17 Amendments of Frédérique RIES related to 2022/0099(COD)
Amendment 124 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6
Recital 6
(6) It is important that this Regulation ensures that the Union complies with its international obligations under the Kigali Amendment to the Protocol in the long- term, in particular, with regards to the reduction of consumption and production of HFCs, reporting and licensing requirements, in particular by introducing a phase-down for production and adding reduction steps for the placing of HFCs on the market for the time after 2030. However to achieve the climate target in energy sector, there might be a rising need of HFCs, in particular in light of the new target established by RePower to deploy 60 million new heat pumps by 2030. It is therefore of outermost importance that this Regulation takes into account the new target as well as the need to further invest in electrification and to expand power grid.
Amendment 126 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6 a (new)
Recital 6 a (new)
(6 a) Future legislative proposals including the revision of REACH and the potential phase-out of PFAS shall take into account the strict phasing out of HFCs under this Regulation and avoid putting at risk the development of alternative and innovative solutions that could help to fight the climate crisis.
Amendment 147 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) Where suitable alternatives to the use of specific fluorinated greenhouse gases are available, bans should be introduced on the placing on the market of new equipment for refrigeration, air- conditioning and fire protection that contains fluorinated greenhouse gases or whose functioning relies upon those gases. Where alternatives are not available or cannot be used for technical or safety reasons, or where the use of such alternatives would entail disproportionate costs, it should be possible for the Commission to authorise an exemption to allow the placing on the market of such products and equipment for a limited period. In order to ensure coherence with the communication of the Commission of 14 October 2020 entitled ‘Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability - Towards a Toxic-Free Environment’ and with the comprehensive set of actions proposed to address the use of and contamination with per and polyfluoroalkoxy alkyl substances (PFAS), this Regulation should prevent regrettable substitution, inter alia, by not leading to the use of PFAS or gases that can degrade to PFAS.
Amendment 165 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 18 a (new)
Recital 18 a (new)
(18 a) Metered Dose Inhalers (MDIs) are life-saving medicines for patients suffering from asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. To avoid any shortages and ensure a smooth transition to safe, accessible and affordable alternatives, the European Commission, the European Medicine Agency and the Health Emergency Preparedness and Response Authority together with patient associations and healthcare professionals' organisations shall work closely together.
Amendment 182 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 37 a (new)
Recital 37 a (new)
(37 a) The Commission’s 2020 Communication on “Improving access to justice in environmental matters in the EU and its Member States” of 14 October 2020 underlined the need to include provisions on access to justice in the new legislative proposals or revised EU law concerning environmental matters. This Regulation includes provisions on access to justice to ensure equal conditions for access to justice in the member States in line with the Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters (the “Aarhus Convention”).
Amendment 183 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 39
Recital 39
(39) In implementing this Regulation, tThe Commission should establish a so- called Consultation Forum to ensure a balanced participation of Member States’ representatives and representatives of civil society, including environmentalfacilitate the implementation of this Regulation. The Consultation Forum shall ensure a balanced participation of Member States’ representatives and of all relevant stakeholders including representatives of environmental organisations, patient associations and healthcare professionals' organisations, representatives of manufacturers, operators and certified persons.
Amendment 343 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
The placing on the market of products and equipment, including parts thereof, listed in Annex IV, with an exemption for military equipment, shall be prohibited from the date specified in that Annex, differentiating, where applicable, according to the type or global warming potential of the gas contained.
Amendment 357 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 11 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. The prohibition set out in paragraph 1, first subparagraph shall not apply to spare parts needed for the repairing and maintenance of existing installations.
Amendment 373 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1
Article 11 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1
Only undertakings that hold a certificate required under Article 10(1), point (a) or the training attestation required under Article 10(2), or undertakings that employ persons holding such a certificate or a training attestation shall be allowed to purchase fluorinated greenhouse gases listed in Annex I or Annex II, Section 1, and spare parts for the purpose of carrying out the installation, servicing, maintenance or repair of the equipment containing those gases, or whose functioning relies upon those gases, referred to in Article 5(2), points (a) to (g), and Article 10(2). The prohibition set out in paragraph 1, first subparagraph shall not cover spare parts that are needed for repair and maintenance of existing installations.
Amendment 432 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 2 – point e a (new)
Article 16 – paragraph 2 – point e a (new)
(e a) supplied directly by a producer or an importer for medical use if the usage is of medical necessity and if no other suitable alternative is available.
Amendment 439 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 2 – point e b (new)
Article 16 – paragraph 2 – point e b (new)
(e b) supplied directly by a producer or an importer to repair existing installations.
Amendment 530 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 30 a (new)
Article 30 a (new)
Article 30 a Access to justice 1. Member States shall ensure that, in accordance with their national law, members of the public concerned who meet the conditions set out in paragraph 2, including natural or legal persons or their associations, organisations or groups, have access to a review procedure a court of law, or another independent and impartial body established by law, to challenge the substantive or procedural legality of decisions, acts and omissions that fail to comply with the legal obligations provided for in this Regulation. For the purposes of this paragraph, an act or omission that fails to comply with legal obligations provided for in this Regulation includes an act or omission with respect to a measure adopted for the purposes of implementing those obligations, where that measure fails to make a sufficient contribution to such implementation. 2. Members of the public concerned shall be deemed to meet the conditions referred to in paragraph 1 where: (a) they have sufficient interest; or (b) they maintain impairment of a right, where administrative procedural law of a Member State requires that as a precondition. What constitutes a sufficient interest shall be determined by Member States consistently with the objective of giving the members of the public concerned wide access to justice and in conformity with the Aarhus Convention. To that end, the interest of any non-governmental organisation promoting environmental protection and meeting any requirements under national law shall be deemed to have sufficient interest for the purposes of this paragraph. 3. Paragraphs 1 and 2 shall not exclude the possibility of being able to have recourse to a preliminary review procedure before an administrative authority and shall not affect the requirement to exhaust administrative review procedures prior to having recourse to judicial review procedures, where such a requirement exists under national law. Any such procedure shall be fair, equitable, timely and not prohibitively expensive. 4. Member States shall ensure that practical information is made easily available to the public on access to administrative and judicial review procedures.
Amendment 543 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 33 – paragraph 1
Article 33 – paragraph 1
The Commission shall establish a Consultation Forum for providing advice and expertise in relation to the implementation of this Regulation. The Consultation Forum shall ensure a balanced participation of representatives of Member States and of all relevant stakeholders including environmental organisations, patient associations and healthcare professionals organisations, representative of manufacturers, operators and certified persons. The rules of procedure of the Consultation Forum shall be established by the Commission and shall be published.
Amendment 627 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex IV – point 17
Annex IV – point 17
(17) Plug-in room and other self-contained air-conditioning and heat pump 1 January equipment that contain fluorinated greenhouse gases with GWP of 150 20257 or more.
Amendment 636 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex IV – point 18
Annex IV – point 18
(18) Stationary split air-conditioning and split heat pump equipment : (a) Single split systems containing less than 3 kg of fluorinated greenhouse gases listed in Annex I, that contain, or whose 1 January 1 January greenhouse gases listed in Annex I, that contain, or whose 2025 functioning relies upon, fluorinated greenhouse gases listed in 2025 Annex I with GWP of 750 or more; (b) Split systems of a rated capacity of up to and including 12 kW containing, or whose functioning relies upon, fluorinated greenhouse gases with GWP of 150 or more, except when required to meet safety standards; 1 January (c) Split systems of a rated capacity of more than 12 kW containing, 20279 containing, or whose functioning relies upon, fluorinated greenhouse gases with GWP of 750 or more, except when required to meet safety standards.
Amendment 650 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex IV – point 23
Annex IV – point 23
(a) medium voltage switchgear for primary and secondary distribution up to 24 kV, with insulating or breaking medium using, or (23) Installation and whose functioning relies upon, gases with replacement of the 1 January GWP of 10 or more, or with GWP of 2000 following electricalmore than 1000 or more, unless 2026 or more than 2000, unless evidence is switchgear:2026 evidence is provided that no suitable alternative is alternative is available based on technical grounds within (23) Installation and grounds within the lower GWP ranges replacement of referred to above; the following (b) medium voltage switchgear for primary and electrical secondary distribution from more than 24 switchgear: kV and up to 52 kV, with insulating or breaking medium using, or whose 1 January functioning relies upon gases with GWP of 1 January 10 or more, or with GWP of more than 2030 2more than 1000, unless evidence is provided that no provided that no suitable alternative is available based on available based on technical grounds within the lower GWP the lower GWP ranges referred to above; (c) high voltage switchgear from 52 and up to 145 kV and up to 50 kA short circuit current with insulating or breaking medium using, or whose functioning relies upon gases with 1 January GWP of 10 or more, or with GWP of 2028 1 January GWP of more than 21000, unless evidence is 2028 is provided that no suitable alternative is available based on technical grounds within the lower GWP ranges referred to above; (d) high voltage switchgear of more than 145 kV or more than 50 kA short circuit current with insulating or breaking medium using, or whose functioning relies upon gases with 1 January GWP of 10 or more, or with GWP of 2031 1 January GWP of more than 21000, unless evidence is 2031 is provided that no suitable alternative is available based on technical grounds within the lower GWP ranges referred to above.
Amendment 678 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex VII – point 1
Annex VII – point 1
Maximum Quantity Years in tonnes CO2 equivalent 2024 – 2026 415 701 077 2027 – 2029 17 688 36030 850 539 2030 – 2032 9 132 09717 688 360 2033 – 2035 8 445 7139 132 097 2036 – 2038 6 782 265 2039 – 2041 4 6 136 73238 941 2042 – 2044 5 491 193 247 259 2045 – 2047 4 845 6661 623 629 2048 onwards-2049 811 814 4 2050 133 0