Activities of Jutta PAULUS related to 2020/2076(INI)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on a New Industrial Strategy for Europe
Amendments (24)
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the EU industrial sector, while having the potential to contribute to environmental protecch needs to transition to climate neutrality, circular economy and zero pollution, has been hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic and needs support for its recovery; predictable rules and support for this transition;
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas the European Parliament in its resolution of 28 November 2019 has declared a climate and environmental emergency; whereas industrial activity inside and outside the EU is harming climate and biodiversity;
Amendment 27 #
Draft opinion
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas non-EU competitors often take advantage of less stringent climate and environmental regulations and lower labour costs; therefore, this should be addressed in a due diligence law in order to extend ambitious standards to the whole value chain of products sold in the EU and create a level playing field;
Amendment 33 #
Draft opinion
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas transforming EU industry towards a climate-neutral, non-polluting circular economy will make industry more competitive and resilient to future crisis as well as less dependent on resource input from outside the EU;
Amendment 42 #
Draft opinion
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. emphasises the importance of resource and energy efficiency to lessen dependency on ore and fossil fuel imports; underlines that waste reduction will not only decrease pollution but will save precious resources;
Amendment 45 #
Draft opinion
Recital C b (new)
Recital C b (new)
Cb. whereas on 6 March 2015, the EU and its Member States submitted their intended nationally determined contribution to the UNFCCC, thereby committing to a binding target of at least a 40 % domestic reduction in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 2030 compared to 1990 levels; whereas, taking current science and the current carbon budget into account, a target of 65 % domestic reduction in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 2030 is necessary as a minimum to be aligned with the Paris agreement;
Amendment 48 #
Draft opinion
Recital C c (new)
Recital C c (new)
Cc. whereas climate change disproportionately affects developing countries, despite the fact that they emit far less CO2 than developed countries; whereas containing global warming to 1.5 degrees is technically feasible with existing technology, but only if it is also deployed en masse in developing countries;
Amendment 54 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Calls on the Commission to consider the impact of COVID-19 by eventually reviewing targets to facilitate industrial recoveryas a chance to accelerate the transition of EU industry to climate neutrality, energy efficiency, circular economy as well as zero pollution and to ensure technological leadership in key clean technologies;
Amendment 87 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses that, while forcing its industries and citizens to contribute to extremely ambitious climate goals, the EU should strive for sustainability without compromising competitiveness and socio- economic well-being or discriminating against any technology that contributes to the transition maintaining ambitious climate goals will put the EU in the driver’s seat for the global transformation, ensuring competitiveness in key clean technologies and socio- economic well-being while respecting the planetary boundaries;
Amendment 145 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls for coherent EU policies to reduce overlaps and improve theand full enforcement of existing legislation, and for simplified EU funding in light of the difficulties experienced in particular by micro-SMEs;
Amendment 159 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls for a predictable intellectual propertregulatory framework as this is key to incentivising investments and the promotion of innovative solutions contributing, in particular, to reducing GHG1 emissions; __________________ 1 Greenhouse gas emissions 1
Amendment 165 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Calls on the Commission to formalise a process through which low carbon technologies are made available and affordable for developing countries;
Amendment 173 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Stresses that a global level playing field is needed; calls for a revision of the EU ETS2 taking into account the accelerating climate crisis and the cost decrease in renewable energy and a CBAM3 to allow for a smart reshoring of manufacturing and shorter value chains, and to avoid carbon leakage; __________________ 2 EU Emissions Trading System 3 Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism
Amendment 183 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls for better coordinated FTAs4 to foster consistency between trade, customs, market surveillance and industrial policies with the objectives of the European Green Deal; calls for prioritising the implementation of, in particular, the EU regulations on product safety for imported products.; __________________ 4 Free Trade Agreements
Amendment 190 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Reiterates its strong support for the goal outlined in the Commission’s Green Deal regarding the introduction of a Carbon Border Adjustment mechanism; calls on the Commission to bring this reform forward as part of the Commission Work Programme for 2020;
Amendment 199 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Calls for mandatory and ambitious climate chapters in free trade agreements; reiterates the importance of the upcoming due diligence law;
Amendment 208 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 c (new)
Paragraph 6 c (new)
6c. Calls for the introduction of mandatory primary resource use reduction targets;
Amendment 210 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 d (new)
Paragraph 6 d (new)
6d. Stresses that based on the One Health approach, the preservation of natural eco-systems is fundamental for ensuring humanity’s bare necessities such as potable water, clean air and fertile soils; calls for the swift development of robust indicators to assess the impacts on biodiversity and to ensure progressive reduction of pollution as outlined in the EU Biodiversity Strategy;
Amendment 215 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 e (new)
Paragraph 6 e (new)
6e. Welcomes the Commission's announcement of a Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability in order to work towards zero pollution in a-toxic-free environment; stresses that European chemical industry is one of the key industries for the economic well-being of the Union, while lacking sustainability in the fields of energy consumption and environmental impact; emphasises the importance to achieve energy efficiency, circularity and zero pollution especially in this sector;
Amendment 221 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 f (new)
Paragraph 6 f (new)
6f. Reiterates the importance of sustainable transport as part of the industrial supply chain, calls for the inclusion of external costs in the price of products;
Amendment 223 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 g (new)
Paragraph 6 g (new)
6g. Calls on the European Environmental Agency to produce a report, together with the European Chemicals Agency, on chemicals in the environment in Europe. The report should assess the systemic nature of hazardous chemicals within Europe’s production and consumption systems, their use in products, occurrence in Europe’s environment and the harm caused to human health and ecosystems;
Amendment 226 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 h (new)
Paragraph 6 h (new)
6h. Underlines that Carbon Capture Storage (CCS) should only be considered for unavoidable process-based emissions provided that all environmental risks are fully assessed and addressed;
Amendment 228 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 i (new)
Paragraph 6 i (new)
6i. Underlines the need to stimulate the development of lead markets and introduce scalable demand-pull instruments for sustainable industrial materials and products; calls on the Commission to establish more ambitious and effective norms, quotas and standards in terms of GHG emission reduction, recycling, resource and energy-savings, zero pollution and circular economy requirements in support of the Sustainable Product Policy Framework; calls for the revision of procurement standards for basic materials and quotas for climate neutral products and materials including zero-carbon steel and low- carbon cement, as well as mandatory labelling on durability and reparability of products and improved consumer information;
Amendment 232 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 j (new)
Paragraph 6 j (new)
6j. Underlines the necessity of waste reduction in the industrial sector; calls on the Commission to introduce mandatory targets for the re-use of industrial packaging materials; calls for harmonisation of packaging within business sectors and member states in order to facilitate deposit schemes;