Activities of Pilar AYUSO related to 2008/0241(COD)
Plenary speeches (1)
Waste electrical and electronic equipment (debate)
Amendments (10)
Amendment 62 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 - paragraph 3 - point b
Article 2 - paragraph 3 - point b
(b) Equipment which is specifically designed as part of another type of equipment that does not fall within the scope of this Directive, such as part of a finished product outside the scope of the Directive or as part of a fixed installation, and can fulfil its function only if it is part of that equipment.
Amendment 105 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 - point s a (new)
Article 3 - point s a (new)
(sa)'fixed installation' shall mean fixed installation in the meaning of article 2(c) of Directive 2004/108/EC on electromagnetic compatibility.
Amendment 124 #
Council position
Article 14 – paragraph 1
Article 14 – paragraph 1
1. Member States may require producers to show purchasersIn order to raise users’ awareness, Member States shall ensure that producers of EEE: (a) set up, in conjunction with distributors, a collection network for very- small-volume WEEE that: (i) enables end-users to discard very- small-volume WEEE at an accessible and visible collection point in the distributor’s shop; (ii) requires small shops to collect, and subsequently make available, very-small- volume WEEE without incurring any costs; (iii) does not involve any charge to end- users when discarding very small-volume- WEEE, nor any obligation to buy a new product of the same type; (b) are able to show, at the time of salpurchase of new products, the differentiated costs of collection, treatment and disposal in an environmentally sound way. The costs mentioned shall not exceed the best estimate of the actual costs incurred. , thus making the costs of collecting and recycling WEEE more evident; the various costs mentioned should not exceed the best estimate of the actual costs incurred, based on how easily the products and the critical raw materials they contain can be collected and recycled; (c) actively inform end-users about how and where they can discard very-small- volume WEEE correctly and safely. Distributors supplying EEE directly to private households or users other than private households solely by means of distance communication shall only be subject to the obligations under paragraph 1(a)(i) and (ii). The collection scheme put in place by these distributors shall enable end-users to return very- small-volume WEEE without those users having to incur any charges, including delivery or postal charges. No later than ...*, the Commission shall adopt delegated acts, in accordance with Article 20, with respect to a definition of ‘very-small-volume WEEE’, taking into account the risk of such waste not being collected separately due to its very small size. The obligations in this paragraph shall not apply to micro-enterprises operating on a very small surface area. No later than ...*, the Commission shall adopt delegated acts, in accordance with Article 20, with respect to a definition of ‘micro-enterprises operating on a very small surface area’. _______________ * Date 12 months after the entry into force of this Directive.
Amendment 133 #
Council position
Annex 3 – point 3 – heading
Annex 3 – point 3 – heading
3. Lamps and luminaires
Amendment 136 #
Council position
Annex 3 – point 4
Annex 3 – point 4
4. Large equipment (one length greater than 50cm) including: Householdappliances other than cooling appliances; IT and telecommunication equipment; consumer equipment; luminaires; equipment reproducing sound or images, musical equipment; electrical and electronic tool; toys, leisure and sports equipment; medical devices; monitoring and control instruments; automatic dispensers; equipmentradiators, screens and monitors and lamps and luminaires. Large appliances are all those appliances which are not in principle movable or which are intended in principle to remain in their place of use for the geneduration of electric currents. This category does not include equipment included in categories 1 to 3their service life.
Amendment 140 #
Council position
Annex 3 – point 5
Annex 3 – point 5
5. Small equipment (no length more than 50cm) including: Householdappliances other than cooling appliances; IT and telecommunication equipment; consumer equipment; luminaires; equipment reproducing sound or images, radiators, screens and monitors, lamps and luminaires, and IT and telecommusnicaltion equipment; electrical and electronic tool; toys, leisure and sports equipment; medical devices; monitoring and control instruments; automatic dispensers; equipment. Small appliances are all those appliances which are in principle movable and which are not intended in principle to remain in their place of use for the geneduration of electric currents. This category does not include equipment included in categories 1 to 3their service life.
Amendment 150 #
Council position
Annex 4 – point 3 – heading
Annex 4 – point 3 – heading
3. Lamps and luminaires
Amendment 152 #
Council position
Annex 4 – point 3 – paragraph 1
Annex 4 – point 3 – paragraph 1
Straight fluorescent lamps, Compact fluorescent lamps, Fluorescent lamps, High intensity discharge lamps - including pressure sodium lamps and metal halide lamps, Low pressure sodium lamps, LED lamps, luminaires and other devices that emit or control light.
Amendment 156 #
Council position
Annex 4 – point 4
Annex 4 – point 4
4. Large equipment Wappliances – Large appliances used for cooking and other processing of foods (e.g. electric hot plates, electric ovens, electric stoves, microwaves, fixed coffee machines) – Extractor hoods – Large machines for cleaning (e.g. washing machines, Cclothes dryers, Ddish washing machines, Cookers) – Large heating appliances (e.g. large heat blowers, Eelectric stoves, Electric hot plates, Luminaires,systems for heating marble and natural stone and other large appliances for heating rooms, beds and seating furniture); – Large body-care appliances (e.g. solariums, saunas, massage chairs) – Large IT and telecommunications appliances (e.g. large computer mainframes, servers, fixed network installations and appliances, large printing machines, copying equipment, coin- operated telephones) – Large sports and leisure appliances (e.g. sports equipment with electrical or electronic components, large slot machines) – Equipment reproducing sound or images, – Musical equipment (excluding pipe organs installed in churches), Appliances for knitting and weaving, Large computer- mainframes, Large printing machines, Copying equipment, Large coin slot machines, – Large electrical and electronic industrial tools and machinery except large-scale stationary industrial tools and non-road mobile machinery and appliances intended exclusively for professional users (e.g. appliances for knitting and weaving) – Large appliances for generating or transferring current (e.g. generators, transformers, uninterruptable power supplies (UPS), inverters) – Large medical devices, – Large monitoring and control instruments, – Large measuring instruments and installations (e.g. scales, fixed machines) – Large appliances whichfor automatically deliver products and money,ed product sales or dispensing and for the automated provision of simple services (e.g. product dispensers, cash machines, machines for the return of empties, photo machines) – Photovoltaic panels.
Amendment 161 #
Council position
Annex 4 – point 5
Annex 4 – point 5
5. Small equipment Vacuum cleaners, Carpet sweepers, Appliances for sewing, Luminairappliances – Small appliances used for cooking and other processing of foods (e.g. toasters, electric hotplates, electric knives, electric kettles, immersion coils, chopping machines, Mmicrowaves, Ventilation equipment) – Small cleaning appliances (e.g. vacuum cleaners, carpet sweepers, Iirons, Toasters, Electric knives, Electric kettles, Clocks, Electric shavers, Scales, Appliances for hair andetc.) – Fans, air fresheners, ventilation equipment – Small heating appliances (e.g. electric blankets) – Clocks, watches, alarm clocks and other time-measuring instruments – Small body -care, Personal computers, Printers, Calculators, Telephones, Mobile phones, Radio sets, Vide appliances (e.g. electric shavers, toothbrushes, hairdryers, massage machines) – Cameras (e.g. video cameras) – Consumer electronics appliances (e.g. radios, audio cameras, Vplifiers, car radios, DVD players, video recorders, Hhi-fi equipment,) – Musical instruments, Equipment reproducing sound or images, Electrical and electronic toys, S and sound equipment (e.g. amplifiers, mixing desks, headphones and speakers, microphones) – Toys (e.g. model railways, model aircraft, etc.) – Small items of sports equipment, C (e.g. computers for biking, diving, running, rowing, etc., Smoke detector, Heating regulators, Thermostats,) – Small leisure appliances (e.g. video games, fishing and golf equipment, etc.) – Small Eelectrical and electronic tools, Small medical devices, including gardening equipment (e.g. drills, saws, pumps, lawn-mowers) – Sewing machines – Small appliances for generating or transferring current (e.g. generators, battery chargers, uninterruptable power supplies (UPS), converters) – Small medical devices including veterinary devices – Small Mmonitoring and control instruments, Small Appliances which automatically deliver products, (e.g. smoke detectors, heating regulators, thermostats, movement detectors, monitoring appliances and products, remote handling and control devices) – Small measuring appliances (e.g. scales, display devices, telemeters, thermometers) – Small appliances for automated product sales or dispensing – Small equipment with integrated photovoltaic panels.