Activities of Miapetra KUMPULA-NATRI related to 2022/0396(COD)
Plenary speeches (1)
Packaging and packaging waste (debate)
Amendments (25)
Amendment 130 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 26
Recital 26
(26) To ensure packaging circularity, packaging should be designed and manufactured in such a way as to allow for the increased substitution of virgin materials with recycled materials. The increased use of recycled materials supports the development of the circular economy with well-functioning markets for recycled materials, reduces costs, dependencies and negative environmental impacts related to the use of primary raw materials, and allows for a more resource- efficient use of materials. In relation to the different packaging materials, the lowest input of recycled materials is in plastic packaging. In order to address these concerns in the most appropriate manner, it is necessary to increase the uptake of recycled plastics, by establishing mandatory targets for recycled content in plastic packaging at different levels depending on the contact-sensitivity54 of different plastic packaging applications, and ensuring that the targets become binding by 2030. In order to incrementally ensure packaging circularity, increased targets should apply as of 2040. The Commission should be empowered to revise this derogation if appropriate and to assess the option of establishing non- fossil biobased feedstock targets as an alternative approach to enhance the sustainability of packaging covered by the derogation without impacting security of supply or human and animal health. _________________ 54 Contact sensitive packaging refers to plastic packaging of products covered by Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 September 2003 on additives for use in animal nutrition (OJ L 268, 18.10.2003, p. 29), Regulation (EC) No 1935/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 October 2004 on materials and articles intended to come into contact with food (OJ L 338 13.11.2004, p. 4), Regulation (EC) No 767/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 July 2009 on the placing on the market and use of feed, amending European Parliament and Council Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003 and repealing Council Directive 79/373/EEC, Commission Directive 80/511/EEC, Council Directives 82/471/EEC, 83/228/EEC, 93/74/EEC, 93/113/EC and 96/25/EC and Commission Decision 2004/217/EC (OJ L 229, 1.9.2009, p. 1), Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 November 2009 on cosmetic products (recast) (OJ L 342, 22.12.2009, p. 59), Regulation (EU) 2017/745 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 April 2017 on medical devices, amending Directive 2001/83/EC, Regulation (EC) No 178/2002 and Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009 and repealing Council Directives 90/385/EEC and 93/42/EEC (OJ L 117, 5.5.2017, p. 1), Regulation (EU) 2017/746 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 April 2017 on in vitro diagnostic medical devices and repealing Directive 98/79/EC and Commission Decision 2010/227/EU (OJ L 117, 5.5.2017, p. 176), Regulation (EU) 2019/4 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2018 on the manufacture, placing on the market and use of medicated feed, amending Regulation (EC) No 183/2005 of the European Parliament and of the Council and repealing Council Directive 90/167/EEC (OJ L 4, 7.1.2019, p. 1), Regulation (EU) 2019/6 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2018 on veterinary medicinal products and repealing Directive 2001/82/EC (OJ L 4, 7.1.2019, p. 43), Directive 2001/83/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 November 2001 on the Community code relating to medicinal products for human use (OJ L 311, 28.11.2001, p. 67) and Directive 2008/68/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 September 2008 on the inland transport of dangerous goods (OJ L 260, 30.9.2008, p. 13–59).
Amendment 162 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 61
Recital 61
(61) In order to ensure a high level of environmental protection in the internal market as well as a high level of food safety and hygiene, and facilitate the achievement of the packaging waste prevention targets, unnecessary or avoidable packaging should not be allowed to be placed on the market unless such placing on the market is in line with paragraph 2 of Article 4 of Directive 2008/98/EC . The list of such packaging formats is provided in Annex V of this Regulation. In order to adapt the list to the technical and scientific progress the power to adopt acts in accordance with Article 290 of the Treaty should be delegated to the Commission to amend the list.
Amendment 220 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 19
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 19
(19) ‘composite packaging’ means a unit of packaging made of two or more different materials, excluding materials used for labels, closures and sealing, which cannot be separated manually and therefore form a single integraloatings, linings, paints, inks, adhesives, closures and sealing which are considered as part of the weight of the main packaging material, which cannot be separated manually and therefore form a single integral unit, unless a given material constitutes an insignificant part of the packaging unit and in no case more than 10% of the total mass of the packaging unit;
Amendment 232 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 31 a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 31 a (new)
(31a) 'recyclability' means the assessment of the compatibility of packaging with the management and processing of waste by design, based on separate collection, sorting in separate streams, recycling at scale, and use of recycled materials to replace primary raw materials;
Amendment 252 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 41 a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 41 a (new)
(41a) ‘Sustainable innovative polymer packaging’ means recyclable packaging made using innovative polymers. The packaging must comply with the recyclability performance grade of C or above under Article 6, produce no persistent microplastics emissions, and contain no substances of concern as defined in Article 5;
Amendment 256 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 44 a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 44 a (new)
(44a) ‘plastic packaging’ means packaging consisting of plastics as the predominant material;
Amendment 259 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 60 a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 60 a (new)
(60a) 'high quality recycling’ means any recovery operation, as defined in Article 3, point (17), of Directive 2008/98/EC, that ensures that the distinct quality of the collected and sorted waste is preserved or recovered during that recovery operation, so that the resulting recycled materials are of sufficient quality to substitute primary raw materials with minimal loss of quantity, quality or function;
Amendment 264 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 60 b (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 60 b (new)
(60b) ‘biobased content’ means plastics made from renewable plant and/or animal based resources.
Amendment 351 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. From 1 January 2030, the plastic part in packagingckaging released on the market shall contain the following minimum percentage of recycled content recovered from post-consumer plastic waste, per unit of packaginglastic waste and/or biobased content, as an average of their portfolio of plastic packaging placed on the Union market:
Amendment 368 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
2. From 1 January 2040, the plastic part in packagingckaging released on the market shall contain the following minimum percentage of recycled content recovered from post-consumer plastic waste, per unit of packaginglastic waste and/or biobased content, as an average of their portfolio of plastic packaging placed on the Union market:
Amendment 393 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 4
Article 7 – paragraph 4
4. Paragraphs 1 and 2 shall not apply to compostable plastic packaging as well as to bio-based plastic packaging, to inks, adhesives, varnishes, and coatings used on packaging.
Amendment 397 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 6
Article 7 – paragraph 6
6. By 1 January 2030, the financial contributions paid by producers to comply with their extended producer responsibility obligations as laid down in Article 40 shall be modulated based on the percentage of recycled and/or biobased content used in the plastic packaging.
Amendment 400 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 7
Article 7 – paragraph 7
7. By 31 December 2026, the Commission is empowered to adopt implementing acts establishing the methodology for the calculation and verification of the percentage of recycled content recovered from post-consumer plastic waste, per unit of plastic packaging, and the format for the technical documentation referred to in Annex VII. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 59(3). The methodology shall especially consider the restrictions and certification requirements needed when tracing and reporting on recycled content using physical segregation, controlled blending and mass balance chain-of-custody approaches in line with ISO 22095:2020.
Amendment 403 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 7
Article 7 – paragraph 7
7. By 31 December 20265, the Commission is empowered to adopt implementing acts establishing the methodology for the calculation and verification of the percentage of recycled content recovered from post-consumer plastic waste and/or biobased content, per unit of plastic packaging, and the format for the technical documentation referred to in Annex VII. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 59(3).
Amendment 412 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 8
Article 7 – paragraph 8
8. As of 1 January 2029, the calculation and verification of the percentage of recycled content contained in plastic packaging under paragraph 1 shall comply with the rules laid down in the implementing act referred to in paragraph 7.
Amendment 413 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 8 a (new)
Article 7 – paragraph 8 a (new)
Amendment 418 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 9 a (new)
Article 7 – paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. By 1 January 2026, the Commission shall assess the establishment of non-fossil biobased feedstock targets for the plastic packaging under the derogation established in paragraph 3 to improve its sustainability. Based on this assessment, the Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 58 to amend this Regulation in order to: (a) Establish non-fossil feedstock targets for specific plastic packaging under the scope of the derogations in paragraph 3; (b) Establish sustainability requirements for non-fossil feedstocks to be eligible to contribute towards the targets.
Amendment 525 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 22 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 22 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. By way of derogation from paragraph 1, economic operators may be exempted from the obligations listed in Annex V where this is justified by life- cycle analyse on overall impacts of alternative non reusable packaging and proven to be in line with waste hierarchy paragraph 2 of Article 4 of Directive 2008/98/EC. These analyses shall be renewed every five years. Commission shall adopt implementing acts in order to establish detailed criteria on the uniform application of the life cycle analyse required for the exemption.
Amendment 542 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 22 – paragraph 4
Article 22 – paragraph 4
4. TBy [OP: Please insert the date = 8 years after the date of entry into force of this Regulation], the Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 58 to amend Annex V in order to adapt it to technical and scientific progress with the objective to reducing packaging waste. When adopting those delegated acts, the Commission shall consider the potential of the restrictions on the use of specific packaging formats to reduce the packaging waste generated while ensuring an overall positive environmental impact, and shall take into account the availability of alternative packaging solutions that meet requirements set out in legislation applicable to contact sensitive packaging, as well as their capability to prevent microbiological contamination of the packaged product. To that end, the Commission shall submit a report to the European Parliament and to the Council, accompanied, if the Commission finds it appropriate, by a legislative proposal.
Amendment 548 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 1
Article 26 – paragraph 1
1. From 1 January 2030, economic operators making large household appliances listed in point 21 of Annex II to Directive 2012/19/EU available on the market for the first time within the territory of a Member State shall ensure that 90 % of those products are made available in reusable transport packaging, excluding fibre-based cardboard, within a system for re-use.
Amendment 687 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 12 – subparagraph 2
Article 26 – paragraph 12 – subparagraph 2
This obligation applies to pallets, boxes, excluding cardboard, trays, plastic crates, intermediate bulk containers, drums and canisters, of all sizes and materials, including flexible formats. In accordance with paragraph 2 of Article 4 of Directive 2008/98/EC, this obligation shall not apply to economic operators using transport packaging in (a) and (b) for which recycling is organized by the economic operator and it can be demonstrated that recycling works at scale in practice; or for which it can be demonstrated that there is no technically feasible re-use alternative.
Amendment 703 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 13 – subparagraph 2
Article 26 – paragraph 13 – subparagraph 2
This obligation applies to pallets, boxes, excluding cardboard, plastic crates intermediate bulk containers, and drums, of all sizes and materials, including flexible formats. In accordance with paragraph 2 of Article 4 of Directive 2008/98/EC, this obligation shall not apply to economic operators using transport packaging for which recycling is organized by the economic operator and it can be demonstrated that recycling works at scale in practice; or for which it can be demonstrated that there is no technically feasible re-use alternative.
Amendment 720 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 14 a (new)
Article 26 – paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Economic operators may be exempted from the obligations to meet the targets in paragraphs 2 and 3 where this is justified by life-cycle analyse on overall impacts of alternative non reusable packaging and proven to be in line with waste hierarchy paragraph 2 of Article 4 of Directive 2008/98/EC. These analyses shall be renewed every five years. Commission shall adopt implementing acts in order to establish detailed criteria on the uniform application of the life cycle analyse required for the exemption.
Amendment 721 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 14 b (new)
Article 26 – paragraph 14 b (new)
14b. Economic operators may be exempted from the obligation to meet the targets in paragraphs 4 -6 if the packaging of those products are subjected to deposit and return system and the recycling rate for these packaging is at least (90) %.
Amendment 842 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex V RESTRICTIONS ON USE OF PACKAGING FORMATS
Annex V RESTRICTIONS ON USE OF PACKAGING FORMATS