14 Amendments of Franc BOGOVIČ related to 2018/0172(COD)
Amendment 48 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 7 a (new)
Recital 7 a (new)
(7 a) Agricultural plastics are also linked to the issues of terrestrial pollution, low recycling rates and inappropriate disposal. In particular, there may be local obstacles – economic or with regard to existing infrastructure – that prevent collection and recycling of agricultural plastics. In cases where collection and recycling does not take place, the use of biodegradable plastics certified for biodegradation in soil, according to existing European standards, should be considered to prevent microplastics generation.
Amendment 54 #
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 Council43 should be adapted 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 bplastics. Biodegradable plastics regardless of whether they are derived from biomass and/or intended to biodegrade over timetaken into account in this Directive shall be of such a nature that they are capable of undergoing physical, chemical, thermal or biological decomposition that ultimately decomposes into carbon dioxide, biomass and water. 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. _________________ 43 Regulation (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).
Amendment 55 #
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 Council43 should be adapted 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, linings or layers, paints, inks, and adhesives. Those materials should not be addressed by this Directive and should therefore not be covered by the definition. _________________ 43 Regulation (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).
Amendment 66 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 12 a (new)
Recital 12 a (new)
(12 a) The Commission will develop a catalogue by 31.12.2019 determining specific criteria that will help to determine if mentioned alternatives meet the requirements currently met by single-use plastic applications, that they are in line with current waste legislation and that increased sustainability is indeed guaranteed.
Amendment 96 #
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 functions as athe main structural component of final products, with the exception of natural polymers that have not been chemically modified and polymeric coatings, paints, inks and adhesives which are not capable of functioning as a main structural component of final articles and products;
Amendment 98 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 1 a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 1 a (new)
(1 a) ‘coatings’ means one or more non- self-supporting layer or layers manufactured using plastic, as defined in Article 3.1 of this Directive, applied on a material or article in order to impart special properties on it or to improve its technical performance;
Amendment 102 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 2
(2) 'single-use plastic product' means a product that is made wholly or partly from plastic with the plastic functioning as the main structural component and that is not conceived, designed or placed on the market to accomplish, within its life span, multiple trips or rotations by being returned to the producer for refill or re- used for the same purpose for which it was conceived;
Amendment 108 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 13 a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 13 a (new)
(13 a) 'biodegradation' is the process by which organic substances are decomposed by micro-organisms into carbon dioxide, water and biomass;
Amendment 109 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 13 b (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 13 b (new)
(13 b) 'biodegradable plastic' means a plastic capable of undergoing physical, biological decomposition, such that it ultimately decomposes into carbon dioxide (CO2), biomass and water and in accordance with European standards for packaging recoverable through composting and anaerobic digestion;
Amendment 110 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 13 c (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 13 c (new)
(13 c) 'closed loop system' means a system in which the waste of a process is separately collected/recycled.
Amendment 117 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Those measures may include national consumption reduction targets, measures ensuring that reusable or recyclable alternatives to those products are made available at the point of sale to the final consumer, economic instruments such as ensuring that single- use plastic products are not provided free of charge at the point of sale to the final consumer. Those measures may vary depending on the waste collection system in place, in so far it guarantees that a product listed in part A of the Annex once placed on the market is collected and recycled, and the environmental impact of the products referred to in the first subparagraph.
Amendment 191 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – part B – indent 2
Annex I – part B – indent 2
— Cutlery (forks, knives, spoons, chopsticks), except in well controlled closed systems, where separate collection and recycling is ensured;
Amendment 192 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – part B – indent 3
Annex I – part B – indent 3
— Plates, except in well controlled closed systems, where separate collection and recycling is ensured;
Amendment 195 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – part B – indent 6 a (new)
Annex I – part B – indent 6 a (new)
- plastic-containing food packaging or contact material that contribute to soil micro-plastic load upon composting or biogas fermentation, such as plastic or plastic-impregnated tea bags which are not certified compostable according to harmonized European standards.