31 Amendments of Achille VARIATI related to 2023/0234(COD)
Amendment 160 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 10
Recital 10
(10) Having regard to the Union’s commitment to the ambition set out in SDG Target 12.3, the setting of food waste reduction targets to be achieved by Member States by 2030 should provide a strong policy impulse to take action and ensure a significant contribution to global targets. However, given the legally binding nature of suchThe targets, they should be proportionate and feasible, and take into account the role of different actors in the food supply chain as well as their capacity (in particular micro and small enterprises). The establishment of legally binding targets should thus follow a step-wise approach, starting with a level which is lower than the one set under the SDG, with a view to ensuring a consistent response of Member States and tangible progress towards Target 12.3.
Amendment 167 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 15
Recital 15
(15) In order to ensure that the step- wise approach towards the achievement of the global target delivers its objectives, tThe levels set for the legally binding targets on reduction of food waste, should be reviewed and revised, if appropriate, to take into account the progress made by Member States over time. This would allow for a possible adjustment of the targets in view of strengthening the Union’s contribution and further aligning with SDG Target 12.3, to be reached by 2030 and providing direction for further progress beyond that date.
Amendment 194 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 25
Recital 25
(25) In view of the key role of social enterprises and social economy entities in the existing textile collection systems and their potential to create local, sustainable, participatory and inclusive businesses models and quality jobs in the Union, in line with the objectives of the EU Social Economy Action Plan79 , the introduction of extended producer responsibility schemes should maintain and support the activities of social enterprises and social economy entities involved in used and waste textiles management. These entities therefore should be regarded as partners in the separate collection systems supporting the scale-up of re-preparation for re-use, re- use and repair and creating quality jobs for all and in particular for vulnerable groups. _________________ 79 COM (2021) 778 final of 9 December 2021.
Amendment 205 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 32
Recital 32
(32) Exports of used and waste textiles outside the EU have been steadily increasing with exports representing the greatest share of the re-use market for post- consumer textiles generated in the EU. In view of the significant increase of the collected textile waste after the introduction of separate collection by 2025 it is important to strengthen the efforts to combat illegal shipments of waste to third countries disguised as non-waste for the purpose of ensuring high environmental protection. Building on Regulation …/… [P.O. insert the institutions and serial number, and complete the footnote for the Regulation on the Shipment of waste]84 and in view of the objective to ensure the sustainable management of post-consumer textiles and tackle illegal shipments of waste, it should be provided that all separately collected used textiles, textile- related and footwear products undergo a sorting operation prior to their shipment. Furthermore, it should be provided that all separately collected used textile, textile- related and footwear items are regarded as waste and subject to Union waste legislation, including on the shipments of waste, until they have undergone a sorting operation by a trained sorting for re-use and recycling operator. The sorting should be carried out in accordance with the harmonised sorting requirements that deliver high quality re-usable fraction that meet the needs of the receiving second hand textile markets in the EU and globally and by establishing criteria to distinguish between used goods and waste. Shipments of used textiles, textile-related and footwear products should be accompanied by information demonstrating that those items are the output of a sorting or a preparing for re-use operation and that the items are suitable for re-use. At the same time, it must be acknowledged that not all reusable second-hand clothes that are exported are reused in recipient countries and might be discarded without use, overwhelming the recipient countries’ waste management systems. Additional measures to reduce exports of second- hand textiles by maximising local re-use should be prioritised. _________________ 84 OJ to insert the reference number once adopted.
Amendment 263 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Directive 2008/98/EC
Article 9 a – paragraph 4 – point a
Article 9 a – paragraph 4 – point a
(a) reduce the generation of food waste in processing and manufacturing by 150 % in comparison to the amount generated in 2020;
Amendment 272 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Directive 2008/98/EC
Article 9 a – paragraph 4 – point b
Article 9 a – paragraph 4 – point b
(b) reduce the generation of food waste per capita, jointly in retail and other distribution of food, in restaurants and food services and in households, by 350 % in comparison to the amount generated in 2020.
Amendment 311 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7
Directive 2008/98/EC
Article 22 a – paragraph 3
Article 22 a – paragraph 3
3. Member States shall define in a clear way the roles and responsibilities of relevant actors involved in the implementation, monitoring and verification of the extended producer responsibility scheme referred to in paragraph 1. Representatives of local authorities, waste management operators, social enterprises and other operators shall be included in the governance of the extended producer responsibility scheme.
Amendment 317 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7
Directive 2008/98/EC
Article 22 a – paragraph 4 – subparagraph a – point 1
Article 22 a – paragraph 4 – subparagraph a – point 1
(1) the collection of those used products for re-use and the separate collection of waste products for preparation for re-use and recycling in accordance with Articles 22c and 22d, , including necessary communication work,
Amendment 323 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7
Directive 2008/98/EC
Article 22 a – paragraph 4 – point a – point 4
Article 22 a – paragraph 4 – point a – point 4
(4) collection, transport and treatment referred to in points (1) and (2) of waste generated by social enterprises and other non-waste operators that are part of the collection system referred to in Article 22c, paragraphs 5 and 11;
Amendment 325 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7
Directive 2008/98/EC
Article 22 a – paragraph 4 – subparagraph a – point 4 a (new)
Article 22 a – paragraph 4 – subparagraph a – point 4 a (new)
(4a) collection, transport and treatment of the textile waste that remains in mixed municipal waste.
Amendment 333 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7
Directive 2008/98/EC
Article 22 a – paragraph 4 – point e a (new)
Article 22 a – paragraph 4 – point e a (new)
(ea) appropriate controls, including auditing.
Amendment 344 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7
Directive 2008/98/EC
Article 22 a – paragraph 6
Article 22 a – paragraph 6
6. The costs to be covered referred to in paragraph 4 shall not exceed the costs that are necessary to provide the services referred to in that paragraph in a cost- efficient way in line with the waste hierarchy and shall be established in a transparent way between the actors concerned.
Amendment 345 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7
Directive 2008/98/EC
Article 22 a – paragraph 7
Article 22 a – paragraph 7
7. Online platforms shall ensure that producers of textile, textile-related and footwear products listed in Annex IV c are registered in the register of the producers referred to in Article 22b in the Member State where the consumer is located, before placing products from those producers onto their platforms. For the purpose of compliance with Article 30, paragraph 1, points (d) and (e), of Regulation (EU) 2022/2065, Member States shall ensure that providers of online platforms, falling within the scope of Chapter 3, Section 4 of that regulation, allowing consumers to conclude distance contracts with producers offering textile, textile-related and footwear products listed in Annex IVc to consumers located in the Union obtain the following information from producers;
Amendment 354 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7
Directive 2008/98/EC
Article 22 a – paragraph 8
Article 22 a – paragraph 8
8. Member States shall ensure that the extended producer responsibility schemes laid down in paragraph 1 of this Article are established by [P.O insert date thirtyeighteen months after the entry into force of this amending Directive] in accordance with Articles 8, 8a, 22a to 22d.
Amendment 378 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7
Directive 2008/98/EC
Article 22 c – paragraph 3 – point a
Article 22 c – paragraph 3 – point a
(a) are based on the weight of the products concerned and, for textile products lis, are modulated ion Part 1 of Annex IVc, are moduthe basis of the volumes of the products platced on the basismarket and of the ecodesign requirements adopted pursuant to the Regulation .../... of the European Parliament and of the Council [P.O. insert the serial number for the Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation when adopted]** that are most relevant for the prevention of textile, textile-related and footwear waste and for the treatment of textileshis waste in line with the waste hierarchy and the corresponding measurement methodologies for those criteria adopted pursuant to that Regulation or on the basis of other Union law establishing harmonised sustainability criteria and measurement methods for textile, textile- related and footwear products, and that ensure the improvement of environmental sustainability and circularity of textilehese products;
Amendment 384 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7
Directive 2008/98/EC
Article 22 c – paragraph 4
Article 22 c – paragraph 4
4. Where necessary to avoid distortion of the internal market and ensure consistency with the ecodesign requirements adopted pursuant to Article 4 read in conjunction with Article 5 of Regulation.../... [P.O. insert the serial number for Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation when adopted], the Commission mayshall adopt implementing actdelegated acts in accordance with Article 38a to supplement this Directive as regards laying down the fee modulation criteria for the application of paragraph 3, point (a), of this Article. That implementingdelegated act shall not concern the precise determination of the level of the contributions and shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 39(2) of this Directive.
Amendment 390 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7
Directive 2008/98/EC
Article 22 c – paragraph 5 – point c
Article 22 c – paragraph 5 – point c
(c) ensure the collection, free of charge, of waste generated by social enterprises and other non-waste operators from such textile, textile-related and footwear products collected through the connected collection points, in coordination with social enterprises and other operators.
Amendment 395 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7
Directive 2008/98/EC
Article 22 c – paragraph 6 – point a
Article 22 c – paragraph 6 – point a
(a) consists of collection points set up by the producer responsibility organisations and waste management operators on their behalf in cooperation with one or more of the following: social enterprises and social economy entities, distributors, public authorities or third parties carrying out collection on their behalf of used and waste textile, textile- related and footwear products listed in Annex IVc, and other voluntary collection points;
Amendment 397 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7
Directive 2008/98/EC
Article 22 c – paragraph 6 – point c
Article 22 c – paragraph 6 – point c
(c) maintains a sustained increase of the separate collection rate to achieve technically feasible levelshe collection target taking into account good practices.
Amendment 406 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7
Directive 2008/98/EC
Article 22 c – paragraph 10
Article 22 c – paragraph 10
10. Member States shall ensure that producer responsibility organisations are not allowed to refuse the participation of local authorities, social enterprises and other preparation for re-use and re-use operators in the separate collection system established pursuant to paragraph 5.
Amendment 412 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7
Directive 2008/98/EC
Article 22 c – paragraph 11
Article 22 c – paragraph 11
11. Without prejudice to paragraph 5, points (a) and (b), and paragraph 6, point (a), Member States shall ensure that social enterprises are allowed to maintain and operate their own separate collection points and that they are given equal or preferential treatment in the location of the separate collection points. Member States shall ensure that local authorities, social enterprises and social economy entities that are part of the connected collection points in accordance with paragraph 6, point (a) are not required to hand over collected used and waste textiles, textile-related and footwear products listed in Annex IVc to the producer responsibility organisation.
Amendment 422 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7
Directive 2008/98/EC
Article 22 c – paragraph 13 – point c
Article 22 c – paragraph 13 – point c
(c) the role of consumers in contributing to the separate collection of used and waste textile and footwear, including the location of collection points, and how to correctly donate textiles;
Amendment 429 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7
Directive 2008/98/EC
Article 22 c – paragraph 14
Article 22 c – paragraph 14
14. Member States shall ensure that the producer responsibility organisation, in cooperation with local authorities, provide the information referred to in paragraph 13 on a regular basis, that the information is up to date and provided by means of:
Amendment 446 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7
(a) at least each year, subject to commercial and industrial confidentiality, the information on the amount of products placed on the market, the rate of separate collection of used and waste textile, textile- related and footwear products listed in Annex IVc, including such unsold products and quantities of textile waste collected from social enterprises, on the rates of re- use, preparation for re-use and recycling, specifying separately the rate of fibre-to- fibre recycling, achieved by the producer responsibility organisation, and on the rates of other recovery, disposal and exports;
Amendment 449 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7
Directive 2008/98/EC
Article 22 c – paragraph 17 – point b a (new)
Article 22 c – paragraph 17 – point b a (new)
(ba) Member States shall audit the websites of producer responsibility organisations every two years.
Amendment 466 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7
Directive 2008/98/EC
Article 22 d – paragraph 4 a (new)
Article 22 d – paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. By 31 December 2024, the Commission shall conduct an assessment on appropriate levels for the setting of separate targets for 2030 on textile waste prevention, preparation for re-use, re-use, recycling of textiles and phasing out landfilling of textiles. To that end, the Commission shall submit a report to the European Parliament and to the Council, accompanied, where appropriate, by a legislative proposal.
Amendment 469 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7
Directive 2008/98/EC
Article 22 d – paragraph 5 – point a
Article 22 d – paragraph 5 – point a
(a) the sorting operation is to generate textiles for re-use and preparation for re- use, prioritising local preparation for re- use and re-use networks;
Amendment 479 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7
Directive 2008/98/EC
Article 22 d – paragraph 5 – point d a (new)
Article 22 d – paragraph 5 – point d a (new)
(da) the sorting operation follows the principle of proximity, prioritising local sorting and minimising environmental impacts from transportation;
Amendment 485 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7
Directive 2008/98/EC
Article 22 d – paragraph 6
Article 22 d – paragraph 6
6. By 31 December 2025 and every 53 years thereafter, Member States shall carry out a compositional survey of collected mixed municipal waste to determine the share of waste textiles therein. Member States shall ensure that, on the basis of the information obtained, the competent authorities may require the producer responsibility organisations to take corrective action to increase their network of collection points and carry out information campaigns in accordance with Article 22c(13) and (14).
Amendment 490 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7
Directive 2008/98/EC
Article 22 d – paragraph 7
Article 22 d – paragraph 7
7. Member States shall ensure that, in order to distinguish between used and waste textiles, shipments of used textiles, textile-related and footwear products suspected of being waste may bare inspected by the competent authorities of Member States for compliance with the minimum requirements set out in paragraphs 8 and 9 for the shipments of used textile, textile related and footwear products listed in Annex IVc and monitored accordingly.
Amendment 513 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 Directive 2008/98/EC
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 Directive 2008/98/EC
Member States shall bring into force the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive by [P.O. insert date eighteentwelve months after the entry into force of this amending Directive] at the latest. They shall forthwith communicate to the Commission the text of those provisions.