4 Amendments of Esther DE LANGE related to 2020/0353(COD)
Amendment 245 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12 a (new)
Recital 12 a (new)
(12a) Considering that stationary battery energy storage systems will be an important factor in making the energy transition a success; Calls on the Commission to commit to encouraging co- operative initiatives from local communities and neighbourhoods to jointly purchase, manage and use stationary battery energy storage systems to maximise the cost-efficiency, energy- efficiency and to minimalise energy transmission losses.
Amendment 297 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 26
Recital 26
(26) In order to ensure that portable batteries incorporated into appliances are subject to proper separate collection, treatment and high quality recycling and downcycling once they have become waste, provisions to ensure their removability and replaceability in such appliances are necessary. Used batteries should also be replaceable so as to prolong the expected lifetime of the appliances they are part of. The general provisions of this Regulation may be complemented with requirements set up for particular products powered by batteries under implementing measures under Directive 2009/125/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council33 . Where other Union legislation lays down more specific requirements, for safety reasons, regarding the removal of batteries from products (e.g. toys), those specific rules should apply. __________________ 33Directive 2009/125/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 October 2009 establishing a framework for the setting of ecodesign requirements for energy-related products (OJ L 285, 31.10.2009, p. 10).
Amendment 315 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 59 a (new)
Recital 59 a (new)
(59a) Acknowledges the need for the EU to claim an important global role in the recycling and downcycling of batteries; Calls on the Commission to study the possibility to enable the import of (waste) batteries from outside the European Union for this purpose.
Amendment 328 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 78
Recital 78
(78) In order to ensure high quality recycling in the batteries supply chains, stimulate downcycling where high quality recycling is not possible, boost the uptake of quality secondary raw materials and protect the environment, a high level of collection and recycling of waste batteries should be the rule. The collection of waste batteries is a fundamental crucial step for closing the loop for the valuable materials contained in batteries through their recycling and to keep the batteries value chain inside the Union, thus facilitating the access to the recovered materials that can further be used to manufacture new products.