9 Amendments of Marita ULVSKOG related to 2013/2177(INI)
Amendment 56 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Believes that the Commission, the Member States, the industry and the trade unions should act jointly to retain and attract qualified workers, talented high- skilled scientists and managers to the steel sector, thus ensuring a dynamic and innovative workforce; urges the Commission and the Member States to implement immediate actions to avoid the loss of expertise and minimise the loss of jobs; stresses in this connection the importance of training in preparation for skilled occupations, developed in consultation with the industry so as to take account of its needs; recalls regional universities and industrial research institutes whose excellence does much to create the regional preconditions for a competitive steel industry;
Amendment 88 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Notes that there is a significant gap in industrial energy prices between the EU and its main competitors; recognises that energy prices are important cost drivers for the steel industry; believes that the efficient functioning of the single energy market is a necessary precondition if and stresses that it must be possible for the steel industry is to be supplied by secure and sustainable energy at affordable prices;
Amendment 138 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading II.2. a (new) (inserted before Subheading II.3)
Subheading II.2. a (new) (inserted before Subheading II.3)
II.2a. Infrastructure 16a. Stresses the importance of an effective and reliable infrastructure for the development of the steel industry and recalls that 65% of world steel production is still ore-based, so that investment in suitable infrastructure covering the whole chain from mining to steelworks and beyond, to export markets, has a major impact on competitiveness, particularly for sparsely populated countries;
Amendment 139 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading II.3
Subheading II.3
II.3. International level-playing field and access to new export markets
Amendment 140 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Considers that trade negotiations should follow a reciprocal approach under which considerations such as access to new markets, access to raw materials, risk of carbon leakages, the level playing field and leakages of knowhow are taken into account; stresses that access to new export markets in growing economies where European steel can be sold without encountering trade barriers will be of decisive significance for the European steel industry’s potential for growth and development;
Amendment 158 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22a. Urges the Commission to make coordinated efforts, together with the Member States and industry, to promote exports so as to favour the European steel industry in international competition;
Amendment 176 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)
Paragraph 24 a (new)
24a. Calls on the Commission to propose the setting-up of a European research institute associated with the steel industry and the commodities sector; considers that this should be done in cooperation between the State, the industry and the academy, with the overall task of increasing the competitiveness of the sector;
Amendment 181 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Acknowledges the high financial risks associated with the development, up- scaling, demonstration and deployment of breakthrough technologies; supports the establishment of clusters, research cooperation and public-private partnerships; encourages the use of innovative financial instruments such as risk-sharing finance facilities; calls on the European Investment Bank and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development to design a long-term financing framework for steel projects;
Amendment 182 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 a (new)
Paragraph 26 a (new)
26a. Ask the Commission to encourage further development of substitution of coking coals and metallurgical coke; and to support actions for flexible use of supplementary reductants for a competitive and sustainable steel industry in Europe