Activities of Zuzana ROITHOVÁ related to 2011/0354(COD)
Plenary speeches (1)
Lifts and safety components for lifts (A7-0260/2012 - Zuzana Roithová) (vote)
Reports (1)
REPORT on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the harmonisation of the laws of the Member States relating to making available on the market of lifts and safety components for lifts (recast) PDF (294 KB) DOC (389 KB)
Amendments (24)
Amendment 36 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 35 a (new)
Recital 35 a (new)
(35a) The harmonised standards relevant to this Directive should also fully take into account the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, signed by the European Union on 23 December 2010.
Amendment 38 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 8
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 8
(8) ‘authorised representative’ means any natural or legal person established within the Union who has received a written mandate from a manufacturer to act on his behalf in relation to specificed tasks;
Amendment 39 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 12 a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 12 a (new)
(12a) 'accreditation' shall have the meaning assigned to it by Regulation (EC) No 765/2008;
Amendment 40 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 12 b (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 12 b (new)
(12b) 'national accreditation body' shall have the meaning assigned to it by Regulation (EC) No 765/2008;
Amendment 41 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 13
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 13
Amendment 42 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 14
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 14
(14) ‘conformity assessment’ means the process demonstrating whether the essential health and safety requirements set out in Annex Ithis Directive relating to a lift or a safety component for lifts, process and system have been fulfilled;
Amendment 43 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 16
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 16
(16) ‘recall’ means any measure aimed at achieving the return of a safety component for lifts that has already been made available to the installer or end-user;
Amendment 44 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 17
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 17
(17) ‘withdrawal’ means any measure aimed at preventing a lift from being placedmade available on the market or a safety component for lifts from being made available on the market;
Amendment 47 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 7
Article 7 – paragraph 7
7. Installers shall ensure that the lift is accompanied by the instruction for uses and safety information referred to in point 6.2 of Annex I, in a language which can easily be understood by end-users, as determined by the Member State in which the lift is installed.
Amendment 48 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 4
Article 8 – paragraph 4
4. Manufacturers shall ensure that procedures are in place for series production to remain in conformity. Changes to product design or characteristics and changes to the harmonised standards or to technical specifications by reference to which conformity of a product is declared shall be adequately taken into account. When deemed appropriate with regard to the risks presented by a safety component for lifts, manufacturers shall, to protect the health and safety of consumers, carry out sample testing of safety component for lifts made available on the market, investigate, and, if necessary, keep a register of complaints, of non-conforming safety component for lifts and recalls of the safety component for lifts, and shall keep distributors and installers informed of any such monitoring.
Amendment 49 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 6
Article 8 – paragraph 6
6. Manufacturers shall indicate their name, registered trade name or registered trade mark, their web address in a language easily understood by consumers and market surveillance authorities, and the address at which they can be contacted on the safety component for lifts or, where that is not possible, a label inseparably attached to the safety component for lifts. The address must indicate a single point at which the manufacturers can be contacted.
Amendment 50 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 10 – paragraph 3
Article 10 – paragraph 3
3. Importers shall indicate their name, registered trade name or registered trade mark, their web address in a language easily understood by consumers and market surveillance authorities, and the address at which they can be contacted on the safety component for lifts or, where that is not possible, on its packaging or in a document accompanying the safety component.
Amendment 52 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 19 – paragraph 3 – point c
Article 19 – paragraph 3 – point c
(c) the approval of the full quality assurance system referred to in Annex XI.
Amendment 53 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 19 – paragraph 4 – point a
Article 19 – paragraph 4 – point a
(a) the approval of the product quality assurance system referred to in Annex VI;
Amendment 54 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 19 – paragraph 4 – point b
Article 19 – paragraph 4 – point b
(b) the approval of the full quality assurance system referred to in Annex VII.
Amendment 55 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 19 – paragraph 4 – point b a (new)
Article 19 – paragraph 4 – point b a (new)
(ba) conformity to type with random checking for safety components for lifts referred to in Annex IX.
Amendment 64 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 38 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
Article 38 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
4. Where the installer does not take adequate corrective action within the period referred to in the second subparagraph of paragraph 1, the market surveillance authorities shall take all appropriate provisional measures to restrict the placing on their national market orand the putting into service.
Amendment 65 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 38 – paragraph 5 – point a
Article 38 – paragraph 5 – point a
(a) failure of the lift or the safety component for lifts to meet the essential health and safety requirements set out in Annex Ithis Directive;
Amendment 66 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 38 – paragraph 7
Article 38 – paragraph 7
7. Where, within 2three months of receipt of the information referred to in paragraph 4, no objection has been raised by either a Member State or the Commission in respect of a provisional measure taken by a Member State, that measure shall be deemed justified.
Amendment 67 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 39 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 39 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
2. If the national measure relating to a lift is considered justified, all Member States shall take the measures necessary to ensure that the non-compliant lift is restricted to be placed on their national market orand put into service.
Amendment 68 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 41 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 41 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) the CE marking has been affixed in violation Article 30 of Regulation (EC) No 765/2008 or of Article 18 and 19 of this Directive;
Amendment 70 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – part 4 – point 4.8
Annex I – part 4 – point 4.8
4.8. The car shouldmust be adequately lit whenever in use or whenever a door is opened; there must also be emergency lighting.
Amendment 71 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – part 4 – point 4.9
Annex I – part 4 – point 4.9
4.9. The means of communication referred to in Point 4.5 and the emergency lighting referred to in Point 4.8 must be designed and constructed so as to function even without the normal power supply. Their period of operation shouldmust be long enough to allow normal operation of the rescue procedure.
Amendment 72 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – part 6 – point 6.2 – introductory part
Annex I – part 6 – point 6.2 – introductory part
6.2. Each lift must be accompanied by instructions for useand safety information drawn up in a language which can be easily understood by consumers and other end- users, as determined by the Member State concerned. ThoseSuch instructions for useand safety information, and any labelling, shall be clear, understandable and intelligible. The instructions and safety information shall contain at least the following documents: