Activities of Michel DANTIN related to 2014/2208(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Resource efficiency: moving towards a circular economy (A8-0215/2015 - Sirpa Pietikäinen) FR
Amendments (15)
Amendment 19 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas an excessiveinefficient use of resources is the root cause of various environmental hazards, such as climate change, desertification, deforestation and loss of biodiversity; whereas the global economy uses the equivalent of 1.5 planets’ worth of resources to produce global output and absorb waste and this figure is estimated to reach the equivalent of two planets’ worth of resources by the 2030s;
Amendment 33 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas Europe is more dependent on imported resources than any other region in the world and its competitiveness can be increased only by getting more added value out of resources in the economy and promoting the sustainable production of raw materials from EU sources;
Amendment 148 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. UrgesCalls on the Commission to develintroduce by 2019, as is recommended by the high- level Europ eand introduce by 2019 a Resource Efficiency Platform, a relevant lead indicator and a number of sub-indicators on resource efficiency, including ecosystem services; these binding indicators should measure resource consumption, including imports and exports, at EU, Member State and industry level and take account of the whole lifecycle of products and services and should take equal account of each of the three pillars of sustainable development, namely its environmental, social and economic dimensions;
Amendment 172 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Urges the Commission to set a binding target to increase resource efficiency at EU level by 30 % by 2030 and individual targets for each Member State without undermining the principle of subsidiarity;
Amendment 205 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Urges the Commission to propose a review of the Ecodesign Directive by the end of 2016, incorporating the following important changes: broadening the scope to cover all main product lines at the appropriate stage in the supply chain; gradually including all relevant resource- efficiency features in the mandatory requirements for product design; introducing a mandatory product passport based on these requirements; implementing self- monitoring and third-party auditing to ensure that products comply with these standards; and defining horizontal requirements on, inter alia, reusability and recyclability;
Amendment 220 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Calls on the Commission to promote a more life-cycle-oriented approach in product policies, in particular by establishing harmonised methods for evaluating products’ environmental performance;
Amendment 256 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 3
Subheading 3
Amendment 271 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
Amendment 272 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Urges the Commission to submit the announced proposal on the review of waste legislation by the end of 2015 and to include the following points: setting extended producer responsibility requirements; endorsing the ‘pay-as-you- throw-principle’ prioritising separate collection schemes in order to facilitate the development of business based on the reuse of secondary raw materials; increassetting a recycling targets to at least of 70 % of municipal solid waste, based on the output of recycling facilities, using the same harmonisedsubject to the introduction of a harmonised statistical and reporting method for all Member States withbased on externally verified statistics and the output of recycling facilities; introducing a ban on landfilling recyclable and biodegradable waste by 2025 and a ban on all landfilling by 2030; introducing feeswaste and organic waste from animal or plant sources by 2025 and a reduction onf landfilling and incinerationby 2030;
Amendment 289 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Urges the Commission to broaden the scope of the Waste Framework Directive so that it fully integrates the concept of the circular economy, promotes industrial ecology, encompasses all waste and harmonises the definitions of what constitutes waste and of the point at which a substance ceases to be waste;
Amendment 311 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Calls on the Commission to propose a regulatory framework for urban mining in existing landfills and to develop an environmental permit system for the recycling industry based on self- monitoring and external auditingwhich are no longer in use;
Amendment 330 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Urges the Commission to address the specific waste challenges, taking proper account of the environmental, social and economic features, and to take action as outlined in the Commission communication on circular economy (COM(2014)0398);
Amendment 335 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Calls on the Commission to develop European statistical tools and methodologies concerning industrial and commercial waste which take account of on-site and off-site management, and calls for a legislative proposal on flows of non-hazardous industrial and commercial waste to be put forward as soon as possible;
Amendment 404 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Urges the Commission to propose compulsoryencourage the use of green public procurement procedures; considers that reused, repaired, remanufactured, refurbished and other resource-efficient products and solutions are to be preferred in all public procurement, and if they are not preferred, the ‘comply or explain’ principle should apply;
Amendment 429 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Calls on the Commission to establish a permanent resource-efficiency platform representing the public and private sectors and civil society to encourage and facilitate the application of the latest research findings, the exchange of best practices and the emergence of new industrial synthesis and industrial ecosystems;