18 Amendments of Sergio BERLATO related to 2022/0095(COD)
Amendment 164 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 23
Recital 23
Amendment 208 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 42
Recital 42
(42) To deliver in the most efficient way on the European Green Deal’s objectives and to address the most impactful products first, the Commission should carry out a prioritisation of products to be regulated under this Regulation and requirements that will apply to them. Based on the process followed for prioritisation under Directive 2009/125/EC, the Commission should adopt a working plan, covering at least 35 years, laying down a list of product groups for which it plans to adopt delegated acts as well as the product aspects for which it intends to adopt delegated acts of horizontal application. TIn prioritising, the Commission should consider in particular those product groups identified in this Regulation, and base its prioritisation on a set of criteria pertaining in particular to the delegated acts’ potential contribution to the Union climate, environmental and energy objectives and their potential for improving the product aspects selected without disproportionate costs to the public and economic operators. Considering their importance for meeting the Union’s energy objectives, the working plans should include an adequate share of actions related to energy-related products. Member States and stakeholders should also be consulted through the Ecodesign Forum. Due to the complementarities between this Regulation and Regulation (EU) 2017/1369 for energy-related products, the timelines for the working plan under this Regulation and the one provided for under Article 15 of Regulation (EU) 2017/1369 should be aligned.
Amendment 217 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 45
Recital 45
(45) Micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) could greatly benefit from an increase in the demand for sustainable products but could also face costs and difficulties with some of the requirements. The Member States and the Commission should, in their respective areas of responsibility, provide adequate information, ensure targeted and specialised training, and provide specific assistance and support, including financial, to SMEs active in the manufacturing of products for which ecodesign requirements are set. Those actions should, for example, cover the calculation of the product environmental footprint and the technical implementation of the product passport. In addition, SMEs and their representatives should be helped to participate effectively in the Ecodesign Forum and within standardisation bodies. Member States actions should be taken in respect of applicable State aid rules.
Amendment 247 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 86
Recital 86
(86) In order to incentivise consumers to make sustainable choices, in particular when the more sustainable products are not affordable enough, mechanisms such as eco-vouchers and green taxation should be provided for. Incentives should also be provided for the repair, reuse and recovery of products already placed on the market. When Member States decide to make use of incentives to reward the best- performing products among those for which classes of performance have been set by delegated acts pursuant to this Regulation, they should do so by targeting those incentives at the highest two populated classes of performance, unless otherwise indicated by the relevant delegated act. However, Member States should not be able to prohibit the placing on the market of a product based on its class of performance. For the same reason, the power to adopt acts in accordance with Article 290 TFEU should be delegated to the Commission to supplement this Regulation by further specifying which product parameters or related levels of performance Member States’ incentives concern in case no class of performance is determined in the applicable delegated act or where classes of performance are established in relation to more than one product parameter. The introduction of Member State incentives should be without prejudice to the application of the Union State aid rules.
Amendment 475 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2
Article 4 – paragraph 2
When establishing ecodesign requirements in delegated acts referred to in the first subparagraph, the Commission shall grant economic operators sufficient time to adjust to the new requirements, taking into special consideration any impact on micro-enterprises and SMEs or on specific product groups mainly manufactured by SMEs. The Commission shall also supplement this Regulation by specifying the applicable conformity assessment procedures from among the modules set out in Annex IV to this Regulation and Annex II to Decision No 768/2008/EC, with the adaptations necessary in view of the product or ecodesign requirements concerned, in accordance with Article 36.
Amendment 600 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 5 – point d
Article 5 – paragraph 5 – point d
(d) there shall be no disproportionate negative impact on the competitiveness of economic actors, at leastnd especially of micro-enterprises and of SMEs;
Amendment 612 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 5 – point f
Article 5 – paragraph 5 – point f
(f) there shall be no disproportionate administrative or financial burden on manufacturers or other economic actors.
Amendment 759 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 2 – point f
Article 8 – paragraph 2 – point f
(f) the actors that shall have access to information in the product passport and to what information they shall have access, including customers, end-users, manufacturers, importers and distributors, dealers, repairers, including independent repairers, remanufacturers, recyclers, competent national authorities, public interest organisations and the Commission, or any organisation acting on their behalf;
Amendment 842 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) consumers, economic operators, repairers, including independent repairers, collection and reuse operators, waste management operators and other relevant actors shall have free access, at no cost, to the product passport based on their respective access rights set out in the applicable delegated act adopted pursuant to Article 4;
Amendment 886 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 16 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
The Commission shall adopt and regularly update a working plan, covering a period of at least 35 years, setting out a list of product groups for which it intends to establish ecodesign requirements in accordance with this Regulation. That list shall include products aspects referred to in Article 5(1) for which the Commission intends to adopt horizontal ecodesign requirements established pursuant to Article 5(2), second subparagraph.
Amendment 889 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Article 16 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
When adopting or updating the working plan referred to in the first subparagraph, the Commission shall take into account the criteria set out in paragraph 1 of this Article and shall consultthe opinion issued by the Ecodesign Forum referred to in Article 17, which must be consulted on this matter.
Amendment 892 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2 – point 1 (new)
Article 16 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2 – point 1 (new)
(1) For the period 2024-2030, the Commission shall prioritise the following product groups in the first working plan. - iron and steel; - cement; - aluminium; - plastics; - wood; - chemical products; - paints; – textiles and yarns.
Amendment 904 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 1
Article 17 – paragraph 1
The Commission shall ensure that when it conducts its activities, it observes a balanced participation of Member States’ representatives and all interested parties involved with the product or product group in question, such as industry, including SMEs and craft industry, trade unions, traders, retailers, importers, environmental protection groups, waste management operators, social enterprises and consumer organisations. These parties shall contribute in particular to preparing ecodesign requirements, examining the effectiveness of the established market surveillance mechanisms and assessing self-regulation measures.
Amendment 909 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 2
Article 17 – paragraph 2
To that end, the Commission shall establish an expert group, in which those parties shall meet, referred to as the ‘Ecodesign Forum’. The European Commission shall systematically consult the Ecodesign Forum when establishing and updating the working plan and when defining the ecodesign requirements for all product groups.
Amendment 925 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point b
Article 18 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point b
(b) the market share in terms of volume of the signatories to the self-regulation measure in relation to the products covered by that measure is at least 850 % of units placed on the market or put into service;
Amendment 944 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 3 – introductory part
Article 19 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 3 – introductory part
In addition, without prejudice to applicable State aid rules, such measures mayshall include:
Amendment 947 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 3 – point d a (new)
Article 19 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 3 – point d a (new)
(da) financial support to facilitate the participation of SMEs and their representatives in standardisation bodies and the Ecodesign Forum referred to in Article 17.
Amendment 1060 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 57 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point 1 (new)
Article 57 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point 1 (new)
(1) Member State incentives shall also relate to the promotion of the repair, re- use and recovery of products. Such incentives shall be aimed at consumers who use authorised or independent producers or repairers to carry out certain work to repair or recover goods instead of replacing them.