Environmental Omnibus: call for simplification and reduction of administrative burden
In a joint position paper, EGMF and FEM propose recommendations to the European Parliament’s Committee on Environment regarding battery labelling and reporting requirements, promoting digitalisation and consistency with existing regulatory frameworks.
The paper calls on the European Parliament’s Committee on Environment, Climate and
Food Safety to:
- Clarify the conditions for digital labelling, adopt the QR Code as the standard technology, and
make a clear distinction between the frameworks for digital labelling and for the Battery
Passport, - Maintain the use of English as the minimum physical labelling language and the option of
digitally provided translations, - Repeal the transport-specific blanket definition for spare parts,
- Align the timelines of the enforcement of the QR Code and the battery labelling requirements,
- Ensure that the Battery Passport reporting requirements only apply once the full regulatory
and implementation framework has been finalised, - Amend the definition of “Substance of Very High Concern” in accordance with the REACH
Regulation.
