16 Amendments of Marcus PRETZELL related to 2014/2211(INI)
Amendment 19 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the steel sector, which has seen over 40 MT of steel production capacity close since 2008 and has lost more than 60 000 jobs directly and over 100 000 jobs indirectly, is experiencing its most serious peacetime crisis ever, resulting in dependency and losses of industrial know- how, suffering from measures resulting in uncompetitiveness and carbon leakage;
Amendment 31 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the successive closures of European aluminium electrolysis plants as a consequence of high and uncompetitive energy cost show that Europe is rapidly deindustrialising when it comes to this metal;
Amendment 87 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Understands that the European Commission has launched discussions which will culminate in the reform of the ETS for the fourth period 2021-2028 and calls, in this connection, for the fight against climate change to focus on efficiency and optimising yields rather than on limiting production; calls on the Commission to consider that whatever means are taken, they must not give way to carbon leakage, on the other hand it should necessarily be considered that the fundamental laws of physics, physical chemistry and chemistry represent a natural limit to production and thus emissions, below which the production processes would no more run;
Amendment 101 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls on the Commission, therefore, to amend the system for allocating emissions allowances via extensive application of the assessment used for the reference values applicable to industry, which are based on greenhouse gas emissions per tonne produced and not per facility, as it is the cleanest plants which are needed to produce more, but also taking into account the application of most modern sustainable technology mirrored in the respective production plant, as it is the cleanest plants which should produce more than older highly emittent and ineffective plants;
Amendment 106 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls also for abolition of the application of the cross-sectoral correction factor to the industries concerned in order to promote the virtuous practices of industrialists and workers who have made the necessary efforts to achieve minimum emissions by adopting the best available techniques; whereas carbon leakage to those areas in the world responsible for the highest CO2 emissions negatively affects global environmental issues
Amendment 136 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Emphasises firmly that, ever since the creation of the International Negotiating Committee that prepared the Rio Convention in 1992, the EU has been seeking to negotiate with third countries an international agreement aimed at protecting against climate change, but so far without success and therefore, the proportionality of CO2 emissions throughout the EU and their effect on global emissions reduction should be taken into account;
Amendment 143 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Highlights the fact that an international agreement on combating climate change that creates circumstances of fair competition for all base metal producers would render border adjustment unnecessary; points to the fact that such an international agreement necessarily must include reliable commitments of the strongest emitting countries;
Amendment 160 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Maintains that the climate policy objectives of protecting the life and health of humans, animals and plants, and of the conservation of finite natural resources, are consonant with the exceptions set out in Article XX of the WTO Agreement; specifies that the global nature of the climate issue, and the fact that an atmosphere with a low carbon content (clean air) is a global public good, means that it is already viewed as a natural resource that can be exhausted;
Amendment 184 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Regrets that compensation for indirect costs has created a new factor in competitive inequality in Europe among producers in electricity-intensive sectors, who can receive financial support from the authorities in their countries, further among production intensive in raw materials and energy as a whole; adds that this compensation, which was devised as a transitional measure, should swiftly be reduced and, especially, be granted at European level in order not to distort competition among European producers;
Amendment 210 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Urges that free allowances be allocated strictly on the basis of programmes for investment in new equipment, R&D and the training of workers, as soon as possible and at all events starting 2018 and during the fourth stage, covering the period 2021- 2028;
Amendment 212 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Acknowledges, in this respect, that electricity intensive EAF in the steel industry also used for recycling strongly contributes to the principles of zero waste and circular economy;
Amendment 218 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Suggests that companies who have already invested in new sustainable production technologies, i.e., plants, processes and automation, shall list their success in reducing CO2 emissions since the beginning of the climate negotiations (e.g. GATT 94), so that those who have long been achieving continuous and remarkable reduction of CO2 emissions will be acknowledged;
Amendment 221 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Suggests that the revenue obtained from the sale of emissions allowances should be traceable so that the public can see both, its origin, i.e., the facilities which required the certificates, and how it is being used by the national authorities;
Amendment 226 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Suggests that any facility classified as subject to the ETS should make comprehensive information available every year, including in respect of combating climate change and compliance with EU environmental directives, and that this be accessible to workers' representatives and to the representatives of civil society from local communities. Should the facility be able to proof that ETS was caused by an increase in production due to increased demand and supply, no further substantiation is necessary;
Amendment 230 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
Amendment 266 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22