Activities of Gerben-Jan GERBRANDY related to 2012/2295(INI)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on innovating for sustainable growth: a bioeconomy for Europe PDF (255 KB) DOC (186 KB)
Amendments (16)
Amendment 3 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
A a. whereas the current economic and financial crisis shows that Europe urgently needs new sources of sustainable economic growth;
Amendment 16 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. WelcomEndorses the Commission communication entitled ‘Innovating for Sustainable Growth: a Bioeconomy for Europe’ and the action plan for implementing the bioeconomy strategy set out therein;
Amendment 23 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Underlines the urgency of taking action now to support innovation and investment in new techniques and business models and to create the incentives that will bring long-term benefits for the economy; emphasises the key role of the private sector in delivering sustainable economic growth;
Amendment 24 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Is of the view that the bioeconomy may help tois a prerequisite for achieveing the objectives of the Europe 2020 Strategy and, more specifically, of the initiatives ‘The Innovation Union’ and ‘A resource- efficient Europe’;
Amendment 33 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. TEmphasises that the EU is a global leader in various fields of bioscience and biotechnologies; takes the view that the transition to a bioeconomy will enable Europe to take some major steps forward in terms of innovation and competitiveness and will enhance its role on the international scene;
Amendment 40 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Supports the establishment of a system based onthe Bioeconomy Panel and the Bioeconomy Observatory in order to secure a continuous exchange of knowledge between research institutes, companies, institutions and universities and the development of a legal framework to facilitate research and its applications;
Amendment 53 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10 a. Emphasises that sufficient quantities of sustainable raw materials are needed for the successful operation of biorefineries in Europe; points out that this will also require improving infrastructures for storage and transport and developing the necessary logistics;
Amendment 54 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 b (new)
Paragraph 10 b (new)
10 b. Points out that there are only a limited number of demonstrators in Europe and that increased investments are needed in order to maintain the leading role of European industries in the sector of biorefineries; calls on the Commission and Member States to support pilot and demonstration activities for the up-scaling of products and processes;
Amendment 55 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 c (new)
Paragraph 10 c (new)
10 c. Calls for the development of a new legal instrument that will drive a more efficient use of biomass resources, based on an assessment of overall availabilities, establishing a cascading use principle and supporting measures and which will secure that overall amounts of biomass used in any sector are limited to what can be sustainably supplied by ecosystems;
Amendment 64 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12 a. Emphasises the need for increased coherence between different EU research and innovation funds in order to achieve the greatest possible impact;
Amendment 71 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Agrees with the need for a multi-level approach and calls for increasing attention to be paid to the regional and local dimension of the bioeconomy and to bottom-up initiatives; welcomes the establishment, at the regional, national and EU levels, of bioeconomy platforms that are able to measure the progress made in the sector and enable an exchange of know-how and best practices to take place, with a view to ensuring that the bioeconomy develops evenly throughout the EU; calls on the Commission also to involve experts in the sector and in all the subject areas concerned, in addition to representatives of consumers and citizens;
Amendment 74 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. HopUnderlines that all available financial instruments willshould be deployed to enable research findings to have a tangible impact on the market; calls also for adequate support and better access to finance for all those (SMEs, operators or companies) who intend to put those research findings into practice;
Amendment 77 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Takes the view that there are a number of excellent tools (public procurement, tax incentives, certification systems and specific labelling) that could create a strong market for bio-based products and hopsecure a sufficient supply of sustainable and high- quality bio-based products as well as resource efficient production systems; believes that reforms to of the current law will go in that directionegislation is required; calls on the Commission to develop sustainability criteria for the use of biomass;
Amendment 84 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Takes the view that the synergy betweenUnderlines that the bioeconomy will make a significant contribution to the development of rural and coastal areas; takes the view that synergy and close cooperation along the value chain including local producers of agricultural raw materials and biorefineries could help strengthen the competitiveness and increase the profitability of ruralthese regions; hopes, to that end, that an approach can be takenis of the view that Europe should develop a long-term bioeconomy strategy that takes into account the different segments of the so-called ‘pyramid of biomass’, strengthening it at its highest levels and thus sparking a trickle-down effect for this precious resourcefocusing on the higher segments of the biomass pyramid and giving preference to the use of 2nd and eventually 3rd generation biomass;
Amendment 96 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22 a. Strongly urges the Commission to define environmentally harmful subsidies as 'a result of a government action that confers an advantage on consumers or producers, in order to supplement their income or lower their costs, but in doing so, discriminates against sound environmental practices'1; calls on the Commission and Member States to adopt, without delay and by 2014, concrete plans based on this definition for progressively phasing out all environmentally harmful subsidies by 2020, including subsidies which incentivise inefficient use of renewable resources and subsidies on fossil fuels, and to report on progress through the National Reform Programmes; __________________ 1 Adapted from OECD (1998 and 2005) in IEEP et al. 2007, see http://ec.europa.eu/environment/enveco/ta xation/index.htm
Amendment 98 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)
Paragraph 23 a (new)
23 a. Underlines that the transition to a bioeconomy will contribute to further integration of the Rio+20 outcomes into EU policies; believes that the EU should further intensify its contribution to initiatives that facilitate the transition towards an inclusive green economy at international level;