Activities of Herbert REUL related to 2011/2056(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
An effective raw materials strategy for Europe (debate)
Amendments (11)
Amendment 32 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Notes the new Commission Communication and its move beyond the RMI to include commodity markets; calls on the Commission to give adequate focus to commodity markets and the RMI separately; stresses that the three pillars of the RMI form three approaches to solving the issue of raw materials; calls on the Commission to implement the raw materials strategy in a balanced way;
Amendment 36 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Emphasises that the availability of raw materials such as metallic minerals, industrial minerals, construction materials, wood and natural rubber is of vital importance for the development potential, competitiveness and preservation of European industry;
Amendment 70 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 2
Subheading 2
An opportunity challenge for European industry: resource efficiency, recycling and substitution
Amendment 80 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Notes that overcoming the RM challenges arecan also an opportunity tohelp 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 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 87 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Welcomes the Commission’s plan to launch a flagship initiative on resource efficiency; calls on the Commission to incorporate a resource efficiency improvement target of 3% pedevelop a reliable methodology for ymear net of GDP evolutionsuring resource efficiency; calls on the Commission to idevelop a reliable methodology for mntify the obstacles to increasuring resource efficiencyproductivity (e.g. technical barriers, costs, etc);
Amendment 100 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Believes that a tax for mineral resources is not an adequate tool, but calls on the Commission to investigate whether a tax on water and land use could be of benefit for increasing resource efficiency;
Amendment 107 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Calls on the Commission to examine whether it would be appropriate to extend the ecodesign instruments to RM, to work with standardisation bodies, to evaluate the feasibility of a top-runner programme for products with regard to resource efficiency, to strengthen advisory services on resource efficiency, particularly for SMEs, and calls on companies to make use of the Eco- Management and Audit Scheme (EMAS); calls on the Commission and the Member States to leverage public procurement in order to enhance resource-efficient products and products utilizing secondary RM; stresses the value of including resource use in product information and eco-labels in order to empower consumers; calls on the European standardisation bodies to streamline the issue of resource efficiency in the setting of standards;
Amendment 125 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Calls on the Commission to gradually introduce a general ban on waste landfill throughout the European Union, to investigate whether closed landfills could be re-opened to recycle potential scrap material with best available technologies (BAT), to also examine remaining mining waste and metallurgical waste dumps, to complete a EU database on mining waste sites by 2012 and enforce the mining waste directive, to ensure that this waste is treated with the BAT, and to encourage the lifecycle management of buildings to ensure the recyclability of materials used in their construction;
Amendment 133 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Calls on the Commission to develop economic incentives for recycling currently uneconomical CRM including rare earths (REE), to investigate how markets for recycled materials can be supported by inter alia green certificates for recycled materials, eco-design requirements and fiscal incentives, and to ensure that cohesion policy and budgets are also leveraged to promote resource efficiency and recycling;
Amendment 164 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19a. Emphasises that the definition of national minerals policies, as proposed by the Commission, to ensure that mineral resources are exploited in an economically viable way, must not impede trade within the EU; stresses, too, that demand from neighbouring EU Member States should not be excluded from long- term regional and local demand estimates when land-use policies for raw materials are being determined;
Amendment 171 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Reaffirms that the NATURA 2000 guidelines provide a sound basis under which non-energy extraction activities must take placehelpful clarification on mining activities in NATURA 2000 areas; calls on the Commission to check on a regular basis whether progress has been achieved in the Member States on reconciling raw materials extraction with nature conservation; notes that codes of practice to achieve technical, social and environmental excellence are important instruments; calls on the Commission to protectensure that in environmentally sensitive areas that might hold RM, such as the Arctic, Barents Sea and Greenland, appropriate sustainability criteria are observed during mining activities;