11 Amendments of Nicolás GONZÁLEZ CASARES related to 2022/0396(COD)
Amendment 169 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 65
Recital 65
(65) To incentivise waste prevention, a new concept of ‘refill’ should be introduced. Refill should be considered as a specific waste prevention measure that counts towards and is necessary for meeting of the re-use and refill targets. However, containers owned by the consumer, performing a packaging, kitchenware or tableware function in the context of refill, such as reusable cups, mugs, bottles or boxes are not packaging in the sense of this Regulation even when they were originally placed on the market as food packaging.
Amendment 225 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 28
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 28
(28) ‘refill’ means an operation, considered as a packaging waste prevention measure, by which an end user fills its own container, which fulfils the packaging or a kitchenware or tableware function, with a product or several products offered by the final distributor in the context of a commercial transaction;
Amendment 260 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 60 a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 60 a (new)
(60a) ‘containers that fulfil a kitchenware or tableware function’: means packaging intended to be originally used as food-packaging and certified to perform kitchenware or tableware functions during their lifespan. Such certifications should demonstrate certain design characteristics such as its washability and its thermal resistance.
Amendment 332 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 6 – point d a (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 6 – point d a (new)
(da) Specific provisions should be approved for inert packaging placed on the market in very small quantities, understood as less than 0,1% of packaging waste in the Union.
Amendment 449 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – point d
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) it is capable of being emptied, unloaded, refilled or reloaded, reloaded or reused as tableware or kitchenware while ensuring compliance with the applicable safety and hygiene requirements;
Amendment 450 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – point e
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – point e
(e) it is capable of being reconditioned in accordance with Part B of Annex VI, whilst maintaining its ability to perform its intended function; or, in case it is originally designed to be reused as tableware or kitchenware, it is proven by design characteristics such as washability, reparability, durability without losing product functionality, economic benefit for the consumer, and general consumer perception.
Amendment 451 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – point f
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – point f
(f) it can be emptied, unloaded, refilled or reloaded, reloaded or reused as tableware or kitchenware while maintaining the quality and safety of the packaged product and allowing for the attachment of labelling, and the provision of information on the properties of that product and on the packaging itself, including any relevant instructions and information for ensuring safety, adequate use, traceability and shelf- life of the product;
Amendment 452 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – point g
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – point g
(g) it can be emptied, unloaded, refilled or reloaded, reloaded or reused as tableware or kitchenware without risk to the health and safety of those responsible for doing so;
Amendment 545 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 1
Article 23 – paragraph 1
1. Economic operators who place reusable packaging on the market shall ensure that a system for re-use of such packaging is in place, which meets the requirements laid down in Article 24 and Annex VI except in cases where packaging is reused as tableware or kitchenware.
Amendment 546 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 1
Article 24 – paragraph 1
1. Economic operators making use of reusable packaging shall participate in one or more systems for re-use and shall ensure that the systems for re-use, which the reusable packaging is part of, comply with the requirements laid down in Part A of Annex VI. This obligation shall not apply to packaging designed to be re-used as kitchenware or tableware.
Amendment 786 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 43 – paragraph 2
Article 43 – paragraph 2
2. Member States may allow derogations from paragraph 1 provided that collecting packaging or fractions of packaging waste together or together with other waste does not affect the potential of such packaging or fractions of packaging waste to undergo preparing for re-use, recycling or other recovery operations in accordance with Articles 4 and 13 of Directive 2008/98/EC and generates output from those operations which is of comparable quality to that achieved through separate collection. Specifically, inert packaging placed on the market in very small quantities, understood as less than 0,1% of packaging waste in the Union, made of the same materials of waste disposed on the construction flow waste should be disposed together with the construction and demolition waste.