20 Amendments of Marco ZULLO related to 2016/2041(INI)
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Considers, with a view to building a genuine circular economy and given the specific features of renewable energy sources and the need to apply them on every scale and to all sectors of activity and systems, from the smallest to the largest, that European regions, their cities, and their urban, peri-urban, and rural areas are the nerve-centres of the transformation to clean low-carbon societiesocieties with low emissions of carbon and other pollutants, such as heavy metals and dioxins;
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. having regard to the targets set by Directive 2009/28/EC and the urgent need swiftly to phase out dependence on fossil fuels;
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Considers that the ERDF and the Cohesion Fund ought to do much to meet the targets set by Directive 2009/28/ECStructural and Investment Funds and Horizon 2020 ought to do much to fund research and innovation in connection with renewable energy generation and to help meet the targets set by Directive 2009/28/EC and swiftly phase out the use of fossil fuels in all Member States;
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Points to the importance of close and detailed monitoring of the use of EU funding for efforts to increase renewables' share of the energy mix, in order to compile a database to be used in assessing future strategies, as well as to keep track of funding and to assess its effectiveness;
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Criticises the fact that, to date, the funding available under the ESI has not been used efficiently in the sector and believes that, in order to speed up progress towards meeting the targets set in Directive 2009/28/EC, more and better use needs to be made of that funding to step up renewable energy generation;
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Believes also that steps should be taken to encourage the greatest possible degree of self-generation from renewable sources, starting with public buildings, in order to enhance overall self-sufficiency and, thereby, more generally, energy security;
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Recommends the effective use of Horizon 2020 for research and innovation in the agricultural sector in order to step up renewable energy generation;
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Stresses that, in order to avoid energy market imbalances that could prevent the industry from developing in the most effective manner, the Commission should seek to prevent excessive concentration in the hands of individual firms or groups and instead to promote decentralised energy generation and self-generation;
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Recognises the value of woodaste timber for energy purposes in contributing to the renewable energy targets of the 2030 climate and energy framework and in opening up new business opportunities;
Amendment 27 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Believes that the Commission should endeavour to prevent the ownership and running of electricity generation plants from being concentrated in the hands of a small number of large firms, in order to ensure that the market is suitably competitive, which will have a positive spin-off in terms of job creation and wealth distribution at local level;
Amendment 28 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 c (new)
Paragraph 6 c (new)
6c. Believes also that steps should be taken to encourage, in all EU regions, the greatest possible degree of self-generation from renewable sources, starting with public buildings, in order to enhance overall self-sufficiency and, thereby, energy security;
Amendment 33 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Encourages European regions to continue with the measures taken or devised to move towards clean transport using energy from renewable sources; Considers that investment in electrical charging point systems, conceived on a regional scale, should constitute a priority for all European regions;
Amendment 37 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls on the Commission, by taking measurements in quantitative terms and in relation to the ESI funding to be mobilised for the transport sector (EUR 39.7 billion), to gauge the real impact that the Funds will have on greenhouse gas emission reductionefforts to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases and other pollutants and modal shift in the transport sector;
Amendment 39 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Calls, accordingly, on the Commission and the Member States not to pursue austerity policies in the sector, so as to avoid cuts in funding and support for renewables in EU regions;
Amendment 40 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 b (new)
Paragraph 9 b (new)
9b. Calls on the Member States to draw up operational programmes to increase the use of renewable energy, and on the Commission not to include investment in the sector in deficit calculations;
Amendment 47 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Encourages the Member States and the Commission to promote the importance of the sustainable forest-based bioeconomybioeconomy based on forest waste matter and of wood as one of the EU’s crucial renewable raw materials;
Amendment 56 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Recalls that attention should be paid to the effects of changes in land use, given that it can have serious consequences in terms of climate change, hydrogeological instability, distortions of the market and prices, impact on society and employment and the pollution of the soil through a massive use of pesticides;
Amendment 67 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Points also to the importance of monitoring of the use of EU funds available to the agricultural sector to increase renewables' share of the energy mix, in order to compile an immediate database to be used in assessing future strategies, as well as to keep track of funding and to assess its effectiveness;
Amendment 75 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6