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Shadow opinions (1)

OPINION on a European strategy for critical raw materials
2021/06/29
Committee: ENVI
Dossiers: 2021/2011(INI)
Documents: PDF(170 KB) DOC(80 KB)
Authors: [{'name': 'Sara MATTHIEU', 'mepid': 208722}]

Amendments (17)

Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion
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.
2021/05/04
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Recalls its demand in its resolution of 10 February 2021 on the New Circular Economy Action Plan1[1] for binding EUEU realistic reduction targets for primary raw materials use; requests that the Commission include all possible options to minimise resource consumption in its demand scenarios for critical raw materials (CRM); __________________ 1 Texts adopted, P9_TA(2021)0040.
2021/05/04
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 26 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Ba. Highlights that in the next few years the demand for the use of CRM will experience an exponential increase, especially in the production of batteries, which are essential for the transition towards the production of energy from renewable sources.
2021/06/23
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 33 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Highlights that in the next few years the demand for the use of CRM will experience an exponential increase, especially in the production of batteries, which are essential for the transition towards the production of energy from renewable sources. It asks the Commission to parameterise the goal of reducing the use of CRM in relation to this increase in demand.
2021/05/04
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 44 #
Draft opinion
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;
2021/05/04
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 64 #
Draft opinion
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; 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;
2021/05/04
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 82 #
Draft opinion
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;
2021/05/04
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 87 #
Draft opinion
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;
2021/05/04
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 90 #
Draft opinion
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;
2021/05/04
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 100 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on the Commission and the European Raw Materials Alliance to prioritise CRM extraction from existing mines and waste dumps over new mining; requests that the Commission assess whether current due diligence and environment rules are sufficient to guarantee minimal environmental impact of potential new mining projects in the EU;
2021/05/04
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 115 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Asks the Commission to ensure the Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability is consistent with Europe’s Critical Raw Materials Action Plan and supporting a safe circular economy for strategic and critical raw materials;
2021/05/04
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 120 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Asks the Commission to encourage European citizens to repair and reuse objects containing CRM, in order to promote virtuous behaviours that would lead to the automatic reduction of the use of CRM;
2021/05/04
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 132 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Believes that mining permits should include requirements for the proper recovery of all CRMs; rRequests that the Commission urgently implement Parliament’s demands in its resolution of 27 April 2017 on implementation of the Mining Waste Directive2 ; __________________ 2 OJ C 298, 23.8.2018, p. 132.
2021/05/04
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 157 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
6. Believes that mining should be forbidden in nature conservation areas; 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.
2021/05/04
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 158 #
Draft opinion
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.
2021/05/04
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 170 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. 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;
2021/06/23
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 173 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 b (new)
15b. 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;
2021/06/23
Committee: ITRE