Activities of Barbara KAPPEL related to 2014/2209(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Green growth opportunities for SMEs (A8-0135/2015 - Philippe De Backer) DE
Amendments (5)
Amendment 36 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
Amendment 59 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Highlights the fact that our economy will need to provide for an ever growing population – 9 billion people by 2050 – and that our natural resources are limited and therefore should be used in a very efficient way; points out new innovative solutions to these challenges such as new products, production processes, business practices and services, and a new supporting legal framework; takes the view that this legal framework should be technically and economically applicable and enforceable in all the Member States;
Amendment 102 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Calls on the Commission to make sure that in the implementation phase of the ‘Investment Plan for Europe’ SMEs, in particular green and innovative ones, will be key beneficiaries of the support provided for under this proposal; reminds the Commission, in this connection, that it must act in a technologically neutral manner;
Amendment 141 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Welcomes the Commission decision for withdrawing obsolete or overly burdensome legislative proposals; calls on the Commission to refrain from legislative proposals that would lead to an unnecessary administrative burden for businesses and SMEs and to continuously review existing legislation with the objective of decreasing the current administrative burden and adapting this to new business models; stresses, nonetheless, the need for ambitious actions that are technically and economically feasible in all the Member States in order to reach the EU’s environmental targets;
Amendment 153 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Notes that public funding needs to go to both mature technologies, which can be put on the market at a significantly lower cost, rather than being used to push for large-scale deployment of immature and cost-inefficient technologies and pilot projects in order to overcome the valley of death;