Procedure
European strategy for plastics in a circular economy
Subjects: Chemical industry, fertilizers, plastics · Protection of natural resources: fauna, flora, nature, wildlife, countryside; biodiversity · Waste management, domestic waste, packaging, light industrial waste
Rapporteur (the Member appointed to lead Parliament's work on this text): DEMESMAEKER Mark (ECR)
Summary
An own-initiative report on a European strategy for plastics in a circular economy. Amendments call for minimum recycled content in new plastic products, explore molecular recycling and upcycling, propose modulated or reduced VAT and taxes on virgin plastic, note deposit-refund systems, and promote green and circular public procurement and ecodesign criteria for dismantling, repair and durability.
Procedure timeline
- Committee amendments tabled3 May 2018 – 25 May 2018
- Procedure completed
605
Amendments
distinct, in window
79
Members
tabled at least one
2
Committees
3 May 2018 – 25 May 2018
Dates
Official amendment documents
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Members who amended this procedure
79 Members · by amendment count1
Nicola CAPUTO
Socialists & Democrats · 🇮🇹 Italy
48
2Anneli JÄÄTTEENMÄKI
ALDE · 🇫🇮 Finland
46
3Renata BRIANO
Socialists & Democrats · 🇮🇹 Italy
46
4Marco AFFRONTE
Greens / EFA · 🇮🇹 Italy
44(31 solo)
5Simona BONAFÈ
Socialists & Democrats · 🇮🇹 Italy
44
6Soledad CABEZÓN RUIZ
Socialists & Democrats · 🇪🇸 Spain
44(18 solo)
7Claudiu Ciprian TĂNĂSESCU
Socialists & Democrats · 🇷🇴 Romania
43(8 solo)
8Damiano ZOFFOLI
Socialists & Democrats · 🇮🇹 Italy
42
9José Inácio FARIA
European People's Party (EPP) · 🇵🇹 Portugal
41(41 solo)
10Sirpa PIETIKÄINEN
European People's Party (EPP) · 🇫🇮 Finland
36(36 solo)
11Frédérique RIES
Renew Europe · 🇧🇪 Belgium
35
12Carlos ZORRINHO
Socialists & Democrats · 🇵🇹 Portugal
34
13Massimo PAOLUCCI
Socialists & Democrats · 🇮🇹 Italy
32
14Pavel POC
Socialists & Democrats · 🇨🇿 Czechia
32
15Giorgos GRAMMATIKAKIS
Socialists & Democrats · 🇬🇷 Greece
32(4 solo)
16Ricardo SERRÃO SANTOS
Socialists & Democrats · 🇵🇹 Portugal
31
17Monika BEŇOVÁ
Non-attached · 🇸🇰 Slovakia
29(1 solo)
18Ulrike RODUST
Socialists & Democrats · 🇩🇪 Germany
29(2 solo)
19Nils TORVALDS
Renew Europe · 🇫🇮 Finland
28(7 solo)
20Jo LEINEN
Socialists & Democrats · 🇩🇪 Germany
28
21Nikos ANDROULAKIS
Socialists & Democrats · 🇬🇷 Greece
28
22Eric ANDRIEU
Socialists & Democrats · 🇫🇷 France
28
23Biljana BORZAN
Socialists & Democrats · 🇭🇷 Croatia
27
24Jytte GUTELAND
Socialists & Democrats · 🇸🇪 Sweden
26(2 solo)
25Estefanía TORRES MARTÍNEZ
The Left (GUE/NGL) · 🇪🇸 Spain
26
The amendments, in full text
605 amendmentsEvery amendment as tabled — original text, proposed change and justification, with a link to the official PDF.
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