26 Amendments of Carles PUIGDEMONT I CASAMAJÓ related to 2020/0353(COD)
Amendment 81 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2 a (new)
Recital 2 a (new)
(2 a) This Regulation is aimed both at regulating and strengthening the current European market for batteries and waste batteries, provided for by Directive 2006/66/EC. One of its purposes is to achieve a single market for batteries the standards of which could be taken into account by third countries, especially in the Union's neighbourhood.
Amendment 82 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8 a (new)
Recital 8 a (new)
(8 a) Collection and recycling are a transversal endeavour made both by diverse economic operators and social stakeholders. They can create supply chains of their own and, with the proper legal assistance and administrative incentives, they could also open and improve a market of their own. Therefore it is crucial that all levels of public administration incentivise and assist economic operators and social stakeholders to undertake collection and recycling activities as regards all types of batteries. The Commission should assist Member States, regions and local entities, taking into account, for instance, the NUTS statistical analysis, namely major socio-economic regions, basic regions for the application of regional policies, and small regions for specific diagnoses, with the ambition of not leaving any European territory behind as regards collection and recycling of batteries within the Union.
Amendment 83 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12 a (new)
Recital 12 a (new)
(12 a) Hydrogen-induced vehicles can have engines that burn hydrogen (thermal) or can have hydrogen batteries (electric). Moreover, heat engines are less efficient and can produce dangerous pollutants, such as NOx, compared to electric ones, but are nonetheless more cost effective.
Amendment 85 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14
Recital 14
(14) In order to ensure that obligations arising from this Regulation are carried out and to monitor and verify compliance of producers and producer responsibility organisations with the requirements of this Regulation, it is necessary that Member States designate one or more competent authorities. The Commission should assist Member States, and where appropriate regions, to implement this Regulation. Public authorities should have an understandable internet portal with all the information about this Regulation, with understandable information about all its requirements and how to comply with them. Those requirements should eventually be complied with through a unique digital certificate in order to avoid unnecessary administrative costs to producers, suppliers, or other stakeholders involved.
Amendment 92 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 20 a (new)
Recital 20 a (new)
(20 a) The Union and its Member States and regions should develop geostrategic agreements on offshore energy infrastructure with neighbouring geographical regions, especially the Western Balkans, the Mediterranean Southern and Eastern Basins in order to boost production for both European and native markets also regarding batteries and waste batteries. Such agreements should also foster education on the sustainable use of batteries and its recycling processes, as well as other renewable energy production and consumption, between the Union and its neighbouring regions on an equal footing.
Amendment 100 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 60
Recital 60
(60) Some of the raw materials in question, such as cobalt, lithium and natural graphite, are considered as critical raw materials for the EU38 and their sustainable sourcing is required for the EU battery ecosystem to perform adequately. Sustainability, social and governance responsibility criteria should apply to the value chain of all batteries. The Commission should assess whether introducing due diligence at the production recycling stage should be mandatory before 2030. _________________ 38Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions: Critical Raw Materials Resilience: Charting a Path towards greater Security and Sustainability (COM(2020) 474 final).
Amendment 101 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 61 a (new)
Recital 61 a (new)
(61 a) Suppliers and/or producers of batteries should be able to comply with the United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights, where companies have an environmental and social responsibility to respect fundamental human rights, the environment, and good governance. Companies should not cause or contribute to causing any adverse impacts in those sectors. The Commission should help such companies to comply with the United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights, with a database introducing and sharing good practices. Non-profit stakeholders should also be able to use this database which could be implemented using distributed ledger technology.
Amendment 105 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 65
Recital 65
(65) According to the OECD Due Diligence Guidance45 , due diligence is an on-going, proactive and reactive process through which companies can ensure that they respect human rights and the environment, and do not contribute to conflict.46 . Risk-based due diligence refers to the steps companies should take to identify and address actual or potential risks in order to prevent or mitigate adverse impacts associated with their activities or sourcing decisions A company can assess risk posed by its activities and relationships and adopt risks mitigating measures in line with relevant standards provided under national and international law, recommendations on responsible business conduct by international organisations, government- backed tools, private sector voluntary initiatives and a company's internal policies and systems. This approach also helps to scale the due diligence exercise to the size of the company's activities or supply chain relationships. _________________ 45 Page 15 of the OECD Due Diligence Guidance. 46OECD (2011), OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises, OECD, Paris; OECD (2006), OECD Risk Awareness Tool for Multinational Enterprises in Weak Governance Zones, OECD, Paris; and, Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights: Implementing the United Nations “Protect, Respect and Remedy” Framework (Report of the Special Represantative of the Secretary-General on the Issue of Human Rights and Transnational Corporations and other Business Enterprises, John Ruggie, A/HRC/17/31, 21 March 2011).
Amendment 106 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 65 a (new)
Recital 65 a (new)
(65 a) The Commission, Member States and, where appropriate, regions with devolved competences, should help economic operators, especially suppliers, to retain their individual responsibility for complying with the due diligence obligations set out in this Regulation.
Amendment 110 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 67
Recital 67
(67) As regards the social risk categories, due diligence policies should address the risks in the battery supply chain in relation to the protection of human rights, including human health, protection of children and gender equality, and the rights of indigenous peoples, especially risks relating to dangerous contexts or situations in their territories, in line with international human rights law47 . The due diligence policies should include information on how the economic operator has contributed to the prevention of human rights abuses and on the instruments in place with the operator’s business structure to fight corruption and bribery. The due diligence policies should also ensure correct implementation of the rules of fundamental conventions of the International Labour Organisation48 as listed in Annex I of the ILO Tripartite Declaration. _________________ 47Including The Universal Declaration of Human Rights, The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, The International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, the Convention on the Rights of the Child and the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. 48 The eight fundamental Conventions are 1. Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organise Convention, 1948 (No. 87), 2. Right to Organise and Collective Bargaining Convention, 1949 (No. 98), 3. Forced Labour Convention, 1930 (No. 29) (and its 2014 Protocol ), 4. Abolition of Forced Labour Convention, 1957 (No. 105), 5. Minimum Age Convention, 1973 (No. 138), 6. Worst Forms of Child Labour Convention, 1999 (No. 182), 7. Equal Remuneration Convention, 1951 (No. 100), 8. Discrimination (Employment and Occupation) Convention, 1958 (No. 111)
Amendment 132 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 8 a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 8 a (new)
(8 a) 'bio-battery' means a biological battery, or an energy storing battery powered by organic compounds, usually being glucose from the earth;
Amendment 148 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Amendment 258 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 7 a (new)
Article 13 – paragraph 7 a (new)
7 a. The Commission and the national competent authority or authorities shall provide understandable information about labelling on batteries with a unique portal, in all languages official in the Member States, in order to assist and incentivise all stakeholders involved in batteries' supply chains to comply with this Regulation.
Amendment 268 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 14 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. The Commission and the national competent authority or authorities shall provide understandable information about the state of health and expected lifetime of batteries with a unique portal, in all languages official in the Member States, in order to assist and incentivise all stakeholders involved in batteries' supply chains to comply with this Regulation.
Amendment 269 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 a (new)
Article 14 a (new)
Article 14 a Information on human rights violations involved in the battery supply chain 1. Economic operators involved in the extraction or the original supply of raw materials used in the construction or making of batteries shall provide data on the origin and different steps within their battery supply chain. 2. In case the raw materials used for the battery came from a territory, either within the Union or in a third country, where human rights and the environment have been gravely violated according to United Nations or European Union human rights current reports, the Commission, informed or assisted by the national competent authority or authorities of the Member State or of the third country of the economic operator involved, shall impose the immediate end of such undertaking to the economic operator involved. 3. The Commission and the national competent authority or authorities shall assess the human rights conditions related to the original supply of the raw materials used for the batteries used in Union territory. 4. The Commission and the competent authority and authorities shall assist and incentivise the economic operator to use other areas of original supply which comply with the requirements set out in this Regulation.
Amendment 273 #
Member States shall notify the Commission and the other Member States of conformity assessment bodies authorised to carry out conformity assessment in accordance with this Regulation. Special attention shall be put into the protection of human rights and the environment.
Amendment 274 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 22 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Article 22 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. The notifying authority may be the competent authority specified in Article 14a.
Amendment 275 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 2
Article 24 – paragraph 2
The Commission shall make that information publicly available, understandable by all stakeholders involved, in a unique digital portal where all European languages shall be included.
Amendment 276 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 2
Article 25 – paragraph 2
2. A conformity assessment body shall be established under the national law of a Member State and have legal personality. Where appropriate, regions shall be able to have their own conformity assessment bodies.
Amendment 277 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 3
Article 25 – paragraph 3
3. A conformity assessment body shall be a third-party body independent from any and all business ties and from the battery model it assesses, in particular from battery manufacturers, the battery manufacturers’ trade partners, shareholding investors on the battery manufacturers’ plants and from other notified bodies and the notified bodies’ business associations, parent companies or subsidiaries. A conformity assessment body may be the competent authority specified in Article 14a, together or separate from the notifying authority, for the purposes of Article 14a.
Amendment 278 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 34 – paragraph 1
Article 34 – paragraph 1
The Commission and Member States shall ensure that an appeal procedure against the decisions of notified bodies is available. The information on the possibility to appeal shall be easily understandable and retrievable.
Amendment 279 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 36 – paragraph 1
Article 36 – paragraph 1
The Commission shall provide for the organisation of exchange of experiences, expertise, good practices and lessons- learned between the Member States’ national authorities responsible for notification policy through a database empowered by digital ledger technology.
Amendment 287 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 39 – paragraph 2 – point a
Article 39 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) adopt, and clearly communicate to suppliers and the public, a company due diligence and compliance policy for the supply chain of raw materials indicated in Annex X, point 1;
Amendment 299 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 39 – paragraph 3 – point a a (new)
Article 39 – paragraph 3 – point a a (new)
(a a) identify any relevant information that is either publicly available or provided by stakeholders, including individual and group members of potentially affected indigenous communities and other civil society organisations,
Amendment 310 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 39 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 – point b a (new)
Article 39 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 – point b a (new)
(b a) gather relevant information that is either publicly available or provided by stakeholders, including individual and group members of potentially affected indigenous communities and other civil society organisations,
Amendment 376 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 66 – paragraph 8 a (new)
Article 66 – paragraph 8 a (new)
8 a. The Commission shall assist Member States, and where appropriate regions, to implement this Regulation. European, national and regional public authorities shall provide for an understandable internet portal with all the information about this Regulation, with understandable information about all the requisites and how to comply with them. These requisites should eventually be complied with through a unique digital certificate in order to avoid unnecessary administrative costs to producers, suppliers, or other stakeholders involved.