Activities of Anja WEISGERBER related to 2008/0241(COD)
Plenary speeches (1)
Explanations of vote
Amendments (8)
Amendment 45 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 10 a (new)
Recital 10 a (new)
(10a) General and industrial heating, cooling and water-heating plant and products attached permanently to buildings should be excluded from the Directive’s scope because they are fixed installations operated permanently at a specific location, they are assembled and disassembled by specialist personnel and they therefore represent a regulated waste stream.
Amendment 69 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 3 – point e a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 3 – point e a (new)
(ea) fixed installations;
Amendment 111 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – point s a (new)
Article 3 – point s a (new)
(sa) “fixed installation” means an installation within the meaning of Article 2(c) of Directive 2004/108/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 December 2004 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to electromagnetic compatibility1. This covers, for example, general and industrial heating, cooling and water-heating products and the components permanently attached to them, including apparatus for measuring consumption. 1 OJ L 390, 31.12.2004, p. 24.
Amendment 132 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 1
Article 7 – paragraph 1
1. Without prejudice to Article 5(1), Member States shall ensure that producers or third parties acting on their behalf achieve a minimum collection rate of 655% is achieved. The collection rate is calculated on the basis of the total weight of WEEE collected in accordance with Articles 5 and 6 in a given year in that Member State, expressed as a percentage of the average weight of electrical and electronic equipment placed on the market in the twohree preceding years in that Member State. This collection rate shall be achieved annually and starting in 2016. From 2013 until the end of 2015, Member States shall ensure that an identically calculated minimum collection rate of 45% is achieved annually.
Amendment 141 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 7 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Amendment 210 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 12 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Member States may exempt small producers, who, in relation to the size of the national market, place on it relatively modest quantities of EEE, from the obligations laid down in Articles 12 and 16, insofar as such exemption does not jeopardise take-back, collection or recycling systems.
Amendment 217 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 14 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 14 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. In order to enhance the user's awareness, Member States shall ensure that distributors - excluding SMEs - put in place appropriate collection and awareness schemes for very small volume waste. Such collection schemes: (a) shall enable end-users to discard this kind of waste at an accessible and visible collection point in the retailer’s shop; (b) shall require retailers to take back waste very small volume EEE at no charge when supplying very small volume EEE; (c) shall not involve any charge to end- users when discarding this waste, nor any obligation to buy a new product of the same type;
Amendment 273 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex II – paragraph 1 - indent 12
Annex II – paragraph 1 - indent 12