90 Amendments of Tom BERENDSEN related to 2020/2076(INI)
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 10 a (new)
Citation 10 a (new)
- having regard to the Commission communications of 11 March 2020 entitled “A new Circular Economy Action Plan For a cleaner and more competitive Europe” (COM(2020)98) and of 2 December 2015 entitled “Closing the loop - An EU action plan for the Circular Economy” (COM(2015/0614),
Amendment 32 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the Union requires a new industrial strategy that makes its industries more globally long-term competitive, resilientdiversified, resilient, digitalised and environmentally sustainable; whereas such a strategy should cover the transition of European industries to digitalisation and climate-neutrality, which are intrinsically linked and decrease dependency on certain third countries in strategic value chains, prioritising the ‘energy efficiency first’ principles, energy savings and renewablelow- carbon energy technologies;
Amendment 44 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the Union’s industrial strategy should ensure the correct functioning of the single market, createtail the fully functioning of the single market, a boost in research and innovation to increase leadership in key enabling technologies and ensure global competitiveness, the development and boost of the EU’s internal demand, the construction of smart, sustainable and fully interconnected transport, energy, digital and water infrastructure networks and projects, the creation of a level playing field inside and outside the EU and ensure easier access to finance, digital infrastructure, raw materials and markets, in addition to ensuring appropriate levels of investment, research and innovation, education and skills to boost competitiveness and sustainability;
Amendment 62 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas the EU should continue to pursue ambitious trade agreements both multilaterally and bilaterally;
Amendment 63 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B b (new)
Recital B b (new)
Bb. whereas before the COVID 19 crisis, the European industry was already at a crossroad, while remaining the pillar of the European economy and providing employment for approximately 32 million people, its contribution to European GDP has fallen in 20 years from 23% to 19% and is currently facing intense international competition and is often affected by increasingly protectionist trade measures from third countries;
Amendment 79 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas the COVID-19 pandemic and its fallout have created an unprecedented economic downturn in Europe; whereas in this context any future- looking industrial strategy should start by addressing industrial recovery and long- term global competitiveness especially in growth sectors, including in labour intensive industries;
Amendment 91 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas new debts contracted to survive the economic downturn are likely to leave companies with a more fragile financial structure, leading to sluggish growth in the longmedium term;
Amendment 95 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas the industrial sector in Europe is very intertwined and there are strong interrelationships between companies of different sizes and Member States and consequently a European approach that ensures that the entire chain of productivity can benefit, from large production sites to SMEs, will be more successful in increasing Europe’s global competitiveness;
Amendment 100 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Is of the opinion that the digital and environmental transitions should be at the very core of all Unions strategies until 2050, a well- functioning single market, and open strategic autonomy should be at the very core of all Unions strategies and believes therefore that an overall coordination is needed between the different approaches, targets and goals to deliver a functioning framework for our businesses and industry; in this context, calls on the Commission to define a comprehensive industrial strategy which manages thesesupports and manages both the green and digital transiformations, fosters transformation and guarante, creates long-term growth and global competitiveness based on innovation and digitalisation of strategic value chains, strengthen the entrepreneurial spirit, encourage the creation of start-ups and companies and improves the Union’s strategic resilience and autonomy;
Amendment 116 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Believes that the industry strategy needs to outline the toolbox of instruments that can be applied, tailor- made for each sector or ecosystem and coordinated with Member States and that streamlines European policies and instruments;
Amendment 117 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Is of the opinion that digital and environmental transitions should be at the very core of all Unions strategies until 2050; in this context, calls on the Commission to define a comprehensive industrial strategy which manages these transitions, fosters transformation and guarantees the Union’s strategic autonomy and recognition and encouragement of sector-specific ‘first movers’ who act as role models of innovation and agile business development;
Amendment 131 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Is aware that market dynamics alone do not bridge the fractures created during the transformation process if there is no proper management of the transitions and no strong industrial policies; is, furthermore, aware that while markets, competition and innovation push fast towards transformation, it is society and the environmentof the opinion that a strong industry strategy embedded in an overall strategy for the transformations can help bridge thate frace the impact oftures created during these transformation process; considers that balancing out the number of jobs lost in traditional industries with new jobs created in the digital and environmental sectors is not enough in itself as these new jobs are neither created in the same regions nor taken up by the same workers; calls on the Commission, therefore, to ensure that these transitions are fair and socially just, and that every action aimed at accelerating a transformation process (digital, environmental, new large infrastructure networks and projects etc.) is accompanied by a corresponding initiative to up-skill and reskill workers, with the aim of managing the effects produced by that accelerated process on both regions and people;
Amendment 149 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Considers, in the current context, that the Union requires a new, that the Union requires an industrial strategy which does not only contribute to industrial recovery after the current economic crisis, but which is a tailor-made industrial strategy; that focuses ono attract investments in new technologies, infrastructure and research, as well as two distinct phases; the first aimed at recovery and the second aimed at reconstruction and transformationstimulate access to capital, market entries and effective competition; therefore, believes that an updated strategy should take into consideration two principle and interlinked phases: recovery and transformation; believes that the best recovery measures target investments in sustainable and digital technologies including in labour intensive industries, new infrastructure networks and projects, leading to an increase in EU internal demand and long-term growth, global competitiveness and effective competition on the EU internal market; calls on the Commission, therefore, to adapt the strategy published in March 2020 to the current situation and address both phases, while keeping the digital and environmental objectives as priorities throughout;
Amendment 162 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Underlines that any EU industrial strategy must pursue well-defined aims and clear definitions of “strategic”, “strategic autonomy”, “resilience”, “strategic resilience”, “autonomy” and other related concepts; stresses that such concepts, in order to secure full transparency, must refer to specific and concrete definitions to ensure that the actions taken with reference to these concepts are specific and well-aimed towards the politically agreed goals; underlines, furthermore, that any state aid attributed under industrial or any other policies should adhere to the common “balancing principle” to ensure a level- playing field and that distortions in competition and the Single Market is avoided to the greatest extent possible;
Amendment 166 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Acknowledges that the corona crisis risks leading to increased economic nationalism and protectionism, furthermore the challenge of rule-based free trade and global value chains is further challenged with the re- nationalization of production the breaking up of global value chains which is a threat to European competitiveness; to this end, calls on stakeholders to diversify their supply chains in order to reduce vulnerability;
Amendment 168 #
3c. Calls on the Commission to closely examine the impact of European import dependency from third countries, notably countries where the state exercises significant influence on the market, and include measures to cope with any disruption in global value chains, specifically by means of increased EU coordination and strategic global partnerships;
Amendment 169 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 1
Subheading 1
Amendment 171 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Welcomes the Temporary State Aid framework as a way to promptly transfer liquidity to otherwise solvent business where urgently needed; calls on the Commission nonetheless to ensure that the aid provided in the emergency phase does not lead to permanent distortions in the single marketdistort competition or lead to a lack of effective competition on the single market; furthermore, recommends a revision of the EU State Aid Rules in order to give Member States the necessary flexibility for targeted support in driving industrial decarbonisation and digitalization, and to analyse thoroughly potential competition distortion from state aid coming from outside of the EU and its potential impact on the competitiveness of EU businesses; encourages the Commission to establish a reporting on the ways foreign protectionism affects EU industry and regular assessment of EU competitiveness of industry sectors compared to Europe’s main competitors, and act rapidly if adjustments of EU rules are necessary;
Amendment 196 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Considers that the economic schemes put in place by individual Member States to help SMEs, start-ups and companies cope with the short-term cash crunch are useful, but willmight in some cases increase the debt levels of these firms; in this context, therefore, calls on the Commission to facilitate recovery through fiscal schemes that favour equity over debt and grants over loans and/or guaranteesin addition to the planned measures facilitate recovery through regulatory ease;
Amendment 200 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Highlights the importance of understanding the dynamics between the recovery plan, our climate and digital ambitions and an effective industrial strategy;
Amendment 203 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the Commission to include in the recovery plan a strategy to redeployattract industries into Europe and to relocate industrial production in strategic sectors; calls, moreover, on the Commission toto strengthen and promote relocation and diversification of European industries in strategic sectors such as renewable energy production and pharmaceuticals, that are not already resilient; stresses the importance of European industries in ensuring decent living standards for its citizens and in achieving growth and recovery; while recognises that European companies are deeply integrated into global value chains as well as continued access to global value chains is pivotal for European industrial competitiveness; in this context, calls, moreover, on the Commission to stand up for open and rules-based cross-border trade and improve access to international markets for Europe’s companies while taking a leading role in promoting digital trade globally; and adopt a stronger stance on unfair global competition and predatory acquisitions by SOEs and sovereign funds; is of the opinion that, in this context, the Union should implement a provstrengthen the existing TDI scheme; and use competition policy tools towards companies in third countries as appropriate; calls therefore on the Commissional TDI scheme to propose immediately a temporary ban of foreign takeovers of European companies by SOEs or government linked companies from third countries in strategic sectors;
Amendment 225 #
6a. Highlights that European competitiveness is primarily determined by the general business climate in the EU, calls therefore for the continued work to strengthen the business environment for SMEs as well as strategic industries;
Amendment 227 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Amendment 230 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Highlights that, during this critical phase, the Union should protect its markeinvest in R&I in both digitalisation and green projects, including but not limited to interconnected transport, energy, digital and water infrastructure networks as well as protect ints strategic sectors andby strengthening measures to scan and ultimately block takeovers and FDI in strategic sectors that could further increase its dependency on foreign powers; non-allied foreign actors and system rivals where the state exercises significant influence in the market; in order decrease market distorting behaviour such as protectionism and a selective, discriminatory benefit in the single market;
Amendment 244 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Highlights that the primary tools in ensuring a proper European defence against unfair competition from third countries should be through enforcement of existing trade deals, the Trade Defensive Instruments (TDI), the Foreign Direct Investment Screening (FDI screening); Welcomes in this regard the publication of the White Paper on an Instrument on Foreign Subsidies by the Commission, ensuring the level playing field of the single market; stresses that these four tools can be effective and additionally does not distort the single market and competition inside the EU and should thus be considered as a starting point preferable to other methods to address unfair competition from third countries;
Amendment 250 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Is of the opinion that the industrial recovery plan should help to createWelcomes the ambition to create lead markets in clean technologies and is of the opinion that the industrial recovery plan should strengthen our strategic autonomy, without eroding trust in market openness and access, as well as freedom of choice, through increased technological capacity, diversified global value chains and entrepreneurial spirit creating a new ambitious, creative and innovative European industrial projects whichenvironment for European business and industrial projects to be created and grow; considers funding in research and innovation essential as a basis for innovative industrial projects and digital capabilities and believes this should go hand in hand with the current revianalysis by the Commission of the guidelines for ‘Important Projects of Common European Interest’ (IPCEI), in order to encourage the emergencespeeding up of European leaders and/or ecosystems in strategic industrial sectors that are capable of competing on a global scale; , including energy intensive industries, that the market alone cannot provide and that are capable of competing on a global scale without creating competition distortions in the EU; calls on the Commission to invest in projects bringing clear European visibility; calls on the Commission, in the current crisis, to simplify administrative processes, extend the criteria for cost eligibility, and increase funding;
Amendment 271 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Stresses the importance of additive manufacturing technologies for solving the supply chain gaps, by allowing the substitution of critical parts of global sources with locally produced parts and calls the Commission to allocate necessary funding;
Amendment 284 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 – point a
Paragraph 9 – point a
a. is temporary, targeted and has sufficient financial capacity to help offset the damage caused by the COVID- 19 crisis to European industries;
Amendment 289 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 – point b
Paragraph 9 – point b
b. will be managed directly, when possible, by the Commission through European programmes in order to avoid further distortionmaximise transparency and parliamentary control, as well as, avoid internal and external distortion and disruptions of the single market;
Amendment 300 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 – point c
Paragraph 9 – point c
c. distributes the financial aid among the different industrial sectors according to the damage suffered, the challenges faced and the amount of national financial support already received through national aid schemes conditional to criteria that ensure that funding is not used to pay-off old debts or sustain outdated technology and ensures that companies are supported which contribute to long-term growth and have strong potential to revive the economy;
Amendment 305 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 – point d
Paragraph 9 – point d
d. supports national fiscal schemes that incentivise private sector equity investment and allow companies to convert part of the loans given by the Fund into equity;eleted
Amendment 309 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 – point e
Paragraph 9 – point e
e. gives preference to companies and SMEs withat focus their business plans on digital and environmental transformationkey innovations and technologies including to advance the digital and environmental transformation and helps make our supply chains more resilient and less dependent by reshoring, diversifying and strengthening them;
Amendment 317 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 – point f
Paragraph 9 – point f
f. strengthens the EIB guarantees programme and makes it complementary to national programmes in order to strengthen the impact and to progressively replace national schemes;
Amendment 321 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 – point f a (new)
Paragraph 9 – point f a (new)
fa. mitigates any distortive effects on different state aid policies in different Member States and contributes to a level playing field on the internal market;
Amendment 325 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Amendment 332 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Highlights the need to support a sustainable and fair recovery beyond the COVID-19 crisis in order to enhance growth in the EU by increasing investment in the digital and green transitions including to interconnected transport, energy, digital and water infrastructure networks; asks the Commission to support an ambitious Recovery Fund that is within the framework of a stronger MFF and is integrated in the own resource decision, and to pursue fiscal policy coordination to strengthen the European fiscal framework; is of the opinion that, after the peak of the pandemic, the Fund should become a permanent Reconstruction Fund to foster the digital and green industrial transistrengthen the European economic governance framework of economic policy coordinations;
Amendment 338 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Calls on the Commission to carry out a detailed impact assessment of the potential costs and burdens for European companies and SMEs before presenting new proposals for legislation or adopting new measures; calls on the Commission to propose commensurate support to the affected sectors whenever a negative impact cannot be avoided; strengthen its impact assessment practise and ensure that before presenting new proposals for legislation or adopting new measures a detailed impact assessment of the potential costs and burdens for European companies and SMEs is carried out and assessed by an upgraded and more independent Regulatory Scrutiny Board; after the economic crisis following the COVID-19 a revised impact assessment for industry and small and medium sized enterprises is necessary to assess the cost effects of existing CO2 targets and their planned gradual tightening; believes that measures for the digitalisation and decarbonisation should be designed with equal footing and in a way to present opportunities for the industry including for SMEs and not burden already affected sectors further; calls on the Commission to propose commensurate support to the affected sectors whenever a negative impact cannot be avoided, calls on the Commission to timely cite EU harmonised standards in the Official Journal of the EU (OJEU) to reduce product time-to-market;
Amendment 351 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Reminds that the role of Member States will be crucial for a successful recovery, leveraging EU’s limited resources;
Amendment 353 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 b (new)
Paragraph 11 b (new)
11b. Stresses that many SMEs will not have the liquidity to invest in a sustainable digital transformation; encourages the Commission to consider the creation of a SME voucher programme to support SMEs effort to: inter alia upgrade obsolete equipment, enhance knowledge transfer and identification of right uses of technologies, such as industrial AI, upskill the workforce with the immediately necessary skills to allow remote asset control, production monitoring, employee collaboration etc.;
Amendment 355 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 2
Subheading 2
Amendment 363 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Considers that once the emergency phase is over, the Union should embark on a second phase of its industrial strategy: ensuring the competitiveness, resilience and sustainabilitysustainability and digitalisation of its industries leading theo long term resilience;
Amendment 369 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Considers that smart, sustainable and fully interconnected transport, energy, digital and water infrastructure networks and projects are a necessary condition for the completion and well- functioning of the European single market; moreover, investments in key infrastructures boost Europe’s competitiveness and employment, generating long-term benefits through improved connectivity, catalysing smart, sustainable and inclusive growth;
Amendment 381 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Highlights the potential of the circular economy for modernising the Union’s economy, reducing its energy and resource consumption and transforming whole industrial sectors and their value chainsincluding the creation of markets for low-carbon and renewable solutions that can substitute fossil-fuel based products and materials, reducing its energy and resource consumption and transforming whole industrial sectors and their value chains; reiterates that sectors have different decarbonisation paths and starting points; therefore calls on the commission to recognize sector specifics and include these in the ecosystem approach;
Amendment 402 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Highlights that the Industrial Strategy should be developed in line with the Green deal, SME strategy, Data Strategy and the Circular Economy Action Plan;
Amendment 406 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 b (new)
Paragraph 13 b (new)
13b. The EU should boost and invest in new sources of smart, sustainable and inclusive growth; whereas, in this connection, it should unlock the potential that remains largely untapped in the creation of growth and jobs in the creative and cultural industries, because of their significant impact in areas such as new business models, creativity and innovation, digitisation and skills building;
Amendment 407 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Considers that there is significant potential in domestic and global markets for low-emission technologies and sustainable products, processes and services throughout the whole value chain from raw materials to energy-intensive industries, manufacturing and the industrial services sector; considers, moreover, that the Climate Law is a first step towards enshrining climate targetsneutrality into Union legislation; believes that a more holistic and systematic targetpolicy framework is also required in order to ensure policy coherence across all Union policies and a homogenous governance approach in all policy areas, paving the way towards a clear and stable strategy for European industries providing the necessary legal certainty and predictability to preserve a favourable environment for future proof investment; believes that for a successful energy transition, Europe will need a significant amount of low-carbon and affordable renewable energy including from third countries to increase energy efficiency across all sectors and supporting infrastructure and calls for strategic initiatives inside EU as well as energy policy as a focus of EU foreign and neighbourhood policy, including financial support for hydrogen and green power alliances with African / Arab countries; those alliances should also be part of trade agreements; stresses the importance of strong alliances to address the scarcity of resources and raw materials;
Amendment 410 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Considers that there is significant potential in domestic and global markets for low-emission technologies and sustainable products, processes and services throughout the whole value chain from raw materials to energy-intensive industries, manufacturing and the industrial services sector; considers that greater strategic autonomy should be a priority in specific areas, for example key pharmaceutical ingredients, medical equipment, and the metals and minerals required in higher volumes for green and digital transitions; considers, moreover, that the Climate Law is a first step towards enshrining climate targets into Union legislation; believes that a more holistic and systematic target framework is also required in order to ensure policy coherence across all Union policies and a homogenous governance approach in all policy areas, paving the way towards a clear and stable strategy for European industries;
Amendment 415 #
14. Considers that there is significant potential in domestic and global markets for low-emission technologies and sustainable products, processes and services throughout the whole value chain from raw materials to energy-intensive industries, manufacturing and the industrial services sector; considers, moreover, that the Climate Law is a first step towards enshrining climate targets into Union legislation and urges the Commission to also set industrial targets to be enshrined in Union legislation; believes that a more holistic and systematic target framework is also required in order to ensure policy coherence across all Union policies and a homogenous governance approach in all policy areas, paving the way towards a clear and stable strategy for European industries;
Amendment 426 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Underlines the need to accelerate with the implementation of the European Battery Alliance, in order to unlock the potential of its strategic value chain, increase the chances for innovative locally-produced batteries, create European added value, contributing to the competitiveness of the European automotive industry and facilitate the transition to a decarbonised electrical system; acknowledges the fact that the European automotive sector is in a state of decline and crisis; considers it essential for cohesive and dynamic research, manufacturing, production and value, and innovation chains to be maintained and further developed in the EU with a focus on the production of vehicles; takes the view that keeping automotive industry competitive after the Covid crisis will depend on creating a virtuous circle that benefits innovation, employment, competitiveness, health, the environment and mobility;
Amendment 432 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 b (new)
Paragraph 14 b (new)
14b. Emphasises that in achieving the Paris climate goals the European Emission Trading System is a central tool to reach climate neutrality through a marked based approach that ensures technology neutrality incentivising the industry to achieve the policy objectives by the most effective technologies available; highlights decarbonisation of energy- intensive industries such as steel, cement and chemicals, as a top priority while underlining the need to avoid carbon-, investment- and job-leakage; reiterates that this requires large-scale availability of affordable clean energy and supporting infrastructure; calls on the Commission to prioritize enabling energy infrastructure investments, including in CC(U)S and hydrogen, in line with the needs of the decarbonisation of these clusters; in this light calls for the expansion of the scope of CCS activities covered by the ETS directive to include multimodal transport options;
Amendment 433 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 c (new)
Paragraph 14 c (new)
14c. Acknowledges the role nuclear energy can play as a low-carbon technology in the national energy mix provided sufficient provisions are made for the highest safety standards as well as for decommissioning, taking into account cross-border issues, believes that nuclear energy can play a role in meeting climate objectives because it does not emit greenhouse gases, and can also ensure a significant share of electricity production in Europe; considers nevertheless that, because of the waste it produces, this energy requires a medium- and long-term strategy that takes into account technological advances (laser, fusion, etc.) aimed at improving the sustainability of the entire sector;
Amendment 439 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Maintains that a truly effective European industrial policy needs a dashboardstable framework of climate targets as a roadmap to shape the industry of the future; considers that all sectors should contribute towards achieving the Union’s climate objectives and, in this regard, underlines the importance of gas as a means of energy transition and hydrogen as a potential breakthrough technology; calls also for greater attention to be paid to network security and energy supptechnologies as important breakthrough technologies; underlines the resilient functioning of the internal energy market as a key component of the energy transition; calls in this context for greater attention to be paid to smart and digital electricity and gas network development which are fully; calls on the Council to increase spending from the EU budget on climate change efforts; calls on the Commission to ensure that industries with high carbon leakage do not benefit from EU subsidies, and for better use to be made of the EIB, as the Union’s ‘Climatompatible with the decarbonisation goals, in order to strengthen the internal energy market, support the energy transition and improve security of energy supply; calls on the Commission and Member States to make this a spending priority in the reconstruction and recovery phase; support the development of transnational energy grids as well as effective Bank’, to enhance sustainable financing to the public and private sectors and to assist companies in the decarbonisation process, and to use the Border Carbon Adjustments mechanism as a way to protectd swift decision-making procedures to support it; recalls that the use of WTO-compatible international market mechanisms can contribute to the cost-effective achievement of the climate objectives of the EU manufacturers and jobs from unfair international competition; d the Member States; and to make proposals for the rapid harmonisation of national energy trading rules;
Amendment 441 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Maintains that a truly effective European industrial policy needs a dashboardstable framework of climate targets as a roadmap to shape the industry of the future; considers that all sectors should contribute towards achieving the Union’s climate objectives and, in this regard, underlines the importance of, gas as a means of energy transition and hydrogen as a potential breakthrough technology; calls alsotechnologies as important breakthrough technologies; underlines the resilient functioning of the internal energy market as a key component of the energy transition; calls in this context for greater attention to be paid to network ssmart and digital elecutricity and energy supply; calls on the Council to increase spending from the EU budget on climate change efforts; calls on the Commission to ensure that industries with high carbon leakage do not benefit from EU subsidies, and for better use to be made of the EIB, as the Union’s ‘Climatgas network development which are fully compatible with the decarbonisation goals, in order to strengthen the internal energy market, support the energy transition and improve security of energy supply; calls on the Commission and Member States to make this a spending priority in the reconstruction and recovery phase; support the development of transnational energy grids as well as effective Bank’, to enhance sustainable financing to the public and private sectors and to assist companies in the decarbonisation process, and to use the Border Carbon Adjustments mechanism as a way to protectd swift decision-making procedures to support it; recalls that the use of international market mechanisms can contribute to the cost- effective achievement of the climate objectives of the EU manufacturers and jobs from unfair international competition; d the Member States; and to make proposals for the rapid harmonisation of national energy trading rules;
Amendment 462 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Calls on the Commission to step up carbon leakage protection including for small and medium-sized industry without distorting competition and ensure that industrial production thrives in Europe, and for better use to be made of the EIB, as the Union’s ‘Climate Bank’, to enhance sustainable financing to the public and private sectors and to assist companies in the decarbonisation process, and to consider Border Carbon Adjustments mechanisms, as soon as possible, which are compatible with WTO rules and the Union’s other free trade agreements as a way to ensure a competitive environment for EU industries, including downstream manufacturers based on thorough impact assessments; underlines that an improved building stock has the greatest potential for achieving the EU’s energy and climate goals and that policy, finance and innovation/digitalisation are the three key enablers for a sustainable built environment; believes that maximising the energy efficiency potential of buildings will require a smart combination of rigorous implementation of existing policies, new policy initiatives to phase-out the worst energy performing buildings, adequate financing mechanisms and investments in innovative solutions;
Amendment 466 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Calls on the Commission to revaluate and adjust European environmental legislation, like EIA- Directive 2011/92/EU, to enable and accelerate approval procedures of large- scale infrastructure projects, which are necessary for a successful transformation of the energy and mobility sectors; to ensure consistent policymaking on European level with regards to the New Green Deal;
Amendment 509 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Highlights the need to support a just transition, and believes that a well- designed Just Transition Mechanism, including a Just Transition Fund, would be an important tool to facilitate the transition and reach ambitious climate targetsclimate neutrality while addressing social impacts; stresses that welcomes the proposal of 40bn as a robust financing of this instrument, including additional budgetary resources, would be as a key element for the successful implementation of the European Green Deal;
Amendment 510 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Reminds that the Conclusions of the European Council on the Communication on a European Green Deal and the content of this Communication identify carbon-intensive sectors and energy intensive industries as being indispensable for the supply of key value chains and that, consequently, an enabling framework must be put in place, which allows their transformation, which means attaining CO2-emission neutrality via integrated evolution rather than restructuring. The Conclusions of the European Council together with the Communication on the Green Deal further identify a range of measures, which, if specifically designed for energy intensive industries and implemented as a whole, would significantly contribute to this objective. These dedicated measures should be combined into an “Energy Intensive Industries Transformation Package” to be mainstreamed into all implementing initiatives and legislation of the Green Deal and the Recovery Plan;
Amendment 511 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Calls on the Commission to develop a “EU Climate Calculator” (ECC) for materials, products and services related to the EU industry; stresses that the ECC should ensure a level-playing field for data that ensures a clear and reliable picture of the greenhouse gas(GHG) footprint related to the industrial actives; stresses that such a ‘holistic approach’ would open up for positive behavioural affects by EU citizens, industries, and SMEs; stresses that the concept must be based on the principles of circular and lifecycle economy in order to drive demand for climate-friendly goods “made in Europe”, strengthening the competitiveness of the EU building sector; suggests the Commission to use already known scientific methods when estimating GHG emissions, e.g. with inspiration from its “Product Environmental Footprint”;
Amendment 514 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Calls for the Commission to further strengthen Europe’s low-carbon production in energy intensive industries (e.g. chemicals, steel, cement, non-ferrous metals) while striving for the implementation of the Circular Economy Action Plan II, to help displace imports from more carbon-intensive regions and incentivise higher levels of climate ambition from the EU’s global trading partners;
Amendment 516 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 b (new)
Paragraph 16 b (new)
16b. Considers that the development of appropriate network for the transport of hydrogen and CO2 will play a key role in successfully decarbonising energy- intensive industries; calls on the Commission to thoroughly assess the industry’s energy needs in its upcoming initiatives on sector integration and the revision of the TEN-E Regulation;
Amendment 517 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 c (new)
Paragraph 16 c (new)
16c. Considers that the EU should foster a fully circular and life-cycle approach to industrial decarbonisation, including both the production use and its end of life up until its recycling; calls on the Commission to follow such approach in policy-making;
Amendment 518 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. CUnderlines the need to increase spending on research, development and innovation as key element to achieve the twin transitions, improve strategic autonomy and increase long-term competitiveness; calls on the Member States to uphold their commitment of reaching 3% of GDP on research and development; underlines the role of key enabling technologies in building critical technological capacities throughout the EU; reminds the Commission that many of the technologies we need to drive forward decarbonisation and digitalisation are yet to be developed; calls on the Commission to tailor Horizon Europe and its industrial strategy to the development, scaling-up and commercialisation of breakthrough technologies in the Union, by providing risk financing for early-stage technology and developing early value chains to support first commercial-scale, climate- neutral technologies and products including for the energy transition; believes that for a resilient, fit for the future European industry, the industry strategy should entail the whole supply chain, in particular of the critical technologies and materials required to realise the energy transition;
Amendment 540 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Considers, it is imperative to digitalise the Union’s industries, including traditional ones through accelerating the diffusion of digital solutions; highlights in this context the crucial role of the Cultural and Creative industries; calls on the Commission to invest, inter alia, in the data economy, artificial intelligence, smart production, Internet of Things (IoT), quantum computing, mobility, and resilient and secure very high-speed networks; invites the Commission, in this respect, to assess the effectiveness of co- financed National Tax Credit schemes that could complemenconnectivity and 5G networks; underlines the crucial role the industrial instruments within Horizon Europe and the Digital Europe Programme have to play, including the public private partnerships, i.e. on health, digital, energy and transport, which will help leveraging public and private investment; believes therefore that a higher budget for replace traditional ‘on demand’ grants/tender- based support, especially for SMEs; highlights the importance of the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and the Cohesion Fund (CF) in supporting job creation, business competitiveness, economic growth and sustainable developmentHorizon Europe is crucial and that the European Innovation Council (EIC) and the European Institute for Innovation and Technology (EIT) will provide crucial support, especially for SMEs and start-ups to access finance and scale up; highlights the importance of the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and the Cohesion Fund (CF) to have a stronger focus on research and innovation and to be better linked with Horizon Europe and in supporting job creation, business competitiveness, economic growth and sustainable development; reminds the Parliament’s call for 120bn for Horizon Europe to allow the programme to address all of its given priorities;
Amendment 560 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18a. Emphasises the importance of the Digital European Programme in equipping workers with crucial digital skills for Europe’s industrial future; urges the Commission to set up an expert stakeholder group tasked with predicting future industrial skills gaps and shortages with the help of AI and big data’s capabilities;
Amendment 566 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 b (new)
Paragraph 18 b (new)
18b. Emphasises that research and innovation projects under Horizon Europe are critical investments in order to achieve climate neutrality by 2050, highlights the crucial role of industrial synergies and private-public partnerships to enable faster and more efficient completion of innovative projects and presentations of technical demonstrators in crucial industries such as aviation, energy storage and hydrogen;
Amendment 568 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 c (new)
Paragraph 18 c (new)
18c. Stresses the potential role of the regions in achieving the European industrial ambitions; believes that interregional cooperation aimed at the sustainable and digital transformations, as in the Smart Specialisation strategies, are to be strengthened in order to stimulate regional ecosystems; therefore asks the Commission to support the development of tools which can provide a clear roadmap for regions with a tailor- made approach to secure industrial leadership;
Amendment 569 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 d (new)
Paragraph 18 d (new)
18d. Stresses the need to bridge the digital divide among businesses and industries, as the gap between front- runners and laggards creates uneven diffusion of innovation in the economy; encourages therefore, the Commission and Members States to create opportunities for firms, especially SMEs, to increase their absorptive capacity of innovative technologies;
Amendment 570 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 e (new)
Paragraph 18 e (new)
18e. Highlights that in addition to guaranteeing investment in digitalisation other measures such as the correct implementation of the European Electronic Communications Code and the review of the Cost reduction directive will be instrumental for the EU to fully seize the growth potential of the Digital transformation; stresses that the potential of IoT to help European industry recover from the crisis is great and that the Commission must ensure there are no barriers to the free-movement of IoT devices across the EU;
Amendment 572 #
19. CWelcomes the position of the Commission on the use of industrial data; reiterates that data plays a key role in the transformation of European industries; stresses the importance of smart manufacturing growth, digitalisation and strategic autonomy of European industries; calls on the Commission to implement a single European digital and data market, to and ensures and promotes the exchange of data among companies and among public institutions,access and flow of data within the EU and across sectors, industries and among public institutions, promote investment in next generation standards, tools and infrastructures to store and process data and pool European data in key sectors, with EU-wide common and interoperable data spaces, calls on the Commission to give particular focus and consideration on projects aimed at data curation and labelling, data format standardisation, data security; to develop and process data on European soil, in particular data from public bodies, to build a better digital taxation systems in which profits are taxed where companies have significant interaction with users in line with a potential deal under the OECD in order to mitigate the risk of a trade war, and to further develop European standards for example on cybersecurity, in particular for critical infrastructure; including by revising the NIS directive and by establishing the cybersecurity competence centre network and to ensure fair platform to business relations that enable European enterprises and especially for SMEs to use data generated on platforms effectively; encourages the Commission to use the full capacity of ENISA to support the conduction of national cybersecurity risk assessments; highlights the importance of the EU space policy, especially to improve European industrial space capacities and to unlock the potential of the synergies with other key sectors and policies, in particular to develop cutting-edge technologies and accompany the industrial transformation;
Amendment 596 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Considers that industrial transformation requires the integration of new knowledge and innovation into existing markets and their use in the creation of new ones; reminds that innovation is the engine of competitiveness for strategic industrial ecosystems and this should be translated in a strengthened support for innovation and entrepreneurship at every stage of the innovation cycle, with a special attention to the early stage and the market uptake, when the availability of capital is critical to reach a successful deployment; regrets, in this respect, that the Union invests less in R&D as a percentage of GDP than its global competitors and that it suffers from a serious lack of innovative capacity in small and medium-sized enterprises due to a shortfall in the necessary risk capital and existing red tape; calls on the Commission to improve the incentives and increase the budget for those programmes that underpin the transformation of the Union’s industry, including Horizon Europe and Digital Europe, and to foster synergies between regional, national, European and private financial sources by taking advantage of synergies among all Union programmes; highlights the need to increase the focus on research and innovation of cohesion policies;
Amendment 618 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20a. Calls on the Commission to develop together with Member States potential tax incentive to boost R&D investments which have decreased heavily due to the COVID 19 crisis;
Amendment 622 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 b (new)
Paragraph 20 b (new)
20b. Calls for the establishment of a European network to support and better coordinate high quality medical research in Europe, given the high fragmentation of the research activities in this area; reiterates the need to put in place a medicine shortage risk mitigation plan to manage any vulnerabilities and risks for the supply chain for critical medicines; reminds the importance of a research- based pharmaceutical industry as an essential contributor to ensuring quality manufacturing and supply of medicines to reach all patients in need, ensuring innovation and supporting the resilience, responsiveness and readiness of healthcare systems to address future challenges;
Amendment 627 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 c (new)
Paragraph 20 c (new)
20c. Calls on the Commission to examine measures to counter the potential loss of knowledge and innovation during the current crisis; including instruments that support companies to temporarily share knowledge workers with public research organisations and universities to enable public-private research on public priorities as well as to retain employment and innovation capacity in times of crisis;
Amendment 629 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 d (new)
Paragraph 20 d (new)
20d. Welcomes the approach of industry alliances and the proposed hydrogen, low-carbon industries, battery, industrial clouds and platforms and raw materials alliances; emphasises that SMEs play an integral part in the creation of industry alliances and their production chains; highlights the need for adequate financial instruments for the alliances; calls on the Commission to include CC(U)S in the hydrogen and low-carbon industries alliances; statutory requirements must create a framework for innovations in climate-friendly mobility and energy generation;
Amendment 632 #
21. Is of the opinion that ecosystems will be key components of the next industrial revolution, providing affordable and cleaner energy, transformative manufacturing and service-provision methods; emphasises that industrial policy needs to be created through an inclusive, transparent and evidence-based approach, stresses that ecosystems should include all links to the value chains, including SMEs; believes, moreover, that supporting collaboration among industry, academia, SMEs, start-ups, trade unions, creators, civil society, end-user organisations and all other stakeholders will be key to solving market and coordination failures and supporting efforts to cross the ‘valley of death’, including in areas not yet covered by industrial interests;
Amendment 635 #
21. Is of the opinion that ecosystems will be key components of the next industrial revolution, providing affordable and cleaner energy, transformative manufacturing and service-provision methods; calls for each ecosystem to be analysed in more detail, including the specific needs of each contained sector and to develop sectorial investment plans for their transition; believes, moreover, that supporting collaboration among industry, academia, SMEs, start-ups, trade unions, civil society, end-user organisations and all other stakeholders will be key to solving market failures and supporting efforts to cross the ‘valley of death’, including in areas not yet covered by industrial interests;
Amendment 659 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Considers public procurement to be a crucial driver of industrial transformation; calls on the Commission to study how to fully use the leverage of public expenditure and investment to achieve policy objectives, including by making environmentalstrengthening sustainability and social criteria mandatory in public procurement; calls also on the Commission to push for a more ambitious International Procurement Instrument that provides for reciprocity and mutual standards; while focusing on efficiency and predictability of the instrument, to ensure free trade and competitive prices for consumers in Europe;
Amendment 675 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Calls on the Commission to adoptimplement a strong governance framework, including an Industrial Forum to support the Commission in successfully implementing the industrial strategy, a standing progress point at the Competitiveness Council and at the European Parliament and Industrial Alliances between industry and Member States; calls on the Commission to complement this governance framework by adopting a strong Key Performance Indicator (KPI) system to analyse the ex- ante impact of Union regulations and instruments, possible investments and to monitor progress and results;
Amendment 681 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Calls on the Commission to adopt a strong Key Performance Indicator (KPI) system to analyse the ex-ante impact of Union regulations and instruments, possible investments and to monitor progress and results;
Amendment 682 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)
Paragraph 23 a (new)
23a. Believes that the evaluation of EU legislation and measures should stronger focus on analysing the implementation in Member States and outline if EU legislation is implemented or interpreted in a way that creates unnecessary and unexpected regulatory hurdles for SMEs and larger companies alike;
Amendment 684 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 b (new)
Paragraph 23 b (new)
23b. Expects the industry strategy to entail proposals for the application of the one-in-one-out rule in such a way that for any additional compliance cost introduced by new legislation, the corresponding amount of compliance cost is reduced in the same sector; highlights the need to go even further and reduce regulatory burden where possible and calls for a concrete commitment and target for reducing unnecessary regulatory burden at European and national level of 30%; believes that the EU needs to reinforce its principles of ´big on big things, small on small things´ to better ensure proportionality;
Amendment 685 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 c (new)
Paragraph 23 c (new)
23c. Highlights the increasing servification and digitalisation of European industries and that EU industries are relatively servicified in an international comparison; stresses the need to further remove barriers for services inputs, including the movement of physical persons and the free flow of data, both inside the internal market and vis-à-vis third countries;
Amendment 687 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. In the light of a profoundly changed international economic context, calls on the Commission to review its antitrust rules and to continue to ensure that the enforcement of EU competition law is effective in keeping the Union globally competitive, seeking a balance between support for so-called ‘European champions’ and protection of the supply chaina fully functioning single market making EU companies globally competitive, seeking a balance between the functioning of the single market while protecting our industries from unfair global competition,; so as to compensate for the lack of a global level playing field given the higher levels of concentration, margins and inequality visible in the economtresses that the EU needs to adapt its competition rules, in particular, Europe needs to adapt the concept of dominant approach to consider, for example, consumer privacy, personal data protection, consumer choice, market structure, switching costs and lock-in effects; underlines that European industrial strength and competitiveness relies on a dense and diverse network of innovative small and medium-sized enterprises and suppliers; calls on the Commission to prioritise the support to SMEs and startups and to boost their innovation capacity, also ensuring that they have access to the Strategic Investment Facility;
Amendment 692 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)
Paragraph 24 a (new)
24a. Acknowledges that a strong framework of intellectual property rights is a crucial factor underpinning European competitiveness, with a view to combating industrial espionage and counterfeiting and therefore calls on the Commission to preserve and strengthen this framework; stresses the need to ensure parity with the US and China in life science IP incentives in order for Europe to remain an attractive location for R&D investment and industrial development; calls on the Commission to maintain and develop Europe’s world- class IP system by promoting strong IP protection, incentives and reward mechanisms for R&D to attract investment into the development of future innovation for the benefit of patients;
Amendment 699 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 b (new)
Paragraph 24 b (new)
24b. Calls on the Commission to create a temporary ‘European Industrial Agency for Reconstruction’ with capacity to bail out and manage European Companies that are strategically important in relation to the sector, aggregate production, employment levels or in terms of possible consequences on the productive system in order to have a single and efficient European industrial policy’s tool which can buffer the divergence between national aid schemes to avoid permanent distortions in the single market;
Amendment 700 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 c (new)
Paragraph 24 c (new)
24c. Considers that a comprehensive approach to industrial strategy including all EU policies, can play an important role in economic and ‘industrial’ diplomacy; encourages the Commission to actively use the network of EU Chambers of commerce in third countries to create new business partnerships, as well as to include industry in missions to third countries;
Amendment 701 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 d (new)
Paragraph 24 d (new)
24d. Calls on the Commission to implement as soon as possible the European Unitary Patent as provided for by the agreement on a unified patent jurisdiction of 19 February 2013;
Amendment 702 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 e (new)
Paragraph 24 e (new)
24e. Calls for a review of the EU’s trade policy to ensure that European industry enterprises no longer have to face unbalanced competition from companies from non EU States that do not impose the same level of prescriptive requirement on their production;
Amendment 703 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 f (new)
Paragraph 24 f (new)
24f. Calls for raising the ceiling on ‘de minimis’ aid and the ceiling on State aid exempted from notification by the Commission’s General Block Exemption Regulation (GBER);
Amendment 704 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 g (new)
Paragraph 24 g (new)
24g. Calls on the Commission to ban all EU funding for non-European or third- country companies that do not in practice respect reciprocity in the access to public procurement;