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European Parliament2019-2024

Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety

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28.4.2020

AMENDMENTS1 - 366Draft motion for a resolutionMaria Spyraki, Maria Arena, Frédérique Ries, Danilo Oscar Lancini, Sven Giegold, Pietro Fiocchi, Anja Hazekamp(PE646.900v01-00)

A chemicals strategy for sustainability

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Amendment 1Stanislav PolčákDraft motion for a resolutionCitation 1 a (new)

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- having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, in particular its article 168 and article 191,

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- having regard to the Directive 2004/10/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 February 2004 on the harmonisation of laws, regulations and administrative provisions relating to the application of the principles of good laboratory practice and the verification of their applications for tests on chemical substances,

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Amendment 3César Luena, Cristina Maestre Martín De Almagro, Nicolás González Casares, Javi LópezDraft motion for a resolutionCitation 4 a (new)


- having regard to Directive 2009/128/EC of 21 October 2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a framework for Community action to achieve the sustainable use of pesticides, and its subsequent

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amendments,

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- having regard to the Regulation (EC) No 396/2005 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 February 2005 on maximum residue levels of pesticides in or on food and feed of plant and animal origin and amending Council Directive 91/414/EEC,

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- having regard to the Directive 2009/128/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 October 2009 establishing a framework for Community action to achieve the sustainable use of pesticides,

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- having regard to the Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 November 2009 on cosmetic products,

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Amendment 7Sirpa PietikäinenDraft motion for a resolutionCitation 4 a (new)


- having regard to Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 November 2009 on cosmetic products,

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- having regard to the Regulation (EU) 2017/852 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 May 2017 on mercury, and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1102/2008,

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Amendment 9Maria Spyraki, Petros Kokkalis, Nikos AndroulakisDraft motion for a resolutionCitation 15 a (new)


- having regard to the Council conclusions of 10 December 2019 entitled ‘A New EU Strategic Framework on Health and Safety at Work: Enhancing the implementation of Occupational Safety and Health in the EU’,

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Amendment 10Maria Arena, Jytte Guteland, Sara Cerdas, Eric Andrieu, Delara Burkhardt, Günther

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SidlDraft motion for a resolutionCitation 16 a (new)


- having regard to the Commission Communication of 11 March 2020 entitled ‘A new Circular Economy Action Plan for a cleaner and more competitive Europe’,

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Amendment 11Frédérique Ries, Véronique Trillet-Lenoir, Fredrick Federley, Ulrike Müller, Nicolae Ştefănuță, Irena Joveva, Susana Solís Pérez, Martin Hojsík, Pascal Canfin, María Soraya Rodríguez Ramos, Ondřej KnotekDraft motion for a resolutionCitation 27 a (new)


- having regard to the Commission communication of 11 March 2020 on a New Circular Economy Action Plan for a cleaner and more competitive Europe (COM(2020)98 final),

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Amendment 12Sven GiegoldDraft motion for a resolutionCitation 16 a (new)


- having regard to the Commission Communication of 11 March 2020 entitled ‘A new Circular Economy Action Plan For a cleaner and more competitive Europe’,

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Amendment 13Maria Spyraki, Petros Kokkalis, Nikos AndroulakisDraft motion for a resolution

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Citation 14 a (new)


- having regard to the Commission New Circular Economy Action Plan under the European Green Deal of 11 March 2020,

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Amendment 14Ondřej Knotek, Ulrike Müller, Andreas GlückDraft motion for a resolutionCitation 16 a (new)


- having regard to the Commission Communication of 10 March 2020 entitled “A New Industrial Strategy for Europe” (COM(2020)102),

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- having regard to the Commission Communication of 10 March 2020 on ‘A New Industrial Strategy for Europe’ (COM (2020)102,

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- having regard to the ongoing public consultation by the Commission on

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Europe’s Beating Cancer Plan1a,

_________________1a https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/12154-Europe-s-Beating-Cancer-Plan/public-consultation,

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Amendment 17Cindy Franssen, Michal WiezikDraft motion for a resolutionCitation 36 a (new)


- having regard to the Europe’s Beating Cancer Plan presented by the European Commission in February 2020,

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Amendment 18Martin Hojsík, Irena Joveva, Véronique Trillet-Lenoir, Pascal Canfin, Nicolae Ştefănuță, Michal WiezikDraft motion for a resolutionCitation 37 a (new)


- having regard to the ongoing public consultation by the Commission on Europe’s Beating Cancer Plan1a,

_________________1a https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/12154-Europe-s-Beating-Cancer-Plan/public-consultation

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Amendment 19Maria Arena, Jytte Guteland, Sara Cerdas, Eric Andrieu, Delara Burkhardt, Günther SidlDraft motion for a resolutionCitation 40 b (new)

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- having regard to the ongoing public consultation by the Commission on Europe’s Beating Cancer Plan,

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Amendment 20Sirpa PietikäinenDraft motion for a resolutionCitation 26 a (new)


- having regard to its resolution of 24 April 2018 on a global ban to end animal testing for cosmetics (0217/2018 (RSP),

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Amendment 21Esther de LangeDraft motion for a resolutionCitation 27 a (new)


- having regard to Directive 2013/39/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 August 2013 amending Directives 2000/60/EC and 2008/105/EC as regards priority substances in the field of water policy, as a valuable instrument to monitor and tackle cross border chemical pollution in surface waters,

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Amendment 22Cindy Franssen, Michal WiezikDraft motion for a resolutionCitation 36 b (new)


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- having regard to Regulation (EC) 66/2010 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 November 2009 on the EU ecolabel,

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Amendment 23Maria Spyraki, Petros KokkalisDraft motion for a resolutionCitation 39 a (new)


- having regard to the report of June 2019 coordinated by the European Commission and its organising partner, the Ministry for Environment and Food of Denmark: “EU Chemicals Policy 2030: Building on the past, moving to the future”,

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Amendment 24Maria Arena, Jytte Guteland, Sara Cerdas, Eric Andrieu, Delara Burkhardt, Günther SidlDraft motion for a resolutionCitation 40 a (new)


- having regard to the European Court of Auditors’ Special Report 05/2020: Sustainable use of plant protection products: limited progression measuring and reducing risks,

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Amendment 25Maria ArenaDraft motion for a resolutionRecital A a(new)


Aa. whereas the Commission has announced in its communication of 11

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December 2019 on ‘The European Green Deal’ the presentation of a ‘chemicals strategy for sustainability’ by summer 2020;

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Amendment 26Anja Hazekamp, Frédérique Ries, Sven GiegoldDraft motion for a resolutionRecital A a(new)


Aa. whereas the Commission has announced in its communication of 11 December 2019 on ‘The European Green Deal’ the presentation of a ‘chemicals strategy for sustainability’ in 2020;

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Amendment 27Maria Arena, Anja Hazekamp, Sven GiegoldDraft motion for a resolutionRecital B a(new)


Ba. whereas the EU and its Member States have failed to meet goal 12 of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) which calls for sound management of chemicals and all wastes throughout their life cycle, in accordance with agreed international frameworks, and significantly reduce their release to air, water and soil in order to minimise their adverse impacts on human health and the environment by 2020; whereas substantial additional efforts are needed to reach goal 3 of the SDGs to substantially reduce the number of deaths and illnesses from hazardous chemicals and air, water and soil pollution and contamination by 2030; whereas the Chemicals Strategy for sustainability can help reaching the objectives of the SDGs;

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Amendment 28Frédérique RiesDraft motion for a resolutionRecital B a(new)


Ba. whereas chemical, physical and toxicological properties of chemicals vary greatly, while many of these substances which are an integral part of every-day life are not hazardous or persistent, some may persist in the environment, accumulate in the food chain and can be harmful to human health at low concentrations;

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Amendment 29Maria Arena, Anja Hazekamp, Frédérique Ries, Sven GiegoldDraft motion for a resolutionRecital C a(new)


Ca. whereas pollution from synthetic chemicals is a major and growing threat to public health and the environment; whereas for example, cancer linked to hazardous chemical exposure is the main cause of work related death: about 120,000 work-related cancer cases occur each year as a result of exposure to carcinogens at work in the EU, leading to approximately 80,000 fatalities annually1;

__________________1 https://osha.europa.eu/en/themes/work-related-diseases/work-related-cancer

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Amendment 30Maria ArenaDraft motion for a resolutionRecital D a (new)

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Da. whereas regulation plays a key role in preventing harm from hazardous chemicals; whereas it is estimated that 1 million new cancers were prevented in the last 20 years partly due to the implementation of occupation safety and health legislation; whereas a 2017 study conservatively estimated the cumulative benefits of chemicals legislation in the European Union “in the high tens of billion Euro per year”2;

__________________2 UN, Global Chemicals Outlook II: summary for policymakers

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Amendment 31Frédérique Ries, Sven Giegold, Anja HazekampDraft motion for a resolutionRecital E a (new)


Ea. whereas regulation plays a key role in preventing harm from hazardous chemicals; whereas it is estimated that 1,4 million cancers were prevented since 1995 due to the implementation of EU occupation safety and health legislation; whereas a 2017 study conservatively estimated the cumulative benefits of chemicals legislation in the European Union “in the high tens of billion Euro per year” 1;


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Amendment 32Frédérique Ries, Maria Arena, Anja Hazekamp, Sven GiegoldDraft motion for a resolution

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Recital F a (new)


Fa. whereas a sustainable chemicals strategy must effectively reduce the exposure of humans and environment to hazardous chemicals, and at the same time must enhance the competitiveness and innovation of European industry;

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Amendment 33Maria Arena, Anja Hazekamp, Sven GiegoldDraft motion for a resolutionRecital G a (new)


Ga. whereas 75% of chemicals produced in the EU are hazardous to health (222.6 million tons in 2018)1;

__________________1 Eurostat data https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php/Chemicals_production_and_consumption_statistics#Production_of_chemicals_hazardous_to_health

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Amendment 34Anja Hazekamp, Sven GiegoldDraft motion for a resolutionRecital H a (new)


Ha. whereas chemical pollution causes terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems losses and leads to the reduction of ‘eco-system resilience’ i.e. the ability to resist damage and to recover, leading to rapid declines in animal populations, whereas sub-lethal effects from chemical pollution lead to reductions of fertility, impaired feeding patterns and lost ability of orientation

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which, over time, lead to the weakening of populations1;__________________1

https://chemtrust.org/biodiversity_strategy/ , fitness check report chemical legislation excluding REACH

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Amendment 35Maria ArenaDraft motion for a resolutionRecital H b (new)


Hb. whereas chemical pollution is a main driver of terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems losses and leads to the reduction of ‘eco-system resilience’ i.e. the ability to resist damage and to recover, leading to rapid declines in animal populations, whereas sub-lethal effects from chemical pollution lead to reductions of fertility, impaired feeding patterns and lost ability of orientation which, over time, lead to the weakening of populations4;

__________________4https://chemtrust.org/biodiversity_strategy/, fitness check report chemical legislation excluding REACH

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Amendment 36Frédérique RiesDraft motion for a resolutionRecital H c (new)


Hc. whereas chemical pollution causes terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems losses and leads to the reduction of ‘eco-system resilience’ i.e. the ability to resist damage and to recover, leading to rapid declines

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in animal populations;

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Amendment 37Frédérique RiesDraft motion for a resolutionRecital I a (new)


Ia. whereas in the past years, the European Commission has been working on three major evaluations within the EU chemicals policy, the Non-Toxic Environment study, the REACH Review and a “Fitness Check” of the most relevant EU chemicals legislation (excluding REACH); whereas we are still waiting for concrete proposals;

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Amendment 38Frédérique RiesDraft motion for a resolutionRecital J a (new)


Ja. whereas the 26 Of June 2019 the Council has called on the Commission to develop an action plan to eliminate all non-essential uses of Perfluorinated chemicals (PFAS) because of their highly persistent nature and the increased risks to health and the environment 1;

__________________1 Conclusions from the Council adopted on 26 Of June 2019 “Towards a Sustainable Chemicals Policy Strategy of the Union”, point 14.

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Amendment 39Frédérique RiesDraft motion for a resolution

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Recital K a (new)


Ka. whereas the European Environmental Agency in its The European environment – state and outlook 2020 report expressed growing concern about the role of chemicals in the deteriorating state of our environment and warned that the projected increase in chemical production and ongoing emissions of persistent and hazardous chemicals signals that chemical burden on health and the environment is not likely to decrease and current policies are not adequate to address a large number of chemicals;

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Amendment 40Maria ArenaDraft motion for a resolutionRecital L a (new)


La. whereas a transition is needed towards producing chemicals that are safe by design, including using less hazardous chemicals along the entire life cycle of products, to reduce chemical pollution and improve the circularity of Europe’s economy, whereas the EU Circular Economy Action Plan needs to address toxic chemicals in order to fulfil these goals;

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Amendment 41Frédérique Ries, Anja Hazekamp, Sven GiegoldDraft motion for a resolutionRecital L b (new)


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Lb. whereas a transition is needed towards producing chemicals that are safe by design, including using less hazardous chemicals along the entire life cycle of products, to reduce chemical pollution and improve the circularity of Europe’s economy;

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Amendment 42Maria Arena, Sven Giegold, Anja HazekampDraft motion for a resolutionRecital M a (new)


Ma. whereas the costs associated with unsound management of chemicals and waste include productivity losses, health care costs, damage to ecosystems, litigation costs, and reputational damage to businesses; whereas human exposure to environmental chemicals is estimated to amount to 10% of global GDP in health costs 1, whereas conservative estimates put the annual health costs of endocrine disrupting chemicals to EUR 163 billion (1.28% of the EU’s GDP) in Europe alone 2 and it is estimated that annual health-related costs of inaction on PFAS amount to 52 – 84 billion EUR for all EEA countries 3;

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https://ehjournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12940-017-0340-32

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/andr.121783

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Amendment 43

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Maria Arena, Anja Hazekamp, Sven GiegoldDraft motion for a resolutionRecital N a (new)


Na. whereas foetuses, infants, children, pregnant women, the elderly and the poor are particularly susceptible to the effects of chemical exposures, whereas low-income households may be disproportionally exposed because they frequently live near relevant sources of releases, such as hazardous waste dumpsites and production facilities1;


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Amendment 44Anja Hazekamp, Frédérique Ries, Sven GiegoldDraft motion for a resolutionRecital O a (new)


Oa. whereas the Commission never delivered on its non-toxic strategy which was promised under the 7th Environmental Action Plan, whereas it is now important that the Commission proposes an ambitious strategy that effectively minimises the exposure of humans and environment to hazardous chemicals, and at the same time enhance the competitiveness and innovation of European industry;

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Amendment 45Maria ArenaDraft motion for a resolutionRecital P a (new)


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Pa. whereas the Commission never delivered on its non-toxic strategy which was promised under the 7th Environmental Action Plan, whereas it is now of crucial importance that the Commission proposes an ambitious strategy to prevent harm before damage is done;

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Amendment 46Maria Arena, Anja Hazekamp, Frédérique Ries, Sven GiegoldDraft motion for a resolutionRecital Q a (new)


Qa. whereas the studies commissioned by the Commission (e.g. in relation to the Non-Toxic Environment strategy and in the context of the fitness checks of REACH and of chemical legislation other than REACH) have identified important gaps in EU legislation to safely manage chemicals in the EU, including inconsistencies between different sectoral legislation and insufficient implementation, and have outlined a broad set of measures that should be considered;

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Amendment 47Maria Arena, Anja Hazekamp, Frédérique Ries, Sven GiegoldDraft motion for a resolutionRecital R a (new)


Ra. whereas these gaps and inconsistencies require legislative action to ensure the effective protection of human health and the environment against the risks posed by chemicals;

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Amendment 48Maria ArenaDraft motion for a resolutionRecital S a (new)


Sa. whereas the chemical strategy for sustainability should contribute to the proper implementation of the principles of the Union policy on the environment as laid down in Article 191 (2) TFEU;

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Amendment 49Anja Hazekamp, Frédérique Ries, Sven GiegoldDraft motion for a resolutionRecital S b(new)


Sb. whereas the chemical strategy for sustainability should effectively apply the principles of the Union policy on the environment as laid down in Article 191 (2) TFEU;

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Amendment 50Maria Arena, Anja Hazekamp, Frédérique Ries, Sven GiegoldDraft motion for a resolutionRecital T a (new)


Ta. whereas the chemicals strategy for sustainability should be based on the latest independent scientific knowledge and methods as well as address real life exposures along the whole life cycles;

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Amendment 51Maria Arena, Frédérique Ries, Sven Giegold

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Draft motion for a resolutionRecital U a (new)


Ua. whereas according to Regulation (EC) 1107/2009, the European Commission and Member States must carry out an “independent, objective and transparent assessment” of pesticide active substances and products and the European Food Safety Authority must undertake an independent scientific review in line with Reg (EC) 178/2002 of the General Food Law;

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Amendment 52Maria ArenaDraft motion for a resolutionRecital V a (new)


Va. whereas repeated frauds have been found on the part of contracted laboratories, and whereas the Good Laboratory Practices (GLP) are insufficient to eliminate the inherent bias of industry testing its own products;

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Amendment 53Anja Hazekamp, Sven GiegoldDraft motion for a resolutionRecital V b (new)


Vb. whereas a study by the German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR) and the German Environment Agency found major deficiencies in the compliance of REACH registration dossiers 1;

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1 https://www.bfr.bund.de/cm/349/data-quality-of-environmental-endpoints-in-registrations.pdf

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Amendment 54Ulrike Müller, Ondřej Knotek, Andreas Glück, Jan HuitemaDraft motion for a resolutionParagraph 1


1. Welcomes the zero pollution ambition for a toxic-free environment;

1. Welcomes the zero pollution ambition for a toxic-free environment; acknowledges the essential role of the chemicals sector in reaching the multiple targets of the Green Deal, notably the energy transition, the promotion of energy efficiency and the circular economy, by providing innovative production processes and materials;

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Amendment 55Anja HazekampDraft motion for a resolutionParagraph 1


1. Welcomes the zero pollution ambition for a toxic-free environment;

1. Believes that the right to a non-toxic environment must be guaranteed for all living beings; Welcomes the zero pollution ambition for a toxic-free environment;

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Amendment 56Sven GiegoldDraft motion for a resolutionParagraph 1 a (new)


1a. Considers that any form of pollution needs to be prevented or

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reduced to levels that are no longer harmful to human health and the environment so as to live well, within the planet’s ecological limits;

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Amendment 57Sven GiegoldDraft motion for a resolutionParagraph 1 b (new)


1b. Considers that ensuring that all uses of chemicals, materials and products are safe, sustainable and circular by design is an essential upstream measure not only to protect human health, achieve a toxic-free environment (air, water, soil) and to protect biodiversity, but also to achieve a climate-neutral, resource-efficient, circular and competitive economy;

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Amendment 58Sven GiegoldDraft motion for a resolutionParagraph 2


2. Calls on the Commission to come up with a chemicals strategy for sustainability that effectively ensures a high level of protection of human health and the environment, minimising exposure to hazardous chemicals;

2. Calls on the Commission to come up with a comprehensive chemicals strategy for sustainability to bring about, in conjunction with the new Circular Economy Action Plan and the new Industrial Strategy, the necessary paradigm shift to implement the zero-pollution ambition for a toxic-free environment, ensuring a high level of protection of human health and the environment, fostering innovation in sustainable chemicals based on a toxic-free hierarchy of measures as the basis for a European strategy for a resource-efficient, circular, safe, sustainable and

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competitive economy;

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Amendment 59Christine Schneider, Sven Schulze, Angelika NieblerDraft motion for a resolutionParagraph 2



2. Calls on the Commission to come up with a chemicals strategy for sustainability that effectively ensures a high level of protection of human health and the environment, minimising the risk from hazardous chemicals; stresses that the sustainability strategy should also take into account the important contribution made by chemicals to achieving the objectives of the Green Deal and therefore calls for support for the industry to help it make progress with crucial innovations;

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Amendment 60Alexander BernhuberDraft motion for a resolutionParagraph 2



2. Calls on the Commission to come up with a chemicals strategy for sustainability that effectively ensures a high level of protection of human health and the environment, minimising exposure to hazardous chemicals, while strengthening the competitiveness and innovation power of the Union`s economy and ensuring the security of supply within the EU;

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Amendment 61

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Martin Hojsík, Frédérique Ries, Irena Joveva, Véronique Trillet-Lenoir, Catherine Chabaud, Pascal Canfin, Nicolae Ştefănuță, Michal WiezikDraft motion for a resolutionParagraph 2



2. Calls on the Commission to come up with a chemicals strategy for sustainability that effectively ensures a high level of protection of human health and the environment, minimising exposure to hazardous chemicals, and that will together with the new Circular Economy Action Plan help to achieve the shift towards truly circular economy;

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Amendment 62Tudor CiuhodaruDraft motion for a resolutionParagraph 2



2. Calls on the Commission to come up with a chemicals strategy for sustainability that effectively ensures a high level of protection of human health and the environment, with particular regard to the principle of precaution and effective protection of workers, minimising exposure to hazardous chemicals;

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2. Calls on the Commission to come up with a chemicals strategy for sustainability that effectively ensures a high level of protection of human health

2. Calls on the Commission to come up with a chemicals strategy for sustainability that effectively ensures a high level of protection of human health

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and the environment, minimising exposure to hazardous chemicals;

and the environment, minimising exposure to hazardous chemicals and the use of animal testing, with clear timelines, indicators and binding targets;

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Amendment 64Monika BeňováDraft motion for a resolutionParagraph 2



2. Calls on the Commission to come up with a chemicals strategy for sustainability that effectively ensures a high level of protection of human health and the environment, minimising exposure to hazardous chemicals, preserving and restoring ecosystems and biodiversity;

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2. Calls on the Commission to come up with a chemicals strategy for sustainability that effectively ensures a high level of protection of human health and the environment, minimising the risks posed by exposure to hazardous chemicals;

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Amendment 66Danilo Oscar LanciniDraft motion for a resolutionParagraph 2


2. Calls on the Commission to come up with a chemicals strategy for

2. Calls on the Commission to come up with a chemicals strategy for

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sustainability that effectively ensures a high level of protection of human health and the environment, minimising exposure to hazardous chemicals;

sustainability that effectively ensures a high level of protection of human health and the environment, minimising risks from the use of hazardous chemicals;

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Amendment 67Sara CerdasDraft motion for a resolutionParagraph 2



2. Calls on the Commission to come up with a chemicals strategy for sustainability that effectively ensures a high level of protection of human health, animal health and the environment, minimising exposure to hazardous chemicals;

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2a. Underlines that the forthcoming chemicals strategy for sustainability must also address the sourcing of materials as well as social and environmental standards and energy intensity in the production of chemicals throughout the supply chain;

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2b. Calls on the Commission to use the chemicals strategy for sustainability as an opportunity to further the Union’s competitiveness in safe and sustainable chemicals by transiting the market to one of safe and sustainable chemicals with high standards for the protection of health and the environment, sustainable resource use and full respect for human rights;

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Amendment 70Pascal Canfin, Martin Hojsík, Frédérique RiesDraft motion for a resolutionParagraph 3


3. Stresses that the new strategy should be coherent with, and complementary to, the other policy objectives of the Green Deal;

3. Stresses that the new strategy should be coherent with, and complementary to, the other policy objectives of the Green Deal; is of the opinion that the Commission should come up with a comprehensive strategy where sustainability is the key pillar, and which should contain the consolidation of all relevant policies, including chemicals, trade, tax, innovation, competition, and ensure their enforcement so as to attract investments into Europe and create markets for circular and low-carbon products developed by the industry;

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Amendment 71Maria Spyraki, Nikos AndroulakisDraft motion for a resolutionParagraph 3



3. Stresses that the new strategy should be coherent with, and complementary to, the other policy objectives of the Green Deal, including the Circular Economy Action Plan, and

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of the New Industrial Strategy for Europe, whereas the new strategy should outline the sectors and ways in which the chemicals industry can contribute to these objectives, such as in clean energy, raw materials, sustainable transport, digitalisation and reduced consumption;

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3. Stresses that the new strategy should be coherent with, and complementary to, the other policy objectives of the Green Deal; stresses the need to foster innovation in the chemical industry, acknowledges that chemical industry is able to provide multiple low-carbon solutions; emphasises the importance of developing the chemical industry in order to strengthen EU climate ambition 2030 and 2050;

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Amendment 73César Luena, Cristina Maestre Martín De Almagro, Nicolás González Casares, Javi LópezDraft motion for a resolutionParagraph 3



3. Stresses that the new strategy should be coherent with, and complementary to, the other policy objectives of the Green Deal, particularly the objectives of the Climate Law, the Circular Economy Action Plan, and the New Industrial Strategy for Europe;

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Amendment 74Ondřej Knotek, Ulrike Müller, Andreas GlückDraft motion for a resolutionParagraph 3



3. Stresses that the new strategy should be coherent with, and complementary to, the other policy objectives of the Green Deal, including the objectives of the New Industrial Strategy for Europe and the New Circular Economy Action Plan;

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Amendment 75Hermann TertschDraft motion for a resolutionParagraph 3



3. Stresses that the new strategy should be coherent with, and complementary to, the other policy objectives of the Green Deal and the new context for European economy after COVID 19;

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Amendment 76Maria SpyrakiDraft motion for a resolutionParagraph 3 a (new)


3a. Calls on the Commission to come up with a chemicals strategy for sustainability in the framework of the Green Deal according to the ‘New Industrial Strategy for Europe’, which should contain the consolidation of all relevant policies, including chemicals, trade, tax, innovation, competition, and ensure their enforcement so to attract

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investments into Europe and create markets for circular and low carbon products developed by the industry;

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Amendment 77Cindy Franssen, Michal WiezikDraft motion for a resolutionParagraph 3 a (new)


3a. Highlights the importance of the zero pollution strategy in the Europe’s Beating Cancer Plan; reiterates that reducing the environmental risk factors such as the exposure to harmful chemicals will be an integral part of this Plan; demands that the new strategy supports this goal;

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Amendment 78Hermann TertschDraft motion for a resolutionParagraph 3 a (new)


3a. Reiterates that the chemical industry is crucial for the European economy and calls for a concrete sectoral legislative package to facility the on -going process of modernisation and decarbonisation of the sector;

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Amendment 79Frédérique Ries, Véronique Trillet-Lenoir, Fredrick Federley, Susana Solís Pérez, María Soraya Rodríguez Ramos, Pascal CanfinDraft motion for a resolutionParagraph 3 a (new)


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3a. Stresses that promoting innovation is a key element in the transition from a linear to a circular and sustainable chemical industry, which would give this pivotal sector for the European economy a major competitive advantage;

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Amendment 80Alexander BernhuberDraft motion for a resolutionParagraph 3 a (new)


3a. Stresses that the severe impacts of the Corona Crisis on the whole European economy should be taken into account by postponing critical deadlines to keep procedures manageable and affordable;

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Amendment 81César Luena, Cristina Maestre Martín De Almagro, Nicolás González Casares, Javi LópezDraft motion for a resolutionParagraph 3 a (new)


3a. Reiterates that the modernisation and decarbonisation of energy-intensive industries, such as chemical industry, are crucial for the Green Recovery of Europe;

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Amendment 82Maria SpyrakiDraft motion for a resolutionParagraph 3 a (new)


3a. Highlights that some energy-intensive industries, such as chemical

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industry, are crucial for the European economy, and that the modernisation and decarbonisation of this industry is fundamental; stresses that, in order to achieve this, a chemicals strategy for sustainability in the framework of the Green Deal, where sustainability represents a fundamental pillar, is needed;

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4. Considers that the chemicals strategy should achieve coherence and synergies between chemicals legislation (e.g. REACH, CLP, POPs, mercury, plant protection products, biocides) and related Union legislation, including specific product legislation (e.g. toys, cosmetics, food contact materials, construction products, packaging), general product legislation (e.g. eco-design, eco-label), legislation on environmental compartments (e.g. water and air), as well as legislation on industrial installations (e.g. IED, Seveso III Directive);

4. Considers that the chemicals strategy should achieve coherence and synergies between chemicals legislation (e.g. REACH, CLP, POPs, mercury, plant protection products, biocides) and related Union legislation, including specific product legislation (e.g. toys, cosmetics, food contact materials, construction products, packaging), occupational safety and health legislation, general product legislation (e.g. eco-design, eco-label), legislation on environmental compartments (e.g. water and air), as well as legislation on industrial installations (e.g. IED, Seveso III Directive) and Waste (e.g. RoHS); highlights that special attention should be paid to reducing overlaps between legal frameworks, and between tasks allocated to ECHA, EFSA and EMA;

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4. Considers that the chemicals 4. Considers that the chemicals

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strategy should achieve coherence and synergies between chemicals legislation (e.g. REACH, CLP, POPs, mercury, plant protection products, biocides) and related Union legislation, including specific product legislation (e.g. toys, cosmetics, food contact materials, construction products, packaging), general product legislation (e.g. eco-design, eco-label), legislation on environmental compartments (e.g. water and air), as well as legislation on industrial installations (e.g. IED, Seveso III Directive);

strategy should achieve coherence and synergies between chemicals legislation (e.g. REACH, CLP, POPs, mercury, plant protection products, biocides) and related Union legislation, including specific product legislation (e.g. toys, cosmetics, food contact materials, construction products, packaging), general product legislation (e.g. eco-design, eco-label), legislation on environmental compartments (e.g. water and air), as well as legislation on industrial installations (e.g. IED, Seveso III Directive); considers that full alignment between different EU legislations should be ensured as well as the avoidance of overlap between the EU agencies (ECHA, EFSA and EMA) tasks;

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Amendment 85Pietro FiocchiDraft motion for a resolutionParagraph 4



4. Considers that the chemicals strategy should achieve coherence and synergies between chemicals legislation (e.g. REACH, CLP, POPs, mercury, plant protection products, biocides) and related Union legislation, including specific product legislation (e.g. toys, cosmetics, food contact materials, construction products, packaging), general product legislation (e.g. eco-design, eco-label), legislation on environmental compartments (e.g. water and air), as well as legislation on industrial installations (e.g. IED, Seveso III Directive); considers that special attention should be paid to reducing overlaps between legal frameworks, and between tasks allocated to ECHA, EFSA and EMA;

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4. Considers that the chemicals strategy should achieve coherence and synergies between chemicals legislation (e.g. REACH, CLP, POPs, mercury, plant protection products, biocides) and related Union legislation, including specific product legislation (e.g. toys, cosmetics, food contact materials, construction products, packaging, pharmaceuticals), general product legislation (e.g. eco-design, eco-label, upcoming sustainable product policy), legislation on workers’ protection, legislation on environmental compartments (e.g. water and air), legislation on sources of pollution, including industrial installations (e.g. IED, Seveso III Directive), as well as legislation on waste (e.g. RoHS, ELV);

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Amendment 87Maria Arena, Jytte Guteland, Sara Cerdas, Eric Andrieu, Delara Burkhardt, Günther SidlDraft motion for a resolutionParagraph 4


4. Considers that the chemicals strategy should achieve coherence and synergies between chemicals legislation (e.g. REACH, CLP, POPs, mercury, plant protection products, biocides) and related Union legislation, including specific product legislation (e.g. toys, cosmetics, food contact materials, construction products, packaging), general product legislation (e.g. eco-design, eco-label), legislation on environmental compartments (e.g. water and air), as well as legislation on industrial installations (e.g. IED, Seveso

4. Considers that the chemicals strategy should achieve coherence and synergies between chemicals legislation (e.g. REACH, CLP, POPs, mercury, plant protection products, biocides, MRLs) and related Union legislation, including specific product legislation (e.g. toys, cosmetics, food contact materials, construction products, packaging), general product legislation (e.g. eco-design, eco-label), legislation on environmental compartments (e.g. water, soil and air), legislation on workers’ protection and on

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III Directive); sources of pollution, in particular industrial installations (e.g. IED, Seveso III Directive) or legislations on waste;

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Amendment 88Sirpa PietikäinenDraft motion for a resolutionParagraph 4



4. Considers that the chemicals strategy should achieve coherence and synergies between chemicals legislation (e.g. REACH, CLP, POPs, mercury, plant protection products, biocides) and related Union legislation, including specific product legislation (e.g. toys, cosmetics, food contact materials, construction products, packaging), general product legislation (e.g. eco-design, eco-label), legislation on environmental compartments (e.g. water and air), as well as legislation on industrial installations (e.g. IED, Seveso III Directive); whilst upholding the principle of testing on animals only as a last resort;

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4. Considers that the chemicals strategy should achieve coherence and synergies between chemicals legislation (e.g. REACH, CLP, POPs, mercury, plant protection products, biocides) and related Union legislation, including specific product legislation (e.g. toys, cosmetics, food contact materials, construction products, packaging), general product legislation (e.g. eco-design, eco-label),

4. Considers that the chemicals strategy should achieve coherence and synergies between chemicals legislation (e.g. REACH, CLP, POPs, mercury, plant protection products, biocides) and related Union legislation, including specific product legislation (e.g. toys, cosmetics, food contact materials, construction products, packaging, focusing on new forms of packaging following the plastics

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legislation on environmental compartments (e.g. water and air), as well as legislation on industrial installations (e.g. IED, Seveso III Directive);

ban), general product legislation (e.g. eco-design, eco-label), legislation on environmental compartments (e.g. water and air), as well as legislation on industrial installations (e.g. IED, Seveso III Directive);

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Amendment 90Ondřej Knotek, Andreas Glück, Ulrike MüllerDraft motion for a resolutionParagraph 4



4. Considers that the chemicals strategy should achieve coherence and synergies between chemicals legislation (e.g. REACH, CLP, POPs, mercury, plant protection products, biocides) and related Union legislation, including legislation on occupational health and safety, specific product legislation (e.g. toys, cosmetics, food contact materials, construction products, packaging), general product legislation (e.g. eco-design, eco-label), legislation on environmental compartments (e.g. water and air), as well as legislation on industrial installations (e.g. IED, Seveso III Directive);

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4. Considers that the chemicals strategy should achieve coherence and synergies between chemicals legislation (e.g. REACH, CLP, POPs, mercury, plant protection products, biocides) and related Union legislation, including specific product legislation (e.g. toys, cosmetics,

4. Considers that the chemicals strategy should achieve coherence and synergies between chemicals legislation (e.g. REACH, CLP, POPs, mercury, plant protection products, biocides) and related Union legislation, including specific product legislation (e.g. toys, cosmetics,

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food contact materials, construction products, packaging), general product legislation (e.g. eco-design, eco-label), legislation on environmental compartments (e.g. water and air), as well as legislation on industrial installations (e.g. IED, Seveso III Directive);

food contact materials, construction products, packaging), general product legislation (e.g. eco-design, eco-label), legislation on environmental compartments (e.g. water and air), occupational health and safety legislation, as well as legislation on industrial installations (e.g. IED, Seveso III Directive);

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Amendment 92Martin Hojsík, Irena Joveva, Véronique Trillet-Lenoir, Catherine Chabaud, Pascal Canfin, Nicolae Ştefănuță, Michal WiezikDraft motion for a resolutionParagraph 4



4. Considers that the chemicals strategy should achieve coherence and synergies between chemicals legislation (e.g. REACH, CLP, POPs, mercury, plant protection products, biocides) and related Union legislation, including specific product legislation (e.g. toys, cosmetics, food contact materials, construction products, packaging), general product legislation (e.g. eco-design, eco-label), legislation on environmental compartments (e.g. water and air), as well as legislation on industrial installations (e.g. IED, Seveso III Directive), and waste (e.g., RoHS);

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Amendment 93Esther de LangeDraft motion for a resolutionParagraph 4


4. Considers that the chemicals strategy should achieve coherence and synergies between chemicals legislation (e.g. REACH, CLP, POPs, mercury, plant protection products, biocides) and related Union legislation, including specific

4. Considers that the chemicals strategy should achieve coherence and synergies between chemicals legislation (e.g. REACH, CLP, POPs, mercury, plant protection products, biocides) and related Union legislation, including specific

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product legislation (e.g. toys, cosmetics, food contact materials, construction products, packaging), general product legislation (e.g. eco-design, eco-label), legislation on environmental compartments (e.g. water and air), as well as legislation on industrial installations (e.g. IED, Seveso III Directive);

product legislation (e.g. toys, cosmetics, food contact materials, construction products, packaging), general product legislation (e.g. eco-design, eco-label), legislation on environmental compartments (e.g. water and air), waste policies, as well as legislation on industrial installations (e.g. IED, Seveso III Directive);

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5. Stresses that the chemicals strategy has to be aligned with the hierarchy of actions in risk management that prioritises exposure prevention, elimination and substitution over control measures;

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5. Stresses that the chemicals strategy for sustainability should implement a toxic-free hierarchy of measures, starting with avoidance of non-essential uses and substitution of hazardous substances, then minimisation of exposure to hazardous substances, then elimination of hazardous legacy substances, and lastly remediation of damage1a;

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“chemicals strategy” should be amended accordingly.

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Amendment 96Jessica PolfjärdDraft motion for a resolutionParagraph 5



5. Stresses that the chemicals strategy has to be aligned with the hierarchy of actions in risk management that prioritises exposure prevention, elimination of risks to workers, end users, and the environment and substitution over control measures, considering all aspects of sustainability;

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5. Stresses that the chemicals strategy has to be aligned with the hierarchy of actions in risk management that prioritises exposure prevention, elimination of risks and substitution over control measures while taking into account all aspects of sustainability ;

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Amendment 98Maria SpyrakiDraft motion for a resolutionParagraph 5


5. Stresses that the chemicals strategy has to be aligned with the hierarchy of

5. Stresses that the chemicals strategy has to be aligned with the hierarchy of

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actions in risk management that prioritises exposure prevention, elimination and substitution over control measures;

actions in risk management that prioritises exposure prevention, elimination of risks and substitution over control measures, taking into account all aspects of sustainability;

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5. Stresses that the chemicals strategy has to be aligned with the hierarchy of actions in risk management that prioritises exposure prevention, elimination and substitution over control measures, taking into account all aspects of sustainability;

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5. Stresses that the chemicals strategy for sustainability has to be aligned with the hierarchy of actions in risk management that prioritises exposure prevention, elimination of hazardous substances and substitution to safer alternatives over control measures;

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5. Stresses that the chemicals strategy has to be aligned with the hierarchy of actions in risk management that prioritises exposure prevention or the elimination or reduction of residual values, and substitution over control measures;

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5a. Stresses the need to reduce and prevent exposure to chemicals such as endocrine disruptors, which have been shown to contribute to significant increases in chronic diseases and some of which can disrupt the immune system and its inflammatory responses, in the context of measures to improve public health and strengthen resistance to viruses such as SARS-CoV-25a;

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6. Stresses that the strategy should fully reflect the precautionary principle and the polluter pays principle;

6. Stresses that the strategy should fully reflect the precautionary principle and on the principles that preventive action should be taken, that environmental damage should as a priority be rectified at

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source and that the polluter should pay, and cornerstone principles of the European Chemical legislations such as the placing of the burden of proof on the industry; and that it should effectively apply them;

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6. Stresses that the strategy should fully reflect the precautionary principle and the polluter pays principle, the principle of preventive action and the principle that environmental damage should be, as apriority, rectified at the source; Remarks that Extended Producers’ Responsibility mechanisms would represent a good tool to implement the polluter pays principle while stimulating innovation;

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6. Stresses that the strategy should fully reflect the precautionary principle and the principles that preventive action should be taken, that environmental damage should as a priority be rectified at source and that the polluter should pay;

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6. Stresses that the strategy should fully reflect the precautionary principle and the polluter pays principle, while ensuring the innovation principle, and the need to use the latest scientific advances in regulatory decision-making;

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Amendment 107Martin Hojsík, Frédérique Ries, Irena Joveva, Véronique Trillet-Lenoir, Catherine Chabaud, Pascal Canfin, Nicolae Ştefănuță, Michal WiezikDraft motion for a resolutionParagraph 6



6. Stresses that the strategy should fully reflect the precautionary and prevention principle, rectifying pollution at source, and the polluter pays principle;

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6. Stresses that the strategy should fully reflect the precaution, prevention rectifying pollution at source, and polluter pays principles;

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6. Stresses that the strategy should fully reflect the precautionary principle, the innovation principle and the polluter pays principle;

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Amendment 110Sirpa PietikäinenDraft motion for a resolutionParagraph 6 a (new)


6a. Considers that the priority should be on the use of already existing substances that have been tested and proven safe with longstanding history, and to carefully consider the need to increase the complexity and number of new chemicals with an effective risk-benefit analysis; stresses the need for ambitious objectives to increase the numbers of chemicals examined each year, especially concerning their EDC properties;

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Amendment 111Frédérique Ries, Véronique Trillet-Lenoir, Fredrick Federley, Susana Solís Pérez, María Soraya Rodríguez Ramos, Martin HojsíkDraft motion for a resolutionParagraph 6 a (new)


6a. Emphasises the fact that this Chemicals strategy for sustainability should go hand in hand with the EU 2030 Biodiversity strategy as long as there is a scientific consensus on the negative impact of chemicals on wildlife population and species diversity;

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6a. Calls on the Commission to develop clear criteria for the sustainable and safe use of chemicals, materials and products;

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Amendment 113Maria Arena, Jytte Guteland, Sara Cerdas, Eric Andrieu, Delara Burkhardt, Günther SidlDraft motion for a resolutionParagraph 6 b (new)


6b. Calls on the Commission to propose a classification for the production and use of chemicals in order to support the effective avoidance and minimising of exposure to hazardous substances, based on a hierarchy of uses (including non-essential and substitutable), and the availability of safer alternatives;

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Amendment 114Maria Arena, Jytte Guteland, Sara Cerdas, Eric Andrieu, Delara Burkhardt, Günther SidlDraft motion for a resolutionParagraph 6 c (new)


6c. Highlights that the definition of essential uses provided in the Montreal Protocol on Substances that deplete the Ozone Layer, as adopted by Decision IV/25 on essential uses could provide the basis for a classification on the use and

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production of chemicals;

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7. Highlights that the new chemicals strategy should be based upon robust and up-to-date scientific evidence and that subsequent regulatory action should be accompanied by impact assessments, taking into account the input of relevant stakeholders;

7. Highlights that the new chemicals strategy should be based upon robust and up-to-date scientific evidence, taking into account the risk posed by endocrine disruptors, hazardous chemicals in products imports, combination effects of different chemicals and very persistent chemicals, and that subsequent regulatory action should be accompanied by impact assessments, taking into account the input of relevant stakeholders;

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7. Highlights that the new chemicals strategy should be based upon robust and up-to-date scientific evidence and that subsequent regulatory action should be accompanied by impact assessments, taking into account the input of relevant stakeholders, and the ultimate aim of Directive 2010/63 to replace all animal testing with in vitro and in silico methods;

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7. Highlights that the new chemicals strategy for sustainability should be based upon robust and up-to-date scientific evidence and that subsequent regulatory action, other than scientific matters (e.g. hazard identification and hazard classification), should be accompanied by impact assessments, taking into account the input of relevant stakeholders;

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Amendment 118Martin Hojsík, Irena Joveva, Véronique Trillet-Lenoir, Pascal Canfin, Michal WiezikDraft motion for a resolutionParagraph 7



7. Highlights that the new chemicals strategy should be based upon robust and up-to-date scientific evidence;

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7. Highlights that the new chemicals strategy should be based upon robust and up-to-date scientific evidence;

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7. Highlights that the new chemicals strategy should be based upon robust and up-to-date scientific evidence in line with joint European criteria and that subsequent regulatory action should be accompanied by periodic impact assessments, taking into account the input of relevant stakeholders;

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7. Highlights that the new chemicals strategy should be based upon robust and up-to-date scientific evidence and that subsequent regulatory action should be accompanied by impact assessments, taking into account the input of relevant stakeholders, to increase clarity about priorities;

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7. Highlights that the new chemicals strategy should be based upon robust and up-to-date scientific evidence and that subsequent regulatory action should be

7. Highlights that the new chemicals strategy should be based upon robust and up-to-date scientific evidence and that subsequent regulatory action should be

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accompanied by impact assessments, taking into account the input of relevant stakeholders;

accompanied by impact assessments, taking into account the input of relevant stakeholders to increase clarity about priorities;

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7. Highlights that the new chemicals strategy should have a hazard based approach, should be based upon robust and up-to-date scientific evidence and should lead to subsequent regulatory action;

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Amendment 124Frédérique Ries, Véronique Trillet-Lenoir, Susana Solís Pérez, María Soraya Rodríguez Ramos, Martin Hojsík, Pascal CanfinDraft motion for a resolutionParagraph 7 a (new)


7a. Stresses that a sustainable chemicals policy requires simultaneous action on several aspects: defining criteria for sustainable chemicals to drive investments to contribute to pollution prevention and control, improving tracing of hazardous chemicals in products and promoting their substitution by safer alternatives, building alliances with key sectors to work on circular economy initiatives (e.g. construction, textile, electronic and automotive industry);

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Ulrike Müller, Ondřej Knotek, Andreas Glück, Jan HuitemaDraft motion for a resolutionParagraph 8


8. Reaffirms that all regulatory gaps in EU chemicals legislation should be closed and that the new chemicals strategy should effectively contribute to the rapid substitution of substances of very high concern and other hazardous chemicals, including endocrine disruptors, very persistent chemicals, neurotoxicants and immuno-toxicants, as well as tackling the combination effects of chemicals, nano-forms of substances and exposure to hazardous chemicals from products; reiterates that any ban of these chemicals should take all aspects of sustainability into account;

8. Takes note of the fact that the Commission has identified certain room for improvement in their REFIT of EU chemicals legislation; stresses that these improvements should be realised by improving the implementation of legislation and, where necessary, by further appropriate measures; stresses that the new chemicals strategy should effectively contribute to the rapid substitution of substances of very high concern, including hazardous chemicals of equivalent level of concern as foreseen by Art. 57 of Regulation1907/2006, such as endocrine disruptors, very persistent chemicals, neurotoxicants and immuno-toxicants, as well as tackling the combination effects of chemicals, nano-forms of substances and exposure to hazardous chemicals from products; reiterates that any ban of these chemicals should be based on an impact assessment taking into account all aspects of sustainability including socio-economic impacts;

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8. Reaffirms that all regulatory gaps in EU chemicals legislation should be closed and that the new chemicals strategy should effectively contribute to the rapid substitution of substances of very high concern and other hazardous chemicals, including endocrine disruptors, very persistent chemicals, neurotoxicants and

8. Reaffirms that all regulatory gaps and weaknesses in EU chemicals legislation should be closed and that the new chemicals strategy should effectively contribute to the effectiveness of control measures, alongside the rapid substitution of substances of very high concern and other hazardous chemicals of equivalent

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immuno-toxicants, as well as tackling the combination effects of chemicals, nano-forms of substances and exposure to hazardous chemicals from products; reiterates that any ban of these chemicals should take all aspects of sustainability into account;

level of concern to the extent possible, including endocrine disruptors, very persistent chemicals, neurotoxicants and immuno-toxicants, as well as tackling the combination effects of chemicals, nano-forms of substances and exposure to hazardous chemicals from products; reiterates that any ban of these chemicals should take all aspects of sustainability into account, such as climate, circular economy and resource security aspects;

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8. Reaffirms that all regulatory gaps in EU chemicals legislation should be closed and that the new chemicals strategy should effectively contribute to the rapid substitution of substances of very high concern and other hazardous chemicals, including endocrine disruptors, very persistent chemicals, neurotoxicants and immuno-toxicants, as well as tackling the combination effects of chemicals, nano-forms of substances and exposure to hazardous chemicals from products; reiterates that any ban of these chemicals should take all aspects of sustainability into account; for example through the granting of possible transition periods for producers to adapt to new European requirements;

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8. Reaffirms that all regulatory gaps in EU chemicals legislation should be closed and that the new chemicals strategy should effectively contribute to the rapid and appropriate substitution of substances of very high concern and other hazardous chemicals, including endocrine disruptors, very persistent chemicals, neurotoxicants and immuno-toxicants, as well as tackling the combination effects of chemicals, nano-forms of substances and exposure to hazardous chemicals from products; reiterates that any ban of these chemicals should take all aspects of sustainability into account; reiterates that the use of existing alternatives(non-animal) test methods should be mandatory;

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8. Reaffirms that all regulatory weaknesses in EU chemicals legislation should be addressed and that the new chemicals strategy should effectively contribute to the rapid substitution of substances of very high concern and other hazardous chemicals that pose a non-negligible risk to workers, end users, or the environment, including endocrine disruptors, very persistent chemicals, neurotoxicants and immuno-toxicants, as well as tackling the combination effects of chemicals, nano-forms of substances and exposure to hazardous chemicals from products; reiterates that any ban of these chemicals should take all aspects of sustainability into account;

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Maria Arena, Jytte Guteland, Sara Cerdas, Eric Andrieu, Delara Burkhardt, Günther SidlDraft motion for a resolutionParagraph 8



8. Reaffirms that all regulatory gaps in EU chemicals legislation should be closed and that the new chemicals strategy should effectively contribute to the rapid substitution of substances of very high concern and other hazardous chemicals, including endocrine disruptors, very persistent chemicals, neurotoxicants and immuno-toxicants, as well as tackling the combination effects of chemicals, nano-forms of substances and exposure to hazardous chemicals from products;

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8. Reaffirms that all regulatory challenges in EU chemicals legislation should be addressed and that the new chemicals strategy should effectively contribute to the rapid substitution of substances of very high concern and other hazardous chemicals of equivalent level of concern to the possible extent, including endocrine disruptors, very persistent chemicals, neurotoxicants and immuno-toxicants, as well as tackling the combination effects of chemicals, nano-forms of substances and exposure to hazardous chemicals from products; reiterates that any ban of these chemicals should take all aspects of sustainability into

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8. Reaffirms that all regulatory gaps in EU chemicals legislation should be closed and that the new chemicals strategy should effectively contribute to the rapid substitution of substances of very high concern and other hazardous chemicals, including endocrine disruptors, very persistent chemicals, neurotoxicants and immuno-toxicants, as well as tackling the combination effects of chemicals and exposure to hazardous chemicals from products; reiterates that any ban of these chemicals should take all aspects of sustainability such as the availability and feasibility/efficacy of (safe and sustainable) substitutes into account;

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8. Reaffirms that all regulatory gaps in EU chemicals legislation should be closed and that the new chemicals strategy should effectively contribute to the rapid substitution of substances of very high concern and other hazardous chemicals, including endocrine disruptors, very persistent chemicals, neurotoxicants and immuno-toxicants, as well as tackling the combination effects of chemicals, nano-forms of substances and exposure to hazardous chemicals from products;

8. Reaffirms that all regulatory gaps in EU chemicals legislation should be closed and that the new chemicals strategy should effectively contribute to the rapid substitution of substances of very high concern by tackling the combination effects of chemicals, and exposure to hazardous chemicals from products; reiterates that any ban of these chemicals should take all aspects of sustainability into account; stresses the importance that eventual prohibitions and restrictions

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reiterates that any ban of these chemicals should take all aspects of sustainability into account;

must take into consideration the real availability of effective alternatives, equally safe and sustainable with respect to the substituted substance;

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8. Reaffirms that all regulatory gaps in EU chemicals legislation should be closed and that the new chemicals strategy should effectively contribute to the rapid substitution of substances of very high concern and other hazardous chemicals, including endocrine disruptors, very persistent chemicals, neurotoxicants and immuno-toxicants and persistent organic pollutants, as well as tackling the combination effects of chemicals, nano-forms of substances and exposure to hazardous chemicals from products; reiterates that any ban of these chemicals should take all aspects of sustainability into account;

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8. Reaffirms that all regulatory gaps in EU chemicals legislation should be closed and that the new chemicals strategy should effectively contribute to the rapid substitution of substances of very high concern and other hazardous chemicals, including endocrine disruptors, very persistent chemicals, neurotoxicants and immuno-toxicants, as well as tackling the

8. Reaffirms that all regulatory gaps in EU chemicals legislation should be closed and that the new chemicals strategy should effectively contribute to the rapid substitution of substances of very high concern and other selected hazardous chemicals, including endocrine disruptors, certain very persistent chemicals, neurotoxicants and immuno-toxicants, as

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combination effects of chemicals, nano-forms of substances and exposure to hazardous chemicals from products; reiterates that any ban of these chemicals should take all aspects of sustainability into account;

well as tackling the combination effects of chemicals, nano-forms of substances and exposure to hazardous chemicals from mixtures; reiterates that any ban of these chemicals should take all aspects of sustainability into account;

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8a. Reiterates its concern that legislation preventing the presence of chemicals in products, including imports, is scattered, is neither systematic nor consistent and applies only to very few substances, products and uses, often with many exemptions; calls on the Commission to present as part of the chemicals strategy for sustainability an action plan to close the gaps in the current legal framework, giving priority to products consumers come into close and frequent contact with, such as textiles, furniture, children’s products and absorbent hygiene products;

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Amendment 137Stanislav PolčákDraft motion for a resolutionParagraph 8 a (new)


8a. Stresses that a detailed information concerning potentially harmful substances placed on the market on their own, in mixtures or in products is needed in order to ensure a high level of protection of human health and the environment calls therefore for changes in the EU chemicals legislation that

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would ensure that hazards and risks related to potentially harmful chemical substances are thoroughly assessed even for substances placed on the market in quantities not exceeding one tonne per year;

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Amendment 138Martin Hojsík, Frédérique Ries, Irena Joveva, Véronique Trillet-Lenoir, Fredrick Federley, Cindy Franssen, Pascal Canfin, Catherine Chabaud, Nicolae Ştefănuță, Michal Wiezik, María Soraya Rodríguez RamosDraft motion for a resolutionParagraph 8 a (new)


8a. Calls on the Commission to develop, in cooperation with ECHA and other relevant institutions, methodology to take into account the combination effects of chemicals, including combined exposure to multiple chemicals as well as exposure from different sources, and to introduce legal requirements to address these effects in risk assessment and management across all relevant chemicals and emission legislation;

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8a. Recalls that by 2020, all relevant SVHCs, including substances with endocrine-disrupting properties of equivalent concern, must be placed on the REACH candidate list, emphasises that beyond 2020 efforts will be needed to detect possible further SVHCs and to continue to ensure full compliance of registration dossiers; calls on the

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Commission to rapidly phase-out SVHCs;

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8a. Calls on the Commission to present as part of the chemicals strategy for sustainability an action plan to close the gaps in the current legal framework, giving priority to products consumers come into close and frequent contact with, such as textiles, furniture, children’s products and absorbent hygiene products;

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8b. Calls on the Commission to speed up the identification of SVHCs, to introduce new specific categories to the list of Substances of Very High Concern under REACH, e.g. persistent, mobile and toxic (PMT), very persistent and very mobile (vPvM) substances, neurotoxic or immunotixic substances, and toxic substances that can affect both mothers’ milk and breastfeeding children via lactation;

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8b. Considers that the new chemical strategy should ensure that no chemical substance having potentially negative effects on human health or the environment is placed on the market before the hazards and risks related to such a substance have been thoroughly assessed;

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8c. Calls on the Commission to consider the introduction of a mobility criteria for SVHCs under REACH and CLP in order to formalise consideration of mobility in regulatory risk assessment, especially to address the contamination of water sources;

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9. Underlines the need for a clear commitment to securing funds for improved research into safer alternatives and to promoting substitution of harmful chemicals, non-toxic production and sustainable innovation;

9. Underlines the need for a clear commitment to securing funds for improved research into Green chemistry based on safety-by-design to develop safe and sustainable alternatives, including non-chemical alternatives, and to promoting substitution of harmful chemicals, non-toxic production and safe

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and sustainable innovation;

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Amendment 145Martin Hojsík, Irena Joveva, Véronique Trillet-Lenoir, Fredrick Federley, Catherine Chabaud, Pascal Canfin, Nicolae Ştefănuță, Michal Wiezik, María Soraya Rodríguez RamosDraft motion for a resolutionParagraph 9



9. Underlines the need for a clear commitment to securing funds for improved research into safer alternatives, including non-chemical, and to promoting substitution of harmful chemicals and non-toxic production, ensuring the adequate preconditions for sustainable innovation and development of new and safer chemicals;

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9. Underlines the need for a clear commitment to securing funds for improved research into safer and sustainable alternatives and to promoting substitution, where substitution is technologically feasible, appropriate and in line with other policy goals of harmful chemicals, safe production and sustainable innovation;

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Amendment 147Stanislav PolčákDraft motion for a resolutionParagraph 9

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9. Underlines the need for a clear commitment to securing funds for improved research into safer alternatives and to promoting substitution of harmful chemicals, non-toxic production and sustainable innovation; stresses that chemical industry should largely participate in such a funding;

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9. Underlines the need for a clear commitment to securing funds for improved research into safer alternatives and to promoting substitution of very high concern (when safe use cannot be ensured), non-toxic production and sustainable innovation;

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9. Underlines the need for a clear commitment to securing funds for improved research into safer and more sustainable alternatives and to promoting substitution of unsafe uses of harmful chemicals, safe production and sustainable innovation;

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9. Underlines the need for a clear commitment to securing funds for improved research into safer and more sustainable alternatives and to promoting substitution of harmful chemicals, safe and non-toxic production and sustainable innovation;

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9. Underlines the need for a clear commitment to securing medium and long-term funding for improved research into safer alternatives and to promoting substitution of harmful chemicals, non-toxic production and sustainable innovation;

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9. Underlines the need for a clear commitment to securing funds for improved research into and development of safer alternatives and to promoting substitution of harmful chemicals, non-toxic production and sustainable innovation;

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9. Underlines the need for a clear commitment to securing funds for improved and independent research into safer alternatives and to promoting substitution of harmful chemicals, non-toxic production and sustainable innovation;

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9. Underlines the need for a clear commitment to securing funds for improved research into safer alternatives and to promoting substitution of the unsafe use of harmful chemicals and sustainable innovation;

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Amendment 155Martin Hojsík, Irena Joveva, Véronique Trillet-Lenoir, Catherine Chabaud, Pascal Canfin, Nicolae Ştefănuță, Michal WiezikDraft motion for a resolutionParagraph 9 a (new)


9a. Underlines the need for a clear commitment to securing funds for human biomonitoring and environmental monitoring of impacts and exposure to chemicals in order to improve chemical risk assessment and management; as well

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as for improved sharing and use of local, regional, national and EU-level monitoring data between countries, sectors and institutions in relevant policy areas (e.g. water, chemicals, air, biomonitoring, health, etc.);

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9a. Considers that scientific research should also take into account epigenetics while testing suspected toxicity; calls on the Commission to support this goal and to increase European coordination and action in the field of biomonitoring; highlights the need for research into underexposed issues such as endocrine related cancers and the socio-economic consequences of endocrine disorders;

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Amendment 157Tudor CiuhodaruDraft motion for a resolutionParagraph 9 a (new)


9a. Highlights the importance of sustainable research and innovation funding for improving the scientific understanding of the impacts of hazardous chemicals on the environment, health, biodiversity and eco-system resilience and for promoting research into improved methods of identifying hazards related to chemicals;

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9a. Calls on the Commission to develop criteria for safe and sustainable chemicals, materials and products;

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9b. Calls on the Commission to make effective use of economic instruments to incentivise safe and sustainable products and clean production (e.g. fees, environmental taxes, extended producer responsibility);

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10. Reiterates the need to minimise animal testing with the help of new approach methodologies and calls for increased efforts and funds to this end with aim to establish non-animal based safety assessments in all relevant legislation, in addition to cosmetics; regrets that there are still barriers to the use and acceptance of alternative (non-animal) test methods for regulatory purposes, partially linked to gaps in the available test guidelines4 , requests action to remedy this situation;

10. Reiterates the need to phase-out animal testing through expanded use of new approach methodologies, including in vitro and in silico methods, and calls for increased efforts and funds to this end with aim to establish non-animal based safety assessments in all relevant legislation, as is in place for cosmetics; regrets that there are still barriers to the use and acceptance of non-animal (alternative) test methods for regulatory purposes, partially linked to factors such as gaps in the available test guidelines and insufficient funding for

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the research and development of non-animal methods, requests action to remedy this situation; calls on the Commission ensure that the validation and introduction of non-animal test methods is accelerated considerably;

_________________4 Findings of the Fitness Check of the most relevant chemicals legislation (excluding REACH) and identified challenges, gaps and weaknesses’ (COM(2019)264).

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10. Reiterates the need to minimise animal testing with the help of new approach methodologies and intelligent testing strategies and calls for increased efforts and funds to this end with aim to establish non-animal based safety assessments in all relevant legislation, in addition to cosmetics; regrets that there are still barriers to the use and acceptance of alternative (non-animal) test methods for regulatory purposes, partially linked to gaps in the available test guidelines4 , requests action to remedy this situation; invites the Commission to explore the potential of digital technologies in order to accelerate the development of predictive toxicology tools to support innovation;

_________________ _________________4 Findings of the Fitness Check of the most relevant chemicals legislation (excluding REACH) and identified challenges, gaps and weaknesses’ (COM(2019)264).

4 Findings of the Fitness Check of the most relevant chemicals legislation (excluding REACH) and identified challenges, gaps and weaknesses’ (COM(2019)264).

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10. Reiterates the need to minimise animal testing with the help of new approach methodologies and calls for increased efforts and funds to this end with the aim to establish fast, reliable and robust non-animal based safety assessments in all relevant legislation, in addition to cosmetics; regrets that there are still barriers to the use and acceptance of alternative (non-animal) test methods for regulatory purposes, partially linked to gaps in the available test guidelines4, requests action to remedy this situation; considers that best-available science should be used as a benchmark for the validation of new approach methods, rather than outdated animal models;



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10. Reiterates the need to minimise animal testing with the help of new approach methodologies and calls for increased efforts and funds to this end with aim to establish non-animal based safety assessments in all relevant legislation, in addition to cosmetics; regrets that there are still barriers to the use and acceptance of

10. Reiterates the need to minimise animal testing with the help of new approach methodologies and calls for increased efforts and funds to this end with aim to establish non-animal based safety assessments in all relevant legislation, in addition to cosmetics; regrets that there are still barriers to the use and acceptance of

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alternative (non-animal) test methods for regulatory purposes, partially linked to gaps in the available test guidelines4 , requests action to remedy this situation;

alternative (non-animal) test methods for regulatory purposes, partially linked to gaps in the available test guidelines4; requests therefore action to remedy this situation and invites the Commission to explore the potential of digital technologies to accelerate the development of predictive toxicology tools to support innovation;



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10. Reiterates the need to allow animal testing only when strictly necessary under an intelligent testing strategy and with the help of new approach methodologies and calls for increased efforts and funds to this end with aim to establish non-animal based safety assessments in all relevant legislation, in addition to cosmetics; regrets that there are still barriers to the use and acceptance of alternative (non-animal) test methods for regulatory purposes, partially linked to gaps in the available test guidelines4 , requests action to remedy this situation to guarantee a more efficient availability of data;



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Amendment 165Eleonora Evi, Daniela Rondinelli, Piernicola PediciniDraft motion for a resolutionParagraph 10



10. Reiterates the need to phase-out animal testing through expanded use of new approach methodologies and calls for increased efforts and funds to this end with aim to establish non-animal based safety assessments in all chemical safety legislation, as is in place for cosmetics; regrets that there are still barriers to the use and acceptance of non-animal (alternative) test methods for regulatory purposes, partially linked to factors such as gaps in the available test guidelines4and insufficient funding for the research and development of non-animal methods, requests action to remedy this situation;



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10. Reiterates the need to minimise animal testing with the help of new approach methodologies and calls for increased efforts and funds to this end with aim to establish non-animal based safety assessments in all relevant legislation, in addition to cosmetics; regrets that there are still barriers to the use and acceptance of alternative (non-animal) test methods for regulatory purposes, partially linked to gaps in the available test guidelines4 ,

10. Reiterates the need to phase out animal testing through expanded use of new approach methodologies and calls for increased efforts and funds to this end with aim to establish non-animal based safety assessments in all relevant legislation, as is in place for cosmetics; regrets that there are still barriers to the use and acceptance of alternative (non-animal) test methods for regulatory purposes, partially linked to factors such as gaps in the available test

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requests action to remedy this situation; guidelines4 and insufficient funding for the research and development of non-animal methods, requests action to remedy this situation;



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10. Reiterates the need to avoid unnecessary animal testing with the help of new approach methodologies and intelligent testing strategies and calls for increased efforts and funds to this end with aim to establish non-animal based safety assessments in all relevant legislation, in addition to cosmetics; regrets that there are still barriers to the use and acceptance of alternative (non-animal) test methods for regulatory purposes, partially linked to gaps in the available test guidelines4 , requests action to remedy this situation as this will allow for faster delivery of data;



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Amendment 168Martin Hojsík, Irena Joveva, Véronique Trillet-Lenoir, Pascal Canfin, Nicolae Ştefănuță, Michal WiezikDraft motion for a resolutionParagraph 10

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10. Reiterates the need to minimise animal testing with the help of new approach methodologies and calls for increased efforts and funds to this end with aim to establish non-animal based safety assessments in all relevant legislation, in addition to cosmetics; regrets that there are still barriers to the usefulness and acceptance of alternative (non-animal) test methods for regulatory purposes, partially linked to gaps in the available test guidelines4 , requests action to remedy this situation;



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10a. Underlines that although ongoing chemicalisation requires better and more far reaching testing, this does not mean more animal testing; Underlines that the bans on testing on animals set by the Cosmetics Regulation must not be compromised by activities conducted under other legislation such as REACH and that the wishes of the public and the European Parliament, with respect to the use of animals for chemical safety testing for cosmetics are upheld; stresses that EU has to raise its ambition and requirements for non-animal testing;

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Amendment 170

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Anja HazekampDraft motion for a resolutionParagraph 28 a (new)


28a. Underlines that the bans on testing on animals set by the Cosmetics Regulation must not be compromised by activities conducted under other legislation such as REACH and that the wishes of the public and the European Parliament, with respect to the use of animals for chemical safety testing for cosmetics are upheld;

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Amendment 171Anja HazekampDraft motion for a resolutionParagraph 10 a (new)


10a. Highlights the need to better understand and address impacts on the environment, biodiversity and eco-system resilience and to develop standard test and assessment methods that also focus on these long term, large scale and complex environmental effects; calls for increased research in this field, which should be independent and could be funded by applying the polluter pays principle by introducing additional application fees in all sectoral chemical applications for authorisation;

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Amendment 172Martin Hojsík, Frédérique Ries, Irena Joveva, Véronique Trillet-Lenoir, Pascal Canfin, Nicolae Ştefănuță, Michal WiezikDraft motion for a resolutionParagraph 11


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11. Considers that the strategy should extend the use of generic risk assessment across legislation;

11. Considers that the strategy should extend the scope and use of generic risk assessment across legislation including for additional hazard categories such as EDCs and PBTs substances and other pieces of legislation including FCM;

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11. Considers that the strategy should extend the scope and use of generic risk assessment across legislation, including for additional hazard categories such as EDCs and PBTs substances;

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11. Considers that the strategy should extend the use of generic risk assessment across legislation without prejudice to the application of the precautionary principle;

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sustainable substitution;

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11. Considers that the strategy should ensure a balance between the use of generic and specific risk assessment across legislation;

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11. Considers that the strategy should ensure a balance between the use of generic and specific risk assessment across legislation;

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11. Considers that the strategy should extend the use of risk-based assessment approaches across legislation;

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11. Considers that the strategy should extend the use of risk-based assessment approaches across legislation;

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11. Considers that the strategy should extend the use of risk assessment across legislation;

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12. Calls on the Commission to take all necessary action to ensure that combination effects are fully addressed across all relevant legislation, including the development of new test methods and the revision of data requirements, where necessary;

12. Calls on the Commission to take all necessary action to ensure that combination effects of chemicals and nano-forms of substances and the combined exposure to all hazardous chemicals from all sources are properly and consistently addressed across all relevant legislation, including the introduction of a mixture assessment factor and the development of new test methods and the revision of data requirements;

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12. Calls on the Commission to take all necessary action to ensure that combination effects are fully and consistently addressed across all relevant legislation, including by reducing exposure and, where necessary, the development of new test methods and the revision of data requirements, and in accordance with the methodologies that are jointly agreed across EU Agencies and in consultation with stakeholders;

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12. Calls on the Commission to take all necessary action to ensure that long-term effects, combination effects and effects of combined exposure are fully addressed across all relevant legislation, including the introduction of a mixture assessment factor3a, and where necessary the further development of guidance documents, new test methods and the revision of data requirements;

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12. Calls on the Commission to take all necessary action to ensure that combination effects are fully and consistently addressed across all relevant legislation, including the development of new test methods and the revision of data requirements, where necessary and according to methodologies agreed jointly across EU agencies and in consultation with stakeholders;

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12. Calls on the Commission to take all necessary action to ensure that combination effects are fully and consistently addressed across all relevant legislation, including the development of new test methods and the revision of data requirements, where necessary and based on methodologies mutually developed between and consistently employed across EU agencies;

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12. Calls on the Commission to take all necessary action to ensure that combination effects are fully addressed across all relevant legislation, including the development of new test methods and the revision of data requirements, where necessary and according to methodologies and guidelines agreed by EU agencies

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12. Calls on the Commission to take all necessary action to ensure that that the effects of multiple chemicals in combination, so called “cocktail effects”, are fully addressed across all relevant legislation, including the development of new high-quality, humane and high-throughput test methods and the revision of data requirements, where necessary;

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12. Calls on the Commission to take all necessary action to ensure that combination effects are fully addressed across all relevant legislation, including the development of new, high-quality, non-animal and high-throughput test methods and the revision of data requirements, where necessary;

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12. Calls on the Commission to take all necessary action to ensure that combination effects are fully addressed across all relevant legislation, including by reducing exposure and, where necessary, the development of new test methods and the revision of data requirements;

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12. Calls on the Commission to take all necessary action to ensure that the medium and long-term combination effects are fully addressed across all relevant legislation, including the development of new test methods and the revision of data requirements, where necessary;

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12. Calls on the Commission to take all necessary action to ensure that combination effects are fully and consistently addressed across all relevant legislation, including the development of new test methods and the revision of data requirements, where necessary;

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12. Calls on the Commission to take all necessary action to ensure that combination effects of chemicals are fully addressed across all relevant legislation, including the development of new test methods and the revision of data requirements, where necessary;

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Amendment 193Pascal CanfinDraft motion for a resolutionParagraph 13


13. Welcomes the ‘one substance – one hazard assessment’ principle in order to better use the resources of the Union’s agencies and scientific bodies, avoid duplication of efforts, reduce the risk of diverging outcomes of assessments, speed up and bring consistency to chemicals regulation, and to ensure enhanced health and environment protection and a level playing field for industry;

13. Underlines the need to reinforce cooperation and coordination between European evaluation agencies EFSA and ECHA together with national agencies, by developing common guidelines for risk assessment namely for biocidal and phytopharmaceutical products, which take into account the most recent scientific results, so as to avoid inconsistencies; Welcomes the ‘one substance – one hazard assessment’ principle in order to better use the resources of the Union’s agencies and scientific bodies, avoid duplication of efforts, reduce the risk of diverging outcomes of assessments, speed up and bring consistency to chemicals regulation, and to ensure enhanced health and environment protection and a level playing field for industry;

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13. Welcomes the ‘one substance – one hazard assessment’ principle in order to better use the resources of the Union’s agencies and scientific bodies, avoid duplication of efforts, reduce the risk of diverging outcomes of assessments, speed up and bring consistency to chemicals regulation, and to ensure enhanced health and environment protection and a level playing field for industry, while taking into account the special situation of SMEs;

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13. Welcomes the better use the resources of the Union’s agencies and scientific bodies, avoid duplication of efforts, reduce the risk of diverging outcomes of assessments, speed up and bring consistency to chemicals regulation, and to ensure enhanced health and environment protection and a level playing field for industry;

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13. Welcomes the ‘one substance – one hazard assessment’ principle in order to better use the resources of the Union’s agencies and scientific bodies, avoid

13. Welcomes the ‘one substance – one hazard assessment’ principle in order to better use the resources of the Union’s agencies and scientific bodies, avoid

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duplication of efforts, reduce the risk of diverging outcomes of assessments, speed up and bring consistency to chemicals regulation, and to ensure enhanced health and environment protection and a level playing field for industry;

duplication of efforts, including testing, reduce the risk of diverging outcomes of assessments, speed up and bring consistency to chemicals regulation, and to ensure enhanced health and environment protection and a level playing field for industry;

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13. Welcomes the ‘one substance – one hazard assessment’ principle in order to better use the resources of the Union’s agencies and scientific bodies, avoid duplication of efforts, reduce the risk of diverging outcomes of assessments, speed up and bring consistency and transparency to chemicals regulation, and to ensure enhanced health and environment protection and a level playing field for industry;

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13. Welcomes the ‘one substance – one assessment’ principle in order to better use the resources of the Union’s agencies and scientific bodies, avoid duplication of efforts, reduce the risk of diverging outcomes of assessments, speed up and bring consistency to chemicals regulation, and to ensure enhanced health and environment protection and a level playing field for industry;

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13. Welcomes the ‘one substance – one assessment’ principle in order to better use the resources of the Union’s agencies and scientific bodies, avoid duplication of efforts, reduce the risk of diverging outcomes of assessments, speed up and bring consistency to chemicals regulation, and to ensure enhanced health and environment protection and a level playing field for industry;

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Amendment 200Maria Spyraki, Petros Kokkalis, Nikos AndroulakisDraft motion for a resolutionParagraph 13 a (new)


13a. Calls the Commission to establish a fully connected and interoperable EU chemical safety database to facilitate seamless sharing of data between authorities and provide public access to researchers, regulators, industry and the citizen at large;

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function as a group; calls therefore on the Commission to rely on a grouping approach more widely both in evaluation and in subsequent regulatory actions, to avoid regrettable substitution; stresses that the ‘one substance – one hazard assessment’ approach should not contradict nor prevent the development of a grouping approach to assess families as a whole;

function as a group; calls therefore on the Commission to rely on a grouping approach more widely both in evaluation and in subsequent regulatory actions, to avoid regrettable substitution and to avoid testing on animals that may otherwise be required for substances considered in isolation; stresses that the ‘one substance – one hazard assessment’ approach should not contradict nor prevent the development of a grouping approach to assess families as a whole;

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Amendment 202Ondřej Knotek, Andreas GlückDraft motion for a resolutionParagraph 14


14. Stresses the need for a more integrated approach towards assessing chemicals with similar hazard, risk or function as a group; calls therefore on the Commission to rely on a grouping approach more widely both in evaluation and in subsequent regulatory actions, to avoid regrettable substitution; stresses that the ‘one substance – one hazard assessment’ approach should not contradict nor prevent the development of a grouping approach to assess families as a whole;

14. Stresses the need for a more integrated approach towards assessing chemicals with similar hazard, risk or function as a group; calls therefore on the Commission to rely on a science-based grouping approach more widely both in evaluation and in subsequent regulatory actions while taking into account other sustainability aspects to avoid regrettable substitution; stresses that the ‘one substance – one hazard assessment’ approach should not contradict nor prevent the development of a grouping approach to assess families as a whole;

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function as a group; calls therefore on the Commission to rely on a grouping approach more widely both in evaluation and in subsequent regulatory actions, to avoid regrettable substitution; stresses that the ‘one substance – one hazard assessment’ approach should not contradict nor prevent the development of a grouping approach to assess families as a whole;

function as a group; calls therefore on the Commission to rely on a grouping approach more widely both in evaluation and in subsequent regulatory actions, to avoid regrettable substitution; stresses that the ‘one substance – one assessment’ approach should not contradict nor prevent the development of a grouping approach to assess families as a whole;

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Amendment 204Martin Hojsík, Frédérique Ries, Irena Joveva, Véronique Trillet-Lenoir, Fredrick Federley, Nicolae Ştefănuță, Michal Wiezik, María Soraya Rodríguez RamosDraft motion for a resolutionParagraph 14 a (new)


14a. Calls on the Commission, with the support of ECHA, to provide a forum for analysing the benefits and drawbacks, as well as the feasibility of introducing a new scheme for testing chemicals, whereby safety studies would be conducted by certified laboratories/institutions, assigned within the framework of the regulatory process, with the costs covered by the applicants in order to respect burden of proof placed on the companies;

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15. Considers that regulatory measures are needed to protect vulnerable groups; calls on the Commission to adopt a cross-cutting definition of vulnerable groups, to adapt risk assessments and to align the protection of vulnerable groups throughout

15. Considers that regulatory measures are needed to protect vulnerable groups; calls on the Commission to adopt a cross-cutting definition of vulnerable groups, to adapt risk assessments and to align the protection of vulnerable groups throughout

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all chemical legislation; all chemical legislation, calls on the Commission to give particular attention to chemicals that accumulate and persist in bodies, those that are transmitted to children through pregnancy or breast milk, and chemicals that can have effects across generations;

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Amendment 206Ulrike Müller, Jan HuitemaDraft motion for a resolutionParagraph 15


15. Considers that regulatory measures are needed to protect vulnerable groups; calls on the Commission to adopt a cross-cutting definition of vulnerable groups, to adapt risk assessments and to align the protection of vulnerable groups throughout all chemical legislation;

15. Considers that regulatory measures are needed to protect vulnerable groups; calls on the Commission to assess the need for a cross-cutting definition of vulnerable groups and propose if appropriate, as well as to assess the need to adapt accordingly current scientific risk assessment approaches, e.g. based on derived no-effect levels (DNELs), in order to align the protection of vulnerable groups throughout all chemical legislation;

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15. Considers that regulatory measures are needed to protect vulnerable groups; calls on the Commission to adopt a cross-cutting definition of vulnerable groups, to adapt risk assessments and to align the protection of vulnerable groups throughout all chemical legislation; stresses that any reopening of the REACH regulation should be done within a clear, pre-established framework;

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15. Considers that regulatory measures are needed to protect vulnerable groups; calls on the Commission to adopt a cross-cutting definition of vulnerable groups, to adapt risk assessments, to ensure that relevant methodologies are mutually agreed upon and consistently employed across EU agencies and to align the protection of vulnerable groups throughout all chemical legislation;

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Amendment 209Maria Spyraki, Petros Kokkalis, Nikos AndroulakisDraft motion for a resolutionParagraph 15



15. Considers that regulatory measures are needed to protect vulnerable groups; calls on the Commission to adopt a cross-cutting definition of vulnerable groups, to adapt risk assessments, to ensure methodologies are common across EU agencies and to align the protection of vulnerable groups throughout all chemical legislation;

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15. Considers that regulatory measures are needed to protect vulnerable groups; calls on the Commission to adopt a cross-cutting definition of vulnerable groups, to adapt risk assessments, to ensure common methodologies across EU agencies and to align the protection of vulnerable groups throughout all chemical legislation;

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15. Considers that regulatory measures are needed to protect vulnerable groups; calls on the Commission to adopt a cross-cutting definition of vulnerable groups, to adapt risk assessments and to align the protection of vulnerable groups throughout all chemical legislation, leading to the most stringent protection regime;

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15. Considers that regulatory measures are needed to protect vulnerable groups such as elderly people or children; calls on the Commission to adopt a cross-cutting definition of vulnerable groups, to adapt risk assessments and to align the protection of vulnerable groups throughout all chemical legislation;

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15. Considers that regulatory measures are needed to protect vulnerable groups; calls on the Commission to adopt a cross-cutting definition of vulnerable groups, to adapt medium and long-term risk assessments and to align the protection of vulnerable groups throughout all chemical legislation;

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15. Considers that regulatory measures are needed to protect vulnerable groups; calls on the Commission to adopt a cross-cutting definition of vulnerable groups, to adapt risk assessments where necessary and to align the protection of vulnerable groups throughout all chemical legislation;

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15a. Highlights the need to develop an effective mechanism to coordinate the protection of vulnerable groups such as children and pregnant and breastfeeding women, for example by introducing consistent risk management requirements into relevant pieces of EU legislation

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regarding substances of concern, including neurotoxins and endocrine disruptors;

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Amendment 216Frédérique Ries, Véronique Trillet-Lenoir, Fredrick Federley, Susana Solís Pérez, María Soraya Rodríguez Ramos, Nicolae Ştefănuță, Martin Hojsík, Pascal CanfinDraft motion for a resolutionParagraph 15 a (new)


15a. Stresses the need to provide clear and understandable information about chemical substances to citizens, workers and businesses in all languages of the EU as well as the need to increase transparency and traceability throughout the supply chain;

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16. Calls for the strategy to improve the implementation of REACH, with regard to registration, evaluation and authorisation; reiterates the principle of ‘no data, no market’; calls for ensuring the mandatory updating of registration dossiers, based on latest available science; calls for transparency with regard to the compliance with registration obligations, and for giving explicit power to ECHA to withdraw registration numbers in case of continued non-compliance;

16. Calls for the strategy to improve the implementation of REACH, with regard to registration, evaluation and authorisation and provide clarity with its interface between the OSH and CLP frameworks; reiterates the principle of ‘no data, no market’; calls for ensuring the mandatory updating of registration dossiers, based on latest available science; calls for transparency with regard to the compliance with registration obligations, and for giving explicit power to ECHA to withdraw registration numbers in case of continued non-compliance with any requirement; highlights the importance of programmes between ECHA and the industry in a voluntary basis in order to improve registration dossiers and resolve

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outstanding methodological issues; calls the Commission to promote a framework encouraging such programmes;

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16. Calls for the strategy to significantly improve the implementation of REACH, with regard to registration, evaluation, authorisation and restriction; reiterates the principle of ‘no data, no market’; insists that all registrations of substances have to be compliant by the end of 2021 at the latest; calls for ensuring the mandatory updating of registration dossiers, based on latest available science, so that registrations stay compliant; calls for transparency with regard to the compliance with registration obligations, and for giving explicit power to ECHA to withdraw registration numbers in case of continued non-compliance;

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16. Calls for the strategy to improve the implementation of REACH, with regard to registration, evaluation and authorisation; reiterates the principle of ‘no data, no market’; calls for ensuring the mandatory updating of registration dossiers, based on latest available science; calls for transparency with regard to the compliance

16. Calls for the strategy to improve the implementation of REACH, with regard to registration, evaluation and authorisation; reiterates the principle of ‘no data, no market’; calls for ensuring the mandatory updating of registration dossiers, based on latest available science; calls for transparency with regard to the compliance

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with registration obligations, and for giving explicit power to ECHA to withdraw registration numbers in case of continued non-compliance;

with registration obligations, and for giving explicit power to ECHA to withdraw registration numbers in case of continued non-compliance with any requirement;

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16. Calls for the strategy to improve the implementation of REACH, with regard to registration, evaluation, restriction and authorisation; reiterates the principle of ‘no data, no market’; calls for ensuring the mandatory updating of registration dossiers, based on latest available science; calls for transparency with regard to the compliance with registration obligations, and for giving explicit power to ECHA to withdraw registration numbers in case of continued non-compliance;

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16a. Calls on the Commission to improve the restriction procedure, notably by applying the precautionary principle, by clearly identifying and stating the scientific uncertainties of the risk assessment, time to generate missing information as well as assessing the environmental health consequences of the different risk management options and by finally accounting the costs of inaction; calls on the Commission to

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increase the level of scientific evidence required from the industry in order to grant derogations to proposed restriction and to use registration dossiers to identify risks that are not adequately controlled;

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16a. Calls on the Commission, Member States and ECHA to cooperate to include all relevant currently known substances of very high concern on the candidate list by the end of this year, as committed to by former Commission Vice-President Tajani and Commissioner Potočnik in 2010 and as reconfirmed in a Commission roadmap of 20132a;

_________________2ahttps://register.consilium.europa.eu/doc/srv?l=EN&f=ST%205867%202013%20INIT

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16a. Asks the Commissions to make a legislative proposal extending the obligation to perform a chemical safety assessment to substances manufactured or imported in quantities of less than 10 tonnes per year and updating the information requirements relating to registration of such accordingly;

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Amendment 224Sirpa PietikäinenDraft motion for a resolutionParagraph 16 b (new)


16b. Calls for the systematic introduction of REACH restrictions on the placing on the market and use of all substances of high concern for use by consumers on their own or in mixtures consist with existing practice for substances which are carcinogenic, mutagenic or toxic to reproduction, category 1A or 1B;

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16b. Calls on the Commission to properly apply REACH in line with the Judgment of 7 March 2019 in case T-837/16 (Sweden vs. Commission on lead chromates);

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Amendment 226Sven GiegoldDraft motion for a resolutionParagraph 16 c (new)


16c. Calls on the Commission to respect the deadlines laid down in REACH, in particular with regard to decisions related to authorisation or restriction;

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Amendment 227Sirpa PietikäinenDraft motion for a resolutionParagraph 16 c (new)


16c. Considers that the burden of proof for the safety of a chemical or substance is on the producer;

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Amendment 228Sven GiegoldDraft motion for a resolutionParagraph 16 d (new)


16d. Stresses the importance of requiring that applications for authorisation are sufficiently precise with regard to the uses of the substance concerned so as to be able to identify the existence, or absence, of suitable alternatives;

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Amendment 229Sven GiegoldDraft motion for a resolutionParagraph 16 e (new)


16e. Stresses the importance of requiring that applications for authorisation are also sufficiently precise with regard to the exposure to the substance concerned so as to be able to properly assess the risk and to take adequate risk management measures, in particular for workers;

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Amendment 230Sven GiegoldDraft motion for a resolutionParagraph 16 f (new)


16f. Calls for improving the restriction procedure by the grouping of substances and by clearly identifying and stating the scientific uncertainties of the risk assessment, the time to generate missing information and by considering the costs of inaction; calls to increase the level of evidence for derogations to proposed restriction;

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Amendment 231Sven GiegoldDraft motion for a resolutionParagraph 16 g (new)


16g. Calls on ECHA to make publicly available the toxicological and ecotoxicological studies that are submitted by registrants and applicants;

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Amendment 232Sven GiegoldDraft motion for a resolutionParagraph 16 h (new)


16h. Considers furthermore that REACH needs to be strengthened by including the registration of all polymers, by strengthening information requirements on toxicological properties and on uses and exposure, inter alia by requiring a chemical safety report also for substances between 1 and 10 tonnes;

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Amendment 233Sven GiegoldDraft motion for a resolutionParagraph 16 i (new)


16i. Calls on the Commission to propose extending the scope of the fast-track procedure under Article 68(2) of REACH related to consumer use to all substances of very high concern;

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17. Considers that the evaluation of substances needs both to improve and speed-up;

17. Considers that the evaluation of substances and the resulting risk management needs both to improve and speed-up in general, and in particular with regard to the identification of carcinogenic substances in light of the Commission’s commitment to fight cancer;

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Amendment 235Cindy Franssen, Michal WiezikDraft motion for a resolutionParagraph 17



17. Considers that the evaluation of substances needs both to improve and speed-up; stresses the added value of a grouping approach for chemicals with similar characteristics in this regard;

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17. Considers that the evaluation of substances needs both to improve and speed-up, taking into account the available robust, sound scientific evidence on the substances;

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17. Considers that the evaluation of substances needs both to improve and speed-up taking into account the available robust, sound scientific evidence on the substances;

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17. Considers that the evaluation of substances needs both to improve and speed-up, through the generation of better quality, meaningful non-animal test data;

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17. Considers that the evaluation of substances needs both to improve and speed-up, without compromising quality criteria in the evaluation methodologies;

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17. Considers that the evaluation of substances needs both to improve and speed-up following common methodologies across EU agencies;

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17. Considers that the evaluation of substances needs to adapt to the requirements of a developing market and to improve and speed-up;

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Amendment 242Martin Hojsík, Frédérique Ries, Véronique Trillet-Lenoir, Irena Joveva, Catherine Chabaud, Pascal Canfin, Nicolae Ştefănuță, Michal Wiezik, María Soraya Rodríguez RamosDraft motion for a resolutionParagraph 17


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17. Considers that the evaluation and risk management of substances needs both to improve and speed-up;

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17. Considers that the evaluation and risk management of substances needs both to improve and speed-up;

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17. Considers that the evaluation and reassessment of substances needs both to improve and speed-up;

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17a. Calls on the Commission to improve tests covering endocrine disruptors modalities and endpoints; while important tests are carried out (e.g. in the area of reproduction, effects on the thyroid hormone system), many of these tests have a low sensitivity and sometimes high variability which makes their impact rather limited;

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Amendment 246Martin Hojsík, Frédérique Ries, Irena Joveva, Véronique Trillet-Lenoir, Cindy Franssen, Pascal Canfin, Nicolae Ştefănuță, Michal WiezikDraft motion for a resolutionParagraph 18


18. Asks the Commission and the Member States to refrain from authorising substances and approving products with incomplete data sets about health and environment hazards;

18. Stresses that all registration dossiers should be compliant with the chemicals legislation; Asks the Commission and the Member States to refrain from authorising substances and approving products with incomplete data sets about health and environment hazards, or if applicant is not able to demonstrate non-existence of suitable alternatives, where this is prerequisite for authorisation18a;

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18. Asks the Commission and the Member States to refrain from authorising substances and approving products with incomplete data sets about health and environment hazards or for which applicants have not been able to demonstrate the lack of suitable alternatives; considers that incomplete dossiers under REACH should automatically trigger not granting authorisation for the requested

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substances;

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18. Asks the Commission and the Member States to refrain from authorising substances and approving products with incomplete data sets about health and environment hazards, or for which applicants have not been able to demonstrate the lack of suitable alternatives, where this is a requirement for granting an authorisation;

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18. Asks the Commission and the Member States to refrain from authorising substances and approving products with incomplete data sets about health and environment hazards or based on methodologies with no grounding in science;

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18. Asks the Commission and the Member States to refrain from authorising

18. Asks the Commission and the Member States to refrain from authorising

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substances and approving products with incomplete data sets about health and environment hazards;

substances and approving products where gaps in datasets about health and environment hazards and exposure do not allow a sufficient risk assessment;

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18. Asks the Commission and the Member States not to authorise substances and approve products with incomplete data sets about health and environment hazards;

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Amendment 252Maria Arena, Sara Cerdas, Eric Andrieu, Delara Burkhardt, Günther SidlDraft motion for a resolutionParagraph 18 a (new)


18a. Calls on the Commission for the current practice of industry testing its own products to be replaced with a fully independent scheme, free of conflict of interest, enabling that safety testing of all chemicals is carried out by independent laboratories, funded by industry-supplied fees while being managed by public authorities;

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Amendment 253Martin Hojsík, Frédérique Ries, Irena Joveva, Véronique Trillet-Lenoir, Pascal Canfin, Nicolae Ştefănuță, Michal WiezikDraft motion for a resolutionParagraph 18 a (new)


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18a. Calls for improving chemicals data by requiring chemical safety report for substances between 1-10 tonnes under REACH;

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18b. Calls on the Commission to ensure that independent peer-reviewed scientific literature is fully considered and given an equal weight with Good Laboratory Practice (GLP) regulatory studies in the risk assessment process of all chemicals; highlights that this is an effective way to contribute to the reduction of unnecessary animal testing;

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Amendment 255Martin Hojsík, Frédérique Ries, Irena Joveva, Véronique Trillet-Lenoir, Pascal Canfin, Nicolae Ştefănuță, Michal WiezikDraft motion for a resolutionParagraph 18 b (new)


18b. Calls for clarifying the provisions concerning the registration of chemicals for intermediate uses under REACH, to apply only when the intermediate is transformed into another registered substance, as well as ensuring systematic control of full compliance with REACH;

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Amendment 256Monika BeňováDraft motion for a resolution

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19. Calls on the Commission to enable fast, efficient and transparent regulatory control of harmful chemicals, and to develop and implement an early warning system to identify new and emerging risks so as to ensure a rapid regulatory follow-up upstream;

19. Calls on the Commission to enable fast, efficient and transparent regulatory control of harmful chemicals, and to develop and implement an early warning system to identify new and emerging risks so as to ensure a rapid regulatory follow-up upstream and quickly reduce the overall exposure;

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19a. Considers that increased transparency on procedures as well as chemicals’ properties is a way to achieve a higher level of protection of human health and the environment; highlights that transparency on registrants’ compliance, production volume of chemicals, full study reports to justify the reliability of Robust Study Summary (RSS), mapping of the production and use of substances of very high concern must improve;

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19a. Calls on the Commission to revise the Mercury Regulation (EU) 2017/852 in order to move towards a Mercury-free society and phase out the use of dental

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20. Stresses that the legislation on food contact materials should be revised;

20. Stresses that the legislation on food contact materials should be revised to achieve a coherent, protective approach to the safety of materials and products that come into contact with food in line with CLP and REACH; insists in particular on the need for comprehensive, harmonised regulation of all food contact materials based on the principle of ‘no data, no market’, effective enforcement and improved information to consumers1a; calls for a ban of substances of very high concern in food contact materials;

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20. Stresses that the legislation on food contact materials should be revised, calls on the Commission to come forward with harmonised EU rules in order to minimise the presence of harmful chemicals in all types of FCMs (e.g. paper and board, varnishes and coatings, metals and alloys, printing inks and adhesives), to collect adequate safety data, and to

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guarantee comprehensive safety assessments addressing all relevant safety and health endpoints and based on the latest scientific data for all chemicals used in FCMs;

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20. Stresses that the legislation on food contact materials should be revised to achieve a coherent, protective approach to the safety of materials and products that come into contact with food; insists in particular on the need for comprehensive, harmonised regulation of all food contact materials based on the precautionary principle in combination with the principle of ‘no data, no market’, effective enforcement and improved information to consumers;

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20. Stresses that the legislation on food contact materials should be revised and that all food contact materials and known and emerging hazards therein should be regulated on EU level; suggests a swift inventory of the best practices of FCM regulation on Member States level, including national measures to tackle exposure to endocrine disruptors and fluorocarbons;

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20. Stresses that the legislation on food contact materials should be revised and adapted to new generations of packaging placed on the market following the plastics ban;

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20. Stresses that the legislation on food contact materials should be revised in order to further decrease the risk of release of potentially harmful constituents into food;

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20. Stresses that the legislation on food contact materials should be revised and better aligned with the CLP Regulation and REACH;

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20. Stresses that the legislation on food contact materials should be revised and better aligned with the CLP Regulation and REACH;

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20a. Calls on the Commissions to ensure a proper linkage between the revision of FCMs regulation, and the forthcoming Farm to Fork Strategy and the Plan on Beating Cancer;

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Amendment 268Frédérique Ries, Véronique Trillet-Lenoir, Ulrike Müller, Susana Solís Pérez, María Soraya Rodríguez Ramos, Martin Hojsík, Pascal CanfinDraft motion for a resolutionParagraph 21


21. Is worried by the many inconsistencies in the Union legislation concerning PBTs/vPvBs as identified in the Fitness check; calls on the Commission to come up with a clear action plan and legislative proposals on how to address all persistent, bioaccumulative and toxic, as well as very persistent and very bioaccumulative, and persistent and mobile chemicals, across all relevant legislation and environmental media, including the action plan to phase-out all non-essential use of perfluoroalkylated substances

21. Is worried by the many inconsistencies in the Union legislation concerning PBTs/vPvBs as identified in the Fitness check; calls on the Commission to come up with a clear action plan and legislative proposals on how to address all persistent, bioaccumulative and toxic, as well as very persistent and very bioaccumulative, and persistent and mobile chemicals, across all relevant legislation and environmental media;

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(PFAS) as part of the chemicals strategy for sustainability;

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21. Is worried by the many inconsistencies in the Union legislation concerning PBTs/vPvBs as identified in the Fitness check; calls on the Commission to come up with a clear action plan and legislative proposals on how to address all persistent, bioaccumulative and toxic, as well as very persistent and very bioaccumulative, and persistent and mobile chemicals, across all relevant legislation and environmental media, including the action plan to phase-out all non-essential use of perfluoroalkylated substances (PFAS) as part of the chemicals strategy for sustainability;

21. Is worried by the many inconsistencies in the Union legislation concerning PBTs/vPvBs as identified in the Fitness check; calls on the Commission to come up with a clear action plan and, if necessary, legislative proposals on how to address all persistent, bioaccumulative and toxic, as well as very persistent and very bioaccumulative, and persistent and mobile substances, based on scientific knowledge and within the established frameworks, while considering all relevant legislation and environmental media, including the action plan to phase-out all non-essential use of perfluoroalkylated substances (PFAS) as part of the chemicals strategy for sustainability;

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21. Is worried by the many inconsistencies in the Union legislation concerning PBTs/vPvBs as identified in the Fitness check; calls on the Commission to come up with a clear action plan and legislative proposals on how to address all persistent, bioaccumulative and toxic, as well as very persistent and very bioaccumulative, and persistent and mobile chemicals, across all relevant legislation

21. Is worried by the many inconsistencies in the Union legislation concerning PBTs/vPvBs as identified in the Fitness check; calls on the Commission to come up with a clear action plan and, if necessary, based on impact assessments and scientific knowledge, with legislative proposals on how to address all persistent, bioaccumulative and toxic, as well as very persistent and very bioaccumulative, and

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and environmental media, including the action plan to phase-out all non-essential use of perfluoroalkylated substances (PFAS) as part of the chemicals strategy for sustainability;

persistent and mobile chemicals, while considering all relevant legislation and environmental media, including the action plan to phase-out all non-essential use of perfluoroalkylated substances (PFAS) as part of the chemicals strategy for sustainability;

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21. Is worried by the many inconsistencies in the Union legislation concerning PBTs/vPvBs as identified in the Fitness check; calls on the Commission to come up with a clear action plan and legislative proposals on how to address all persistent, bioaccumulative and toxic, as well as very persistent and very bioaccumulative, and persistent and mobile chemicals, across all relevant legislation and environmental media, including the action plan to phase-out all non-essential use of perfluoroalkylated substances (PFAS) as part of the chemicals strategy for sustainability;

21. Is worried by the many inconsistencies in the Union legislation concerning PBTs/vPvBs as identified in the Fitness check; calls on the Commission to come up with a clear action plan and, if necessary, science-based legislative proposals within the existing regulatory environment on how to address all persistent, bioaccumulative and toxic, as well as very persistent and very bioaccumulative, and persistent and mobile chemicals, across all relevant legislation and environmental media, including the action plan to phase-out all non-essential use of perfluoroalkylated substances (PFAS) as part of the chemicals strategy for sustainability;

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21. Is worried by the many inconsistencies in the Union legislation concerning PBTs/vPvBs as identified in the Fitness check; calls on the Commission to

21. Is worried by the many inconsistencies in the Union legislation concerning PBTs/vPvBs as identified in the Fitness check; calls on the Commission to

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come up with a clear action plan and legislative proposals on how to address all persistent, bioaccumulative and toxic, as well as very persistent and very bioaccumulative, and persistent and mobile chemicals, across all relevant legislation and environmental media, including the action plan to phase-out all non-essential use of perfluoroalkylated substances (PFAS) as part of the chemicals strategy for sustainability;

come up with a clear action plan and legislative proposals on how to address all persistent, bioaccumulative and toxic, as well as very persistent and very bioaccumulative, and persistent and mobile substances, based on scientific knowledge, across all relevant legislation and environmental media, including the action plan to phase-out all non-essential use of perfluoroalkylated substances (PFAS) as part of the chemicals strategy for sustainability;

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Amendment 273Frédérique Ries, Véronique Trillet-Lenoir, Ulrike Müller, Susana Solís Pérez, María Soraya Rodríguez Ramos, Martin Hojsík, Pascal CanfinDraft motion for a resolutionParagraph 21 a (new)


21a. Urges the Commission to set firm deadlines in the action plan on perfluoroalkylated substances (PFAS) to ensure a speedy phase-out of all non-essential uses of PFAS, as well as to accelerate the development of safe and non-persistent alternatives to all uses of PFAS as part of the chemicals strategy for sustainability;

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Amendment 274Martin Hojsík, Frédérique Ries, Véronique Trillet-Lenoir, Irena Joveva, Pascal Canfin, Nicolae Ştefănuță, Michal WiezikDraft motion for a resolutionParagraph 21 a (new)


21a. Calls on the Commission to initiate a policy-level dialogue, with the appropriate scientific-technical input, in view of defining the concept of and criteria for “essential” use of chemicals in order to speed up phasing out SVHCs

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or trigger non-approval of non-essential uses of substances of concern under REACH;

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21a. Considers that substances that are persistent, mobile and toxic or very persistent and very mobile should be added to the list of substances of very high concern under REACH;

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Amendment 276Martin Hojsík, Frédérique Ries, Véronique Trillet-Lenoir, Irena Joveva, Pascal Canfin, Nicolae Ştefănuță, Michal WiezikDraft motion for a resolutionParagraph 21 b (new)


21b. Believes that substances that are persistent, mobile and toxic (PMT) or very persistent and very mobile (vPvM) should be added to the REACH list of substances of very high concern;

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21b. Considers furthermore that substances that are neurotoxic or immunotoxic should be seen as being of equivalent concern to substances of very

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22. Reaffirms its calls of 18 April 2019 for a comprehensive Union framework on endocrine disruptors (EDCs), in particular to adopt a horizontal definition based on the WHO definition for suspected EDCs, as well as for known and presumed EDCs in line with the classification of CMRs in the CLP Regulation, revise data requirements accordingly, effectively minimise overall exposure of humans and the environment to EDCs, make legislative proposals to insert specific provisions on EDCs into the legislation on toys and cosmetics to treat EDCs like substances that are carcinogenic, mutagenic or toxic for reproduction and to revise legislation on food contact materials to substitute EDCs;

22. Reaffirms its calls of 18 April 2019 for a comprehensive Union framework on endocrine disruptors (EDCs), in particular to adopt a horizontal definition based on the WHO definition, including known, presumed and suspected EDCs in line with the classification of CMRs in the CLP Regulation; recognise that EDCs are a class of chemicals that is of equivalent concern to substances classified as carcinogenic, mutagenic or toxic for reproduction (CMR substances), and should therefore be treated identically in Union legislation; revise data requirements accordingly; effectively minimise overall exposure of humans and the environment to EDCs; make legislative proposals to insert specific provisions on EDCs into the legislation on toys, cosmetics, and workers’ protection; to revise legislation on food contact materials to eliminate EDCs; and to ensure that the mixture effects and combined exposures of EDCs are taken into account in their assessment;

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22. Reaffirms its calls of 18 April 2019 for a comprehensive Union framework on

22. Reaffirms its calls of 18 April 2019 for a comprehensive Union framework on

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endocrine disruptors (EDCs), in particular to adopt a horizontal definition based on the WHO definition for suspected EDCs, as well as for known and presumed EDCs in line with the classification of CMRs in the CLP Regulation, revise data requirements accordingly, effectively minimise overall exposure of humans and the environment to EDCs, make legislative proposals to insert specific provisions on EDCs into the legislation on toys and cosmetics to treat EDCs like substances that are carcinogenic, mutagenic or toxic for reproduction and to revise legislation on food contact materials to substitute EDCs;

endocrine disruptors (EDCs), in particular to adopt a horizontal definition based on the WHO definition for suspected EDCs, as well as for known and presumed EDCs in line with the classification of CMRs in the CLP Regulation, revise data requirements accordingly, effectively minimise overall exposure of humans and the environment to EDCs through the implementation of real-world exposure-led regulatory strategies, make legislative proposals to insert specific provisions on EDCs into the legislation on toys and cosmetics to treat EDCs like substances that are carcinogenic, mutagenic or toxic for reproduction and to revise legislation on food contact materials to substitute EDCs;

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22. Reaffirms its calls of 18 April 2019 for a comprehensive Union framework on endocrine disruptors (EDCs), in particular to adopt a horizontal definition based on the WHO definition for suspected EDCs, as well as for known and presumed EDCs in line with the classification of CMRs in the CLP Regulation, revise data requirements accordingly, effectively minimise overall exposure of humans and the environment to EDCs, make legislative proposals to insert specific provisions on EDCs into the legislation on toys, food contact materials and cosmetics to treat EDCs like substances that are carcinogenic, mutagenic or toxic for reproduction and to revise all relevant legislation, including legislation on food contact materials to substitute EDCs;

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22. Reaffirms its calls of 18 April 2019 for a comprehensive Union framework on endocrine disruptors (EDCs), in particular to adopt a horizontal definition based on the WHO definition for EDCs in line with the classification of CMRs in the CLP Regulation, revise data requirements accordingly, effectively minimise overall exposure of humans and the environment to EDCs, make legislative proposals to insert application-specific provisions on EDCs into the legislation on toys and cosmetics to treat EDCs like substances that are carcinogenic, mutagenic or toxic for reproduction and to revise legislation on food contact materials to substitute EDCs;

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22. Reaffirms its calls of 18 April 2019 for a comprehensive Union framework on endocrine disruptors (EDCs), in particular to adopt a horizontal definition based on the WHO definition for suspected EDCs, as well as for known and presumed EDCs in line with the classification of CMRs in the CLP Regulation, revise data requirements accordingly, effectively minimise overall exposure of humans and the environment to EDCs, make legislative proposals to insert specific provisions on

22. Reaffirms its calls of 18 April 2019 for a comprehensive Union framework on endocrine disruptors (EDCs), in particular to adopt a horizontal definition based on the WHO definition for known and presumed EDCs in line with the classification of CMRs in the CLP Regulation, revise data requirements accordingly, effectively minimise overall exposure of humans and the environment to EDCs, make legislative proposals to insert specific provisions on EDCs into the

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EDCs into the legislation on toys and cosmetics to treat EDCs like substances that are carcinogenic, mutagenic or toxic for reproduction and to revise legislation on food contact materials to substitute EDCs;

legislation on toys and cosmetics to treat EDCs like substances that are carcinogenic, mutagenic or toxic for reproduction and to revise legislation on food contact materials to substitute EDCs;

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22a. Calls on the Commission to make a legislative proposal to include substances that are toxic for reproduction within the scope of the Directive 2004/37/EC on carcinogens and mutagens at work to align it with the way CMRs are treated in other EU chemicals legislation so as to better protect workers from work-related reproductive disorders;

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23. Reaffirms its call of 14 March 2013 that EDCs should be regarded as non-threshold substances;

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that EDCs should be regarded as non-threshold substances;

that testing methods and guidance documents should be developed so as to take better account of endocrine disrupters, possible low-dose effects, combination effects and non-monotonic dose-response relationships, in particular with regard to critical windows of exposure during development; stresses that EDCs should be regarded as non-threshold substances unless an applicant can scientifically demonstrate a safe threshold for certain uses;

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23. Reaffirms its call of 14 March 2013 that EDCs should be regarded as non-threshold substances; Emphasises that, by definition, a non-threshold substance creates a potential risk at any level of exposure, points out that therefore there is no such thing as a ‘negligible level of exposure’ to these substances, calls on the Commission to amend all EU chemical legislation accordingly to effectively halt the exposure of humans to these hazardous substances;

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23. Reaffirms its call of 14 March 2013 that EDCs should be regarded as non-threshold substances, unless a threshold can be scientifically established;

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23. Reaffirms its call of 14 March 2013 that EDCs should be regarded as non-threshold substances unless a threshold can be established scientifically;

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23a. Calls for the strategy to include measures to reduce the unrealistically high level of evidence that is required to classify a substance as an EDC, as laid out in the Guidance for the identification of endocrine disruptors in the context of Regulations (EU) No 528/2012 and (EC) No 1107/2009;

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23a. Calls on the Commission to rapidly phase out EDCs in all consumers-products, food and food-contact materials;

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23b. Calls on the Commission to include substances that are toxic for reproduction within the scope of the Carcinogens and Mutagens Directive (Directive 2004/37/EC) to better protect workers from reproductive disorders at work, align the way CMRs are treated in workers’ protection legislation with the way this group of substances is treated in all other EU chemicals legislation (e.g. REACH, biocides, pesticides, cosmetics, etc.) and ensure that the more stringent provisions of the Carcinogens and Mutagens Directive are applied to the numerous EDCs co-identified as substances toxic for reproduction;

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24. Calls on the Commission to introduce new hazard classes in the CLP Regulation (e.g. for EDCs);

24. Calls on the Commission to propose the introduction of new hazard classes in the CLP Regulation (e.g. for EDCs) and to promote the harmonisation of the criteria for classification and labelling of persistent, bioaccumulative and toxic (PBT) and very persistent and very bioaccumulative (vPvB) substances at the level of the UN;

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24. Calls on the Commission to introduce new hazard classes in the CLP Regulation; demands the direct inclusion of endocrine disruptors as a separate classification in the CLP Regulation, in line with the classification of CMR substances and based on a horizontal definition of EDCs;

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24. Calls on the Commission to proceed with the implementation of the Fitness Check recommendations on Endocrine Disruptors; in particular, the Commission should consider introducing criteria under REACH in combination with new hazard classes in the CLP Regulation (e.g. for EDCs);

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24. Calls on the Commission to introduce new hazard classes in the CLP Regulation (e.g. for EDCs, terrestrial toxicity, neurotoxicity, immunotoxicity, persistent bioaccumulative and toxic substances, and very persistent very bioaccumulative substances);

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24. Calls on the Commission to rapidly implement the recommendations of the Fitness Check on Endocrine Disruptors and to introduce criteria under REACH and new hazard classes in the CLP Regulation (e.g. for EDCs);

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24. Calls on the Commission to introduce new hazard classes in the CLP Regulation (e.g. for EDCs, PBTs and vPvBs, persistent, mobile and toxic substances and very persistent and very mobile substances);

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24. Calls on the Commission to make efforts at global level to introduce new hazard classes in the Globally Harmonised System and subsequently in the CLP Regulation (e.g. for EDCs);

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24. Calls on the Commission to strive for a multilaterally agreed upon approach for adapting the UN Globally Harmonised System (GHS) with regards to hazard classes;

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Amendment 300Maria Spyraki, Nikos AndroulakisDraft motion for a resolutionParagraph 24 a(new)


24a. Calls on the Commission to prioritise the identification and regulation of chemicals of concern, such as CMRs and EDCs, also in its Europe Beating Cancer Plan, especially also for worker protection, as according to the EU-OSHA, cancer causes 52% of all work-related deaths in the EU 1a;

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Amendment 301Martin Hojsík, Frédérique Ries, Véronique Trillet-Lenoir, Irena Joveva, Cindy Franssen, Pascal Canfin, Nicolae Ştefănuță, Michal WiezikDraft motion for a resolutionParagraph 24 a (new)


24a. Calls on the Commission to

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prioritise the identification and regulation of chemicals of concern, such as CMRs and EDCs, also in its Europe Beating Cancer Plan, especially also for worker protection, as according to the EU-OSHA cancer causes 52% of all work-related deaths in the EU24a;

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24a. Recalls the commitment of the Union to ensure the safety of manufactured nanomaterials and materials with similar properties pursuant to the Seventh Environment Action Programme and reaffirms its calls of 24 April 2009 for a revision of all relevant legislation to ensure safety for all applications of nanomaterials in products with potential health, environmental or safety impacts over their life cycle and to develop adequate tests to assess the hazards of and exposure to nanomaterials over their entire life-cycle;

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24a. Urges the Commission to ensure a high level of public health and environmental protection by minimising

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exposure to endocrine disruptors and encouraging the use of safer chemical substitutes and to draw up a clear and specific action plan to that end;

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24a. Calls on the Commission to revise the EU Ecolabel Regulation accordingly to ensure policy coherence, so that the EU Ecolabel may not be awarded to goods containing substances or mixtures that meet the new EDC criteria under the CLP Regulation;

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25. Stresses that the chemicals strategy for sustainability should improve the assessment of complex substances (e.g. substances of unknown or variable composition (UVCBs)) and registration of polymers, notably by supporting ECHA to develop further the solutions already put in place (e.g. Substance Identity Profile); calls for the development of specific methods to assess this type of substances which allow for a solid scientific based approach and are practically applicable;

25. Stresses that the chemicals strategy for sustainability should improve the assessment of complex substances (e.g. substances of unknown or variable composition (UVCBs)) and mandate the registration of all polymers as well as that of all low volume chemicals, including nanomaterials, notably by supporting ECHA to develop further the solutions already put in place (e.g. Substance Identity Profile); calls for the development of specific methods to assess this type of substances which allow for a solid scientific based approach and are practically applicable;

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25. Stresses that the chemicals strategy for sustainability should introduce the registration of polymers, extend the registration requirement to all low volume chemicals, and improve the assessment of complex substances (e.g. substances of unknown or variable composition (UVCBs)), notably by supporting ECHA to develop further the solutions already put in place (e.g. Substance Identity Profile); calls for the development of specific methods to assess this type of substances which allow for a solid scientific based approach and are practically applicable;

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25. Stresses that the chemicals strategy for sustainability should improve the assessment of complex substances (e.g. substances of unknown or variable composition (UVCBs)); calls for the development of specific methods to assess this type of substances which allow for a solid scientific based approach and are practically applicable; Stresses that the registration of UVCBs should be done separately from the registration of polymers by supporting ECHA to develop further the solutions already put in place (e.g. Substance IdentityProfile);

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25. Stresses that the chemicals strategy for sustainability should improve the assessment of complex substances (e.g. substances of unknown or variable composition (UVCBs)) and registration of polymers, notably by supporting ECHA to develop further the solutions already put in place (e.g. Substance Identity Profile); calls for the development of specific methods to assess this type of substances, with a strong focus on humane, non-animal test methods, which allow for a solid scientific based approach and are practically applicable;

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25. Stresses that the chemicals strategy for sustainability should improve the assessment of complex substances (e.g. substances of unknown or variable composition (UVCBs)) and, if considered feasible and proportional, the registration of polymers, notably by supporting ECHA to develop further the solutions already put in place (e.g. Substance Identity Profile); calls for the development of specific methods to assess this type of substances which allow for a solid scientific based approach and are practically applicable;

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25. Stresses that the chemicals strategy for sustainability should introduce the registration of polymers and improve the assessment of complex substances (e.g. substances of unknown or variable composition (UVCBs)) and registration of polymers, notably by supporting ECHA to develop further the solutions already put in place (e.g. Substance Identity Profile); calls for the development of specific methods to assess this type of substances which allow for a solid scientific based approach and are practically applicable;

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Amendment 311Martin Hojsík, Irena Joveva, Véronique Trillet-Lenoir, Nicolae Ştefănuță, Michal WiezikDraft motion for a resolutionParagraph 25



25. Stresses that the chemicals strategy for sustainability should introduce the registration of polymers and improve the assessment of complex substances (e.g. substances of unknown or variable composition (UVCBs)), notably by supporting ECHA to develop further the solutions already put in place (e.g. Substance Identity Profile); calls for the development of specific methods to assess this type of substances which allow for a solid scientific based approach and are practically applicable;

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25. Stresses that the chemicals strategy for sustainability should improve the assessment of complex substances (e.g. substances of unknown or variable composition (UVCBs)) and registration of certain polymers, notably by supporting ECHA to develop further the solutions already put in place (e.g. Substance Identity Profile); calls for the development of specific methods to assess this type of substances which allow for a solid scientific based approach and are practically applicable;

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25a. Calls on the Commission to clarify the conditions and criteria under which the use of biodegradable or compostable plastics is not harmful to the environment and human health, while taking into account all environmental compartments into which these plastics might be released into and applying the precautionary principle;

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regarding nanomaterials and to update and improve risk assessment and validated test methods in this respect; calls on the Commission to finalise the review of the Recommendation on the definition of nanomaterials, revise it as necessary and ensure that nanomaterials are consistently identified and addressed in all legislation by a legally binding definition;

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25c. Requests the Commission to extend ECHA’s mandate to collect and make available research data on the characterization, the hazard and potential exposure of nanoforms of substances that were so far not registered under REACH because their yearly tonnage is below the threshold of 1 tonne/year and to regularly ask ECHA to evaluate the performance and the impact of the EU-Observatory on Nanomaterials (EUON);

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26. Calls for full implementation of the plant protection products (PPP) legislation; calls on the Commission to publish the results of the REFIT exercise of the PPP legislation as soon as possible; calls on the Commission to accelerate Europe’s

26. Calls for full implementation of the plant protection products (PPP) legislation; calls on the Commission to publish the results of the REFIT exercise of the PPP legislation as soon as possible; calls on the Commission to accelerate Europe’s

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transition towards low-risk pesticides and reduce pesticide dependency to meet the objectives of the directive on Sustainable Use of Pesticides and support farmers in doing so;

transition towards low-risk pesticides and reduce pesticide dependency to achieve the objectives of the directive on Sustainable Use of Pesticides and to translate the objectives of the latter in existing and upcoming legislation (e.g. Green Deal, Farm to Fork, Common Agricultural Policy, Beating Cancer Plan), to improve statistics on plant protection products, to develop better risk indicators, to reduce the use of fertilizers to avoid soil depletion, and to support farmers in meeting these objectives;

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Amendment 317Ulrike Müller, Ondřej Knotek, Jan HuitemaDraft motion for a resolutionParagraph 26


26. Calls for full implementation of the plant protection products (PPP) legislation; calls on the Commission to publish the results of the REFIT exercise of the PPP legislation as soon as possible; calls on the Commission to accelerate Europe’s transition towards low-risk pesticides and reduce pesticide dependency to meet the objectives of the directive on Sustainable Use of Pesticides and support farmers in doing so;

26. Calls for full implementation of the plant protection products (PPP) legislation; calls on the Commission to publish the results of the REFIT exercise of the PPP legislation as soon as possible; calls on the Commission to accelerate Europe’s transition towards lower risk pesticides including low-risk pesticides as defined by Article 47 of Regulation1107/2009, and reduce pesticide dependency by advocating and supporting the implementation of IPM to meet the objectives of the directive on Sustainable Use of Pesticides and support farmers in doing so; insists that while it is appropriate to accelerate the development and approval of low-risk pesticides, it must be ensured that they go through an equally thorough regulatory assessment;

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Amendment 318Martin Hojsík, Frédérique Ries, Irena Joveva, Véronique Trillet-Lenoir, Pascal Canfin, Nicolae Ştefănuță, Michal Wiezik

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26. Calls for full implementation of the plant protection products (PPP) legislation and for following the European Parliament´s calls of 16 January 2019 to improve the Union’s authorisation procedure for pesticides; calls on the Commission to publish the results of the REFIT exercise of the PPP legislation as soon as possible; calls on the Commission to accelerate Europe’s transition towards low-risk pesticides and reduce pesticide dependency to meet the objectives of the directive on Sustainable Use of Pesticides and support farmers in doing so; calls on the Commission to help to achieve that among others by improving risk indicators and statistics on plant protection products;

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26. Calls for full implementation of the plant protection products (PPP) legislation; calls on the Commission to publish the results of the REFIT exercise of the PPP legislation as soon as possible; calls on the Commission to accelerate Europe’s transition towards low-risk pesticides and reduce pesticide dependency to meet the objectives of the directive on Sustainable Use of Pesticides and support farmers in doing so; considers that to ensure the protection of public health and the level playing field for European farmers, banned active substances should not enter the EU market through imported

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26. Calls for full implementation of the plant protection products (PPP) legislation; calls on the Commission to publish the results of the REFIT exercise of the PPP legislation as soon as possible; calls on the Commission to heed the various calls of the European Parliament of 16 January 2019 to improve the Union’s authorisation procedure for pesticides, and calls on the Commission to accelerate Europe’s transition towards low-risk pesticides and reduce pesticide dependency to meet the objectives of the directive on Sustainable Use of Pesticides and support farmers in doing so;

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26. Calls for full implementation of the plant protection products (PPP) legislation; calls on the Commission to publish the results of the REFIT exercise of the PPP legislation as soon as possible; calls on the Commission to accelerate Europe’s transition towards sustainable and low-risk pesticides and reduce pesticide dependency to meet the objectives of the directive on Sustainable Use of Pesticides and support farmers in doing so;

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26. Calls for full implementation of the plant protection products (PPP) legislation; calls on the Commission to publish the results of the REFIT exercise of the PPP legislation as soon as possible; calls on the Commission to accelerate Europe’s transition towards lower-risk pesticides and reduce pesticide dependency to meet the objectives of the directive on Sustainable Use of Pesticides and support farmers in doing so;

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26a. Calls on the Commission to take measures to speed-up the development of low-risk plant protection products and to set up a 2030 phase-out target for high-risk pesticides;

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26a. Calls on the Commission to set specific targets to significantly reduce both the use of chemical pesticides and

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the risk arising from them;

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26b. Calls on the Commission and Member States to include integrated pest management (IPM) practices as a condition for receiving payments from the EU’s Common Agricultural Policy (CAP); calls on the Member states to strengthen the support to farmers when implementing IPM in their national action plans;

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27a. Notes with concern the rapidly rising levels of multi-drug resistant fungi, reiterates its call of 13 September 2018 for an urgent review of the use of fungicides in the agricultural and industrial sector; stresses that the use of triazoles in inter alia fungicides, biocides and cosmetics leads to avoidable deaths in patients suffering from fungal infections, calls for a rapid and complete phase out of all uses of the most suspected triazoles, including tebuconazole, epoxiconazole, difenoconazole, bromuconazole and propiconazole;

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28. Underlines the importance of developing non-toxic material cycles; reaffirms that, in accordance with the waste hierarchy, prevention takes priority over recycling and that, accordingly, recycling should not justify the perpetuation of the use of hazardous legacy substances;

28. Underlines the importance of developing non-toxic material cycles; reaffirms that, in accordance with the waste hierarchy, in accordance with its definition in the Waste Framework Directive, prevention takes priority over recycling and that, recycling should contribute towards the safe management of hazardous legacy substances; considers that where substitution is technically not feasible, specific containment measures should be adopted to protect workers’ health and environment while able to achieve the goals of the European Green Deal;

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28. Underlines the importance of developing non-toxic material cycles; reaffirms that, in accordance with the waste hierarchy, prevention takes priority over recycling and that, accordingly, recycling should not justify the perpetuation of the use of hazardous legacy substances; stresses the existence of harmful chemicals in the recycled products; emphasises the need to maintain and preserve the trust and the benefits of recycled products and thereby, contribute to the transition of toxic-free circular economy;

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Amendment 329Martin Hojsík, Irena Joveva, Véronique Trillet-Lenoir, Catherine Chabaud, Pascal Canfin, Nicolae Ştefănuță, Michal WiezikDraft motion for a resolutionParagraph 28



28. Underlines the importance of transitioning to truly circular and climate neutral economy and developing non-toxic material cycles; underlines the need of applying equal authorisation conditions to primary substances as well as to recovered materials to achieve it; reaffirms that, in accordance with the waste hierarchy, prevention takes priority over recycling and that, accordingly, recycling should not justify the perpetuation of the use of hazardous legacy substances;

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28. Underlines the importance of developing non-toxic material cycles for the transition to a circular and climate-neutral economy; considers that articles made from virgin materials and those made from recycled materials should fulfil the same chemical standards; reaffirms that, in accordance with the waste hierarchy, prevention takes priority over recycling and that, accordingly, recycling should not justify the perpetuation of the use of hazardous legacy substances;

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28. Underlines the importance of developing non-toxic material cycles; considers that articles made from virgin materials and those made from recycled materials should fulfil the same safety standards; reaffirms that, in accordance with the waste hierarchy, prevention takes priority over recycling and that, accordingly, recycling should not justify the perpetuation of the use of hazardous legacy substances;

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28. Underlines the importance of developing non-toxic material cycles; reaffirms that, in accordance with the waste hierarchy, prevention takes priority over recycling and that, accordingly, recycling should not justify the perpetuation of the use of hazardous legacy substances; therefore, notes that substances that are categorised as substances of very high concern according to the REACH regulation should not be re-used in new products;

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28. Underlines the importance of developing non-toxic material cycles;

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reaffirms that, in accordance with the waste hierarchy, prevention takes priority over recycling and that, accordingly, recycling should not justify the perpetuation of the use of hazardous legacy substances;

risk to workers, end users or the environment in articles along the supply chain to consumers and waste managers is a prerequisite to achieve non-toxic material cycles; Invites the Commission to assist in this regard by helping to identify enabling technologies for communicating such information in a secure way;

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28. Underlines the importance of developing non-toxic material cycles; reaffirms that, in accordance with the waste hierarchy, prevention takes priority over recycling and that, accordingly, recycling should not justify the perpetuation of the use of hazardous legacy substances unless this leads to lower risks for health and the environment compared to incineration and landfill.

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28. Underlines the importance of developing non-toxic material cycles that could be achieved through the development of bio-based chemicals; reaffirms that, in accordance with the waste hierarchy, prevention takes priority over recycling and that, accordingly, recycling should not justify the perpetuation of the use of hazardous legacy substances;

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28. Underlines the importance of developing non-toxic material cycles; reaffirms that, in accordance with the waste hierarchy, prevention takes priority over recycling and that, accordingly, recycling should not justify the perpetuation of the use of hazardous legacy substances but contribute towards their safe management;

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28. Underlines the importance of developing non-toxic material cycles; reaffirms that, in accordance with the waste hierarchy as defined by the Waste Framework Directive, prevention takes priority over recycling and that, accordingly, recycling should favour the safe management of hazardous legacy substances;

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28a. Reaffirms its position of 13 September 2018 on the options to address the interface between chemical, product and waste legislation that substances of concern are those that meet the criteria set out in Article 57 of REACH as substances of very high concern, substances prohibited under the Stockholm Convention (POPs), specific substances restricted in articles listed in Annex XVII to REACH and specific substances regulated under specific sectoral and/or product legislation;

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28a. Insists that the Union must ensure the same level of protection for human health and the environment, whether products are made of primary or recovered materials; reiterates that the issue of products containing legacy substances should be dealt with by means of an efficient registration, tracking and disposal system;

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28a. Notes that allowing banned substances or substances of very high concern to enter the EU market through imported products from third countries is not in line with the goal of developing non-toxic material cycles;

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29. Considers that the disclosure of all hazardous chemicals in articles along the supply chain to consumers and waste managers is a prerequisite to achieve non-toxic material cycles;

29. Considers that the disclosure of all non-confidential information on relevant hazardous chemicals in articles along the supply chain to consumers and waste managers is a prerequisite to achieve non-toxic material cycles; Invites the Commission to promote innovative, highly secure digital technologies to support the effective and timely communication of such information (e.g. blockchain, 5G);

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29. Considers that the disclosure of non-confidential information on relevant hazardous chemicals in articles along the supply chain to consumers and waste managers is a prerequisite to achieve non-toxic material cycles and invites the Commission to identify innovative, highly secure digital technologies to support the effective and timely communication of such information.

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29. Considers that the disclosure of all hazardous chemicals in articles along the supply chain to consumers and waste managers is a prerequisite to achieve non-toxic material cycles; invites the Commission to identify innovative, highly secure digital technologies to support the effective and timely communication of such information (e.g. blockchain, 5G);

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29. Considers that the full disclosure of all chemicals, starting with all hazardous chemicals in production facilities, materials, articles, and waste along the supply chain, including to consumers and waste managers is a prerequisite to achieve non-toxic material cycles;

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29. Considers that the disclosure of selected hazardous chemicals in articles along the supply chain to consumers and waste managers is a prerequisite to achieve non-toxic material cycles;

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29a. Stresses the importance of establishing fully operational and transparent procedures for the regular collection of statistical data regarding pesticide use, the effects of occupational and non-occupational exposure to pesticides on human and animal health and presence of pesticide residues in the environment, especially in soil and water;

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29a. Call on the Commission to develop comprehensive indicators on the impacts of chemicals on health and environment, which would among others help assess the effectiveness of chemicals legislation;

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30. Calls on the Commission to ensure that a user-friendly public information system on hazardous substances present in materials, articles and waste, is swiftly established and made available in all languages of the Union;

30. Calls on the Commission to ensure that a user-friendly, transparent, mandatory EU harmonised public information system on substances of concern hazardous substances produced at industrial facilities, present in materials, products and waste, is swiftly established and made available in all languages of the

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Union as soon as possible and by 2025 at the latest;

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30. Calls on the Commission to ensure that a user-friendly public information system on hazardous substances present in materials, articles and waste, is swiftly established and made available in all languages of the Union, setting out the risks to human health, animal health and the environment;

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30. Calls on the Commission to ensure that a user-friendly public information system on hazardous substances present in materials, articles and waste, is swiftly established by means of campaigns directed at various target groups and made available in all languages of the Union;

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30. Calls on the Commission to ensure that a user-friendly public information

30. Calls on the Commission to ensure that a peer-reviewed evidence-based user-

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system on hazardous substances present in materials, articles and waste, is swiftly established and made available in all languages of the Union;

friendly public information system on hazardous substances present in materials, articles and waste, is swiftly established and made available in all languages of the Union;

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30. Calls on the Commission to ensure that a user-friendly public information system on selected hazardous substances present in materials, articles and waste, is swiftly established and made available in all languages of the Union;

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30. Calls on the Commission to ensure that a user-friendly public information system on substances of very high concern present in articles, is swiftly established and made available in all languages of the Union;

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30a. Underlines the need to drastically increase proactive transparency

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throughout the lifecycle of chemicals, calls for full and proactive transparency during risk assessment and risk management procedures; calls for mandatory transparency at least equivalent to the new GFL in all levels of risk assessment and management in both the Member States and all involved European institutions such as ECHA, EFSA, the Scientific Committee on Health, Environmental and Emerging Risks (SCHEER) and the Scientific Committee on Occupational Exposure Limits (SCOEL) and the entire comitology process, ensuring an increased ability to provide input to the risk assessment processes and full accessibility of the data on which risk assessments are based to all interested parties, thereby enabling independent scientists to peer review the risk assessments, stresses that interests of businesses to protect their data or intellectual properties should never prevail over de common interest of access to information about potentially harmful substances;

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30a. Calls on the Commission to immediately withdraw its objections submitted to the WTO to New York state legislation that would require manufacturers of children’s products to disclose the presence of chemicals of concern and that would allow the state to ban a subset of high-priority substances;

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30a. Calls on the Commission to apply the same registration regime to chemicals used as intermediates as to other uses of chemicals under REACH, and to remove the exemption of authorisation for chemicals used as intermediates;

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31. Points out that the strategy should help the chemical industry to reach climate-neutrality and the zero pollution objectives as well as support the good functioning of the internal market while enhancing the competitiveness and innovation of EU industry;

31. Points out that the strategy should help the chemical industry to reach climate-neutrality and the zero pollution objectives highlighting also the contribution given by bio-based chemistry which encompasses the use of renewable biological resources, as well as support the good functioning of the internal market while enhancing the competitiveness and innovation of EU industry; Calls for an inclusive strategy that reduces administrative burdens for both companies and competent authorities and boost the industry production and competitiveness;

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31. Points out that the strategy should help the chemical industry to reach climate-neutrality and the zero pollution objectives highlighting the contribution given by the use of renewable feedstock (i.e. biomass), as well as support the good functioning of the internal market while enhancing the competitiveness and innovation of EU industry; considers that the strategy should mitigate the administrative burden and not undermine the Union’s industrial production and economy;

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31. Points out that the strategy should help the chemical industry to reach climate-neutrality and the zero pollution objectives as well as support the good functioning of the internal market while enhancing the competitiveness and innovation of EU industry; considers the strategy should also take into account the protection of workers against harmful chemicals, for example by encouraging the setting up of prevention committees;

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31. Points out that the strategy should help the chemical industry to reach climate-neutrality and the zero pollution objectives as well as support the good functioning of the internal market while

31. Points out that the strategy should help the industry to reach climate-neutrality and the zero pollution objectives as well as support the good functioning of the internal market while enhancing the

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enhancing the competitiveness and innovation of EU industry;

competitiveness and innovation of EU industry, in line with the ‘New Industrial Strategy’; stresses that the strategy should mitigate the administrative burden and promote the Union’s industrial production and economy;

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31. Points out that the strategy should help the chemical industry to reach climate-neutrality and the zero pollution objectives as well as support the good functioning of the internal market while enhancing the competitiveness and innovation of EU industry, in line with the Green Deal and the New Industrial Strategy Communications;

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31. Points out that the strategy should help the chemical industry to reach climate-neutrality and the zero pollution objective for a toxic-free environment as well as support the good functioning of the internal market and thereby enhance the competitiveness and safe and sustainable innovation of EU industry;

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Amendment 363

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Simona BonafèDraft motion for a resolutionParagraph 31



31. Points out that the strategy should help the chemical industry to reach climate-neutrality and the zero pollution, objectives highlighting the contribution given by the bioeconomy, as well as support the good functioning of the internal market while enhancing the competitiveness and innovation of EU industry;

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Amendment 364Maria Spyraki, Petros Kokkalis, Nikos AndroulakisDraft motion for a resolutionParagraph 31a (new)


31a. Emphasises the need for the ‘Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability’ to create opportunities for the scaling-up of technologies like chemical recycling and for the enhancement of chemistry in order to meet the Green Deal targets such as solar panels, wind turbines, batteries, recyclable and biodegradable plastics and energy efficient materials; stresses that the development of these technologies and the production of this chemistry should be incentivised within the EU;

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31a. Calls on the Commission to take the necessary action so that the reporting requirements at EU and global level pursuant to the Kyiv Protocol on Pollutant Release and Transfer Registers are revised at latest by 2022 so that the provided information allows benchmarking at facility level with regard to the releases of chemicals, is publicly available and that EU legislation is adapted accordingly;

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Amendment 366Pietro FiocchiDraft motion for a resolutionParagraph 31 a (new)


31a. Points out that the strategy should help the chemical industry to reach climate-neutrality and the zero pollution objectives, through the development of new integrated value chains that combine agriculture and chemical sector, as well as support the good functioning of the internal market while enhancing the competitiveness and innovation of EU industry;

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