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Activities of Julie GIRLING related to 2011/2056(INI)

Plenary speeches (1)

An effective raw materials strategy for Europe (debate)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2011/2056(INI)

Amendments (8)

Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Highlights that the growth of the world population, the rise in consumption and targets for EU economic growth, make the decoupling of growth from raw material use even more essential; insists th have increased the pressure on natural resources and raw materials; and therefore urges greater efforet that reduction targets should be set to stabilio sustain and preserve these material uses, and proposes an annual material EU efficiency target of 3%that the Commission develop a reliable methodology for measuring and monitoring resource efficiency;
2011/05/30
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Urges the EC to research the developmentproduce a matrix of a RM hierarchy to ensure the highest added value use of RM without compromising the environment; calls on the EC to map the competition for the same materials and to address non- essinclude, inter alia, ownership, competition, availability, accessibility, and environmential consumption of RMimpact;
2011/05/30
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 32 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Stresses the importance of the development, promotion and implementation of a life cycle approach for RM, thus extending the highest quality and life of such materials, and the need for indicators to measure efficient and effective resource use, and points toand underlines the importance of the full implementation of the Ecodesign Directive in this regard;
2011/05/30
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 42 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the EC and Member States to furtherto promote increased producer responsibility in legislation to ensure a higher level of RM recovery, reusability and re- and upcyclability and to stimulate efficient use of RMMember States in accordance with Article 8 of the Waste Framework Directive ;
2011/05/30
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 51 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the EC to develop a system of chain of custody for all RM, instructing producers to record the origin of RM through a transparent system, following existing examples (FSC and FLEGT for illegal RM), allowing for the future development of sustainability criteria for RM;deleted
2011/05/30
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 59 #
Draft opinion
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 recovery, which should aim at reuse and recycling of RM instead of incineration.;
2011/05/30
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 84 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10
10. Calls for the active introduction and promotion of more sustainable economic models decoupled from material use, to ensure the future availability of RM in the EU; calls for the EC to develop legal instrumentapproaches targeting more efficient use of resources, avoiding rebound effects, suggests that the EC undertake a comprehensive study on economic leasing models as alternatives to ownership of goods and their impact on material use and recovery;
2011/05/30
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 89 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 11
11. Urges the EC to examine the effects of a tax on mineral resources, non-energy RM, water and land use, and in particular on any side effects, such as non sustainable substitution, tax evasion or a shift of economic activities to third countries; points out that a tax on resources would render resources more valuable, resulting in better use, re-use and recycling of RM and lower export of resources.deleted
2011/05/30
Committee: ENVI