12 Amendments of Cristiana MUSCARDINI related to 2008/0000(INI)
Amendment 20 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
Ea. whereas, due to the characteristics of the European industrial base, access to raw materials worldwide is a vital component of EU industrial competitiveness and of its economic development,
Amendment 21 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E b (new)
Recital E b (new)
Eb. whereas there are many examples of policies and measures which hinder EU companies' access to raw materials worldwide on an equal basis,
Amendment 22 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E c (new)
Recital E c (new)
Ec. whereas the strengthening of research and innovation plays an important role in encouraging sustainable raw materials supplies,
Amendment 30 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital J
Recital J
J. whereas climate change is taking place and is caused by human activity; whereas the extraction and production of raw materials and commodities could results in significant emissions of greenhouse gases and therefore should take into account their effects on climate change,
Amendment 44 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Regrets that many developing countries have been locked into the production and export of raw materials and commodities whose volatile prices have been declining over the long- term, constituting a serious impediment to the alleviation of poverty as well as the realisation of the MDGs; stresses that the developme but recognises that increasing commodity prices have contributed to significant improspect of the world's poorest people and countries is today being endangered by climate changevements in the external accounts of some developing countries, dependent on primary commodities;
Amendment 46 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Stresses that the European Union needs a comprehensive strategy to secure better and non discriminatory access to raw materials, which eliminates international trade distortions and ensures effective competition on raw materials markets;
Amendment 48 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Calls on the Commission to seek the effective elimination of the causes of distortions by firmly raising these issues in bilateral consultations and negotiations and to promote the development of new WTO rules at a multilateral level;
Amendment 58 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Encourages developing countries to raise the necessary investments and consolidate economic diversification through strengthened infrastructure and institutional capacity building, promoting good governance in managing economic development as well as facilitating access and distribution of products from small scale producers to local markets which also would strengthen regional integration and economies of scale, urges the Commission to use aid- for- trade as an important tool for development as well as strengthen existing mechanisms for transfer of technology, especially as a means to manage climate change;
Amendment 64 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
Amendment 82 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
Amendment 89 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. UnderstandStresses that high oil prices reinforce the necessary structural changes towardsity of an urgent and different approach in energy policy aiming at improving energy efficiency and an increased use of renewableother energy sources, including renewable energy;
Amendment 94 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Points out that the new trading policy of some emerging countries, especially China, searching for raw materials worldwide, in particular in Africa, is having a major and negative impact on the European Union's access to commodities in this continent, because of an approach based on one-to-one relations between States and neglecting references to human rights, corporate social responsibility and environmental and social standards;