33 Amendments of Jo LEINEN related to 2015/0275(COD)
Amendment 191 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 4
Recital 4
(4) Municipal waste constitutes approximately between 7 and 10% of the total waste generated in the Union; however, this waste stream is amongst the most complex ones to manage, and the way it is managed generally gives a good indication of the quality of the overall waste management system in a country. The challenges of municipal waste management result from its highly complex and mixed composition, direct proximity of the generated waste to citizens, and a very high public visibility. As a result, its management involves a need for a highly complex waste management system including an efficient collection scheme, a need to actively engage citizens and businesses, a need for infrastructure adjusted to the specific waste composition, and an elaboraobjective-oriented financing system. Countries which have developed efficient municipal waste management systems generally perform better in overall waste management.
Amendment 224 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 8 a (new)
Recital 8 a (new)
(8a) Extended producer responsibility provisions in this Directive aim to support the design and production of goods which take fully into account and facilitate the efficient use of resources during the whole life cycle of the product including their repair, re-use, disassembly and recycling. Extended producer responsibility is an individual obligation on producers who should be accountable for the end-of-life management of products that they place on the market. Producers should be able, however, to shift their individual responsibility to a collective one by establishing and steering producer responsibility organisations. Those organisations should implement cost-effective and environmentally sound services in accordance with essential competition rules through the practical organisation of extended producer responsibility schemes;
Amendment 226 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 8 a (new)
Recital 8 a (new)
(8a) Experience has shown that both publicly and privately run systems can help to achieve a circular economy system, and the decision of whether or not to use a given system frequently depends on geographical and structural conditions. The rules laid down in this Directive allow both for a system whereby the municipality has the general responsibility for collecting municipal waste and for a system in which such services are contracted out to private operators. The choice to switch between these systems should be within the responsibility of the Member States;
Amendment 236 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) Extended producer responsibility schemes form an essential part of efficient waste management, but their effectiveness and performance differ significantly between Member States. Thus, it is necessary to set minimum operating requirements for extended producer responsibility schemes. Those requirements should reduce costs and boost performance, as well as ensure a level- playing field, including for small and medium sized enterprises, and avoid obstacles to the smooth functioning of the internal market. They should also contribute to the incorporation of end-of- life costs into product prices and provide incentives for producers to take better into account recyclability and reusability when designing their product, reusability, reparability and encourage the phasing out of hazardous substances when designing their products. Their implementation of the minimum requirements for extended producer responsibility should be overseen by independent authorities and should be without any additional financial burden to public bodies and consumers. The requirements should apply to both new and existing extended producer responsibility schemes. A transitional period is however necessary for existing extended producer responsibility schemes to adapt their structures and procedures to the new requirements. If schemes are set up for the collective implementation of extended producer responsibility, Member States shall ensure that current or future contractors of those schemes may neither directly nor indirectly be members or owners of these schemes.
Amendment 258 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 12
Recital 12
(12) Member States should take measures to promote prevention of food waste in line with the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, adopted by the United Nations General Assembly on 25 September 2015, and in particular its target of halving food waste by 2030. These measures should aim to prevent food waste in primary production, in processing and manufacturing, in retail and other distribution of food, in restaurants and food services as well as in households. They should also include education and awareness-raising programmes to teach people about food issues. Having regard to the environmental and economic benefits of preventing food waste, Member States should establish specific food waste prevention measures and should measure progress in food waste reduction. To facilitate exchange of good practice across the EU both between Member States and between food business operators, uniform methodologies for such measurement should be established. Reporting on food waste levels should take place on a biennial basis. Consumer awareness of the meaning of 'use-by' dates should be improved in order to reduce food waste. The Commission should, where possible, extend the list of foods for which a 'use- by' date is not required pursuant to Annex X point 1(d) of Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011.
Amendment 265 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 12 a (new)
Recital 12 a (new)
(12a) The principal task of the livestock sector in a circular economy should be to transform material which is not suitable for human consumption (grass, by- products, crop residues) into food. Animals should therefore be fed less cereals, as this is an inefficient use of energy and proteins and therefore a waste of food.
Amendment 273 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 13 a (new)
Recital 13 a (new)
(13a) Improper disposal of waste through littering and discharges of sewage and solid waste, like plastic, have detrimental impacts on the marine environment and human health, as well as significant economic and social costs. Such waste also subverts the priority order of the waste hierarchy, in particular by avoiding preparation for re-use, recycling and other recovery prior to disposal. Given the transboundary nature of marine litter and the need to ensure harmonisation in efforts, Member States should take measures to achieve a target for their reduction, utilising monitoring protocols established under Article 11 of Directive 2008/56/EC.
Amendment 277 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 13 b (new)
Recital 13 b (new)
Amendment 285 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 14 a (new)
Recital 14 a (new)
(14a) The switch to a circular economy should be in line with the pillars of a sustainable development and therefore take into account its social benefits. The Social and Solidarity Economy, being historically active in the management of waste and supporting the creation of jobs for people at risk of socio-economic exclusion, should be enhanced by the Member States.
Amendment 292 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 14 b (new)
Recital 14 b (new)
(14b) The role of the Social and Solidarity Economy (SSE) stakeholders, such as associations and social enterprises, in the re-use and preparing for re-use sector needs to be acknowledged and consolidated. The Member States should take the necessary measures to promote the role of SSE stakeholders in this sector including, when appropriate, economic instruments, social clauses in public procurement criteria, facilitated access to waste collection points, and any other appropriate economic or regulatory incentive.
Amendment 628 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7 – point a a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7 – point a a (new)
Directive 2008/98/EC
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3 a (new)
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3 a (new)
(aa) In paragraph 1, the following subparagraph is inserted: Member States should take necessary steps for the inclusion of a visible and consistent eco-contribution payment on the price label of products covered by an extended producer responsibility scheme.
Amendment 634 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7 – point b
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7 – point b
Such measures mayshall encourage, inter alia, the development, production and marketing of products that are suitable for multiple use and multiple recycling, that are technically durable and easily repairable and that are, after having become waste, suitable for and been preparationed for re-use andor recyclinged, suitable to be placed on the market in order to facilitate proper implementation of the waste hierarchy. The measures shouldall take into account the impact of products throughout their full life cycle and the waste hierarchy. The measures shall also incentivise manufacturers to use materials that do not change their inherent properties during use and after the recycling process.
Amendment 650 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7 – point c
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7 – point c
Directive 2008/98/EC
Article 8 – paragraph 5
Article 8 – paragraph 5
5. The Commission shall organise an regular exchange of information between Member States, local authorities and consumers and the actors involved in producer responsibility schemes on the practical implementation of the requirements defined in Article 8a and on best practices to ensure adequate governance and cross- border cooperation of extended producer responsibility 'schemes. This includes, inter alia, exchange of information on the organisational features and the monitoring of producer responsibility organisations, the selection of waste management operators and the prevention of waste generation and littering. The Commission shall publish the results of the exchange of information.
Amendment 653 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7 – point c
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7 – point c
Directive 2008/98/EC
Article 8 – paragraph 5
Article 8 – paragraph 5
5. The Commission shall organise an exchange of information between Member States, civil society organizations and the actors involved in producer responsibility schemes on the practical implementation of the requirements defined in Article 8a and on best practices to ensure adequate governance and cross- border cooperation of extended producer responsibility schemes. This includes, inter alia, exchange of information on the organisational features and the monitoring of producer responsibility organisations, the selection of waste management operators and the prevention of littering. The Commission shall publish the results of the exchange of information.
Amendment 690 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 8
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 8
Directive 2008/98/EC
Article 8a – paragraph 1 – indent 4 a (new)
Article 8a – paragraph 1 – indent 4 a (new)
- contain clear targets for improvement of product design (eco- design) from a material efficiency and optimised end-of-life perspective;
Amendment 695 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 8
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 8
Directive 2008/98/EC
Article 8a – paragraph 1 – indent 4 b (new)
Article 8a – paragraph 1 – indent 4 b (new)
- ensure the eco-design of products and foster better resource efficiency, by rewarding the efforts of the producer to take into account the reusability, reparability and recyclability of products;
Amendment 701 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 8
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 8
Directive 2008/98/EC
Article 8a – paragraph 1 – indent 4 c (new)
Article 8a – paragraph 1 – indent 4 c (new)
- contribute to the integration of the environmental costs of a product all along its life cycle into its price;
Amendment 731 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 8
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 8
Directive 2008/98/EC
Article 8a – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 8a – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. If organisations are set up for the collective implementation of extended producer responsibility, Member States shall ensure that current or future contractors of those organisations may neither directly nor indirectly be members or owners of those organisations.
Amendment 773 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 8
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 8
- costs for litter prevention and management both on land and seas;
Amendment 807 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 8
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 8
Directive 2008/98/EC
Article 8a – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2
Article 8a – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2
Amendment 822 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 8
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 8
Directive 2008/98/EC
Article 8a – paragraph 6
Article 8a – paragraph 6
6. Member States shall establish a platform to ensure a regular dialogue between the stakeholders involved in the implementation of extended producer responsibility, including producers and distributors, private or public waste operators, local authorities, consumers and, where applicable, repair and re-use networks and recognised preparation for re-use operators.';
Amendment 846 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 9
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 9
- encourage the use of products that are resource efficient, durable, reparablreusable, durable, suitable for multiple use and recyclparable;
Amendment 850 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 9
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 9
Directive 2008/98/EC
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – indent 1 a (new)
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – indent 1 a (new)
- discourage the use of single-use items and non-reusable or non-recyclable packaging, in particular for items and packaging made of plastics, preventing the risk of micro plastic entering waste water treatment systems and being discharged into oceans;
Amendment 902 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 9
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 9
- reduce land-based litter which is likely to end up in the marine environment with the aim of achieving a Union marine litter reduction target of 50 % by 2025, with specific prevention measures on the top ten items found on beaches;
Amendment 955 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 9
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 9
Directive 2008/98/EC
Article 9 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Article 9 – paragraph 4 a (new)
(4a) The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts, in accordance with Article 38a, supplementing this Directive by laying down uniform arrangements for determining dates of minimum durability. The Commission shall furthermore consider whether the list of foodstuffs set out in Annex X(1)(d) to Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011 can be extended.
Amendment 973 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 10 – point a
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 10 – point a
Directive 2008/98/EC
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
1. Member States shall take measures, as appropriate, to promote preparing for re-use activities, notably by encouraging the establishment of and support for re-use and repairpreparation for re-use operators and networks and by facilitating the access of such networks to waste collection points and facilities, and by promoting the use of economic instruments, procurement criteria, quantitative objectives or other measures. In order to ensure that such access to waste collection points and amenities is granted for preparing for re-use operators, Member States shall set separate quantitative targets for preparing for re-use. By 2020, the proportion of the collected municipal waste deriving primarily from waste electrical and electronic equipment, furniture and textiles shall represent no less than 2%, and by 2030, this proportion shall be increased to, at least, 4 %.
Amendment 1090 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 10 – point f a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 10 – point f a (new)
Directive 2008/98/EC
Article 11 – paragraph 5 a (new)
Article 11 – paragraph 5 a (new)
(fa) the following paragraph is added: ‘5a. The Commission shall ensure that appropriate funding and practical support is provided to set up a platform for the exchange of best practice at European Union level. This platform should enable those actively involved on the ground to support each other in implementing this Directive, with a particular view to reuse and recycling. The development of this platform shall be completed within 12 months of the entry into force of this Directive.’
Amendment 1149 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 11
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 11
Directive 2008/98/EC
Article 11a – paragraph 5
Article 11a – paragraph 5
(5) For the purposes of calculating whether the targets laid down in Article 11(2)(c) and (d) and Article 11(3) have been achieved Member States may take into account the recycling of materials, in particular metals, that takes place in conjunction with incineration in proportion to the share of the municipal waste incinerated provided that the recycled metaterials meet certain quality requirements.
Amendment 1155 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 11
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 11
Directive 2008/98/EC
Article 11a – paragraph 6
Article 11a – paragraph 6
(6) In order to ensure harmonised conditions for the application of paragraph 5, the Commission shall adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 38a establishing a common methodology for the calculation of the weight of materials, in particular metals, that have been recycled in conjunction with incineration, including, the quality criteria for the recycled metaterials.
Amendment 1250 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 16 – point a – point ii a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 16 – point a – point ii a (new)
Directive 2008/98/EC
Article 28 – paragraph 3 – point f a (new)
Article 28 – paragraph 3 – point f a (new)
(iia) the following point is added: “(fa) specific prevention measures on the items found on beaches, and to clean up all types of litter. These shall include market restrictions, consumer levies on single-use plastics and packaging, replacement of materials which are not reusable or recyclable and establishment of deposit-refund schemes to increase collection and prevent littering.”
Amendment 1289 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 23
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 23
Directive 2008/98/EC
Article 38a – paragraph 2
Article 38a – paragraph 2
(2) The power to adopt the delegated acts referred to in Articles 5(2), 6(2), 7(1), 9(4a), 11a(2), 11a(6), 26, 27(1), 27(4), 38(1), 38(2) and 38(3) shall be conferred on the Commission for an indeterminate period of time from [enter date of entry into force of this Directive].
Amendment 1291 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 23
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 23
(3) The delegation of power referred to in Articles 5(2), 6(2), 7(1), 9(4a), 11a(2), 11a(6), 26, 27(1), 27(4), 38(1), 38(2) and 38(3) may be revoked at any time by the European Parliament or by the Council. A decision to revoke shall put an end to the delegation of the power specified in that decision. It shall take effect the day following the publication of the decision in the Official Journal of the European Union or at a later date specified therein. It shall not affect the validity of any delegated acts already in force.
Amendment 1293 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 23
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 23
Directive 2008/98/EC
Article 38a – paragraph 5
Article 38a – paragraph 5
(5) A delegated act adopted pursuant to Articles 5(2), 6(2), 7(1), 9(4a), 11a(2), 11a(6), 26, 27(1), 27(4), 38(1), 38(2) and 38(3) shall enter into force only if no objection has been expressed either by the European Parliament or the Council within a period of two months of notification of that act to the European Parliament and the Council or if, before the expiry of that period, the European Parliament and the Council have both informed the Commission that they will not object. That period shall be extended by two months at the initiative of the European Parliament or of the Council.