20 Amendments of Kateřina KONEČNÁ related to 2017/2087(INI)
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 9 a (new)
Citation 9 a (new)
– having regard to the European Commission Communication as well as the Staff working document of 16 January 2018 on the implementation of the circular economy package: options to address the interface between chemical, product and waste legislation,
Amendment 23 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas voluntary agreements or other self-regulation measures are presented as alternatives to implementing measures in the context of this Directive, existing voluntary agreements have not proven to be quicker and more cost- effective than regulatory measures;
Amendment 40 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)
Recital H a (new)
Ha. whereas the Ecodesign Directive states that its complementarity with the REACH regulation on chemicals should contribute to increasing their respective impacts and building coherent requirements for manufacturers to apply, requirements related to the use of dangerous chemicals and its recycling have been limited so far;
Amendment 50 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Considers that the Ecodesign Directive has been a successful instrument for the improvement of energy efficiency and has resulted in a significant reduction in greenhouse gas emissions and therefore recommends to continue to include more energy-related product groups selected on the basis of their ecodesign potential, including both their energy and material efficiency potential;
Amendment 59 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Believes that coordination with initiatives connected to the circular economy would further enhance the effectiveness of the directive; calls, therefore, for an ambitious plan on ecodesign and the circular economy, providing both environmental and consumer benefits and opportunities for sustainable growth and jobs also in the SME sector;
Amendment 66 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Underlines that the Ecodesign Directive is part of a larger toolbox and that its effectiveness is dependent on synergies with other instruments, in particular on energy labelling and also energy efficiency, EU Ecolabel, WEEE, RoHS, REACH and public procurement; considers that overlapping regulations should be avoided;
Amendment 70 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Stresses the need for broadening the scope of the Ecodesign Directive to cover more consumer products, such as mobile phones;
Amendment 79 #
5. Is concerned by the sometimes significant delays in the development of implementing measures, which create uncertainty for economic operators, mean missed opportunities for energy savings and can cause standard, hence for the environment and consumers, and can cause product-specific measures to lag behind technological developments;
Amendment 88 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the Commission to avoid delays in the adoption of implementing measures and recommends defining clear deadlines and milestones for their finalisation and for the revision of existing regulations; calls on the Commission to release a measure as soon as it is completed;
Amendment 99 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Reiterates its call for a new impetus on the circular economy aspects of products and considers that the Ecodesign Directive provides significant potential for improving resource efficiency that has so far not been used to a limited extent;
Amendment 109 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Believes, therefore, that the implementation of the Ecodesign Directive – in addition to and without compromising the continued efforts to improve energy efficiency – must nowgradually address the full life cycle of the products within its scope, starting with products already included in the Directive in order to allow for the development of expertise, with the setting up of minimum resource criteria covering, inter alia, robustness, durability, repairability and upgradeability, but also sharing potential, reuse, scalability, recyclability and use of recycled materials;
Amendment 123 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Calls on the Ecodesign Directive to address all relevant environmental impacts in all the life cycle phases of products including the use of dangerous chemicals, waste production and recycling;
Amendment 134 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Welcomes in this regard the 2016- 2019 Ecodesign work programme, which includes commitments to develop requirements and standards for material efficiency, and urges the Commission to complete this work as a matter of priority; considers that such criteria should be product specific, based on robust analyses, focus on areas with clear improvement potential and be enforceable and verifiable by market surveillance authorities;
Amendment 137 #
9a. Believes that the development of a 'system-approach' to consider not only the product but the whole system required for its functioning in the Ecodesign process becomes an increasingly critical success factor towards resource efficiency and urges the Commission to include more of such system-level opportunities in the next Ecodesign work programme;
Amendment 158 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Highlights that resource efficiency in a circular economy also includes assessing the product’s resource efficiency in terms of recycling, reuse and recovery of the product and product parts, their environmental impacts and content of hazardous substances; considers that as more than 80% of the environmental impact of a product is determined at the design stage, it is at that stage that, to a large extent, a substance of concern can be avoided, substituted or limited;
Amendment 171 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 – indent 3 a (new)
Paragraph 12 – indent 3 a (new)
– that the market surveillance system need to include an improved system for random inspections;
Amendment 180 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 – indent 4 a (new)
Paragraph 12 – indent 4 a (new)
– that public to have access to Ecodesing Directive based information in databases and that the information is clear and presented in understandable manner;
Amendment 188 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Calls for the Commission to better support Member States in their enforcement work and for enhanced cooperation when a product is found non- compliant;
Amendment 189 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 b (new)
Paragraph 13 b (new)
13b. Stresses the need for better guidance for the manufacturers and importers on the detailed requirement of the documents needed for the market surveillance authorities;
Amendment 195 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Underlines the need to provide the general public including journalists with clear information about the benefits of ecodesign ahead of measures’ release, and encourages the Commission and the Member States to engage more actively with stakeholders to improve people’s understanding of the legislation;