2020/2077(INI) | [ParlTrack]

Draft opinion
Paragraph 11 b (new)

11 b. Encourages initiatives such as the European cycle route network that support tourism experience based on healthy activities and contact with the environment.

Amendment 134 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 11 c (new)

11 c. Underlines the role that the tourism sector must play in public policies against food waste. Encourages the integration of its professionals in improving data collection on this issue and in raising awareness, disseminating and implementing measures to prevent it. Highlights the sector's potential to lead the creation of solidarity networks that transform the risk of food waste into an opportunity for solidarity and the promotion of the circular economy.

Amendment 135 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 11 c (new)

11 c. Calls on the Commission, Member States and local and regional authorities to further invest in education and awareness-raising campaigns about the benefits and advantages of circular economy actions;

Amendment 14 #

A b. whereas emissions from transport (including international aviation but excluding international shipping) in 2017 were 28 % above 1990 levels2a; _________________ 2aEEA, Greenhouse gas emissions from transport in Europe, p. 4

Amendment 15 #

Draft opinion
Recital A c (new)

A c. whereas there is currently no specific and binding target for reducing GHGs in the EU legislation for the transport sector as a whole, notwithstanding the sector being crucial for achieving the EU’s decarbonisation ambition3a; _________________ 3a SOER 2020, Chapter 13.5.1, p. 310

Amendment 16 #

Draft opinion
Recital A c (new)

Ac. whereas optimising the use of resources by the entire logistics chain is vital in order to complete the circular economy, and whereas it is important to prevent unladen journeys, in particular by improving the combination of distribution logistics and reverse logistics, including by developing digital and AI solutions;

Amendment 17 #

Draft opinion
Recital A d (new)

Ad. whereas the development of alternative engines – chiefly electric and hydrogen engines – and information technologies in the transport sector will increase the need for some raw materials that are rare or non-existent in Europe;

Amendment 18 #

Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)

A a. whereas incorporating the principles of the circular economy and eco-design into tourism products and services will improve the quality of tourism experience, reduce its environmental impact and promote the training and willingness of consumers to assess sustainability criteria when selecting a product or service;

Amendment 19 #

Draft opinion
Recital A e (new)

Ae. whereas the tourism industry should step up its involvement in the objectives of the circular economy by making more of a commitment to sustainability;

Amendment 2 #

Draft opinion
Recital -A a (new)

-Aa. whereas more than half of greenhouse gas emissions are linked to the extraction and use of raw materials;

Amendment 20 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 (new)

-1. Welcomes the Commission’s new Circular Economy Action Plan (COM (2020) 98) and, in particular, its specific focus on batteries and vehicles;

Amendment 21 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 (new)

-1. Highlights that the circular economy offers great opportunities to the mobility sector, such as collaborative economy initiatives, electric vehicles, the reuse of components, the advance in multimodality with sustainable means of transport, as well as the optimisation in logistics;

Amendment 22 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 a (new)

-1 a. Highlights that the re-conception of logistics processes for an efficient and sustainable management of the flows of materials, components and products, will be key in the upcoming years to accelerate the transition of society towards a circular economy model;

Amendment 23 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Highlights that the carbon and resource footprint ~~of goods due to transport and packaging~~due to mobility could be reduced through a circular economy approach in this area also;

Amendment 24 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Highlights that the carbon and resource footprint of goods due to transport and packaging could be reduced through a circular economy approach, promoting, in particular, the optimisation and standardisation of packaging to increase vehicles’ fill rates;

Amendment 25 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Highlights that the carbon and resource footprint of goods due to transport and packaging could be reduced through a circular economy approach, minimising at the same time waste production and the use of virgin raw materials;

Amendment 26 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1 a. Stresses the need to promote eco- design in transport products and services. Stresses that a European strategy should be developed to promote monitoring technologies embedded in goods and vehicles in order to improve the information available and apply it to design, life forecasting, cycle extension, recycling efficiency and planning and extension of use cycles

Amendment 27 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1 a. Calls on the Commission to put the transport sector stronger in the focus of their circular economy initiatives and to step up the efforts to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from transport in order to reach the goals proclaimed in the 2011 White Paper and of the Paris Agreement;

Amendment 28 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. stresses that multimodal transport is important for the circular economy, and that it is also important, therefore, that modes of transport can be combined to the appropriate extent, with an emphasis being placed on those that use the fewest resources;

Amendment 29 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Looks forward with particular interest to the announced comprehensive European strategy for sustainable and smart mobility;

Amendment 3 #

Draft opinion
Recital -A b (new)

-Ab. whereas a reduction in the use of primary raw materials and commodities and increased recycling offer an opportunity to safeguard our prosperity and sustain our economy without sacrificing comfort;

Amendment 30 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)

1 b. Stresses the need to decouple GDP growth from an increase in transport emissions and resource consumption, as envisaged by the Commission in its 2001 White Paper on European transport policy, in particular by a shift from road to rail, water and public passenger transport;

Amendment 31 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)

1b. Stresses the importance of circular procurement and the example that can be given in this respect at every level of government;

Amendment 32 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 c (new)

1c. Is convinced that innovation is crucial for further transition to a circular economy and accordingly welcomes the attention it receives in the communication;

Amendment 33 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 d (new)

1d. Actively encourages producers to use their brand identity and market influence to promote sustainable and circular consumption;

Amendment 34 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Calls on the Union to increase the share of renewable energies in transport; , which accounted for 7,2 % in 2017, staying well below the 10 % target set for 2020 under Directive 2009/28/EC, aiming to achieve at least the 14 % target set for 2030 under Directive (EU) 2018/2001; to accelerate the spread of battery electric vehicles (BEVs); emphasises the potential of EU-wide CO2 target levels for passenger cars to influence this spread4a; _________________ 4aEstimates show that by 2030, BEVs could be between 3,9% and 13,0% of new car registrations, depending on those targets, EEA, Electric vehicles from life cycle and circular economy perspectives, 2018, p. 11.

Amendment 35 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Calls on the Union to increase the share of renewable energies in t~~ransport~~he various modes of transport, in particular by seeing to it that Directive (EU) 2018/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2018 on the promotion of the use of energy from renewable sources is transposed in the Member States;

Amendment 36 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Calls on the Union to increase the share of renewable energies in transport, in order to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and support the creation of new job opportunities;

Amendment 37 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Calls on the Union to increase the share of renewable energies in transport and to invest heavily in scientific research on green, zero-carbon energies;

Amendment 38 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Calls on the Union to create incentives to increase the share of renewable energies in transport;

Amendment 39 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Calls on the Commission to look into the negative effects of alternative fuels, in particular with regard to land use, to prevent alternative fuels from being produced at the expense of food crops; calls on the Commission to see to it that there is a limit on overly long distances between the sites at which raw materials are produced and the sites at which alternative fuels are produced;

Amendment 4 #

Draft opinion
Recital -A c (new)

Ac. whereas a recent survey by Circular Flanders and VITO shows that circular companies are performing better in the corona crisis and are more resilient to crisis situations;1a

Amendment 40 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2 a. Calls on the Commission to adopt additional measures to move towards a lower carbon electricity mix in the EU, considering that life-cycle emissions of battery electric vehicles (BEVs) charged with electricity generated from wind power could be almost 90 % lower than those of an equivalent internal combustion engine vehicle (ICEV)5a; _________________ 5a EEA, Electric vehicles from life cycle and circular economy perspectives, 2018, p. 7.

Amendment 41 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Urges the Commission to examine the various ways of internaliseing the external costs of transport ~~and to establish greenhouse gas certification schemes~~;

Amendment 42 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Urges the Commission to fin~~tern~~alise, in a directive, the existing studies on the external costs of transport and to establish greenhouse gas certification schemes;

Amendment 43 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Urges the Commission to internalise the external costs of transport ~~and to~~, to raise awareness of transport users and to promote cleaner transport solutions by establishing greenhouse gas certification schemes; and common EU standards to estimate the carbon footprint of each passenger and freight journey; emphasises that greenhouse gas emissions caused through transport of intermediate goods in the production chain need to be included in certification schemes and urges the Union to take measures to make production chains less transport- intensive;

Amendment 44 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Urges the Commission to internalise the external costs of transport and to establish greenhouse gas certification schemes; In this respect, stresses the importance of innovation and fiscal policies. Points to labelling as a critical tool to help consumers distinguish and choose the most sustainable services.

Amendment 45 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Urges the Commission to internalise the external costs of transport without discriminating against any particular group of road users, and to establish greenhouse gas certification schemes;

Amendment 46 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Urges the Commission to internalise the external costs of transport, defining adequate incentives and pricing models and to establish greenhouse gas certification schemes;

Amendment 47 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3 a. Calls on the Commission to oblige transport contractors and operators of computerised reservation systems to provide information about CO2eq emissions, compared with data of the best alternative train, ship or bus connection;

Amendment 48 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to support the most resource-efficient modes of transport, including via tax incentives, in particular by changing the VAT on train tickets;

Amendment 49 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)

3 b. Calls on the Union to lower greenhouse gas emissions of shipping by promoting the uptake of sail technology and adopting regulatory measures regarding slow steaming;

Amendment 5 #

Draft opinion
Recital -A d (new)

Ad. whereas the circular economy has an important role to play in achieving climate targets, extending to mobility also; whereas, a recent study has nevertheless concluded that current mobility arrangements apply to the transport of materials rather than people and are in fact continuing to operate on a linear basis in the absence of any real circular mobility policy at the present 2a ;

Amendment 50 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. ~~Insists that the Union should adopt binding legislation on sustainable alternative transport fuels and charging infrastructure;~~deleted

Amendment 51 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. ~~Insists that~~Recalls that the transport sector in the EU still depends heavily on oil and consequently on imports for its energy needs6a; insists therefore that, apart from including alternative fuels in the forthcoming Comprehensive European Strategy on Sustainable and Smart Mobility, the Union should adopt binding legislation on sustainable and renewable alternative transport fuels ~~and charging infrastructure;~~ based on life- cycle assessment; encourages the Commission to follow up on Directive 2014/94/EU on the deployment of alternative fuels infrastructure by setting more ambitious objectives and adopting binding legislation for the availability of charging and maintenance infrastructure for electric vehicles throughout Europe6b; _________________ 6a COM European Strategy for Low- Emission Mobility, 2016, p. 4. 6b This being crucial for their mass acceptance and deployment, as well as reducing the necessary vehicle driving range which is directly linked to battery size and associated environmental impacts of battery production, EEA, Electric vehicles from life cycle and circular economy perspectives, 2018, p. 27.

Amendment 52 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Insists that the Union should adopt ~~binding~~stricter legislation on sustainable alternative transport fuels and charging infrastructure on the basis of clear criteria via a review of Directive 2014/94/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 October 2014 on the deployment of alternative fuels infrastructure, and by extending that directive to all modes of transport;

Amendment 53 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Insists that the Union should adopt binding legislation with EU standards on sustainable alternative transport fuels and charging infrastructure for all modes of transport, as well as guaranteeing the sufficient EU financing and human resources for an efficient provision and implementation of the latter; notes that this legislation should take into account the particular needs of islands, outermost regions, peripherical regions, mountainous and depopulated areas;

Amendment 54 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Insists that the Union should adopt binding legislation on sustainable alternative and renewable transport fuels and charging infrastructure; Encourages the harmonisation of fiscal stimulus policies for the consumption of this type of fuels and the purchase of vehicles that use them.

Amendment 55 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Insists that the Union should adopt binding legislation on sustainable alternative transport fuels and charging infrastructure;, optimising synergies at European, national and regional level.

Amendment 56 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Calls on the Member States and the Commission to prioritise, in the recovery and resilience plans and the various EU financing instruments, initiatives relating to the circular economy and the use of renewables in transport, in particular by the swift deployment of appropriate infrastructure;

Amendment 57 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4 a. Notes that a precautionary approach is needed when looking at chemical recycling processes that produce petrochemical feedstock (syngas and oils). These carbon- and energy intensive processes should not be categorised as recycling processes, in order to avoid "greenwashing" the transformation of plastic waste into fossil fuels;

Amendment 58 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4 a. Highlights the role that public procurement should have in the acquisition of vehicles and the articulation of public transport networks based on sustainability and the principles of the circular economy. Stresses the effect this policy should have on user awareness and the necessary changes in mobility habits.

Amendment 59 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Calls on the Commission to promote rail and river transport for long journeys;

Amendment 6 #

Draft opinion
Recital -A e (new)

Ae. whereas the collection of qualitative data is of great importance for the proper monitoring and evaluation of policies pursued;

Amendment 60 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)

4 b. Insists on the need to take advantage of the principle of intermodality also in urban transport, analysing and eliminating duplications and integrating resources such as shared bicycles or promoting the collective use of private vehicles.

Amendment 61 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)

4b. Calls for the creation of an intricate European network of depots in connection with the circular economy, and for intermodal logistics hubs to be set up;

Amendment 62 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Notes th~~at shared mobility services save resources in production;~~ e need to increase occupancy rates and load factors; highlights that shared mobility services can benefit circular economy and the reduction of environmental impacts from transport; highlights that there would be less, but more intensively used vehicles, thus saving resources in production; believes that shared mobility can lead to the use of smaller electric vehicles with a lower range and less energy demand, allowing for lighter batteries produced with lower GHG emissions; points out that users can reduce range anxiety by trialling vehicles; highlights that users can use a vehicle meeting only their daily needs instead of having to buy a vehicle that would meet their peak need; notes that shared mobility benefits transport users by providing a higher degree of flexibility; underlines the need to distinguish - with a monetary threshold as a suitable indicator - between non-professional shared mobility and commercial transporting services in EU terminology, so as to lower barriers for shared mobility; believes that the European Union should support small initiatives - often on a local level and implemented by micro, small or medium sized mobility enterprises or cooperatives - which bear great potential for innovation and resource-saving7a; _________________ 7aExample: modular systems of trains, which adapt flexibly to changing transportation needs, achieved by waggons configured with specific modules for taking passengers, luggage, freight or a combination of those.

Amendment 63 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Notes that some shared mobility services save resources in production; calls on the Commission to look into the impact that different services have on the use of resources; calls on the Commission and the Member States to promote the most sustainable shared-mobility services and initiatives via a long-term strategy, and in particular via taxation, for example by reducing vehicle registration tax for the vehicles used by such services;

Amendment 64 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Notes that shared mobility services save resources in production; Therefore, calls for the promotion of intelligent transport systems that help to promote intelligent intermodality, including the "last mile", and to provide users integrated information for purchasing and procurement decisions. Such information should pay particular attention to data on the origin of products and services, operating costs and their relationship to greenhouse gas emissions detailed by option.

Amendment 65 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. ~~Notes that shared mobility services save resources in production~~Stresses that, in addition to innovative technologies, new circular business models offering sustainable services are also crucial; notes that the use of shared mobility services, such as public transport and car sharing, save resources in production provided that they form part of a broader circular and multi-modal strategy;

Amendment 66 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Notes that shared mobility services save resources in production, and calls for car-sharing platforms to be promoted, for car-sharing areas to be set up, and for inter-company journey plans to be established;

Amendment 67 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Notes that shared mobility services save resources in production, stresses that shared mobility services decrease congestion and contribute to solve urban transport density problems;

Amendment 68 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5 a. Stresses the need for innovation and development of new technologies in the transport sector; notes that a higher number of patents on alternative energy is currently issued outside the EU; emphasises the importance of keeping the value and the jobs created through innovation within the Union; urges for further research on vehicle use, using data from national travel surveys and periodic roadworthiness tests, as robust evidence on annual mileage, trip purpose and lifetime mileage is currently limited, impeding the full exploitation of efficiency and carbon saving potential;

Amendment 69 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5 a. Notes that it is a good time for cities to take the initiative to rethink their transportation systems and transport flows; calls for local and regional authorities to take into account the participation of civil society and the main stakeholders (transport operators, distributors, employees, research and investigation centres, universities…) to this aim;

Amendment 7 #

Draft opinion
Recital A

A. whereas the transport ~~sector has~~and logistics sectors and their supply chains have a high potential for improved resource efficiency and an increasing share of the transported goods are packaged in single- use materials;

Amendment 70 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to support the development, in the transport sector, of options to rent goods or services rather than purchase them, as that would make for a better use of resources;

Amendment 71 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. calls for transport requests to be digitalised and pooled via the creation of inter-company platforms;

Amendment 72 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)

5b. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to promote compliance with the requirements of the circular economy in the regulation and supply of public transport and public transport concessions and in their vehicle fleets, as well as in public procurement procedures for transport infrastructure;

Amendment 73 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)

5 b. Highlights that a key factor affecting energy consumption of battery electric vehicles (BEV)s and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) is the extent to which regenerative braking can be used to recuperate energy, making it another crucial area for research;

Amendment 74 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 c (new)

5c. Calls on the Commission to come up with a legal framework to prevent, as far as possible, vehicles making unladen journeys, in particular by adopting binding standards and initiatives in the areas of reverse logistics and load consolidation;

Amendment 75 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 d (new)

5d. Emphasises how important it is to develop short supply chains when it comes to the reuse of raw materials and waste management;

Amendment 76 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. Notes that the environmental impacts caused by the extraction and processing of raw materials for vehicles can be reduced through material efficiency and improved recycling, and calls for quotas to be established for the use of recyclable composite materials, and recycled and recyclable materials, in the manufacture of vehicles;

Amendment 77 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. Notes that ~~the~~ environmental impacts caused by ~~the~~ extraction and processing of raw materials for vehicles can be reduced through material efficiency ~~and improved recycling~~, a shift to less critical materials, phasing out of harmful substances in vehicle equipment and improved recycling; highlights that the design phase is crucial for the subsequent reuse and recycling potential;

Amendment 78 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. Notes that the environmental impacts caused by the extraction and processing of raw materials for vehicles can be reduced through material efficiency, reuse and improved recycling and that innovative technologies are therefore an essential component of a circular mobility policy;

Amendment 79 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. Notes that the environmental impacts caused by the extraction and processing of raw materials for vehicles can be reduced through material efficiency, increasing the service life of vehicles, repairs, preparation for re-use and improved recycling;

Amendment 8 #

Draft opinion
Recital A

A. whereas the transport and tourism sectors hasve a high potential for improved resource efficiency and an increasing share of the transported goods and those used in the tourism sector are packaged in single- use materials;

Amendment 80 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. Notes that the environmental impacts caused by the extraction and processing of raw materials for vehicles can be reduced through material efficiency, the rational use thereof and improved recycling and reuse;

Amendment 81 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. Notes that the environmental impacts caused by the extraction and processing of raw materials for vehicles can be reduced through eco-design, material efficiency and improved recycling;

Amendment 82 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6 a. Notes that it is crucial to embed the entire value chain of the production and recycling of electrical vehicles and batteries within EU borders. Not only from a circular economy point of view and the optimal use and re-use of raw materials and rare earths, but also for health, social, employment and economic reasons. To enhance this viewpoint, appropriate rules of origin need to be in place;

Amendment 83 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6 a. Highlights the need for research and innovation to extend the useful life- cycle of the materials and components of electric or hybrid vehicles; recalls that these materials can be reused or, if that is not possible, be recycled, in order to reintroduce them into the value chain;

Amendment 84 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6 a. Calls on the Commission, in the process of reviewing Directive 2000/53/EC on end-of life vehicles, to assess the possibility to include appropriate measures to improve waste collection systems and create an adeguate tracking system.

Amendment 85 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6 a. Calls on the Union to take action against the continuous increase of vehicle weight associated with higher demand for raw materials, fuel consumption and CO2 emissions;

Amendment 86 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. Calls for the establishment of an effective traceability system for materials to guarantee the quality and reliability of products from the circular economy;

Amendment 87 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)

6 b. Highlights the importance of the designing of vehicles in sustainable and circular economy terms, so that they can be reused and which will considerably facilitate their recycling as well;

Amendment 88 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7

7. Urges the Commission to ~~introduc~~discuss and evaluate longer guarantee periods and a right to repair for vehicles;

Amendment 89 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7

7. Urges the Commission to introduce ~~longer~~ guarantee periods and a right to repair for vehicles, particularly those using new technologies;

Amendment 9 #

Draft opinion
Recital A

A. whereas the transport sector has a high potential for improved resource efficiency ~~and an increasing share of the transported goods are packaged in single- use materials~~, first and foremost through optimisation of the logistical chain;

Amendment 90 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7

7. Urges the Commission to introduce longer guarantee ~~period~~times and a right to repair for vehicles; emphasises that fabrication of a car causes 15 - 20% of its CO2 emissions in a life-cycle assessment7a; _________________ 7a https://www.vcoe.at

Amendment 91 #

Anna CAVAZZINI, Kim VAN SPARRENTAK, Alexandra GEESE

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7

7. Urges the Commission to introduce longer guarantee periods and a right to repair for vehicles; Encourages exploration of the benefits that an efficient combination of scanning and 3D printing can bring to repair processes.

Amendment 92 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7

7. Urges the Commission to review the existing regulatory framework for after-sales markets in order to introduce longer guarantee periods and a right to repair for vehicles;

Amendment 93 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7

7. Urges the Commission to introduce ~~longer guarantee period~~producer liability, product passports, longer guarantee periods, information on and access to spare parts and a right to repair for vehicles;

Amendment 94 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7

7. Urges the Commission to introduce longer guarantee periods and a right to repair for vehicles, and to bring in a repairability index;

Amendment 95 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)

7a. Calls on the Commission to look into the impact that the growth of digital technologies and applications is having on the service life of vehicles, and to guarantee a right to repair and update digital equipment and obsolete software at an affordable price;

Amendment 96 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)

7 a. Calls on the Commission to assess the potential of eco-design measures for vehicles, in order to facilitate the reuse and recycling of their parts;

Amendment 97 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8

8. Calls on the Commission to phase out non-rechargeable batteries and to define an increasing share of recycled content in batteries; stresses the relevance of charging patterns for battery electric vehicles for the integration of the sectorStresses the relevance of charging patterns for battery electric vehicles in the interests of integrated grid management; calls on the Commission to consider the circular management of the material flow of electric vehicle batteries and to ensure maximum reuse;

Amendment 98 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8

8. CWelcomes the ambition expressed by the Commission in the CEAP to progress swiftly on the sustainability and circular potential of batteries for electro- mobility and to propose a regulatory framework for batteries in 20208a; calls on the Commission to phase out non- rechargeable batteries and to define an increasing share of recycled content in batteries~~; stresses the relevance of charging patterns for battery electric vehicles for the integration of the sector;~~ which can save up to 50 % of greenhouse gas emissions in production8b; underlines that standardisation of battery design can be key for enabling future battery reuse and recycling, complemented by designs allowing for reduced inputs of raw materials and use of alternative materials; highlights the potential of a cascaded reuse of batteries in alternative, less demanding stationary applications, such as for the storage and supply of energy, namely to provide quick charging for electric vehicles; emphasises the need for more research on second-use applications, especially for assessing the degradation of battery components, the lifetime and efficiency of batteries in their second use; _________________ 8aThe most important component determining environmental impact of vehicles is the battery. 8b EEA, Electric vehicles from life cycle and circular economy perspectives, 2018, p. 16, referring to: Dunn, J., et al., 2015, 'The significance of Li-ion batteries in electric vehicle life-cycle energy and emissions and recycling's role in its reduction', Energy and Environmental Science 8, pp. 158-168.

Amendment 99 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8

8. Calls on the Commission to phase out non-rechargeable batteries where an alternative exists, and to define an increasing share of recycled content in batteries; stresses the relevance of charging patterns for battery electric vehicles for the integration of the sector, and calls on the Commission to step up the development of European standards in the area of recharging;

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2020/09/10 IMCO 117 amendments...

Amendment 1 #

Draft opinion
Recital A

A. whereas the transition to a resource-efficient and climate neutral economy based on the principles of a Circular Economy respects the planetary boundaries by shifting away from the dependency on the use of resources and raw materials, mass consumption and waste production;

Amendment 10 #

Anna CAVAZZINI, Kim VAN SPARRENTAK, Petra DE SUTTER, Alexandra GEESE

Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 a (new)

-1a. Takes the view that the wide disparities between the EU countries regarding waste recycling and recovery call for urgent action by the Commission to improve recycling facilities in the countries that need this;

Amendment 100 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7

7. ~~Calls~~Regrets that public authorities do not make use of the existing possibilities for green and social procurement under the current legislative framework and still apply too often the lowest price criterion only; calls therefore for a revision of EU public procurement legislation introducing mandatory minimum targets, through defining a certain percentage for procurement based on environmental, social and ethical criteria, and introducing a hierarchy of award criteria, together with sector-specific targets., including for the purchase of second-hand, recycled and reconditioned products; asks also public authorities to lead by example by not purchasing single-use products; Adds that sustainable procurement should become the default choice with a “comply or explain” clause allowing for exemptions only on objective and justified grounds;

Amendment 101 #

Róża THUN UND HOHENSTEIN, Maria da Graça CARVALHO, Arba KOKALARI, Ivan ŠTEFANEC, Pascal ARIMONT, Barbara THALER

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7

7. Calls for a revision of EU public procurement legislation introducing mandatory minimum targets, through defining a certain percentage for procurement based on environmental, social and ethical criteria, and introducing a hierarchy of award criteria, together with sector-specific targets.deleted

Amendment 102 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7

7. ~~Calls for a revision of EU public procurement legislation introducing mandatory minimum targets, through defining a certain percentage for procurement based on~~Underlines the significant role the public procurement plays in fostering innovative and sustainable products; considers that the benefits of public procurement policies could be further realised if relevant legislation is correctly implemented, harmonised and simplified; encourages the Commission to carry out an in-depth analysis of how to balance environmental, social and e~~thical~~conomic criteria~~, and introducing a hierarchy of award criteria, together with sector-specific targets.~~ in a sustainable way; calls on the Commission to revise guidance on Public Procurement with the aim to facilitate more sustainable purchasing;

Amendment 103 #

Biljana BORZAN, Maria GRAPINI, Robert HAJŠEL, Adriana MALDONADO LÓPEZ, Christel SCHALDEMOSE, Maria-Manuel LEITÃO-MARQUES, Evelyne GEBHARDT, Andreas SCHIEDER, Sylvie GUILLAUME, Monika BEŇOVÁ, Sándor RÓNAI, Clara AGUILERA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7

7. ~~Calls for a revision of EU public procurement legislation~~Stresses the potential of green and social public procurement in the transition to a sustainable economy; welcomes in this respect the commitments of the Commission to propose further legislation and guidance introducing mandatory minimum targets, through defining a certain percentage for procurement based on environmental, social and ethical criteria, and introducing a hierarchy of award criteria, together with sector-specific targets. , as well as supporting reusable, refurbished and remanufactured products;

Amendment 104 #

Markus BUCHHEIT, Virginie JORON, Jean-Lin LACAPELLE, Antonio Maria RINALDI, Marco CAMPOMENOSI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7

Amendment 105 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7

7. Calls for a revision of EU public procurement legislation introducing ~~mandatory minimum~~ targets, through defining a certain percentage for procurement based on economic, environmental, social and ethical criteria, and introducing a transparent hierarchy of award criteria, together with sector-specific targets.;

Amendment 106 #

Róża THUN UND HOHENSTEIN, Maria da Graça CARVALHO, Arba KOKALARI, Ivan ŠTEFANEC, Pascal ARIMONT, Barbara THALER

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)

7a. Emphasises that ethical considerations must prevail in a circular economy and, in particular, respect for the social and workplace rights of workers in the waste recycling and recovery sectors;

Amendment 107 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)

7a. Given the food packaging’s high impacts on the environment, particularly when littered, calls on the Commission to clarify the concepts of “(over)packaging” and “unnecessary packaging”; asks, therefore, to the Commission to increase the sustainability of food distribution through specific measures; asks the Commission to take into account new business models, such as packaging free shops, and analyse their potential impact on environment and consumers’ convenience;

Amendment 108 #

Biljana BORZAN, Adriana MALDONADO LÓPEZ, Christel SCHALDEMOSE, Maria-Manuel LEITÃO-MARQUES, Evelyne GEBHARDT, Andreas SCHIEDER, Sylvie GUILLAUME, Monika BEŇOVÁ, Sándor RÓNAI, Clara AGUILERA, Maria GRAPINI, Robert HAJŠEL

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)

7a. Calls on the Member States to swiftly adopt the principles for a definitive VAT regime, including the proposal for a modernised VAT rate regime, that would allow to lower VAT rates on recycled, reused or refurbished goods and on repair services to make it convenient and financially attractive to consumers, calls on the Member States to consider such measures once the new regime is adopted;

Amendment 109 #

Virginie JORON, Jean-Lin LACAPELLE

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)

7a. Considers that binding minimum targets should be introduced for public procurement purposes to facilitate the sustainable relocation of jobs in Europe through allocation clauses giving preference to local businesses and workers;

Amendment 11 #

Sandro GOZI, Stéphanie YON-COURTIN, Dita CHARANZOVÁ, Jordi CAÑAS, Karen MELCHIOR

Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 a (new)

-1a. Stresses that completing and deepening the Single market is a precondition for the success of Europe’s transition to sustainable and circular economy; calls on the Commission and the Member States to address the existing regulatory and non-regulatory barriers stemming from restrictive and complex national rules, limited administrative capacities, and inadequate transposition and enforcement of EU rules; calls for more flexible and transparent governance of the internal market with more effective peer reviews and improved monitoring and performance tools.

Amendment 110 #

Sandro GOZI, Stéphanie YON-COURTIN, Dita CHARANZOVÁ, Karen MELCHIOR, Jordi CAÑAS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)

7a. Stresses the importance of mobilising sufficient funding to finance R&D in sustainable products and circular economy business models, that will minimise destruction of products and promote repair and reuse;

Amendment 111 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)

7a. Stresses the importance of the unhindered development and adaptation of breakthrough technologies, such as AI, to maximising efficiency, recovering raw materials, and managing resource- efficient production more efficiently;

Amendment 112 #

Biljana BORZAN, Maria-Manuel LEITÃO-MARQUES, Evelyne GEBHARDT, Andreas SCHIEDER, Sylvie GUILLAUME, Monika BEŇOVÁ, Sándor RÓNAI, Clara AGUILERA, Maria GRAPINI, Robert HAJŠEL, Adriana MALDONADO LÓPEZ, Christel SCHALDEMOSE

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 b (new)

7b. Expresses concern that the introduction of overly prescriptive rules that do not take account of market realities and ignore the practical aspect of their implementation will lead to costs being passed on to consumers, a reduced choice of available products, and the purchase of products imported into the EU from third countries by less well-off sections of society; points out, in this context, the risk of asymmetries arising between products produced in Europe and those produced in third countries;

Amendment 113 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 b (new)

7b. Calls for the Commission and national authorities to assist and support financially local and regional authorities, companies, SMEs, micro-enterprises as well as self-employed, and associations in conducting consumer awareness campaigns on extending the lifespans of products, in particular by providing reliable and clear information, advice and services of maintenance, repair, re-use, etc.;

Amendment 114 #

Róża THUN UND HOHENSTEIN, Maria da Graça CARVALHO, Arba KOKALARI, Ivan ŠTEFANEC, Pascal ARIMONT, Barbara THALER

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 b (new)

7b. Highlights the role of the service sector in increasing accessibility and affordability of repairs, leasing and product-as-a-service; calls on the Commission to evaluate how a more harmonised internal market for services can contribute to the transition to a circular economy;

Amendment 115 #

Róża THUN UND HOHENSTEIN, Maria da Graça CARVALHO, Arba KOKALARI, Ivan ŠTEFANEC, Pascal ARIMONT, Barbara THALER

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 c (new)

7c. Encourages increased standardisation of the processing of secondary raw materials to facilitate the implementation of circular business models; in this context, calls on the Commission to strengthen the internal market for secondary raw materials through targeted efforts to identify and remove barriers to trade; in addition, asks the Commission to improve the enforcement of the Waste Shipment Regulation with the aims to stimulate sourcing of high quality secondary raw materials in the EU as well as optimize resource efficiency;

Amendment 116 #

Biljana BORZAN, Evelyne GEBHARDT, Andreas SCHIEDER, Sylvie GUILLAUME, Monika BEŇOVÁ, Sándor RÓNAI, Clara AGUILERA, Maria GRAPINI, Robert HAJŠEL, Adriana MALDONADO LÓPEZ, Christel SCHALDEMOSE, Maria-Manuel LEITÃO-MARQUES

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 c (new)

7c. Calls for a ban on the destruction of unsold goods in working order so that they can be reused instead, and for specific targets to be set for reuse; emphasises that priority in accessing waste yards should be given to new sustainable business models;

Amendment 117 #

Anna CAVAZZINI, Kim VAN SPARRENTAK, Alexandra GEESE

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 c (new)

7c. Believes it necessary to consider introducing provisions to strengthen the relevant monitoring authorities so that they can better detect products imported into the common market that pose unacceptable risks to health and the environment.

Amendment 12 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Considers that producing and placing sustainable products on the internal market should be the norm and calls for a horizontal Sustainable Product Framework Directive setting mandatory minimum requirements at design, production and marketing stage for durability, interoperability, reparability, upgradability, reusability and recyclability for all products alongside further product- specific requirements; calls furthermore for such a comprehensive legislative proposal to be delivered timely and not to be further postponed in order to contribute to the economy recovery of the EU subsequent to the COVID19-crisis;

Amendment 13 #

Sandro GOZI, Stéphanie YON-COURTIN, Jordi CAÑAS, Svenja HAHN

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Considers that placing sustainable products on the internal market should be the norm ~~and~~; calls for a ~~horizontal~~ Sustainable Product Framework Directive ~~setting~~that sets mandatory minimum requirements for durability, interoperability, reparability, upgradability, reusability and recyclability ~~for all products alongside further product- specific requirements;~~ while differentiating between different categories of products and taking into account market and technological developments; stresses the importance of ambitious sectoral EU policies, as well as the proper implementation and effective enforcement of existing rules for a well- functioning sustainable single market;

Amendment 14 #

Markus BUCHHEIT, Virginie JORON, Jean-Lin LACAPELLE, Antonio Maria RINALDI, Marco CAMPOMENOSI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Considers that placing sustainable products on the internal market should be the norm and calls for a horizontal Sustainable Product Framework Directive setting ~~mandatory~~ minimum requirements for durability, ~~interoperability,~~ reparability, upgradability, reusability and recyclability for ~~all~~ products ~~alongside further product-specific requiremen~~for which there is a technical justification for such requirements and which can significantly contribute to the objectives set out in the Circular Economy Action Plan; calls on the Commission to work closely with Member States and stakeholders to compile an open catalogue of such products;

Amendment 15 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Considers that placing sustainable products either from member states or third countries on the internal market should be the norm and calls for a horizontal Sustainable Product Framework Directive setting mandatory minimum requirements for durability, interoperability, reparability, by the consumer or by an authorised specialist, upgradability, reusability and recyclability for all products alongside further product- specific requirements; therefore a clear and comprehensible definition of "sustainable products" has to be provided by the Commission;

Amendment 16 #

Róża THUN UND HOHENSTEIN, Maria da Graça CARVALHO, Arba KOKALARI, Ivan ŠTEFANEC, Pascal ARIMONT, Barbara THALER

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Considers that placing sustainable products on the internal market should be the norm and calls for a horizontal Sustainable Product Framework Directive setting mandatory minimum requirements for durability, interoperability, reparability, upgradability, reusability and recyclability for all products alongside further product-specific requirementswelcomes the progress achieved with the Eco-Design Directive (2009/125/EC) and Eco Labelling Regulation (66/2010);

Amendment 17 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Considersing that placing sustainable products on the internal market should bprogressively become the norm ~~and~~, calls ~~for a horizontal S~~the Commission to propose a sustainable Pproduct ~~Framework Directive~~ policy framework setting mandatory minimum requirements, for categories of products, to strengthen energy efficiency, durability, interoperability, reparability, upgradability, reusability and recyclability ~~for all products alongside further product- specific requiremen~~, taking into account the specific characteristics of different categories of products;

Amendment 18 #

Biljana BORZAN, Maria-Manuel LEITÃO-MARQUES, Andreas SCHIEDER, Evelyne GEBHARDT, Monika BEŇOVÁ, Sylvie GUILLAUME, Sándor RÓNAI, Clara AGUILERA, Maria GRAPINI, Robert HAJŠEL, Adriana MALDONADO LÓPEZ, Christel SCHALDEMOSE

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Considers that placing sustainable products on the internal market should be the norm and calls ~~for~~on the Commission to assess the need and the applicability of a horizontal Sustainable Product Framework Directive setting the categories of the products and the mandatory minimum requirements for durability, interoperability, reparability, upgradability, reusability and recyclability ~~for all products~~, alongside further product- specific requirements;

Amendment 19 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Considers that placing sustainable products on the internal market should be the norm and calls for a horizontal Sustainable Product Framework Directive setting mandatory minimum requirements for durability, interoperability, reparability, upgradability, reusability and recyclability and addressing the presence of hazardous chemicals, for all products alongside further product- specific requirements;

Amendment 2 #

Anna CAVAZZINI, Kim VAN SPARRENTAK, Alexandra GEESE

Draft opinion
Recital B

B. whereas a Circular Economy aims at closing and slowing material, product and resources loops by reusing, sharing, repairing, upgrading, recycling, fostering interoperability and a longer lifetime of products;

Amendment 20 #

Anna CAVAZZINI, Kim VAN SPARRENTAK, Alexandra GEESE

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Highlights that ensuring non- exposure to chemicals and other harmful toxic substances is a pre-condition to a safe circular economy; Calls therefore on the Commission to take regulatory measures to eliminate chemicals and toxic substances from consumer products to ensure the highest level possible of safety for consumers;

Amendment 21 #

Markus BUCHHEIT, Virginie JORON, Jean-Lin LACAPELLE, Antonio Maria RINALDI, Marco CAMPOMENOSI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Underlines the importance of not unilaterally passing on the additional costs arising from the New Circular Economy Action Plan to consumers; further it is inevitable to set all measures in the sense of the free market economy and the preservation of the competitive ability in the international competition;

Amendment 22 #

Róża THUN UND HOHENSTEIN, Maria da Graça CARVALHO, Arba KOKALARI, Ivan ŠTEFANEC, Pascal ARIMONT, Barbara THALER

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. In the light of optimizing existing EU policies' efficiency and their contribution to circular economy, asks the Commission to avoid overlaps and discrepancies among them by considering possible synergies and reviewing on a regular basis the overall consistency among the different policy tools;

Amendment 23 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Calls on the Commission to take action to create a harmonised market for secondary raw materials that would allow European businesses to achieve economies of scale and resource efficiency, and consequently more attractive prices for consumers;

Amendment 24 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Recalls that the circular economy strategy must be consistent with overall European strategy to combat global warming and protect the environment;

Amendment 25 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)

1b. Calls for consideration to be given to the adverse impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in the Member States on the implementation of a multi-faceted plan of gradual transition to a sustainable, resource-efficient economic system;

Amendment 26 #

Róża THUN UND HOHENSTEIN, Maria da Graça CARVALHO, Arba KOKALARI, Barbara THALER

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)

1b. Stresses that the European recovery plan represents an opportunity to initiate an ambitious economic transition towards sustainable production methods;

Amendment 27 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Stresses that voluntary standardisation is key to implementing a sustainable product policy by providing reliable definitions, metrics and tests for characteristics such as durability and reparability; insists that standards be developed in a timely manner and in line with real-use conditions; highlights the need to evaluate the need to reform the standardisation process to ensure more inclusive and transparent participation of all relevant stakeholders, while safeguarding the ability of companies to innovate and develop new technology in a sustainable way, and to consistently mainstream sustainability in standard- setting;

Amendment 28 #

Biljana BORZAN, Andreas SCHIEDER, Evelyne GEBHARDT, Monika BEŇOVÁ, Sylvie GUILLAUME, Clara AGUILERA, Maria GRAPINI, Robert HAJŠEL, Adriana MALDONADO LÓPEZ, Christel SCHALDEMOSE, Maria-Manuel LEITÃO-MARQUES

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Stresses that standardisation is key to implementing a sustainable product policy by providing reliable definitions, metrics and tests for characteristics such as durability and reparability, and in setting minimum product design market requirements; insists that standards be developed in a timely manner and in line with real-use conditions; highlights the need to reform the standardisation process to ensure more inclusive and transparent participation of all relevant stakeholders and to consistently mainstream sustainability in standard- setting;

Amendment 29 #

Anna CAVAZZINI, Kim VAN SPARRENTAK, Alexandra GEESE

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Stresses that standardisation is key to implementing a sustainable product policy by providing reliable definitions, metrics and tests for characteristics such as durability and reparability; insists that standards be developed in a timely manner and in line with real-use conditions while avoiding administrative bottlenecks; highlights the need to reform the standardisation process to ensure more inclusive and transparent participation of all relevant stakeholders ~~and to consistently mainstream sustainability in standard-setting~~;

Amendment 3 #

Draft opinion
Recital C

C. whereas closed material loops and shorter supply chains will eventually lead to value added within the EU's internal market, to innovation, employment and competitiveness while ensuring a high level of consumer protection and sustainability;

Amendment 30 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Stresses that standardisation is key to implementing a sustainable product policy by providing reliable definitions, metrics and tests for characteristics ~~such as durability and reparability~~; insists that European standards be developed in a timely manner and in line with real-use conditions; highlights the need to reform ~~the~~and strengthen the ESO standardisation process to ensure more inclusive and transparent participation of all relevant stakeholders ~~and to consistently mainstream sustainability~~ in standard-setting;

Amendment 31 #

Anna CAVAZZINI, Kim VAN SPARRENTAK, Petra DE SUTTER, Alexandra GEESE

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Stresses that standardisation is key to implementing a sustainable product policy by providing reliable definitions, metrics and tests for characteristics such as durability and reparability; insists that standards be developed in a timely manner and in line with real-use conditions; highlights the need to reform the standardisation process to ensure more inclusive and transparent participation of all relevant stakeholders and to consistently mainstream sustainability and reparability in standard- setting;

Amendment 32 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Reiterates its call to the Commission to implement the provisions of Directive 2014/53/EU on radio- equipment by adopting without delay the delegated act to introduce a common charger for mobile phones, tablets, e- books readers, and other small- and medium electronic devices as part of a global strategy to reduce electronic waste; asks the Commission to develop in parallel a decoupling strategy that ensures consumers are not obliged to buy new chargers with new devices to allow for greater environmental benefits;

Amendment 33 #

Róża THUN UND HOHENSTEIN, Maria da Graça CARVALHO, Ivan ŠTEFANEC, Pascal ARIMONT, Barbara THALER

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Given that voluntary agreements have proved ineffective in terms of achieving a sustainable and common charging solution for smartphones and small and medium radio equipment, calls on the Commission to implement, as a matter of urgency, necessary measures for the introduction of a common charger for all small and medium-sized electronic devices in order to best ensure standardisation, compatibility and interoperability of charging capabilities, including wireless charging;

Amendment 34 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Recalls the 1 June 2016 Commission Communication entitled "European Standards for the 21st Century" and the work undertaken on a ‘Joint Initiative on Standardisation’ (JIS); calls on the Commission to further strengthen the JIS and to adopt new actions and projects towards improving the functioning of the ESOs;

Amendment 35 #

Virginie JORON, Jean-Lin LACAPELLE, Markus BUCHHEIT

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Believes it necessary to promote and create policies that raise awareness, which is the basis for the demand for circular economy products, and that support new and innovative business models;

Amendment 36 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Highlights the sustainability of local supply chains; notes that the definition of the durability of a product or service should accordingly focus on relocalised production, recycling or reparability in Europe;

Amendment 37 #

Róża THUN UND HOHENSTEIN, Maria da Graça CARVALHO, Ivan ŠTEFANEC, Barbara THALER

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Calls for the adoption of a horizontal production strategy to ensure a better understanding of different market sectors and products;

Amendment 38 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)

2b. Strongly believes that decoupling of new chargers from device sales is necessary for any initiative to achieve not only cost savings and convenience benefits for consumers but also greater environmental impacts; reiterates that decoupling solution in order to be beneficial for consumers has to be implemented after introducing common charging standard for all small and medium-sized electronic devices;

Amendment 39 #

Anna CAVAZZINI, Kim VAN SPARRENTAK, Petra DE SUTTER, Alexandra GEESE

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Welcomes the Commission’s intention to empower consumers to further engage in sustainable consumption practices; calls for mandatory labelling on product durability, i.e. expected product’s lifetime, and reparability, and the development of a repair score, in addition to minimum information requirements both at advertising and pre-contractual stage; asks for both the legal guarantee rights and the reversed burden of proof rules to be extended based on the lifespan of products under Directive 2019/771, the introduction of direct producer liability~~, and for legislative measures to ban practices resulting in premature obsolescence~~ vis-a-vis the seller to incentivise manufacturers to produce more sustainable and durable goods, and for legislative measures to ban practices which curtail the life of a product, such as preventing repairs, introducing a design fault or slowing performance of a device, resulting in premature obsolescence by adding those to the Annex I of the Directive 2005/29/EU;

Amendment 4 #

Anna CAVAZZINI, Kim VAN SPARRENTAK, Alexandra GEESE

Draft opinion
Recital D

D. whereas the single market is a powerful tool that must be used to develop sustainable and circular products and technologies and should reflect environmental, economic, social and ethical considerations;

Amendment 40 #

Sandro GOZI, Stéphanie YON-COURTIN, Jordi CAÑAS, Karen MELCHIOR, Svenja HAHN

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Welcomes the Commission’s intention to empower consumers to further engage in sustainable consumption practices; calls for mandatory labelling on product durability and reparability, and the development of a repair score, in addition to minimum information requirements; asks for both the legal guarantee rights and the reversed burden of proof rules to be extended based on the lifespan of products~~, the introduction of~~ following Commission assessment of the impact of these proposals on the level of prices, the estimation of products' lifespan, the system of commercial guarantees, and independent repair services; calls for measures that will encourage manufacturers to consider the durability and reparability of products from design stage, and assessing the feasibility of introducing direct producer liability~~, and~~; calls for legislative measures to ban practices resulting in premature obsolescence;

Amendment 41 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Welcomes the Commission’s intention to empower consumers to further engage in sustainable consumption practices; calls for ~~mandatory labelling on product durability and reparability, and the development of a repair score, in addition to minimum information requirements; asks for~~an enhanced dialogue with stakeholders with a view to developing a harmonised standard for voluntary product durability and reparability labels, which will facilitate consumer decision-making; asks for appropriate research to be carried out in order to consider the validity and effectiveness of the extension of both the legal guarantee rights and the reversed burden of proof rules ~~to be extended~~, based on the lifespan of products, and the introduction of direct producer liability, and fother legislative measures ~~to ban~~during the revision of Directive 2019/771; considers it advisable to develop a model for investigating practices resulting in the premature obsolescence of products, in order to objectively analyse products placed on the single market and effectively counteract this practice if it is detected;

Amendment 42 #

Róża THUN UND HOHENSTEIN, Maria da Graça CARVALHO, Ivan ŠTEFANEC, Pascal ARIMONT, Barbara THALER

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

Amendment 43 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Welcomes the Commission’s intention to empower consumers to further engage in sustainable consumption practices~~; calls for mandatory labelling on product dur~~ by ensuring access to correct information about the durability, recyclability and reparability of products; therefore calls the Commission to consider harmonization of voluntary labelling on product circularity, including information about product's durability, recyclability and reparability, ~~and th~~to be develop~~ment of a repair score, in addition to minimum information requirements; asks fo~~ed in close collaboration with business representatives and other relevant stakeholders; asks the Commission to consider bpothential extension of the legal guarantee rights and the reversed burden of proof ~~rules to be extended based on the lifespan of products, the introduction of direct producer liability~~, when reviewing the application of Directive 2019/771 on certain aspects concerning contracts for the sale of goods, and ~~for~~ legislative measures to ban practices resulting in premature obsolescence;

Amendment 44 #

Markus BUCHHEIT, Virginie JORON, Jean-Lin LACAPELLE, Antonio Maria RINALDI, Marco CAMPOMENOSI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

Amendment 45 #

Arba KOKALARI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Welcomes the Commission’s intention to empower consumers to further engage in sustainable consumption practices; calls for mandatory labelling on product durability and reparability, and the development of a repair score, in addition to minimum information requirements; asks for both the legal guarantee rights and the reversed burden of proof rules to be extended based on the lifespan of products, the introduction of direct producer liability, and for legislative measures to ban practices resulting in premature obsolescence; by ensuring access to correct information about the durability and reparability of products; calls for harmonization and standardisation of voluntary labelling on product durability and reparability in close collaboration with business representatives and other relevant stakeholders, in addition to reinforcing the role of the European Ecolabel; asks the Commission to carefully monitor the consequences of the introduction of Directive 2019/771 and explore the role that the producer's commercial guarantee of durability can play in providing more circular products in the review of Directive 2019/771 that is foreseen by 2024;

Amendment 46 #

Biljana BORZAN, Monika BEŇOVÁ, Sylvie GUILLAUME, Sándor RÓNAI, Clara AGUILERA, Maria GRAPINI, Robert HAJŠEL, Adriana MALDONADO LÓPEZ, Christel SCHALDEMOSE, Maria-Manuel LEITÃO-MARQUES, Evelyne GEBHARDT, Andreas SCHIEDER

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Welcomes the Commission’s intention to empower consumers to further engage in sustainable consumption practices; points out that, in order to reduce waste, it is essential to produce less and avoid overconsumption; calls for mandatory labelling on product durability and reparability, and the development of a repair score, in addition to minimum information requirements; asks for both the legal guarantee rights and the reversed burden of proof rules to be extended based on the lifespan of products, the introduction of direct producer liability, and for legislative measures to ban practices resulting in premature obsolescence;

Amendment 47 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Welcomes the Commission’s intention to empower consumers to further engage in sustainable consumption practices; calls for clear and easily understandable mandatory labelling on product durability and reparability, and the development of a repair score, in addition to minimum information requirements; asks for both the legal guarantee rights and the reversed burden of proof rules to be extended based on the lifespan of products, the introduction of direct producer liability, and ~~for legislative measures~~ to ban practices resulting in premature obsolescence by adding to the list in the Annex I to the Directive 2005/29/EC;

Amendment 48 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

Amendment 49 #

Anna CAVAZZINI, Kim VAN SPARRENTAK, Alexandra GEESE

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Welcomes the Commission’s intention to empower consumers to further engage in sustainable consumption practices; calls for mandatory ~~labelling~~information on product durability and reparability, and for the assessment of the development of a repair score, in addition to minimum information requirements; asks for both the legal guarantee rights and the reversed burden of proof rules to be extended based on the lifespan of products~~, the introduction of direct producer liability,~~ and for legislative measures to ban practices resulting in premature obsolescence;

Amendment 5 #

Draft opinion
Recital E

E. whereas investing in circular production patterns and in the reuse and repair sector is a source of economic and social opportunities, creates jobs and drives industrial competitiveness;

Amendment 50 #

Róża THUN UND HOHENSTEIN, Maria da Graça CARVALHO, Ivan ŠTEFANEC, Pascal ARIMONT, Barbara THALER

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Reiterates the call for a rapid end to the use and production of single-use plastics;

Amendment 51 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Reiterates the importance for consumers to receive trustworthy and relevant and accurate information about interoperability, charging performance and speed of the charging of electronic devices in order to be able to make the most convenient, cost efficient and sustainable choice for them; strongly believes that the harmonized labelling of chargers would ensure the effective communication of compliance with USB 3.1 or higher and a clear indication of power rating, fast charge capability and compatibility, data capability and speeds, as well as display capability whenever relevant;

Amendment 52 #

Anna CAVAZZINI, Kim VAN SPARRENTAK, Petra DE SUTTER, Alexandra GEESE

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Recommends further legislative measures to be adopted to tackle misleading green claims towards consumers by setting up procedures to substantiate them before a product is placed on the market, as well as by establishing a public European register listing authorised and banned environmental claims;

Amendment 53 #

Biljana BORZAN, Sándor RÓNAI, Clara AGUILERA, Maria GRAPINI, Robert HAJŠEL, Adriana MALDONADO LÓPEZ, Christel SCHALDEMOSE, Maria-Manuel LEITÃO-MARQUES, Evelyne GEBHARDT, Andreas SCHIEDER, Monika BEŇOVÁ, Sylvie GUILLAUME

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Calls on the Commission to encourage and raise awareness of new sustainable business models based on changing behaviours to renting and sharing goods and services, while guaranteeing a high level of consumer and worker protection;

Amendment 54 #

Biljana BORZAN, Maria GRAPINI, Robert HAJŠEL, Adriana MALDONADO LÓPEZ, Christel SCHALDEMOSE, Maria-Manuel LEITÃO-MARQUES, Evelyne GEBHARDT, Andreas SCHIEDER, Monika BEŇOVÁ, Sylvie GUILLAUME, Sándor RÓNAI, Clara AGUILERA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)

3b. Calls for the prohibition of multi- purpose items deliberately designed to make repair impossible;

Amendment 55 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)

3b. Insists on the establishment of a universal charging system in order to reduce production volumes and electronic waste;

Amendment 56 #

Sandro GOZI, Stéphanie YON-COURTIN, Jordi CAÑAS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 c (new)

3c. Stresses the importance of improving ecological product design;

Amendment 57 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Supports the establishment of an EU-wide ‘right to repair’; calls, in this context, for measures to provide ~~unrestricted and free~~ access to repair and maintenance information and to spare parts to all market participants, to define a mandatory minimum period of time for the availability of spare parts and/or updates, a maximum time-limit for their delivery~~, and for repair to be given priority under the legal guarantee regime~~; asks the Commission to assess the existing barriers preventing repairs, resales, donations and reuse and to propose measures to address those; calls for a clear definition of reconditioned goods and for the possibility to extend guarantees after a product is repaired; stresses that sellers should always inform consumers of the option of repair as well as the associated right of guarantee; highlights the role of the service sector in increasing accessibility and affordability of repairs and stresses that completing the internal market for services will contribute to the transition to a more sustainable market;

Amendment 58 #

Anna CAVAZZINI, Kim VAN SPARRENTAK, Alexandra GEESE

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Supports the establishment of an EU-wide ‘right to repair’; calls, in this context, for measures to provide unrestricted and free access to repair and maintenance information and to spare parts to all market participants, including to ensure those parts are priced the same way to authorized and independent repairers as well as consumers, to define a mandatory minimum period of time for the availability of spare parts and/or updates~~, a~~ of software based on the expected lifetime of a product, a reasonable maximum time- limit for their delivery~~, and for repair to be given priority under the legal guarantee regim~~ expressed in working days that cannot be longer than seven working days, and for repair to be given priority under the legal guarantee regime; adds that an effective right to repair must ensure affordable repair for consumers, also by establishing measures to impose a cap on the price of spare parts that should not exceed 30% of the product’s price;

Amendment 59 #

Biljana BORZAN, Adriana MALDONADO LÓPEZ, Christel SCHALDEMOSE, Maria-Manuel LEITÃO-MARQUES, Evelyne GEBHARDT, Andreas SCHIEDER, Monika BEŇOVÁ, Sylvie GUILLAUME, Sándor RÓNAI, Clara AGUILERA, Maria GRAPINI, Robert HAJŠEL

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Supports the establishment of an EU-wide ‘right to repair’; calls, in this context, for measures to provide unrestricted and free access to repair and maintenance information and to spare parts to all market participants, calls for ensuring that the price of spare parts is reasonable in relation to the price of the whole product and that spare parts are priced the same way for independent and authorised repairers as well as for the consumers; to define a mandatory minimum period of time for the availability of spare parts and/or updates, a maximum time-limit for their delivery, and for repair to be ~~given priority~~encouraged under the legal guarantee regime; calls for establishing an obligation to provide consumers with a replacement good, if the repair takes longer than 30 days or if it concerns an essential good;

Amendment 6 #

Anna CAVAZZINI, Kim VAN SPARRENTAK, Alexandra GEESE

Draft opinion
Recital F

F. whereas the COVID19 crisis has demonstrated the need for a resilient economy based on sustainable and shorter supply chains;

Amendment 60 #

Róża THUN UND HOHENSTEIN, Maria da Graça CARVALHO, Ivan ŠTEFANEC, Barbara THALER

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Supports the establishment of an EU-wide ‘right to repair’; calls, in this context, for measures to ~~provide unrestricted and fre~~further facilitate access to repair and maintenance information and to spare parts to all market participants, to define a mandatory minimum period of time for the availability of spare parts and/or updates, a maximum time-limit for their delivery, and for repair to be given priority under the legal guarantee regime;

Amendment 61 #

Arba KOKALARI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Supports the establishment of an EU-wide ‘right to repair’; calls, in this context, for measures to improv~~ide unrestricted and free ac~~e access to necess toary repair and maintenance information ~~and to s~~for independent repaire ~~parts to all market participants, to define a mandatory minimum period of time f~~rs, whilst respecting intellectual property and trade secrets legislation; further calls on the Commission to explore the ~~availability of spare parts and/or updates, a maximum time-limit for their delivery, and for repair to be given priority under the legal guarantee regime~~potential to prioritise repair over replacement in the remedies hierarchy in the context of the review of Directive2019/771 that is foreseen by 2024, provided it is legally feasible and does not impose disproportionate costs on the seller;

Amendment 62 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Supports the e~~stablishment of an EU-wide ‘right to repair’~~xtension of a ‘right to repair’ for more categories of products; calls, in this context, for measures to provide ~~unrestricted and free access to~~access to affordable repair ~~and~~, maintenance information and to spare parts to all market participants, to define a mandatory minimum period of time for the availability of spare parts and/or updates, a maximum time-limit for their delivery, and for repair to be given priority under the legal guarantee regime, spare parts and software updates for all market participants; asks the Commission to present a comprehensive impact assessment justifying such an extension;

Amendment 63 #

Markus BUCHHEIT, Virginie JORON, Jean-Lin LACAPELLE, Antonio Maria RINALDI, Marco CAMPOMENOSI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Supports the establishment of an EU-wide ‘right to repair’; calls, in this context, for measures to provide unrestricted and free access to repair and maintenance information and to spare parts for a proportionate price to all market participants, to define a mandatory minimum period of time for the availability of spare parts and/or updates, a maximum time-limit for their delivery, and for repair to be given priority under the legal guarantee regime;

Amendment 64 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Supports the establishment of an EU-wide ‘right to repair’; calls, in this context, for measures to provide unrestricted and free access to repair and maintenance information and to spare parts to all market participants, to define a mandatory minimum period of time for the availability of spare parts and/or updates, a maximum time-limit of seven working days for their delivery, and for repair to be given priority under the legal guarantee regime;

Amendment 65 #

Róża THUN UND HOHENSTEIN, Maria da Graça CARVALHO, Arba KOKALARI, Ivan ŠTEFANEC, Pascal ARIMONT, Barbara THALER

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Supports the establishment of an EU-wide ‘right to repair’; calls, in this context, for measures to provide ~~unrestricted and~~ free access to repair and maintenance information and to spare parts to all market participants, to define a mandatory minimum period of time for the availability of spare parts and/or updates, a maximum time-limit for their delivery, and for repair to be given priority under the legal guarantee regimewhile respecting the right to preserve trade secrets, and for the mandatory definition by the manufacturer, as part of the product information, of the minimum period of time for the availability of spare parts and/or updates;

Amendment 66 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Is of the opinion that counterfeit products have become a growing and challenging problem damaging the core concept of the circular economy, which lies in the maintenance of the products and materials’ value. In this context, calls on the Commission to address the risks from counterfeit products, which not only pose an important safety threat for the consumers, but also create direct and/or indirect economic losses to manufacturers;

Amendment 67 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Is convinced that encouraging or imposing an obligation on manufacturers to manufacture repairable products should be done in parallel with supporting the development and freeing up the flow of repair and maintenance services, and with promoting and supporting the domestic and local production of components and parts;

Amendment 68 #

Biljana BORZAN, Maria-Manuel LEITÃO-MARQUES, Evelyne GEBHARDT, Andreas SCHIEDER, Monika BEŇOVÁ, Sylvie GUILLAUME, Sándor RÓNAI, Clara AGUILERA, Maria GRAPINI, Robert HAJŠEL, Adriana MALDONADO LÓPEZ, Christel SCHALDEMOSE

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Affirms that spare parts must be readily available for a period of 10 years at a proportionate cost and obtainable by independent repairers outside producer networks to effectively uphold the right to repair;

Amendment 69 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Calls for introducing usage meters on categories of goods to improve consumer information and facilitate reuse;

Amendment 7 #

Anna CAVAZZINI, Kim VAN SPARRENTAK, Alexandra GEESE

Draft opinion
Recital G

G. whereas within the framework of the European Green Deal, ambitious legislation as outlined in the Circular Economy Action Plan released in March 2020 should aim to reduce the total environmental and resource footprint of EU production and consumption, with resource efficiency, zero pollution, non- exposure to harmful and toxic substances, and waste prevention as key priorities;

Amendment 70 #

Sandro GOZI, Stéphanie YON-COURTIN

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)

4b. Encourages the Commission to promote and support the reuse of reconditioned or second-hand products;

Amendment 71 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Stresses that products from outside the EU often do not comply with EU rules on sustainability and safety and that effective enforcement is crucial to making sure that products placed on the market comply with sustainability requirements; calls, therefore, on the Commission and Member States to step up their efforts to ensure compliance of products with mandatory environmental criteria through enhanced market surveillance, including for product sold online; calls for greater EU oversight, through setting harmonised rules on the minimum number of checks and their frequency, and by empowering the Commission to monitor and audit the activities of national authorities, as well as to carry out regular tests and inspections;

Amendment 72 #

Markus BUCHHEIT, Virginie JORON, Jean-Lin LACAPELLE, Antonio Maria RINALDI, Marco CAMPOMENOSI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Stresses that effective enforcement is crucial to making sure that products placed on the market comply with sustainability requirements; calls, therefore, for greater EU oversight, through setting harmonised rules on the minimum number of checks and their frequency, and by empowering the Commission to monitor and audit the activities of national authorities, as well as to carry out regular tests and inspections;more effective EU oversight

Amendment 73 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Stresses that effective enforcement is crucial to making sure that products placed on the market comply with sustainability requirements; calls, therefore, for greater EU oversight, through setting harmonised rules on the minimum number of checks and their frequency, and by ~~empower~~asking the Commission to monitor, report in a recurrent period to be determined and audit the activities of national authorities, as well as to carry out regular tests and inspections;

Amendment 74 #

Róża THUN UND HOHENSTEIN, Maria da Graça CARVALHO, Ivan ŠTEFANEC, Barbara THALER

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Stresses that effective enforcement is crucial to making sure that products placed on the market comply with sustainability requirements; calls, therefore, for greater EU oversight, through setting harmonised rules on the minimum number of checks and their frequency, and by empowering the Commission to monitor and audit the activities of national authorities~~, as well as to carry out regular tests and inspections~~;

Amendment 75 #

Markus BUCHHEIT, Virginie JORON, Jean-Lin LACAPELLE, Antonio Maria RINALDI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. ~~Stresses that effectiv~~Welcomes the enffor~~cement is crucial to making sure that~~ts to ensure the compliance of products placed on the market ~~comply with~~, as well as to model future sustainability requirements; calls, therefore, for greater EU oversight, through setting harmonised rules on the minimum number of checks and their frequency, and by empowering the Commission to monitor and audit the activities of national authorities, as well as to carry out regular tests and inspectionsenhanced cooperation between Member States and market participants, with a view to the exchange of best practices and their evaluation by the European Commission; stresses the need for the full implementation and enforcement of existing legislation in this area;

Amendment 76 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. Calls on the Commission to present an impact assessment of the planned tax on plastics; points out that, if such a tax cannot be avoided, the funds will not be transferred to the EU budget but will be provided to the Member States for the implementation of the New Circular Economy Action Plan;

Amendment 77 #

Jordi CAÑAS, Sandro GOZI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. Insists that for this purpose the Commission ensures that custom controls throughout the EU follow the same standards, by means of a direct unified customs control mechanism, in coordination with Member States and in full compliance with the principle of subsidiarity;

Amendment 78 #

Christel SCHALDEMOSE, Biljana BORZAN

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. Stresses that the conclusion of free-trade agreements with partners that fail to comply with EU environmental and social standards is at odds with EU climate objectives;

Amendment 79 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. Calls on the Commission to introduce clear objectives for the transition to a circular economy in the EU, and to improve sustainability and long-term resilience supply chains of key materials for the European economy.

Amendment 8 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 (new)

- 1. Notes that one EU citizen produces on average over 450 kg of waste per year, of which 27% is not recovered or recycled; calls for swift measures to improve recycling facilities, accompanied by European framework provisions to step up recycling;

Amendment 80 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)

5b. Points out in addition that a number of studies, by consumer organisations for example, show that a very large number of products purchased online and imported into the EU fail to meet European minimum standards;

Amendment 81 #

Sandro GOZI, Stéphanie YON-COURTIN, Jordi CAÑAS, Karen MELCHIOR

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

Amendment 82 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. Underlines the importance of clear, transparent and reliable information on product characteristics for consumers, businesses and market surveillance authorities~~, and~~; calls for developing a multi- criteria life cycle environmental performance index, which will provide information to consumers on the reparability, durability and recyclability of products, including its packaging; welcomes the Commission’s intention to develop a digital product passport; calls, in this regard, for mandatory information requirements to apply throughout the supply chain, covering not only aspects such as durability and reparability, but also social and environmental conditions;

Amendment 83 #

Róża THUN UND HOHENSTEIN, Maria da Graça CARVALHO, Arba KOKALARI, Ivan ŠTEFANEC, Pascal ARIMONT, Barbara THALER

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. Underlines the importance of transparent and reliable information on product characteristics for consumers, businesses and market surveillance authorities, and welcomes the Commission’s intention to develop a digital product passport; calls, in this regard, for mandatory information requirements to apply throughout the supply chain, covering ~~not only~~such aspects ~~such~~ as durability ~~and~~, reparability~~, but also social and environmental condition~~ and energy efficiency where relevant; calls for these requirements to be developed in close collaboration with industry and other relevant stakeholders taking into account proportionality and costs for businesses, especially SMEs;

Amendment 84 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. Underlines the importance of transparent and reliable information on product characteristics for consumers, businesses and market surveillance authorities, and welcomes the Commission’s intention to develop a digital product passport; calls, in this regard, for mandatory information requirements to apply throughout the supply chain, covering not only aspects such as durability and reparability, but also social and environmental conditions; recalls the need to increase the budgets and human resources of the market surveillance authorities to enforce existing standards;

Amendment 85 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

Amendment 86 #

Anna CAVAZZINI, Kim VAN SPARRENTAK, Petra DE SUTTER, Alexandra GEESE

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. Underlines the importance of transparent and reliable information on product characteristics for consumers, businesses and market surveillance authorities, ~~and welcomes~~takes note of the Commission’s intention to develop a digital product passport; and calls, in this regard, for ~~mandatory information requirements to apply throughout the supply chain, covering not only aspects such as durability and reparability, but also social and environmental condit~~a careful assessment of the legitimacy of implementing mandatory digital passports, taking into account the proportionality, practicality and effectiveness of the announced provisions;

Amendment 87 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

Amendment 88 #

Sandro GOZI, Stéphanie YON-COURTIN, Dita CHARANZOVÁ, Jordi CAÑAS, Karen MELCHIOR

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. Stresses the importance of online platforms and online marketplaces for promoting sustainable products and services and encouraging sustainable consumption; notes that online platforms could further deliver on their responsibility to provide consumers with reliable information on sustainability of products and services they offer; calls for proactive measures to tackle misleading practices and disinformation regarding products and services offered online, including false ‘environmental claims’;

Amendment 89 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. Calls for reinforcing the possibility of recourse for consumers and environmental organisations in the event of a breach of information obligations under Directive 2005/29/EC in order to better implement market surveillance mechanisms;

Amendment 9 #

Sandro GOZI, Stéphanie YON-COURTIN, Jordi CAÑAS, Karen MELCHIOR

Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 (new)

-1. Welcomes the Circular Economy Action Plan and the intention of the Commission to come up with specific measures to address the need to improve product durability, reusability, upgradability and reparability, as well as to tackle the premature obsolescence of products; stresses the need to empower consumers to better guide their consumption patterns by providing them with clear and reliable information on lifespan, environmental performance and reparability of products; calls on the Commission to support and develop economic tools that give an economic advantage to sustainable choices;

Amendment 90 #

Virginie JORON, Jean-Lin LACAPELLE, Markus BUCHHEIT

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. Points out the risk of outsourcing the most pollutant production processes outside the EU without proper control of production lines;

Amendment 91 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. Calls for mandatory country-of- origin information on all products imported or produced in Europe;

Amendment 92 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)

6b. Proposes the development of clear guidelines and standards for green claims and commitments that translate into ecolabels; looks forward to the planned legislative proposal on substantiating green claims; considers that by providing the consumers with transparency and guidance through accurate and accountable information and ecolabeling, consumers will have increased trust in products and markets, which will ultimately lead to sustainable consumption;

Amendment 93 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)

6b. Recalls that the extraction of raw materials such as rare earths, used in new communication tools and elsewhere, is a major source of pollution and strategic vulnerability vis-à-vis supplier countries;

Amendment 94 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 c (new)

6c. Warns against false environmental claims and eco-labels, as well as aggressive ‘greenwashing’ marketing techniques; these labels must be strictly regulated and monitored, so as not to mislead consumers in their choices;

Amendment 95 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 d (new)

6d. Points out that advertising and marketing encourage overconsumption; stresses the importance of changing consumption patterns and encouraging restraint;

Amendment 96 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 e (new)

6e. Calls for the regulation of commercial practices targeting vulnerable groups in particular, such as children and young people;

Amendment 97 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 f (new)

6f. Calls for measures to encourage the relocation of production, recycling and maintenance sites to ensure better control of the entire circular economy chain;

Amendment 98 #

Sandro GOZI, Stéphanie YON-COURTIN, Karen MELCHIOR

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7

Amendment 99 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7

7. ~~Calls for a revision of EU public procurement legislation introducing mandatory minimum targets, through~~Stresses that ambitious public procurement in terms of sustainability of products and services could support innovative efforts of private sector and sets the right incentives for boosting sustainable production and consumption; calls for uptake of green public procurement by contracting authorities through introducing mandatory sustainability criteria in public offers, defining a certain percentage for procurement based on environmental, and social ~~and ethical criteria, and introducing a hierarchy of award criteria, together with sector-specific targets.~~criteria, introducing a hierarchy of award criteria, together with sector-specific targets; calls for ensuring effective reciprocity in public procurement with third countries; calls for priority to be given to reused and recycled goods, and low-energy consumption software programmes and to improve the access to public procurement of SMEs and social economy enterprises; stresses the potential benefits of an instrument for screening 'green' tenders to ensure the compatibility of large-scale infrastructure projects with EU's climate commitments and to tackle 'greenwashing', including in the context of public procurement; calls for mandatory reporting obligations for the Commission and the Member States with regard to their sustainable procurement;

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2020/10/02 INTA 79 amendments...

Amendment 1 #

Miapetra KUMPULA-NATRI, Kathleen VAN BREMPT, Miroslav ČÍŽ, Margarida MARQUES

Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 (new)

-1. Whereas within the framework of the European Green Deal, ambitious legislation as outlined in the Circular Economy Action Plan released in March 2020 should aim at reducing the total environmental and resource footprint of EU production and consumption, with resource efficiency, zero pollution, non- exposure to harmful and toxic substances, and waste prevention as priorities; whereas trade policy is key to implement these aims;

Amendment 10 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Stresses that trade policy is an essential tool for ~~implementing the circular economy and~~advancing the transition to the circular economy globally and supporting the EU’s sustainability agenda ~~globally~~; underlines that increased re-using, repairing, remanufacturing and recycling can reduce the EU’s reliance on imports of raw materials, and points to the need to decouple economic growth from resource use in order to ensure the long- term sustainability and resilience of global value chains;

Amendment 11 #

Jan ZAHRADIL, Emmanouil FRAGKOS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

Amendment 12 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1 a. Considers that placing sustainable products on the internal market should be the norm and welcomes the proposals for mandatory minimum requirements for durability, interoperability, reparability, upgradability, reusability and recyclability for all products alongside further product- specific requirements and calls for these mandatory standards as well as for any future mandatory labelling requirements to be equally applied to imported goods in order to create a level playing field; calls to ensure removing double standards between products that producers from within the EU can place on the EU market and what they can export to third country markets;

Amendment 13 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1 a. Considers that trade in secondary raw materials constitutes a relevant element of the trade and circular economy interface; stresses that the substitution of primary raw materials by secondary raw materials could encourage decoupling by decreasing demand for primary materials as well as sustaining levels of economic growth; points out that trade implications are significant in the worldwide distribution of primary raw materials because natural resources are geographically unequally concentrated;

Amendment 14 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1 a. Reminds that recyclable materials have become a tradeable commodity, often exported to third countries for reprocessing;

Amendment 15 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)

1 b. Points out that, regarding the adoption of recyclability standards, the Union should ensure that products are designed in a way that they are easier to recycle and refrain from using hazardous content; considers that securing information on chemical and material composition of products is of particular importance to ensure the recyclability of end-of-life products; stresses that, with the emergence of global value chains, eco-design and eco-labelling schemes could also play an important role to facilitate a transition to a global circular economy;

Amendment 16 #

Miapetra KUMPULA-NATRI, Kathleen VAN BREMPT, Miroslav ČÍŽ, Margarida MARQUES, Aurore LALUCQ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. RIs convinced that the development of a comprehensive set of legislation on the circular economy would give the EU an advantage in developing relevant standards including at the international level; regrets the lack of international and European standards on waste quality as this hinders a viable trade policy that is conducive to the circular economy; calls on the Commission to present harmonised standards on waste quality and a legal definition of recyclable waste~~, and to include these in future FTAs;~~; recalls the Commission's commitment within the EU Green Deal for the EU to stop exporting its waste outside of the EU; supports therefore the announced revision of the rules on waste shipments and illegal exports."

Amendment 17 #

Svenja HAHN, Samira RAFAELA, Karin KARLSBRO, Barry ANDREWS, Urmas PAET, Liesje SCHREINEMACHER

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. RAcknowledges the need for a comprehensive legal framework on circular economy; regrets the lack of international and European standards on waste quality and end-of-waste criteria as this hinders a viable trade policy that is conducive to the circular economy; calls on the Commission to present harmonised standards on waste quality and end-of- waste rules, a legal definition of recyclable waste, and to include these in future FTAs; and introduce these standards on an international level; believes that a revision of the Waste Shipment Regulation would provide an opportunity to put an end to the export of the EU’s waste problems and therefore welcomes the Commission's announcement of revising this regulation;

Amendment 18 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Regrets the lack of international and European standards on waste quality as this hinders a viable trade policy that is conducive to the circular economy; calls on the Commission to present harmonised standards on waste quality and a legal definition of recyclable waste, and to include these in future FTAsdefinitions and standards and European standards and labelling on circular economy. The lack of these is particularly problematic when it comes to waste quality and secondary raw materials, recycled, remanufactured and repaired goods as this hinders a viable trade policy that is conducive to the circular economy; calls on the Commission to present harmonised standards and legal definitions on waste quality, recycled material, recyclability and reparability, and to include these in future FTAs; Stresses the need for eco-design and labelling to be brought to a global level to enhance the global circular economy and create level playing field;

Amendment 19 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Calls on the Commission for a strict implementation into EU law of the Basel Convention controlling transboundary movements of hazardous wastes and their disposal, including the 2019 amendments to the convention with regard to transboundary movements of plastic waste; Regrets the lack of international and European standards on waste quality as this hinders a viable trade policy that is conducive to the circular economy; calls on the Commission to present harmonised standards on waste quality, and to include these along with a legal definition of recyclable waste~~, and to include these~~ in future FTAs;

Amendment 2 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 a (new)

-1 a. Whereas the COVID-19 crisis has demonstrated the need for a resilient economy based on sustainable and shorter supply chains which Circular Economy will bring forward by closing and slowing down material, product and resources loops; whereas closed material loops and shorter supply chains will lead to less dependency on raw material imports and less waste export and thus contribute to the EU’s open strategic autonomy;

Amendment 20 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

Amendment 21 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. ~~Regrets the lack~~Believes that the harmonization and standardization of international and European ~~standard~~norms on waste quality ~~as this hinders a viable trade policy that is conducive to the circular economy; calls on the Commission to present~~would highly contribute to integrating circular economy objectives into trade policy; calls on the Commission to lead the efforts at international level to harmoni~~sed~~ze standards on waste quality and agree on a legal definition of recyclable waste, and to include these in future FTAs;

Amendment 22 #

Jan ZAHRADIL, Emmanouil FRAGKOS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

Amendment 23 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

Amendment 24 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2 a. urges the Commission to present effective measures to end the practice of exporting plastic waste from the EU as a means of dealing with insufficient recycling capacities in the EU; Notes that according to the European Environment Agency, import restrictions in China and other states have reduced the export from 300.000 tons per annum to 190.000 tons, but shifted exports of EU plastic waste to other destinations, including Thailand and Turkey, often with weak environmental legislation and lack of controls, where waste tends to be burned, or stored in open pits; calls on the Member States to severely punish entrepreneurs who attempt to make a profit from illegally trading plastic waste to developing countries;

Amendment 25 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Notes that in the transition to a circular economy particular attention must be given to key supply chains where the EU’s environmental footprint is significant; insists that circular economy should not be implemented at the detriment of competitiveness and that the level playing field should be guaranteed for EU companies; asks the Commission to assist SMEs in integrating circular economy in their business model; in this regard, calls on the Commission to ensure that strong and efficient measures are put in place to assist EU companies in the transition towards circularity, including through incentives and facilitation measures; insists that no additional unnecessary administrative burdens should be put on companies, particularly SMEs;

Amendment 26 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Notes that in the transition to a circular economy particular attention must be given to key supply chains where the EU’s environmental footprint is significant; deplores the fact that electronic waste from the European Union is often sorted by hand by human beings in developing countries, in conditions ruining their health; stresses that we cannot build our European circular economy at the expense of the health of workers in other parts of the world; calls for measures to eliminate hazardous forms of recycling in the supply chains of the circular economy; suggests to address this issue, inter alia, in the upcoming European directive on corporate due diligence and corporate accountability;

Amendment 27 #

Svenja HAHN, Samira RAFAELA, Karin KARLSBRO, Marie-Pierre VEDRENNE, Barry ANDREWS, Liesje SCHREINEMACHER, Urmas PAET

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Notes that in the transition to a circular economy particular attention must be given to key supply chains where the EU’s environmental footprint is significant; underlines the need for transparency and increased traceability in these supply chains and calls on the Commission to tackle notably the efficient use of resources and sustainable production and consumption patterns in the garment sector under its future ‘EU Strategy for Textiles’; welcomes the planned ‘Circular Electronics Initiative’ and underlines the need to in this context define how e-waste can be exported for re- use and recycling;

Amendment 28 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Notes that in the transition to a circular economy particular attention must be given to key supply chains where the EU’s environmental footprint is significant; considers that urban territories should use resources efficiently to generate smart growth, sustainable and inclusive and value-added jobs, as well as social and institutional frameworks that may drive a shift towards a resource- efficient economy and lower carbon emissions, and identifying and creating new opportunities in emerging economic sectors, promoting innovation and competitiveness;

Amendment 29 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Notes that in the transition to a circular economy particular attention must be given to key supply chains where the EU’s environmental footprint is significant; Stresses that this must be done in a way that does not impose an undue regulatory burden and ensures that European businesses can still remain competitive and take advantage of strategic diversification of supply chains.

Amendment 3 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Stresses that trade policy is an essential tool for implementing the circular economy and the EU’s sustainability agenda globally and underlines therefore the importance of ensuring that trade and investment agreements do not contradict circular economy policies; considers it necessary to provide for carve-outs in trade agreements for relevant EU legislation on circular economy from the notion of trade barrier, as well as stronger and adequate legal environmental safeguards; underlines that increased recycling can reduce the EU’s reliance on imports of raw materials, and points to the need to decouple economic growth from resource extraction and use in order to ensure the long- term sustainability of global value chains; calls on the Commission to adapt the EU’s Raw Materials Strategy accordingly including the regular request of the EU to trade partners to abolish export duties on raw materials;

Amendment 30 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Notes that in the transition to a circular economy particular attention must be given to key supply chains where the EU’s environmental footprint is significant such as the textile value chain; highlights that for many value chains, such as the textile one, this will entail an absolute reduction of global textile production;

Amendment 31 #

Miapetra KUMPULA-NATRI, Kathleen VAN BREMPT, Miroslav ČÍŽ, Margarida MARQUES, Aurore LALUCQ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Notes that in the transition to a circular economy particular attention must be given to key supply chains where the EU’s environmental footprint is significant; stresses that such supply chains should, as far as possible, minimise the carbon footprint of their products;

Amendment 32 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Notes that in the transition to a circular economy particular attention must be given to key supply chains where the EU’s environmental footprint is significant and where the EU’s dependence on unreliable sources of raw materials is particularly high;

Amendment 33 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Notes that in the transition to a circular economy particular attention must be given to key supply chains where the ~~EU’s~~ environmental footprint is significant;

Amendment 34 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3 a. stresses that supply chain transparency and product traceability are important tools to implement the circular economy and the EU’s sustainability agenda including detailed information on upstream and downstream production process and environmental and social impacts that will drive more sustainable practices and provide information on whether products are aligned with the circular economy objectives; welcomes therefore the Commission’s intention to develop a digital product passport; calls, in this regard, for mandatory information requirements to apply throughout the supply chain, covering not only aspects such as durability and reparability, but also social and environmental conditions;

Amendment 35 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3 a. Calls on the Commission, Member States, regions and local authorities to prioritise the fight against climate change and limit the environmental impact of resources, promoting a circular economy based on a recycling society with the aim of reducing waste production and use it as a resource; considers that trade gives the Union an opportunity to be a leader in circular economy, being able to import and export successful models from other cities, regions or countries around the world; stresses that the circular economy should be understood not only as an opportunity for sustainability, but also as an opportunity for our economy;

Amendment 36 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3 a. Stresses the need to integrate the aspect of resilience into the circular economy action plan, and to address with our trading partners issues of increasing resilience in production chains, a resilient labour market, and to increase resilience in our environment; calls for an approach to public procurement in our trade policy, which provides for preference for durable, repairable and recycled or recyclable materials in public tenders, and that accommodates decentralisation strategies for their contribution to resilience;

Amendment 37 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Stresses the importance of internationalising the Green Agreement to ensure that functions sustainably and effectively and not as a brake on European development; welcomes accordingly the ambitious commitments made by China, Egypt and India following the presentation of the European targets;

Amendment 38 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Stresses the importance of promoting and facilitating the consumption of agricultural products and foodstuffs from local farms;

Amendment 39 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)

3b. Calls for action to be taken to tackle food waste in all mass catering outlets, with a view to promoting moderation of supply, and for large retailers to be required to sign agreements with food aid associations;

Amendment 4 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Stresses that trade policy is an essential tool for implementing the circular economy and the EU’s sustainability agenda globally; underlines that increased recycling can reduce the EU’s reliance on imports of raw materials, and points to the need to decouple economic growth from resource use in order to ensure the long- term sustainability of global value chains; considers that the transition towards a circular economy generally brings approaches that could lead to lower rates of extraction and use of natural resources, including through resource efficiency policies, making the circular economy concept a complement to improve resource efficiency;

Amendment 40 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)

3 b. welcomes the Commission’s future legislative initiative on supply chain due diligence to ensure that companies have an obligation to respect human rights, the environment and good governance;

Amendment 41 #

4. CRecalls that in order for the EU to reach the objective of carbon neutrality by 2050, it is necessary to address the carbon footprint in EU’s demand for imported products; calls on the Commission to take concrete steps in differentiating products based on their carbon content also as a way to level the regulatory playing field; calls on the Commission to identify and abolish barriers that prevent or restrict market access for circular and C02-neutral products from outside the EU and to investigate the possibilities and benefits of reducing tariffs on certain products in order to encourage the development of the circular economy including in the context of the ongoing review of the EU Generalised Scheme of Preferences (GSP);

Amendment 42 #

Svenja HAHN, Karin KARLSBRO, Samira RAFAELA, Marie-Pierre VEDRENNE, Barry ANDREWS, Liesje SCHREINEMACHER, Urmas PAET, Dita CHARANZOVÁ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Calls on the Commission to identify and abolish barriers that prevent or restrict market access for circular products from outside the EU and to investigate the possibilities and benefits of reducing tariffs on certain products in order to encourage the development of the circular economy; calls on the Commission to take into account the special needs of EU’s small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and to support them in the implementation of their business strategies to export circular products;

Amendment 43 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Calls on the Commission to identify and abolish barriers that prevent or restrict market access for circular products from outside the EU and to investigate the possibilities and benefits of reducing tariffs on certain products in order to encourage the development of the circular economy; in this regard, encourages the Commission to return to the negotiation table to conclude the Environmental Goods Agreement (EGA), and to add the circular economy dimension to the scope of the negotiations;

Amendment 44 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Calls on the Commission to identify and abolish barriers that prevent or restrict market access for circular products from outside the EU and to investigate the possibilities and benefits of reducing tariffs on certain products in order to encourage the development of the circular economy; stresses that product repair and processing must be carried out as locally as possible, and at least in Europe;

Amendment 45 #

Miapetra KUMPULA-NATRI, Kathleen VAN BREMPT, Miroslav ČÍŽ, Margarida MARQUES

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Calls on the Commission to identify and abolish barriers that prevent or restrict market access for circular products from outside the EU ~~and~~, adapting the carbon footprint of products and ensuring their safety and traceability; calls on the Commission to investigate the possibilities and benefits of reducing tariffs on certain products in order to encourage the development of the circular economy;

Amendment 46 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Calls on the Commission to identify and abolish barriers that prevent or restrict market access for circular products and services from outside the EU and to investigate the possibilities and benefits of reducing tariffs and non-tariff barriers on certain products and services in order to encourage the development of the circular economy;

Amendment 47 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Calls on the Commission to identify and abolish barriers to green growth and eco-innovation and those that prevent or restrict market access for circular products from outside the EU and to investigate the possibilities and benefits of reducing tariffs on certain products in order to encourage the development of the circular economy;

Amendment 48 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

Amendment 49 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Calls for further efforts to tackle planned obsolescence by promoting products with greater reparability, availability of spare parts and facilities for dismantling and reassembly located in Europe;

Amendment 5 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Stresses that trade policy is an essential tool for implementing the circular economy and the EU’s sustainability agenda globally; underlines that increased recycling and an energy transition in line with the emissions reduction proposed by the Commission can reduce the EU’'s reliance on imports of raw materials, and energy resources; stresses that the European Union has succeeded in decoupling economic growth from greenhouse gas emissions and points also to the need to decouple economic growth from resource use in order to ensure the long- term sustainability of global value chains;

Amendment 50 #

Svenja HAHN, Karin KARLSBRO, Samira RAFAELA, Marie-Pierre VEDRENNE, Barry ANDREWS, Urmas PAET

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Urges the Commission to ensure that FTAs reflect the objectives of the circular economy by including strong, binding and enforceable sustainable development chapters~~; suggests that the circular economy should be addressed in a cross-cutting manner in all relevant FTA chapters~~ and competitive business models that encourage trade in recycled rather than in primary materials; calls on the Commission to evaluate how to balance enhancing trade in recycled goods with upholding strong quality standards and consumer protection; suggests that the circular economy should be addressed in a cross-cutting manner in all relevant FTA chapters; underlines the need for the effective enforcement of trade agreements as a priority task of the Chief Trade Enforcement Officer;

Amendment 51 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Urges the Commission to ensure that FTAs reflect the objectives of the circular economy by including strong, binding and enforceable sustainable development chapters; suggests that the circular economy should be addressed in a cross-cutting manner in all relevant FTA chapters; welcomes the inclusion of various aspects of the circular economy in existing trade agreements, through sustainable development chapters, as well as the inclusion of an explicit mention of the circular economy in future agreements currently under negotiation, thereby strengthening public diplomacy spearheaded by the EU in the context of Agenda 2030;

Amendment 52 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Urges the Commission to ensure that all available trade instruments including FTAs reflect the objectives of the circular economy by including strong, binding and enforceable sustainable development chapters; suggests that the circular economy should be addressed in a cross-cutting manner in all relevant FTA chapters; calls on the Commission to make progress at the WTO with regard to the recognition of processes and production methods (PPMs) as an element to distinguish between products with a special focus on circular production methods;

Amendment 53 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Urges the Commission to ensure that FTAs reflect the objectives of the circular economy by including strong, binding and enforceable sustainable development chapters; suggests that the circular economy should be addressed in a cross-cutting manner in all relevant FTA chapters; calls on the Commission to deliver on its objective of launching a self- assessment tool for rules of origin and simplified life cycle analysis to aid risk assessment capabilities of SMEs so that they benefit from preferences under a given trade agreements.

Amendment 54 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Urges the Commission to ensure that FTAs reflect the objectives of the circular economy by including strong, binding and enforceable sustainable development chapters; suggests that the circular economy should be addressed in a cross-cutting manner in all relevant FTA chapters; calls on the Commission to engage with our partners in existing FTAs in a dialogue on whether the agreements are supportive of the transition to a circular economy and, if need is established, on adapting the agreements;

Amendment 55 #

Miapetra KUMPULA-NATRI, Kathleen VAN BREMPT, Miroslav ČÍŽ, Margarida MARQUES

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

Amendment 56 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

Amendment 57 #

Jan ZAHRADIL, Emmanouil FRAGKOS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

Amendment 58 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Urges the Commission to ensure that FTAs reflect the objectives of the circular economy by ~~inclu~~recommending strong~~, binding~~ and enforceable ~~sustainable development chapter~~impact assessment mechanisms on sustainability, following WTO standards; suggests that the circular economy should be addressed in a cross- cutting manner in all relevant FTA chapters;

Amendment 59 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

Amendment 6 #

1. Stresses that trade policy is an essential tool for implementing the circular economy and the EU’s sustainability agenda globally; underlines that increased recycling can ~~reduce the EU’s reliance on imports of raw materials~~limit the environmental threats occurring as a result of over- consumption, reduce the EU’s reliance on imports of raw materials, including Critical Raw Materials (CRM) and Secondary Raw Materials (SRM), and points to the need to decouple economic growth from resource use in order to ensure the long- term sustainability of global value chains and accelerate sustainable development in third countries;

Amendment 60 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5 a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to support the circular economy by enhancing transparency and coherence of regulations and lowering barriers for green goods and services, taking into account also the existing expertise in bioeconomy strategies or the sustainable utilisation and conservation of biological resources, also in developing countries; stresses that technical assistance and capacity building are necessary in order to achieve this objective;

Amendment 61 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. Calls for eco-design to be promoted and for companies to be encouraged to show a greater degree of moderation in their methods of production and operation, and calls for these elements to become binding in the import of manufactured goods;

Amendment 62 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5 a. Regrets the underusing role of trade agreements as a tool to progress sustainable circular economic integration; reminds, in this regard, that only two out of the existing EU FTAs explicitly mention the circular economy;

Amendment 63 #

Svenja HAHN, Karin KARLSBRO, Samira RAFAELA, Marie-Pierre VEDRENNE, Barry ANDREWS, Liesje SCHREINEMACHER, Urmas PAET, Dita CHARANZOVÁ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. Encourages the Commission to engage in regulatory dialogues and cooperation with the EU’s trading partners to further support the objectives of the circular economy; calls on the Commission and Member States to further deploy efforts in international fora (UNCTAD, WTO, G20, G7) to pursue the EU’s agenda on circular economy and ensure a global level playing field with international partners; stresses that particular attention must be given to how less developed partner countries can benefit from the circular economy; calls for an assessment of the impact of increased intra-EU recycling rates on countries strongly relying on waste imports; calls on the Commission in particular to integrate the circular economy principles in its strategy ‘Towards a comprehensive Strategy with Africa’.

Amendment 64 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. Encourages the Commission to engage with the EU’s trading partners to further support the objectives of the circular economy; reminds that sustainability does not only require ambitious measures related to environment, climate change or biodiversity but should also focus on human rights and social issues as exemplified in the SDGs; stresses that particular attention must be given to how less developed partner countries can be supported in benefitting from the circular economy in particular to the ways in which circular economy can contribute to improve labour and social standards worldwide; calls for an assessment of the impact of increased intra-EU recycling rates on countries strongly relying on waste imports.

Amendment 65 #

Miapetra KUMPULA-NATRI, Kathleen VAN BREMPT, Miroslav ČÍŽ, Margarida MARQUES

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. Encourages the Commission to engage with the EU’s trading partners to further support the objectives of the circular economy; stresses that particular attention must be given to how less developed partner countries can benefit from the circular economy; calls for an assessment of the impact of increased intra-EU recycling rates on countries strongly relying on waste imports.; considers that the benefits of a Union- wide circular economy could be harnessed globally if recyclable waste exports are traded within effective Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) and policies that fully integrate sustainable development concerns;

Amendment 66 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. Encourages the Commission to engage with the EU’s trading partners to further support the objectives of the circular economy; stresses that particular attention must be given to how less developed partner countries can participate in and benefit from the circular economy; calls for an assessment of the impact of increased intra-EU recycling rates on countries strongly relying on waste imports; calls on the commission to use Aid for Trade and GSP+ to help developing countries adopt circular economy practices, including product standards.

Amendment 67 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. Encourages the Commission to engage with the EU’s trading partners to ~~further suppor~~adopt the objectives of the circular economy at international level with commitments matching those of the EU; stresses that particular attention must be given to how less developed partner countries can benefit from the circular economy; calls for an assessment of the impact of increased intra-EU recycling rates on countries strongly relying on waste imports.

Amendment 68 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. Encourages the Commission to engage with the EU’s trading partners to further support the objectives of the circular economy; ~~stresses that particular attention must be given to~~to keep track of how less developed partner countries can benefit from ~~the~~ circular economy, and make use of the already existing instruments, like Aid for Trade and GSP+; calls for an assessment of the impact of increased intra-EU recycling rates on countries strongly relying on waste imports.

Amendment 69 #

Miapetra KUMPULA-NATRI, Kathleen VAN BREMPT, Miroslav ČÍŽ, Margarida MARQUES

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. Encourages the Commission to engage with the EU’s trading partners to further support the objectives of the circular economy; stresses that particular attention must be given to how less developed partner countries can benefit from the circular economy; ~~calls for an assessment of the impact of increased intra-EU recycling rates on countries strongly relying on waste imports.~~supports accompanying measures to help our partners to speed up waste reduction and the transition to a circular economy;

Amendment 7 #

Svenja HAHN, Samira RAFAELA, Karin KARLSBRO, Marie-Pierre VEDRENNE, Barry ANDREWS, Urmas PAET, Dita CHARANZOVÁ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Stresses that a strategic trade policy is an essential tool for implementing the circular economy and the EU’s sustainability agenda globally; underlines that increased recycling can reduce the EU’s reliance on imports of raw materials, and points to the need to decouple economic growth from resource use in order to ensure the long- term sustainability of global value chains; underlines that the transition from a linear to a circular economy needs to be inclusive and collaborative in all its aspects and with the consideration and participation of all genders;

Amendment 70 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6 a. Highlights that when waste streams are exported from the EU in a socially just, clean and manageable way, opportunities can be created for third countries and economic efficiency gains can arise when manufacturing hubs are in close proximity to recycling plants, leading to recycling “champions” with top notch sorting and processing infrastructure, boosting global recycling volumes and quality;

Amendment 71 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6 a. suggests that the Commission engages in the respective multilateral organisations for agreeing on an international label, which is easy to understand for consumers and indicates, whether a product can be recycled;

Amendment 72 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6 a. Urges the Commission to lead the inclusion of circular economy standards in the World Trade Organisation (WTO);

Amendment 73 #

Miapetra KUMPULA-NATRI, Kathleen VAN BREMPT, Miroslav ČÍŽ, Margarida MARQUES

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)

6 b. Calls on the Commission to help the WTO to also focus on trade facilitation for supply chains that work in reverse to channel "end-of-life" products towards recycling, therefore serving the circular economy; considers that the WTO should assess its previous work on trade facilitation and global value chains and consider how these could advance the economic and environmental interests of its members;

Amendment 74 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)

6 b. Stresses that, as long as the quality of EU’s waste exports cannot be guaranteed and there is uncertainty whether the exported waste is recycled in third countries respecting high social, health and environmental standards, improving waste recycling within EU borders should remain a priority;

Amendment 75 #

Miapetra KUMPULA-NATRI, Kathleen VAN BREMPT, Miroslav ČÍŽ, Margarida MARQUES

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 c (new)

6 c. Calls on the Commission to explore synergies, encouraged through multilateral frameworks and international trade negotiations, in working with those countries the Union already has or will soon have an FTA, to achieve material circularity and ultimately decoupling of resource use from economic growth at the macro level, in order to, inter alia, avoid environmentally harmful activities such as non-compliant, poorly regulated, and informal recovery operations;

Amendment 76 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 c (new)

6 c. Calls on the Commission to implement the Circular Economy Action Plan and the Action Plan on Critical Raw Materials in a coordinated and mutually reinforcing manner; stresses that improving Europe’s recycling rates for the metals and minerals required in green and digital technologies will give Europe a sustainable domestic supply source, helping to improve its resilience versus more polluting imports from unreliable third countries;

Amendment 77 #

Miapetra KUMPULA-NATRI, Kathleen VAN BREMPT, Miroslav ČÍŽ, Margarida MARQUES

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 d (new)

6 d. Emphasizes that circular economy and sustainable production require transparent and traceable value chains. In order to improve circularity of all the materials and to keep track of chemicals and hazardous elements, it is essential to foster the availability of data related to product's content, materials, carbon footprint and recyclability. Special efforts should be made to integrate and develop work on the digital product passports that would collect structured and standardised data from all phases of the product and enable better circularity, promote extended producer responsibility (EPR) as well as sustainable consumer choices.

Amendment 78 #

Miapetra KUMPULA-NATRI, Kathleen VAN BREMPT, Miroslav ČÍŽ, Margarida MARQUES

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 e (new)

6 e. Emphasizes the risk of environmental dumping when secondary raw materials or second-hand goods are traded because of higher environmental standards in Europe than in a third country, which would undermine global climate and environmental actions and hinder sustainable transition in third countries.

Amendment 79 #

Miapetra KUMPULA-NATRI, Kathleen VAN BREMPT, Miroslav ČÍŽ, Margarida MARQUES

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 f (new)

6 f. Stresses that a distinction should be made between waste for material recovery and waste intended for energy production as to safeguard valuable materials and avoid dumping; highlights that the Basel Convention ban on plastic waste exports from OECD to non-OECD countries, with the exception of material that is “non-hazardous, clean, unmixed and uncontaminated" and purposed for recycling, not for energy-recovery, is very relevant in this regard and that this international legislation could speed up international negotiations on waste standards and definitions;

Amendment 8 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Stresses that trade policy is an essential tool for implementing the circular economy and the EU’s sustainability agenda globally; underlines that increased recycling and reallocation of excess materials for use in other forms of production can reduce the EU’s reliance on imports of raw materials, and points to the need to decouple economic growth from resource use in order to ensure the long- term sustainability of global value chains; whilst maintaining fair competition

Amendment 9 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Stresses that trade policy is an essential tool for implementing the circular economy and the EU’s ~~sustainability~~and United Nations' sustainable development agenda globally by 2030; underlines that increased recycling can reduce the EU’s reliance on imports of raw materials, and points to the need to decouple economic growth from resource use in order to ensure the long- term sustainability of global value chains, and reminds of the need for waste reduction;

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Amendment 1 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Considers that the agriculture, food and forestry sectors and rural areas are essential components of the circular economy, and that, since it is closely based on nature's cycles and processes, sustainable agriculture is fully compatible with the properly functioning circular economy which is needed to produce healthy and affordable food to sustain lives and all generations living in a given territory;

Amendment 10 #

Simone SCHMIEDTBAUER, Norbert LINS, Anne SANDER, Marlene MORTLER, Herbert DORFMANN

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Takes the view that the announcement of the action plan is a clarion call for profound change to reorient farm production models towards agro- ecology, given the degradation and scarcity both in natural resources and in the rest of the food chain; emphasises, however, that the ambitions of the next CAP cannot be achieved with the resources earmarked thus far and that the taxpayer is not an unlimited resource; points out that, on that basis, it is important to set clear priorities which help citizens cope with the crisis that the management of the COVID-19 pandemic will bring with it;

Amendment 100 #

Juozas OLEKAS, Tonino PICULA, Paolo DE CASTRO, Carmen AVRAM

Draft opinion
Paragraph 10 e (new)

10 e. Urges the development of a program for of cross-regional biogas production plants, that could use agricultural waste, food waste and green municipal waste closer to the source, while also creating much needed employment opportunities in the regions;

Amendment 101 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 10 e (new)

10 e. Stresses to take immediately action regarding phasing out of fossil fuels from the energy system to reach the EU climate targets (zero net carbon emissions) in 2040;

Amendment 102 #

Juozas OLEKAS, Tonino PICULA, Ivo HRISTOV, Paolo DE CASTRO

Draft opinion
Paragraph 10 f (new)

10 f. Calls for an integration of blue bioeconomy into the circular economy action plans.

Amendment 11 #

Veronika VRECIONOVÁ, Ruža TOMAŠIĆ, Pietro FIOCCHI, Mazaly AGUILAR

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Takes the view that the announcement of the action plan is a clarion call for profound change to reorient farm production models towards more sustainable production practices and systems, such as precision farming, smart farming, conservation farming, organic farming or agro- ecology, given the degradation and scarcity both in natural resources and in the rest of the food chain;

Amendment 12 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Takes the view that the ~~announcement of the action plan is a clarion call for profound change to reorient farm production models towards agro-ecology, given the degradation and scarcity both in natural resources and~~ primary purpose of agriculture is to produce food and feed, at affordable prices for both: the consumer as well as the farmer, as this constitutes his/her living. Any policy in place should refrain from incentivising and/or forcing the ~~rest of the food chain~~farmer to unnecessarily degrade natural resources;

Amendment 13 #

Dan-Ştefan MOTREANU, Asim ADEMOV, Marlene MORTLER, Anne SANDER, Simone SCHMIEDTBAUER

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Takes the view that the announcement of the action plan is a clarion call for ~~profound~~qualitative change to reorient farm production and processing models towards agro- ecology, given the degradation and scarcity both in natural resources and in the rest of the food chain;

Amendment 14 #

2. Takes the view that the announcement of the action plan is a clarion call for ~~profound change to reorient farm production models towards agro-ecology~~optimization of production systems, given the degradation and scarcity both in natural resources and in the rest of the food chain;

Amendment 15 #

Asger CHRISTENSEN, Hilde VAUTMANS, Irène TOLLERET, Ulrike MÜLLER, Martin HLAVÁČEK, Fredrick FEDERLEY, Elsi KATAINEN, Atidzhe ALIEVA-VELI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Takes the view that the announcement of the action plan is a clarion call for ~~profound change to reorient farm production models towards agro-ecology, given the degradation and scarcity both in natural resources and in the rest of~~acceleration and realisation of the full potential of the circular economy and the bio-economy in the agriculture sector and across the food- supply chain;

Amendment 16 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Considers that the principles of the circular economy entail better oversight over inputs, the development of a collaborative economy, enabling more effective use to be made of equipment and facilities, and cooperation between stakeholders on the ground, underpinned by shared commitments;deleted

Amendment 17 #

Carmen AVRAM, Juozas OLEKAS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Considers that the principles of the circular economy entail better ~~oversight over inputs, the development of a collaborative economy, enabling more effective use to be made of equipment and facilities, and~~use of energy resources (fuel, thermal efficiency of buildings), water (water-saving irrigation systems, recovering and recycling water, storing water in the ground) and animal feed (since the raw materials used in concentrated animal feed often come from far away); the replacement of non-renewable chemical inputs (fertilisers, synthetic pesticides) with organic, bio-sourced products derived from natural processes (biofertilisers, biostimulants and biocontrols); the development of a collaborative economy, enabling more effective use to be made of equipment and facilities and preventing the over- equipment often associated with investment management based on tax planning, and greater cooperation between stakeholders on the ground, underpinned by collective and shared commitments;

Amendment 18 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Considers that the principles of the circular economy entail better oversight over inputs, the development of a collaborative economy, enabling more effective use to be made of equipment and facilities, ~~and~~promoting cooperationves' model and more synergies between stakeholders on the ground, underpinned by shared commitments;

Amendment 19 #

Dan-Ştefan MOTREANU, Asim ADEMOV, Marlene MORTLER, Anne SANDER, Daniel BUDA, Simone SCHMIEDTBAUER

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3 a. Highlights the role of Cluster 6 of Horizon Europe to advance knowledge, build capacities as well as to develop and demonstrate innovative solutions that will accelerate the transition to circular economy, and hence create attractive jobs in rural communities, enhance value creation and competitiveness; Calls on European Commission to enhance incentives for adoption of innovative tools and technologies and make them accessible to all farmers and livestock breeders whatever the type and size of their farms, their farming practices and their backgrounds;

Amendment 2 #

Dan-Ştefan MOTREANU, Asim ADEMOV, Marlene MORTLER, Anne SANDER, Benoît LUTGEN, Simone SCHMIEDTBAUER

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Considers that the agriculture, food and forestry sectors and rural areas are essential components of the circular economy; stresses that the circular economy will enhance not only the sustainability but also the competitiveness of our farming industry and that farmers should receive support so that they can contribute to this new plan promoting the circular economy;

Amendment 20 #

Dan-Ştefan MOTREANU, Asim ADEMOV, Marlene MORTLER, Anne SANDER, Daniel BUDA, Simone SCHMIEDTBAUER

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)

3 b. Highlights the important roles of integrated farming and precision agriculture to support implementation of circular economy and achieve sustainable agricultural production;

Amendment 21 #

Dan-Ştefan MOTREANU, Asim ADEMOV, Marlene MORTLER, Anne SANDER, Daniel BUDA, Simone SCHMIEDTBAUER

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 c (new)

3 c. Stresses the important role that small and medium-sized agri-food enterprises (SMEs) are playing in transition to a circular economy and considers that with the right financial and technological support are an integral part of the solution for achieving it; underlines that circular economy can strengthen the EU’s agri-food sector competitiveness and foster business creation and entrepreneurship among SMEs;

Amendment 22 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 d (new)

3 d. Underlines that the circular economy can provide solutions to the new challenges caused and highlighted by COVID-19 crisis, particularly by reducing vulnerability of the agri-food value chains within the EU and worldwide; considers that the EU’s economic recovery plan (Next Generation EU) should provide support to strengthen the resilience of agri-food value chains, put in place new sustainable farming practices, as well as circular economy initiatives;

Amendment 23 #

Carmen AVRAM

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

~~4. Calls for the implementation of a European protein plan advocating consumption of legumes, as crops that need no nitrogen-based fertilisers;~~deleted

Amendment 24 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Calls for the implementation of a European ~~protein plan~~strategic plan for the supply of GMO-free plant proteins advocating consumption of legumes, as crops that need no nitrogen~~-based fertilisers;~~ ous amendments, as well as other grain protein and forage crops which offer a number of agronomical and environmental advantages and will reduce the huge volumes we import from distant countries, including some with no regard for the environment, biodiversity or human rights;

Amendment 25 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Calls for the implementation of a European protein plan advocating consumption of legumes, as crops that need no nitrogen-based fertilisers; points out that a shift to meat-free diets would jeopardise the livelihoods of European farmers, who already face serious problems; proposes that steps be taken to promote locally produced meat for human consumption, and that a European protein plan should initially take account of protein needs for stock-breeding;

Amendment 26 #

Dan-Ştefan MOTREANU, Asim ADEMOV, Marlene MORTLER, Anne SANDER, Daniel BUDA, Simone SCHMIEDTBAUER

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Calls for the implementation of a European protein plan advocating consumption of legumes, as crops that need no nitrogen-based fertilisers; underlines the essential role of research and innovation (R&I) for developing new innovative solutions to reduce EU dependency of protein imports and calls the European Commission to ensure adequate support through Horizon Europe and the Common Agricultural Policy;

Amendment 27 #

Asger CHRISTENSEN, Hilde VAUTMANS, Irène TOLLERET, Ulrike MÜLLER, Martin HLAVÁČEK, Fredrick FEDERLEY, Elsi KATAINEN, Atidzhe ALIEVA-VELI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Calls for the implementation of a European p~~rotein p~~lan to achieve European protein self-sufficiency, in particulanr advocating consumption of protein legumes, a~~s crops that need no nitrogen-based fertilisers~~nd oil-cakes derived from the production of oilseed and protein crops in Europe and introducing a ban on the import of products which are in breach of our health, environmental and climate standards and contribute towards deforestation;

Amendment 28 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Calls for the implementation of a European protein plan ~~advocating consumption of legumes, as~~to become more independent of protein imports; moreover, growing new protein crops in Europe could give an opportunity to farmers; the production of crops that need no nitrogen- based fertilisers has an additional advantage;

Amendment 29 #

Veronika VRECIONOVÁ, Ruža TOMAŠIĆ, Pietro FIOCCHI, Mazaly AGUILAR

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. C~~alls for the imple~~onsiders the possibility of recommentdation ~~of a European~~s to the Member States for protein plan advocating consumption of ~~legume~~pulse crops, as crops that need no nitrogen- based fertilisers;

Amendment 3 #

Hilde VAUTMANS, Ulrike MÜLLER, Elsi KATAINEN

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Considers that the agriculture, food and forestry sectors and rural areas are essential components of the circular economy, and more specific the circular bioeconomy. Bioeconomy relies on a truly dynamic farming and forestry sector and in order for bioeconomy to reach its full potential, it must continue to be a priority for the EU and coherent measures and funding must be made available;

Amendment 30 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Calls for the implementation of a European protein plan at the earliest opportunity, and preferably by the entry into force of the new CAP at the latest, advocating consumption of legumes, as crops that need no nitrogen-based fertilisers;

Amendment 31 #

Asger CHRISTENSEN, Hilde VAUTMANS, Irène TOLLERET, Ulrike MÜLLER, Martin HLAVÁČEK, Fredrick FEDERLEY, Elsi KATAINEN, Atidzhe ALIEVA-VELI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Stresses that European biofuel production can be consistent with the principles underpinning the circular economy provided the biofuels are made from by-products, waste or residues, take up a small share of agricultural land, play a role in the rotation and diversification of agricultural crops or the use of the fallow system, and do not by themselves lead to an increase in the price of foodstuffs;

Amendment 32 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4 a. Highlights the important role of bio-based products, including for example, the better recovery and use of bio-waste, in the transition to a circular carbon-neutral economy;

Amendment 33 #

Asger CHRISTENSEN, Hilde VAUTMANS, Irène TOLLERET, Ulrike MÜLLER, Martin HLAVÁČEK, Fredrick FEDERLEY, Elsi KATAINEN, Atidzhe ALIEVA-VELI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Sees the circular bio-economy in the renewable energy sector as an opportunity for agriculture~~, enabling it generate renewable energy from biodegradable farm and municipal waste and its by-products: organic fertilisers;~~ that can enable the production of recycled organic fertilisers, as replacements for, for example, imported phosphorous, global resources of which are dwindling, or synthetic nitrogen, which is polluting and energy-intensive to produce; takes the view, however, that the production of these organic fertilisers from digestates recovered from small methanation plants attached to farms, which make use of biodegradable farm waste as well as the waste from neighbouring residential areas and businesses, absolutely must adhere to strict health and environmental standards and to rules concerning their traceability and use, set at EU level, since these fertilisers must be free from contaminants (heavy metals, pharmaceutical residues, hormones, microbial pathogens, microplastics, glass, etc.) which could irreversibly pollute soils and the whole biosphere, thereby severely affecting farming and food production;

Amendment 34 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. ~~Sees the circular bio-economy as an opportunity for agriculture, enabling it generate renewable energy from biodegradable farm and municipal waste and its by-products: organic fertilisers;~~ Considers that the circular economy and bio-economy offers great potential for farmers and their cooperatives in the transition towards a climate-neutral European economy through for example, advanced bio- refineries that produce bio-fertilisers, protein feed, bioenergy and biochemicals; highlights that farmers have the potential to produce renewable energy such as biogas from agricultural waste and residues such as manure, or from other sources of waste and residues from the food industry, sewage, wastewater and municipal waste; urges greater research, prioritisation and investment in these options;

Amendment 35 #

Dan-Ştefan MOTREANU, Asim ADEMOV, Marlene MORTLER, Anne SANDER, Simone SCHMIEDTBAUER

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Sees the circular bio-economy as an opportunity for agriculture, enabling it generate renewable energy from biodegradable farm and municipal waste and its by-products: organic fertilisers; points out, however, that biogas production releases huge volumes of methane, that small power stations which burn biogas in order to generate electricity are inefficient and that the lack of hot-water transmission systems means that waste heat cannot be used;

Amendment 36 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Sees the circular bio-economy as an opportunity for agriculture, enabling it generate renewable energy from biodegradable farm and municipal waste and its by-products: organic fertilisers; highlights the potential of bio-based innovation to enhance EU economic competitiveness, deliver new value chains, technologies and processes, economic activities and employment, thus revitalising regional economies local and rural areas;

Amendment 37 #

Juozas OLEKAS, Tonino PICULA, Ivo HRISTOV, Paolo DE CASTRO, Carmen AVRAM

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

Amendment 38 #

Asger CHRISTENSEN, Hilde VAUTMANS, Irène TOLLERET, Atidzhe ALIEVA-VELI, Ulrike MÜLLER, Martin HLAVÁČEK, Fredrick FEDERLEY, Elsi KATAINEN

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5 a. Considers that value-added utilisation of agro-residue and agro- bioenergy are important drivers for the circular economy and bio-economy, and that in the EU, renewable energy obtained through agro-residues have significant potential and should be explored with further research, investment and a supportive policy framework.

Amendment 39 #

Carmen AVRAM, Juozas OLEKAS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5 a. Takes note of the opportunities of manure management in promoting organic fertilizers, improving soil carbon content and, thus, contributing to carbon sequestration; further encourages EU waste legislation to look at agricultural residues as possible sources of fertilizers, bedding material and bioenergy;

Amendment 4 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Considers that the agriculture, food and forestry sectors and rural areas are essential components of the circular economy; points out that forestry is a Member State matter; emphasises that the circular economy cannot be an end in itself, but makes sense when it contributes to the process of boosting resilience and sovereignty;

Amendment 40 #

Asger CHRISTENSEN, Hilde VAUTMANS, Irène TOLLERET, Ulrike MÜLLER, Martin HLAVÁČEK, Fredrick FEDERLEY, Elsi KATAINEN, Atidzhe ALIEVA-VELI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. Calls for rules promoting the recycling and hence the re-use of waste water from closed industrial farm systems (indoor intensive farming, market gardening and horticultural greenhouses, etc.) in agricultural production;

Amendment 41 #

Petri SARVAMAA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5 a. Points out that forests and the entire forest-based value chain are fundamental to the further development of the circular bio-economy, as they provide jobs and ensure economic welfare in rural and urban areas;

Amendment 42 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)

5 b. Underlines the essential role of sustainable forest management in circular and bioeconomy, where the wood-based materials function as carbon storages and substitute fossil and other non-renewable materials in many industrial applications such as construction, fibre products, textiles, composites, bioplastics, renewable energy and chemicals while increasing forest resources serve as sinks;

Amendment 43 #

Petri SARVAMAA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)

5 b. Highlights that forests and the forest-based sector significantly contribute to the development of circular bioeconomies in the EU; stresses that in 2015 the bio-economy represented a market estimated to be worth over EUR 2,3 trillion, providing 20 million jobs and accounting for 8.2 % of total employment in the EU;

Amendment 44 #

Petri SARVAMAA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 c (new)

5 c. Stresses that the uptake of the circular bioeconomy must be promoted via strong research and innovation policies; every euro invested in bioeconomy research and innovation under Horizon 2020 will generate about EUR 10 in added value;

Amendment 45 #

Asger CHRISTENSEN, Hilde VAUTMANS, Irène TOLLERET, Atidzhe ALIEVA-VELI, Ulrike MÜLLER, Martin HLAVÁČEK, Fredrick FEDERLEY, Elsi KATAINEN

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 c (new)

5 c. Highlights that the transformation towards a circular economy and bio- economy can only be accelerated and scaled when business incentives are aligned with policy goals and a supportive policy framework;

Amendment 46 #

Asger CHRISTENSEN, Hilde VAUTMANS, Irène TOLLERET, Ulrike MÜLLER, Martin HLAVÁČEK, Fredrick FEDERLEY, Elsi KATAINEN, Atidzhe ALIEVA-VELI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 d (new)

5 d. Notes that the development of the circular economy and bio-economy will create more jobs in the primary production and stresses that the bio economy requires new skills, new knowledge and new disciplines be developed and/or integrated further in training and education in this sector in order to tackle bio economy-related societal changes, promote competitiveness, growth and job creation, meet the needs of the sector and ensure that skills and jobs are better matched;

Amendment 47 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. Hopes that the circular economy will contribute to the relocation of agriculture and food production at local level by strengthening regional and local food systems and will encourage diversification and crop complementarity on and between farms;

Amendment 48 #

Dan-Ştefan MOTREANU, Asim ADEMOV, Marlene MORTLER, Anne SANDER, Daniel BUDA, Benoît LUTGEN, Simone SCHMIEDTBAUER

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. Hopes that the circular economy will contribute to the relocation of agriculture and food production at local level by strengthening regional and local food systems as a way to ensure fair prices for producers and strengthen the link between food products and their locality of origin while preserving and developing rural areas;

Amendment 49 #

Asger CHRISTENSEN, Hilde VAUTMANS, Irène TOLLERET, Ulrike MÜLLER, Martin HLAVÁČEK, Fredrick FEDERLEY, Elsi KATAINEN, Atidzhe ALIEVA-VELI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. Hopes that the circular economy will contribute to the relocation of agriculture and food production at local level by strengthening regional and local food systems and will also enhance the status of the farming profession;

Amendment 5 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Considers that the agriculture, food and forestry sectors and rural areas are essential components of the circular economy; and underlines that the circular economy and bio-economy can provide solutions to the new challenges facing the agricultural sector caused and highlighted by the COVID-19 crisis by reducing the vulnerability of value chains within the EU and globally;

Amendment 50 #

Asger CHRISTENSEN, Hilde VAUTMANS, Irène TOLLERET, Atidzhe ALIEVA-VELI, Ulrike MÜLLER, Martin HLAVÁČEK, Fredrick FEDERLEY, Elsi KATAINEN

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. ~~Hop~~Notes th~~at the~~e potential of a fully implemented circular economy ~~will~~to contribute to the ~~relo~~diversification of ~~agriculture and food produc~~income for farmers and the contribution ait ~~local level by strengthening regional and local food system~~can make downstream in the rural economy, bringing benefits to both agriculture and rural communities;

Amendment 51 #

Carmen AVRAM, Juozas OLEKAS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. Hopes that the circular economy will contribute to ~~the reloca~~a more efficient use of resources and the promotion of agriculture and food production at local level by strengthening regional and local food systems;

Amendment 52 #

Hilde VAUTMANS, Atidzhe ALIEVA-VELI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. Hopes that the circular economy will contribute to the ~~relocation of agriculture and food production at local level by strengthening regional and local~~strengthening of regional and local food systems which could strengthen the position of the farmer in the food systems;

Amendment 53 #

Asger CHRISTENSEN, Hilde VAUTMANS, Irène TOLLERET, Atidzhe ALIEVA-VELI, Ulrike MÜLLER, Fredrick FEDERLEY

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. ~~Hopes that the circular economy will contribute to the relocation of agriculture and food production at local level by~~Stresses the role of national, regional and local administrations in contributing to the strengthening of regional and local food systems in the circular economy;

Amendment 54 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6 a. Notes that within the wider circular economy the uptake of carbon removal and increased circularity of carbon, in full respect of the biodiversity objectives should be incentivised; calls on the Commission to explore the development of a regulatory framework for certification of carbon removals based on robust and transparent carbon accounting to monitor and verify the authenticity of carbon removals;

Amendment 55 #

Dan-Ştefan MOTREANU, Asim ADEMOV, Marlene MORTLER, Anne SANDER, Daniel BUDA, Benoît LUTGEN, Simone SCHMIEDTBAUER

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6 a. Stresses the importance of circular economy in promoting social and territorial cohesion in rural areas;

Amendment 56 #

Asger CHRISTENSEN, Hilde VAUTMANS, Irène TOLLERET, Ulrike MÜLLER, Martin HLAVÁČEK

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7

~~7. Supports the Commission in its efforts to better inform consumers on nutritional and ecological claims, and calls for labelling of residues present in food;~~deleted

Amendment 57 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7

7. Supports the Commission in its efforts to better inform consumers on nutritional and ecological claims, and calls for labelling of residues present in food; takes the view that providing the most accurate possible information about places of origin could help to restore the necessary relationship of trust between producers and consumers and that, with the aim in view and in keeping with the CJEU judgment in Case C-485/18, Regulation 1169/2011 on the provision of food information to consumers should be revised;

Amendment 58 #

Marlene MORTLER, Peter JAHR, Norbert LINS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7

7. Supports the Commission in its efforts to better inform consumers by improving origin labelling and also on nutritional and ecological claims, and also calls for labelling of residues, particularly pesticides, present in food;

Amendment 59 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7

7. Supports the Commission in its efforts to better inform consumers on nutritional and ecological claims~~, and calls for labelling of residues present in food~~;

Amendment 6 #

Veronika VRECIONOVÁ, Ruža TOMAŠIĆ, Mazaly AGUILAR

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Considers that the agriculture, food and forestry sectors and rural areas are ~~essential~~relevant components of the circular economy;

Amendment 60 #

Dan-Ştefan MOTREANU, Asim ADEMOV, Marlene MORTLER, Daniel BUDA, Simone SCHMIEDTBAUER

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7

7. Supports the Commission in its efforts to better inform consumers on nutritional and ecological claims~~, and calls for labelling of residues present in food~~;

Amendment 61 #

Veronika VRECIONOVÁ, Ruža TOMAŠIĆ, Pietro FIOCCHI, Mazaly AGUILAR

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7

7. Supports the Commission in its efforts to better inform consumers on nutritional and ecological claims, and calls for ~~labelling of residues present in food~~voluntary labelling highlighting a product's sustainability credentials;

Amendment 62 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7

7. Supports the Commission in its efforts to better i~~nform consumers on nutritional and ecological claims, and calls for labelling of residues present in food;~~mplement already existing legislation on food labelling7a; _________________ 7aThe obligation of listing all ingredients already exists. This shall be implemented thoroughly. The problem is that it is in very small letters, for older population impossible to read. Any unnecessary information on the label will be a further complication.

Amendment 63 #

Asger CHRISTENSEN, Hilde VAUTMANS, Irène TOLLERET, Ulrike MÜLLER, Fredrick FEDERLEY, Atidzhe ALIEVA-VELI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)

7 a. Emphasises the right of consumers to more precise information about the environmental impacts of products, and supports the Commission in its efforts to make proposals to substantiate green claims through solid, accurate and harmonised calculation methods; underlines that those calculation methods must incentivise green production methods, and shall take into account efforts madeby first movers;

Amendment 64 #

Marlene MORTLER, Peter JAHR, Norbert LINS, Christine SCHNEIDER

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)

7a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to invest in new circular economy initiatives in order to develop better infrastructure for the circular economy;

Amendment 65 #

Dan-Ştefan MOTREANU, Asim ADEMOV, Marlene MORTLER, Anne SANDER, Simone SCHMIEDTBAUER

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8

8. Calls for prevention measures to be stepped up in the fight against food loss and waste; calls on the Commission to present a clear distinction between what is “avoidable” (waste) and what is “non- avoidable”(loss) as several factors affect agricultural production that are out of farmers’ control, such as adverse weather conditions and climate change, pests and diseases, and market disturbances;

Amendment 66 #

Asger CHRISTENSEN, Hilde VAUTMANS, Irène TOLLERET, Ulrike MÜLLER, Martin HLAVÁČEK, Fredrick FEDERLEY, Elsi KATAINEN, Atidzhe ALIEVA-VELI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8

8. Calls for prevention measures to be stepped up in the fight against food loss and waste; and stresses that food wastage has huge environmental consequences, contributes to climate change and represents a waste of limited resources such as land, energy and water; therefore, urges the Commission via the Farm to Fork Strategy to introduce swift proposals to implement the goal of halving food waste by 2030;

Amendment 67 #

Juozas OLEKAS, Tonino PICULA, Ivo HRISTOV, Paolo DE CASTRO

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8

8. Calls for prevention measures to be stepped up in the fight against food loss and waste, in all parts of the food chain, including processing and retail; calls for further measures to support shortening the food chain, thus decreasing the stages at which food waste is produced;

Amendment 68 #

Marlene MORTLER, Peter JAHR, Norbert LINS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8

8. Calls for prevention measures to be stepped up in the fight against food loss and waste; points out that sustainable food packaging tailored to needs prevents food from spoiling and resources being lost and thus help to reduce food waste;

Amendment 69 #

Dan-Ştefan MOTREANU, Asim ADEMOV, Marlene MORTLER, Simone SCHMIEDTBAUER

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8

8. Calls for ~~prevention measures to be stepped up in the fight against food loss~~a hierarchy of measures in the fight against food waste that prioritises prevention, then explores the possibilities for food waste to be donated or processed, and wlastely looks at conversion into animal feed or fuel;

Amendment 7 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1 a. Welcomes the Commission’s new Circular Economy Action Plan; Stresses that circular economy could offer increased opportunities for the entire agri-food value chain to become more resource efficient, reduce the amount of external inputs, close nutrient loops, reduce negative discharges to the environment, hedge against price volatility, lower production costs and consolidate sustainability;

Amendment 70 #

Marlene MORTLER, Peter JAHR, Norbert LINS, Christine SCHNEIDER

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8

8. Calls for prevention measures to be stepped up in the fight against food loss and waste, both through intensified campaigns among citizens and through suitable measures and initiatives for food producers, processors and traders;

Amendment 71 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)

8a. Points out that food packaging serves important functions and improves hygiene, quality, shelf life and the provision of information about products; calls on the Commission to take account of these functions when taking steps to achieve the objectives of the New Circular Economy Action Plan;

Amendment 72 #

Dan-Ştefan MOTREANU, Asim ADEMOV, Marlene MORTLER, Benoît LUTGEN, Simone SCHMIEDTBAUER

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)

8 a. Underlines the essential role of packaging, in particular for food safety and hygiene; calls on the European Commission to propose new legislation to tackle over-packaging and waste generation and provide support to creation of an integrated single market for secondary raw materials and by- products;

Amendment 73 #

Asger CHRISTENSEN, Hilde VAUTMANS, Irène TOLLERET, Atidzhe ALIEVA-VELI, Ulrike MÜLLER, Martin HLAVÁČEK, Fredrick FEDERLEY, Elsi KATAINEN

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)

8 a. Stresses that, in order to reduce wastage at the production stage, innovative techniques and technologies should be used to optimise performance in the fields and convert those products that do not meet market standards into processed goods;

Amendment 74 #

Asger CHRISTENSEN, Hilde VAUTMANS, Irène TOLLERET, Ulrike MÜLLER, Martin HLAVÁČEK, Fredrick FEDERLEY, Elsi KATAINEN, Atidzhe ALIEVA-VELI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 b (new)

8 b. Notes the benefits of cooperation and digitalisation, which allows better access to data and demand forecasts, and developing advance production programmes for farmers, enabling them totailor their production to demand, better coordinate with the other sectors of the food supply chain, and minimise wastage; given the challenging nature of reducing unavoidable food waste, stresses that effective use of food waste, including in the bio economy, should be promoted;

Amendment 75 #

Marlene MORTLER, Peter JAHR, Norbert LINS, Christine SCHNEIDER

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 b (new)

8b. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to invest in new recycling technologies so that the technological development of sorting and recycling plants and their infrastructure, re-use procedures and techniques can be optimised and promoted;

Amendment 76 #

Asger CHRISTENSEN, Hilde VAUTMANS, Irène TOLLERET, Ulrike MÜLLER, Martin HLAVÁČEK, Fredrick FEDERLEY, Elsi KATAINEN, Atidzhe ALIEVA-VELI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 c (new)

8 c. Notes the potential within the circular economy for optimisation of use of food unavoidably lost or discarded and by-products from the food chain, in particular those of animal origin, in feed production, nutrient recycling and production of soil improvers and their importance for primary production;

Amendment 77 #

Marlene MORTLER, Peter JAHR, Norbert LINS, Christine SCHNEIDER

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 c (new)

8c. Calls on the Commission to develop a uniform labelling scheme for recycling systems;

Amendment 78 #

Asger CHRISTENSEN, Hilde VAUTMANS, Irène TOLLERET, Atidzhe ALIEVA-VELI, Ulrike MÜLLER, Martin HLAVÁČEK, Fredrick FEDERLEY, Elsi KATAINEN

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 d (new)

8 d. Notes the potential for optimisation of former foodstuff and by- products from the food chain in feed production and its importance for primary production; calls for an multi-stakeholder approach to collect unsold, unconsumed and inedible food and redirecting it into feed manufacture and also consequently calls on the Commission to analyse legal barriers to the use of former foodstuffs in feed production and to promote research in this area, while at the same time stressing the need for increased traceability, compliance with biosecurity standards and using separation and treatment processes that bring food safety risk down to zero;

Amendment 79 #

Marlene MORTLER, Peter JAHR, Norbert LINS, Christine SCHNEIDER

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 d (new)

8d. Calls on the Commission to carry out economic impact assessments of all the measures proposed under the New Circular Economy Action Plan, in order not to jeopardise firms' existing and future innovation initiatives;

Amendment 8 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Welcomes the Commission's communication, since it fully reflects the changes required of an economy as it evolves to meet the needs of the sustainable development which makes it possible to create jobs while protecting the climate, the environment and biodiversity;

Amendment 80 #

Asger CHRISTENSEN, Hilde VAUTMANS, Irène TOLLERET, Ulrike MÜLLER, Martin HLAVÁČEK, Fredrick FEDERLEY, Atidzhe ALIEVA-VELI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9

9. ~~Urges the use of bio-sourced and biodegradable materials in agricultural plastics~~Calls for farm waste collection, sorting and recycling facilities to be set up throughout Europe, drawing on the collective responsibility of all actors, farmers, distributors and industrialists; considers also that the Commission's draft plastic waste strategy is particularly relevant to agriculture, since the challenges and costs involved in recycling agricultural plastics mean the sector still has much progress to make; calls for a ban on oxo-fragmentable plastic films and advocates the use of bio-sourced and biodegradable materials which meet European requirements on curbing waste and soil pollution in particular;

Amendment 81 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9

9. Urges the use of bio-sourced and biodegradable materials in agricultural plastics; underlines the need for clear labelling of plastics that are biodegradable and plastics that are merely bio-sourced and non-biodegradable; welcomes the intention to develop a policy framework for sourcing, labelling and use of bio-based plastics, and highlights that non-food crops, waste products and side streams of the agro-industry should be the main source for bio-plastics;

Amendment 82 #

Veronika VRECIONOVÁ, Ruža TOMAŠIĆ, Pietro FIOCCHI, Mazaly AGUILAR

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9

9. ~~Urges the use of bio-sourced and biodegradable materials in agricultural plastics~~Considers that agricultural land is primarily destined for food and feed production. Bio-sourced and biodegradable materials in agricultural plastics should be primarily produced from agricultural or other waste material;

Amendment 83 #

Hilde VAUTMANS, Ulrike MÜLLER, Elsi KATAINEN, Atidzhe ALIEVA-VELI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9

9. ~~Urge~~Supports the use of bio-sourced and biodegradable materials in agricultural plastics where possible;

Amendment 84 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 a (new)

9a. Welcomes all initiatives which seek to incorporate waste management and prevention principles into the specifications of products with EU and national quality marks;

Amendment 85 #

Dan-Ştefan MOTREANU, Asim ADEMOV, Marlene MORTLER, Daniel BUDA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 10

~~10. Highlights the presence of old, disused agricultural buildings which pose serious problems in terms of their removal costs (asbestos, etc.).~~deleted

Amendment 86 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 10

10. Highlights the presence of old, disused agricultural buildings which pose serious problems in terms of their removal costs (asbestos, etc.) and the overall need for a transition to a sustainable and more circular economy in the sourcing and manufacturing of construction products and materials used in agricultural sector.

Amendment 87 #

Juozas OLEKAS, Tonino PICULA, Ivo HRISTOV, Paolo DE CASTRO

Draft opinion
Paragraph 10

10. Highlights the presence of old, disused agricultural buildings which pose serious problems in terms of their removal costs (asbestos, etc.)., before new uses can be made of them or the space they occupy;

Amendment 88 #

Simone SCHMIEDTBAUER, Norbert LINS, Anne SANDER, Marlene MORTLER, Dan-Ştefan MOTREANU

Draft opinion
Paragraph 10

10. Highlights the presence of old, disused agricultural buildings which pose serious problems in terms of their removal costs ~~(asbestos, etc.).~~;

Amendment 89 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 10 a (new)

10a. Considers that all innovations in the area of the circular economy should be covered by EU legislation and consistent with the principles of the Green Deal, and must not be harmful to the environment, biodiversity or health, in accordance with the precautionary principle;

Amendment 9 #

Veronika VRECIONOVÁ, Ruža TOMAŠIĆ, Mazaly AGUILAR

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Takes the view that the announcement of the action plan is a clarion call for profound change to reorient farm production models and concepts towards agro- ecology and organic farming, given the degradation and scarcity ~~both in natural resources and in the rest of the food chain~~in natural resources and the need to improve production; notes that it points the way towards a more sustainable, resource-efficient, self-sufficient and resilient type of farming; stresses that the circular economy model and the changes involved will also affect the food processing and retail sectors;

Amendment 90 #

Juozas OLEKAS, Tonino PICULA, Ivo HRISTOV, Paolo DE CASTRO, Carmen AVRAM

Draft opinion
Paragraph 10 a (new)

10 a. Calls for broad recognition that young farmers are especially important in the development of a circular economy, and essential generational renewal in the countryside must be supported by sufficient measures;

Amendment 91 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 10 a (new)

10 a. Urges that an attention should be paid to water retention in the landscape at two levels: technically, e.g. ponds, and, biologically, by e.g. growing crops with greater root systems;

Amendment 92 #

Simone SCHMIEDTBAUER, Norbert LINS, Anne SANDER, Marlene MORTLER, Petri SARVAMAA, Herbert DORFMANN, Dan-Ştefan MOTREANU

Draft opinion
Paragraph 10 a (new)

10 a. Calls for the promotion of sustainable wood-based products to substitute CO2-intensive substances and to store CO2 in the long term;

Amendment 93 #

Juozas OLEKAS, Tonino PICULA, Ivo HRISTOV, Paolo DE CASTRO, Carmen AVRAM

Draft opinion
Paragraph 10 b (new)

10 b. Notes the opportunities that the circular economy can create for small and medium farmers, and their importance for the move towards a more inclusive, sustainable, environmentally and climate friendly food supply chain;

Amendment 94 #

Simone SCHMIEDTBAUER, Norbert LINS, Anne SANDER, Marlene MORTLER, Petri SARVAMAA, Herbert DORFMANN, Dan-Ştefan MOTREANU

Draft opinion
Paragraph 10 b (new)

10 b. Highlights the role of bioenergy derived from forest residues and emerging calamities as a sustainable resource for climate-friendly energy supply and substitute of fossil fuels;

Amendment 95 #

Veronika VRECIONOVÁ, Ruža TOMAŠIĆ, Mazaly AGUILAR

Draft opinion
Paragraph 10 b (new)

10 b. Any efforts made in this regard must be made in line with the ISO norm TC 323.

Amendment 96 #

Simone SCHMIEDTBAUER, Norbert LINS, Anne SANDER, Marlene MORTLER, Petri SARVAMAA, Herbert DORFMANN, Dan-Ştefan MOTREANU

Draft opinion
Paragraph 10 c (new)

10 c. Takes the view that respect for the property rights of agricultural and forestry enterprises and compensation for services rendered in nature conservation should be preserved and increased;

Amendment 97 #

Juozas OLEKAS, Tonino PICULA, Ivo HRISTOV, Paolo DE CASTRO, Carmen AVRAM

Draft opinion
Paragraph 10 c (new)

10 c. Highlights the importance of research and development in new sustainable agricultural technologies, and the need for farmers, in particular small and medium farmers, to have easy access to them;

Amendment 98 #

Juozas OLEKAS, Tonino PICULA, Carmen AVRAM

Draft opinion
Paragraph 10 d (new)

10 d. Calls for a recognition of agricultural sectors that already work within the principles of circular economy, such as fur farming, biogas production and other sectors that use agricultural and food waste;

Amendment 99 #

Simone SCHMIEDTBAUER, Norbert LINS, Anne SANDER, Marlene MORTLER, Petri SARVAMAA, Herbert DORFMANN, Dan-Ştefan MOTREANU

Draft opinion
Paragraph 10 d (new)

10 d. Believes that the promotion of the forest-based sector will strengthen the EU-wide bio- and recycling economy as well as the bio-based industry;

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2020/10/27 ITRE 1182 amendments...

Amendment 1 #

Patrizia TOIA, Łukasz KOHUT, Robert HAJŠEL, Carlos ZORRINHO, Alicia HOMS GINEL, Nicolás GONZÁLEZ CASARES, Lina GÁLVEZ

Draft opinion
Recital -A a (new)

- Aa. whereas the principles of circular economy should be the core element of any European and national industrial policy as well as of Member States national Recovery and Resilience Plans in the framework of the Recovery and Resilience Facility;

Amendment 1 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 1

— having regard to the Commission communication of 11 March 2020 entitled ‘A new Circular Economy Action Plan: For a cleaner and more competitive Europe’(COM(2020)0098), and the staff working document ‘Leading the way to a global circular economy: state of play and outlook’ (SWD(2020)100),

Amendment 10 #

Robert HAJŠEL, Łukasz KOHUT, Csaba MOLNÁR, Carlos ZORRINHO

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Welcomes the Commission’s intention to review Directive 2009/125/EC; emphasizing an important role that it can play in green recovery and can represent the key element of any post-COVID recovery plans; stresses that broadening its scope should not lead to any watering down of the results achieved in the field of energy efficiency; and material efficiency to decrease dependence on imports and thereby improve resilience of European economy to global crises.

Amendment 10 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 2 a (new)

— having regard to the Commission communication of 11 October 2018 entitled “ A sustainable Bioeconomy for Europe: Strengthening the connection between economy, society and the environment” (COM(2018)0673),

Amendment 100 #

Patrizia TOIA, Łukasz KOHUT, Carlos ZORRINHO, Alicia HOMS GINEL, Nicolás GONZÁLEZ CASARES, Lina GÁLVEZ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

Amendment 100 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. Welcomes the Commission’s new Circular Economy Action Plan; highlights the fact that the circular economy is key to reducing the overall environmental footprint of European consumption and production, and to reaching the ~~climate goals of the Paris Agreement~~goals of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, the Paris Agreement and the Convention on Biological Diversity;

Amendment 1000 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37 g (new)

37g. Notes that in the transition to a circular economy particular attention must be given to key supply chains where the EU’s environmental footprint is significant; in this context, acknowledges the important role of product standards to ensure circularity (eco-design, rules of recycled content etc.); calls the Commission to proceed with the development of these standards, with a view to integrate them into the implementation of existing and future FTAs.

Amendment 1001 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37 a (new)

37a. Calls the Commission to take into account the growing concerns regarding space debris that enter the low Earth orbit (LEO) and accumulate, since it can pose a safety risk to people and property in space and on Earth, as well as affect current and future space-based services, explorations, and operations; and highlights the need to address this issue in order to avoid the increasing space pollution by means of timely application of mitigation and remediation measures on an international scale;

Amendment 101 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

Amendment 101 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. Welcomes the Commission’s new Circular Economy Action Plan; highlights the fact that the circular economy is key to reducing the overall environmental footprint of European consumption and production, and to reaching the climate goals of the Paris Agreement, and the UN Sustainable Development Goals, while no one is left behind ;

Amendment 102 #

Pascal ARIMONT, Hildegard BENTELE, Henna VIRKKUNEN, Maria da Graça CARVALHO, Isabel WISELER-LIMA, Edina TÓTH, Sara SKYTTEDAL, Tom BERENDSEN

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Calls on the Commission to step up its efforts to make more small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and micro-companies fit for the circular economy, by supporting them through adequate incentive schemes and financing tools, capacity building and technical assistance, as well as by reducing their administrative and legal burdens;

Amendment 102 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. Welcomes the Commission’s new Circular Economy Action Plan; highlights the fact that the circular economy is key to reducing the overall environmental footprint of European consumption and production, and to reaching the climate ~~goals of~~commitments under the Paris Agreement as well as the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDGs);

Amendment 103 #

Pascal ARIMONT, Hildegard BENTELE, Henna VIRKKUNEN, Maria da Graça CARVALHO, Isabel WISELER-LIMA, Edina TÓTH, Sara SKYTTEDAL, Tom BERENDSEN

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

Amendment 103 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. Welcomes the Commission’s new Circular Economy Action Plan; highlights the fact that the circular economy is key to reducing the material and overall environmental footprint of ~~European~~the EU's consumption and production, and t~~o reaching the climate~~he true circular economy in action can be a major contributor to goals of the Paris Agreement;

Amendment 104 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Acknowledges that well- functioning market based collection and recycling schemes as well as closed loop processes, in line with the circular economy principles, are already in place for a range of battery technologies; however, calls on the Commission to propose eco-design requirements for batteries in order to enhance their recyclability by design as the European transport sector is set to electrify; is convinced that enhanced recycling schemes for batteries could deliver a significant share of the raw materials required for circular battery production within the EU;

Amendment 104 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. Welcomes the Commission’s new Circular Economy Action Plan; highlights the fact that the circular economy is key to reducing the overall environmental footprint of European consumption and production, and to reaching the climate goals of the Paris Agreement and to fostering EU competitiveness and innovation;

Amendment 105 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Reminds the Commission about the European Parliament's adoption position on a "European Climate Law" which suggests the establishment of sector-specific "Climate Partnerships" at Union level which will bring together key stakeholders (e.g. from the industry, NGOs, research institutes, SMEs, trade unions and employers' organisations) and should facilitate a sharing of best practices by European "decarbonising first movers" and work as the central consulting body to the Commission when adopting its future climate-related legislative proposals;

Amendment 105 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. Welcomes the Commission’s new Circular Economy Action Plan; highlights the fact that the circular economy is key to ~~reducing the overall environmental footpr~~efforts to reduce resource use int o~~f European consumption and production, and to reaching the climate goals of the Paris Agree~~rder to protect the environment;

Amendment 106 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Underlines that the implementation of the Circular Economy Action Plan offers great employment and competitiveness opportunities to SMEs, which maximises benefits for sustainable, local agri-food, textile and construction SMEs, but also provides major business and innovation opportunities for SMEs in response to enhanced eco-design standards or increased durability, reusability, repairability of products, including ‘right to repair’;

Amendment 106 #

Ivars IJABS, Christophe GRUDLER, Andrus ANSIP, Klemen GROŠELJ, Bart GROOTHUIS, Susana SOLÍS PÉREZ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Calls on the Commission to bring forward the initiatives under the Action Plan in a timely manner in line with the dates set out in the Communication, and to base each legislative proposal on a comprehensive impact assessment;

Amendment 107 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Emphasises the role that the Knowledge and Innovation Communities within the framework of the European Institute of Innovation and Technology play by bringing together universities, research organizations and businesses, in particular SMEs, in developing innovative solutions for and initiatives on circular economy which should be one of the key tools to reach European Green Deal goals.

Amendment 107 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Commends the Commission for its new Circular Economy Action Plan but calls for much more to be done to make the circular economy a reality, particularly in relation to accelerating the closure of the loop; believes that the Commission is still overly focusing on the consumer-power and industry-led initiatives to close the loop and considers this approach to be far too slow and often ineffective; calls for a regulatory approach that fully upholds the precautionary principle;

Amendment 108 #

Patrizia TOIA, Łukasz KOHUT, Robert HAJŠEL, Josianne CUTAJAR, Carlos ZORRINHO, Alicia HOMS GINEL, Nicolás GONZÁLEZ CASARES, Lina GÁLVEZ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Supports the European Commission’s initiative to ensure that the EIT’s Knowledge and Innovation Communities will be more open to SMEs and increase their opportunity to participate in local innovation ecosystem to the benefit of digital and green transition;

Amendment 108 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Recalls that 80% of marine litter originates from land and is largely linked to the poor management of waste on land, ranging from pollution of watercourses and rivers, poor management of waste and wastewater, wild deposits but also natural runoff phenomena such as thunderstorms and rains; urges therefore Member States to act on marine litter hotspots in rivers and estuaries;

Amendment 109 #

Pascal ARIMONT, Hildegard BENTELE, Henna VIRKKUNEN, Maria da Graça CARVALHO, Isabel WISELER-LIMA, Edina TÓTH, Sara SKYTTEDAL, Tom BERENDSEN

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)

4b. Is concerned that the classification of used batteries as waste in the Batteries Directive, independently of reuse, can act as a barrier to such reuse; recognises that reused batteries are not returned for recycling and that safety standards are not controlled when a battery is repurposed for uses with different characteristics than originally designed for; calls on the Commission to apply producer responsibility, with performance and safety guarantees, to the remanufacturer reintroducing the battery to the market; calls on the Commission to clarify the extended producer responsibility schemes (EPR) related to reused batteries;

Amendment 109 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Calls on the Commission to support the Member States in sharing and facilitating knowledge and 'best practices' of the different circular economy adaption efforts at regional and local level in the EU;

Amendment 11 #

Patrizia TOIA, Łukasz KOHUT, Niels FUGLSANG, Carlos ZORRINHO, Alicia HOMS GINEL, Nicolás GONZÁLEZ CASARES, Lina GÁLVEZ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Welcomes the Commission’s intention to review Directive 2009/125/EC; ~~stresse~~believes that a wider ecodesign policy can be one of the core elements of the European action in the field of circular economy; stresses nevertheless that broadening its scope should not lead to any watering down of the results achieved in the field of energy efficiency;

Amendment 11 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 2 a (new)

— having regard to the Commission communication of 16 January 2018 ‘A European Strategy for Plastics in a Circular Economy’ (COM/2018/028),

Amendment 110 #

Ivars IJABS, Mauri PEKKARINEN

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)

4b. Calls on the Commission to develop and promote an SME toolbox for sustainable company policies, including corporate social and environmental responsibility, sustainable accounting and reporting, and tools for implementing low-waste and circular production and consumption models, sustainable supply chains and energy audits;

Amendment 110 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 b (new)

1b. Stresses that by 2050 the EU’s use of resources needs to be sustainable and based on the principles of circular economy; this includes fully implementing a cascading use of resources, sustainable sourcing, sustainable land use and compensating the land use, a waste hierarchy, creating a closed loop on resources, using renewables within the limits of their renewability, doing no harm to the biodiversity, improving the quality of ecosystems, and phasing out and preventing the accumulation of toxic and harmful substances and thriving to zero- emission production and use of goods; Call on the Commission to include in its impact assessments the cost of non-action in resource efficiency and other environmental challenges;

Amendment 111 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)

4b. Calls on the Commission to facilitate investment in the recycling of Critical Raw Materials, especially rare earth elements, by supporting demonstrations between research performing organisations and industry

Amendment 111 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 b (new)

1b. Emphasises the need to shift from an economy focused on aggregate GDP growth to differentiate among sectors that can grow and need investment (critical public sectors, and clean energy, education, health) and sectors that need to degrow (fossil fuels, mining, advertising, meat and dairy production, etc.).

Amendment 112 #

Pascal ARIMONT, Hildegard BENTELE, Henna VIRKKUNEN, Maria da Graça CARVALHO, Isabel WISELER-LIMA, Edina TÓTH, Sara SKYTTEDAL, Tom BERENDSEN

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 c (new)

4c. Calls on the Commission to propose ambitious collection and recycling targets for batteries based on critical metal fractions when revising the Batteries Directive; highlights the importance of market based mechanisms in encouraging the reuse of critical raw materials in this respect; underlines the need to further promote research and innovation for recycling processes and technologies under Horizon Europe in order to increase the circular economy potential in batteries; acknowledges the role of SMEs in collection and recycling enterprises;

Amendment 112 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 b (new)

1b. Calls on the Commission to identify, recognize and make use circular economy ‘first movers’ as key role models; urges the Commission to take into account the first movers’ already conducted initiatives when adopting new legislative proposals related to the 'Circular Economy Action Plan';

Amendment 113 #

Pascal ARIMONT, Hildegard BENTELE, Henna VIRKKUNEN, Maria da Graça CARVALHO, Isabel WISELER-LIMA, Sara SKYTTEDAL, Tom BERENDSEN

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 d (new)

4d. Asks the Commission and Member States to establish a European-wide deposit system for batteries to enhance the circularity and sustainability of the battery value chain;

Amendment 113 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 b (new)

1b. Calls on the Commission to not simply promote circular economy principles, but to ensure they are embedded in all practices;

Amendment 114 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. ~~Is of the opinion~~Notes that the transition towards a digital economy ~~in all sectors can reduce their environmental footprint, while also boosting the green transi~~might reduce the environmental footprint of some sectors; however, acknowledges with concern that the digital sector has a far from negligible environmental footprint since it is responsible for the fastest growing waste stream in the world1a,some 3.8% of total greenhouse gas emissions2a and 0.2% of global water consumption3a; points out that measures are ne~~vertheless needed~~eded to ensure environmental sustainability of digital solutions from energy, environmental and resource use perspectives, as well as to deal with the short- and medium- term costs of the transitions and to make them just; _________________ 1ahttps://globalewaste.org/news/surge- global-waste/ 2ahttps://www.greenit.fr/environmental- footprint-of-the-digital-world/ 3ahttps://www.greenit.fr/environmental- footprint-of-the-digital-world/

Amendment 114 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 c (new)

1c. Calls on the Commission to develop a “EU Climate Calculator”(ECC) as part of its adaption to climate change; stresses that the ECC should entail an accurate and easy understandable labelling for materials, products and services and that that the ECC should ensure a level-playing field for the key actors that are a part of producing a GHG footprint within the EU; believes that such a ‘holistic approach’ would open up for positive behavioural affects by EU citizens, industries, and SMEs; stresses that the concept must be based on the principles of circular and lifecycle economy in order to drive demand for climate-friendly goods “made in Europe”, strengthening the competitiveness of the EU; suggests the Commission to use already known scientific methods when estimating GHG emissions, e.g. with inspiration from its “Product Environmental Footprint”;

Amendment 115 #

Henna VIRKKUNEN, Eva MAYDELL, Pascal ARIMONT, Pilar DEL CASTILLO VERA, Pernille WEISS, Sara SKYTTEDAL

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Is of the opinion that the transition towards a digital economy ~~in all sectors can~~can offer solutions to reduce their environmental footprint~~, while also boosting the green transition~~ of several sectors; notes, however, that digital technologies themselves present interlinking risks for both the people and the environment; Considers it imperative that the digitalisation of the Union supports and does not hamper the transition towards a climate-neutral economy; points out that measures are nevertheless needed to deal with the short- and medium- term costs of the transitions and to make them just;

Amendment 115 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 c (new)

1c. Calls for matching the policy objectives with science-based goals through a back-casting approach to ensure policy objectives are on a credible path to carbon-neutral and environmentally sustainable economy by 2050; which would mean at least 10-fold resource efficiency by 2050; welcomes the European Commission Communication on the Sustainable Europe Investment Plans promise to introduce sustainability proofing and tracking in all public policies and funding;

Amendment 116 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Is of the opinion that the transition towards a digital economy in all sectors can reduce their environmental footprint, while also boosting the green transition; highlights the importance of creating incentives for IoT, predictive maintenance, servicification and product- service systems for accelerating new circular business models; points out that measures are nevertheless needed to deal with the short- and medium- term costs of the transitions and to make them just;

Amendment 116 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 c (new)

1c. Calls on the Commission to propose and put into use one or more economic indicators which go beyond GDP and integrate economic, social and natural resources in order measure progress towards circularity in a comprehensive way and promote circular and sustainable activities, products and business models;

Amendment 117 #

Robert HAJŠEL, Łukasz KOHUT, Csaba MOLNÁR, Carlos ZORRINHO

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Is of the opinion that the transition towards a digital economy in all sectors can reduce their environmental footprint, while also boosting the green transition; points out that measures are nevertheless needed to deal with the short- and medium- term costs of the transitions and to make them just; and more inclusive; highlights the importance of stakeholders, including civil society and community representatives.

Amendment 117 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 c (new)

1c. Regrets that many of the measures outlined in the Annex for 2021 in the Circular Economy Action Plan are not included in the Commission's Work Programme for 2021; calls for a speeding up of work, including additional resources if necessary, to keep this action plan on track;

Amendment 118 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Is of the opinion that the transition towards a digital economy in all sectors can reduce their environmental footprint, while also boosting the green transition; points out that measures are nevertheless needed to deal with the short- and medium- term costs of the transitions, to protect jobs and employment, and to make them transitions just;

Amendment 118 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Calls for adequate staffing levels and budget for the Commission services tasked with ensuring the successful implementation of the Action Plan; stresses that the allocation of resources must respond to both current and long- term political priorities and thus, in the context of the European Green Deal, expects a significant reinforcement of human resources in the Commission Directorate-General for Environment in particular;

Amendment 119 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Is of the opinion that ~~the transition towards a digital economy~~digitalisation in all sectors can reduce their environmental footprint, while also boosting the green transition; points out that measures are nevertheless needed to deal with the short- and medium- term costs of the transitions and to make them just;

Amendment 119 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 d (new)

1d. Highlights the necessity of scientifically robust measurement to capture synergies between the circular economy and climate change mitigation;

Amendment 12 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Welcomes the Commission’s intention to review Directive 2009/125/EC; stresses that broadening its scope should ~~not~~ lead to ~~any watering down of the results achieved in the field of~~covering more products and structures with the ultimate aim to reduce energy uses and improve energy efficiency gains;

Amendment 12 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 4 a (new)

— having regard to its resolution of 14 March 2019 on a European strategic long-term vision for a prosperous, modern, competitive and climate neutral economy,[1] __________________ [1]Texts adopted, P8_TA(2019)0217.

Amendment 120 #

Patrizia TOIA, Łukasz KOHUT, Robert HAJŠEL, Carlos ZORRINHO, Alicia HOMS GINEL, Nicolás GONZÁLEZ CASARES, Lina GÁLVEZ, Miapetra KUMPULA-NATRI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. Asks the Commission to assess the potential environmental impact of the massive development of digital solutions and to put energy efficiency and circular economy requirements at the heart of the development of digital technologies and data centres; asks the Commission to propose concrete avenues for digital solutions to serve the ecological transition and to establish a methodology for monitoring, quantifying and reducing the increasing environmental impact of digital technologies;

Amendment 120 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Underlines that the circular economy can provide solutions to the new challenges caused and highlighted by the COVID-19 crisis by reducing the vulnerability of value chains within the EU and globally; . The COVID-19 pandemic has demonstrated the necessity for an enabling environment for the circular economy in particular on the collection and recovery of waste and its recycling for the production of products and substances including the packaging for the food and pharma sectors.

Amendment 121 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. Stresses that construction is among the least automated and digitized sectors and the most resource-intensive businesses in the European Union. The use of innovative and future-oriented technologies at a construction site would increase the degree of digitisation of the sector while increasing resources efficiency. Similarly, the adoption of digital solution in built environment would allow better energy performance of buildings;

Amendment 121 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Underlines that the circular economy can provide solutions to the new challenges caused and highlighted by the COVID-19 crisis by reducing the vulnerability of value chains within the EU and globally and by contributing to the creation of jobs; calls in this regard on the Member States to mainstream circular economy in their national recovery and resilience plans;

Amendment 122 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. Supports the creation of symbiotic economic relationships, which allow for the cooperation between enterprises and other institutions aiming to improve the rationalisation of resources and waste management;

Amendment 122 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Underlines that the circular economy can provide solutions to the new challenges caused and highlighted by the COVID-19 crisis by reducing the vulnerability of value chains within the EU and globally; while also providing opportunities for prosperity and well- being; Calls on Member States to duly reflect circular economy in their recovery plans;

Amendment 123 #

Patrizia TOIA, Łukasz KOHUT, Robert HAJŠEL, Carlos ZORRINHO, Alicia HOMS GINEL, Nicolás GONZÁLEZ CASARES, Lina GÁLVEZ, Miapetra KUMPULA-NATRI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)

5b. Welcomes the Commission's goal of achieving highly energy-efficient, sustainable and climate-neutral data centres by 2030; hence urges the Commission to put forward without delay corresponding regulatory and other necessary measures, and to implement governance and market instruments to support standardised documentation and transparency about the circularity, environmental and climate footprint of datacentres and communication networks; insists that these new measures and instruments should promote energy efficiency, resource-efficiency, best available technologies for cooling and for waste heat utilization in district heating or other applications, and the use of renewable energies via mandatory standards at system and component level; advises that these measures and instruments should also aim at mitigating the impact of data centres on the electricity network and the greenhouse gas footprint induced by network congestion;

Amendment 123 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Underlines that the circular economy can provide solutions to the new challenges caused and highlighted by the COVID-19 crisis by reducing the length and vulnerability of value chains within the EU and globally and calls on national authorities to systematically reflect circular economy in their stimulus packages;

Amendment 124 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)

5b. Also believes that the use of sustainable circular bio-based products and systems in the construction and renovation sectors can help achieving the Union's environmental objectives through the development of a regulatory framework for recognition of carbon removals as well as through the elaboration of Green Public Procurement binding rules to enable users to choose sustainable and climate friendly materials and secondary raw material;

Amendment 124 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

Amendment 125 #

Patrizia TOIA, Łukasz KOHUT, Robert HAJŠEL, Niels FUGLSANG, Carlos ZORRINHO, Alicia HOMS GINEL, Nicolás GONZÁLEZ CASARES, Lina GÁLVEZ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 c (new)

5c. Recalls that the “energy efficiency first” principle should always apply when evaluating different solutions and applications;

Amendment 125 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Notes with caution that industrial closures, reduced recycling and waste disposal as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, and a decline in oil prices have had a significant impact on the EU's ambition to substitute virgin plastics for recycled alternatives, undermining both the commercial viability of plastics recycling, and the achievement of existing recycling targets;

Amendment 126 #

Patrizia TOIA, Łukasz KOHUT, Josianne CUTAJAR, Carlos ZORRINHO, Alicia HOMS GINEL, Nicolás GONZÁLEZ CASARES, Lina GÁLVEZ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 d (new)

5d. Underlines the importance of incentivising the procurement of recyclable materials and the use of secondary raw materials also as a tool to ensure the Union's industrial autonomy and to keep jobs in the manufacturing sector;

Amendment 126 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Stresses that there are numerous differences between the Member States in the application of the current recycling targets; calls on the Commission to ensure effective implementation of the current legislative framework on waste and the circular economy in all Member States;

Amendment 127 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. Believes that the positive role played by social economy enterprises, which are paving the way to circular economy models, should serve as an inspiration to other companies, and that such best practices should be made more visible; stresses that social economy enterprises are just an element, not a foundation, of the efforts for a financially sustainable Circular Economy;

Amendment 127 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Underlines that the COVID-19 pandemic has demonstrated the necessity for an enabling environment for the circular economy in particular on the collection and recycling of waste for the production of products and substances including the packaging for the food and pharma sectors;

Amendment 128 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

Amendment 128 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Underlines that a well-functioning internal market and the free exchange of goods and services are important requirements for achieving a more circular economy within the Union,

Amendment 129 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

Amendment 129 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Believes that a circular economy is the way for the EU and European companies to remain competitive in a global market; therefore urges the Commission and the Member States to direct investments in order to scale up circular economy initiatives; considers that the EU’s economic recovery plan (Next Generation EU) should be used to put Urges the Commission to encourage EU industry initiatives to step up the use of recycled materials as an alternative to importing p~~lace circular economy initiatives and infrastructure~~rimary materials with a higher CO2 footprint;

Amendment 13 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Calls on the Commission and Member States to adopt a strong life-cycle approach in line with the circular economy to maximize the reuse, recycling, and recuperation of building materials within the EU building sector and stresses that this approach also should be applied future procurement initiatives;

Amendment 13 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 4 b (new)

— having regard to its resolution of 28 November 2019 on the climate and environment emergency,[1] __________________ [1]Texts adopted, P9_TA(2019)0078.

Amendment 130 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. Highlights that, when establishing the Circular Economy Action Plan, it is imperative that the European Commission creates incentives for producers and consumers that include, among others, tax breaks as well as financial support schemes covering the costs of changes in manufacturing processes and technological developments; stresses the importance of wide access to competence centres, where entrepreneurs will be able to learn the basic and more advanced forms of the broadly understood ecodesign;

Amendment 130 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Believes that a circular economy is the way for the EU and European companies to ~~remain competitive in a global market~~promote real sustainability and contribute to the Paris Agreement goals; therefore urges the Commission and the Member States to direct investments in order to embed the application of sustainable circular practices and also scale up circular economy initiatives; considers that the EU’s economic recovery plan (Next Generation EU) ~~should be used to~~, Just Transition Fund and Horizon research funds should be used to promote and embed sustainable circular practices, including through conditionality, and put in place circular economy initiatives and infrastructure;

Amendment 131 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7

7. Asks the Commission to support a sustainable digital transition that builds on maximising the value of data, while ensuring personal data protection, and deploying digitally- enabled solutions to permit the efficient, circular and sustainable use of resources ~~and~~, use of a circular approach to maintain the value of products and materials for as long as possible., notably by making available and accessible information on materials, chemical contents, toxicity, circularity performances and environmental footprint;

Amendment 131 #

Henna VIRKKUNEN, Eva MAYDELL, Pascal ARIMONT, Pilar DEL CASTILLO VERA, Pernille WEISS, Sara SKYTTEDAL

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Believes that a circular economy is the way for the EU and European companies to remain competitive in a global market while simultaneously strengthening the unity of the EU market; therefore urges the Commission and the Member States to direct investments in order to scale up circular economy initiatives so that the EU can take the lead in global circular economy policies; considers that the EU’s economic recovery plan (Next Generation EU) should be used to put in place circular economy initiatives and infrastructure;

Amendment 132 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7

7. Asks the Commission to support a digital transition that builds on maximising the value of data and deploying digitally- enabled solutions to permit the sustainable use of resources and to maintain the value of products and materials for as long as possible; encourages the introduction of digital product passports, accompanied with appropriate platforms for collection and maintenance of data in the context of the European data space.

Amendment 132 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Believes that a circular economy is the way for the EU and European companies to remain competitive in a global market; therefore urges the Commission and the Member States to direct investments in order to scale up circular economy initiatives; considers that the EU’s economic recovery plan (Next Generation EU), the Just Transition Fund and other sectoral funds should be used to put in place circular economy initiatives and infrastructure while creating jobs in the EU;

Amendment 133 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7

7. Asks the Commission to support a digital transition that builds on maximising the value of data and deploying digitally- enabled solutions ~~to permit~~in order to create sustainable and safe secondary raw materials markets, enable the sustainable use of resources and to maintain the value of products and materials for as long as possible.

Amendment 133 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. ~~Believes that a circular economy is the way for the EU and European companies to remain competitive in a global market; therefore~~ Urges the Commission and the Member States to install regulatory measurges ~~the Commission and the Member States~~and to direct investments in order to ~~scale up~~achieve a circular economy ~~initiatives~~; considers that the EU’s economic recovery plan (Next Generation EU) should be used to put in place circular economy initiatives and infrastructure;

Amendment 134 #

Patrizia TOIA, Łukasz KOHUT, Josianne CUTAJAR, Carlos ZORRINHO, Alicia HOMS GINEL, Nicolás GONZÁLEZ CASARES, Lina GÁLVEZ, Miapetra KUMPULA-NATRI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7

7. Asks the Commission to support an environmentally sustainable digital transition that builds on maximising the value of data and deploying digitally- enabled solutions to permit the circular, sustainable, reduced and efficient use of resources and to maintain the value of products and materials for as long as possible.

Amendment 134 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Believes that a circular economy is the way for the EU and European companies to remain competitive in a global market; therefore urges the Commission and the Member States to direct investments, in particular in innovative infrastructure and technologies, in order to scale up circular economy initiatives; considers that the EU’s economic recovery plan (Next Generation EU) should be used to put in place circular economy initiatives and infrastructure;

Amendment 135 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7

Amendment 135 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Believes that a circular economy is the way for the EU and European companies to remain competitive in a global market; therefore urges the Commission and the Member States to direct investments in order to scale up circular economy initiatives; considers that the EU’s economic recovery plan (Next Generation EU), the Just Transition Fund and Horizon Europe should be used to put in place circular economy initiatives, research projects and infrastructure;

Amendment 136 #

Ivars IJABS, Fredrick FEDERLEY, Christophe GRUDLER, Andrus ANSIP, Klemen GROŠELJ, Bart GROOTHUIS, Susana SOLÍS PÉREZ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)

7a. Stresses that artificial intelligence can be an enabler and accelerator of the transition to a circular economy helping to unlock circular economy opportunities by improving design, operating business models, and optimising infrastructure, boost developments of completely new circular products and businesses and help traditional players in their transition to become more circular.

Amendment 136 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Believes that a circular economy is the way for the EU and European companies to remain innovative and therefore competitive in a global market; therefore urges the Commission and the Member States to direct investments in order to scale up circular economy initiatives; considers that the EU’s economic recovery plan (Next Generation EU) and Member State stimulus packages should be used to put in place circular economy initiatives and infrastructure;

Amendment 137 #

Miapetra KUMPULA-NATRI, Patrizia TOIA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)

7a. Underlines the need to stimulate the development of lead markets and introduce scalable demand-pull instruments for sustainable industrial materials and products, in particular with high Capex requirements; calls on the Commission to establish more ambitious and effective norms, quotas and standards in terms of GHG emission reduction, recycling, resource and energy-savings, zero pollution and circular economy requirements in support of the Sustainable Product Policy Framework; points to the revision of procurement standards for basic materials, such as in the building and construction sector, as well as the introduction of sustainable products and material purchasing mandates for large private sector consumers, quotas for climate neutral products and materials including zero carbon steel and low-carbon cement, as well as mandatory labelling on durability and reparability of products and improved consumer information;

Amendment 137 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Believes that a circular economy is the way for the EU and European companies to remain competitive in a global market; therefore urges the Commission and the Member States to direct investments in order to scale up circular economy initiatives; considers that the EU’s economic recovery plan (Next Generation EU) should be used to put in place circular economy initiatives and infrastructure and technologies;

Amendment 138 #

Ivars IJABS, Fredrick FEDERLEY, Christophe GRUDLER, Andrus ANSIP, Klemen GROŠELJ, Bart GROOTHUIS, Susana SOLÍS PÉREZ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)

7a. Recognises that digitalisation has an important role to play in enhancing the application of circular economy principles. Urges the Commission and the Member States to maximise and fully exploit the synergies between digitalisation and circular economy in order to, inter alia, reduce energy- intensive extraction of raw materials and increase the resilience and sustainability of the EU's economy; considers that early development of digital tools in the context of circular economy will help the EU to become global leader in using digitally- enabled Solutions; at the same time, the Commission and the Member States should introduce a digital reviews of the circular economy transition and a sustainability reviews of the digital transition in order to prevent negative externalities.

Amendment 138 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Believes that a circular economy is the way for the EU and European companies to remain competitive in a global market; therefore urges the Commission and the Member States to direct investments in order to scale up circular economy initiatives; considers that the EU’s economic recovery plan (Next Generation EU) should be used to put in place circular economy initiatives ~~and~~, infrastructure and technology;

Amendment 139 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)

7a. Stresses that the availability of data on products, materials and industrial processes is crucial in the transition towards more sustainable product design, product use and re-use or disposal; highlights the importance of transparent and traceable value chains in securing the availability of data; considers that swift action is needed to make such data available and to enable the sharing and re-use of this data; in this context, supports the Commission’s intention to Establish a common European data space for smart circular applications;

Amendment 139 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Believes that a circular economy is the way for the EU and European companies to remain competitive in a global market; therefore urges the Commission and the Member States to direct investments in order to scale up circular economy initiatives; considers that the EU’s economic recovery plan (Next Generation EU) should be used to put in place circular economy initiatives ~~and~~, infrastructure and technologies;

Amendment 14 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Supports policy measures to make sustainable products the norm, including an expansion and an adjustment of the scope of eco-design with legislation making products more durable, repairable, reusable, toxic free and recyclable, while ensuring the definition of a strong ecodesign and energy labelling work programme 2020-2024 focused on energy products still to be presented in 2020 and to adopt the measures for each specific product group as soon as they are ready, including for smartphones and other IT equipment; asks the Commission to implement digital product passport conveying material and chemical contents, circularity performances and carbon and environmental foot printing of products and materials, including secondary raw materials, placed on EU market; stresses the need to promote local consumption and production based on the principles of refuse, reduce, reuse, repair and recycle while extending the producer responsibility to ensure an end to harmful practices, to stop planned obsolescence business strategies where products are designed to have a short life span and need to be replaced, and to set a binding material footprint headline target to adapt consumption of resources at EU level to the carrying capacity of the planet as well as to make sustainable and ethical purchasing mandatory for public authorities and private organisations;

Amendment 14 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 6 a (new)

— having regard to its resolution of 4 July 2017 on a longer lifetime for products: benefits for consumers and companies,

Amendment 140 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)

7a. Supports the EU initiative on Sustainable Products as a major action for improving products recyclability, durability and efficiency and endorses the inclusion of a larger set of product groups into the Eco-Design Directive, with a focus to non-energy related products; urges also to apply the same EU products requirements to the materials and goods imported from third countries;

Amendment 140 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Believes that a circular economy is the way for the EU and especially for European companies to remain competitive ~~in a global market~~; therefore urges the Commission and the Member States to direct investments in order to scale up circular economy initiatives; considers that the EU’s economic recovery plan (Next Generation EU) should be used to put in place circular economy initiatives and infrastructure;

Amendment 141 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)

Amendment 141 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Recalls that the Union is both the world’s second largest economic power and the world’s largest trading power; points out that the single market is a powerful tool that must be used to develop sustainable and circular products or technologies that will become tomorrow’s standards, thus enabling citizens to purchase affordable products that are safer, healthier and more respectful of the planet;

Amendment 142 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)

Amendment 142 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Welcomes the Commission's ambition to decouple growth from resource use, but stresses the need to distinguish between relative and absolute decoupling of growth and resource use;

Amendment 143 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)

7a. Considers it important to link digital and climate considerations in training programmes in digitalisation, for instance by facilitating digital tracking and hence transparency throughout value chains or creating an Internet-of-Things that accelerates the circular economy and help raise awareness about potential energy and resource savings, including of the IT system itself;

Amendment 143 #

Patrizia TOIA, Łukasz KOHUT, Robert HAJŠEL, Josianne CUTAJAR, Carlos ZORRINHO, Alicia HOMS GINEL, Nicolás GONZÁLEZ CASARES, Lina GÁLVEZ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Calls on the Commission to propose an EU target for a reduction in the use of primary raw materials that does not slow industrial development;

Amendment 144 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)

7a. Calls on the Commission to invest in connectivity and digital infrastructures, promoting solutions that contribute to a lower carbon footprint and reduced use of natural resources and materials, and that guarantee the sustainability of the manufacturing life cycle and the extension of product life cycle.

Amendment 144 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Calls on the Commission to propose an legally binding EU target for a reduction in the use of primary raw materials;

Amendment 145 #

Pascal ARIMONT, Hildegard BENTELE, Henna VIRKKUNEN, Maria da Graça CARVALHO, Isabel WISELER-LIMA, Sara SKYTTEDAL, Tom BERENDSEN

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)

7a. Calls on the Commission to propose a landfill ban as it already exists in some Member States and in this context to examine a global ban on avoidable and unnecessary single-use plastics and to promote the circular economy worldwide;

Amendment 145 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Calls on the Commission to propose an EU target for a reduction in the use of primary raw materials; calls on the Commission to establish a hierarchy and a classification of materials in order to assess and record for each material the emissions avoided, the impact on biodiversity, the quantity of materials used and the recycling process, and to rate secondary raw materials more favourably than primary raw materials;

Amendment 146 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)

7a. Is convinced that reliable and transparent information is a must in order to build consumers' confidence in the legitimacy of the green claims and to protect them from any kind of "greenwashing";

Amendment 146 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Calls on the Commission to propose an EU-level target ~~for a reduction in the use of primary raw materia~~to halve material footprint (as defined by Eurostat) by 2030, compared with 2015 baseline levels; calls for the establishment of an EU-level target to halve consumption footprint by 2030, compared with 2015 baseline levels;

Amendment 147 #

Sara SKYTTEDAL, Tomas TOBÉ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 b (new)

7b. Considers that the circular economy combined with the zero pollution agenda must be at the centre of the Union's economy, prioritising waste prevention and the reduction of its energy and resource consumption along whole industrial sectors, their products, production processes, business models and their value chains, thereby fostering the dematerialization and detoxification of the Union’s economy and making Europe less dependent on primary materials while incentivising innovation, the creation of new markets as well as a huge potential for new safe, fair paid and sustainable quality jobs at local level and in particular for SMEs; highlights the strong synergies between climate action, just transition and the circular economy, in particular in energy- and resource- intensive industries;

Amendment 147 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Calls on the Commission to propose an binding EU target for a reduction inof the ~~use of primary raw materials~~EU's material footprint and of its consumption footprint of at least 50% for both by 2030 compared to 2015 levels; believes this should be the centrepiece of this action plan;

Amendment 148 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 b (new)

7b. Underlines the importance of acting for boosting the EU internal market via the establishment of mandatory criteria for the green public procurement, for incentivising the procurement of recyclable materials and the use of secondary raw materials; Asks the Commission to assess measures, such as economic incentives and tax relieving, for rewarding low-carbon products and materials that will be produced, such as green steel;

Amendment 148 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Stresses that the development of a European circular economy alone is not sufficient to ensure a sustainable environment and society and considers that sobriety is needed; Calls on the Commission to propose anbinding EU target ~~for a reduction in the use of primary raw materials~~s to significantly reduce both the EU's material footprint and consumption footprint by 2030; stresses that the development of toxic-free secondary materials should be incentivised;

Amendment 149 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 b (new)

7b. Calls on the Commission to assess the environmental attributes of products or services using a robust life cycle assessment based methodology, with a cradle-to-cradle approach; calls on the Commission to take into account different metrics, such as end-of-life recycling or recycled content, for assessing recycling rates of materials and products, taking into account the nature of the material and its recycling value chain;

Amendment 149 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Calls on the Commission to propose an EU target for a reduction in the use of primary raw materials as well as binding EU targets to significantly reduce both the EU's material and consumption footprints by 2030;

Amendment 15 #

Pascal ARIMONT, Hildegard BENTELE, Henna VIRKKUNEN, Maria da Graça CARVALHO, Isabel WISELER-LIMA, Edina TÓTH, Sara SKYTTEDAL, Tom BERENDSEN

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Reminds the Commission that buildings in the EU are responsible for 40% of our energy consumption and 36% of greenhouse gas emissions, which mainly stem from construction, usage, renovation and demolition; underlines that maximizing energy efficiency in the EU building stock plays a key role when undertaking future measures; welcomes, in this regard, the Commission's "Renovation Wave" and underlines that building renovation, together with a strong life-cycle approach in line with the circular economy principles, also is an opportunity to undertake safety checks and ensure sustainability in buildings together with resource efficiency, thermal comfort and improved air quality;

Amendment 15 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 7 a (new)

— having regard to its resolution of 9 July 2015 on resource efficiency: moving towards a circular economy (2014/2208(INI),

Amendment 150 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 b (new)

7b. Points out that thermal recovery is more climate-friendly than landfilling and that it has an established role in the European circular economy with its energy production from burning non- recyclable waste; asks therefore that the method is – in line with scientific criteria and technological neutrality – considered as resource- and climate-friendly;

Amendment 150 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Calls on the Commission to propose an EU target for a reduction in the use of primary raw materials; in this context appreciates the objective of the Commission to limit the use of whole trees and food and feed crops for energy purposes, believes that this is the right signal to industries creating high value products or substances from recycled material or by-products of the respective value chains;

Amendment 151 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 b (new)

7b. Considers that the Commission’s suggestion to develop digital ‘product passports’ is a step in the right direction as regards use of data; stresses that such product passports should contain data in interoperable and re-usable formats and that the information should be clear, trustworthy and easily available to all market players regardless of their size;

Amendment 151 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Calls on the Commission to propose an EU target for a reduction in the use of primary raw materials and simplify the legislative framework applicable to secondary raw materials and recycling in order to reward their environmental benefits and boost circular value chains;

Amendment 152 #

Patrizia TOIA, Łukasz KOHUT, Carlos ZORRINHO, Alicia HOMS GINEL, Nicolás GONZÁLEZ CASARES, Lina GÁLVEZ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 b (new)

7b. Stresses that the achievement of clean and safe material cycles is prerequisite for creation of credible secondary raw materials market in EU; Believes that the SCIP Database established by the ECHA will stimulate innovation in the industry; Calls on the Commission to extend the scope of the database to all substances of concern;

Amendment 152 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. ~~Calls on~~Invites the Commission to ~~propose~~consider an EU target for a reduction in the use of fossil based primary raw materials; emphasises that such targets must take into consideration the availability, quality and price of secondary materials as well as overall demand;

Amendment 153 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 b (new)

7b. Asks the Commission to invest in developing KPIs connected to SDGs, in order to achieve a more sustainable business model for European industry; in particular, calls on the Commission to promote and strengthen partnerships between different industrial sectors and between public and private sectors, fully implementing SDG 17;

Amendment 153 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Calls on the Commission to propose an EU target for a reduction in the use of primary raw materials; stresses that this objective should be related to the availability and quality of secondary raw materials for EU industry and overall demand;

Amendment 154 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 b (new)

7b. Stresses the need for individual firm and sector to be organised as to perform maintenance operations over the long term by training its workforce, and preserving its skills and knowledge about older products, and by setting up and maintaining stocks of compatible spare parts;

Amendment 154 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Calls on the Commission to propose an EU target for a reduction in the use of primary raw materials and support the creation of a strong EU market for secondary raw materials by removing national barriers and promoting an harmonised regulatory framework;

Amendment 155 #

Miapetra KUMPULA-NATRI, Patrizia TOIA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 b (new)

7b. Strongly endorses the ambition of the EU Commission in creating a well- functioning EU market for secondary raw materials; stresses the need of supporting the use and recycling of those materials, irrespectively of their legal status, i.e. waste, end-of-waste or by-products;

Amendment 155 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Calls on the Commission to propose anbinding EU targets for an ambitious overall reduction in the use of primary raw materials and overall resource use, accompanied by legislative proposals to achieve these targets;

Amendment 156 #

7c. Highlights that transitioning European industry to a circular model could cut the emissions of resource intensive industries by 56% by 2050 and reduce the impact on biodiversity loss; in this context, stresses the importance of aligning the EU’s industrial and bioeconomy strategy with the circular economy action plan to ensure the required systemic change and green transition; stresses that the use of sustainable raw materials, such as sustainable renewable materials, needs to be at the centre of the circular economy action plan;

Amendment 156 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Calls on the Commission to propose an EU target for a reduction in the use of primary raw materials “with the aim of reducing the environmental and resource footprint of EU production and consumption;

Amendment 157 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 c (new)

7c. Asks the Commission to progress towards a reinforced integration between the Circular Economy and the Industrial strategy to help achieving an accelerated zero greenhouse gas emission of the industry and its move towards a zero pollution, regenerative industry, notably by considering setting specific energy and resources efficiency best available technologies and defining minimum performances requirements for intermediary materials and products out of intensive industry;

Amendment 157 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Calls on the Commission to propose an EU target for athe reduction inof the use of primary raw materials; in order to achieve the 2030 climate target and the related CO2 reduction target;

Amendment 158 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 c (new)

7c. Calls on the Commission to assess the environmental attributes of products or services using a robust life cycle assessment based methodology, with a cradle-to-cradle approach; calls on the Commission to take into account different metrics, such as end-of-life recycling or recycled content, for assessing recycling rates of materials and products, taking into account the nature of the material and its recycling value chain;

Amendment 158 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Calls on the Commission to ~~propose an EU target for a reduction in the use of primary raw~~encourage EU industry initiatives to increasingly use recycled materials;

Amendment 159 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 c (new)

7c. Supports the plan of defining a circularity test, which should take into account all the circular performances of products such as durability, re-usability, recyclability and recycled content; as the targets for recycled content, the circularity test should be product-specific;

Amendment 159 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Calls on the Commission to ~~propose an EU target for a reduction in the use of primary raw~~encourage industry initiatives to increasingly use recycled materials;

Amendment 16 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. considers that in the face of climate change, the collapse of biodiversity, the generalisation of pollution, and the increasing scarcity of certain natural resources, so-called green growth strategies are inadequate; recalls that since 1972, and the publication of the Meadows report, it has become obvious that the search for exponential economic growth, even in the context of an economy which intends to be circular, can only lead to exceeding the Earth's biophysical limits, which could lead to a collapse of the current mode of production, consumption and exchange;

Amendment 16 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 7 a (new)

— having regard to its resolution of 28 November 2019 on the climate and environment emergency,

Amendment 160 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 c (new)

7c. Stresses the importance of implementing a huge training and re- training programme for all workers negatively impacted by the circular economy; recommends that all workers in waste sorting and recycling be trained in the automated testing of industrial products and modules;

Amendment 160 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Urges the Commission to introduce by 2023 circularity indicators and targets, consisting of material footprint and consumption footprint indicators and resource productivity target, as well as a number of sub- indicators on resource efficiency, including ecosystem services; these binding indicators and targets should measure resource consumption, including imports and exports, at EU, Member State and industry level and take account of the whole lifecycle of products and services;

Amendment 161 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 c (new)

7c. Believes that the transition towards circular economy will help to retain value in the EU; Calls on the Commission to propose further restrictions and measures on exports of waste to third countries, in order to decrease the life–cycle emissions of products and material losses;

Amendment 161 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Calls on the Commission to propose an EU target for a reduction in the use of primary raw materials, and to establish waste reduction targets for specific streams by reviewing the Directive 2008/98/EC;

Amendment 162 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 d (new)

7d. Endorses the Commission's plans for legislative proposals to ensure a safe, circular and sustainable battery value chain for all batteries, although differentiating rules by type / usage of batteries, and expects this proposal to include measures on a ban on single use batteries, eco-design, obligations for reuse and recycling, and including socially and environmentally responsible sourcing and to establish a take back-scheme to return or sell back old batteries produced in Europe; underlines the need to create a strong and sustainable battery and storage cluster in Europe;

Amendment 162 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Notes the high energy consumption and low degree of reuse in the water sector; calls on the Commission to consider energy-efficient measures and the possibility to adopt a stronger approach to circular economy and use treated waste water as an “onsite” source of renewable energy;

Amendment 163 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 d (new)

7d. Underlines the crucial role that consumers play in transition towards circular economy and calls for consumers to be better equipped to act in a sustainable manner; highlights the importance of awareness raising and consumer education in empowering consumers to act; stresses that product information provided to consumers related to recycling and repairing must be standardized and understandable; welcomes Commission’s aims to protect consumers from greenwashing;

Amendment 163 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Acknowledges that different sectors and products have fundamentally different preconditions with regards to reducing the use of fossil based primary raw materials and that in some cases a focus on sustainable production practices may therefore be more effective;

Amendment 164 #

7d. Strongly endorses the ambition of the EU Commission in creating a well- functioning EU market for secondary raw materials; by identifying and implementing measures depending on the specific needs for each material; stresses the need of supporting the use and recycling of those materials, irrespectively of their legal status, i.e. waste, end-of- waste or by-products, being their final environmental and technical properties the only parameters that count;

Amendment 164 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Calls the Commission to take into account that reduction targets for extraction of raw materials and for waste production should also have positive effects for non-EU countries that either export primary raw materials to the EU or receive waste shipments form the EU;

Amendment 165 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 d (new)

7d. Underlines that the transition to a truly circular economy must be negotiated with the trade unions to guarantee that the health and safety of workers are protected; considers that trade union safety representatives should be elected to check if health and safety regulations are followed and if working conditions are adequate;

Amendment 165 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Calls on the Commission to support investments in sustainable sourcing and the creation of a well- functioning EU market for high quality secondary raw materials by promoting a harmonised regulatory framework and boosting circular value chains;

Amendment 166 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 d (new)

7d. Underlines the importance of boosting the EU internal market via the green public procurement, for incentivising the procurement of recyclable materials and the use of secondary raw materials;

Amendment 166 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 b (new)

4b. In order to deliver a meaningful environmental and broader sustainability impact, to decrease unnecessary administrative burden on stakeholders and to facilitate the growth of European economies, the targets and measurement should be based on harmonised, comparable and uniform indicators that should be made consistent with the harmonised life cycle assessment and natural capital accounting methodologies and be applied across Union activities, financial instruments and regulatory initiatives;

Amendment 167 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 e (new)

7e. Believes that sustainably-sourced renewable materials will play an important role in the transition to a climate-neutral industry and overall economy, and highlights the need to stimulate investments in the development of a sustainable and circular bio- economy, where fossil-intensive materials are replaced with renewable and bio- based materials which are sustainably sourced and that are kept in use as long as possible in, for example, buildings, textiles, chemical products, packaging, shipbuilding and energy production; stresses that this will have to be done within ecological limits;

Amendment 167 #

Sara SKYTTEDAL, Tomas TOBÉ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 b (new)

4b. Underlines that the path towards a full circular economy and sustainable production and consumption can be long, but nevertheless encourages all relevant actors not to focus only on long-term goals but also take short term and pragmatic actions that deliver immediate results, such as waste reduction;

Amendment 168 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 e (new)

7e. Supports the plan of defining a circularity test, which should take into account all the circular performances of products such as durability, re-usability, recyclability and recycled content; as the targets for recycled content, the circularity test should be product-specific; encourages the Commission to introduce product-specific targets and measures for recycled content, where appropriate, and recyclability (circularity), while ensuring the performance and safety of the products concerned;

Amendment 168 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 b (new)

4b. Notes that the current Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive (UWWTD) has not been revised since its adoption in 1991; calls on the Commission to revise the UWWTD in order to secure that the directive contributes positively to the Union's aims on climate neutrality and circular economy;

Amendment 169 #

Pascal ARIMONT, Hildegard BENTELE, Henna VIRKKUNEN, Maria da Graça CARVALHO, Isabel WISELER-LIMA, Edina TÓTH, Tom BERENDSEN

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 e (new)

7e. Stresses that trade unions have a role to play in forging alliances between formal and informal workers; considers that such alliances would ensure better and safer working conditions for all waste workers whilst expanding circular economic activities; calls for the creation and generalisation of structures associating public authorities, formal workers and informal waste recyclers;

Amendment 169 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 b (new)

4b. Calls on the Commission to make clear distinctions between renewable and fossil materials, underlines the need to consider these distinctions when proposing Union initiatives;

Amendment 17 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Recalls that total waste generated in Europe by all economic activities and households amounted to 2678 million tonnes and that mineral waste from, for example, the construction and demolition sector represent the largest category (34,8%1a); points to the fact that, at macro level, only around 10 % of the materials used in the European economy are recovered and reused and that waste volumes went up by 3% between 2010 and 20161b; _________________ 1ahttps://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics- explained/index.php/Waste_statistics#Tot al_waste_generation 1bEuropean Environment Agency (2019), “Paving the way for a circular economy: insights on status and potentials”, EEA Report 11/2019.

Amendment 17 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 7 a (new)

— having regard the Directive (EU) 2019/904 pf the European parliament and of the Council of 5 June 2019 on the reduction of the impact of certain plastic products on the environment,

Amendment 170 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 f (new)

7f. Stresses that whilst automation processes have a potential to create safer work environment for workers, changes to work must be negotiated with trade unions to ensure that automation does not penalise so-called unskilled workers; considers that automation processes should serve as a basis for a wide reduction of working time for all workers;

Amendment 170 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 c (new)

4c. Urges the Commission to develop further the circular economy monitoring framework, so that it provides the information on the legally binding circularity indicators, with proper life cycle assessments and the targets for Member States and industries;

Amendment 171 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 f (new)

7f. Strongly endorses the European Commission’s ambition to strengthening international cooperation on circular economy because circular economy to a great extent requires an international perspective, as material and product flows are often global and European companies are active on a global market;

Amendment 171 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 d (new)

4d. Recommends the adoption of a quantitative target for the reduction of Europe’s material footprint by 2050, in line with the global material budget, as well as the inclusion of material footprint metrics within the forthcoming update of the indicator framework of the Circular Economy Action Plan;

Amendment 172 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 f (new)

7f. Calls on the Commission to fully integrate circular economy principles in the upcoming strategies on the renovation wave and on a sustainable built environment, and the update of the energy performance of buildings directive, the renewable energy directive;

Amendment 172 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 e (new)

4e. Recommends setting a quantitative target for the decarbonisation of materials in line with the 2050 carbon neutrality target and with other planetary boundaries;

Amendment 173 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 g (new)

7g. Stresses the need for the adequate management and reduction of construction and demolition waste; notes that the improvement of transparency and traceability of construction and demolition waste is necessary to improve waste identification, build trust in the quality and safety of the reused or recycled materials, ensure the appropriate and safe handling of all construction waste and substitution of hazardous substances in waste streams in order to protect the health of occupants and workers, as well as the environment; notes that the existing Environmental Product Declaration approach must be widened and that it should be used as input for building assessment such as the Level(s) framework; calls on the Commission to propose concrete measures on these issues as part of the circular economy action plan and the strategy for a sustainable built environment;

Amendment 173 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Emphasises that resource scarcity requires an absolute decoupling of growth from the use of natural resources ‒ a systemic change which requires back- casting the actions needed from a 2050 sustainability perspective; by defining available global resource budget keeping resource use within planetary boundaries; and by increasing resource productivity by 50% by 2050;

Amendment 174 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 g (new)

7g. Stresses that a truly circular economy can only be sustainable if the health and safety of the workers involved in it are prioritised; underlines that some recycling, repair and reuse activities are high risk jobs; stresses that insufficient safe working conditions for the workers can expose our whole society to health and safety risks; denounces the fact that the Commission's Circular Economy Action Plan absolutely ignores the health and safety risks for workers who operate in the circular economy; expresses its deep worriedness that circular economy policies and practices could be developed without risk assessment which take workers' health into account;

Amendment 174 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 b (new)

4b. Recalls that, despite improvements in the efficient use of resources that have already occurred, continuous growth in production has outstripped these gains in efficiency and resource extraction continues to rise dramatically worldwide, hence there is an urgent need for an overall reduction in resource extraction and use in order to overcome the rebound effect; Urges the Commission to set a binding target to increase resource efficiency at EU level by 30 % by 2030 and individual targets for each Member State;

Amendment 175 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 h (new)

7h. Recalls that most waste is generated in construction which contributed over 36% of total waste in the EU in 2016; stresses that construction and demolition waste workers risk exposure to hazardous materials, such as tar, radioactive waste, lead and electrical component containing mercury; underlines that excessive dust in construction and demolition waste recycling plants poses a real health and safety concerns for workers; demands that the voluntarily policy commitments outlined in the EU's Construction and Demolition Waste Management Protocol become binding in order to better protection workers; stresses the need to carry out proper risk assessments and consultation with the relevant trade unions to ensure that the Union increase in its construction and demolition waste recycling capacity in a way that protects workers and the environment;

Amendment 175 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Highlights the opportunities to combine circular economy solutions and environmentally sustainable digitalisation; calls on the Commission and the Member States to develop policies to support new sustainable processes, products and business models based on product-as-a- service approaches; However, notes that digital technologies themselves present interlinking risks for both the people and the environment and considers imperative that the digitalisation of the Union supports and does not hamper the transition towards a climate-neutral economy. Calls on the Commission to come forward with a study assessing the material and climate impacts of digitalisation, including the Internet of things, 5G and the development of data centres, while to put energy efficiency and circular economy requirements at the heart of the development of digital technologies and data centres;

Amendment 176 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 i (new)

7i. Considers that remunicipalisation of waste collection services is the better way to ensure that the health and safety of workers are decent and respected and that they are fairly remunerated; calls therefore for the remunicipalisation of these activities across the EU and more generally for the reinforcement of public services and public ownership, management and democratic control over circular economy activities;

Amendment 176 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Highlights the opportunities to combine circular economy solutions and digitalisation; however, is concerned that the digital sector has a far from negligible environmental footprint since it is responsible for the fastest growing waste stream in the world1a; calls on the Commission to assess the material and climate impact of digitalisation, including the Internet of Things and the development of datacentres; calls on the Commission and the Member States to develop policies to support new sustainable business models ~~based on~~, such as product-as-a- service approaches; provided they ensure sufficient protection for consumers, do not hinder the ‘right to repair’ and ensure an effective reduction of resource use and of environmental impacts; __________________ 1ahttps://globalewaste.org/news/surge- global-waste/

Amendment 177 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 j (new)

7j. Recalls that the life expectancy of sanitation and sewage workers is considerably lower than that of the wider population due to high risk exposure to dangerous biological agents; stresses that the Covid-19 pandemic has amplified the health and safety threats for sanitation workers; demands that sanitation workers be systematically given adequate personal protection equipment; demands that proper risk assessments be carried out in consultation with the relevant trade unions to ensure that sewage workers' health is protection, in particular in regards to the Covid-19 outbreak; urges the Member States to recognise the arduous nature of these jobs and to establish or maintain early retirement schemes for these workers; stresses that workers in these sectors should benefit from social and medical assistance tailored to their needs upon retirement;

Amendment 177 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Highlights that there are opportunities ~~to combine circular economy solutions and digitalisation~~and challenges that come with digitalisation and the circular economy; calls on the Commission and the Member States to develop policies to support new sustainable business models ~~based on~~, including product-as-a-service approaches; calls on the Commission to assess the material and climate impact of digitalisation, including the Internet of Things, 5G and the development of data centres, and to explore options for legislating to embed circular economy practices accordingly;

Amendment 178 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 k (new)

7k. Stresses that waste of electronic and electronical equipment (WEEE) is one of the fastest growing streams in the Union; recalls that it is estimated that less of 40% of e-waste in the Union is currently recycled; underlines that the health and safety risks of WEEE are significant as it contains a complex mixture of materials that include hazardous content; stresses as a result repair and recycling of electronic products expose workers to toxic and radioactive materials; demands that workers in this sector be given appropriate personal protective equipment; demands that the right to adequate personal protective equipment be extended to the informal circular economy;

Amendment 178 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Highlights the opportunities to combine circular economy solutions and digitalisation; calls on the Commission and the Member States to develop policies to support existing and new sustainable, and circular, business models, based on product-as-a-service (PaaS) approaches; invites the Commission to facilitate product-as-a-service approaches in the new Sustainable Products Initiative and remove potential regulatory and fiscal barriers to PaaS-Models;

Amendment 179 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 l (new)

7l. Recalls that the export of WEEE to non-OECD and non-EU countries is illegal; underlines that, according to a study from the United Nations University, up to 90% of the world's e-waste was illegally traded or dumped as thousands of tonnes of e-waste are falsely declared as second-hand goods; recalls that it is estimated that every year 352,474 metric tonnes of e-waste are exported from EU countries to countries of the global South were social, health and safety regulations are lower than those enforced in the Union; condemns this illegal and scandalous practice; calls for harmonisation in the definition of waste in the Union and for the unification of efforts in the field of market surveillance to avoid such illegal exports of waste; calls on the Commission to introduce a biding due diligence on EU companies exporting second-hand products and waste to ensure that they comply throughout their value chain with environmental and social standards equivalent to those prevailing in the Union;

Amendment 179 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Highlights the specific opportunities t~~o combine circular economy solutions and digitalisation~~hat lie in the more efficient utilization of products and services, in addition to measures that extend life- cycles and material use; calls on the Commission and the Member States to develop policies to support new sustainable business models based on product-as-a- service approaches providing sufficient protection for consumers and businesses and ensuring a reduction of resource consumption;

Amendment 18 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)

1b. Calls on the Commission, as a supporting measure to the Commission's “Renovation Wave”, to develop a “EU Climate Calculator” (ECC) that ensures an accurate and easy understandable labelling for industrial materials, products and services; stresses that the ECC should ensure a level-playing field for the key actors that are a part of such a ‘holistic approach’ and underlines that this would open up for positive behavioural affects by EU citizens, industries, and SMEs; stresses that the concept must be based on the principles of circular and lifecycle economy in order to drive demand for climate-friendly goods “made in Europe”, strengthening the competitiveness of the EU ; suggests the Commission to use already known scientific methods when estimating GHG emissions, e.g. with inspiration from its “Product Environmental Footprint”;

Amendment 18 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 8 a (new)

— having regard to Regulation (EU) 2020/741 on minimum requirements for water reuse,

Amendment 180 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 m (new)

7m. Recalls that whilst often promoted as "environmentally friendly" Waste-to- Energy (WtE) systems are not a long-term sustainable solution as it often ends up discouraging waste prevention as well as recycling; stresses that WtE still produces waste and in particular residues that are hazardous and that put workers and environment at risk; underlines that the incineration of certain products such as plastics also exacerbates CO2 emissions and air pollution; calls for a drastic reduction of WtE and its exclusion from the framework of the circular economy;

Amendment 180 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Highlights the opportunities to combine circular economy solutions and digitalisation, which can contribute to performance optimisation, sustainable waste reduction, increased system interoperability and longer product life; calls on the Commission and the Member States to develop policies to support new sustainable business models based on product-as-a-service approaches;

Amendment 181 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 n (new)

7n. Denounces the creation of private monopolies and the continuing breakdown of energy, water and waste public services, as recently illustrated by Veolia's takeover bid on Suez; urges for a return to public management of waste collection and treatment;

Amendment 181 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Highlights the opportunities to combine circular economy solutions and digitalisation; calls on the Commission and the Member States to develop policies to support new sustainable business models based on product-as-a-service approaches and promote the development of related infrastructures that enable circularity and digitalization;

Amendment 182 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Highlights the opportunities to combine circular economy solutions and digitalisation; calls on the Commission and the Member States to develop policies to support new sustainable business models based on product-as-a-service approaches providing sufficient protection for consumers and ensuring a reduction of resource consumption;

Amendment 183 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Highlights the opportunities to combine circular economy solutions and digitalisation; calls on the Commission and the Member States to develop legislative proposals and policies to support new sustainable business models based on product-as-a-service approaches;

Amendment 184 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Highlights the opportunities to combine circular economy solutions and digitalisation; calls on the Commission and the Member States to develop policies to support new sustainable business models, including models based on product-as-a- service approaches;

Amendment 185 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. Highlights the importance of cooperation between governments, academia and businesses, including both producers and buyers, in order to stimulate and scale up circular economy actions; underlines the potential to extend this cooperation to other stakeholders, such as social enterprises, start-ups and NGO’s;

Amendment 186 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. Recalls that digitalisation has also considerable climate and environmental impacts, such as increased energy demand and raw material extraction; Calls on the Commission to assess and address these, notably with regards to the development of data centres, the Internet of Things and 5G;

Amendment 187 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. Stresses the crucial role of renewable energy in circular processes towards decarbonisation and how renewable energy sourcing can enhance the circularity of product lifecycles and drive the energy transition;

Amendment 188 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. Calls on the Commission to take specific action in relation to data centres and their environmental footprint and to consider legislative proposals accordingly;

Amendment 189 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 c (new)

5c. Calls on the Commission to propose necessary regulatory measures and other actions to remove the administrative obstacles and to incentivise circular lease and service economy and disincentivise short-termisim; calls on the commission to explore and propose solutions on the challenges and legal barriers, such as the liability issues and ownership rights, related to service economy, such as legally defining producer ownership and mandatory affordable product insurances; improving legal certainty is vital to enable these concepts, both for the producer and the user; Calls on the European Commission by 2030 to come up with a Lease economy master plan and legal revision to solve the administrative obstacles as well as the issues with social inequality;

Amendment 19 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)

1b. Stresses that in order to produce and consume within our planetary limits, production, consumption and thus waste needs to be reduced; considers therefore that a radical and rapid bifurcation of our mode of production, consumption and exchange is necessary; considers that the implementation of a true circular industrial economy can be the keystone of this bifurcation;

Amendment 19 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 9 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 (the ‘REACH Regulation’)1a, __________________ 1a OJ L 396, 30.12.2006, p. 3.

Amendment 190 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. Underlines the need to create economic incentives for innovation in circular solutions and calls for support for this in the new industrial strategy for Europe and the SME Strategy; calls on the Commission to explore how its circular economy strategy, by going hand in hand with these strategies, could contribute to preventing and eliminating waste generation across value chains and in the design of products, and keep products and materials in use by increasing their utilisation and recyclability; emphasises the specific role that SMEs (small and medium-sized enterprises) and start-ups are playing in the transition to a circular economy;

Amendment 191 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. Underlines the need to create economic incentives for innovation in circular solutions, materials, which foster substitution with safer and circular alternatives, and dematerialized business models including through business models that favour access over ownership and that can clearly demonstrate their greenhouse gas emission and resource savings potential, such as product-as- service; and calls for support for this in the new industrial strategy for Europe and the SME Strategy; emphasises the specific role that SMEs (small and medium-sized enterprises) and start-ups are playing in the transition to a circular economy;

Amendment 192 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. Underlines the need ~~to create economic incentives for innovation in~~for binding measures to embed sustainable circular practices and to ensure the right regulatory environment for circular solutions and calls for support for this infrom actions flowing from the new industrial strategy for Europe and the SME Strategy; emphasises the specific role that SMEs (small and medium-sized enterprises) and start-ups ~~are~~can play in~~g in~~ the transition to a circular economy, as well as, the role of social partners to accompany work- related and social aspects of the shift to a more circular economy;

Amendment 193 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. Underlines the need to create economic incentives for innovation in circular solutions and calls for support for this in the new industrial strategy for Europe and the SME Strategy; emphasises the specific role that SMEs (small and medium-sized enterprises) and start-ups are playing in the transition to a circular economy as well as the role of social partners to accompany work-related and social aspects of the shift to a more circular economy;;

Amendment 194 #

Patrizia TOIA, Łukasz KOHUT, Robert HAJŠEL, Josianne CUTAJAR, Carlos ZORRINHO, Alicia HOMS GINEL, Nicolás GONZÁLEZ CASARES, Lina GÁLVEZ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. Underlines the need to create economic incentives for innovation in circular solutions and calls for support for this in the new industrial strategy for Europe, the Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability and the SME Strategy; emphasises the specific role that SMEs (small and medium-sized enterprises) and start-ups are playing in the transition to a circular economy, particularly in rural areas,;

Amendment 195 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. Underlines the need to eliminate market- distorting subsidies and to on the other hand create economic incentives for innovation in circular solutions and calls for support for this in the new industrial strategy for Europe and the SME Strategy; emphasises the specific role that SMEs (small and medium-sized enterprises) and start-ups are playing in the transition to a circular economy;

Amendment 196 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. Underlines the need to create ~~economic~~regulatory measures and incentives for ~~innovation in~~ circular solutions and calls for support for this in the new industrial strategy for Europe and the SME Strategy; emphasises the specific role that SMEs (small and medium-sized enterprises) and start-ups are playing in the transition to a circular economy;

Amendment 197 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. Calls on the Commission to establish a regulatory framework for certification of all nature-based and technological carbon removal solutions, including carbon capture and storage and utilization (CCSU), to incentivise the uptake of all needed technologies to reach the EU climate neutrality by 2050. The CEAP regulatory framework for certification of carbon removals, for instance, should be closely aligned with calculation and valuation methods of the RED and ETS.

Amendment 198 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. Underlines that research into sustainable materials, processes, technologies and products, as well as into their industrial scale-up, can provide European companies with a worldwide competitive advantage; believes that shortening a number of value chains would make European industrial ecosystems more resilient, competitive and profitable, as well as promote the EU’s strategic autonomy;

Amendment 199 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. Underlines the crucial role of biomimicry as an accelerator of circularity, in promoting biomimetic solutions which by design minimise the use of material, energy and toxic compounds and provide sustainable, regenerative and innovative solutions inspired by nature applicable to a multitude of sectors,

Amendment 2 #

Draft opinion
Recital -A b (new)

- Ab. whereas almost a quarter of SMEs in Europe already enable the transition towards more sustainable business models but, on the other hand, a third of them report that they face complex administrative and legal procedures when trying to make their business more resource-efficient;

Amendment 2 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 1 a (new)

— having regard to the United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs),

Amendment 20 #

Pascal ARIMONT, Hildegard BENTELE, Henna VIRKKUNEN, Maria da Graça CARVALHO, Isabel WISELER-LIMA, Edina TÓTH, Tom BERENDSEN

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)

1b. Highlights that for the same period, the share of recycled waste grew (50-54 %) as did that of waste incinerated with energy recovery (12-18 %) and that landfilling decreased from 29 % to 24 %1a _________________ 1aEuropean Environment Agency (2019), “Paving the way for a circular economy: insights on status and potentials”, EEA Report 11/2019.

Amendment 20 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 9 b (new)

— having regard to Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 2008 on classification, labelling and packaging of substances and mixtures (the ‘CLP Regulation’)1a, __________________ 1a OJ L 353, 31.12.2008, p. 1.

Amendment 200 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. Highlights the crucial role of circular economy measures in achieving industrial decarbonisation and calls for circularity approaches in energy-intensive industries, at all levels of product design, sourcing of materials, product reuse and recycling, and waste management;

Amendment 201 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. Underlines the need to stimulate the development of lead markets and introduce scalable demand-pull instruments for sustainable industrial materials and products, in particular with high Capex requirements;

Amendment 202 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. Highlights the need to engage European industry as a responsible stakeholder in the transition to a more circular economy;

Amendment 203 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 b (new)

6b. Underlines the importance of ensuring a just transition to a circular economy particularly by providing re- education and training opportunities to workers involved; stresses also the crucial role of social partners in work-related and social aspects of the shift to a circular economy;

Amendment 204 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. Stresses that the transition towards a sustainable circular economy should combine ambitious environmental objectives with far-reaching social demands, including the promotion of decent work, health and safe working conditions;

Amendment 205 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. Calls on the Commission to promote and support local, grassroots and community repair initiatives, co- operatives and social enterprises;

Amendment 206 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 b (new)

6b. Calls on the companies to prepare transition plans to be published in their integrated annual reporting; these transition plans should describe how and when the companies will achieve climate neutrality, circular economy and sustainability in their action;

Amendment 207 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 c (new)

6c. Commends the Commission for acknowledging that voluntary measures have not been effective in encouraging companies to identify, account and mitigate human rights and environmental impacts in their supply chains and for acting on this by introducing a legislative initiative on mandatory due diligence for companies; believes the due diligence approach must substitute all voluntary measures in the circular economy to ensure responsibility, accounting and transparency is at the heart of the circular economy;

Amendment 208 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. Calls on the companies to improve their corporate accounting and reporting systems, taking a double materiality approach that focuses both on the value of circular economy business models provided to society and the environment as well as for the business itself, and also include in their assessments the cost of non-action in resource efficiency and climate action;

Amendment 209 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 c (new)

6c. Stresses that in order to provide guidance to Member States on where structural reforms and investments to support the transition towards an European circular economy are most needed, the European Semester requires to be progressively updated through the use of harmonised indicators , in order to include the UNSDGs and the objectives of the Green Deal in its evaluation;

Amendment 21 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 c (new)

1c. considers therefore that the new European circular economy must serve to build an economic system compatible with the nine global limits identified by Rockström et al., and to drastically reduce the Union's ecological footprint in order to ensure that the final consumption, and the resulting waste production, of the Union, and in particular European industries, does not exceed the biological capacities of ecosystems to supply biological materials and assimilate the waste generated, using existing management methods and extraction technologies;

Amendment 21 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 10 a (new)

- Having regard to the proposal for the 8th Environment Action Programme presented by the Commission on 14 October 2020, in particular the priority objective of accelerating the transition to a circular economy set out in Article 2(2)(c) of the proposal,

Amendment 210 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 c (new)

6c. The EU should adopt a principle of materials having value and that the objective of policies should be to retain and enhance that value as far as possible;

Amendment 211 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 d (new)

6d. Calls on Member States to prioritise options which have minimal administrative burdens and to strengthen the development of Research and Development public-private partnerships that deliver systemic and holistic solutions;

Amendment 212 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Underlines that sustainable products should become the norm in the EU market, and that a reduction in resource use, the retention of value in the economy, waste prevention, the ‘design out of waste’ and consumer benefits should guide the new sustainable product policy framework; in this regard, notes the importance of having product sustainability principles that take full account of the energy, resource, and functionality characteristics of products;

Amendment 213 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Underlines that sustainable products should become the norm in the EU market, and that a reduction in resource use, a toxic-free by design approach and toxic-free production cycles as far as possible, easily reparable and recyclable design, the retention of value in the economy, waste prevention, the ‘design out of waste’ and consumer benefits should guide the new sustainable product policy framework as well as the Industrial Strategy;

Amendment 214 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Underlines that sustainable ~~products should become the norm in the EU market, and that~~, non- toxic, zero-emission and circular products and services should become the norm in the EU market, and that the new sustainable product policy framework as well as the Industrial Strategy should be guided by a reduction in resource use, non- toxic by design, the retention of value in the economy, waste prevention, the ‘design out of waste’ ~~and consumer benefits should guide the new sustainable product policy framework~~, workers health and safety, and consumer benefits;

Amendment 215 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Underlines that sustainable ~~product~~and toxic-free products and services should become the norm ~~in the EU market~~everywhere, and that a reduction in resource use, ~~the retention of value in the economy~~non-toxic by design, waste prevention, the ‘designing out of waste’ ~~and consumer benefi~~, the health, safety and wellbeing of workers, consumer benefits and consistent standards with exports should guide the new sustainable product policy framework and the Industrial Strategy;

Amendment 216 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. ~~Underlines that sustainable products should become the norm in the EU market, and that a reduction in resource use, the retention of value~~ Regards it as important to extend the principles underpinning the circular economy, and waste prevention, t~~he ‘design out of waste’ and consumer benefits should guide the new sustainable product policy framework~~o energy production, in particular renewable energy;

Amendment 217 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Underlines that sustainable and toxic-free products should become the norm in the EU market, and that a reduction in resource use, chemically safe- by-design materials, the retention of value in the economy, waste prevention, the ‘design out of waste and out of toxic chemicals’ and consumer benefits should guide the new sustainable product policy framework;

Amendment 218 #

Pascal ARIMONT, Hildegard BENTELE, Henna VIRKKUNEN, Maria da Graça CARVALHO, Isabel WISELER-LIMA, Edina TÓTH, Róża THUN UND HOHENSTEIN, Tom BERENDSEN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Underlines that sustainable products should become the norm in the EU market, and that a reduction in resource use, the retention of value in the economy, waste prevention~~, the~~ and an increase in product reuse, ‘designing out of waste’ and consumer benefits should guide the new sustainable product policy framework as well as the Industrial Strategy;

Amendment 219 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Underlines that sustainable products should become the norm in the EU market, and that a reduction in resource use, the retention of value in the economy, waste prevention, the ‘design out of waste’ ~~and~~, consumer benefits and workers’ health & safety should guide the new sustainable product policy framework as well as the Industrial strategy;

Amendment 22 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 c (new)

1c. Underlines that the overall impacts of increased circular economy activity on EU GDP are positive and could increase by 0,3-0,5 %, in combination with the creation of 650.000-700.000jobs by 20301a; _________________ 1aEuropean Commission (2019), “Impacts of circular economy policies on the labour market”.

Amendment 22 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 10 a (new)

— having regard to the United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs),including SDG 12 “Responsible consumption and production” and SDG 15 “Life on land”,

Amendment 220 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Underlines that sustainable products should become the norm in the EU market, and that a reduction in resource use and in imports of strategic raw materials, the retention of value in the economy, waste prevention, the ‘design out of waste’ and consumer benefits should guide the new sustainable product policy framework;

Amendment 221 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Underlines that sustainable products should become the norm in the EU market, and that a reduction in energy and resource use, the retention of value in the economy, waste prevention, the ‘design out of waste’ and non-toxic’ as well as consumer benefits should guide the new sustainable product policy framework and the Industrial Strategy;

Amendment 222 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Underlines that safe and sustainable-by-design substances, materials and products should become the norm in the EU market, and that a reduction in resource use, the retention of value in the economy, waste prevention, the ‘design out of waste’ and consumer benefits should guide the new sustainable product policy framework;

Amendment 223 #

Pascal ARIMONT, Hildegard BENTELE, Henna VIRKKUNEN, Maria da Graça CARVALHO, Isabel WISELER-LIMA, Edina TÓTH, Róża THUN UND HOHENSTEIN, Tom BERENDSEN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Underlines that sustainable 7. products should become the norm in the EU market, and that a reduction in resource use, the retention of value in the economy, waste prevention, the ‘design out of waste’ and consumer benefits should guide the new sustainable product policy framework and be reflected in the Industrial Strategy;

Amendment 224 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Underlines that sustainable products ~~should become the norm~~are an integral part of the shift towards a more circular economy in the EU ~~market~~, and that a ~~reduction in~~more efficient use of resource ~~use~~s, the retention of value in the economy, waste prevention, the ‘design out of waste’ and consumer benefits should guide the new sustainable product policy framework;

Amendment 225 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Underlines that sustainable products should become the norm in the EU market, and that a reduction in resource use, the retention of value in the economy, waste prevention and the minimisation of its harmful properties, the ‘design out of waste’ and consumer benefits should guide the new sustainable product policy framework;

Amendment 226 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Underlines that sustainable products should become the norm in the EU market, and that a reduction in resource use and carbon footprint, the retention of value in the economy, waste prevention, the ‘design out of waste’ and consumer benefits and information should guide the new sustainable product policy framework;

Amendment 227 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Underlines that sustainable, reusable, repairable and durable products should become the norm in the EU market, and that a reduction in resource use, the retention of value in the economy, waste prevention, the ‘design out of waste’ and consumer benefits should guide the new sustainable product policy framework;

Amendment 228 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

Amendment 229 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Underlines that sustainable materials and products should become the norm in the EU market, and that a reduction in use of fossil resource ~~use~~s, the retention of value in the economy, waste prevention, the ‘design out of waste’ and consumer benefits should guide the new sustainable product policy framework;

Amendment 23 #

1d. Welcomes the Commission’s new Circular Economy Action Plan, which, as an integral part of the European Green Deal, aims to support substantial greenhouse gas emissions reductions by 2030, contributes to achieving climate neutrality in 2050 and decoupling economic growth from resource use; stresses that the intention to review Directive 2009/125/EC and broadening its scope should not lead to any watering down of the results achieved in the field of energy efficiency and asks the Commission to explore the introduction of reusability targets;

Amendment 23 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 10 a (new)

— having regard to the United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs),

Amendment 230 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Underlines that sustainable products should progressively become the norm in the EU market, and that a reduction in resource use, the retention of value in the economy, waste prevention, the ‘design out of waste’ and consumer benefits should guide the new sustainable product policy framework;

Amendment 231 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Underlines that sustainable products should become the norm in the EU market, and that a reduction in primary resource use, the retention of value in the economy, waste prevention, the ‘design out of waste’ and consumer benefits should guide the new sustainable product policy framework;

Amendment 232 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

Amendment 233 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)

7a. Stresses the need for a fundamental restructuring of the economy towards sustainable and non- toxic circular production, that business- as-usual with green credentials will not be sufficient and the need to fully integrate sustainable circular systems thinking in all activities including policies, products, production processes and business models;

Amendment 234 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)

7a. Emphasises the need to turn the linear “take-make-dispose” economy to truly circular economy, based on its principles of designing out waste, harmful substances and pollution, keeping products and materials in use and in closed loops and regenerating natural systems;

Amendment 235 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)

7a. Calls on the Commission to examine the possibility of extending its circular economy efforts to include the carbon footprint of materials, with a view to measuring and reducing it in order to contribute to the EU’s climate targets as enshrined in the Climate Law, for example by encouraging the use of renewable carbon(i.e. any carbon source that avoids or substitutes the use of any additional fossil carbon from the geosphere) in product manufacturing.

Amendment 236 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)

7a. Emphasises that waste prevention should be at the core of the sustainable product policy framework, in line with the waste hierarchy and EU circular economy objectives, and that recycling should be the last resort as it is the least sustainable of all circular economy measures in terms of resource and cost efficiency;

Amendment 237 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)

7a. Considers that it is crucial to ensure that with the sustainable product policy framework the ‘sustainable choice’ will be the default choice – which is attractive, affordable and accessible – for all consumers in the EU as soon as possible;

Amendment 238 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)

7a. Welcomes the Commission’s plan to come up with a legislative proposal on sustainable products to set principles for product policy and requirements on products placed on the EU market;

Amendment 239 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)

7a. Encourages the Commission to gradually integrate circular economy and bioeconomy principles in all the EU’s policies;

Amendment 24 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 d (new)

1d. Stresses that a major shortcoming of the Commission's Circular Economy Action Plan is the failure to take into account the concepts of reduction and sobriety; stresses that, beyond eco-design, a genuine circular economy raises the question of what is a fair need;

Amendment 24 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 10 a (new)

— having regard to the United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs),

Amendment 240 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)

7a. Calls on the Commission to propose measures to promote the development of reuse systems for products;

Amendment 241 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 b (new)

7b. Underlines that the EU Sustainable Products Policy Initiative should also consider circular economy and sustainability criteria for biobased products, inter alia by promoting regenerative agriculture practices, valorising food by-products for food and non-food uses, including soil regeneration and closing of nutrient loops, and avoiding additives which contaminate bio- waste; Considers that bio-economy should be sustainably sourced, so as to not degrade but to improve the ecosystems, biodiversity, combat climate change and be culturally and socially sustainable;

Amendment 242 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 b (new)

7b. Supports the Commission’s ambition to establish sustainability principles to take a horizontal approach to products placed on the market; emphasises the importance of these principles to be used across product- related policy tools, to ensure coherence; emphasises the importance of binding requirements in the future Sustainable Products Initiative for major products;

Amendment 243 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 b (new)

7b. Calls on the Commission to develop economic tools that give an economic advantage to the ‘sustainable choice’ as part of this framework;

Amendment 244 #

Pascal ARIMONT, Hildegard BENTELE, Henna VIRKKUNEN, Maria da Graça CARVALHO, Isabel WISELER-LIMA, Edina TÓTH, Róża THUN UND HOHENSTEIN, Tom BERENDSEN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)

7a. Stresses that, in addition to legal minimum standards for product design, strong policies are needed at the EU and national levels to support the frontrunners in circular economy and circular business models; calls on the Commission and the Member States to develop supporting policies and well-designed economic incentives, including clear fiscal incentives, for resource efficient solutions and for circular products and materials;

Amendment 245 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)

7a. Emphasises that while policy measures are important to help steer the transition towards a more circular economy, a market based approach to the use of resources has the best potential to create long term, durable and sustainable outcomes;

Amendment 246 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)

7a. Considers that materials and products not fulfilling the criteria of sustainability and containing hazardous or harmful substances should only be authorised on the EU market if they are of critical use for a specific purpose;

Amendment 247 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)

7a. Stresses the need to provide market incentives for the social economy sector and the most sustainable companies, via inter alia, Green Public Procurement, EPR systems and the EU Ecolabel;

Amendment 248 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)

7a. Calls on the Commission to facilitate the process, that all products placed in the EU markets follow the principle of value economy and bring real tangible added value for justified due consumer needs

Amendment 249 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)

7a. Calls on the Commission to establish minimum obligations for product groups for the CE on the EU market; These would cover, where appropriate, requirements for reparability (e.g. modular construction), recyclability to produce high quality materials, and levels of hazardous and harmful substances;

Amendment 25 #

1e. Notes that the European Green Deal, as a new growth strategy for the EU, requires investment to fully support a clean and circular economy; highlights the essential role of sustainable active forest management for achieving climate neutrality by 2050 and in the Union’s circular bio-economy; emphasizes in this regard the synergies between the Circular Economy Action Plan and the Bioeconomy Action Plan; calls on the Commission to promote projects in the area of circular bio-base to strengthen regional economies;

Amendment 25 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 10 a (new)

— having regard to the Commission communication of 11 December 2019 on ‘The European Green Deal’ (COM(2019)0640),

Amendment 250 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. ~~Strongly endorses the~~Endorses a gradual broadening of the scope of the Ecodesign Directive tohat prioritises energy-related products, other than electrical and electronic equipment, before includeing non-energy-related products and ~~set~~establishing standards for durability, reusability, reparability, upgradability, recyclability and resource and energy efficiency~~, and~~; invites the Commission to pre~~sent a proposal for this in 2021~~pare a study on which products would be the most relevant, and develop a compliance procedure for goods imported from third countries, in order to enforce ecodesign rules and guarantee a level playing field;

Amendment 251 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Strongly endorses ~~the broadening of the scope of the Ecodesign Directive to include non-energy-related products and set standards for durability~~Commissions plans to make sustainable products a norm, not the exception, in the EU and ; Calls for the extension of the Ecodesign Directive to be horizontal and to ensure all products and packaging placed on EU market are upgradable, reusab~~ility~~le, reparab~~ility, upgradability, recyclability and resource and energy efficiency,~~le, and finally recyclable at the highest level, in a way that the value of the material does not degrade; this needs to be based on extended producer responsibility; and invites the Commission to present a proposal for this in 2021;

Amendment 252 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Strongly endorses the broadening of the scope of the Ecodesign Directive to include all energy-related products and also include non-energy- related products and set standards for durability, reusability, reparability, upgradability, ~~recyclability~~substitution and traceability of hazardous chemicals, recyclability, recycled content and resource and energy efficiency, and invites the Commission to present a proposal for this in 2021;

Amendment 253 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Strongly endorses the broadening of the scope of the Ecodesign Directive to include other energy related and also non- energy-related products and set standards for durability, reusability, reparability, upgradability, recyclability and resource and energy efficiency, and invites the Commission to present a proposal for this in 2021;

Amendment 254 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Strongly endorses the broadening of the scope of the Ecodesign Directive to include non-energy-related products and set standards for durability, reusability, reparability, toxicity ,upgradability, recyclability ~~and~~, resource and energy efficiency and social aspects, and invites the Commission to present a proposal for this in 2021; underlines the need to strengthen synergies with Green Public Procurement, EPR schemes, harmonised fee modulation and the EU Ecolabel to ensure a coherent product policy framework and to provide market incentives for the most sustainable companies;

Amendment 255 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Strongly endorses the broadening of the scope of the Ecodesign Directive to include non-energy-related products and set standards for durability, reusability, reparability, upgradability, recyclability, toxicity and resource and energy efficiency, and invites the Commission to present a proposal for this in 2021; reiterates the need to strengthen synergies with GPP, EPR and the EU Ecolabel to ensure a coherent product policy framework; stresses that the revised Ecodesign Directive should also take into account workers’ occupational safety and health;

Amendment 256 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Strongly endorses the broadening of the scope of the Ecodesign Directive to include non-energy-related products and set standards for durability, reusability, reparability, upgradability, recyclability, recycled content and resource and energy efficiency, and invites the Commission to present a proposal for this in 2021; at the same time, reiterates its call on the Commission to be ambitious in the implementation of the current Ecodesign Directive, including with regard to circular economy aspects;

Amendment 257 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Strongly endorses the broadening of the scope of the Ecodesign Directive to include non-energy-related products; supports the EU initiative on Sustainable Products as a major action for improving and setting standards for durability, reusability, reparability, upgradability, biodegradability, recyclability and resource and energy efficiency, and invites the Commission to present a proposal for this in 2021;

Amendment 258 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

Amendment 259 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Strongly endorses the broadening of the scope of the Ecodesign Directive, in compliance with existing EU-legislation, to include non-energy-related products, where appropriate, and set standards for durability, reusability, reparability, upgradability, recyclability and resource and energy efficiency, and invites the Commission to present a proposal for this in 2021;

Amendment 26 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 e (new)

1e. Considers that the implementation of a true circular economy implies a shift from the production and sale of new objects to the provision of quality services and thus towards an economy of functionality which makes possible a society based on the satisfaction of fair needs;

Amendment 26 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 10 b (new)

— having regard to the IPBES Global Assessment on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services report of May 2019,

Amendment 260 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Strongly endorses the broadening of the scope of the Ecodesign Directive to include non-energy-related products and set standards for durability, reusability, reparability, upgradability, recyclability and resource and energy efficiency, addressing the presence of hazardous chemicals in products, and invites the Commission to present a proposal for this in 2021;

Amendment 261 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Strongly endorses the broadening of the scope of the Ecodesign Directive to include non-energy-related products and set standards for durability, reusability, reparability, ~~upgradability~~the mandatory use of recycled raw materials, recyclability and resource and energy efficiency, and invites the Commission to present a proposal for this in 2021;

Amendment 262 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Strongly endorses the broadening of the scope of the Ecodesign Directive to include non-energy-related products and set standards for safety and sustainability by design, durability, reusability, reparability, upgradability, recyclability and resource and energy efficiency, and invites the Commission to present a proposal for this in 2021;

Amendment 263 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

Amendment 264 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

Amendment 265 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

Amendment 266 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

Amendment 267 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

Amendment 268 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)

8a. Supports the EU initiative on Sustainable Products as a major action for improving products recyclability, durability and efficiency and endorses the inclusion of a larger set of product groups into the Eco-Design Directive, with a focus to non-energy related products; urges also to apply the same EU products requirements to the materials and goods imported from third countries;

Amendment 269 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)

8a. Stresses that the Commission should define in this proposal minimum performance requirements and targets – including by imposing minimum periods for the supply of spare parts according to product category – for the design, production and marketing of products that are sustainable and safe, suitable for multiple use, technically durable and easily repairable, do not contain hazardous substances, and after having become waste and having been prepared for reuse or recycling, suitable to be made available or placed on the market in order to facilitate the proper implementation of the waste hierarchy;

Amendment 27 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 f (new)

1f. Considers that the definition of fair collective and individual needs cannot be determined by the arbitrary mechanisms of the market, but should be the result of a collective democratic deliberation; stresses that the role of Member States should be to map out a bifurcation trajectory which combines the satisfaction of needs with the respect of planetary limits; considers that satisfying the needs of successive generations whilst respecting planetary limits requires the planning of resources over time; considers therefore that a democratic, ecological and social planning is the essential corollary of a genuine circular industrial economy;

Amendment 27 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 10 b (new)

— having regard to the Commission communication of 14 October 2020 on “Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability: Towards a Toxic-Free Environment” (COM(2020)0667),

Amendment 270 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)

8a. Supports the plan of defining a circularity test, which should take into account all the circular performances of products such as durability, re-usability, recyclability and recycled content; as the targets for recycled content, the circularity test should be product-specific;

Amendment 271 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)

8a. Calls on the Commission to complement this initiative with financial incentives (bonuses/penalties) to encourage manufacturers to undertake the transition towards ecodesign;

Amendment 272 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)

8a. Calls on the Commission to promote the increased use of recycled materials in products while ensuring the performance and safety of the products concerned;

Amendment 273 #

Pascal ARIMONT, Hildegard BENTELE, Henna VIRKKUNEN, Maria da Graça CARVALHO, Isabel WISELER-LIMA, Edina TÓTH, Róża THUN UND HOHENSTEIN, Tom BERENDSEN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)

8a. Supports the role of industrial biotechnology with the aim of promoting the development of sustainable products and techniques based on the use of renewable materials;

Amendment 274 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)

8a. Calls for more ambitious and more advanced Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) through greater eco- modulation of fees;

Amendment 275 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 b (new)

8b. Reiterates the need to strengthen synergies with GPP, EPR modulation and the EU Ecolabel to ensure a coherent product policy framework and provide market incentives for the most sustainable companies;

Amendment 276 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 b (new)

8b. Strongly emphasises the need to coordinate any amendments of the Ecodesign Directive with existing EU legislation in order to maintain a clear regulatory framework within the Union;

Amendment 277 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Encourages the Commission to propose resource efficiency and environmental footprint targets for each product category and to introduce product- specific targets for recycled content~~, while ensuring the performance and safety of the products concerned~~ applicable to products for which it is technically feasible and economically sustainable, while ensuring the performance and safety of the products concerned; calls on the Commission to ensure that supportive technological and regulatory measures are introduced and appropriate market conditions established in order to achieve these objectives;

Amendment 278 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Encourages the Commission to propose resource efficiency and environmental footprint targets for each product category and to introduce product- specific targets for recycled content~~, while ensuring the performance and safety of the products concerned~~ for products for which it is feasible, while ensuring the performance, safety and design for recycling of the products concerned; Urges the Commission to ensure that supporting technological, regulatory and market conditions will be established to achieve these objectives;

Amendment 279 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Encourages the Commission to propose resource efficiency and environmental footprint targets for each product category and to introduce product- specific targets for recycled content where it is technically feasible and economically viable, while ensuring the performance and safety and reusability of the products concerned; urges the Commission to establish supporting technological, regulatory and market conditions to achieve these objectives;

Amendment 28 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 f (new)

1f. Indicates that a circular economy approach that would eliminate waste and keep assets, products and components in use while making productive and efficient use of resources could reduce global CO2 emissions from key industry materials like plastics, steel and cement by 40 %;

Amendment 28 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 10 c (new)

— having regard to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) special reports on climate change, desertification, land degradation, sustainable land management, food security, and greenhouse gas fluxes in terrestrial ecosystems, and on the Ocean and Cryosphere in a Changing Climate, and the special IPCC report ‘Global Warming of 1.5°C’, its fifth assessment report (AR5) and its synthesis report of September 2018,

Amendment 280 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Encourages the Commission to propose resource reduction, efficiency and environmental footprint targets for each product category and to introduce product- specific targets for recycled content, while ensuring the performance and safety of the products concerned and while ensuring that the targets for recycled content do not lead to an undesirable shift to the use of more plastics as we currently see happening in the beverage market;

Amendment 281 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Encourages the Commission to propose resource efficiency and environmental footprint targets for each product category sold in the single market and to introduce product- specific targets for recycled content, while ensuring the performance and safety of the products concerned and the sustainability of the sectors concerned, taking into account the industrial changes and investment cycles needed to achieve this;

Amendment 282 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Encourages the Commission to propose ~~resource efficiency~~material and environmental footprint targets ~~for each product category~~across the whole product lifecycle for each product category, including the most carbon-intensive semi- products such as steel, chemicals, cement and plastics, and to introduce product- specific targets for preparation for reuse, recycling and recycled content, while ensuring the performance and safety of the products concerned;

Amendment 283 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Encourages the Commission to propose ~~resource efficiency~~material footprint and environmental footprint targets ~~for each product category~~across the whole product life cycle for each product category, including the most carbon- intensive semi-products such as steel, chemicals, cement and plastics, and to introduce product- specific binding targets for recycled content, while ensuring the performance and safety of the products concerned;

Amendment 284 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Encourages the Commission to propose resource efficiency and environmental foot print targets for each product category, including the most carbon-intensive semi-products such as steel, chemicals, cement and plastics, and to introduce product- specific and/or sector-specific targets for recycled content, while ensuring the performance and safety of the products concerned;

Amendment 285 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Encourages the Commission to propose ~~resource efficiency~~material footprint and environmental footprint targets for each product category, including the most carbon-intensive semi-products such as steel, chemicals, cement and plastics, and to introduce product- specific targets for recycled content, while ensuring the performance and safety of the products concerned;

Amendment 286 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

Amendment 287 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. ~~Encourages~~Calls on the Commission to propose resource efficiency and environmental footprint targets for each product category including the most carbon-intensive semi-products such as steel, chemicals, cement and plastics, and to introduce product- specific targets for recycled content, while ensuring the performance and safety of the products concerned;

Amendment 288 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Encourages the Commission to propose, where there is already a well- functioning secondary raw material market, resource efficiency and environmental footprint targets for ~~each~~ product categoryies and to introduce product- specific targets for recycled or renewable content, while ensuring the performance and safety of the products concerned;

Amendment 289 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Encourages the Commission to propose resource efficiency and environmental footprint targets for each product category and to introduce product- specific targets for recycled content~~, while ensuring the performance and safety~~ for materials with limited demand for recyclates, while ensuring the performance, safety and design for recycling of the products concerned;

Amendment 29 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 g (new)

1g. Considers that a genuine circular economy implies moving from a reasoning in terms of exchange value to a reasoning in terms of use value; calls, in this regard, on the Commission and the Member States to generalise the display, alongside the selling price, of a use price designating the market value associated with the use of services provided by a good, and not with the ownership of that good;

Amendment 29 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 11

— having regard to the Global Resources Outlook 201911, and Resource Efficiency and Climate Change11a reports by the International Resource Panel11, __________________ 11 https://www.resourcepanel.org/reports/glob al-resources-outlook 11a https://resourcepanel.org/reports/resource -efficiency-and-climate-change

Amendment 290 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Encourages the Commission to propose measurable resource efficiency and environmental footprint targets for each product category and to introduce product- specific targets for recycled ~~content~~or renewable content where relevant and applicable, while ensuring the performance and safety of the products concerned;

Amendment 291 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Encourages the Commission to propose resource efficiency and ~~environmental footprint targets for each product category and to introduc~~targets for recycled content for products made pfro~~duct-~~m specific ~~targets for recycled content, while ensur~~materials, when appropriate meaningful and in order to achieve the EU’s circular economy objectives, while not compromising on the performance , hygiene and safety of the products concerned;

Amendment 292 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Encourages the Commission to propose resource efficiency and environmental footprint targets for each product category and to introduce mandatory product- specific targets for recycled content, while ensuring the performance and safety of the products concerned;

Amendment 293 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. ~~Encourages~~Calls on the Commission to propose resource efficiency and environmental and carbon footprint targets for each product category and to introduce product- specific targets for recycled and renewable content, while ensuring the performance and safety of the products concerned;

Amendment 294 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

Amendment 295 #

Patrizia TOIA, Łukasz KOHUT, Robert HAJŠEL, Josianne CUTAJAR, Carlos ZORRINHO, Alicia HOMS GINEL, Nicolás GONZÁLEZ CASARES, Lina GÁLVEZ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

Amendment 296 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Encourages the Commission to propose resource efficiency and environmental footprint targets for each product category and calls on the Commission to introduce in stages product- specific ~~targe~~requirements for the recycled content~~, while ensuring the performance and safety of the products concerned~~ of products in CO2- intensive sectors;

Amendment 297 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Encourages the Commission to propose resource efficiency ~~and environmental footprint target~~targets as regards the use of primary materials for each product category and to introduce product- specific targets for recycled content, while ensuring the performance and safety of the products concerned;

Amendment 298 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)

9a. Stresses the importance of opposing any proposals to postpone the introduction of stricter standards or compliance with already set obligations; considers that any such proposal should be critically examined, taking into account not only the commercial interests of companies concerned, but the wider social interests, pursuing objectives of full employment and social progress;

Amendment 299 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)

9a. Encourages the Commission to adopt a carbon-efficiency approach, to ensure that circularity measures and requirements contribute to reducing the embodied carbon content of products;

Amendment 3 #

-Ac. whereas the Communication from the Commission acknowledges the pioneering role of social economy enterprises in the creation of jobs linked to the circular economy;

Amendment 3 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 1 a (new)

— having regard to the Commission communication of 14 October 2020 on the Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability Towards a Toxic-Free Environment (COM(2020)667),

Amendment 30 #

Pascal ARIMONT, Hildegard BENTELE, Henna VIRKKUNEN, Maria da Graça CARVALHO, Isabel WISELER-LIMA, Edina TÓTH, Róża THUN UND HOHENSTEIN, Sara SKYTTEDAL, Tom BERENDSEN

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 g (new)

1g. Calls on the Commission to explore how its circular economy strategy, by going hand in hand with its New Industrial Strategy for Europe, could contribute to (1) preventing and eliminating waste generation across value chains and in the design of products, and (2) keep products and materials in use by increasing their utilisation and recyclability, as well as extending their lifetime;

Amendment 30 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 11 a (new)

— having regard to the statement of the President of the European Parliament on 12 September 2020 at the meeting of Speakers of the G7 countries on climate change,

Amendment 300 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)

9a. Urges the Commission to examine and put forward mandatory requirements to increase sustainability of services;

Amendment 301 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 b (new)

9b. Stresses that “a sustainable product policy framework” legislation should be underpinned by a robust and transparent carbon and environmental accounting system that acts as a catalyst for investment in circular economy products and processes;

Amendment 302 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. Supports the plan to introduce digital product passports ~~in order to help companies and consumers to keep track of a product’s environmental impacts throughout the value chain~~; calls for the Commission to propose mandatory digital passports for products and materials, containing useful information for the consumer and industry about i.e.. the origin of the product, durability, reuse, repair and dismantling possibilities and end-of-life handling as well as the composition and materials and chemicals used, their sources, and environmental impacts; ;encourages plans to manage such data transparently in public domain product and material data bases and registries;

Amendment 303 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. Supports the plan to introduce digital product passports and calls the Commission to assess the aim, feasibility and effectiveness in order to help companies and consumers to keep track of a product’s' environmental impacts throughout the value chain; stresses that digital product passports must not lead to additional bureaucratic burdens and shall be compatible with other digital tools within the Single Market, such as the upcoming 'Building Renovation Passport'.

Amendment 304 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. Supports the plan to introduce digital product passports in order to help companies and consumers to keep track of a product’s environmental impacts throughout the value chain; notes that these tools will only be effective if their purpose is clearly defined; emphasises that the introduction of digital product passports must be introduced without undue regulatory burden for companies;

Amendment 305 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. Supports the plan to introduce digital product passports in order to help companies and consumers to keep track of a product’s environmental impacts throughout the value chain; and invites the Commission to support supply chain traceability through the use of digital solutions such as unique coding to track and trace products and materials throughout their life cycle.

Amendment 306 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. Supports the plan to introduce digital product passports in order to help companies, market surveillance authorities and consumers to keep track of a product’s environmental impacts throughout the value chain and to provide information related to product reusability, reparability, availability of spare parts, presence of hazardous materials and recyclability;

Amendment 307 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. Supports the plan to introduce digital product passports in order to help companies and consumers to keep track of a product’s environmental impacts throughout the value chain; These digital passports should be compatible with existing monitoring mechanisms and with other relevant digital tools, for example the forthcoming Renovation Passport;

Amendment 308 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. Supports the plan to introduce digital product passports in order to help companies and consumers to keep track of a product’s environmental impacts throughout the value chain, stresses however that information needs to be available for all consumers, not only those who are proficient in the use of electronic media;

Amendment 309 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. Supports the plan to introduce digital product passports in order to help companies, market surveillance authorities and consumers to keep track of a product’s environmental impacts throughout the value chain and to provide easily accessible information related to product maintenance, repair, reuse and recycling;

Amendment 31 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 h (new)

1h. Stresses that the Commission's Circular Economy Action Plan conflates waste prevention with recycling; underlines that a truly circular economy is built on waste hierarchy whereby waste prevention is distinguished and prioritised to recycling; stresses that circular economy activities are often at odds with waste prevention since there is no profit with waste avoidance; considers therefore that the realisation of a truly circular economy, capable of reducing our ecological footprint, is incompatible with the continuous existence of a capitalist economy based on the sole imperative of profitability;

Amendment 31 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 11 a (new)

— having regard to the Science publication “Evaluating scenarios toward zero plastic pollution”1a, __________________ 1a https://science.sciencemag.org/content/36 9/6510/1455

Amendment 310 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. Supports the plan to introduce digital product passports in order to help companies, market surveillance authorities and consumers to keep track of a product’s carbon footprint and environmental impacts throughout the value chain; Calls on the Commission to assess the feasibility of a regulatory label;

Amendment 311 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. ~~Supports the plan to~~Welcomes the Commission's work on an inception impact assessment for a Sustainable Product Policy Framework, which will consider the introducetion of digital product passports in order to help companies and consumers to keep track of a product’s environmental impacts throughout the value chain;

Amendment 312 #

Pascal ARIMONT, Hildegard BENTELE, Henna VIRKKUNEN, Maria da Graça CARVALHO, Isabel WISELER-LIMA, Edina TÓTH, Róża THUN UND HOHENSTEIN, Tom BERENDSEN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. Supports the plan to introduce digital product passports in order to help companies and consumers to keep track of a product’s environmental impacts throughout the value chain and calls for the interoperability of such passports with existing informative tools, such as the SCIP database;

Amendment 313 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. Supports the plan to introduce digital product passports in order to help companies and consumers to keep track of a product’s environmental impacts, in particular as regards the carbon footprint and impact on biodiversity, throughout the value chain;

Amendment 314 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

Amendment 315 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. Supports the plan to introduce digital product passports in order to help companies and consumers to keep track of a product’s ~~environment~~climate and environmental and social impacts throughout the value chain;

Amendment 316 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)

10a. Stresses the crucial role that consumers can play in reducing the amount of non-recyclable waste when they are sufficiently and properly informed; calls on the Commission to introduce any information or labelling measures that can encourage responsible consumption;

Amendment 317 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)

10a. Calls on the Commission for the development of digital product passports to systematise the tracking and tracing of products. The aim should be to provide governments, producers, traders, retailers, consumers, repair shops and waste operators the information they need for the sustainable development, production, use, recycling and disposal of the products.

Amendment 318 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)

10a. Stresses that – particularly for micro and SMEs – a degree of flexibility based on a risk-based self- analysis of businesses’ operations is needed in the exchange and communication of sustainability impacts along the supply chains, in order to avoid audit fatigue and an overflow of unnecessary information;

Amendment 319 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)

Non-toxic material cycles 10a. Underlines the objective to achieve non-toxic material cycles, starting from and moving towards chemicals that are safe, sustainable and circular by design and reiterates the positions taken in its resolution on the Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability; a. Reiterates the need for a methodology to take into account the combination effects of chemicals, such as for example a mixture assessment factor, and to adapt legal requirements to address these effects; b. Calls on the Commission to define the concept of and criteria for the ‘critical use’ of hazardous chemicals and harmful substances, and only to allow the use of hazardous chemicals and harmful substances for such critical uses; considers that the concept should take into account human health, quality of life and overriding societal needs; c. Considers that endocrine disrupting chemicals should be phased out from circular material cycles for the protection of human health and environment, calls for a better use of the existing legal framework for this purpose and legislative proposals as necessary; d. Stresses that imported products need to abide by the same standards and a level-playing-field needs to be ensured through effective actions, including the tracking of hazardous chemicals and harmful substances in products and reinforcing the capacity to foster harmonised enforcement actions;

Amendment 32 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 h (new)

1h. Asks the Commission to explore the introduction of waste reduction targets for industrial and commercial waste streams, and how industrial and commercial waste going to landfills could be reduced notably by means of material circularity;

Amendment 32 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 14 a (new)

— having regard to its report on a comprehensive European approach to energy storage1a __________________ 1a A9-0130/2020

Amendment 320 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

11. Underlines the objective to achieve non-toxic material cycles and reiterates the positions taken in its resolution on a Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability, expresses its grave concerns about the Commission’s proposal in the Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability to continue to allow hazardous substances in recycled materials, reminds of the position of the Parliament taken in the objection to the lead content of recycled PVC (P9_TA(2020)0030);

Amendment 321 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

11. Underlines the objective to achieve non-toxic material cycles and reiterates the positions taken in its resolution on a Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability; stresses that the elimination of toxic chemicals, for which safer alternatives already exist or are about to be developed in line with chemicals legislation, plays a central role in the creation of the circular economy;

Amendment 322 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

11. Underlines the objective to achieve non-toxic material cycles and reiterates the positions taken in its resolution on a Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability; insists on swift action from the Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability, as it is also crucial to enabling the circular economy and addressing the interface between product, chemical and waste legislation;

Amendment 323 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

11. Underlines the ~~objective to~~key importance of phasing out all substances of concern and achieve ing non-toxic material cycles for the success of circular economy and reiterates the positions taken in its resolution on a Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability; and its resolution on the interface between chemical, product and waste legislation

Amendment 324 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

11. ~~Underlines the objective to achieve non-toxic material~~ Stresses that the development of a sustainable single market must be based on creating a non-toxic circular economy and environment whereby hazardous substances are not used or recyclesd and reiterates the positions taken in its resolution on a Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability;

Amendment 325 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

11. Underlines the objective to achieve non-toxic material cycles and reiterates the positions taken in its resolution on a Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability; notes that terms such as ''non-toxic'' must be clearly defined in accordance with specified criteria;

Amendment 326 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

11. Underlines the objective to achieve move towards non-toxic material cycles where substances of concern are minimised or otherwise safely used and recycled and reiterates the positions taken in its resolution on a Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability;

Amendment 327 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

11. Underlines the objective to achieve ~~non-toxic~~ material cycles ~~and reit~~which generates the ~~positions taken in its resolution on a Chemicals Strategy for Sustainabil~~lowest possible levels of toxicity;

Amendment 328 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

11. Underlines the objective to achieve non-toxic material cycles where substances of concern are safely used and recycled and reiterates the positions taken in its resolution on a Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability;

Amendment 329 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

11. Underlines the objective to achieve non-toxic and restorative material cycles and reiterates the positions taken in its resolution on a Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability;

Amendment 33 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 i (new)

1i. Stresses therefore the need to reframe the notion of profitability in order for companies to reduce their ecological footprint and thus contribute to the construction of a real circular economy; considers that corporate profits ought to reflect the profits actually available after the renewal of all the financial, natural and human capital degraded by corporate activities; stresses that no capital should be considered substitutable for another, considering the scarcity of resources and the irreversibility of the destruction of some of their components; calls for the generalised extension of traditional financial accounting standards to natural and human capital in order to account for and integrate the annual deterioration of the latter in the financial accounts of companies;

Amendment 33 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital A

A. whereas half of total greenhouse gas emissions and more than 90% of biodiversity loss and water stress come from resource extraction and processing; whereas unless we reduce our use of resources, the world will be consuming resources as if there were three planets by 2050, and whereas a reduction in our overall use of natural resources and in our waste production is the overarching objective of the circular economy;

Amendment 330 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)

11a. Points out that information on hazardous chemicals and harmful substances along the value chain is a prerequisite for achieving circularity and non-toxic material cycles;

Amendment 331 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)

11a. Welcomes the Chemical Strategy for Sustainability Towards a Toxic-Free Environment1a and its commitments to transition to substances safe and sustainable by design and toxic-free hierarchy in chemicals management; __________________ 1aChemical Strategy for Sustainability Towards a Toxic-Free Environment of 14 October 2020, (COM(2020)667 final)

Amendment 332 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)

11a. Calls on the Commission to initiate a policy-level dialogue on the role of chemicals in a circular economy;

Amendment 333 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)

11a. Considers that, to achieve non- toxic material cycles, it is essential to create sustainable and safe secondary raw materials markets; expresses to this end strong support to the SCIP Database; stresses that it will be an adequate tool to identify and track substances of very high concern in articles and materials all along their life cycles;

Amendment 334 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)

11a. Emphasises the importance of the Circular Economy Action Plan in ensuring a non-toxic environment for Europe's citizens and stresses its significance for the efforts to phase out hazardous substances throughout the entire value chain of products and materials;

Amendment 335 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 b (new)

11b. Calls on the Commission to rapidly extend the scope of the SCIP database to all substances of concern;

Amendment 336 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

12. Emphasises the right of consumers to more precise, harmonised and accurate information about the environmental ~~impact~~and climate impacts, the expected life time, reparability, availability and costs of spare parts as well as the availability of software updates of products and services, and calls on the Commission to make proposals to substantiate green claims through solid and harmonised calculation methods across the full value chain, based on harmonized indicators and LCA, including descriptions on how waste prevention, avoidance of harmful substances, ensuring the durability and longevity of the product as well as design to be repairable and avoidance of excessive material use have been taken into account;

Amendment 337 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

12. Emphasises the right of consumers to more precise and accurate information about the environmental impacts of products and services, and calls on the Commission to make proposals to substantiate green claims through solid and harmonised calculation methods; considers that by providing the consumers with transparency and guidance through accurate and accountable information and eco-labelling, consumers will have increased trust in products and markets, which will ultimately lead to sustainable consumption;

Amendment 338 #

Pascal ARIMONT, Hildegard BENTELE, Henna VIRKKUNEN, Maria da Graça CARVALHO, Isabel WISELER-LIMA, Edina TÓTH, Róża THUN UND HOHENSTEIN, Tom BERENDSEN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

12. Emphasises the right of consumers to more precise and accurate information about the environmental impacts of products and services, and ~~calls on the Commiss~~strongly supports the Commission's intention to make proposals to substantiate green claims through solid and harmonised ~~calculation methods~~Environmental Footprint criteria; calls on the Commission to support the development of digital tools in order to provide consumer information as an opportunity for consumer empowerment in the digital age;

Amendment 339 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

12. Emphasises the right of consumers to more precise and accurate information about the environmental impacts of products and services, and calls on the Commission to make proposals to substantiate green claims and labels through solid and harmonised calculation methods, which must be easily understandable in both business-to- business and business-to-consumer relations;

Amendment 34 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 i (new)

1i. Highlights the overall need for a transition to a sustainable and more circular economy in the sourcing and manufacturing of construction products and materials and in their use in construction works; calls on the Commission to explore the incorporation of efficiency and reusability criteria in its revision of Regulation (EU) No 305/2011;

Amendment 34 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital A

A. whereas the global economy uses the equivalent of 1.5 planets’ worth of resources, and unless we reduce our ~~use of~~ resources consumption, the world will be consuming resources as if there were three planets by 2050, and whereas a reduction in our overall use of natural resources and in waste is the overarching objective of the circular economy;

Amendment 340 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

12. Emphasises the right of consumers to more precise and accurate information about the environmental impacts of products and services, ~~and~~to be enforced by introducing mandatory labels on recyclability and the recycled-material content of specific products and types of packaging; calls on the Commission to make proposals to substantiate green claims through solid and harmonised calculation methods;

Amendment 341 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

12. Emphasises the right of consumers to more precise and accurate information about the environmental impacts of products and services, and calls on the Commission to make proposals to substantiate green claims through solid and harmonised calculation methods; notes that some Member States already have well-established and well-functioning systems for the labelling of certain products in place;

Amendment 342 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

12. Emphasises the right of consumers to more precise and accurate information about the environmental impacts of products and services, and calls on the Commission to make proposals to substantiate green claims through solid and harmonised calculation methods; calls on the Commission to study the feasibility of a regulatory label on the carbon footprint of products;

Amendment 343 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

12. Emphasises the right of consumers to more precise and accurate information about the environmental impacts of products and services, which would help address greenwashing and premature obsolescence, and calls on the Commission to make proposals to substantiate green claims through solid and harmonised calculation methods;

Amendment 344 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

12. Emphasises the right of consumers to more precise and accurate information about the environmental impacts of products and services that is provided in a format that is comprehensible and accessible to the general public, and calls on the Commission to make proposals to substantiate green claims through solid and harmonised calculation methods;

Amendment 345 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

Amendment 346 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

12. Emphasises the right of consumers to more precise and accurate information about the environmental impacts, as well as recycled materials and renewable carbon content of products and services, and calls on the Commission to make proposals to substantiate green claims through solid and harmonised calculation methods;

Amendment 347 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

12. Emphasises the right of consumers to more precise and accurate information about the environmental impacts of products and services associated with all stages in the life cycle of a product, and calls on the Commission to make proposals to substantiate green claims through solid and harmonised calculation methods;

Amendment 348 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

12. Emphasises the right of consumers to more precise and accurate information about the environmental and climate impacts of products and services, and calls on the Commission to ~~make proposals to substantiate green claims through solid and harmonised calculation methods~~regulate green claims through a pre-approval process based on solid and harmonised monitoring, verification and reporting;

Amendment 349 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

Amendment 35 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 j (new)

1j. Stresses the great potential for complementarity between a truly ambitious European industrial strategy, in particular regarding the maintaining and strengthening of a strong traditional industrial base, and the establishment of a genuine circular economy; stresses that significant greenhouse gas emissions reduction could be achieved in the industrial sector by increasing material efficiency, developing recycling and the use of recycled products, and producing durable goods with high added value;

Amendment 35 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital A

A. whereas ~~unless we reduce our use of resources,~~a significant reduction in our overall use of natural resources and in the generation of waste should be an overarching objective of the circular economy, as the world w~~ill~~ould be consuming resources as if there were three planets~~, and whereas a reduction in our overall use of natural resources and in waste is the overarching objective of the circular economy~~ if the whole world had the same resource consumption as the EU;

Amendment 350 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

Amendment 351 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

Amendment 352 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

Amendment 353 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)

12a. Highlights that all consumers should have the right to safe products that do not harm the environment or human health;

Amendment 354 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)

12a. Highlights the need to reinforce the EU Ecolabel as a benchmark for environmental excellence, by increasing market awareness and recognition, extending the scheme to more relevant products and facilitating its use in procurement; The CEAP should include seeking a balance between consumer awareness raising and choice editing through its forthcoming product policy and through the use of economic instruments such as taxation and public procurement;

Amendment 355 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)

12a. Believes that a new circular economy labelling system should be established based on new environmental standards and criteria for materials linked to their potential for reintroduction into the value chain;

Amendment 356 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)

12a. Highlights that consumer information should create awareness and knowledge of the “responsibility of the consumer”, how their consumption behaviour plays a role in a successful circular economy and how consumption behaviour and habits have an effect on the supply and demand mechanism in the value chain.

Amendment 357 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)

12a. Highlights the need to reinforce the EU Ecolabel as a benchmark for environmental sustainability, by increasing market awareness and recognition, setting of comprehensive standards and further extending the scheme to relevant products and facilitating its use in procurement.;

Amendment 358 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)

12a. Highlights the need to reinforce the EU Ecolabel as a benchmark for equivalent high resource efficient criteria, by increasing market awareness and recognition and the potential to extending the scheme to more products and services relevant for consumers and procurers;

Amendment 359 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)

12a. Recognises practical, methodological, data- related and other limitations of the environmental footprint calculation and calls on the Commission to reflect these limitations in order not to create excessive burden on companies and mislead consumers;

Amendment 36 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 k (new)

1k. Urges the Commission and the Member States, through democratic, ecological and social planning, and in the context of the new circular economy, to promote the establishment of an industrial and territorial ecology at EU level, i.e. to adopt a global vision of all the components of industrial systems, taking into account the relationship of these components with the biosphere; considers that this industrial and territorial ecology approach should systematically follow four principles: the systematic recovery of waste, the minimisation of dissipation losses and discharges, the dematerialisation of products and the decarbonisation of energy; calls on the Commission and the Member States to encourage the development of eco- industrial parks throughout the Union's territory;

Amendment 36 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital A

A. whereas unless we reduce our use of resources speedily and significantly, the world will continue to be consuming resources as if there were three planets, and whereas a reduction in our overall use of natural resources and in waste is the overarching objective of the circular economy;

Amendment 360 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 b (new)

12b. highlights the need to reinforce the EU Ecolabel as a benchmark for environmental excellence, by increasing market awareness and recognition and extending the scheme to more products and services relevant for consumers and procurers and facilitating its use in procurement;

Amendment 361 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 b (new)

12b. Calls on the Commission to phase out inefficient, toxic, wasteful or polluting products from the EU market and to regulate marketing green claims to protect consumers from greenwashing;

Amendment 362 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 c (new)

12c. Highlights the need to reinforce the EU Ecolabel as a benchmark for environmental excellence, by increasing market awareness and recognition and extending the scheme to more relevant products and services and facilitating its use in procurement;

Amendment 363 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 d (new)

12d. Calls on the Commission to make environmental labelling mandatory for all manufactured products and their packaging, including the level of recyclability of the product and its packaging;

Amendment 364 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

~~13.~~ Supports the planned initiatives to ~~13.~~ improve the durability and reparability of products in accordance with the waste hierarchy while strengthening consumer ~~rights; therefore welcomes the planned initiative for a ‘right to repair’~~rights, including reducing software obsolescence, and preventing commercial practices which limit the lifetime of products or the viability repair services; therefore welcomes the planned initiative for a ‘right to repair’; calls for the ‘right to repair’ to include a guarantee of open, unrestricted access to information about repairs, maintenance and parts, as well as open, unrestricted access to affordable parts, repair manuals, software and security updates for consumers;

Amendment 365 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. Supports the planned initiatives to improve the durability and reparability of products in accordance with the waste hierarchy while strengthening ~~consumer rights; therefore welcomes the planned initiative for a ‘right to repair’~~workers health and safety and consumer rights in both B2C and B2B markets; therefore welcomes the planned initiative for a ‘right to repair’ to create an open market to extend the life cycle of products and software, highlights the need to improve product design, make spare parts available and affordable, provide open access to repair information, reduce software obsolescence, and prevent commercial practices which limit the lifetime of products or the viability of repair services;

Amendment 366 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. Supports the planned initiatives to improve the durability and reparability of products in accordance with the waste hierarchy while strengthening consumer rights; therefore welcomes the planned initiative for a ‘right to repair’; Underlines that these initiatives need to focus on improving product design, making spare parts available and affordable, providing open access to repair information, make sure that products can be repaired by independent professional repairers, and preventing commercial practices which limit the lifetime of products or the viability to repair services;

Amendment 367 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. Supports the planned initiatives to improve the durability and reparability of products in accordance with the waste hierarchy while strengthening consumer rights; therefore welcomes the planned initiative for a ‘right to repair’; reiterates its call that the right to repair and continued support for IT services are imperative to achieve sustainable consumption and should be enshrined in EU law, invites the Commission to present a legal proposal to achieve this in 2021; stresses that the right to repair should also be included in free trade agreements;

Amendment 368 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. Supports the planned initiatives to improve the durability and reparability of products in accordance with the waste hierarchy while strengthening consumer rights; therefore strongly welcomes the planned initiative for a ‘right to repair’ that should cover at least access to comprehensive information and to affordable repair services and increase the duration of guarantee rights for products; calls on the Commission to effectively address planned obsolescence;

Amendment 369 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. Supports the planned initiatives to improve the durability and reparability of products in accordance with the waste hierarchy while strengthening consumer rights; therefore welcomes the planned initiative for a ‘right to repair’; where economically and technically feasible; stresses that this principle should not lead to a factual ban of e.g. highly portable devices where restrictions such as size set limitations for design;

Amendment 37 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 l (new)

1l. Deplores the fact that the territorial aspect of the circular economy is given too little attention in the Commission's Circular Economy Action Plan; points out that the different circular economy sectors are located in territories with specific characteristics, whether in terms of material or energy resources or in terms of employment; considers that the sustainable anchoring in the territories must be an essential element of the new circular economy, in order to encourage the development of productive activities whilst limiting their ecological footprint; stresses therefore the importance of spatial planning and infrastructure development policies; stresses that the sustainable anchoring of circular industrial sectors in the territories requires the establishment of high-quality public services throughout the Union in the fields of education, research, health and transport;

Amendment 37 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital A

A. whereas ~~unless we reduce our use of resources, the world will be consuming resources as if there were three planets~~Europe consumes the same as if it had almost three planets available to produce the resources we use and absorb the wastes we produce, and whereas a reduction in our overall use of natural resources and in waste is the overarching objective of the circular economy;

Amendment 370 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. Supports the planned initiatives to improve the durability and reparability of products in accordance with the waste hierarchy while strengthening consumer rights; therefore welcomes the planned initiative for a ‘right to repair’; notes, moreover, that the repair and maintenance services sector has huge potential to generate job opportunities, and its development must also be supported;

Amendment 371 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. Supports the planned initiatives to improve the durability and reparability of products in accordance with the waste hierarchy while strengthening consumer rights; therefore welcomes the planned initiative for a ‘right to repair’; calls on the Commission to propose a mandatory information system on the reparability electrical and electronic products;

Amendment 372 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. Supports the planned initiatives to improve the durability and reparability of products in accordance with the waste hierarchy while strengthening consumer rights; ~~therefore welcomes the planned~~underlines that future measures must secure a strong focus on cost- efficiency and be proportionate and feasible in it~~iative for a ‘right to repair’~~s measures while not undermining the level of competition within the Single Market;

Amendment 373 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. Supports the planned initiatives to improve the durability and reparability of products in accordance with the waste prevention principle in the waste hierarchy while strengthening consumer rights; therefore welcomes the planned initiative for a ‘right to repair’;

Amendment 374 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. Supports the planned initiatives to improve the durability and reparability of products in accordance with the waste hierarchy while strengthening consumer rights in both B2C and B2B markets; therefore welcomes the planned initiative for a ‘right to repair’;

Amendment 375 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

Amendment 376 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)

13a. Calls on the Commission to guarantee with this initiative the right for citizens in the EU to have their goods repaired at an affordable price by means of a set of specific measures, such as the obligation to provide information at the time of purchase on the availability and price of spare parts and time taken to repair them, to offer all repair actors, including consumers, non-discriminatory access to repair and maintenance information, to promote standardisation in order to foster the interoperability of spare parts, to prioritise repair over replacement through targeted incentives and to support repair services through financial incentives while at the same time enabling the development of a new circular economy of services across the Union;

Amendment 377 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)

13a. Calls on the Commission to develop general guidelines for the tracking and mapping of products, materials and substances across value chains. They should be feasible, with a set of minimum criteria for sharing data (including on toxic substances), while enabling companies to safeguard commercial and strategic information (i.e. IPRs, know-how). The aim should be to provide, for example, consumers with the information necessary to use, repair and recycle a product. It is worth building on the experiences and lessons of those companies that are already transparent about their due diligence, and products’ environmental footprint, and material and substance composition.

Amendment 378 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)

13a. Calls on the Commission to consider extending legal guarantees to align them with the estimated lifetime of a product category and definitions, and to consider banning practices aimed at intentionally shortening the lifetime of a product (planned obsolescence), such as preventing repair at the design stage or causing a slowdown in performance after a software update;

Amendment 379 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)

13a. Supports the use of consumer legislation to prevent planned obsolescence, score products based on their durability, repairability and environmental footprint and provide information on product lifetimes, maintenance, repairs, upgradeability, recyclability, environmental footprint and availability of software updates;

Amendment 38 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 m (new)

1m. Recalls that circular economy processes are currently at the margin of our mode of production; stresses that in order to be efficient, provide affordable and high-quality secondary raw materials and create secure high-quality jobs in the Union, a real circular economy must be underpinned by industrialised processes;

Amendment 38 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital A

A. whereas unless we reduce our use of resources, the world will be consuming resources as if there were three planets, and whereas a reduction in our overall use of natural resources and in waste is the overarching objective of the circular economy including bioeconomy;

Amendment 380 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)

13a. Stresses the need for information to be available in a clear and easily- legible manner on availability of spare parts, software updates, and reparability for certain specific product categories where relevant, proportionate and feasible period of availability from date of purchase as well as information on repair and maintenance services;

Amendment 381 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)

13a. Supports the plan of defining a circularity test considering the overall circularity performance of products such as durability, reusability, recyclability and recycled content; as the targets for recycled content, the circularity test should be product specific;

Amendment 382 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)

13a. Insists that ‘right to repair’ must enable consumers to repair their products themselves or with the help of independent professional repairers, going beyond simply allowing consumers to have their products repaired by operators selected by manufacturers or retailers;

Amendment 383 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)

13a. Welcomes the Commissions plans to ban the destruction of unsold durable goods and to counter planned obsolesce; calls on the Commission to criminalise planned obsolesce and to incentivise product-as-a-service models;

Amendment 384 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)

13a. Welcomes the Commission's intentions to introduce legislation banning destruction of unsold durable goods unless they pose a safety or health threat; underlines that recycling, reuse and redistribution of non-food items should be the norm and enforced by legislation

Amendment 385 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)

13a. Calls on the Commission to extend the two years guarantee for products as a way to increase product durability and penalise planned obsolescence;

Amendment 386 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 b (new)

13b. Calls on the Commission to set up reparability index as part of the digital product passport to inform consumers about the level of reparability of products;

Amendment 387 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

14. Underlines the need to boost the internal market for sustainable products and believes that the public sector should lead the way; supports the establishment of minimum mandatory criteria and targets for green public procurement; calls on the Commission to propose public procurement procedures in which reusable, repaired, remanufactured, renovated and other sustainable and resource-efficient products and solutions should be preferred;

Amendment 388 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

14. Underlines the need to boost the internal market for ~~sustainable product~~eco-innovative and sustainable goods and services and believes that the public ~~sector~~and corporate procurers should lead the way; supports the establishment of minimum mandatory criteria and targets for green public procurement; Calls on the Commission to introduce measures to support green and sustainable corporate procurements and to make environmental and social criteria mandatory in public procurement;

Amendment 389 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

14. Underlines the need to boost the internal market for sustainable products and believes that ~~the~~ public ~~sector~~and corporate procurers should lead the way; supports the establishment of ~~minimum~~ mandatory ~~criteria and targets for green public procurement~~green public procurement in sectoral legislation applicable by 2023 and invites the Commission to introduce measures to support sustainable corporate procurement and a carbon border adjustment mechanism;

Amendment 39 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 n (new)

1n. Calls on the introduction and definition of standards for the industrialised processes of the industrialised circular economy; considers that the usage of these standards should be accessible under Fair, Reasonable and Non- Discriminatory (FRAND) conditions so that the value resulting from these standards can be distributed among all industrial sectors;

Amendment 39 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital A

A. whereas ~~unless we~~ reduceing our use of resources~~, the world will be consuming resources as if there were three planets~~ will help to protect the environment, and whereas a reduction in our overall use of natural resources and in waste is the overarching objective of the circular economy;

Amendment 390 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

14. Underlines the need to boost the internal market for sustainable products and believes that the public sector should lead the way; supports the establishment of minimum mandatory criteria and targets for green public procurement in sectorial legislation; making use, whenever possible, of the EU Ecolabel and equivalent high resource efficient criteria, in order to optimise procedures;

Amendment 391 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

14. Underlines the need to boost the internal market for sustainable products and believes that the public sector should lead the way; supports the establishment of minimum mandatory criteria and targets for green public procurement; making use, whenever possible, of the EU Ecolabel and equivalent high resource efficient standards to optimise procedures;

Amendment 392 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

14. Underlines the need to boost the internal market for sustainable products and believes that the public sector should lead the way; supports the ~~establishment of minimum mandatory criteria and targets~~introduction of mandatory green public procurement in sectoral legislation and the establishment of a European recycling label for green public procurement;

Amendment 393 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

14. Underlines the need to boost the internal market for sustainable products and believes that the public sector should lead the way; ~~supports~~in order to take account of the markedly different starting points and capacities of the EU Member States, calls for the establishment of ~~minimum mandato~~voluntary criteria and targets for green public procurement;

Amendment 394 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

14. Underlines the need to boost the internal market for sustainable products and believes that the public sector should lead ~~the way~~by example; supports the establishment of minimum mandatory criteria and targets for green public procurement and invites the Commission to introduce measures to support sustainable corporate procurement;

Amendment 395 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

14. Underlines the need to boost the internal market for sustainable products, and to apply the same criteria to imported products for the EU internal market, and believes that the public sector should lead the way; supports the establishment of minimum mandatory criteria and targets for green public procurement;

Amendment 396 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

Amendment 397 #

Patrizia TOIA, Łukasz KOHUT, Robert HAJŠEL, Carlos ZORRINHO, Alicia HOMS GINEL, Nicolás GONZÁLEZ CASARES, Lina GÁLVEZ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

Amendment 398 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

14. Underlines the need to boost the internal market for sustainable products and believes that the public sector should lead the way; supports the establishment of ~~minimum mandatory criteria and targets for~~ green public procurement;

Amendment 399 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

14. Underlines the need to ~~boost the~~secure a real internal market for sustainable products and believes that the public sector should lead the way; supports the establishment of minimum mandatory criteria and targets for green public procurement;

Amendment 4 #

Draft opinion
Recital -A d (new)

-Ad. whereas a circular economy has proven to be essential during the Covid-19 pandemic, in particular in sectors such as food and pharmaceutical packaging, waste collection and treatment;

Amendment 4 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 1 a (new)

— having regard to the Commission communication of 14 October 2020 entitled 'Strategy for Sustainability. Towards a Toxic-Free Environment' (COM(2020) 667)1a, __________________ 1a https://ec.europa.eu/environment/pdf/che micals/2020/10/Strategy.pdf

Amendment 40 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 o (new)

1o. Demands the introduction of binding eco-design rules to enhance reparability, maintainability, upgradability and recyclability, including provisions in the design of the product and of the industrial organisation; stresses that all wear pieces and modules should be identifiable, separable and easy to replace at an affordable price; emphasizes that the reparability of a product should by no means exceed 10 at 15% of the original price so as to provide incentive to repair over buying a new product;

Amendment 40 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital A

A. whereas unless we ~~reduc~~make our use of resources more efficient, the world will be consuming resources as if there were three planets, and whereas a reduction in our overall use of natural resources and in waste is the overarching objective of the circular economy;

Amendment 400 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

14. Underlines the need to boost the internal market for sustainable products and believes that the public sector ~~should lead the w~~has an important role to play; supports the establishment of minimum mandatory criteria ~~and targets~~ for green public procurement;

Amendment 401 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)

14a. Urges the Commission to propose compulsory green public procurement procedures; considers that reused, repaired, remanufactured, refurbished and other resource-efficient products and solutions are the default choice in all public procurement, and if they are not preferred, the ‘comply or explain’ principle should apply; Stresses the role of Green Public Procurement (GPP) to accelerate the shift towards a more sustainable and circular economy, and the importance of promoting the uptake of GPP during the EU’s economic recovery; as the public purchase of goods and services in the EU is estimated to be worth €2 trillion or 13,3% of GDP;

Amendment 402 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)

14a. Stresses the role of Green Public Procurement (GPP) in accelerating the shift towards a sustainable and circular economy and the importance of implementing GPP during the EU’s economic recovery; recalls the Commission’s commitments to propose further legislation on GPP, and calls on the Commission to make an ambitious proposal that would significantly increase the use of GPP, in line with the objectives of the European Green Deal, so that in all public procurement the green option should be the default choice, with ‘comply or explain’, so that this could be exempted only on acceptable grounds;

Amendment 403 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)

14a. Underlines the importance of acting for boosting the EU internal market via the establishment of mandatory criteria for the green public procurement, for incentivising the procurement of recyclable materials and the use of secondary raw materials;

Amendment 404 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

15. Underlines the need to ~~promot~~define high- quality recycling ~~and to maintain clean and sustainable closed material loop~~focusing on a material’s ability to maintain its inherent properties after recycling and its ability to replace virgin raw materials in future applications and to encourage clean and sustainable closed material loops. Any definition of high-quality recycling should also refer to a minimum amount of material being lost during the recycling process, thereby guaranteeing high-quality yields;

Amendment 405 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

15. Underlines the need to promote high-quality ~~recycling and to maintain clean and sustainable closed material loops~~mechanical and chemical recycling to increase the availability and quality of recyclates, as well as the need to maintain clean and sustainable closed material loops; stresses the contribution of waste-to-energy in combination with energy recovery to the environmentally sound disposal of waste that cannot be recovered, such as non-recyclable, contaminated or hazardous waste;

Amendment 406 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

15. Underlines the need to promote high-quality recycling through the development of recycling technologies such as mechanical recycling, dissolution recycling and chemical recycling in order to increase the quantities of recycled materials, and to maintain clean and sustainable closed material loops and incentives to increase recyclability in product design;

Amendment 407 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

15. Underlines the need to increase domestic recycling capacities, to promote high-quality recycling, as locally as possible, and to maintain clean and sustainable closed material loops - particularly for intensive material such as steel, cement and plastics; calls on EU institutions to set the same chemicals safety requirements for virgin and recycled materials;

Amendment 408 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

15. Underlines the need to ~~promot~~define high- quality recycling a~~nd to~~t European level by focusing on the ability of a material to retain its inherent properties after recycling, and its ability to replace virgin raw materials in future applications; stresses the need to encourage and maintain clean and sustainable ~~closed~~ material loops;

Amendment 409 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

15. Underlines the need to promote ~~high-quality recycling and to maintain clean and sustainable closed material loops~~the growth of mechanical and chemical recycling technologies to increase the amount of recyclates in products and to maintain clean and sustainable closed material loops; In this effort multi- stakeholder initiatives such as the Circular Plastics Alliance should be supported;

Amendment 41 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 p (new)

1p. Calls on the Commission to introduce a regulation defining, for each category of industrial product sold in the Union, a minimum period of product support; considers that during this mandatory period of product support, the manufacturer should directly or under its responsibility maintain: (a) a sufficient number of spare parts, covering at least as many years of consumption as the mandatory period of product support, or alternatively the specifications and instructions to manufacture new ones, including quality assurance test specification; (b) the product passport with all the necessary information to test, maintain, repair, upgrade, dismantle and recycle in a safe way the product and its constituents or modules, including software modules; considers that after the end of this mandatory period of product support, the information regarding spare parts and the product passport should be made freely available to all in a standard format;

Amendment 41 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital A

A. whereas unless we reduce our use of resources, the ~~world~~EU will becontinue to consum~~ing~~e resources as if there were three planets, and whereas a reduction in our overall use of ~~natural~~ resources and in waste is the overarching objective of the circular economy;

Amendment 410 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

15. Underlines the need to promote ~~high-quality recycling and to maintain clean and sustainable closed material loops~~mechanical and chemical recycling technologies, in order to increase the proportion of recycled materials in products, and to maintain clean and sustainable material loops; takes the view that to that end multi-stakeholder initiatives such as the Circular Plastics Alliance should be supported and their ideas considered;

Amendment 411 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

15. Underlines the need to promote high-quality and low carbon recycling and to maintain clean and sustainable closed material loops, taking into account the material’s ability to maintain its inherent properties after recycling and its ability to replace virgin raw materials in future applications;

Amendment 412 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

15. Underlines the need to promote and use high-quality recycling of waste through a combination of anaerobic slow thermal decomposition technologies in the recycling process, in order to make full material recovery of chemicals from recycling and to maintain clean and sustainable closed material ~~loop~~cycles;

Amendment 413 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

15. Underlines the need to promote high-quality ~~recycling and to maintain clean and sustainable closed material loop~~material collection flows, reuse and recycling and to maintain materials in their highest value, and clean and sustainable closed material loops, using effective measures i.e. mandatory deposit systems;

Amendment 414 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

15. Underlines the need to promote high-quality recycling and ensure and support the creation of recycling facilities in convenient locations, where these do not already exist, and to maintain clean and sustainable closed material loops;

Amendment 415 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

15. Underlines the need to promote high-quality recycling and to maintain clean and sustainable closed material loops; calls on the Commission to set the same chemicals safety requirements for virgin and recycled materials;

Amendment 416 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

15. Underlines the need to promote high-quality recycling and to maintain clean and sustainable closed material loops, with clear distinctions between recycling and down-cycling;

Amendment 417 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

15. Underlines the need to promote high-quality selective sorting to ensure better recycling and to maintain clean and sustainable closed material loops;

Amendment 418 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

15. Underlines the need to promote high-quality recycling and to maintain clean and sustainable closed material and chemical feedstock loops;

Amendment 419 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

15. Underlines the need to promote high-quality recycling and to maintain clean, non-toxic and sustainable closed material loops;

Amendment 42 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 q (new)

1q. Is alarmed by the fact that currently the prices of goods made from virgin materials are in some cases equivalent to those of products made from recycled materials, or even cheaper; calls for a modulation of VAT rates, especially reduced rate, to be allowed in order to promote the activities of the circular economy which target final consumers, especially repair services;

Amendment 42 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)

Aa. whereas the EU imports of raw materials clearly exceed exports[1],and EU economy highly relies on resources extraction that takes place outside the EU boundaries; whereas rare and highly demanded products such as coltan have caused social and environmental conflicts in third countries, and whereas shipments of waste to third countries still remain a concern;

Amendment 420 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)

15a. Urges the Commission to swiftly offer legal clarification on the distinction between ‘chemical recycling’ and ‘chemical recovery’, to minimise the risk of diverting waste supply chains away from reuse and recycling towards petrochemicals feedstock recovery, stresses that only chemical recycling technologies which produce polymer materials should be legally defined as recycling, and technologies that turn plastic waste into feedstock for petrochemicals should be defined as ‘chemical recovery’;

Amendment 421 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)

15a. Endorses the ambition of the Commission to create an EU market for secondary raw materials; stresses the need of supporting the use and recycling of those materials;

Amendment 422 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)

15a. Underlines the need to end the derogations from REACH restrictions for recycled materials to achieve circularity of materials and products; Therefore calls on the Commission to swiftly follow the European Parliament´s Resolution of 5 February 20201a as regards lead and its compounds to end carry-over of lead compounds into a new generation of products; __________________ 1aResolution of 5 February 2020 (B9- 0089/2020), https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/doc ument/B-9-2020-0089_EN.pdf

Amendment 423 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)

15a. Underlines the importance of addressing high impact intermediary products such as steel, cement and chemicals in sustainable product policy as these products are energy and resource intensive and reducing impacts in their production would have an economy-wide improvement effect from end-user products made with them;

Amendment 424 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)

15a. Stresses that while recycling currently plays an indispensable role in leveraging circular economy benefits on the environment, the transition towards circular economy needs to be complemented with transitioning towards biodegradable products, which do not contribute to the dissipated persistent pollution.

Amendment 425 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 b (new)

15b. Believes that the SCIP Database established by the ECHA will stimulate innovation in the industry; Therefore calls on the Commission to extend the scope of the database to all substances of concern;

Amendment 426 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

16. Urges the Commission and the Member States to support the development of new innovative technologies, in particular enhanced recycling, and digital technologies such as blockchain that can support the development of the circular economy through the tracking, tracing and mapping of resources;deleted

Amendment 427 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

16. ~~Urges the Commission and the Member States to support the development of new innovative technologies, in particular enhanced recycling, and digital technologies such as~~Stresses the importance of boosting research efforts in the field of chemical recycling which, paired with organic and mechanical recycling, will complete a technology-neutral framework. Urges the Commission and the Member States to support the development of new innovative technologies, in particular enhanced recycling and CO2 valorisation (CCU), of high quality waste management infrastructure, and digital technologies such as digital watermarks enabling better sorting and a larger amount of high-quality recyclates and blockchain that can support the development of the circular economy through the tracking, tracing and mapping of resources;

Amendment 428 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

16. Urges the Commission and the Member States ~~to support the developmen~~, in particular through the regional and cohesion funds, to support the research and development and accelerate the rollout of new innovative technologies~~, in particular~~ such as chemical recycling and enhanced recycling, and digital technologies such as blockchain that can support the development of the circular economy through the tracking, tracing and mapping of resources;

Amendment 429 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

Amendment 43 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 r (new)

1r. Stresses the complementarity between an effective circular economy and the implementation of a border adjustment mechanism which would create a floor price on primary raw materials and thus encourage the usage of recycled materials in heavy industries such as steel;

Amendment 43 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)

Aa. whereas trade implications are significant in the worldwide distribution of primary raw materials because natural resources are geographically unequally concentrated; whereas there are trade- related obstacles to resource efficiency in supply chains;

Amendment 430 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

16. Urges the Commission and the Member States to support the development of ~~new innovative technologies, in particular enhanced recycl~~advanced collection, sorting and recycling infrastructures, new innovative technologies, taking into account their energy and carbon footpringt, and digital technologies such as blockchain that can support the development of the circular economy through the tracking, tracing and mapping of resources;

Amendment 431 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

16. Urges the Commission and the Member States to support the development of new innovative technologies, in particular enhanced recycling drawing on high-quality waste management infrastructure, and digital technologies such as blockchain that can support the development of the circular economy through the tracking, tracing and mapping of resources;

Amendment 432 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

16. Urges the Commission and the Member States to support the development of new innovative technologies, in particular enhanced ~~recycling~~high value material reuse, collection and recycling in closed loops, and digital technologies such as blockchain that can support the development of the circular economy through the tracking, tracing and mapping of resources;

Amendment 433 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

16. Urges the Commission and the Member States to support ~~the~~research and development ofin new innovative technologies, in particular enhanced recycling, and to enable digital technologies, such as blockchain ~~that~~, and make them interoperable so that they can support the development of the circular economy through the tracking, tracing and mapping of resources;

Amendment 434 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

Amendment 435 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

16. Urges the Commission and the Member States to support the development of new innovative technologies, in particular enhanced recycling, and digital technologies such as blockchain and digital watermarking that can support the development of the circular economy through the tracking, tracing and mapping of resources;

Amendment 436 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

16. Urges the Commission and the Member States to support the development of new innovative technologies, in particular enhanced recycling, and digital technologies such as ~~blockchain~~distributed ledger technologies that can support the development of the circular economy through the tracking, tracing and mapping of resources use;

Amendment 437 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

16. Urges the Commission and the Member States to support the development of new innovative ~~technologies, in particular enhanced recycling,~~ and digital technologies such as blockchain that can support the development of the circular economy through the tracking, tracing and mapping of resources;

Amendment 438 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

16. Urges the Commission and the Member States to support the development of new innovative technologies, in particular ~~enhanced~~more efficient recycling, and digital technologies such as blockchain that can support the development of the circular economy through the tracking, tracing and mapping of resources;

Amendment 439 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

16. Urges the Commission and the Member States to support the development of new innovative technologies, in particular enhanced sorting and recycling, and digital technologies such as blockchain that can support the development of the circular economy through the tracking, tracing and mapping of resources;

Amendment 44 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 s (new)

1s. Stresses that the implementation of a circular economy capable of contributing to the swift and immediate decarbonisation of European industries requires a strong regulatory and legislative framework, in particular by drastically limiting, or even prohibiting, the export or landfilling of recoverable waste, or by reforming the standards relating to the constituents of materials used in downstream industries such as construction and the automotive industry; demands the introduction of 2050 roadmaps with clear targets for improving circularity for carbon-intensive industries and materials such as plastic, steel and cement; stresses that circularity in heavy industries should avoid the production of new materials with high embodied emissions and not merely avoid the disposal of old materials;

Amendment 44 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)

Aa. whereas the overall energy consumption in the water sector in EU is significant and needs to be more efficient in order to contribute to the goals of the Paris Agreement and the climate goals of the EU towards 2030 and carbon neutrality in 2050;

Amendment 440 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)

16a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to improve existing sorting methods at waste disposal centres in order to promote the further technological development of recycling facilities and optimise their infrastructure and recovery techniques; points out that targeted investments in new recycling technologies are needed if a broader range of plastics are to be recycled;

Amendment 441 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)

16a. Calls on the Commission to ensure that the health and environmental impacts of processes and outputs of new recycling and recovery technologies are thoroughly evaluated at the industrial level prior to their incentivisation while guaranteeing transparency on the evaluation procedure and conclusions; stresses that such technologies should be incentivised only if they have an overall positive environmental and climate performance, from a full life cycle perspective;

Amendment 442 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)

16a. Calls on the European Commission to ensure that the health and environmental impacts of processes and outputs of new recycling and recovery technologies are thoroughly evaluated at the industrial level prior to their incentivisation while guaranteeing transparency on the evaluation procedure and conclusions;

Amendment 443 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)

16a. Urges the Commission to facilitate the development of a traceability environment that is technologically neutral and allows for the interoperability of different technological solutions, where companies large and small can invest in and rip the benefit of track and trace solutions according to their supply chain risks and resources;

Amendment 444 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)

16a. Stresses the need to promote and support the development of mechanical recycling, dissolution recycling and chemical recycling in order to increase the amount of recycled material in products while ensuring that products recycled in this way are safe for consumers;

Amendment 445 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)

Amendment 446 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)

16a. Underlines the important role that sustainable renewable inputs can have in circular processes towards decarbonisation and how the use of renewable energy can enhance the circularity of product lifecycles while driving forward the energy transition;

Amendment 447 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)

16a. Requests the Commission and Member States to support the development of high quality waste management infrastructure and to encourage the research and development in new technologies that could enhance the yield of recyclable and reusable material;

Amendment 448 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)

16a. Urges the Commission to facilitate the development of a traceability environment that is technologically neutral and allows for the interoperability of different technological solutions;

Amendment 449 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)

16a. Underlines that industrial symbiosis ha a significant role in the uptaking of the circular economy and therefore it should be promoted further;

Amendment 45 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 t (new)

1t. Considers that the implementation of a circular economy has great potential for the future of the European steel industry; stresses the great potential for an increase in the material efficiency of steel; calls for the increase of public support for the development of new steel grades allowing the use of less steel for the production of the same quantity of goods without lowering safety or performance requirements;

Amendment 45 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)

Aa. whereas half of total greenhouse gas emissions and more than 90% of biodiversity loss and water stress come from resource extraction and processing;

Amendment 450 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17

17. Stresses the need to take into account the life cycle of a product and the impact of semi-finished products, spare parts and by-products throughout the value chain when setting product standards; considers that these must be set through an open, transparent, and science-based process, with the involvement of relevant stakeholders; encourages in that sense the setting of common life cycle assessment methodologies and improved data collection for policy and businesses,

Amendment 451 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17

17. Stresses the need to take into account the carbon footprint and climate impact across the full life cycle of a product and the impact of semi-finished products, spare parts and by-products throughout the value chain when setting product standards; considers that these must be set through an open, transparent, and science-based process, with the involvement of relevant stakeholders;

Amendment 452 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17

17. Stresses the need to take into account the life cycle of a product and the impact of semi-finished products~~, spare parts and by-products~~ throughout the value chain when setting product ~~standard~~requirements, including the availability of spare parts and the use of by-products; considers that these must be set through an open, transparent, and science-based process, with the involvement of relevant stakeholders;

Amendment 453 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17

17. Stresses the need to take into account the life cycle of a product and the impact of semi-finished products~~, spare parts and by-products throughout the value chain~~ throughout the value chain, including the availability of spare parts and the use of by-products, when setting product standards; considers that these must be set through an open, transparent, and science- based process, with the involvement of relevant stakeholders;

Amendment 454 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17

17. Stresses the need to take into account the full life cycle of a product, from cradle-to-grave, and the impact of semi-finished products, spare parts and by- products throughout the value chain when setting product standards; considers that these must be set through an open, transparent, and science-based process, with the involvement of relevant stakeholders;

Amendment 455 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17

17. Stresses the need to take into account the life cycle of a product and the impact of semi-finished products, the availability of spare parts and by-products throughout the value chain when setting product standards; considers that these must be set through an open, transparent, and science-based process, with the involvement of relevant stakeholders;

Amendment 456 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17

17. Stresses the need to take into account the life cycle of a product and the impact of semi-finished products, spare parts, feedstock and by-products throughout the value chain when setting product standards; considers that these must be set through an open, transparent, and science-based process, with the involvement of relevant stakeholders;

Amendment 457 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)

17a. Calls on the Commission to assess the environmental attributes of products or services using a robust life cycle assessment based methodology, with a cradle-to-cradle approach; calls on the Commission to take into account different metrics, such as end-of-life recycling or recycled content, for assessing recycling rates of materials and products, taking into account the nature of the material and its recycling value chain;

Amendment 458 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18

18. Stresses the need for policy coherence and calls on the Commission to critically review existing policies to ensure a level playing field for circular production processes and business models; emphasises the need for Member States to review and if necessary revise any relevant, national legislation that represents a barrier or directly contradicts the aim of the Circular Economy Strategy or any future EU-legislation resulting from the strategy. To this effect, Member States are encouraged to consider Circular Economy objectives into any future relevant legislation they pass.

Amendment 459 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18

18. Stresses the need for policy coherence and calls on the Commission to critically review existing policies to ensure a level playing field for circular production processes and business models, including introducing economic incentives such as increasing CO2 pricing, EPR with eco- modulation of fees and tax incentives to create strong markets for sustainable products and services, and encompassing an ambitious Taxonomy for the Circular Economy and broadening the taxonomy also to cover all public funding;

Amendment 46 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 u (new)

1u. Insists on the need to significantly extend the lifetime of steel-based products in the fields of household appliances, automotive industry products and mechanical and electrical equipment; stresses that an extension of the lifetime of these products would lead to a significant reduction in steel production and hence in greenhouse gas emissions;

Amendment 46 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)

Aa. whereas the majority of the raw materials that form the basis of the circular economy are imported from third countries;

Amendment 460 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18

18. Stresses the need for ~~policy~~ coherence with existing EU legislation and policies such as the Ecodesign framework and the EU Ecolabel in order to provide economic and investments certainty into circular economy and calls on the Commission to critically review existing policies to avoid legal uncertainties and to ensure a level playing field for circular production processes and business models while strengthening the rigorous implementation of the Single Market;

Amendment 461 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18

18. Stresses the need for policy coherence ~~and calls on the Commission to critically review existing policies~~in order to ensure economic and investment certainty into circular technologies and products and ensure that the objectives of the Action Plan are met; calls on the Commission to critically focus on the implementation of the legislation related to the circular economy to ensure a level playing field for circular production processes and business models;

Amendment 462 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18

18. Stresses the need for policy coherence ~~and calls on the Commission to critically review existing policies to~~between new and existing policies such as the Ecodesign framework, the Green Claims initiative, the EU Ecolabel and calls on the Commission to critically review existing policies to avoid legal uncertainties and the duplication of policy and market tools and ensure a level playing field for circular production processes and business models;

Amendment 463 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18

18. Stresses the need for policy coherence and calls on the Commission to critically review existing policies to ensure a level playing field for circular production processes and business models; and to introduce economic incentives designed in accordance with the relevant technical screening criteria for circular economy defined in the Taxonomy Regulation;

Amendment 464 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18

18. Stresses the need for policy coherence, simplification and synergies in the EU instruments that support the circular economy and calls on the Commission to critically review existing policies to ensure realistic goals and a level playing field for circular production processes and business models;

Amendment 465 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18

Amendment 466 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18

Amendment 467 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18

18. Stresses the need for ~~policy~~ coherence between the different laws and policies implemented across the EU and calls on the Commission to critically review existing policies to ensure a level playing field for circular production processes and business models;

Amendment 468 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18

18. Stresses the need for policy coherence and calls on the Commission to critically review existing policies, including those that have a direct or indirect impact on third countries, to ensure a level playing field for circular production processes and business models;

Amendment 469 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18

18. Stresses the need for policy coherence and calls on the Commission to ~~critically~~ review existing policies to ensure a level playing field for circular production processes and business models and to phase out incentives for lower value over higher value use;

Amendment 47 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 v (new)

1v. Stresses the need to increase the proportion of steel produced from the secondary sector; points out that the EU has a substantial scrap metal reserve which can be used in a circular economy; stresses the need to secure this reserve, in particular by drastically limiting or even banning exports of scrap metal; stresses that better use of the scrap metal reserve would allow for a reduction of the proportion of iron ore and coke imports needed for the production of the primary sector;

Amendment 47 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital A b (new)

Ab. whereas the Water Framework Directive does not include specific provisions to address climate change impacts and whereas in its communication on the European Green Deal the Commission never the less acknowledges that natural functions of ground and surface water must be restored;

Amendment 470 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18

Amendment 471 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18

18. Stresses the need for EU policy coherence and calls on the Commission to critically review existing policies to ensure a level playing field for circular production processes and business models;

Amendment 472 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18

18. Stresses the need for policy coherence and calls on the Commission to critically review existing policies to ~~ensure a level playing field for~~address inconsistencies and ensure circular production processes a~~nd business models~~re easily implemented;

Amendment 473 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)

18a. Calls on the Commission to create a data space for the circular economy that incentivises and enables the fair access to and sharing of data and information. It should help create the conditions for sharing information about products, materials and substances between producers, traders, waste operators and consumers while recognising the different needs of all the stakeholders in the value chain.

Amendment 474 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)

18a. Stresses the need to foster innovation and better regulation on the systems level, beyond the product approach, to promote fundamentally more efficient provisioning models based on a service approach, for example more efficient mobility systems that promote efficiency across mobility modalities;

Amendment 475 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)

18a. Underlines the importance of a second-hand market for goods and urges the Commission and the Member States to promote the market for trade in second- hand items, including through educational campaigns and favourable taxation rules;

Amendment 476 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)

18a. Calls on the Commission to study and propose tax incentives for recycled, reusable remanufactured and energy- efficient products;

Amendment 477 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 b (new)

18b. Calls on the commission to ban all single use products in all product categories in situations where reusable and/or durable alternatives exist; calls on the commission to ban materials that are not recyclable or reusable;

Amendment 478 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 c (new)

18c. Urges the Member States to carry out effective market surveillance to ensure that both European and imported products comply with the requirements as regards product policy and ecodesign; Urges the Commission to introduce a compulsory third party auditing system, where the auditors need to be registered in the EU, to verify with liability consequences that the products and packaging placed on EU markets are compliant with ecodesign directive and EU circular economy requirements;

Amendment 479 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 d (new)

18d. Stresses that all EU funding streams should be supportive to resource efficiency, in line with the waste hierarchy, and urges the Commission and the Member States to phase out all environmentally harmful subsidies, including those for the generation of energy from the biodegradable fraction of industrial and municipal waste by incineration pursuant to Directive 2009/28/EC on the promotion of energy from renewable sources and direct and indirect subsidies for fossil fuels;

Amendment 48 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 w (new)

1w. Stresses that, in order to attain circularity in the steel sector, systems to collect end-of-use products need to be set up more widely and expand their capacities; underlines that the forming of new scrap could be reduced with closer- to-shape semi-finished products; underlines the need to reduce re-melting losses through the limitation of the mixing of alloy prior to melting in order to minimise impurities;

Amendment 48 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital A b (new)

Ab. whereas the principles of circular economy should be the core element of any European and national industrial policy, and of the national Recovery and Resilience Plans of Member States in the framework of the Recovery and Resilience Facility;

Amendment 480 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 d (new)

18d. Calls on the Commission to update the EU’s Ecolabel scheme for the digital age. Digitally-enabled solutions (e.g. QR codes, apps, online platforms) should be used to clarify and communicate the relevant information to stakeholders in the value chain. They could also help consumers make sustainable choices.

Amendment 481 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 e (new)

18e. Calls on the Commission to encourage online platforms to provide information on products with an EU ecolabel, as well as official national ecolabels, and enable consumers to filter more sustainable products.

Amendment 482 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)

18a. Stresses the need for coherence with regards to legislation and calls on the Commission to critically review existing legislative barriers that hamper the full deployment of a circular economy;

Amendment 483 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)

18a. Urges the Commission to review Directive 2010/75/EU on industrial emissions taking into account the transition to circular economy and Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability;

Amendment 484 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19

19. Supports the Circular Electronics Initiative, which will address the shortcomings in durability, circular design, reparability, access to spare parts, availability of software updates, waste prevention, and ~~waste~~material collection ~~and recycling; calls for the harmonisation of recycling infrastructure for waste electrical and electronic equipment in the EU;~~ flows, reuse and recycling, and which should ensure that the products are durable, reusable, upgradeable and reparable, and designed to be offered as a service; calls for the harmonisation of recycling infrastructure for waste electrical and electronic equipment in the EU; urges the Commission to address product obsolescence caused by the new digital innovations and system compatibility, lacking updates, and lockouts as drivers of unnecessary e-waste;

Amendment 485 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19

19. Supports the Circular Electronics Initiative, which ~~will~~should address the shortcomings in durability, c~~ircular design,~~ ontent of hazardous substances, reusability, recyclability, reparability, recycled content, availability of spare parts and software and hardware updates, e-waste prevention, and waste collection and recycling; calls for the harmonisation of recycling infrastructure for waste electrical and electronic equipment in the EU, calls on the European Commission to tackle planned and software obsolescence, lockouts and artificial end-of-life software support models and to review the legal frameworks that favour monopolisation of end of life software;

Amendment 486 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19

19. Supports the Circular Electronics Initiative, which will address the shortcomings in durability, circular design, waste prevention, and waste collection and recycling technologies such as chemical recycling; calls for the harmonisation of recycling infrastructure for waste electrical and electronic equipment in the EU; urges the Commission to ensure that chemical recycling will count towards recycling targets, to introduce market incentives for recycled content comparable to the incentives for renewable fuels and that these incentives for recycled content apply to all kinds of recycling.

Amendment 487 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19

19. Supports the Circular Electronics Initiative, which will address the shortcomings in durability, circular design, waste prevention, and waste collection and recycling; calls for the harmonisation of recycling infrastructure for waste electrical and electronic equipment in the EU; calls on the Commission and Member States to step up their efforts to restrict the use of certain hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment in order to reduce waste toxicity;

Amendment 488 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19

19. Supports the Circular Electronics Initiative, which will address the shortcomings in durability, reparability, access to spare parts, circular design, waste prevention, and waste collection and recycling; calls for the harmonisation of recycling infrastructure for waste electrical and electronic equipment in the EU; calls for the integration of issues such as software obsolescence and consumer awareness about the environmental impacts of the use of electronic and digital products;

Amendment 489 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19

19. Supports the Circular Electronics Initiative, which will address the shortcomings in durability, circular design, waste prevention, ~~and~~ waste collection and recycling, inter alia through longer product lifetimes, enhanced recyclability and recycled content in electronics; calls for the harmonisation and improvement of recycling infrastructure for waste electrical and electronic equipment in the EU;

Amendment 49 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 x (new)

1x. Recalls that the cement industry is both a necessary industry for the realisation of the ecological transition and one of the largest industrial source of greenhouse gas emissions; stresses that the implementation of a truly circular economy could contribute to the decarbonisation of this industry;

Amendment 49 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital A c (new)

Ac. whereas space pollution is growing and can be considered a leakage point in circularity schemes: whereas there are no international space laws to clean up debris in the low Earth orbit; and whereas according to the European space Agency reports there are close to 7,500 tons of materials in low Earth orbit thus increasing the collision risks;

Amendment 490 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19

19. Supports the Circular Electronics Initiative, which will address the shortcomings in durability, circular design, reparability, address planned obsolescence, access to spare parts, e- waste prevention, and waste collection and recycling; calls for the harmonisation of recycling infrastructure for waste electrical and electronic equipment in the EU;

Amendment 491 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19

19. Supports the Circular Electronics Initiative, which will address the shortcomings in durability, circular design, e-waste prevention, and ~~waste collection and recycling; calls for the harmonisation of recycling infrastructure for waste electrical and electronic equipment in the EU~~recycling; urges the Commission to address software obsolescence, updates, lockouts and digital rights management as drivers of e- waste, as well as due diligence for devices;

Amendment 492 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19

19. Supports the Circular Electronics Initiative, which will address the shortcomings in durability, reusability, reparability, circular design, waste prevention, and waste collection and recycling; calls for the harmonisation of recycling infrastructure for waste electrical and electronic equipment in the EU;

Amendment 493 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)

19a. Recalls that in line with the New Circular Economy Action Plan, the Commission should consider legislative initiatives to increase the volume of cables and chargers collected and recycled in the Member States thus avoiding the use of further raw materials, the production of more CO2 emissions and the generation of a higher quantity of electronic waste;

Amendment 494 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)

19a. Underlines that nearly half of the energy efficiency savings that will be achieved by 2020 are due to the application of the Ecodesign Directive, underlines the need to ensure the swift finalisation of existing eco-design work on electronics and ICT: notably for smartphones, tablets, computers, printers(including cartridges), mobile network stations and subsystems and networking equipment, with a recommendation to propose measures no later than 2021, insists that the expansion of scope to cover not only products but also structures, such as data centres or services such as used for cloud services, gaming or streaming;

Amendment 495 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)

19a. Calls on the Commission to conduct a study on the environmental impact of datacentres, including i.a. the carbon footprints, energy-efficiency, waste heat usage, buildings, sourcing of materials, hazardous and harmful chemicals and critical raw materials use and need, as well as other aspects of their circularity; as it has been estimated that by 2025 they could consume a fifth of global electricity and they have the fastest-growing carbon footprint in the IT sector;

Amendment 496 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)

19a. Considering that total e-waste in Europe in 2016 was 12.3 million metric tonnes, equivalent to 16.6 kg on average per inhabitant, stresses the importance of introducing, in the framework of the Waste on Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE)Directive (2012/19/EU), new options for an EU- wide schemes to return or sellback old mobile phones, tablets, chargers and other small electrical and electronic equipment;

Amendment 497 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)

19a. Stresses the importance of promoting more sustainable consumption and production patterns for electronic equipment and ICT, and calls on the Commission to investigate the possibility of providing consumer information on the distinction between corrective and user- driven updates and the carbon impact of data consumption;

Amendment 498 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)

19a. Calls for establishing a mandatory certification scheme for recyclers of electronics waste to guarantee efficient material recovery and environmental protection according to the standard EN 50625 on Collection, logistics & treatment requirements for WEEE and related Technical Specifications.

Amendment 499 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)

19a. Welcomes the Commission’s commitment to develop an EU-wide take back scheme for ICT products and underlines the need to ensure the swift finalisation of existing eco-design work on electronics and ICT in order to propose measures no later than 2021;

Amendment 5 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 a (new)

-1a. Notes that the adoption of circular economy principles across the EU has the potential to increase EU GDP by an additional 0.5% by 2030 creating around 700 000 new jobs1a; stresses that benefits associated with the circular economy - such as increased efficiency, reduced material costs, increased profitability through closed loop models, and increased resilience to resource scarcity and price fluctuations can significantly enhance SMEs competitiveness; _________________ 1aCircular Economy Action plan COM (2020) 98 final

Amendment 5 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 1 a (new)

— having regard to the Commission Communication of 10 March 2020 entitled "A New Industrial Strategy for Europe" (COM(2020)102);

Amendment 50 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 y (new)

1y. Calls for greater use by the cement industry of waste produced by other industries, in particular sawmill residues, slaughterhouse waste, tires, oils, solvents, household waste, plastics, textiles and paper, in the mix providing the heat needed to manufacture bottom ash; stresses also the strong complementarity between the steel industry and the cement industry through the substitution of clinker by waste and by-products of steel production such as blast furnace slag; stresses the need for a production planning to guarantee the continuity of supply of these wastes by preventing competition between industries for access to these resources, and to perpetuate the interactions between waste streams and industrial production;

Amendment 50 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital A c (new)

Ac. whereas buildings are responsible for approximately 40 % of energy consumption and 36 % of CO2 emissions in the EU and, therefore, their deep, including staged deep, renovation is crucial to achieve the EU’s 2050 net zero greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions objective;

Amendment 500 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)

19a. Calls on the Commission to swiftly finalise existing ecodesign work on electronics and ICT, notably for smartphones, tablets, computers, and printers (including cartridges), and recommends proposing measures no later than 2021;

Amendment 501 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)

19a. Calls on the Commission to tackle planned obsolescence and artificial end- of-life software support models and to take the necessary measures to end any monopolisation of end of life software in order to encourage circularity;

Amendment 502 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 c (new)

19c. Reiterates its support for the common charger and regulatory measures on chargers for mobile phones and similar devices, and believes that the Commission must also look at wireless charging devices; encourages the Commission to explore options to address all other unnecessary cable differentiations between manufacturers, including HDMI and other ICT cables;

Amendment 503 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)

19a. Calls on the European Commission to work on the introduction of measures enabling the development of a universal charger for smartphones in the European Union

Amendment 504 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)

19a. Urges the Commission to address product and software obsolescence and digital rights management as drivers of e- waste, as well as due diligence for devices;

Amendment 505 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 b (new)

19b. Encourages the Commission to issue guidance for Member States on how to establish national registries for professional repairers to ensure that a broad range of repair actors, including independents and repair cafes, have access to repair information and spare parts and that repairing products is economically competitive to new products;

Amendment 506 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 b (new)

19b. Believes that the ‘right to repair’ should not be restricted to ICT, but welcomes it as a priority sector; calls for the Commission to guarantee that the right to update obsolete software does not incur additional costs on consumers;

Amendment 507 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 b (new)

19b. Calls on the Commission to consider renewable energy technologies as one more key value chain due to the importance of renewable energy inputs for the transition to a circular economy and the transition of the strategic value chains to net-zero emissions models;

Amendment 508 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 b (new)

19b. Urges the Commission to take steps to review EU rules on restrictions of hazardous substances and materials in electrical and electronic equipment and provide guidance to improve coherence with relevant legislation;

Amendment 509 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 c (new)

19c. Welcomes the willingness to develop an EU-wide take back scheme for ICT products; stresses the importance of designing such a take back scheme, and any other collection model, in a way that safeguards the re-usability of ICT products and provides re-use operators with access to re-useable goods;

Amendment 51 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 z (new)

1z. Stresses the strong potential for reducing greenhouse gas emissions by increasing the material efficiency of cement, in particular by optimizing the use of concrete; points out that this can be achieved through better eco-design by making buildings lighter, using alternative materials such as wood for non-structural aspects, and using wood- concrete composite in infrastructures; also stresses the need to integrate the issues of deconstruction and modularity for the reuse of materials in the building sector;

Amendment 51 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital A c (new)

Ac. whereas the transition to a circular economy plays a crucial role in reducing the EU’s GHG emissions and in achieving the Union’s updated 2030 climate target and in reaching climate neutrality by 2050 at the latest.;

Amendment 510 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 c (new)

Amendment 511 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 d (new)

19d. Believes that the recovery of electronic waste must be made much easier for consumers; supports the Commission’s take back scheme to return or sell back old mobile phones, tablets and chargers, and believes this must be extended to all electronics and ICT, making all vendors into collection points;

Amendment 512 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 b (new)

19b. Stresses the importance of designing collection models, including take back schemes, in a way that safeguards the re-usability of ICT products and provides re-use operators with access to re-useable goods;

Amendment 513 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 b (new)

19b. Stresses the need for a very-low- power standby mode for residential gateways and a smooth transition from standby mode to active mode in order to reduce energy consumption;

Amendment 514 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 b (new)

19b. Besides circular electronics initiative, asks the commission to come up with an initiative of circular and sustainable digitalisation, ICT and AI plan;

Amendment 515 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 c (new)

19c. Emphasises the need for better understanding of how Artificial Intelligence technologies can support a circular economy by encouraging their applications in design, business models, and infrastructure; Points out the importance of treating digitisation as an enabler of circular economy, notably when it comes to product passports or material information in the context of an EU-wide ‘dataspace’: Stresses that improving data accessibility and sharing will be key while ensuring active collaboration between stakeholders to make sure that new approaches remain fair and inclusive, and safeguard privacy and data security. Calls on the Commission to assess the material and climate impact of digitalisation; including the Internet of things, 5G and the development of data centers;

Amendment 516 #

Motion for a resolution
Subheading 3 a (new)

Calls for establishing a mandatory certification scheme for recyclers of electronics waste to guarantee efficient material recovery and environmental protection according to the standard EN 50625 on Collection, logistics & treatment requirements for WEEE and related Technical Specifications.

Amendment 517 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20

20. Underlines the importance of a strategic, ethical, ecologically, sustainable and circular approach to the legislative framework for batteries and vehicles in the context of the transition to ~~clea~~zero-emission mobility and ~~policies~~for measures ensuring sustainable sourcing onf critical raw materials;

Amendment 518 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20

20. Underlines the importance of a strategic, ethical and ecologically sustainable approach to the legislative framework for batteries and vehicles in the context of the transition to clean mobility and ~~policies~~sustainable and fair sourcing onf critical raw materials;

Amendment 519 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20

20. Underlines the importance of a strategic approach to the legislative framework for batteries and vehicles in the context of the transition to clean mobility and policies on raw materials necessary for their production, including critical raw materials;

Amendment 52 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a a (new)

1aa. Stresses that greater use of waste from biomass or other industries as an alternative fuel could reduce greenhouse gas emissions from the heavy chemicals industry; calls for the widespread recycling and reuse of certain products or by-products of the heavy chemicals industry in order to reduce discharge and pressure on resources; calls for the substitution of hydrocarbon by biomass in the manufacture of petrochemical products and for priority to be given to the heavy chemicals industry in the supply of biomass waste; stresses that this use of waste streams from the agriculture and forestry sectors is more rational and environmentally sustainable than their use for electricity generation of biofuel production;

Amendment 52 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital A d (new)

Ad. whereas the concept and interpretation of circular economy is in its nature horizontal and applies into the vast majority of both environmental and climate-related challenges; whereas circular economy should also have a central role in the establishment of the future establishment of "Climate Partnerships" at EU level as suggested by the European Parliament in its adopted position on the "European Climate Law";

Amendment 520 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20

Amendment 521 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20

20. Underlines the importance of a strategic, ethical and ecologically sustainable approach to the legislative framework for batteries and vehicles in the context of the transition to clean mobility and ~~policies on~~sustainable sourcing of critical raw materials;

Amendment 522 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20

20. Underlines the importance of a strategic approach to the legislative framework for batteries and vehicles in the context of the transition to clean mobility ~~and policies on~~, renewable electricity grids and sustainable sourcing of critical raw materials;

Amendment 523 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20

20. Underlines the importance of a strategic approach to the legislative framework for batteries and vehicles ~~in the context of the transition to clean mobility and policies on critical raw materials~~and points up the significance of high-quality recycling and closed material loops in that respect too;

Amendment 524 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20

20. Underlines the importance of a strategic approach to the legislative framework for batteries and vehicles in the context of the transition to clean mobility and policies on critical raw materials; stresses the need to reduce Chinese imports of cobalt and lithium;

Amendment 525 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)

20a. Believes that central to the circular economy action on key product value chain of batteries and vehicles must a focus on public transport; recognises the environmental challenges and difficulties in scaling up electric vehicles to replace all combustion engine vehicles, which will only demand more and more resource extraction, and underlines that good quality public transport services can significantly reduce car ownership; believes the Commission should refrain from endorsing electric vehicles without underlining the resource challenges that come with it;

Amendment 526 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)

20a. Notes that shared mobility services save resources in production and that the environmental impacts caused by the extraction and processing of raw materials for vehicles can be reduced through material efficiency and improved recycling; urges the Commission to introduce longer guarantee periods and a ‘right to repair’ for vehicles;

Amendment 527 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)

20a. Recalls the crucial role of batteries in ensuring a stable electricity supply with regards to an increasing volatility of electricity resulting from a greater share of renewable energy sources, and therefore recalls their crucial contribution to reach the EU’s energy and climate targets;

Amendment 528 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 b (new)

20b. Stresses that the product-as-a- service solutions in sustainable and smart mobility do not necessarily need to be businesses and can easily be taken up by local and other public authorities, offering publicly owned solutions;

Amendment 529 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 b (new)

20b. Welcomes the Commission’s efforts to create standards for European batteries;

Amendment 53 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a b (new)

1ab. Recalls that four main value chains account for three quarters of EU plastic use: packaging (40%), building and construction (20%), automobiles (9%) and electronics (6%); stresses that actual effective plastic recycling rates are very low in the Union; calls for drastic and binding measures to reduce the use of plastic; recalls that many plastic items are designed in ways that make recycling difficult or impossible; calls on the Commission to introduce biding standards regarding product design to prevent contamination and facilitate the dismantling of products at their end of life; stresses the need for the Union and Member States to support the constitution of a major secondary materials industry for plastic recycling;

Amendment 53 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital A d (new)

Ad. whereas achieving the net-zero greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions objective by 2050 at the latest requires a profound transformation of value chains across the economy;

Amendment 530 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 c (new)

20c. Acknowledges that well- functioning collection and recycling schemes as well as closed-loop processes in line with the circular economy principles are already in place for a range of battery technologies, especially in EU- based automotive and industrial battery value chains, e. g. lead-based starter batteries, and believes that those schemes could be considered as a blueprint for battery recycling;

Amendment 531 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 d (new)

20d. Is concerned that the EU has a very low battery manufacturing capacity; welcomes, therefore, the European Battery Alliance and the Strategic Action Plan on Batteries; calls for continuous support for them and for the implementation of the Strategic Action Plan on Batteries to be strengthened; welcomes, in this respect, the Commission’s announcement that it will propose legislation on batteries in support of the Strategic Action Plan and the circular economy; calls, in this regard, for life cycle analysis of batteries;

Amendment 532 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 e (new)

20e. Is concerned about the EU’s heavy dependence on imports of raw materials for battery production; is convinced that enhanced recycling schemes for batteries could deliver a significant share of the raw materials required for battery production within the EU;

Amendment 533 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 f (new)

20f. Acknowledges the potential for used electric vehicle batteries to be reused for Energy storage in private homes or in larger battery units; is concerned that the classification of used batteries as waste in the Batteries Directive, independent of reuse, can act as a barrier to such reuse;

Amendment 534 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21

21. Calls for a new regulatory framework for batteries that includes eco- design, improved collection, reuse and recycling, recovery of valuable materials, consumer information, life cycle environmental impacts, and sustainable sourcingEndorses the Commission’s plans for legislative proposals to ensure a safe, circular and sustainable battery value chain for all batteries that includes sustainable and ethical sourcing, eco- design, recycled content, substitution of hazardous substances where possible, remanufacturing, improved separate collection, reuse and recycling, recovery of valuable materials, consumer information, life cycle environmental impacts, and expects this proposal to include measures on a ban on single use batteries where rechargeable alternatives are available and to establish a take back-scheme to return old batteries;

Amendment 535 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21

21. Calls for a new regulatory framework for batteries that includes ~~eco- design, improved collection~~new, harmonised definitions of batteries on the basis of chemical composition, provisions for sustainable eco-design, improved collection through the introduction of an EU-wide deposit requirement for lithium batteries, reuse and higher recycling targets, recovery of valuable materials, consumer information~~, life cycle environmental impacts~~ through the introduction of labelling requirements, life cycle environmental impacts, extending extended producer responsibility (EPR) to all types of battery, and sustainable sourcing;

Amendment 536 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21

21. Calls for a new regulatory framework for batteries that includes eco- design, improved separate collection, re~~use and~~cycled content, reuse, remanufacturing, repurposing for stationary applications, recycling, recovery of valuable materials, consumer information, life cycle environmental impacts, and sustainable sourcing, restriction of disposable batteries to the only applications where they cannot be substituted by rechargeable batteries, and a dedicated focus on batteries related to mobility and energy storage;

Amendment 537 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21

21. Calls for a new regulatory framework for batteries that includes eco- design, improved collection, reuse and recycling, recovery of valuable materials, consumer information, full life cycle environmental impacts, and sustainable sourcing; welcomes in this last regard the Commission proposal to introduce a mandatory due-diligence legislation by 2021 to address environmental and human rights adverse effects linked to the extraction of raw materials;

Amendment 538 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21

21. Calls for a new regulatory framework for batteries that includes eco- design, ~~improved collection, reuse~~more efficient use and grid integration, appropriate risk management measures for hazardous chemicals and harmful substances, improved collection, reuse, refurbishment, remanufacturing, repurposing and recycling, recovery of valuable materials, consumer information, life cycle environmental impacts, and sustainable sourcing;

Amendment 539 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21

21. Calls for a new regulatory framework for batteries that includes sustainable sourcing, eco- design, ~~improved~~recycled content, remanufacturing, improved separate collection, reuse and recycling, recovery of valuable materials, consumer information, life cycle environmental impacts, and ~~sustainable sourcing~~restriction of primary disposable batteries to exclusive applications where they cannot be substituted by rechargeable;

Amendment 54 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a c (new)

1ac. Recalls that resource gains from circularity are particularly large with aluminium, as re-melting aluminium requires only 5% of the energy needed for new production, thus sharply reducing CO2 emissions; stresses that whilst aluminium collection from building and cars is already very high, the rates are much lower for consumer products; calls for the introduction and generalisation throughout the Union of additional deposit system similar to those used for beverage cans; demands the introduction of binding product standards regarding product design in order to ensure easy separation of aluminium components upon dismantling;

Amendment 54 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital A e (new)

Ae. whereas the circular economy is relevant to various SDGs including Goal 12 “Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns’’ as well as Goal 13 on “Climate action”;

Amendment 540 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21

21. Calls for a new regulatory framework for batteries that includes eco- design, improved collection, reuse and recycling, recovery of valuable materials, consumer information, life cycle environmental impacts, and sustainable sourcing; especially for activities taking place in third countries such as lithium and nickel extraction or that can impact biodiversity or seabed,

Amendment 541 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21

21. Calls for a new regulatory framework for batteries that includes eco- design, ~~improved~~recycled content, remanufacturing, improved separate collection, reuse, repurposing and recycling, recovery of valuable materials, consumer information, life cycle environmental impacts, and sustainable sourcing, with dedicated provisions on batteries related to mobility and energy storage;

Amendment 542 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21

21. Calls for a new regulatory framework for batteries that includes eco- design, improved collection, reuse and recycling, recovery of valuable materials, consumer information, life cycle environmental impacts, and sustainable sourcing; supports the creation of competitive and resilient value chains for batteries production and recycling in the EU;

Amendment 543 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21

21. Calls for a new regulatory framework for batteries that extends battery lifespan and improves charging efficiency; requests, furthermore, that the Commission proposal includes eco- design, improved collection, reuse and recycling, recovery of valuable materials, consumer information, life cycle environmental impacts, and sustainable sourcing;

Amendment 544 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21

21. Calls for a new regulatory framework for batteries that includes eco- design, improved collection, reuse, repurposing for stationary applications and recycling, recovery of valuable materials, consumer information, life cycle environmental impacts, and sustainable sourcing, with a dedicated focus on batteries related to mobility and energy storage;

Amendment 545 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21

21. Calls for a new regulatory framework for batteries that includes the same benchmarks for eco- design, improved collection, reuse and recycling, recovery of valuable materials, consumer information, and life cycle environmental impacts, and sustainable sourcing, as is also called for for all other product groups;

Amendment 546 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21

Amendment 547 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)

21a. Calls for new regulatory framework for mobility systems that maximise utility and closed material loops of inter-modal mobility systems, of which shared, electric cars will form one part; in this regard encourages that the implementation of the Circular Economy Action Plan and the Mobility Strategy cooperate closely for a circular mobility system;

Amendment 548 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)

21a. Calls on the Commission to propose ambitious collection and recycling targets for batteries based on critical metal fractions when revising the Batteries Directive and after conducting an Impact assessment; underlines the need to further promote research and innovation for recycling processes and technologies under Horizon Europe;

Amendment 549 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)

21a. Underlines the potential of hydrogen-based solutions for carbon circularity in transport; highlights that carbon-neutral synthetic fuels can replace fossil fuels to allow for continued and sustainable utilisation of existing transport, storage and fuelling infrastructure as well as end-use technologies;

Amendment 55 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a d (new)

1ad. Underlines that construction is a key area of complementarity between the circular economy and emission reductions; demands the introduction of binding eco-design requirements to improve the efficiency and reusability of construction materials; calls on the Commission to ensure that harmonised construction standards and practices are used and promote the use of recycled concrete; calls on the Commission to revise the Construction Product Regulation to enable the setting of EU- wide, product specific environmental standards for construction products; stresses the need for iron and steel products to be separated when building are demolished;

Amendment 55 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital A f (new)

Af. whereas “real circularity” does not only involve the sustainable sourcing and use of materials but also of energy sources;

Amendment 550 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)

21a. Expresses its concern about the socio-economic impact and the costs of the mineral industry, in particular within the cobalt industry; requests the Commission to assess options for a viable legislative framework to ensure the sustainability of the sector within an international context;

Amendment 551 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)

21a. Calls on the Commission to assess the establishment of a specific regulatory framework for EPR minimum requirements on batteries for electro- mobility with the aim to boost their circularity and innovation in the battery market;

Amendment 552 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)

21a. Calls for batteries, which are resource-intensive, for mandatory minimum criteria in the case of extra-EU sourcing as regards environmental impact and social and labour conditions;

Amendment 553 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 b (new)

21b. Calls on the Commission and Member States to pursue a technology neutral approach regarding charging and fuelling solutions in the transport sector to reap full synergies of all technology pathways, including through crediting the climate-neutrality of synthetic fuels in emission performance standards for new vehicles (well-to-wheel approach), as well as through adequate support for alternative fuelling infrastructure development.

Amendment 554 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 b (new)

21b. Calls on the Commission to encourage the development of on-demand mobility, as well as other on-demand products and services;

Amendment 555 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 c (new)

21c. Welcomes the Commissions plans to review the End of Life Vehicles directive; Calls on the Commission to update the ELV directive to fully reflect and respect the principles of circular economy, including designing out waste, upgradability, modularity, reparability, reusability, and recyclability of the materials in the highest level of the value, giving the first priority on reuse: calls on the Commission to work to ensure effective reuse chains, with car manufacturers and extended producer liability schemes; Calls on the Commission to improve the reporting of end-of-life vehicles, through a European database; calls on the Commission to clarify, fortify and supervise the principle that dismantling of the car and reuse of the parts must always precede the scrapping and shredding of cars;

Amendment 556 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 c (new)

21c. Highlights coupling of synthetic fuel production with industrial Carbon Capture and Utilisation (CCU) opportunities as one pathway to reduce emissions in hard to abate sectors such as cement or steel;

Amendment 557 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)

21a. Emphasises that Refusing and Reducing waste must be the first priorities in an effective approach to a circular and resource efficient economy within the planetary boundaries;

Amendment 558 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22

22. Reiterates the objective to make all packaging reusable or recyclable in an economically viable way by 2030 and calls for the Commission to present a legislative proposal without delay, including w~~ith measures to reduce excessive packaging and~~aste reduction measures and targets and other measures to reduce excessive packaging, improve recyclability through ambitious essential requirements, set binding recycled content targets for different materials used in packaging and promote reuse, including by sector-specific binding quotas for refillables and harmonised packaging formats; stresses the need for economic incentives to promote reuse;

Amendment 559 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22

22. Reiterates the objective to make all packaging reusable or recyclable in an economically viable way by 2030 and calls for the Commission to present a legislative proposal without delay, including with measures to reduce excessive packaging ~~and promote reuse~~, without detracting from the product- protecting function that packaging performs, and, possibly, promote reuse; reiterates that improved recycling technologies must also be developed to permit the circularity of materials that cannot be reused for technical, safety- related or performance-related reasons;

Amendment 56 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a e (new)

1ae. Emphasises the still under- exploited benefits of replacing single-use products, especially plastics, with long- term sustainable products such as recycled wood; calls on the Commission and Member States to promote the most efficient use of wood according to the cascade principle and to ensure that biologically derived materials, including all wood waste, are brought back into the value chain by encouraging eco-design, increasing recycling targets, and promoting the use of secondary wood raw materials for products before their eventual incineration at the end of their lives;

Amendment 56 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)

Aa. whereas designing out waste and pollution is one of the principles of circular economy;

Amendment 560 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22

22. Reiterates the objective to make all packaging reusable or recyclable in an economically viable way by 2030 and calls for the Commission to present a legislative proposal without delay, including with measures to ~~reduce excessive packaging and promote re~~improve packaging design to promote reuse and recycling, increase recycled content, and minimise packaging; stresses that any review of packaging legislation must take into account all health and safety considerations, as well as the impact of the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak and other potential pandemic threats on packaging production and use;

Amendment 561 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22

22. Reiterates the objective to make all packaging reusable or recyclable in an economically viable way by 2030 ~~and~~, calls for the Commission to present a legislative proposal without delay, including with measures to reduce excessive packaging and promote reuse; , stresses the need to introduce rules on mandatory recycled- content share for packaging, and underscores the importance of designing packaging in such a way that its recyclability is facilitated by the introduction of minimum requirements;

Amendment 562 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22

22. Reiterates the objective to make all packaging reusable or recyclable in an economically viable way by 2030 and calls for the Commission to present a legislative proposal without delay, including with measures to reduce excessive packaging and promote reuse; stresses the need to introduce rules on mandatory recycled content for packaging; points to the importance of designing packaging in such a way as to facilitate its recyclability and therefore calls for the introduction of minimum requirements;

Amendment 563 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22

22. Reiterates the objective to make all packaging reusable or recyclable in an technologically feasible and economically viable way by 2030 and calls for the Commission to present a legislative proposal without delay, including with measures to reduce excessive packaging and promote reuse; and recycling, ensuring product safety for foodstuffs in particular in the process;

Amendment 564 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22

22. Reiterates the objective to make all packaging low-carbon footprint, reusable or recyclable in an economically viable way by 2030 and calls for the Commission to present a legislative proposal without delay, including ~~with~~ measures to reduce excessive packaging and promote re~~use~~cycling, reuse, and renewability, while delivering the best overall environmental outcomes in line with the waste hierarchy;

Amendment 565 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22

22. Reiterates the objective to make ~~all~~ packaging reusable or recyclable, as far as possible, in an economically viable way by 2030 and ~~calls for the Commission to present a legislative proposal without delay, including with measures~~ to reduce excessive packaging ~~and promote reuse~~;

Amendment 566 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22

Amendment 567 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22

Amendment 568 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22

22. Reiterates the objective to make all packaging reusable or recyclable in an economically viable way by 2030 and calls for the Commission to present a legislative proposal without delay, including w~~ith~~aste prevention, reduction and reuse targets and other measures to reduce ~~excessive~~ packaging and promote ~~reuse~~closed reuse systems;

Amendment 569 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22

22. Reiterates the objective to make all packaging low carbon footprint, reusable or recyclable in an economically viable way by 2030 and calls for the Commission to present a legislative proposal without delay, including with measures to reduce excessive packaging, also in e-commerce, and promote reuse;

Amendment 57 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a f (new)

1af. Is concerned about the environmental and social impact of the electrical and electronics industry which has been developing into one of the largest industrial sector; urges the Commission when preparing the Circular Electronics Initiative to take into consideration the whole product life including the material use, greenhouse gas emissions from the production chemical use and waste, extraction and production of the materials;

Amendment 57 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital B

B. whereas up to 80 % of the environmental impacts of products are determined during the design phase; and only 12% of the materials used by the EU’s industry come from recycling1a; __________________ 1a https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/tgm/table.do ?tab=table&init=1&language=en&pcode =cei_srm030&plugin=1(as quoted from the European Green Deal)

Amendment 570 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22

22. Reiterates the objective to make all packaging reusable or recyclable through mechanical, organic or chemical recycling, in an economically viable way by 2030 and calls for the Commission to present a legislative proposal without delay, including with measures to reduce excessive packaging and promote reuse;

Amendment 571 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22

22. Reiterates the objective to make all packaging reusable or recyclable in an economically viable way by 2030 ~~and c~~; Calls for the Commission to present a legislative proposal without delay, based on robust evidence-based impact assessments, including with measures to reduce excessive packaging and promote reuse;

Amendment 572 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22

Amendment 573 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22

Amendment 574 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22

Amendment 575 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22

22. Reiterates the objective to make all packaging safe, reusable ~~or recyclable in an economically vi~~and by the end of the life cycle recyclable ~~way~~ by 2030 ~~and~~; calls for the Commission to present a legislative proposal without delay, including ~~with~~ measures to ~~reduce excessive packaging~~incentivise the reduction of avoidable plastic and promote reuse and refill;

Amendment 576 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22

Amendment 577 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22

22. Reiterates the objective to make alls much packaging as possible reusable or recyclable in an economically viable way by 2030 and calls for the Commission to present a legislative proposal without delay, including with measures to reduce excessive packaging and promote reuse;

Amendment 578 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)

22a. Calls on the Commission to support and explore the potentials for compatible national deposit return schemes to reach the needed collection rate of 90 % of plastic beverage containers and as a step towards establishing a single market for packaging, especially for neighbouring Member States. Compatible schemes could be reached by serialisation and codified and unified labelling. If a Member State does not have a scheme in place or plans to redesign their scheme, they should be encouraged to choose, by means of best practises and relevant scientific evidence, a scheme that is similar to or compatible with those of other Member States

Amendment 579 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)

22a. Calls on the Commission to support the separate collection and sorting of packaging waste as enshrined in Directive (EU)2018/852 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 May 2018 amending Directive 94/62/EC on packaging and packaging waste and ensure its timely transposition by Member States; calls on the Commission to assess the possibility to revise the identification system for packaging materials (Decision 97/129/EC) to facilitate separate collection for citizens according to the recyclability of packaging;

Amendment 58 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a g (new)

1ag. Calls on the Member States to maximise and promote the reuse, recycling, and recuperation of materials, including in their procurement strategies and publicly financed renovation and construction projects, e.g. by reviewing Green Public Procurement (GPP) targets and through streamlining energy efficiency, environmental and social criteria for building renovations;

Amendment 58 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)

Ba. whereas only 12% of the materials used by the EU’s industry come from recycling;

Amendment 580 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)

22a. Stresses that over-packaging is a widely used practice, notes that in accordance with the Directive on unfair trading practices business to consumer1a this could be regarded as misleading commercial practice, further notes that the Directive 2018/852 requires that packaging be so manufactured that the packaging volume and weight be limited to the minimum adequate amount; highlights that the set rules are insufficient to address the problem and calls for enforceable rules in this regard; __________________ 1a Art. 6 reads “A commercial practice shall be regarded as misleading if It contains false information and is therefore untruthful or in any way, including overall presentation, deceives or is likely to deceive the average consumer, even if the information is factually correct”, this concerns also “quantity”. Packaging includes factually correct information on the weight but then often the size of packaging is for the double that amount.

Amendment 581 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)

22a. Stresses the importance of reusable packaging along the entire supply chain, most notably with regards to the transport of goods; urges the Commission to propose measures to promote deposit-return schemes (DRS) beyond collection of beverage bottles for recycling, for example for reusable food containers, coffee cups and e-commerce and postage packaging, to help upscale reusable and refilling systems for packaging and ensure their economic competitiveness;

Amendment 582 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)

22a. Expresses shock at the quantity of packaging for every day objects and believes that alternative product distribution models must be explored with the aim to reduce such packaging; expresses particular concern at the unnecessary amounts of packaging for online purchases and calls for the Commission to address this with specific actions; calls for the Commission to assess options for encouraging and regulating for alternative product distribution models;

Amendment 583 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 b (new)

22b. Calls on the Commission to propose measures to reduce single use packaging, including by restricting the use of some packaging types/formats for certain applications, in particular where reusable products or systems are possible or consumer goods can be handled safely without packaging;

Amendment 584 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23

23. ~~Underlines the essential~~Acknowledges the role of packaging for product safety, in particular food safety, and hygiene; asks the ~~industry, however, to commit to~~Commission to present legal proposals to progressively reduc~~ing~~e the amount of packaging ~~it produces and~~, addressing both industry and retail with binding targets to develop more efficient and circular packaging solutions~~, and encourages initiatives such as the Circular Plastics Alliance~~;

Amendment 585 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23

23. Underlines the ~~essential~~ role of packaging for product safety~~, in particular food safety, and hygiene; asks the industry, however, to~~ in certain instances, in particular for hygiene and food safety in certain instances; insists that the industry commit to reducing the amount of packaging it produces and to develop more efficient and circular packaging solutions, ~~and encourages initiatives such as the Circular Plastics Alliance~~focusing primarily on packaging-free, reusable and refillable packaging in line with the waste hierarchy, and encourages initiatives such as the Circular Plastics Alliance; calls for better packaging design, including: more efficient formats and harmonised packaging formats, less complex materials, and no hazardous chemicals;

Amendment 586 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23

23. Underlines the ~~essential~~ role of packaging for product safety, in particular food safety, and hygiene; ~~asks the industry, however, to commit to~~considering the experience from voluntary agreements of the industry, calls for regulatory measures in order to significantly reduc~~ing~~e the amount of packaging it producesd by industry and to develop better packaging design including more efficient and circular packaging solutions~~, and encourages initiatives such as~~ such as harmonised packaging formats, focusing primarily on packaging- free, reusable and refillable packaging, while phasing out hazardous substances in packaging, and encourages ambitious targets for the Circular Plastics Alliance;

Amendment 587 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23

23. Underlines the essential role of packaging for product safety, in particular food safety, and hygiene, in reducing food waste, as well as enabling-information and distribution; asks the industry, however, to commit to reducing the amount of fossil-based, non-recyclable and, where applicable, non-reusable packaging it produces, and to develop more ~~efficie~~resource-efficient, low-carbon footprint and circular packaging solutions, and encourages initiatives such as the Circular Plastics Alliance and the European Paper Recycling Council;

Amendment 588 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23

23. Underlines the essential role of packaging for product safety, in particular food safety, and hygiene; asks the industry, however, to commit to reducing the amount of packaging it produces and to develop more efficient and circular packaging solutions, and encourages initiatives such as the Circular Plastics Alliance; underlines further the need to continue development of enhanced recycling technologies to improve circularity of material that cannot be reused for safety or product performance reasons;

Amendment 589 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23

23. Underlines the essential role of packaging for product safety, in particular food safety, and hygiene; asks the industry, however, to commit to reducing the amount of packaging it produces, to phase out hazardous substances in packaging and to develop more efficient and circular packaging solutions, and encourages initiatives such as the Circular Plastics Alliance; underlines the need for harmonised regulation of all food contact materials to achieve better protection and coherence.

Amendment 59 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a h (new)

1ah. Stresses the need for the adequate management and reduction of construction and demotion waste; notes that collection and take back schemes and sorting facilities should be created to ensure appropriate and safe handling of all construction waste, as well as for the recycling or reuse of building materials, for the safe handling, removal and substitution of hazardous substances in waste streams in order to protection the health of occupants and workers as well as the environment; calls on the Commission to propose concrete measures on these issues as part of the Circular Economy Action Plan and the Sustainable Built Environment Strategy;

Amendment 59 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital B

B. whereas up to 80 % of the environmental impacts of products are determined during the design phase, which also includes the choice of materials and substances used in goods production;

Amendment 590 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23

23. Underlines the essential role of packaging for product safety, in particular food safety, and hygiene; ~~asks the industry, however~~recalls, however, that one of the spill-over effects of the coronavirus crisis is the resurgence of single-use packaging; asks the industry, in view of the potential adverse environmental impact, to commit to reducing the amount of packaging it produces and to develop more efficient and circular packaging solutions, and encourages initiatives such as the Circular Plastics Alliance;

Amendment 591 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23

23. Underlines the essential role of packaging for product safety, in particular food safety, and hygiene; Highlights however that paperboard packaging is in number of products of unclear value1a .and asks the industry~~, however,~~ to commit to reducing the amount of packaging it produces to minimum necessary and to develop more efficient and circular packaging solutions, and encourages initiatives such as the Circular Plastics Alliance; __________________ 1ae.g. toothpaste and wide range of cosmetic products

Amendment 592 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23

23. Underlines the essential role of packaging for preservation, product safety, in particular food safety, and hygiene; asks the industry, however, to commit to reducing the amount of excessive packaging it produces put on the market and to develop more efficient and circular packaging solutions, and encourages ~~initiatives~~closed loop initiatives to improve the collection, sorting and recycling of packaging such as the Circular Plastics Alliance;

Amendment 593 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23

23. Underlines the essential role of packaging for product safety, in particular food safety, and hygiene; asks the industry, however, to commit to reducing the amount of packaging ~~it produces and to develop more efficient~~, to facilitate the use of reusable transport packaging and to develop more efficient formats, to use less complex materials and circular packaging solutions, and encourages initiatives such as the Circular Plastics Alliance and the European Plastics Pact;

Amendment 594 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23

23. Underlines the essential role of packaging for product safety, in particular food safety, and hygiene; asks the industry, however, to commit to substantially reducing the amount of packaging it produces and to develop more efficient and circular packaging solutions, including closed reused systems, while phasing out hazardous substances in packaging, and encourages initiatives such as the Circular Plastics Alliance;

Amendment 595 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23

23. Underlines the essential role of packaging for product safety, in particular food safety, and hygiene, as well as product quality, shelf life and information; asks the industry, however, to commit to reducing the amount of packaging it produces and to develop more efficient and circular packaging solutions, and encourages initiatives such as the Circular Plastics Alliance;

Amendment 596 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23

23. Underlines the essential role of packaging for product conservation and safety, in particular food safety, and hygiene; asks the industry, however, to commit to reducing the excessive amount of packaging it p~~roduces~~laces on the market and to develop more efficient and circular packaging solutions and improve how packaging is collected, sorted and recycled, and encourages initiatives such as the Circular Plastics Alliance;

Amendment 597 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23

23. Underlines the essential role of packaging for preservation, product safety, in particular food safety, and hygiene; asks the industry, however, to commit to reducing the amount of packaging it produces and to develop more efficient and circular packaging solutions, and encourages initiatives to improve the collection, sorting and recycling of packaging such as the Circular Plastics Alliance;

Amendment 598 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23

23. Underlines the essential role of packaging for product safety, in particular food safety, and hygiene; asks the industry, ––however, to commit to reducing the amount of non-recyclable packaging it produces and to develop more efficient and circular, packaging solutions, including bio-based and organically recyclable packaging, and encourages initiatives such as the Circular Plastics Alliance;

Amendment 599 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23

23. Underlines the essential role of packaging for preservation, product safety, in particular food safety, and hygiene; asks the industry, however, to commit to reducing the amount of ~~packaging it produces~~excessive packaging put on the market and to develop more efficient and circular packaging solutions, and encourages ~~initiatives such as the Circular Plastics Alliance~~closed loop initiatives to improve the collection, sorting and recycling of packaging;

Amendment 6 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 a (new)

-1a. Notes that achieving a circular economy is crucial in reaching our climate targets, as focusing on reducing demand, and focusing on energy efficiency requires the least increase in electricity generation and the least investments in the energy supply sectors, as identified in the EC communication(COM/2018/773) A Clean Planet for All;

Amendment 6 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 1 a (new)

— having regard to the ‘Chemical Strategy for Sustainability Towards a Toxic-Free Environment’ of 14 October 2020, (COM(2020) 667 final),

Amendment 60 #

Linea SØGAARD-LIDELL, Nicolae ŞTEFĂNUȚĂ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a i (new)

1ai. Calls on the Commission to support research and development (R&D) programmes for efficient construction materials and, taking into account the social situation, calls for a low cost renewable energy based heating system to be implemented in rural and remote areas;

Amendment 60 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital B

B. whereas ~~up to 80 % of th~~the negative environmental impacts of products ~~are determin~~can be reduced during the design phase;

Amendment 600 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23

23. Underlines the essential role of packaging for product safety, in particular food safety, and hygiene; asks the industry, however, to commit to reducing the amount of packaging it produces and to develop more efficient and circular packaging solutions, to phase out hazardous substances in packaging, and encourages initiatives such as the Circular Plastics Alliance;

Amendment 601 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23

23. Underlines the essential role of packaging for product safety, in particular food safety, and hygiene; asks the industry, however, to commit to avoid unnecessary packaging and to reducing the amount of packaging it produces and to develop more efficient and circular packaging solutions, and encourages initiatives such as the Circular Plastics Alliance;

Amendment 602 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23

23. Underlines the essential role of packaging for product safety, in particular food safety, and hygiene; asks the industry, however, to commit to reducing the amount of excessive packaging it produces and to develop more efficient and circular packaging solutions, and encourages initiatives such as the Circular Plastics Alliance and Plastics Pacts;

Amendment 603 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23

23. Underlines the essential role of packaging for product safety, in particular food safety, and hygiene; asks the industry, ~~however,~~ to commit to reducing the amount of packaging it produces and to develop more efficient, reusable and circular packaging solutions, and encourages initiatives such as the Circular Plastics Alliance;

Amendment 604 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23

23. Underlines the essential role of packaging for product safety, in particular food safety, and hygiene; asks the industry, however, ~~to commit~~ to reduc~~ing~~e the amount of packaging it produces and to develop ~~more~~ efficient and circular packaging solutions, and encourages initiatives such as the Circular Plastics Alliance;

Amendment 605 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)

23a. Points out that recycling systems can function better where material streams are closed and food packaging is correctly sorted; calls on the Commission to develop a uniform labelling scheme;

Amendment 606 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)

23a. Acknowledges the growth of online sales, with an increase of parcel deliveries; urges the Commission to take measures to ascertain that all online sellers, regardless of their location, comply with the essential requirements and report and contribute financially to the EPR systems in the EU Member States where the products are placed on the market; requests the Commission to take measures to ensure parcels are made up of the least possible amount of packaging based on sustainable packaging, without compromising the safety of the products;

Amendment 607 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)

23a. Urges the Commission to take measures to ascertain that all online sellers and the owners of platforms and market places on behalf of all sellers on their websites, regardless of their location, comply with the essential requirements and to report and contribute financially to the EPR systems in the EU Member States where the products are placed on the market;

Amendment 608 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 b (new)

23b. Supports the promotion of transparent Extended Producers Responsibility (EPR) fees for packaging. These fees should also reflect the ease with which a certain type of packaging can be recycled; it should reflect the likelihood of the packaging of being separately collected, sorted and actually recycled even after numerous recycling loops;

Amendment 609 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 c (new)

23c. Calls on the Commission to identify and analyse the effectiveness of the existing schemes and new criteria developed in the Member States to eco- modulate EPR fees, in particular, for packaging;

Amendment 61 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a j (new)

1aj. Asks the Commission to consider introducing a Digital Product Passport which should provide transparent product information about the environmental and social impacts of the products, including information about the product lifespan and availability of repair services and spare parts;

Amendment 61 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital B b (new)

Bb. whereas the International Resource Panel, in its report ‘Global Resources Outlook 2019’, estimates that the extraction and processing of world’s material resources (biomass, including food crops, metals, minerals, and fossil fuels) has an impact on global biodiversity and water stress (accounts for more than 90%), on global climate change emissions (approximately half), and health impacts (about one third); whereas these figures illustrate the central role of resource management and the need to step up action at all levels and across the world;

Amendment 610 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 c (new)

23c. Underlines the essential role of consistent and ambitious EPR schemes that incentivise reduction and phase out of waste, particularly hard-to-recycle formats/materials;

Amendment 611 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)

23a. Repeats that the legislation on food contact materials (FCMs) should be revised; insists in particular on the need for comprehensive, harmonised regulation of all FCMs, which should be based on the precautionary principle, the principle of ‘no data, no market’, comprehensive safety assessments that address all the relevant safety and health end points and are based on the latest scientific data for all chemicals used in FCMs, effective enforcement and improved information to consumers;

Amendment 612 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)

23a. Given the food packaging’s high impacts on the environment, particularly when littered, calls on the Commission to clarify the concepts of “(over)packaging” and “unnecessary packaging”; asks, therefore, to the Commission to increase the sustainability of food distribution and through specific measures; in addition, call on the Commission to take into account new business models, such as, packaging free shops and analyse its potential impact on the environment and consumers’ convenience;

Amendment 613 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)

23a. Reiterates that high-quality recycling creates real market demand for recycled material and is among the key factors in the drive to increase the total amount of packaging being collected, sorted and recycled, calls for a use of modern and efficient sorting equipment and separation technologies combined with a better eco-design of packaging, including the need to re-design packaging solutions based on improved LCA- criteria;

Amendment 614 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)

23a. Calls on the Commission to carry out economic impact assessments of all the measures proposed under the New Circular Economy Action Plan, in order not to jeopardise firms’ existing and future innovation initiatives, without overburdening firms under extended product responsibility arrangements;

Amendment 615 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)

23a. Underlines that separate collection of waste is a prerequisite for high-quality input to the recycling operation; calls on the Member States to improve and harmonise existing separate collection systems at national level and calls on the European Commission to ensure the proper implementation of the Waste Framework Directive;

Amendment 616 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)

23a. Underlines that separate collection of waste is a prerequisite for high-quality recycling; calls on the Member States to improve and harmonise existing separate collection systems at national level and calls on the European Commission to ensure the proper implementation of the Waste Framework Directive.

Amendment 617 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)

23a. Underlines that separate collection of waste is a prerequisite for high-quality recycling; calls on the Member States to improve and harmonise existing separate collection systems and calls on the European Commission to ensure the proper implementation of the Waste Framework Directive;

Amendment 618 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)

23a. Calls on the Commission to analyse various types of packaging used in e-commerce to determine best practices in optimising packaging to reduce over- packaging; calls on the Commission to endorse re-use of the packaging materials to deliver several items as an alternative to single-use packaging materials;

Amendment 619 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)

23a. Stresses the major role that bulk sales can play in reducing the use of packaging, and calls on the Commission and Member States to encourage this type of measure while ensuring food safety and hygiene;

Amendment 62 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Underlines that research into materials, processes, technologies ~~and~~, products and innovative circular business models, as well as into their industrial scale-up and societal take-up, can provide European companies with a worldwide competitive advantage; believes that shortening ~~a number of~~, diversifying and making more sustainable value chains would make European industrial ecosystems more resilient, competitive and profitable~~, as well as promote the EU’s strategic autonomy~~; stresses further that research in prevention, reuse, remanufacture and repair have been limited, disadvantaged and underfinanced compared to research in recycling; in that regard, stresses the importance of significantly increasing the prioritising and funding of research in prevention, reuse, reparability, upgradability and remanufacture of products, value chains, as well as circular business models and product infrastructures;

Amendment 62 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)

Ba. whereas According to European Environment Agency (EEA) estimates, between 1996 and 2012, the amount of clothes bought per person in the EU increased by 40%, while at the same time, more than 30% of clothes in wardrobes in Europe have not been used for at least a year. Moreover, once discarded, over half the garments are not recycled, but end up in mixed household waste and are subsequently sent to incinerators or landfill1a; __________________ 1a Environmental Indicator Report 2014: Environmental Impacts of Production- Consumption Systems in Europe. European Environmental Agency 2014.

Amendment 620 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)

23a. Calls for the introduction of mandatory deposit schemes for all small beverage containers;

Amendment 621 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)

23a. Calls for the phase out of Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals (EDCs), starting from the food contact materials;

Amendment 622 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 b (new)

23b. Welcomes the intention of the Commission to establish rules for the safe recycling into food contact materials of plastic materials other than PET, calls on the Commission to also establish rules on other streams including the inks, liners and glues allowed on the internal market to ensure that hazardous chemicals and compounds, such as heavy metals, MOSH/MOAH and other endocrine disrupting and otherwise hazardous chemicals do not end up in recycled plastic, paper and card board to ensure safe food packaging;

Amendment 623 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 b (new)

23b. Supports the promotion of transparent eco-modulated Extended Producers Responsibility (EPR) fees for packaging. These fees should also reflect the ease with which a certain type of packaging can be recycled; it should reflect the likelihood of the packaging of being separately collected, sorted and actually recycled even after numerous recycling trips. These recyclability criteria should also take into account the properties of the recycled material and its ability to replace the corresponding virgin material.

Amendment 624 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 b (new)

23b. Repeats that the legislation on food contact materials (FCMs) should be revised; insists in particular on the need for comprehensive, harmonised regulation of all FCMs, which should be based on the precautionary principle, the principle of ‘no data, no market’, comprehensive safety assessments that address all the relevant safety and health endpoints and are based on the latest scientific data for all chemicals used in FCMs, effective enforcement and improved information to consumers;

Amendment 625 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 b (new)

23b. Urges the Commission to set an overall cap on the amount of single-use packaging material put on the EU market, and to restrict the use of some packaging types/formats for certain applications, in particular where reusable products or systems are possible or consumer goods can be handled safely without packaging;

Amendment 626 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 b (new)

23b. Calls on the Commission, as part of revision of Directive 94/62/EC on packaging, to ban single-use plastic bags with a thickness of more than 50 microns after a feasibility impact assessment by sector and territory;

Amendment 627 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 b (new)

23b. Calls on the Commission to create economic incentives for new technologies, materials and designs to make packaging more sustainable and reduce the amount of packaging to what is strictly necessary to preserve the fundamental qualities of a product;

Amendment 628 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 c (new)

23c. Calls for more attention to the large number of disposable cups, food packaging and beverage bottles and cans which are sold at public transport hubs, calls on the Commission and the Member States to install binding reduction targets for disposables sold at train stations, airports and other major hubs; calls for the availability of drinking water points at all train stations;

Amendment 629 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 c (new)

23c. Emphasises that it is industry’s interest to insist on the essential importance of packaging in our daily lives, when it of course is a relatively new feature of modern life, and believes that measures taken on packaging must be regulatory measures that lead to real reductions in packaging;

Amendment 63 #

Robert HAJŠEL, Łukasz KOHUT, Josianne CUTAJAR, Csaba MOLNÁR, Carlos ZORRINHO

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Underlines that research into materials, processes, technologies and products, as well as into their industrial scale-up, can provide European companies with a worldwide competitive advantage; believes that shortening a number of value chains would make European industrial ecosystems more resilient, competitive and profitable, as well as promote the EU’s strategic autonomy; developing synergy between sectors for an effective EU circular industry; that supports industrial reconstruction and just transformation towards climate-neutrality objectives.

Amendment 63 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)

Ba. whereas ECHA has adopted a scientific opinion to restrict the use of micro plastics that are intentionally added to products on the EU/EEA market, in concentrations of more than 0.01 % weight by weight.;

Amendment 630 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 d (new)

23d. Believes that food safety is not compromised by absence of packaging, but by intensive agriculture and long distribution chains; does not accept the industry myth that packaging, particularly plastic packaging, is necessary for food safety and hygiene; calls for common sense and the uptake of reuse distribution models for food purchases;

Amendment 631 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 d (new)

23d. Highlights the success of the ban on plastic carrier bags in many countries including the Netherlands and Belgium, urges the Commission to ban plastic bags throughout the Union, calls for accompanying measures to avoid a switch to free bags of other materials and to encourage the use of long lasting carrier bags by consumers;

Amendment 632 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 d (new)

23d. Underlines the essential role of innovation funds and programmes for material reduction and recycling innovations;

Amendment 633 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 e (new)

23e. Stresses that food safety can be guaranteed, not through packaging, but through local, short food supply chains of seasonal and organic food; notes how food safety scandals occur to a large extent where industrial agriculture is involved, particularly animal agriculture; believes we should radically reduce packaging on food and move away from the supermarket model, which incentivises intensive food production;

Amendment 634 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 e (new)

23e. Warmly welcomes the many initiatives of package free products and retails points, especially in dedicated shops, invites the Commission to scale up this movement by demanding of supermarkets to install at least one plastic free aisle where consumers can access products in bulk and take them home in their own reusable packaging and storage options;

Amendment 635 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 e (new)

23e. Calls for the introduction and use of mandatory deposit systems such as those created for bottles, which allow the quality of the material to be maintained at approximately the same level from one use to the next;

Amendment 636 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24

24. Urges the Commission to tackle microplastics in a comprehensive way~~, including~~ by adopting a ~~comprehensive~~general phase-out of intentionally added microplastics ~~and through new measures, including~~by 2022 and by reducing, through new mandatory regulatory measures, ~~against~~ the unintentional release of all microplastics, including for example from textiles, tyres ~~and~~, artificial turf and during the production of plastic pellets; stresses the need to close the gaps in scientific knowledge on microplastics while acknowledging that the need for further knowledge should by no means limit short term actions based on the precautionary principle;

Amendment 637 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24

24. Urges the Commission to tackle microplastics in a comprehensive way~~, including~~ by adopting a ~~comprehensive~~ general phase-out of intentionally added microplastics ~~and through new measures, including~~by 2022 and by preventing, through new mandatory regulatory measures, ~~against~~ the unintentional release of all microplastics, ~~for example~~including from textiles, tyres ~~and~~, artificial turf and production plastic pellets; stresses the need to ~~close the gaps in scientific knowledge on microplastics~~take immediate actions based on the precautionary principle;

Amendment 638 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24

24. Urges the Commission to tackle microplastics in a comprehensive way, including by ~~adopting a comprehensive phase~~phasing-out of intentionally added microplastics by 2022 and through new measures, including regulatory ~~measur~~ones, against the unintentional release of all microplastics, for example from textiles, tyres and plastic pellets; stresses the need to close the gaps in scientific knowledge on microplastics and the urgency to take short term actions based on the precautionary principle;

Amendment 639 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24

24. Urges the Commission to swiftly tackle microplastics in a comprehensive and legally binding way, including by adopting a comprehensive phase-out of all intentionally added microplastics, including artificial turf and synthetic fertilisers and through new measures, including regulatory measures, against the unintentional release of plastics, for example from textiles, tyres and plastic pellets; stresses the need to close the gaps in scientific knowledge on microplastics;

Amendment 64 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Underlines that research into circular materials, processes, technologies ~~and~~, products and business models , as well as into their industrial scale-up, can provide European companies with a worldwide competitive advantage; believes that ~~shortening~~diversifying, shortening and making more sustainable a number of value chains would make European industrial ecosystems more resilient, competitive and pro~~fitable~~sperous, as well as promote the EU’s strategic autonomy;

Amendment 64 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)

Ba. whereas the EU could become a world leader in industry if it were to harness the considerable potential of the circular economy and bioeconomy;

Amendment 640 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24

24. Urges the Commission to tackle microplastics in a comprehensive way, including by adopting a comprehensive phase-out of intentionally added microplastics and through new measures, including regulatory measures, against the unintentional release of plastics, for example from textiles, tyres and plastic pellets; stresses the need to close the gaps in scientific knowledge on microplastics and nanoplastics; highlights that these new insights will foster innovation towards the development of safer alternatives and develop competitive markets with microplastics-free products;

Amendment 641 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24

24. Urges the Commission to tackle microplastics in a comprehensive way, including by adopting a comprehensive phase-out of intentionally added microplastics and through new measures, including regulatory measures, against the unintentional release of plastics, for example from textiles, tyres and plastic pellets; stresses the need to expand collection rates and systems and to drastically reduce the unnecessary use of single-use plastic; stresses the need to close the gaps in scientific knowledge on microplastics;

Amendment 642 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24

24. Urges the Commission to tackle ~~micro~~plastics in a comprehensive way including microplastics and nanoplastics, including by adopting a comprehensive phase-out of intentionally added microplastics and through new measures, including regulatory measures, against the unintentional release of plastics of all size, for example from textiles, tyres and plastic pellets; stresses the need to close the gaps in scientific knowledge on microplastics and nanoplastics;

Amendment 643 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24

24. Urges the Commission to tackle microplastics in a comprehensive way, including by adopting a comprehensive phase-out of intentionally added microplastics and through new measures, including regulatory measures, against the unintentional release of plastics, for example from t~~extiles, tyr~~yres (most important pollution source), textiles and plastic pellets; stresses the need to close the gaps in scientific knowledge on microplastics;

Amendment 644 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24

24. Urges the Commission to tackle microplastics in a comprehensive way, including by adopting a comprehensive phase-out of intentionally added microplastics and through evaluation of possible new measures, including regulatory measures, against the unintentional release of plastics, for example from textiles, tyres and plastic pellets; stresses the need to close the gaps in scientific knowledge on microplastics;

Amendment 645 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24

24. Urges the Commission to tackle microplastics in a comprehensive way, including by adopting a comprehensive phase-out of intentionally added microplastics and through new measures, including regulatory measures, against the unintentional release of plastics~~, for example from~~ at source, in particular for textiles, tyres and plastic pellets; stresses the need to close the gaps in scientific knowledge on microplastics;

Amendment 646 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)

24a. Calls on the Commission to stop or phase out the sale of a range of specific plastic products that by nature and use are designed to be thrown on the ground in the outdoors after one single use; plastic products that in practice require an enormous amount of effort to clean up afterwards; a category of literally ‘single- throw plastic’; including plastics in fireworks, waterballoons, plastic-confetti and fake-plastic-snow;

Amendment 647 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)

24a. Underlines that the biggest share of the microplastic pollution originates in the degradation of macro-plastics in the environment and supports that all plastic products should be targeted with specific measures in the framework of the new European CEAP and sustainable products initiative to prevent the release of secondary microplastics in the environment;

Amendment 648 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)

24a. Underlines that the biggest share of the microplastic pollution originates in the degradation of macro-plastics in the environment and supports that plastic products should be targeted with specific measures such as ecodesign requirements during production phase to prevent the release of secondary microplastics in the environment;

Amendment 649 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)

24a. Highlights that single use products are a significant burden on the environment and on resources, stresses that single use should be phased out to the extent possible and rejects the initiatives calling for a replacement of single use plastic by other type of single use products;

Amendment 65 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Underlines that research into green chemistry, sustainable materials, processes, technologies and products, as well as into their industrial scale-up, can provide European companies with a worldwide competitive advantage; believes that shortening a number of value chains would make European industrial ecosystems more resilient, competitive and profitable, as well as promote the EU’s strategic autonomy;

Amendment 65 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital B b (new)

Bb. whereas resources consist of raw materials, the quality of ecosystems and the use of ecosystem services, such as clean water, flood water retention and pollination;

Amendment 650 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)

24a. Welcomes the EU Strategy for Plastics in the Circular Economy and urges the Commission to propose mandatory requirements for recycled content and waste reduction measures for key products such as packaging, construction materials and vehicles;

Amendment 651 #

Pascal ARIMONT, Hildegard BENTELE, Henna VIRKKUNEN, Maria da Graça CARVALHO, Isabel WISELER-LIMA, Edina TÓTH, Tom BERENDSEN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)

24a. Calls on the Commission to address contamination of all primary micro-plastics along the plastics supply chain, including pre-production plastic pellets, as they also represent a major source of micro-plastic contamination;

Amendment 652 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)

24a. Calls on the Commission to look into the sources, distribution, fate and effects of both macro- and micro-plastics in the context of wastewater treatment and storm water management;

Amendment 653 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)

24a. Calls for the Commission to consider amending the Single Use Plastics Directive to add other plastic items to Annex B, particularly to ban light-weight plastic bags;

Amendment 654 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)

24a. Proposes to explore innovative mechanisms such as cap and trade mechanisms and/or virgin plastic tax for virgin inputs to the petrochemical or plastics industry;

Amendment 655 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)

24a. Calls on the European Commission to propose the necessary measures to ensure that by 2025 all plastics packaging put on the markets are recyclable;

Amendment 656 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)

24a. Urges the Commission to make proposals for extension of the list of single-use plastics included in the Directive (EU) 2019/904;

Amendment 657 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)

24a. Supports the Commission proposal for a tax on non recyclable plastics to contribute to the EU’s Own Resources;

Amendment 658 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)

24a. Calls on the Commission to set a 2030 binding reduction target for plastic production;

Amendment 659 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 b (new)

24b. Criticises the Commission for setting up the Circular Plastics Alliance and allowing the plastics industry another avenue to further greenwash itself; insists that the Commission abandon voluntary action approaches, including pledges, in particular for the regulation of the plastics economy; notes with concern that the declaration on the Circular Plastics Alliance does not once mention reduction in plastics and is only concerned with promoting the use of more recycled plastics in Europe through voluntary action; stresses that such approaches slow down and obstruct the circular economy and frustrate necessary regulatory measures;

Amendment 66 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Underlines that research into materials, processes, technologies and products, as well as into their industrial scale-up, can provide European companies with a worldwide competitive advantage; believes that shortening a number of value chains would make European industrial ecosystems more resilient, competitive and profitable, as well as promot, by employing circular economy strategies, European companies could reduce their dependency on scarce natural resources and hedge against price volatility, reduce manufacturing costs and generate new revenue streams; thereby providing them with a worldwide competitive advantage and enhance the EU’s strategic autonomy;

Amendment 66 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital B c (new)

Bc. whereas the sustainable and responsible sourcing of primary raw materials is critical to achieve resource efficiency and meeting the circular economy objectives; thus sustainable sourcing standards for priority materials and commodities need to be developed;

Amendment 660 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 b (new)

24b. Urges the Commission, following on the ECHA opinion on the microplastics restriction, to make a legislative proposal to implement best practices to minimise losses of plastic pellets, flakes and powders into the environment, together with remedial measures where spillage does occur, across the entire supply chain, including producers, distributers, transporters, recyclers, converters and manufacturers, with accompanying measures on reporting and certification to promote compliance.

Amendment 661 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 b (new)

24b. Calls on the Commission to use the guidelines as set up in the Dutch Plastic Covenant and the Dutch Splash Covenant, drafted by the Plastic soup surfers and Zwerfinator and signed by several Dutch companies, as an example to phase out or ban certain products straight away; as data suggests that the implementation of these two treaties will have an effect on urban plastic litter which is equal to the effect of the ban of the 10 products banned within the Single Use Plastics Directive.

Amendment 662 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 b (new)

24b. Considers that the Commission, following on the ECHA opinion on the microplastics restriction, should propose a legislative framework setting out obligations to implement best practices to minimise losses of plastic pellets, flakes and powders into the environment, together with remedial measures where spillage does occur, across the entire supply chain;

Amendment 663 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 b (new)

24b. Calls on the European Commission to assess the potential extension of the list of single use products restricted from the European single market, such as tea bags in non- biodegradable plastic

Amendment 664 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 b (new)

24b. Calls on the Commission to propose a ban on the use of plastic on teabags;

Amendment 665 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 c (new)

24c. Underscores that biodegradable and compostable plastics run contrary to the circular economy and the waste hierarchy, and thus do not play a role in closing the loop; stresses that there is no use for biodegradable plastics where they are beneficial to the environment over non-biodegradable and non-plastic alternatives; calls on the Commission to go beyond substantiating “biodegradable” claims and regulate to ensure single use plastics are not substituted by biodegradable plastics;

Amendment 666 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 c (new)

24c. Raises caution that bio-based and/or biodegradable plastics alone provides no solution to the environmental concerns related to plastics, such as littering, difficulty of reuse and recycling, substances of concern, greenhouse gas emissions and resource use;

Amendment 667 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 d (new)

24d. Calls on the Commission in addressing the emerging sustainability challenges with the policy framework on bio-based plastics to ensure that their environmental impact is assessed in comparison to non-biodegradable and non-plastic alternatives; recalls that the Single Use Plastics Directive definition of ‘single use plastic product’ encompassed bio-based and biodegradable plastics precisely because they pose the same end- of-life problems as conventional plastics;

Amendment 668 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 c (new)

24c. Calls on the Commission to stimulate and facilitate reuse options for on-the-go plastic packaging and containers; endorse in this regard the implementation of so called latte-levy’s; a financial incentive on individual level which greatly stimulates the use of reusable cups.

Amendment 669 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 c (new)

24c. Urges the Commission to set a target to prevent and reduce the environmental impact of waste from tobacco products, and in particular tobacco product filters containing plastic;

Amendment 67 #

Amendment 67 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital B d (new)

Bd. whereas an excessive use of resources is the root cause of various environmental hazards, such as climate change, desertification, deforestation and biodiversity loss;

Amendment 670 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 c (new)

24c. Calls for the adoption of a European target to end the placing on the market of single-use plastics.

Amendment 671 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 c (new)

24c. Encourages the proposition of clear global standards of materials, products, design, recycling;

Amendment 672 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 d (new)

24d. Urges the Commission to continue its implementation of the European Strategy for Plastics in a Circular Economy, notably in driving better design, new businessmodels and innovative products that offer more sustainable consumption patterns;

Amendment 673 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 d (new)

24d. Recognises the potential of biodegradable and compostable plastic in replacing virgin plastic for those single- use applications where there is no reusable alternative available;

Amendment 674 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 d (new)

24d. Calls on the Commission to devise measures to assess the risk of littering of plastic products at the design phase for outdoor use, such as toys, games and decoration.

Amendment 675 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 d (new)

24d. Encourages the allocation of funding to support countries in the Global South with collection and disposal of plastic waste;

Amendment 676 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 e (new)

24e. Notes that the Commission does not plan to actually reduce plastics in the circular economy, and only restricts itself to measures to reduce plastic litter; calls for measures to be taken to lead to an absolute reduction plastic production and circulation in the single market;

Amendment 677 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 e (new)

24e. Urges the Commission and Member States to create a consistent transparency framework and reporting obligations for all value chain players on the production, trade, use and end-of-life management of plastics;

Amendment 678 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 e (new)

24e. Emphasises that products should only be labelled as ‘reusable’ if they can be reused at least 100 times;

Amendment 679 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 f (new)

24f. Calls on the Commission to assess options for promoting the uptake of reusable menstrual items and addressing the toxicity of single-use menstrual items;

Amendment 68 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Underlines that research into sustainable materials, processes, technologies and products, as well as into their industrial scale-up, can ~~provid~~benefit the European companies ~~with a worldwide competitive advantage~~as well as the people and the environment; believes that shortening a number of value chains would ~~make European industrial ecosystems more resilient, competitive and profitable, as well as promote the EU’s strategic autonomy~~lead to sustainable, fair and resilient European industrial ecosystems;

Amendment 68 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital B e (new)

Be. whereas ambitious circular economy a vital tool in reaching the 2030 and 2050 climate targets and carbon neutrality, as without further action growth in the demand for materials and inefficient use will lead to a further increase in global GHG by 40% by 20601a; __________________ 1a https://www.resourcepanel.org/reports/glo bal-resources-outlook

Amendment 680 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 f (new)

24f. Urges the Commission to develop EPR schemes that hold producers and consumers accountable for the end-of-life of plastic products;

Amendment 681 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 f (new)

24f. Supports the proposal for a tax on non-recycled plastics to contribute to the EU’s Own Resources

Amendment 682 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 g (new)

24g. Calls for further eco-modulation of fees and EPR measures to be taken particularly for plastics;

Amendment 683 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 h (new)

24h. calls for measures that would take a transformative approach to the plastics economy, especially in relation to upstream measures, including taxing virgin plastics and reasons;

Amendment 684 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 i (new)

24i. Notes with deep concern the exponential growth of plastic production since its inception and how related this is to oil extraction and fracking booms; calls on the Commission to bring forward a strategy to keep fossil fuels in the grounds, and to advocate an international treaty on non-proliferation of fossil fuels under the UNFCCC;

Amendment 685 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25

25. Underlines the importance of a new comprehensive EU strategy for textiles to promote sustainability in the EU textile sector and address the full range of human health and environmental impacts throughout the value chain; including alternatives for high heat processing, circular business models(resale/sharing), closed-loop systems for textiles to be recycled as fibres back to material production and proper transparency and traceability with the information on the environmental impact, such as durability and longevity, recyclability, chemicals, carbon footprint, but also about the production process;

Amendment 686 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25

25. Underlines the importance of a new comprehensive EU strategy for textiles to promote sustainability in the EU textile sector ~~and~~by using a coherent set of policy instruments to address the full range of environmental and social impacts throughout the value chain; by improving the design of textiles to increase durability, reusability and mechanical recyclability, notably through a combination of ecodesign type requirements, producer responsibility schemes, mandatory labelling schemes; and EU Human Rights and Environmental Due Diligence legislation;

Amendment 687 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25

25. Underlines the importance of a new comprehensive EU strategy for textiles to promote sustainability in the EU textile sector ~~and~~by using a coherent set of policy instruments to address the full range of environmental and social impacts throughout the value chain, notably through a combination of eco-design type requirements, producer responsibility schemes, mandatory labelling schemes, and EU Human Rights and Environmental Due Diligence legislation;

Amendment 688 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25

25. Underlines the importance of a new comprehensive EU strategy for textiles to promote sustainability in the EU textile sector ~~and~~by using a coherent set of policy instruments to address the full range of environmental and social impacts throughout the value chain, notably through a combination of ecodesign type requirements, producer responsibility schemes, mandatory labelling schemes; and due diligence legislation;

Amendment 689 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25

Amendment 69 #

Ivars IJABS, Fredrick FEDERLEY, Christophe GRUDLER, Andrus ANSIP, Klemen GROŠELJ, Bart GROOTHUIS, Susana SOLÍS PÉREZ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Calls on the Commission to steer the activities of the Horizon Europe program towards supporting research and innovation to increase efficiency of industrial processes, develop innovative and sustainable products, processes, technologies and services and non- technological solutions for the circular economy, particularly in the areas of circular industries and circular bio-based solutions.

Amendment 69 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital B f (new)

Bf. whereas Europe is more dependent on imported resources than any other region in the world and its competitiveness can be increased only by getting more added value out of resources in the economy;

Amendment 690 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25

25. Underlines the importance of a new comprehensive EU strategy for textiles to promote sustainability in the EU textile sector and address the full range of environmental impacts throughout the value chain; calls, as part of that strategy, for consumer information systems to be developed on product environmental impact and for reuse to be promoted;

Amendment 691 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25

25. Underlines the importance of a new comprehensive EU strategy for textiles to promote sustainability, traceability and transparency in the EU textile and clothing sector and address the full range of environmental impacts throughout the value chain, inter alia by improving its resource efficiency as well as the recyclability and reuse of textiles and by promoting the use of high quality fibers;

Amendment 692 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25

25. Underlines the importance of a new comprehensive EU strategy for textiles to promote sustainability in the EU textile sector, support re-use and recycling of used textiles and address the full range of environmental impacts throughout the value chain; by improving the design of textiles to ease their re-usability, recyclability and use of recycled fibers;

Amendment 693 #

Pascal ARIMONT, Hildegard BENTELE, Henna VIRKKUNEN, Maria da Graça CARVALHO, Isabel WISELER-LIMA, Edina TÓTH, Tom BERENDSEN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25

25. Underlines the importance of a new comprehensive EU strategy for textiles to promote reusability and sustainability in the EU textile sector and address the full range of environmental impacts throughout the value chain; Calls on this strategy to consider developing an Extended Producer Responsibility scheme for textiles.

Amendment 694 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25

25. Underlines the importance of a new comprehensive EU strategy for textiles to promote sustainability in the EU textile sector and address the full range of environmental impacts throughout the value chain taking into account the global nature of value chains and the international dimension of fast-fashion;

Amendment 695 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25

25. Underlines the importance of a new comprehensive EU strategy for textiles and clothing to promote sustainability in the EU textile and clothing sector and address the full range of environmental impacts throughout the value chain;

Amendment 696 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25

Amendment 697 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25

25. Underlines the importance of a new comprehensive EU strategy for textiles to promote sustainability in the EU textile sector and address the full range of environmental and social impacts throughout the value chain;

Amendment 698 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)

25a. Stresses that action on textiles need not be based on industrial competitiveness and innovation in the sector, as we have seen that innovation in this sector over the past few decades has made the recycling and textiles only more difficult; notes that the EU does not hold the industrial competitive advantage in this sector globally and therefore must insure that imports of textiles meet environmental standards; stresses that action to introduce circularity to textiles cannot be based on developing a niche market for sustainable and circular textiles, but must overhaul the textiles sector with regulatory measures, and calls for the comprehensive Strategy for Textiles to regulate the industry;

Amendment 699 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)

25a. stresses that the strategy and legislation for the textile industry is urgently needed; considers that resource use is a significant problem and the focus needs to be put on designing out waste; Calls on the Commission to set up binding targets for material efficiency increase of 50% by 2030 for the industry as a whole, and targets for durability, and textile waste reduction, with a commitment to high-quality recycling back to textiles;

Amendment 7 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

Amendment 7 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 1 a (new)

— - having regard to the Commission communication of 10 March 2020 entitled ´A new Industrial Strategy for Europe´ (COM (2020)0102),

Amendment 70 #

Pascal ARIMONT, Hildegard BENTELE, Henna VIRKKUNEN, Maria da Graça CARVALHO, Isabel WISELER-LIMA, Edina TÓTH, Tomas TOBÉ, Sara SKYTTEDAL, Tom BERENDSEN

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Stresses the crucial role of wood- based materials in substituting fossil- based alternatives and alternatives with a higher environmental footprint in industries such as fuels transport, construction, textiles, chemicals and packaging, and the need to fully take into account the climate and environmental benefits of this material substitution;

Amendment 70 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital B g (new)

Bg. whereas the later we act, the harder, more uncertain and more expensive it will be to achieve the targets;

Amendment 700 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)

25a. Recalls that 60% by value of clothing in the EU is currently produced elsewhere, and that there are important externalities in terms of environmental and social impacts, that should be addressed;

Amendment 701 #

Miapetra KUMPULA-NATRI, Patrizia TOIA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)

25a. Stresses the need for a change in the EU’s trade policy with a view to securing the supply of more environmentally and socially sustainable textiles;

Amendment 702 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 b (new)

25b. Notes with concern the Commission’s approach to sustainable textiles based on empowering business and private consumers to choose sustainable textiles and believes this approach will not bring any change to the sector; stresses that unsustainable textiles are mass produced and sold because they are cheaper and therefore more accessible to people; calls on measures, therefore, to address the affordability of sustainable textiles;

Amendment 703 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 c (new)

25c. Recalls its resolution on the second anniversary of the Rana Plaza building collapse and progress of the Bangladesh Sustainability Compact, and highlights other tragic disasters that happen in the textile industry; calls for the Commission to join the dots and ensure sustainable textile industry;

Amendment 704 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 d (new)

25d. Calls for the Commission to set a separate collection of textile waste for each Member State by 2025;

Amendment 705 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 e (new)

25e. Regrets that the EU Strategy for Textiles is not included in the Commission’s Work Programme for 2021, despite it being promised in 2021 in the Circular Economy Action Plan;

Amendment 706 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26

26. Welcomes the application of the new product policy framework on textiles~~; calls inter alia for measures against microfibre loss;~~ and stresses that it must prioritise waste prevention and reusability through requirements on durability and repairability, address both the presence of hazardous chemicals in products and those used in production processes; and set measures to tackle microfiber release at the design and production stage with an emphasis on going beyond measurement and towards prevention measures such as controlled industrial pre-washing;

Amendment 707 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26

26. Welcomes the application of the new product policy framework on textiles~~; calls inter alia for measures against microfibre loss~~, which ensures enhanced recyclability and mandatory use of recycled raw materials in new textiles; calls inter alia for measures against microfibre loss; calls for support for research and innovation in recycling processes and technologies and for a harmonised European legislative framework on extended producer responsibility;

Amendment 708 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26

26. Welcomes the application of the new product policy framework on textiles~~; calls inter alia for measures against microfibre loss;~~ and stresses that it must prioritise waste prevention and reusability through requirements on durability and repairability, address both the presence of hazardous chemicals in products and those used in production processes, and set measures to tackle microfibre release at the design and production stage;

Amendment 709 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26

26. Welcomes the application of the new product policy framework on textiles; calls inter alia for measures against microfibre loss and, in particular, for the fitting of plastic microfibre filters to new washing machines to be made mandatory under European rules as from 2025;

Amendment 71 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Highlights that the availability of critical raw materials is a strategic question for European industries; recovery of valuable raw materials, use of secondary materials, as well as recycling and bioeconomy play important role in securing Europe’s raw material supply;

Amendment 71 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital C

~~C. whereas according to a recent study by Cambridge Econometrics, the circular economy has the potential to increase the EU’s GDP by an additional 0.5 % and create around 700 000 new jobs by 2030;~~deleted

Amendment 710 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26

26. Welcomes the application of the new product policy framework on textiles; calls inter alia for measures against microfibre loss; such as the set up of microfibers filters on washing machine by 2025,

Amendment 711 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26

26. Welcomes the application of the new product policy framework ton textiles, and the consideration of durability, reusability, repairability and minimum service requirements therein; calls inter alia for measures against microfibre loss – including measures in the use chain of textiles;

Amendment 712 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26

26. Welcomes the application of the new product policy framework on textiles; calls inter alia for measures against microfibre loss; calls in particular, in this connection, for an opinion on the health risk of inhaling microfibres which cannot arise through abrasion;

Amendment 713 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26

26. Welcomes the application of the new product policy framework on textiles~~; calls inter alia for measures against~~ and points out that it must prioritise waste prevention, preparation for reuse, product regeneration, phasing out of hazardous chemicals and set measures to tackle microfibre loss;

Amendment 714 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26

26. Welcomes the application of the new product policy framework on textiles; calls inter alia for measures against synthetic microfibre loss, such as the development of preventive controlled industrial pre-washing;

Amendment 715 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26

26. Welcomes the application of the new product policy framework on textiles; calls inter alia for an evaluation of possible measures against microfibre loss;

Amendment 716 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 a (new)

26a. Is deeply concerned about the huge amounts of disposable face masks which end up in our sewage and as litter on our streets and in nature, calls on Member States and the Commission to set up campaigns to promote the use of reusable face masks; welcomes the current initiatives on recycling of medical face masks and calls for efforts to scale these up to ensure the sterilising and reuse of medical face masks;

Amendment 717 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 a (new)

26a. Welcomes the application of the new product policy framework on textiles and stresses that it must prioritise waste prevention and reusability in line with the waste hierarchy; calls inter alia for measures against microfibre loss and a specific EU wide end of waste criteria for textiles;

Amendment 718 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 a (new)

26a. Calls on the Commission to make a proposal to include the life cycle impact in the labelling of products composed of textile components, including the water and energy consumption in the production stage as well as the presence of hazardous chemicals;

Amendment 719 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 a (new)

26a. Emphasises that a switch to more sustainable production alone is insufficient, the need to end ‘fast fashion’ and the development of fundamentally new business models including product- as-service approaches

Amendment 72 #

Patrizia TOIA, Robert HAJŠEL, Niels FUGLSANG, Carlos ZORRINHO, Alicia HOMS GINEL, Nicolás GONZÁLEZ CASARES, Lina GÁLVEZ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Stresses that it is imperative to incorporate efforts focusing on the development of technology allowing for the disposal and reuse of materials used in wind farm as well as photovoltaic farm constructions in the Circular Economy Action Plan;

Amendment 72 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital C

C. whereas according to a recent study by Cambridge Econometrics, the circular economy has the potential to increase the EU’s GDP by an additional 0.5 % and create around 700 000 new jobs by 2030; points out that, according to statements the firm itself has made, Cambridge Econometrics works for the Commission and is paid with taxpayers’ money from the Member States;

Amendment 720 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 a (new)

26a. Calls for ‘fast fashion’ to be explicitly tackled in the comprehensive EU Strategy for Textiles;

Amendment 721 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 b (new)

26b. Calls for the application of the new product policy framework on textiles to be coherent with other policy instruments, namely the forthcoming proposal for EU Human Rights and Environmental Due Diligence legislation, to ensure workers’ rights, human rights and gender equality issues are addressed at all stages of the textile value chain.

Amendment 722 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 b (new)

26b. Calls on the Commission and Member States to promote the regeneration of textile components by using by-products, such as orange peeling, canapa, etc...

Amendment 723 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 c (new)

26. Emphasises that EPR for textiles must pay attention to the viability of the textile re-use sector and prioritise waste prevention and reuse, alongside the inclusion of social economy actors within the value chain;

Amendment 724 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27

27. Calls on the Commission to ~~fully integrate circular economy principles in the upcoming renovation wave~~come up with a sustainable buildings legislation with requirements on fire safety, indoor air-quality and safety for living and also fully integrate circular economy principles in the upcoming renovation wave; including system efficiency measures for more intensive use of the building stock that can reduce the need for floor space, an essential measure to reduce materials consumption and life-cycle emissions including setting staged (embodied)emissions targets for the total carbon footprint of buildings; applying Level(s) framework as a binding framework for construction performance; setting reuse and recycling targets in the construction and demolition sector and revising the Construction Products Regulation to include minimum legal requirements on the environmental performance of buildings;

Amendment 725 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27

27. Calls on the Commission to fully integrate circular economy principles in the upcoming renovation wave including setting staged (embodied) emissions targets for the total carbon footprint of buildings; applying LEVELs framework as a binding framework for construction performance; setting reuse and recycling targets in the construction and demolition sector (as required in Art.11.6 WFD) and revising the Construction Products Regulation to include minimum legal requirements on the environmental performance of buildings; recognises the need to ensure the sustainable use and sourcing of natural resources in the construction works and products sector, and calls for mandatory recycled content and mandatory green public procurement rules as crucial tools for key construction products;

Amendment 726 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27

27. ~~Calls on~~Welcomes that the Commission commits to fully i~~ntegrate c~~mplement the ‘Renovation Wave’ initiative in line with Circular eEconomy principles ~~in the upcoming renovation wave;~~ , and calls on this to include setting embodied emissions targets for the total carbon footprint of buildings; applying LEVELs framework as a binding framework for construction performance; setting reuse and recycling targets in the construction and demolition sector and revising the Construction Products Regulation to include minimum legal requirements on the environmental performance of buildings;

Amendment 727 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27

27. Calls on the Commission to fully integrate circular economy principles in the upcoming renovation wave and to further develop framework policies designed to achieve resource efficiency in buildings; calls on the Commission to determine the extent to which the best available technological principles and standards could be extended to all building materials and components, thereby factoring in the entire lifetime of a building; calls on the Commission and Member States to facilitate more effective recycling in the building sector through the introduction of new technologies and infrastructures;

Amendment 728 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27

27. ~~Calls on the Commission to fully integrate circular economy principles in the upcoming renovation wave;~~ Welcomes the Commission’s communication on the “Renovation Wave” and the attention on circularity principles therein; Calls on the Commission to include minimum legal requirements on the environmental performance of buildings in the announced revision of the Construction Products Regulation and to set reuse and recycling targets in the construction and demolition sector (as required in Art.11.6 WFD), and propose mandatory pre renovation, construction and demolition plans in order to allow the recovery of materials to be reused or recycled.

Amendment 729 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27

27. Calls on the Commission to fully integrate circular economy principles in the upcoming renovation wave; to set reuse and recycling targets in the construction and demolition sector as required in the Waste Framework Directive, and to revise the Construction Products Regulation to include minimum legal requirements on the environmental performance of buildings and construction products and materials;

Amendment 73 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Believes that research priorities in the field of circular economy should mainly look at carbon neutral and zero- carbon technologies;

Amendment 73 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital C

C. whereas according to a recent stud~~y by Cambridge Econometric~~ies, the circular economy has the potential to increase the EU’s GDP by an additional 0.5 % and create ~~around~~more than 700 000 new jobs by 2030; 1a, while also improving the quality of the jobs; whereas between 2012 and 2018 the number of jobs linked to the circular economy in the EU grew by 5% to reach around 4 million; __________________ 1a https://www.ellenmacarthurfoundation.or g/assets/downloads/publications/EllenMa cArthurFoundation_Growth- Within_July15.pdf

Amendment 730 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27

27. Calls on the Commission to ~~fully integrate circular economy principles in the upcoming renovation wav~~revise the Construction Products Regulation in a way which allows for the setting of both horizontal and product-specific requirements, based on Ecodesign principles, to address the circularity and carbon intensity of construction products and to ensure that they are toxic-free;

Amendment 731 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27

27. Calls on the Commission to fully integrate circular economy principles in the upcoming renovation wave and factor in the question of reusing and recycling construction materials and of recycling building site waste materials by, in particular, making them more easily traceable;

Amendment 732 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27

27. Calls on the Commission to fully integrate circular economy principles in the upcoming renovation wave and in the review of the Construction Products Regulation, and to set specific re-use and recycling target for the whole construction and demolition waste in the Waste Framework Directive;

Amendment 733 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27

27. Calls on the Commission to fully integrate circular economy principles in the upcoming renovation wave; Calls on the Commission to introduce an Extended producer responsibility scheme for products and materials from the construction and building sectors;

Amendment 734 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27

27. Calls on the Commission to fully integrate circular economy principles in the upcoming renovation wave, including stepping up recycling and the mandatory use of recycled raw materials in new construction products;

Amendment 735 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27

27. Calls on the Commission to fully integrate circular economy principles in the upcoming renovation wave and in this context pay special attention to wood construction and use of renewable construction materials;

Amendment 736 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27

27. Calls on the Commission to fully integrate circular economy principles ~~in the upcoming~~for building designs and building materials when implementing the political ambitions in the presented renovation wave;

Amendment 737 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27

27. Calls on the Commission to fully integrate circular economy principles in the upcoming renovation wave, as well as for wind industry installation projects;

Amendment 738 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27

27. Calls on the Commission to fully integrate circular economy principles in the upcoming renovation wave, while taking into account the diversity of the sector;

Amendment 739 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27

27. Calls on the Commission to fully integrate circular economy and bioeconomy principles in the upcoming renovation wave;

Amendment 74 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)

2b. Underlines that sustainable low- carbon products should become the norm in the EU market, and that a reduction in resource use, the retention of value in the economy, waste prevention, the ‘design out of waste’ and consumer benefits should guide the new sustainable product policy framework; emphasises the specific role that SMEs and start-ups play in the transition to a circular economy;

Amendment 74 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)

Ca. whereas the fast rise of e- commerce has significantly increased packaging waste, such as single-use plastic and cardboard waste; e-commerce generates a big volume of waste because of packaging small items in big boxes or excessive packaging to keep items secure; whereas extra packaging, such as air pillows and thermocol, is frequently used to protect items because of additional handling;

Amendment 740 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27

27. Calls on the Commission to fully integrate circular economy principles ~~in the upcoming r~~for building design in the Renovation wWave;

Amendment 741 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 a (new)

27a. Supports the Commission’s proposal to consider revision of the recovery targets for construction and demolition waste; points out that most Member States already exceed the 70% target rate laid down by the Waste Framework Directive for construction and demolition waste; underlines the fact that construction and demolition waste, most of which is excavated soils, is the European Union’s largest waste stream; calls on the Commission accordingly to set a recovery target for excavated soils as a component of construction and demolition waste targets;

Amendment 742 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 a (new)

27a. Welcomes the Commission’s proposal to consider a revision of material recovery targets set in EU legislation for construction and demolition waste and its material-specific fractions; highlights that most EU countries already exceed the 70% recovery target of construction and demolition waste set by the 2008 Waste Framework Directive (2008/98/CE); recalls that construction and demolition waste is the largest waste stream in the EU and consists for the most part of excavated soils; urges the Commission to set accordingly a material recovery target for excavated soils within the objectives regarding construction and demolition waste;

Amendment 743 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 a (new)

27a. Calls on the Commission to adopt an ambitious approach when implementing the “Renovation Wave” and secure proper initiatives that secure staged and deep renovations with a strong focus on cost effectiveness and circular economy; welcomes, in this context, the Commission President Ursula von der Leyen’s ambition to setup an “European Bauhaus” putting together engineers, architects and other personnel from the building sector as stressed during the State of the Union speech on 16 September 2020 in the European Parliament;

Amendment 744 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 a (new)

27a. Stresses that construction is among the least automated and digitised sectors and the most resource-intensive businesses in the European Union; considers that the use of innovative and future-oriented technologies at a construction site would increase the degree of digitisation of the sector while increasing resource efficiency; believes that the adoption of digital solution in built environment would allow better energy performance of buildings;

Amendment 745 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 a (new)

27a. Highlights the need for a transition to a sustainable and more circular economy in the sourcing and manufacturing of construction products and materials and in their use in construction works; calls on the Commission to explore the incorporation of efficiency and reusability criteria in its revision of Regulation (EU) No 305/2011;

Amendment 746 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 a (new)

27a. Emphasises, in this regard, the need to account for the socio-economic impacts of integrating circular economy principles into the construction and building sectors, and to protect against property price increases, which can act as a barrier to homeownership, particularly among young adults;

Amendment 747 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 a (new)

27a. Calls on the Commission to encourage resource efficiency and circularity in the resource-intensive construction sector by further closing the loop for industrial by-products and wastes by facilitating the return of industrial by- products and waste to the economy as a resource.

Amendment 748 #

Pascal ARIMONT, Hildegard BENTELE, Henna VIRKKUNEN, Maria da Graça CARVALHO, Isabel WISELER-LIMA, Edina TÓTH, Sara SKYTTEDAL, Tom BERENDSEN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 a (new)

27a. Welcomes the Commission’s commitment to consider a revision of material recovery targets set in EU legislation for construction and demolition waste and its material-specific fractions; welcomes also the announcement of a Strategy for a Sustainable Built Environment in 2021;

Amendment 749 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 a (new)

27a. Stresses the importance of putting in place policies for high-calibre building planning that focus on renovation, conversion and continuing use of buildings, where that is possible, rather than on new builds;

Amendment 75 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)

2b. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to develop policies supporting research into materials, processes, technologies and products, as well as into their industrial scale-up that would shorten and diversify the number of value chains, making European industrial ecosystems in turn more resilient, competitive and profitable;

Amendment 75 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)

Ca. whereas 20% of the food produced every year in the EU ends up in the bin or is otherwise degraded, while 33 million people cannot afford to buy nutritionally high-quality food every other day; whereas around 33% of the food produced worldwide is wasted every year;

Amendment 750 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 a (new)

27a. Calls on the Commission to promote use of secondary raw materials for substituting primary materials in construction applications;

Amendment 751 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 b (new)

27b. Welcomes the announcement of a Strategy for a Sustainable Built Environment, but regrets that the Commission has not included it in its work programme for 2021; emphasises that the lack of trust in construction and demolition waste quality and safety as well as inadequate traceability hampers the development of a comprehensive circular construction and demolition waste management; calls on the Commission to support policy measures such as mandatory soil diagnosis and tracing in its initiatives to reduce soil sealing, to rehabilitate abandoned or contaminated brownfields and increase the safe, sustainable and circular use of excavated soils;

Amendment 752 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 b (new)

27b. Welcomes the launch of the Strategy for a Sustainable Built Environment; stresses that the lack of confidence in the quality and safety of construction and demolition waste and inadequate traceability are hampering the development of a circular management scheme for that waste; calls on the Commission to propose new measures and initiatives, such as compulsory soil diagnosis and traceability, in order to reduce soil sealing, rehabilitate abandoned or contaminated brownfields and promote the safe, sustainable and circular use of excavated soils;

Amendment 753 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 b (new)

27b. Underlines that the use of sustainable circular bio-based products and systems in the construction and renovation sectors can help achieving the Union’s environmental objectives through the development of a regulatory framework for recognition of carbon removals as well as through the elaboration of Green Public Procurement binding rules to enable users to choose sustainable and climate friendly materials and secondary raw materials;

Amendment 754 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 b (new)

27b. Highlights that one effective measure for conserving resources and avoiding waste is the responsible use of the building stock. The use of existing buildings for as long as possible should be the preferred option over replacement building wherever possible.

Amendment 755 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 a (new)

27a. Highlights that, as 90 % of the 2050 built environment already exists, special requirements should be set for the renovation sector in order to have fully modular, adaptable to different uses and energy-positive buildings by 2050; including deep renovations, on site production, and reusability;

Amendment 756 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 a (new)

27a. Asks the Commission to assess measures, such as economic incentives and tax relieving, for rewarding low- carbon products and materials that will be produced, such as green steel;

Amendment 757 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 b (new)

27b. Calls on the Commission to propose the full implementation of the circular economy principles and requirements in the building sector, including developing indicators, standards and methods, such as Level(s) and Building Information Modelling BIM, as regards land use and urban planning, architecture, structural engineering, construction, maintenance, adaptability, energy efficiency, renovation and reuse and recycling; targets and indicators on sustainable buildings should also include green infrastructure, such as green roofs;

Amendment 758 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 a (new)

27a. Calls on the Commission to promote use of secondary raw materials for substituting primary materials in construction application (roads, embankments, etc.)

Amendment 759 #

Motion for a resolution
Subheading 8

Key product value chains: ~~food, water~~natural resources, food, water, chemicals and nutrients

Amendment 76 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)

2b. Emphasises the importance of sustainable product design as a means to enhance circularity; welcomes Commission’s aim to propose sustainable product policy legislative initiative and widen the Ecodesign directive;

Amendment 76 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)

Ca. whereas with supportive policies and industry investment, the expectations are that by 2030 the EU remanufacturing could attain an annual value of between around €70bn and €100bn with the associated employment of between around 450,000 and almost 600,000;

Amendment 760 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28

28. Urges the Commission to make proposals to implement the goal of halving food waste by 2030; calls for greater commitment on the part of all stakeholders so as to make sure that all foodstuffs with soon-to-expire use-by dates are donated to charitable organisations; notes, however, that there are still obstacles – chiefly legal obstacles – to making donations; calls in particular on Member States to establish voluntary agreements and introduce financial and tax incentives to encourage food donations and other means of limiting food waste;

Amendment 761 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28

28. Urges the Commission to make proposals to implement the goal of halving food waste by 2030; points out that the Farm to Fork Strategy must serve to significantly reduce on-farm food waste generated as a result of the conditions and product calibre required of farmers by the industry;

Amendment 762 #

Ivars IJABS, Christophe GRUDLER, Andrus ANSIP, Klemen GROŠELJ, Bart GROOTHUIS, Susana SOLÍS PÉREZ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28

28. Urges the Commission to make proposals to implement the goal of halving food waste by 2030 in line with the Waste Framework Directive and with the commitments under the Farm to Fork Strategy to set up a target to reduce food waste;

Amendment 763 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28

28. URecalls the Commission of its obligation to examine the data on food waste provided by Member States and urges the Commission to make a legislative proposals to implement the goal of halving food waste by 2030;

Amendment 764 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28

28. Urges the Commission to make proposals to implement the goal of halving food waste along the entire food value chain by 2030;

Amendment 765 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28

28. Urges the Commission to make legislative proposals to implement the goal of halving food waste by 2030;

Amendment 766 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 a (new)

28a. Points to the importance of the principle of waste hierarchy in connection with combating food waste in keeping with a circular economy approach: prevention at source; edible food rescue, prioritising human use over animal feed and reprocessing into non-food products; organic recycling; energy recovery and, lastly, disposal;

Amendment 767 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 a (new)

28a. Stresses that increasing access to water to all within the European Union can significantly improve circularity with less reliance on packaged water; calls for full implementation of access to water provisions in the drinking water directive;

Amendment 768 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 a (new)

28a. Stresses the need for raw material consumption figures to include water, both as a natural resource used in production processes and as a public commodity;

Amendment 769 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 b (new)

28b. Calls on the Commission to work on substituting single-use packaging, tableware and cutlery with reusable products in catering services and business in general;

Amendment 77 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 c (new)

2c. Believes that the objectives of the Horizon Europe programme should include: - developing affordable breakthrough innovations and deploying a combination of advanced technologies and processes and innovative solutions so as to extract maximum value from all Resources; - enabling bioeconomy through bio-based innovation encompassing the sustainable sourcing, industrial processing and conversion of biomass from land and sea into bio-based materials and products; - fostering systemic eco-innovative solutions, new business models, markets and investments, enabling infrastructure, social innovation changes in consumer behaviour, and governance models stimulating multi-stakeholder collaboration through the whole value chain to ensure that the intended system change achieves better outcomes;

Amendment 77 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)

Ca. whereas according to the World Inequality Database, the richest 5% capture 46% of total global GDP, meaning nearly half of all the resources we use, and half of all the emissions we emit, is done in order to make rich people richer;

Amendment 770 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29

~~29. Highlights the important role of bio-based products, including a better recovery of biowaste, in the transition to a circular carbon-neutral economy;~~deleted

Amendment 771 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29

29. Highlights the important role of bio-based products, in~~cluding~~ particular a better recovery of biowaste and use of by- products, in the transition to a circular carbon-neutral economy; highlights the unintended negative effect of the renewable energy policy on existing industries of bio-based products putting directly at risk existing high value chains, calls for a revision of the Directive in order to eliminate the incentive for uses further down the cascade;

Amendment 772 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29

29. Highlights the important role of agroecology, organic and bio-based products, including a better recovery of biowaste, and the need to reduce production and consumption of meat and dairy products in the transition to a circular carbon-neutral economy;

Amendment 773 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29

29. Highlights the important role of bio-based products and organically recyclable products, including a better recovery of biowaste through the use of compostable materials, in the transition to a circular carbon-neutral economy;

Amendment 774 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29

29. Highlights the important role of bio-based and organically recyclable products, including a better recovery of biowaste, in the transition to a circular carbon-neutral economy;

Amendment 775 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29

29. Highlights the important role of bio-based products, including a better recovery of biowaste, in the transition to a circular carbon-neutral economy while ensuring their sustainability and safety;

Amendment 776 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29

29. Highlights the important role of bio-based products, including a better recovery of biowaste and novel biomass use such as seaweed, in the transition to a circular carbon-neutral economy;

Amendment 777 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29

29. Highlights the important role ofthat sustainable bio-based products, including a better recovery of biowaste, could play in the transition to a circular carbon-neutral economy;

Amendment 778 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29

29. Highlights the important role of bio-based products, such as coal and oil, including a better recovery of biowaste, in the transition to a circular carbon-neutral economy;

Amendment 779 #

Pascal ARIMONT, Hildegard BENTELE, Henna VIRKKUNEN, Maria da Graça CARVALHO, Isabel WISELER-LIMA, Edina TÓTH, Róża THUN UND HOHENSTEIN, Tom BERENDSEN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29

29. Highlights the important role of agriculture and bio-based products, including a better recovery of biowaste, in the transition to a circular carbon-neutral economy;

Amendment 78 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 c (new)

2c. Stresses that the establishment of quality requirements and quotas for recycling are important prerequisites for establishing a stable market for recycled plastics and that green public procurement can play an important role in developing this market;

Amendment 78 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)

Ca. whereas the limited natural resources should be used in the most efficient way, creating the highest possible added value, also in terms of jobs, by way of application the cascading use principle;

Amendment 780 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29

29. Highlights the important role of bio-based products, including a better recovery of biowaste, in the transition to a circular ~~carbon~~and climate-neutral economy;

Amendment 781 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29 a (new)

29a. highlights that fibre crops represent a sustainable source of bio based material and can play a key role in supporting the development of a circular economy,

Amendment 782 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29 a (new)

29a. Requests the promotion of sustainable wood based products to substitute CO2-intensive substances and to store CO2 in the long term;

Amendment 783 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29 a (new)

29a. Points out the role of bioenergy derived from forest residues and emerging calamities as a sustainable resource for climate-friendly energy supply and substitute of fossil fuels;

Amendment 784 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29 a (new)

29a. Believes that the promotion of the forest- based sector will strengthen the EU-wide bio-and recycling economy as well as the biobased industry;

Amendment 785 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29 a (new)

29a. Underlines the need to maximise value of biomass including by increasing separation of organic waste and by improving its management; Calls on the Commission and Member States to ensure high levels of separation of organic waste and to incentives returns of nutrients from organic waste back to the soils, its use for production of renewable energy, green chemicals and other products where feasible and environmentally beneficial;

Amendment 786 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29 a (new)

29a. Highlights the importance of the implementation of the EU Bioeconomy Strategy to accelerate circularity by the replacement, where environmentally beneficial and sustainable, of fossil- materials with renewable, bio-based materials in buildings, textiles, chemicals, packaging; highlights the potential of the circular bioeconomy to create new green jobs, including in rural parts of the EU, and to stimulate innovation;

Amendment 787 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29 a (new)

29a. Particularly emphasises the great potential of sustainable bioeconomy to produce renewable and climate-friendly materials substituting fossil materials and fuels; reiterates therefore its call to on the Union institutions and all Member States to phase out all direct and indirect fossil fuel subsidies by 31 December 2025 at the latest;

Amendment 788 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29 a (new)

29a. Highlights the importance of raising awareness on the proper use of bio-based and bio-degradable plastics that, despite being offered as a solution, are often applied as single-use materials with negative environmental impacts similar to conventional plastics, particularly in the oceans;

Amendment 789 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29 a (new)

29a. Highlights the importance of land and nutrient efficient foods and dietary trends;

Amendment 79 #

Pascal ARIMONT, Hildegard BENTELE, Henna VIRKKUNEN, Maria da Graça CARVALHO, Isabel WISELER-LIMA, Edina TÓTH, Tomas TOBÉ, Sara SKYTTEDAL, Tom BERENDSEN

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 d (new)

2d. Acknowledges the crucial climate benefits the forest-based sector in the circular economy through carbon storage in wood products and material substitution; stresses the need to promote the use of wood as a sustainable construction material as it enables a transition towards sustainable economy; encourages the Commission to explore different market-based mechanisms in order to incentivise substitution of fossil fuels by renewable raw materials which offer climate benefits;

Amendment 79 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)

Ca. whereas a shift to a more circular economy has the potential to promote sustainable business practices and help Europe maintain and develop its competitive advantage;

Amendment 790 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30

30. Calls on the Commission to take measures to close the agricultural nutrient loop, and to ~~allow the increased use of recycled animal manure and other organic nutrients instead of chemical fertiliser, while taking into account~~recognise the value of mixed farming systems which respect the carrying capacity of the environment, using animal manure and other organic nutrients instead of chemical fertiliser, stresses the need for promotion of such systems, including in the form of agroforestry taking into account the high- nature value these systems often represent and the protection of the environment and ecosystems overall;

Amendment 791 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30

30. Calls on the Commission to take measures to close the agricultural nutrient loop, ~~and to allow the~~reduce Europe’s dependency on imports of livestock feed, and to drastically increased the use of recycled animal manure and other organic nutrients instead of csynthemtical fertiliser, while taking into account the protection of the environment and ecosystems, and to embed circularity and regenerative agriculture measures in the CAP reform and criteria;

Amendment 792 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30

30. Calls on the Commission to take measures to close the agricultural nutrient loop, ~~and to allow the~~reduce Europe’s dependency on imports of livestock feed and increased the use of recycled animal manure and other organic nutrients instead of chemical fertiliser, while taking into account the protection of the environment and ecosystems and to embed circularity and regenerative agriculture measures in the CAP reform and criteria;

Amendment 793 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30

30. Calls on the Commission to take measures to close the agricultural nutrient loop, ~~and to allow the~~reduce Europe’s dependency on imports of livestock feed and to increased the use of recycled animal manure and other organic nutrients instead of csynthemtical fertiliser, while ~~taking into account the~~ensuring a high level of protection of the environment and ecosystems, and to embed circularity and regenerative agricultural measures in the CAP reform;

Amendment 794 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30

30. Calls on the Commission to take measures to close the agricultural nutrient loop, and to allow the increased use of recycled animal manure and other organic nutrients and organic carbon instead of chemical fertiliser, while taking into account the protection of the environment and ecosystems; in this regard encourages incentives to improve municipal biowaste collection;

Amendment 795 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30

30. Calls on the Commission to take measures to close the agricultural nutrient loop, and to allow the increased use of recycled animal manure and other organic nutrients instead of chemical fertiliser, while taking into account the sustainability and competitiveness of the European agricultural sector and the protection of the environment and ecosystems;

Amendment 796 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30

30. Calls on the Commission to take measures, including incentives in its Environmental Footprint initiative to close the agricultural nutrient loop, and to allow the increased use of recycled animal manure and other organic nutrients instead of chemical fertiliser, while taking into account the protection of the environment and ecosystems;

Amendment 797 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30

30. Calls on the Commission to take measures, including incentives on its Environmental Footprint initiative to close the agricultural nutrient loop, and to allow the increased use of recycled animal manure and other organic nutrients instead of chemical fertiliser, while taking into account the protection of the environment and ecosystems;

Amendment 798 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30

30. Calls on the Commission to take measures to close the agricultural nutrient loop, and to allow the increased use of recycled animal manure and other organic nutrients instead of chemical fertiliser, while taking into account the protection of the environment and ecosystems within the framework of the European Green Deal;

Amendment 799 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30

30. Calls on the Commission to take measures to close the agricultural nutrient loop, and to allow the increased use of recycled animal manure, compost and digestate and other organic nutrients instead of chemical fertiliser, while taking into account the protection of the environment and ecosystems;

Amendment 8 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

Amendment 8 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 1 b (new)

— having regard to the Commission communication of 20 May 2020 entitled " An EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030 bringing nature back into our lives" (COM(2020)0380),

Amendment 80 #

Ivars IJABS, Fredrick FEDERLEY, Christophe GRUDLER, Andrus ANSIP, Klemen GROŠELJ, Bart GROOTHUIS, Susana SOLÍS PÉREZ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 d (new)

2d. Emphasises the role that the Knowledge and Innovation Communities within the framework of the European Institute of Innovation and Technology play by bringing together universities, research organizations and businesses, in particular SMEs, in developing innovative solutions for and initiatives on circular economy which should be one of the key tools to reach European Green Deal goals.

Amendment 80 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)

Ca. whereas in 2018, only 3 % of the global manufacturing capacity for lithium-ion battery cells was located in the EU, with 85 % in the Asia-Pacific region;

Amendment 800 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30

30. Calls on the Commission to take measures to close the agricultural nutrient loop, and to allow the increased use of recycled animal manure and other organic nutrients instead of chemical fertiliser, while taking into account the protection of health, the environment and ecosystems;

Amendment 801 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30

30. Calls on the Commission to take measures to close the agricultural nutrient loop, and to allow the increased use of recycled animal manure and other organic nutrients ~~instead of chemical fertiliser~~, while taking into account the protection of the environment and ecosystems;

Amendment 802 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 a (new)

30a. Calls on the Commission to ensure that mandatory separate collection of bio- waste, as introduced by the Waste Framework Directive, aims at producing high-quality compost to support soil enhancement and close the agricultural nutrient loop, and to allow the increased use of recycled animal manure and other organic nutrients;

Amendment 803 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 a (new)

30a. Emphasises that reducing the production and consumption of meat and dairy is the most impactful, efficient and cost-effective measure in reducing food waste, halting deforestation, biodiversity loss and climate change and essential for the food sector to become truly circular,

Amendment 804 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 a (new)

30a. Calls on the Commission to promote stakeholder dialogue with an aim to develop a set of evidence-based tools and recommendations for reduction of food waste, particularly at the household and consumer level, and reuse of food waste for green energy recovery;

Amendment 805 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 a (new)

30a. Calls for the Commission and Member States to support more circularity in waste water treatment and management such as lagooning processes where sludge can be used as a resource for complimentary processes such as energy production via methane,

Amendment 806 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 a (new)

30a. Strongly endorses the Commission’s intention to reduce the use and harmfulness of chemical and more hazardous pesticides by 50% by 2030, as announced under the proposals for a Biodiversity Strategy and a Farm to Fork Strategy;

Amendment 807 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 a (new)

30a. Calls on the Commission to develop minimum standards and equitable market conditions for phosphorus recovery and recirculation of organic carbon sources;

Amendment 808 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 b (new)

30b. Recalls that the quality of water resources rely on a good implementation of control at source and polluter pays principle; calls for a circular economy based on an environmentally sound regulatory framework to avoid possible negative toxic effects on aquatic ecosystems and highlights that a large spectrum of resources can be recovered from appropriate waste water treatments;

Amendment 809 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 b (new)

30b. Acknowledges that the meat and dairy are the most resource inefficient parts of the human diet, calls on the Commission and the Member States to end subsidies for the production and promotion of meat and dairy to support a resource efficient and circular food system;

Amendment 81 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

~~3. Stresses the importance of boosting research efforts in the field of chemical recycling which, paired with organic and mechanical recycling, will complete a technology-neutral framework;~~deleted

Amendment 81 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)

Ca. whereas circular economy measures are crucial for achieving the EU climate and energy goals;

Amendment 810 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 b (new)

30b. Calls on the Commission to explore of means of valuing natural capital, especially by creating markets for carbon and biodiversity credits produced by agricultural actors;

Amendment 811 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 c (new)

30c. Calls to the Commission to assess the possibility to take legislative measures to address the water efficiency in buildings, along the same lines as the directive on the ecodesign of energy related products,, that could define specific technical requirements for water efficiency for taps, showers, toilets and rainwater collection;

Amendment 812 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 c (new)

30c. Stresses that promoting biogas from animal manure instead of reducing the enormous amounts of manure that is produced today is counterproductive to achieving a circular economy;

Amendment 813 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 c (new)

30c. Encourages other relevant strategies, including the implementation of the Farm to Fork and Biodiversity strategies, to integrate these perspectives;

Amendment 814 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 d (new)

30d. Welcomes the Regulation on “Minimum requirements for water reuse” and calls on the Commission to fully integrate the water-energy nexus in European policies and promote a circular approach for water in view of fostering urban wastewater recovery and by continuing an analysis of potential reuse options while reducing energy consumption;

Amendment 815 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31

Amendment 816 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31

Amendment 817 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31

Amendment 818 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31

31. Underlines the importance of prioritising waste prevention, in line with the EU waste hierarchy, and calls on the Commission to ~~propose specific binding waste reduction targets and targets to cap the generation of re~~explore the possibilities for capping the generation of residual waste; emphasises caution, however, with the introduction of additional mandatory targets, which should only be considered following an evaluation of the transposition and implementation of requirements for waste management and recycling under the new Waste Framework Directive, Packaging and Packaging Waste Directive and Landfill Directive (the Waste Package); notes that only five Member States have fully transposed the Waste Package into law ahead of the Commission’s July 2020 deadline, and that many countries will not meet their waste targets for the end of this year, a sidtua~~l waste~~tion which has been further exacerbated by the ongoing coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic;

Amendment 819 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31

31. Underlines the importance of prioritising waste prevention, in line with the EU waste hierarchy, and calls on the Commission to propose specific binding waste reduction targets and to assess the possibility to define specific targets to cap the generation of residual waste during the review of the Waste Framework Directive and Landfill Directive; considers that preparing for re-use and recycling targets should be decoupled in order to give preparing for re-use the priority it has in the waste hierarchy;

Amendment 82 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

Amendment 82 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital C b (new)

Cb. whereas, according to the European Environment Agency’s report entitled ‘The European Environment – State and Outlook 2020’, the EU and its Member States are only partly on the path towards achieving circular economy objectives, and more efforts are needed to reduce the consumption of primary raw materials, enhance material efficiency and reduce waste generation;

Amendment 820 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31

31. Underlines the importance of prioritising waste prevention, in line with the EU waste hierarchy, and calls on the Commission to propose specific binding waste reduction targets ~~and~~, reuse and preparation for reuse targets, targets to cap the generation of residual waste, as well as decouple preparing for re-use and recycling targets in order to give preparing for re-use priority over recycling in accordance with the EU waste hierarchy;

Amendment 821 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31

31. Underlines the importance of prioritising waste prevention, in line with the EU waste hierarchy~~, and calls on the Commission to propose specific binding waste reduction targets and targets to cap the generation of residual waste~~; designing out waste and pollution should be the starting point, which should also be visible in the material choices; calls on the Commission to adopt measures that prevent waste generation in the first place, retain product value and support reusable and refillable systems and delivery modes;

Amendment 822 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31

31. Underlines the importance of prioritising waste prevention, in line with the EU waste hierarchy, and calls on the Commission to propose ~~specific binding waste reduction targets and targets to cap the generation of residual waste~~realistic policies for reducing waste and capping the generation of residual waste; calls on the Commission to propose targets for reducing needlessly generated waste such as overpackaging;

Amendment 823 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31

31. Underlines the importance of prioritising waste prevention, in line with the EU waste hierarchy, and calls on the Commission to propose specific ~~binding~~ waste reduction targets and targets to cap the generation of residual waste while taking into consideration aspects such as the correlation between waste generation and production levels;

Amendment 824 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31

Amendment 825 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31

Amendment 826 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31

31. Underlines the importance of prioritising waste prevention, in line with the EU waste hierarchy, and calls on the Commission to propose, based on an impact assessment at Member State level, specific binding waste reduction targets and targets to cap the generation of residual waste;

Amendment 827 #

Patrizia TOIA, Łukasz KOHUT, Carlos ZORRINHO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31

31. Underlines the importance of prioritising waste prevention, in line with the EU waste hierarchy, and calls on the Commission to propose a waste prevention target and specific binding waste reduction targets and targets to cap the generation of residual waste;

Amendment 828 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31

31. Underlines the importance of prioritising waste prevention and minimising the danger posed by waste, in line with the EU waste hierarchy, and calls on the Commission to propose specific binding waste reduction targets ~~and targets to cap the generation of residual waste~~;

Amendment 829 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31 a (new)

31a. Underlines the importance of prioritising waste prevention, in line with the EU waste hierarchy, and calls on the Commission to propose a binding overall waste reduction target along specific binding waste reduction targets per product group and targets to cap the generation of residual waste;

Amendment 83 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Stresses the importance of boosting research efforts in the field of chemical recycling which, paired with organic and mechanical recycling, will complete a technology-neutral framework; such efforts should aim at improving energy efficiency, reducing GHG emissions and ensuring non-contaminated final products and proper treatment of by-products in chemical recycling technologies; considers that any waste-to-energy process shall not be considered as chemical recycling;

Amendment 83 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital C b (new)

Cb. whereas European companies and economies are expected to be at the forefront of those implementing, but also benefiting from, a global race towards circularity, due to the EU´s well developed business models, our circular knowledge and recycling expertise;

Amendment 830 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31 a (new)

31a. Considers that separate targets should be set for preparing for re-use and recycling targets to give preparing for re- use the priority it should have over recycling;

Amendment 831 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31 a (new)

31a. Reaffirms that recycling should under no circumstances justify the perpetuation of the presence of substances of concern; stresses that to achieve non- toxic material and production cycles, it is crucial to ensure a clear separation of streams between hazardous and non- hazardous waste; emphasises in this regard that transparency and data- sharing as to the waste composition is key;

Amendment 832 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31 a (new)

31a. Highlights that Extended Producer Responsibility is an important tool that helps Member States to move towards prevention and more sustainable waste management; asks the Commission to assist Member States in adequately transposing, implementing, monitoring and enforcing waste legislation, including through information exchange programmes;

Amendment 833 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31 a (new)

31a. Believes that quality of life, not GDP, should be our measure of progress and success, by sharing income, resources and opportunities more fairly and investing in universal public goods; calls on the Commission to develop and use alternative indicators to GDP;

Amendment 834 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31 a (new)

31a. calls on the Commission to propose specific binding waste reduction targets, including residual waste; these targets should be gradual and aiming to minimise the waste calls on the Commission to propose specific waste reduction targets for more complex streams;

Amendment 835 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31 a (new)

31a. Calls on the Commission to ensure effective and full implementation by the Member States of the 2018 “Waste package”;

Amendment 836 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31 b (new)

31b. Calls on the Commission to set an overall 20% waste prevention target on solid municipal waste to be achieved by 2030 by all Member States, and an overall 30% waste prevention target on solid municipal waste to be achieved by 2035 by all Member States. The overall targets should be adapted in a fair way to countries depending on the overall quantity of waste they are producing.

Amendment 837 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31 b (new)

31b. Underlines that the quality of water resources rely on a good implementation of control at source and polluter pays principle; calls for a circular economy based on an environmentally sound regulatory framework to avoid possible negative toxic effects on aquatic ecosystems;

Amendment 838 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31 c (new)

31c. Calls on the Commission to set waste prevention targets for individual product groups complementing the solid municipal waste targets for 2030 and 2035, to include at least the following categories: (i) food and beverages, (ii) large household appliances, (iii), small household appliances, (iv) IT and telecommunications equipment, (v) toys and leisure and sports equipment, (vi) motor vehicles, (vii) textiles, (viii) electrical and electronic goods, (ix) furniture and furnishings. Calls on Commission to adopt a maximal residual waste target of 120 kilograms per capita per year to be achieved by 2030 and a maximal residual waste target of 100 kilograms per capita per year to be achieved by 2035.

Amendment 839 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31 c (new)

31c. Highlights that a large spectrum of resources can be recovered from wastewater, ranging from cellulose via bioplastics to nutrients, energy and water, and from drinking water treatment processes, like calcium carbonate;

Amendment 84 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Stresses the importance of boosting research efforts in the field of chemical recycling which, paired with organic and mechanical recycling, will complete a technology-neutral framework; calls on the Commission to support the efforts of chemical recycling industries by supporting their innovation, harmonised policies and clear pathways for exploiting the plastic waste that is currently being incinerated;

Amendment 84 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital C b (new)

Cb. whereas the Eco-modulation of fees paid by producers into organisations that implement the principle of Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) is a key instrument to put the Circular Economy into practice;

Amendment 840 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31 d (new)

31d. Believes that incineration of municipal waste has no role in a fully circular economy; calls on Member States that are reliant on incineration of municipal waste to phase out support schemes for waste incineration, introduce moratoriums on new facilities and decommission older and less efficient ones;

Amendment 841 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31 d (new)

31d. Highlights that the zero pollution ambition should serve to reduce the discharge of polluting substances in sewers and protect the quality of resources recovered from wastewater;

Amendment 842 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32

32. ~~Believes that non-competitive prices and a lack of secondary raw materials are among the main barriers to a circular economy; a~~Asks the Commission to assess measures to make secondary raw materials more competitive, such as minimum quality requirements and economic incentives, ~~including~~such as rewards for CO2 savings, tax measures, public procurement and the further application of extended producer responsibility (EPR), including the promotion of transparent eco- modulated EPR fees;

Amendment 843 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32

32. Believes that ~~non-competitive prices and a lack~~the failure of the market to reward environmental benefits of secondary raw materials ~~are~~is among the main barriers to a circular economy; asks the Commission to ~~assess~~propose measures to make secondary raw materials more competitive, such as requiring an equivalent level of quality and of chemical standards compared to virgin materials, economic incentives, including rewards for CO2 savings, tax measures, mandatory green public procurement, mandatory recycled content and the further application of harmonised extended producer responsibility schemes with eco- modulation of fees; suggests that fees deriving from EPR-schemes could be earmarked to cover costs associated with the development of circular systems and resource and waste management;

Amendment 844 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32

32. Believes that non-competitive prices and a lack of high quality secondary raw materials and markets for them are among the main barriers to a circular economy; asks the Commission to assess measures to make secondary raw materials more competitive, such as economic incentives, including rewards for CO2 savings, tax measures, cap and trade mechanisms for virgin material inputs, public procurement and the further application of extended producer responsibility; while it is necessary to ensure secondary materials are of high quality and do not compromise the objective of a toxic free environment, virgin raw materials should be subject to the same standards so as to provide for a level playing field for materials in the European economy;

Amendment 845 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32

32. Believes that non-competitive prices and a lack of secondary raw materials are among the main barriers to a circular economy; asks the Commission to assess measures to make secondary raw materials more competitive~~, such as economic incentives, including rewards for CO2 savings, tax measures, public procurement and the further application of extended producer responsibility~~;

Amendment 846 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32

32. Believes that non-competitive prices and a lack of demand for secondary raw materials are among the main barriers to a circular economy; asks the Commission to assess measures to make secondary raw materials more competitive, such as economic incentives, including rewards for CO2 savings, tax ~~measur~~relief and incentives, public procurement, the introduction of recycled-content requirements and the further application of extended producer responsibility;

Amendment 847 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32

32. Believes that ~~non-competitive prices~~insufficient regulation and a lack of secondary raw materials are among the main barriers to a circular economy; asks the Commission to assess measures to make secondary raw materials more competitive, such as guaranteeing an equal level of quality compared to virgin materials, economic incentives, including rewards for CO2 savings, tax measures, public procurement and the further application of extended producer responsibility;

Amendment 848 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32

32. Believes that non-competitive prices and a lack of secondary high-quality raw materials are among the main barriers to a circular economy; asks the Commission to assess measures to make secondary raw materials more competitive, ~~such as economic incentives, including rewards for CO2 savings, tax measures, public procurement and the further application of extended producer responsibility~~including through the use of economic incentives;

Amendment 849 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32

32. Believes that non-competitive prices and a lack of demand for secondary raw materials are among the main barriers to a circular economy; asks the Commission to ~~assess~~propose measures to make secondary raw materials more competitive, such as economic incentives, including rewards for CO2 savings, tax measures, ~~public procurement~~mandatory eco-oriented public procurement, mandatory recycled-content share, and the further application of extended producer responsibility;

Amendment 85 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Stresses the importance of also boosting research efforts in the field of chemical ~~recycling which, paired with~~high quality material recycling, especially focusing on upcycling, which, paired with efforts to place on the market durable and reusable plastics, decontamination and organic and mechanical recycling, will complete a ~~technology-neutral~~more sustainable framework;

Amendment 85 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital C b (new)

Cb. whereas high-income nations do not need to keep growing their GDP in order to improve people’s lives;

Amendment 850 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32

32. ~~Believes that~~Considers that the main obstacles to the circular economy include non- competitive prices and a lack of secondary raw materials ~~are among the main barriers to a circular economy; asks the Commission to assess measures to make secondary raw materials more competitive,~~; asks the Commission to assess measures to step up recycling capacities in the EU and to treat secondary raw materials favourably compared with primary raw materials, through measures such as economic incentives, including rewards for CO2 savings, tax measures, public procurement and the further application of extended producer responsibility;

Amendment 851 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32

32. Believes that non-competitive prices and a lack of secondary raw materials are among the main barriers to a circular economy; asks the Commission to assess measures to make secondary raw materials more competitive, such as economic incentives, including rewards for CO2 savings, tax measures, public procurement and the further application of harmonised extended producer responsibility schemes with eco- modulation of fees;

Amendment 852 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32

32. Believes that non-competitive prices and a lack of secondary raw materials are among the main barriers to a circular economy; asks the Commission to assess measures to make secondary raw materials more competitive, such as economic incentives, including rewards for CO2 savings, tax measures, public procurement and the further application of extended producer responsibility favouring the top of the EU waste hierarchy;

Amendment 853 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32

32. Believes that non-competitive prices and a lack of secondary raw materials are among the main barriers to a circular economy; asks the Commission to assess measures to make secondary raw materials, by-products, and recyclable materials more competitive, such as economic incentives, including rewards for CO2 savings, tax measures, public procurement and the further application of extended producer responsibility;

Amendment 854 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32

32. Believes that non-competitive prices and a lack of secondary raw materials of steady quantity and quality are among the main barriers to a circular economy; asks the Commission to assess measures to make secondary raw materials more competitive, such as economic incentives, including rewards for CO2 savings, tax measures, public procurement and the further application of extended producer responsibility;

Amendment 855 #

Pascal ARIMONT, Hildegard BENTELE, Henna VIRKKUNEN, Maria da Graça CARVALHO, Isabel WISELER-LIMA, Edina TÓTH, Sara SKYTTEDAL, Tom BERENDSEN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32

32. Believes that non-competitive prices and a lack of high quality secondary raw materials are among the main barriers to a circular economy; asks the Commission to assess measures to make secondary raw materials more competitive, such as economic incentives, including rewards for CO2 savings, tax measures, public procurement and the further application of a harmonised extended producer responsibility;

Amendment 856 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32

32. Believes that non-competitive prices and a lack of demand of secondary raw materials are among the main barriers to a circular economy; asks the Commission to assess measures to make secondary raw materials more competitive, such as economic incentives, including rewards for CO2 savings, tax measures, public procurement and the further application of extended producer responsibility;

Amendment 857 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32

32. Believes that non-competitive prices and a lack of secondary raw materials are among the main barriers to a circular economy; asks the Commission to assess measures to make secondary raw materials more competitive, such as economic incentives, including rewards for CO2 savings, ~~tax measures~~, public procurement and the further application of extended producer responsibility;

Amendment 858 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32 a (new)

32a. Calls on the Commission to pay attention to the rules on transboundary movements of waste for recovery between EU Member States and to consider adapting them in order to increase their clarity and comprehensibility, remove administrative barriers while maintaining the effectiveness of legislation in protecting human health and the environment, and harmonise their implementation across EU Member States, including through the establishment of a single EU electronic system for recording waste shipments;

Amendment 859 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32 a (new)

32a. Supports the Commission’s ongoing work to ensure waste oils’ appropriate treatment; invites the Commission, as defined in the Directive 2008/98 EC, to present a legislative proposal by 2022 with additional measures to promote waste oils regeneration, including the introduction of quantitative targets;

Amendment 86 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Stresses the importance of boosting research efforts in the field of c~~hemical recycling~~limate- friendly and energy efficient chemical recycling with various application possibilities which, paired with organic and mechanical recycling, will complete a technology-neutral framework;

Amendment 86 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital C c (new)

Cc. whereas economic growth requires additional resources and embodied energy, and therefore, we need to rethink the extent to which we pursue GDP growth by exploring alternative indicators, such as Index of Sustainable Economic Welfare and the Genuine Progress Indicator;

Amendment 860 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32 a (new)

32a. Considers the private sector as a strong partner in increasing the demand and customer interest in circular solutions and products, and urges Member States to support companies that have business models, services or products that reduce waste and resource use, and make use of their services;

Amendment 861 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32 a (new)

32a. Highlights the need to include product circularity and resource-intensity into cross-border adjustment mechanisms;

Amendment 862 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33

33. Strongly endorses the ambition to establish a well-functioning EU market for secondary raw materials and underlines that this will require common quality standards; recalls ~~on the Commis~~the possibility for Member States, in line with the Waste Framework Directive provisions, to ~~propose~~define national by-products and end- of- waste criteria ~~for key waste stream~~; deplores the fact that the Commission still has not complied with its obligation to define EU specific criteria for paper, tyres and textiles;

Amendment 863 #

Martin HOJSÍK, Katalin CSEH

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33

33. Strongly endorses the ambition to establish a well-functioning EU market for secondary raw materials and underlines that this will require common standards; calls on the Commission to propose European harmonised end- of-waste criteria for key waste streams in line with the Waste Framework Directive, in order to remove market barriers and ensure high-quality waste recovery;

Amendment 864 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33

33. Strongly endorses the ambition to establish a well-functioning EU market for secondary raw materials and underlines that this will require common standards; Strongly supports the Commission’s ambition to make “recycled in the EU” a benchmark for qualitative secondary materials and the related review of EU rules on waste shipment, with the ambition of allowing waste exports only if they make sense from a sustainability perspective; Stresses that this will stimulate growth in recycling activity in the EU and consequently decrease the EU dependency on third countries for raw materials; calls on the Commission to propose ~~end- of-~~putting an end to waste criteria for key waste streams;

Amendment 865 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33

33. Strongly endorses the ambition to establish a wefully-functioning EU market for secondary raw materials and underlines that this will require common standards; calls on the Commission to propose a definition of end- of- waste criteria for key waste streams with safe guards for hazardous material and where necessary decontamination;

Amendment 866 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33

33. Strongly endorses the ambition to establish a well-functioning EU market for secondary raw materials and underlines that this will require common standards, including zero or reduced VAT for reused and recycled products; calls on the Commission to propose end~~- of-~~ to waste criteria for key waste streams with safe guards for hazardous material and where necessary decontamination;

Amendment 867 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33

33. ~~Strongly e~~Endorses the ambition to establish a well-functioning EU market for secondary raw materials ~~and underlines that this will require~~without prejudice to the provisions of the Waste Framework Directive and the Waste Shipment Regulation and supports the development of common standards; calls on the Commission to propose end- of- waste criteria for key waste streams with safeguards for hazardous materials and where necessary decontamination;

Amendment 868 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33

33. Strongly endorses the ambition to establish a well-functioning EU market for secondary raw materials and underlines that this will require common standards; calls on the Commission to propose end- of-waste criteria for key waste streams; strongly endorses the ambition to establish a well-functioning EU market for secondary raw materials;

Amendment 869 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33

Amendment 87 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Stresses the importance of ~~boosting~~further research ~~efforts~~ in the field of chemical recycling ~~which, paired with organic and mechanical recycling, will complete a technology-neutral framework~~, including its environmental performance, as complementary to mechanical and organic recycling;

Amendment 87 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital C d (new)

Cd. whereas evidence shows that resource use is not absolutely decoupling from GDP and absolute decoupling is unlikely to happen, even under strong policy conditions; whereas there is no evidence of economy-wide, national or international absolute resource decoupling, and no evidence of the kind of decoupling needed for ecological sustainability;

Amendment 870 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33

33. Strongly endorses the ambition to establish a well-functioning EU market for secondary raw materials and underlines that this will require common standards; calls on the Commission to ~~propose~~clarify and harmonise European end- of-waste ~~criteria~~rules in order to curb the fragmentation of the internal market for waste for key waste streams;

Amendment 871 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33

33. Strongly endorses the ambition to establish a well-functioning EU market for secondary raw materials and underlines that this will require common standards as well as the removal of regulatory barriers for the use of secondary raw materials; calls on the Commission to propose ~~end- of-~~clear and harmonised end to waste criteria for key waste streams;

Amendment 872 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33

Amendment 873 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33 a (new)

33a. Calls on the Commission to define a set of measures to ban the disposal and destruction of unsold products and calls for the development of guidelines to facilitate their donation;

Amendment 874 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33 a (new)

33a. Recalls that all Member States have the obligation to ensure that, by 31 December 2023, bio-waste is either separated and recycled at source, or is collected separately and is not mixed with other types of waste; urges the Commission and the Member States to direct investments in order to scale up organic waste collection and composting;

Amendment 875 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33 a (new)

33a. Points out the need to amend EU legislation with a view to providing harmonised and science-based definitions of concepts such as ‘biodegradable’ and ‘ecological recycling’;

Amendment 876 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33 a (new)

33a. Emphasises that transparent and smart waste management planning at the level of individual waste generators is linked to the objective of the effective mapping and subsequent recovery of the waste generated;

Amendment 877 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33 a (new)

33a. Strongly endorses the ambition of the EU Commission in creating a well- functioning EU market for secondary raw materials; stresses the need of supporting the use and recycling of those materials, irrespectively of their legal status, i.e. waste, end-of-waste or by-products, being their final environmental and technical properties the only parameters that count

Amendment 878 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33 a (new)

33a. Calls on the Commission to harmonise waste statistics, to collect the information of recycled materials and waste in three points: collection, entry point to recycling facility, and share of effective reuse;

Amendment 879 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33 a (new)

33a. Underlines the need to ensure that EU rules are adhered to throughout the Union;

Amendment 88 #

Pascal ARIMONT, Hildegard BENTELE, Henna VIRKKUNEN, Maria da Graça CARVALHO, Isabel WISELER-LIMA, Edina TÓTH, Tomas TOBÉ, Sara SKYTTEDAL, Tom BERENDSEN

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Highlights the underused advantages offered by the replacement of single-use products, notably plastic products, by sustainable wood-based products; stresses that the circular use of wood-based products should also be increased in order to improve the use of our sustainable resources, promote resource efficiency, reduce waste and extend the carbon life cycle for the deployment of a sustainable and local circular bioeconomy;

Amendment 88 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital C e (new)

Ce. whereas global resource use is rising, in tandem with GDP1a; __________________ 1a https://www.pnas.org/content/112/20/6271 .short

Amendment 880 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34

34. Recalls the EU waste targets and underlines that Member States must – as a first priority – move away from landfilling waste, in line with the waste hierarchy; calls on the Commission to ban landfilling of untreated municipal and industrial waste, and other waste and enable the temporary storage of materials from municipal and other waste that could be usable in the future for up to 30 years; calls on the Commission to phase progressively out existing capacities of incineration of non-hazardous waste, and hazardous waste where more sustainable non-combustion alternatives exist, and to ban the increasing of the incineration capacity, and to consider a temporary possibility to transport waste;

Amendment 881 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34

34. Recalls the EU waste targets and underlines that Member States must – as a first priority – move away from landfilling waste, in line with the waste hierarchy; reiterates that the new Circular Economy Action Plan does not give enough attention to the issue of landfilling of valuable recyclable waste streams, in particular steel aluminium, glass but also homogenous agricultural plastics, highlights the need for an improved separate collection systems for high-value recyclable materials and products; Urges the European Commission and Member States to eliminate current loopholes in the waste management process and to keep these valuable materials in the recycling loop;

Amendment 882 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34

34. Recalls the EU waste targets and underlines that Member States must – as a first priority – move away from landfilling waste, in line with the waste hierarchy; and to direct the non-recyclable waste to the most advanced waste-to-energy facilities within the EU that are able to recover secondary raw materials of high quality, have a high energy efficiency and low CO2 emissions; calls on the Commission to facilitate cross-border shipments of non-recyclable residual waste to advanced facilities in the EU in order to optimally recover valuable resources and avoid building overcapacity.

Amendment 883 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34

34. Recalls the EU waste targets and underlines that Member States must – as a first priority – move away from landfilling waste, in line with the waste hierarchy; while highlighting the importance of an integrated approach to waste management; believes that in parallel to a further phase-out of landfilling, as a transitional measure only non-recyclable or non-reusable municipal and other waste should be recovered in advanced waste-to-energy-facilities (with no CO2- emissions and a high energy and resource efficiency), while facilitating the recovery of secondary raw materials;

Amendment 884 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34

34. Recalls the EU waste targets and underlines that Member States must – as a first priority – move away from landfilling waste, in line with the waste hierarchy; underlines the importance of optimally recovering secondary raw materials from non-recyclable waste currently going to landfill, and therefore urges to direct the remaining non-recyclable waste streams to advanced waste-to-energy facilities with a high energy and resource efficiency with low CO2 emissions.

Amendment 885 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34

34. Recalls the EU waste targets and underlines that Member States must –, as ~~a first priority –~~priorities, strengthen prevention and preparation for reuse, increase recycling, and ultimately move away from landfilling and incineration of waste, in line with the waste hierarchy; calls on the Commission to propose a dedicated EU strategy for the management of residual waste in the circular economy, including the codification of pre-treatment and the goals of biological treatment;

Amendment 886 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34

34. Recalls the EU waste targets and underlines that Member States must – as a first priority – move away from landfilling waste, in line with the waste hierarchy, and calls on the Commission, as part of the review under Article 5(9) of Directive 1999/31/EC of 26 April 1999 on the landfill of waste, to stipulate a complete end to the landfilling of municipal waste with effect from 1 January 2023;

Amendment 887 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34

34. Recalls the EU waste targets and underlines that Member States must ~~– as a first priority –~~prevent the generation of waste, prepare for reuse, recycle as well as move away from landfilling and incineration of waste, in line with the waste hierarchy; and the Regulation (EU) 2020/852 which recognise that these activities cause significant harm to the environment;

Amendment 888 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34

34. Recalls the EU waste targets and underlines that Member States must – as a first priority – move away from landfilling waste, in line with the waste hierarchy; calls, in this context, for waste management methods to be sought out which will not ultimately lead to economic dependence on the permanent production of waste;

Amendment 889 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34

34. Recalls the EU waste targets and underlines that Member States must – as ~~a first priority – move away f~~priorities strengthen prevention and preparation for reuse, increase recycling and move towards zerom landfilling and zero waste incineration of municipal solid waste, in line with the waste hierarchy;,

Amendment 89 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Emphasises the role of education and the change of behaviour among producers as well as consumers in the Circular Economy Action Plan; particularly draws attention to the importance of promoting consumption patterns consistent with Circular Economy, and the importance of supporting new, innovative business models;

Amendment 89 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital C j (new)

Cj. whereas future global resource use could double just between 2010 and 2030, as identified by the UNEP;

Amendment 890 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34

34. Recalls the EU waste targets and underlines that Member States must – as a first priority – move away from landfilling waste, in line with the waste hierarchy, in particular by speeding up the development of waste-to-energy processes for non- recyclable waste;

Amendment 891 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34

34. Recalls the EU waste targets and underlines that Member States must – as ~~a first priority –~~priorities strengthen prevention and preparation for reuse, increase recycling, and ultimately move away from landfilling and incineration of waste, in line with the waste hierarchy;

Amendment 892 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34

34. Recalls the EU waste targets and underlines that Member States must – as a first priority – strengthen prevention and preparation for reuse, increase recycling and move away from landfilling waste, in line with the waste hierarchy;

Amendment 893 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34

34. Recalls the EU waste targets and underlines that Member States must – as a ~~first~~ priority ~~– move away from landfilling waste, in line with the waste hierarchy~~, in line with the waste hierarchy, implement the principle “prevention first” and – phase out landfilling waste,;

Amendment 894 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34

34. Recalls the EU waste targets and underlines that Member States must – as a first priority – move away from domestic or comparable landfilling waste, in line with the waste hierarchy;

Amendment 895 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34

34. Recalls the EU waste targets and underlines that Member States must – as a first priority – ~~move away from landfilling~~phase out landfilling of reusable and recyclable waste, in line with the waste hierarchy;

Amendment 896 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34

Amendment 897 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34 a (new)

34a. Recalls that industrial symbiosis is a key element to achieve circular economy by promoting interconnected networks where the waste of an industry becomes the raw material of another and energy and material can cycle continuously, keeping resources in productive use as long as possible; calls therefore for increased efforts to scale up industrial symbiosis at the EU level and make the industrial value chain more efficient and more competitive;

Amendment 898 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34 a (new)

34a. Underlines the importance of Carbon Capture Storage and Utilisation (CCS/U) for reaching the European Green Deal objectives, supporting the circular economy, the evolution of CO2- capture systems, and efforts for tackling climate change; supports an integrated policy context and incentive system to stimulate the uptake of environmentally safe CCS/U applications that deliver a net reduction in greenhouse gas emissions;

Amendment 899 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34 a (new)

34a. Calls on the Commission to provide recommendations for harmonised criteria for eco-modulation of EPR fees to provide effective incentives to producers to design their products in a way that minimises their impact on the environment during use and at the end- of-life stage; calls on the Commission to develop a proposal for an EU definition of recyclability as a basis for these recommendations;

Amendment 9 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Welcomes the Commission’s intention to review Directive 2009/125/EC; stresses that broadening its scope should not lead to any watering down of the results achieved in the field of energy efficiency; Underlines that nearly half of the energy efficiency savings that will be achieved by 2020 is due to the application of the Ecodesign Directive 2009/125/EC; stresses that a number of products -which are highly relevant from the perspective of their energy use(e.g. mobile network stations & subsystems or networking equipment)- have not yet been subject to ecodesign rules; notes further that a number of other products covered by ecodesign rules are outdated and should be updated (e.g. rules for decoders, heaters or rules on stand-by consumption); welcomes the Commission’s intention to review Directive 2009/125/EC; stresses that broadening its scope should be coupled with measures aimed at achieving further energy efficiency gains by energy-related products and services; insists that the expansion of scope to cover not only products but also structures, such as data centres or services such as used for cloud services, gaming or streaming;

Amendment 9 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 1 c (new)

— having regard to the Commission communication of 20 May 2020 entitled ´a Farm to Fork Strategy for a fair, healthy and environmentally-friendly food system´ (COM (2020)381),

Amendment 90 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Underlines the need to promote high-quality recycling and to maintain clean and sustainable closed material loops; Calls on the Commission to set same chemicals safety requirements for virgin and recycled materials to ensure the level playing ground in the EU;

Amendment 90 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital C f (new)

Cf. whereas degrowth calls for a different kind of economy altogether, which does not require growth in the first place, where we can reduce resource and energy use while specifically preventing unemployment and reducing inequality;

Amendment 900 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34 a (new)

34a. Calls on the European Commission to ensure that the health, climate and environmental impacts of processes and outputs of new recycling and recovery technologies such as chemical recycling are thoroughly evaluated at the industrial level prior to their incentivisation while guaranteeing transparency in the evaluation procedure and conclusions;

Amendment 901 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34 a (new)

34a. Emphasises the role of consumers in achieving the goals of the circular economy, and therefore calls on the Commission and the Member States to focus on awareness-raising and education in order to steer the consumption patterns of EU citizens towards greater sustainability; stresses in this regard that the EU institutions and their representatives must lead here by example;

Amendment 902 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34 a (new)

34a. Regrets the lack of focus of The Landfill Directive on the prevention, therefore call for its alignment with the overarching principles of the CEAP and for the 10% landfill target to be set on a baseline year and kg of waste per person per year in order to prevent diversion from landfilling to waste incineration.

Amendment 903 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34 a (new)

34a. Underlines that separate collection of waste is a prerequisite for high-quality recycling; calls on the European Commission to improve and harmonise existing separate collection systems and to ensure the proper implementation of the provisions laid down in the Waste Framework Directive;

Amendment 904 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34 a (new)

34a. Deplores that the current rules for monitoring the amount of recycled waste allow for great distortion of the recycled waste figures by registering sorted waste instead of actual recycled waste, insists on a quick and thorough revision of these rules;

Amendment 905 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34 a (new)

34a. Recalls that waste incineration is in contrast with the circular economy as waste does not turn into resources but generates toxic emissions which pollute the environment and put in danger the health of citizens living nearby;

Amendment 906 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34 a (new)

34a. Stresses the need to build waste strategies and policies on robust scientific data and methodologies, improving the reliability and comparability of EU statistics;

Amendment 907 #

Martin HOJSÍK, Katalin CSEH

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34 b (new)

34b. Highlights that developing industrial symbiosis would require territories to better understand and manage their local flow of resources and lead them to implement new strategies of spatial planning in collaboration with industries, stakeholders, local administration and citizens, urges Member States to require local and regional governments to identify industrial symbiosis opportunities through a thorough mapping of economic activities and compulsory flow analysis of resources,

Amendment 908 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34 b (new)

34b. Calls on the Commission to ensure that chemical recycling is limited to products and packaging not otherwise mechanically recyclable, that chemical recycling must not be counted towards recycling targets and that public funding for developing new recycling techniques should be restricted to those with net negative greenhouse gas emissions;

Amendment 909 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34 b (new)

34b. Calls on the Commission to assess the feasibility of developing new EPR schemes at the EU level for new products, or a universal EPR for all products in support of the foreseen new sustainable product policy announced in the EU Green Deal and the new Circular Economy Action Plan;

Amendment 91 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Urges the Commission to propose measures to ensure transparency and traceability to intra-EU trade in plastic waste, including by digital means and a certification framework to ensure treatment in accordance with circular- economy principles;

Amendment 91 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital C g (new)

Cg. whereas it is not feasible for high- income nations to transition to renewables fast enough to stay within the carbon budget for 1.5° Celsius, or even 2° Celsius, if they continue to pursue economic growth at the usual rates;

Amendment 910 #

Linea SØGAARD-LIDELL, Nicolae ŞTEFĂNUȚĂ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34 b (new)

34b. Encourages the Commission to establish a best-practice sharing platform that can help assess waste policy implementation and build a robust repository of information and tools in the field of waste management and EPR;

Amendment 911 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34 b (new)

34b. Calls on the Commission to define a common EU-wide approach for the management of residual waste;

Amendment 912 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34 c (new)

34c. Stresses the need to build waste strategies and policies on robust scientific data and methodologies, improving the reliability and comparability of EU statistics, stresses that research in prevention, reuse, remanufacture and repair have been limited, disadvantaged and underfinanced compared to research in recycling; in that regard, stresses the importance of significantly increasing the prioritising and funding of research in prevention, reuse, reparability, upgradability and remanufacture;

Amendment 913 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34 c (new)

34c. Highlights the potential of environmental and green taxes to gradually shift the tax burden on labour to the use of non-renewable energy and primary raw materials; regrets the fact that as long as primary raw materials are cheaper than reused goods or secondary raw materials, policy interventions for a more circular economy will have little impact; calls therefore for increased use of environmental taxation;

Amendment 914 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34 c (new)

34c. Emphasises the need to expand research on the workers’ health and safety risks in waste management so that policies can be formulated that ensure decent and safe working conditions for the workers that operate the circular economy;

Amendment 915 #

Motion for a resolution
Subheading 10

Making circularity work for people, SMEs, regions and cities

Amendment 916 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35

Amendment 917 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35

35. Acknowledges the important role that regional governments ~~and~~, local communities ~~play in~~and SMEs play in the circular economy and for waste management; calls on the Commission to support the establishment of circularity hubs in all European regions and local communities; in the spirit of the proposed “Green Bauhaus”, providing training and support on circular models for design, procurement and waste management; calls on the Commission to involve social partners in identifying skill needs and skill gaps as well as new job occupations needed in the transition to a circular economy

Amendment 918 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35

35. Acknowledges the important role that regional governments and local communities play in waste management; calls on the Commission to support the establishment of circularity hubs in all European regions and local communities and to provide active support for regional and local actors’ communication campaigns regarding the circular economy and waste recycling;

Amendment 919 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35

35. Acknowledges the important role that regional governments ~~and~~, local communities ~~play in waste management~~and SMEs play in the circular economy; calls on the Commission to support the establishment of circularity hubs in all European regions and local communities in the spirit of the Renovation Wave, providing support to the development of circular models in design, procurement and waste management;

Amendment 92 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Calls on the Commission to harmonise, at EU level, existing legislation on the recycling input rate and recycled content;

Amendment 92 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital C h (new)

Ch. whereas in 2018, 238 scientists called on the European Commission to abandon growth as an objective and explore post-growth futures;

Amendment 920 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35

35. Acknowledges the important role that regional governments and local communities play in waste management~~; calls on the Commission to support~~ and in the implementation of the measures included in the Circular Economy Action Plan; calls on the Commission and Member States to support coherent implementation and the establishment of circularity hubs in all European regions and local communities;

Amendment 921 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35

35. ~~Acknowledges~~Draws attention to the important role that regional governments and local communities play in waste management; ~~calls on the Commission to support the establishment of circularity hubs in all European regions and local communities;~~

Amendment 922 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35

35. Acknowledges the important role that regional governments, municipal enterprises and local communities play in waste management, notably by taking into account regional and local conditions; calls on the Commission to support the establishment of circularity hubs in all European regions and local communities;

Amendment 923 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35

35. Acknowledges the important role that regional governments and local communities play in waste management and the transition towards a circular economy; calls on the Commission to support the establishment and cooperation of circularity hubs in all European regions and local communities;

Amendment 924 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35

35. Acknowledges the important role that regional governments and local communities play in waste management; calls on the Commission to support the establishment of circularity hubs in all European regions and local communities while respecting the single market for waste treatment;

Amendment 925 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35

Amendment 926 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35

35. Acknowledges the important role that regional governments and local communities play in waste management; ~~calls on the Commission to~~ supports the establishment of circularity hubs in all European regions and local communities;

Amendment 927 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35 a (new)

35a. Stresses the importance of involving local authorities in this Circular Economy Action Plan to ensure that those institutions closest to citizens are part of the process of moving towards a waste- free circular economy; calls on the Commission to work closely with local and regional actors in this area to ensure that their efforts bring the new measures in this Action Plan to citizens;

Amendment 928 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35 a (new)

35a. Takes note of the Commission’s plan to propose to harmonise separate waste collection systems; calls on the Commission to duly take into account regional and local conditions that may require a specific approach to waste collection, as well as to consider best practices in the Member States; believes that changing well-established and functioning collection schemes may have adverse effects on their efficiency;

Amendment 929 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35 a (new)

35a. In the transition to a circular economy and climate neutrality by 2050 at the latest, stresses that it is crucial that the Commission and Member States adequately assess employment needs, including education and training requirements, promote the development of the non-toxic circular economy and do their utmost to achieve a fair and just transition;

Amendment 93 #

Pascal ARIMONT, Hildegard BENTELE, Henna VIRKKUNEN, Maria da Graça CARVALHO, Isabel WISELER-LIMA, Edina TÓTH, Róża THUN UND HOHENSTEIN, Sara SKYTTEDAL, Tom BERENDSEN

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)

3b. Welcomes the Commission´s intention to propose a target on food waste reduction; Underlines the need to maximise value of biomass including by increasing separation of organic waste and by improving its management; Calls on the Commission and Member States to ensure high levels of separation of organic waste and to incentives returns of nutrients from organic waste back to the soils, its use for production of renewable energy, green chemicals and other products where feasible and environmentally beneficial.

Amendment 93 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital C c (new)

Cc. whereas it is estimated that 88 million tonnes of food waste are generated in the EU each year and the estimated costs of the wasted food are EUR 143 billion; whereas food waste has a huge environmental impact, accounting for about 6% of total EU Greenhouse Gas emissions;

Amendment 930 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35 a (new)

35a. Highlights the essential role of sustainable active forest management for achieving climate neutrality by 2050 and in the Union’s circular bio-economy; Emphasises the synergies between the CEAP and the Bioeconomy Strategy; calls on the Commission to promote projects in the area of circular bio-based economy to strengthen regional economies;

Amendment 931 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35 a (new)

35a. Stresses the key role of consumers in waste prevention and waste management; reiterates the importance for Member States to continue awareness campaigns to promote sustainable consumption and accessible and easy-to- understand guidance for the consumers to prevent and sort correctly their waste;

Amendment 932 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35 a (new)

35a. Acknowledges the crucial role played by workers in shifting to a circular economy; calls on the Commission to involve social partners in identifying skill needs and skill gaps as well as new job occupations needed in the transition to a circular economy;

Amendment 933 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35 a (new)

35a. Stresses the key role of consumers in waste collection and sorting; reiterates the importance for Member States to continue initiatives to further promote accessible and easy to understand sorting guidance for the consumers to sort and dispose their waste;

Amendment 934 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35 a (new)

35a. Stresses the key role of consumers in waste collection and sorting; reiterates the importance for Member States to continue initiatives to further promote accessible and easy to understand guidance for the consumers to sort and dispose of their waste.

Amendment 935 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35 a (new)

35a. Recalls the fundamental role of education to make people adopt the right consumption behaviours; calls on the Commission to support educational programmes related to circular economy through relevant EU funds (LIFE, Erasmus+, ERDF, Interreg, ESF);

Amendment 936 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35 a (new)

35a. Acknowledges the potential of the circular economy for jobs creation and highlights the need for policies such as the Pact for Skills and the Just Transition Mechanism to support the training and integration of workers in the Circular Economy;

Amendment 937 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35 a (new)

35a. Calls on the Commission to ensure that the Circular Economy Action plan is socially inclusive and does not contribute to worsening conditions for materially deprived households in Europe;

Amendment 938 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35 a (new)

35a. Stresses the essential need to raise public awareness, understanding and involvement to ensure a successful transition to a circular economy;

Amendment 939 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35 a (new)

35a. Calls for the polluter-pays principle to be extended to reducing waste dumping;

Amendment 94 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)

3b. Emphasizes against this backdrop the importance of improving access to funds for research and innovation projects on the circular economy, by strengthening Horizon Europe, Cohesion Policy, the LIFE programme, Innovation Fund and InvestEU;

Amendment 94 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital C d (new)

Cd. whereas over 50% of food waste is estimated to come from households and the consumer level;

Amendment 940 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35 b (new)

35b. . Considers it important to raise the public awareness on the rights of consumers and importance of sustainable product and service consumption; calls on the Commission and Member States to facilitate this through a platform for exchange of best practices that includes citizens, and representatives of the public and private sector, local authorities, academia, non-governmental and civil society organisations and consumer organisations, ensuring all citizens have access to easily understandable and comprehensive information;

Amendment 941 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35 b (new)

35b. Supports the idea to link the Action Plan to implement the European Pillar of Social Rights with the circular economy, notably to help the social economy sector both maintain its role and thrive in a circular economy; Considers it helpful for social economy actors active in circular services to have preferred access to public procurement contracts, notably through the implementation of the most economically advantageous tender (MEAT) criterion;

Amendment 942 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35 b (new)

35b. Supports the idea of updating the Skills Agenda for the circular economy and calls on the Commission to tailor this Agenda to specific sectoral needs covered by the Action Plan;

Amendment 943 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35 b (new)

35b. Calls for an EU ban on advertising in public places including, public transport, as part of efforts to reduce unnecessary consumption and fast fashion;

Amendment 944 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35 c (new)

35c. Considers that the transition from a linear to a circular economy needs to be inclusive and collaborative in all its aspects and with the participation of both genders; notes that women tend to be more caring and receptive to circular behaviours, such as reuse, repair and simply prolonging the use of an item for as long as possible; underlines that gender equality and greater participation of women in economic development is important for circularity, because women can drive responsible consumption and production behaviours through role modelling and cultivating a culture for circularity at the many levels women participate in daily life;

Amendment 945 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35 c (new)

35c. Calls to link the Action Plan to implement the European Pillar of Social Rights with the circular economy, notably to help the social economy sector both maintain its role and thrive in a circular economy;

Amendment 946 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35 c (new)

35c. Acknowledges the need to strengthen gender-friendly policies for a successful circular economy;

Amendment 947 #

Motion for a resolution
Subheading 10 a (new)

Monitoring Framework Welcomes the Commission’s commitment to update and review the monitoring framework for circular economy; regrets that the current monitoring framework does not present a comprehensive and holistic set of indicators allowing to measure the decoupling of economic growth from resource use and environmental impact; highlights that the Monitoring Framework should at least cover the full range of objectives and concrete actions of the Circular Economy Action Plan in order to have an effective instrument for measuring circularity and progress towards the achievement of its objectives;

Amendment 948 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35 d (new)

35d. Implementation and enforcement 36. Calls on the Commission to take all necessary measures to ensure that Member States fully implement and adequately enforce EU waste legislation, including through information exchange and infringement procedures

Amendment 949 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35 d (new)

35d. Highlights the importance of resource productivity as one of the key elements to secure sustainable growth and jobs in the EU; therefore regrets the actual lack of a resource productivity indicator in the Monitoring Framework;. underlines that the total raw material input productivity indicator” should encompass both biotic and abiotic raw materials and consider imported goods not only with a view to their own weight, but also their entire specific primary raw material input in relation with the gross domestic product to which the value of imported goods has been added;

Amendment 95 #

Pascal ARIMONT, Hildegard BENTELE, Henna VIRKKUNEN, Maria da Graça CARVALHO, Isabel WISELER-LIMA, Edina TÓTH, Tomas TOBÉ, Sara SKYTTEDAL, Tom BERENDSEN

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 c (new)

3c. Reiterates that the forest-based sector significantly contributes to the development of circular bio-based economies in the EU; emphasises that the forest-based sector and the bio-economy are crucial to achieving the goals of the European Green Deal and climate neutrality by 2050; stresses that in 2015 the bio-economy represented a market estimated to be worth over EUR 2,3 trillion, providing 20 million jobs and accounting for 8.2 % of total employment in the EU; notes that every euro invested in bio-economy research and innovation under Horizon 2020 will generate about EUR 10 in added value;

Amendment 95 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital C i (new)

Ci. whereas advertising expenditures have a direct impact on rates of material consumption and global advertising expenditure is increasing every year, with $560 billion spent in 2019;

Amendment 950 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35 e (new)

35e. Recommends that the development of local value chains based on the recycling of bio-waste for the generation of renewable energy, such as biomethane, is supported to create closer links between rural and urban communities while fully implementing the waste hierarchy;

Amendment 951 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36

36. Supports the Commission’s ambition to revise the Waste Shipment Regulation in order to stop exporting the EU’s waste problems to third countries; asks the Commission to also focus on: - facilitating procedures for movement of waste by introducing a fast-track notification procedure for intra-EU waste shipments to pre-consented facilities and lowering the administrative burden· - implementing the Electronic Data Interexchange (EDI) system to better monitor waste flows - equivalent Environmental Sound Management (ESM) requirements - financial incentives to limit waste exports;

Amendment 952 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36

36. Supports the Commission’s ambition to revise the Waste Shipment Regulation in order to stop exporting the EU’s waste problems to third countries; asks the Commission to also focus on: - facilitating procedures for movement of waste by introducing a fast-track notification procedure for intra-EU waste shipments - implementing the Electronic Data Interexchange (EDI) system to better monitor waste flows - financial incentives to limit waste exports;

Amendment 953 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36

36. Supports the Commission’s ambition to revise the Waste Shipment Regulation in order to ~~stop exporting the EU’s waste problems to third countries; asks the Commission to also focus on financial incentives to limit waste exports~~introduce safe procedures and at least basic tracking of waste after export and to minimise waste shipments to dumps; points out that the European Union is a party to the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal; asks the Commission to also focus on financial incentives to limit waste exports; underscores the crucial importance of stepping up the European Union’s efforts to combat waste crime and waste export crime;

Amendment 954 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36

36. Supports the Commission’s ambition to revise the Waste Shipment Regulation in order to stop exporting the EU’s waste problems to third countries; asks the Commission to also focus on financial incentives to limit waste exports through e.g. the recovery fund and the InvestEU programme; with also the aim to restrict exports of waste that cause negative environmental and health impacts or waste streams that could be used in the EU; Proposes to establish transparency over the destiny of products exported with high likelihood of environmental leakage, and human health impacts;

Amendment 955 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36

36. Supports the Commission’s ambition to revise the Waste Shipment Regulation in order to stop exporting the EU’s waste problems to third countries; ~~ask~~urges the Commission to ~~also focus on financial incentives to limit waste export~~propose measures to ensure transparency and traceability to intra-EU trade in plastic waste and a certification framework to ensure treatment in accordance with circular-economy principles; calls on the Commission act in full respect of our obligations under the Basel convention, notably when it comes to shipment of plastic waste and end of life vessels;

Amendment 956 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36

36. Supports the Commission’s ambition to revise the Waste Shipment Regulation in order to stop exporting the EU’s waste problems to third countries; ~~asks the Commission to also focus on financial incentives to limit waste exports;~~

Amendment 957 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36

36. Supports the Commission’s ambition to revise the Waste Shipment Regulation in order to stop ~~exporting the EU’s waste problems to third countries; asks the Commission to also focus on financial incentives to limit waste export~~illegal exports of waste and preserve free, fair and safe trade of secondary raw materials which is essential to foster global circular value chains;

Amendment 958 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36

36. Supports the Commission’s ambition to revise the Waste Shipment Regulation in order to ~~stop exporting the EU’s waste problems~~ensure a more effective tackling of unlawful behaviour and to stop exporting EU waste to third countries; ~~ask~~urges the Commission to ~~also focus on financial incentives to limit waste exports;~~propose measures to ensure transparency and traceability of intra-EU trade in plastic waste, including by requiring prior informed consent for all plastic waste traded within the EU and a certification framework to ensure treatment in accordance with circular-economy principles

Amendment 959 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36

36. Supports the Commission’s ambition to revise the Waste Shipment Regulation in order to stop exporting the EU’s waste problems to third countries; asks the Commission to also focus on financial incentives to limit waste exports; emphasises that waste exports to third countries is the result of market dynamics and that efforts to reduce such exports must be paired with measures intended to strengthen the internal market and further economic incentives to treat waste within the Union;

Amendment 96 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 c (new)

3c. Calls on the European Commission to ensure that the health and environmental impacts of processes and outputs of new recycling and recovery technologies are thoroughly evaluated at the industrial level prior to their incentivisation while guaranteeing transparency on the evaluation procedure and conclusions;

Amendment 96 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital C k (new)

Ck. whereas it has been over two years since the IPCC released its Special Report on Global Warming of 1.5°C, which stated that limiting global warming to 1.5°C would require rapid, far-reaching and unprecedented changes in all aspects of society;

Amendment 960 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36

36. Supports the Commission’s ambition to revise the Waste Shipment Regulation in order to stop exporting the EU’s waste problems to third countries; asks the Commission to also ~~focus on financial incentives to limit waste exports~~ensure a harmonised implementation and promotion of the waste classification throughout Europe and to also focus on financial incentives to increase recycling in Europe, limit waste exports and ensure exports are only credited in the agreed targets if compliant with article 49 of the Waste Shipments Regulation;

Amendment 961 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36

36. Supports the Commission’s ambition to revise the Waste Shipment Regulation in order to stop exporting the EU’s waste problems to third countries; asks the Commission to also focus on financial incentives to limit waste exports as well as take to action regarding the imports of raw primary materials from non-EU countries in order to reduce extraction of natural resources and ensure that environmental standards and human rights are observed;

Amendment 962 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36

36. Supports the Commission’s ambition to revise the Waste Shipment Regulation in order to stop exporting the EU’s waste problems to third countries; asks the Commission to also focus on financial incentives ~~to limit waste export~~and investments in additional recycling capacity to limit waste exports to third countries and at the same time to remove barriers for transport of waste within the EU to establish a real single market for quality secondary raw materials;

Amendment 963 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36

36. Supports the Commission’s ambition to revise the Waste Shipment Regulation in order to stop exporting the EU’s waste problems to third countries; asks the Commission to also focus on financial incentives to ~~limit waste export~~bring down waste exports out of the EU if measures to remove barriers for transport of waste within the EU at the same time will be imposed in order to establish a real single market for quality secondary raw materials;

Amendment 964 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36

36. Supports the Commission’s ambition to implement the Basel Convention recent amendments on plastic waste and to revisew the Waste Shipment Regulation in order to stop exporting the EU’s waste ~~problems~~challenges and illegal exports of waste to third countries; asks the Commission to also focus on financial incentives to ~~limit waste exports~~promote recycling capacities and infrastructures within the EU;

Amendment 965 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36

36. Supports the Commission’s ambition to revise the Waste Shipment Regulation in order to stop exporting the EU’s waste problems to third countries; asks the Commission to also focus on the dissemination of good practices relating to the circular economy among third countries and on financial incentives to limit waste exports;

Amendment 966 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36

36. Supports the Commission’s ambition to revise the Waste Shipment Regulation in order to stop exporting the EU’s waste problems to third countries; asks the Commission to ~~also focus on financial incentives to limit waste exports~~ensure greater transparency and more effective controls to ensure that waste is not shipped to countries with lower environmental and social standards than the EU;

Amendment 967 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36

Amendment 968 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36

36. Supports the Commission’s ambition to revise the Waste Shipment Regulation in order to ~~stop exporting the EU’s waste problems to thir~~ensure efficient waste-export procedures and eco~~untries; asks the Commission to also focus on financial incentives to limit~~-friendly treatment of exported waste, and underscores the importance of greater efforts to combat waste crime, in particular as regards waste exports;

Amendment 969 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36

36. Supports the Commission’s ambition to revise the Waste Shipment Regulation ~~in order to stop exporting the EU’s waste problems to third countries~~to ensure efficient procedures for safe exports of waste and environmentally sound treatment of waste after export; asks the Commission to also focus on financial incentives to limit waste exports;

Amendment 97 #

3d. Underlines that Member States must move away from landfilling and incineration of waste, in line with the waste hierarchy; calls on the Commission to define a common EU-wide approach for the management of residual waste, including the codification of "pre- treatment" and the goals of biological treatment.

Amendment 97 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. Welcomes the Commission’s new Circular Economy Action Plan; highlights the fact that the circular economy, in combination with the zero-pollution ambition for a toxic-free environment, is key to reducing the overall environmental footprint of European consumption and production so as to stay within planetary boundaries, and to reaching the climate goals of the Paris Agreement;

Amendment 970 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36 a (new)

36a. Regrets the very limited scope of Regulation (EU) 2017/821 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17May 2017 laying down supply chain due diligence obligations for Union importers of tin, tantalum and tungsten, their ores, and gold originating from conflict-affected and high-risk areas, which applies to only a few minerals: gold, tantalum, tin and tungsten; expresses deep concern that other high- risk conflict materials, such as cobalt, copper and lithium, which are widely used in the electronics industry, are outside the scope of this regulation; regrets that regulation only applies to the importation of these minerals in raw form, and not to companies which import products which contain these same minerals, such as laptops, mobile phones and jewellery;

Amendment 971 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36 a (new)

36a. Under current market conditions, recycled raw materials are at a competitive disadvantage by comparison with imported primary raw materials, as CO2 intensity in the product production process is currently not reflected in the product price by the market. Tackling this competitive disadvantage is essential in order to create a level playing field for recycled and primary raw materials in the EU and to facilitate the establishment of a stable market for recycled raw materials in Europe.

Amendment 972 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36 a (new)

36a. Deeply deplores the harmful exports of European waste to countries like Indonesia, Malaysia, Vietnam and Turkey, insists that the planned revision of the Waste Exports Regulation effectively ends all exports of waste outside of the EU, including the supposedly recyclable waste streams as it has been proven that waste exported for ‘recycling’ or other ‘useful applications’ has ended up in landfills, oceans and incineration in other parts of the world instead of being recycled;

Amendment 973 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36 a (new)

36a. Welcomes the Global Alliance for Circular Economy and Resource Efficiency to accelerate the global transition to a climate-neutral, resource- efficient and circular economy, and invites the Commission to initiate discussions on an international agreement on the management of natural resources to stay within a ‘safe operating space’ for natural resource use;

Amendment 974 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36 b (new)

36b. Expresses deep concern at the levels of waste exported from the Union to third countries and calls for immediate action to build recycling and waste treatment capacity across the Union, also addressing regional disparities;

Amendment 975 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36 b (new)

36b. Supports the Commission’s efforts at international level to reach a global agreement on plastics, and to promote the uptake of the EU’s circular economy approach on plastics;

Amendment 976 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36 a (new)

36a. Encourages member states to ban plastic waste exports outside of Europe;

Amendment 977 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37

37. Calls on ~~European producers to accept~~Commission to address inconsistencies in relation to quality of products exported and those in the EU market and explore options to legislate accordingly to ensure that European producers are held responsib~~ility~~le when selling products in third countries ~~and~~; proposes that industrial stakeholders commit to waste compensation programmes through the set- up of separate collection systems;

Amendment 978 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37

37. Calls on European producers to accept responsibility when selling products in third countries and proposes that industrial stakeholders commit ~~to waste compensation programmes through the set-up of separate collection system~~on the basis of a global extended producer responsibility to financing or organising the set-up of separate collection systems for their products when becoming waste, combined with schemes for eco- modulation fees;

Amendment 979 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37

37. Calls on European producers to ~~accept~~take responsibility when selling products in third countries and proposes that industrial stakeholders commit to waste compensation programmes through the set- up of separate collection systems in destination countries;

Amendment 98 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Calls on the Commission to step up its efforts to make more small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) fit for the circular economy, by supporting them through adequate incentive schemes and financing tools, capacity building ~~and technical assistance, as well as by reducing their administrative and legal burdens;~~, exchange of best practices, linking of various actors and potential business partners, including from a circular economy perspective, and technical assistance, as well as by reducing their administrative and legal burdens; emphasises that the circular potential for SMEs is not limited to increased resource efficiency and circular resource flows but also includes new circular business models which prevent the production of material products in the first place

Amendment 98 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. Welcomes the Commission’s new Circular Economy Action Plan; highlights the fact that the circular economy is a key tofactor in ensuring EUs competitiveness globally, reducing the overall environmental footprint of European consumption and production, protecting human health and to reaching the climate goals of the Paris Agreement; endorses and encourages the Commission to come up with the suggested proposals in the annex of the communication;

Amendment 980 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37 a (new)

37a. Efforts to create a functioning circular economy not only concern the EU. Waste streams around the world demonstrate that the circular economy is a global reality and that firms in this area operate globally. As the EU wants to lead by example, it must support international efforts to share circular-economy expertise or to tackle the harmful environmental impact of criminal waste shipments.

Amendment 981 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37 a (new)

37a. Calls on the EU to take the lead and actively promote the development of in developing a global agreement on plastics and to ensure that the various commitments made at both the EU and global levels can be tracked in an integrated and transparent manner; calls on the Commission and the Member States to show active leadership to continue working on international responses for combating plastic marine litter and micro-plastics;

Amendment 982 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37 a (new)

37a. Underlines the importance of requiring that primary and secondary raw materials imported within the EU comply with human rights, human health and environmental protection standards that are equivalent to the upcoming legislative proposal of the Commission on sustainable corporate governance and due diligence;

Amendment 983 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37 a (new)

Amendment 984 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37 a (new)

37a. Underlines its concern that placing linear and circular products concurrently on the European market risks breaching the level playing field principle; believes, therefore, that it will be essential to monitor supply chains and apply an adjustment mechanism on the EU’s external borders;

Amendment 985 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37 a (new)

37a. Calls on the Commission to assess whether it would be necessary to include circular economy standards in the sustainable development charters of future FTAs, and to lead the inclusion of circular economy standards in the World Trade Organisation (WTO);

Amendment 986 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37 a (new)

37a. stresses to take immediately action regarding phasing out of fossil fuels from the energy system to hit climate targets (zero net carbon emissions) in 2040 in the EU, closing the loop and support the use of renewable raw material.

Amendment 987 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37 a (new)

37a. Supports the Commission’s initiative to lead efforts at international level to reach a global agreement on plastics and promote the uptake of the EU’s circular economy approach on plastics world-wide;

Amendment 988 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37 a (new)

37a. Supports the Commission to promote multilateral discussions on sustainable levels of resource use and planetary boundaries, including the exploration of science-based targets for resource use;

Amendment 989 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37 b (new)

37b. Recalls that approximately eight million metric tonnes of plastic enter our oceans, in addition to the estimated 150 million metric tonnes that has already accumulated in our marine environment; calls on the EU to play a pro-active role in developing a UN Treaty on Plastic Pollution to boost innovation and investment, coordinate infrastructure development, and ensure that commitments made at both the EU and global level can be tracked in an integrated and transparent manner;

Amendment 99 #

Josianne CUTAJAR

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

Amendment 99 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. Welcomes the Commission’s new Circular Economy Action Plan; highlights the fact that tha true circular economy is key to reducing the overall environmental footprint of European consumption and production, to adapting our consumption and production patterns to the planetary boundaries and to reaching the climate goals of the Paris Agreement;

Amendment 990 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37 b (new)

37b. Emphasises the urgent need to implement the 2030 Agenda on matters relating to strengthening the international management and protection against the health and environmental harms caused by chemicals; particularly stresses the importance of the ongoing process under the Strategic Approach to International Chemicals Management (SAICM) to decide upon a strong framework for the sound management of chemicals and waste beyond 2020 at ICCM 5 in Bonn July 2021;

Amendment 991 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37 b (new)

37b. Calls on the Commission to explore synergies with third countries with which the Union has or can soon have an FTA, to achieve material circularity and ultimately decoupling of resource use from economic growth at the macro level, in order to, inter alia, avoid environmentally harmful activities such as non-compliant, poorly regulated, and informal recovery operations;

Amendment 992 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37 b (new)

37b. Stresses the importance of ensuring coherence between the Union’s internal and external policies with regards to circular economy; calls on the Commission to ensure that the objectives of the European Green Deal and the Circular Economy Action Plan are promoted also in the Union’s external relations and in trade agreements;

Amendment 993 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37 b (new)

37b. Urges the Commission to promote the use of resource-efficiency indicators through international conventions in order to allow comparability between industries and economies and to ensure a level playing field, and to support dialogue and cooperation with third countries;

Amendment 994 #