Activities of Heidi HAUTALA related to 2016/2251(INI)
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Amendments (10)
Amendment 15 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Considers that, according to the Commission report, the transposition of the ELD the transposition of the ELD into national liability systems has not resulted in a level playing field and that as confirmed in the Commission report, it is currently totally disparate in both legal and practical terms and that further measures are required to enable regulatory standardisation to take place across the EU;
Amendment 35 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. In the context of a review reinstates its preference for mandatory financial security, e.g. a mandatory environmental liability insurance for operators;
Amendment 36 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Calls for the Commission to clarify and specify the concept of ‘significance threshold’, in order to standardise the application of the ELD, making it uniform in all Member States; and in particular to assess differentiated maximum liability thresholds for activities;
Amendment 43 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Calls on the Commission to check whether it is possible to extend the scope of the ELD and impose liability for damage to human health and the environment, including also to damage to the air15, which can have significant health risks, and to check whether it is possible as regards damage caused by electromagnetic pollution16; __________________ 15 This option was considered in the Commission document of 19 February 2014 ‘Study on ELD Effectiveness: Scope and Exceptions’ p. 84. 16 The effects of continuous exposure to electromagnetic fields were considered in a study by STOA, ‘The Physiological and Environmental Effects of Non-Ionising Electromagnetic Radiation - 03-2001’; furthermore, there are still no data available on the effects of long-term exposure to intense electromagnetic fields.
Amendment 53 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Calls for the adoption of a regime for the secondary liability of successors of liable parties and for the option of requiring subsidiary state liability to be made mandatory in order to ensure effective and proactive implementation of the legislation;
Amendment 54 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21a. Calls furthermore for the removal of the options for granting permit defence and state-of-the art defences in order to create a level playing field and promote the polluter pays principle as well as improve the effectiveness of the legislation;
Amendment 55 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 b (new)
Paragraph 21 b (new)
21b. Stresses the urgency of establishing European legislation on minimum standards for implementing the Aarhus Convention’s access to justice pillar;
Amendment 56 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 c (new)
Paragraph 21 c (new)
21c. Calls on the Commission to come forward with a proposal for environmental inspections at the European level without further delay;
Amendment 59 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Calls on the Commission to establish a mandatory register for operators who engage in the dangerous activities listed in Annex III and a financial monitoring scheme to ensure the operators are solvent;
Amendment 65 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Calls for the extension of the categories of dangerous activities set out in Annex III in order to include all activities that are potentially harmful to the environment and human healthIn the context of a review of the ELD, considers it a priority to extend strict liability to non-Annex III activities for all environmental damage to improve the effectiveness of the legislation; recommends to the Commission, in the interest of clarity of the law, to delete Annex III;