3 Amendments of Rolandas PAKSAS related to 2014/2208(INI)
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion
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2. Stresses that better design, waste prevention, reuse and recycling could bring substantial net savings for EU businesses, estimated at EUR 600 billion, or 8 % of annual turnover, as well as for public authorities and consumers, while also reducing total annual greenhouse gas emissions by 2- 4 %1 ; emphasises that increasing resource productivity by 30 % by 2030 could boost GDP by nearly 1 % and create 2 million additional jobs; __________________ 1 Commission communication of 2 July 2014 entitled ‘Towards a circular economy: a zero waste programme for Europe’ (COM(2014)0398).
Amendment 38 #
Draft opinion
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4. Calls for the CEP to establish, in line with the EU Climate and Energy package, the Seventh Environment Action Programme, the European strategy for sustainable bioeconomy5 a and the recommendations of the European Resource Efficiency Platform5 , a comprehensive policy framework which includes concrete policy objectives and better integrates and streamlines existing policy tools across various sectors; insists that tools and measures must ensure real opportunities for, and active participation of, SMEs in the circular economy; __________________ 5aCommission Communication of 13 February 2012 entitled ‘Innovating for Sustainable Growth: A Bioeconomy for Europe’ (COM(2012)60 final) 5 European Resource Efficiency Platform (EREP) Manifesto and Policy Recommendations, March 2014:http://ec.europa.eu/environment/reso urce_efficiency/documents/erep_manifesto _and_policy_recommendations_31-03- 2014.pdf
Amendment 50 #
Draft opinion
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5. Calls for the CEP to introduce a sustainable materials management policy at EU level, taking a life-cycle approach and aiming for eco-efficient and, environmentally responsible and harmless to human health use of materials, including during the extraction, design, production, consumption, and waste management and reuse phases;