11 Amendments of Krišjānis KARIŅŠ related to 2011/2056(INI)
Amendment 31 #
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 commodityCalls on the Commission to give adequate focus to commodity markets and the RMI separately; the problems related to the two are different in nature and call for different measures, one concerns the effect of financial markets andon the RMI separately; rising food prices, while the other concerns a lack of important raw materials;
Amendment 38 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Underlines the vast supply of natural resources in Europe and the need for better coordination with regards to the method for extraction, distribution, processing, reusing and recycling;
Amendment 40 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Welcomes the Commission’s work on identifying critical raw materials (CRM); 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; underlines the need to distinguish between raw materials in the first part of the supply chain and those which are in the last part as the size of export credits differ significantly according to the degree of processing, and that this should be taken into consideration in the analysis;
Amendment 53 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Points out that effective governance of RM policy is key to an effective strategy; emphasises the need for close co- ordination within the Commission and between Member States; recommends the establishment of an inter-departmental RM task force, as is the case in France and the United States, to elaborate, monitor and review policies including partnership agreements, to ensure strategic coherence and promote the establishment of an early- warning system; calls on the Commission to foster co-ordination between the Member States on the external dimension; believes the upcoming communication on the external dimension of energy could serve as a template;
Amendment 67 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Insists that the European Parliament be regularly informed on the development of the RMI via an annual progress reportCalls on the Commission to present an annual progress report on the development of the RMI;
Amendment 69 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Underlines that the access to raw materials is fundamental to industry including SMEs, and that unpredictable price fluctuation is a big risk factor;
Amendment 74 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Notes that the RM challenges are also an opportunity to invigorate the EU’s industrial base and increase competitiveness via an ambitious industrial innovation strategy; notes that in the medium to longwhile trade policy is the key action in the short term, increasing efficiencies, recycling and lowering resource use will be key to competitiveness, sustainability and supply security in the medium to long term; remarks that social innovation, lifestyle changes and new concepts such as eco- leasing, chemical leasing and sharing should be supported by the Commission;
Amendment 146 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Calls on the Commission to identify priorities and allocaUnderlines the need to simplify administration in the limited budgets for research into lifecycle recycling, substitution of EU funding and research, and stresource efficiency using FP7 and FP8 funding, particularly for CRM such as REE; insistses that the increasing numbers of political priorities oin the importance of a European Innovation Partnership on RM; calls on the Commission to launch such a partnership in 2011se are counterproductive to the EU headline targets;
Amendment 172 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Reaffirms that the NATURA 2000 guidelines provide a sound basis under which non-energy extraction activities must take place; notes that codes of practice to achieve technical, social and environmental excellence are important instruments; underlines that RM held in one Member State pose a strategic and economic potential for the EU as a whole and therefore, calls on the Commission to protect environmentally sensitive areas that might hold RM, such as the Arctic, Barents Sea and Greenland, and if possible extend existing partnership agreements with such countries to include financial aid for mining with the possibility to give undertakings in the EU priority access to the extracted RM;
Amendment 184 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20a. Stresses the need for the EU to enter into negotiations with the Home Rule Government of Greenland on the access of EU to rare earths in Greenland;
Amendment 245 #
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 such as a revised partnership agreement with the Home Rule Government of Greenland; 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;