Activities of Silvia-Adriana ȚICĂU related to 2011/2056(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
An effective raw materials strategy for Europe (debate)
Amendments (7)
Amendment 42 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Welcomes the Commission’s work on identifying critical raw materials (CRM); calls on the Commission regularly to update the raw materials list and to follow this up by analysing the supply chains depending on CRM, the refining capacity and the interaction between CRM and their associated base metals;
Amendment 60 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Calls on the Commission and Member States to develop a programme, in the context of the forthcoming research framework programme, for research and innovation in the field of new materials and materials that could in future replace existing raw materials for which there is a shortage of resources;
Amendment 101 #
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;
Amendment 110 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Points out that rare earths are used in the production of monitors, mobile phones and other appliances in daily use, and they are essential for the manufacture of high-performance permanent magnets used in wind turbines, electric vehicles, catalytic converters for cars, circuits, optical fibre and high-temperature superconductors, and they are thus vital if the EU economy is to become eco-efficient;
Amendment 119 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Stresses the need to invest in the recycling of raw materials and rare earths, since the mining, refining and recycling of rare earths has serious environmental consequences if not managed properly;
Amendment 177 #
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 place; notes that codes of practice to achieve technical, social and environmental excellence are important instruments; calls on the Commission to protect environmentally sensitive areas that might hold RM, such as the Arctic, Barents Sea, Antarctica and Greenland;
Amendment 247 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
Paragraph 27
27. Regrets that the Communication fails to name other regions or countries; calls on the Commission to establish other mutually beneficial partnerships with resource-rich countries such as those of North America, Australia, Asia and the Mercosur region; believes that the EU should offer ‘infrastructure-resource’ partnerships; calls on the EU to support resource-rich developing countries such as India and Brazil in developing their geological knowledge; proposes in this context the establishment of co-operatively financed chairs at geological faculties;