9 Amendments of Ivan DAVID related to 2021/0366(COD)
Amendment 206 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 46
Recital 46
(46) The risk of non-compliant commodities and products being placed on the Union market varies depending on the commodity and product as well as on its country of origin and production. Operators that source commodities and products from countries or parts thereof that do not present a risk should be subject to fewer obligations than those sourcing from negligible-risk ones. Operators sourcing commodities and products from countries or parts thereof that present a lownegligible risk of growing, harvesting or producing relevant commodities in violation of this Regulation should be subject to fewer obligations, thereby reducing compliance costs and administrative burden. Commodities and products from high-risk countries or parts thereof should be subject to enhanced scrutiny by the competent authorities.
Amendment 240 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
This Regulation lays down rules regarding the placing and making available on the Union market, as well as the export from the Union market, of cattle, cocoa, coffee, oil palm, soya, cane sugar, and wood (“relevant commodities”) and products, as listed in Annex I, that contain, have been fed with or have been made using relevant commodities (“relevant products”), with a view to
Amendment 294 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 6
(6) ‘forest degradation’ means harvesting operations that are not sustainable and cause a reduction or loss of the biological or economic productivity and complexity of forest ecosystems, resulting in the long-term reduction of the overall supply of benefits from forest, which includes wood, biodiversity and other products or serviccarried out in contravention of the applicable legislation in the country of harvest;
Amendment 316 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 7
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 7
Amendment 437 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. Operators shall collect information, documents and data demonstrating that the relevant commodities and products are compliant with Article 3, provided that they are compatible with local legislation, and that traceability requirements take account of small and medium farmers and timber marketers. For this purpose, the operator shall collect, organise and keep for 5 years the following information relating to the relevant commodities or products, supported by evidence:
Amendment 535 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 1
Article 12 – paragraph 1
1. When placing relevant commodities or products on the Union market or exporting them from it, operators are notonly required to fulfil thesimplified obligations under Article 10 where they can ascertain that all relevant commodities and products have been produced in countries or parts thereof that were identified as lownegligible or standard risk in accordance with Article 27. Operators in negligible risk countries only have to fulfil necessary information requirements, meaning they are not required to: (a) fulfil the obligations under points (g) and (h) of Article 9 (1); (b) fulfil the obligations under Article 10; (c) make available to the competent authorities via the information system referred to in Article 4 (2) and Article 31 a due diligence statement before placing on the Union market or exporting the relevant commodities and products; Operators in standard risk countries have to fulfil information requirements and a simplified risk assessment and risk mitigation. They are not required to: (a) fulfil the obligations under points (g) and (h) of Article 9 (1); (b) fulfil the obligations under points (c) to (i) of Article 10 (2).
Amendment 611 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17
Article 17
Amendment 715 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 1
Article 27 – paragraph 1
1. This Regulation establishes a three- tier system for the assessment of countries or parts thereof. Unless identified in accordance with this Article as presenting a lownegligible or high risk, countries shall be considered as presenting no a standard risk. For wood products listed in Annex I, Regulation (EU) No 995/2010 of the European Parliament and of the Council1a shall apply until the Commission has assigned a country to a risk category. The Commission may identify countries or parts thereof that present a lownegligible or high risk of producing relevant commodities or products that are not compliant with Article 3, point (a). The list of the countries or parts thereof that present a low or high risk shall be published by means of implementing act(s) to be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 34(2). That list shall be updated as necessary in light of new evidence. _________________________ 1a Regulation (EU) No 995/2010 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 October 2010 laying down the obligations of operators who place timber and timber products on the market (OJ L 295, 12.11.2010, p. 23).
Amendment 721 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
Article 27 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
2. The identification of lownegligible, standard and high risk countries or parts thereof pursuant to paragraph 1 shall be based on a transparent checklist, showing to which extent each of the following criteria contributes to the assessment, and on predefined, measurable, and comparable indicators. To ensure that this checklist is implementable and adapted to local conditions, it should be agreed upon jointly by the Union institutions and Member States. Furthermore, the identification shall take into account information provided by the country concerned and be based on the following assessment criteria: