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Opinion | ENVI | ROSBACH Anna (ECR) | |
Lead | REGI | GEIER Jens (S&D) | MĂNESCU Ramona Nicole (ALDE), MAZZONI Erminia (EPP), DELLI Karima (Verts/ALE) |
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A7-0145/2013
summary
The Committee on Regional Development adopted the own-initiative report by Jens GEIER (S&D, DE) on regional strategies for industrial areas in the European Union. Firstly, the report recalls the industrial sector could play a leading role in the economy of the EU. However, between 2008 and 2011, industrial production fell from 20% to 16% of the EU's GDP and the number of jobs in the sector fell by 11%. The Commission seeks to reverse the decline of industry in the EU. Cohesion policy can help address the structural challenges facing EU industry, and can contribute to achieving the ambitious objectives of the Europe 2020 Strategy. Industrial policy tends to focus on the specific day-to-day problems of industry, and its strong impact on regions is therefore often overlooked. Furthermore, Member States, regions and cities in the EU are facing financial constraints. EU funding to aid reconversion and restructuring efforts is indispensable for supporting regional and cross-border policy approaches. New and innovative integrated approaches, also facilitated by appropriate legislative policy frameworks and smart specialisation strategies, are needed to help regions and cities fulfil their innovation potential and refocus their industrial assets in the direction of emerging industries and services and globalised markets. The committee draws attention to the existing resources made available through cohesion policy and the Structural Funds, capitalising on the European Investment Bank's financial engineering schemes, as well as the national, regional and municipal economic development policies in support of the reconversion of old industrial areas. However, it regrets that these options do not always address the real region-specific problems and that the structural and investment funding made available is not fully taken up by Member States and regions at a time when industry is being hit hard by the crisis. It points out that further aid measures to assist old industrialised regions need to be put into place. In this respect, Members call for more integrated and systemic approaches to industrial renewal and regional development, and for increased coherence between the different policies at EU, national, regional, interregional and crossborder level, in order to ensure that the potential of the European industrial sector is exploited. They stress the need to create economic zones of regional importance and hi-tech parks on a basis of public-private partnerships, and to contribute to improving the use of local and regional human and economic resources using the latest technologies. The committee takes the view that as a result of the enlargement process of the EU regional disparities have increased, and thus attention and public awareness have shifted away from old industrialised regions which lack sufficient investment opportunities for concrete regional development strategies. The Commission is called upon to assess the present situation in old industrialised regions, identify their main challenges, and provide information and guidance for those regions, in order to develop, by means of democratic procedures, regional strategies based on broad partnerships which can help improve those regions’ sustainable development prospects by harnessing their endogenous potential. The Commission is also called upon to develop political concepts and instruments which combine the Cohesion Fund and the Structural Funds with industrial policy approaches, in order to support the structural transformation from old industrialised regions to modern industrial regions. Members believe that regional industrial strategies must: include, as a focal point, measures to protect land, water and air quality, to safeguard regional and local biodiversity and natural resources; include an integrated focus on possible forms of sustainable transport to and from those areas; be based on an integrated approach, including an employment, training, and education component, aimed at promoting growth sectors capable of creating sustainable local and regional jobs, especially for young people, e.g. in innovative SMEs, as part of the programme for the competitiveness of enterprises and SMEs (COSME). Members highlight the special role cities play in developing regional strategies for industrial areas and believe in this framework that cities are central to achieving smart growth. The Commission is called upon to engage in closer dialogue with the cities concerned with a view to raising the profile of cities as direct partners of the EU. The committee believes that no specific blueprint for regional strategies for industrial areas for the EU as a whole exists, and that a local and regional approach is most suitable for developing regional strategies. In this respect, the Commission is called upon to : support regional economic research in the context of the initiative Horizon 2020, which enables the development of regionally adjusted strategies for additional old industrialised regions ; create a database of existing industry parks and regional activity areas, with a view to identifying the best models that could also be used in other regions and tailoring them to local and regional long-term development strategies, and to provide guidance on how to use funds for assisting in the reconversion process; Lastly, Member States are called upon to : ensure that old industrialised regions can fully benefit from national and European funds, so that the EU can start off a ‘new industrial revolution’; avoid over-complex rules for beneficiaries; support their regions in participating in the ‘smart specialisation’ approach.
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2013/04/23
Vote in committee, 1st reading/single reading
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Committee referral announced in Parliament, 1st reading/single reading
Documents
- Committee draft report: PE506.034
- Committee report tabled for plenary, single reading: A7-0145/2013
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2012/2100(INI)
2013/02/27
ENVI
25 amendments...
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Recalls that the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and the Cohesion Fund are
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. Underlines that while restructuring of industrial areas can be expensive this should as far as possible be done in a budget-neutral manner, i.e. by focussing funds and support mechanisms already in place;
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. Notes that many industrial regions have managed to create green jobs by giving financial incentives to large firms in sustainable industries to relocate or stay in their area; urges the European Commission to continue to allow local authorities to give state aid to large firms, and not to withdraw this option in the 2014-2020 Regional State Aid Guidelines;
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. Emphasizes that by focusing on the added-value of all segments of the population, strategies can be adapted and enhanced, each segment can be stimulated as a source of innovation and growth and societal challenges can be tackled. Any regional strategy for industrial areas which overlooks age and gender differences may result in missed business opportunities
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Stresses that regional strategies for industrial areas should include, as a focus point,
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Stresses that regional strategies for industrial areas should include, as a focus point, the cleaning-up of land and water, so that environmentally harmful substances do not continue to leak into nature; and that the regional strategies should therefore consider measures which support the aims and goals of the Waste Framework Directive and the Water Framework Directive;
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Stresses that regional strategies for industrial areas should include, as a focus point, the cleaning-up of land and water, and that the regional strategies should therefore consider measures which support the aims and goals of the Waste Framework Directive and the Water Framework Directive. These strategies must, moreover, seek to protect and conserve the environment and physical spaces, and at the same time ensure a higher level of environmental efficiency and sustainability;
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Believes it is important that strategies for industrial areas include an integrated focus on the transport possibilities to and from the areas, both in the form of raw materials, goods and personnel, as well as the necessary infrastructure, be it existing or planned, and that this can help reduce the environmental footprint of industrial areas
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Believes it is important that strategies for industrial areas include an integrated focus on the transport possibilities to and from the areas, both in the form of raw materials, goods and personnel, and that this can help reduce the environmental footprint of industrial areas as well as positively contribute to public health;
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Believes it is important that strategies for industrial areas include an integrated focus on the sustainable transport possibilities to and from the areas, both in the form of raw materials, goods and personnel, and that this can help reduce the environmental footprint of industrial and urban areas;
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 a (new) 4a. Believes that an increased focus on and the promotion of best practice regarding transport using internal waterways, ocean transport, railway goods transport and smart distribution centres and networks is essential for improving the environment of regional industrial areas;
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Recalls that the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and the Cohesion Fund are
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Underlines the importance of an effective transposition by Member States of the SEVESO III Directive, in order to ensure that possible risks to citizens
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Underlines the importance of an effective transposition by Member States of the SEVESO III Directive, in order to ensure that possible risks to citizens close to the industrial regions concerned are minimised, that they have adequate information regarding any possible risk, and that they are better involved in land- use planning decisions
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Underlines the importance of an effective transposition by Member States of the SEVESO III Directive, in order to ensure that possible risks to citizens close to the industrial regions concerned are minimised, that they have adequate information regarding any possible risk, and that they are better involved in land- use planning decisions. Lastly, advocates urging, in accordance with EU law, regional governments to draw up the aforementioned strategies in cooperation with groups and associations representing citizens as part of a cross-cutting decision-making process in which the latter will pay a full part as partners at all stages in a reform process in which the general public must be involved.
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 a (new) 5a. Notes that many former and out-dated industrial areas hold great possibilities for increasing energy efficiency by applying modern technology and building standards and that this will benefit both the regional economies and the environment;
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 b (new) 5b. Points to the possibility of acquiring funds for green investments by selling off former industrial properties in attractive locations, i.e. in port areas, along river banks, etc; and that this can reduce the need for public funding;
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 a (new) 5a. Believes that in justified cases, and after consultation with the European Commission, Member States should have the possibility to suspend the reduction targets for CO2 and greenhouse gas emissions.
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Recalls that the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF)
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Recalls that the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and the Cohesion Fund are
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Underlines that support for energy efficient building renovation in particular will help regions reduce carbon emissions, create local jobs, and save consumers money on heating bills;
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Notes that local and regional authorities in industrial areas should look to exploit synergies between national and EU public funding and private investment in financing energy projects, as a means of ensuring security of supply and supporting innovation, research and development; believes that increased public and private investment in
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Notes that local and regional authorities in industrial areas should look to exploit synergies between national and EU public funding and private investment in financing energy projects, as a means of supporting innovation, research and development; believes that increased public and private investment in the green agenda in industrial areas can generate employment and growth through
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Notes that local and regional authorities in industrial areas should look to exploit synergies between national and EU public funding and private investment in financing energy projects, as a means of supporting innovation, research and development; believes that increased
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Notes that local and regional authorities in industrial areas should look to exploit synergies between national and EU public funding and private investment in financing energy and infrastructure projects, as a means of supporting innovation, research and development; believes that increased public and private investment in the green agenda in industrial areas can generate employment and growth through low-
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