2 Amendments of Oreste ROSSI related to 2013/0371(COD)

Elisabetta GARDINI, Paolo BARTOLOZZI, Oreste ROSSI

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 1

Directive 94/62/EC
Article 3 – point 2a

'"lightweight plastic carrier bags'" shall mean bags made of plastic materials as defined in Article 3(1) of Commission Regulation (EU) No 10/2011*, with a lower threshold wall thickness ~~below~~of at least 50 microns and which are supplied to consumers at the point of sale of goods or products.

2014/01/27
Committee: ENVI

Elisabetta GARDINI, Paolo BARTOLOZZI, Oreste ROSSI

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 2 a (new)

Directive 94/62/EC
Article 4 – paragraph 1b (new)

(2a) In Article 4, the following paragraph 1b is inserted: '1 b. Member States that have set up organic recycling for bio-waste may exempt lightweight plastic carrier bags complying with standard EN 13432 from the scope of this Directive, provided that all of the following conditions are met: i) they are not provided free of charge; ii) they are allowed by the competent authorities responsible for waste management as part of bio-waste organic recycling schemes; iii) they are clearly labelled with information for the consumer on their further use for organic recycling of bio- waste; iv) they are capable of undergoing biological decomposition such that all of the material decomposes into carbon dioxide, biomass and water under natural conditions within two years, as required by the relevant CEN standard.'

2014/01/27
Committee: ENVI

2 Amendments of Oreste ROSSI related to 2013/0371(COD)

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