13 Amendments of Jadwiga WIŚNIEWSKA related to 2017/2087(INI)
Amendment 18 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the objective of the Ecodesign Directive is to increase energy efficiency and the level of protection of the environment through harmonised requirements that ensure the functioning of the internal market and encourage the continuous improvement of the overall environmental impact of energy-related products; whereas these measures also have a positive impact on energy security by reducing energy consumption;
Amendment 27 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas the Ecodesign legislation is closely linked to EU legislation on energy labelling and measures taken under these two directives are expected to generate EUR 55 billion in revenue per year for the industrial sector, including through the use of more efficient components and sub-assemblies installed in products for which ecodesign requirements are provided, and are estimated to bring 175 Mtoe in primary energy savings per year by 2020, thus contributing to up to half of the Union’s energy savings target for 2020;
Amendment 36 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
H. whereas, while the scope of the Ecodesign Directive was enlarged in 2009 to cover all energy-related products (excluding means of transport), no non- energy using products have yet been covered by ecodesign requirements;
Amendment 47 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Considers that the Ecodesign Directive, together with the labelling directive, has been a successful instrument for the improvement of energy efficiency and has resulted in savings for households and a significant reduction in greenhouse gas emissions;
Amendment 55 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Draws attention, also, to the directive’s potential to tackle low-stack emissions, which have a huge impact on local air quality; stresses that the possible extension of its scope to heating appliances must be based also on an assessment of the financial impact, in order for new requirements not to increase the shadow economy, thereby undermining the positive impact of more efficient heating appliances;
Amendment 62 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Believes that coordination with initiatives connected to the circular economy would further enhance the effectiveness of the directive; calls, therefore, for an ambitious plan on ecodesign and the circular economy, providing both environmental benefits and opportunities for growth and jobs; notes, however, that a detailed impact analysis is necessary before such plans can be implemented;
Amendment 107 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Believes, therefore, that the implementation of the Ecodesign Directive – in addition to continued efforts to improve energy efficiency – must nowshould seek to address the full life cycle of the products within its scope, with the by setting up of minimum resource criteria covering, inter alia, robustness, repairability and upgradeability, but also sharing potential, reuse, scalability, recyclability and use of recycled materials;
Amendment 124 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Points out that any new requirements should be technically justified, straightforward, measurable and enforceable in order to contribute to increasing both innovation and the environmental effects;
Amendment 125 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 b (new)
Paragraph 8 b (new)
8b. Considers that the extension of ecodesign requirements to new product groups should be preceded by a detailed analysis of their impact on the environment, including improvements in energy efficiency and competitiveness in the area concerned, taking into account existing or potential substitutes;
Amendment 129 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 c (new)
Paragraph 8 c (new)
8c. Calls for ecodesign requirements, in the case of energy-related products, not to create targets which are hard for European producers to meet, particularly for small and medium-sized enterprises, whose capacity in relation to patented technologies is significantly smaller than that of market-leading companies;
Amendment 143 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Notes that the Commission has postponed action on information and communication technologies (ICT) such as mobiles and smartphones, pending further assessments and given the rapid technological changes in this product group; considers, however, that these products have a clear potential for improvements, in particular in terms of resource efficiency, and that ecodesign criteria should thereforefforts should therefore be made to streamline the regulatory process to allow ecodesign criteria to be applied to them;
Amendment 154 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Insists on the need to strengthen the surveillance of products placed on the internal market through better cooperation between Member States and between the Commission and national authorities, in particular by providing appropriate financial instruments for the Member States’ market surveillance authorities;
Amendment 187 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Draws particular attention to the role of small and medium enterprises, which do not have the same opportunities to adapt to new administrative burdens that large companies do; stresses, in this connection, that any revision of the Directive must take account of the need to ensure that small and medium-sized enterprises are not placed at a disadvantage vis-à-vis their larger competitors;