14 Amendments of Bas EICKHOUT related to 2013/2006(INI)
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Citation -1 (new)
Citation -1 (new)
– having regard to the Commission Communications "A Roadmap for moving to a competitive low carbon economy in 2050 (COM(2011)112) and "Roadmap to a Resource Efficient Europe"(COM(2011)571),
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion
Citation -1 a (new)
Citation -1 a (new)
– having regard to its resolutions of 15 March 2012 on a Roadmap for moving to a competitive low carbon economy in 2050 and of 24 May 2012 on a resource- efficient Europe,
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
Recital A
Recital A
Amendment 28 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the fact that the Commission has adopted the goal of providing strong support to industry, as this will help to restore economic growth in Europeagenda to put Europe on a path to industrial innovation in line with sustainable, resource and energy efficient economy, and calls for concrete measures, including shifting taxes from employment to resource use and pollution, to move towards those goals;
Amendment 43 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Considers that the focus of industrial policy must be to shift Europe to a circular, sustainable biobased economy, respecting cascade of use and ecosystem boundaries for biological resources;
Amendment 51 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
Amendment 58 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Believes, however, that a lack of concrete policy objectives on climate and resource efficiency are preventing existing innovative technologies from commercial implementation;
Amendment 65 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
Amendment 73 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Notes that the industrial strategy should emphasise long term viability of the sector, which, given the rising costs for raw materials and minerals and Europe's high net imports of resources, should focus on recycling and reusing materials and reducing the carbon and material footprint of production; highlights that also according to the Commission's analysis this would create a significant number of new jobs;
Amendment 79 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
Amendment 83 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Stresses the urgency of improving the efficiency of the EU carbon market to provide investment certainty to climate friendly technologies;
Amendment 86 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
Amendment 94 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Believes that competitiveness of European production depends on Europe being a global front runner in eco- efficient goods and production;
Amendment 104 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Welcomes the Commission's intention to carrying out systematicof impact assessments and competitiveness tests at the planning stage of EU environmental legislationon all EU legislation and calls for improved incorporation and quantification of external costs and associated health, environmental and eco- system benefits.