15 Amendments of Jean-Lin LACAPELLE related to 2020/2021(INI)
Amendment 19 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas a sustainable internal market must be supported by a horizontal strategy that addresses the issue of premature obsolescence, while supporting innovation and jobs locally;
Amendment 43 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas the increasing digitalisation of our societies must help forge a sustainable market bacharacterised onby transparency, information-sharing and moderation and excellence;
Amendment 56 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)
Recital G a (new)
Ga. whereas the model of all- encompassing, untrammelled free trade involving the manufacture, consumption and reprocessing of products on different continents is deeply anti-environmental; whereas this policy has a huge economic, social and environmental cost;
Amendment 98 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
ba) some elements, such as electric batteries, often have a lifetime different to that of the products they support. The undertaking by the retailer or manufacturer to keep compatible replacement batteries available for purchase for twice the expected lifetime of the main product should be a criterion and have a positive impact on the rating awarded,
Amendment 117 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point e a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point e a (new)
ea) the minimum legal guarantee period of two years is not appropriate for all products. In order to meet consumers’ legitimate expectations, a guarantee period of five or 10 years should be set for certain categories of product.
Amendment 120 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point f
Paragraph 1 – point f
f) add to the list in Annex I to Directive 2005/29/EC practices which curtail the life of a product, such as: preventing repairs, introducing a design fault, or slowing performance following an update or practices designed to conceal the real price of a product if one costly component or element has to be replaced regularly (printer ink, battery, etc.);
Amendment 125 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point f a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point f a (new)
fa) include in Annex I to Directive 2005/29/EC measures to protect children and minors against aggressive advertising practices (pop-ups on mobile phones or the internet),
Amendment 144 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 – point b a (new)
Paragraph 2 – point b a (new)
ba) ensuring interoperability between versions of the same dominant software on the market and the retention of essential data over time;
Amendment 173 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Certain crucial elements, such as electric batteries, often have a lifetime different to that of the products they support: computers, bicycles, cars. Their lifetime should therefore be made clear at the time of purchase and the period in question guaranteed for the consumer. Beyond that period, retailers and manufacturers should make arrangements so that defective batteries can be replaced with compatible batteries for a period equal to twice the standard lifetime of the main product.
Amendment 275 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Takes note of digital technologies’ contribution to innovation and in forging a more circular economy; calls for derogations to be made from intellectual property law to allow full use to be made of such technologies when in the public interest of EU citizens, for example during a health crisis;
Amendment 280 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Stresses that, whether we consider its manufacturing or services, the digital sector has a significant environmental footprint, and calls for the introduction of an EU digital sustainability index based on an analysis of product life cycles, taking particular account of employment in European countries and environmental considerations;
Amendment 291 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Takes the view that public procurement should be central to the EU’s economic recovery plan, in line with the European Green Deal; calls for absolute priority to be given to employment and the environment in European countries, to stimulating demand for eco-innovative goods and services and ensuring access for small and medium- sized enterprises by introducing, inter alia, preferential award criteria;
Amendment 307 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Calls for the revision of EU public procurement legislation to make the use of sustainability criteria systematic through the setting of binding targets, aligned with EU environmental and climate policies and policies to reduce unemployment in the Member States, which foster sustainable and short supply chains;
Amendment 327 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Stresses the major role that advertising plays in ‘psychological obsolescence’, the phenomenon whereby a functioning product comes to be viewed as outdated; concludes that a regulatory framework in this area is crucial for the creation of a sustainable market conducive to the employment and prosperity of EU citizens;
Amendment 346 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Calls for the introduction of an EU advertising taxin those Member States which so wish of a tax on the advertising of products and services of non-European origin in order to offset their negative externalities resulting from increased consumption;