Activities of Markus BUCHHEIT related to 2020/2077(INI)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on New Circular Economy Action Plan
Amendments (9)
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Considers that placing sustainable products either from member states or third countries on the internal market should be the norm and calls for a horizontal Sustainable Product Framework Directive setting mandatory minimum requirements for durability, interoperability, reparability, by the consumer or by an authorised specialist, upgradability, reusability and recyclability for all products alongside further product- specific requirements; therefore a clear and comprehensible definition of "sustainable products" has to be provided by the Commission;
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Underlines the importance of not unilaterally passing on the additional costs arising from the New Circular Economy Action Plan to consumers; further it is inevitable to set all measures in the sense of the free market economy and the preservation of the competitive ability in the international competition;
Amendment 36 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Highlights the sustainability of local supply chains; notes that the definition of the durability of a product or service should accordingly focus on relocalised production, recycling or reparability in Europe;
Amendment 44 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Welcomes the Commission’s intention to empower consumers to further engage in sustainable consumption practices; calls for mandatory labelling on product durability and reparability, and the development of a repair score, in addition to minimum information requirements; asks for both the legal guarantee rights and the reversed burden of proof rules to be extended based on the lifespan of products, the introduction of direct producer liability, and for legislative measures to ban practices resulting in premature obsolescence; the minimum legal guarantee period of two years is not appropriate for all products. In order to meet consumers legitimate expectations, a guarantee period of five or 10 years should be set for certain categories of products;
Amendment 63 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Supports the establishment of an EU-wide ‘right to repair’; calls, in this context, for measures to provide unrestricted and free access to repair and maintenance information and to spare parts for a proportionate price to all market participants, to define a mandatory minimum period of time for the availability of spare parts and/or updates, a maximum time-limit for their delivery, and for repair to be given priority under the legal guarantee regime;
Amendment 73 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Stresses that effective enforcement is crucial to making sure that products placed on the market comply with sustainability requirements; calls, therefore, for greater EU oversight, through setting harmonised rules on the minimum number of checks and their frequency, and by empowerasking the Commission to monitor, report in a recurrent period to be determined and audit the activities of national authorities, as well as to carry out regular tests and inspections;
Amendment 76 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Calls on the Commission to present an impact assessment of the planned tax on plastics; points out that, if such a tax cannot be avoided, the funds will not be transferred to the EU budget but will be provided to the Member States for the implementation of the New Circular Economy Action Plan;
Amendment 91 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Calls for mandatory country-of- origin information on all products imported or produced in Europe;
Amendment 105 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls for a revision of EU public procurement legislation introducing mandatory minimum targets, through defining a certain percentage for procurement based on economic, environmental, social and ethical criteria, and introducing a transparent hierarchy of award criteria, together with sector-specific targets.;