14 Amendments of Jean-François JALKH related to 2018/0172(COD)
Amendment 47 #
Proposal for a directive
Title 1
Title 1
Proposal for a DIRECTIVE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on the reduction of the impact of certain single-use plastic products on the environment (Text with EEA relevance)
Amendment 93 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 8
Recital 8
(8) Single use plastic products can be manufactured from a wide range of plastics. Plastics are usually defined as polymeric materials to which additives may have been added. However, this definition would cover certain natural polymers. Unmodified natural polymers should not be covered as they occur naturally in the environment. Therefore, the definition of polymer in Article 3(5) of Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council43reference should be madapted and a separate definition should be introduced for the purposes of this Directive. Plastics manufactured with modified natural polymers, or plastics manufactured from bio-based, fossil or synthetic starting substances are not naturally occurring and should therefore be addressed by this Directive. The adapted definition of plastics should therefore cover polymer- based rubber items and bio-based and biodegradable plastics regardless of whether they are derived from biomass and/or intended to biodegrade over time. Certain polymeric materials are not capable of functioning as a main structural component of final materials and products, such as polymeric coatings, paints, inks, and adhesives. Those materials should not be addressed by this Directive and should therefore not be covered by the definition. __________________ 43Regulation (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, amending Directive 1999/45/EC and repealing Council Regulation (EEC) No 793/93 and Commission Regulation (EC) No 1488/94 as well as Council Directive 76/769/EEC and Commission Directives 91/155/EEC, 93/67/EEC, 93/105/EC and 2000/21/EC (OJ L 396, 30.12.2006, p. 1). e to the definition of the term ‘plastic’ contained in ISO standard 472:2013 and that definition should be used for the purposes of this Directive. Or. fr ((Ref. ISO 472:2013, 2.702 - https://www.iso.org/obp/ui/en/#iso:std:iso:472:ed-4:v1:en))
Amendment 173 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 16
Recital 16
(16) The large portion of plastic stemming from abandoned, lost and discarded fishing gear containing plastic in marine litter indicates that the existing legal requirements46 do not provide sufficient incentives to return such fishing gear to shore for collection and treatment. The indirect fee system envisaged under Union law on port reception facilities for the delivery of waste from ships takes away the incentive for ships to discharge their waste at sea, and ensures a right of delivery. That system should, however, be supplemented by further financial incentives for fishermen to bring their fishing gear waste on shore to avoid any potential increase in the indirect waste fee to be paid. As plastic components of fishing gear have a high recycling potential, Member States should, in line with the polluter pays principle, introduce extended producer responsibility for fishing gear containing plastic to facilitate separate collection of waste fishing gear and to finance sound waste management of such fishing gear, in particular recycling. A suitable system may also be put in place for plastic sheeting for greenhouses used for agricultural production which, once used, can easily be collected and recycled by producers before it ends up polluting the seas and oceans. __________________ 46 Council Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009, Directive 2000/59/EC and Directive 2008/98/EC.
Amendment 178 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 17
Recital 17
(17) While all marine litter containing plastic poses risks to the environment and human health and should be tackled, proportionality considerations should also be taken into account. Therefore, the fishers themselves and artisanal makers of fishing gear containing plastic should not be covered by the extended producer responsibility. The same principle should apply to marine waste from agriculture, and in particular plastic sheeting, the presence of which in Mediterranean waters is increasing exponentially; farmers should not be covered by extended producer responsibility.
Amendment 213 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 24
Recital 24
(24) In order to ensure uniform conditions for the implementation of this Directive, implementing powers should be conferred on the Commission in respect of the methodology for the calculation of the annual consumption of the single-use plastic products for which consumption reduction objectives have been set, the specifications for the marking to be affixed on certain single-use plastic products and the format of the information to be provided by Member States and compiled by the European Environment Agency on the implementation of this Directive. Those powers should be exercised in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 182/2011 of the European Parliament and the Council49. __________________ 49 Regulation (EU) No 182/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 February 2011 laying down the rules and general principles concerning mechanisms for control by Member States of the Commission’s exercise of implementing powers (OJ L 55, 28.2.2011, p. 13).
Amendment 226 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1
The objective of this Directive is to prevent and reduce the impact of certain single-use plastic products on the environment, in particular the aquatic environment, and on human health as well as to promote the transition to a circular economy with innovative business models, products and materials, thus also contributing to the efficient functioning of the internal market, particularly when they are deliberately discarded or when waste is inappropriately managed.
Amendment 231 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1
Article 2 – paragraph 1
This Directive shall apply to the single-use plastic products listed in the Annex and, to fishing gear containing plastic and to the plastic sheeting used in greenhouses used for agricultural production.
Amendment 233 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 1
(1) ‘plastic’ means a material consisting of a polymer within the meaning of Article 3(5) of Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006, to which additives or other substances may have been added, and which can function as a main structural component of final products, with the exception of natural polymers that have not been chemically modified; ((Ref. ISO 472:2013, 2.702 - https://www.iso.org/obp/ui/en/#iso:std:iso:472:ed-4:v1:en))which contains as an essential ingredient a high polymer and which, at some stage in its processing into finished products, can be shaped by flow. Elastomeric materials, which are also shaped by flow, are not considered to be plastics; Or. fr
Amendment 321 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 2
Article 4 – paragraph 2
2. The Commission may adopt an implementing actMember States shall separately laying down the methodology for the calculation and verification of the significant reduction in the consumption of the single-use plastic products referred to in paragraph 1. That implementing act shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 16(2)methodology shall be notified to the Commission.
Amendment 335 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 1
Article 6 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall ensure that single-use plastic products listed in Part C of the Annex that have caps and lids with a significant part made of plastic may be placed on the market only if the economic conditions for recycling are in place, particularly for caps and lids which remain attached to the container during the product’s intended use stage. For separate caps and collars, Member States shall ensure that they put recycling methods in place, for instance through deposit-refund schemes.
Amendment 340 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. With regard to the single-use plastic products listed in Parts A and B of the Annex, Member States shall ensure that the environmental and health impacts of the alternative products are evaluated over the entire life cycle - social and environmental rules in force in the places of production, transport, recycling conditions - so that substitution is only made if it meets the aims of this Directive.
Amendment 604 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – part B – indent 6 a (new)
Annex I – part B – indent 6 a (new)
- Tampon applicators
Amendment 627 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – part D – indent 1
Annex I – part D – indent 1
— Sanitary towels (pads) and tampons and tampon applicators
Amendment 689 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – part F – indent 1 a (new)
Annex I – part F – indent 1 a (new)
- Plastic sheeting for greenhouses used for agricultural production