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2019/2949(RPS) Resolution on the draft Commission regulation amending Annex XVII to Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 on the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH) as regards lead and its compounds

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RoleCommitteeRapporteurShadows
Lead ENVI ARENA Maria (icon: S&D S&D), HOJSÍK Martin (icon: Renew Renew), EICKHOUT Bas (icon: Verts/ALE Verts/ALE)
Committee Opinion ITRE
Committee Opinion IMCO
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Events

2020/06/04
   EC - Commission response to text adopted in plenary
Documents
2020/02/12
   EP - Motion for a resolution
Documents
2020/02/12
   EP - Results of vote in Parliament
2020/02/12
   EP - Decision by Parliament
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The European Parliament adopted by 394 votes to 241, with 13 abstentions a resolution on the draft Commission regulation amending Annex XVII to Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH) as regards lead and its compounds.

The draft Commission Regulation proposes to limit the use and presence of lead and its compounds in products made from polymers and copolymers of vinyl chloride (PVC) by setting the maximum lead concentration at 0.1%, by weight, of PVC. It provides for two 15-year derogations for recovered PVC materials, allowing a maximum lead concentration of 2% for rigid PVC and 1% for flexible PVC.

Parliament opposed the adoption of the draft Commission regulation, considering that it was not compatible with the aim and content of the REACH regulation, which is to ensure a high level of protection for human health and the environment and to authorise importers to sell PVC products containing thousands of tonnes of lead for a further 24 months in order to sell off stocks, even though the manufacture of such products is no longer authorised in the Union.

Members considered that concentrations of lead of 1% or 2% were not ‘safe levels’ but were limits set to allow the industry to continue to maximise the financial benefits it derives from recycling lead-containing PVC waste when there are alternatives explicitly recognised by the Commission. They added that such derogations went against the longstanding position of the Parliament, which has been reiterated in numerous resolutions, most recently on 15 January 2020 .

In summary, Parliament considered that the draft Commission regulation was 18 years too late and that it was incompatible with REACH in several respects, namely the derogations for recovered PVC, the positive marking of recycled PVC despite its lead content, exemption for lead pigments and the long grace period granted to operators.

Members therefore called on the Commission to withdraw its draft regulation, to submit a new one to the European Chemicals Agency's Risk Assessment Committee without delay and to respect the deadlines set by the REACH regulation.

They considered that the recovery of waste PVC should not lead to the carry-over of lead compounds into a new generation of products.

Documents
2020/01/21
   EP - Decision by committee, without report
2020/01/16
   EP - ARENA Maria (S&D) appointed as rapporteur in ENVI
2020/01/16
   EP - HOJSÍK Martin (Renew) appointed as rapporteur in ENVI
2020/01/16
   EP - EICKHOUT Bas (Verts/ALE) appointed as rapporteur in ENVI
2019/12/18
   EP - Committee referral announced in Parliament
2019/11/20
   EC - Non-legislative basic document
Documents
2019/11/20
   EC - Non-legislative basic document published
Documents

Documents

Votes

B9-0089/2020 - Am 2 #

2020/02/12 Outcome: +: 389, 0: 143, -: 116
FR ES DE RO BE PT DK IE SK SE NL FI HU BG CY HR LU LT AT EL SI MT LV EE ?? IT CZ PL
Total
76
53
91
31
19
20
13
11
14
18
26
13
15
16
6
12
6
11
18
16
8
6
6
6
1
69
20
47
icon: S&D S&D
142

Cyprus S&D

2

Luxembourg S&D

For (1)

1

Lithuania S&D

2

Greece S&D

2

Slovenia S&D

2

Latvia S&D

For (1)

1

Estonia S&D

2
icon: Verts/ALE Verts/ALE
65

Spain Verts/ALE

2

Belgium Verts/ALE

3

Portugal Verts/ALE

1

Denmark Verts/ALE

2

Ireland Verts/ALE

2

Sweden Verts/ALE

3

Netherlands Verts/ALE

3

Finland Verts/ALE

3

Luxembourg Verts/ALE

For (1)

1

Lithuania Verts/ALE

2

Austria Verts/ALE

3

Latvia Verts/ALE

1

Czechia Verts/ALE

3
icon: Renew Renew
92

Belgium Renew

Against (1)

3

Ireland Renew

2

Slovakia Renew

2

Sweden Renew

2

Finland Renew

3

Hungary Renew

2

Croatia Renew

For (1)

1

Luxembourg Renew

2

Lithuania Renew

2

Austria Renew

For (1)

1

Slovenia Renew

2

Latvia Renew

For (1)

1

Estonia Renew

2
icon: GUE/NGL GUE/NGL
34

Germany GUE/NGL

3

Belgium GUE/NGL

For (1)

1

Portugal GUE/NGL

3

Denmark GUE/NGL

1

Ireland GUE/NGL

3

Sweden GUE/NGL

For (1)

1

Netherlands GUE/NGL

For (1)

1

Finland GUE/NGL

For (1)

1

Cyprus GUE/NGL

2

GUE/NGL

Against (1)

1

Czechia GUE/NGL

Abstain (1)

1
icon: PPE PPE
165

Denmark PPE

Abstain (1)

1

Finland PPE

2
2

Luxembourg PPE

2

Slovenia PPE

4

Malta PPE

2

Latvia PPE

For (1)

Abstain (1)

2

Estonia PPE

Abstain (1)

1
icon: NI NI
26

Germany NI

2

Slovakia NI

2

Hungary NI

1
icon: ID ID
71

Denmark ID

For (1)

1

Finland ID

2

Austria ID

3

Estonia ID

Against (1)

1

Czechia ID

Against (2)

2
icon: ECR ECR
53

Germany ECR

Abstain (1)

1

Belgium ECR

2

Slovakia ECR

2

Sweden ECR

2

Netherlands ECR

4

Bulgaria ECR

Against (1)

1

Croatia ECR

Against (1)

1

Lithuania ECR

Against (1)

1

Greece ECR

Against (1)

1

Latvia ECR

Against (1)

1

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