Activities of Giovanni LA VIA related to 2018/0172(COD)
Plenary speeches (1)
Reduction of the impact of certain plastic products on the environment (debate) IT
Amendments (34)
Amendment 75 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 6 a (new)
Recital 6 a (new)
(6 a) Fostering research and innovation in the packaging sector is a key factor in order to promote a more sustainable value chain. To this aim, it is necessary to strengthen the relevant funding mechanisms within the context of the European R&D programming tools, such as the EU Framework Programs for Research and Innovation (i.e. Horizon 2020),with a view to the forthcoming Strategic Research Innovation Agenda for Plastics;
Amendment 90 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 7 a (new)
Recital 7 a (new)
(7 a) This Directive is without prejudice to the provisions established in Directive 94/62/EC regarding single-use plastic products that are considered packaging items as defined by Article 3(1) of Directive 94/62/EC.
Amendment 97 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 8
Recital 8
(8) Single use plastic products can be manufactured from a wide range of plastics. Plastics are usually defined as polymeric materials to which additives may have been added. However, this definition would cover certain natural polymers. Unmodified natural polymers should not be covered as they occur naturally in the environment. Therefore, the definition of polymer in Article 3(5) of Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council43 should be adapted and a separate definition should be introduced for the purposes of this Directive. Plastics manufactured with modified natural polymers, or plastics manufactured from bio-based, fossil or synthetic starting substances are not naturally occurring and should therefore be addressed by this Directive. The adapted definition of plastics should therefore cover polymer-based rubber items and bio-based and biodegradable plastics regardless of whether they are derived from biomass and/or intended to biodegrade over timeplastics. Certain polymeric materials are not capable of functioning as a main structural component of final materials and products, such as polymeric coatings, paints, inks, and adhesives. Those materials should not be addressed by this Directive and should therefore not be covered by the definition. Biodegradable plastics taken into account in this directive shall be of such a nature that they are capable of undergoing physical, chemical, thermal or biological decomposition that ultimately decomposes into carbon dioxide, biomass and water. __________________ 43 Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 December 2006 concerning the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH), establishing a European Chemicals Agency, amending Directive 1999/45/EC and repealing Council Regulation (EEC) No 793/93 and Commission Regulation (EC) No 1488/94 as well as Council Directive 76/769/EEC and Commission Directives 91/155/EEC, 93/67/EEC, 93/105/EC and 2000/21/EC (OJ L 396, 30.12.2006, p. 1).
Amendment 101 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 8
Recital 8
(8) Single use plastic products can be manufactured from a wide range of plastics. Plastics are usually defined as polymeric materials to which additives may have been added. However, this definition would cover certain natural polymers. Unmodified natural polymers should not be covered as they occur naturally in the environment. Therefore, the definition of polymer in Article 3(5) of Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council43 should be adapted and a separate definition should be introduced for the purposes of this Directive. Plastics manufactured with modified natural polymers, or plastics manufactured from bio-based, fossil or synthetic starting substances are not naturally occurring and should therefore be addressed by this Directive. The adapted definition of plastics should therefore cover polymer-based rubber items and bio-based and biodegradable plastics regardless of whether they are derived from biomass and/or intended to biodegrade over time. Certain polymeric materials are not capable of functioning as a main structural component of final materials and products, such as polymeric coatings, linings or layers, paints, inks, and adhesives. Those materials should not be addressed by this Directive and should therefore not be covered by the definition. __________________ 43 Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 December 2006 concerning the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH), establishing a European Chemicals Agency, amending Directive 1999/45/EC and repealing Council Regulation (EEC) No 793/93 and Commission Regulation (EC) No 1488/94 as well as Council Directive 76/769/EEC and Commission Directives 91/155/EEC, 93/67/EEC, 93/105/EC and 2000/21/EC (OJ L 396, 30.12.2006, p. 1).
Amendment 112 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) In order to clearly define the scope of this Directive the term single-use plastic product should be defined. The definition should exclude plastic products that are conceived, designed and placed on the market to accomplish within their lifecycle multiple trips or rotations by being refilled or reused for the same purpose for which they are conceived, and single-use plastic products used on closed premises where there is waste collection (such as in the vending sector), since these do not cause marine pollution.
Amendment 130 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 11 a (new)
Recital 11 a (new)
(11 a) Member States should be required, in accordance with Directive 94/62/EC, to notify the Commission of any drafted measure related to packaging before adopting it, in order to verify whether it may create barriers to the functioning of the internal market.
Amendment 133 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 12
Recital 12
(12) For other single-use plastic products, suitable and more sustainable alternatives that are also affordable are readily available. In order to limThe plastic's industry is very important for the European economy; enhancing sustainability can create new opportunities for innovation, competitiveness and employment, in line with the adverse impact of such products on the environment, Member States should be required to prohibit their placing on the Union market. By doing so, the use of those readily available and more sustainable alternatives as well as innovative solutions towards more sustainable business models, re-use alternatives and substitution of materials would be promoted. objectives pursued by the new EU industrial policy strategy and the recycling and recovery targets pursued by the Circular Economy Package (Directive 2018/851 / EU on waste and Directive 2018/852 / EU on packaging). Achieving the objectives of the European Plastics Strategy in the Circular Economy (Commission Communication COM (2018) 28 final) and the development of the potential for the reuse and recycling of plastic waste will require significant investment in infrastructure and innovation. Innovation is a key factor in the transformation of the plastics value chain, by modernizing it as well as by reducing the costs of existing solutions. Indeed, innovative solutions for advanced waste selection process, chemical recycling and better polymer design can lead to very effective solutions.
Amendment 164 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 15
Recital 15
(15) With regard to single-use plastic products for which there are no readily available suitable and more sustainable alternatives, Member States should, in line with the polluter pays principle, also introduce extended producer responsibility schemes to cover the necessary costs of waste management and clean-up of litterin line with Article 8 and 8a of Directive 2008/98/EC and Article 7 of Directive 94/62/EC as well as the costs of awareness-raising measures to prevent and reduce such litter.
Amendment 183 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 18
Recital 18
(18) In order to prevent littering and other inappropriate forms of disposal resulting in marine litter containing plastic, consumers need to be properly informed about the most appropriate waste disposal options available and/or waste disposal options to be avoided, best practices with regard to waste disposal and the environmental impact of bad disposal practices as well as about the plastic content in certain single-use plastic products and fishing gear. Therefore, Member States should be required to take awareness raising measures, including education campaigns at schools, ensuring that such information is given to the consumers to incentivise them to change their behaviour and to participate more actively in litter prevention. This information should include the impact of inappropriate waste disposal on the sewer network. The information should not contain any promotional content encouraging the use of the single-use plastic products. Member States should be able to choose the measures which are most appropriate based on the nature of the product or its use. The fight against litter should be a shared effort between competent authorities, producers and consumers. Producers of single-use plastic products and fishing gear containing plastic should cover the costs of the awareness raising measures as part of their extended producer responsibility obligation.
Amendment 192 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 19
Recital 19
(19) Directive 2008/98/EC lays down general minimum requirements for extended producer responsibility schemes. Those requirements should apply to extended producer responsibility schemes established by this Directive. This Directive, however, establishes additional extended producer responsibility requirements, for example, the requirement on producers of certain single-use plastic products to cover the costs of clean-up of litter.
Amendment 211 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 22
Recital 22
(22) Pursuant to paragraph 22 of the Interinstitutional Agreement between the European Parliament, the Council of the European Union and the European Commission on Better Law-Making of 13 April 201648 , the Commission should carry out an evaluation of this Directive. That evaluation should be based on experience gathered and data collected during the implementation of this Directive and data collected under Directive 2008/56/EC or Directive 2008/98/EC. The evaluation should provide the basis for an assessment of possible further measures and an assessment whether, in view of monitoring of marine litter in the Union, the Annex listing single-use plastic products needs to be reviewed. The evaluation should also consider whether scientific and technical progress that has taken place in the meantime, including the development of biodegradable materials and the development of criteria or a standard for biodegradability of plastics in the marine environment, as foreseen in the European Plastics Strategy, allows the setting of a standard for biodegradation of certain single-use plastic products and fishing gears in the marine environment. That standard would include a standard to test if, as a result of physical and biological decomposition in the marine environment, plastics would fully decompose into carbon dioxide (CO2), biomass and water within a timescale short enough for the plastics not to be harmful for marine life and not lead to an accumulation of plastics in the environment. If that is the case, single-use plastic products and fishing gears that meet such a standard could be exempted from the prohibition on placing on the market. While the European Strategy for Plastics already envisages action in this area, it also recognises the challenges in relation to determining a regulatory framework for plastics with biodegradable properties due to different marine conditions across seas. __________________ 48 OJ L 123, 12.5.2016, p. 1.
Amendment 245 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 2
(2) 'single-use plastic product' means a product that is made wholly or partly from plastic and that is not concelisted in the Annex to this Directived, designed or placed on the market to accomplish, within its life span, multiple tripwith the exclusion of those components which are not capable of functioning as a main structural component of final products, such as polymeric coatings, linings or layers, paints, inks and adhesives. Plastic products as cups, glasses, plates, containers for rotations by being returned to the producer for refill or re-usfood and beverages and related accessories (e.g. cutlery), when they fall in the definition of packaging, are excluded forom the same purpose for which it was conceivedcope of this Directive. The definition does not apply to plastic products that exceed 20 complete cycles in the dish-washer under the conditions of EN 12875-1;
Amendment 269 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 4 a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 4 a (new)
(4 a) 'Closed loop for food-waste management' means an integrated food management system in controlled environments, such as hospitals, school and company canteens, public and sport events, transport, whereas resource recovery and waste management are based on the principle of controlling material inputs to maximise recycling and recovery of materials, while preventing waste disposal. This is achieved by the provision, for sanitary reasons, of compostable single use plates, cutlery glasses and packaging, alongside an organic recycling infrastructure and programme to generate high quality compost and renewable energy.
Amendment 276 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 13 a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 13 a (new)
(13 a) 'Biodegradable plastic' means a plastic capable of undergoing physical, biological decomposition, such that it ultimately decomposes into carbon dioxide (CO2), biomass and water and in accordance with European standards for packaging recoverable through composting and anaerobic digestion.
Amendment 290 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Member States shall take the necessary measures to achieve a significant reduction in the consumption of the single-use plastic products listed in Part A of the Annex on their territory by … [six years after the end-date for transposition of this Directive] where not compliant with recycling provisions under article 6 of the Directive2008/98/EC and according to the waste hierarchy provided by Article 4 c) of the same Directive 2008/98/EC. Where compliant with recycling provisions referred to paragraph 1 of this article, single-use plastic products listed in Part A of the Annex are subject to the extended producer responsibility established by Article 8. Member States shall take measures to encourage the recycling of single-use plastic products falling under paragraph 2 of this article. These measures may include, inter alia: a) the setting of qualitative or quantitative collection, sorting; b) the use of economic incentives.
Amendment 292 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Member States shall take the necessary measures, without prejudice to Article 18 of Directive 94/62/EC, to achieve a significant reduction in the consumption of the single-use plastic products listed in Part A of the Annex on their territory by … [six years after the end-date for transposition of this Directive].
Amendment 301 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Those measures may include national consumption reduction targets, measures ensuring that reusable or organically recyclable in line with European standards on industrial composting alternatives to those products are made available at the point of sale to the final consumer, economic instruments such as ensuring that single- use plastic products are not provided free of charge at the point of sale to the final consumer. Those measures may vary depending on the waste collection system in place, in so far it guarantees that a product listed in part A of the Annex once placed on the market is collected and recycled, and the environmental impact of the products referred to in the first subparagraph.
Amendment 306 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Those measures may include national consumption reduction targets, measures ensuring that reusable alternatives to those products are made available at the point of sale to the final consumer, economic instruments such as ensuring that single- use plastic products are not provided free of charge at the point of sale to the final consumer. Those measures shall be proportionate and non-discriminatory and may vary depending on the environmental impact of the products referred to in the first subparagraph.
Amendment 309 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 a (new)
Member States shall notify the Commission, in accordance with Article 16 of Directive 94/62/EC, of any draft measures that they plan to adopt pursuant to the first subparagraph to permit the Commission to examine it in light of the functioning of the internal market.
Amendment 314 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Before the adoption of reduction measures, Member States will have to conduct and evaluate the social, economic and environmental impacts including: - the presence of sufficient availability of alternative items; - the environmental impacts of alternative products based on life cycle approach; - where applicable, impacts on the requirements for suitability for food contact, on the production of food waste, on good hygiene and production practices, on information to the consumer and on the traceability required by current legislation; - the impact on the internal market, on international trade agreements and on consumer prices; - impacts on the safety and health of consumers, especially children; - the effectiveness of alternative measures such as voluntary agreements; - the implementation of efficient collection and recycling systems to achieve the objectives set by the Circular Economy package; - the implementation of effective control systems and sanctions related to the abandonment of waste.
Amendment 330 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Amendment 343 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 2
Article 6 – paragraph 2
Amendment 363 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. Member States shall ensure that each single-use plastic product listed in Part D of the Annex placed on the market bears a conspicuous, clearly legible and indelible marking informing consumers of one or more of the following:
Amendment 378 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point c
Amendment 405 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 8 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
With regard to the schemes established pursuant to paragraph 1, Member States shall ensure that the producers of the single-use plastic products listed in Part E of the Annex shall cover the necessary costs of the collection of waste consisting of those single-use plastic products and its subsequent transport and treatment, including the costs to clean up litteras defined under Article 8 and 8a of Directive 2008/98/EC and the costs of the awareness raising measures referred to in Article 10 regarding those products.
Amendment 420 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Article 8 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
For single-use plastic products that are packaging, the requirements laid down in this paragraph supplementare without prejudice to the requirements regarding extended producer responsibility schemes laid down in Directive 94/62/EEC and Directive 2008/98/EC.
Amendment 512 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 15 – paragraph 3 – point c
Article 15 – paragraph 3 – point c
(c) sufficient scientific and technical progress has been made, and criteria or a standard for biodegradability in the marine environment applicable to single-use plastic products within the scope of this directive and their single-use substitutes have been developed, in order to determine which products no longer need to be subject to the restrictions on placconsuming reduction. Before implementing what is described under letter c), Member States will have to conduct and evaluate the social, economic and environmental impacts, including oan the market, where appropriate. assessment of the elements listed in article 4, paragraph 0.1
Amendment 513 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 15 – paragraph 3 – point c
Article 15 – paragraph 3 – point c
(c) sufficient scientific and technical progress has been made, and criteria or a standard for biodegradability in the marine environment applicable to single-use plastic products within the scope of this directive and their single-use substitutes have been developed, in order to determine which products no longer need to be subject to the restrictions on placing on the market, where appropriatefishing gears.
Amendment 538 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – part A – indent 2
Annex I – part A – indent 2
— Cups for beverages, except those used in the vending sector.
Amendment 568 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – part B – indent 2
Annex I – part B – indent 2
— Cutlery (forks, knives, spoons, chopsticks), except in closed loop for food- waste management, where waste management and recycling are ensured
Amendment 574 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – part B – indent 3
Annex I – part B – indent 3
— Plates, except in closed loop for food-waste management, where waste management and recycling are ensured
Amendment 585 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – part B – indent 5
Annex I – part B – indent 5
— Beverage stirrers, except those used in the vending sector
Amendment 625 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – part D
Annex I – part D
Amendment 669 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex I – part E – indent 8
Annex I – part E – indent 8
— Lightweight and very lightweight plastic carrier bags as defined in Article 3(1c) of Directive 94/62/EC