15 Amendments of Frédérique RIES related to 2014/2208(INI)
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 3 a (new)
Citation 3 a (new)
– having regard to the Commission communication on 'Innovating for Sustainable Growth: A Bioeconomy for Europe' (COM(2012)0060),
Amendment 25 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas many metals used in a wide range of products, such as terbium, indium, palladium, zinc, lead and copper, are likely to run out over the course of the next few years and decades, which means that the EU must create an eco-friendly product life cycle policy based on the reuse of materials after recycling;
Amendment 34 #
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 codecoupling economic growth from resource consumpetitiveness can be increased only by getting more added value out of resources in the economyon will make the EU better equipped to deal with high raw material prices and fluctuation in those prices and lead to a low carbon, more prosperous, EU;
Amendment 44 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas it is necessary to develop markets for secondary raw materials in order to achieve resource efficiency objectives and a circular economy;
Amendment 57 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B c (new)
Recital B c (new)
Bc. whereas an ambitious European circular economy package creates business opportunities, secures access to primary materials, prolongs their productive use (through re-use, re- manufacturing, or as spare parts or recycling), guarantees high quality recycling processes once they reach their end of life, as well as treats all by- products and waste as valuable resource streams for further use;
Amendment 101 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Emphasises that the EU has already put in place financial instruments which favour a more circular economy, in particular the Horizon 2020 programme and Life +, and that if these instruments are used properly they could help to promote eco-innovation and industrial ecology in the Member States and regions of the EU;
Amendment 150 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Urges the Commission to develop and introduce by 2019 a lead indicator and a numberdashboard of sub-indicators on resource efficiency, including the land, water, material and carbon footprint, and 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;
Amendment 202 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Urges the Commission to propose a review of the Ecodesign Directive by the end of 2016, incorporating the following important changes: broadening the scope to cover all main product lines; gradually including all relevant resource-efficiency features in the mandatory requirements for product design; introducing a mandatory product passport based on these requirements; implementing self- monitoring and third-party auditing to ensure that products comply with these standards; and defining horizontal requirements on, inter alia, reusability and recyclability and use of renewable resources;
Amendment 211 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Urges the Commission to propose a review of the Ecodesign Directive by the end of 2016, incorporating the following important changes: broadening the scope to cover all main product lines, including non-energy related product groups (such as furniture, construction materials and textiles); gradually including all relevant resource-efficiency features in the mandatory requirements for product design; introducing a mandatory product passport based on these requirements; implementing self- monitoring and third-party auditing to ensure that products comply with these standards; and defining horizontal requirements on, inter alia, reusability, repairability and recyclability;
Amendment 229 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Urges the Commission to take other relevant actions to ensure that products are durable, easy to reuse, refit, repair, recycle and eventually dismantle for new resources;
Amendment 349 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Calls on the Commission to propose the full implementation of the circular economy principles and requirements in the building sector and to further develop the policy framework on resource efficiency in buildings; this includes developing indicators, standards and methods as regards land use and urban planning, architecture, structural engineering, construction, maintenance, adaptability, energy efficiency, renovation and reuse and recycling; targets and indicators on sustainable buildings should also include green infrastructure, such as green roofs and biobased materials;
Amendment 394 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 4 a (new)
Subheading 4 a (new)
Developing markets for secondary raw materials
Amendment 395 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19a. Considers that a long-term and predictable policy framework will help to stimulate the level of investments and action needed to fully develop markets for greener technologies and promote sustainable business solutions. Resource efficiency indicators and targets underpinned by robust data collection would provide the necessary guidance for public and private decision-makers in transforming the economy;
Amendment 401 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Urges the Commission to propose compulsory green public procurement procedures; considers that reused, repaired, remanufactured, refurbished, biobased 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;
Amendment 435 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Calls on the Commission to establish a permanent resource-efficiency platform to encourage and facilitate the application of the latest research findings, the exchange of best practices and the emergence of new industrial synthesis and industrial ecosystemsJoint Task Forces for the three key areas of food and drink, housing, and mobility in order to develop, as soon as possible, European Resource Efficiency Action Plans with clear resource reduction actions and to encourage and facilitate the application of the latest research findings, the exchange of best practices and the emergence of new industrial synthesis and industrial ecosystems; these Task Forces should consist of experts from the Commission, Member States, industry, civil society and other key stakeholders, having the role of encouraging partnerships between actors across the value chain and complementing the work of the EU Resource Efficiency Platform;