13 Amendments of Evelyne GEBHARDT related to 2020/2077(INI)
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Considers that placing sustainable products 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, upgradability, reusability and recyclability and addressing the presence of hazardous chemicals, for all products alongside further product- specific requirements;
Amendment 28 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses that standardisation is key to implementing a sustainable product policy by providing reliable definitions, metrics and tests for characteristics such as durability and reparability, and in setting minimum product design market requirements; insists that standards be developed in a timely manner and in line with real-use conditions; highlights the need to reform the standardisation process to ensure more inclusive and transparent participation of all relevant stakeholders and to consistently mainstream sustainability in standard- setting;
Amendment 47 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Welcomes the Commission’s intention to empower consumers to further engage in sustainable consumption practices; calls for clear and easily understandable 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 by adding to the list in the Annex I to the Directive 2005/29/EC;
Amendment 53 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Calls on the Commission to encourage and raise awareness of new sustainable business models based on changing behaviours to renting and sharing goods and services, while guaranteeing a high level of consumer and worker protection;
Amendment 55 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Insists on the establishment of a universal charging system in order to reduce production volumes and electronic waste;
Amendment 59 #
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 to all market participants, calls for ensuring that the price of spare parts is reasonable in relation to the price of the whole product and that spare parts are priced the same way for independent and authorised repairers as well as for the consumers; 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 priorityencouraged under the legal guarantee regime; calls for establishing an obligation to provide consumers with a replacement good, if the repair takes longer than 30 days or if it concerns an essential good;
Amendment 69 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Calls for introducing usage meters on categories of goods to improve consumer information and facilitate reuse;
Amendment 89 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Calls for reinforcing the possibility of recourse for consumers and environmental organisations in the event of a breach of information obligations under Directive 2005/29/EC in order to better implement market surveillance mechanisms;
Amendment 92 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Proposes the development of clear guidelines and standards for green claims and commitments that translate into ecolabels; looks forward to the planned legislative proposal on substantiating green claims; considers that by providing the consumers with transparency and guidance through accurate and accountable information and ecolabeling, consumers will have increased trust in products and markets, which will ultimately lead to sustainable consumption;
Amendment 103 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls for a revision of EU public procurement legislationStresses the potential of green and social public procurement in the transition to a sustainable economy; welcomes in this respect the commitments of the Commission to propose further legislation and guidance introducing mandatory minimum targets, through defining a certain percentage for procurement based on environmental, social and ethical criteria, and introducing a hierarchy of award criteria, together with sector-specific targets. , as well as supporting reusable, refurbished and remanufactured products;
Amendment 108 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Calls on the Member States to swiftly adopt the principles for a definitive VAT regime, including the proposal for a modernised VAT rate regime, that would allow to lower VAT rates on recycled, reused or refurbished goods and on repair services to make it convenient and financially attractive to consumers, calls on the Member States to consider such measures once the new regime is adopted;
Amendment 113 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 b (new)
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7b. Calls for the Commission and national authorities to assist and support financially local and regional authorities, companies, SMEs, micro-enterprises as well as self-employed, and associations in conducting consumer awareness campaigns on extending the lifespans of products, in particular by providing reliable and clear information, advice and services of maintenance, repair, re-use, etc.;
Amendment 116 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 c (new)
Paragraph 7 c (new)
7c. Calls for a ban on the destruction of unsold goods in working order so that they can be reused instead, and for specific targets to be set for reuse; emphasises that priority in accessing waste yards should be given to new sustainable business models;