Activities of Malte GALLÉE related to 2023/0025(COD)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 2012/19/EU on waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE)
Amendments (4)
Amendment 11 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 7 a (new)
Recital 7 a (new)
(7a) Unsound treatment of waste photovoltaic panels and open scope WEEE leads to significant adverse impacts on human health and the environment. At the same time, these product groups have a high potential for material reuse and recycling, including of critical raw materials, which are important for the strategic autonomy of the Union. Without prejudice to the necessary changes to the financial obligations to cover collection and treatment of waste Photovoltaic panels placed on the market before 13 August 2012 and the waste of all ‘open scope’ EEE placed on the market before 15 August 2018 introduced by amendments of this directive, Member States should ensure the environmentally sound management of related WEEE. Member States should encourage producers, through their individual or collective Extended Producers Responsibility schemes to properly collect and treat the related historical WEEE of photovoltaic panels and open scope EEE.
Amendment 13 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 9 a (new)
Recital 9 a (new)
(9a) Directive 2012/19/EU should be reviewed no later than by the end of 2025. The review should in particular assess full implementation of the waste hierarchy set out in Article 4 of Directive 2008/98/EC as well as enforcement issues, in particular with regard to collection targets.
Amendment 25 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point a
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point a
Directive 2012/19/EU
Article 12 – paragraph 1
Article 12 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall ensure that producers provide at least for the financing of the collection, treatment, recoveryre-use, preparation for re-use, repair, material recovery, other treatment and environmentally sound disposal of WEEE from private households that has been deposited at collection facilities set up under Article 5(2) in line with Article 4 of Directive 2008/98/EC according to the following:
Amendment 31 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4 a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4 a (new)
Directive 2012/19/EU
Article 24 a (new)
Article 24 a (new)