11 Amendments of Monika BEŇOVÁ related to 2018/2759(RSP)
Amendment 8 #
Paragraph 1
1. Highlights that the role of circular economy indicators, such as waste management, production and consumption rates or trade of recyclable raw materials, is to provide a compass tohat guides policy makers in many fields and businesses in many sectors towards decisions that deliver sustainable economic, social and environmental development in the European Union and to measure progress towards the proposed goals of preservation of the world´s resources, jobs creation, and generation of competitive advantages;
Amendment 14 #
Paragraph 2
2. Highlights that the complex dynamics governing the transition towards circular economy requires clear and robust policy-relevant indicators that are based on comprehensive data, from which the most pertinent information for decision makers can be extracted, in order to make the transition more transparent;
Amendment 17 #
Paragraph 3
3. Notes that the identified indicators focus primarily on waste generation. Regrets that the communication does not present a more comprehensive and holistic set of indicators that would allowing to measure the decoupling of economic growth from resource use and environmental impact. Highlights that the Monitoring Framework should at least cover the full range of objectives and concrete actions of the Circular Economy Action Plan in order to have an effective instrument for measuring circularity and progress towards the achievement of its objectives, specifically the actions listed under the section on production and consumption and in terms of strategic value chains and value retention with material flows in the Member States;.
Amendment 19 #
Paragraph 4
4. Notes the absence of any reference to the shift from overconsumption to sustainable consumption in the Commission’s existing set of indicators; as these references would accurately reflect the progress made so far.
Amendment 20 #
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the Commission to improve its knowledge base and overall data availability for measuring progress in the circular economy, utilising, as much as possible, existing or easily generated data and frameworks in order to limit administrative burdens. Also calls on the unification of the data collection measures, as they vary widely among the Member States, and thus only provide a rough picture of the situation;
Amendment 22 #
Paragraph 6
6. Highlights the need of a flexible monitoring framework due to the multifaceted and dynamic nature of transition, allowing for the speedy adaptation of the indicators to maintain its effectiveness and accuracy;
Amendment 27 #
Paragraph 7
7. Highlights the importance of resource productivity as one of the key elements to secure sustainable growth and jobs in the EU, therefore regrets the lack of a resource productivity indicator in the Monitoring Framework. Underlines that the total raw material input productivity indicator” shall encompass both biotic and abiotic raw materials and shall consider imported goods not only with a view to their own weight, but also their entire specific primary raw material input, this is put in relation with the gross domestic product to which the value of imported goods has been added, further stresses the need to review the current indicators and come up with new ones, as there is no indicator that would efficiently measure the progress towards completing Sustainable Development Goals, specifically SDG 12 that indicates responsible consumption and production patterns;
Amendment 29 #
Paragraph 8
8. Requests that the Commission ensure that monitoring framework complements analytical work of the Resource efficiency and Raw material scoreboards, and that these indicators, as well as indicator measuring the progress towards SDGs, be integrated into the monitoring framework for the circular economy;
Amendment 35 #
Paragraph 12
12. Reminds the Commission of its obligation to present a common methodology and minimum quality requirements for the uniform measurement of levels of food waste by 31 March 2019 serving as an additional indicator, and that it should be integrated into the monitoring framework;
Amendment 38 #
Paragraph 13
13. Stresses the need to take into consideration the impact of circular economy on carbon emissions and to develop a specific indicator on how to achieve decarbonisation goals;
Amendment 41 #
Paragraph 15
15. Welcomes the self-sufficiency indicator but highlights that is does not provide information about the relative importance of the different metal categories and therefore we call on revision of this indicator;