Activities of Michèle RIVASI related to 2022/2101(DEC)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Chemicals Agency for the financial year 2021
Amendments (3)
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10 a. Regrets that ECHA continues to recommend authorising the use of substances of very high concern (SVHC) where there are significant uncertainties regarding alternatives and, by doing so, fails to apply lessons from the Court of Justice, notably the judgment of the Court of Justice of 25 February 2021 in Case C- 389/19P; observes that ECHA opinions also lack consistency when recommending review periods and fail to appropriately justify the setting of very long review periods in cases where feasible alternatives are known to exist; calls on the Agency to not support granting authorisations when non- negligible uncertainties remain on the existence of alternatives; and to establish clear criteria for setting review periods;
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10 b (new)
Paragraph 10 b (new)
10 b. Deplores the very long time to restrict highly hazardous chemicals in the Union and that many uses of these chemicals are granted unjustly long or timeless derogations; notes that the Agency’s support to these derogations is commonly not sufficiently clear and referenced, and that the Agency’s committees tend to accept derogations based on requests from industry stakeholders, without further scrutiny; calls on the Agency to strictly reference the evidence that it has considered when supporting derogations and to make remaining uncertainties clear;
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10 c (new)
Paragraph 10 c (new)
10 c. Invites the Agency, in respect of scientific excellence, to conduct its work in line with the Precautionary Principle, which underlines the REACH Regulation (Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006) and the need to protect, as a priority, human health and the environment from hazardous chemicals;