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European strategy on plastic waste in the environment

2013/2113(INI)·7th term·EMPL / ENVI·INI - Own-initiative procedure·CompletedProcedure completed
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

  1. Committee amendments tabled
    18 Jul 2013 – 26 Nov 2013
  2. Procedure completed
214
Amendments
distinct, in window
35
Members
tabled at least one
2
Committee(s)
18 Jul 2013 – 26 Nov 2013
Dates

Official amendment documents

PE516.657 ↗PE521.520 ↗PE524.604 ↗

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Members who amended this procedure

35 Members · by amendment count
1🇷🇴
Elena Oana ANTONESCU
European People's Party (EPP) · Romania
22(10 solo)
2🇩🇰
Margrete AUKEN
Greens / EFA · Denmark
19(19 solo)
3🇩🇰
Anna ROSBACH
European Conservatives & Reformists · Denmark
18(18 solo)
4🇩🇪
Karl-Heinz FLORENZ
European People's Party (EPP) · Germany
16(4 solo)
5🇮🇹
Oreste ROSSI
European People's Party (EPP) · Italy
12(9 solo)
6🇧🇬
Marusya LYUBCHEVA
Socialists & Democrats · Bulgaria
11(11 solo)
7🇪🇸
Andrés PERELLÓ RODRÍGUEZ
Socialists & Democrats · Spain
10(10 solo)
8🇫🇷
Gaston FRANCO
European People's Party (EPP) · France
9(9 solo)
9🇳🇱
Gerben-Jan GERBRANDY
Renew Europe · Netherlands
8(8 solo)
10🇮🇹
Elisabetta GARDINI
European People's Party (EPP) · Italy
8(5 solo)
11🇩🇪
Christa KLASS
European People's Party (EPP) · Germany
8(8 solo)
12🇨🇾
Antigoni PAPADOPOULOU
Socialists & Democrats · Cyprus
7(7 solo)
13🇮🇹
Vittorio PRODI
Socialists & Democrats · Italy
6(6 solo)
14🇬🇧
Jean LAMBERT
Greens / EFA · United Kingdom
5(5 solo)
15🇷🇴
Csaba SÓGOR
European People's Party (EPP) · Romania
5(5 solo)
16🇵🇱
Jolanta Emilia HIBNER
European People's Party (EPP) · Poland
5(5 solo)
17🇫🇷
Gilles PARGNEAUX
Socialists & Democrats · France
5(5 solo)
18🇫🇷
Jean-Luc BENNAHMIAS
ALDE · France
4(4 solo)
19🇩🇪
Jutta STEINRUCK
Socialists & Democrats · Germany
4(4 solo)
20🇩🇪
Sabine WILS
The Left (GUE/NGL) · Germany
4(4 solo)
21🇮🇪
Emer COSTELLO
Socialists & Democrats · Ireland
3(3 solo)
22🇬🇧
Phil BENNION
Renew Europe · United Kingdom
3(3 solo)
23🇧🇪
Kathleen VAN BREMPT
Socialists & Democrats · Belgium
3(3 solo)
24🇸🇪
Christofer FJELLNER
European People's Party (EPP) · Sweden
3(3 solo)
25🇫🇷
Sophie AUCONIE
European People's Party (EPP) · France
3(3 solo)

The amendments, in full text

214 amendments

Every amendment as tabled — original text, proposed change and justification, with a link to the official PDF.

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