9 Amendments of Bas EICKHOUT related to 2011/2056(INI)
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the Communication and in particular its focus on raw and recovered raw materials from mineral resources and biotic resources, its emphasis on resource efficiency and recycling, and its recognition of the importance of urban mining as a valuable source for retrieving, i.e. reuse, recycling and upcycling RM; points out the potential of re-use as a separate category, to extend the life of products and urges the Commission (EC) to develop re-use;
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Regrets however the lack of proposals for concrete measures by the Commission and cautions that without such measures the stated goals are not likely to be reached;
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Highlights that the growth of the world population, the rise in consumption and targets for EU economic growth, make the decoupling of growth from raw material use even more essential; insists therefore that reduction targets should be set to stabilisreduce material use and proposes an annual material EU efficiency target of 3% absolute reduction in the use of extracted raw materials; considers that progress towards this target and the implementation of supporting policies by Member States should be tracked by the European Semester, the reporting system for co-ordinating and surveilling Member States´ budgetary and structural policies;
Amendment 33 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Stresses the importance of the development, promotion and implementation of a life cycle approach for RM, thus extending the highest quality and life of such materials, and the need for indicators to measure efficient and effective resource use, and points to the importance of the full implementation of the Ecodesign Directive in this regard with a broadened focus on resource efficiency and other environmental impacts beyond energy efficiency; furthermore calls for mandatory recycling and resource requirements to be introduced in all implementing measures from 2013;
Amendment 43 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the EC and Member States to further increase producer responsibility in legislation, in particular calls on the Commission to review the Ecodesign, End-of-Life Vehicles, WEEE and Battery Directives to ensure a higher level of RM recovery, reusability and re- and upcyclability and to stimulate efficient use of RM e.g. by more specific requirements on dismantling;
Amendment 54 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the EC to develop a system of chain of custody for all RM, instructing producers to record the origin of RM through a transparent system, following existing examples (FSC and FLEGT for illegal RMe.g. Timber Regulation (EU) No 995/2010), allowing for the future development of sustainability criteria for RM;
Amendment 58 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls for proper and swift implementation of the Waste Framework Directive, and a landfill ban on recyclable RM and strict and ambitious efficiency criteria for incineration with energy recovery, which should aim at reuse and recycling of RM instead of incineration.in particular a strict implementation of the waste hierarchy, which gives priority to prevention, reuse and recycling over incineration; deplores the fact that recycling is often hampered by the availability of cheaper options to handle waste, like landfilling or incineration, which nevertheless have significant externalities and costs to society; in this respect calls for fiscal instruments to shift the comparative advantage towards recycling;
Amendment 65 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7 a. Concurs with the Commission analysis that better implementation and enforcement of existing waste legislation is essential for promoting a more resource-efficient Europe and therefore calls on the Commission to propose the establishment of an EU waste implementation agency combined with a specific European body to carry out direct environmental inspections by the end of 2011, as better implementation of the existing legislation would, in addition to the benefits to the environment and human health, provide important economic benefits and increase access to valuable secondary raw materials;
Amendment 92 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Urges the EC to examine the effects of a tax on mineral resources, non-energy RM, water and land use, and in particular on any side effects, such as non sustainable substitution, tax evasion or a shift of economic activities to third countries; points out that a tax on resource and to come forward with proposals for EU instruments to this effect in line with the resource efficiency priority; points would render resources more valuable, resulting in better use, re-use and recycling of RM and lower export oft that taxation of primary raw materials like metals would help shift the comparative advantage towards recycling instead of virgin extraction and would help shift the tax burden from labour to resources.;