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27 Amendments of Andreas SCHWAB related to 2016/2272(INI)

Amendment 48 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
1. Calls on the Commission to establish minimum resistance criteria for each product category from the design stage, by working in the European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardisation (CENELEC) to lay down standards which coverwhich guarantee product robustness, reparability, upgradeability, etc.;
2017/02/15
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 55 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
3. Calls for a European programme to support the work of companies developing modular designs which are easy to dismantle and interchange;deleted
2017/02/15
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 60 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 – introductory part
4. Calls on the Commission to develop the right topromote product reparability:;
2017/02/15
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 75 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 – indent 3
- by insisturging that parts which are essential to the functioning of the product arshould be replaceable, and by including the product’s reparability among its ‘key features’,
2017/02/15
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 79 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 – indent 5
- by standardising the spare parts andencouraging the standardisation of the tools necessary for repair, in order to improve the performance of repair services,
2017/02/15
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 84 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 – indent 6
- by poolroviding information on the availability of parts, repair guides, etc., where appropriate through the establishment of a digital platform;
2017/02/15
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 102 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 – indent 3
- by developing a clear and harmonised labelling system which provides information as to whether spare parts for goods are available or not, and for how long;deleted
2017/02/15
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 109 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
6. Encourages the Member States to take fiscal measures to promostimulate repairs and second-hand sales, and to develop repairs training;
2017/02/15
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 113 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
7. Points out that the option of going to an independent repairer should always be safeguarded, for example by banning technical or software-related schemes which prevent repairs from being performed other than by approved firms or bodiesbe encouraged;
2017/02/15
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 118 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
8. Calls for efforts to encourage the re-use of spare parts for the second-hand market, and stresses the importance of investing in 3D printing, in order to provide parts for professionals and consumers who wish to repair their own goods, and of encouraging the free dissemination of the catalogues for these parts;deleted
2017/02/15
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 124 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
9. Urges the Commission to focus on developing the functional economy and to conduct a study into the ways in which individual product families are fostering or holding back the development of this economic model;deleted
2017/02/15
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 130 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 – indent 1
- to consult with the relevant stakeholders in order to develop a usage- based sales model which benefits everyone,and analyse how product usability periods can be maximised;
2017/02/15
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 132 #
- to step up their efforts at regulatory simplification and implement a fiscal policy which promotes the development of the functional economy, via reduced VAT rates, tax credits or endowments which encourage the rental, exchange and borrowing of goods;deleted
2017/02/15
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 138 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
11. Urges the Member States to use their public policies to promote the functional economy, to ensure that the durability of products is taken into account in public procurement and to increase the re-use rate of equipment purchased by public authorities;deleted
2017/02/15
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 145 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
12. Calls on the Commission, when promoting the circular economy, to stress the importance of product durability and to provide financial incentives for social and economic innovations supporting re-use, the usage economy and repairs;
2017/02/15
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 149 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
13. Encourages the Commission to view re-usable and reconditionable electrical and electronic devices not as waste, but as resources, in order to make it easier for them to be passed on to social enterprises and associations that can make usso that use can be made of such goods and their components;
2017/02/15
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 156 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 – indent 1
- the promotion of a voluntary European label covering, in particular, the product’s durability, ecodesign features, upgradeability in line with technical progress and repairability,
2017/02/15
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 158 #
- mandatory labelling to indicate a product’s expected useful life, on the basis of standardised criteria set by selected stakeholders,deleted
2017/02/15
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 164 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 – indent 3
- the creation of a usage meter for the most relevant consumer products, in particular large electrical appliances,deleted
2017/02/15
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 165 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 – indent 4
- an assessment of the impact of aligning lifespan labelling with the duration of the legal guarantee;deleted
2017/02/15
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 187 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 – indent 1
- by maintaining the 24-month legal guarantee as a minimum threshold, whilst leaving Member States free to lay down more protective national provisions,deleted
2017/02/15
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 193 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 – indent 2
- by extending the legal guarantee of conformity beyond the current two-year minimum for families of energy-using products on the basis of the product life cycle study carried out as part of the ecodesign process, and introducing a minimum period of five years for large household appliances and movable fixed assets gradually, so that companies can comply,deleted
2017/02/15
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 202 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 – indent 4
- by simplifying proof of purchase for the consumer by linking the guarantee to the goods rather than the purchaser, through the introduction of digital proof of guarantee across the board;
2017/02/15
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 205 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
18. Calls for the implementation of a complaints mechanism at European level for cases in which the right to a guarantee is not implemented, in order to facilitate the monitoring of the application of European standards by the relevant authorities;deleted
2017/02/15
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 213 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
19. Expects standards to be laid down for a minimum lifespan for software, and cCalls for greater transparency regarding the upgradeability of equipment;
2017/02/15
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 219 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
21. Calls for the introduction of an eco-contribution penalty in cases where software updates essential to the operation of a device are not provided, and calls for these updates to be reversible and accompanied by information on the consequences for the operation of the device;deleted
2017/02/15
Committee: IMCO
Amendment 225 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
22. Calls for the replaceability of parts, including the processor, to be encouraged by means of standardisation, so that products can be kept up to date;
2017/02/15
Committee: IMCO