Activities of Jan ZAHRADIL related to 2020/2077(INI)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on New Circular Economy Action Plan
Amendments (3)
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses that trade policy is an essential tool for implementing the circular economy and the EU’s sustainability agenda globally; underlines that increased recycling can reduce the EU’s reliance on imports of raw materials and energy, and points to the need to decouple economic growth from resource use in order to ensure the long- term sustainability of global value chains;
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Regrets the lack of international and European standards on waste quality as this hinders a viable trade policy that is conducive to the circular economy; calls on the Commission to present harmonised standards on waste quality and a legal definition of recyclable waste, and to include these in future FTAspresent new initiatives on proper infrastructures to insure high quality separate collection;
Amendment 57 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Urges the Commission to ensure that FTAs reflect the objectives of the circular economy by including strong, binding and enforceable sustainable development chapters; suggests that the circular economy should be addressed in a cross-cutting manner in all relevant FTA chapters, without increasing additional administrative or financial burden to our companies, especially SMEs;