Activities of Adam GIEREK related to 2011/2068(INI)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on a resource-efficient Europe
Amendments (13)
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses the importance of natural resource efficiency to achieving the goals of the Europe 2020 strategy; underlines the fact thatsignificance of decoupling real economic growth from resource consumption is essentialinefficient, environmentally harmful resource use to improve Europe’s industrial competitiveness and reduce its relativecurrent dependence on imported resourceaw materials;
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Supports the Commission’s idea of shifting taxation on production costs away from labour towards resource consumptionthe raw materials, other materials and energy used, so that the total cost of resources falls, rather than rises; welcomes the intention to encourage Member States to phase out environmentally harmful subsidies (EHS);
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Supports the Commission's idea of shifting taxation away from labour towards resource consumption; welcomes the intention to encourage Member States to phase out environmentally harmful subsidies (EHS), which should be achieved in way that doesn't harm EU's competitiveness and doesn't increase the risk of carbon leakage;
Amendment 27 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Highlights the fact that boosting resource efficiency requires a profound change in society’s consumption and production patterns,patterns and changes in production that are driven by performance, rather than trends, and are achievable through new solutions for smart resource management; calls, therefore, for investment in product design, resource recycling and waste management, substitutionthe design of products that function reliably over a longer period (from the time they are placed on the market until the end of their useful lives), which, once they wear out, are easy to deal with in terms of recycling and waste management, and which can also easily be repaired and re-used;
Amendment 28 #
Draft opinion
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Paragraph 4
4. Highlights that many industry sectors, in particular those exposed to international competition have substantially increased the efficiency in using resources, mainly driven by enormous price increases; stresses, however, the fact that boosting resource efficiency requires a profoundfurther changes in consumption and production patterns, mainly achievable through new solutions for smart resource management; calls, therefore, for investment in product design, resource recycling and waste management, substitution and re-use;
Amendment 35 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Draws attention to the need for alternative products to be used, altering energy- and material-intensive consumption patterns whilst achieving the same level of performance, and the need for alternative raw and other materials to be used, making manufacturing processes less energy-intensive;
Amendment 40 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Points out that an increase in entropy means that not all manufacturing waste can currently be restored to its original state via low-energy recycling; notes that secondary uses can be found for such waste, i.e. it can be an excellent filler, insulator or foundation material;
Amendment 43 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 c (new)
Paragraph 4 c (new)
4c. Takes the view that natural materials, including enhanced wood and enhanced mineral materials, can be used successfully as substitutes for the building materials used today;
Amendment 46 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 d (new)
Paragraph 4 d (new)
4d. Points out that a lack of end users is a major obstacle to the full recycling of differentiated municipal waste; considers that innovative technologies and financial support schemes for SMEs are essential in order for high-quality, market-driven products to be produced using these resources;
Amendment 52 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Believes that a greater effort should be made to develop existing resources in Europe, in particular minerals, metal and forestry resources in Europe; stresses northern Europe'timber as well as energy resources including fossil fuels; stresses Europe's indigenous potential to contribute to EU raw material needs and calls for the strategic and environmentally sound development and management of its resources;
Amendment 55 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Takes the view that the industries in the Member States ought increasingly to rely on domestic raw materials; points out that the management of domestic resources should ensure that they are not wasted and that they are used for the benefit of local communities, for example through tax revenue or jobs in raw material processing plants situated near the places in which they are used;
Amendment 57 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Underlines that to assure the mineral resources security for the Member States it is necessary to consider the basis of sustainable development through fossil fuels deposits protection, development of potential resources basis and the creation of proper policy for mineral resources exploitation;