22 Amendments of Arba KOKALARI related to 2022/0396(COD)
Amendment 143 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 29
Recital 29
(29) In order to prevent barriers to the internal market and ensure the efficient implementation of the obligations, economic operators should ensure that the plastic part of each unit of packaging containsckaging they placed on the market within the territory of a Member State contains on average a certain minimum percentage of recycled content recovered from post- consumer plastic waste.
Amendment 147 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 30
Recital 30
(30) There should be an incentive for economic operators to increase the recycled content in the plastic part of packaging. The most appropriate means to achieve this is to ensure the modulation of extended producer responsibility fees based on the percentage of recycled content in packaging. The fee modulation should be based on common rules for the calculation and verification of the recycled content contained in such packaging.
Amendment 256 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 5
Article 4 – paragraph 5
5. In addition to the labelling requirements laid down in Article 11, Member States may provide for further voluntary labelling requirements, for the purpose of identifying the extended producer responsibility scheme or a deposit and return system other than those referred to in Article 44(1).
Amendment 259 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 4
Article 5 – paragraph 4
4. Recyclability requirements established in delegated acts adopted pursuant to Article 6(5)by CEN - European Committee for Standardization shall not restrict the presence of substances in packaging or packaging components for reasons relating primarily to chemical safety. They shall address, as appropriate, substances of concern that negatively affect the re-use and recycling of materials in the packaging in which they are present, and shall, as appropriate, identify the specific substances concerned and their associated criteria and limitations.
Amendment 263 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point d
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point d
(d) it can be recycled so that the resulting secondary raw materials are of sufficient quality to substitute the primary raw materials;
Amendment 268 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 3
Article 6 – paragraph 3
3. Recyclable packaging shall, from 1 January 2030, comply with the design for recycling criteria as laid down in the delegated acts adoptedas laid down in standards developed by CEN- European Committee for Standardisation pursuant to paragraph 4 and, from 1 January 2035, also with the recyclability at scale requirements laid down in the delegated actsstandards developed by CEN European Committee for Standardisation adopted pursuant to paragraph 6. Where such packaging complies with those standards delegated acts, it shall be considered to comply with paragraph 2, points (a) and (e).
Amendment 273 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
Article 6 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 58 to supplement this Regulation in order toshall request the CEN- European Committee for Standardisation, to develop harmonised standards establish design for recycling criteria and recycling performance grades based on the criteria and parameters listed in Table 2 of Annex II for packaging categories listed in Table 1 of that Annex, as well as. The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 58 to lay down the rules concerning the modulation of financial contributions to be paid by producers to comply with their extended producer responsibility obligations set out in Article 40(1), based on the packaging recycling performance grade, and for plastic packaging, the percentage of recycled content. Design-for- recycling criteria shall consider state of the art collection, sorting and recycling processes and shall cover all packaging components. The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 58 to amend Table 1 of Annex in order to adapt it to scientific and technical development in material and product design, collection, sorting and recycling infrastructure
Amendment 282 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1
Article 6 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1
From 1 January 2030, packaging shall not be considered recyclable if it corresponds to performance grade E under the design for recycling criteria established in the delegated act adoptedstandards developed by the CEN- European Committee for Standardisation pursuant to paragraph 4 for the packaging category, to which the packaging belongs.
Amendment 299 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 11
Article 6 – paragraph 11
11. The financial contributions to be paid by producers to comply with their extended producer responsibility obligations as referred to in Article 40 shall be modulated on the basis of the recyclability performance grade, as determined in accordance with the delegated actCEN standards referred to in paragraphs 4 and 6 of this Article and, as regards plastic packaging, also in accordance with the Article 7(6).
Amendment 302 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. From 1 January 2030, the plastic part in packagingckaging placed on the market for the first time by an economic operator within the territory of a Member State shall contain on average the following minimum percentage of recycled content recovered from post-consumer plastic waste, per unit of packaging: or biobased content,
Amendment 307 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
2. From 1 January 2040, the plastic part in packagingckaging placed on the market for the first time by an economic operator within the territory of a Member State shall contain on average the following minimum percentage of recycled content recovered from post-consumer plastic waste, per unit of packaging: or biobased content,
Amendment 312 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 4
Article 7 – paragraph 4
4. Paragraphs 1 and 2 shall not apply to compostable plastic packaging, also compostable inks, adhesives, varnishes and coatings used on packaging.
Amendment 313 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 6
Article 7 – paragraph 6
6. By 1 January 2030, the financial contributions paid by producers to comply with their extended producer responsibility obligations as laid down in Article 40 shall be modulated based on the percentage of recycled or biobased content used in the packaging.
Amendment 317 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 7
Article 7 – paragraph 7
7. By 31 December 2026, the Commission is empowered to adopt implementing acts establishing the methodology for the calculation and verification of the percentage of recycled content recovered from post-consumer plastic waste, per unit of plastic packaging, and the format for the technical documentation referred to in Annex VII. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 59(3).
Amendment 350 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
From [OP: Please insert the date = 42 months after the entry into force of this Regulation], packaging shall be marked with a label containing information on its material composition. This obligation does not apply to transport packaging, reusable packaging and packaging covered by a deposit and return system. However, it applies to e-commerce packaging.
Amendment 374 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 2
Article 11 – paragraph 2
2. From [OP: Please insert the date = 48 months after the date of entry into force of this Regulation], packaging shall bear a label on packaging reusability and or a QR code or other type of digital data carrier that provides further information on packaging reusability including the availability of a system for re-use and of collection points, and that facilitates the tracking of the packaging and the calculation of trips and rotations. In addition, reusable sales packaging shall be clearly identified and distinguished from single use packaging at the point of sale.
Amendment 446 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 3
Article 13 – paragraph 3
3. Manufacturers shall keep the technical documentation referred to in Annex VII and the EU declaration of conformity for 103 years after the packaging has been placed on the market.
Amendment 476 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – point a
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) keep the EU declaration of conformity and the technical documentation at the disposal of the national market surveillance authorities for 103 years after the packaging has been placed on the market;
Amendment 516 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 2
Article 20 – paragraph 2
2. Economic operators shall be able to provide the information referred to in paragraph 1 for 103 years after they have been supplied with the packaging and for 103 years after they have supplied the packaging.
Amendment 538 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 6 – introductory part
Article 26 – paragraph 6 – introductory part
6. The manufacturer and the final distributor making available on the market within the territory of a Member State in sales packaging non-alcoholic beverages in the form of water, water with added sugar, water with other sweetening matter, flavoured water, soft drinks, soda lemonade, iced tea and similar beverages which are immediately ready to drink, pure juice, juice or must of fruits or vegetables and smoothies without milk and non- alcoholic beverages containing milk fat, shall ensure that:
Amendment 546 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 9 – point a
Article 26 – paragraph 9 – point a
(a) from 1 January 20305 years after publication of the implementing acts pursuant to article 27 (4), 10 % of such packaging used is reusable packaging within a system for re- use;
Amendment 634 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex X – paragraph 2
Annex X – paragraph 2