12 Amendments of Ivo BELET related to 2014/2208(INI)
Amendment 33 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas Europe is more dependent on imported resources than any other region in the world and its competitiveness can be increased only by getting more added value out of resources in the economy and promoting the sustainable production of raw materials from EU sources;
Amendment 148 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. UrgesCalls on the Commission to develintroduce by 2019, as is recommended by the high- level Europ eand introduce by 2019 a Resource Efficiency Platform, a relevant lead indicator and a number of sub-indicators on resource efficiency, including ecosystem services; these binding indicators should measure resource consumption, including imports and exports, at EU, Member State and industry level and take account of the whole lifecycle of products and services and should take equal account of each of the three pillars of sustainable development, namely its environmental, social and economic dimensions;
Amendment 172 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Urges the Commission to set a binding target to increase resource efficiency at EU level by 30 % by 2030 and individual targets for each Member State without undermining the principle of subsidiarity;
Amendment 220 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Calls on the Commission to promote a more life-cycle-oriented approach in product policies, in particular by establishing harmonised methods for evaluating products’ environmental performance;
Amendment 271 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
Amendment 272 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Urges the Commission to submit the announced proposal on the review of waste legislation by the end of 2015 and to include the following points: setting extended producer responsibility requirements; endorsing the ‘pay-as-you- throw-principle’ prioritising separate collection schemes in order to facilitate the development of business based on the reuse of secondary raw materials; increassetting a recycling targets to at least of 70 % of municipal solid waste, based on the output of recycling facilities, using the same harmonisedsubject to the introduction of a harmonised statistical and reporting method for all Member States withbased on externally verified statistics and the output of recycling facilities; introducing a ban on landfilling recyclable and biodegradable waste by 2025 and a ban on all landfilling by 2030; introducing feeswaste and organic waste from animal or plant sources by 2025 and a reduction onf landfilling and incinerationby 2030;
Amendment 289 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Urges the Commission to broaden the scope of the Waste Framework Directive so that it fully integrates the concept of the circular economy, promotes industrial ecology, encompasses all waste and harmonises the definitions of what constitutes waste and of the point at which a substance ceases to be waste;
Amendment 372 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Urges the Commission to propose that BAT principles and standards be applied to all materials and parts of buildings and to developassess the merits of a building passport based on the whole lifecycle of a building, enabling high performance for energy and sustainability, an informed choice on future solutions for maintenance, repair, renovation and recycling, and an efficient deconstruction of the building;
Amendment 378 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18a. Urges the Member States to facilitate the improvement of recycling through the development of infrastructure for selective collection and recycling in the construction industry;
Amendment 387 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Considers that, as 90 % of the 2050 built environment already exists, a strategy for renovating existing buildings should be put in place and special requirements should be setconsidered for the renovation sector in order to have mainlycontribute to an energy- positive buildings stock by 2050; such a renovation plan should be supported by dedicated funding schemes at EU and Member State level;
Amendment 392 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to look into the potential of predemolition audits (which is an assessment of a building before deconstruction or demolition to describe the materials present and to define which fractions could be separated for recycling) and on-site sorting of recyclable materials (on-site sorting usually delivers secondary raw materials of higher purity than off- site recycling and can help to reduce environmental impact of transport, for example by crushing/compacting on site).
Amendment 404 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Urges the Commission to propose compulsoryencourage the use of green public procurement procedures; considers that reused, repaired, remanufactured, refurbished and other resource-efficient products and solutions are to be preferred in all public procurement, and if they are not preferred, the ‘comply or explain’ principle should apply;