13 Amendments of Sari ESSAYAH related to 2010/2095(INI)
Amendment 22 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas maintaining global leadership of European industry is only possible through new technologies/processes/solutions, R&D, a sophisticated supply-chain, better efficiency, strong human resources, good logistics and infrastructure, as cost-cutting is not the way forward for industry in Europe,
Amendment 33 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas it is possible to achievesupport industrial progress through smart, long- term, balanced regulation, and market stimulation, andby following global trends towards clean and sustainable forms of production, distribution, and whereas public consumption could be smartly exploited to the benefit of European industry, its competitiveness and global leadership,
Amendment 205 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 – indent 3 a (new)
Paragraph 13 – indent 3 a (new)
· supporting R&D on improving recyclability of products and their material contents, and supporting R&D on developing closed industrial processes with minimum levels of wasted material and energy flows,
Amendment 222 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 – indent 1
Paragraph 14 – indent 1
- intensification of raw material recovery by means of ambitious recycling rules, appropriate support for research, and a stop to the exporting of waste that contains raw materialspromoting recycling and re-use in the EU area of materials which are nowadays treated as waste,
Amendment 232 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 – indent 3
Paragraph 14 – indent 3
- optimal utilisation of raw materials available in the EU, calling among other things for the rapid introduction of a European geo-information system that gives an overview of the raw materialbetter geological surveys in the Member States on the minerals that may be mined, and better surveys of the renewable and recyclable natural resources available in the EU,
Amendment 284 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Calls for innovations in health care and social sector so that the industries will not face lack of work force and higher labour costs in the next decades;
Amendment 309 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 – indent 4
Paragraph 16 – indent 4
- opening up and modernising universities to allow them to offer higher vocational qualifications (for engineers, IT specialists, technicians, etc.) or increased cooperation between science universities and those universities of applied sciences and educational institutions which are more geared to vocational education;
Amendment 341 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Calls for a stronger, coordinated EU policy on lead markets, such as the environmental industries (some 3.5 million employees, EUR 300 billion turnover, up to 50% of the global market) while reducing public subsidies to them; stresses that many "traditional" markets – steel, automobiles and shipbuilding, for example – have a strong capacity for innovation and/or offer comparative advantages, of which full use should be made; for these purposes, product-specific legislation such as the eco-design directive should be developed further, and industry-stimulating initiatives such as the "green car initiative" put in place;
Amendment 369 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Calls for the establishment of a task force on restructuring operations and a stronger role for the European structural funds in restructuring processesrestructuring processes to be left to the competence of the Member States, so that employees and firms can be offered a future; calls for research and development in furtherance of conversion processes to be intensified;
Amendment 423 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Calls for future trade agreements to be drawn up in such a way that they form part of an industrial strategy based on fair competition in the developed and developing worlds; the principle of sustainable development must be comprehensively applied, and social and environmental standards incorporated in free trade agreements; steps must be taken to ensure that European industries are not endangered by unfair practices, as is currently happening in the solar energy industry;
Amendment 452 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 – indent 2 a (new)
Paragraph 26 – indent 2 a (new)
• calls for enhancing ICT industries and especially increased applications which use common standards and, where possible, open sources, and calls for better use of computers and supercomputers in creation of helpful models of complex systems, including industrial processes, and advancing their use in monitoring and controlling the huge amount of data involved in modern industries,
Amendment 464 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 – indent 3
Paragraph 26 – indent 3
• a particular focus on the key European industries – e.g. the automotive industry, renewable energies and energy saving, aviation, chemicals, foodICT, food, machineries and the creative industries,
Amendment 468 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 – indent 3 a (new)
Paragraph 26 – indent 3 a (new)
• calls for the creation of a public data base in the Internet, "a virtual Europe", which includes spatial, industrial and business information combined in a manner which helps industries to easily find business partners and thus increases cooperation and spread of best practices;