10 Amendments of Sirpa PIETIKÄINEN related to 2008/0241(COD)
Amendment 108 #
Council position
Article 7 – paragraph 2
Article 7 – paragraph 2
2. In order to establish whetherthat the minimum collection rate has been achieved, Member States shall ensure that information concerning the WEEE that is separately collected in accordance with Article 5 is notified to themall relevant actors, including companies, organisations and any other entities involved in separate collection and handling of used EEE, communicate, at no cost to the Member States, in accordance with Article 16 and on an annual basis information on WEEE that has been: – prepared for reuse or sent to treatment facilities by any actor; – taken to collection facilities in accordance with Article 5(2)(a); – taken to distributors in accordance with Article 5(2)(b); – separately collected by producers or third parties acting on their behalf, or – separately collected by other means.
Amendment 118 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 1
Article 5 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall adopt appropriate measures to minimise the disposal of WEEE in the form of unsorted municipal waste and to achieve a high level of separate collection of WEEE, notably, and as a matter of priority, forTo achieve a high level of separate collection of WEEE and correct treatment for all types of WEEE, notably the cooling and freezing equipment containing ozone depleting substances and fluorinated greenhouses gases, mercury containing lamps, and small appliances, Member States shall ensure that all WEEE is separately collected and not mixed with bulky or unsorted household waste, and that untreated WEEE is not sent to landfill or incineration.
Amendment 125 #
Council position
Article 16 – paragraph 4
Article 16 – paragraph 4
4. Member States shall collect information, including substantiated estimates, on an annual basis, on the quantities and categories of EEE placed on their markets, collected through all routes and by any actor including companies, organisations and any other entities involved in separate collection and handling of used EEE, prepared for re-use, recycled and recovered within the Member State, and on separately collected Wused EEE exported, by weight.
Amendment 134 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 1
Article 7 – paragraph 1
1. Without prejudice to Article 5(1), Member States shall ensure that producers or third parties acting on their behalf achieve a minimum collection rate of 65%. The collection rate is calculated on the basis of, by 2016, a minimum of 85% of the WEEE that is generated in the Member State is collected. Member States shall ensure that the volume of WEEE collected is gradually increased during the years 2012 to 2016. Member States shall present their improvement plans to the Commission by 2012. Member States shall ensure that for 2011 at least 4kg/capita of WEEE is collected. The collection targets shall be achieved annually. Members States may, if practically motivated, set more ambitious individual target and shall in such a case report theis total weight of WEEE collected in accordance with Articles 5 and 6 in a given year in that Member State, expressed as a percentage of the average weight of electrical and electronic equipment placed on the market in the two preceding years in the Commission. The volume of WEEE that is treated in accordance with Article 8, including that prepared for re-use, shall be considered as the yearly volume of WEEE collected. To document achievement of the minimum collection rate, Member States shall ensure that information on volume of WEEE prepared for re-use or sent to treatment facilities by any actor and treated in accordance with Article 8, is reported to thate Member State. This collection rate shall be achieved annually and starting in 2016. in accordance with Article 16 of this Directive.
Amendment 146 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 2a (new)
Article 7 – paragraph 2a (new)
2a. Member States shall report on a yearly basis to the Commission - volume of WEEE generated in the Member State during the preceding year according to the common methodology established in point 3, - volume of WEEE collected in the Member State during the preceding year, - volume of EEE placed on the market during the preceding year, +/- the volumes of EEE moved in and out of the Member State - an estimate of the volume of WEEE being improperly treated, landfilled or illegally exported during the preceding year.
Amendment 152 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
Article 7 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
3. ABy 2014 a common methodology shall be established for the calculation of the total weight of electrical and electronic equipment placed on the national marketto determine the volume of WEEE generated (by weight and units) in each Member State.
Amendment 154 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 4
Article 7 – paragraph 4
4. By 31 December 2012 at the latest the European Parliament and the Council shall re-examine the collection ratetarget and target date referred to in paragraph 1 also in view of setting a possible separate collection target for cooling and freezing equipments in particular for equipment containing ozone depleting substances or global warming substances such as cooling and freezing appliances, as well as for small appliances (including toys, appliances containing batteries or accumulators), and equipment containing mercury such as fluorescent lamps, on the basis of a report of the Commission accompanied by a proposal, if appropriate.
Amendment 196 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 1
Article 12 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall ensure that producers provide at least for the financing of the collection, treatment, recovery and environmentally sound disposal of WEEE from private households deposited at collection facilities set up under Article 5(2). Member States, where appropriate, shall encourage producers to finance all the cost occurring for collection facilities for WEEE from private households.
Amendment 203 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 12 – paragraph 1
Article 12 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall ensure that producers provide at least for the financing of the collection, treatment, recovery and environmentally sound disposal of WEEE from private households deposited at collection facilities set up under Article 5(2). Member States, where appropriate, shall encourage producers to finance all the cost occurring for collection facilities for WEEE from private households. Where appropriate, to increase the collection of WEEE from households, Member States shall ensure that, to improve the collection of WEEE, sufficient financial resources are raised, according to the polluter pays principle (where polluter is retailer, consumer and producer, but not the taxpayer) at the moment of selling new EEE to cover the cost of collection of WEEE from households, including the cost of running the collection facilities and associated awareness-raising campaigns on the management of WEEE. These financial resources shall be available only to operators legally obliged to collect WEEE. Where receiving full coverage for their costs, municipalities and private collectors obliged by law to act as collection points shall hand over all the WEEE collected to producer responsibility schemes. This provision for the financing of WEEE collection from households should not fall under the individual producer responsibility for financing provided for in Article 12.2.
Amendment 270 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex - 1 B (new)
Annex - 1 B (new)
ANNEX IB Categories of electrical and electronic equipment covered by this Directive 1. Cooling equipment 2. Display equipment 3. Lighting equipment 4. Large equipment 5. Small equipment 6. ICT equipment