Activities of Edina TÓTH related to 2020/2021(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Towards a more sustainable single market for business and consumers (debate)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on towards a sustainable single market for business and consumers
Amendments (8)
Amendment 38 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Stresses that prevention, as defined in the Waste Framework Directive, of plastic waste should be the first priority in line with the waste hierarchy;
Amendment 45 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Emphasises that consumers should be able to fully participate in the ecological transition; calls on the Commission to develop legislative proposals on the tools needed to achieve this goal, including improved product information through labelling, green claims, extended legal guarantees and definitions, as well as measures against plannedremature obsolescence and greenwashing; calls on the Commission to guarantee the right for people in the EU to have their goods repaired; highlights that such tools must be based on sound environmental criteria, which enable consumers to assess accurately the environmental impact of products on the basis of their life cycle, their environmental footprint, their lifespan and their quality;
Amendment 49 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Calls on the Commission to promote comparable and harmonised product information, including voluntary product labelling, for both consumers and businesses, based on solid data and consumer research and in full consultation with all relevant stakeholders, while avoiding excessive burden on SME’s;
Amendment 54 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Calls on the Commission to improve the framework for the shipment of sorted waste and recyclates within and outside the EU in line with the Waste Framework Directive, with the aim to facilitate viable economic conditions on EU recycling markets and to ensure effective environmental protection in case of waste shipments outside of the EU;
Amendment 57 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 c (new)
Paragraph 4 c (new)
4c. Notes that the private waste management sector plays a crucial role in strengthening the circular economy, representing 60% market share for household waste and 75% for industrial and commercial waste; calls on the Commission and the Member States to stimulate investments in and by the private sector to further incentivize sustainable waste management and support the demand for recyclates and products containing recycled materials;
Amendment 58 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 d (new)
Paragraph 4 d (new)
4d. Calls on the Commission to promote the uptake of recycled content building on existing and promoting new initiatives by industry and stakeholders;
Amendment 59 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 e (new)
Paragraph 4 e (new)
4e. Notes the Commission’s announcement to widen the Ecodesign Directive beyond energy-related products and to consider establishing further sustainability principles; stresses that a proposal to extend the Ecodesign framework should be based on a thorough impact assessment, should not lead to excessive administrative burden for SMEs and should be developed in full cooperation with industry;
Amendment 60 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 f (new)
Paragraph 4 f (new)
4f. Considers that the Ecodesign Directive provides significant potential for improving resource efficiency that is still untapped; calls on the Commission to give priority to the implementation and review of measures relating to products that have the greatest potential in terms of both primary energy savings and the circular economy; calls for systematic in-depth analyses of the circular economy potential during preparatory studies for widening Ecodesign measures to other product categories;