Procedure
European strategy on plastic waste in the environment
Subjects: Chemical industry, fertilizers, plastics · Marine and coastal pollution, pollution from ships, oil pollution · Transfrontier pollution · Waste management, domestic waste, packaging, light industrial waste · Dangerous substances, toxic and radioactive wastes (storage, transport) · International and regional environment protection measures and agreements · Relations with/in the context of international organisations: UN, OSCE, OECD, Council of Europe, EBRD
Rapporteur (the Member appointed to lead Parliament's work on this text): PRODI Vittorio (S&D)
Summary
This own-initiative report concerns a European strategy on plastic waste in the environment. Amendments focus on employment effects, the job-creation potential of recycling, re-use and the circular economy, and the need for impact assessments, training and the European Social Fund to support green jobs. They address waste, packaging and WEEE legislation, hazardous and biodegradable plastics, illegal exports and dumping, and awareness-raising.
Procedure timeline
- Committee amendments tabled18 Jul 2013 – 26 Nov 2013
- Procedure completed
214
Amendments
distinct, in window
35
Members
tabled at least one
2
Committees
18 Jul 2013 – 26 Nov 2013
Dates
Official amendment documents
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Members who amended this procedure
35 Members · by amendment count1
Elena Oana ANTONESCU
European People's Party (EPP) · 🇷🇴 Romania
22(10 solo)
2Margrete AUKEN
Greens / EFA · 🇩🇰 Denmark
19(19 solo)
3Anna ROSBACH
European Conservatives & Reformists · 🇩🇰 Denmark
18(18 solo)
4Karl-Heinz FLORENZ
European People's Party (EPP) · 🇩🇪 Germany
16(4 solo)
5Oreste ROSSI
European People's Party (EPP) · 🇮🇹 Italy
12(9 solo)
6Marusya LYUBCHEVA
Socialists & Democrats · 🇧🇬 Bulgaria
11(11 solo)
7Andrés PERELLÓ RODRÍGUEZ
Socialists & Democrats · 🇪🇸 Spain
10(10 solo)
8Gaston FRANCO
European People's Party (EPP) · 🇫🇷 France
9(9 solo)
9Gerben-Jan GERBRANDY
Renew Europe · 🇳🇱 Netherlands
8(8 solo)
10Elisabetta GARDINI
European People's Party (EPP) · 🇮🇹 Italy
8(5 solo)
11Christa KLASS
European People's Party (EPP) · 🇩🇪 Germany
8(8 solo)
12Antigoni PAPADOPOULOU
Socialists & Democrats · 🇨🇾 Cyprus
7(7 solo)
13Vittorio PRODI
Socialists & Democrats · 🇮🇹 Italy
6(6 solo)
14Jean LAMBERT
Greens / EFA · 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
5(5 solo)
15Csaba SÓGOR
European People's Party (EPP) · 🇷🇴 Romania
5(5 solo)
16Jolanta Emilia HIBNER
European People's Party (EPP) · 🇵🇱 Poland
5(5 solo)
17Gilles PARGNEAUX
Socialists & Democrats · 🇫🇷 France
5(5 solo)
18Jean-Luc BENNAHMIAS
ALDE · 🇫🇷 France
4(4 solo)
19Jutta STEINRUCK
Socialists & Democrats · 🇩🇪 Germany
4(4 solo)
20Sabine WILS
The Left (GUE/NGL) · 🇩🇪 Germany
4(4 solo)
21Emer COSTELLO
Socialists & Democrats · 🇮🇪 Ireland
3(3 solo)
22Phil BENNION
Renew Europe · 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
3(3 solo)
23Kathleen VAN BREMPT
Socialists & Democrats · 🇧🇪 Belgium
3(3 solo)
24Christofer FJELLNER
European People's Party (EPP) · 🇸🇪 Sweden
3(3 solo)
25Sophie AUCONIE
European People's Party (EPP) · 🇫🇷 France
3(3 solo)
The amendments, in full text
214 amendmentsEvery amendment as tabled — original text, proposed change and justification, with a link to the official PDF.
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