10 Amendments of Stelios KOULOGLOU related to 2021/2040(INI)
Amendment 15 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
E a. whereas the Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability commits the Commission to extend the generic approach to risk management to ensure that consumer products, including toys, do not contain chemicals that cause cancers, gene mutations, affect the reproductive or the endocrine system, or are persistent and bioaccumulative; whereas the Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability in addition commits the Commission to assess the modalities and timing for extending the same generic approach, with regard to consumer products, to further harmful chemicals, including those affecting the immune, neurological or respiratory systems and chemicals toxic to a specific organ;
Amendment 20 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Acknowledges the added value of the TSD in improving the safety of children and ensuring an equal level of protection across the single market, compared to the previous directive, and its role in providing legal certainty and a level playing field for businesses; underlines however that a revision of the Toy Safety Directive is urgently needed to take into account aspects of globalisation and digitalisation which has led to new risks for consumers.
Amendment 55 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Underlines that lower limit values for chemicals such as nitrosamines and nitrosatable substances set out at national level compared to those established in the TSD create inconsistencies, even when justified by the Commission; notes, however, that all EU children should enjoy the same high level of protection; acknowledges that this limit value cannot be amended by an implementing act but would require a legislative procedure; calls on the Commission, therefore, to propose adapting the limit value to the strictest value in force at national level in a revision of the TSD;
Amendment 59 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10 a. Welcomes the Commission’s commitment to extend the TSD’s preventive approach to CMRs to chemicals that affect the endocrine system or are persistent and bioaccumulative; calls on the Commission to also extend this approach to chemicals affecting the immune, neurological, or respiratory systems and to chemicals toxic to a specific organ to ensure a high level of protection against these chemicals as well as ensure a future-proof regulatory response to their use in toys, consistent with the Commission’s intention to prioritize all uses of these chemicals for REACH restrictions.
Amendment 61 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 b (new)
Paragraph 10 b (new)
10 b. calls for a revised TSD to include provisions to take account of children’s combined exposure to chemicals as well as to take account of potential low-dose effects in line with the goals of the Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability; insists that adequate resources must be made available by the Commission and the Member States to systematically identify, assess, and regulate chemicals in toys.
Amendment 62 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 c (new)
Paragraph 10 c (new)
10 c. Takes note of the findings of the Commission’s evaluation report on the TSD that the labelling requirements for specific allergenic fragrances in certain experimental toy sets cannot be easily updated when the lists of allergenic fragrances are amended; calls on the Commission to address this shortcoming in its proposal for a revised TSD ; further encourages the Commission to explore how transparency about chemicals in toys could be improved, for example through an obligation to declare the chemical content of toys on product labels.
Amendment 76 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Welcomes the adoption of Regulation (EU) 2019/1020, which aims to improve market surveillance by strengthening controls by national authorities to ensure that products entering the single market, including toys, are safe and comply with the rules, and calls on the Member States to implement it fully; swiftly and to equip customs and market surveillance authorities with sufficient human, financial and technical resources to increase the number and effectiveness of controls ; EU-designated labs should help with the market surveillance of toys, including for example on cybersecurity and chemicals ;
Amendment 101 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Calls on the Member States to step up coordination of their market surveillance activities and to strengthen the collaboration between market surveillance authorities and other authorities like customs, telecom and data protection authorities;
Amendment 112 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Is concerned by the new vulnerabilities and risks posed by connected toys; calls on the Commission to explore different options for action, such as extending the scope of the TSD to include provis in terms of children safety, security, privacy and mental health; in particular the adoption of a horizontallegislations on information security or reinforcing the relevant horizontal legislation, such as the Radio Equipment Directive and the Cybersecurity Act, as well as the GDPR, while keeping Parliament informed of its choicescyber-security requirements for connected products and associated services; stresses the importance for such new toys to be independently tested and third-party certified when being placed on the market and during their lifetime;
Amendment 127 #
19. Welcomes the guidance of the Commission on Article 4 of Regulation 2019/1020, which clarifies the tasks of economic operators, in particular with regard to products sold online and placed on the EU market from non-EU countries; stresses however that the new traceability provisions in Regulation 2019/1020 will not solve the issues posed by non- compliant direct imports facilitated by marketplaces and that compliance with EU rules by all economic operators is key to ensuring the safety of children and providing a level playing field for companies, and calls on market surveillance and customs authorities to perform robust enforcement actions to stop rogue traders from exploiting the EU market;