The deputies validated this Tuesday evening in committee the establishment of an environmental labeling on the products, a
"carbon score",
in the form of an experiment with a view to an obligation, an insufficient measure in the eyes of environmentalists.
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The deputies gave the first green light to this article 1 of the climate bill, examined in a special committee before its arrival in the hemicycle at the end of March.
Elected environmentalists like Delphine Batho consider the experiment insufficient and too long, with a maximum duration of 5 years before obligation.
“When will an environmental labeling finally come into force in France?
Environmental labeling has been the subject of successive laws for twelve years now without ever
succeeding, she pointed out Monday evening.
The co-rapporteur Aurore Bergé (LREM) defended these
“experiments”
, a
“flexibility”
measure
which
“does not prevent going faster for the sectors which are ready”
.
“The textile sector is already ahead,”
noted Minister of Ecological Transition Barbara Pompili.
On the right, Jean-Marie Sermier (LR) wondered about the
“criteria
” of this environmental display,
“far from relying on indisputable technical elements.
I wonder if we are not creating an ultimately counterproductive gas plant ”
.
"Kill the readability of this indicator"
Several left-wing deputies tried in vain to
"enrich"
the carbon score, with criteria on human rights, transport or environmental health.
"To want to multiply the ingredients too much, we will just kill the readability of this indicator,"
warned the general rapporteur LREM Jean-René Cazeneuve.
During the debates, the deputies adopted in particular an amendment of the socialist Gérard Leseul specifying that the posting relates to
“the environmental impact”
, and not to the simple
“environmental characteristics”
of the good or the considered service.
Another from Aurore Bergé specifies that the display will take into account greenhouse gas emissions, and any damage to biodiversity and the consumption of natural resources.