17 Amendments of Bernd LANGE related to 2013/2177(INI)
Amendment 3 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas the European coal and steel sector has played an historically significant role in the European integration process and forms the basis for the generation of European industrial value added;
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Stresses that fair trade in steel products can only work in accordance with basic employment rights and environmental standards;
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Calls on the Commission to ensure that future trade agreements include provisions to significantly improve export opportunities and market access possibilities for European steel and steel-based products;
Amendment 30 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Calls on the Commission to enter into negotiations with trade partners which import particularly significant volumes into the EU, such as Turkey and Abu Dhabi, with a view to introducing quantitative restrictions;
Amendment 34 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Stresses that innovation in new products, such as high-strength and yet flexible steels, and new production processes is the key to improving the competitiveness of the European steel industry vis-à-vis third-country suppliers and that this area should receive particular support;
Amendment 36 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 b (new)
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7b. Is convinced that involving workers in innovation and restructuring measures is the best way to guarantee economic success;
Amendment 38 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 c (new)
Paragraph 7 c (new)
7c. Calls on the Commission to take on board the positive experiences of the ECSC, in particular the tripartite strategic considerations and research, and to establish a correspondingly tripartite committee entitled ‘Steel 2020’;
Amendment 50 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Emphasises that restricting demand must not lead to unfair competition for jobs among EU Member States; calls, in this connection, for a pan-European solution;
Amendment 60 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Calls on the Commission to take on board the positive experiences gained with the ECSC, in particular the tripartite strategic considerations and research, and to establish a similarly tripartite committee entitled ‘Steel 2020’;
Amendment 79 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Asks the Commission to immediately and fully deploy EU funding, for example through the Structural Funds, to reduce the social impact of industrial restructuring;
Amendment 82 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Is convinced that involving workers in innovation and restructuring measures is the best way to guarantee economic success;
Amendment 84 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 b (new)
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7b. Calls on the Commission to draw up a restructuring plan which safeguards and creates good jobs and industrial activity in Europe’s regions;
Amendment 145 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Stresses that fair trade in steel products can only work on the basis of compliance with basic employment rights and environmental standards;
Amendment 146 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 b (new)
Paragraph 17 b (new)
17b. Calls on the Commission to enter into negotiations with trading partners which account for particularly significant volumes of imports into the EU, such as Turkey and Abu Dhabi, with a view to introducing quantitative restrictions;
Amendment 148 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18a. Calls on the Commission to ensure that future trade agreements include provisions which significantly improve export opportunities and market access for European steel and steel-based products;
Amendment 174 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 b (new)
Paragraph 24 b (new)
24b. Stresses that innovation in new products, such as high-strength and yet flexible steels, and new production processes holds the key to improving the competitiveness of the European steel industry vis-à-vis third-country suppliers and that this area should receive particular support;
Amendment 177 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)
Paragraph 24 a (new)
24a. Calls on the Commission to implement an ambitious innovation policy which clears the way for the development of high-quality, energy-efficient and innovative products and enables the EU to hold its own in the face of ever more severe global competition;