11 Amendments of Antonio DE BLASIO related to 2008/0152(COD)
Amendment 40 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6
Recital 6
(6) In order to simplify the Community Ecolabel scheme and to reduce the administrative burden linked to the use of the Ecolabel, the assessment and verification procedures should be replaced by a registration systema registration system must be introduced alongside the assessment and verification procedures.
Amendment 42 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) It is necessary to raise public awareness of the Community Ecolabel through promotion actions at EU and Member State level in order to make consumers aware of the meaning of the label and thereby to enable them to make informed choices, as well as to ensure that producers and manufacturers understand the advantages of labels.
Amendment 54 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2
Article 5 – paragraph 2
2. The Commission shall ensure that, in the conduct of its activities, the EUEB observes a balanced participation of all relevant interested parties concerned with each product group, such as competent bodies, manufacturers, retailerproducers, service providers, SMEs, importers, environmental protection groups and consumer organisations.
Amendment 65 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 6 a (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 6 a (new)
(6a) The Commission shall ensure that reducing the number of animal experiments and the use of GMOs is a key consideration when determining and reviewing the criteria.
Amendment 71 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 7 – paragraph 3 a (new)
(3a) The Commission shall, within one year of this Regulation coming into force, following consultation with the EUEB and in line with the principles and objectives set out in Article 1, draw up and publish a Community Ecolabel work plan which will determine the aims and include a non-exhaustive list of product groups which it regards as particularly important in terms of Community action. The plan must be regularly updated on an annual basis.
Amendment 83 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 3
Article 9 – paragraph 3
(3) The competent body to which an application for registration is made may charge a fee of up to € 200 for processing the registration. The fee must be established in proportion to the size of the manufacturing company. If a fee is charged, the use of the Ecolabel shall be conditional upon the fee having been paid in due time.
Amendment 85 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 6
Article 9 – paragraph 6
(6) The competent body which has registered a product shall notify each registration to the Commission. The Commission shall establish a common register and update it regularly. That register shall be publicly available, in particular on the internet and from the authorities in the Member States.
Amendment 88 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12
Article 12
Member States and the Commission shall, in cooperation with the EUEB, promote the use of the Community Ecolabel by awareness-raising actions and information campaigns for consumers, producers, manufacturers, public purchasers, traders, retailers and the general public, thus supporting the development of the scheme.
Amendment 90 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 12 – paragraph 1 a (new)
The promotion must be carried out via the Ecolabel website which is available in all 23 official languages, an EU information campaign organised by the Commission, and information materials distributed in the Member States.
Amendment 91 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1
Article 13 – paragraph 1
In order to ensure a harmonised application of the regulation and, in particular, Articles 9 and 10, competent bodies shall undergo a peer evaluation. The peer evaluation shall be operated on the basis of sound and transparent evaluation criteria and provisshare information and experience with each other on a regular, institutionalised framework, and shall endeavour to coordinate the work and services of the competent national organisations.
Amendment 95 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – part A – point 1 – subparagraph 2
Annex I – part A – point 1 – subparagraph 2
The preliminary report shall be made available on the Commission's dedicated Ecolabel website, which must be available in all 23 official languages, for comment and reference during the development of the criteria.