Activities of João PIMENTA LOPES related to 2022/0396(COD)
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Packaging and packaging waste (debate)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on packaging and packaging waste, amending Regulation (EU) 2019/1020 and Directive (EU) 2019/904, and repealing Directive 94/62/EC
Amendments (59)
Amendment 219 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3 a (new)
Recital 3 a (new)
(3a) Any waste policy should consider the aspects of prevention, production and management, respecting the priorities set by the waste hierarchy, considering its disposal as an action of last resort.
Amendment 224 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6 a (new)
Recital 6 a (new)
(6a) Littering and improper disposal of packaging and packaging waste has negative impacts both on the terrestrial environment, in particular marine ecosystems, and on the Member States’ own economy, with unnecessary risks to public health. Among the items most frequently found on beaches are packaging waste, with long-term impacts on the environment, which in addition to the environmental and human and animal health impacts, have an impact on tourism and the enjoyment of these natural areas by the public. Moreover, packaging waste that ends up in the marine environment subverts the priority order of the waste hierarchy, in particular by avoiding preparation for reuse, recycling and other forms of recovery, being instead disposed of improperly.
Amendment 253 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12
Recital 12
(12) In line with the waste hierarchy set out in Article 4(2) of Directive 2008/98/EC, and in line with life-cycle thinking to deliver the best overall environmental outcome, the measures provided for under this Regulation aim at reducing the amount of packaging placed on the market in terms of its volume and weight, and preventing the generation of packaging waste, especially through packaging minimisation, avoiding packaging where it is not needed, and increased re-use of packaging. In addition, the measures aim at increasing the use of recycled content in packaging, especially in plastic packaging where the uptake of recycled content is very low, as well as higher recycling rates for all packaging and high quality of the resulting secondary raw materials while reducing other forms of recovery and final disposthe sending to landfill of recyclable packaging and materials.
Amendment 258 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12 a (new)
Recital 12 a (new)
(12a) The option that continues to arise, that is favouring landfills as a destination for municipal waste, often results in severe negative impacts on the environment and the quality of life of the populations living in the vicinity of these facilities, some of which are very difficult to mitigate even when the respective operating standards are met.
Amendment 259 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12 b (new)
Recital 12 b (new)
(12b) The existing waste landfill capacity should be used in such a way as to maximise the useful life of these facilities, prioritising the recovery of suitable fractions. To this end, there is a need to adopt measures to effectively control the landfilling of waste, favouring the safeguarding of the environment and of populations.
Amendment 260 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12 c (new)
Recital 12 c (new)
(12c) The transfer of the management of urban waste, and hence of packaging, to the private sector witnessed in a number of Member States has not brought about any improvement in the environmental sustainability of the sector. It has proven ineffective and does not contribute to the necessary change in the paradigm of recovery and treatment of municipal waste, continuing to achieve low levels of multi-material recovery, failing to favour re-use and recycling, and maintaining landfilling as the preferred solution. This demonstrates the lack of investment in the sector and lack of commitment to more environmentally sound solutions, the approach being driven by profit and not by the public service which these systems are obliged to provide, thus failing to meet the objectives of waste prevention, production and recovery which are not financially profitable.
Amendment 261 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12 d (new)
Recital 12 d (new)
(12d) Properly regulating and managing municipal waste involves public management of the sector, which implies reversing privatisation processes and restoring public control throughout the sector. The necessary measures and investments should be put in place to pursue national objectives for waste management, to safeguard the environment and the quality of life of the population, to ensure effective public service delivery rather than having the maximisation of profit as the final objective.
Amendment 262 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12 e (new)
Recital 12 e (new)
(12e) The option of shifting the burden of inefficient private management of the municipal waste sector to municipalities and citizens, as is the case in several Member States, is mistaken, creating imbalances and inequalities, accentuating asymmetries, and does not promote rational management or the defence of public interests.
Amendment 263 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12 f (new)
Recital 12 f (new)
(12f) The continuing transfer of costs of waste management to citizens through the increasing application of taxes, without requiring the reduction of packaging in production and marketing, without providing them with credible alternatives in terms of product consumption and differentiated disposal, and without promoting the necessary investments to ensure access for all to disposal systems adapted to the realities of the population, which ensure subsequent channelling for multi-material recycling and recovery, is another aspect that needs to be analysed and corrected in order for landfilling to be effectively reduced.
Amendment 264 #
Amendment 265 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12 h (new)
Recital 12 h (new)
(12h) The option of making the final consumer responsible fails to tackle primary aspects of waste prevention and disposal suitable for recovery, does not address the placing on the market of materials or promote the necessary investments to ensure access for all to disposal systems that are adapted to the real circumstances of the population and which ensure subsequent channelling for multi-material recycling and recovery.
Amendment 269 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) Packaging should be designed, manufactured and commercialised in such a way as to ensure that packaging is reduced to what is strictly necessary for the proper packaging of the product, reducing multi-packaging, to allow for its re-use or high- quality recycling, and to minimise its impact on the environment during its entire life-cycle and the life cycle of products, for which it was designed.
Amendment 315 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 23 a (new)
Recital 23 a (new)
(23a) At the same time, conditions and incentives should also be created to make the incorporation of packaging waste in production processes attractive and to promote the reduction of packaging to the strict minimum, thus saving virgin raw materials.
Amendment 318 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 24 a (new)
Recital 24 a (new)
(24a) The diversity of Member States’ starting points with regard to the objectives proposed by this Regulation requires different efforts to achieve the targets set. Therefore, the targets set and the speed of implementation should be appropriate for each Member State, ensuring a suitably flexible timeframe to render the meeting of the defined country objectives feasible. In addition, the Community resources available to Member States, particularly those with lower levels of collection and recycling, should be strengthened to promote the necessary investments in capacity building and infrastructure for this purpose.
Amendment 320 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 25
Recital 25
(25) Some Member States are taking action to encourage recyclability of packaging through modulation of extended producer responsibility fees; such initiatives taken at the national level may create regulatory uncertainty for the economic operators, in particular where they supply packaging in several Member States. At the same time, modulation of extended producer responsibility fees is an effective economic instrument to incentivise more sustainable packaging design leading to better recyclable packaging while improving the functioning of the internal market. It is therefore necessary to harmonisenhance criteria for the modulation of extended producer responsibility fees based on the recyclability performance grade obtained through recyclability assessment, while not setting the actual amounts of such fees. As the criteria should be related to the criteria on packaging recyclability, it is appropriate to empower the Commission to adopt such harmonised criteria at the same time as establishing the detailed design for recycling criteria per packaging categories.
Amendment 348 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 30
Recital 30
(30) There should be an incentive for economic operators to increase the recycled content in the plastic part of packaging. The most appropriate means to achieve this is to ensure the modulation of extended producer responsibility fees based on the percentage of recycled content in packaging. The fee modulation should be based on common rules for the calculation and verification of the recycled content contained in such packaging without passing the associated costs on to the final consumer.
Amendment 486 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 84 a (new)
Recital 84 a (new)
(84a) It should be a priority for Member States to introduce the necessary measures and standards to ensure that operators and businesses protect and promote high levels of occupational health and safety for all workers, according to the specific risks to which they are exposed and depending on the production, recycling and waste management sectors in which they work.
Amendment 491 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 90 a (new)
Recital 90 a (new)
(90a) In everyday life, one often encounters an irrational amount of completely unnecessary packaging, particularly when buying basic food or hygiene products, which often have more than one layer of packaging, in addition to the primary packaging of the product guaranteeing its preservation and integrity, the rest being superfluous and totally useless. The reduction of packaging therefore requires production and marketing to be addressed in order to reduce over-packaging.
Amendment 492 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 90 b (new)
Recital 90 b (new)
(90b) Action needs to be taken to reduce the massive use of superfluous packaging, overcoming the dictates of the market, which encourage unbridled consumption and maximise profit by using tonnes and tonnes of superfluous packaging and even larger quantities of natural resources, jeopardising the environment and passing the costs on to the final consumer. It is exclusively commercial and business interests that prevail and not the real conservation of products, with negative consequences for families, who have to pay more for the products, and for the environment, since more natural resources are consumed and more waste is produced.
Amendment 493 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 90 c (new)
Recital 90 c (new)
(90c) The aim of this legislation should be to limit the use of products that are of no use whatsoever, as well as to effectively reduce the production and use of disposable and useless products, going against a logic in which the 'consumer pays' principle is applied, and which legitimises continued production and consumption as long as someone pays.
Amendment 494 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 90 d (new)
Recital 90 d (new)
(90d) Policies are needed that promote innovation in production, along with a normative as opposed to a market approach, policies that promote a decrease in production and consumption, that promote a more sustainable production, limited to the strictly necessary, producing degradable or more easily recyclable products, and that promote active collection of single-use materials and of other products that affect the environment .
Amendment 535 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 103
Recital 103
(103) Deposit and return systems should be obligatorypromoted for single use plastic beverage bottles and metal beverage containers. Member States might also decide to include other packaging in these systems, in particular single use glass bottles, and should ensure that deposit and return systems for single-use packaging formats, in particular for single use glass beverage bottles, are equally available for reusable packaging, where technically and economically feasible. They should consider establishing deposit and return systems also for reusable packaging. In such situations, a Member State should be allowed, while observing the general rules laid down in the Treaty and complying with the provisions set out in this Regulation, adopt provisions which go beyond the minimum requirements set out in this Regulation.
Amendment 548 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 108 a (new)
Recital 108 a (new)
(108a) Member States' national strategies should include public awareness-raising measures in the form of various incentives and benefits regarding products made from recycled waste, thus encouraging investment in the recycled products sector.
Amendment 550 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 110 a (new)
Recital 110 a (new)
(110a) The proposed objectives, targets and timetables should be proportionate and balanced, and take the actual context and reality in each Member State as a starting point. The necessary derogations must be in place to ensure that states have the requisite flexibility and that the objectives, targets and timetables are suitable, thus tailoring the means of implementation to each Member State's actual capacity and resources.
Amendment 551 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 110 b (new)
Recital 110 b (new)
(110b) With a view to increasing the amount of packaging collected, sorted and recycled, sufficient public-domain infrastructure needs to be developed and constructed, which means marshalling the necessary ambitious economic resources under the aegis of the EU's funds, with reinforced funding for Member States with a starting point below the EU27 average.
Amendment 563 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 128
Recital 128
(128) Public procurement amounts to 14 % of the Union’s GDP. To contribute to the objective of reaching climate neutrality, improving energy and resource efficiency and transitioning to a circular economy that protects public health and biodiversity, the power to adopt acts in accordance with Article 290 of the Treaty should be delegated to the Commission, which may exercise it as necessary, to require, where appropriate, contracting authorities and entities as defined in Directive 2014/24/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council75 and Directive 2014/25/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council76, to, should align their procurement with specific green public procurement criteria or targets. Compared to a voluntary approach, mandatoryThe criteria or targets should ensure that the leverage of public spending to boost demand for better performing packaging is maximised. The criteria should be transparent, objective and non- discriminatory. _________________ 75 Directive 2014/24/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 February 2014 on public procurement and repealing Directive 2004/18/EC (OJ L 94, 28.3.2014, p. 65). 76 Directive 2014/25/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 February 2014 on procurement by entities operating in the water, energy, transport and postal services sectors and repealing Directive 2004/17/EC (OJ L 94, 28.3.2014, p. 243).
Amendment 574 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1.º – paragraph 1
Article 1.º – paragraph 1
1. This Regulation establishes requirements for the entire life cycle of packaging as regards environmental sustainability and labelling, to allow its placing on the market, as well as for the extended producer responsibility, reduction of superfluous packaging, collection, treatment and recycling of packaging waste.
Amendment 576 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1.º – paragraph 2
Article 1.º – paragraph 2
2. This Regulation contributes to the efficient functioning of the internal market by harmonising national measures on packaging and packaging waste in order to avoid obstacles to trade, distortion and restriction of competition within the Union, while preventing or reducing the adverse impacts of packaging and packaging waste on the environment and human health, on the basis of a high level of environmental protection, while contributing to the smooth functioning of national measures on packaging and packaging waste.
Amendment 670 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3.º – paragraph 1 – point 30
Article 3.º – paragraph 1 – point 30
Amendment 764 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3.º – paragraph 1 – point 50
Article 3.º – paragraph 1 – point 50
Amendment 767 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3.º – paragraph 1 – point 51
Article 3.º – paragraph 1 – point 51
Amendment 786 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4.º – paragraph 2
Article 4.º – paragraph 2
2. Member States shall not prohibit, restrict or impede themay make the use of certain plackaging oin the market of packaging that complies with the sustainability requirements set out in Articles 5 to 10 of this Regulationir territory contingent upon non-discriminatory requirements in line with their development objectives and strategies, the objectives of this Directive and/or duly justified reasons in the public interest.
Amendment 787 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4.º – paragraph 3
Article 4.º – paragraph 3
Amendment 792 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4.º – paragraph 4
Article 4.º – paragraph 4
4. In case Member States may choose to maintain or introduce national sustainability requirements or information requirements additional to those laid down in this Regulation, those requirements shall not conflict with those laid down in this Regulation and the Member States shall not prohibit, restrict or impede the placing on the market of packaging that complies with the requirements under this Regulation for reasons of non-compliance with those national requirements.
Amendment 807 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4.º – paragraph 6
Article 4.º – paragraph 6
6. At trade fairs, exhibitions or similar events, Member States shall not prevent the showing of packaging, which does not comply with this Regulation, provided that a visible sign clearly indicates that such packaging does not comply with this Regulation and that it is not for sale until it has been brought into conformity or with their national legislation.
Amendment 818 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5.º – paragraph 1
Article 5.º – paragraph 1
1. Packaging shall be so manufactured in such a way that it is limited to what is strictly necessary for the proper packaging of the product, without any superfluous packaging, and that the presence and concentration of substances of concern as constituents of the packaging material or of any of the packaging components is minimised, including with regard to their presence in emissions and any outcomes of waste management, such as secondary raw materials, ashes or other material for final disposal.
Amendment 841 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5.º – paragraph 4
Article 5.º – paragraph 4
4. Recyclability requirements established in delegated acts adopted pursuant to Article 6(5) shall not restrict the presence of substances in packaging or packaging components for reasons relating primarily to chemical safety. They shall address, as appropriate, substances of concern that negatively affect the re-use and recycling of materials in the packaging in which they are present and their potential for incorporation as recycled content, and shall, as appropriate, identify the specific substances concerned and their associated criteria and limitations.
Amendment 850 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5.º – paragraph 5 – introductory part
Article 5.º – paragraph 5 – introductory part
5. In order to take account of the scientific and technical progress, the Commission may adopt delegated acts in close cooperation with the Member States in accordance with Article 58, to amend this Regulation in order to:
Amendment 950 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6.º – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
Article 6.º – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in close cooperation with the Member States taking account of their objective situations in accordance with Article 58 to supplement this Regulation in order to establish design for recycling criteria and recycling performance grades based on the criteria and parameters listed in Table 2 of Annex II for packaging categories listed in Table 1 of that Annex, as well as rules concerning the modulation of financial contributions to be paid by producers to comply with their extended producer responsibility obligations set out in Article 40(1), based on the packaging recycling performance grade, and for plastic packaging, the percentage of recycled content. Design-for-recycling criteria shall consider state of the art collection, sorting and recycling processes and shall cover all packaging components, taking account of consumer needs and preferences.
Amendment 972 #
The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in close cooperation with the Member States in accordance with Article 58 to amend Table 1 of Annex in order to adapt it to scientific and technical development in material and product design, collection, sorting and recycling infrastructure.
Amendment 1009 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6.º – paragraph 6 – point d
Article 6.º – paragraph 6 – point d
(d) installed infrastructure capacities for sorting and recycling in the Union as a whole for each packaging type listed in Table 1 of Annex II, including the sorting of residual mixed waste, where it provides quality materials that can be recycled.
Amendment 1077 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6.º – paragraph 11
Article 6.º – paragraph 11
11. The financial contributions to be paid by producers to comply with their extended producer responsibility obligations as referred to in Article 40 shall be modulated on the basis of the recyclability performance grade, as determined in accordance with the delegated acts referred to in paragraphs 4 and 6 of this Article and, as regards plastic packaging, also in accordance with the Article 7(6). The final consumer shall not bear the burden resulting from the application of this point.
Amendment 1264 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7.º – paragraph 7
Article 7.º – paragraph 7
7. By 31 December 2026, the Commission is empowered to adopt implementing acts establishing the methodology for the calculation and verification of the percentage of recycled content recovered from post-consumer plastic waste, per unit of plastic packaging, and the format for the technical documentation referred to in Annex VIIaking account of the environmental impact of the recycling process. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 59(3).
Amendment 1289 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7.º – paragraph 9 – subparagraph 1
Article 7.º – paragraph 9 – subparagraph 1
By 1 January 2028, the Commission shall assessconsult Member States in close cooperation on the need forto grant derogations from the minimum percentage laid down in paragraph 1, points b and d, for specific plastic packaging, or for the revision of the derogation established under paragraph 3 for specific plastic packaging.
Amendment 1322 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7.º – paragraph 10
Article 7.º – paragraph 10
10. Where justified by the lack of availability or excessive prices of specific recycled plastics that may have adverse effects on human or animal health, security of food supply or the environment, making compliance with the minimum percentages of recycled content set out in paragraphs 1 and 2 excessively difficult, the Commission shall be empowered to adopt a delegated act in accordance with Article 58 and in close cooperation with the Member States, to amend paragraphs 1 and 2 by adjusting the minimum percentages accordingly. In evaluating the justification of such adjustment, the Commission shall assess requests from natural or legal persons to be accompanied by relevant information and data on the market situation for this post-consumer plastic waste and best available evidence regarding the related risks to human or animal health, to the security of food supply or to the environment.
Amendment 1341 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8.º – paragraph 1
Article 8.º – paragraph 1
1. By [OP: please insert the date = 24 months from the entry into force of this Regulation], packaging referred to in Article 3(1), points (f) and (g), sticky labels attached to fruit and vegetables and very lightweight plastic carrier bags shall be compostable in industrially controlled conditions in bio-waste treatment facilitiesbio-waste treatment facilities. Member States may choose to collect compostable packaging together with bio-waste. Each Member State may consider packaging referred to in Article 3(1)(g) in view of the objective conditions available to it or in the light of other environmentally sound options, particularly taking into account recycling options under development or already in place.
Amendment 1367 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8.º – paragraph 2
Article 8.º – paragraph 2
2. Where appropriate waste collection schemes and waste treatment infrastructure are available to ensure that packaging referred to in paragraph 1 enters the organic waste management stream, Member States are empowered to. In the event that Member States decide to allow compostable packaging in the bio-waste collection stream, they may require that lightweight plastic carrier bags shall be made available on their market for the first time only if it can be demonstrated that those lightweight plastic carrier bags have been entirely manufactured from biodegradable plastic polymers, which are compostable in industrially controlled conditions.
Amendment 1386 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8.º – paragraph 5
Article 8.º – paragraph 5
5. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 58, in close cooperation with the Member States, to amend paragraphs 1 and 2 of this Article by adding other types of packaging to the types of packaging covered by those paragraphs when it is justified and appropriate due to technological and regulatory developments impacting the disposal of compostable packaging and under the conditions set out in Annex III. Member States may choose to collect include such compostable packaging in their bio-waste collection stream for anaerobic or aerobic digestion.
Amendment 1404 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9.º – paragraph 1
Article 9.º – paragraph 1
1. Packaging shall be designed so that its weight and volume is reduced to the minimum necessary for ensuring its functionality taking account of the material that the packaging is made of, and the need to eliminate superfluous packaging..
Amendment 1436 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9.º – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
Article 9.º – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
For the purpose of assessing the compliance with this paragraph, space filled by paper cuttings, air cushions, bubble wraps, sponge fillers, foam fillers, wood wool, polystyrene, styrofoam chips or other filling materials shall be considered as empty space unless it is required to protect and transport fragile goods.
Amendment 1751 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 22.º – paragraph 4
Article 22.º – paragraph 4
4. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 58, in close cooperation with the Member States, to amend Annex V in order to adapt it to technical and scientific progress with the objective to reducing packaging waste. When adopting those delegated acts, the Commission shall consider the potential of the restrictions on the use of specific packaging formats to reduce the packaging waste generated while ensuring an overall positive environmental impact, and shall take into account the availability of alternative packaging solutions that meet requirements set out in legislation applicable to contact sensitive packaging, as well as their capability to prevent microbiological contamination of the packaged product.
Amendment 1797 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26.º – paragraph 1
Article 26.º – paragraph 1
1. From 1 January 2030XXXX, economic operators making large household appliances listed in point 2 of Annex II to Directive 2012/19/EU available on the market for the first time within the territory of a Member State shall ensure that 90 % of those products are made available in reusable transport packaging within a system for re-use.
Amendment 1810 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26.º – paragraph 2 – introductory part
Article 26.º – paragraph 2 – introductory part
2. The final distributor making available on the market within the territory of a Member State in sales packaging cold or hot beverages filled into a container at the point of sale for take-away shall ensure, where appropriate and possible, that:
Amendment 1840 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26.º – paragraph 3 – introductory part
Article 26.º – paragraph 3 – introductory part
3. A final distributor that is conducting its business activity in the HORECA sector and activities in the catering sector and that is making available on the market within the territory of a Member State in sales packaging take- away ready-prepared food, intended for immediate consumption without the need of any further preparation, and typically consumed from the receptacle, shall ensure, where appropriate and possible, that:
Amendment 1871 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26.º – paragraph 4 – introductory part
Article 26.º – paragraph 4 – introductory part
4. The manufacturer and the final distributor making available on the market within the territory of a Member State in sales packaging alcoholic beverages in the form of beer, carbonated alcoholic beverages, fermented beverages other than wine, aromatised wine products and fruit wine, products based on spirit drinks, wine or other fermented beverages mixed with beverages, soda, cider or juice, shall ensure shall ensure, where appropriate and possible, that:
Amendment 1886 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26.º – paragraph 5
Article 26.º – paragraph 5
Amendment 2152 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 16 a (new)
Article 26 – paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Without prejudice to the provisions of this Article, Member States, in particular depending on their specific situation, may obtain derogations from deadlines for the objectives set out in paragraphs 1 to 13, provided that a roadmap for gradual alignment with those targets is ensured, taking into account the recommendations set out in points 14, 15 and 16 of this Article.
Amendment 2154 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 16 b (new)
Article 26 – paragraph 16 b (new)
16b. Without prejudice to the provisions of this Article, Member States may grant derogations to their micro and small businesses, in particular depending on their specific situation, from the deadlines for the objectives set out in this Article, provided that a roadmap for gradual alignment with those targets is ensured and that bureaucratic and financial support can be provided to the businesses requesting it with a view to meeting the objectives.
Amendment 2265 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 39 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 39 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Member States shall establish a register which shall serve to monitor compliance of producers of packaging with the requirements set out in this Chapter, and the necessary flexibility must be afforded in some definitions in this area to reflect aspects of the differing realities from country to country.