18 Amendments of José Inácio FARIA related to 2014/2208(INI)
Amendment 2 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 2 a (new)
Citation 2 a (new)
– having regard to the Commission communication 'Green Action Plan for SMEs: Enabling SMEs to turn environmental challenges into business opportunities' (COM(2014)0440);
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 6 a (new)
Citation 6 a (new)
– having regard to its resolution of 14 January 2014 on a European strategy on plastic waste in the environment1 a; __________________ 1a Text adopted, P7_TA(2014)0016.
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 6 b (new)
Citation 6 b (new)
– having regard to its resolution of 12 December 2013 on Eco-innovation - jobs and growth through environmental policy1 a, __________________ 1a Text adopted, P7_TA(2013)0584.
Amendment 32 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas Europe, importing about half of the raw materials it consumes, is more dependent on imported resources than any other region in the world and its competitiveness can be increased only by getting more added value out of resources in the economy;
Amendment 37 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B b (new)
Recital B b (new)
Bb. whereas the Parliament has repeatedly called on the Commission to set indicators and legally binding targets for resource efficiency;
Amendment 42 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas citizens, small businesses and local public authorities play a special role in ensuring resource efficiency and in promoting decoupling between economic growth and resource consumption;
Amendment 96 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Is convinced that improving resource efficiency in businesses and civil society requires both legislative and economic incentives and further funding of research, for instance in the form of grants and access to finance tools under the Industrial Leadership and Societal Challenges of the Horizon 2020 programme;
Amendment 107 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Stresses that legal certainty and long- term predictability are neededkey to unlocking the potential of the European Fund for Strategic Investments for the circular economy in order to channel investments towards a sustainable economy;
Amendment 108 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Reminds that water, both as a natural resource used in production processes and as a public good, should be considered when calculating raw material consumption figures as well as used in an efficient manner;
Amendment 150 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Urges the Commission to develop and introduce by 2019 a lead indicator and a numberdashboard of sub-indicators on resource efficiency, including the land, water, material and carbon footprint, and ecosystem services; these binding indicators should measure resource consumption, including imports and exports, at EU, Member State and industry level and take account of the whole lifecycle of products and services;
Amendment 170 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Urges the Commission to set a binding target to increase resource efficiency at EU level by 30 % by 2030 and, in accordance with the recommendations set out in the Commission communication ‘Towards a circular economy’ of 25 September 2014, as well as individual targets for each Member State;
Amendment 232 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Urges the Commission to take other relevant actions to ensure that products are easy to reuse, refit, repair, recycle and eventuallyalso dismantle for new resources;
Amendment 356 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Calls on the Commission to propose the full implementation of the circular economy principles and requirements in the building sector and to further develop the policy framework on resource efficiency in buildings; this includes developing indicators, standards and methods as regards land use and urban planning, architecture, structural engineering, construction, maintenance, adaptability, energy efficiency, energy generation, self-sufficiency in energy, and renovation and reuse and recycling; targets and indicators on sustainable buildings should also include green infrastructure, such as green roofs;
Amendment 388 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Considers that, as 90 % of the 2050 built environment already exists, special requirements and tax incentives should be set for the renovation sector in order to have mainly energy-positive buildings by 2050;
Amendment 394 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 4 a (new)
Subheading 4 a (new)
Developing markets for secondary raw materials
Amendment 396 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 b (new)
Paragraph 19 b (new)
19b. Urges the Commission and Member States to start phasing out all environmentally harmful subsidies without delay, as agreed in the 7th Environment Action Programme, and calls on Member States to report on progress through the National Reform Programmes; furthermore underlines the need to increase the use of market-based instruments, such as Member States' taxation policies, pricing and charging, and expanding markets for environmental goods and services, with due regard to any adverse social impacts, using an action- based approach, supported and monitored by the Commission, inter alia, via the European Semester;
Amendment 433 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Calls on the Commission to establish a permanent resource-efficiency platform, bringing together public authorities, private bodies, and civil society organisations in order to encourage and facilitate the application of the latest research findings, the exchange of best practices and the emergence of new industrial synthesis and industrial ecosystems; considers that such a platform should include SMEs and provide channels for communication and exchanges of information with the European Research Council;
Amendment 454 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Stresses that all EU funding, including funding through EFSI, Horizon 2020, cohesion funds and the EIB, must be mobilised to promote resource efficiency and urges the Commission to abolish all environmentally harmful subsidieMember States to carry out an evaluation of the appropriateness of the maintenance of subsidies which harm the objectives of this resolution, with a view to abolishing them; underpins the importance of SMEs in the development of innovative solutions for enhanced resource efficiency and recalls that small businesses striving for innovative solutions for increased resource productivity can resort to the COSME financial instruments, the Loan Guarantee Facility and the Equity Facility for Growth, as well as other financial and microfinancial tools offered by the EIF, to get funding for the implementation of their solutions;