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Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EC) No 648/2004 as regards the use of phosphates and other phosphorus compounds in household laundry detergents PDF (351 KB) DOC (464 KB)
Amendments (7)
Amendment 12 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Recital 1
Recital 1
(1) Pursuant to Article 16 of Regulation (EC) No 648/2004, the Commission has evaluated the use of phosphates in detergents in the Report to the Council and the European Parliament concerning the use of phosphates6. Following further analysis, the Commission has concluded that the use of phosphates in household laundry detergents should be limited in order to reduce the contribution of phosphates from detergents to eutrophication risks and to reduce the costs of phosphates removal in waste water treatment plants. Those cost savings outweigh the cost of reformulating household laundry detergents with alternatives to phosphates. However, it is critical to implement the adoption of technologies and related equipment to recover phosphorous in order to address the problem of the scarcity of that element.
Amendment 14 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Recital 2
Recital 2
(2) Efficient alternatives to phosphates- based household laundry detergents require small amounts of other phosphorous compounds, namely phosphonates, which if used in increasing quantities might be of concern for thefulfil a very specific and crucial role, very different to that of phosphates, and are present in such minimal quantities that there is currently no compelling evidence to indicate any detrimental impact on the aquatic environment.
Amendment 18 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) It is not appropriate to extend limitations of the use of phosphates and other phosphorous compounds in household laundry detergents to household automatic dishwasher detergents or to industrial and institutional detergents because suitable technically and economically feasible alternatives to the useAlthough at present there are a limited number of commercially available phosphate-free automatic dishwasher formulations, due to rapid innovation and competition in the industry it is feasible that phosphate-free automatic dishwasher products will become available in the foreseeable future. It is thus appropriate to consider introducing a ban ofn phosphates in those detergents are not yet availablautomatic dishwasher formulations within the next decade.
Amendment 20 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) It is appropriate to provide for deferred application of the restrictioban established in this Regulation so as to allow operators, in particular small and medium–sized enterprises, to reformulate their phosphate– based household laundry detergents using alternatives during their usual reformulation cycle in order to minimise the costs.
Amendment 24 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 1
Article 1 – point 1
Regulation (EC) No 648/2004
Article 1 - paragraph 2 - indent 5
Article 1 - paragraph 2 - indent 5
– limitations or bans on the content of phosphates and other phosphorous compounds in detergents.
Amendment 28 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 7
Article 1 – point 7
Regulation (EC) No 648/2004
Article 14 - paragraph 2
Article 14 - paragraph 2
Member States may maintain or lay down national rules concerning restriclimitations on the content of phosphates and of other phosphorous compounds in detergents for which no restriclimitations on the content are set out in Annex VIa where justified on grounds of protection of the aquatic environment and where technically and economically feasible alternatives are available.
Amendment 38 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Annex
Annex
Regulation (EC) No 648/2004
Annex VIa
Annex VIa
Detergent Limitations Date as of which the limitation applies Household laundry Shall not be placed on the market if 1 January 2013 detergents the total content of phosphorous is equal to or greater than 0.5 % by g P per standard washing machine load. Household Automatic Shall not be placed on the market 1 January 2018 Dishwasher if the total content of phosphorous Detergents is equal to or greater than 0.5% P by weight .