12 Amendments of Satu HASSI related to 2008/0152(COD)
Amendment 30 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3
Recital 3
(3) In order to avoid the proliferation of environmental labelling schemes, and to encourage higher environmental performance in all sectors for which environmental impact is a factor in consumer choice, the possibility of using the Community Ecolabel should be extended. However, wit is necessary to ensure a clear distinction between this Regulation andh regard to food products, the Ecolabel should apply only to food already certified in accordance with Council Regulation (EC) No 834/2007 of 28 June 2007 on organic production and labelling of organic products and repealing Regulation (EEC) No 2092/91.
Amendment 37 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4 a (new)
Recital 4 a (new)
(4a) For the acceptance by the general public of the Community Ecolabel award scheme, it is essential that environmental NGOs and consumer organisations play an important role and are actively involved in the development and setting of criteria for Community Ecolabels.
Amendment 49 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 2
Article 2 – paragraph 2
Concerning food products as defined in Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 178/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council, it shall only apply to processed food and to the products of fishing and aquacultureducts covered by Regulation (EC) No 834/2007.
Amendment 50 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 2 a (new)
The Ecolabel may not be awarded to goods containing substances or preparations classified as very toxic, toxic, dangerous to the environment, carcinogenic, mutagenic or toxic for reproduction (CMR), in accordance with Directive 67/548/EEC or Directive 1999/45/EC, nor to substances referred to in Article 57 of Regulation 1907/2006/EC (REACH). For specific categories of goods, for which there are no equivalent alternatives without such substances or preparations, and which otherwise have a significantly higher overall environmental performance compared with other goods of the same category, the Commission may adopt measures to grant derogations from the preceding subparagraph. Those measures, designed to amend non- essential elements of this Regulation, shall be adopted in accordance with the regulatory procedure with scrutiny referred to in Article 16(2).
Amendment 56 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. The prospects for the market penetration of products in the Community shall, as far as possible, correspond to 10% of the market at the moment of adoption or revision of the Ecolabel criteria.
Amendment 69 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 3
Article 7 – paragraph 3
3. Where criteria are developed for processed food other than the products of aquaculture, those criteria shall relate only to processing, transport or packagingducts covered by Regulation (EC) No 834/2007, only products certified according to that Regulation may be awarded the Ecolabel.
Amendment 70 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 7 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Within one year from the entry into force of this Regulation, after consultation of EUEB and in accordance with the objectives and principles set out in Article 1, the Commission shall prepare and publish a three-year Community Ecolabel working plan setting objectives as well as a non-exhaustive list of product groups which will be considered as priorities for Community action. This plan shall be regularly updated.
Amendment 74 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1
Article 8 – paragraph 1
1. The Commission shall, following consultation of the EUEB,Draft Ecolabel criteria shall be developed in accordance with the procedure laid down in Annex I and taking into account the working plan. Not later than 3 months after the final report is submitted to the Commission, the EUEB shall be consulted on the criteria proposal. The Commission shall provide explanations and documentation on the reasoning behind any changes to the criteria submitted in the final report. Not later than 3 months after consultation of the EUEB, the Commission shall submit a proposal to the Regulatory committee established under Article 16(2) and subsequently adopt measures to establish specificthe Ecolabel criteria for eachthe specific product group. The Commission shall take into account the comments of the EUEB and shall clearly highlight, document and provide explanations on the reasoning behind any change to the proposal following consultation of the EUEB. Those measures, designed to amend non- essential elements of this Regulation, by supplementing it, shall be adopted in accordance with the regulatory procedure with scrutiny referred to in Article 16(2).
Amendment 84 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
Article 9 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
4. Within two month of receipt of an application for registration, the competent body concerned shall check the documentation referred to in paragraph 2verify whether the product complies with the Ecolabel criteria of the product group in question.
Amendment 89 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 12 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Member States shall set targets for the purchasing of products bearing the Ecolabel in public procurement.
Amendment 94 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – part A – point 1 – indent 9 a (new)
Annex I – part A – point 1 – indent 9 a (new)
- Analysis of the availability of products within a product group without substances or preparations classified as very toxic, toxic, dangerous to the environment, carcinogenic, mutagenic or toxic for reproduction (CMR), in accordance with Directive 67/548/EEC or Directive 1999/45/EC, or substances referred to in Article 57 of Regulation 1907/2006/EC (REACH).
Amendment 101 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – part A – point 2 – subparagraph 2 – indent 1
Annex I – part A – point 2 – subparagraph 2 – indent 1
- they shall be based on the environmental performance throughout the life-cycle of the product of the best performing products on the market and correspond, as far as possible, to 10% of the best performing products available on the market at the moment of their adoption;