6 and are subject to verification in accordance with Article 10. This paragraph shall apply to all environmental labels presenting a rating or score of a product or trader, including those run by economic and non-economic operators.
Amendment 519 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 2
Article 7 – paragraph 2
2. Only environmental labels awarded under environmental labelling schemes established under Union law may present a rating or score of a product or trader based on an aggregated indicator of environmental impacts of a product or trader. Until an appropriate Union law establishing such labelling scheme is adopted, environmental labels may present a rating or score solely if these rely on a full life cycle analysis-based methodology complying with the requirements of this Directive.
Amendment 644 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 5
Article 10 – paragraph 5
5. For the purposes of the verification the verifier shall take into account the nature and content of the explicit environmental claim or the environmental label.
Amendment 647 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 6
Article 10 – paragraph 6
6. Upon completion of the verification, the verifier shall draw up, where appropriate, a certificate of conformity certifying that the explicit environmental claim or the environmental label complies with the requirements set out in this Directive.