16 Amendments of Michèle RIVASI related to 2017/2087(INI)
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Recommends that more consumer products are included within the scope of the Ecodesign Directive (2009/125/EC); emphasises that priority should be given to ICT products, which are sold in large numbers and replaced frequently; highlights, in particular, the urgent need to improve the sustainability of mobiles/smartphones, the spare parts and accessories for which should be easily changeable and universal, including batteries and chargers;
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls for the ecodesign criteria to be broadened to include resource efficiency, the circular economy and health; considers it necessary to combine resource efficiency and circularity of materials with continuous energy savings; stresses that energy should be considered a key resource and that products should be optimised for both energy consumption and material use; believes that the focusing should be on the criteria of durability, upgradability, reparability and recyclability, will alsohich provide a unique opportunity for job development; stresses the need to introduce ethical criteria linked, in particular, to the origin and extraction of the materials used, as well as to the social conditions of workers and local populations;
Amendment 28 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Amendment 33 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Calls for restrictions on the use of toxic substances, or at least the possibility of extracting/separating them at end-of- life, including endocrine disrupters, so as not to put them back into the economy;
Amendment 40 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Stresses the need to optimise and safeguard the decision-making process; emphasises that ecodesign measures should be adopted individually as soon as a measure is finished and within the deadlines; calls on the Commission to justify delays and to set aside the necessary resources for implementation; believes, in addition, that voluntary agreements should no longer be given priority;
Amendment 43 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Insists on the need to optimise the market surveillance of products placed on the market through better cooperation between the Commission and the Member States, and among the Member States themselves, a; recommends to conshe organisation of EU-wider certification by an independent bodoordination between national market surveillance authorities run by (third-party certification)e Commission and European supervisors; stresses that test protocols should be closer to real-life conditions;
Amendment 46 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Calls for greater coherence and synergy with other European tools, including the criteria for responsible public procurement, the ecolabel and the joint use of the product registration database established by Regulation (EU) 2017/1369 setting a framework for energy labelling;
Amendment 50 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls for the development of structural funding so that Member States can ensure adequate monitoring of policy development, undertake market surveillance, consult at national level and design proactive communication strategibefore Member States vote on implementation measures and design proactive communication strategies. calls on the Commission to communicate proactively with European citizens on the benefits of ecodesign measures as an integral part of the process of adopting ecodesign measures.
Amendment 87 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the Commission to avoid delays in the adoption of implementing measures and recommends defining clear deadlines and milestones for their finalisation and for the revision of existing regulations; calls on the Commission to release a measure as soon as it is completed; calls on the Commission to no longer prioritise voluntary agreements and to only apply them when they perform better or faster result than the application of regulatory measures;
Amendment 103 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Calls on the Commission to broaden the scope of assessment to also include health aspects of products;
Amendment 104 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 b (new)
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7b. Calls on the Commission to also introduce ethical criteria such as the origin and extraction of the materials used, as well as the social conditions of the workers and local populations;
Amendment 110 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Believes, therefore, that the implementation of the Ecodesign Directive – in addition to, and without compromising continued efforts to improve energy efficiency – must now address systematically for each product group the full life cycle of the products within its scope, with the setting up of minimum resource criteria covering, inter alia, robustness, durability, repairability and upgradeability, but also sharing potential, reuse, scalability, recyclability and use of recycled materials; stresses the need for the durability of the products to be based on a minimum lifespan requirement and/or a free warranty, and for obliging manufacturers/retailers to take appropriate responsibility during the entire lifecycle of a product and to boost reparability, upgradability and modularity;
Amendment 127 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 b (new)
Paragraph 8 b (new)
8b. Highlights the need for recyclability to be enhanced by using single or compatible plastic polymers, promoting the actual use of recycled materials;
Amendment 128 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 c (new)
Paragraph 8 c (new)
8c. Stresses that the use of materials and substances of critical importance, such as Rare Earth Elements (REE), or substances of toxic nature or of concern, such as for example Persistent Organic Polluters (POPs) and endocrine disruptors, shall be specifically considered under the broadened Ecodesign criteria in order to restrict their use or at least to ensure the possibility of extracting/separating them at end-of-life;
Amendment 145 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Notes that the Commission has postponed action on information and communication technologies (ICT) such as mobiles and smartphones, pending further assessments and given the rapid technological changes in this product group; considers, however, that these products have a clear potential for improvements, in particular in terms of resource efficiency, and that ecodesign criteria should therefore be applied to them; stresses that the Commission should carefully assess and evaluate how to improve and verify the sustainability of such product groups for which spare parts, batteries and accessories should be easily replaceable and universal;
Amendment 194 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Underlines the need to provide the general public and in particular media with clear information about the benefits of ecodesign ahead of the release of a measure, and encourages the Commission and the Member States to communicate proactively on the benefits of Ecodesign measures as an integral part of the process of adopting Ecodesign measures and to engage more actively with stakeholders to improve people’s understanding of the legislation;