Activities of Anders WIJKMAN related to 2008/0151(COD)
Plenary speeches (1)
Ecodesign requirements for energy-related products (debate)
Amendments (16)
Amendment 14 #
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 impacts. For the vast majority of product categories available on the Community market, very different degrees of environmental impact can be noted though they provide similar functional performances. In the interest of sustainable development, continuous improvement in the overall environmental impact of those products should be encouraged, notably by identifying the major sources of negative environmental impacts and avoiding transfer of pollution, when this improvement does not entail excessive costs.
Amendment 17 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 4
Recital 4
4. The ecodesign of products is a crucial factor in the Community strategy on Integrated Product Policy. As a preventive approach, designed to optimise the environmental performance of products, while maintaining their functional qualities, it provides genuine new opportunities for manufacturers, for consumers and for society as a whole. A variety of options should be considered in order to enhance energy and resource efficiency and limit pollution, such as functional thinking (turning products into services), dematerialisation through ICT and technology development based on imitating nature (biomimicry).
Amendment 20 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) Energy and resources efficiency improvement — with one of the available options being more efficient end use of electricity — is regarded as contributing substantially to the achievement of greenhouse gas emission targets in the Community. and also to meeting the objectives of the Thematic Strategy on Natural Resources. 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 action to counteract this trend. A significant reduction in energy consumption 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 Council1. Energy saving is the most cost-effective way to increase security of supply and reduce import dependency. Therefore, substantial demand side measures and targets should be adopted. The need for enhanced resource efficiency has been demonstrated in numerous scientific reports and also in the Thematic Strategy for Natural Resources.
Amendment 21 #
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 cycle is determined at that stage, and most of the costs involved are committed then. A functional approach offers the potential of significant resource efficiency gains in many product areas.
Amendment 24 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) This Directive seeks to achieve a high level of protection for the environment by reducing the potential environmental impact of energy related products , which will ultimately be beneficial to consumers and other end-users. Sustainable development also requires proper consideration of the health, social and economic impact of the measures envisaged. Improving the energy and resource efficiency of products contributes to the security of the energy supply and reduces demand on natural resources, which is aare precondition s of sound economic activity and therefore of sustainable development.
Amendment 27 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 11
Recital 11
(11) In order to maximise the environmental benefits from improved design it may be necessaryis of paramount importance to inform consumers about the environmental characteristics and performance of energy related products and to advise them about how to use products in a manner which is environmentally friendly.
Amendment 28 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 12 a (new)
Recital 12 a (new)
(12a) Building on the Commission’s communication on Integrated Product Policy (COM(2003)0302), this Directive should promote alternative business models fostering the environmental performance of products and services throughout their whole lifecycle.
Amendment 32 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 17
Recital 17
(17) Priority should be given to alternative courses of action such as self-regulation by the industry where such action is likely to deliver the policy objectives faster or in a less costly manner than mandatory requirements. Industry sectors should be encouraged to prepare self-regulatory proposals. Legislative measures may be needshould only be imposed where market forces fail to evolve in the right direction or at an acceptable speed.
Amendment 41 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 - paragraph 2
Article 1 - paragraph 2
2. This Directive provides for the setting of requirements which the energy related products covered by implementing measures must fulfil in order for them to be placed on the market and/or put into service. It contributes to sustainable development by increasing energy and resource efficiency and the level of protection of the environment, while at the same time increasing the security of the energy supply.
Amendment 50 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 - point 13
Article 2 - point 13
13. ‘“Life cycle’” means the consecutive and interlinked stages of a product from raw material use to final disposal or reuse or recycling;
Amendment 55 #
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 aspproduct’s overall effects ofn the productenvironment throughout its life cycle, as reflected in its technical documentation file;
Amendment 60 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 5 - paragraph 1
Article 5 - paragraph 1
1. Before a product covered by implementing measures or self-regulatory measures is placed on the market and/or put into service, a CE conformity marking shall be affixed and a declaration of conformity issued whereby the manufacturer or its authorised representative ensures and declares that the product complies with all relevant provisions of the applicable implementing measure.
Amendment 68 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 15 - paragraph 4 - point (a)
Article 15 - paragraph 4 - point (a)
(a) consider the life cycle of the product and all its significant environmental aspects, inter alia, energy and resource efficiency. The depth of analysis of the environmental aspects and of the feasibility of their improvement shall be proportionate to their significance. The adoption of ecodesign requirements on the significant environmental aspects of a product shall not be unduly delayed by uncertainties regarding the other aspects;
Amendment 75 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 18
Article 18
The Commission shall ensure that in the conduct of its activities it observes, in respect of each implementing measure, a balanced participation of Member States' representatives and all interested parties concerned with the product/product group in question, such as industry, including SMEs and craft industry, trade unions, traders, retailers, importers, environmental protection groups and consumer organisations. These parties shall contribute, in particular, to defining and reviewing implementing measures and relevant additional measures to stimulate environmental performance of products throughout their whole life- cycle, such as the promotion of alternative business models, to examining the effectiveness of the established market surveillance mechanisms, and to assessing voluntary agreements and other self- regulation measures. These parties shall meet in a Consultation Forum. The rules of procedure of the Forum shall be established by the Commission.
Amendment 78 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 21
Article 21
Not later than 2012 the Commission shall review the appropriateness of extending the scopeeffectiveness of theis Directive to non energy related products, the effectiveness of this Directive and of its implementing measuresand of its implementing measures, looking specifically at the whole life-cycle of products including the sustainable management of resources and the promotion of reuse and recycling, the thresholds for implementing measures, market surveillance mechanisms and any relevant self-regulation stimulated, - including the promotion of alternative business models to foster environmental performance throughout the whole life- cycle of products, such as the application of functional thinking, dematerialisation, and biomimicry for example - after consultation of the Consultation Forum referred to in Article 18above, and, as appropriate, present proposals to the European Parliament and the Council for amending this Directive.
Amendment 79 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex I - part 1 - point 1.1 - point e a (new)
Annex I - part 1 - point 1.1 - point e a (new)
(ea) re-use or recovery