30 Amendments of Martin HÄUSLING related to 2015/2259(INI)
Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 1 a (new)
Citation 1 a (new)
- having regard to Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 December 2006 concerning the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH), establishing a European Chemicals Agency, amending Directive 1999/45/EC and repealing Council Regulation (EEC) No 793/93 and Commission Regulation (EC) No 1488/94 as well as Council Directive 76/769/EEC and Commission Directives 91/155/EEC, 93/67/EEC, 93/105/EC and 2000/21/EC(7) ('the REACH Regulation')1a, _________________ 1a OJ L 396, 30.12.2006, p. 1–849
Amendment 2 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 2 a (new)
Citation 2 a (new)
- having regard to the Commission State of the Art Report on Mixture Toxicity1a, _________________ 1a Kortenkamp 2009 http://ec.europa.eu/environment/chemical s/effects/pdf/report_mixture_toxicity.pdf
Amendment 3 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 2 b (new)
Citation 2 b (new)
- having regard to the conclusions adopted by the Council of Environment Ministers on 22 December 2009 on the combination effects of chemicals 1a , _________________ 1a http://register.consilium.europa.eu/doc/sr v?l=EN&f=ST%2017820%202009%20IN IT
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 3 a (new)
Citation 3 a (new)
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 3 b (new)
Citation 3 b (new)
- having regard to Decision No 1386/2013/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 November 2013 on a General Union Environment Action Programme to 2020 'Living well, within the limits of our planet' which inter alia recognises the need for the EU to address combination effects of chemicals and safety concerns related to endocrine disruptors in all relevant Union legislation1a , _________________ 1a 7th Environmental Action Programme: OJ L 354, 28.12.2013, p. 171–200, http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal- content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32013D13 86
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 3 c (new)
Citation 3 c (new)
Amendment 15 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas materials not regulated by specific EU measures can pose a risk to public health and give rise to loss of consumer trust, legal uncertainty and increased compliance costs for operators; whereas the lack of uniform measures is detrimental tore is broad consensus among all relevant stakeholders that the lack of uniform measures is detrimental to public health, the protection of the environment, the smooth functioning of the internal market and hampers the drive towards a circular economy;
Amendment 31 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Recital F a (new)
Fa. whereas the current paradigm of health and environmental risk assessment at EU level is limited to assessment of individual substances and ignores the real life conditions of combined and cumulative exposure from different routes and product types, also known as "cocktail" or "mixture" effect;
Amendment 33 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F b (new)
Recital F b (new)
Fb. whereas the "Better Regulation" principles should by no means delay any measure aiming at averting or reducing potentially serious or irreversible consequences for human health and/or the environment, as compelled by the precautionary principle enshrined in the EU Treaties;
Amendment 34 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F c (new)
Recital F c (new)
Fc. whereas full transparency of the protocols, raw data and results of scientific studies is a prerequisite for trustworthy public decision making and avoiding duplicative testing on vertebrate animals;
Amendment 35 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F d (new)
Recital F d (new)
Fd. whereas according to a recommendation by FAO/WHO (2009)1a, exposure assessments should cover the general population, as well as critical groups that are vulnerable or are expected to have exposure higher than the general population (e.g. infants, children); _________________ 1a Recent developments in the risk assessment of chemicals in food and their potential impact on the safety assessment of substances used in food contact materials - EFSA Journal 2016;14(1):4357 [28 pp.] https://www.efsa.europa.eu/en/efsajournal /pub/4357
Amendment 36 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F e (new)
Recital F e (new)
Fe. whereas according to EFSA, nanotechnology and nanomaterials are a new technological development and FCM are one sector in which the use of nanomaterials has featured; whereas the specific properties of nanomaterials may affect their toxicokinetic and toxicology profiles, but limited information is available in relation to these aspects; whereas there are also uncertainties stemming from the difficulty of characterising, detecting and measuring nanomaterials in food and in biological matrices, and from the limited availability of toxicity data and test methods;
Amendment 37 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F f (new)
Recital F f (new)
Ff. whereas labelling is a very direct and effective tool of informing the consumer about the characteristics of a product;
Amendment 38 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F g (new)
Recital F g (new)
Fg. whereas a horizontal approach to substances across all economic sectors provides consistency of the legislation and predictability for businesses;
Amendment 42 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Underlines that, while the major focus should be on the adoption of specific measures for those 13 materials not yet regulated at EU level, all relevant stakeholders point out that shortcomings exist in the implementation and enforcement of the legislation in place;
Amendment 46 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Awaits the upcoming review by the Commission’'s Joint Research Centre of the national provisions adopted by Member States for non-harmonised materials; calls on the Commission to use this review as a starting- point for drawing up the required measureeveloping such harmonised EU measures and to follow the model of REACH implementation by including all relevant stakeholders in technical and policy meetings;
Amendment 55 #
4. Believes that, given the prevalence of the materials referred to on the EU market and the risk they pose to human health, the Commission should prioritise the drawing-up of specific EU measures for paper, board, coatings, inks and adhesivNotes with concern that the Commission is currently working on a REFIT of non-REACH chemicals that only includes chemicals used in harmonised food contact materials, and urges the Commission to extend the analysis to any chemical found in FCM, including non-intentionally added substances;
Amendment 67 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Is convinced that, in light of the EU’'s focus on moving towards a circular economy, specific measures at EU level should also be proposed for recycled paper and boardto encourage business operators to develop safe reusable and recycled food contact materials;
Amendment 77 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Is aware of the important role played by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA)EFSA plays in the risk assessment of substances for use in FCMs regulated by specific measures; recognises the costs involved in the risk assessment of a particular substance and EFSA’'s limited resources; calls therefore on the Commission, therefore, to increase the level of funding for EFSA; together with transparency requirements for scientific studies, providing for trustworthy public decision making and avoiding duplicative testing on vertebrate animals;
Amendment 82 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Recognises that in order to properly assess the risks of FCMs, it is necessary to take into account both substances used in their manufacture and processing andof FCMs, non- intentionally added substances (‘"NIAS’"), including impurities from the intentionally added substances and other substances resulting from chemical reactions, as well as mixture effects of combined and cumulative exposure from different routes and product types ; acknowledges that, to this end, starting substances must be clearly indicated to EFSA and to the relevant authorities in the Member States; stresses, accordingly, the importance of cooperation between scientific bodies/laboratories, and welcomes EFSA’s intention to focus more on finished materials and articles and the manufacturing process, rather than on the substances used6 ; _________________ 6 http://www.efsa.europa.eu/sites/default/file s/scientific_output/files/main_documents/4 357.pdf
Amendment 85 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Calls on EFSA and the Commission to extend the concept of vulnerable groups to pregnant and breastfeeding women and to include the potentials effects of low doses exposure and non monotonic dose-responses in the risk assessment criteria;
Amendment 87 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Regrets that EFSA, in its current risk assessment procedure, does not take account of the so-called ‘cocktail effect’ or multiple exposures, and urges EFSA to do so in future; also urges the Commission to consider this when determining migration limits that are considered safe for human health; therefore calls on the Commission to require from operators that they assess the health impacts of chemicals used as food contact materials, including genotoxicity, breast tissue development, obesity, and immune systems before and after birth, on both consumers and workers from exposure during production, use, disposal, reuse and recycling;
Amendment 104 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Calls on the Commission to ensure better coordination between REACH and FCM legislation, especially as regards substances classified as SVHCsubstance of Very High Concern (SVHC) under REACH, and to ensure that harmfulSVHCs under REACH are banned in FCMs unless the absence of safer alternative is demonstrated and to ensure that substances phased out under REACH or any other legislation are also phased out in FCMs;
Amendment 109 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Calls on the Commission to remedy as much as possible to the current illegal delay in the adoption of criteria for defining endocrine disrupting chemicals by reassessing all substances authorised or renewed in the EU since 14 December 2013 against the EDC criteria as soon as they are published and by accordingly reviewing the authorisations and reapprovals so far delivered;
Amendment 116 #
10. Welcomes the fact that the Commission has finally announced its plCalls on the Commission to ban Bisphenol A in FCMs and to introduce a migration limit of 0.05 mg/kg for Bisphenol A (BPA) for packaging and containers made of plastic, as well as for varnishes and coatings used in metal containers; considers this an improvement compared to the current migration limit of 0.6 mg/kg for BPA in plastic; regrets that this migration limit does not apply to all FCMsapply the protection levels and migration limits designed for critical groups to the other substances, as it is common that women are not aware of their increased vulnerability to chemical pollution in the first weeks of pregnancy;
Amendment 127 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Supports research and innovation initiatives that seek to develop new substances for use in FCMs that are proven to be safe for human health, and for the environment once they become waste;
Amendment 130 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Believes that a Declaration of Compliance (DoC) can be an effective tool for ensuring that FCMs are compliant with the relevant rules, and recommends that all FCMs, whether harmonised or non- harmonised, are accompanied by a DoC and the appropriate documentation, as is currently the case for FCMs for which specific measures have been adopted; conditions of use should be better reflected in the relevant declarations of compliance;
Amendment 135 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Calls on the Commission to establish mandatory labelling of the intended presence of nanomaterials in food contact materials and to establish mandatory labelling of the composition of the food contact materials used for organic products and products intended for critical groups;
Amendment 160 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Calls on the Member States to carry out controls more efficiently,increase the frequency and efficiency of official controls, based on the basrisk of non- compliance, the percentage of food concerned, the intended consumer and the length of time it has been in contact with the material in question, as well as type of FCM, temperature and any other relevant factors;
Amendment 163 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Insists on the need for Member States to ensure that they have the necessary staff trained to perform uniform and robust controls; as well as a system of dissuasive penalties in case on non- compliance in place; calls on the Commission to establish an EU database for the reporting of non-compliance on a yearly basis and to analyse the findings thereof ;