Activities of Gerben-Jan GERBRANDY related to 2011/2068(INI)
Reports (1)
REPORT on a resource-efficient Europe PDF (292 KB) DOC (190 KB)
Amendments (14)
Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 3 a (new)
Citation 3 a (new)
- having regard to the communication of the Commission on Improving the delivery of benefits from EU environment measures: building confidence through better knowledge and responsiveness (COM(2012)95);
Amendment 24 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
Ea. whereas securing access and uninterrupted supply of resources is a growing challenge due to the increase in resource consumption, water and land use;
Amendment 30 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Calls for the creation of Joint Task Forces for the three key areas of food, housing and mobility: these should consist of experts from the Commission, Member States, industry and civil society and develop European Resource Efficiency Action Plans with clear benchmarkresource reduction actions within one year;
Amendment 81 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the Commission to extend the scope of the eco-design directive to non- energy related products and to come forward with additional eco-design requirements on the performance of products, including recyclability and recycled content, durability and reusability, in order to improve their environmental impact and promote recycling markets;
Amendment 113 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Calls on the Commission and Member States to fully integrate the resource efficiency objectives in the European Semester on economic policy coordination; urges Member States to confirm this need in the European Council;
Amendment 114 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Emphasises that the first-mover advantage in resource efficiency can capture growing markets. The EU holds roughly one third of the world market for environmental technologies;
Amendment 118 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Calls on the Commission and Member States to develop incentives that encouragstimulate companies to measure, benchmarkand public bodies to measure and continuously improve their resource efficiency, as well as measureswater, land, material and carbon footprints, to extend the producer responsibility principle and to remove barriers that hold back resource efficiency;
Amendment 132 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Emphasizes the urgent need to improve energy and environmental labelling in order to create incentives for eco-friendly products;
Amendment 149 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Calls on the Commission to streamline the waste acquis and to introductaking into account the waste hierarchy, furthermore calls on the Commission to propose a progressive landfill ban by 2014, accompanied by appropriate transition measures; at European level;
Amendment 160 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Calls on Member States to expand their work on guidelines for the development of standards for recycled materials through the European Committee for Standardization (CEN);
Amendment 164 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 b (new)
Paragraph 13 b (new)
13b. Calls on the Commission and Member States to set up a program to create awareness and provide guidance to companies, especially SME's;
Amendment 168 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 c (new)
Paragraph 13 c (new)
13c. Calls on the Commission, by the end of 2012, to propose a new Sustainable Consumption and Production (SCP) policy framework, which should be accompanied by a legislative proposal addressing priority products and services with the relevant tools, including mechanisms that improve supply chain resource efficiency;
Amendment 203 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Emphasises that markets stimulate resource efficiency if prices reflect the true cost of resources used;
Amendment 265 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Considers that the 7th EAP should be aimed atprovide the right policy framework to achievinge the vision and, milestones and targets of the Roadmap towards a resource- efficient Europe;