3 Amendments of Kent JOHANSSON related to 2011/2068(INI)
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
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1. Stresses the importance of resource efficiency to achieving the goals of the Europe 2020 strategy; underlines the fact that decoupling economic growth from resource consumption is essential to improve Europe's industrial competitiveness and reduce its relative dependence on imported resources; strongly believes that the Horizon 2020 Framework Programme for Research and Innovation should play a vital role in this respect;
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion
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3. Supports the Commission's idea of shifting taxation away from labour towards resource consumption; welcomes the intention to encourage Member States to phase out environmentally harmful subsidies (EHS); urges Member States to promote new technologies and sustainable growth through green public procurement;
Amendment 30 #
Draft opinion
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4. Highlights the fact that boosting resource efficiency requires a profound change in consumption and production patterns, achievable through new solutions for smart resource management; calls, therefore, for investment in product design, resource recycling and waste management, substitution and re-use; calls for the full implementation and expanded scope of the Ecodesign Directive;