Activities of Sylvia LIMMER related to 2021/2011(INI)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on a European strategy for critical raw materials
Amendments (10)
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Recalls its demand in its resolution of 10 February 2021 on the New Circular Economy Action Plan1 for binding EU reduction targetsquests that the Commission devise cost-effective options to meet the demand for pcrimarytical raw materials use; requests that the Commission include all possible options to minimise resource consumption in its demand scenarios for critical raw materials (CRM)(CRM), so as not to affect economic activity disproportionately, and take due account of environmental aspects; notes that this applies in particular to the electromobility and battery technology promoted by the Green Deal; __________________ 1 Texts adopted, P9_TA(2021)0040.
Amendment 44 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Highlights the environmental rationale for Europe investing into domestic critical raw materials production, compared with overreliance on more polluting countries;
Amendment 63 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Asks the Commission to set ambitious product design requirements for easy removal of CRMs; calls for ambitious minimum recycled CRM content targets– taking account of technical and economic feasibility – to propose product design requirements so that CRMs can be recycled, where appropriate; requests that the Commission, before promoting new, infant technical methods, take into consideration the resulting unresolved recycling problems; notes that both the product design requirements and the minimum recycled CRM content targets are to apply to both EU and non-EU products; emphasises that these requirements are also to include the prohibition of products that are manufactured using child labour or without adequate health and safety protection for adults, in order to protect the health of children and adults, and in particular to prevent widespread diseases in this sector, such as black lung, tuberculosis and lung cancer; requests that the Commission propose new collection schemes to increase collection rates of waste products containing CRMs; asks the Commission to propose dedicated recycling targets for CRMs, by extending the approach suggested in the proposal for a regulation on batteries and waste batteries (COM(2020)0798) to other product groups;
Amendment 82 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Asks the Commission to prevent critical raw materials in waste from being exported for bad recycling in poorly regulated regions;
Amendment 87 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Allocate adequate economic resources for research and development of the re-engineering of European production systems in order to minimise the use of CRM and also to facilitate their recycling;
Amendment 90 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 c (new)
Paragraph 2 c (new)
2c. Highlights that the components of many technological devices are no longer separable (e.g. the battery in smartphones) and invites the Commission to consider the advisability of recommending to manufacturers the separability of the individual components from which CRM can be extracted for recycling;
Amendment 93 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
Amendment 135 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Believes that mining permits should include requirements for the proper recovery of all CRMs; requests that the Commission urgently implement Parliament’s demands in itcalls Parliament’s resolution of 27 April 2017 on implementation of the Mining Waste Directive2; __________________ 2 OJ C 298, 23.8.2018, p. 132.
Amendment 158 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Believes that mining should be forbidden in nature conservation areas; recognises, however, that appropriate solutions should be examined where mines for very critical materials are concerned; calls on the Commission to evaluate legislative options to ensure that local communities are fully involved in the permit procedures for new industrial and new mining projects. and that there is an opportunity to initiate investigations in the case of the use of child labour in third countries in the production of raw materials; calls for reconsideration of mineral extraction for the provision of raw materials for electric car batteries and the processing thereof, where environmental degradation and human rights violations are identified in that context.
Amendment 188 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Stresses that the rapid growth in renewable energy technologies is leading to increased dependence on CRMs, including rare earths.