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Re-attribution of scientific and technical tasks to the European Chemicals Agency

* Consultation procedure

Committee on the Environment, Climate and Food Safety

*** Consent procedure

PE763.254

***I Ordinary legislative procedure (first reading)

Amendments adopted by the European Parliament on 1 April 2025 on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 2011/65/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the re-attribution of scientific and technical tasks to the European Chemicals Agency (COM(2023)0781 – C9-0448/2023 – 2023/0454(COD))

***II Ordinary legislative procedure (second reading)

***III Ordinary legislative procedure (third reading)

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DRAFT EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION

on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 2011/65/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the re-attribution of scientific and technical tasks to the European Chemicals Agency

(COM(2023)0781 – C90448/2023 – 2023/0454(COD))

(Ordinary legislative procedure: first reading)

– having regard to the Commission proposal to Parliament and the Council (COM(2023)0781),

– having regard to Article 294(2) and Article 114 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, pursuant to which the Commission submitted the proposal to Parliament (C90448/2023),

– having regard to Article 294(3) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

– having regard to the opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee of 20 March 2024,

– having regard to Rule 60 of its Rules of Procedure,

– having regard to the report of the Committee on the Environment, Climate and Food Safety (A10-0019/2025),

1. Adopts its position at first reading hereinafter set out;

2. Calls on the Commission to refer the matter to Parliament again if it replaces, substantially amends or intends to substantially amend its proposal;

3. Instructs its President to forward its position to the Council, the Commission and the national parliaments.

Amendment 1

"5. An application for renewal of an exemption shall be made no later than 18 months before the exemption expires. The Commission shall adopt the decision on the application within six months of receipt of the opinions from the Agency. The existing exemption shall remain valid until a decision on the renewal application is taken by the Commission."

(32011L0065)

Amendment 8

The provisions under this Directive shall be applicable from [OJ: 18 months after the publication of this Directive].

EXPLANATORY STATEMENT

In general, the Rapporteur considers that ECHA needs a Basic Regulation to ensure it is fit for the future and can deliver EU goals and ambitions on chemical safety, protecting health and the environment and supporting competitiveness. To ensure simplification and flexibility, the basic regulation should provide ECHA with the possibility to have one single budget line for its EU contribution and the possibility to build up a reserve fund from fees.

The Rapporteur considers that the reattribution of scientific and technical tasks will have a significant impact on ECHA. A restructuring of the work of the Agency will be necessary to ensure that its Committees can cope with the increased workload without compromising the quality, punctuality and the timeliness of their work.

In this context, new structures – committees or working groups – are likely to be considered in order the Agency to cope effectively with the new tasks. In addition, the reinforcement of the existing ones (the Risk Assessment Committee and the Committee for Socio-Economic Analysis) is needed.

Beyond the need for additional budget and staffing, the setup as well as the organisation of the work need to be considered. With no clarity on the future structure of the Agency’s scientific committees it is impossible to conclude on whether the proposed resources will be sufficient for the Agency to manage the increased workload.

The adoption of a proposal for an ECHA Basic Regulation is very important, as it will allow the Agency to smoothly and efficiently integrate the new tasks.

In this regards, the Rapporteur proposes a longer transitional period than the current 12 months set out in the legal proposal. This is particularly important since no financial and human resources are currently planned to be provided to ECHA until the legal text is adopted and enters into force.

ANNEX: ENTITIES OR PERSONS FROM WHOM THE RAPPORTEUR HAS RECEIVED INPUT

Pursuant to Article 8 of Annex I to the Rules of Procedure, the rapporteur declares that he has received input from the following entities or persons in the preparation of the draft report:

Entity and/or person

CEFIC

COSMETICS EUROPE

EFPIA

SFEE (Hellenic Association of Pharmaceutical Companies)

BASF

EFEO

ECHA

L'Oréal group in Europe

AnimalhealthEurope

ClientEarth

European Environmental Bureau (EEB)

FuelsEurope

EFSA

EEA

EMA

Croplife Europe

DOW

AESPG

AISE

SMEunited

DUCC (Downstream Users of Chemicals Co-ordination group)

SEVAS (Association of the Greek Industry of Detergents and Soaps)

Eurometaux

Eurocolour

The list above is drawn up under the exclusive responsibility of the rapporteur.

Where natural persons are identified in the list by their name, by their function or by both, the rapporteur declares that he has submitted to the concerned natural persons the European Parliament's Data Protection Notice No 484 (https://www.europarl.europa.eu/data-protect/index.do), which sets out the conditions applicable to the processing of their personal data and the rights linked to that processing.

PROCEDURE – COMMITTEE RESPONSIBLE

Title

Re-attribution of scientific and technical tasks to the European Chemicals Agency

References

COM(2023)0781 – C9-0448/2023 – 2023/0454(COD)

Date submitted to Parliament

7.12.2023

Committee(s) responsible

ENVI

Rapporteurs

Date appointed

Dimitris Tsiodras

7.8.2024

Discussed in committee

25.11.2024

Date adopted

18.2.2025

BUDG

Result of final vote

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71

3

7

Members present for the final vote

Grégory Allione, Vytenis Povilas Andriukaitis, Pascal Arimont, Bartosz Arłukowicz, Sakis Arnaoutoglou, Anja Arndt, Thomas Bajada, Barbara Bonte, Stine Bosse, Lynn Boylan, Delara Burkhardt, Pascal Canfin, Annalisa Corrado, Antonio Decaro, Ondřej Dostál, Pietro Fiocchi, Emma Fourreau, Anne-Sophie Frigout, Heléne Fritzon, Gerben-Jan Gerbrandy, Andreas Glück, Hanna Gronkiewicz-Waltz, Anja Hazekamp, Esther Herranz García, Martin Hojsík, Pär Holmgren, Romana Jerković, Radan Kanev, Stefan Köhler, Ewa Kopacz, András Tivadar Kulja, Katri Kulmuni, Peter Liese, Javi López, César Luena, Elżbieta Katarzyna Łukacijewska, Ignazio Roberto Marino, Tilly Metz, Dolors Montserrat, Dan-Ştefan Motreanu, Jana Nagyová, Rasmus Nordqvist, Jacek Ozdoba, Jutta Paulus, Carola Rackete, Massimiliano Salini, Silvia Sardone, Majdouline Sbai, Lena Schilling, Jonas Sjöstedt, Sander Smit, Claudiu-Richard Târziu, Ingeborg Ter Laak, Beatrice Timgren, Dimitris Tsiodras, Filip Turek, Ana Vasconcelos, Aurelijus Veryga, Kristian Vigenin, Alexandr Vondra, Emma Wiesner, Michal Wiezik, Milan Zver

Substitutes present for the final vote

Stefano Cavedagna, Per Clausen, Valérie Deloge, Gabriella Gerzsenyi, Jens Gieseke, Sunčana Glavak, Nicolás González Casares, Michalis Hadjipantela, Matteo Ricci, Chloé Ridel, André Rodrigues, Bruno Tobback, Raffaele Topo, Laurence Trochu

Members under Rule 216(7) present for the final vote

Salvatore De Meo, Nora Junco García, Alexander Jungbluth, Julien Leonardelli

Date tabled

25.2.2025

FINAL VOTE BY ROLL CALL BY THE COMMITTEE RESPONSIBLE

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