6 Amendments of Ignazio CORRAO related to 2020/2077(INI)
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion
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1. Welcomes the Commission’s intention to review Directive 2009/125/EC; stresses that broadening its scope should not lead to any watering down of the results achieved in the field ofcovering more products and structures with the ultimate aim to reduce energy uses and improve energy efficiency gains;
Amendment 64 #
Draft opinion
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2. Underlines that research into circular materials, processes, technologies and, products and business models , as well as into their industrial scale-up, can provide European companies with a worldwide competitive advantage; believes that shorteningdiversifying, shortening and making more sustainable a number of value chains would make European industrial ecosystems more resilient, competitive and profitablesperous, as well as promote the EU’s strategic autonomy;
Amendment 81 #
Draft opinion
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Amendment 115 #
Draft opinion
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5. Is of the opinion that the transition towards a digital economy in all sectors cancan offer solutions to reduce their environmental footprint, while also boosting the green transition of several sectors; notes, however, that digital technologies themselves present interlinking risks for both the people and the environment; Considers it imperative that the digitalisation of the Union supports and does not hamper the transition towards a climate-neutral economy; points out that measures are nevertheless needed to deal with the short- and medium- term costs of the transitions and to make them just;
Amendment 134 #
Draft opinion
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7. Asks the Commission to support an environmentally sustainable digital transition that builds on maximising the value of data and deploying digitally- enabled solutions to permit the circular, sustainable, reduced and efficient use of resources and to maintain the value of products and materials for as long as possible.
Amendment 137 #
Draft opinion
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Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Underlines the need to stimulate the development of lead markets and introduce scalable demand-pull instruments for sustainable industrial materials and products, in particular with high Capex requirements; calls on the Commission to establish more ambitious and effective norms, quotas and standards in terms of GHG emission reduction, recycling, resource and energy-savings, zero pollution and circular economy requirements in support of the Sustainable Product Policy Framework; points to the revision of procurement standards for basic materials, such as in the building and construction sector, as well as the introduction of sustainable products and material purchasing mandates for large private sector consumers, quotas for climate neutral products and materials including zero carbon steel and low-carbon cement, as well as mandatory labelling on durability and reparability of products and improved consumer information;