9 Amendments of Evangelia TZAMPAZI related to 2007/2279(INI)
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas the political concern which exists in both industrialised and developing countries regarding the growing quantities of hazardous waste which industrialised countries have exported to developing countries for treatment there in an unsupervised and hazardous manner led to an amendment of 1995 to the Basel Convention strictly prohibiting the transfer of hazardous waste from OECD countries to non-OECD countries; whereas although this amendment has been fully incorporated in the EU Waste Shipments Regulation, it has regrettably not yet come into force at international level;
Amendment 13 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas any vesselend-of-life ship that contains substantial quantities of hazardous substances or from which these substances have not been properly removed according to the formulation of Waste Code CG 030 constitutes hazardous waste; whereas the transfer of such a vesseln end-of-life ship from the EU to a non-OECD country for dismantling is therefore banned under the Basel Convention,
Amendment 33 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Considers that practical measures must be taken quickly, the main aim being to protect the environment and public health without simply displacing the problems to other countries; believes that the most efficient way to achieve this aim would be the adoption and implementation of an international convention laying down obligations for all parties involved in ship recycling;
Amendment 39 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Supports initiatives at international level to achieve binding minimum standards on ship recycling and promote the establishment of clean recycling facilities with due consideration for working conditions and the associated health and safety issues, especially in the scrap yards of Southern Asia, so as to protect workers and the environment from the adverse impacts of hazardous waste and dangerous working practices;
Amendment 43 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls upon the Commission to examine the possibility of compileing and maintaining a list of seagoing ships which are likely to be scrapped within a few years; calls on the Member States and port authorities to use this list to step up their monitoring of these ships, which could potentially be scrapped as well as a list of dismantling sites that fulfil minimum environmental, health and safety requirements; considers that the proposal for a revision of the Directive on port state control should be adopted as soon as possible, as it will improve the targeting of sub-standard ships;
Amendment 48 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Calls upon the Commission and Member States to insist that the future IMO Convention should incorporate extensive requirements and regulations which can ensure an adequate level of supervision; considers that the future convention should impose a requirement either to remove all hazardous materials from end-of-life ships to the extent possible before sending them for dismantling or to send them to specially authorised recycling companies which comply with clearly defined safety and environmental standards;
Amendment 52 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a.Strongly recommends that EU efforts aim at safeguarding minimum standards ensuring the highest environmental, health and safety protection and comprising in particular regulations for the design and construction of ships, their operation, the preparation of ships for recycling, the operation of ship recycling facilities and the establishment of an appropriate enforcement mechanism for ship recycling, incorporating certification and reporting requirements;
Amendment 59 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Welcomes the suggestion by the Commission that certification and labelling systems should be established for safe and clean recycling facilities and considers that Community subsidies should be granted to the shipping industry only on condition that such certified facilities are used; stresses that it cannot be the intention to conquer the ship dismantling market in Southern Asia but that on the contrary the aim should be to preserve it by promoting environmentally sound dismantling; believes that all subsidies granted to the shipping industry should be linked to environmentally sound practices throughout the life cycle of ships, including the reduced use of hazardous materials in shipbuilding, for all ships under EU control, while respecting at the same time the environmental state-aid rules;
Amendment 70 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Welcomes the proposal to establish a Fund for Ship Dismantling and calls upon the Commission and Member States to pursue with determination the aim of establishing such a fund at IMO level; calls upon the Commission in this connection also to investigate the possibility of compulsory insurance to ensure environmentally sound recycling from the moment when a ship first starts to operate that will include a fair burden-sharing between all parties involved;