13 Amendments of Linnéa ENGSTRÖM related to 2018/2035(INI)
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas lost and discarded fishing gear constitutes the bulkis one component of marine plastic litter;
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas the revised Port Reception Facilities Directive is intended to implement the MARPOL convention which prohibits the disposal of garbage at sea also defines an exception to "accidental loss of fishing gear from a ship provided that all reasonable precautions have been taken to prevent such loss" neither the prohibition of garbage or a list of reasonable precautions have been carried over into the revised directive;
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion
Recital A b (new)
Recital A b (new)
Ab. whereas Article 48 in the Fisheries Control Regulation is a step in the right direction, containing measures designed to promote the retrieval of lost fishing gear, it is too limited in scope as Member States are allowed to exempt the vast majority of fishing vessels from this obligation;
Amendment 29 #
Draft opinion
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas discarded plastic and microplastics releases into the water toxic compounds that are ingested and that can poison and kill fish, turtles, marine mammals and seabirds;
Amendment 33 #
Draft opinion
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas bans on the use of microplastics in specific personal care products have been put in place in the United States and Canada; whereas several EU Member States have notified the Commission of draft laws to ban microplastics in certain cosmetics; whereas the Council also has called on the Commission to take measures on microplastics, especially from cosmetics and detergents.
Amendment 37 #
Draft opinion
Recital C b (new)
Recital C b (new)
Cb. whereas the Commission is committed to developing, where appropriate, product requirements under the Ecodesign Directive that take account of microplastics and it also has developed criteria to improve recyclability of plastics in its Ecolabel and Green Public Procurement criteria.
Amendment 52 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to implement a port reception scheme for end-of-life nets, for waste produced on board, and for waste and litter collected at sea during fishing operations, and to use the recommendations of the Best Practice Framework for the Management of Fishing Gear, liaising closely with the fishing sector to fight ghost fishing; invites the Commission to assess the viability of using biodegradable fishing nets;
Amendment 66 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Calls on the Commission to encourage and finance "Fishing for litter" projects:
Amendment 68 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Calls on the Commission to encourage and initiate fishermen education projects in order to enhance awareness on the subject
Amendment 70 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 c (new)
Paragraph 1 c (new)
1c. Invites the Commission to assess the viability of using biodegradable fishing nets and biodegradable materials for aquaculture, including "socks" used as substrate in mussels farms; invites the Commission to evaluate the possibility to forbid the widely used Styrofoam boxes on boats;
Amendment 71 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 d (new)
Paragraph 1 d (new)
1d. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to, in line with the MARPOL convention, prohibit disposal of waste produced on board and for waste and litter collected by sea during fishing operations;
Amendment 108 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Calls on the Commission to support the development of innovative solutions which prevent microplastics from reaching the seas by introducing mandatory requirements for microplastic filters in the review of the ecodesign measures for industrial and household washing machines and washer dryers as well as in waste water treatment plants;
Amendment 113 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Calls on the Commission, in line with the principle of substitution and with the REACH procedures for restricting substances that pose a risk to the environment or health, as part of the plastic strategy, to urgently follow through with the process requested by the Council to restrict the use of intentionally added microplastics, by requesting the European Chemicals Agency to review the scientific basis for taking regulatory action at EU level to ban the use of microplastics in certain product categories such as personal care products, cosmetics, detergents and paints.