11 Amendments of Reinhard BÜTIKOFER related to 2010/2277(INI)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Calls on the Commission to ensure the product standards are a condition sine qua non of European internal competition, recognising that productRecognises the role of product standards for the functioning of the European internal market and considers standards ares a key tool for promoting sustainable and high-quality goods and services for consumer and enterprises,; which can use innovative and internationally recognised standardelcomes the proposal for reforming the European Standardisation System and calls for measures promoting transparency, costs reduction and improving involvement of stakeholders;
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Notes the need to improve the mutual evaluation process of the Services Directive in order to streamline the functioning of the single market; calls for an assessment of the impact of the directive on the quality of the services and evaluating the room for manoeuvre that the directive leaves to public authorities for introducing public interest requirements to services providers; believes that existing unnecessary bureaucratic burdens for the Member States‘’ administrations at national, regional and local level, prevent the implementation of general rules for all the Members States;
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Believes that, in order to achieve the EU's climate and energy objectives, a new fiscal approach is necessary, by lowerincreasing the minimum duty rates on CO2 emissions and on energy content; asks therefore that the Commission ensure an appropriate balance between bothe taxation of energy and the EU's greenhouse gas emission quotas trading scheme, avoiding overlaps between the two system contribute towards EU long term climate and energy objectives;
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Points out to the need for further energy efficiency plans, policies and measures to significantly increase energy savings, and willasks the Commission to closely monitor the implementation of the directives on eco-relevant existing directives, in particular on energy- labelling, ecodesign, transports, buildings and infrastructures, in order to ensure and to implement a common European framework approach; calls for the Commission to similarly adopt an ambitious approach in the forthcoming Resource Efficiency Strategy with regards to its objectives, policies and instruments;
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Welcomes the proposal to amend the Small Business Act in order to closely link it with the 2020 Strategy, but regrets that the SME's role is not highlighted enough; welcomes the proposal to adopt an action plan for SMEs' access to capital markets and calls for the promotion of innovative financing mechanisms aimed at innovative SMEs;
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Highlights the need for the EU to achieve a stronger autonomy in energy supply and calls on the Commission to diversify energy routes by applying a regional approach, namely in the Mediterranean countriesand considers that a regional clustering approach in the context of the internal energy market should facilitate this autonomy. Furthermore, asks the Commission to improve the integration of renewable energies and underlines the need of smart grids to become more efficient; is also of the opinion that issuing permitthe implementation of cooperation mechanisms must become more efficient and transparent;
Amendment 29 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Calls for a flexible patent system that contributes to technological innovation in addressing societal challenges such as demographic change and climate change; therefore reminds that an EU patent system should deliver quality patents, and not simply cheaper ones; draws the attention on the advantages of collaborative approaches such as clusters, open innovation and the use of common patent platforms and patent pools;
Amendment 30 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 b (new)
Paragraph 8 b (new)
8b. Stresses that a framework directive on the management of copyright should not limit users' rights but should favour the emergence of innovative business models so as to contribute to the creation of content online and added-value services;
Amendment 31 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 c (new)
Paragraph 8 c (new)
8c. Welcomes the initiative on ecological footprint of products and urges the Commission to quickly establish a real common assessment and labelling system;
Amendment 32 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 d (new)
Paragraph 8 d (new)
8d. Recognises that public procurement is a powerful instrument for driving markets toward sustainable products and services and for stimulating innovation; welcomes the intention of the Commission to revise and simplify public procurement rules and stresses that this process should not put under threat, but rather strengthen, the capacity of public authorities to include criteria of general interest, such as environmental and social criteria in their calls for tender;
Amendment 33 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 e (new)
Paragraph 8 e (new)
8e. Stresses the need for putting sustainability as a key criteria of industrial change and therefore ask to take this dimension into account in the consultations on a European framework for the advanced planning of industrial restructuring;