BETA

Activities of Ashley FOX related to 2014/2211(INI)

Plenary speeches (2)

Developing a sustainable European industry of base metals (A8-0309/2015 - Edouard Martin)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2014/2211(INI)
Developing a sustainable European industry of base metals - Anti-dumping measures and their effect on the EU steel industry (debate)
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2014/2211(INI)

Amendments (23)

Amendment 34 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas the EU base metals industry should be considered as a strategic asset for European competitiveness, in particular for other industrial sectors as well as for the development of existing and new infrastructure;
2015/07/15
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 36 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B b (new)
Bb. whereas EU should reduce its dependency on import of base metal products from regions outside the Union;
2015/07/15
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 37 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B c (new)
Bc. Whereas addressing the issue of competitiveness and the risk of carbon leakage should be the priority while any protectionist measures must be avoided;
2015/07/15
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 74 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Fa. whereas the EU base metals industry is losing its competitiveness also due to high regulatory and administrative burdens;
2015/07/15
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 93 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
1. Understands that the European Commission has launched discussions which will culminate in the reform of the ETS for the fourth period 2021-2028 and calls, in this connection, for the fight against climate change to focus on efficiency and optimising yields rather than on limiting productioncarbon reduction strategy to focus on competitiveness, efficiency and optimising yields;
2015/07/15
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 95 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Highlights the necessity for the EU to cut red tape, reduce regulatory and administrative burdens and set a competitiveness-friendly regulatory environment for the enterprises;
2015/07/15
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 96 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
2. Calls on the Commission, therefore, to amend the system for allocating emissions allowances via extensive application of the assessment used for the reference values applicable to industry, which are based on greenhouse gas emissions per tonne produced and not per facility, as it is the cleanest plants which are needed to produce more;deleted
2015/07/15
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 124 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Highlights that focus should be shifted to the research and development of new technologies and process which will lead to increasing the competitiveness of the EU's base metals industry and to reduce harmful impacts on the environment;
2015/07/15
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 132 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 2
Border adjustment – a temporary and flexible measuredeleted
2015/07/15
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 141 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
6. Highlights the fact that an international agreement on combating climate change that creates circumstances of fairwhere countries would comopetition for all base rate at the multilateral level and forge a coherent global environmental producers would render border adjustment unnecessaryregime to reduce carbon emissions would be the most positive way of dealing with global emissions;
2015/07/15
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 151 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
7. Notes that by taking both imports and exports into account, the adjustment mechanism brings European regulation closer to a consumption-based territorial approach and that this kind of bottom-up approach has the advantage of offering a universal solution that enables each state to decide in a sovereign manner how ambitious its climate policy is to bea carbon border adjustment mechanism would undoubtedly lead to retaliation from trading partners in other areas and undermine the EU's efforts to reach a global deal on reducing emissions; it would also directly increase the cost of raw materials and therefore cause a negative effect on production, consumption as well as exports;
2015/07/15
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 161 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
8. Maintains that the climate policy objectives of protecting the life and health of humans, animals and plants, and of the conservation of finite natural resources, if applied in a non-discriminatory manner, are consonant with the exceptions set out in Article XX of the WTOGATT Agreement; specifies that the global nature of the climate issue, and the fact that an atmosphere with a low carbon content (clean air) is a global public good, means that it is already viewed as a natural resource that can be exhausted;
2015/07/15
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 173 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
10. Notes that knowing the carbon content, which is assessed on an industry-wide basis, is essential for building an international system for combating greenhouse gas emissions; points out that the establishing of border adjustment measures is thus the precursor of an international system to combat CO2 emissions;
2015/07/15
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 191 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
12. Highlights the fact that border adjustment makes it possible to scrap compensation for indirect emissions as a means of addressing carbon leakage, which is why this measure was adopted in the first place;deleted
2015/07/15
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 200 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 5
Free allowances for investing in the production of low carbon metalsdeleted
2015/07/15
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 202 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
14. Urges that free allowances be allocated strictly on the basis of programmes for investment in new equipment, R&D and the training of workers, as soon as possible and at all events during the fourth stage, covering the period 2021-2028;deleted
2015/07/15
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 219 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
16. Suggests that the revenue obtained from the sale of emissions allowances should be traceable so that the public can see how it is being used by the national authorities;deleted
2015/07/15
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 227 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
17. Suggests that any facility classified as subject to the ETS should make comprehensive information available every year, including in respect of combating climate change and compliance with EU environmental directives, and that this be accessible to workers' representatives and to the representatives of civil society from local communities;
2015/07/15
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 241 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
20. Suggests that minority shareholdings in the capital of electricity producers be recognised as a factor facilitating the approval of long-term contracts between those producers and producers of base metals;deleted
2015/07/15
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 247 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 9
European trade protection measures in respect of base metals: prevention rather than a belated curedeleted
2015/07/15
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 249 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
21. Suggests a preliminary investigation phase of a maximum of one month for an initial review of anti-dumping and anti- subsidy complaints following which, based on the initial evidence, preventive correction measures may be announced and a thorough investigation conducted;deleted
2015/07/15
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 262 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 10
The question of assessing relevant markets in cases of mergers and acquisitionsdeleted
2015/07/15
Committee: ITRE
Amendment 265 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
22. Emphasises that all base metals, including stainless steels, are subject to global competition; considers it urgent for the Commission, when defining relevant markets, to take the global market as a reference and not to limit its analysis simply to the internal market;deleted
2015/07/15
Committee: ITRE