7 Amendments of Nils TORVALDS related to 2021/2011(INI)
Amendment 34 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Welcomes the European strategy for critical raw materials, underlines the need to urgently develop Horizon Europe R&I projects on waste processing, recycling, advanced materials and substitution, processes for exploitation and processing of critical raw materials in order to significantly reduce environmental impacts;
Amendment 41 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Reiterates the opportunities that lie in the optimised use of products and services, in addition to measures that extend life-cycles and material use; in this context, stresses in particular the opportunities to combine circular economy solutions and digitalisation; calls on the Commission and the Member States to develop policies to support new sustainable and circular business models, such as product-as-a-service (PaaS) approaches that save resources and reduce environmental impacts while ensuring protection for consumers; Invites the Commission to facilitate such PaaS approaches in the new Sustainable Products Initiative and calls on the Commission and Member States to remove undue regulatory and fiscal barriers to them and promote the development of infrastructures that enable circularity and a sustainable digital economy;
Amendment 54 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 f (new)
Paragraph 1 f (new)
1f. Believes continued secure supply of ethically sourced raw materials to be the foundation to Europe’s material wealth and an indispensable building block for innovative and clean processes that enable Europeans to lead healthy and comfortable lives in line with the EU Green Deal;
Amendment 56 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 g (new)
Paragraph 1 g (new)
1g. Believes that research and innovation must lie at the centre of a successful CRM strategy; Furthermore emphasizes that innovative recycling processes and the development of new substitution materials will help revitalize Europe’s raw material industries in line with the EU Industrial Strategy and also reduce dependence on CRM imports from third countries.
Amendment 57 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 h (new)
Paragraph 1 h (new)
1h. Suggests that different yet complementary options to overcome raw material criticality exist, such as increasing European supply, ensuring access to imports, circularity, diversification or substitution; notes however, that substitution is still rarely used in practice and thus requires consistent multidisciplinary research support and incentives.
Amendment 60 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 i (new)
Paragraph 1 i (new)
1i. Calls on the Commission to include SMEs in the CRM Strategy as they play a fundamental role in the Union’s economic resilience, asks the Commission to assess and factor in SME contributions systematically; furthermore underlines that relevant EU funds and support tools must be easily accessible for SMEs.
Amendment 85 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Calls on the Commission to fully address illegal export of waste shipments to third countries containing CRMs in the review of the Waste Shipments Regulation; Therefore calls for overall requirements that waste products containing CRMs are only exported when treated under similar conditions to Europe in the country of destination.