4 Amendments of Jiří MAŠTÁLKA related to 2007/2252(INI)
Amendment 36 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Points that the EU needs to acquire specific expertise on the subject of environmental health, to be based on transparency and on a multidisciplinary and adversarial approach which would thus enable the general public's distrust of official agencies and committees of experts to be countered and which would strengthen their objectivity and credibility;
Amendment 37 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Points out that in recent years there have been genuine advances in environmental policy in the form of (for example) a reduction in air pollution, an improvement in water quality, the collection and recycling of waste, the monitoring of chemicals and a ban on leaded petrol, but notes at the same time that EU policy still lacks aneeds a more comprehensive preventive strategy and fails to applymust strengthen the precautionary principle; calls in addition for the identification of potential risks to be objectively evaluated;
Amendment 39 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls, therefore, on the Commission to revise the criteria laid down in its aforementioned Communication as regards recourse to the precautionary principle pursuant to European Court of Justice case- law, in order to ensure that an action and security principle based on the adoption of provisional and proportionate measures lies at the heart of Community health and environment policies; calls in addition for the identification of potential risks to be objectively evaluated;
Amendment 42 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Considers that shifting the burden of proof on to producers or importers and requiring them to demonstrate that a product is harmless would make it possible for a policy based on prevention to be promoted (as provided for in European Parliament and Council Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of 18 December 2006 concerning the registration, evaluation, authorisation and restriction of chemicals (REACH) and establishing a European Chemicals Agency1),; points out however that, in order to prevent corruption and discrimination in this field, before taking such a step producers and importers should be required to fulfil the already existing criteria; and encourages the Commission to extend that obligation to Community legislation concerning all products;