2 Amendments of Edit HERCZOG related to 2011/2056(INI)
Amendment 78 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Notes that the RM challenges are also an opportunity to invigorate the EU’s industrial base and increase competitiveness via an ambitious industrial innovation strategy; notes that in the medium to long term increasing efficiencies, recycling and lowering resource use and application of the ‘use-it- longer principle’ will be key to competitiveness, sustainability and supply security; remarks that social innovation, lifestyle changes and new concepts such as eco-leasing, chemical leasing and sharing should be supported by the Commission;
Amendment 152 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Calls the Commission to create the ‘use-it-longer’ principle and to apply it to all EU legislation; this principle would lie on two pillars: 1. an informative campaign for changing consumer habits towards making more responsible decisions when purchasing goods and towards using them longer; 2. pressurizing the industry for putting quality into focus at the product development and production phase; therefore asks the Commission and the Member States to raise the time limits of compulsory warranty concerning consumer durables by a minimum of 30%;