Activities of Ioan ENCIU related to 2011/2056(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
An effective raw materials strategy for Europe (debate)
Amendments (6)
Amendment 35 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Notes the new Commission Communication and its move beyond the RMI to include commodity markets; calls on the Commission to give adequate focus to commodity markets and the RMI separately, this will create a basis for developing raw materials security of supply for the European Union;
Amendment 41 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Welcomes the Commission’s work on identifying critical raw materials (CRM), as this will identify specific shortages of raw materials in Europe; calls on the Commission to follow this up by analysing the supply chains depending on CRM, the refining capacity and the interaction between CRM and their associated base metals;
Amendment 124 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Calls on the Commission to investigate whether closed landfills could be re-opened to recycle potential scrap material with best available technologies (BAT),; to alshis would lead to increased availability of raw materials within Europe and would create much needed employment across the European Union; also calls on the Commission to examine remaining mining waste and metallurgical waste dumps, to complete a EU database on mining waste sites by 2012 and enforce the mining waste directive, to ensure that this waste is treated with the BAT, and to encourage the lifecycle management of buildings to ensure the recyclability of materials used in their construction;
Amendment 244 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
Paragraph 27
27. Regrets that the Communication fails to name other regions or countries; calls on the Commission to establish other mutually beneficial partnerships with resource-rich countries; Europe's Free Trade Agreements are very important tools to ensure European industries can have direct access to raw materials; believes that the EU should offer ‘infrastructure- resource’ partnerships; calls on the EU to support resource-rich developing countries in developing their geological knowledge; proposes in this context the establishment of co-operatively financed chairs at geological faculties;
Amendment 253 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
Paragraph 28
28. Is concerned that a strategy for co- operation with China is not identified, this is problematic as China controls a substantial part of the raw materials market; stresses the need for a technology dialogue with China; calls on the Commission to examine how pilot projects on sustainable mining, substitution or recycling of CRM can be established with China;
Amendment 276 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32
Paragraph 32
32. Welcomes the work on RM and sustainability in the OECD, G8 and G20; supports the inclusion of non-OECD members in these discussions; calls for the creation of strategic co-operation between the EU, US and Japan on CRM in sharing demand and supply data, common forecasting, exchanging best practice, analysing supply chains, investigating the possibility for joint strategic stocks, and the establishment of joint R&D projects; asks the Commission to investigate the feasibility of an international statistics initiative on CRM based on the example of the Joint Organisations Data Initiative (JODI), this would be beneficial for the industrial sectors such as the aerospace, automotive, chemicals, construction, equipment and machinery sectors;