Activities of Robert GOEBBELS related to 2013/0371(COD)
Plenary speeches (1)
Reducing the consumption of lightweight plastic carrier bags (A7-0174/2014 - Margrete Auken) (vote)
Amendments (7)
Amendment 11 #
Proposal for a directive
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The Committee on Industry, Research and Energy calls on the Committee on Environment, as the committee responsible, to propose rejection of the Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 94/62/EC on packaging and packaging waste to reduce the consumption of lightweight plastic carrier bags.
Amendment 12 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 1 a (new)
Recital 1 a (new)
(1a) The necessary fight against the proliferation of plastic bags and other packaging can only be efficiently implemented at national, regional or local level.
Amendment 13 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 1 b (new)
Recital 1 b (new)
(1b) Many Members States have already managed to reduce their consumption levels of plastic bags significantly not by legislating but rather by organising voluntary actions in collaboration with different commercial structures and other market stakeholders.
Amendment 14 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 1 c (new)
Recital 1 c (new)
(1c) The auto regulatory action of distribution chains in terms of plastic bag limitation and other packaging has been implemented without considerable bureaucracy showing, however, outstanding results in different countries.
Amendment 15 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 1 d (new)
Recital 1 d (new)
(1d) The numerous statements of the Commission to ensure efficient legislation and especially to reduce the number of legislation in order to limit charges for SMEs have to encourage the Commission to withdraw this useless proposal for a directive.
Amendment 16 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 1 e (new)
Recital 1 e (new)
(1e) The Commission should act in accordance with the principle of subsidiarity laid down in Article 5 of the Treaty on European Union. However the current proposal for a directive aiming at reducing the consumption levels of lightweight plastic carrier bags only constitutes an empty framework as Member States are, according to the Commission's text "free to decide about precise implementation methods".
Amendment 17 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 1 f (new)
Recital 1 f (new)
(1f) The Commission should abandon the proposed Directive and confine to shortly present a Communication on the best practices of Member States in this field. This would have the advantage to invite Member States which have not yet implemented concrete actions to take over some ideas of well functioning systems from many Member States.