22 Amendments of Marian-Jean MARINESCU related to 2014/2211(INI)
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 14
Citation 14
— having regard to the report of 10 June 2013, commissioned by the Commission from the Centre for European Policy Studies, entitled ‘'Assessment of cumulative cost impact for the steel and the aluminium industry',
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 14 a (new)
Citation 14 a (new)
Amendment 30 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the successive closures of European aluminium electrolysis plants which resulted in a drop of primary production of 36% from 2008 and shows that Europe is rapidly deindustrialising when it comes to this metal;
Amendment 52 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas non-ferrous metals are globally priced at the London Metal Exchange (LME) and the regional costs cannot be passed through to customers;
Amendment 61 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
Ea. whereas many important economic sectors are related to the base metal production as galvanic industry, electrical and electronic industry, electricity transmission, etc.;
Amendment 62 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
Ea. whereas the base metal industry, its raw materials and auxiliary suppliers should be treated in a comprehensive and integral way;
Amendment 66 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Recital F a (new)
Fa. whereas the ITRE opinion on recommendations to the European Commission on the negotiations for the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (2014/2228(INI)) underlined the importance of a chapter on energy, addressing all existing measures that limit or condition energy exports and at the same time stressed the disadvantage of EU energy-intensive industries and the need to safeguard their competitiveness;
Amendment 75 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F b (new)
Recital F b (new)
Fb. whereas the aim of the Energy Union Package is to create a secure, sustainable, competitive and affordable energy market in order to enhance the global competitiveness of the European economy, reducing and harmonising energy prices in Europe and among Member States;
Amendment 77 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F c (new)
Recital F c (new)
Fc. whereas the recognition of market economic status to state-run or other non- market economies would undermine trade defence instruments and severely impact the competitiveness of the European base metal industries;
Amendment 128 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Reiterates that the Commission should include prohibition of distortive raw materials practices (dual pricing, export restrictions) in regional, bilateral and multilateral free trade agreements;
Amendment 169 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Notes that knowing the carbon content, which is assessed on an industry-wide basis, is essential for building an international system for combating greenhouse gas emissions; at the same time recalls the complexity of establishing the carbon content; stresses the difficulties that the steel sector finds to select the benchmarks that should be used; highlights that it should be clarified if the adjustment measures will be applied only to the base metals or also to finished or semi-finished products; emphasises that the establishing of a future border adjustment mechanism should in any case not reduce the number of the allowances neither increase their price; points out that the establishing of border adjustment measures is thus the precursor of an international system to combat CO2 emissions;
Amendment 182 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Regrets that the state aid based compensation regime for indirect costs has created a new factor in competitive inequality in Europe among producers in electricity-intensive sectors, who can receive financial support from the authorities in their countries; addurges that this compensation, which was devised as a transitional measure, should swiftly be reduced and, especially, be granted at European level in order not to distort should be granted at European level in order to ensure a level playing field with global competitionors and among European producers;
Amendment 185 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Regrets that compensation for indirect costs has created a new factor in competitive inequality in Europe among producers in electricity-intensive sectors, who can receive financial support from the authorities in their countries; adds that this compensation, which was devised as a transitional measure, should swiftly be reduced and, especially, be granted at European level in order not to distort competition among European producers; and ensure effective carbon leakage protection;
Amendment 188 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Refers to the agreement on the establishment and operation of a market stability reserve (2014/0011/COD) which states: "In pursuing the goal of a level playing field, that review should also consider harmonised arrangements to compensate for indirect costs at the Union level";
Amendment 193 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
Amendment 196 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Considers that despite the fact that the differentiated carbon impact on electricity prices arising fromis partly due to the energy mix of each supplier is a legitimate factor in competitiveness and depends on the choices made by each sovereign sta, the ETS is a EU harmonized measure to reduce industry emissions and therefore its impacts should be addressed through a harmonized system;
Amendment 199 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Considers that free allowances should also be granted to those industries where CO2 is an unavoidable part of the chemical processing of the raw material;
Amendment 204 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Urges that free allowances be allocated strictly on the basis ofand compensation for indirect costs better target those sectors subject to a global pricing regime or that cannot pass on the direct or indirect costs of the ETS in their product prices; adds that free allowances should also be allocated to reward programmes for investment in new equipment, R&D and the training of workers, as soon as possible and at all events during the fourth stage, covering the period 2021-2028;
Amendment 237 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Notes that it remainsHighlights the importance to the competitiveness of Europe's base metal sector of the possibleility to conclude long- term contracts, under certain conditions, which must be compatible with a return on investment, the duration of which must be no less than 15 years in the case of highly capital-intensive industriessufficient to provide industries with a reasonable degree of predictability;
Amendment 239 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Notes that it remains possible to conclude long-term contracts, under certain conditions that have to be clarified by the Commission, which must be compatible with a return on investment, the duration of which must be no less than 15 years in the case of highly capital-intensive industries;
Amendment 250 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Suggests a preliminary investigation phase of a maximum of one month for an initial review of anti-dumping and anti- subsidy complaints following which, based on the initial evidence, preventive correction measures may be announExhort the Council to conclude the revision of the two regulations on Trade Defence Instruments, in order to streamline, reinforced and a thorough investigation conductspeed up these instruments, ensuring they won't be weakened;
Amendment 268 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Emphasises that all base metals, including stainless steels and aluminium,, are subject to global competition; considers it urgent for the Commission, when defining relevant markets, to take the global market as a reference and not to limit its analysis simply to the internal market;