8 Amendments of Gyula HEGYI related to 2008/0152(COD)
Amendment 31 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3
Recital 3
(3) In order to avoid the proliferation of environmental labelling schemes, and to encourage higher environmental performance in all sectors for which environmental impact is a factor in consumer choice, the possibility of using the Community Ecolabel should be extended. However, wit is necessary to ensure a clear distinction between this Regulation andh regard to food products, the Ecolabel should apply only to food already certified in accordance with Council Regulation (EC) No 834/2007 of 28 June 2007 on organic production and labelling of organic products and repealing Regulation (EEC) No 2092/9113.
Amendment 51 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 2 a (new)
In accordance with the precautionary principle, the Ecolabel shall not be awarded, whenever possible, to products which contain substances or preparations classified as very toxic, toxic, dangerous to the environment, carcinogenic, mutagenic or toxic for reproduction (CMR), persistent, bio-accumulative and toxic (PBT), very persistent, very bio- accumulative (vPvB), endocrine disrupters or other categories of equivalent concern such as sensitisers. Moreover, the Ecolabel shall not be awarded to goods manufactured using processes which are likely to harm humans and/or the environment.
Amendment 55 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. The prospects for the market penetration of a product in the Community shall, as far as possible, correspond to 10% of the EU internal market at the moment of adoption or revision of the Ecolabel criteria.
Amendment 57 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. The Ecolabel criteria shall be based on the precautionary principle.
Amendment 68 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 3
Article 7 – paragraph 3
3. Where criteria are developed for processed food other thanducts covered by Regulation (EC) No 834/2007, only those products of aquaculture, those criteria shall only relate to processing, transport and packagingcertified according to that Regulation may be awarded the Ecolabel.
Amendment 72 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1
Article 8 – paragraph 1
1. The Commission shall, following consultation of the EUEB, adopt measures to establish specific Ecolabel criteria for each product groupDraft Ecolabel criteria shall be developed in accordance with the procedure laid down in Annex I and taking into account the working plan. Not later than 3 months after the final report is submitted to the Commission, the EUEB shall be consulted on the criteria proposal. The Commission shall provide explanations and documentation on the reasoning behind any changes to the criteria submitted in the final report. Not later than 3 months after consultation of the EUEB, the Commission shall submit an Ecolabel criteria proposal to the regulatory committee established under Article 16(2) and subsequently adopt measures to establish Ecolabel criteria for a specific product group. The Commission shall take into account the comments of the EUEB and shall clearly highlight, document and provide explanations on the reasoning behind any change to the proposal further to the EUEB consultation. Those measures, designed to amend non- essential elements of this Regulation, by supplementing it, shall be adopted in accordance with the regulatory procedure with scrutiny referred to in Article 16(2).
Amendment 96 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – part A – point 2 – subparagraph 2 – indent 1
Annex I – part A – point 2 – subparagraph 2 – indent 1
- they shall be based on the environmental performance throughout the life-cycle of the product of the best performing products on the market and correspond, as far as possible, to 10% to the top quartile (25%) of the best performing products available on the market;
Amendment 100 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – part A – point 2 – subparagraph 2 – indent 1
Annex I – part A – point 2 – subparagraph 2 – indent 1
- they shall be based on the environmental performance throughout the life-cycle of the product of the best performing products on the market and correspond, as far as possible, to 10% of the best performing products available on the marketinternal market at the moment of their adoption;