Activities of Maria-Manuel LEITÃO-MARQUES related to 2021/2040(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Implementation of the Toy Safety Directive (debate)
Amendments (11)
Amendment 43 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Stresses that spreading out requirements across several pieces of legislation, and providing for different limit values, can be burdensome and can in some cases necessitate a duplicateion of the measuring of substances, as in the case of migration and content limit values; calls on the Commission, therefore, to consider consolidating all applicable limits for toys to the strictest possible limit values in one piece of legislation, in order to streamline conformity assessment;
Amendment 49 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Considers that the derogation from the prohibition of chemicals that are carcinogenic, mutagenic or toxic to reproduction (CMRs) set out in the TSD allows for the presence of those chemicals in concentrations that are too high to ensure the protection of children; calls on the Commission urgently to substantially reduce the generic limits for derogated CMRs in the TSD; insists that, in line with the Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability, the possibility to derogate from the rules on the presence of CMRs in parts of the toy that are inaccessible to the child in toys should be deleted;
Amendment 60 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10 a. calls on the Commission to include provisions to take into account children’s combined exposure to chemicals as well as of potential low-dose effects in its revision of the TSD, in line with the Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability;
Amendment 69 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11 a. is concerned 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 use the revision of the TSD to also tackle this shortcoming, by making it easier to amend those requirements.
Amendment 77 #
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 fullyswiftly and to equip customs and market surveillance authorities with adequate human, financial and technical resources to prevent the proliferation of unsafe and non-compliant toys in the EU;
Amendment 84 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13 a. Urges the Commission to adopt implementing acts laying down benchmarks and techniques for checks on the basis of common risk analysis on the Union level, in order to ensure a consistent enforcement of Union law, to strengthen the controls on products entering the Union market and to ensure an effective and uniform level of such controls, in line with Article 25 of Regulation (EU) 2019/1020.
Amendment 88 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 b (new)
Paragraph 13 b (new)
13 b. Calls on the Commission to adopt implementing acts specifying the procedures for the designation of Union testing facilities, in line with Article 21 of Regulation(EU) 2019/1020;
Amendment 95 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Welcomes the adoption of the Single Market Programme and the introduction of a specific objective, with a specific budget line and dedicated resources for market surveillance, which will contribute to support Member States' action in ensuring that only safe and compliant toys enter the EU market;
Amendment 128 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
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 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 step up their cooperation and perform robust enforcement actions to stop rogue traders from exploiting the EU market;
Amendment 169 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
Paragraph 28
28. Highlights that the lack of consistent EU-wide statistics on toy-related accidents makes it impossibles have made it difficult to quantitatively assess the level of protection granted by the TSD and to inform the standardization work on toys; believes that a lack ofinsufficient coordination and funding at EU level is a root cause of the absence of consistent data and calls on the Commission to address this in a future revision through theof the Directive, including by establishment ofing a pan-European accident and injury database and exploring how indicators and data such as those gathered from ICSMS, Safety Gate, joint actions and the possibility of establishing a digital product passport could contribute to a higher safety level for toys;
Amendment 178 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 a (new)
Paragraph 30 a (new)
30 a. Calls on the Commission to publish the summary of the 2014-2018 report by Member States;