13 Amendments of Miriam DALLI related to 2016/0023(COD)
Amendment 115 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) As Union legislation already transposes many of the obligations of the Convention, this Regulation should only lay down provisions that complement the Union acquis and that are needed to ensure its full alignment with the Convention and, accordingly, to enable the Union and its Member States to ratify and implement it.
Amendment 122 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11 a (new)
Recital 11 a (new)
(11a) This Regulation should not prevent the export, import and manufacturing of medicinal products providing demonstrable significant health benefits where there are no mercury-free active substances available as alternatives.
Amendment 130 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13 a (new)
Recital 13 a (new)
(13a) In accordance with Article 193 TFEU, this Regulation should not prevent Member States from maintaining or introducing more stringent protective measures, provided that such measures are compatible with the Treaties and the Commission has been notified.
Amendment 136 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14
Recital 14
(14) In the absence of relevant available mercury-free production processes, operating conditions for the production of sodium or potassium methylate or ethylate involving the use of mercuryThe production of sodium or potassium methylate or ethylate which involves the use of mercury should be prohibited. In the absence of relevant available mercury-free production processes for potassium methylate or ethylate, operating conditions and a phasing-out period for such production should be set.
Amendment 138 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15
Recital 15
(15) The manufacturing and placing on the market of new mercury-added products and the establishment of new mercury- based manufacturing processes would increase the use of mercury and of mercury compounds and mercury emissions within the Union. Such new activities should therefore be prohibited unless an assessment of the risks and the benefits demonstrates that these uses would provide significant environmental and health benefits and that no technically and economically feasible mercury-free alternatives providing such benefits are available.
Amendment 200 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 3 – indent 2
Article 8 – paragraph 3 – indent 2
- an assessment of its environmental and health risks and benefits;
Amendment 213 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 1
Article 10 – paragraph 1
1. From 1 January 20198 onwards dental amalgam shall only be used in an encapsulated form.
Amendment 217 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 10 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. From 1 January 2018, dental amalgam shall not be used for the treatment of children under 12 years old and of pregnant and breastfeeding women.
Amendment 220 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 1 b (new)
Article 10 – paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. The use of dental amalgam shall be phased-out by 31 December 2021.
Amendment 250 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph -1 (new)
Article 13 – paragraph -1 (new)
-1. Mercury waste shall be permanently stored in solidified form in salt mines that are adapted for the disposal of mercury, or in deep underground hard rock formations providing a level of safety and confinement equivalent to that of such salt mines;
Amendment 252 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. By way of derogation from paragraph -1 and from point (a) of Article 5(3) of Directive 1999/31/EC, mercury waste may be stored in one of the following ways: temporarily stored in liquid form for up to five years subject to the specific requirements for the temporary storage of mercury waste, as laid down in Annexes I, II and III to that Directive, in above-ground facilities dedicated to and equipped for the temporary storage of mercury.
Amendment 259 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – point a
Amendment 271 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 2
Article 13 – paragraph 2