29 Amendments of Christa KLASS related to 2011/2068(INI)
Amendment 2 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 5
Citation 5
– having regard to the Environment Council conclusions on the Commission’s Roadmap to a Resource Efficient Europe adopted on 19 December 2011 (18786/11) and the, the Competitiveness Council conclusions of 29 September 2011 on a competitive European economy, and the Environment Council conclusions of 20 December 2010 on sustainable materials management and sustainable production and consumption: key contribution to a resource-efficient Europe,
Amendment 3 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 7 a (new)
Citation 7 a (new)
– having regard to the Commission communication entitled ‘Making raw materials available for Europe’s future well-being – Proposal for a European innovation partnership on raw materials’ (COM(2012)0082),
Amendment 13 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas intense resource use and dramatically increased global consumption are pushing up prices of raw materials, with real commodity prices having increased by 147% since the turn of the century; whereas the EU is likely to face severe challenges in securing access to, and the uninterrupted supply of, key resources; whereas efficient use of raw materials in industry and at political level is recognised to be crucial to meeting these challenges;
Amendment 18 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas switching the economy onto a resource-efficient path which respects planetary boundaries willcan bring increased competitiveness and new sources of growth and jobs through cost savings from improved efficiency, the commercialisation of innovations and better management of resources over their whole life cycle;
Amendment 19 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas recycling amounts to more than the collection of recyclable waste and whereas it is therefore essential for every step along the value chain to be encompassed within future measures;
Amendment 21 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D b (new)
Recital D b (new)
Db. whereas a future holistic resource policy should no longer merely distinguish between ‘renewable’ and ‘non-renewable’ resources, but should also extend to ‘sustainable’ materials;
Amendment 29 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Calls for the creation of Joint Task Forces for the three key areas of food, housing and mobility: these should consist of experts from the Commission, Member States, industry and civil society and develop European Resource Efficiency Action Plans with clearindicative benchmarks within one yearas quickly as possible;
Amendment 37 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Calls on the Member States to transpose the existing legislation on waste as a matter of urgency in order to establish the necessary conditions for a functioning market;
Amendment 47 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls on the Commission and Member States to stimulate theremove the obstacles to a functioning secondary raw materials market and to foster the demand for recycled materials by developing further end-of- waste criteria and economic incentives, such as reduced VAT rates for secondary materials, by 2013; calls also therefore for the creation of a ‘Schengen area’ for waste in order to move waste for recycling more freely between the Member States;
Amendment 59 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Urges the Commission to boost research and technological innovation to speed up the transition to a green economy; underlines that the ‘Innovation Union’ is one of the engines for a resource-efficient Europe; calls on the Commission to set up an online ‘best practice’ data bank in the resource efficiency field, which should be accessible without difficulty to citizens and businesses as a whole and help to disseminate potential solutions and new ideas and translate them into reality;
Amendment 66 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Urges the Commission and Member States to act as quickly as possible – publishing the grounds for their decision- making – to develop and use clear, robust, and measurable indicators for economic activity that take account of climate change, biodiversity and resource efficiency by the end of 2012, as well as of the globalised economy and possible business cycle fluctuations;
Amendment 84 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the Commission, before taking any steps to extend the scope of the eco- design directive to non- energy-related products and, to come forward with additional eco-design requirements on the performance of products, including recycled content, durability and reusability, arry out a thorough implementation review of the directive as it stands, focusing order to improven the impact on their environmental impact and promote recycling, the economy, and the operating efficiency of the markets;
Amendment 91 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Endorses the Flagship Initiative on a Resource Efficient Europe and the Roadmap to a Resource Efficient Europe and its 2050 vision, including its milestones; calls on the Commission to bring forward swiftly all legislative and other initiatives necessary to achieve the milestones and to ensure that all EU policies are coherently aligned to them;
Amendment 105 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Underlines the urgency of taking action now to support innovation and investment in new techniques and business models and to create the incentives that will bring long- term benefits for the economy; emphasises the key role of the private sector in delivering green economic growth, but notes that small and medium-sized enterprises are, from that point of view, in a special position;
Amendment 134 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Urges Member States to ensure full implementation of the EU waste acquis, including minimum targets, through their national waste prevention and management strategies and to identify those cases in which feedback might pose problems, with a view to remedying them as quickly as possible;
Amendment 142 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to take more effective action to combat illegal shipments of waste to non-EU countries and, in particular, to strengthen the appropriate monitoring systems; suggests that a ‘European external waste policy’ be established with a view to spreading the best European waste treatment standards beyond the confines of the EU;
Amendment 158 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Points out that existing landfills could serve as raw material depots (urban mining), but that there is little in the way of research findings on that subject;
Amendment 176 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to increase the transparency of publicly financed research, remove the bureaucratic obstacles to participation in research programmes aimed at enhancing resource efficiency, and involve SMEs to more useful effect in innovation research;
Amendment 178 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 b (new)
Paragraph 14 b (new)
14b. Calls on the Commission and the Member States, together with the business community and civil society, to devise strategies to foster continuing acceptance of technology and innovation;
Amendment 180 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
Amendment 182 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Urges Member States to shift towards environmental taxation in public revenues accounting for an EU average of more than 10% by 2020, in line with the best performing Member States; emphasises that this will allow for cuts; emphasises that cuts must at the same time be made in other taxes such as on labour, so as to increase competitiveness and create a level playing field;
Amendment 195 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Urges the Commission and Member States, as quickly as possible, to draw up a clear definition, based on objective criteria, of ‘environmentally harmful subsidies’ and to present concrete plans for phasing out all environmentally harmful subsidies before 2020;
Amendment 204 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Calls on the Commission and Member States to give more active support in future to scientific research to assess the economic value of ecosystems or ecosystem services and, integrate these values addition, to consider how far such values could be integrated into reporting and accounting systems by 2015;
Amendment 208 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Calls on the Commission and Member States to assess the economic value of ecosystems and integrate these values into reporting and accountake the value of ecosystems into account in socio-economic and economic reporting systems by 2015;
Amendment 219 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Calls on the Commission to start pilot projects for several resources, e.g. phosphorous, to reach 100%a reuse rate in 2020 that is high as is reasonable, taking into account the outlay of expenditure; emphasises that these pilot projects should receive direct funding from structural funds;
Amendment 234 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Highlights the importance of sustainable agriculture, dietary changes to reduce animal protein intake and diminishing importe and its significance for nature and the environment; calls for a reduction in sealed areas and land use;
Amendment 240 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20a. Points out that more than 20% of food is disposed of as refuse and calls for specific measures to curb waste; points out that it is not only food which is wasted, but also the resources used for food processing and packaging;
Amendment 261 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Underlines that specific resource efficiency indicators are crucial in all areas of policy and calls on the Commission to integrate resource efficiency indicators into all its impact assessments; also considers that a ‘fitness check’ along the lines set out in Commission communication COM(2010)0614 should be a mandatory part of every impact assessment;
Amendment 264 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Considers that the 7th EAP should be aimed at achieving the vision and milestones of the Roadmap towards a resource-efficient Europe;