10 Amendments of Michal WIEZIK related to 2021/2011(INI)
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Recalls its demand in its resolution of 10 February 2021 on the New Circular Economy Action Plan1 for binding EU reduction targets for primary raw materials use; requests that the Commission include all possible options to minimise resource consumption in its demand scenarios for critical raw materials (CRM); __________________ 1 Texts adopted, P9_TA(2021)0040. Notes that elements newly included in the 2020 CRM list will be vital for the EU decarbonisation strategy and green mobility1a and this could lead to a high increase in demand; __________________ 1 Texts adopted, P9_TA(2021)0040. 1aout of four newly included CRMs, aluminium and titanium (as strength-to- weight ratio), and lithium (for battery production) seem to be crucial for the development of a low-carbon economy
Amendment 30 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Notes that although phosphate rock appeared already in the second list of CRM in 2014 as the EU is highly dependent on it, there has not been any concrete structural measure put in place to improve the efficiency of use of phosphorus in the European agriculture despite the fact that type of agricultural practice, on which the Common Agricultural Policy has a strong leverage, is key for the improved efficiency of its use; Further recalls that although the Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive requires the removal of P from waste water and as such is important from the perspective of sustainable P management, it does not provide for the conversion of the removed P into a usable form;
Amendment 42 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Notes that while it is the End of Life Recycling Input Rate that is considered for the criticality assessment, the 2020 CRM list does not always clearly indicate whether the CRM is recyclable or not; Considers that the Commission should in the Strategy put much stronger focus on recycling, processing and recovery of CRM in the EU to significantly increase the End of Life Recycling Rate and End of Life Recycling Input Rate where applicable;
Amendment 70 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Asks the Commission to set ambitious product design requirements for easy removal of CRMall those CRMs that do not get used up in the production process; calls for ambitious minimum recycled CRM content targets; requests that the Commission propose new collection and recovery schemes to increase collection and recovery rates of waste products containing CRMs, their conversion to a usable form and where applicable their efficient use; asks the Commission to propose dedicated recycling targets for CRMs, by extending the approach suggested in the proposal for a regulation on batteries and waste batteries (COM(2020)0798) to other product groups;
Amendment 78 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Highlights that for some of the CRM the substitutes exist, albeit often of inferior quality, not safe for some of the applications or less economically attractive; Stresses however that for phosphate rock and phosphorus no substitution exists for any of the uses1a; Recalls that phosphate rock is an essential element of industrial agriculture, in the EU 95% of its use represent fertilizers (85%) and nutritional supplements for animal feed (10%); __________________ 1a Study on the EU's list of Critical Raw Materials, 2020:''Substitution of elemental phosphorous P4 and thus also of phosphate rock in other chemical applications is also set to 0% .'' https://ec.europa.eu/docsroom/documents/ 42883/attachments/2/translations/en/rendi tions/native
Amendment 86 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Underlines that phosphorus is one of the six main building blocks of life (together with oxygen, hydrogen, potassium, nitrogen and carbon) and is vital for all life on planet earth, including plants;
Amendment 88 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 c (new)
Paragraph 2 c (new)
2c. Given the fact that 95% of the CRM phosphate rock and phosphorus is used in agriculture, calls for scaling up agricultural practices beneficial to P management like agroecology, conservation agriculture and agroforestry systems1a and highlights synergies of these practices with the legally binding biodiversity and climate targets; Asks that a legislative proposal on sustainable food systems, to be presented by the Commission by y.2023, holistically addresses shortcomings of our production and consumption, including with respect to circularity; __________________ 1aB. Garske, J. Stubenrauch F. Ekardt, 2020: Sustainable phosphorus management in European agricultural and environmental law (https://doi.org/10.1111/reel.12318)
Amendment 91 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 d (new)
Paragraph 2 d (new)
2d. Underlines that negative phosphorus balance in agriculture could be addressed instead of sourcing phosphate rock by the increased use of recycled phosphorus materials, e.g. by composting, co-production of P-rich materials from processed animal by- products or recycling of wastes and by- products of plant and animal origin including from municipal wastewater; Highlights that where applicable, appropriate steps need to be taken for the hygienisation of the eligible input materials and to decrease to an absolute minimum the organic content to address the risk of development of antimicrobial resistance; Notes that use of low-quality material derived from manure with an unknown presence of biological pathogens present and no data on antibiotic use in the livestock production has been shown to increase both the abundance and diversity of antimicrobial resistant bacteria in soil and phyllosphere1a; __________________ 1a JRC Science for Policy Report, 2019: Technical proposals for selected new fertilising materials under the Fertilising Products Regulation (Regulation (EU) 2019/1009) (referencing the original from Chen et al., 2017)
Amendment 92 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 e (new)
Paragraph 2 e (new)
2e. Stresses that the 2020 CRM List includes newly aluminium and bauxite; Notes that while bauxite is non-recyclable as is consumed during all of its uses, aluminium is infinitely recyclable without downgrading its quality; Regrets that the low level of recycling in some of the uses1a, as well as export of aluminium waste and scrap2a has led to a lower End- of-Life Recycling Input Rate than what could have otherwise been achieved; Stresses that the EU should aim and put in place measures to achieve 100% End- Of-Life-Recycling Rate of aluminium; __________________ 1awhile EoL-RR in Europe for aluminium used in transport and buildings was over 90%, only 60% of the aluminium used in packaging was recycled in 2013 2a'' If the EU had processed domestically the flow of aluminium waste and scrap exported in 2015, the EoLRIR would have increased to 16% (Passarini et al. 2018)- from the Study on the EU's list of Critical Raw Materials(2020)
Amendment 102 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on the Commission and the European Raw Materials Alliance to prioritise CRM extraction from existing mines and waste dumps over new mining; requests that the Commission assess whether current due diligence and environment rules are sufficient to guarantee minimal environmental impact of both existing and potential new mining projects in the EU; and outside the EU and that the EU demand is not satisfied with CRM sourced from disputed 1a or Indigenous territories2a; __________________ 1ae.g. Western Sahara in case of phosphate rock 2a e.g. in Brazil what is currently a draft law -to regulate (allow) mining and other commercial activities in Indigenous territories. The bill is pending in Congress and is listed as one of Bolsonaro’s priorities. as reported by Human Rights Watch https://www.hrw.org/news/2020/03/01/bol sonaros-plan-legalize-crimes-against- indigenous-peoples