11 Amendments of Iratxe GARCÍA PÉREZ related to 2014/2208(INI)
Amendment 47 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas municipalities play a key role in urban waste management and whereas, therefore, they are essential in order to bring about a circular economy in the EU;
Amendment 112 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Believes that the communication has focused essentially on industry and business in spite of the fact that, because of its high volume and the efforts required for its proper management at local level, urban waste is likewise central from the point of view of bringing about a circular economy; accordingly considers that the Commission, within its particular sphere of responsibility, should bring greater influence to bear for the purpose of seeking a framework of measures to facilitate the circular economy in a municipal and urban context as well;
Amendment 122 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Stresses that by 2050 the EU’s use of resources needs to be sustainable; this includes fully implementing a cascading use of resources, sustainable sourcing, a waste hierarchy, in which prevention would indeed be the first step to take, creating a closed loop on non-renewable resources, using renewables within the limits of their renewability and phasing out toxic substances;
Amendment 188 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Points out that the amount of resources used by a product over its lifetime is largely determined during the design phase; and calls on the Commission, instead of confining itself to products viewed in terms of energy consumption, which lend themselves more readily to the Ecodesign Directive, to allow for the option of drawing up further new legislation and design requirements to cover other categories of resource- intensive products;
Amendment 195 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Calls on the Commission to review its concept of ‘critical raw materials’, taking into account both environmental impact and extraction and processing risks, in addition to the possibilities for substitution by secondary materials;
Amendment 196 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 b (new)
Paragraph 10 b (new)
10b. Calls on the Commission, when putting forward examples of good design and innovation for a circular economy, also to allow for the order of priority established as regards materials by earlier decision-taking concerning production, the object being to ensure that the materials chosen will invariably be those which are most sustainable and most readily exploitable afterwards;
Amendment 199 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Urges the Commission to propose a review of the Ecodesign Directive by the end of 20168, incorporating order to allow sufficient time to make the adjustments to ecodesign necessary to accommodate other product ranges above and beyond the sole criterion of energy consumption; believes that the above review should incorporate the following important changes: broadening the scope to cover all main product lines, including products viewed in terms other than energy consumption; gradually including all relevant resource- efficiency features in the mandatory requirements for product design; introducing a mandatory product passport based on these requirements; implementing self- monitoring and third-party auditing to ensure that products comply with these standards; and defining horizontal requirements on, inter alia, reusability, repairability, and recyclability;
Amendment 250 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Calls on the Commission to provide in manufacturing standards legislation for a guarantee that replacement parts will be available for a minimum period not less than two years, depending on the average lifetime of each particular product; considers that it should likewise be ensured that parts required for the purposes of reuse and remanufacturing would also be available;
Amendment 322 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Welcomes the Commission’s proposed measures concerning landfills, but calls on the Commission to make greater efforts when dealing with Member States, so as to ensure that illegal sites will be permanently sealed, bearing in mind that these, despite being the subject of infringement proceedings and even a European court ruling, are continuing to operate in the EU;
Amendment 379 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18a. As regards construction and demolition waste, requests that, when Directive 2008/98/EC on waste comes to be revised, a stipulation be made to the effect that ‘recycling or recovery’ may not be taken to mean landfilling of such materials;
Amendment 478 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 a (new)
Paragraph 27 a (new)
27a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to intensify their checks in order to ensure that levies or fees charged by producers for the recycling of given products are in fact used to recycle those products and not for other purposes or for the benefit of other parties;