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1994/2187(COS) Economic growth and environment

Progress: Procedure completed

RoleCommitteeRapporteurShadows
Lead ENVI BLOKLAND Johannes (icon: UEN UEN)
Committee Opinion ENER FERBER Markus (icon: PPE PPE)
Committee Opinion ECON RANDZIO-PLATH Christa (icon: PES PES)
Lead committee dossier:
Legal Basis:
RoP 132

Events

1995/10/30
   Final act published in Official Journal
1995/10/11
   EP - Text adopted by Parliament, single reading
Documents
OJ C 287 30.10.1995, p. 0077-0118
T4-0455/1995
1995/10/11
   EP - Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading
Documents
T4-0455/1995
1995/10/11
   EP - End of procedure in Parliament
1995/10/10
   EP - Debate in Parliament
Details

The rapporteur called on the Commission to define a strategy to allow a sustainable economic structure to be implemented no later than 2020. He regretted that the Council had withdrawn its plan for a CO 2 tax and called on the Commission to reconsider the possibility of introducing such a tax. Commissioner BJERREGAARD did not want to give an opinion on this matter; however, she hoped that the Member States would agree to establish a CO 2 tax as soon as possible.

1995/07/26
   EP - Committee report tabled for plenary, single reading
Documents
OJ C 287 30.10.1995, p. 0004
A4-0206/1995
1995/07/26
   EP - Vote in committee, 1st reading/single reading
1995/07/26
   EP - Committee report tabled for plenary, single reading
Documents
A4-0206/1995
1995/06/29
   EP - Committee draft report
Documents
PE212.605
1995/06/29
   EP - Amendments tabled in committee
Documents
PE212.605/AM
1995/05/24
   EP - Committee opinion
Documents
PE212.369/DEF
1995/05/10
   EP - Committee opinion
Documents
PE212.717/DEF
1995/04/27
   ESC - Economic and Social Committee: opinion, report
Details

The ESC welcomed the Commission Communication, which was intended to prompt a wide-ranging debate on the implications for European economic policy of the inclusion of the principle of sustainable growth respecting the environment, as enshrined in Article 2 of the Maastricht Treaty, and the principle that all Community policies should take account of environmental protection requirements. The ESC felt that environmental taxes and charges and, more generally, an ecologically-oriented taxation system, would prove to be effective, in a large number of cases, in achieving significant pollution abatement levels and reduced consumption of resources. However, there was also good reason to believe that other market-based instruments (deposit-refund systems, tradable permit systems, tax and financial incentives, voluntary agreements, civil liability for environmental damage) would be particularly effective in attaining certain specific objectives of environmental policy. As regards the impact of environmental taxes on growth and employment, the ESC believed that, given the fiscal neutrality of environmental taxes, their introduction would lead to a reform of existing tax systems in Member States. In fact, the introduction of new environmental taxes should be accompanied by a thorough analysis of existing tax systems and the environmental distortions they created. It should also provide the opportunity to review tax policy in general, making it more ecologically-oriented, whilst paying due attention to the need to safeguard international competitiveness. The ESC believed there was a need for close ties between environmental policy and employment policy. This could be brought about by encouraging ecological redeployment in manufacturing and services, and funding actions and programmes for cleaning up the environment. The ESC was aware that the transition towards sustainable development would not be automatic and, in conclusion, emphasised the need for a coherent, long-term policy strategy. This should be phased in gradually and predictably so as to limit adjustment costs and give economic agents time to adjust (cf. point 4, page 15 of the Communication). This, moreover, was the stance adopted by the ESC in its Opinion on CO 2 emissions and energy, particularly in point 1.2.3. Despite the need to simplify regulations, the Committee reiterated its reluctance to interpret the use of economic instruments in the environmental field as being part of the deregulation process, since the implementation of market-based instruments demanded a framework of regulatory and monitoring provisions.

Documents
CES0405/1995
OJ C 155 21.06.1995, p. 0001
1995/04/19
   EP - Committee opinion
Documents
PE211.624/DEF
1995/02/02
   EP - FERBER Markus (PPE) appointed as rapporteur in ENER
1994/12/20
   EP - BLOKLAND Johannes (UEN) appointed as rapporteur in ENVI
1994/12/20
   EP - RANDZIO-PLATH Christa (PES) appointed as rapporteur in ECON
1994/11/30
   EP - Committee referral announced in Parliament, 1st reading/single reading
1994/11/03
   EC - Non-legislative basic document published
Documents
EUR-Lex
COM(1994)0465

Documents

  • Text adopted by Parliament, single reading: OJ C 287 30.10.1995, p. 0077-0118
  • Text adopted by Parliament, single reading: T4-0455/1995
  • Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading: T4-0455/1995
  • Committee report tabled for plenary, single reading: OJ C 287 30.10.1995, p. 0004
  • Committee report tabled for plenary, single reading: A4-0206/1995
  • Committee report tabled for plenary, single reading: A4-0206/1995
  • Committee draft report: PE212.605
  • Amendments tabled in committee: PE212.605/AM
  • Committee opinion: PE212.369/DEF
  • Committee opinion: PE212.717/DEF
  • Economic and Social Committee: opinion, report: CES0405/1995
  • Economic and Social Committee: opinion, report: OJ C 155 21.06.1995, p. 0001
  • Committee opinion: PE211.624/DEF
  • Non-legislative basic document published: EUR-Lex
  • Non-legislative basic document published: COM(1994)0465
  • Committee opinion: PE211.624/DEF
  • Economic and Social Committee: opinion, report: CES0405/1995 OJ C 155 21.06.1995, p. 0001
  • Committee opinion: PE212.717/DEF
  • Committee opinion: PE212.369/DEF
  • Committee draft report: PE212.605
  • Amendments tabled in committee: PE212.605/AM
  • Committee report tabled for plenary, single reading: OJ C 287 30.10.1995, p. 0004 A4-0206/1995
  • Text adopted by Parliament, single reading: OJ C 287 30.10.1995, p. 0077-0118 T4-0455/1995

History

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