24 Amendments of Maria SPYRAKI related to 2022/2008(INI)
Amendment 27 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine has shown once again that the EU is highly dependent on energy supply from third countries;
Amendment 29 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B b (new)
Recital B b (new)
Bb. whereas a high level of energy supply dependency, such as on Russia, and high energy prices can be detrimental to the production capacities of European companies;
Amendment 33 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas the European Commission, having identified its strategic dependencies in the most sensitive industrial ecosystems, such as healthcare, will propose concrete systemic (economic and regulatory) measures to reduce these dependencies, including by securing and promoting production and investment in Europe to ensure patient access and the sustainability of the healthcare system;
Amendment 45 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C b (new)
Recital C b (new)
Cb. whereas the European Commission has recognised the health industrial ecosystem, including active pharmaceutical ingredients and other health-related products such as essential medicines, as critical to achieving its open strategic autonomy;
Amendment 51 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C c (new)
Recital C c (new)
Cc. whereas the European Commission has acknowledged in the new updated industrial strategy that unsustainable market policies, including in the area of public procurement, could lead to market consolidation that increases the risk of medicines shortage;
Amendment 101 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on the Commission to present clearfeasible transition pathways for the industrial ecosystem as soon as possible, including by identifying the needs for a successful transition in terms of infrastructure, regulations, technologies and skills and by outlining a clear investment timeline; emphasizes the need for a differentiated approach that takes into account the characteristics, global economic positions and needs of each sector, when designing respective transition pathways; calls on the Commission to ensure consistency and coordination across all initiatives, objectives, funding and regulatory instruments that will support industry through the transitions; calls for annual monitoring and reporting on the competitiveness and resilience of our industrial ecosystems and on the progress made on the transition pathways, so that instruments can be adapted swiftly when needed;
Amendment 116 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Calls on the Commission to consider the impact of the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine on the European industry and its capacities in current and future initiatives and objectives;
Amendment 117 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Calls on the Commission and Members States to ensure technology neutrality across the whole transition in order to secure competitiveness; stresses that the exclusion of certain technologies will only weaken the industries ability to pivot in times of crisis or when technologies prove themselves financially, economically or environmentally unsustainable; insists therefore that the most sustainable way of achieving the climate goals is a technological open and cost-efficient way, including all technologies that contribute to reach climate neutrality;
Amendment 155 #
6a. Calls on the Commission and Member States to adopt a holistic approach when it creates incentives to support strategic industrial sectors and their supply chains, such as food, pharmaceutics and others, which are facing a sharp increase of energy, transport and raw materials' costs due to the current conflict in Ukraine; stresses that ensuring sufficient access to affordable, secure and diversified clean energy throughout the single market is going to be key to continue with its integration and to pursue the European industry’s transformation plans, boost its green transition and its global competitiveness; underlines how the development of efficient and integrated logistics networks and infrastructures can ensure a smoother access to transport, energy and digital services increase competitiveness of businesses, reduce barriers in the single market and widen markets for products and jobs; reminds the importance of diversification of supplies and material circularity in particular to reduce reliance on third country imports and increase Union's energy and resources independence;
Amendment 175 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Underlines the importance of a fully integrated circular economy to create an efficient and decarbonised industry; calls on the Commission to undertake analyses on how products can be recycled and reintroduced into the product cycle; calls on the Commission to give particular consideration when it comes to funding and tender opportunities of the European Union to projects of companies that are innovative frontrunners as regards building and advancing the circular economy;
Amendment 176 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Call on the European Commission to support Member States in the implementation of medicine public tenders by rapidly issuing guidance under the current public procurement Directive. These guidance should ensure market predictability as well as multi-source supplies of essential medicines; privilege tender criteria such as the Most Economic Advantageous Tender;
Amendment 212 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Stresses the need for regulatory stability and predictability next to incentives for transformation; Calls on the Commission to consider strategic dependencies, the investments cycles of industry, when proposing new legislation that affect industry and allow the necessary transition and adaptation time; calls on the Commission to include roadmaps in the transition pathways to reduce administrative burdens for European businesses, especially SMEs, by at least 30 %; stresses the ‘one in, one out’ principle;
Amendment 220 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Is concerned about the increasing level of administrative burden for companies; stresses that Europe is experiencing a turning point due to the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine and the consequences of the Covid-19 pandemic; calls on the Commission to introduce a moratorium on bureaucracy, as companies are already severely challenged by high industrial energy prices, in some cases insufficient energy infrastructure, complications in logistics and shortage of skilled workers;
Amendment 238 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Calls on the Commission to stimulate the production of affordable and abundant renewable and low-carbon energy; calls on the Commission to increase the coordination of the planning and financing for needed electricity, energy, hydrogen, CO2 and heating/cooling infrastructure; highlights in particular that the development of appropriate networks for the transport of CO2, hydrogen, and renewable energy will play a key role in successfully decarbonising energy- intensive industries;
Amendment 247 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Underlines that the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) intends to prevent the risk of carbon leakage on the EU market; states that it is essential to avoid the risk that products exported from the EU are replaced by more carbon intensive goods on the global market; calls on the Commission to present a legislative proposal to develop WTO- compatible solutions, such as an export adjustment mechanism, to be implemented to avoid carbon leakage on European exports, while preserving emission reduction targets; reiterates that in order for CBAM to be efficient in lowering carbon leakage, all possible circumvention practices should be addressed;
Amendment 252 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 b (new)
Paragraph 12 b (new)
12b. Considers the roll out of the hydrogen economy for the success of the Fit For 55 goals essential; in this regard stresses the need for a broad-based strategy for the importation of renewable electricity, renewable hydrogen and low- carbon energy from as many naturally suitable regions as possible is necessary, also to reduce fossil dependencies;
Amendment 254 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 c (new)
Paragraph 12 c (new)
12c. Calls on Member States to diversify their energy mix in order to increase the EUs energy security; the energy mix needs to continue to include sources such as LNG and nuclear in order to avoid energy crisis, market distortion, inflation and energy poverty; emphasizes the need for biomass as a renewable source, as well as support for sustainable forest and land management, needed for long-term storage, adaption and removal of carbon;
Amendment 262 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to bring down the time needed to issue permits substantially and create fast-track permitting procedures for infrastructure that supports industry in the energy transition; calls on Member States and the Commission to establish permitting procedures with a clear governance structure that establishes legal certainty in order to attract the necessary investors and lower the investment risk;
Amendment 283 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Calls on the Member States and the Commission to accelerate the implementation of instruments, including important projects of common European interest, and industrial alliances that develop innovative breakthrough technologies needed for the energy transition, such as clean steel, clean cement, clean aviation, e-fuels, clean fertilisers, e- cracking and small modular reactors;
Amendment 287 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Notes that, in light of the ongoing geopolitical situation, it is crucial to cut the reliance of energy-intensive industries on imported fossil fuels as soon as possible; highlights that, in several key industries, the use of non-recyclable waste and biomass waste can effectively substitute fossil fuels, whilst allowing to lower the CO2 footprint; urges, therefore, EU, national and local authorities, to encourage such a circular approach in all policies;
Amendment 299 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Welcomes the Commission analysis on strategic dependencies and capacities; calls on the Commission to finalise the analyses and technology roadmaps as soon as possible and propose actions to reduce dependence on the identified critical products and supplies; highlights the necessity of a strategy based on further in- depth analysis of mutual dependencies to strengthen the EU’s capacity in critical value chains; Invites the Commission to consider the efforts and commitments of the industry to REPower Europe and to move away from dependencies on Russia;
Amendment 313 #
16a. Highlights that to successfully decarbonise, industries will need to have access to affordable, low-carbon energy; in light of the current context of high energy prices, calls on the Commission to swiftly review and expand the list of sectors eligible through indirect State Aid compensation;
Amendment 314 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 b (new)
Paragraph 16 b (new)
16b. Call on the European Commission to support incentives, via EU funds either State Aid, for the production of old established medicines and active pharmaceutical ingredients in order to strengthen the security of supply while achieving Europe’s open strategic autonomy;
Amendment 337 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Welcomes the European data spaces initiative; underlines the role that data spaces play for smart manufacturing; emphasizes the need for a differentiated approach that takes into account the characteristics of each sector; believes that the participation of non-EU companies in EU data space initiatives waters down the goal of strengthening the EU’s digital sovereignty;