12 Amendments of Nils TORVALDS related to 2019/2182(INL)
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 (new)
Paragraph -1 (new)
-1. Recalls that a high level of human health protection shall be ensured in the definition and implementation of all Union policies and activities;
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Recalls that the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), recognised asbestos as a proven carcinogen (group 1) responsible for lung cancers and mesothelioma as well as larynx and ovarian cancers; whereas research on other cancers induced by asbestos should be promoted;
Amendment 35 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Highlights that actions to enhance prevention are major public health investments for healthier lives but also for the cost/benefit balance in the management of healthcare systems;
Amendment 36 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 c (new)
Paragraph 3 c (new)
3c. Recalls that improving early diagnosis, treatments and rehabilitation are priorities of the EU Beating Cancer Plan and should benefit patients suffering from asbestos-related diseases;
Amendment 55 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the Commission to set out a European strategy for the complete elimination of asbestos; calls on all Member States to adopt national action plans to implement that strategy; considers that the Commission should coordinate the national action plans, in particular through the adoption of a framework directive on this matter; points out that the safe removal of asbestos is an example of the need to apply the Principle of Health in all policies and is directly connected to recent and upcoming Union policy initiatives such as the Green Deal with the Renovation Wave and Europe’s Beating Cancer Plan;
Amendment 59 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Insists that the transition toward a European Union free of asbestos should be socially fair and include support for private owners and SMEs;
Amendment 72 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 b (new)
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7b. Insists on the need to ensure the availability of adequate waste facilities for the safe and sustainable disposal of asbestos materials, located in the vicinity of construction sites; stresses that delivering asbestos waste to landfills is only a temporary solution and that risks of releasing asbestos fibres into the environment should be avoided;
Amendment 73 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 c (new)
Paragraph 7 c (new)
7c. Highlights that the waste management of asbestos is a challenge of strategic significance for the EU given the amount of asbestos still to be removed and already in landfills; calls on the Commission and Member States to consider all tools to support investment in sustainable treatment technologies, including channelling public spending through dedicated Important Projects of Common European Interest (IPCEIs); highlights that the treatments of asbestos should fully apply the precautionary principle;
Amendment 82 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Calls on the EU to work with other international organisations, notably the World Health Organization, and third countries to achieve a global ban on asbestos;
Amendment 84 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Stresses that, as the demand for asbestos-related work is likely to grow significantly with the Renovation Wave, there is a crucial need to support research and development in order to strengthen the protection of workers and of the environment, and to improve the reliability and speed of asbestos screening, measurement, removal, and safe waste management;
Amendment 94 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. The development of models to detect, register, monitor and check asbestos in private and public buildings, land, infrastructure, logistics and piping;
Amendment 107 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. The establishment of centres and the promotion of research for the treatment and inerting of waste containing asbestos by providing for the phasing out of the disposal of such waste in landfills;