1301 Amendments of Aurélia BEIGNEUX
Amendment 30 #
2023/2720(RSP)
Recital E a (new)
Ea. whereas alien pollinators and invasive species in Europe have a negative impact on native pollinators and are the second biggest cause of biodiversity extinction, after the degradation and destruction of natural habitats;
Amendment 36 #
2023/2720(RSP)
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the revised EU Pollinators Initiative – A new deal for pollinators and underlines the urgent need for the Commission, the Member States and regional and local actors to take concrete action to reverse pollinator decline as soon as possible and by 2030 the latest;
Amendment 45 #
2023/2720(RSP)
Paragraph 3
3. Recognises the contribution made by the first EU Pollinators Initiative and appreciates its results;
Amendment 53 #
2023/2720(RSP)
Paragraph 4
4. Recalls that the European Green Deal was adopted as a new holistic strategy enabling the Union to tackle climate and environment-related challenges while leaving no one behind; recalls that the objectives of the Green Deal will be met only when the main goal of the revised EU Pollinators Initiative, namely to reverse pollinator decline, is effectively achieved;
Amendment 60 #
2023/2720(RSP)
Paragraph 6
Amendment 84 #
2023/2720(RSP)
Paragraph 10
10. Takes note of the European Food Safety Authority’s (EFSA) revised guidance on the risk assessment of plant protection products on bees (Apis mellifera, Bombus spp. and solitary bees) and, calls on the Commission and the Member States to implement it swiftly, calls on the Commission to mandate the EFSA to issue an opinion on the use of pure organic acids to combat the development of Varroa in order to determine whether their use could be more widely authorised, and lastly calls for funding for research into protecting native pollinators from alien pollinators and invasive species;
Amendment 107 #
2023/2720(RSP)
Paragraph 14
14. RegretNotes the lack of coordinated efforts to address light pollution, with some countries adopting national policies and others taking no action;
Amendment 118 #
2023/2720(RSP)
Paragraph 16
16. Stresses that linear infrastructure in the EU should be designed, managed and adapted so as to minimise negative effects in the form of habitat fragmentation, and must not undermine the integrity of the ‘Buzz Lines’ network project or network of ecological corridors and habitats for pollinators, allowing species to move in search of food, shelter and nesting and breeding sites;
Amendment 123 #
2023/2720(RSP)
Paragraph 17
17. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to develop a standardisedcoordination scheme for EU pollinator monitoring scheme to improve the gathering of data about the pollinator population; calls on the Member States to support training and capacity building in order to rapidly obtain the human resources required for pollinator monitoring;
Amendment 133 #
2023/2720(RSP)
Paragraph 18
18. Supports the implementation of the EU pollinator monitoring scheme and the integration of a specific indicator for the common agricultural policy, which will evaluate the policy’s impact on both pollinators and pollination;
Amendment 146 #
2023/2720(RSP)
Paragraph 21
21. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to support research to better understand the interactions, including in terms of competition, between honeybee colonies and native/alien/wild pollinators;
Amendment 150 #
2023/2720(RSP)
Paragraph 22
22. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to actively engage in bee diplomacy as a foreign policy tooltool in free-trade agreements to promote the inclusion of pollinators in international policies;
Amendment 153 #
2023/2720(RSP)
Paragraph 23
23. Recognises the importance of citizen scientists and taxonomists, who need to be supported further so that they can strengthen their expertise and good practices and can share them across Member States; appreciates the successful work of Pollinator Ambassadors in motivatingraising the awareness of citizens and businesses;
Amendment 134 #
2023/2636(RSP)
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses the need to accelerate climate action, enhance ambition and promote a green and just transition;
Amendment 222 #
2023/2636(RSP)
Paragraph 9
9. Calls for the UNFCCC decision- making process to be protected from interests that run counter to the goals of the Paris Agreement;deleted
Amendment 241 #
2023/2636(RSP)
Paragraph 10
10. Stresses that the current geopolitical situation highlights the urgency of cutting dependence on fossil fuels and the need to boost the deployment of renewables and low-carbon forms of energy;
Amendment 332 #
2023/2636(RSP)
Paragraph 17
17. Reiterates the need to urgently end fossil fuel subsidies and other environmentally harmful subsidies in the EU and worldwide;deleted
Amendment 337 #
2023/2636(RSP)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. considers that the energy transition cannot succeed without a continuous supply of fossil fuels, and that under-investment in this area could lead to higher prices;
Amendment 1 #
2023/2081(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 7 a (new)
Citation 7 a (new)
– having regard to Regulation (EU) 2022/2065 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 October 2022 on a Single Market For Digital Services and amending Directive 2000/31/EC (Digital Services Act)1 a, _________________ 1 a OJ L 277, 27.10.2022, p. 1.
Amendment 3 #
2023/2081(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 8
Citation 8
Amendment 4 #
2023/2081(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 9
Citation 9
Amendment 31 #
2023/2081(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
Amendment 34 #
2023/2081(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas consumers continue to be exposed to positive nutrition or health claims on foods high in fat, salt or sugar, which is incompatible with the objective of high-level consumer protection; seems paradoxical but leaves to the consumer the choice of whether or not to buy;
Amendment 36 #
2023/2081(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
H. whereas weight problems and obesity are increasing rapidly in most Member States, with more than half of European adults and one in three children being overweight or obese11; whereas labelling alone will not solve the problem of obesity and cannot replace a genuine nutrition education policy; _________________ 11 World Health Organization, ‘WHO European Regional Obesity Report 2022’.
Amendment 48 #
2023/2081(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital K
Recital K
K. whereas the legislation on botanicals in foods and food supplements is not harmonised at EU level; whereas Member States either have positive, negative or no lists of botanical substances permitted in foods; whereas the classification of botanicals as either food or medicine lies within the competence of each individual Member State; whereas these national specificities are also the result of different approaches and cultures which should be preserved;
Amendment 58 #
2023/2081(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital N a (new)
Recital N a (new)
Na. whereas Regulation (EU) 2022/2065 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 October 2022 on a Single Market For Digital Services and amending Directive 2000/31/EC (Digital Services Act) guarantees the protection of public health;
Amendment 59 #
2023/2081(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital N b (new)
Recital N b (new)
Nb. whereas the claims relating to the glycaemic index are perceived by the Commission as insufficiently characterised yet nevertheless meet the expectations of some consumers;
Amendment 60 #
2023/2081(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital N c (new)
Recital N c (new)
Nc. whereas two claims are made in relation to protein: ‘source of protein’ and ‘high protein’ for foods containing 12% and less than 20% protein respectively;
Amendment 62 #
2023/2081(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Points out an increasing consumer interest in food information13; stresses the need to ensure that information about the nutritional or health values of foods appearing on labels and being used for presentation, marketing and advertising purposes is accurate and meaningful, and is in the official language of the Member State; _________________ 13 European Union, ‘Eurobarometer – Making our food fit for the future – new trends and challenges’, October 2020.
Amendment 65 #
2023/2081(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Stresses the need to ensure that health claims remain aligned with EU healthe policies and priorities; reaffirms the importance of the Commission’s discretion to not authorise claims when they could result in conflicting and confusing messages being conveyed to consumers14; _________________ 14 Judgment of the Court of Justice of 8 June 2017, Dextro Energy GmbH & Co. KG v European Commission, C-296/16, ECLI:EU:C:2017:437. of each Member State, which has competence in the area of health;
Amendment 71 #
2023/2081(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
Amendment 79 #
2023/2081(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Reminds that claims should not mislead consumers about the true nutrient value of a product; highlights that, in the absence of nutrient profiles, claims can stress a positive aspect of an overall unhealthy product; underlines that the development of nutrient profiles is necessary in order to achieve the consumer protection objective of the NHCR; calls for the swift publication of a Commission proposal on nutrient profiles to limit the use of nutrition and health claims on unhealthy foodunsubstantiated nutrition claims;
Amendment 88 #
2023/2081(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. considers that Member States may authorise GI (glycaemic index) claims accompanied by or similar to the authorised claims on postprandial glycaemic response specified in Commission Regulation (EU) No 432/2012 of 16 May 2012, and within the limits set by Regulation (EC) No 1924/2006, in order to support the EFSA opinion which gives a positive assessment of several health claims on the reduced postprandial glycaemic response as a specific health benefit.
Amendment 97 #
Amendment 98 #
2023/2081(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Notes that many of the claims usedclaims about the value onf the EU market are for nutrients that very few European consumers lack in their diets; calls on the Commission to examine the potential for extending EFSA’s remit to include assessing the relevance of the use of such claims, in addition to examining the scientific basis for suchglycaemic index are complicated, if not impossible to use, while they could be useful for improving control of blood sugar, including for people who are not diabetic, and could therefore be effective in helping to fight obesity; calls, to this end, on the Commission to review the assessment of this claims;
Amendment 101 #
2023/2081(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. considers that insects should not be authorised in food, in particular as a source of protein; concludes, therefore, that protein claims should not be usable for such foods and in any case not counted towards the necessary percentage to be able to use these claims;
Amendment 106 #
2023/2081(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
Amendment 107 #
2023/2081(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
Amendment 117 #
2023/2081(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. UrgesCalls on the Member States to collaborate effectively in establishing a harmonisedconvergent approach on botanical food supplements and calls on the Commission to provide guidance in this regard; recommends that the Commission and the Member States set up an EU-level monitoring system on the adverse health effects of botanical food supplements;
Amendment 123 #
2023/2081(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Calls for the Commission and the Member States to set up a knowledge network aimed at fachieving harmonisation in the enforcement of the NHCR; points out that this network should facilitate the exchange of best practices, bridge interpretation gaps among Member States and address enforcement disparitiesilitating the exchange of best practices and ensuring the best possible consumer protection;
Amendment 126 #
2023/2081(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Highlights that the NHCR was adopted at a time when social media did not yet play such a large role in advertising and the sale of foods and food supplements; is concerned that the extent to which the NHCR effectively governs health-related online communications about foods remains unclearpoints out that Regulation (EC) No 1924/2006 should apply to any nutrition and health claims made in commercial communications, including on social media;
Amendment 135 #
2023/2081(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. InvitesCalls on the Commission to draft cominclude monitoring the prehsensive guidelines for the enforcement of the NHCR online; considers that these guidelines should outline clear procedures and standards for monitoring and regulating health claims online, ensuring the accuracy and transparency of such claims and safeguarding the well-being of consumersce of fraudulent or deceptive nutrition or health claims online in the context of protecting public health in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2022/2065 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 October 2022 on a Single Market for Digital Services and amending Directive 2000/31/EC (Digital Services Act);
Amendment 60 #
2023/2075(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas premature deaths as a result of cardiovascular diseases (CVDs), cancers, diabetes and chronic respiratory diseases account for 68 % of all premature deaths in Europe; whereas other NCDs include mental and neurological disorders, kidney diseases, liver diseases, oral diseases, osteoporosis, osteoarthritis and, endometriosis among other condind myocardial infarctions;
Amendment 78 #
2023/2075(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas NCDs account for the largest share of countries’ healthcare expenditures, costing EU economies and whereas workers suffering from NCDs are expected to lose potential productive years of output worth EUR 115 billion per year, or 0.8 % of GDP annually as well as entailing other societal costs such as loss of productivity and workforce; whereas in 2018, no more than 2.8 % of total health expenditure in the EU was spent on prevention, whereas the costs of treating NCDs remains high5; _________________ 5 European Commission, ‘Healthier together – EU non-communicable diseases initiative’, p. 15, June 2022.
Amendment 95 #
2023/2075(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas the repercussions of NCDs go beyond individual health to affect the whole economy and social fabric; whereas it is imperative to take global measures on the various issues pertaining to NCDs;
Amendment 103 #
2023/2075(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D b (new)
Recital D b (new)
Db. whereas the economic effects of NCDs manifest themselves in the loss of potential years of productive life; whereas this has an impact on part of the economy of the Member States;
Amendment 138 #
2023/2075(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas most NCDs are impacted by environmental risk factors such as air pollution;
Amendment 193 #
2023/2075(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)
Recital H a (new)
Ha. whereas people with one or more NCDs were one of the population cohorts most severely affected during the COVID- 19 pandemic;
Amendment 196 #
2023/2075(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H b (new)
Recital H b (new)
Hb. whereas antimicrobial resistance (AMR) significantly disrupts medical procedures such as surgical procedures, dental implants, cancer treatments and organ transplants ; whereas AMR also makes it more difficult to manage prevalent NCDs, including cardiovascular disease, dementia and tumours;
Amendment 203 #
2023/2075(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H c (new)
Recital H c (new)
Hc. whereas one cargo ship produces as much fine particle pollution as all of the cars in France and there are thousands of them sailing around the world as a result of unfettered free trade; whereas this widespread pollution harms air and water quality, and ultimately Europe's citizens;
Amendment 294 #
2023/2075(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 – point a
Paragraph 5 – point a
Amendment 347 #
2023/2075(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Acknowledges that the harmful use of alcohol is a risk factor for multiple NCDs and underlines that the lower the amount of alcohol consumed, the lower the risk is of developing NCDs14; stresses the importance of good-qualitty preventive measures in the Member States, especially for young people; _________________ 14 Global burden of disease 2016 Alcohol Collaborators, ‘Alcohol use and burden for 195 countries and territories,1990–2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016’, 23 Augusaoût 2018.
Amendment 357 #
2023/2075(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 – point a
Paragraph 7 – point a
Amendment 394 #
2023/2075(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 – introductory part
Paragraph 8 – introductory part
8. Notes that an unhealthy diet is one of the major risk factors for NCDs, including cardiovascular diseases, cancer, diabetes, oral and dental diseases and other conditions linked to obesity15; acknowledges that obesity is considered a risk factor for several NCDs; calls on the Commission and the Member States to: _________________ 15 World Health Organization Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean, ‘Noncommunicable diseases’.
Amendment 410 #
2023/2075(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 – point a a (new)
Paragraph 8 – point a a (new)
aa. Place limits on advertising for ultra-processed foods, particularly those intended for children and adolescents, and encourage the compulsory labelling of foodstuffs on the front of packaging, with details of the processing used to make them;
Amendment 464 #
2023/2075(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Calls on the Member States to improve physical and sporting activities in schools in order to reduce the risk of NCDs; stresses that physical tests (in respect of sport) should be carried out to detect various risk factors in children;
Amendment 492 #
2023/2075(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to accelerate the transition to sustainable energy and transport sectorssuch as nulear energy and to ensure a shift towards sustainable and local food systems;
Amendment 494 #
2023/2075(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to limit the expansion of globalisation which is pushing maritime freight cargo towards seas and oceans; calls, therefore, on the Commission to call into question the many free trade agreements;
Amendment 518 #
2023/2075(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Amendment 543 #
2023/2075(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Stresses the importance of preventing non-communicable diseases and of early intervention by medical services; recognises that many non- communicable diseases set in from a very young age and that it is important to invest in strategies and programmes to foster children's healthy development and growth, from infancy and their first years of life; calls, therefore, on the Member States to revise their health systems to take better account of early interventions;
Amendment 564 #
2023/2075(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Highlights the importance of identifying people with a high risk of developing NCDs and diagnosing people as early as possible to improve disease management, prevent complications and save downstream costs for healthcare systems and calls for fair, accessible self- management tools to be set up;
Amendment 623 #
2023/2075(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Stresses that nurses, doctors, general practitioners, dental health professionals and other primary care professionals have a significant role in referring patients for diagnostic tests and treating NCDs; encourages the Member States to offer training to healthcare professionals to better identify high-risk individuals and treat NCDs;
Amendment 675 #
2023/2075(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19a. Invites the Commission to publish a study on the current state of affairs in respect of and the impact of the shortage of health-care workers in the European Union;
Amendment 684 #
2023/2075(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 b (new)
Paragraph 19 b (new)
19a. Considers that health-care systems need to focus research on the early detection of NCDs, as well as overall improvements in the management of these various diseases;
Amendment 722 #
2023/2075(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21a. Stresses the urgent need to combat regional disparities in access to health care by striving to ensure availability of quality NCD management on an equitable basis in different geographical areas within Member States with a view to eradicating medical deserts;
Amendment 755 #
2023/2075(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Welcomes public-private partnerships as a way of strengthening innovation in healthcare; highlights the European Health Innovation Collaborative, which promotes entrepreneurship and innovation in the healthcare sector and brings together academia, research, and industry to foster collaboration and investment in health technologies; encourages the Commission and the Member States to foster and accelerate public-private partnerships while putting public interests first; underlines the fact that public health is a common good to be defended;
Amendment 779 #
2023/2075(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)
Paragraph 24 a (new)
24a. Stresses that the COVID-19 pandemic has shown the limits of dependence on third countries for medicines; proposes redoubling EU efforts to solve the problem of medicine shortages, encouraging the relocation of production facilities and specifically examining shortages of generic medicines;
Amendment 805 #
2023/2075(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Calls on the Commission to establish five EU NCD partnerships: ‘beating NCDs – children’, ‘beating NCDs – young people, ‘beating NCDs – adults’, ‘beating NCDs – elderly people’ and ‘beating NCDs – vulnerable groups’; believes that such partnerships should bring together Member States and national authorities to draft roadmaps and innovative proposals to ensure effective and targeted actions against NCDs; invites, however, the Member States to establish a strategy tailored to suit their own population which, rather than compartmentalising care, uses a comprehensive approach with a view to ensuring better patient care;
Amendment 53 #
2023/2074(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas all the member states of the WHO have undertaken to implement the Comprehensive Mental Health Action Plan 2013-2030, which seeks to improve mental health through more effective leadership and governance, comprehensive, integrated and responsive mental health services in community- based settings, strategies for promotion and prevention, and the strengthening of information systems, evidence and research activities;
Amendment 57 #
2023/2074(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A b (new)
Recital A b (new)
Ab. whereas in 2020 the outcomes countries had achieved in relation to the Action Plan were analysed as part of the Mental Health Atlas 2020; whereas the analysis showed that progress made was insufficient to attain the targets set in the Action Plan;
Amendment 62 #
2023/2074(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas ‘tackling stigma’ is the second point in the Declaration of Helsinki: - foster awareness of the importance of mental well-being; - collectively tackle stigma, discrimination and inequality, and empower and support people with mental health problems and their families to be actively engaged in this process; - design and implement comprehensive, integrated and efficient mental health systems that cover promotion, prevention, treatment and rehabilitation, care and recovery; - address the need for a competent workforce, effective in all these areas; - recognise the experience and expertise of service users and carers as an important basis for planning and developing services;
Amendment 98 #
2023/2074(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas since March 2020 the COVID-19 epidemic and the decisions taken to contain it have turned everyone’s lives upside down, with visible impacts at the economic, social and emotional levels; whereas the major challenge is to maintain a balance between health needs and the impact on life within society;
Amendment 107 #
2023/2074(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C b (new)
Recital C b (new)
Cb. whereas the risks may develop at any stage of life, but those that occur at critical periods of development, particularly in early childhood, are especially damaging; whereas research should be focused as a priority on that section of the population;
Amendment 112 #
2023/2074(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C c (new)
Recital C c (new)
Cc. whereas in order to act on the determining factors for mental health, it is often necessary to take measures that go beyond the health sector itself; whereas promotion and prevention programmes should therefore ensure that the sectors of education, work, justice, transport, the environment and housing are involved;
Amendment 117 #
2023/2074(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C d (new)
Recital C d (new)
Cd. whereas 90% of people with a mental health problem and who are able to and available to participate in the employment market are not in paid work, compared with 50% of people suffering from a physical disability, according to the WHO;
Amendment 217 #
2023/2074(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Stresses the profound impact of exposure to illness on healthcare staff and on the well-being of carers, and calls urgently for their specific needs for psychological care to be identified and responded to through specific training using dedicated tools;
Amendment 227 #
2023/2074(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Amendment 263 #
2023/2074(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Calls on the Member States to increase diagnosis among children, as it is said that most mental health issues develop before the age of 14;
Amendment 265 #
2023/2074(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Stresses that mental health issues cover a very wide spectrum, from moderate and one-off issues to severe, chronic and disabling issues;
Amendment 266 #
2023/2074(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 c (new)
Paragraph 5 c (new)
5c. Calls for access to mental health services in Europe to be measured and monitored; considers that this should include data on access to and the availability of different categories of mental health services, such as psycho- oncology in the sphere of cancer treatment;
Amendment 293 #
2023/2074(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Stresses that, according to the Quebec Public Health Institute (2008), prejudice surrounding mental illness results in nearly 2/3 of people who are experiencing difficulties not seeking the help they are so much in need of;
Amendment 297 #
2023/2074(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 b (new)
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7b. Calls on the Member States to undertake a genuine reflection about discrimination within medical spaces themselves because, as a British study demonstrates, 44% of people with a mental illness have experienced discrimination from their family doctors, and 32% have experienced it from other health professionals;
Amendment 299 #
2023/2074(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 c (new)
Paragraph 7 c (new)
7c. Suggests that Member States should reduce stigmatisation of people suffering from mental health issues by: - openly talking about mental illness in the community; - providing accurate information on the causes, prevalence, course and effects of mental illness in the community or in the world of work; - countering the negative stereotypes and misconceptions surrounding mental illness; - providing support and treatment services that enable persons suffering from a mental illness to participate fully in all aspects of community life; - ensuring the existence of legislation to reduce discrimination in the workplace, in access to health and social community services;
Amendment 308 #
2023/2074(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Is deeply concerned by the poor availability of mental healthcare services and of specific mental healthcare services in the Member States, as exemplified by the alarmingly long waiting lists for appointments with psychiatrists and psychologists and the limited options for therapeutic treatment, as well as for in- and outpatient clinic treatment; considers that the shortage in staff in this specific sector and the lack of funding aggravate the issue;
Amendment 358 #
2023/2074(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Recommends greater use of screening tools to improve the diagnosis of mental health needs, such as the use of screening to detect psychological distress among cancer patients;
Amendment 392 #
2023/2074(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Stresses how important it is to improve the integration of psychological care into the care journey, and to have multidisciplinary teams for illnesses such as cancer and other non-transmissible illnesses;
Amendment 432 #
2023/2074(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Calls on the Commission to collaborate with the Member States to improve the Europe-wide mapping of gaps in personnel working in mental health, and the responses to be made; stresses that sharing skills strengthens knowledge and improves health systems as a whole;
Amendment 437 #
2023/2074(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 b (new)
Paragraph 15 b (new)
15b. Calls on the Member States to take more account of pervasive developmental disorders (PDDs); stresses the importance of providing care for persons suffering from these disorders; points out that measures vary from country to country and that state-of-the-art research must be put in place at EU level;
Amendment 446 #
2023/2074(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Suggests that the Commission and Member States should support a programme to improve the return-to-work rights of employees with mental health issues or other illnesses;
Amendment 459 #
2023/2074(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Invites the Commission and the Member States to invest in further research on mental health, particularly on the interaction between mental health and other illnesses, to achieve comprehensive research;
Amendment 489 #
2023/2074(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Calls for the EU and the Member States to urgently develop psychosocial mental health support structures aimed specifically at victims of natural, climate, humanitarian, geopolitical and conflict- related disasters, and asylum seekers and migrants from all backgrounds;
Amendment 501 #
2023/2074(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Invites the Commission, together with the Member States, to further develop its Mental Health Strategy and draw up concrete targets and goals for the future, including more in-depth initiatives, from a bottom-up perspective;
Amendment 522 #
2023/2074(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Considers that the EU lacks a direct fund for mental health research and innovation and invites the Commission to create a mission on mental health under the Horizon Europe programme and the future programme in the 2028-2035 multiannual financial framework; stresses that health is a prerogative of the Member States and that therefore the Commission must not encroach upon the jurisdiction of Member States;
Amendment 28 #
2023/2010(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 16 a (new)
Citation 16 a (new)
— having regard to the European Environment Agency (EEA) report of 23 November 2020 entitled ‘Air quality in Europe - 2020 report’,
Amendment 30 #
2023/2010(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 16 b (new)
Citation 16 b (new)
— having regard to the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) report of 27 October 2020 entitled ‘The Mediterranean: Mare plasticum’,
Amendment 31 #
2023/2010(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 16 c (new)
Citation 16 c (new)
— having regard to the Convention on the Conservation of European Wildlife and Natural Habitats (Bern Convention),
Amendment 32 #
2023/2010(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 17
Citation 17
Amendment 70 #
2023/2010(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas the international trade fostered by the free trade agreements that are ratified by the Commission affects biodiversity and ecosystems;
Amendment 78 #
2023/2010(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A b (new)
Recital A b (new)
Ab. whereas densification generally entails the risk of cutting city dwellers off from nature and exposing them to many health hazards (air pollution, noise, etc.);
Amendment 84 #
2023/2010(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A c (new)
Recital A c (new)
Ac. whereas, according to the latest figures, there are 1 525 ecoregions on the planet, divided into three categories: terrestrial ecoregions, freshwater ecoregions and coastal and marine ecoregions; whereas each ecoregion is home to a variety of ecosystems and natural environments;
Amendment 89 #
2023/2010(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A d (new)
Recital A d (new)
Ad. whereas ecosystems not only support the life of the organisms that inhabit them but also provide services that are beneficial to mankind; whereas these services account for the equivalent of USD 33 000 billion per year (1.8 times the global gross national product);
Amendment 100 #
2023/2010(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A e (new)
Recital A e (new)
Amendment 103 #
2023/2010(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A f (new)
Recital A f (new)
Af. whereas soil is an essential, complex, multifunctional and living ecosystem of crucial environmental and socio-economic importance, as it performs many essential functions and delivers services that are vital to human activities and the survival of ecosystems;
Amendment 108 #
2023/2010(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A g (new)
Recital A g (new)
Ag. whereas soil organic matter performs many environmental functions; whereas it constitutes a temporary reservoir of organic carbon, which can act as a source of carbon capture or carbon sink;
Amendment 115 #
2023/2010(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A h (new)
Recital A h (new)
Ah. whereas the stock of organic carbon in agricultural soils has decreased;
Amendment 118 #
2023/2010(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A i (new)
Recital A i (new)
Ai. whereas disparities between soil types exist and sensitivity to environmental pressures therefore varies, and whereas, consequently, methods of approach must take into account both the technical and historical aspects of a given territory;
Amendment 121 #
2023/2010(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A j (new)
Recital A j (new)
Aj. whereas soil, which hosts 25% of the world's biodiversity, plays a central role as a habitat and gene pool, whereas it performs key ecosystem services such as the provision of food and of raw materials, carbon sequestration, water purification, nutrient regulation and pest control, whereas it serves as a platform for human activity and whereas it limits the risk of floods and droughts;
Amendment 127 #
2023/2010(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A k (new)
Recital A k (new)
Ak. whereas erosion is a natural phenomenon which can create mudflows that sometimes have disastrous consequences, causing deep gullies to emerge, thus leading to the loss of the soil’s fertile surface layer, and whereas, in the long term, erosion can lead to soil degradation and the loss of cultivable land;
Amendment 131 #
2023/2010(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A l (new)
Recital A l (new)
Al. whereas erosion is both a national and a European concern: 17% of Europe’s territory is affected by erosion, according to the European Environment Agency (EEA);
Amendment 133 #
2023/2010(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A m (new)
Recital A m (new)
Am. whereas, in Europe, a little over a fifth of soils are susceptible to wind erosion, of which 3% (13 million hectares) are highly susceptible;
Amendment 134 #
2023/2010(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A n (new)
Recital A n (new)
An. whereas no Member State is spared from coastal erosion, and whereas that retreat of the coastline leads to soil erosion on Europe’s coasts;
Amendment 135 #
2023/2010(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A o (new)
Recital A o (new)
Ao. whereas soil plays a role in the beauty of our European landscapes, along with forest areas, coastlines, mountainous areas and all of Europe’s ecosystems;
Amendment 136 #
2023/2010(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A p (new)
Recital A p (new)
Ap. whereas voluntary national initiatives and existing national measures are essential to the achievement of greater soil protection with a view to meeting the SDG 15 targets;
Amendment 137 #
2023/2010(INI)
Aq. whereas soil and land degradation has inherent transboundary aspects linked, for example, to climate change and pollution, and whereas it requires a response at EU level with agreements between bordering Member States in order to achieve one of the SDG 15 targets;
Amendment 138 #
2023/2010(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A r (new)
Recital A r (new)
Ar. whereas the outermost regions (ORs) and the overseas countries and territories (OCTs) have specific soil types, such as soil which has developed on an old volcanic base, and consequently they have their own specific characteristics;
Amendment 148 #
2023/2010(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses its commitment to the 2030 Agenda, especially in light of the new geopolitical landscape and the ongoing climate, biodiversity and health crises; warns against further polarisation in the distribution of wealth and income, which would lead to increased inequality and poverty; highlights, against this backdrop, the importance of the SDGs, which provide a universal compass for people’s prosperity and to protect the planet; recalls that a pledge to leave no one behind lies at the heart of the 2030 Agenda and that the achievement of the SDGs should benefit all countries, people and segments of society, giving priority to inhabitants of the European continent;
Amendment 159 #
2023/2010(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Highlights the fact that, at the halfway point in the 2030 Agenda timeline, EU leadership in the global implementation of the SDGs remains crucial; underlines that 2023 offers a unique opportunity to gather momentum and undertake the urgent transformative action required to place our societies firmly on course to achieve the SDGs; warns that the consequences of inaction in this crucial year would primarily be borne by the most vulnerable people;
Amendment 171 #
2023/2010(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Notes that the implementation process for almost all the SDGs is lagging and that two consecutive years of regression have been recorded for many indicators9owing to constraints imposed by the COVID-19 crisis and particularly the successive lockdowns of the global population; reaffirms the importance of each SDG and highlights the key challenges that persist for sustainable development, particularly in relation to poverty (SDG 1), hunger (SDG 2), health (SDG 3), education (SDG 4), climate change (SDG 13), oceans (SDG 14) and biodiversity (SDG 15); underlines the strategic role that SDG 10, on reducing inequality, can play in the global implementation of the 2030 Agenda; _________________ 9 UN Sustainable Development Report 2022, ‘From Crisis to Sustainable Development: the SDGs as Roadmap to 2030 and Beyond’: https://resources.unsdsn.org/2022- sustainable-development-report.
Amendment 209 #
2023/2010(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
Amendment 229 #
2023/2010(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on the Commission to continue integrating the SDGs into the European Semester and to use the country- specific non-binding recommendations to systematically measure Member States’ progress and set out concrete proposals for improvement;
Amendment 239 #
2023/2010(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
Amendment 252 #
2023/2010(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Recalls that voluntary national reviews are the cornerstone of the follow- up and review framework for the 2030 Agenda and a key accountability tool; welcomes the Commission’s initiative to draft and present the first EU and non- binding voluntary review report in 2023;
Amendment 263 #
2023/2010(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Reiterates the call on the Commission to establish a new permanent platform for regular and structured engagement with civil society organisations, intermediary organisations and European scientific organisations in order to systematically involve them in a meaningful way in the SDG implementation process;
Amendment 278 #
2023/2010(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Underlines the importance of enhanced cooperation with partners in the Global South, particularly the African Union and civil society representatives, in order to implement the 2030 Agenda globally in order to implement the 2030 Agenda globally, while prioritising our European interests in economic, social and environmental matters;
Amendment 283 #
2023/2010(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Stresses, in this regard, that the EU and its Member States must avoid negative spillover effects at the expense of the Global South, which occur as a result of their past economic and technological model; advocates cooperation with global partners to turn any negative spillover effects into virtuous circles; calls for all EU policies to be subject to a mandatory SDG check to provide more insight on and address any negative effects and ensure that change in this area is measurable;
Amendment 298 #
2023/2010(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Reiterates that to achieve the SDGs, the 2030 Agenda requires a strong level of societal legitimacy and a genuine political reset; emphasises the invaluable role the Member States play;
Amendment 301 #
2023/2010(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 b (new)
Paragraph 12 b (new)
12b. Emphasises the importance of improved cooperation among Member States in order to achieve SDG 14’s target of combating illegal fishing;
Amendment 304 #
2023/2010(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 c (new)
Paragraph 12 c (new)
12c. Calls on the Commission to promote biodiversity within EU youth programmes such as the European Voluntary Service, and to launch a Green Erasmus programme focused on the restoration and conservation of natural environments; reiterates its calls for a specific mission and funding dedicated to biodiversity within future research programmes;
Amendment 307 #
2023/2010(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 d (new)
Paragraph 12 d (new)
12d. Calls on the Member States to scale up the different scientific modules on biodiversity, in particular;
Amendment 309 #
2023/2010(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 e (new)
Paragraph 12 e (new)
12e. Emphasises that biodiversity protection should take place in cooperation with the territory’s stakeholders so that it adds to the final value of the products concerned (wood of better quality, commercial enhancement of exports);
Amendment 310 #
2023/2010(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 f (new)
Paragraph 12 f (new)
12f. Calls on the Commission and Member States with one or more coastlines to introduce measures for harmonised data collection, information exchange and best practice on coastline retreat across the Union;
Amendment 311 #
2023/2010(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 g (new)
Paragraph 12 g (new)
12g. Is of the view that the adoption of the new comprehensive implementation strategy should be preceded by a broad consultation process with Member States, as well as a public participatory consultation process;
Amendment 320 #
2023/2010(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Points out that, in order to assess the Member States’ progress on the SDGs, the Eurostat sustainable development indicators must be improved by filling the gaps for some SDGs and better measuring policies’ impact on territories and specific vulnerable groups;
Amendment 325 #
2023/2010(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Emphasises that Member States will be taking part in the comprehensive collection of data by sharing their progress and any constraints there are regarding specific SDGs;
Amendment 332 #
2023/2010(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Notes, furthermore, that important data remains unavailable on global, national and regional development policies in the Global South, particularly with regard to the poorest and most marginalised people;
Amendment 342 #
2023/2010(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
Amendment 348 #
2023/2010(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Amendment 350 #
2023/2010(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 b (new)
Paragraph 16 b (new)
16b. Laments the fact that the list of invasive exotic species of concern to the EU includes less than 6% of the invasive exotic species that are present in Europe; calls on the Commission to ensure proper coverage of invasive exotic species affecting threatened species on the EU list and to step up prevention by introducing mandatory risk assessments prior to the first import of non-native species and by adopting white lists by 2030 at the latest;
Amendment 351 #
2023/2010(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 c (new)
Paragraph 16 c (new)
16c. Emphasises that numerous invasive exotic plants can cause problems for public health; notes that their pollen can be particularly allergenic for some people, as is the case with ragweed (Ambrosia artemisiifolia), to which 10 % of the French population is thought to be sensitive; notes that, for others, sap can cause burns when it comes into contact with the skin, as is the case with giant hogweed (Heracleum mantegazzianum);
Amendment 352 #
2023/2010(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 d (new)
Paragraph 16 d (new)
16d. Calls on the Commission to ensure that spending related to invasive exotic species and the Union’s programmes takes sufficient account of these impacts on the biodiversity of the outermost regions;
Amendment 353 #
2023/2010(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 e (new)
Paragraph 16 e (new)
16e. Emphasises the urgent need to work with financial institutions so that they can define and adopt investment strategies and targets to align financial portfolios with the SDGs and regularly report on progress;
Amendment 356 #
2023/2010(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Recalls the broad recognition, when the SDGs were adopted, of the need to ‘go from billions to trillions’ in financing for development but recalls that in its Global Outlook on Financing for Sustainable Development 2019, the OECD emphasised the need not only to ‘mobilise a greater quantity of financial resources for developing countries’ but also to focus on the quality, or sustainable development footprint, of all finance; is alarmed by the fact that the SDG financing gap has instead grown from USD 2.5 trillion to USD 4 trillion per year10; _________________ 10 Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), Global Outlook on Financing for Sustainable Development 2023: No Sustainability Without Equity, OECD Publishing, Paris, 2022: https://doi.org/10.1787/fcbe6ce9-en.
Amendment 372 #
2023/2010(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Calls for the preparation of an EU financing plan for the SDGs; underlines that the 2030 Agenda should guide all EU financing tools and their programming; calls on the Commission to put forward a proposal for a social taxonomy to complement the green taxonomy and help implement the European Green Deal;
Amendment 406 #
2023/2010(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Strongly welcomes the Bridgetown Initiative in this regard and calls on the Commission and the Member States to constructively and proactively engage in the relevant discussions in international forums throughout 2023 so that ambitious reforms can be achieved swiftly; emphasises that this initiative to change the IMF’s rules and to finance infrastructure that is resilient to climate change in poor countries can only work if it directly benefits the local populations concerned;
Amendment 407 #
2023/2010(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Strongly welcomes the Bridgetown Initiative in this regard and calls on the Commission and the Member States to constructively and proactively engage in the relevant discussions in international forums throughout 2023 so that ambitious reforms can be achieved swiftly; emphasises that this initiative to change the IMF’s rules and to finance infrastructure that is resilient to climate change in poor countries can only work if it directly benefits the local populations concerned;
Amendment 438 #
2023/2010(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22a. Calls on the Commission to draw up a comprehensive map of the financial envelopes for the EU’s policies, programmes and funds, including investments and structural reforms carried out under the Recovery and Resilience Facility;
Amendment 466 #
2023/2010(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Reiterates that the SDGs are the only globally agreed and comprehensive set of goals on the great challenges ahead and the 2030 Agenda should therefore serve as a guiding light for navigating through the current uncertainties; highlights the opportunity that the SDGs provide to establish a true well-being economy centred onn economy that really works for people and for the planet and to work towards a sustainable world beyond 2030;
Amendment 21 #
2023/0266(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4
Recital 4
(4) In 2011 the European Commission adopted the White Paper on transport53 which presented a vision for the future of the EU transport system and defined a policy agenda to address the future challenges of transport, notably the need to maintain and develop mobility and considerably reduce the carbon footprint from transport and logistical operations. ; that policy agenda must be revised and amended to take account of the economic consequences of the COVID-19 public health crisis, which hit the transport and tourism sectors very badly: having only just returned to pre-pandemic activity levels, those sectors very quickly have found themselves facing an unprecedented hike in energy prices since the outbreak of the war in Ukraine, and must now, what is more, self-finance their energy transition to meet the binding decarbonisation targets set in the European Green Deal. _________________ 53 WHITE PAPER, Roadmap to a Single European Transport Area – Towards a competitive and resource efficient transport system; COM/2011/0144 final.
Amendment 21 #
2023/0266(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4
Recital 4
(4) In 2011 the European Commission adopted the White Paper on transport53 which presented a vision for the future of the EU transport system and defined a policy agenda to address the future challenges of transport, notably the need to maintain and develop mobility and considerably reduce the carbon footprint from transport and logistical operations. ; that policy agenda must be revised and amended to take account of the economic consequences of the COVID-19 public health crisis, which hit the transport and tourism sectors very badly: having only just returned to pre-pandemic activity levels, those sectors very quickly have found themselves facing an unprecedented hike in energy prices since the outbreak of the war in Ukraine, and must now, what is more, self-finance their energy transition to meet the binding decarbonisation targets set in the European Green Deal. _________________ 53 WHITE PAPER, Roadmap to a Single European Transport Area – Towards a competitive and resource efficient transport system; COM/2011/0144 final.
Amendment 39 #
2023/0266(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7
Recital 7
(7) This Regulation should make available a reference framework for other emissions reduction measures that may be further undertaken by public authorities and industry, including where establishingnot include greenhouse gas transparency clauses in transport contracts, providing: information on greenhouse gas emissions of a travel or delivery option to passengers or customers, or the setting of climate-related criteria for green procurement procedures should only be communicated when transport companies are interested in doing so.
Amendment 39 #
2023/0266(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7
Recital 7
(7) This Regulation should make available a reference framework for other emissions reduction measures that may be further undertaken by public authorities and industry, including where establishingnot include greenhouse gas transparency clauses in transport contracts, providing: information on greenhouse gas emissions of a travel or delivery option to passengers or customers, or the setting of climate-related criteria for green procurement procedures should only be communicated when transport companies are interested in doing so.
Amendment 55 #
2023/0266(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12
Recital 12
(12) EN ISO standard 14083:2023, published by the European Committee for Standardisation57 in April 2023, and transposing ISO standard 14083:2023, was chosen to be the reference methodology for calculating greenhouse gas emissions of transport services under this Regulation. The analysis showed that ISO standard 14083:2023 proved to be the most relevant and proportional in addressing the objectives of this Regulation. The quantification of emissions is performed on a well-to-wheel basis, which includes greenhouse gas emissions stemming from energy provision and vehicle use during transport and hub operations. As a result, it appears to be very complex, when following that 'well-to-wheel' process, to determine the level of emissions for the life cycle of energy used in transport, from its mode of production or transformation, without the risk of systematically calling into question carriers using that energy: the share of greenhouse gas emissions produced during the manufacture of energy for transport vehicles, that is to say upstream of their availability in stations and charging stations, should therefore be decoupled. _________________ 57 https://www.cencenelec.eu
Amendment 55 #
2023/0266(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12
Recital 12
(12) EN ISO standard 14083:2023, published by the European Committee for Standardisation57 in April 2023, and transposing ISO standard 14083:2023, was chosen to be the reference methodology for calculating greenhouse gas emissions of transport services under this Regulation. The analysis showed that ISO standard 14083:2023 proved to be the most relevant and proportional in addressing the objectives of this Regulation. The quantification of emissions is performed on a well-to-wheel basis, which includes greenhouse gas emissions stemming from energy provision and vehicle use during transport and hub operations. As a result, it appears to be very complex, when following that 'well-to-wheel' process, to determine the level of emissions for the life cycle of energy used in transport, from its mode of production or transformation, without the risk of systematically calling into question carriers using that energy: the share of greenhouse gas emissions produced during the manufacture of energy for transport vehicles, that is to say upstream of their availability in stations and charging stations, should therefore be decoupled. _________________ 57 https://www.cencenelec.eu
Amendment 155 #
2023/0232(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 25
Recital 25
(25) In order to ensure an appropriate governance on soils, Member States should be required to appoint a competent authority for each soil district. Member States should be allowed to appoint any additional competent authority at the appropriate level including at national or regnational level.
Amendment 217 #
2023/0232(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1
1. The objective of the Directive is to put in place a solid and coherent soil monitoring framework for all soils across the EU and to continuously improve soil health in the Union with the view to achieve healthyier soils by 2050 and maintain soils in healthy condition, so that they can supply multiple ecosystem services at a scale sufficient to meet environmental, societal and economic needs, prevent and mitigate the impacts of climate change and biodiversity loss, maintain the quality of groundwater and avoid its contamination from soil sources, increase the resilience against natural disasters and for food security and that soil contamination and erosion is reduced to levels no longer considered harmful to human health and the environment.
Amendment 240 #
2023/0232(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1
Article 2 – paragraph 1
This Directive applies to all soils in the territory of Member States, recognizing and respecting the primary jurisdiction of Member States over soil-related matters.
Amendment 249 #
2023/0232(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 4
(4) ‘soil health’ means the physical, chemical and biological condition of the soil, as well as its erosion control, water control, resistance to compaction, disease suppression, resilience to environmental pressures and sustainability properties, determining its capacity to function as a vital living system and to provide ecosystem services;
Amendment 266 #
2023/0232(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 9
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 9
(9) ‘soil health assessment’ means the evaluation of the health of the soil based on the measurement or estimation of soil descriptors; according to a Member States’ specific soil challenges
Amendment 328 #
2023/0232(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 2
Article 5 – paragraph 2
Amendment 355 #
2023/0232(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 4
Article 6 – paragraph 4
4. The Commission shall, subject to agreement fromthe prior approval of Member States concerned, carry out regular soil measurements on soil samples taken in- situ, based on the relevant descriptors and methodologies referred to in Articles 7 and 8, to support Member States’ monitoring of soil health. Where a Member State provides agreement in accordance with this paragraph, it shall ensure that the Commission can carry out such in-situ soil sampling.
Amendment 574 #
2023/0232(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 1
Article 12 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall manage the risks for human health and the environment of potentially contaminated sites and contaminated sites, and keep them to acceptable national minimum levels of contamination levels, taking account of the environmental, social and economic impacts of the soil contamination and of the risk reduction measures taken pursuant to Article 15 paragraph 4.
Amendment 636 #
2023/0232(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 18 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point b
Article 18 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point b
Amendment 678 #
2023/0232(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 23
Article 23
Amendment 720 #
2023/0232(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 25 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 25 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Member States shall bring into force the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive by … [OP please insert date = 2 years after date of entry into force of the Directive]2030. They shall forthwith communicate to the Commission the text of those provisions.
Amendment 722 #
2023/0232(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 25 – paragraph 2
Article 25 – paragraph 2
2. If Member States shall communicve already adopted provisions related to the Commissionfulfilling the obligations set forth in the Directive, they shall communicate the text of the mainsuch provisions of national law which they adopt in the field covered byto the Commission within 2 years after the date of entry into force of thise Directive.
Amendment 75 #
2023/0226(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3 a (new)
Recital 3 a (new)
(3a) In this connection, it is necessary to step up support for public research both at Member State level concerning control over NGT plants, assessment of risks and effects on health and the environment and the discovery of solutions that reconcile an eco-friendly transition with food sovereignty.
Amendment 99 #
2023/0226(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8 a (new)
Recital 8 a (new)
(8a) This legal framework ensures high standards of transparency and involves stakeholders in setting up and monitoring the impact of regulation.
Amendment 100 #
2023/0226(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8 b (new)
Recital 8 b (new)
(8b) This legal framework provides guarantees of prudence because at this stage, based on the scientific knowledge available, the impact and effects of NGT plants are not known. It is particularly important to monitor the consequences of an accelerated modification of organisms in relation to their natural plant cycle on the balance and stability of the living world.
Amendment 101 #
2023/0226(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8 c (new)
Recital 8 c (new)
(8c) This legal framework ensures systematic and permanent traceability so as to ensure transparency, freedom of choice and information for users and consumers.
Amendment 102 #
2023/0226(COD)
(8d) This legal framework provides protection for the living world and opposes its ‘privatisation’ through a possible extension of patents to living organisms that would go beyond the necessary protection of techniques and methods.
Amendment 132 #
2023/0226(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12 a (new)
Recital 12 a (new)
(12a) The potential risks of NGT plants must be measured regularly in order to analyse their capacity to meet the needs of society without minimising their impact on the health of the different populations concerned and on the environment. Biovigilance and sociovigilance networks shall be set up in each Member State to facilitate the assessment of the ex-ante and ex-post effects of NGT plants.
Amendment 338 #
2023/0226(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 40
Recital 40
(40) Given the novelty of the NGTs, it will be important to monitor closely the development and presence on the market of NGT plants and products and evaluate any accompanying impact on human and animal health, the environment and environmental, economic and social sustainability. Information should be collected regularly and within fivthree years after the adoption of the first decision allowing the deliberate release or the marketing of NGT plants or NGT products in the Union, the Commission should carry out an evaluation of this Regulation to measure the progress made towards the availability of NGT plants containing such characteristics or properties on the EU market.
Amendment 340 #
2023/0226(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 41 a (new)
Recital 41 a (new)
(41a) Consequently, all NGT plants and products imported into the EU should be subject to the same requirements as products originating in the Union and those requirements should be systematically incorporated in trade agreements (‘mirror clause’).
Amendment 653 #
2023/0226(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 6 a (new)
Article 7 – paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Category 1 NGT plants shall be subject to a systematic ex-post health and environmental risk assessment through the implementation of regular reviews in order to adapt the authorisations in line with scientific developments and the effects observed by the biovigilance and sociovigilance networks. In the event of a negative assessment, the authorisation for release shall be suspended pending further analysis.
Amendment 717 #
2023/0226(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 (new)
This label shall ensure that sufficient and understandable information is provided to users and consumers. In particular, it shall specify the production process used, the changes made and their expected food and environmental benefits. The introduction of a QR code may complement the physical labelling, which must remain the norm.
Amendment 766 #
2023/0226(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – point d – point i (new)
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – point d – point i (new)
(i) Category 2 NGT plants shall be subject to a systematic health and environmental risk assessment, including ‘off-target’ or unintended modifications and those related to the adventitious and persistent presence of residual DNA from the transformation vector.
Amendment 767 #
2023/0226(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – point d – point ii (new)
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – point d – point ii (new)
Amendment 922 #
2023/0226(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Article 23 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 (new)
This label shall ensure that sufficient and understandable information is provided to users and consumers. In particular, it shall specify the production process used, the changes made and their expected food and environmental benefits. The introduction of a QR code may complement the physical labelling, which must remain the norm.
Amendment 997 #
2023/0226(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 30 – paragraph 1
Article 30 – paragraph 1
1. No soonlater than three years after the first decision is adopted in accordance with Article 6(8) or (10) or Article 7(6) or in accordance with Sections 2 or 3 of Chapter III, whichever is the earliest, and thereafter every five years, the Commission shall forward to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions a report on the implementation of this Regulation.
Amendment 1006 #
2023/0226(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 30 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Article 30 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 (new)
The competent authorities of the Member States shall set up biovigilance and sociovigilance networks to facilitate the collection of indicators and the measurement of environmental and health impacts.
Amendment 1019 #
2023/0226(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 31 a (new)
Article 31 a (new)
Article 31a The Commission shall ensure that all NGT plants and products imported into the EU are subject to the same obligations as those originating in the Union and are systematically enshrined in trade agreements (‘mirror clause’). This shall concern, in particular, the inclusion of traceability and labelling clauses and the provision of all data and information required under this legislation.
Amendment 1274 #
2023/0131(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 72 – paragraph 4
Article 72 – paragraph 4
4. Article 71(3) equally applies ton orphan medicinal product which benefits from the prolongations of market exclusivity as referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2 3, shall not benefit from the rewards referred to in Article 86 [of revised Directive 2001/83/EC].
Amendment 1275 #
2023/0131(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 72 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Article 72 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. The total period of orphan marketing exclusivity for an orphan marketing authorisation shall not exceed twenty years from the date of the initial marketing authorisation.
Amendment 80 #
2023/0085(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 16
Recital 16
(16) The assessment made to substantiate explicit environmental claims needs to consider the life-cycle of the product or of the overall activities of the trader and should not omit any relevant environmental aspects or environmental impacts, such as the environmental impact of a product imported from a third country. The benefits claimed should not result in an unjustified transfer of negative impacts to other stages of the life cycle of a product or trader, or to the creation or increase of other negative environmental impacts.
Amendment 113 #
2023/0085(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 30
Recital 30
(30) While unfair commercial practices, including misleading environmental claims, are prohibited for all traders pursuant to Directive 2005/29/EC84, an administrative burden linked to substantiation and verification of environmental claims on the smallest companies could be disproportionate and should be avoided. To this end, microenterprises should be exempted from the requirements on substantiation of Article 3 and 4 unless these enterprises wish to obtain a certificatean alternative to third-party certification should be provided for micro, small and medium-sized enterprises on the basis of a declaration of conformity of explicit environmental claims that will be recognised by the competent authorities across the Union. _________________ 84 Directive 2005/29/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 May 2005 concerning unfair business-to- consumer commercial practices in the internal market and amending Council Directive 84/450/EEC, Directives 97/7/EC, 98/27/EC and 2002/65/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and Regulation (EC) No 2006/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council (Unfair Commercial Practices Directive) (OJ L 149, 11.6.2005, p. 22) as amended.
Amendment 138 #
2023/0085(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 37
Recital 37
(37) In order to avoid potential disproportionate impacts on the micro, small and medium-sized enterprises, the smallest companies should be exempted from the requirements of Article 5 linked to information on the substantiation of explicit environmental claims unless these enterprises wish to obtain a certificate of conformity of explicit environmental claim that will be recognised by the competent authorities across the Union.
Amendment 166 #
2023/0085(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 54
Recital 54
(54) Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) should be ablegiven sufficient support to benefit from the opportunities provided by the market for more sustainable products but, as they couldgenerally face proportionately higher costs and difficulties with some of the requirements on substantiation and verification of explicit environmental claims. The Member States should provide adequate information by means of easily accessible information portals or similar means and raise awareness of the ways to comply with the requirements of this Directive, ensure targeted and specialised training free of charge, and provide specific and sufficient assistance and support, including financial, so thato SMEs wishing to make explicit environmental claims on their products or as regards their activities are able to do so. Member States actions should be taken in respect of applicable State aid rules.
Amendment 332 #
2023/0085(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point g
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point g
(g) identify whether improving environmental impacts, environmental aspects or environmental performance subject to the claim leads to significant harm in relation to environmental impacts on climate change, resource consumption and circularity, sustainable use and protection of water and marine resources, pollution, biodiversity, public well-being and health, animal welfare and ecosystems;
Amendment 370 #
2023/0085(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point j a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point j a (new)
(ja) provide relevant information on the environmental impact of the transport of products, in particular in the context of imports.
Amendment 381 #
2023/0085(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 3
Article 3 – paragraph 3
3. The requirements set out in paragraphs 1 and 2 shall not apply to traders that are micro, small or medium- sized enterprises within the meaning of Commission Recommendation 2003/361/EC110 unless they request the verification with the aim of receiving the certificate of conformity in accordance with Article 10. _________________ 110 Commission Recommendation 2003/361/EC of 6 May 2003 concerning the definition of micro, small and medium- sized enterprises (OJ L 124, 20.5.2003, p. 36).
Amendment 431 #
2023/0085(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 3
Article 4 – paragraph 3
3. The requirements laid down in this Article shall not apply to traders that are micro, small or medium-sized enterprises within the meaning of Commission Recommendation 2003/361/EC111 unless they request the verification with the aim of receiving the certificate of conformity in accordance with Article 10. _________________ 111 Commission Recommendation 2003/361/EC of 6 May 2003 concerning the definition of micro, small and medium- sized enterprises (OJ L 124, 20.5.2003, p. 36).
Amendment 503 #
2023/0085(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 7
Article 5 – paragraph 7
7. The requirements set out in paragraphs 2, 3 and 6 shall not apply to traders that are micro, small or medium- sized enterprises within the meaning of Commission Recommendation 2003/361/EC unless they request the verification with the aim of receiving the certificate of conformity in accordance with Article 10.
Amendment 550 #
2023/0085(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
Article 8 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
Amendment 555 #
2023/0085(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
Article 8 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
Amendment 621 #
2023/0085(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 3
Article 10 – paragraph 3
3. The verification and certification requirements shall apply to traders that are micro, small or medium-sized enterprises within the meaning of Commission Recommendation 2003/361/EC only if they so request.
Amendment 624 #
2023/0085(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 10 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. When they set up the procedures referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2, Member States shall encourage verifiers to take into account the complexity of the substantiation of the claim and the size and turnover of traders requesting verification and certification when calculating their pricing for the cost of verification and certification, paying particular attention to micro, small and medium-sized enterprises.
Amendment 700 #
2023/0085(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Member States shall take appropriate measures to help micro, small and medium sized enterprises apply the requirements set out in this Directive. Those measures shall at least include guidelinaccessible guidelines containing clear examples or similar mechanisms to raise awareness of ways to comply with the requirements on explicit environmental claims. In addition, wWithout prejudice to applicable state aid rules, such measures may include one or more of the following elements:
Amendment 706 #
2023/0085(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – point d a (new)
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – point d a (new)
(da) access to specialised information portals.
Amendment 732 #
2023/0085(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 16
Article 16
Amendment 760 #
2023/0085(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 17 – paragraph 2 – point g a (new)
Article 17 – paragraph 2 – point g a (new)
(ga) the size of the company;
Amendment 761 #
2023/0085(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 17 – paragraph 3
Article 17 – paragraph 3
Amendment 812 #
2023/0085(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 25 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 25 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
They shall apply those measures from [OP please insert the date = 2436 months after the date of entry into force of this Directive].
Amendment 8 #
2022/2002(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 3
Citation 3
Amendment 33 #
2022/2002(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 13 a (new)
Citation 13 a (new)
— having regard to the European Environment Agency (EEA) report of 23 November 2020 entitled ‘Air quality in Europe – 2020 report’,
Amendment 34 #
2022/2002(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 13 b (new)
Citation 13 b (new)
— having regard to the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) report of 27 October 2020 entitled ‘The Mediterranean: ‘Mare plasticum’,
Amendment 35 #
2022/2002(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 13 c (new)
Citation 13 c (new)
— having regard to the Convention on the Conservation of European Wildlife and Natural Habitats (Bern Convention),
Amendment 98 #
2022/2002(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas the international trade fostered by the free trade agreements that are ratified by the Commission affects biodiversity and ecosystems;
Amendment 99 #
2022/2002(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B b (new)
Recital B b (new)
Bb. whereas densification cuts people off from nature in general and exposes them to many nuisances (air pollution, noise, etc.);
Amendment 100 #
2022/2002(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B c (new)
Recital B c (new)
Bc. whereas, according to the latest figures, there are 1 525 ecoregions on the planet, divided into three categories: terrestrial ecoregions, freshwater ecoregions and coastal and marine ecoregions; whereas each ecoregion is home to a variety of ecosystems and natural environments;
Amendment 101 #
2022/2002(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B d (new)
Recital B d (new)
Bd. whereas ecosystems not only support the life of the organisms living within them but also provide services of benefit to humans; whereas these services account for the equivalent of USD 33 000 billion per year (1.8 times the global gross national product);
Amendment 102 #
2022/2002(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B e (new)
Recital B e (new)
Be. whereas debate within the European Parliament must be focused, in terms of SDGs, on the European continent, and must subsequently take into account the concerns of non-EU countries;
Amendment 103 #
2022/2002(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B f (new)
Recital B f (new)
Bf. whereas soil is an essential, complex, multifunctional and living ecosystem of crucial environmental and socio-economic importance which performs many key functions and delivers services vital to human activities and the survival of ecosystems;
Amendment 104 #
2022/2002(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B g (new)
Recital B g (new)
Bg. whereas soil organic matter performs many environmental functions; whereas it constitutes a temporary reservoir of organic carbon, which can act as a source of carbon capture or carbon sink;
Amendment 105 #
2022/2002(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B h (new)
Recital B h (new)
Bh. whereas the stock of organic carbon in agricultural soils has decreased;
Amendment 106 #
2022/2002(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B i (new)
Recital B i (new)
Bi. whereas the disparity of soils results in differing sensitivity to environmental pressures, and whereas methods of approach must therefore take into account both the technical and historical aspects of a given territory;
Amendment 107 #
2022/2002(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B j (new)
Recital B j (new)
Bj. whereas soil plays a central role as a habitat and gene pool as it hosts 25% of the world’s biodiversity, provides key ecosystem services such as the provision of food, provides raw materials, carbon sequestration, water purification, nutrient regulation and pest control, serves as a platform for human activity and helps to prevent floods and droughts;
Amendment 108 #
2022/2002(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B k (new)
Recital B k (new)
Bk. whereas erosion is a natural phenomenon which can create mudflows having sometimes disastrous consequences, with the emergence of deep gullies leading to the loss of the soil’s fertile surface layer, and whereas, in the long term, erosion can lead to soil degradation and the loss of cultivable land;
Amendment 109 #
2022/2002(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B l (new)
Recital B l (new)
Bl. whereas erosion is both a national and a European concern: 17% of Europe’s territory is affected by erosion, according to the European Environment Agency (EEA);
Amendment 110 #
2022/2002(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B m (new)
Recital B m (new)
Bm. whereas, across Europe, a little over a fifth of soils are susceptible to wind erosion, of which 3% (or 13 million hectares) are highly susceptible;
Amendment 111 #
2022/2002(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B n (new)
Recital B n (new)
Bn. whereas no Member State is spared from coastal erosion, and whereas this coastline retreat leads to soil erosion on Europe’s coasts;
Amendment 112 #
2022/2002(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B o (new)
Recital B o (new)
Bo. whereas soils play a role in the beauty of our European landscapes, along with forest areas, coastlines, mountainous areas and all of Europe’s ecosystems;
Amendment 113 #
2022/2002(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B p (new)
Recital B p (new)
Bp. whereas voluntary national initiatives and existing national measures are important for achieving the objective of greater soil protection pursued by SDG 15;
Amendment 114 #
2022/2002(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B q (new)
Recital B q (new)
Bq. whereas soil and land degradation necessarily has a cross-border dimension linked, for example, to climate change and pollution; whereas it therefore requires a response at European level, with agreements between bordering Member States to achieve one of SDG 15’s targets;
Amendment 115 #
2022/2002(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B r (new)
Recital B r (new)
Br. whereas the outermost regions (ORs) and the overseas countries and territories (OCTs) have specific soils, such as soil which has developed on an old volcanic base, and consequently they have their own specific characteristics;
Amendment 116 #
2022/2002(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 1 a (new)
Subheading 1 a (new)
1a. Repeats its demand for the restoration of degraded land and soil, particularly where land is affected by desertification, drought and flooding, and for efforts to ensure that the impact on European soil is, as far as possible, limited;
Amendment 134 #
2022/2002(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Confirms that, in order to bring nature into our lives, the environment must be at the heart of the numerous European projects, and not the reverse;
Amendment 135 #
2022/2002(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Calls for a halt to the construction of wind parks, which disturb marine and terrestrial ecosystems; emphasises that this infrastructure permanently alters some species and still presents recycling and replacement difficulties; emphasises that this infrastructure conflicts with some SDGs;
Amendment 136 #
2022/2002(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 c (new)
Paragraph 1 c (new)
1c. Calls for an in-depth study of protected areas throughout Europe as it is essential to conduct a recent scientific evaluation of the effectiveness and application of current protected terrestrial areas in order to prepare for possible new protected areas;
Amendment 137 #
2022/2002(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 d (new)
Paragraph 1 d (new)
1d. Calls for urgent steps to be taken to reduce the degradation of the natural environment; calls for biodiversity loss to be halted; calls for protection for threatened species, preventing their extinction;
Amendment 138 #
2022/2002(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 e (new)
Paragraph 1 e (new)
Amendment 139 #
2022/2002(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 f (new)
Paragraph 1 f (new)
1f. Points out that, despite the ban on the international ivory trade, elephant poaching and ivory trafficking have reached unprecedented levels; notes that between 20 000 and 30 000 African elephants are illegally hunted every year; stresses that, in 2015, more than 40 tonnes of ivory were seized;
Amendment 140 #
2022/2002(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 g (new)
Paragraph 1 g (new)
1g. Reiterates its call for a full ban on the trade in both raw and worked ivory to, from and within the EU, including ‘pre- convention’ ivory and rhino horns, and calls for similar restrictions for all other endangered species, such as tigers, together with all species listed in the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES);
Amendment 141 #
2022/2002(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 h (new)
Paragraph 1 h (new)
1h. Notes that an IUCN report reveals that some 229 000 tonnes of plastic waste are discharged into the Mediterranean every year, which is the equivalent of more than 500 shipping containers per day;
Amendment 142 #
2022/2002(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 i (new)
Paragraph 1 i (new)
1i. Notes that for primary microplastics, i.e. those that mix with ocean water in the form of small particles and not in the form of the degradation of large waste, the discharge of plastic into the Mediterranean is estimated at 13 000 tonnes per year;
Amendment 143 #
2022/2002(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 j (new)
Paragraph 1 j (new)
1j. Notes that with the current status quo, pollution in the Mediterranean is likely to increase to 500 000 tonnes per year by 2040;
Amendment 144 #
2022/2002(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 k (new)
Paragraph 1 k (new)
1k. Notes that marine plastic pollution has increased tenfold since 1980, affecting at least 267 species; calls on the Commission to lead negotiations with the sovereign Member States with a view to reaching an international agreement for plastic-free oceans by 2030;
Amendment 152 #
2022/2002(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Calls on the Commission to prepare a long-term EU action plan on climate and biodiversity that improves coherence and interconnections for the SDGs;
Amendment 153 #
2022/2002(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Emphasises the importance of improved cooperation between Member States in order to achieve SDG 14’s target on combating illegal fishing;
Amendment 162 #
2022/2002(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Reiterates that to achieve the SDGs, the 2030 Agenda requires a strong level of societal legitimacy and a genuine political reset; emphasises the immense value of Member States and certain civil society organisations in this regard; deeply regrets that the mandate of the multi-stakeholder platform was not renewed in 2019 and calls for its urgent reinstatement;
Amendment 166 #
2022/2002(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Calls on the Commission to reinforce biodiversity within Union youth programmes such as the European Voluntary Service, and to launch a Green Erasmus programme focused on restoration and conservation; reiterates its calls for a specific mission and funding dedicated to biodiversity within future research programmes;
Amendment 167 #
2022/2002(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Calls on the Member States to scale up the different scientific modules on biodiversity, in particular;
Amendment 168 #
2022/2002(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 c (new)
Paragraph 3 c (new)
3c. Emphasises that biodiversity protection should take place in cooperation with the territory’s stakeholders so that it adds to the final value of the products (wood of better quality, commercial enhancement of exports);
Amendment 179 #
2022/2002(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Calls on the Commission and Member States with one or more coastlines to introduce measures for harmonised data collection, information exchange and best practice on coastline retreat across the Union;
Amendment 192 #
2022/2002(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Notes that invasive exotic species are recognised as the third largest cause of global biodiversity erosion; notes that, according to the latest estimates of the IUCN’s Red List, they form a threat to almost one third of threatened land-based species and are involved in half of known extinctions;
Amendment 193 #
2022/2002(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Regrets that the list of invasive alien species of Union concern represents less than 6% of IAS present in Europe; calls on the Commission to ensure proper coverage of IAS affecting threatened species on the EU list and to reinforce prevention by introducing mandatory risk assessments prior to the first import of non-native species and by adopting white lists by 2030 at the latest;
Amendment 194 #
2022/2002(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 c (new)
Paragraph 6 c (new)
6c. Emphasises that numerous invasive exotic plants can cause problems for public health; notes that their pollen can be particularly allergenic to some, as in the case of ragweed (Ambrosia artemisiifolia), to which 10% of the French population is sensitive; notes that, for others, sap coming into contact with the skin can cause burns: this is the case for giant hogweed (Heracleum mantegazzianum);
Amendment 195 #
2022/2002(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 d (new)
Paragraph 6 d (new)
6d. Calls on the Commission to ensure that spending related to invasive exotic species and the Union’s programmes take sufficient account of these impacts on the biodiversity of ultra-peripheral regions (UPR);
Amendment 206 #
2022/2002(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Is of the view that the adoption of the new comprehensive implementation strategy should be preceded by a broad consultation process with Member States, as well as a public participatory consultation process;
Amendment 302 #
2022/2002(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Highlights the urgency of requiringcollaborating with financial institutions toso that they can define and adopt strategies and targets to align financial portfolios with the SDGs and regularly report on progress;
Amendment 306 #
2022/2002(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. RegretsEmphasises the fact that the EU still has no plan to finance the SDGs; exhortscalls on the Commission to urgently come up with such a plan, bearing in mind the post- COVID-19 estimated annual SDG financing gap of EUR 4.2 trillion11; underlines that the absence of such a plan, with clearly defined, quantifiable targets, prohibits comprehensive SDG expenditure tracking under the EU budget; _________________ 11 OECD, ‘Global Outlook on Financing for Sustainable Development 2021 – A New Way to Invest for People and Planet’, Paris, 2020.
Amendment 70 #
2022/0432(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2
Recital 2
(2) From a toxicological point of view, substances with more than one constituent (‘multi-constituent substances’) are no different from mixtures composed of two or more substances. Iand in accordance with Article 13 of Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council39, aimed to limit animal testing, data on multi-constituentsubstances is to be generated under the same conditions as data on any other substance with more than one costituent, while data on individual constituents of a substance is normally not to be generated, except where individual constituents are also substances registered on their own. Where data on individualthe substance with more than one constituents is not available, multi- constituent and where relevant data onindividual constituents is available, thesesubstances should be evaluated and classified following the same classification rules as mixtures, unless Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 provides for a specific provision for those multi-constituentsubstances. _________________ 39 Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 December 2006 concerning the registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH), establishing a European Chemicals Agency, amending Directive 1999/45/EC and repealing Council Regulation (EEC) No 793/93 and Commission Regulation (EC) No 1488/94 as well as Council Directive 76/769/EEC and Commission Directives 91/155/EEC, 93/67/EEC, 93/105/EC and 2000/21/EC (OJ L 396, 30.12.2006, p. 1).
Amendment 80 #
2022/0432(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3
Recital 3
(3) It is normally not possible to sufficiently assess theFor the assessment of endocrine disrupting properties for human health and the environment and the persistent, bioaccumulative and mobile properties of a mixture or of a multi-constituent substance on the basis of data on that mixture or substance. The data for the individual substances of the mixture or for the individual constituents of the multi- constituent substance should therefore normally be used as the basis for hazard identification of those multi-constituent substances or mixtures. However, in certain cases, data on those multi- constituent substances themselves may also be relevant. This is the case in particular where that data demonstrates endocrine disrupting properties for human health and the environment, as well as persistent, bioaccumulative and mobile properties, or where it supports data on the individual constituents. Therefore, it is appropriate that data on multi-constituent substances are used in those casboth whole substance data and data for the individual constituents of the substance with more than one constituent, impurity or additive should be used as the basis for hazard classification of those substances.
Amendment 94 #
2022/0432(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11
Recital 11
(11) Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 only allows for the use of fold-out labels if the general rules for the application of labels cannot be met due to the shape or form of the packaging or its small size, whilst it does not provide for a minimum font size of labels that would ensure readability. As a result of advancements in labelling technologies, more flexibility should be given to suppliers by providing for a broader use of fold-out labels, while readability of labels should be ensured by layadding down minimum font size and formatting requirementsmore examples of label in the Guidance on Labelling and Packaging.
Amendment 124 #
2022/0432(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 37
Recital 37
Amendment 134 #
2022/0432(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point a
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point a
Regulation (EC) 1272/2008
Article 2 – point 7a
Article 2 – point 7a
Amendment 151 #
2022/0432(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Regulation (EC) 1272/2008
Article 5 – paragraph 3
Article 5 – paragraph 3
A multi-constituent substance containing at least one constituent, in the form of an individual constituent, an identified impurity or an additive for which relevant information referred to in paragraph 1 is available, shall be examined in accordance with the criteria set out in this paragraph, using the available information on those constituents as well as on the substance, unless Annex I lays down a specific provision. (This amendment applies throughout the text. Adopting it will necessitate corresponding changes throughout.) Or. en (Art 5 §3 (new))
Amendment 156 #
2022/0432(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Regulation (EC) 1272/2008
Article 5 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
Article 5 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
For the evaluation of multi-constituentthese substances pursuant to Chapter 2 in relation to the ‘germ cell mutagenicity’, ‘carcinogenicity’, ‘reproductive toxicity’, ‘endocrine disrupting property for human health’ and ‘endocrine disrupting property for the environment’ hazard classesand ‘hazardous to the aquatic environment’ referred to in sections 3.5.3.1, 3.6.3.1, 3.7.3.1, 3.11.3, and 4.1. and 4.2.3.1. of Annex I, where relevant information referred to in paragraph 1 is not available on the substance itself, the manufacturer, importer or downstream user shall use the relevant available information referred to in paragraph 1 for each of the individual constituents in the substance. , impurities and additives in the substance. (This amendment applies throughout the text. Adopting it will necessitate corresponding changes throughout.) Or. en (Art 5 §3 (new))
Amendment 168 #
2022/0432(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Regulation (EC) 1272/2008
Article 5 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 5
Article 5 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 5
For the evaluation of multi-constituentthese substances pursuant to Chapter 2 in relation to the ‘biodegradation, persistence, mobility and bioaccumulation’ properties within the ‘hazardous to the aquatic environment’ ‘persistent, bioaccumulative and toxic’, ‘very persistent and very bioaccumulative’, ‘persistent, mobile and toxic’ and ‘very persistent and very mobile’ hazard classes referred to in sections 4.1.2.8 4.1.2.9, 4.3.2.3.1, 4.3.2.3.2, 4.4.2.3.1 and 4.4.2.3.2 of Annex I3 and 4.4 of Annex I, where relevant information referred to in paragraph 1 is not available on the substance itself, the manufacturer, importer or downstream user shall use the relevant available information referred to in paragraph 1 for each of the individual constituents in the substance. , impurities or additives in the substance. (This amendment applies throughout the text. Adopting it will necessitate corresponding changes throughout.) Or. en (Art 5 §3 (new))
Amendment 170 #
2022/0432(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Regulation (EC) 1272/2008
Article 5 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 6
Article 5 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 6
Amendment 176 #
2022/0432(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Regulation (EC) 1272/2008
Article 5 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 7
Article 5 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 7
Amendment 216 #
2022/0432(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 11 – point a
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 11 – point a
Regulation (EC) 1272/2008
Article 29 – paragraph 1
Article 29 – paragraph 1
1. Where the packaging of a substance or a mixture is either in such a shape or form or is so small that it is impossible to meet the requirements laid down in Article 31 for a label or a fold-out label in the languages of the Member States in which the substance or mixture is placed on the market, the label elements set out in Article 17(1), shall be provided in accordance with sections 1.5.1.1. and 1.5.1.2. of Annex I.; (This amendment applies throughout the text. Adopting it will necessitate corresponding changes throughout.) Or. en (Article 29 paragraph 1)
Amendment 290 #
2022/0432(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 30
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 30
Regulation (EC) 1272/2008
Article 61 – paragraph 7
Article 61 – paragraph 7
Substances and mixtures which have been classified, labelled and packaged in accordance with Article 1(1), Article 4(10), Article 5, Article 6(3) and (4), Article 9(3) and (4), Article 25(6) and (9), Articles 29, 30 and 35, Article 40(1) and (2), Article 42(1), third sub-paragraph, Article 48, section 1.2.1. of Annex I, section 1.5.1.2 of Annex I, section 1.5.2.4.1 of Annex I, Parts 3 and 5 of Annex II, Part A, the first sub- paragraph of section 2.4, of Annex VIII, Part B, section 1, of Annex VIII, Part B, the third paragraph of section 3.1, of Annex VIII , Part B, section 3.6, of Annex VIII, Part B, the first row of Table 3 of Section 3.7, of Annex VIII, Part B, the first paragraph of Section 4.1, of Annex VIII, Part C, sections 1.2 and 1.4, of Annex VIII, and Part D, sections 1, 2 and 3, of Annex VIII as applicable on … [OP: please insert the date = the day before the entry into force of this Regulation] and which were placed on the market before [OP: please insert the date = the first day of the month following 1824 months after the date of entry into force of this Regulation ] are not required to be classified, labelled and packaged in accordance with this Regulation as amended by Regulation …/… of the European Parliament and of the Council* [OP: please complete the reference in the footnote – it should be the reference to this Regulation] until … [OP: please insert the date = the first day of the month following 42 months after the date of entry into force of this Regulation]. (This amendment applies throughout the text. Adopting it will necessitate corresponding changes throughout.) Or. en (Article 61 – paragraph 7))
Amendment 292 #
2022/0432(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 30
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 30
Regulation (EC) 1272/2008
Article 61 – paragraph 7 a (new)
Article 61 – paragraph 7 a (new)
Amendment 300 #
2022/0432(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Paragraph 1 – point 2
Annex I – Paragraph 1 – point 2
Regulation (EU) No 1272/2008
Annex I – Part 1 – Section 1.2.1.4. – Table 1.3
Annex I – Part 1 – Section 1.2.1.4. – Table 1.3
Capacity of the Dimensions of the Dimensions of each Minimum font-size package label (in pictogram (in millimetres) for the millimetres) information required by Article 17 Not exceeding 3 If possible, at least Not smaller than 8pt litres: 52x74 10x10 If possible, at least 16x16 Greater than 3 At least 74x105 At least 23x23 12pt litres but not exceeding 50 litres: Greater than 50 At least 105x148 At least 32x32 16pt litres but not exceeding 500 litres: Greater than 500 At least 148x210 At least 46x46 20pt’; litres:
Amendment 301 #
2022/0432(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point 3
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point 3
Regulation (EU) No 1272/2008
Annex I – Part 1 – Section 1.2.1.5
Annex I – Part 1 – Section 1.2.1.5
Amendment 400 #
2022/0396(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 43
Recital 43
(43) To promote the circularity and sustainable use of packaging, reusable packaging and systems for re-use should be incentivised. For that purpose, it is necessary to clarify the notion of reusable packaging and to ensure that it is linked not only to the packaging design, which should enable a maximum number of trips or rotations and maintaining the safety, quality and hygiene requirements when being emptied, unloaded, refilled or reloaded, but also to the setting up of systems for re-use respecting minimum requirements as set out in this Regulation. In order to facilitate conformity assessment with requirements on reusable packaging, it is necessary to provide for presumption of conformity for packaging which is in conformity with harmonised standards adopted in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 1025/2012 for the purpose of expressing detailed technical specifications of those requirements and define reusable packaging criteria and formats, including minimum number of trips or rotations, standardised designs, as well as requirements for systems for re-use, including hygiene requirements. Given the amount of water needed for the re-use system, the costs for economic operators, the additional costs for consumers and the potential health impact, the Commission should carry out a comprehensive impact assessment before proposing re-use targets for sectors.
Amendment 593 #
2022/0396(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 2
Article 2 – paragraph 2
2. This Regulation applies without prejudice to Union regulatory requirements for packaging such as those regarding safety, quality, the protection of health and the hygiene of the packed products, or to transport requirements, as well as without prejudice to the provisions of the Directive 2008/98/EC as regards the management of hazardous waste and in particular the requirements laid down in Article 4(2).
Amendment 671 #
2022/0396(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 30 – point a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 30 – point a (new)
(a) 'take-away' means items purchased at staffed points of sale, including cold or hot drinks filled in a receptacle at the point of sale and ready- prepared food, intended for immediate consumption without the need for further preparation, and typically consumed from the receptacle;
Amendment 672 #
2022/0396(COD)
(b) 'occupied point of sale' means a point of sale where items are sold with the involvement of employees or other staff;
Amendment 673 #
2022/0396(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 30 – point c (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 30 – point c (new)
(c) ‘unoccupied point of sale’ means a point of sale where items are sold without the involvement of employees or other staff;
Amendment 724 #
2022/0396(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 36
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 36
Amendment 750 #
2022/0396(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 40
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 40
(40) ‘contact sensitive packaging’ means packaging that is intended to be used in any packaging applications in the scope of Regulations: (EC) No 1831/2003, (EC) No 1935/2004, (EC) No 767/2009, (EC) No 2009/1223, (EU) 2017/745, (EU) 2017/746, (EU) 2019/4, and (EU) 2019/6, Directives 2001/83/EC, or Directive 2008/682008/68/EC, 2002/46/EC and 2008/68/EC, or for the products defined in Article 1 of Decision 2014/763/ECU;
Amendment 762 #
2022/0396(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 43 a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 43 a (new)
(43a) 'plastic packaging' means packaging made wholly or mainly of plastic;
Amendment 864 #
2022/0396(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1
Article 6 – paragraph 1
1. AFrom 1 January 2030, all packaging shallould be recyclable.
Amendment 879 #
2022/0396(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point a a (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point a a (new)
(aa) it can be recycled at scale: - it is effectively and efficiently separately collected in accordance with Article 43(1) and (2); - it is sorted into defined waste streams without affecting the recyclability of other waste streams; - it can be recycled so that the resulting secondary raw materials are of sufficient quality to substitute the primary raw materials;
Amendment 880 #
2022/0396(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point b
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point b
Amendment 884 #
2022/0396(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point c
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point c
Amendment 889 #
2022/0396(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point d
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point d
Amendment 897 #
2022/0396(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point e
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point e
Amendment 935 #
2022/0396(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 3
Article 6 – paragraph 3
3. Recyclable packaging shallould, from 1 January 2030, comply with the design for recycling criteria as laid down in the delegated acts adopted pursuant to paragraph 4 and, from 1 January 2035, also with the recyclability at scale requirements laid down in the delegated acts adopted pursuant to paragraph 6. Where such packaging complies with those delegated acts, it shall be considered to comply with paragraph 2, points (a) and (eb).
Amendment 961 #
2022/0396(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
Article 6 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
Amendment 996 #
2022/0396(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 6 – introductory part
Article 6 – paragraph 6 – introductory part
6. TFrom 1 January 2026, the Commission shall, for each packaging type listed in Table 1 of Annex II, establish the methodology to assess if packaging is recyclable at scale. That methodology shall be based at least on the following elements:
Amendment 1019 #
2022/0396(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 2 (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 2 (new)
Specific provisions should be approved for inert packaging placed on the market in very small quantities (i.e. around 0.1 % by weight) in the Union.
Amendment 1033 #
2022/0396(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 7 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 7 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Amendment 1056 #
2022/0396(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 10 – introductory part
Article 6 – paragraph 10 – introductory part
10. Until 31 December 2034, tThis Article shall not apply to the following:
Amendment 1072 #
2022/0396(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 10 – point c a (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 10 – point c a (new)
(ca) crystal packaging as defined in Directive 69/493/EEC.
Amendment 1089 #
2022/0396(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. From 1 January 2030, the plastic part inprovided that the appropriate infrastructure is in place and operational, and that suitable recycled materials are available, plastic packaging shall contain the following minimum percentage of recycled content recovered from post-consumer plastic waste, per unit ofon average over all plastic packaging plackaged on the market by each undertaking:
Amendment 1152 #
2022/0396(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
2. From 1 January 2040, the plastic part inprovided that the appropriate infrastructure is in place and operational, and that suitable recycled materials are available, plastic packaging shall contain the following minimum percentage of recycled content recovered from post-consumer plastic waste, per unit ofon average over all plastic packaging plackaged on the market by each undertaking:
Amendment 1204 #
2022/0396(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 3 – point d a (new)
Article 7 – paragraph 3 – point d a (new)
(da) insulated transport packaging with high thermal performance;
Amendment 1207 #
2022/0396(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 3 – point d b (new)
Article 7 – paragraph 3 – point d b (new)
(db) packaging which must meet specific health and hygiene requirements, in accordance with sectoral regulations, and which, for its specific use, must meet technical and qualitative requirements.
Amendment 1259 #
2022/0396(COD)
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 packagon average over all plastic packaging placed on the market by each undertaking, 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 1286 #
2022/0396(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 9 – subparagraph 1
Article 7 – paragraph 9 – subparagraph 1
By 1 January 2028, the Commission shall assess the need for derogations from the minimum percentage laid down in paragraph 1, points b and d, for specific plastic packaging, or for the revision of the derogation established under paragraph 3 for specific plastic packaging.
Amendment 1300 #
2022/0396(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 9 – subparagraph 2 – introductory part
Article 7 – paragraph 9 – subparagraph 2 – introductory part
Based on this assessment, the Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 58 to amend this Regulation in order to: provide for derogations from the scope, timing or level of minimum percentage laid down in paragraph 1, points b and d, for specific plastic packaging.
Amendment 1303 #
2022/0396(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 9 – subparagraph 2 – point a
Article 7 – paragraph 9 – subparagraph 2 – point a
Amendment 1315 #
2022/0396(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 9 – subparagraph 2 – point b
Article 7 – paragraph 9 – subparagraph 2 – point b
Amendment 1326 #
2022/0396(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 10 a (new)
Article 7 – paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Where justified by the lack of availability or excessive prices, in particular because of insufficient collection arrangements, a lack of appropriate infrastructure such as that defined in Article 44, or significant use of recycled materials for applications that do not allow for further recycling, making compliance with the minimum percentages for recycled content laid down in paragraphs 1 and 2 excessively difficult, the Commission shall adopt a delegated act in accordance with Article 58 to amend paragraphs 1 and 2 by adjusting the minimum percentages accordingly.
Amendment 1351 #
2022/0396(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1
Article 8 – paragraph 1
1. By [OP: By [OP: please insert the date = 24 months from the entry into force of this Regulation], packaging referred to in Article 3(1), points (f) and (g), sticky labels attached to fruit and vegetables and very lightweight plastic carrier bags shall be compostable in industrially controlled conditions in bio- waste treatment facilities.
Amendment 1400 #
2022/0396(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1
Article 9 – paragraph 1
1. PFrom 1 January 2030, packaging shall be designed so that its weight and volume isare reduced to the minimum necessary for ensuringto perform its functionalitys as listed in the definition of packaging in Article 3(1), taking account of the material that the packaging is made of and its design, the format of the product and the necessary delivery arrangements.
Amendment 1412 #
2022/0396(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 2
Article 9 – paragraph 2
2. PFrom 1 January 2030, packaging not necessary to comply with any of the performance criteria set out in Annex IV and packaging with characteristics that are only aimed to increase the perceived volume of the product, including double walls, false bottoms, and unnecessary layers, shall not be placed on the market, unless the packaging design isand/or the products packaged are subject to geographical indications of origin and/or intellectual property rights (patent, licence, trademark, design or model) that are protected under Union legislation.
Amendment 1427 #
2022/0396(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
Article 9 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
Amendment 1435 #
2022/0396(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
Article 9 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
For the purpose of assessing the compliance with this paragraph, space filled by paper cuttings, air cushions, bubble wraps, sponge fillers, foam fillers, wood wool, polystyrene, styrofoam chips or other filling materials shall be considered as empty space unless it is necessary to protect and transport the goods concerned.
Amendment 1448 #
2022/0396(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 – point b
Article 9 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 – point b
(b) the identification of the design requirements, including as regards intellectual property aspects, which prevent further reduction of the packaging weight or volume, for each of these performance criteria;
Amendment 1456 #
2022/0396(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Article 9 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Packaging manufactured or imported before the deadlines referred to in paragraphs 1, 2 and 3 may be marketed up to 24 months after the entry into force of this Regulation.
Amendment 1503 #
2022/0396(COD)
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 and a QR code or other type of digital data carrier containing information on its material composition. This obligation does not apply to transport packaging. However, it applies to e- commerce packaging.
Amendment 1537 #
2022/0396(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 3
Article 11 – paragraph 3
3. Where a unit of packaging covered by Article 7 is marked with a label containing information on the share of recycled content, that label shall comply with the specifications laid down in the relevant implementing act adopted pursuant to Article 11(5) and shall be based on the methodology pursuant to Article 7(7). Where a unit of plastic packaging is marked with a label containing information on the share of biobased plastic content, that label shall comply with the specifications laid down in the relevant implementing act adopted pursuant to Article 11(5).
Amendment 1546 #
2022/0396(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
Article 11 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
Labels referred to in paragraphs 1 to 3 and the QR code or other type of digital data carrier referred to in paragraph 2s 1, 2 and 3 shall be placed, printed or engraved visibly, clearly legibly and indelibly on the packaging. Where this is not possible or not warranted on account of the nature and size of the packaging, they shall be affixed to the grouped packaging.
Amendment 1578 #
2022/0396(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 8 a (new)
Article 11 – paragraph 8 a (new)
Amendment 1635 #
2022/0396(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 10 a (new)
Article 16 – paragraph 10 a (new)
Amendment 1638 #
2022/0396(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 2 – point a
Article 17 – paragraph 2 – point a
Amendment 1647 #
2022/0396(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 3
Article 17 – paragraph 3
Amendment 1650 #
2022/0396(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 4
Article 17 – paragraph 4
Amendment 1660 #
2022/0396(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 1
Article 21 – paragraph 1
1. EFrom 1 January 2030, economic operators who supply products to a final distributor or an end user in grouped packaging, transport packaging or e- commerce packaging, shall ensure that the empty space ratio is maximum 40 % on average of all relevant packaging placed on the Union market by the economic operator concerned.
Amendment 1683 #
2022/0396(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Article 21 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Space filled by filling materials such as paper cuttings, air cushions, bubble wraps, sponge fillers, foam fillers, wood wool, polystyrene or Styrofoam chips, shall be considered as empty space unless it is required in order to protect and transport the goods concerned.
Amendment 1706 #
2022/0396(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 22 – paragraph 1
Article 22 – paragraph 1
1. EFrom 1 January 2030, economic operators shallould not place on the market packaging in the formats and for the purposes listed in Annex V.
Amendment 1722 #
2022/0396(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 22 – paragraph 2
Article 22 – paragraph 2
2. By way of derogation from paragraph 1, eEconomic operators shall not place on the market packaging in the formats and for the purposes listed in point 3 of Annex V as of 1 January 20305.
Amendment 1737 #
2022/0396(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 22 – paragraph 3
Article 22 – paragraph 3
3. Member States may exempt economic operators from point 3 of Annex V if they comply with the definition of micro-company and small enterprise in accordance with rules set out in the Commission Recommendation 2003/361, as applicable on [OP: Please insert the date = the date of entry into force of this Regulation], and where it is not technically feasible not to use packaging or to obtain access to infrastructure that is necessary for the functioning of a reuse system.
Amendment 1758 #
2022/0396(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 1
Article 23 – paragraph 1
1. Economic operators who place reusable packaging on the market shall ensure that a system for re-use of such packaging is in place, which meets the requirements laid down in Article 24 and Annex VI. This provision can be regarded as met by the extended producer responsibility schemes for recycling already in place in the Member States.
Amendment 1762 #
2022/0396(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 1
Article 24 – paragraph 1
1. Economic operators making use of reusable packaging shall participate in one or more systems for re-use and shall ensure that the systems for re-use, which the reusable packaging is part of, comply with the requirements laid down in Part A of Annex VI. This provision can be regarded as met by the extended producer responsibility schemes for recycling already in place in the Member States.
Amendment 1799 #
2022/0396(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 2
Article 26 – paragraph 2
Amendment 1828 #
2022/0396(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 3
Article 26 – paragraph 3
Amendment 1862 #
2022/0396(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 4
Article 26 – paragraph 4
Amendment 1885 #
2022/0396(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 5
Article 26 – paragraph 5
Amendment 1927 #
2022/0396(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 6 – point b
Article 26 – paragraph 6 – point b
Amendment 1949 #
2022/0396(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 7 – point b
Article 26 – paragraph 7 – point b
Amendment 1964 #
2022/0396(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 8 – point b
Article 26 – paragraph 8 – point b
Amendment 1990 #
2022/0396(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 9 – point b
Article 26 – paragraph 9 – point b
Amendment 2019 #
2022/0396(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 10 – point b
Article 26 – paragraph 10 – point b
Amendment 2040 #
2022/0396(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 12 – subparagraph 2
Article 26 – paragraph 12 – subparagraph 2
This obligation applies to pallets, boxes, excluding cardboard, trays, plastic crates, intermediate bulk containers, drums and canisters, of all sizes and materials, including flexible formats, which do not come into direct contact with food products.
Amendment 2104 #
2022/0396(COD)
15. Economic operators shall be exempted from the obligation to meet the targets in paragraphs 2 to 6 if, during a calendar year, they have a sales area of not more than 100 m2, including also all storage and dispatch areas, and if it is not technically feasible to use reusable packaging or to have access to infrastructure necessary for the reuse system to function.
Amendment 2115 #
2022/0396(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 15 a (new)
Article 26 – paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Economic operators shall be exempted from the obligations to meet the targets in this Article if, in accordance with Article 4(2) of Directive 2008/98/EC, they can demonstrate that alternative packaging formats provide better outcomes with regard to the environment, the economy, health and hygiene.
Amendment 2176 #
2022/0396(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
Article 27 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
By 31 December 20286, the Commission shall adopt implementing acts establishing detailed calculation rules and methodology regarding the targets set out in Article 26.
Amendment 2298 #
2022/0396(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 43 – paragraph 1
Article 43 – paragraph 1
1. From 1 January 2030, Member States shall ensure that systems are set up to provide for the return and separate collection of all packaging waste from the end users in order to ensure that it is treated in accordance with Articles 4 and 13 of Directive 2008/98/EC, and to facilitate its preparation for re-use and high quality recycling. Member States shall ensure that a system is set up to provide priority access for recycled raw materials for use in applications where the distinct quality of the recycled material is retained or recovered in such a way as to allow further recycling and reuse in the same way and for the same or a similar product category, with minimal loss of quantity, quality or function.
Amendment 2344 #
2022/0396(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 43 – paragraph 1
Article 43 – paragraph 1
1. From 1 January 2030, Member States shall ensure that systems are set up to provide for the return and separate collection of all packaging waste from the end users in order to ensure that it is treated in accordance with Articles 4 and 13 of Directive 2008/98/EC, and to facilitate its preparation for re-use and high quality recycling. Member States shall ensure that a system is set up to provide priority access for recycled raw materials for use in applications where the distinct quality of the recycled material is retained or recovered in such a way as to allow further recycling and reuse in the same way and for the same or a similar product category, with minimal loss of quantity, quality or function.
Amendment 83 #
2022/0394(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
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— The European Parliament rejects the Commission proposal.
Amendment 119 #
2022/0394(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4
Recital 4
(4) The Union certification framework will support the development of carbon removal activities in the Union that result in an unambiguous net carbon removal benefit, while avoiding greenwashing. In the case of carbon farming, such certification framework should also encourage the uptake of carbon removal activities that generate co-benefits for biodiversity, therefore achieving the nature restoration targets set out in Union law on nature restoration. The Union certification framework will be instrumental in meeting the Union climate change mitigation objectives set in international agreements and in the Union legislation.
Amendment 136 #
2022/0394(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) In order to support operators willing to make additional efforts to increase carbon removals in a sustainable way, the Union certification framework should take into account the different types of carbon removal activities, their specificities and related environmental impacts. Therefore, this Regulation should provide clear definitions of carbon removal, carbon removal activities, and other elements of the Union certification framework, taking into account the existing national frameworks.
Amendment 162 #
2022/0394(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7
Recital 7
(7) A carbon removal activity should result in a net carbon removal benefit showing that it delivers a positive climate impact. The net carbon removal benefit should be computed following two steps. First, operators should quantify the amount of additional carbon removals that a carbon removal activity has generated in comparison to a baseline. A standardised baseline reflecting the standard performance of comparable activities in similar social, economic, environmental and technological circumstances and geographical locations should be preferred because it ensures objectivity, minimises compliance and other administrative costs, and positively recognises the action of first movers who have already engaged in carbon removal activities. In the context of carbon farming, the use of available digital technologies, including electronic databases and geographic information systems, remote sensing, artificial intelligence and machine learning, and of electronic maps should be promoted to decrease the costs of establishing baselines and of monitoring carbon removal activities. However, where it is not possible to set such a standardised baseline, a project-specific baseline based on the operator’s individual performance may be used. In order to reflect the social, economic, environmental and technological developments and to encourage ambition over time in line with the Paris Agreement, baselines should be periodically updated.
Amendment 165 #
2022/0394(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8
Recital 8
(8) The second step for quantifying the net carbon removal benefit should consist of subtracting any increase in greenhouse gas emissions related to the implementation of the carbon removal activity. Relevant greenhouse gas emissions that should be taken into consideration include direct emissions, such as those resulting from the use of more fertilisers, fuel or energy, or indirect emissions, such as those resulting from land use change, with consequent risks for food security due to displacement of agricultural production. A reductionDecreases in greenhouse gas emissions resulting from the implementation of the carbon removal activity should not be taken into account to quantify the net carbon removal benefit, but should be considered as a co- benefit towards the sustainability objective of climate change mitigation; by being reported on the certificates, decreases in greenhouse gas emissions (like the other sustainability co-benefits) can increase the value of the certifiedmust be accounted and valued in the same way as carbon removals.
Amendment 364 #
2022/0394(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) ‘carbon removal’ means either the storage of atmospheric or biogenic carbon within geological carbon pools, biogenic carbon pools, long-lasting products and materials, and the marine environment, or the reduction of carbon release from a biogenic carbon pooland greenhouse gases more generally to the atmosphere;
Amendment 444 #
2022/0394(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point o
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point o
(o) ‘carbon removal unit’ means one tonne of certified net carbon removal benefit, or net greenhouse gas benefit, generated by a carbon removal activity and registered by a certification scheme.
Amendment 648 #
2022/0394(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point f a (new)
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point f a (new)
(fa) availability and quality of food production.
Amendment 689 #
2022/0394(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 2
Article 8 – paragraph 2
2. The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 16 toFollowing the conclusion of the Expert Group, the Commission shall establish the technical certification methodologies referred to in paragraph 1 for activities related to permanent carbon storage, carbon farming and carbon storage in products. Those certification methodologies shall include at least the elements set out in Annex I.
Amendment 702 #
2022/0394(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 3 – point a
Article 8 – paragraph 3 – point a
(a) the objectives of ensuring the robustness of carbon removals and reductions and recognising the protection and restoration of ecosystems;
Amendment 711 #
2022/0394(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 3 – point c
Article 8 – paragraph 3 – point c
(c) relevant Union and national lawthe division of competences between the EU and its Member States and respect for those competences, for example in the area of forestry policy;
Amendment 862 #
2022/0394(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 4
Article 16 – paragraph 4
4. Before adopting a delegated act, the Commission shall consulttake into account the opinion of the experts designated by each Member State in accordance with the principles laid down in the Inter- institutional Agreement of 13 April 2016 on Better Law-Making.
Amendment 867 #
2022/0394(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 1
Article 18 – paragraph 1
1. This Regulation shall be kept under review in all aspects, taking into account the relevant developments concerning Union legislation, United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and the Paris Agreement, technological and scientific progress, market developments in the field of carbon removals, and Union food security.
Amendment 868 #
2022/0394(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 18 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. This Regulation shall ensure that the Union framework for carbon removals is strictly voluntary.
Amendment 56 #
2022/0345(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 4
Recital 4
(4) Small agglomerations constitute a significant pressure on 11 % of the surface water bodies in the Union39. To better tackle the pollution from such agglomerations, and to prevent discharges of untreated urban wastewater into the environment, the scope of this Directive should include all agglomerations of 1 000 population equivalent (p.e.) and above, and also provide for aid for these agglomerations.Constraints should not apply uniformly to all EU agglomerations according to size. _________________ 39 EEA report, European waters: Assessment of status and pressures 2018, No 7/2018.
Amendment 79 #
2022/0345(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 7
Recital 7
(7) During rainfall, storm water overflows and urban runoff represent a sizeable remaining source of pollution discharged into the environment. Those emissions are expected to increase due to the combined effects of urbanisation and progressive change of the rain regime linked with climate change. Solutions to reduce that source of pollution should be defined at local level taking into account the specific local conditions. They should be based on an integrated quantitative and qualitative water management in urban areas. Therefore, Member States should ensure that integrated urban wastewater management plans are established at local level for all agglomerations of 100 000 p.e. and above as those agglomerations are responsible for a significant share of the pollution emitted. Furthermore, integrated urban wastewater management plans should also be put in place for agglomeration of between 10 000 p.e. and 100 000 p.e. where storm water overflows or urban runoff poses a risk for the environment or public health. Aid will need to be provided to small agglomerations to help them get up to date, especially on the technical and engineering front.
Amendment 85 #
2022/0345(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 8
Recital 8
(8) In order to ensure that the integrated urban wastewater management plans are cost-effective, it is important that they are based on best practices in advanced urban areas. Therefore, the measures to be considered should be based on a thorough analysis of the local conditions and should favour a preventive approach aiming at limiting the collection of unpolluted rain waters and optimising the use of existing infrastructures. With a preference for ‘green’ developments with a nomenclature that is as effective as grey infrastructures, new grey infrastructures should only be envisaged where absolutely necessary. In order to protect the environment, in particular the coastal and marine environment, and public health from being adversely affected by the discharge of insufficiently treated urban wastewater, secondary treatment should be applied to all discharges of urban wastewater from agglomerations of 1 000 p.e. and above.
Amendment 91 #
2022/0345(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) The evaluation showed that significant reductions of nitrogen and phosphorus emissions were achieved through the implementation of Directive 91/271/EEC. Nevertheless, urban wastewater treatment plants remain, according to the evaluation, an important pathway of those pollutants into the environment, directly leading to eutrophication of water bodies and seas in the Union. Part of this pollution can be avoided as technological progress and best practices in place show that emission limit values established under Directive 91/271/EEC for nitrogen and phosphorus are outdated and should be strengthened. Tertiary treatment should be systematically imposed to all urban wastewater treatment plants of 100 000 p.e. and above, as such plants represent an important remaining source of nitrogen and phosphorus discharge. A calendar for carrying out this tertiary treatment will need to be drawn up, giving the agglomerations enough time to fulfil the requirements.
Amendment 101 #
2022/0345(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 11
Recital 11
(11) Recent scientific knowledge underpinning several Commission strategies43highlight the need to take action to address the issue of micro-pollutants, which are now detected in all waters in the Union. Some of those micropollutants are hazardous for public health and the environment even in small quantities. An additional treatment, i.e. quaternary treatment, should therefore be introduced in order to ensure that a large spectrum ofmicro-pollutants ismicro-pollutants, present in water in quantities that pose risk to human health or environment, areremoved from urban wastewater. Quaternary treatment should first focus on organicmicro-pollutants, which represent a significant part of the pollution and for which removal technologies are already designed. The treatment should be imposed based on the precautionary approach combined witha risk-based approach.Therefore, all urban wastewater treatment plants of 100 000 p.e. and above should provide quaternary treatment, as those facilities represent a significant share of micro-pollutant discharges in the environment and the removal of micro-pollutants by urban wastewater treatment plants at such scale is cost-effective. For agglomerations of between 10 000 p.e. and 100 000 p.e.,a risk-based approach consistent with the Water Framework Directive (2000/60/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council). Member States should be required to apply quaternary treatment to areas identified as sensitive to pollution with micro-pollutants based on clear criteria, which should be specified and consistent with the Water Framework Directive (2000/60/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council). Such areas should include locations where treated urban wastewater discharge to water bodies result in low dilution ratios, or where the receiving water bodies are used for the production of drinking water or as bathing waters. In order to avoid the requirement of quaternary treatment for agglomerations of between 10 000 p.e. and 100 000 p.e., Member States should be required to demonstrate the absence of risks to the environment or to public health on the basis of a standardised risk assessment. In order to give Member States enough time to plan and deliver the necessary infrastructures, the requirement of quaternary treatment should progressively apply until 20405with clear interim objectives. _________________ 43 Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions: A European Strategy for Plastics in a Circular Economy (COM/2018/028 final); Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council and the European Economic and Social Committee, European Union Strategic Approach to Pharmaceuticals in the Environment (COM(2019) 128 final); Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions, Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability Towards a Toxic-Free Environment (COM(2020) 667 final); Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions, Pathway to a Healthy Planet for All EU Action Plan: 'Towards Zero Pollution for Air, Water and Soil' (COM/2021/400 final).
Amendment 114 #
2022/0345(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) The quaternary treatment necessary to remove micro-pollutants from urban wastewater will imply additional costs, such as costs related to monitoring and new advanced equipment to be installed in certain urban wastewater treatment plants. In order to cover these additional costs and in accordance with the polluter-pays principle expressed in Article 191(2) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU), it is essential that the producers placing on the Union market products containing substances which, at the end of their life, are found as micro- pollutants in quantities posing risk to human health or environment in urban wastewaters plant effluents (‘micro- pollutant substances’) take responsibility for the additional treatment required to remove those substances, generated in the context of their professional activities. A system of extended producer responsibility is the most appropriate means to achieve this, as it would limit the financial impact on the taxpayer and water tariff, while providing an incentive to develop greener products. Pharmaceuticals and cosmetic residues currently represent the main sources of micro-pollutants found in urban wastewater requiring an additional treatment (quaternary treatment). Therefore, extended producer responsibility should apply to those two product groupof these micro-pollutants.
Amendment 140 #
2022/0345(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 15
Recital 15
(15) In order to avoid possible internal market distortions, minimum requirements for the implementation of the extended producer responsibility should be established in this Directive, while the practical organisation of the system should be decided at national level. The contributions of the producers should be proportionate to the quantities of relevant micro-pollutants contained in the products they place on the market and the hazardouness of their residues. The contributions should cover, but not exceed, the costs for the monitoring activities for micro-pollutants, the collection, reporting and impartial verification of statistics on the quantities and hazardouness ofby micro-pollutants in the products placed on the market, and the application of the quaternary treatment to urban wastewater in an efficient manner and in accordance with this Directive. Since urban wastewater is treated collectively, it is appropriate to introduce a requirement for producers to join a centralised organisation which can implement their obligations under the extended producer responsibility on their behalf.
Amendment 157 #
2022/0345(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 17 a (new)
Recital 17 a (new)
(17a) In cases of transboundary pollution, local populations must as quickly as possible be able to access support to procure drinkable water.
Amendment 186 #
2022/0345(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 25
Recital 25
(25) Sustainable Development Goal 6 and the associated target requiring Member States to ‘achieve access to adequate and equitable sanitation and hygiene for all and end open defecation, paying special attention to the needs of women and girls and those in vulnerable situations’ by 2030.56.Furthermore, Principle 20 of the European Pillar of Social Rights57states that everyone has the right to access essential services of good quality, including water and sanitation. Against that background, and in accordance with the recommendations in the WHO Guidelines for Sanitation and Health58and the provisions of the Protocol on Water and Health59,Member States should tackle the issue of access to sanitation at national level without any constraint imposed by the European Commission. That should be done through actions aimed at improving access to sanitation for all, for example by setting up sanitation facilities in public spaces, as well as by encouraging the availability of appropriate sanitation facilities in public administrations and public buildings free of charge and\or making them affordable to all. Sanitation facilities should allow the safe management and disposal of humanurine, faeces and women’s menstrual blood. They should be safely managed, which implies that they should be accessible to all at all times, including for people with particular needs, such as children, older persons, persons with disabilities and homeless people, that they should be placed in a location that ensures minimal risk to the safety of users, and that they should be hygienically and technically safe to use. Such facilities should also be sufficient in number to ensure that the needs of people are met and waiting times are not unreasonably long. _________________ 56 Resolution adopted by the United Nations General Assembly on 25 September 2015 (A/70/L.1) 57 Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions Establishing a European Pillar of Social Rights (COM/2017/0250 final). 58 WHO Guidelines on Sanitation and Health, 2018. 59 Protocol on Water and Health to the 1992 Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes, 17 June 1999.
Amendment 191 #
2022/0345(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 26
Recital 26
(26) The specific situationmatter of minority culturies, such as Roma and Travellers, whether settled or not, and in particular their lack of access to sanitation, was acknowledged in the Communication from the Commission of 7 October 2020 ‘A Union of Equality: EU Roma strategic framework for equality, inclusion and participation’, which calls for increasing effective equal access to essential services. Overall, it is appropriate that Member States pay particular attention to vulnerable and marginalised groupsshould not be dealt with at EU level but rather directly by the Member States, who shall decide on the measures to bye taking the necessary measures to improve access to sanitation for those groups. It is important that the identification of those groups is coherent with Article 16(1) of Directive (EU) 2020/2184 of the European Parliament and of the Council60.Measures to improveaccess to sanitation by vulnerable and marginalised groups might include providing sanitation facilities in public spaces for free or for a low service fee, improving or maintaining the connection to adequate systems to collect urban wastewater, and raising awareness of the nearest sanitation facilities. _________________ 60 Directive (EU) 2020/2184 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 2020 on the quality of water intended for human consumption (OJ L 435, 23.12.2020, p. 1)en with regard to access to water. In many cases, these minorities occupy land illegally. The competent prefects or authorities shall therefore decide on whether they are to be connected to a water supply network.
Amendment 212 #
2022/0345(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 35
Recital 35
Amendment 216 #
2022/0345(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 36
Recital 36
Amendment 218 #
2022/0345(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 36
Recital 36
(36) In order to ensure uniform conditions for the implementation of this Directive, implementing powers should be conferred on the Commission for the adoption of standards for the design of individual systems, for the adoption of monitoring and assessment methods for the indicators of the quaternary treatment, for the establishment and updating of the list of micro-pollutants, for the establishment of common conditions and criteria for the application of the exoneration for certain products from extended producer responsibility, for establishing methodologies to support the development of integrated urban wastewater management plans and to measure antimicrobial resistance and micro-plastics in urban wastewater, and for the adoption of the format of, and modalities for, presenting the information to be provided by Member States and compiled by the EEA on the implementation of this Directive. Those powers should be exercised in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 182/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council67. _________________ 67 Regulation (EU) No 182/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 February 2011 laying down the rules and general principles concerning mechanisms for control by Member States of the Commission’s exercise of implementing powers (OJ L 55, 28.2.2011, p. 13).
Amendment 226 #
2022/0345(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 38
Recital 38
(38) Pursuant to the Interinstitutional Agreement on Better Law-Making68, the Commission should carry out an evaluation of this Directive within a certain period of time from the date set for its transposition. That evaluation should be based on experience gained and data collected during the implementation of this Directive, on any available WHO recommendations, and on relevant scientific, analytical, and epidemiological data. In the evaluation, particular attention should be given to the possible necessity to adapt of the list of producdefinition ofmicro- pollutantsto be covered by extended producer responsibility according to the evolution of the range of products placed on the market, the improvement of knowledge on the presence of micro- pollutants in the wastewaters and their impacts on public health and the environment, and data from the new monitoring obligations on micro- pollutants in the inlets and outlets of the urban wastewater treatment plants. _________________ 68 Interinstitutional Agreement between the European Parliament, the Council of the European Union and the European Commission on Better Law-Making (OJ L 123, 12.5.2016, p. 1–14).
Amendment 230 #
2022/0345(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 39 a (new)
Recital 39 a (new)
(39a) Some overseas territories face a difficult situation. Three overseas territories are affected by water management: Mayotte, Martinique and Guadeloupe. The real, main problem is the mismanagement of pipes. There are damages along kilometres of the network. In some sectors of Martinique, the leak rate stands at 50 %. Carrying out further works to upgrade the networks and modernising the wastewater treatment infrastructure would bring substantial savings and real health benefits.
Amendment 231 #
2022/0345(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 41
Recital 41
Amendment 241 #
2022/0345(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 1
(1) ‘urban wastewater ’ means domestic wastewater ,and the mixture of domestic wastewater andwith non-domestic wastewater or the mixture of domestic wastewater and urban runoff , or both;
Amendment 243 #
2022/0345(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – introductory part
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – introductory part
(3) ‘ non-domestic wastewater ’ means any wastewater which is discharged into collecting systems from premises used for eitherany of the following:
Amendment 245 #
2022/0345(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – point a
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – point a
(a) the exercise of a trade that produces wastewater with a quality different from the quality of domestic wastewater;
Amendment 248 #
2022/0345(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – point b
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – point b
(b) activities carried out by an institution that produces wastewater with a quality different from the quality of domestic wastewater;
Amendment 252 #
2022/0345(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 3 a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 3 a (new)
(3a) ‘discharge’ means the point where urban wastewater or urban runoff is released into a receiving water body or the environment, or into a collecting system;
Amendment 261 #
2022/0345(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 4
(4) 'agglomeration' means an area where the pollupulation load of urban wastewater is sufficiently concentrated (10 p.e. per hectare or above)and/or economic activities are sufficiently concentrated for urban wastewater to be collected and conducted to an urban wastewater treatment plant or to a final discharge point;
Amendment 272 #
2022/0345(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 6
(6) 'storm water overflow’ means discharge of untreated urban wastewater in receiving waters from combined sewers caused by rainfall;
Amendment 275 #
2022/0345(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 9 a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 9 a (new)
(9a) ‘urban wastewater treatment plant’ means any collective facility that treats urban wastewater before discharging it into the receiving bodies;
Amendment 277 #
2022/0345(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 9 b (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 9 b (new)
(9b) ‘individual system’ means any system that treats domestic and non- domestic wastewater not entering collecting systems, achieving the same level of environmental protection as secondary or tertiary treatment;
Amendment 280 #
2022/0345(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 10
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 10
(10) ‘population equivalent’ or ‘(p.e.)’ means the unit expressingof load equivalent to the average potential water pollution load caused by one person per day, where 1 p.e. is the organic biodegradable load having a five- day biochemical oxygen demand (BOD5) of 60 g of oxygen per day;
Amendment 282 #
2022/0345(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 11
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 11
(11) ‘secondary treatment’ means treatment of urban wastewater by a process generally involving biological treatment with a secondary settlement or other process through which requirements established in Table 1 of Annex I are met;
Amendment 284 #
2022/0345(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 12
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 12
(12) 'tertiary treatment' means treatment of urban wastewater by a process which removes nitrogen andor phosphorus from the urban wastewaters through which requirements established in Table 2 of Annex I are met;
Amendment 288 #
2022/0345(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 13
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 13
(13) ‘quaternary treatment’ means treatment of urban wastewater by a process which removes a broad spectrum of micro-pollutaapplied when needed after tertiary treatment, by a process which removes micro-pollutants that pose risk to human health or environments from the urban wastewaters;
Amendment 291 #
2022/0345(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 13 a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 13 a (new)
Amendment 294 #
2022/0345(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 14
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 14
(14) ‘sludge’ means any solid, semisolid, or liquid wastestream mainly made of organic material resulting from the treatment of urban wastewater ;
Amendment 298 #
2022/0345(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 14 a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 14 a (new)
(14a) "treated sludge" means sludge that has undergone treatment to enable it to be recycled or recovered;
Amendment 312 #
2022/0345(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 16
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 16
(16) ‘micro-pollutant’ means a substance, including its breakdown products, that is usuallythat is present in the environment and urban wastewaters in concentrations below milligrams per litre and which can be considered hazardous to human health or the environment based on any of the criteria set out in Part 3 and Part 4 of Annex I to Regulation EC69; _________________ 69 Regulation EC 1272/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council on classification, labelling and packaging of substances and mixtures (OJ L 353 31.12.2008, p 1)at this concentration. The list of substances to be considered under this definition is included in Annex III.
Amendment 317 #
2022/0345(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 18
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 18
(18) ‘producer’ means any manufacturer, importer or distributor that on a professional basis places products on the market of a Member State, which at the end of their life are ending into the urban wastewater, on the Union market, including by means of distance contracts as defined in Article 2(7) of Directive 2011/83/EU means;
Amendment 328 #
2022/0345(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 19 a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 19 a (new)
(19a) `energy audit` means energy audit as defined in Article 2(25) of Directive 2012/27/EU;
Amendment 329 #
2022/0345(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 19 b (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 19 b (new)
(19b) ‘hazard’ means a biological, chemical, physical or radiological agent in wastewater, or another aspect of the condition of the urban wastewater discharge, with the potential to cause harm to human health or the environment;
Amendment 332 #
2022/0345(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 19 c (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 19 c (new)
(19c) ‘hazardous event’ means an event that introduces hazards into, or fails to remove them from, urban wastewater;
Amendment 333 #
2022/0345(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 19 d (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 19 d (new)
(19d) ‘risk’ means a combination of the likelihood of a hazardous event and the severity of the consequences if the hazard and hazardous event occur due to the urban wastewater discharge;
Amendment 336 #
2022/0345(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 19 e (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 19 e (new)
(19e) `risk assessment’ means risk assessment as defined in Article 2(7) of the Directive (EU) 2022/2557
Amendment 350 #
2022/0345(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 24
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 24
(24) ‘placing on the market’ means the first making available of a product on the Union market of a Member State.
Amendment 370 #
2022/0345(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
2. By 31 December 2030, and without restrictions for the agglomerations that request derogations, Member States shall ensure that all agglomerations with a p.e. of between 1 000 and 2 000 comply with the following requirements:
Amendment 394 #
2022/0345(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Member States shall ensure that agglomerations where individual systems are usedin agglomerations are registered in a public registry and that regular inspections of those systems are carried out by the appropriatecompetent authority.
Amendment 397 #
2022/0345(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 3
Article 4 – paragraph 3
3. The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 27 to supplement this Directive byMember states shall establishing minimum requirements on the design, operation, and maintenance of individual systems and by specifyingshall establish the requirements for the regular inspections referred to in paragraph 2, second subparagraph. The Commission shall provide guidance on the abovementioned minimum requirements on the design, operation, and maintenance of individual systems across Europe.
Amendment 409 #
2022/0345(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 4 – point c
Article 4 – paragraph 4 – point c
Amendment 412 #
2022/0345(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 1
Article 5 – paragraph 1
1. By 31 December 2030, with possible derogations where appropriate, Member States shall ensure that an integrated urban wastewater management plan is established for agglomerations of 100 000 p.e. and above.
Amendment 419 #
2022/0345(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
By 31 December 202530, Member States shall establish a list of agglomerations of between 10 000 p.e. and 100 000 p.e. where, considering historic data and state- of-the-art climate projections, one or more of the following conditions apply:
Amendment 443 #
2022/0345(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 3
Article 5 – paragraph 3
3. By 31 December 2035, with possible derogations where appropriate, Member States shall ensure that an integrated urban wastewater management plan is established for agglomerations referred to in paragraph 2.
Amendment 451 #
2022/0345(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 4
Article 5 – paragraph 4
4. Integrated urban wastewater management plans shall be made available to the Commission on requestwith the agreement of the Member State.
Amendment 479 #
2022/0345(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
By 31 December 20305, Member States shall ensure that discharges from 50 % of urban wastewater treatment plants treating a load of 100 000 p.e. and above and not applying tertiary treatment on [OP please insert the date = the date of entry into force of this Directive] are subject to tertiary treatment in accordance with paragraph 4.
Amendment 492 #
2022/0345(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
By 31 December 203540, Member States shall ensure that all urban wastewater treatment plants treating a load of 100 000 p.e. and above are subject to tertiary treatment in accordance with paragraph 4.
Amendment 493 #
2022/0345(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
By 31 December 2025, with possible derogations where appropriate, Member States shall establish a list of areas on their territory that are sensitive to eutrophication and update that list every five years starting on 31 December 2030.
Amendment 504 #
2022/0345(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
Article 7 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
By 31 December 2035, with possible derogations where appropriate, Member States shall ensure that for 50 % of the agglomerations of between 10 000 p.e. and 100 000 p.e. that are discharging into areas included in the list referred to in paragraph 2 and not applying tertiary treatment on [OP please insert the date = the date of entry into force of this Directive] urban wastewater entering collecting systems is subject to tertiary treatment in accordance with paragraph 4 before discharge into those areas .
Amendment 512 #
2022/0345(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
Article 7 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
By 31 December 203540, Member States shall ensure that for 50 % of the agglomerations of between 10 000 p.e. and 100 000 p.e. that are discharging into areas included in the list referred to in paragraph 2 and not applying tertiary treatment on [OP please insert the date = the date of entry into force of this Directive] urban wastewater entering collecting systems is subject to tertiary treatment in accordance with paragraph 4 before discharge into those areas .
Amendment 516 #
2022/0345(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
Article 7 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
By 31 December 2040, with possible derogations where appropriate, Member States shall ensure that urban wastewater entering collecting systems is subject to tertiary treatment in accordance with paragraph 4 before discharge into areas included in a list referred to in paragraph 2 with regard to all agglomerations of between 10 000 p.e. and 100 000 p.e.
Amendment 518 #
2022/0345(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
Article 7 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
By 31 December 20405, Member States shall ensure that urban wastewater entering collecting systems is subject to tertiary treatment in accordance with paragraph 4 before discharge into areas included in a list referred to in paragraph 2 with regard to all agglomerations of between 10 000 p.e. and 100 000 p.e.
Amendment 533 #
2022/0345(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2
Article 7 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2
Amendment 574 #
2022/0345(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
By 31 December 2030, with possible derogations where appropriate, Member States shall ensure that 50 % of discharges from urban wastewater treatment plants treating a load of 100 000 p.e. and above are subject to quaternary treatment in accordance with paragraph 5.
Amendment 579 #
2022/0345(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
By 31 December 20305, Member States shall ensure that 50 % of discharges from urban wastewater treatment plants treating a load of 100 000 p.e. and above are subject quaternary treatment in accordance with paragraph 5.
Amendment 586 #
2022/0345(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
By 31 December 2035, with possible derogations where appropriate, Member States shall ensure that all urban wastewater treatment plants treating a load of 100 000 p.e. and above are subject to quaternary treatment in accordance with paragraph 5.
Amendment 588 #
2022/0345(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
By 31 December 203540, Member States shall ensure that all urban wastewater treatment plants treating a load of 100 000 p.e. and above are subject to quaternary treatment in accordance with paragraph 5.
Amendment 600 #
2022/0345(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 8 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
On 31 December 20305, Member States shall have established a list a list of areas on their national territory where the concentration or the accumulation of micro-pollutants represents a risk for human health or the environment. Member States shall review that list every five years thereafter and update it if necessary.
Amendment 616 #
2022/0345(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 3
Article 8 – paragraph 3
Amendment 623 #
2022/0345(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
Article 8 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
By 31 December 203540, Member States shall ensure that for 50 % of the agglomerations of between 10 000 p.e and 100 000 p.e., urban wastewater entering collecting systems is subject to quaternary treatment in accordance with paragraph 5 before discharge into areas included in a list referred to in paragraph 2.
Amendment 636 #
2022/0345(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2
Article 8 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2
By 31 December 20405, Member States shall ensure that urban wastewater entering collecting systems is subject to quaternary treatment in accordance with paragraph 5 before discharge into areas included in a list referred to in paragraph 2 with regard to all agglomerations of between 10 000 p.e and 100 000 p.e.
Amendment 644 #
2022/0345(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2
Article 8 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2
Amendment 647 #
2022/0345(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 6
Article 8 – paragraph 6
6. By 31 December 2030, the Commission shall adopt implementing acts to establish the monitoring and sampling methods to be used by the Member Statmonitoring and sampling methods in cooperation with the Member States. Following this cooperation, the Member States will apply the corresponding rules to determine the presence and quantities in urban wastewater of the indicators set out in table 3 of Part B of Annex I. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 28(2).
Amendment 658 #
2022/0345(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Member States shall take measures to ensure that producers who place products containing any of the productsubstances listed in Annex III on the market have extended producer responsibility.
Amendment 675 #
2022/0345(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point a
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point a
(a) the full costs for complying with the requirements set out in Article 8, including the costs forthe operating expenses of the quaternary treatment of urban wastewater to remove micro- pollutants resulting from the products and their residues they place on the market, for the monitoring of micro- pollutants referred to in Article 21(1), point (a); and
Amendment 682 #
2022/0345(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point c
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point c
(c) other costs requirlated to exercise their extended producer responsibilityquaternary treatment of urban waste water.
Amendment 708 #
2022/0345(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point a
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point a
Amendment 718 #
2022/0345(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point a
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) the quantity of the productsubstances they place on the market is below 2 tonnes per year;
Amendment 722 #
2022/0345(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point b
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) the productsubstances they place on the market do not generate micro-pollutants in wastewaters at the end of their life that present a risk for the environment.
Amendment 730 #
2022/0345(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 9 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. On the basis of the state of scientific and technical knowledge, there is no alternative and equivalent design which does not generate micro-pollutants, and where the benefits of the product to society outweigh the risks.
Amendment 731 #
2022/0345(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 3
Article 9 – paragraph 3
Amendment 740 #
2022/0345(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 9 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. When applying extended producer responsibility, Member States shall take into account the technical feasibility and economic viability and the overall environmental, human health and social impacts, respecting the need to ensure the proper functioning of the internal market and considering the consequences for critical sectors and products. In case the extended producer responsibility fees would compromise the accessibility, availability and affordability of essential products, Member States shall ensure that fee reductions are applied and may establish alternative sources to cover the costs of quaternary treatment operations. The Member State wishing to use an alternative source shall communicate the proposed alternative to the European Commission.
Amendment 749 #
2022/0345(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
Article 9 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
Member States shall establish national- level extended producer responsibility organisations and ensure that producers referred to in paragraph 1 exercise their extended producer responsibility collectively by adhering to athe national producer responsibility organisation.
Amendment 757 #
2022/0345(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2 – point a – point i
Article 9 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2 – point a – point i
(i) the annual quantities of the producmicro- pollutants listed in Annex III that they place on the market in the context of their professional activity;
Amendment 765 #
2022/0345(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2 – point a – point ii
Article 9 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2 – point a – point ii
(ii) information on the hazardousness of the producmicro-pollutants referred to in point (i) in the wastewaters at the end of their life as defined by their hazardousness index in Annex III;
Amendment 776 #
2022/0345(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2 – point a – point iii
Article 9 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2 – point a – point iii
(iii) when relevant, a list of micro- pollutants in their products exonerated in accordance with paragraph 2;
Amendment 781 #
2022/0345(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2 – point a – point iii a (new)
Article 9 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2 – point a – point iii a (new)
(iiia) the annual sales value of the products identified according to the procedure set in Article 9(1) that they place on the market in the context of their professional activity;
Amendment 782 #
2022/0345(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2 – point b
Article 9 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2 – point b
(b) the producers referred to in paragraph 1 are required to contribute financially to the producer responsibility organisations in order to cover the costs as defined by Article 9(1), point (a), arising from their extended producer responsibility;
Amendment 784 #
2022/0345(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2 – point c
Article 9 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2 – point c
(c) each producer’s contribution, as referred to in point (b), is transparently determined based on the relative quantities and hazardouness in the wastewaters of the productsin the wastewaters of the micro-pollutants in the products, corrected by their respective hazardousness index, and the annual sales value that are placed on the market;
Amendment 796 #
2022/0345(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Article 9 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Member States should ensure that costs of the operations for the quaternary treatment of urban waste water to remove micro-pollutants are subject to annual independent audits, including to assess the costs which shall be covered by the extended producer responsibility.
Amendment 807 #
2022/0345(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure that any producer responsibility organisation established under Article 9(4):
Amendment 809 #
2022/0345(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – point a
Amendment 843 #
2022/0345(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) by 31 December 20235 for urban wastewater treatment plants treating a load of 100 000 p.e. and above and the collecting systems connected to them;
Amendment 847 #
2022/0345(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) by 31 December 202530 for urban wastewater treatment plants treating a load of 100 000 p.e. and above and the collecting systems connected to them;
Amendment 859 #
2022/0345(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) by 31 December 20340 for urban wastewater treatment plants treating a load of between 10 000 p.e. and 100 000 p.e. and the collecting systems connected to them.
Amendment 866 #
2022/0345(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 11 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
Article 11 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
2. Member States shall ensure that the total annual energy from renewable sources, as defined in Article 2(1) of Directive (EU) 2018/2001, producgenerated at national level byon- and off-site urban wastewater treatment plants treating a load of 10 000 p.e. and above by their owners or their operators, or bought from external sources, is equivalent to at least:
Amendment 883 #
2022/0345(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 11 – paragraph 2 – point a
Article 11 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) 50 % of the total annual energy used bydemand of such plants by 31 December 20340;
Amendment 895 #
2022/0345(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 11 – paragraph 2 – point b
Article 11 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) 75 % of the total annual energy used bydemand of such plants by 31 December 20345;
Amendment 909 #
2022/0345(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 11 – paragraph 2 – point c
Article 11 – paragraph 2 – point c
(c) 100 % of the total annual energy used bydemand of such plants by 31 December 20450.
Amendment 922 #
2022/0345(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 11 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 11 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. The renewable energy above will be considered for the energy neutrality balance irrespective of whether it is used on or off-site urban wastewater treatment plants.
Amendment 1001 #
2022/0345(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 17 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
Article 17 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
For agglomerations of 100 000 p.e. and above, Member States shall, by 1 January 2025, with possible derogations, where appropriate, because of the relatively short time frame, ensure that antimicrobial resistance is monitored at least twice a year at the inlets and outlets of urban wastewater treatment plants and, when relevant, in the collecting systems.
Amendment 1053 #
2022/0345(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 19 – paragraph 1
Article 19 – paragraph 1
Member States shall take all necessary measures to improve access to sanitation for all, in particular for vulnerable and marginalised groups. The Commission shall, however, respect the decisions of the Member States if they choose to implement binding measures for communities that do not adhere to national laws.
Amendment 1055 #
2022/0345(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 19 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
Article 19 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
For that purpose, Member States shall by 31 December 2027:
Amendment 1070 #
2022/0345(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 19 – paragraph 2 – point c
Article 19 – paragraph 2 – point c
(c) for all agglomerations of 10 000 p.e. and above, encourage the establishment of a sufficient number of sanitation facilities in public spaces, which are freely and, in particular for women and people with disabilities, safely accessible.
Amendment 1093 #
2022/0345(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 20 – paragraph 2
Article 20 – paragraph 2
Amendment 1212 #
2022/0345(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 24 – paragraph 3
Article 24 – paragraph 3
Amendment 1217 #
2022/0345(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 24 – paragraph 4
Article 24 – paragraph 4
Amendment 1248 #
2022/0345(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 26 – paragraph 4
Article 26 – paragraph 4
Amendment 1256 #
2022/0345(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 27
Article 27
Amendment 1275 #
2022/0345(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 30 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point e
Article 30 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point e
(e) an analyse of the possible need to adapt the list of productsubstances to be covered by extended producer responsibility to the evolution of the range of products placed on the market, improved knowledge on the presence of micro-pollutants in wastewaters and their impacts on public health and the environment, and data resulting from the new monitoring obligations on micro-pollutants in the inlets and outlets of the urban wastewater treatment plants.
Amendment 1313 #
2022/0345(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex III
Annex III
Amendment 1316 #
2022/0345(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex III – subheading 1
Annex III – subheading 1
LIST OF PRODUCTSUBSTANCES COVERED BY EXTENDED PRODUCER RESPONSIBILITY
Amendment 1320 #
2022/0345(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex III – subheading 1 a (new)
Annex III – subheading 1 a (new)
Part A - List of detailed criteria to identify micropollutants for the implementation of the definition set in Article 2(16)
Amendment 1321 #
2022/0345(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex III – subheading 1 b (new)
Annex III – subheading 1 b (new)
Part B - List of substances covered by extended producer responsibility on the basis of the criteria laid down in Part A Nr. Substance name CAS Nr Hazardousness Index (relative contribution to toxicity of Three-Stage UWWTP effluent)
Amendment 1322 #
2022/0345(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Annex III – subheading 1 c (new)
Annex III – subheading 1 c (new)
List of detailed criteria on the uniform application of the condition laid down in Article 9 paragraph 2, point (b)
Amendment 65 #
2022/0344(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 10
Recital 10
(10) Concern has been expressed about the risk of antimicrobial resistance developing from the presence of antimicrobial resistant microorganisms and antimicrobial resistance genes in the aquatic environment, but little monitoring has taken place. Relevant antimicrobial resistance genes should also be included in the surface and ground water watch lists and monitored as soon as suitable monitoring methods have been developed. This is in line with the 'European One Health Action Plan against Antimicrobial Resistance’, adopted by the Commission in June 2017, and with the Pharmaceutical Strategy for Europe, which also addresses this concern.
Amendment 85 #
2022/0344(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 24
Recital 24
Amendment 86 #
2022/0344(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 25
Recital 25
Amendment 88 #
2022/0344(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 26
Recital 26
Amendment 89 #
2022/0344(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 27
Recital 27
Amendment 91 #
2022/0344(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 28
Recital 28
Amendment 218 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7
Recital 7
Amendment 223 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) In its conclusions of 23 October 50 50 2020 , the Council acknowledged that preventing further decline of the current state of biodiversity and nature will be essential, but not sufficient to bring nature back into our lives. The Council reaffirmed that more ambition on nature restoration is needed as proposed with the new EU Nature Restoration Plan, which includes measures to protect and restore biodiversity beyond protected areas. The Council also stated that it awaited a proposal for legally binding nature restoration targets, subject to an impact assessment. _________________ 50 Council Conclusions on Biodiversity - the need for urgent action, 12210/20.
Amendment 241 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) It is appropriate to set an overarching objective for ecosystem restoration to foster economic and societal transformation that takes into account national and local environmental differences, the creation of high-quality jobs and sustainable growth. Biodiverse ecosystems such as wetland, freshwater, forest as well as agricultural, sparsely vegetated, marine, coastal and urban ecosystems deliver, if in good condition, a range of essential ecosystem services, and the benefits of restoring degraded ecosystems to good condition in all land and sea areas far outweigh the costs of restoration. Those services contribute to a broad range of socio-economic benefits, depending on the economic, social, cultural, regional and local characteristics.
Amendment 281 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 22
Recital 22
(22) Soils and subsoils are an integral part of terrestrial ecosystems. The Commission’s 2021 Communication ‘EU Soil Strategy for 2030’64 outlines the need to restore degraded soils and enhance soil biodiversity. _________________ 64 Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions. EU Soil Strategy for 2030 Reaping the benefits of healthy soils for people, food, nature and climate (COM/2021/699 final).
Amendment 361 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 44
Recital 44
(44) Actions to ensure thats far as possible, the degradation of urban green spaces will no longer be at risk of being degraded need to be strongly enhancneeds to be prevented. In order to ensure that urban green spacesthey continue to provide the necessary ecosystem services, their loss should be stopped and they should be restored and increastheir development should be encouraged, inter alia by better integrating green infrastructure and nature-based solutions into urban planning and by integrating green infrastructure, such as green roofs and green walls, in the design of buildings and by taking into account their capacity to absorb urban noise.
Amendment 373 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 45
Recital 45
(45) The EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030 requires greater efforts to restore freshwater ecosystems and the natural functions of rivers. The restoration of freshwater ecosystems should include efforts to restore the natural longitudinal and lateral connectivity of rivers as well as their riparian areas and floodplains, including through the removal of obsolete barriers with a view to supporting the achievement of favourable conservation status for rivers, lakes and alluvial habitats and species living in those habitats protected by Directives 92/43/EEC and 2009/147/EC, and the achievement of one of the key objectives of the EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030, namely, the restoration of at least 25 000 km of free- flowing rivers. When removing these obsolete barriers, Member States should primarily address obsolete barriers, which are those that are no longer needed for renewable energy generation, inland navigation, water supply or other uses.
Amendment 378 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 46
Recital 46
(46) There are more than 20 000 species of bees globally and 750 in central Europe, making them the largest group of insect pollinators. In the Union, pollinators have dramatically declined in recent decades, with one in three bee species and butterfly species in decline, and one in ten such species on the verge of extinction. Pollinators are essential for the functioning of terrestrial ecosystems, human wellbeing and food security, by pollinating wild and cultivated plants. Almost EUR 5 000 000 000 of the EU’s annual agricultural output is directly attributed to insect pollinators70. _________________ 70 Vysna, V., Maes, J., Petersen, J.E., La Notte, A., Vallecillo, S., Aizpurua, N., Ivits, E., Teller, A., Accounting for ecosystems and their services in the European Union (INCA). Final report from phase II of the INCA project aiming to develop a pilot for an integrated system of ecosystem accounts for the EU. Statistical report. Publications office of the European Union, Luxembourg, 2021.
Amendment 381 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 46 a (new)
Recital 46 a (new)
(46a) 78% of all species of flowering plants in temperate zones are dependent on insect pollination;
Amendment 384 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 47 a (new)
Recital 47 a (new)
(47a) Worldwide, the economic benefit of their activity is valued at an estimated EUR 153 billion;
Amendment 394 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 49
Recital 49
(49) Sustainable, resilient and biodiverse agricultural ecosystems are needed to provide safe, sustainable, nutritious and affordable food. Biodiversity-rich agricultural ecosystems also increase agriculture’s resilience to climate change and environmental risks, while ensuring food safety and security and creating new jobs in rural areas, in particular jobs linked to organic farming as well as rural tourism and recreation. Therefore, the UnionMember States needs to improve the biodiversity in itstheir agricultural lands, through a variety of existing practices beneficial to or compatible with the biodiversity enhancement, including extensive agriculture. Extensive agriculture is vital for the maintenance of many species and habitats in biodiversity rich areas. There are many extensive agricultural practices which have multiple and significant benefits on the protection of biodiversity, ecosystem services and landscape features such as precision agriculture, organic farming, agro-ecology, agroforestry and low intensity permanent grassland.
Amendment 402 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 50
Recital 50
(50) Restoration measures need to be put in place to enhance the biodiversity of agricultural ecosystems across the Union, including in the areas not covered by habitat types that fall within the scope of Directive 92/43/EEC. In the absence of a common method for assessing the condition of agricultural ecosystems that would allow setting specific restoration targets for agricultural ecosystems, it is appropriate to set a general obligrecommendation to improve biodiversity in agricultural ecosystems and measure the fulfilment of that obligation on the basis of existing indicators.
Amendment 407 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 51
Recital 51
(51) Since farmland birds are well- known and widely recognised key indicators of the health of agricultural ecosystems, it is appropriate to set targets for their recovery. The obligation to achieve such targets would apply to Member States, not to individual farmers. Member States should achieve those targets by putting in place effective restoration measures on farmland that do not penalise farmers, working with and supporting farmersthem and other stakeholders for their design and implementation on the ground.
Amendment 487 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 67
Recital 67
(67) In order to monitor the progress in implementing the national restoration plans, the restoration measures put in place, the areas subject to restoration measures, and the data on the inventory of obsolete barriers to river continuity, a system should be introduced requiring Member States to set up, keep up-to-date and make accessible relevant data on results from such monitoring. The electronic reporting of data to the Commission should make use of EEA’s Reportnet system and should aim to keep the administrative burden on all entities as limited as possible. To ensure an appropriate infrastructure for public access, reporting and data-sharing between public authorities, Member States should, where relevant, base the data specifications on those referred to in Directive 2003/4/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council92, Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council93 and Directive (EU) 2019/1024 of the European Parliament and of the Council94. _________________ 92 Directive 2003/4/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 28 January 2003 on public access to environmental information and repealing Council Directive 90/313/EEC (OJ L 41, 14.2.2003, p. 26). 93 Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 March 2007 establishing an Infrastructure for Spatial Information in the European Community (INSPIRE) (OJ L 108, 25.4.2007, p. 1). 94 Directive (EU) 2019/1024 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 June 2019 on open data and the re-use of public sector information (OJ L 172, 26.6.2019, p. 56).
Amendment 577 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article premier – paragraph 2
Article premier – paragraph 2
2. This Regulation establishes a framework within which Member States shall put in place, without delay, effective and appropriate area-based restoration measures which together shall cover, by 2030, at least 20 % of the Union’s land and sea areas and, by 2050, all ecosystems in need of restoration.
Amendment 864 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 8 – point c
Article 4 – paragraph 8 – point c
(c) a project of overriding public interest for which no less damaging alternative solutions are available, to be determined on a case by case basis.
Amendment 1076 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 8 – point c
Article 5 – paragraph 8 – point c
(c) a project of overriding public interest for which no less damaging alternative solutions are available, to be determined on a case by case basis.
Amendment 1494 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
2. Member States shall maintain or achieve an increasing trend at national level of each of the following indicators in forest ecosystems, as further set out in Annex VI, measured in the period from the date of entry into force of this Regulation until 31 December 2030, and every three years thereafter, until the satisfactory levels identified in accordance with Article 11(3) are reached:
Amendment 1682 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 5 – point c
Article 11 – paragraph 5 – point c
Amendment 2048 #
2022/0195(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 5
Article 17 – paragraph 5
5. The monitoring in accordance with paragraph 1, points (a), (b) and (c), of this Article, concerning the stock of organic carbon in cropland mineral soils and the share of agricultural land with high- diversity landscape features, and (e) concerning the standing deadwood, the lying deadwood, the share of forests with uneven-aged structure, the forest connectivity and the stock of organic carbon, shall be carried out at least every three years, and, where possible, every year. The monitoring in accordance with that paragraph, point (c) concerning the grassland butterfly index, that paragraph, points (d) and (e) concerning the common forest bird index, and that paragraph, point (f) concerning pollinator species shall be carried out every year. The monitoring in accordance with that paragraph, points (g) and (h), shall be carried out at least every six years and shall be coordinated with the reporting cycle under Article 17 of Directive 92/43/EEC.
Amendment 106 #
2022/0051(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 7
Recital 7
Amendment 163 #
2022/0051(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 28
Recital 28
(28) In order to ensure that due diligence forms part of companies’ corporate policies, and in line with the relevant international framework, companies should integrate due diligence into all their corporate policies and have in place a due diligence policy. The due diligence policy should contain a description of the company’s approach, including in the long term, to due diligence, a code of conduct describing the rules and principles to be followed by the company’s employees and subsidiaries; a description of the processes put in place to implement due diligence, including the measures taken to verify compliance with the code of conduct and to extend its application to established business relationships. The code of conduct should apply in all relevant corporate functions and operations, including procurement and purchasing decisionsand a description of the processes put in place to implement due diligence. Companies should also update their due diligence policy annually.
Amendment 188 #
2022/0051(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 39
Recital 39
(39) So as to comply with the obligation of bringing to an end and minimising the extent of actual adverse impacts under this Directive, companies should be required to take the following actions, where relevant. They should neutralise the adverse impact or minimise its extent, with an action proportionate to the significance and scale of the adverse impact and to the contribution of the company’s conduct to the adverse impact. Where necessary due to the fact that the adverse impact cannot be immediately brought to an end, companies should develop and implement a corrective action planset of measures with reasonable and clearly defined timelines for action and qualitative and quantitative indicators for measuring improvement. Companies should also seek to obtain contractual assurances from a direct business partner with whom they have an established business relationship that they will ensure compliance with the company’s code of conduct and, as necessary, a prevention action plan, including by seeking corresponding contractual assurances from its partners, to the extent that their activities are part of the company’s value chain. The contractual assurances should be accompanied by the appropriate measures to verify compliance. Finally, companies should also make investments aiming at ceasing or minimising the extent of adverse impact, provide targeted and proportionate support for an SMEs with which they have an established business relationship and collaborate with other entities, including, where relevant, to increase the company’s ability to bring the adverse impact to an end.
Amendment 209 #
2022/0051(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 54
Recital 54
(54) In order to ensure effective enforcement of national measures implementing this Directive, Member States shouldall have the possibility of provideing for dissuasive, proportionate and effective sanctions for infringements of those measures. In order for such sanction regime to be effective, administrative sanctions to be imposed by the national supervisory authorities should include pecuniary sanctions. Where the legal system of a Member State does not provide for administrative sanctions as foreseen in this Directive, the rules on administrative sanctions should be applied in such a way that the sanction is initiated by the competent supervisory authority and imposed by the judicial authority. Therefore, it is necessary that those Member States ensure that the application of the rules and sanctions has an equivalent effect to the administrative sanctions imposed by the competent supervisory authorities.
Amendment 356 #
2022/0051(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point l
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point l
(l) ‘severe adverse impact’ means an adverse environmental impact or an adverse human rights impact that is especially significant by its nature, or affects a large number of persons or a large area of the environment, or which is irreversible, strictly insofar as it concerns the environment, or is particularly difficult to remedy as a result of the measures necessary to restore the situation prevailing prior to the impact;
Amendment 733 #
2022/0051(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Article 25 – paragraph 1
Article 25 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall ensure that, when fulfilling their duty to act in the best interest of the company, directors of companies referred to in Article 2(1) take into account the consequences of their decisions for sustainability matters, including, where applicable, human rights, climate change and environmental consequences, including in the short, medium and long term.
Amendment 10 #
2021/2046(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas the synergy among various individual and collective modes of transport must be maintained in order to meet the needs of people in the EU, and whereas the wide variety of professions and places in which people live should be taken into account in order to move away from an approach to transport that is centred around metropolitan areas;
Amendment 23 #
2021/2046(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital A b (new)
Recital A b (new)
Ab. whereas the difficult economic and social context resulting from the pandemic has plunged the various transport-related sectors into a deep crisis; whereas there is therefore a need to proceed with the utmost caution when introducing binding measures;
Amendment 34 #
2021/2046(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital A c (new)
Recital A c (new)
Ac. whereas in 2019, according to the European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association, less than 1% of European motorists used electric or hybrid vehicles1a; _________________ 1aACEA Report Vehicles in use Europe 2019, 2019 www.acea.be/uploads/publications/ACEA _Report_Vehicles_in_use- Europe_2019.pdf
Amendment 37 #
2021/2046(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital A d (new)
Recital A d (new)
Ad. whereas the binding measures that are piling up in the field of mobility and the ever-closer deadlines being set are creating a climate of uncertainty both for the public and for manufacturers and policymakers in the Member States;
Amendment 40 #
2021/2046(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital A e (new)
Recital A e (new)
Ae. whereas this strategy cannot overlook genuine dialogue involving, as a priority, people with the lowest incomes, the least well-served regions and professionals who depend on various types of transport;
Amendment 49 #
2021/2046(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Takes note of the Commission’s communication entitled ‘Sustainable and Smart Mobility Strategy – putting European transport on track for the future’ and points out shortcomings that need to be overcome; stresses that the sector’s potential to reduce its emissions is greatly dependent on investment in environmentally sustainable public transport systems, which must give rise to a paradigm shift in mobility, which is overly focused ; points out, furthermore, that the success of the sustainable and smart mobility strategy hinges upon the issue of alternative-energy distribution lindividual transportked to the rollout of a sufficient number of charging points across the TEN-T network;
Amendment 61 #
2021/2046(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Regrets the fact that 2035 has been set as the deadline beyond which no new internal combustion vehicles may be sold; emphasises that this measure is expensive and does not take into account the public’s budgets and needs; points out that half of the vehicles that will be on the world’s roads in the next decade are already in circulation and will mostly be fully powered by internal combustion;
Amendment 69 #
2021/2046(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Emphasises that there is an imbalance between the significant financial and legal constraints on individual transport and the relative impunity of air transport and shipping; calls for this imbalance to be addressed via a transition to financial incentives for individual transport and stricter measures for air transport and shipping;
Amendment 109 #
2021/2046(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Takes the view that a sustainable mobility strategy must encompass all methods of transport, increasing the modal share of the most sustainable means of transport, as well as the different levels of travel – local, regional, national and international – and should be inextricably linked to suitable spatial planning and land use; underlines the particular challenges of mobility in urban areas and advocates a public transport pricing policy that incentivises greater use thereof, and which is based on ongoing discussions among transport operators, passengers’ associations and regions to tailor the transport on offer to suit the layout of the region concerned;
Amendment 120 #
2021/2046(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Points out that transferring transport services to private operators often results in the profits being privatised, the losses being nationalised, and no improvement in services in remote areas;
Amendment 152 #
2021/2046(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Takes the view that the decarbonisation of societies can be facilitated by shortening production- consumption circuits, reducing the impact of long distribution chains and promoting local production, and that there is therefore a need to focus on an energy transition incentive policy based on consultation with businesses and professional organisations, rather than one that is systematically based on the punitive ‘polluter pays’ principle, which forms the basis for the Eurovignette, for example;
Amendment 156 #
2021/2046(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Points out that the switch to electric cars addresses only a tiny proportion of the pollution caused by cars, as it cannot solve the problem of embodied energy, i.e. the energy consumed throughout the life cycle of a material; points out that motor manufacturing requires fossil fuels for the plastic parts and tyres, hydrocarbons for air conditioning and metal for bodywork, no matter how the engine is powered;
Amendment 162 #
2021/2046(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Points out that the resources needed to produce electric batteries are rare metals mined in the Global South, that such mining generates unsustainable pollution and consumption, including excessive water consumption, the pollution of nearby farms and air pollution, and that it brings with it the risk of shortages of these metals in the future;
Amendment 165 #
2021/2046(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 c (new)
Paragraph 3 c (new)
3c. Emphasises that there is a risk that a shift to mostly electric mobility could automatically cause an increase in demand for energy, mobilising the generation of electricity from fossil fuels;
Amendment 166 #
2021/2046(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 d (new)
Paragraph 3 d (new)
3d. Emphasises the need to promote a range of alternatives to fossil fuels other than the electric engine; in that context, encourages the scientific efforts being made to develop engines that run on hydrogen and synthetic fuels; emphasises the significant progress made with regard to the internal combustion engine in recent years, both in cutting fuel consumption and in reducing emissions of pollutants;
Amendment 169 #
2021/2046(INI)
4. Advocates that the objective of global emissions reduction in the transport sector should be grounded in a regulatory approach that is no longer exclusively focused on market-based instruments, makes each economic agent responsible, involves the privatisation of transport companies only as a last resort and paves the way for the rapid dissemination of the best available technologies.
Amendment 32 #
2021/2013(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas health is fundamental to the well-being of Europeans and equitable access to healthcare is a pillar of the EU; whereas safthe pandemic has demonstrated the weakness of European health care systems; whereas safe, innovative, affordable medicines are needed to combat all diseases; whereas patients should be at the centre of all health policies, alongside investment and research;
Amendment 47 #
2021/2013(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas COVID-19 has had an impact on people’s health and on the economy; whereas it has highlighted both the EU’s strengths and weaknesses; whereas in order to strengthen the resilience of our national health systems to cross-border threats, more European integcooperation is necessary as well as a greater sharing of epidemiological and health data at European level; whereas a European Health Union, which contributes to an increasingly social Union, is key in this process;
Amendment 72 #
2021/2013(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas the pharmaceutical strategy covers the full cycle of medicines, including research, testing, authorisation, pre-and post-marketing pharmacovigilance, consumption and disposal, and contributes to meeting the objectives of the European Green Deal, the digital transformation and climate neutrality;
Amendment 221 #
2021/2013(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Amendment 230 #
2021/2013(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4 b. Considers that antimicrobial resistance constitutes a serious threat to public health, whose cause should be found above all in the incorrect and superficial use of antibiotic drugs; calls on the Commission and Member States to fund projects aimed at improving diagnostics as well as suggesting a protocol for administrating antibiotics and an awareness campaign for health professionals to encourage more targeted treatment based on patients’ real needs;
Amendment 240 #
2021/2013(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the Commission to promote a well-structured and institutionalised dialogue with the Member States and stakeholders to assess new criteria forhow national pricing, such as whether a product is ‘Made in Europe’, whether the EU invested in the product to support research, or whether prices should be adapted to may encourage investment in R&D in the EU, and guide a harmonised transformation towards an approach based on results and on the basic and most extensive needs of the population, considering the value of the therapeutic benefit of the medicine, and the primary and broader needs of the population;
Amendment 271 #
2021/2013(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the Commission to review the incentive system, increase price transparency, while taking into account the overall R&D efforts of the pharmaceutical industry and its implicit failure rate, highlight the causes limiting affordability and patient access to medicinal products, and propose sustainable solutions that also promote competition;
Amendment 303 #
2021/2013(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Stresses that generic and biosimilar medicines are accessible and affordable treatments and contribute greatly to the budgetary sustainability of healthcare systems; calls on the Commission to introduce measures to support a greater market presence of these medicines and to harmonise at EU level the interpretation of the so-called Bolar provision concerning possible exemptions from the legal framework for the Unitary Patent system for generic drug manufacturers; further calls on the Commission to design rules for the industry that promote research, development and the production of generic and biosimilar medicines in the EU and to propose EU protocols for the interchangeability of biosimilar medicines;
Amendment 419 #
2021/2013(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Insists that a competitive EU pharmaceutical industry is strategic and more responsive to patients’ needs; points out that the industry needs a stable, flexible and agile regulatory environment; believes that it can thrive globally with a clear, robust and efficient intellectual property system; calls on the Commission to establish a unified supplementary protection certificate (SPCs) for the internal market, following the excellent results achieved on national basis; welcomes the initiative to build interoperable digital infrastructure for the European Health Data Space;
Amendment 441 #
2021/2013(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12 a. Underlines the key role of medical gases, such as oxygen, in treating patients; calls on the Commission to simplify the procedures for production and distribution of medical gases as part of the revision of Directive 2001/83/EC1c; _________________ 1c OJ L 311, 28.11.2001, p. 67–128
Amendment 515 #
2021/2013(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Highlights the fact that gene and cell therapies, personalised medicine, nanotechnology, next-generation vaccines, e-health and the ‘Million plus genomes’ initiative can bring enormous benefits in relation to the prevention, diagnosis, treatment and post-treatment of all diseases; highlights that eHealth, home care, and technological innovation in addition to education campaigns are key weapons in infection control, treatment of COVID-19 and other infectious diseases; urges the Commission to develop appropriate regulatory frameworks, to guide new business models, and to run information campaigns to raise awareness and encourage the use of these innovations;
Amendment 532 #
2021/2013(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Calls on the Commission to fully implement the Clinical Trials Regulation9 ; welcomes the revision of pharmaceutical legislation to adapt it to cutting-edge products, scientific advances and technological transformation; supports a new framework for the design of innovative trials and the pilot project to adopt a framework for the reuse of off- patent medicines; welcomes the creation of a data monitoring committee exclusively for emergency clinical trials to ensure the human dignity of patients involved in research and to avoid duplication of emergency trials; welcomes the launch of a vaccine platform to monitor vaccine efficacy and safety, supported by an EU- wide clinical trials network; _________________ 9 Regulation (EU) No 536/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 April 2014 on clinical trials on medicinal products for human use, and repealing Directive 2001/20/EC, OJ L 158, 27.5.2014, p. 1.
Amendment 614 #
2021/2013(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Supports the Commission in its efforts to conductachieve a public disclosure, in accordance to Good Clinical Practices, through a structured dialogue with players in the pharmaceutical value chain, public authorities, non-governmental patient and health organisations and the research community, with the aim of protecting the dignity of human beings involved in clinical trials and to address weaknesses in the global medicines manufacturing and supply chain;
Amendment 655 #
2021/2013(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Stresses the need for the pharmaceutical industry to be environmentally friendly and climate- neutral throughout the life cycles of medicinal products; calls on the Commission to strengthen inspection and auditing throughout the production chainidentify a system of incentives and funding for companies to ensure the achievements of such objectives; urges the Commission to ensure quality environmental sustainability standards for active pharmaceutical ingredients imported from non-EU countries; calls on the Commission to address the problem of domestic pharmaceutical waste, with measures to reduce packaging and the size of containers to ensure they are no larger than necessary, highlighting the correlation between packaging and the prescribed treatment, and to bring medical prescriptions into line with real therapeutic needs;
Amendment 76 #
2021/2011(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Encourages research into rare earth alternatives in order to reduce Europe’s dependence and ease the tension caused by global competition for access to these resources;
Amendment 116 #
2021/2011(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Encourages the improvement of processing capacity so that the EU can process in situ extracted materials such as lithium;
Amendment 177 #
2021/2011(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Considers that European strategic autonomy should be based on security of supply, training in new skills, maintaining and developing know-how in the academic world and industry, and technological sobriety;
Amendment 188 #
2021/2011(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Stresses that the rapid growth in renewable energy technologies is leading to increased dependence on CRMs, including rare earths.
Amendment 102 #
2021/0223(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) The deployment of publicly accessible recharging infrastructure for light-duty electric vehicles has been uneven across the Union. Continued uneven distribution would jeopardize the uptake of such vehicles, limiting connectivity across the Union. Continuing divergence in policy ambitions and approaches at national level will not create the long-term certainty needed for substantive market investment. Mandatory minimum targets for Member States at national levelember States should therefore be provided with policy orientations and complement National Policy Frameworks. That approach should combine national fleet based targets with distance-based targets for the trans- European network for transport (TEN-T). National fleet based targets should ensure that vehicle uptake in each Member State is matched with the deployment of sufficient publicly accessible recharging infrastructure. Distance-based targets for the TEN-T network should ensure full coverage of electric recharging points along the Union’s main road networks and thereby in order to ensure easy and seamless travel throughout the Union.
Amendment 119 #
2021/0223(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12
Recital 12
(12) Owners of electric vehicles should make use to a large extent of recharging points at their own premises or in collective parking lots in residential and non-residential buildings. While the deployment of ducting infrastructure and of recharging points in those buildings is regulated through Directive 2010/31/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council, Member States should take into account the availability of such private infrastructure when planning the deployment of publicly accessible recharging points, as well as the uneven national distribution of recharging points, which currently gives priority to cities. __________________ 50Directive 2010/31/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 May 2010 on the energy performance of buildings (OJ L 153, 18.6.2010, p. 13).
Amendment 151 #
2021/0223(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 26
Recital 26
(26) Hydrogen-powered motor vehicles have at present very low market penetration rates. However, a build-up of sufficient hydrogen refuelling infrastructure is essential in order to make large-scale hydrogen-powered motor vehicle deployment possible as envisaged in the Commission’s hydrogen strategy for a climate-neutral Europe. Currently, hydrogen refuelling points are only deployed in a few Member States and are largely not suitable for heavy-duty vehicles, not allowing for a circulation of hydrogen vehicles across the Union. Mandatory dDeployment targets for publicly accessible hydrogen refuelling points should ensure that a sufficiently dense network of hydrogen refuelling points is deployed across the TEN-T core network to allow for the seamless travel of hydrogen fuelled light-duty and heavy-duty vehicles throughout the Union. __________________ 54 COM(2020) 301 final.
Amendment 188 #
2021/0223(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 36
Recital 36
(36) Electricity supply to stationary aircraft at airports should replace the consumption of liquid fuel with a cleaner power source by aircraft (use of Auxiliary Power Unit) or ground power units (GPUs), within a time frame that takes into account the considerable pandemic- related difficulties that hinder this sector. This should reduce pollutant and noise emissions, improve air quality and reduce the impact on climate change. Therefore, all commercial transport operation should be able to make use of external electricity supply while parked at gates or at outfield positions at TEN-T airports.
Amendment 193 #
2021/0223(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 38
Recital 38
(38) The revised national policy frameworks should include supporting actions for the development of the market as regards alternative fuels, without promoting one type of fuel over another, including the deployment of the necessary infrastructure to be put into place, in close cooperation with regional and local authorities and with the industry concerned, while taking into account the needs of small and medium- sized enterprises. Additionally, the revised frameworks should describe the overall national framework for planning, permitting and procuring of such infrastructure, including the identified obstacles and actions to remove them so that a faster rollout of infrastructure can be achieved.
Amendment 195 #
2021/0223(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 38 a (new)
Recital 38 a (new)
(38a) The action plan should fully take into account the research on synthetic liquid fuels in order to capitalise on the significant technological progress made on combustion engines, the ongoing reduction of CO2 emissions and fine particles, the know-how of industrial groups in this sector, and the importance of these types of engines for both heavy and light commercial and private vehicles.
Amendment 202 #
2021/0223(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 41
Recital 41
(41) Member States should make use of a wide range of regulatory and non- regulatory incentives and measurincentives to reach the mandatory targets and implement their national policy frameworks, in close cooperation with private sector actors and researchers in particular, who should play a key role in supporting the development of alternative fuels infrastructure.
Amendment 219 #
2021/0223(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 53
Recital 53
(53) Alternative fuels infrastructure is a fast developing area. The lack of common technical specification constitutes a barrier for the creation of a single market of alternative fuels infrastructure. Therefore, the power to adopt acts in accordance with Article 290 TFEU should be delegated to the Commission to ncommon rules form technical specifications should be laid down for areas where common technical specifications are outstanding but necessary. In particular, this should include the communication between the electric vehicle and the recharging point, the communication between the recharging point and the recharging software management system (back-end); the communication related to the electric vehicle roaming service and the communication with the electricity grid. It is also necessary to define the suitable governance framework and roles of the different actors involved in the vehicle-to- grid communication ecosystem. Moreover, emerging technological developments, such as electric road systems (‘ERS’) have to be accounted for. As concerns data provision, it is necessary to provide for additional data types and technical specifications related to the format, the frequency and the quality in which these data should be made available and accessible.
Amendment 224 #
2021/0223(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 55
Recital 55
(55) Since the objective of this Regulation, namely to promote a broad market development of alternative fuels, cannot be sufficiently achieved by the Member States individually, but can rather, by reason ofthe diverse range of alternative fuels, may be applied in different ways because of the diversity of the Member State transport networks and their need fors, action to meet the demand for a critical mass of alternative fuel vehicles and formust be based on dialogue between EU and national actors in order to allow cost- efficient developments by European industry, and to allow Union-wide mobility of alternative fuel vehicles, be better achieved at Union level, the Union may adopt measures, in accordance with the principle of subsidiarity as set out in Article 5 of the Treaty on European Union. In accordance with the principle of proportionality, as set out in that Article, this Regulation does not go beyond what is necessary in order to achieve that objective.
Amendment 226 #
2021/0223(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1
1. This Regulation sets out mandatory national targets for the deployment of sufficient alternative fuels infrastructure in the Union, for road vehicles, vessels and stationary aircraft. It lays down common technical specifications and requirements on user information, data provision and payment requirements for alternative fuels infrastructure.
Amendment 233 #
2021/0223(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – point a – introductory part
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – point a – introductory part
(a) ‘alternative fuelenergies for zero- emission vehicles’:
Amendment 283 #
2021/0223(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – indent 1
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – indent 1
Amendment 293 #
2021/0223(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Amendment 319 #
2021/0223(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point a – introductory part
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point a – introductory part
(a) along the TEN-T core network, publicly accessible recharging pools dedicated to light-duty vehicles and meeting the following requirements are deployed in each direction of travel with a maximum distance of 60 km in-between them:
Amendment 331 #
2021/0223(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point a – point i
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point a – point i
(i) by 31 December 202530, each recharging pool shall offer a power output of at least 300 kW and include at least one recharging station with an individual power output of at least 150 kW;
Amendment 332 #
2021/0223(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point a – point ii
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point a – point ii
Amendment 376 #
2021/0223(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point a – introductory part
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point a – introductory part
(a) along the TEN-T core network, publicly accessible recharging pools dedicated to heavy-duty vehicles and meeting the following requirements are deployed in each direction of travel with a maximum distance of 60 km in-between them:
Amendment 386 #
2021/0223(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point a – point i
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point a – point i
(i) by 31 December 202530, each recharging pool shall offer a power output of at least 1400 kW and include at least one recharging station with an individual power output of at least 350 kW;
Amendment 387 #
2021/0223(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point a – point ii
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point a – point ii
Amendment 397 #
2021/0223(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point b – introductory part
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point b – introductory part
(b) along the TEN-T comprehensive network, publicly accessible recharging pools dedicated to heavy-duty vehicles and meeting the following requirements are deployed in each direction of travel with a maximum distance of 100 km in-between them:
Amendment 406 #
2021/0223(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point b – point i
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point b – point i
(i) by 31 December 20305, each recharging pool shall offer a power output of at least 1400 kW and include at least one recharging station with an individual power output of at least 350 kW;
Amendment 408 #
2021/0223(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point b – point ii
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point b – point ii
Amendment 677 #
2021/0223(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point e
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point e
(e) measures to promote the deployment of alternative fuels infrastructure for captive fleets, in particular for electric recharging and hydrogen, LNG and biofuel refuelling stations for public transport services and electric recharging stations for car sharing;
Amendment 730 #
2021/0223(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 3
Article 14 – paragraph 3
Amendment 734 #
2021/0223(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 4
Article 14 – paragraph 4
Amendment 743 #
2021/0223(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 4 – point b a (new)
Article 15 – paragraph 4 – point b a (new)
(ba) the number of publicly accessible biofuel refuelling points;
Amendment 758 #
2021/0223(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 2
Article 16 – paragraph 2
2. Where it is evident from the report referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article or from any information available to the Commission that a Member State is at risk of not meeting its national targets as referred to in Article 3(1), the Commission may issue a finding to this effect and request the Member State concerned to take corrective measures to meet the national targets. Within three months following the receipt of the Commission’s findings, the Member State concerned shall notify to the Commission the corrective measures that it plans to implement to meet the targets set in Article 3(1). The corrective measures shall entail additional actions that the Member State shall implement to meet the targets set in Article 3(1) and a clear timetable for actions that enables the assessment of the annual progress towards meeting those targets. Where the Commission finds that the corrective measures are satisfactory, the Member State concerned shall update its latest progress report as referred to in Article 14 with these corrective measures and submit it to the Commission.
Amendment 133 #
2021/0214(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1 a (new)
Recital 1 a (new)
(1a) The European Green Deal, with its ambitious targets, has increased costs for European producers. An instrument ensuring a level playing field with third countries, which do not have the same ambitious climate policies as the EU, is thus required.
Amendment 136 #
2021/0214(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3
Recital 3
(3) Tackling climate and other environmental-related challenges and reaching the objectives of the Paris Agreement are at the core of the European Green Deal. The value of the European Green Deal has only grown in light of the very severe effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the health and economic well- being of the Union’s citizens, the need to develop European policies promoting localism and the relocation of the most strategic industries.
Amendment 157 #
2021/0214(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) The initiative for a carbon border adjustment mechanism (‘CBAM’) is a part of the ‘Fit for 55 Package’. That mechanism is to serve as an essential element of the EU toolbox to meet the objective of a climate-neutral Union by 2050 in line with the Paris Agreement by addressing risks of carbon leakage resulting from the increased Union climate ambition, while at the same time preventing investment drain and ensuring a level playing field in order to preserve the competitiveness of European industry.
Amendment 167 #
2021/0214(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10
Recital 10
(10) Existing mechanisms to address the risk of carbon leakage in sectors or sub- sectors at risk of carbon leakage are the transitional free allocation of EU ETS allowances and financial measures to compensate for indirect emission costs incurred from GHG emission costs passed on in electricity prices respectively laid down in Articles 10a(6) and 10b of Directive 2003/87/EC. However, free allocation under the EU ETS weakens the price signal that the system provides for the installations receiving it compared to full auctioning and thus affects the incentives for investment into further abatement of emissions.
Amendment 209 #
2021/0214(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11
Recital 11
(11) The CBAM seeks to replace these existing mechanisms by addressing the risk of carbon leakage in a different way, namely by ensuring equivalent carbon pricing for imports and domestic products. To ensure a gradual transition from the current system of free allowances to the CBAM, the CBAM should be progressively phased in while free allowances in sectors covered by the CBAM are phased out. The combined and transitional application of EU ETS allowances allocated free of charge and of the CBAM should in no case result in more favourable treatment for Union goods compared to goods imported into the customs territory of the Union during a pilot phase that will allow for its effectiveness to be assessed following a transitional period making it possible to ensure that genuinely equivalent carbon pricing of direct and indirect emissions between the European Union and third countries has been achieved.
Amendment 270 #
2021/0214(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) As an instrument to prevent carbon leakage and reduce GHG emissions the CBAM should ensure that imported products are subject to a regulatory system that applies carbon costs equivalent to the ones that otherwise would have been borne under the EU ETS. The CBAM is a climate measure which should prevent the risk of carbon leakage and supportpartially linked to the Union’s increased ambition on climate mitigation, while ensuring WTO compatibility.
Amendment 315 #
2021/0214(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 19
Recital 19
(19) However, while the EU ETS sets an absolute cap on the GHG emissions from the activities under its scope and allows tradability of allowances (so called ‘cap and trade system’), the CBAM should not establish quantitative limits to import, so as to ensure that trade flows are not restricted. Moreover, while the EU ETS applies to installations based in the Union, the CBAM should be applied to certain goods imported into the customs territory of the Union. Overseas territories should benefit from special treatment to avoid any negative effects deriving from the application of the CBAM on their production.
Amendment 324 #
2021/0214(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 20
Recital 20
(20) The CBAM system has some specific features compared with the EU ETS, including on the calculation of the price of CBAM certificates, on the possibilities to trade certificates and on their validity over time. These are due to the need to preserve the effectiveness of the CBAM as a measure preventing carbon leakage over time and to ensure that the management of the system is not excessively burdensome in terms of obligations imposed on the operators and of resources for the administration, while at the same time preserving an equivalent level of flexibility available to operators under the EU ETS. European SMEs and VSEs should benefit from a derogation system to prevent and limit the administrative burden caused by the implementation of the CBAM.
Amendment 361 #
2021/0214(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 28 a (new)
Recital 28 a (new)
(28a) The Commission should take into account the economic and social effects of the scope of the CBAM and its potential expansion and should propose measures to minimise these effects on European export producers.
Amendment 364 #
2021/0214(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 29
Recital 29
(29) The goods under this Regulation should be selected after a careful analysis of their relevance in terms of cumulated GHG emissions and risk of carbon leakage in the corresponding EU ETS sectors while limiting complexity and administrative burden, particularly for SMEs and VSEs. In particular, the actual selection should take into account basic materials and basic products covered by the EU ETS with the objective of ensuring that imports of energy intensive products into the Union are on equal footing with EU products in terms of EU ETS carbon pricing, and to mitigate risks of carbon leakage. Other relevant criteria to narrow the selection should be: firstly, relevance of sectors in terms of emissions, namely whether the sector is one of the largest aggregate emitters of GHG emissions; secondly, sector’s exposure to significant risk of carbon leakage, as defined pursuant to Directive 2003/87/EC; thirdly, the need to balance broad coverage in terms of GHG emissions while limiting complexity and administrative effort. fourthly, the impact of Covid-19 on global supply chain disruption and the rise in raw materials prices.
Amendment 466 #
2021/0214(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 52
Recital 52
(52) The Commission should evaluate the application of this Regulation before the end of the transitional period and report to the European Parliament and the Council. The report of the Commission should in particular focus on possibilities to enhance climate actions towards the objective of a climate neutral Union by 2050. The Commission should, as part of that evaluation, initiate collection of information necessary to possibly extend the scope to indirect emissions, as well as to other goods and services at risk of carbon leakage, and to develop methods of calculating embedded emissions based on the environmental footprint methods47 . __________________ 47Commission Recommendation 2013/179/EU of 9 April 2013 on the use of common methods to measure and communicate the life cycle environmental performance of products and organisations (OJ L 124, 4.5.2013, p. 1).
Amendment 513 #
2021/0214(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 55
Recital 55
(55) As the CBAM aims to encourage cleaner production processes, the EU stands ready to work with low and middle- income countries towardsincome should be used primarily to support the de- carbonisation of their manufacturing industries. Moreover, the Union should support less developed countries with the necessary technical assistance in order to facilitate their adaptation to the new obligations established by this regulationEuropean industry, technological innovation within it and its competitiveness. These resources should be allocated directly to Member States for redistribution under a sector-by-sector approach.
Amendment 517 #
2021/0214(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 55 a (new)
Recital 55 a (new)
(55a) This assistance should be financed under the expenditure programmes in the Union budget, in particular the Neighbourhood, Development and International Cooperation Instrument (NDICI) or the Instrument for Pre- Accession Assistance (IPA III) and not through revenue generated by the CBAM.
Amendment 528 #
2021/0214(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 61
Recital 61
(61) The financial interests of the UnionMember States should be protected through proportionate measures throughout the expenditure cycle, including the prevention, detection and investigation of irregularities, the recovery of funds lost, wrongly paid or incorrectly used and, where appropriate, administrative and financial penalties.
Amendment 540 #
2021/0214(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article premier – paragraph 1
Article premier – paragraph 1
1. This Regulation establishes a carbon border adjustment mechanism (the ‘CBAM’) for addressing greenhouse gas emissions embedded in the goods referred to in Annex I, upon their importation into the customs territory of the Union, in order to prevent the risk of carbon leakage and encourage third countries to align with European standards.
Amendment 562 #
2021/0214(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article premier – paragraph 3
Article premier – paragraph 3
3. The mechanism will progressively become an alternative to the mechanisms established under Directive 2003/87/EC to prevent the risk of carbon leakage, notably the allocation of allowances free of charge in accordance with Article 10a of that Directive, without prejudice to the maintenance of EU ETS allowances allocated free of charge until 2030 and only provided that the CBAM has proven to be effective in preventing the risk of carbon leakage.
Amendment 956 #
2021/0214(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 24 – paragraph 1 a (new)
The revenues generated from the sale of CBAM certificates shall be allocated to Member States to be used for the decarbonisation of European industries and the deployment of low-carbon technologies, as they face higher production costs as a result of the ambitious targets set under the European Green Deal, as well as to cover the administrative costs of the CBAM.
Amendment 966 #
2021/0214(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 5 – point a (new)
Article 25 – paragraph 5 – point a (new)
(a) The Commission shall report annually to the European Parliament and the Council, with a view to drawing up an exhaustive list of unfair practices and fraud and circumvention practices related to the MACF in third countries.
Amendment 1140 #
2021/0214(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 30 – paragraph 2
Article 30 – paragraph 2
2. Before the end of the transitional period, the Commission shall present a report to the European Parliament and the Council on the application of this Regulation. The report shall contain, in particular, the assessment of the possibilities to further extend the scope of embedded emissions to indirect emissions and to other goods at risk of carbon leakage than those already covered by this Regulation, as well as an assessment of the governance system. It shall also contain the assessment of the possibility to further extend the scope to embedded emissions of transportation services as well as to goods further down the value chain and services that may be subject to the risk of carbon leakage in the future, without undermining the proper functioning of the internal market or increasing costs for consumers.
Amendment 1159 #
2021/0214(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 30 – paragraph 3
Article 30 – paragraph 3
3. The report by the Commission shall, if appropriate, be accompanied by a legislative proposal. The proposal should consider, inter alia, the option to maintain the allocation of free allowances for EU exports and to allocate a refund for the carbon costs that EU producers incur under the EU Emissions Trading System.
Amendment 1244 #
2021/0214(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 36 – paragraph 3 – point d a (new)
Article 36 – paragraph 3 – point d a (new)
da) In order to ensure carbon neutrality and a level playing field, Article 31 shall only apply when carbon costs are equal for the EU and third countries.
Amendment 95 #
2021/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6 a (new)
Recital 6 a (new)
(6a) having regard to the informal joint declaration by Austria, Bulgaria, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Ireland, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, the Netherlands and Sweden, submitted during the Porto Social Summit in May 2021, calling for respect for ‘national autonomy in social policies’,
Amendment 109 #
2021/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8
Recital 8
(8) Those amendments have differing economic and social impacts on the different sectors of the economy, on the citizens, and the Member States. In particular, the inclusion of greenhouse gas emissions from buildings and road transport into the scope of Directive 2003/87/EC of the European Parliament and the Council31 should provide an additional economic incentive to invest into the reduction of fossil fuel consumption and thereby accelerate the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions. Combined with other measures, this shcould, in the medium to long term, reduce the costs for buildings and road transport, and provide new opportunities for job creation and investment. _________________ 31 Directive 2003/87/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 October 2003 establishing a system for greenhouse gas emission allowance trading within the Union (OJ L 275, 25.10.2003, p. 32).
Amendment 118 #
2021/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) However, resources are needed to finance those investments. In addition, before they have taken place, the cost supported by households and transport users for heating, cooling and cookingall daily needs requiring energy, as well as for road transporttravel, is likely to increase as fuel suppliers subject to the obligations under the emission trading for buildings and road transport pass on costs on carbon to the consumers.
Amendment 133 #
2021/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10
Recital 10
(10) The increase in the price for fossil fuels may disproportionally affect vulnerable households, vulnerable small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), vulnerable micro- enterprises and vulnerable transport users who spend a larger part of their incomes on energy and transport, who, in certain regions, do not have access to alternative, affordable mobility and transport solutions and who may lack the financial capacity to invest into the reduction of fossil fuel consumption.
Amendment 136 #
2021/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10 a (new)
Recital 10 a (new)
(10a) Stresses that the dependence of our economies on the price of fossil fuels could be reduced through nuclear power, and that the green labelling given to this energy source as part of the energy transition absolutely must be maintained.
Amendment 147 #
2021/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11
Recital 11
(11) Therefore, a part of the revenues generated by the inclusion of building and road transport into the scope of Directive 2003/87/EC should be used to address the social impacts arising from that inclusion, for the transition to be just and inclusive, and for purchasing power to be preserved, leaving no one behind.
Amendment 150 #
2021/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12
Recital 12
(12) This is even more relevant in view of the existing levels of energy poverty. Energy poverty is a situation in which households are unable to access essential energy services such as cooling, as temperatures rise, and heating. About 34 million Europeans reported an inability to keep their homes adequately warm in 2018, and 6.9% of the Union population have said that they cannot afford to heat their home sufficiently in a 2019 EU-wide survey32. Overall, the Energy Poverty Observatory estimates that more than 50 million households in the European Union experience energy poverty. Energy poverty is therefore a major challenge for the Union. While social tariffs or direct income support can provide immediate relief to households facing energy poverty, only targeted structural measures, in particular energy renovations, can provide lasting solutions. _________________ 32 Data from 2018. Eurostat, SILC [ilc_mdes01]).
Amendment 168 #
2021/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) A Social Climate (‘the Fund’) should therefore be established to provide funds to the Member States to support their policies to address the social impacts of the emissions trading for buildings and road transport on vulnerable households, vulnerable micro-enterprisemeasures taken within the context of seeking to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 55% on vulnerable households, vulnerable SMEs, vulnerable micro-enterprises, vulnerable SMEs and vulnerable transport users. This should be achieved notably through temporary income support and measures and investments intended to reduce reliance on fossil fuels through increased energy efficiency of buildings, decarbonisation of heating and cooling of buildings, including the integration of energy from renewable sourcesor low-carbon emission sources, in line with the Member State’s energy mix, and granting improved access to zero- and low- emission mobility and transport to the benefit of vulnerable households, vulnerable SMEs, vulnerable micro- enterprises and vulnerable transport users.
Amendment 213 #
2021/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14
Recital 14
(14) For that purpose, each Member State should submit to the Commission a Social Climate Plan (‘the Plan’). Those Plans should pursue two objectives. Firstly, they should provide vulnerable households, vulnerable SMEs, vulnerable micro- enterprises, vulnerable SMEs and vulnerable transport users the necessary resources to finance and carry out investments in energy efficiency, decarbonisation of heating and cooling, in zero- and low-emission vehicles and mobility. Secondly, they should mitigate the impact of the increase in the cost of fossil fuels on the most vulnerable and thereby prevent energy and transport poverty during the transition period until such investments have been implemented. The Plans should have an investment component promoting the long-term solution of reduce fossil fuels reliance and could envisage other measures, including temporary direct income support to mitigate adverse income effects in the shorter term.
Amendment 225 #
2021/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15
Recital 15
(15) Member States, in consultation with regional level authorities, are best placed to design and to implement Plans that are adapted and targeted to their local, regional and national circumstances as their existing policies in the relevant areas and planned use of other relevant EU funds. In that manner, the broad diversity of situations, the specific knowledge of local and regional governments, research and innovation and industrial relations and social dialogue structures, as well as national traditions, canmust best be respected and contribute to the effectiveness and efficiency of the overall support to the vulnerable.
Amendment 248 #
2021/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16
Recital 16
(16) Ensuring that the measures and investments are particularly targeted towards energy poor or vulnerable households, vulnerable SMEs and micro- enterprises and vulnerable transport users is key for a just transition towards climate neutrality. Support measures to promote reductions in greenhouse gas emissions should help Member States to address the social impacts arising from the emissions trading for the sectors of buildings and road transport.
Amendment 260 #
2021/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17
Recital 17
(17) Pending the impact of those investments on reducing costs and emissions, well targeted direct income support for the most vulnerable would help the just transition. Such support should be understood to be a temporary measure accompanying the decarbonisation of the housing and transport sectors. It would not be permanent as it does not address the root causes of energy and transport poverty. Such support should only concern direct impacts of the inclusion of building and road transport into the scope of Directive 2003/87/EC, not electricity or heating costs related to the inclusion of power and heat production in the scope of that Directive. Eligibility for such direct income support should be limited in time and arrangements for its implementation must be laid down solely by Member States.
Amendment 336 #
2021/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 23
Recital 23
(23) The financial envelope of the Fund should, in principle, be commensurate to amounts corresponding to 25% ofall the expected revenues from the inclusion of buildings and road transport into the scope of Directive 2003/87/EC in the period 2026- 2032. Pursuant to Council Decision (EU, Euratom) 2020/205341, Member States should make those revenues available to the Union budget as own resources. Member States are to finance 50% of the total costs of their Plan themselves. Given that the States are in fact financing the whole of their plans since they contribute the whole of the European Union’s budget, they must benefit from more autonomy enabling them to make their Plan correspond to their respective national interests. For this purpose, as well as for investment and measures to accelerate and alleviate the required transition for citizens negatively affected, Member States should inter alia use their expected revenues from emissions trading for buildings and road transport under Directive 2003/87/EC for that purpose. _________________ 41 Council Decision (EU, Euratom) 2020/2053 of 14 December 2020 on the system of own resources of the European Union and repealing Decision 2014/335/EU, Euratom (OJ L 424, 15.12.2020, p. 1).
Amendment 347 #
2021/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 24
Recital 24
Amendment 353 #
2021/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 24 a (new)
Recital 24 a (new)
(24a) Member States shall be free to determine the targets and milestones of their Plans by including in them, where applicable, national policies which have proved their effectiveness, in order to support their efforts.
Amendment 361 #
2021/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 27
Recital 27
(27) In order to ensure transparent rules for monitoring and evaluation, the power to adopt acts in accordance with Article 290 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union should be delegated to the Commission in respect of setting the common indicators for reporting on the progress and for the purpose of monitoring and evaluation of the implementation of the Plans. Iit is of particular importance that the Commission carry out appropriate consultations during its preparatory work, including at expert level, and that those consultations be conducted in accordance with the principles laid down in the Interinstitutional Agreement of 13 April 2016 on Better Law-Making. In particular, to ensure equal participation in the preparation of delegated acts, the European Parliament and the Council receive all documents at the same time as Member States' experts, and their experts systematically have access to meetings of Commission expert groups dealing with the preparation of delegated acts.
Amendment 367 #
2021/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 28
Recital 28
(28) The implementation of the Fund should be carried out in line with the principle of sound financial management, including the effective prevention and prosecution of fraud, tax fraud, tax evasion, corruption and conflicts of interest, and must under no circumstances represent an additional administrative burden adding to the procedures already weighing upon the actors concerned.
Amendment 373 #
2021/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 29
Recital 29
(29) For the purpose of sound financial management, while respecting the performance-based nature of the Fund, specific rules should be laid down for budget commitments, payments, suspension, and recovery of funds as well as for the termination of agreements related to financial support. The Member States should take appropriate measures to ensure that the use of funds in relation to measures supported by the Fund complies with applicable Union and national law. Member States must ensure that such support is granted in compliance with the EU State aid rules, where applicable. In particular, they should ensure that fraud, corruption and conflicts of interests are prevented, detected and corrected, and do their best to ensure that double funding from the Fund and other Union programmes is avoided. Suspension and the termination of agreements related to financial support as well as reduction and recovery of the financial allocation should be possible when the Plan has not been implemented in a satisfactory manner by the Member State concerned, or in the case of serious irregularities, meaning fraud, corruption and conflicts of interest in relation to the measures supported by the Fund, or a serious breach of an obligation under the agreements related to financial support. Appropriate contradictory procedures should be established to ensure that the decision by the Commission in relation to suspension and recovery of amounts paid as well as the termination of agreements related to financial support respects the right of Member States to submit observations.
Amendment 377 #
2021/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 30
Recital 30
(30) The Commission should ensure that the financial interests of the Union are effectively protected. While it is primarily the responsibility of the Member State itself to ensure that the Fund is implemented in compliance with relevant Union and national law, the Commission should be able to receive sufficient assurance from Member States in that regard. To that end, in implementing the Fund, the Member States should ensure the functioning of an effective and efficient internal control system and recover amounts unduly paid or misused. In that regard, Member States should be able to rely on their regular national budget management systems. Member States should collect, record and store in an electronic system standardised categories of data and information allowing the prevention, detection and correction of serious irregularities, meaning fraud, corruption and conflicts of interests, in relation to the measures supported by the Fund. The Commission should make available an information and monitoring system, including a single data- mining and risk-scoring tool, to access and analyse this data and information, with a view to a mandatory application by the Member States.
Amendment 401 #
2021/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article premier – paragraph 3
Article premier – paragraph 3
The measures and investments supported by the Fund shall benefit households, SMEs, micro-enterprises and transport users, which are vulnerable and particularly affected by the inclusion of greenhouse gas emissions from buildings and road transport into the scope of Directive 2003/87/EC, especially households in energy poverty and citizens without public transport alternative to individual cars (in remote and rural areas).
Amendment 416 #
2021/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article premier – paragraph 4
Article premier – paragraph 4
The general objective of the Fund is to contribute to the transition towards climate neutrality by addressingvoiding, as a priority, the social impacts of the inclusion of greenhouse gas emissions from buildings and road transport into the scope of Directive 2003/87/EC. The specific objective of the Fund is to support vulnerable households, vulnerable micro- enterprises and vulnerable transport users through temporary direct income support and through measures and investments intended to increase energy efficiency of buildings, decarbonisation of heating and cooling of buildings, including the integration of energy from renewable sources, and granting improved access to zero- and low-emission mobility and transport.
Amendment 453 #
2021/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 8 a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 8 a (new)
Amendment 457 #
2021/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 9 a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 9 a (new)
(9a) ‘small or medium-sized enterprise’ means a small or medium-sized enterprise as defined in Article 2 of the Annex to Commission Recommendation 2003/361/EC1c; _________________ 1c Commission Recommendation of 6 May 2003 concerning the definition of micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (OJ L 124, 20.5.2003, p. 36)
Amendment 481 #
2021/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 12
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 12
(12) ‘vulnerable micro-enterprises’ means micro-enterprises that are significantly affected by the price impacts of the inclusion of buildings into the scope of Directive 2003/87/EC and lack the means to renovate the building they occupy or to support their workers within the context of initiatives to encourage the use of car-sharing or public transport;
Amendment 487 #
2021/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 12 a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 12 a (new)
(12a) ‘vulnerable small and medium- sized enterprises’ means small and medium-sized enterprises that are significantly affected by the price impacts of the inclusion of buildings within the scope of Directive 2003/87/EC and lack the means to renovate the building they occupy or to support their workers within the context of initiatives to encourage the use of car-sharing or public transport;
Amendment 518 #
2021/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1
Article 3 – paragraph 1
1. Each Member State shall submit to the Commission a Social Climate Plan (‘the Plan’) together with the update to the integrated national energy and climate plan referred to in Article 14(2) of Regulation (EU) 2018/1999 in accordance with the procedure and timeline laid down in that Article. The Plan shall contain a coherent set of measures and investments to address the impact of carbon pricing on vulnerable households, vulnerable micro-enterprisesmall and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), vulnerable micro-enterprises, vulnerable SMEs and vulnerable transport users in order to ensure affordable heating, cooling and mobility while accompanying and accelerating necessary measures to meet the climate targets of the Union.
Amendment 536 #
2021/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2
Article 3 – paragraph 2
2. The Plan may include national measures providing temporary managed direct income support to vulnerable households and households that are vulnerable transport users to reduce the impact of the increase in the price of fossil fuels resulting from the inclusion of buildings and road transport into the scope of Directive 2003/87/EC.
Amendment 589 #
2021/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
(ba) a prioritisation of measures in line with their feasibility, speed of implementation and efficiency;
Amendment 621 #
2021/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point f a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point f a (new)
(fa) the estimated amount of pre- financing needed to launch the measures;
Amendment 674 #
2021/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – point e
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – point e
(e) reductions in the number of vulnerable households, especially households in energy poverty, of vulnerable SMEs, of vulnerable micro- enterprises and of vulnerable transport users, including in rural and remote areas.
Amendment 687 #
2021/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 3
Article 5 – paragraph 3
3. The Fund shall only support measures and investments respecting the principle of ‘do no significant harm’ referred to in Article 17 of Regulation (EU) 2020/852. and as recognised by Regulation (EU) 2020/852 of the European Parliament and of the Council 1d and by the delegated act approved on 2 February 2022. _________________ 1d Regulation (EU) 2020/852 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 June 2020 on the establishment of a framework to facilitate sustainable investment, and amending Regulation (EU) 2019/2088 (OJ L 198, 22.6.2020, p. 13).
Amendment 696 #
2021/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. The Social Climate Fund must not permit the European Union to interfere indirectly in the social policies falling within the competence of Member States.
Amendment 719 #
2021/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
2. Member States may include the costs of the following measures and investments in the estimated total costs of the Plans, provided they principally benefit vulnerable households, vulnerable SMEs, vulnerable micro- enterprises, vulnerable SMEs or vulnerable transport users and intend to:
Amendment 727 #
2021/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – point a
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) support building renovations, especially for those occupying worst- performing buildings, including in the form of financial support or fiscal incentives such as deductibility of renovation costs from the rent, independently of the ownership of the buildings concerned; but while ensuring that the aid is correctly signposted towards the operator responsible for such renovations, in accordance with the national legislation in force;
Amendment 734 #
2021/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – point a a (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – point a a (new)
(aa) promote ownership of housing with good energy scores, in the form of financial support or fiscal incentives;
Amendment 761 #
2021/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – point d
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – point d
(d) provide access to zero- and low- emission vehicles and bikeselectric or hybrid means of transport, including financial support or fiscal incentives for their purchase as well as for appropriate public and private infrastructure, including for recharging and refuelling; for support concerning low- emission vehicles, a timetable for gradually reducing the support shall be provided;
Amendment 769 #
2021/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – point d a (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – point d a (new)
(da) support vulnerable SMEs and micro-enterprises when changing their vehicle fleets, particularly in the form of tailored advice on the alternative vehicles possible and through targeted aid for the purchase of new zero- or low-emission electric or hybrid vehicles;
Amendment 783 #
2021/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – point f
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – point f
(f) support public and private entities in developing, maintaining and providing affordable zero- and low-emission mobility and transport services and the uptake of attractive active mobility options for rural, insular, mountainous, remote and less accessible areas or for less developed regions or territories, including less developed peri-urban areas.
Amendment 786 #
2021/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – point f a (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – point f a (new)
(fa) support SMEs and micro- enterprises wishing to offer their employees mobility assistance in the form of covering the cost of public transport passes, in part or in full, or incentives for car-sharing.
Amendment 793 #
2021/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – point f b (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – point f b (new)
(fb) finance training or retraining programmes for workers wishing to train in the areas of zero- or low-emission energy, research or new technologies.
Amendment 798 #
2021/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7
Article 7
Amendment 821 #
2021/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1
Article 8 – paragraph 1
Member States may include into the estimated total costs financial support provided to public or private entities other than vulnerable households, vulnerable SMEs, vulnerable micro-enterprises and vulnerable transport uses, if those entities carry out measures and investments ultimately benefitting vulnerable households, vulnerable SMEs, vulnerable micro- enterprises and vulnerable transport users.
Amendment 868 #
2021/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 2
Article 10 – paragraph 2
2. Member States may entrustare free, in accordance with their national systems, to choose to which authorities they entrust the implementation of measures and investments benefitting from this Fund. Member States wishing to do so may entrust the task to the managing authorities of the European Social Fund Plus (ESF+) established by Regulation (EU) 2021/1057 and of the cohesion policy operational programmes under Regulation (EU) 2021/1058 with the implementation of measures and investments benefitting from this Fund, where applicable in view of the synergies with those Union funds and in conformity with the objectives of the Fund. Member States shall stindicate in their intention to entrust those authorities in their PlansPlans to which authorities they wish to entrust that responsibility, as well as the concomitant structure.
Amendment 885 #
2021/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 1
Article 12 – paragraph 1
1. Support under the Fund shall be additional tocompatible with the support provided under other Union funds, programmes and instruments. Measures and investments supported under the Fund may receive support from other Union funds, programmes and instruments provided that such support does not cover the same cost.
Amendment 887 #
2021/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 2
Article 12 – paragraph 2
2. Support from the Fund shall be additional and shall not substituteto recurring national budgetary expenditure.
Amendment 923 #
2021/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 1
Article 15 – paragraph 1
1. The Commission shall assess the Plan and, where applicable, any amendment to that Plan submitted by a Member State in accordance with Article 17, for compliance with the provisions of this Regulation. When carrying out that assessment, the Commission shall act in close cooperation with the Member State concerned. The Commission may make observations or seek additional information. The Member State concerned shall provide the requested additional information and may revise the Plan if neededit so desires, including after the submission of the Plan. The Member State concerned and the Commission may agree to extend the deadline for assessment by a reasonable period if necessary.
Amendment 970 #
2021/0206(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – point d
Article 15 – paragraph 2 – point d
(d) For the purpose of assessing coherence, the Commission shallmay take into account, on an indicative basis, whether the Plan contains measures and investments that represent coherent actions.
Amendment 62 #
2021/0200(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10
Recital 10
Amendment 80 #
2021/0200(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12
Recital 12
Amendment 119 #
2021/0200(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17
Recital 17
Amendment 142 #
2021/0200(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Regulation (EU) 2018/842
Article 1 – paragraph 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1
Amendment 149 #
2021/0200(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Regulation (EU) 2018/842
Article 1 – paragraph 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1
(1) In Article 1, “30%” is replaced by “4035%”;
Amendment 153 #
2021/0200(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Regulation (EU) 2018/842
Article 2 – paragraph 1
Article 2 – paragraph 1
1. This Regulation applies to the greenhouse gas emissions from IPCC source categories of energy, industrial processes and product use, agriculture and waste as determined pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2018/1999 of the European Parliament and the Council*, excluding greenhouse gas emissions from the activities listed in Annex I to Directive 2003/87/EC, other than the activity “maritime transport”.
Amendment 154 #
2021/0200(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Regulation (EU) 2018/842
Article 2 – paragraph 1
Article 2 – paragraph 1
1. This Regulation applies to the greenhouse gas emissions from IPCC source categories of energy, industrial processes and product use, agriculture and waste as determined pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2018/1999 of the European Parliament and the Council*, excluding greenhouse gas emissions from the activities listed in Annex I to Directive 2003/87/EC, other than the activity “maritime transport”.
Amendment 172 #
2021/0200(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – introductory part
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – introductory part
(3) In Article 4, paragraphs 2 and 3 are 3 is replaced by the following:
Amendment 173 #
2021/0200(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Regulation (EU) 2018/842
Article 4 – paragraph 2
Article 4 – paragraph 2
Amendment 188 #
2021/0200(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Regulation (EU) 2018/842
Article 4, paragraph 2 (b)
Article 4, paragraph 2 (b)
(b) do not exceed, in the years 2023, 2024 and 2025 to 2030, the limit defined by a linear trajectory starting in 2022 at the annual emission allocation for that Member State, as set out pursuant to paragraph 3 of this Article for that year, and ending in 2030 at the limit set for that Member State in column 2 of Annex I to this Regulation;
Amendment 197 #
2021/0200(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Regulation (EU) 2018/842
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – point (c)
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – point (c)
Amendment 200 #
2021/0200(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Regulation (EU) 2018/842
Article 4 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
Article 4 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
3. The Commission shall adopt implementing acts setting out the annual emission allocations for each Member State for the years from 2021 to 2030 in tonnes of CO2 equivalent in accordance with the linear trajectories set out in paragraph 2. By way of derogation to Article 4, the Commission shall not adopt a draft implementing act where the Committee delivers no opinion, and the third subparagraph of Article 5(4) of Regulation (EU) No 182/2011 shall apply.
Amendment 215 #
2021/0200(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Regulation (EU) 2018/842
Article 4 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 3
Article 4 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 3
For the years 2023, 2024 and 2025 to 2030, it shall determine the annual emission allocations based on the value for the 2005 greenhouse gas emissions of each Member State indicated pursuant to the second subparagraph and the reviewed values of the national inventory data for the years 2016, 2017 and 2018 referred to in the second subparagraph.
Amendment 222 #
2021/0200(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Regulation (EU) 2018/842
Article 4 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 4
Article 4 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 4
Amendment 292 #
2021/0200(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 a (new)
Regulation (EU) 2018/842
Article 7a (new)
Article 7a (new)
(5a) The following article is inserted: ‘Article 7a Procedure for natural calamity 1. Where forests in a Member State are damaged by a natural calamity or pests causing a damage to more than 5 % of the forest area, the annual emission allocations of the affected Member State shall be increased by the equivalent emissions absorbed by the destroyed or damaged forest. 2. A Member State shall be entitled to an increase in the annual emission allocation only if the forest damaged in accordance with paragraph 1 is reforested. 3. The increase of the allocation shall be made for Member States whose forests were damaged in accordance with paragraph 1 also in the years 2010-2021. 4. The request of the affected Member State to increase the emission limit shall be approved by the Council acting by a qualified majority. 5. In justifying the request for an increase in the emission allocation, the affected Member State shall substantiate: (a) the extent of forest damage pursuant to paragraph 1, (b) quantification of the emissions absorbed by the damaged forest.
Amendment 362 #
2021/0200(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7 d (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7 d (new)
Regulation (EU) 2018/842
Article 14 – paragraph 2
Article 14 – paragraph 2
(7d) In Arti