Activities of Herbert REUL related to 2015/0276(COD)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 94/62/EC on packaging and packaging waste
Amendments (14)
Amendment 27 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 6
Recital 6
(6) Many Member States have not yet completely developed the necessary waste management infrastructure. It is therefore essential to set clear policy objectives in order to avoid locking recyclable materials at the bottom of the waste hierarchy and to set incentives for investments into an innovative waste management infrastructure.
Amendment 32 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 7
Recital 7
(7) With the combination of recycling targets and landfill restrictions laid down in Directives 2008/98/EC and 1999/31/EC, the Union targets for energy recovery and the recycling targets for packaging waste laid down in Directive 94/62/EC are no longer necessary. Nevertheless, energy recovery is allowed provided that it is technically, economically and environmentally justified, which needs to be carefully assessed on a case-by-case basis.
Amendment 38 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) Targets for the recycling of plastic packaging waste for 2025 have been set taking into account what was technically feasible at the time of the revision of the Directive; the Commission may propose revised levels of the targets for plastics for 2030 based on a review of progress made by Member States towards reaching those targets, taking into account the evolution of the types of plastics placed on the market and the development of new recycling technologies and the demand for recycled plastics. Additionally, the Commission will assess, one year after the date for transposition of this Directive, whether the targets will still be reachable for Member States with the revised definitions and calculation methods in place. If the assessment shows that this is no longer the case, the Commission will come up with a proposal on revised targets.
Amendment 42 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 11
Recital 11
Amendment 56 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 21
Recital 21
(21) Since the objectives of this Directive, namely on the one hand, to prevent any impact from packaging and packaging waste on the environment or to reduce such impact, thus providing a high level of environmental protection, and, on the other hand, and equally important, to ensure the functioning of the internal market and to avoid obstacles to trade and distortion and restriction of competition within the Union, cannot be sufficiently achieved by the Member States, but can rather, by reason of the scale or effects of the measures, be better achieved at Union level, the Union may adopt measures, in accordance with the principle of subsidiarity as set out in Article 5 of the Treaty on European Union. In accordance with the principle of proportionality, as set out in that Article, this Directive does not go beyond what is necessary in order to achieve those objectives,
Amendment 58 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph -1 (new)
Article 1 – paragraph -1 (new)
Directive 94/62/EC
Article 1 – paragraph 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1
(-1) in Article 1, paragraph 1 is replaced by the following: "1. This Directive aims to harmonize national measures concerning the management of packaging and packaging waste in order, on the one hand, to prevent any impact thereof on the environment of all Member States as well as of third countries or to reduce such impact, thus providing a high level of environmental protection, and, on the other hand and equally important, to ensure the functioning of the internal market and to avoid obstacles to trade and distortion and restriction of competition within the Community." (http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:01994L0062-20150526)Or. en
Amendment 96 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – point b
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – point b
Directive 94/62/EC
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point f
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point f
(f) no later than 31 December 2025 a minimum of 65% by weight of all packaging waste will be prepared for reuse andor recycled;
Amendment 115 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – point b
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – point b
Directive 94/62/EC
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point h
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point h
(h) no later than 31 December 2030 a minimum of 75% by weight of all packaging waste will be prepared for reuse andor recycled;
Amendment 144 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Directive 94/62/EC
Article 6a – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 6a – paragraph 1 – point c
Amendment 150 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Directive 94/62/EC
Article 6 a – paragraph 3 – point a
Article 6 a – paragraph 3 – point a
(a) such output waste is sent into a final recycling process and is not counted as input there;
Amendment 153 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Directive 94/62/EC
Article 6 a – paragraph 3 – point b
Article 6 a – paragraph 3 – point b
(b) the weight of external materials or external substances that are not subject to a final recycling process and that are disposed or subject to energy recovery remains below 10% of the total weight to be reported as recycled.
Amendment 157 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4 a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4 a (new)
(4a) The following Article is inserted: "Article 6aa Assessment of feasibility of targets 1. To assess the effect of the definitions and calculation methods laid down in this Directive on the current recycling and preparation for reuse quotas of each Member States and whether the targets laid down in this Directive remain feasible, the Commission shall, by ... [one year after the date for transposition referred to in Article 2 of the amending directive], draw up a report on the situations in the Member States towards the achievements of the targets laid down in points (f) to (i) of Article 6(1). 2. The report referred to in paragraph 1 shall include the following: (a) an overview of the current recycling and preparation for reuse quotas of each Member State; (b) an estimate of the feasibility of achievement of the targets by Member State; (c) an evaluation of the new calculation methods. 3. If the targets referred to in paragraph 1 do not appear to be feasible for a majority of Member States, the Commission shall propose revised targets."
Amendment 197 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex – paragraph 2
Annex – paragraph 2
Amendment 198 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex – paragraph 2
Annex – paragraph 2