Activities of Michael THEURER related to 2010/2095(INI)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on an Industrial Policy for the Globalised Era
Amendments (21)
Amendment 19 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas maintaining global leadership of European industry is only possible through new technologies/processes/solutions, R&D, a sophisticated supply-chain, better efficiency, strong human resources, good logistics and infrastructure, and a level playing field in trade relations with third countries as cost-cutting is not the way forward for industry in Europe,
Amendment 61 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Highlights the importance of European manufacturing to strengthen the foundations of the European economy;
Amendment 75 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls on the Commission to develop, together with the European Parliament and the Council, a qualitative and, where possible, quantitative vision for European industry in 2020, which looks towards sustainable development in the long term and lays down guidelines, for example for energy and resource efficiency, with a view to ensuring that European industry becomes more stable and competitive and jobs are created as a result;
Amendment 78 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Stresses that EU industrial policy should be rooted in social market economy; points out that its aim should be to reduce transaction costs and administrative burdens in order to foster a competitive and sustainable industry in Europe;
Amendment 155 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Calls for research expenditure for the upcoming programming period from 2013 (RDP 8) to be significantly increased (EU target for public funding: 1% of GDP). Notes that, alongside strongly process- oriented research and innovation, research in basic cross-sectoral technologies is needed and,; in addition, thatprocedures, especially the application proceduress must be simplified in order to increase absorption problems;
Amendment 168 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Stresses the success of the Risk Sharing Financial Facility (RSFF) as an important way of providing research funding for SMEs via the EIB, and strongly encourages the Commission to make significantly more funds available to the RSFF; also stresses the importance of making innovation programmes more accessible for SME by decreasing bureaucratic burdens;
Amendment 169 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Stresses the success of the Risk Sharing Financial Facility (RSFF) as an important way of providing research funding for SMEs via the EIB, and strongly encourages the Commission to make significantly more funds available to the RSFF; also stresses the importance of making innovation programmes more accessible for SME by decreasing bureaucratic burdens;
Amendment 187 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Recalls that, representing as it does an annual 17% of GDP in the EU, public procurement is a powerful instrument for stimulating innovation; points out that competitors such as China and the USA have set ambitious targets for public procurement of innovative and environmental products, and calls for similar t; recalls that some partners have still not granted equal reciprocal market access to their public procurement margket setting in the EUs for our industry despite the opening of our market to their industry;
Amendment 210 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 – indent 4 a (new)
Paragraph 13 – indent 4 a (new)
· an incorporation of and respect for national raw material initiatives;
Amendment 237 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 – indent 4
Paragraph 14 – indent 4
- ensuring adequate provision of raw materials through fair trade agreements and strategic partnerships, unrestricted access to raw materials and rare earth metals through fair trade agreements and strategic partnerships, including those partners with whom the Commission has signed free trade agreements or is in the process of negotiating free trade agreements; such agreements should always include a ban on export restriction of raw material and rare earth,
Amendment 245 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 – indent 4 a (new)
Paragraph 14 – indent 4 a (new)
- intensify exchanges with partners such as Japan and the US on access to raw materials though bilateral dialogues but also with key raw materials producing countries such as China and Russia,
Amendment 250 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 – indent 4 b (new)
Paragraph 14 – indent 4 b (new)
- a regular and more offensive dialogue with African countries on raw materials and rare earth,
Amendment 256 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 – indent 5 a (new)
Paragraph 14 – indent 5 a (new)
- regular impact assessments of anticipated demand for – and criticality and supply risks of – raw materials and rare earth (including potential shortages, price increases, etc.) and the consequences for the EU economy in general and businesses in particular; the list of raw materials and rare earths covered should be updated regularly,
Amendment 260 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 – indent 5 b (new)
Paragraph 14 – indent 5 b (new)
- monitoring production forecast from third countries and the operating conditions of the raw materials global markets,
Amendment 312 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 – indent 4 a (new)
Paragraph 16 – indent 4 a (new)
- more mobility and flexibility in vocational and educational training both for employers and employees, taking into account the individual requirements especially of SME;
Amendment 313 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 – indent 4 a (new)
Paragraph 16 – indent 4 a (new)
- more mobility and flexibility in vocational and educational training both for employers and employees, taking into account the individual requirements especially for SME,
Amendment 348 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Stresses the importance of creating the right framework for industry to remain in Europe and to further improve its global competitiveness; believes, therefore, that EU policies should be based on robust impact assessments which analyze all angles of the economic, societal and environmental benefits of EU policies;
Amendment 361 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Calls for efforts to be stepped up with a view to creating without delay a Community patent in order to improve the framework conditions for industrial property rights, implementing a reform of standardisation methods and bringing about international standardisation in order to safeguard technological leadership; keeping bureaucratic costs at a minimum enables SME to stay competitive (especially in regards to translation costs of patents);
Amendment 415 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. CStresses that trade is one of the cornerstones of a successful industrial policy and therefore calls for future trade agreements to be drawn up in such a way that they form part of an industrial strategy based on fair competition in the developed and developing worlds; the principle of sustainable development must be comprehensively applied, and social and environmental standards incorporated in free trade agreements; steps must be taken to ensure that European industries are not endangered by unfair practic and full reciprocity; believes that a new trade policy is needed which further promotes manufacturing in Europe and does not incentivize businesses to delocalize; takes the view, therefore, that the EU should request full tariff dismantling from its trading partners, a full removal of non- tariff barriers to trade, not allow a weakening of rules of origin and not authorize the use of duty drawback; the principle of sustainable development must be comprehensively applied, and social and environmental standards incorporated in free trade agreements while not overburdening trade agreements with non-trade related standards; to that end, the Commission should also monitor the environmental legislation, state aid rules and other support programmes, as is currently hapdopted by third countries compenting in the solar energy industrywith the EU;
Amendment 489 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 – indent 1
Paragraph 28 – indent 1
• innovation clusters and networks should be given greater support, enabling knowledge and technological transfer and research, better training and the infrastructure to be promoted in a coordinated way; this should also be a priority for the European Regional Development Fund,
Amendment 492 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 – indent 2
Paragraph 28 – indent 2
• regional network structures such as metropolitan and rural regions should receive EU assistance with promoting their industrial base,