15 Amendments of Gaston FRANCO related to 2011/2056(INI)
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses the importance of trade in raw materials for economic growth and calls for an integrated raw materials diplomacy to be developed by the EU, based on its industrial policy agenda and in line with its development and environment policy; also calls on the Commission to create synergies between all the European policies and stakeholders concerned, for example by setting up national strategic metals committees which bring together the public authorities, the companies – including SMEs – operating in this sector and civil society;
Amendment 47 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Welcomes the fact that the Commission communication recognises that other critical raw materials fall under this strategy, such as natural rubber; suggests that, when the list of critical raw materials is next reviewed, due consideration should be given to the challenge posed by developing sustainable supplies of natural rubber; proposes that one of the specific targets of raw materials diplomacy should be developing sources of natural rubber outside the territory of South-East Asia;
Amendment 64 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls for proper and swift implementation of the Waste Framework Directive and a landfill ban on recyclable RM and strict and ambitious efficiency criteria for incineration with energy recoverin particular of the waste hierarchy, which should aim at prioritising reuse and, recycling of RM instead of and other recovery over disposal whilst contincuinerationg progressively to reduce landfill;
Amendment 77 #
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 long term increasing efficiencies, recycling and, lowering resource use, as well as devising green technologies, will be key to competitiveness, sustainability and supply security; remarks that social innovation, lifestyle changes and new concepts such as eco-leasing, chemical leasing and sharing should be supported by the Commission;
Amendment 93 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Urges that information be disseminated on existing forestry measures under the Union’s various policies, which are currently under-used, especially those designed to improve the economic value of forests, such as the replanting provided for in rural development programmes, with a view to improving the availability of wood raw material;
Amendment 94 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 b (new)
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7b. Stresses the need to launch an information campaign at European level to promote timber and its uses, in all forms, because of its intrinsic qualities, its symbolic value, its environmental benefits, particularly in terms of its carbon storage properties, and its importance to rural activities;
Amendment 95 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 c (new)
Paragraph 7 c (new)
7c. Stresses the urgent need to adopt a ‘wood mobilisation plan’ at European level, as proposed in the conclusions to the Conference of Professional Forestry Organisations held on 26 September 2008 in Compiègne, France; calls for preference to be given in public tenders to the use of wood, as the primary eco- material; proposes that biomass, especially wood biomass, should be fully integrated into policies for the development of renewable energies;
Amendment 117 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Notes the contribution of recycling to reducing greenhouse gases; calls on the Commission to launch an in-depth EU material flow analysis particularly to identify priority waste streams for recycling;
Amendment 123 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Supports the development of wood waste recovery as an energy source to reduce dependence on raw materials, and also to attenuate competition between the traditional timber industry (furniture production, pallets, etc) and the green energy sector ; in fact, it is more useful to use wood as an energy source when it is at the end of its life;
Amendment 128 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Calls on the Commission to investigate whether closed landfills could beit would be useful to re- opened closed landfills to recycle potential scrap material with best available technologies (BAT), to also 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 134 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Calls on the Commission to develop economic incentives for recycling currently uneconomical CRM including rare earths (REE), to investigate how markets for recycled materials can be supported by inter alia, possibly, after an extensive impact assessment, by green certificates for recycled materials, eco-design requirements and fiscal incentives, and to ensure that cohesion policy and budgets are also leveraged to promote resource efficiency and recycling;
Amendment 179 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20a. Draws the Commission’s attention to the fact that rational management of wood raw material is necessary throughout Union territory and not only in NATURA 2000 areas, since one of its assets is that it will certainly be available in the future provided it is managed rationally; calls on the Commission, together with the timber industry, to examine the scope for taking specific measures aimed at the sustainable exploitation of forestry resources, in particular via pilot projects;
Amendment 194 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21a. Urges the Commission to take measures to prompt consideration being given to the re-opening of some mines, exploiting them sustainably so as to reduce the risk of European industry being faced with a shortage of raw materials;
Amendment 220 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)
Paragraph 23 a (new)
23a. Stresses that at present demand for timber exceeds available supply and that this trend is growing in the European Union; in order to curb deforestation and the disappearance of non-processed wood raw materials (rough timber) and thus ensure the survival of the timber industry and the protection of the environment, a strategy of sustainable management of forestry resources needs to be adopted not only within the European Union, but also beyond its frontiers. Calls on the Commission to pursue and extend its dialogue with third countries having major forestry resources, and first and foremost with the Union's associate countries;
Amendment 231 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)
Paragraph 24 a (new)
24a. Urges that strategic metals committees be set up in the Member States and invited to cooperate with each other as part of a European raw material strategy; this strategy would take advantage of the synergies between economic, mining, industrial and international policies and aim to safeguard supplies of strategic substances;