Activities of Krzysztof JURGIEL related to 2023/0234(COD)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 2008/98/EC on waste
Amendments (17)
Amendment 15 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 1
Recital 1
(1) The European Green Deal and the Circular Economy Action Plan69 call for reinforced and accelerated Union and Member State action to ensure environmental and social sustainability of the textiles and food sectors as they represent top resource intensive sectors that cause significant negative environmental externalities. In those sectors, financing and technological gaps impede progress towards the transition to a circular economy and decarbonisation. The food and textiles sectors are the first- and the fourth- most resource-intensive sectors respectively70 and they do not fully adhere to the fundamental Union waste management principles set out in the waste hierarchy which requires the prioritisation of waste prevention followed by preparation for re- use and recycling. These challenges require systemic solutions with a lifecycle approach. _________________ 69 COM(2020)98 final of 11 March 2020. 70 EU Transition Pathways (europa.eu)
Amendment 16 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 3
Recital 3
Amendment 19 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 4
Recital 4
Amendment 20 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 7
Recital 7
(7) Member States shave, to a certain extent, developed materialll implement measures and carriedy out campaigns targeting food waste prevention for consumers and food business operators; however, these mainly focus on raising awareness rather than eliciting behavioural change. Iin order to reach the full potential for reducing food waste and ensure progress over time, behavioural change interventions have to be developed, more tailored to the specific situations and needs in Member States, and fully integrated in national food waste prevention programmes. Importance should also be given to regional circular solutions, including public-private partnerships and citizen engagement as well adaptation to specific regional needs such as outermost regions or islands.
Amendment 21 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 8
Recital 8
(8) Despite the growing awareness of the negative impacts and consequences of food waste, the political commitments made at EU and Member State levels, and Union measures implemented since the 2015 Circular Economy Action Plan, food waste generation is not sufficiently decreasing to make significant progress towards achieving Target 12.3 of the UN Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 12. In order to ensure significant contribution towards the attainment of SDG Target 12.3, the measures to be taken by Member States should be strengthened to make progress in the implementation of this Directive and of other appropriate measures to reduce food waste generation.
Amendment 24 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) In order to achieve results in the short term, and to give food business operators, consumers and public authorities the necessary perspective for the longer term, quantified targets for reduction of food waste generation, to be achieved by Member States by 20305, should be set.
Amendment 26 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 10
Recital 10
(10) Having regard to the Union’s commitment to the ambition set out in SDG Target 12.3, the setting of food waste reduction targets to be achieved by Member States by 2030 should provide a strong policy impulse to take action and ensure a significant contribution to global targets. However, gGiven the legally binding nature of such targets, they should be proportionate and feasible, and take into account the role of different actors in the food supply chain as well as their capacity (in particular micro and small enterprises). The establishment of legally binding targets should thus follow a step-wise approach, starting with a level which is lower than the one set under the SDG, with a view to ensuring a consistent response of Member States and tangible progress towards Target 12.3.
Amendment 30 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 10 a (new)
Recital 10 a (new)
(10a) Disparities in bargaining power between suppliers and buyers of agricultural and food products still persist in food supply chains across the EU. This is particularly the case in the agricultural sector, since the specific nature of agricultural products and the associated need to dispose of them quickly distorts equality among counterparties from the very outset. Every effort must therefore be made to ensure that the most common unfair trading practices affecting agricultural suppliers, particularly in the supply of perishable products, do not increase as a result of binding targets to reduce food waste.
Amendment 34 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 11
Recital 11
(11) Reducing food waste at the production and consumption stages requires different approaches and measures and involves different stakeholder groups. Therefore, one common target should be proposed for the processing and manufacturing stage and another onecommon target for the retail and other distribution of food, restaurants and food services and households.
Amendment 90 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Directive 2008
Article 9a para 2a
Article 9a para 2a
2a. Member States shall verify that the implementation of the targets set out in this Article does not weakens the position of agricultural suppliers in food supply chains, in particular in the supply of perishable products, and does not increase the incidence of unfair commercial practices in this area.
Amendment 93 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Directive 2008
Article 9a para 3
Article 9a para 3
3. The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 38a to supplement this Directive as regards laying down a common methodology and minimum quality requirements for the uniform measurement of food waste levels, taking into consideration input from all relevant stakeholders and drawing from scientific research where applicable.
Amendment 97 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Directive 2008/98/EC
Article 9a para 4
Article 9a para 4
4. Member States shall take the necessary and appropriate measures to achieve, by 31 December 20305, the following food waste reduction targets at national level:
Amendment 99 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Directive 2008
Article 9a para 4 point a
Article 9a para 4 point a
(a) reduce the generation of food waste in processing and manufacturing by 10 % in comparison to the amount generated in 2020; this point shall not apply to primary producers which are processing or manufacturing food products and beverages on their farms and whose farming is their main activity.
Amendment 104 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Directive 2008
Article 9a para 4 point b
Article 9a para 4 point b
(b) reduce the generation of food waste per capita, jointly in retail and other distribution of food, in restaurants and food services and in households, by 30 % in comparison to the amount generated in 2020. In establishing measures to achieve this common target, Member States shall take into account the different levels of food waste production generated by individual actors along the entire production chain.
Amendment 115 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Directive 2008
Article 9a para 7
Article 9a para 7
7. By 31 December 202730, the Commission shall review the targets to be reached by 2030, laid down in paragraph 4, with a view, if appropriate, to modify and/or extend them to other stages of the food supply chain, and to consider setting new targets beyond 2030analyse the food waste data reported by Member States pursuant to Article 37(3) with a view to considering the possibility of setting an EU-wide target for food waste reduction to be achieved by 2035 on the basis of the data reported by Member States and according to the common methodology referred to in paragraph 2 of this Article. To that end, the Commission shall submit a report to the European Parliament and to the Council, accompanied, if appropriate, by a legislative proposal.;
Amendment 117 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 9
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 9
Directive 2998
Article 29a para 1
Article 29a para 1
1. By [P.O. insert date of twohree years after entry into force of this amending Directive], Member States shall review and adapt their food waste prevention programmes, with a view of attaining the targets provided for in Article 9a(4), taking into account the monitoring criterion of Article 9a(2a). Those programmes shall at least contain the measures laid down in Article 9(1) and 9a(1)) and, where relevant, the measures listed in Annexes IV and IVa.
Amendment 119 #
Member States shall bring into force the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive by [P.O. insert date eighteen monthtwo years after the entry into force of this amending Directive] at the latest. They shall forthwith communicate to the Commission the text of those provisions.