19 Amendments of Urszula KRUPA related to 2008/0151(COD)
Amendment 15 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 3
Recital 3
(3) Energy related products account for a large proportion of the consumption of natural resources and energy in the Community. They also have a number of other important environmental impactsenvironmental impacts resulting from waste generation. For the vast majority of product categories available on the Community market, very different degrees of environmental impact can be noted though, depending on they provide similar functional performancesducts' degree of technological advancement and the overall cost of their manufacture. In the interest of sustainable development, continuous improvement in the overalla reduction in the environmental impact of those products should be encouraged, notably by identifying the major sources of negative environmentalthat impacts and avoiding transfer of pollution, when this improvement does not entail excessive costs.
Amendment 18 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 4
Recital 4
(4) The eEcodesign of products is a crucial factor in the Community strategy on Integrated Product Policy. As a preventive approach, designed to optimise the environmental performancecost of products, while maintaining their functional qualities, it provides genuine new opportunities for manufacturers, for consumers and for society as a wholereducing the environmental impact of Member State economies.
Amendment 19 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) Energy efficiency improvement — with one of the available options being more efReducing the energy intensity of Member State economies is recognised as making a significieant end use of electricity — is regarded as contributing substantiallycontribution to environmental protection within the Community and, owing to the achievement of greenhouse gas emission targets inreduction in the use of imported raw materials, outside the Community as well. Electricity demand is the fastest growing energy end use category and is projected to grow within the next 20 to 30 years, in the absence of any policy ac. A reduction in energy consumption, to counteract this trend. A significant reduction ingether with more efficient energy consumpproduction, as suggested by the Commission in its European Climate Change Programme (ECCP) is possible. Climate change is one of the priorities of the Sixth Community Environment Action Programme, laid down by Decision No 1600/2002/EC of the European Parliament and of the Councilone of the priorities for environmental protection. Energy saving is the most cost- effective way to increase security of supply and reduce import dependency. Therefore, substantial demand sideenergy-demand reduction measures and targets should be adopted.
Amendment 22 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 6
Recital 6
(6) Action should be taken during the design phase of energy related products, since it appears that the pollution caused during a product's life cyclea product's energy intensity is determined at that stage, and most of the costs, including environmental costs, involved are committed then.
Amendment 23 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 7
Recital 7
(7) A coherent framework for the application of Community ecodesign requirements for energy related products should be established with the aim of ensuring the free movement of those products which comply and of improvreducing their overall environmental impact. Such Community requirements should respect the principles of fair competition and international trade.
Amendment 25 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 10
Recital 10
Amendment 29 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) Although a comprehensive approach to environmental performance is desirable, greenhouse gas mitigation through increased energy efficiencyReducing energy intensity and waste generation during the manufacture, use and recycling of products should be considered a priority environmental goal pending the adoption of a working plan.
Amendment 34 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 21
Recital 21
(21) This Directive should also encourage the integration of ecodesign in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and very small firms. Such integration could be facilitated by wide availability of and easy access to information relating, an absence of unnecessary red tape, the avoidance of additional costs out of proportion to the sustainabilityted aims of ecodesign, and longer deadlines for implementation of their productvisions.
Amendment 35 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 22
Recital 22
(22) Energy related products complying with the ecodesign requirements laid down in implementing measures to this Directive should bear the ‘CE’ marking and associated information, in order to enable them to be placed on the internal market and move freely. The rigorous enforcement of implementing measures is necessary to reduce the environmental impact of regulated energy related products and to ensure fair competition.
Amendment 48 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 - point 12
Article 2 - point 12
12. ‘Environmental impact’ means any foreseeable or identifiable change to the environment wholly or partially resulting from the manufacture, use and disposal of a product during its life cycle;
Amendment 52 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 - point 16
Article 2 - point 16
Amendment 53 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 - point 16
Article 2 - point 16
16. ‘EPartial energy recovery through incineration’ means the userecycling of combustible waste as a means to generate energy through direct incineration with or without other waste but with recovery of thepart of the energy in the form of heat;
Amendment 56 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 - point 21
Article 2 - point 21
21. ‘Environmental performance’ of a product means the results of the manufacturer's management of the environmental aspects of the product, as reflected in its technical documentation file and resulting in a genuine reduction in the environmental impact of a given product during all or any of the stages of its life cycle;
Amendment 58 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 - point 22
Article 2 - point 22
22. ‘Improvement of the environmental performance’ means the process of enhancingsustained tendency to reduce the environmental performanceimpact of a product over successive generations, although not necessarily in respect of all environmental aspects of the product simultaneously;
Amendment 63 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 13 - paragraph 3
Article 13 - paragraph 3
3. Member States shall ensure, in particular by strengthening support networks and structures, that they encourage SMEs and very small firms to adopt an environmentally sound approach that they encourage SMEs and very small firms to adopt an approach in keeping with environmental protection principles as early as at the product design stage and to adapt to future European legislation.
Amendment 64 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 13 - paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 13 - paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. The Member States shall provide SME and very small firms with every assistance as regards information on ecodesign requirements. These requirements may not impose burdens disproportionate to the ecodesign objectives. The Member States may, where justified, grant temporary exemptions from particularly onerous requirements in connection with the achievement of these goals.
Amendment 69 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 15 - paragraph 4 - point (b)
Article 15 - paragraph 4 - point (b)
(b) carry out an assessment, which will consider the impact on environment, consumers and manufacturers, including SMEs and very small firms, in terms of competitiveness including on markets outside the Community, innovation, market access and costs and benefits;
Amendment 70 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 15 - paragraph 4 - point (f)
Article 15 - paragraph 4 - point (f)
(f) set implementing date(s), any staged or transitional measure or periods, taking into account in particular possible impacts on SMEs and very small firms or on specific product groups manufactured primarily by SMEsby them.
Amendment 76 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 20
Article 20
The Member States shall lay down the rules applicable to infringements of the national provisions adopted pursuant to this Directive and shall take all measures necessary to ensure that they are implemented. The penalties provided for shall be commensurate with the lack of risk created by the product but, at the same time, effective, proportionate and dissuasive, taking into account the extent of non-compliance and the number of units of non-complying products placed on the Community market. . The Member States shall notify those provisions to the Commission by the date specified in Article 23(1) at the latest and shall notify it without delay of any subsequent amendment affecting them.