7 Amendments of Nikos ANDROULAKIS related to 2017/2053(INI)
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
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1. Stresses that in order to boost the transition towards a sustainable, circular and low-carbon economy and, deliver on the commonly agreed Energy Union targets and be consistent with our commitments under the Paris Agreement, significant additional investments are required in the period 2020-2030;
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion
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2. Is convinced that tangible progress on these key EU policies requires a thorough reform with a view to a more effective EU budget that is less dependent on resources transferred from Member States and is based on genuine own resources, with a direct and transparent link to investments in projects with clear European added value for citizens and companies;
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion
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Paragraph 2
2. Is convinced that tangible progress on these key EU policies requires a thorough reform with a view to a more effective EU budget based on genuine own resources, with a direct and transparent link to investments in projects with clear European added value for citizens and, companies and the environment;
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion
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3. Believes that own resources based on an electricity tax or motor fuel levy continues to encounter strong political opposition and, in the case of an electricity tax,t would overlap with the scope of the EU Emissions Trading System (EU ETS); considers, therefore, that theseis options are is not the most suitable instruments of reform for the current system of own resources;
Amendment 32 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
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4. Notes that DG Environment accounts for the second largest volume of fines imposed for non-compliance with EU legislation, amounting to EUR 284 million for the period 2014-2017; calls for revenue stemming directly from EU legislation and its enforcement to be invested in common EU projects with tangible added value to the environment;
Amendment 35 #
Draft opinion
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5. Calls for a proportion of the ETS auctioning revenue, from Phase 4 (2021) onwards, to be directed towards a Just Transition Fund as it has been proposed by the European Parliament and concrete common EU projects, such as cross-border energy infrastructure (to facilitate the integration of renewables, for example), energy storage and investments in breakthrough innovation in industry;
Amendment 51 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Calls for an exploration of the possible introduction of an own resource reflecting the carbon content of consumer goods sold in the single market, such as a carbon-added tax (CAT), that would gradually replace a proportion of the current VAT-based own resource and of a carbon adjustment mechanism imposed at the EU’s borders on all goods entering the Single Market to compensate for the estimated carbon cost of their production compared to EU production.