22 Amendments of Martin HOJSÍK related to 2021/0367(COD)
Amendment 114 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3 a (new)
Recital 3 a (new)
(3 a) This Regulation should enable the Union to ensure the promotion of the circular economy, whilst protecting the environment and human health by preventing the adverse impacts which may result from the shipment of waste.
Amendment 129 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 36 a (new)
Recital 36 a (new)
(36 a) Some major shipping companies are committed to stop carrying plastic waste to help curb pollution, a key decision that requires countries producing and exporting plastic waste, including in the Union, to thoroughly rethink the management of their own plastic waste, starting with improving their collection, reuse and recycling.
Amendment 130 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 36 b (new)
Recital 36 b (new)
(36 b) To ensure an effective enforcement of the ban on the export of plastic waste outside of the Union and EFTA Member States, it is necessary to do more regular monitoring and inspection at checkpoints in order to prevent an ill-intentioned shipper from circumventing regulatory procedures when shipping plastic waste, using HS code 3920, which designates a product as plastic sheeting instead of plastic waste (HS code 3915).
Amendment 164 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2
Article 3 – paragraph 2
In addition, the definitions of ‘waste’, ‘hazardous waste’, ‘treatment’, ‘disposal’, ‘recovery’, ‘material for recovery’, ‘preparing for re-use’, ‘re-use’, ‘recycling’, ‘waste producer’, ‘waste holder’, ‘dealer’ and ‘broker’ laid down in Article 3, points (1), (2), (14), (19), (15), (15a), (16), (13), (17), (5), (6), (7) and (8) respectively of Directive 2008/98/EC shall apply.
Amendment 165 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – point a a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – point a a (new)
(a a) Waste contaminated or containing substances listed in Annex IV to the Regulation EU 2019/1021 on Persistent Organic Pollutants if not already covered by other lists mentioned in article 4 paragraph 2.
Amendment 260 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 2 – point c
Article 14 – paragraph 2 – point c
(c) a description of technologies employed, including R-code(s) and the greenhouse gases (GHG) protocol CO2 saving, for the recovery operation for which the pre- consent is requested;
Amendment 299 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 1
Article 21 – paragraph 1
The competent authorities of dispatch or destination shall make publicly available by appropriate meanson the internet and free of charge, preferably with standardised and streamlined online reporting process, information on notifications of shipments they have consented or objected to, as well as on shipments of waste subject to the general information requirements, where such information is not confidential under national or Union legislation. The establishment of a harmonised electronic system for shipments subject to Prior Informed Consent (PIC) and General Information Requirement (GIR) procedures will avoid the burden of paper-based documentation. Such a system should build upon the recent proposal for a Union Single Window Environment for Customs amending Regulation (EU) No 952/2013.
Amendment 304 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 1
Article 21 – paragraph 1
Amendment 313 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Article 26 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Information stored on the central system shall be made publicly available, where such information is not confidential under national or Union legislation, notably the type of recovery operations undertaken for each waste shipment being a shipment requiring a notification procedure or a simple general information procedure and the related rate of material recycling operations versus energy recovery operations;
Amendment 344 #
Proposal for a regulation
Title IV – Chapter 2 – Section 2 – title
Title IV – Chapter 2 – Section 2 – title
2 Exports of non-hazardous waste to countries to which the OECD Decision does not applyoutside of the Union and EFTA Member States
Amendment 346 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 37 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 37 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. Exports from the Union of the following wastes destined for recovery in countries to which the OECD Decision does not applyoutside of the Union and EFTA Member States are prohibited:
Amendment 351 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 37 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
Article 37 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
2. Paragraph 1 shall not apply to exports of waste destined for recovery to a country included in the list of countries established in accordance with Article 38 for the waste specified in that list. Paragraph 1 shall not apply to exports of the following plastic waste from the Union (excluding EFTA Member States): - Basel entry B3011 - Basel entry Y48
Amendment 358 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 38 – paragraph 1
Article 38 – paragraph 1
1. The Commission is empowered to adopt a delegated act in accordance with Article 76 to supplement this Regulation by establishing a list of countries to which the OECD Decision does not applyhat are not members of the Union or the EFTA and to which exports of non-hazardous waste from the Union for recovery are authorised (“list of countries to which exports are authorised”). This list shall include countries which have submitted a request pursuant to Article 39(1) and have demonstrated compliance with the requirements set out in Article 39(3), based on an assessment carried out by the Commission pursuant to Article 40.
Amendment 362 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 38 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
Article 38 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
By [OP Please insert the date three months after the date of entry into force of this Regulation], the Commission shall contact all countries to which the OECD Decision does not applyhat are not members of the Union or the EFTA, to provide them with the necessary information on the possibility for those countries to be included in the list of countries to which exports are authorised.
Amendment 364 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 38 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
Article 38 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
In order to be included in the list of countries to which exports are authorised adopted by [OP Please insert the date 30 months after the date of entry into force of this Regulation], the countries to which the OECD Decision does not applyhat are not members of the Union or the EFTA shall submit their request pursuant to Article 39(1) by [OP Please insert the date 9 months after the date of entry into force of this Regulation].
Amendment 370 #
4. The Commission shall regularly, and at least every two years following its establishment, update the list of countries to which exports are authorised, in order to:
Amendment 376 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 39 – paragraph 1
Article 39 – paragraph 1
1. Countries to which the OECD Decision does not applyhat are not members of the Union or the EFTA and which intend to receive certain waste referred to in Article 37(1) from the Union for recovery shall submit a request to the Commission indicating their willingness to receive that waste and to be included in the list referred to in Article 38. Such request and all related documentation or other communication shall be provided in English language.
Amendment 396 #
Proposal for a regulation
Title IV – Chapter 2 – Section 3 – title
Title IV – Chapter 2 – Section 3 – title
3 Exports to countries to which the OECD Decision appliesdeleted
Amendment 468 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 43 – paragraph 5
Article 43 – paragraph 5
5. A natural or legal person that has commissioned or carried out an audit for a given facility in accordance with paragraph 2 shall ensure that such audit be made available to other natural or legal person intending to export waste to the facility in question, under fair commercial conditions. Whereby the audit to assesses said facility complies with the criteria laid down in Annex X, the name and location of said facility should be made available to the public. For that purpose, a public register of all compliant facilities should be established by the EU Commission and updated as need be.
Amendment 499 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 57 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 57 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Member States shall carry out inspections to prevent and detect illegal shipments of waste on the basis of a Union risk-based targeting mechanism. In order to promote the harmonisation of inspections, the Commission shall adopt implementing acts to define the detailed elements of the Union risk-based targeting mechanism. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 77(2).
Amendment 513 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 59 – paragraph 2 – point g a (new)
Article 59 – paragraph 2 – point g a (new)
(g a) information as to how concerns or irregularities can be reported to a prescribed organisation (whistleblowing).
Amendment 589 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – Part I – point g
Annex III – Part I – point g
g) For waste shipped within the Union, Basel entry B3011 does not apply and the following entry applies instead: EU3011 Plastic waste (note the related entry AC300 in part II of Annex IV, and the related entry EU48 in part I of Annex IV): Plastic waste listed below, provided it is almost free from contamination and other types of wastes3 and destined for recycling: — Plastic waste almost exclusively4 consisting of one non-halogenated polymer, including but not limited to the following polymers: — Polyethylene (PE) — Polypropylene (PP) — Polystyrene (PS) — Acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS) — Polyethylene terephthalate (PET) — Polycarbonates (PC) — Polyethers — Plastic waste almost exclusively1 consisting of one cured resin or condensation product, including but not limited to the following resins: — Urea formaldehyde resins — Phenol formaldehyde resins — Melamine formaldehyde resins — Epoxy resins — Alkyd resins — Plastic waste almost exclusively1 consisting of one of the following fluorinated polymers2: — Perfluoroethylene/propylene (FEP) — Perfluoroalkoxy alkanes: — Tetrafluoroethylene/perfluoroalkyl vinyl ether (PFA) — Tetrafluoroethylene/perfluoromethyl vinyl ether (MFA) — Polyvinylfluoride (PVF) — Polyvinylidenefluoride (PVDF) — Polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) — Polyvinyl chloride (PVC).