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European Parliament 2019-2024 Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety 2020/2091(INI) 11.2.2021 AMENDMENTS 1 - 231 Draft report Javi López (PE663.232v01-00) Implementation of the Ambient Air Quality Directives: Directive 2004/107/EC and Directive 2008/50/EC (2020/2091(INI)) AM\1224488EN.docx PE680.992v01-00 EN United in diversityEN AM_Com_NonLegReport PE680.992v01-00 2/134 AM\1224488EN.docx EN Amendment 1 Anna Zalewska Motion for a resolution Citation 6 a (new) Motion for a resolution Amendment - having regard to Commission Implementing Decision 2011/850/EU of 12 December 2011 laying down rules for Directives 2004/107/EC and 2008/50/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the reciprocal exchange of information and reporting on ambient air quality, Or. pl Amendment 2 Anna Zalewska Motion for a resolution Citation 9 Motion for a resolution Amendment — having regard to the Commission deleted proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing the framework for achieving climate neutrality and amending Regulation (EU) 2018/1999 (European Climate Law) (COM(2020)0080), Or. pl Amendment 3 Javi López Motion for a resolution Citation 11 a (new) Motion for a resolution Amendment AM\1224488EN.docx 3/134 PE680.992v01-00 EN - having regard to the Report from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions on the second clean air outlook (COM(2021)3final), Or. en Amendment 4 Anna Zalewska Motion for a resolution Citation 12 Motion for a resolution Amendment — having regard to its resolution of deleted 28 November 2019 on the climate and environment emergency1, _________________ 1 Texts adopted, P9_TA(2019)0078. Or. pl Amendment 5 Sylvia Limmer, Catherine Griset, Aurélia Beigneux, Joëlle Mélin Motion for a resolution Citation 17 a (new) Motion for a resolution Amendment - having regard to the communication from the German Federal Environment Agency of 10.2.2020 on the development of air quality in Germany from 1995 to 2019: https://www.umweltbundesamt.de/themen/ luft/daten-karten/entwicklung-der- luftqualitaet#entwicklung-der- luftqualitat-in-Deutschland, Or. de PE680.992v01-00 4/134 AM\1224488EN.docx EN Amendment 6 Sven Giegold Motion for a resolution Citation 17 a (new) Motion for a resolution Amendment - having regard to the European Commission’s report to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions, “Second Clean Air Outlook” COM(2021) 3 final of 8 January 2021, Or. en Amendment 7 Anna Zalewska Motion for a resolution Citation 17 a (new) Motion for a resolution Amendment - having regard to the programmes of the Member States, such as Poland's 'Clean Air' programme of September 2018, Or. pl Amendment 8 Sylvia Limmer, Catherine Griset, Aurélia Beigneux, Joëlle Mélin Motion for a resolution Citation 17 b (new) Motion for a resolution Amendment - having regard to the Commission press release of 23.11.2020 entitled 'Marked improvement in Europe's air quality over past decade, fewer deaths AM\1224488EN.docx 5/134 PE680.992v01-00 EN linked to pollution', https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscor ner/detail/en/ip_20_2168, Or. de Amendment 9 Sven Giegold Motion for a resolution Citation 17 b (new) Motion for a resolution Amendment - having regard to the study “Sampling points for air quality - Representativeness and comparability of measurement in accordance with Directive 2008/50/EC on ambient air quality and cleaner air for Europe” by the European Parliament Policy Department for Economic, Scientific and Quality of Life Policies for the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety, Or. en Amendment 10 Sylvia Limmer, Catherine Griset, Aurélia Beigneux, Joëlle Mélin Motion for a resolution Citation 17 c (new) Motion for a resolution Amendment - having regard to the study entitled 'Abrupt but smaller than expected changes in surface air quality attributable to COVID-19 lockdowns', published on 13.01.2021 in Science Advances, Vol. 7, No 3, eabd6696, DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.abd6696, https://advances.sciencemag.org/content/7 /3/eabd6696, PE680.992v01-00 6/134 AM\1224488EN.docx EN Or. de Amendment 11 Sven Giegold Motion for a resolution Citation 17 c (new) Motion for a resolution Amendment - having regard to the European Commission Roadmap for the Inception Impact Assessment for the revision of the AAQ Directives, Or. en Amendment 12 Sven Giegold Motion for a resolution Citation 17 d (new) Motion for a resolution Amendment - having regard to the European health and safety at work policy, in particular to the European Commission Communication “Safer and Healthier Work for All” of 10 January 2017, and to Directive 2004/37/EC on the protection of workers from the risks related to exposure to carcinogens or mutagens at work, Or. en Amendment 13 Sylvia Limmer, Catherine Griset, Aurélia Beigneux, Joëlle Mélin Motion for a resolution Citation 17 d (new) Motion for a resolution Amendment AM\1224488EN.docx 7/134 PE680.992v01-00 EN - having regard to Eurostat's statistics on life expectancy in the Member States, published annually since 1992: https://bit.ly/3pV2iRY, Or. de Amendment 14 Sven Giegold Motion for a resolution Citation 17 e (new) Motion for a resolution Amendment - having regard to the Commission Communication of 14 October 2020 “an EU strategy to reduce methane emissions”, Or. en Amendment 15 Sven Giegold Motion for a resolution Citation 17 f (new) Motion for a resolution Amendment - having regard to the Directive 2010/75/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 November 2010 on industrial emissions, Or. en Amendment 16 Sven Giegold Motion for a resolution Citation 17 g (new) PE680.992v01-00 8/134 AM\1224488EN.docx EN Motion for a resolution Amendment - having regard to the European Commission Communication of 14 October 2020 on the “Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability” (2020/2531(RSP)) as well as the European Parliament resolution of 10 July on the Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability, Or. en Amendment 17 Sven Giegold Motion for a resolution Citation 17 h (new) Motion for a resolution Amendment - having regard to the WHO Resolution of 26 May 2016 “Health and the environment: addressing the health impact of air pollution”, Or. en Amendment 18 Sylvia Limmer, Catherine Griset, Aurélia Beigneux, Joëlle Mélin Motion for a resolution Recital A Motion for a resolution Amendment A. whereas clean air is essential to A. whereas clean air is important for human health and the environment, and human health and the environment; has been identified as a global health priority in the SDGs; Or. de Amendment 19 Anna Zalewska AM\1224488EN.docx 9/134 PE680.992v01-00 EN Motion for a resolution Recital A Motion for a resolution Amendment A. whereas clean air is essential to A. whereas clean air is essential to human health and the environment, and has human health and quality of life, and to the been identified as a global health priority in environment, and has been identified as a the SDGs; global health priority in the SDGs; Or. pl Amendment 20 Antoni Comín i Oliveres Motion for a resolution Recital A a (new) Motion for a resolution Amendment A a. whereas air pollution is transboundary in nature, but in many cases the harmful effects of poor air quality become a local problem; Or. en Amendment 21 Sylvia Limmer, Catherine Griset, Aurélia Beigneux, Joëlle Mélin Motion for a resolution Recital B Motion for a resolution Amendment B. whereas air pollution is the single B. whereas air pollutants have an largest environmental health risk in essentially negative impact on our health, Europe2, affecting all regions, and it is irresponsible and frivolous of the socioeconomic and age groups unevenly, European Environment Agency (EEA) to causing nearly 400 000 premature deaths talk about 400 000 premature deaths each per year, and is linked to respiratory and year,3 as there are not 400 000 death cardiovascular diseases, strokes and certificates a year noting 'death caused by cancer3; air pollution' and no figures or verifiable statistics to back this up; such statements are based on estimates or indirect PE680.992v01-00 10/134 AM\1224488EN.docx EN calculations, so that it would be expedient to rely on evidence-based facts; _________________ _________________ 2 ‘Ambient Air Pollution: A global assessment of exposure and burden of disease’, World Health Organization, 2016. 3 ‘Air quality in Europe - 2020’, Report 3 ‘Air quality in Europe - 2020’, Report No. 09/20, European Environment No 09/20, European Environment Agency, 2020. Agency, 2020. This is analogous to the conclusions of the World Health Organization - the methodology of which is also open to question - which assumes a figure of 3 million premature deaths worldwide as a result of poor air quality in 2012: Cf. 'Ambient Air Pollution: A global assessment of exposure and burden of disease (Air pollution: A global assessment of exposure and burden of disease'), World Health Organization, 2016, pp 11, 15, 40, 46 and 49. Or. de Amendment 22 Anna Zalewska Motion for a resolution Recital B Motion for a resolution Amendment B. whereas air pollution is the single B. whereas air pollution is the single largest environmental health risk in largest environmental health risk in Europe2, affecting all regions, Europe2, affecting all regions, socioeconomic and age groups unevenly, socioeconomic and age groups unevenly; causing nearly 400 000 premature deaths whereas, according to some assessments, per year, and is linked to respiratory and it causes nearly 400 000 premature deaths cardiovascular diseases, strokes and per year, and is linked to respiratory and cancer3; cardiovascular diseases, strokes and cancer3, but whereas the figures are only an approximation; _________________ _________________ 2 ‘Ambient Air Pollution: A global 2 ‘Ambient Air Pollution: A global assessment of exposure and burden of assessment of exposure and burden of AM\1224488EN.docx 11/134 PE680.992v01-00 EN disease’, World Health Organization, 2016.