4 Amendments of Malcolm HARBOUR related to 2010/2095(INI)
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Stresses the need for public authorities to support the development of key technologies and underlines the need for accelerating the development of standards as crucial in preserving EU industrial competitiveness and stimulating new growth, particularly the development of standards stimulating innovation in relation to emerging environmental and societal challenges;
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Considers that the importance of public procurement in stimulating an innovative industrial base should not be underestimated; calls in this regard on the EU Member States to exploit the full potential of pre-commercial procurement as a driver of innovation and as a tool to improve SME participation in public procurement, with the effect of identifying and effectively stimulating lead markets for European business;
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Notes the increasing limits on the availability of raw materials (such as non- ferrous metals) faced by high value added EU industries owing to the fast-growing pressures in global demand driven by emerging economies; underlines that an EU raw-materials recycling policy should be developed as a priority and should be designed to support the EU's industrial policy by addressing the difficulties relating to waste recycling and promoting the maximum re-use of waste materials; calls on the Commission to lead in the development of a new organisational model for sustainable manufacturing taking account of the cyclical processes which already exist in many sectors such as in aluminium-based product manufacturing;
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Stresses that access to financing for enterprises, particularly SMEs, remains inadequate and the EU should innovate in order to provide more favourable framework conditions for the development of investment in the real economy; takes the view that, in a context of budgetary crisis, it is more necessary than ever to explore new funding methods, notably by reducing the fragmentation of the capital risk market, developing innovative public- private partnerships such as joint technological initiatives and strengthening the role of the EIB;