Article 4 — Amendments to Regulation (EU) 2019/1021

Regulation (EU) 2019/1021 is amended as follows: (1) Article 8 is amended as follows: (a) in paragraph 1, the following point is added: (i) upon request by the Commission, draw up and submit a report within 12 months of the request on the impacts on human health and on the environment and socioeconomic impacts of introducing or amending concentration limit values specified in Annex IV or V. ; (b) the following paragraph is inserted: 1a. The report referred to in paragraph 1, point (i), shall contain the following information: (a) information on the impacts on human health and on the environment of waste consisting of, containing or contaminated with POPs, including impacts on waste management; (b) information on concentrations and mass flows of POPs in relevant waste streams and on waste treatment and treatment capacities; (c) an analysis of the impacts of the different concentration limit values considered in drawing up the report; (d) a reasoned proposal for concentration limit values to be introduced in Annex IV and, as appropriate, in Annex V. The Agency shall, as soon as it receives the request referred to in paragraph 1, point (i), publish on its website a notice that a report on a possible amendment of Annex IV or V will be prepared. The notice shall also invite all interested parties, including waste operators and users of recycled materials, to submit comments within 8 weeks. The Agency shall publish those comments on its website. At the latest 9 months following the submission of the report referred to in paragraph 1, point (i), of this Article, the Committee for Socioeconomic Analysis of the Agency, set up pursuant to Article 76(1), point (d), of Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006, shall adopt an opinion on the report and on the concentration limit values proposed therein. For that purpose Article 87 of Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 shall apply mutatis mutandis. The Agency shall then submit the report and the opinion of the Committee for Socioeconomic Analysis on the concentration limit values to the Commission without delay. ; (2) in Article 13, paragraph 2 is replaced by the following: 2. Where a Member State shares the information referred to in paragraph 1, point (e), with the European Environmental Agency (the EEA), that Member State shall indicate that in the report and, in doing so, shall be deemed to have fulfilled its reporting obligations under that point. Where the information referred to in paragraph 1, point (e), is contained in the report of a Member State provided to the Agency, the Agency shall transmit the information to the EEA for compiling, storing and sharing that information. ; (3) in Article 15, paragraph 2 is replaced by the following: 2. The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 18, in order to amend Annexes IV and V to adapt them to the changes to the list of substances set out in Annexes I, II or III or to modify existing entries in Annex IV and V to adapt them to scientific and technical progress, including developments in waste treatment and decontamination technologies or new scientific information regarding health and environmental impacts associated with the presence of a substance in waste. ; (4) Article 18 is amended as follows: (a) the first sentence of paragraph 2 is replaced by the following: The power to adopt delegated acts referred to in Article 4(3), Article 10(2) and Article 15 shall be conferred on the Commission for a period of five years from 1 January 2026. ; (b) the first sentence of paragraph 3 is replaced by the following: The delegation of power referred to in Article 4(3), Article 10(2) and Article 15 may be revoked at any time by the European Parliament or by the Council. ; (c) paragraph 6 is replaced by the following: A delegated act adopted pursuant to Article 4(3), Article 10(2) or Article 15 shall enter into force only if no objection has been expressed either by the European Parliament or by the Council within a period of two months of notification of that act to the European Parliament and the Council or if, before the expiry of that period, the European Parliament and the Council have both informed the Commission that they will not object. That period shall be extended by two months at the initiative of the European Parliament or of the Council. ; (5) the following article is inserted: Article 21b Review Taking due account of any regulatory developments concerning the status of the resources and of the governance of the scientific committees of the European Chemicals Agency, the Commission shall monitor the situation regarding the tasks, workload and remit of the scientific committees, and, where appropriate, present a legislative proposal to amend this Regulation accordingly. ; (6) Annex IV, table 1, is amended as follows: (a) in row 4, the text in the fourth column is replaced by the following: 1500 mg/kg By 30 December 2027, the Commission shall review that concentration limit and shall, where appropriate, adopt a delegated act in accordance with Article 15(2) to lower that value. ; (b) in row 11, the text in the fourth column is replaced by the following: 5 μg/kg (2) By 30 December 2027, the Commission shall review that concentration limit and shall, where appropriate, adopt a delegated act in accordance with Article 15(2) to lower that value. ; (c) in row 26, the text in the fourth column is replaced by the following: 500 mg/kg By 30 December 2027, the Commission shall review that concentration limit and shall, where appropriate, adopt a delegated act in accordance with Article 15(2) to lower that value to not higher than 200 mg/kg. ; (d) in row 29, the text in the fourth column is replaced by the following: 1 mg/kg (PFOA and its salts), 40 mg/kg (sum of PFOA-related compounds) By 30 December 2027, the Commission shall review that concentration limit and shall, where appropriate, adopt a delegated act in accordance with Article 15(2) to lower that value. ; (e) in row 30, the text in the fourth column is replaced by the following: 1 mg/kg (PFHxS and its salts), 40 mg/kg (sum of PFHxS-related compounds) By 30 December 2027, the Commission shall review that concentration limit and shall, where appropriate, adopt a delegated act in accordance with Article 15(2) to lower that value..