AMENDMENTS 494 - 1001 · 2020. 11. 10. · AM\1216892EN.docx 3/234 PE660.071v02-00 EN Amendment 494 Margrete Auken Motion for a resolution Paragraph 19 a (new) Motion for a resolution

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European Parliament2019-2024

Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety

2020/2077(INI)

27.10.2020

AMENDMENTS494 - 1001Draft reportJan Huitema(PE652.387v02-00)

New Circular Economy Action Plan(2020/2077(INI))

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Amendment 494Margrete Auken

Motion for a resolutionParagraph 19 a (new)

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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;

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Amendment 495Sirpa Pietikäinen



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

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fastest-growing carbon footprint in the IT sector;

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Amendment 496Róża Thun und Hohenstein



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;

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Amendment 497Nathalie Colin-Oesterlé



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;

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Amendment 498Marek Paweł Balt



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.

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Amendment 499Simona Bonafè, Alessandra Moretti, Rovana Plumb, Maria Arena, Delara Burkhardt, César Luena, Javi López, Biljana Borzan, Mohammed Chahim, Milan Brglez, Sara Cerdas, Monika Beňová, Łukasz Kohut, Jytte Guteland



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;

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Amendment 500Mick Wallace, Clare Daly, Anja Hazekamp, Kateřina Konečná, Manuel Bompard

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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;

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Amendment 501César Luena, Javi López, Marcos Ros Sempere, Nicolás González Casares, Cristina Maestre Martín De Almagro



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;

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Motion for a resolutionParagraph 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

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charging devices; encourages the Commission to explore options to address all other unnecessary cable differentiations between manufacturers, including HDMI and other ICT cables;

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Amendment 503Pascal Canfin, Catherine Chabaud, Nicolae Ştefănuță, Ondřej Knotek, Martin Hojsík



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

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Amendment 504Eleonora Evi, Daniela Rondinelli, Piernicola Pedicini



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;

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Motion for a resolutionParagraph 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;

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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;

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Amendment 507Simona Bonafè, Alessandra Moretti, Rovana Plumb, Maria Arena, Delara Burkhardt, Biljana Borzan, Mohammed Chahim, Milan Brglez, Sara Cerdas, Monika Beňová, Łukasz Kohut, Jytte Guteland



19b. Calls on the Commission to consider renewable energy technologies as one more key value chain due to the

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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;

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Amendment 508Antoni Comín i Oliveres



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;

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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;

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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;

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Motion for a resolutionParagraph 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;

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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

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with access to re-useable goods;

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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;

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19b. Besides circular electronics initiative, asks the commission to come up with an initiative of circular and sustainable digitalisation, ICT and AI plan;

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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;

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Amendment 516Maria Spyraki

Motion for a resolutionSubheading 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.

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Motion for a resolutionParagraph 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;

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 zero-emission mobility and for measures ensuring sustainable sourcing of critical raw materials;

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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 sustainable and fair sourcing of critical raw materials;

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Amendment 519Marek Paweł Balt


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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

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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;

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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 sustainable sourcing of critical raw

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materials;

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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, renewable electricity grids and sustainable sourcing of critical raw materials;

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Amendment 523Sylvia Limmer




20. Underlines the importance of a strategic approach to the legislative framework for batteries and vehicles and points up the significance of high-quality recycling and closed material loops in that respect too;

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Amendment 524Hermann Tertsch, Margarita de la Pisa Carrión


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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;

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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;

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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;

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Amendment 527Claudia Gamon, Ulrike Müller, Susana Solís Pérez, Ondřej Knotek



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;

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20b. Stresses that the product-as-a-service solutions in sustainable and smart mobility do not necessarily need to be

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businesses and can easily be taken up by local and other public authorities, offering publicly owned solutions;

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Amendment 529Claudia Gamon, Ulrike Müller, Susana Solís Pérez



20b. Welcomes the Commission’s efforts to create standards for European batteries;

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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;

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Motion for a resolutionParagraph 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;

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Amendment 532Claudia Gamon, Ulrike Müller, Susana Solís Pérez, Ondřej Knotek

Motion for a resolutionParagraph 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;

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Motion for a resolutionParagraph 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;

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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;

21. Endorses 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;

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Amendment 535Hildegard Bentele

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21. Calls for a new regulatory framework for batteries that includes 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 through the introduction of labelling requirements, life cycle environmental impacts, extending extended producer responsibility (EPR) to all types of battery, and sustainable sourcing;

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21. Calls for a new regulatory framework for batteries that includes eco-design, improved separate collection, recycled 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;

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Amendment 537Maria Arena




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;

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21. Calls for a new regulatory framework for batteries that includes eco-design, 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;

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21. Calls for a new regulatory framework for batteries that includes sustainable sourcing, eco-design, recycled content, remanufacturing, improved separate collection, reuse and recycling, recovery of valuable materials, consumer information, life cycle environmental impacts and restriction of primary disposable batteries to exclusive applications where they cannot be substituted by rechargeable;

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Amendment 540Catherine Chabaud, Martin Hojsík, Frédérique Ries, Pascal Canfin




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,

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21. Calls for a new regulatory framework for batteries that includes eco-design, 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;

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Amendment 542Jan Huitema, Claudia Gamon, Susana Solís Pérez, Ondřej Knotek, María Soraya Rodríguez Ramos, Catherine Chabaud, Fredrick Federley, Linea Søgaard-Lidell, Frédérique Ries, Asger Christensen




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;

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Amendment 543Joanna Kopcińska




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;

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Amendment 544Pietro Fiocchi




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;

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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;

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Amendment 546Ondřej Knotek, Susana Solís Pérez




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, safe and sustainable sourcing;

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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;

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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;

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Amendment 549Andreas Glück, Asger Christensen, Ondřej Knotek, Irena Joveva



21a. Underlines the potential of

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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;

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Amendment 550Jan Huitema, Claudia Gamon, Susana Solís Pérez, Irena Joveva, María Soraya Rodríguez Ramos, Catherine Chabaud, Fredrick Federley, Frédérique Ries, Asger Christensen



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;

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21a. Calls on the Commission to assess the establishment of a specific regulatory framework for EPR minimum

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requirements on batteries for electro-mobility with the aim to boost their circularity and innovation in the battery market;

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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;

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Amendment 553Andreas Glück, Ondřej Knotek, Asger Christensen



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.

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21b. Calls on the Commission to encourage the development of on-demand mobility, as well as other on-demand products and services;

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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;

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Amendment 556Andreas Glück, Ondřej Knotek, Asger Christensen, Irena Joveva



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;

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Amendment 557Anja Hazekamp, Mick Wallace



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;

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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;

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 waste 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;

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Amendment 559Christine Schneider, Christian Doleschal




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, 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;

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Amendment 560Joanna Kopcińska




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 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;

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Amendment 561Hildegard Bentele




22. Reiterates the objective to make all packaging reusable or recyclable in an economically viable way by 2030, 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

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introduction of minimum requirements;

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Amendment 562Agnès Evren




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;

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Amendment 563Marlene Mortler, Christian Doleschal, Jens Gieseke




22. Reiterates the objective to make all packaging reusable or recyclable in a 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

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in the process;

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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 measures to reduce excessive packaging and promote recycling, reuse, and renewability, while delivering the best overall environmental outcomes in line with the waste hierarchy;

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22. Reiterates the objective to make packaging reusable or recyclable, as far as possible, in an economically viable way by 2030 and to reduce excessive packaging;

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Amendment 566Ondřej Knotek




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; the legislative proposal should be based on a detailed impact assessment evaluating the measures envisaged;

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Amendment 567Christian Doleschal, Christine Schneider, Marlene Mortler, Jens Gieseke, Norbert Lins




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 while safeguarding its essential role in ensuring safety of the product and encourage reuse where possible;

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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 waste prevention, reduction and reuse targets and other measures to reduce packaging and promote closed reuse systems;

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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;

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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;

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22. Reiterates the objective to make all packaging reusable or recyclable in an economically viable way by 2030; 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;

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Amendment 572Pascal Canfin, Catherine Chabaud, Linea Søgaard-Lidell, Martin Hojsík



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

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

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proposal without delay, including with measures to reduce excessive packaging and promote reuse;

proposal without delay, including waste prevention targets, and other measures to reduce excessive packaging and promote reuse;

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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 waste prevention targets, and other measures to reduce excessive packaging and promote reuse;

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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 waste prevention target, and other measures to reduce excessive packaging and promote reuse;

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22. Reiterates the objective to make all packaging safe, reusable and by the end of the life cycle recyclable by 2030; calls for the Commission to present a legislative proposal without delay, including measures to incentivise the reduction of avoidable plastic and promote reuse and refill;

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Amendment 576Michal Wiezik




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 aiming to eliminate the practice of excessive packaging and promote reuse;

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Amendment 577Alexander Bernhuber


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22. Reiterates the objective to make as 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;

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Amendment 578Linea Søgaard-Lidell, Asger Christensen, Karin Karlsbro, Ulrike Müller, Martin Hojsík



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

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Amendment 579Simona Bonafè, Alessandra Moretti, Rovana Plumb, Maria Arena, Delara Burkhardt, César Luena, Javi López, Biljana Borzan, Mohammed Chahim, Milan Brglez, Sara

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Cerdas, Monika Beňová, Łukasz Kohut, Jytte Guteland



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;

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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;

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__________________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.

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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;

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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;

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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;

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Amendment 584Anja Hazekamp, Mick Wallace


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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;

23. Acknowledges the role of packaging for product safety, in particular food safety, and hygiene; asks the Commission to present legal proposals to progressively reduce the amount of packaging, addressing both industry and retail with binding targets to develop more efficient and circular packaging solutions;

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23. Underlines the role of packaging for product safety 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, 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;

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23. Underlines the role of packaging for product safety, in particular food safety, and hygiene; considering the experience from voluntary agreements of the industry, calls for regulatory measures in order to significantly reduce the amount of packaging produced by industry and to develop better packaging design including more efficient and circular packaging solutions 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;

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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 resource-efficient, low-carbon footprint and circular packaging solutions, and encourages initiatives such as the Circular Plastics Alliance and the European Paper Recycling Council;

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Amendment 588Ulrike Müller, Linea Søgaard-Lidell, Susana Solís Pérez, Asger Christensen, Catherine Chabaud, Fredrick Federley




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;

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Amendment 589Martin Hojsík, Frédérique Ries, Catherine Chabaud, Nicolae Ştefănuță




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

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materials to achieve better protection and coherence.

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Amendment 590Stanislav Polčák




23. Underlines the essential role of packaging for product safety, in particular food safety, and hygiene; 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;

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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

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 to commit to reducing the amount of packaging it produces to minimum necessary and to

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Alliance; develop more efficient and circular packaging solutions, and encourages initiatives such as the Circular Plastics Alliance;

__________________1a e.g. toothpaste and wide range of cosmetic products

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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 closed loop initiatives to improve the collection, sorting and recycling of packaging such as the Circular Plastics Alliance;

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Amendment 593Jan Huitema, Claudia Gamon, Susana Solís Pérez, María Soraya Rodríguez Ramos, Catherine Chabaud, Fredrick Federley, Linea Søgaard-Lidell, Frédérique Ries, Asger Christensen



23. Underlines the essential role of packaging for product safety, in particular

23. Underlines the essential role of packaging for product safety, in particular

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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;

food safety, and hygiene; asks the industry, however, to commit to reducing the amount of packaging, 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;

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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;

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Amendment 595Marlene Mortler, Christian Doleschal, Jens Gieseke



23. Underlines the essential role of packaging for product safety, in particular food safety, and hygiene; asks the industry,

23. Underlines the essential role of packaging for product safety, in particular food safety, and hygiene, as well as

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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;

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;

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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 places 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;

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Amendment 597César Luena, Javi López, Marcos Ros Sempere, Nicolás González Casares, Cristina Maestre Martín De Almagro



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

23. Underlines the essential role of packaging for preservation, product safety, in particular food safety, and hygiene; asks the industry, however, to commit to

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amount of packaging it produces and to develop more efficient and circular packaging solutions, and encourages initiatives such as the Circular Plastics Alliance;

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;

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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;

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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

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 put on the market and to

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packaging solutions, and encourages initiatives such as the Circular Plastics Alliance;

develop more efficient and circular packaging solutions, and encourages closed loop initiatives to improve the collection, sorting and recycling of packaging;

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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;

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Amendment 601Pascal Canfin, Catherine Chabaud, Linea Søgaard-Lidell, Nicolae Ştefănuță, Martin Hojsík



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

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

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Alliance; Circular Plastics Alliance;

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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;

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23. Underlines the essential role of packaging for product safety, in particular food safety, and hygiene; asks the industry, 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;

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23. Underlines the essential role of packaging for product safety, in particular food safety, and hygiene; asks the industry, however, to reduce the amount of packaging it produces and to develop efficient and circular packaging solutions, and encourages initiatives such as the Circular Plastics Alliance;

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Amendment 605Marlene Mortler, Christian Doleschal, Hildegard Bentele, Jens Gieseke



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;

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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;

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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;

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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;

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Amendment 609Inese Vaidere



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;

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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;

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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;

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Amendment 612Róża Thun und Hohenstein



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;

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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;

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Amendment 614Marlene Mortler, Christian Doleschal, Hildegard Bentele, Jens Gieseke



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;

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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;

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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.

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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;

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Amendment 618Inese Vaidere



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;

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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 thi

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AMENDMENTS 494 - 1001 · 2020. 11. 10. · AM\1216892EN.docx 3/234 PE660.071v02-00 EN Amendment 494 Margrete Auken Motion for a resolution Paragraph 19 a (new) Motion for a resolution