9 Amendments of Antonio DE BLASIO related to 2007/2252(INI)
Amendment 24 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Draws the Commission's attention to the fact that a programme has already been carried out under the aegis of the WHO as part of which the WHO Member States established their own national and local environmental health action plans comprising specific objectives and implementation plans; recommends to the Commission therefore that it review this WHO programme as a possible model which could also serve as a useful example to the European Union in the future;
Amendment 30 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Draws the Commission's attention to the fact that it is possible to arouse the interest of members of the public most successfully at the level closest to them and that it is therefore essential for regional and local authorities and other bodies which exist to safeguard interests to play an active role, and for them to cooperate closely with representatives of the local nongovernmental sphere;
Amendment 63 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Advises the Commission to envisage (by 2010 and under the ‘second round’ of the health and environment action plan) refocusing its initiatives on vulnerable populations and to devise new methods of risk-assessment, taking into account the fundamental fact that children and pregnant women are particularly vulnerable;
Amendment 70 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Recommends that, in order to reduce damaging effects of the environment on health, the Commission should call upon Member States, by means of tax concessions and/or other economic incentives, to interest market operators improving the quality of indoor air and reducing exposure to electromagnetic radiation in their buildings, branch establishments and offices;
Amendment 71 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 b (new)
Paragraph 14 b (new)
14b. Recommends that the Commission, as SMEs are of decisive economic importance in Europe, should provide technical support to SMEs to make it possible, and help them, to comply with binding environmental health regulations and encourage them to make other changes which are positive from the point of view of environmental health and affect the operation of enterprises;
Amendment 72 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 c (new)
Paragraph 14 c (new)
14c. Recommends that the Commission draft appropriate minimum requirements to guarantee the quality of indoor air in buildings to be newly built;
Amendment 73 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 d (new)
Paragraph 14 d (new)
Amendment 74 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 e (new)
Paragraph 14 e (new)
14e. Stresses that health considerations linked to climate change should also be assigned greater importance in every Community policy; recommends therefore that, in the impact assessments which precede new investment and support, the Commission should also take account of the impact of climate on health;
Amendment 75 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 f (new)
Paragraph 14 f (new)
14f. Stresses that environmental health information systems must ensure that it is possible to link data concerning the quality of the environment and health, thus assisting research and the further analysis of the interdependences between environmental quality and the state of people's health;