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Sustainable products initiative, including Eco-design Directive

Hyväksytyt on 13/07/2022
Viite: 
NAT/851-EESC-2022
Referral: 
COM(2022) 140 final COM(2022) 142 final 2022/0095 CODCOM(2022) 142 final 2022/0095 COD
Rapporteur: 
Thomas WAGNSONNER (Workers - GR II / Austria)
Täysistunto: 
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Jul 13, 2022 Jul 14, 2022

The Sustainable Products Initiative (SPI) package aims to make every aspect of the design, production, use and sale of products placed on the EU market more environmentally-friendly and circular to deliver on the sustainability and climate objectives. The proposals of the package will introduce a new era where sustainable products become the norm as well as Europe's resource independence.

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Waste shipments – revision of EU rules

Hyväksytyt on 23/02/2022
Viite: 
NAT/842-EESC-2021
Referral: 
COM(2021) 709 final 2021/0367 CODCOM(2021) 709 final 2021/0367 COD
Rapporteur: 
Anastasis YIAPANIS (Cyprus)

Waste transport can involve hazardous materials that are harmful to human health and the environment. The EU therefore has rules in place on waste shipments (Regulation 1013/2006) and the Commission intends to review the EU rules on waste shipments. 

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A new consumer agenda

Hyväksytyt on 27/04/2021
Viite: 
INT/922-EESC-2020
Referral: 
COM(2020) 696 final
Rapporteur: 
Bernardo HERNÁNDEZ BATALLER (Spain)
Co-rapporteur: 
Gonçalo LOBO XAVIER (Employers - GR I/Portugal)

In its opinion, the EESC calls for physical and digital completion of the internal market to be on an equal footing and for a high level of consumer protection to be achieved. It calls for greater durability of goods, access to sustainable products, a clean, circular, more climate-friendly economy and efficient use of products, as well as combating of planned obsolescence and the right to repair goods and products.

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Sustainability requirements for batteries in the EU

Hyväksytyt on 24/03/2021
Viite: 
CCMI/178-EESC-2021
Referral: 
COM(2020) 798 final 2020/0353 CODCOM(2020) 798 final 2020/0353 COD
Rapporteur: 
Bruno CHOIX (Employers - GR I / France)
Co-rapporteur: 
Franck UHLIG (France)

Batteries placed on the EU market should become sustainable, high-performing and safe all along their entire life cycle. This means batteries that are produced with the lowest possible environmental impact, using materials obtained in full respect of human rights as well as social and ecological standards. Batteries have to be long-lasting and safe, and at the end of their life, they should be repurposed, remanufactured or recycled, feeding valuable materials back into the economy.

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New Circular Economy Action Plan

Hyväksytyt on 15/07/2020
Viite: 
INT/895-EESC-2020
Referral: 
COM(2020) 98 final COM(2020) 98 final
Rapporteur: 
Antonello PEZZINI (Italy)
Co-rapporteur: 
Cillian LOHAN (Ireland)

The Commission's new Circular Economy Action Plan focuses on sustainable products, less waste, product value chains, and circularity in regions and cities, and the global level.

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Sustainable development: a mapping of the EU's internal and external policies (exploratory opinion requested by the European Commission)

Hyväksytyt on 21/09/2016
Viite: 
NAT/693-EESC-2016-2016-03385-00-01-AC-TRA
Rapporteur: 
Ioannis VARDAKASTANIS (Greece)
Co-rapporteur: 
Jarmila DUBRAVSKÁ (Czech Republic)

In September 2015 world leaders adopted the UN agenda Transforming our world: The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, establishing a set of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet, ensure protection of human rights and guarantee prosperity for all. As an initial step the Commission is carrying out an internal "mapping" exercise in order to identify which existing EU policies already address the challenges set by the SDGs. The Commission has asked the Committee to contribute to that process with the present exploratory opinion.

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