18 Amendments of Sandro GOZI related to 2020/0353(COD)
Amendment 167 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 54
Recital 54
(54) As the distributor makes a battery available on the market after it has been placed on the market or put into service by the manufacturer or the importer, the distributor should act with due care to ensure that its handling of the battery does not adversely affect its compliance with the requirements of this Regulation. Online market platforms should be considered as distributors for the purposes of this regulation.
Amendment 189 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 89
Recital 89
(89) Producers and distributors, including online market platforms, should be actively involved in providing information to end users that batteries should be collected separately, that collection schemes are available and that end users have an important role in ensuring an environmentally optimal management of waste batteries. The disclosure of information to all end users as well as reporting on batteries should make use of modern information technologies. The information should be provided either by classical means, such as outdoors, posters and social media campaigns, or by more innovative means, such as electronic access to websites provided by QR codes affixed to the battery.
Amendment 204 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 2
Article 1 – paragraph 2
2. This Regulation shall apply to all batteries, namely portable batteries, including batteries for light means of transport, automotive batteries, electric vehicle batteries and industrial batteries, regardless of their shape, volume, weight, design, material composition, use or purpose. It shall also apply to batteries incorporated in or added to other products.
Amendment 209 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 21
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 21
(21) ‘QR code’ means a matrix barcode that links to information about a battery model;
Amendment 216 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 36
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 36
(36) ‘supply chain due diligence’ means the obligations of the economic operator which places a rechargeable industrial battery or, including online market platforms, which places a battery on the market, with regard to social and electric-vehicle battery on the marketnvironmental risk categories, and where applicable, in relation to its management system, risk management, third party verifications by notified bodies and disclosure of information with a view to identifying and addressing actual and potential risks linked to the sourcing, processing and trading of the raw materials required for battery manufacturing;
Amendment 230 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – title
Article 9 – title
Performance and durability requirements for portable batteries of general use and batteries for light means of transport
Amendment 234 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1
Article 9 – paragraph 1
1. From 1 January 2027, portable batteries of general use and batteries for light means of transport shall meet the values for the electrochemical performance and durability parameters set out in Annex III as laid down in the delegated act adopted by the Commission pursuant to paragraph 2.
Amendment 237 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
2. By 31 December 2025, the Commission shall adopt a delegated act in accordance with Article 73 to supplement this Regulation by establishing minimum values for the electrochemical performance and durability parameters laid down in Annex III that portable batteries of general use and batteries for light means of transport shall attain.
Amendment 242 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
In preparing the delegated act referred to in the first subparagraph, the Commission shall consider the need to reduce the life cycle environmental impact of portable batteries of general use and batteries for light means of transport and take into consideration relevant international standards and labelling schemes. The Commission shall also ensure that the provisions laid down by that delegated act do not have a significant negative impact on the functionality of those batteries or the appliances into which those batteries are incorporated, the affordability and the cost for end-users and the industry’s competitiveness. No excessive administrative burden shall be imposed on manufacturers of the batteries and the appliances concerned.
Amendment 268 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
A battery is readily replaceable where, after its removal from an appliance, it can be substituted by a similar battery, without affecting the functioning or the, performance or safe operation of that appliance.
Amendment 270 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
The economic operator placing the battery on the market shall make information available where such independent operators are established in the respective Member State
Amendment 354 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 5
Article 23 – paragraph 5
5. A notifying authority shall have a sufficient number of competent personnel and sufficient funding at its disposal for the proper performance of its tasks.
Amendment 378 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 33 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
Article 33 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
2. A notified body shall perform its activities in a proportionate manner, avoiding unnecessary burdens for economic operators, in particular small and medium-sized enterprises, and taking due account of the size of an undertaking, the sector in which the undertaking operates, the structure of the undertaking, the degree of complexity of the battery to be assessed and the mass or serial nature of the production process.
Amendment 385 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 36 – title
Article 36 – title
36 Exchange of experience and good practices
Amendment 386 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 36 – paragraph 1
Article 36 – paragraph 1
The Commission shall provide for the organisation of exchange of experience and good practices between the Member States’ national authorities responsible for notification policy.
Amendment 396 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 39 – title
Article 39 – title
Obligation for economic operators that place rechargeable industrial batteries and electric-vehicle batteries with internal storage and a capacity above 2 kWhbatteries on the market to establish supply chain due diligence policies
Amendment 399 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 39 – paragraph 1
Article 39 – paragraph 1
1. As of [12 months after the entry into force of the Regulation] the economic operator that places rechargeable industrial batteries and electric-vehicle batteries with internal storage and a capacity above 2 kWhbatteries on the market shall comply with the supply chain due diligence obligations set out in paragraphs 2 to 5 of this Article and shall keep documentation demonstrating its respective compliance with those obligations, including the results of the third-party verification carried out by notified bodies.
Amendment 461 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 43 – paragraph 1
Article 43 – paragraph 1
Fulfilment service providers, including online marketplaces, shall ensure that, for batteries that they handle, the conditions during warehousing, packaging, addressing or dispatching, do not jeopardise the batteries’ compliance with the requirements set out in Chapters II, III and IVII.