20 Amendments of Peter LIESE related to 2018/0172(COD)
Amendment 164 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 15
Recital 15
(15) With regard to single-use plastic products for which there are no readily available suitable and more sustainable alternatives, Member States should, in line with the polluter pays principle, also introduce extended producer responsibility schemes to cover the necessary costs of waste management and clean-up of litterin line with Article 8 and 8a of Directive 2008/98/EC and Article 7 of Directive 94/62/EC as well as the costs of awareness-raising measures to prevent and reduce such litter.
Amendment 175 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 16
Recital 16
(16) The large portion of plastic stemming from abandoned, lost and discarded fishing gear containing plastic in marine litter indicates that the existing legal requirements46 do not provide sufficient incentives to return such fishing gear to shore for collection and treatment. The indirect fee system envisaged under Union law on port reception facilities for the delivery of waste from ships takes away the incentive for ships to discharge their waste at sea, and ensures a right of delivery. That system should, however, be supplemented by a collection target and further financial incentives for fishermen to bring their fishing gear waste on shore to avoid any potential increase in the indirect waste fee to be paid. As plastic components of fishing gear have a high recycling potential, Member States should, in line with the polluter pays principle, introduce extended producer responsibility for fishing gear containing plastic to facilitate separate collection of waste fishing gear and to finance sound waste management of such fishing gear, in particular recycling. __________________ 46 Council Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009, Directive 2000/59/EC and Directive 2008/98/EC.
Amendment 183 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 18
Recital 18
(18) In order to prevent littering and other inappropriate forms of disposal resulting in marine litter containing plastic, consumers need to be properly informed about the most appropriate waste disposal options available and/or waste disposal options to be avoided, best practices with regard to waste disposal and the environmental impact of bad disposal practices as well as about the plastic content in certain single-use plastic products and fishing gear. Therefore, Member States should be required to take awareness raising measures, including education campaigns at schools, ensuring that such information is given to the consumers to incentivise them to change their behaviour and to participate more actively in litter prevention. This information should include the impact of inappropriate waste disposal on the sewer network. The information should not contain any promotional content encouraging the use of the single-use plastic products. Member States should be able to choose the measures which are most appropriate based on the nature of the product or its use. The fight against litter should be a shared effort between competent authorities, producers and consumers. Producers of single-use plastic products and fishing gear containing plastic should cover the costs of the awareness raising measures as part of their extended producer responsibility obligation.
Amendment 192 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 19
Recital 19
(19) Directive 2008/98/EC lays down general minimum requirements for extended producer responsibility schemes. Those requirements should apply to extended producer responsibility schemes established by this Directive. This Directive, however, establishes additional extended producer responsibility requirements, for example, the requirement on producers of certain single-use plastic products to cover the costs of clean-up of litter.
Amendment 204 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 21
Recital 21
(21) As the Court of Justice has held on numerous occasions, it would be incompatible with the binding effect, which the third paragraph of Article 288 of the Treaty ascribes to a Directive, to exclude, in principle, the possibility of an obligation imposed by a Directive from being relied on by persons concerned. That consideration applies particularly in respect of a Directive, which has amongst its objectives the protection of the environment from the adverse effects of marine litter. Therefore, in accordance with the Aarhus Convention on access to information, public participation in decision-making and access to justice in environmental matters, members of the public concerned should have access to justice in order to contribute to the protection of the right to live in an environment, which is adequate for personal health and well-being. In addition, where a large number of persons are in a 'mass harm situation', due to the same illegal practices relating to the violation of rights granted by this Directive, they should have the possibility to use collective redress mechanisms, where such mechanisms have been established by Member States in line with Commission Recommendation 2013/396/EU47 . __________________ 47 Commission Recommendation of 11 June 2013 on common principles for injunctive and compensatory collective redress mechanisms in the Member States concerning violations of rights granted under Union law (OJ L 201, 26.7.2013, p. 60).
Amendment 362 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. Member States shall ensure that each sales packaging of the single-use plastic product listed in Part D of the Annex placed on the market bears a conspicuous, clearly legible and indelible marking informing consumers of one or more of the following:
Amendment 376 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) the negative environmental impacts of littering or other inappropriate waste disposal of the products, or
Amendment 382 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) the presence of plastics in the product., and
Amendment 390 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
(c a) the recyclability of a product.
Amendment 394 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 2
Article 7 – paragraph 2
2. The Commission shall, by … [12 months before the end-date for transposition of this Directive] adopt an implementing act laying down the specifications for the marking referred to in paragraph 1 and in doing so shall take account of sectoral voluntary agreements and shall not mislead the consumer. That implementing act shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 16(2).
Amendment 405 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 8 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
With regard to the schemes established pursuant to paragraph 1, Member States shall ensure that the producers of the single-use plastic products listed in Part E of the Annex shall cover the necessary costs of the collection of waste consisting of those single-use plastic products and its subsequent transport and treatment, including the costs to clean up litteras defined under Article 8 and 8a of Directive 2008/98/EC and the costs of the awareness raising measures referred to in Article 10 regarding those products.
Amendment 420 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Article 8 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
For single-use plastic products that are packaging, the requirements laid down in this paragraph supplementare without prejudice to the requirements regarding extended producer responsibility schemes laid down in Directive 94/62/EEC and Directive 2008/98/EC.
Amendment 424 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 3
Article 8 – paragraph 3
3. Member States shall ensure that extended producer responsibility schemes are established for fishing gear containing plastic placed on the Union market, in accordance with the provisions on extended producer responsibility in Directive 2008/98/EC. Member States shall ensure on that basis that a minimum collection rate of fishing gear containing plastic is achieved annually. From 2025 the minimum collection rate shall be 35 % calculated on the basis of the total weight of fishing gear collected in a given year in the Member State concerned, expressed as a percentage of the average weight of fishing gear placed on the market in the three preceding years in that Member State.
Amendment 460 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) the available of reusable alternatives, re-use systems and waste management options for those products and fishing gear containing plastic as well as best practices in sound waste management carried out in accordance with Article 13 of Directive 2008/98/EC;
Amendment 503 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 15 – paragraph 3 – point b
Article 15 – paragraph 3 – point b
(b) it is feasible to establish binding quantitative Union targets. expressed in absolute numbers, for the consumption reduction of, in particular, single-use plastic products listed in Part A of the Annex, taking into account already achieved reductions as well as low consumption in some of the Member States;
Amendment 518 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 15 – paragraph 3 – point c a (new)
Article 15 – paragraph 3 – point c a (new)
(c a) appropriate substitutes have been developed for single use plastic straws, in order to determine whether they could be subject to restrictions on placing on the market earlier than 1 January 2025
Amendment 580 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – part B – indent 4
Annex I – part B – indent 4
— SAs of 1 January 2025, straws, except for straws intended and used for medical purposes
Amendment 628 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – part D – indent 1 a (new)
Annex I – part D – indent 1 a (new)
- Until 31 December 2024, straws, except for straws intended and used for medical purposes, subject to review.
Amendment 640 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – part D – indent 3 a (new)
Annex I – part D – indent 3 a (new)
- Tobacco products with filters and filters marketed for use in combination with tobacco products
Amendment 682 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – part F – indent 1
Annex I – part F – indent 1
— Beverage bottles, including its cap and lid