Activities of Pernille WEISS related to 2023/0079(COD)
Plenary speeches (1)
Framework for ensuring a secure and sustainable supply of critical raw materials (debate)
Amendments (36)
Amendment 146 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5 a (new)
Recital 5 a (new)
Amendment 233 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 29
Recital 29
(29) Private investment by companies, financial investors and off takers is essential. Where private investment alone is not sufficient, the effective roll-out of projects along the critical raw material value chain may require public support, for example in the form of guarantees, loans or equity and quasi-equity investments. This public support may constitute State aid. Such aid must have an incentive effect and be necessary, appropriate and, proportionate and temporary. The existing State aid guidelines, which have recently undergone an in-depth revision in line with twin transition objectives, provide ample possibilities to support investments along the critical raw materials value chain subject to certain conditions.
Amendment 258 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 40
Recital 40
Amendment 355 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 2 – point d a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 2 – point d a (new)
(da) promote innovation and research as well as scalability of substitutes that have a lower environmental footprint in Europe;
Amendment 392 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 7 a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 7 a (new)
(7a) ‘geothermal extraction’ means the sustainable extraction of critical raw materials as a byproduct of geothermal electricity, heating or cooling activities;
Amendment 431 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
An updated list of strategic raw materials shall include, from among the raw materials assessed, the raw materials that score among the highest in terms of strategic importance, forecasted demand growth and difficulty of increasing production. Specific focus shall be given to extractive and processing operations that involve multiple metals and contribute to the supply of critical and strategic raw materials. The strategic importance, projected demand growth and difficulty of increasing production shall be determined in accordance with Annex I, Section 2. In addition, the Commission shall define what constitutes a 'green critical raw material'.
Amendment 506 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. If a project involves multiple raw materials, it is enough for at least one of the raw materials to meet the criteria stated in paragraphs 1 and 2 for the entire project to be considered strategic.
Amendment 528 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. The information required in the application to the Commission referred to in paragraph 1 shall be consistent with the required information in all the Member States.
Amendment 534 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. The Commission shall guarantee that the application is automatically transmitted to the Member State whose territory is concerned by a proposed project.
Amendment 571 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1
Article 8 – paragraph 1
1. By [OP please insert: 3 months after the date of entry into force of this Regulation], Member States shall designate one national competent authority which shall be responsible for facilitating and, coordinating and streamlining the permit- granting process for critical raw material projects and provide information on the elements referred to in Article 17.
Amendment 597 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) 124 months maximum for Strategic Projects involving extraction;
Amendment 598 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) 126 months maximum for Strategic Projects only involving processing or recycling.
Amendment 599 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
2. For Strategic Projects in the Union that had entered in the permit granting process before being granted the status of Strategic Project and for expansion projects of operations already granted with a permit, the duration of the remaining steps of the permit granting process after the project is granted strategic status shall, in derogation from paragraph 1, not exceed:
Amendment 605 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 4
Article 10 – paragraph 4
4. For Strategic Projects only involving processing or recycling, the lack of comprehensive decision by the national competent authority referred to in Article 8(1) within the applicable time limits referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2 shall result in the relevant permit granting application to be considered as approved, except in those cases where the specific project requires an environmental impact assessment pursuant to Article 6(3) of Council Directive 92/43/EEC or Article 11(3)(a) in conjunction with Annex VI, Part A, point (v) of Directives 2000/60/EC, 2008/98/EC, 2009/147/EC in conjunction with Directive 2011/92/EU, Article 13 of Directive 2008/98/EC, Article 10(1) in conjunction with Annex V of Directive 2009/147/EC, Article 23 of Directive 2010/75/EU, Directive 2011/92/EU or Article 13(1), (2) and (3) of Directive 2012/18/EU or a determination of whether such environmental impact assessment is necessary and the relevant assessments have not yet been carried out.
Amendment 639 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 2 – point b a (new)
Article 14 – paragraph 2 – point b a (new)
Amendment 649 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 15 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. The European Union shall provide financial risk guarantees to speed up investments in geothermal mineral extraction for Strategic Projects in cases where private insurance schemes are not available in a Member State. The financial risk guarantee shall, in coordination with the standing sub-group outlined in Article 15, provide coverage for resource risk for Strategic Projects that produce renewable energy and extract critical raw materials sustainably.
Amendment 677 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 2 – point e a (new)
Article 18 – paragraph 2 – point e a (new)
(ea) geological drilling campaign to locate and evaluate resources in greenfield areas.
Amendment 683 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1
Article 18 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1
Member States shall make the information on their mineral occurrences containing critical raw materials gathered through the measures set out in the national programmes referred to in paragraph 1 publicly available upon a free access websitereasoned request. This information shall, where applicable, include the classification of the identified occurrences using the United Nations Framework Classification for Resources.
Amendment 722 #
5a. The gathering of information pursuant to paragraphs 1, 2 and 3 shall not imply reporting requirements for companies.
Amendment 731 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 21 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. The information referred to in paragraphs 1, 2 and 3 should solely rely on the existing information that is accessible to the Member States.
Amendment 734 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 22 – paragraph 2 – point b
Article 22 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) take into account stocks held by private operators, to the extent that information on such stocks is availablelready available by public authorities;
Amendment 737 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 22 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Article 22 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1 (new)
The opinions referred to in paragraph 3 shall not be transformed into a binding objective that the Members States implement.
Amendment 740 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 23 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 23 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Member States shall identify the large companies that manufacture strategic technologies using significant amounts of strategic raw materials on their territory.
Amendment 748 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 25 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. Each Member State, in which significant extraction of critical raw materials activities take place within its territory, shall by [OP please insert: 3 years after the date of entry into force of this Regulation] adopt and implement national programmes containing measures designed to:
Amendment 772 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 25 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) increase the re-use, refurbishing, remanufacturing, and repurposing of products and components with high critical raw materials recovery potential;
Amendment 823 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 3
Article 27 – paragraph 3
3. From [OP please insert: 3 years after the date of entry into force of this Regulation], any natural or legal person that places on the market products referred to in paragraph 1 incorporating one or more permanent magnets of the types referred in paragraph 1, point (b), points (i) to (iii), shall ensure that a data carrier is present on or in the product. Under no circumstances, the data carrier shall contain or give access to commercially sensitive information.
Amendment 835 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 10 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Article 27 – paragraph 10 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Specific information referred to in paragraphs 1, 3 and 4 can be omitted if it includes commercially sensitive information.
Amendment 836 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 27 – paragraph 10 – point 1 – paragraph 3 (new)
Article 27 – paragraph 10 – point 1 – paragraph 3 (new)
Specific information referred to in paragraphs 1, 3 and 4 can be omitted if the information in question is not available to the natural or legal person referred to in paragraphs 1 and 3.
Amendment 916 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 33 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 33 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Following the identification of strategic projects with third countries, the Board shall rapidly establish structured communication with the Strategic Partnerships countries to identify the modalities of cooperation, relevant stakeholders and procedures.
Amendment 922 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 35 – paragraph 1
Article 35 – paragraph 1
1. The Board shall be composed of Member States and, the Commission and business representatives. It shall be chaired by the Commission.
Amendment 929 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 35 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2 – point a – point i (new)
Article 35 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2 – point a – point i (new)
i) The Board will either accept or reject an application within a period of three months from the date of submission.
Amendment 935 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 35 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 2 – point b
Article 35 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 2 – point b
(b) a subgroup bringing together private exploration companies, national geological institutes or surveys or, in the absence of such institute or survey, the relevant national authority in charge of general exploration, with the purpose of contributing to the coordination of national exploration programmes referred to in Article 18;
Amendment 937 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 35 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 2 – point c
Article 35 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 2 – point c
(c) a subgroup bringing together the relevant private actors, national supply and information agencies covering critical raw materials or, in the absence of such agency, the relevant national authority in charge of that matter, with the purpose of contributing to the monitoring tasks as set out in Article 19;
Amendment 939 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 35 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 2 – point d
Article 35 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 2 – point d
(d) a subgroup bringing together the relevant private actors, national emergency agency and national authorities responsible for strategic stocks or, in the absence of such agency and authority, the relevant national authority in charge of that matter, with the purpose of contributing to the coordination of strategic stocks as set out in Article 22.
Amendment 946 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 35 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 2 – point d a (new)
Article 35 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 2 – point d a (new)
(da) a subgroup bringing together relevant private actors in the critical raw materials value chain with the purpose of achieving the objectives in Article 1.
Amendment 950 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 35 – paragraph 7 – subparagraph 2
Article 35 – paragraph 7 – subparagraph 2