2014/2208(INI) | [ParlTrack]

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

~~1. Strongly condemns the withdrawal of the circular economy legislative package, the provisions of which would have contributed to creating up to 180 000 jobs in the EU waste management sector alone;~~deleted

Amendment 10 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

~~2. Stresses that the circular economy has the potential to generate millions of jobs across Europe;~~deleted

Amendment 11 #

Csaba SÓGOR

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. ~~Str~~Points out the fact that the environmental services se~~s that the~~ctor showed strong resilience even in the years of the economic crisis and stresses that a well- developed circular economy has the potential to generate millions of new jobs across Europe;

Amendment 12 #

Emilian PAVEL, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Georgi PIRINSKI, Daciana Octavia SÂRBU, Claudiu Ciprian TĂNĂSESCU

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Stresses that the circular economy has the potential to generate millions of jobs across Europe; to achieve its full potential, this requires a shift in societal understanding as to the crucial importance of resource efficiency and for governments to ensure a coherent and integrated policy approach to support this change;

Amendment 13 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Stresses that the circular economy has the potential to generate 2 million~~s of~~ jobs across Europe and possible net savings of €600 billion for EU businesses by 2030, by increasing natural resource productivity and by creating new markets, products and value for businesses;

Amendment 14 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Stresses that the cCircular eEconomy has the potential to generate millions of jobs across Europe but also notes that many jobs will be 'greened' and therefore require retraining and up-skilling;

Amendment 15 #

Neoklis SYLIKIOTIS, Inês Cristina ZUBER, Paloma LÓPEZ BERMEJO, Patrick LE HYARIC, Tania GONZÁLEZ PEÑAS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Stresses that the circular economy has the potential to generate millions of jobs across Europe; points out that this potential must be used for jobs which are covered by collective labour agreements, are not fixed-term and are full-time;

Amendment 16 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Stresses that the circular economy has the potential to generate millions of jobs across Europe, which should be sustainable, decent and quality jobs, respecting workers’ rights and collective agreements;

Amendment 17 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Stresses that the circular economy has the potential to generate millions of jobs across Europe; hopes, however, that the Commission will soon be able to provide precise, numerically-based information about the potential for such employment in order to alert the Member States to the sectors and regions concerned;

Amendment 18 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Stresses that the circular economy has the potential to generate millions of new jobs across Europe, resulting in net job creation;

Amendment 19 #

Guillaume BALAS

2. Stresses that the circular economy has the potential to generate millions of non- relocatable jobs across Europe;

Amendment 2 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. ~~Strongly condemns the withdrawal of the circular economy legislative package, the provi~~Believes that investing in a circular economy should be fully compatible with the Commission's ~~of which would have contributed to creating up to 180 000 jobs in the EU waste management sector alone~~jobs, growth and competitiveness agenda and has the potential to create a win-win situation for all stakeholders involved; possibly creating up to 180 000 jobs in the EU waste management sector alone, according to the Impact Assessment of the Commission; looking forward to the new and more ambitious Commission proposal to come forward before the end of 2015;

Amendment 20 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Stresses that the circular economy has the potential to generate millions of jobs across Europe in different levels of skills;

Amendment 21 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. In order to maximise on net job potential of the circular economy, believes it is crucial to provide the right opportunities to acquire the new skills needed for the circular economy;

Amendment 22 #

Neoklis SYLIKIOTIS, Inês Cristina ZUBER, Paloma LÓPEZ BERMEJO, Patrick LE HYARIC, Tania GONZÁLEZ PEÑAS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Emphasises that a circular economy ~~will~~could lead to sustainable and inclusive growth and have lasting beneficial effects on the labour market;

Amendment 23 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Emphasises that a circular economy will lead to sustainable and inclusive growth and have lasting beneficial effects on the labour market if among others the new jobs created are decent and sustainable;

Amendment 24 #

Brando BENIFEI, Emilian PAVEL

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Emphasises that a circular economy will lead to sustainable and inclusive growth and have lasting beneficial effects on the labour market; creating also quality and high level jobs and innovation;

Amendment 25 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Emphasises that a circular economy will lead to sustainable and inclusive growth and have lasting beneficial effects on the labour market; with a view to this, considers the elaboration of a genuine European industrial policy, based on economic and environmental sustainability and aimed at overcoming the 'take-make-consume-throw away' business model, as essential for the achievement of sustainable and inclusive economic growth and high-quality job creation in the EU;

Amendment 26 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Notes that the Circular Economy will have a significant local/regional dimension, therefore calls on the Commission and Member States to support the regions in this transition;

Amendment 27 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. ~~Insist~~Demands guarantees that a circular economy will produces dispersed, non- centralised jobs, and that they will thereby support~~ing~~ SMEs, help~~ing~~ to tackle the issue of high unemployment in poor regions, reduc~~ing~~e inequality and achiev~~ing~~e the objectives of EU cohesion policy;

Amendment 28 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Insists that a circular economy produces dispersed, non-centralised jobs, thereby supporting SMEs, helping to tackle the issue of high unemployment in poor regions, reducing inequality and achieving the objectives of EU cohesion policy; stresses the importance of the role of local and regional authorities in planning for and supporting such development;

Amendment 29 #

4a. Recognises the important role played by social enterprise, not least in terms of improving work opportunities for those excluded from the labour market, for example in the repair and re-use sector; believes that eco-design which assists repair, re-use and recycling is an integral part of the circular economy;

Amendment 3 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Strongly condemns the withdrawal of the circular economy legislative package, the provisions of which would have contributed to creating up to 180 000 jobs in the EU waste management sector alone; notes with concern that this withdrawal will delay the reconciliation between growth and sustainability with at least two years;

Amendment 30 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Stresses the non-relocatable character of the jobs created by the circular economy; stresses therefore its importance for regions which have been suffering problems because of globalisation and those suffering from the impact of deindustrialisation;

Amendment 31 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Stresses that while circular economy activities are not intensive in their use of resources, they are intensive in the use of labour compared to a conventional economy, and thus have a high potential for job creation; calls on Member States to provide for comprehensive protection of employees’ occupational health, particularly in sectors where products containing particularly hazardous constituents are recycled;

Amendment 32 #

Guillaume BALAS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Stresses that while circular economy activities are not intensive in their use of resources, they are intensive in the use of labour compared to a conventional economy, and thus have a high potential for job creation; notes that these activities ought therefore to be assigned priority in European investment, particularly from the EFSI;

Amendment 33 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. Believes that investing on landfills and waste incineration diverts resources that can be invested on job creating activities such as waste prevention, re-use, repair and preparation for re-use; calls for the Commission to ensure that funding under EU cohesion policy targets circular economy activities and is not provided to landfills and waste incineration;

Amendment 34 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. Believes that a circular economy will offset the decline in skilled jobs and mid- level occupations and create lasting jobs requiring high levels of professional skill, for example in research and development and in planning work throughout a product’s life cycle;

Amendment 35 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. Believes that a circular economy ~~will~~is one of the main elements to offset the decline in skilled jobs and mid- level occupations;

Amendment 36 #

Emilian PAVEL, Jutta STEINRUCK, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Georgi PIRINSKI, Daciana Octavia SÂRBU, Claudiu Ciprian TĂNĂSESCU

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. ~~Believ~~Hopes that a circular economy will offset the decline in skilled jobs and mid- level occupations;

Amendment 37 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. Stresses that an effective and job-rich transition to the circular economy requires anticipation (ie: identification of skills gaps), proactive transformation management and long-term planning that includes the development of targeted education and vocational programmes, as well as the implementation of skills development strategies that would improve generic, sectorial and occupation-specific skills;

Amendment 38 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)

6b. Calls for measures that will improve the quality of information, advice and guidance available on careers and the skills needed to capitalise on employment opportunities provided by the circular economy;

Amendment 39 #

Neoklis SYLIKIOTIS, Inês Cristina ZUBER, Paloma LÓPEZ BERMEJO, Patrick LE HYARIC, Tania GONZÁLEZ PEÑAS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. Notes the importance of training and re-qualifying workers especially in resource-efficient sectors and the importance of social dialogue on the circular economy agenda;

Amendment 4 #

Csaba SÓGOR

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Strongly condemns the withdrawal of the circular economy legislative package, the provisions of which would have contributed to creating up to 180 000 jobs in the EU waste management sector alone and urges the Commission to present a new and improved legislative package as soon as possible;

Amendment 40 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. education and skills development should be part of a longterm and longlasting reindustrialization framework of public investments in the regions hit the most by the economic crisis

Amendment 41 #

Emilian PAVEL, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Georgi PIRINSKI, Claudiu Ciprian TĂNĂSESCU, Daciana Octavia SÂRBU, Elena GENTILE, Jutta STEINRUCK

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. Notes that making the transition to a circular economy will require a paradigm shift and a pressing need for new skills, not just within the STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Maths) subjects, but across all relevant disciplines;

Amendment 42 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7

7. Notes that, in a transition towards a circular economy, internal transformation and redefinition of jobs may affect sectors with a high share of emissions; calls, in consequence, on the Member States and the E~~U to put in place all the necessary measures to support affected worker~~uropean Commission to collaborate with social partners and develop the necessary roadmaps and solidarity mechanisms (i.e.: financial compensations, financial incentives for entrepreneurial initiatives, as well as retraining and alternative employment) to offset the adverse impact of the transition on certain category of workers and socially vulnerable groups;

Amendment 43 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7

7. Notes that, in a transition towards a circular economy, internal transformation and redefinition of jobs may affect sectors with a high share of emissions; calls, in consequence, on the Member States and the EU to put in place all the necessary measures to support affected workers; stresses that these measures must have the aim of creating non-fixed-term jobs, covered by collective labour agreements, for all workers in the sectors concerned, in which connection it must be ensured that part-time employment is not implemented against the employee’s will;

Amendment 44 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7

7. Notes that, in a transition towards a circular economy, internal transformation and redefinition of jobs may affect sectors with a high share of emissions; calls, in consequence, on the Member States and the EU to put in place a~~ll the necessary measure~~ppropriate measures to, for example, use exisitng EU funds to sup~~port~~skill and re-train affected workers;

Amendment 45 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7

7. Notes that, in a transition towards a circular economy, internal transformation and redefinition of jobs may affect sectors with a high share of emissions; calls, in consequence, on the Commission to provide information upstream concerning the regions and sectors concerned to enable the Member States and the EU to put in place all the necessary measures to support affected workers;

Amendment 46 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7

7. Notes that, in a transition towards a circular economy, internal transformation and redefinition of jobs may affect sectors with a high share of emissions; calls, in consequence, on the Member States and the EU to work in conjunction with the social partners to put in place all the necessary measures to support affected workers;

Amendment 47 #

Draft opinion
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Amendment 48 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8

Amendment 49 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8

8. CStrongly believes that the shift to a circular economy requires decisive action and incentives by both Member States and the EU; calls on the Member States and the EU to put in place a regulatory environment and fiscal incentives that encourage the development of a circular economy, such as establishing a legislative framework for reuse, repair and preparation for reuse, elaborating legal definitions of "waste" that do not prevent reuse of materials, reducing or lifting taxation on renewable resources, including labour, and differentiating VAT rates in accordance with the waste hierarchy.

Amendment 5 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Strongly condemns the withdrawal of the circular economy legislative package, the provisions of which would have contributed to creating up to 180 000 jobs in the EU waste management sector alone, calls on the Commission to come forward with an ambitious proposal including a focus on the issue that waste would not be created in the first place;

Amendment 50 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8

8. Calls on the Member States to put in place a regulatory environment and fiscal incentives that encourage the development of a circular economy, such as reducing or lifting taxation on renewable resources, ~~including labour,~~ and differentiating VAT rates in accordance with the waste hierarchy; observes that the incentives must on no account result in cuts in the social insurance of employees, and stresses in particular that the forwarding of payments to national social insurance systems must not be restricted.

Amendment 51 #

Emilian PAVEL, Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO, Brando BENIFEI, Elena GENTILE, Claudiu Ciprian TĂNĂSESCU, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Georgi PIRINSKI, Daciana Octavia SÂRBU

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8

8. Calls on the Member States to put in place a regulatory environment and fiscal incentives that encourage the development of a circular economy, such as shifting the tax burden from labour to resource use, reducing or lifting taxation on renewable resources, ~~including labour,~~ and differentiating VAT rates in accordance with the waste hierarchy, thus making resource efficiency, recycling, renovating and re- use more attractive, which will contribute to generating job-rich growth.

Amendment 52 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8

8. Calls on the Member States to ~~put in place a regulatory environment and~~highlight that taxation policy is a factor of social fairness in this transition and to put in place fiscal incentives that encourage the development of a circular economy and boost quality job creation, such as reducing or lifting taxation on labour and renewable resources, ~~including labour, and~~ differentiating VAT rates in accordance with the waste hierarchy, and making efficient use of EU funding.

Amendment 53 #

Neoklis SYLIKIOTIS, Inês Cristina ZUBER, Paloma LÓPEZ BERMEJO, Patrick LE HYARIC, Tania GONZÁLEZ PEÑAS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8

8. Calls on the Member States to put in place a regulatory environment ~~and fiscal incentives~~ that encourages the development of a circular economy, ~~such as reducing or lifting taxation on renewable resources, including labour, and differentiating VAT rates in accordance with the waste hierarchy~~promotes sustainable, decent and quality jobs, ensures progressive taxation, and a more even distribution of tax burden accross labour, profits and consumption.

Amendment 54 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8

8. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to put in place a ~~regulatory environment and fiscal~~stable, predictable and facilitating legal framework and incentives that encourage the development of a circular economy~~, such as reducing or lifting taxation on renewable resources, including labour, and differentiating VAT rates in accordance with the waste hierarchy.~~;

Amendment 55 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8

8. Calls on the Member States to put in place a regulatory environment and fiscal incentives that encourage the development of a circular economy, such as reducing or lifting taxation on renewable resources, including labour, and differentiating VAT rates in accordance with the waste hierarchy; recognises the importance of ensuring that the poorest in society are not adversely affected by any regressive effects of such changes in taxation.

Amendment 56 #

Csaba SÓGOR

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8

8. Calls on the Member States to put in place a regulatory environment ~~and~~, fiscal incentives and voluntary schemes that encourage the development of a circular economy, such as reducing or lifting taxation on renewable resources, including labour, and differentiating VAT rates in accordance with the waste hierarchy.

Amendment 57 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)

8a. Calls on Member States to promote the circular economy among local, regional and municipal authorities, which represent the most relevant scale on which to lastingly perform the associated activities;

Amendment 58 #

Emilian PAVEL, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Georgi PIRINSKI, Claudiu Ciprian TĂNĂSESCU, Daciana Octavia SÂRBU, Jutta STEINRUCK, Brando BENIFEI, Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO, Siôn SIMON, Elena GENTILE

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)

8a. Stresses the need to avoid disproportionate administrative requirements for all businesses, particularly SMEs and micro-enterprises, and the need for the right regulatory environment to maximise on the job creation potential of the circular economy.

Amendment 59 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)

8a. Highlights that a transition towards a sustainable and circular economy should combine ambitious environmental goals with strong social requirements, including the promotion of decent work, healthy and safe working conditions (i.e.: ensure that workers are not exposed to harmful substances at their workplace).

Amendment 6 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Highlights that in order to move the circular economy forward, a paradigm shift is needed so that resources are not wasted; this requires a mix of approaches which respects the principle of subsidiarity at various policy levels: - business models should be conceived so that there is an incentive to close material and product loops, - products must be designed so that they last long, can easily be repaired and their components can easily be reused or recycled, - logistics must be organised so that products that are no longer used are easily and efficiently returned to start a new life cycle in the philosophy of the circular economy, - waste is regarded as a resource;

Amendment 60 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)

8a. Hopes that these measures will not be called into question during the TTIP negotiations;

Amendment 61 #

Emilian PAVEL, Brando BENIFEI, Georgi PIRINSKI, Jutta STEINRUCK, Vilija BLINKEVIČIŪTĖ, Daciana Octavia SÂRBU

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 b (new)

8b. Recalls the importance of simplifying reporting obligations for Member States, including streamlining calculation methods for municipal, landfill and packaging waste targets;

Amendment 62 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 b (new)

8b. Calls on the European Commission that social and environmental consideration in public procurement procedures should be ensured, which is vital to promote sustainable development and the transition to a circular economy.

Amendment 63 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 c (new)

8c. Recalls that, as part of a proactive approach, tax incentives and facilitation of access to credit for undertakings in the sector may be important levers;

Amendment 64 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 d (new)

8d. Calls on the various operators to develop public-private partnerships to optimise the establishment of a circular economy on several fronts;

Amendment 65 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 e (new)

8e. Stresses the desirability of the circular economy for SMEs, which constitute 99% of businesses in the Union and create more than 85% of jobs on the continent; recalls in this connection that the establishment of a circular economy may significantly reduce production costs and thus promote the competitiveness of businesses;

Amendment 66 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 f (new)

8f. Stresses the possible importance of the creation of a European circular market in materials as a source of growth and employment, making it possible to ease shortages in certain regions and facilitating exchanges of know-how between businesses;

Amendment 67 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 g (new)

8g. Recalls that the appropriate management of hazardous waste remains problematic, particularly for the health and safety of workers; welcomes in this connection the desire to enhance record- keeping and traceability through the setting-up of hazardous waste registries and identifying capacities and bottlenecks in Member States’ management systems; calls on Member States and the Commission to introduce all necessary instruments to protect workers who come into contact with dangerous substances.

Amendment 7 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)

1b. Recalls that although European waste legislation has already been in place for several years, there is still no level playing field in the European market. Stresses in this regard that the creation of a true European single market for waste and recycled products is a basis for a fully functioning European Circular Economy. To attain this the Commission and the competent authorities in the Member States must work jointly in order to remove all regulatory obstacles at all levels, to improve and strengthen implementation and to enable the free flow of these products;

Amendment 8 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Calls on the Commission to present its new proposal as soon as possible, but latest by the end of 2015, which should be at least as ambitious as the initial proposal with regards to creating jobs;

Amendment 9 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Welcomes the Commission statement on the relaunch of an initiative on the circular economy before the end of 2015;

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Amendment 1 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 e (new)

-1e. Notes that the sustainable development mainstream is based on the deeply held conviction that, with the right technological innovations, economic growth and environmental protection can complement, rather than conflict, with each other; however, this vision ignores, misrepresents or underestimates the biophysical limits to production and human consumption set by system dynamics and thermodynamics; urges the Commission, therefore, not to make the same mistakes;

Amendment 10 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Believes that, in order to tackle global challenges and the EU’s resource dependency, it is essential that energy and resource efficiency form the basis of European industrial renewal so that the EU can maintain its competitiveness in the future, recreate manufacturing capacity and generate ~~jobs for highly skilled workers~~good, sustainable jobs, thereby guaranteeing decent work for all;

Amendment 100 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 10

Amendment 101 #

Krišjānis KARIŅŠ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 10

10. Calls on the Commission and the European Investment Bank to ensure that the Investment Plan for Europe i~~s underpinned by~~ncludes resource and energy efficiency objectives, provides support for eco-innovative SMEs ~~in particular~~, and strengthens advisory services on resource efficiency; calls for funding for the EU Programme for the Competitiveness of Enterprises and SMEs (COSME) and Horizon 2020 to be more focused on developing eco-innovative solutions and improving product design and process performance.

Amendment 102 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 10 a (new)

10a. Call on the Commission and Member States to actively support the work of the International Resource Panel within the UNEP, investigating world critical resource issues and developing practical solutions for policy making, industry and society.

Amendment 103 #

Adam GIEREK

Draft opinion
Paragraph 10 a (new)

10a. Calls on EU standardisation bodies and standardisation bodies in the Member States to ensure that European standards take into account the possibility and methods of recycling the standardised parts of machinery and equipment; believes that mass production should avoid the use of materials which cannot easily undergo recycling or other reuse;

Amendment 104 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 10 a (new)

10a. Calls on the Commission to place more emphasis on the need to develop relevant professional skills, and points out that the CEP must include measures and financing for education and training programmes for workers and the unemployed.

Amendment 105 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 10 b (new)

10b. Calls on the Commission and Member States to ensure that financial incentives as well as the legislative framework facilitate the spread of the innovative non-for profit sharing economy and community-based models. Initiatives like repair cafés, borrowing shops, peer-to-peer lending, leasing models, tool and cloth libraries realise common ownership that substantially reduces the individual’s ecological impact, while fosters communal values and the social-psychological transition necessary for a true circular economy.

Amendment 11 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Believes that, in order to tackle global challenges and the EU’s resource dependency, it is essential that energy and resource efficiency form the basis of European industrial renewal so that the EU can maintain its competitiveness, based on innovative sectors, in the future, recreate manufacturing capacity and generate jobs for highly skilled workers;

Amendment 12 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Highlights the Commission’s analysis which shows that adopting new waste targets would create 180 000 jobs, make Europe more competitive and reduce demand for costly scarce resources; strongly regrets the withdrawal of the legislative proposal on waste , but sees opportunities in the announcement of a new and more ambitious proposal that addresses the entire circle. Calls for the new Circular Economy Package to combine ambition with realistic objectives and to be put forward by the end of 2015;

Amendment 13 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)

1b. Highlights that in order to move the circular economy forward a paradigm shift is needed so that resources are not wasted, this requires a mix of approaches which respect of subsidiarity at various policy levels: - business models should be conceived so that there is an incentive to close material and product loops, - products must be designed so that they last long, can easily be repaired and their components can easily be reused or recycled, - logistics must be organised so that products that are no longer used are easily and efficiently returned to the start of a chain, - waste is regarded as a resource;

Amendment 14 #

Pavel TELIČKA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Stresses that better design, waste prevention, reuse and recycling could bring substantial net savings for EU businesses, estimated at EUR 600 billion, or 8 % of annual turnover, while also reducing total annual greenhouse gas emissions by 2- 4 %1 ; ~~emphasises that increasing resource productivity by 30 % by 2030 could boost GDP by nearly 1 % and create 2 million additional jobs;~~ __________________ 1 Commission communication of 2 July 2014 entitled ‘Towards a circular economy: a zero waste programme for Europe’ (COM(2014)0398). (This data comes from the EC Communication? This needs to be clarified, I would appreciate the source or I propose to delete this section.)

Amendment 15 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Stresses that better design, waste prevention, reuse and recycling could bring substantial net savings for EU businesses, estimated at EUR 600 billion, or 8 % of annual turnover, while also reducing total annual greenhouse gas emissions by 2- 4 %1; emphasises that increasing resource productivity by 30 % by 2030 could boost GDP by nearly 1 % and create 2 million additional jobs; stresses that increasing energy efficiency reduces Europe's energy dependence and energy poverty, which affects some 125 million European citizens; __________________ 1 Commission communication of 2 July 2014 entitled ‘Towards a circular economy: a zero waste programme for Europe’ (COM(2014)0398).

Amendment 16 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Stresses that ~~better design,~~improving resource use through better design requirements, and a waste legislation that ensures moving up the waste hierarchy and thus fosters waste prevention, reuse and recycling, could bring substantial net savings for EU businesses, estimated at EUR 600 billion, or 8 % of annual turnover, while also reducing total annual greenhouse gas emissions by 2-4 %1 ; emphasises that increasing resource productivity by 30 % by 2030 could boost GDP by nearly 1 % and create 2 million additional jobs; __________________ 1 Commission communication of 2 July 2014 entitled ‘Towards a circular economy: a zero waste programme for Europe’ (COM(2014)0398).

Amendment 17 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Stresses that better design, waste prevention, reuse, preparing for reuse, and recycling could bring substantial net savings for EU businesses, estimated at EUR 600 billion, or 8 % of annual turnover, while also reducing total annual greenhouse gas emissions by 2-4 %1 ; emphasises that increasing resource productivity by 30 % by 2030 could boost GDP by nearly 1 % and create 2 million additional jobs; __________________ 1 Commission communication of 2 July 2014 entitled ‘Towards a circular economy: a zero waste programme for Europe’ (COM(2014)0398).

Amendment 18 #

Rolandas PAKSAS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Stresses that better design, waste prevention, reuse and recycling could bring substantial net savings for EU businesses, estimated at EUR 600 billion, or 8 % of annual turnover, as well as for public authorities and consumers, while also reducing total annual greenhouse gas emissions by 2- 4 %1 ; emphasises that increasing resource productivity by 30 % by 2030 could boost GDP by nearly 1 % and create 2 million additional jobs; __________________ 1 Commission communication of 2 July 2014 entitled ‘Towards a circular economy: a zero waste programme for Europe’ (COM(2014)0398).

Amendment 19 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Stresses that better design, waste prevention, reuse and recycling could bring substantial net savings for EU businesses, estimated at EUR 600 billion, or 8% of annual turnover, while also reducing total annual greenhouse gas emissions by 2-4%1; emphasises that increasing resource productivity by 30% by 2030 could boost GDP by nearly 1% and create 2 million additional sustainable jobs; __________________ 1 Commission communication of 2 July 2014 entitled ‘Towards a circular economy: a zero waste programme for Europe’ (COM(2014)0398).

Amendment 2 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 d (new)

-1d. Points out that the concept of circular economy, like similar concepts (such as ‘cradle-to-cradle’, industrial ecology and natural capitalism), suggests, through innovation, the industrial-scale development of strategies designed to achieve absolute decoupling between the physical growth of throughput and the non-physical (financial) growth of GDP (so-called green growth or ‘sustainable growth’); observes, nonetheless, that according to historical data only relative decoupling has taken place;

Amendment 20 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Recalls that resource efficiency is a priority objective of the 7th Environmental Action Programme which emphasises the need to stimulate production and consumer demand for environmentally sustainable products and services through policies which promote their availability, affordability, functionality and attractiveness;

Amendment 21 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Recalls that although European waste legislation is already in place for several years, there is still no level playing field in the European market. Stresses in this regard that the creation of a true European single market for waste and recycled products is a basis for a fully functioning European Circular Economy. To attain this the Commission and the competent authorities in the Member States must work jointly in order to remove all regulatory obstacles at all levels, to improve and strengthen implementation and to enable the free flow of these products;

Amendment 22 #

Zigmantas BALČYTIS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Points out that resource efficiency could help European businesses to exploit the markets in fast-growing eco- industries, but investment in innovative business models is, in many cases, not being properly provided for; calls on the Commission to establish an appropriate political basis for the circular economy;

Amendment 23 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)

2b. Recalls to the recommendations of the European Resource Efficiency Platform, highlighting that resource efficiency requires a dynamic fiscal and regulatory framework that gives appropriate signals to producers and consumers to supply and demand products with better environmental performance throughout their life cycle. Calls for an improved policy framework that includes adopting and implementing smart regulation, standards and codes of conduct that: aim at internalisation of externalities, at implementing a cascading use of resources, focuses on streams of key materials and tackles resource intensive products, rewards front-runners and accelerates the transition towards a resource efficient and renewable-based sustainable economy;

Amendment 24 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)

2b. Underlines the importance of European targets in order to create a level playing field;

Amendment 25 #

Anneleen VAN BOSSUYT, Sampo TERHO

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 c (new)

2c. Considers it important to facilitate the market demand for recycled materials and products, e.g. by creating a level playing field between raw and secondary raw materials;

Amendment 26 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 d (new)

2d. Calls for the Commission to respect the principles of better regulation, keeping good proven practices in place by simplifying EU legislation where needed and to ensure better implementation. Considers that clear definitions, one common calculation method based on evidence-based data and minimum requirements for EPR schemes are key in this regard;

Amendment 27 #

Anneleen VAN BOSSUYT, Sampo TERHO

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 e (new)

2e. Highlights that the EU has an open economy, with both imports and exports, which is functioning in a global competitive market. Calls on the Commission to take this into account when refining the model of the circular economy;

Amendment 28 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Points to the Commission’s analysis which shows that adopting new waste targets would create 180 000 jobs, make Europe more competitive and reduce demand for costly scarce resources2 ; strongly regrets the withdrawal of the legislative proposal on waste3 , and calls for a more ambitious legislative proposal, addressing not only municipal but also industrial and commercial waste streams, to be put forward by 2015 as part of a more ambitious circular economy package (CEP), as announced by Vice- President Timmermans in Parliament’s plenary part-session of December 20144 ; __________________ 2Commission staff working document of 2 July 2014 containing an executive summary of the impact assessment accompanying the proposal for a directive amending the waste directives (COM(2014)0397) (SWD(2014)0208). 3 Proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directives 2008/98/EC on waste, 94/62/EC on packaging and packaging waste, 1991/31/EC on the landfill of waste, 2000/53/EC on end-of-life vehicles, 2006/66/EC on batteries and accumulators and waste batteries and accumulators, and 2012/19/EU on waste electrical and electronic equipment (COM(2014)0397). 4Verbatim plenary debate of 16 December 2014 on the Commission work programme 2015.deleted

Amendment 29 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Points to the Commission’s analysis which shows that adopting new waste targets would create 180 000 jobs, make Europe more competitive and reduce demand for costly scarce resources2; ~~strongly~~ regrets the withdrawal of the legislative proposal on waste3 , ~~and calls for a more ambitious legislative proposal,~~but welcomes Vice– President Timmermans’ announcement at Parliament’s part-session in December 2014 on bringing forward a new circular economy package (CEP), which must be more ambitious and address~~ing~~ not only municipal but also industrial and commercial waste streams, to be put forward by 2015 ~~as part of a more ambitious circular economy package (CEP), as announced by Vice- President Timmermans in Parliament’s plenary part-session of December 20144~~; calls for the EU’s regulatory framework on extended producer responsibility to be strengthened; __________________ 2 Commission staff working document of 2 July 2014 containing an executive summary of the impact assessment accompanying the proposal for a directive amending the waste directives (COM(2014)0397) (SWD(2014)0208). 3 Proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directives 2008/98/EC on waste, 94/62/EC on packaging and packaging waste, 1991/31/EC on the landfill of waste, 2000/53/EC on end-of-life vehicles, 2006/66/EC on batteries and accumulators and waste batteries and accumulators, and 2012/19/EU on waste electrical and electronic equipment (COM(2014)0397). ~~4 Verbatim plenary debate of 16 December 2014 on the Commission work programme 2015.~~

Amendment 3 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 c (new)

-1c. Draws attention to the fact that absolute decoupling, assuming that it can be achieved, can only be done on a global scale, since improvement in only one part of the world corresponds to a relocation of production and associated environmental impacts elsewhere; urges the Commission, therefore, not to take any further unilateral action which, in terms of industrialisation, employment and the environment, may result in a negative balance;

Amendment 30 #

Dario TAMBURRANO, David BORRELLI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Points to the Commission’s analysis which shows that adopting new waste targets would create 180 000 jobs, make Europe more competitive and reduce demand for costly scarce resources2 ; strongly regrets the withdrawal of the legislative proposal on waste3 , and calls for a more ambitious legislative proposal, addressing not only ~~municipal~~household but also industrial and commercial waste streams, to be put forward by 2015 as part of a more ambitious circular economy package (CEP), as announced by Vice-President Timmermans in Parliament’s plenary part- session of December 20144 ; ~~__________________~~calls for the new CEP to address specific waste streams including agricultural waste, waste from electric and electronic equipment (WEEE) and construction waste and to provide, like the original package, for resource efficiency indicators for land, water, materials and carbon; __________________ 2a European Environment Agency report ‘Earnings, jobs and innovation’ page 7 http://www.eea.europa.eu/publications/ear nings-jobs-and-innovation-the 2 Commission staff working document of 2 July 2014 containing an executive summary of the impact assessment accompanying the proposal for a directive amending the waste directives (COM(2014)0397) (SWD(2014)0208). 3 Proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directives 2008/98/EC on waste, 94/62/EC on packaging and packaging waste, 1991/31/EC on the landfill of waste, 2000/53/EC on end-of-life vehicles, 2006/66/EC on batteries and accumulators and waste batteries and accumulators, and 2012/19/EU on waste electrical and electronic equipment (COM(2014)0397). 4 Verbatim plenary debate of 16 December 2014 on the Commission work programme 2015.

Amendment 31 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Points to the Commission’s analysis which shows that adopting new waste targets would create 180 000 jobs, make Europe more competitive and reduce demand for costly scarce resources2 ; strongly regrets the withdrawal of the legislative proposal on waste3 , and calls for a more ambitious legislative proposal, addressing not only municipal but also industrial and commercial waste streams and based on quantitative binding targets for each type of waste, to be put forward by 2015 as part of a more ambitious circular economy package (CEP), as announced by Vice-President Timmermans in Parliament’s plenary part- session of December 20144 ; __________________ 2 Commission staff working document of 2 July 2014 containing an executive summary of the impact assessment accompanying the proposal for a directive amending the waste directives (COM(2014)0397) (SWD(2014)0208). 3 Proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directives 2008/98/EC on waste, 94/62/EC on packaging and packaging waste, 1991/31/EC on the landfill of waste, 2000/53/EC on end-of-life vehicles, 2006/66/EC on batteries and accumulators and waste batteries and accumulators, and 2012/19/EU on waste electrical and electronic equipment (COM(2014)0397). 4 Verbatim plenary debate of 16 December 2014 on the Commission work programme 2015.

Amendment 32 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Points to the Commission’s analysis which shows that adopting new waste targets would create 180 000 jobs, make Europe more competitive and reduce demand for costly scarce resources2; strongly regrets the withdrawal of the legislative proposal on waste3, and calls for a ~~more ambitious~~ legislative proposal, addressing not only municipal but also industrial and commercial waste streams, to be put forward by 2015 as part of a ~~more ambitious~~ circular economy package (CEP), as announced by Vice-President Timmermans in Parliament’s plenary part- session of December 20144; __________________ 2 Commission staff working document of 2 July 2014 containing an executive summary of the impact assessment accompanying the proposal for a directive amending the waste directives (COM(2014)0397) (SWD(2014)0208). 3 Proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directives 2008/98/EC on waste, 94/62/EC on packaging and packaging waste, 1991/31/EC on the landfill of waste, 2000/53/EC on end-of-life vehicles, 2006/66/EC on batteries and accumulators and waste batteries and accumulators, and 2012/19/EU on waste electrical and electronic equipment (COM(2014)0397). 4 Verbatim plenary debate of 16 December 2014 on the Commission work programme 2015.

Amendment 33 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Points to the Commission’s analysis which shows that adopting new waste targets would create 180 000 jobs, make Europe more competitive and reduce demand for costly scarce resources2 ; strongly regrets the withdrawal of the legislative proposal on waste3 , and calls for a more ambitious legislative proposal based on the Impact Assessment, addressing not only municipal but also industrial and commercial waste streams, to be put forward by 2015 as part of a more ambitious circular economy package (CEP), as announced by Vice-President Timmermans in Parliament’s plenary part- session of December 20144 ; __________________ 2 Commission staff working document of 2 July 2014 containing an executive summary of the impact assessment accompanying the proposal for a directive amending the waste directives (COM(2014)0397) (SWD(2014)0208). 3 Proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directives 2008/98/EC on waste, 94/62/EC on packaging and packaging waste, 1991/31/EC on the landfill of waste, 2000/53/EC on end-of-life vehicles, 2006/66/EC on batteries and accumulators and waste batteries and accumulators, and 2012/19/EU on waste electrical and electronic equipment (COM(2014)0397). 4 Verbatim plenary debate of 16 December 2014 on the Commission work programme 2015.

Amendment 34 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Points to the Commission’s analysis which shows that adopting new waste targets would create 180 000 jobs, make Europe more competitive and reduce demand for costly scarce resources2; strongly regrets the withdrawal of the legislative proposal on waste3, and calls for a ~~more ambitious~~ legislative proposal, addressing not only municipal but also industrial and commercial waste streams, to be put forward by 2015 as part of a ~~more ambitious~~ circular economy package (CEP), as announced by Vice-President Timmermans in Parliament’s plenary part- session of December 20144; __________________ 2 Commission staff working document of 2 July 2014 containing an executive summary of the impact assessment accompanying the proposal for a directive amending the waste directives (COM(2014)0397) (SWD(2014)0208). 3 Proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directives 2008/98/EC on waste, 94/62/EC on packaging and packaging waste, 19919/31/EC on the landfill of waste, 2000/53/EC on end-of-life vehicles, 2006/66/EC on batteries and accumulators and waste batteries and accumulators, and 2012/19/EU on waste electrical and electronic equipment (COM(2014)0397). 4 Verbatim plenary debate of 16 December 2014 on the Commission work programme 2015.

Amendment 35 #

Dario TAMBURRANO, David BORRELLI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Believes that burning or recovering energy from waste goes contrary to the principles of the circular economy and presents risks to health and the environment; in addition, points to the fact that recycling and repair infrastructure requires less capital investments and creates more jobs per tonne of material2 a than investing into landfill and waste-to-energy infrastructure; calls on Commission and Member States to refrain from promoting and investing into waste-to energy infrastructure to avoid wasting of valuable materials, creation of lock-in effects and over-capacity situations;

Amendment 36 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Calls for the new legislative proposal on waste to increase recycling targets to at least 80 per cent of municipal solid waste, to set an overall packaging recycling target at 90 per cent and to boost plastic packaging recycling to at least 80 per cent;

Amendment 37 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Calls for the CEP to establish, in line with the recommendations of the European Resource Efficiency Platform5 , a comprehensive policy framework which significantly increases Europe’s resource independence, includes concrete policy objectives and better integrates and streamlines existing policy tools such as fully implementing and extending the EcoDesign and EcoLabelling Directives to various product types and to the resource-efficiency dimension; insists that tools and measures must ensure real opportunities for, and active participation of, SMEs in the circular economy; __________________ 5 European Resource Efficiency Platform (EREP) Manifesto and Policy Recommendations, March 2014:http://ec.europa.eu/environment/reso urce_efficiency/documents/erep_manifesto _and_policy_recommendations_31-03- 2014.pdf

Amendment 38 #

Rolandas PAKSAS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Calls for the CEP to establish, in line with the EU Climate and Energy package, the Seventh Environment Action Programme, the European strategy for sustainable bioeconomy5 a and the recommendations of the European Resource Efficiency Platform5 , a comprehensive policy framework which includes concrete policy objectives and better integrates and streamlines existing policy tools across various sectors; insists that tools and measures must ensure real opportunities for, and active participation of, SMEs in the circular economy; __________________ 5aCommission Communication of 13 February 2012 entitled ‘Innovating for Sustainable Growth: A Bioeconomy for Europe’ (COM(2012)60 final) 5 European Resource Efficiency Platform (EREP) Manifesto and Policy Recommendations, March 2014:http://ec.europa.eu/environment/reso urce_efficiency/documents/erep_manifesto _and_policy_recommendations_31-03- 2014.pdf

Amendment 39 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Calls for the CEP to establish, in line with the recommendations of the European Resource Efficiency Platform5, a comprehensive policy and social framework which includes concrete policy objectives, taking into account the particular social and economic impact in individual Member States and without interfering with specific local characteristics, and better integrates and streamlines existing ~~policy~~ tools; insists that tools and measures must ensure real opportunities for, and active participation of, SMEs in the circular economy; ~~__________________ 5~~ maintains, as far as households are concerned, that the above measures must never exceed the limits of economic affordability; __________________ 5 European Resource Efficiency Platform European Resource Efficiency Platform (EREP) Manifesto and Policy Recommendations, March 2014: http://ec.europa.eu/environment/resource_e fficiency/documents/erep_manifesto_and_ policy_recommendations_31-03-2014.pdf

Amendment 4 #

Anneleen VAN BOSSUYT, Evžen TOŠENOVSKÝ, Sampo TERHO

Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 b (new)

-1b. Notes that a constant process of increasing efficiency in the use of resources, through innovation, has been ongoing since the beginning of the modern age at the very least, but that such relative decoupling has not prevented the overall growth in the production and consumption of raw materials from being neutralised; highlights the risk that a sharp increase in relative decoupling might, on the contrary, in accordance with the Jevons paradox, lead to more intensive exploitation of raw materials, made cheaper by an accelerated movement of capital caused by a reduction in the unit cost of production owing to the more efficient technologies;

Amendment 40 #

Theresa GRIFFIN

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Calls for the CEP to establish, in line with the recommendations of the European Resource Efficiency Platform5 , a comprehensive policy framework which includes concrete policy objectives and better integrates and streamlines existing policy tools; insists that tools and measures must ensure real opportunities for, and active participation of, SMEs and local authorities in the circular economy; this policy framework should include concrete policies accompanying the creation of green and local high-quality jobs. __________________ 5 European Resource Efficiency Platform (EREP) Manifesto and Policy Recommendations, March 2014:http://ec.europa.eu/environment/reso urce_efficiency/documents/erep_manifesto _and_policy_recommendations_31-03- 2014.pdf

Amendment 41 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Calls for the CEP to establish, in line with the recommendations of the European Resource Efficiency Platform5 [1], a comprehensive policy framework which includes concrete policy objectives and better integrates and streamlines existing policy tools; insists that tools and measures must ensure real opportunities for, and active participation of, SMEs in the circular economy without burdening them with disproportionate administrative requirements; __________________ 5 European Resource Efficiency Platform (EREP) Manifesto and Policy Recommendations, March 2014:http://ec.europa.eu/environment/reso urce_efficiency/documents/erep_manifesto _and_policy_recommendations_31-03- 2014.pdf

Amendment 42 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Calls for the CEP to establish, in line with the recommendations of the European Resource Efficiency Platform5, a comprehensive policy framework which includes concrete policy objectives and better integrates and streamlines existing policy tools; insists that tools and measures must ensure real opportunities for, and active participation of, SMEs in the circular economy; emphasises that SMEs are key players when it comes to the application of circular economy policies; __________________ 5 European Resource Efficiency Platform (EREP) Manifesto and Policy Recommendations, March 2014: http://ec.europa.eu/environment/resource_e fficiency/documents/erep_manifesto_and_ policy_recommendations_31-03-2014.pdf

Amendment 43 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Calls for the CEP to establish, in line with the recommendations of the European Resource Efficiency Platform5 , a comprehensive policy framework which includes concrete policy objectives and better integrates and streamlines existing policy tools; insists that tools and measures must ensure real opportunities for, and active participation of, SMEs and social economy enterprises in the circular economy; __________________ 5 European Resource Efficiency Platform (EREP) Manifesto and Policy Recommendations, March 2014:http://ec.europa.eu/environment/reso urce_efficiency/documents/erep_manifesto _and_policy_recommendations_31-03- 2014.pdf

Amendment 44 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Calls for the CEP to establish, in line with the recommendations of the European Resource Efficiency Platform5, a comprehensive policy framework which includes ~~concrete~~realistic policy objectives and better integrates and streamlines existing policy tools; insists that tools and measures must ensure real opportunities for, and active participation of, SMEs in the circular economy; __________________ 5 European Resource Efficiency Platform (EREP) Manifesto and Policy Recommendations, March 2014: http://ec.europa.eu/environment/reso urce_e fficiency/documents/erep_manifesto _and_ policy_recommendations_31-03- 2014.pdf

Amendment 45 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Call on the CEP to provide for specific support measure for SMEs such as awareness raising, technical assistance, access to finance, information and skills. Supports the implementation of the SMEs Green Action Plan, and welcomes the establishment of a European Resource Efficiency Excellence Centre to advise and assist SMEs seeking to improve their resource efficiency performance;

Amendment 46 #

Fredrick FEDERLEY

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Emphasises that municipal or other public waste monopolies should not stand in the way of procurement or of private entities’ opportunities to operate on the market;

Amendment 47 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)

4b. Calls on the Member States and the Commission to strengthen the regulatory framework for Extended Producer’s Responsibility and increasing transparency in the implementation of the EPR schemes; stresses the need to improve design requirements for packaging in order to reduce materials use and improve recycling;

Amendment 48 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Calls for the CEP to introduce a sustainable materials management policy at EU level, taking a life-cycle approach and aiming for eco-efficient, durable and environmentally responsible use of materials, including during the extraction, design, production, consumption, and waste management phases; stresses the potential of urban mining to reduce EUs dependence on imports of raw material and the need to incentivise the secondary raw materials market; calls on the Member States to significantly reinforce export controls on shipment of waste, and on the Commission to close the any loopholes in the Waste Shipment Regulation;

Amendment 49 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Calls for the CEP to introduce a sustainable materials management policy at EU level, taking a life-cycle approach and aiming for eco-efficient and environmentally responsible use of materials, including during the extraction, design, production, maintenance, consumption, and waste management phases; recalls the necessity of ensuring high levels of Occupational Health and Safety measures according to the specific risks faced by workers in some of these sectors.

Amendment 5 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 a (new)

-1a. Points out that the ability attributed to the circular economy to close material cycles into production systems is overestimated, especially when it comes to toxic matter, or dissipative or complex materials; warns, accordingly, that the promise to achieve an absolute reduction of the environmental impact of production and consumption systems cannot be kept in a growth-based economy and that, therefore, it runs counter to the principles relating to the social market economy enshrined in Article 3(3) of the Treaty on European Union (TEU);

Amendment 50 #

Rolandas PAKSAS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Calls for the CEP to introduce a sustainable materials management policy at EU level, taking a life-cycle approach and aiming for eco-efficient ~~and~~, environmentally responsible and harmless to human health use of materials, including during the extraction, design, production, consumption, ~~and~~ waste management and reuse phases;

Amendment 51 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Calls for the CEP to introduce a sustainable materials management policy at EU level, taking a life-cycle approach and aiming for eco-efficient and environmentally responsible use of materials, including during the extraction, design, production, consumption, and waste management phases; emphasises the need for interested parties to be more involved in policymaking;

Amendment 52 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Calls for the CEP to introduce a sustainable materials management policy at EU level, taking a life-cycle approach and aiming for eco-efficient and environmentally responsible use of materials, including during the extraction, design, production, consumption, and waste management phases; maintains, as far as households are concerned, that the above measures must never exceed the limits of economic affordability;

Amendment 53 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Calls for the CEP to ensure the implementation of existing legislation and to introduce a sustainable materials management policy at EU level, taking a life-cycle approach and aiming for eco- efficient and environmentally responsible use of materials, including during the extraction, design, production, consumption, and waste management phases;

Amendment 54 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Calls for the CEP to introduce ~~a sustainable materials management policy at EU level~~guidelines for the sustainable management of materials in the Member States, taking a life-cycle approach and aiming for eco-efficient and environmentally responsible use of materials, including during the extraction, design, production, consumption, and waste management phases;

Amendment 55 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. Stresses that bio-based products and related services must be assigned a special position in the circular economy;urges the Commission to take into account the objectives of the 2012 bioeconomy strategy6a; considers that sustainable wood and wood-based materials can be used as substitutes for non-renewable materials in primary production, thus extending the sustainability of the circular economy throughout the value chain; __________________ 6a Innovating for Sustainable Growth: A Bioeconomy for Europe (COM(2012) 60 final), (SWD(2012) 11 final) http://ec.europa.eu/research/bioeconomy/ pdf/official-strategy_en.pdf

Amendment 56 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. Emphasises that the circular economy package must take into account existing eco-labelling schemes and measures to ensure that consumers are able to make informed decisions;

Amendment 57 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. Highlights the need to have targets for reuse and for preparation for reuse in the new CEP, in order to maximise the potential of reuse and repair ~~policies for~~, enabling quality job creation, resource savings and the development of the social economy and social enterprises; calls for further incentives and ~~other~~ support for reuse, the consolidation of reuse, and repair infrastructures and networks; stresses the need for ensuring better product design standards to makes consumer products more durable, easy to disassemble, upgradable, repairable and recyclable, as well as a ensuring access to the waste stream by approved reuse centres; asks the Commission to mandate the European Standardisation Organisations to actively work with SMEs representatives, consumers and civil society organisations towards this aim; calls on the Commission to propose legislation which ensures that spare parts at affordable costs are available for at least 10 years after the last product has been placed on the market;

Amendment 58 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. Highlights the potential ~~of reuse~~for stronger reuse, repair and prepairing for reuse policies for quality green and local job creation, resource savings and ~~the~~ develop~~ment of the~~ing the role of social economy and ~~social enterprises; calls for further~~SME’s actors; calls for the creation of a policy framework that incentivizes ~~and other support~~both reuse and preparing for reuse, th~~e consolidation~~rough quantitative targets and to supports the development of reuse, and repair ~~infrastructu~~centres and networks;

Amendment 59 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. Highlights the potential of reuse and repair policies for quality job creation, resource savings and the development of the social economy and social enterprises; observes that it is worth regarding energy efficiency as a separate energy source, whose growth contributes substantially to the development of European industry, job creation and moderation of people’s energy bills; calls for further incentives and other support for reuse, the consolidation of reuse, and repair infrastructures and networks;

Amendment 6 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Recalls that Europe is a net importer of natural resources and that resource prices have increased by 147% in the first decade of the 21st century 1 a making Europe’s economy particularly vulnerable. Believes that, in order to tackle global challenges and the EU’s resource dependency, it is essential that energy and resource efficiency form the basis of European industrial renewal so that the EU can maintain its competitiveness in the future, recreate manufacturing capacity and generate jobs for highly skilled workers; __________________ 1a According to McKinsey Global Institute ‘Resource Revolution: Meeting the world’s energy, materials, food, and water needs’, November 2011, p.30, (http://www.mckinsey.com/insights/energy _resources_materials/resource_revolution ), energy prices increased by 190%, food by 135% and materials by 135%.

Amendment 60 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. Highlights the potential of reuse and repair policies for ~~quality~~ job creation, resource savings and the development of ~~the social economy and social enterprises~~entrepreneurship; calls for further incentives ~~and other support~~ for reuse, the consolidation of reuse, and repair infrastructures and networks;

Amendment 61 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. Highlights the potential of reuse and repair policies for quality job creation, resource savings and the development of the social economy and social enterprises; highlights also the potential of urban mining in reclaiming waste material, calls for further incentives and other support for reuse, the consolidation of reuse, and repair infrastructures and networks;

Amendment 62 #

Pavel TELIČKA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. Highlights the potential of reuse and repair policies for quality job creation, resource savings and the development of the social economy and social enterprises; calls for further ~~incentives and other~~ support for reuse, the consolidation of reuse, and repair infrastructures and networks;

Amendment 63 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. Highlights the potential of reuse and repair policies for sustainable quality job creation, resource savings and the development of the social economy and social enterprises; calls for further incentives and other support for reuse, the consolidation of reuse, and repair infrastructures and networks;

Amendment 64 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. Asks the Commission to take action with regards to the growing problem caused by planned obsolescence of consumer products by extending the minimum legal guarantees for consumer products; call on the Commission to require manufacturers, within the relevant directives (Waste, Eco-design, WEEE, Batteries, Consumer Rights), to make available relevant and reliable information (such as life-time, end-of life treatment, recyclability, disassembly, environmental impacts) to re-use operators, procurers and consumers in order to enable informed purchasing, upgrades and repairs, reuse and recycling; call for the establishment of a EU-wide register containing this information that would be made available to the public;

Amendment 65 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. Believes that the circular economy compensates for reductions in the numbers of jobs requiring professional skills and average-level jobs, and creates sustainable highly skilled jobs, for example in R&D and planning throughout the life cycle of a product;

Amendment 66 #

Adam GIEREK

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. Stresses the importance of creating reliable vehicle designs with increased lifespan and ease of repair by independent and authorised repairers based on a repair clause adopted by all Member States;

Amendment 67 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)

6b. Calls for Member States to incentivise re-use, repair and demand of durable products through demand-side instruments such as introducing a policy of zero VAT on repair and sale of second hand products and the reinforcement of green public procurement criteria for purchasing more resource-efficient, less wasteful and more recyclable products;

Amendment 68 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7

7. PWelcomes the fact that the Commission addresses various specific waste challenges in its Communication, such as waste prevention, marine litter and food waste, points to the direct economic impact on businesses and consumers of food waste, owing to the costs of waste disposal and the economic losses caused by throwing away saleable or edible food; ~~recalls that one euro spent on fighting food waste could prevent 250 kg of food, worth EUR 500, from being wasted; urges the Commission to address the issue of food waste within the CEP;~~

Amendment 69 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7

7. PDraws attention to the fact that more than 100 million tonnes of food goes to waste in Europe every year; points to the direct economic impact on businesses and consumers of food waste, owing to the costs of waste disposal and the economic losses caused by throwing away saleable or edible food; recalls that one euro spent on fighting food waste could prevent 250 kg of food, worth EUR 500, from being wasted; urges the Commission to address the issue of food waste within the CEP;

Amendment 7 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Believes that, in order to tackle global challenges and the EU’s resource dependency, ~~it is essential that energy and resource efficiency form the basis of European industrial renewal so that~~basing European industrial renewal on energy and resource efficiency is an essential contribution to enable the EU ~~can~~to maintain its competitiveness in the future, recreate manufacturing capacity and generate jobs ~~for highly skilled workers~~with real salaries that are commensurate with labour productivity;

Amendment 70 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7

7. Points to the direct economic impact on businesses and consumers of food waste, owing to the costs of waste disposal and the economic losses caused by throwing away saleable or edible food; recalls that one euro spent on fighting food waste could prevent 250 kg of food, worth EUR 500, from being wasted; highlights the environmental and economic potential of a recirculation of nutrients between urban and rural and of ‘closing the loop’ between cities and the agricultural industry; urges the Commission to address these issue ~~of food waste~~s within the CEP;

Amendment 71 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7

7. Points to the direct economic impact on businesses and consumers of food waste, owing to the costs of waste disposal and the economic losses caused by throwing away saleable or edible food; recalls that one euro spent on fighting food waste could prevent 250 kg of food, worth EUR 500, from being wasted; urges the Commission to address the issue of food waste within the CEP; calls for the Commission to introduce compulsory door-to-door collection for food and organic waste;

Amendment 72 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7

7. Points to the direct economic impact on businesses and consumers of food waste, owing to the costs of waste disposal and the economic losses caused by throwing away saleable or edible food; recalls that one euro spent on fighting food waste could prevent 250 kg of food, worth EUR 500, from being wasted; urges the Commission to address the issue of food waste within the CEP; calls on the Commission to prioritise the composting of organic material;

Amendment 73 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8

8. Stresses the importance of creating industrial synergies for recycling and of helping companies to discover how their energy, waste and by-products can serve as resources for others; ~~calls on the Commission and the Member States to promote approaches such as those taken in the UK as part of the National Industrial Symbiosis Programme~~stresses that sustainable uses of bioenergy should be promoted in accordance with the European Union’s energy guidelines;

Amendment 74 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8

8. Stresses the importance of creating industrial synergies for recycling and of helping companies to discover how their energy, waste and by-products can serve as resources for others; ~~calls on the Commission and the Member States to promote approaches such as those taken in the UK as part of the National Industrial Symbiosis Programme;~~

Amendment 75 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8

8. Stresses the importance of creating industrial synergies for recycling and of helping companies to discover how their energy, waste and by-products can serve as resources for others; ~~calls on the Commission and the Member States to promote approaches such as those taken in the UK as part of the National Industrial Symbiosis Programme;~~

Amendment 76 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8

8. Stresses the importance of creating industrial synergies for recycling and of helping companies to discover how their energy, waste and by-products can serve as resources for others; ~~calls on the Commission and the Member States to promote approaches such as those taken in the UK as part of the National Industrial Symbiosis Programme;~~

Amendment 77 #

Jean-Luc SCHAFFHAUSER, Nicolas BAY

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8

8. Stresses the importance of creating industrial synergies for recycling and of helping companies to discover how their energy, waste and by-products can serve as resources for others; stresses that in the long term consideration should be given to the establishment of a European waste exchange, which will make it possible for unused waste to be put to use in the EU Member States; calls on the Commission and the Member States to promote approaches such as those taken in the UK as part of the National Industrial Symbiosis Programme;

Amendment 78 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8

8. Stresses the importance of creating industrial synergies for recycling and of helping companies to discover how their energy, waste and by-products can serve as resources for others; points to the urgent need to ban the export of recyclable metal waste, including aluminium waste; calls on the Commission and the Member States to promote approaches such as those taken in the UK as part of the National Industrial Symbiosis Programme;

Amendment 79 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8

8. Stresses the importance of creating industrial synergies for recycling and of helping companies to discover how their energy, waste and by-products can serve as resources for others; calls on the Commission and the Member States to promote approaches such as those taken in ~~the UK~~some Member States as part of the National Industrial Symbiosis Programme;

Amendment 8 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Believes that, in order to tackle global challenges and the EU’s resource dependency, it is essential that energy and resource efficiency form the basis of European re-industrial ~~renewal~~isation so that the EU can maintain its competitiveness in the future, recreate manufacturing capacity and generate ~~jobs for highly skilled worker~~new, sustainable jobs;

Amendment 80 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8

8. Stresses the importance of creating industrial synergies for ~~recycling~~circular economy and of helping companies to discover how their energy, waste and by-products can serve as resources for others; calls on the Commission and the Member States to promote approaches such as those taken in the UK as part of the National Industrial Symbiosis Programme;

Amendment 81 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8

8. Stresses the importance of creating industrial synergies ~~for~~on reuse and recycling, and of helping companies to discover how their energy, waste and by- products can serve as resources for others; calls on the Commission and the Member States to promote approaches such as those taken in the UK as part of the National Industrial Symbiosis Programme;

Amendment 82 #

Theresa GRIFFIN

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8

8. Stresses the importance of creating industrial synergies for recycling and of helping all companies, including SMEs to discover how their energy, waste and by- products can serve as resources for others; calls on the Commission and the Member States to promote approaches such as those taken in the UK as part of the National Industrial Symbiosis Programme;

Amendment 83 #

Adam GIEREK

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)

8a. Calls on parent production and distribution companies and EU Member States which have opened their markets to the products of these companies to set up, under market conditions, collection and takeback points for used machinery and equipment so that secondary raw materials obtained from recycling can, under market conditions, be directly reused;

Amendment 84 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)

8a. Considers the need for measures, at the European level, to fight against planned obsolescence

Amendment 85 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9

Amendment 86 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9

9. Stresses the role of environmental tax reform (switching taxation away from labour and towards pollution and resources) in providing the right signals for investment in resource efficiency, and calls for progress in this area to be pursued by the Member States as part of the European Semester process;Points to the fact that labour taxes account for 53% against 6% on environmental taxation; stresses the role of environmental tax reform (for instance lower taxes on repair service activities and higher taxes on resource-intensive, non- recyclable and single use products) in providing the right signals for investment in resource efficiency, and calls for progress in this area to be pursued by the Member States as part of the European Semester process;1 a calls on the EU and the Member States to phase out environmentally harmful subsidies and to introduce appropriate fees on resource inefficient activities such as landfilling and incineration of recoverable and recyclable materials; __________________ 1a Green Budget Europe, 2015, Country- Specific Recommendations in Support of the European Semester Process, page 6 http://www.foes.de/pdf/2015-02- 25_CSR%20Recommendations_FINAL.p df

Amendment 87 #

Jean-Luc SCHAFFHAUSER, Nicolas BAY

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9

9. Stresses the ~~role of environmental tax reform (switching taxation away from labour and towards pollution and resources) in providing the right signals for investment in resource efficiency,~~importance of providing the right signals for investment, research and innovation in resource efficiency and waste management processes and technology and new business models and calls for progress in this area to be pursued by the Member States a~~s part of the European Semester process~~nd the Commission;

Amendment 88 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9

Amendment 89 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9

Amendment 9 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Believes that, in order to tackle global challenges and the EU’s resource dependency, it is essential that energy and resource efficiency form the basis of European industrial renewal so that the EU can maintain its competitiveness in the future, ~~recre~~stimulate manufacturing capacity and generate new jobs ~~for highly skilled workers~~;

Amendment 90 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9

Amendment 91 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9

9. Stresses the role of environmental tax reform (switching taxation away from labour and towards pollution and resources) in providing the right signals for investment in resource efficiency, -and more reparable and durable products- and calls for progress in this area to be pursued by the Member States as part of the European Semester process;

Amendment 92 #

Nadine MORANO

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9

9. Stresses the role of environmental tax reform (switching taxation away from labour and towards pollution and ~~resources~~the consumption of polluting resources, in accordance with the ‘polluter pays’ principle) in providing the right signals for investment in resource efficiency, and calls for progress in this area to be pursued by the Member States as part of the European Semester process;

Amendment 93 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 a (new)

9a. Calls on the Commission to continue within the CEP to measure and aim at reducing Europe's Raw Material Consumption (RMC) and to develop land, water, material and carbon footprint indicators, and indicators on eco-system services; demands the Commission to use and give relevance to these indicators in the policy-making process, including in the impact assessments, and to introduce them in the European Semester process;

Amendment 94 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 10

10. Calls on the Commission and the European Investment Bank to ensure that the Investment Plan for Europe is underpinned by resource and energy efficiency objectives, provides support for eco-innovative SMEs in particular, and strengthens advisory services on resource efficiency; calls for funding ofor the EU Programme for the Competitiveness of Enterprises and SMEs (COSME) ~~and~~, Horizon 2020, and European Structural and Investment Funds to be more focused on developing eco-innovative ~~solutions and improving product design and process performance.~~ and resource efficient solutions, new business models (such as leasing or product-service systems), and improving product design and process performance. Believes that non-technological, organisational, systems and social innovation as well as public sector innovation must be given as much attention as technology driven solutions;

Amendment 95 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 10

Amendment 96 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 10

10. Calls on the Commission and the European Investment Bank to ensure that the Investment Plan for Europe is underpinned by resource and energy efficiency objectives, and prevent the use of EU funds to develop landfill in Europe; provides support for eco-innovative SMEs in particular, and strengthens advisory services on resource efficiency; calls for funding for the EU Programme for the Competitiveness of Enterprises and SMEs (COSME) and Horizon 2020 to be more focused on developing eco-innovative solutions and improvement material efficiency ing product ~~design~~ and process performance.

Amendment 97 #

José BLANCO LÓPEZ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 10

10. Calls on the Commission and the European Investment Bank to ensure that the Investment Plan for Europe is underpinned by resource and energy efficiency objectives, with special attention being paid to projects seeking to improve the energy efficiency of buildings to be used for social housing, provides support for eco-innovative SMEs in particular, and strengthens advisory services on resource efficiency; calls for funding for the EU Programme for the Competitiveness of Enterprises and SMEs (COSME) and Horizon 2020 to be more focused on developing eco-innovative solutions and improving product design and process performance.

Amendment 98 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 10

10. Calls on the Commission and the European Investment Bank to ensure that the Investment Plan for Europe is underpinned by resource and energy efficiency objectives, provides support for eco-innovative SMEs, start-ups and companies with potential of growth in particular, and strengthens advisory services on resource efficiency; calls for funding for the EU Programme for the Competitiveness of Enterprises and SMEs (COSME) and Horizon 2020 to be more focused on developing eco-innovative solutions and improving product design and process performance.

Amendment 99 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 10

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Amendment 1 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 1 a (new)

– having regard to the Commission communication entitled ‘A Framework Strategy for a Resilient Energy Union with a Forward-Looking Climate Change Policy’ (COM(2015)0080),

Amendment 10 #

Piernicola PEDICINI, Marco AFFRONTE, Eleonora EVI, Tiziana BEGHIN, Dario TAMBURRANO

Motion for a resolution
Citation 10 a (new)

– having regard to the synthesis report by the European Environment Agency on "The European environment — state and outlook 2015":

Amendment 100 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Points out that stimulating the market for recovered materials is necessary to allow the uptake of the circular economy; therefore, envisages measures, such as zero rate or reduced VAT for reused and recycled products as well as products with a minimum recycled content;

Amendment 101 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Emphasises that the EU has already put in place financial instruments which favour a more circular economy, in particular the Horizon 2020 programme and Life +, and that if these instruments are used properly they could help to promote eco-innovation and industrial ecology in the Member States and regions of the EU;

Amendment 102 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Stresses that legal certainty and long- term predictability are needed to channel investments towards a sustainable economy; welcomes, therefore, the Commission’s communication of 11 March 2014 on ‘A new EU Framework to strengthen the Rule of Law’, and the Council’s conclusions of 16 December 2014 on the dialogue to be established with the Member States on the rule of law;

Amendment 103 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Stresses that legal certainty and long- term predictability are needed to channel investments ~~towards a sustainable economy~~;

Amendment 104 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Stresses that legal certainty and long- term predictability, together with a facilitating legal framework which offers every opportunity to innovation, industrial symbiosis and new business models, are needed to channel investments towards a sustainable economy;

Amendment 105 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Stresses that legal certainty and long- term predictability are ~~needed~~pre-requisites to channel investments towards a sustainable economy;

Amendment 106 #

Gerben-Jan GERBRANDY, Fredrick FEDERLEY, José Inácio FARIA, Catherine BEARDER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Stresses that legal certainty and long- term predictability are needed to channel investments towards a sustainable economy with a coherent and harmonised legislative framework at EU level, covering all relevant policy areas, so that businesses have the confidence and certainty that investing in new jobs requires;

Amendment 107 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Stresses that legal certainty and long- term predictability are ~~needed~~key to unlocking the potential of the European Fund for Strategic Investments for the circular economy in order to channel investments towards a sustainable economy;

Amendment 108 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Reminds that water, both as a natural resource used in production processes and as a public good, should be considered when calculating raw material consumption figures as well as used in an efficient manner;

Amendment 109 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Stresses the need to establish a more coherent legal framework for sustainable production and consumption, covering the complete production cycle from sustainable sourcing until end of life recovery;

Amendment 11 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 10 a (new)

– having regard to the EU Sustainable Development Strategy (2006) and the 2009 review,

Amendment 110 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Points out that a circular economy in Europe will need a skilled workforce, trained and equipped for greener jobs, creating a fairer and more inclusive society with greater coherence between environmental and employment targets;

Amendment 111 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Stresses that public awareness, citizen perceptions and involvement are critical for a successful transition to a circular economy; notes that the necessary attention and resources should be devoted to education and information, to promote sustainable consumption and production models, and highlight the benefits of moving to a resource efficient circular economy;

Amendment 112 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Believes that the communication has focused essentially on industry and business in spite of the fact that, because of its high volume and the efforts required for its proper management at local level, urban waste is likewise central from the point of view of bringing about a circular economy; accordingly considers that the Commission, within its particular sphere of responsibility, should bring greater influence to bear for the purpose of seeking a framework of measures to facilitate the circular economy in a municipal and urban context as well;

Amendment 113 #

Jean-François JALKH, Mireille D'ORNANO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Stresses that the establishment of a circular economy requires first-rate know-how and that it is necessary to ensure that the vocational training and higher education available in the regions of the European Union take account of this aim;

Amendment 114 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Emphasises that a circular economy cannot be created without breaking away from the model of indefinite economic growth;

Amendment 115 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 b (new)

4b. Stresses that the EU has a role to play in fostering skills, promoting trainings, mobility and supporting industrial restructuring;

Amendment 116 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 b (new)

4b. Stresses the central role of Regions, towns and local communities in establishing a circular economy and in promoting the full and deliberate involvement of the public in attaining this aim;

Amendment 117 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Stresses that by 2050 the EU’s use of resources needs to be sustainable; this includes fully implementing a cascading use of resources, sustainable sourcing, a waste hierarchy, creating a closed loop on non-renewable resources, using renewables within the limits of their renewability, dramatically improving the energy efficiency of residential buildings and phasing out toxic substances;

Amendment 118 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Stresses that ~~by 2050 the EU’s use of resources needs to be sustainable; this includes fully implementing~~the objective to be achieved, that is to say the most sustainable use of resources, can only be achieved effectively on a global scale; this includes a cascading use of resources, sustainable sourcing, a waste hierarchy, creating a closed loop on non-renewable resources, using renewables within the limits of their renewability and p~~hasing out~~rogressively limiting toxic substances;

Amendment 119 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Stresses that by 2050 the EU’s use of resources needs to be sustainable; this includes fully implementing a cascading use of resources, sustainable sourcing, a waste hierarchy, creating a closed loop on non-renewable resources, using renewables within the limits of their renewability and ~~phasing out toxic substanc~~gradually replacing substances which cause serious concern with safer alternatives;

Amendment 12 #

Josu JUARISTI ABAUNZ, Merja KYLLÖNEN, Lynn BOYLAN, Younous OMARJEE, Kateřina KONEČNÁ

Motion for a resolution
Citation 10 a (new)

– having regard to the EU Sustainable Development Strategy (2006) and the 2009 review,

Amendment 120 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Stresses that by 2050 the EU’s use of resources needs to be sustainable; this includes fully implementing a cascading use of resources, sustainable sourcing, a waste hierarchy, creating a closed loop on non-renewable resources, ~~using~~strengthening the use of renewables within the limits of their renewability and phasing out toxic substances;

Amendment 121 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Stresses that by 2050 the EU’'s use of resources needs to be sustainable; this includes the measurement and reduction of Europe's resource consumption, fully implementing a cascading use of resources, sustainable sourcing, a waste hierarchy, creating a closed loop on non-renewable resources, using renewables within the limits of their renewability and phasing out toxic substances;

Amendment 122 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Stresses that by 2050 the EU’s use of resources needs to be sustainable; this includes fully implementing a cascading use of resources, sustainable sourcing, a waste hierarchy, in which prevention would indeed be the first step to take, creating a closed loop on non-renewable resources, using renewables within the limits of their renewability and phasing out toxic substances;

Amendment 123 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Stresses that by 20530 the EU’s use of resources needs to be sustainable; this ~~includes~~requires inter alia an absolute reduction in the consumption of resources to sustainable levels based on reliable measurements of resource consumption which includes the full supply chain and the "environmental rucksack", fully implementing a cascading use of resources, sustainable sourcing, astrict application of the waste hierarchy, creating a closed loop on non-renewable resources, using renewables within the limits of their renewability and phasing out toxic substances;

Amendment 124 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Stresses that by 2050 the EU’s use of resources needs to be sustainable; this includes fully implementing a ~~cascading~~ use of resources, sustainable sourcing, a waste hierarchy, creating a closed loop on non- renewable resources, using renewables within the limits of their renewability and phasing out toxic substances;

Amendment 125 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Stresses that by 2050 the EU’s use of resources needs to be sustainable; this includes fully implementing a cascading use of resources, the protection thereof, sustainable sourcing, a waste hierarchy, creating a closed loop on non-renewable resources, using renewables within the limits of their renewability and phasing out toxic substances;·

Amendment 126 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

Amendment 127 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Stresses that by 2050 the EU’s use of resources needs to be sustainable; this includes abandoning the notion of built-in obsolescence for manufacturing purposes, fully implementing a cascading use of resources, sustainable sourcing, a waste hierarchy, creating a closed loop on non- renewable resources, using renewables within the limits of their renewability and phasing out toxic substances;

Amendment 128 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Stresses that by 2050 the EU’s use of resources needs to be sustainable; this includes ~~fully~~ implementing ~~a cascading~~the efficient use of resources, responsible and sustainable sourcing, a waste hierarchy, creating a closed loop on non-renewable resources, using renewables within the limits of their renewability and phasing out, wherever possible, toxic substances;

Amendment 129 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Stresses that by 2050 the EU’s use of resources needs to be sustainable; this includes fully implementing a cascading use of resources, sustainable sourcing, a waste hierarchy, creating a closed loop on non-renewable resources, using renewables within the limits of their renewability and phasing out toxic substances for which safer alternatives exist or will be developed in line with current legislation on chemicals, so as to ensure the development of non-toxic material cycles;

Amendment 13 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital A

A. whereas an excessive use of resources is ~~the root~~among the causes 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 130 #

Nils TORVALDS, Christofer FJELLNER, Anneli JÄÄTTEENMÄKI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Stresses that by 2050 the EU’s use of resources needs to be sustainable; this includes ~~fully implementing a cascading use of resources, sustainable sourcing, a waste hierarchy,~~suitable instruments for measuring and reducing European resource consumption, fully implementing a cascading use of resources targeting in particular the industrial use of biomass, a waste management hierarchy targeting sectors with greater added value, sustainable supply creating a closed loop on non-renewable resources, using renewables within the limits of their renewability and phasing out toxic substances;

Amendment 131 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Stresses that by 2050 the EU’s use of resources needs to be sustainable; this includes ~~fully~~ implementing a ~~cascading~~n efficient use of resources, sustainable sourcing, ~~a waste hierarchy,~~ creating a closed loop on non-renewable resources, using renewables within the limits of their renewability and phasing out toxic substances representing a proven risk;

Amendment 132 #

Piernicola PEDICINI, Marco AFFRONTE, Eleonora EVI, Tiziana BEGHIN, Dario TAMBURRANO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

Amendment 133 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Stresses that by 2050 the EU’s use of resources needs to be sustainable; this includes fully implementing a ~~cascading~~smart and efficient use of resources, sustainable sourcing, a waste hierarchy, creating a closed loop on non-renewable resources, using renewables within the limits of their renewability and phasing out toxic substances;

Amendment 134 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Stresses that by 2050 the EU’s use of resources needs to be sustainable; this includes the measurement and absolute reduction of Europe's resource consumption, fully implementing a cascading use of resources, sustainable sourcing, a waste hierarchy, creating a closed loop on non-renewable resources, using renewables within the limits of their renewability and phasing out toxic substances;

Amendment 135 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. Recalls that already in 2012, the Parliament called for clear, robust and measurable indicators for economic activity that take account of climate change, biodiversity and resource efficiency from a life-cycle perspective and for the use of these indicators as a basis for legislative initiatives and concrete reduction targets;

Amendment 136 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. Notes, however, that the ability of the circular economy to close production cycles is overestimated, particularly where toxic, dissipative or complex materials are concerned; warns, therefore, that the promise of an absolute reduction in the environmental impact of production and consumption systems cannot be kept in a growth-based economy, which accordingly runs counter to the social economy and market principles enshrined in Article 3(3) TEU;

Amendment 137 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. Urges the Commission to develop and introduce by 2019 a 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; notes that the common European indicator will increase the comparability of Member States’ performances, thus helping to attain greater resource efficiency;

Amendment 138 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. Urges the Commission to develop and introduce by 2019 ~~a 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;

Amendment 139 #

Josu JUARISTI ABAUNZ, Merja KYLLÖNEN, Lynn BOYLAN, Younous OMARJEE, Kateřina KONEČNÁ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. ~~Urges~~Calls on the Commission to develop and introduce by 2019 a 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 wholeguidelines on resource efficiency, including ecosystem services; these guidelines should include a lead indicator and a number of sub-indicators of a non- binding nature, in order to measure resource consumption based on a life- cycle ~~of products and services~~approach;

Amendment 14 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital A

A. whereas an excessive use of resources is the root cause of various environmental hazards, such as climate change, desertification, deforestation ~~and~~, loss of biodiversity, diminishing diversity and weakening of eco-system services; 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 140 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. Urges the Commission to develop and introduce by 2019 a lead indicator and ~~a number of sub-~~the land footprint, water footprint, material footprint and carbon footprint as the dashboard indicators on resource efficiency, ~~including~~as well as 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;

Amendment 141 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. Urges the Commission to develop and introduce by 20196 a 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;

Amendment 142 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. Urges the Commission to develop and ~~introduc~~propose by 20195 a lead indicator and a number of sub-indicators ~~on reso~~(footprints on land, water, materials, carbon) to measurce ~~efficiency, including ecosystem services~~resource consumption as well as ecosystem services to be used as of 2018; 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;

Amendment 143 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. Urges the Commission to develop and introduce by 2019 a lead indicator and a number of sub-indicators on resource efficiency and protection, including ecosystem services; these binding indicators should measure resource consumption, as well as resource destruction resulting from industrial use, including imports and exports, at EU, Member State and industry level and take account of the whole lifecycle of products and services;·

Amendment 144 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. ~~Urges~~Calls upon the Commission to ~~develop and introduce by 2019 a~~assess the development of an appropriate lead indicator and a number of sub-indicators on resource efficiency, including ecosystem services~~; these binding~~, and, if appropriate, to introduce them; these 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 attribute equal weight to the three pillars of sustainability;

Amendment 145 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. Urges the Commission to develop and introduce by 2019 a 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 an analytical view of the application of built-in obsolescence criteria to the manufacturing process;

Amendment 146 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. Urges the Commission to consider developing and introduceing by 2019 a 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;

Amendment 147 #

Angélique DELAHAYE, Françoise GROSSETÊTE, Michel DANTIN, Ivo BELET

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. Urges the Commission to develop and introduce by 2019 a lead indicator and a number of sub-indicators on resource efficiency, including ecosystem services; these binding indicators should measure resource consumption and the water, carbon, material and land footprint, including imports and exports, at EU, Member State and industry level and take account of the whole lifecycle of products and services;

Amendment 148 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. ~~Urges~~Calls on the Commission to ~~devel~~introduce by 2019, as is recommended by the high- level Europ ean~~d 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 149 #

Piernicola PEDICINI, Marco AFFRONTE, Eleonora EVI, Tiziana BEGHIN, Dario TAMBURRANO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. Urges the Commission to develop and introduce by 2019 a lead indicator and a number of sub-indicators on resource efficiency, including ecosystem services; these binding indicators should measure resource consumption, including importsed and export~~s, at~~ed goods in the EU, Member State and industry level, and ~~take account of the whole lifecycle of products and services~~environmental impacts (such as air pollution, water pollution, solid waste, embodied energy), take account of the whole lifecycle of products and services, and include tools to facilitate prioritisation of resources whose use should be cascaded;

Amendment 15 #

Gerben-Jan GERBRANDY, Frédérique RIES, José Inácio FARIA, Catherine BEARDER

Motion for a resolution
Recital A

A. whereas ~~an excessive use~~over-consumption 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; whereas is has been estimated that if everyone on the planet lived the average lifestyle of a resident of the European Union, humanity would need 2.6 earths;

Amendment 150 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. Urges the Commission to develop and introduce by 2019 a lead indicator and a ~~number~~dashboard of sub-indicators on resource efficiency, including the land, water, material and carbon footprint, and 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;

Amendment 151 #

Birgit COLLIN-LANGEN, Sabine VERHEYEN, Jens GIESEKE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. ~~Urges~~Calls on the Commission to develop and introduce by 2019 a harmonised methodology applied equally to all Member States that calculates a 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 into account of the whole lifecycle of products and services;

Amendment 152 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. Urges the Commission to develop and introduce by 2019 a lead indicator and a number of sub-indicators on resource efficiency, including ecosystem services; these binding indicators should measure resource ~~consumption~~production and consumption across all economic sectors, including imports and exports, at EU, Member State and industry level and take account of the whole lifecycle of products and services;

Amendment 153 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. Urges the Commission to develop and introduce by 2019 a lead indicator and a number of sub-indicators on resource efficiency~~, including ecosystem services; these binding~~; these 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;

Amendment 154 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. Urges the Commission to develop and introduce by 2019 a lead indicator and a number of sub-indicators on resource efficiency, including ecosystem services; these ~~binding~~legally binding, harmonized 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; the indicators should be based on the footprint methodology and measure land, water and material use and greenhouse gas emissions;

Amendment 155 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. Believes that it is essential to ensure that future work on indicators properly reflects the progress made in achieving resource efficiency, and takes properly into account the structural differences of Member States economies and other national specificities, as well as the scarceness of resources, their renewability and recyclability;

Amendment 156 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. Stresses the importance of ensuring consideration of wider sustainability considerations, such as ethical concerns and animal welfare, when developing indicators and targets;

Amendment 157 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. Stresses the importance of scientifically founded data as the basis for a considered and effective policy; recognises the complexity of the work surrounding indicators and the various perceptions that exist about them; stresses that obtaining clear, comparable data, implementability and the reduction of administrative burdens must be at the forefront of this debate;

Amendment 158 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 b (new)

6b. Calls on the Commission to step up work in close cooperation with the Member States, on developing a system of valuation of natural resources, and of biodiversity and the ecosystem services it provides - EU natural capital - in line with 7th EAP guidance, with a view to developing indicators, including for monitoring economic progress, and contribute to the development of environmental accounts;

Amendment 159 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 b (new)

6b. urges the Commission to develop indicators linked to different food products and methods of production;

Amendment 16 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital A

A. whereas anthe excessive 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 160 #

Motion for a resolution
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;~~deleted

Amendment 161 #

Motion for a resolution
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;~~deleted

Amendment 162 #

Ivan JAKOVČIĆ

Motion for a resolution
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; calls on regional and local authorities to become actively involved in meeting those targets;

Amendment 163 #

Motion for a resolution
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, taking into account their respective economic structures and other specific characteristics;

Amendment 164 #

Jean-François JALKH, Sylvie GODDYN, Mireille D'ORNANO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Urges the Commission to set a binding target to i~~ncrease resource efficiency at EU level by 30 % by 2030~~mprove Europe's resource use based on a reduction of the Raw Material Consumption indicator and individual targets for each Member State;

Amendment 165 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Urges the Commission to ~~set a~~propose non- binding targets to increase resource efficiency at EU level by 30 % by 2030 and individual targets for each Member State;

Amendment 166 #

Gerben-Jan GERBRANDY, Fredrick FEDERLEY, Catherine BEARDER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Urges the Commission to set a binding target without delay to increase resource efficiency at EU level by 340 % by 2030 and individual targets for each Member State;

Amendment 167 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Urges the Commission to set a binding target to increase resource efficiency at EU level by 340 % by 2030 and individual targets for each Member State;

Amendment 168 #

Motion for a resolution
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~~; calls on the Commission to carry out an impact assessment in this connection, and stresses the importance for the Member States of having sufficient flexibility to select the most cost-effective measures themselves;

Amendment 169 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Urges the Commission to ~~set a binding target to increase resource efficiency at EU level by 30 %~~propose by the end of 2015 binding targets for the reduction of resource consumption for 2020, 2025 and 2030, based on raw material consumption as measured by Eurostat, with a view to achieving sustainable resource use by 2030 ~~and~~, with individual binding targets for each Member State;

Amendment 17 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital A

A. whereas an ~~excessive~~inefficient 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 170 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Urges the Commission to set a binding target to increase resource efficiency at EU level by 30 % by 2030 ~~and~~, in accordance with the recommendations set out in the Commission communication ‘Towards a circular economy’ of 25 September 2014, as well as individual targets for each Member State;

Amendment 171 #

Angélique DELAHAYE, Françoise GROSSETÊTE, Michel DANTIN, Ivo BELET

Motion for a resolution
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~~Stresses that before resource efficiency targets can be considered, they must be underpinned by indicators to ensure they do not add disproportionate burdens and do not impose unnecessary costs for business, householders and local authorities; welcomes therefore the ongoing work of Eurostat in developing a dashboard of indicators on resource efficiency;

Amendment 172 #

Motion for a resolution
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 173 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Urges the Commission to set a non- binding target to increase resource efficiency at EU level by 30 % by 2030 ~~and individual targets for each Member State~~;

Amendment 174 #

Motion for a resolution
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; the target should aim to secure at least a doubling of resource productivity as compared with the pre-crisis trend;

Amendment 175 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)

7a. Notes that a number of different drivers in addition to targets have led to an improvement in resource efficiency and reducing waste, including voluntary agreements with industry, risk and reward schemes, and other measures to promote changes in household behaviours;

Amendment 176 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)

7a. Stresses the need for good materials management and the importance of indicators giving an insight into how raw materials can be better managed; in addition to indicators showing how the EU deals with raw materials and resources, it is also important to develop an indicator showing clearly which raw materials are running out and how this is happening;

Amendment 177 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 b (new)

7b. stresses the need to formulate targets for the collection and recycling of specific critical metals in the light of their growing scarcity and with a view to reducing dependency;

Amendment 178 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Urges the Commission to promote the ~~use of resource-efficiency indicator~~drawing up of guidelines on the efficient use of resources through international conventions;

Amendment 179 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Urges the Commission to promote the use of ~~resource-efficiency indicators~~indicators for the reduction of resource use through international conventions;

Amendment 18 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital A

Amendment 180 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Urges the Commission to promote the use of resource-efficiency indicators and indicators of resource destruction resulting from industrial use through international conventions;

Amendment 181 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. ~~Urges~~Calls on the Commission to promote ~~the use of~~, if appropriate, the use of appropriate resource-efficiency indicators through international conventions in order to allow comparability between economies and ensure a level playing field;

Amendment 182 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Urges the Commission to promote and support dialogue with third countries through international conventions to establish equal conditions for all in the use of resource-efficiency indicators ~~through international conventions~~in the context of sustainable development;

Amendment 183 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

~~9. Stresses that these indicators should be included in the European Semester and in all impact assessments;~~deleted

Amendment 184 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Stresses that these indicators should be included in the European Semester and in all impact assessments; disagrees with the Council's decision to not include a resource efficiency target in the European Semester and calls on the Council to reconsider;

Amendment 185 #

Josu JUARISTI ABAUNZ, Lynn BOYLAN, Younous OMARJEE, Kateřina KONEČNÁ

Motion for a resolution
Subheading 2

EProduct policy and ecodesign

Amendment 186 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. Points out that ~~the amount of resources used by a product over its lifetime is largely~~80% of a product's environmental impact is determined ~~during~~at the design ~~phas~~stage;

Amendment 187 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. Points out that the amount of resources used by a product over its lifetime is largely determined during the design phase and calls on the Commission to implement generic information and design requirements both within the scope of the existing Ecodesign Directive and beyond, tackling other resource-intensive product groups like construction materials, furniture or textiles;

Amendment 188 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. Points out that the amount of resources used by a product over its lifetime is largely determined during the design phase; and calls on the Commission, instead of confining itself to products viewed in terms of energy consumption, which lend themselves more readily to the Ecodesign Directive, to allow for the option of drawing up further new legislation and design requirements to cover other categories of resource- intensive products;

Amendment 189 #

Angélique DELAHAYE, Françoise GROSSETÊTE, Michel DANTIN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. Points out that the amount of resources used by a product over its lifetime is largely determined during the design phase; stresses that measures should be taken and targets should be set to further improve the environmental impact and performance of goods and services on the EU market over their whole life cycle;

Amendment 19 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital A

Amendment 190 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. PStresses the importance of a well- thought-out product policy; points out that the amount of resources used by a product over its lifetime is largely determined during the design phase, and that combining knowledge on design with knowledge on materials policy may facilitate simpler and more cost-effective repairability, reuse and recycling, which benefits competitiveness;

Amendment 191 #

Piernicola PEDICINI, Marco AFFRONTE, Eleonora EVI, Tiziana BEGHIN, Dario TAMBURRANO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. Points out that the amount of resources used by a product over its lifetime is largely determined during the design phase; and calls on the Commission to comprehensively and ambitiously implement the eco-design requirements of the existing Ecodesign Directive in new and updated implementing measures, starting with the immediate adoption of measures already drafted;

Amendment 192 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. Points out that the amount of resources used by a product over its lifetime isas well as its reusability and recyclability are largely determined during the design phase;

Amendment 193 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)

10a. Calls on the Commission to propose a new Directive on sustainable product design for non-energy related products by the end of 2016, in particular for resource-intensive product groups like construction materials, furniture or textiles with ambitious ecodesign requirements and a mandatory product passport, rather than extend the scope of the existing Ecodesign Directive to non- energy related products, as a Commission study showed that the existing Ecodesign methodology has been specifically developed for energy-related products and cannot be easily transferred to other main product lines without further modifications and updates;

Amendment 194 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)

10a. Calls on the Commission to review their definition of 'critical' raw materials, taking better into account environmental impacts and risks related to their extraction and processing as well as the respective potential for substitution by secondary materials;

Amendment 195 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)

10a. Calls on the Commission to review its concept of ‘critical raw materials’, taking into account both environmental impact and extraction and processing risks, in addition to the possibilities for substitution by secondary materials;

Amendment 196 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 b (new)

10b. Calls on the Commission, when putting forward examples of good design and innovation for a circular economy, also to allow for the order of priority established as regards materials by earlier decision-taking concerning production, the object being to ensure that the materials chosen will invariably be those which are most sustainable and most readily exploitable afterwards;

Amendment 197 #

Robert Jarosław IWASZKIEWICZ

Motion for a resolution
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; 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;deleted

Amendment 198 #

Motion for a resolution
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;~~ 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 199 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

11. Urges the Commission to propose a review of the Ecodesign Directive by the end of 20168, in~~corporating~~ order to allow sufficient time to make the adjustments to ecodesign necessary to accommodate other product ranges above and beyond the sole criterion of energy consumption; believes that the above review should incorporate the following important changes: broadening the scope to cover all main product lines, including products viewed in terms other than energy consumption; 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, repairability, and recyclability;

Amendment 2 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 2 a (new)

– having regard to the Commission communication 'Green Action Plan for SMEs: Enabling SMEs to turn environmental challenges into business opportunities' (COM(2014)0440);

Amendment 20 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital A

A. whereas an excessive or inefficient 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 200 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

11. Urges the Commission to propose a review of the Ecodesign Directive by the end of 20168, incorporating the following important changes: broadening the scope to cover all main product lines, including non-energy related product groups; 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, repairability and recyclability;

Amendment 201 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

11. Urges the Commission to propose a review of the Ecodesign Directive by the end of 2016, supported by an impact assessment, incorporating the following important changes: broadening the scope to cover all main product lines; 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, repairability, reusability and recyclability;

Amendment 202 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

Amendment 203 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

Amendment 204 #

Angélique DELAHAYE, Françoise GROSSETÊTE, Michel DANTIN

Motion for a resolution
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 relevant level 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 205 #

Motion for a resolution
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 206 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

11. Urges the Commission to propose a review of the Ecodesign Directive by the end of 2016, incorporating the following important changes: setting a realistic timetable for broadening the scope to cover all main product lines; gradually including all relevant resource-efficiency features in the mandatory requirements for product design; introducing a ~~mandat~~framework fory product passports 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~~, recyclability and renewability; and incentivising the transition to the use of sustainably sourced renewable materials where possible;

Amendment 207 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

11. URecalls that the Commission’s Roadmap to a Resource Efficient Europe (COM(2011)571) had planned for 2012 to extend the scope of the eco-design directive to non-energy related products; regrets that this has not been done; urges the Commission to propose a comprehensive review of the Ecodesign Directive by the end of 2016, incorporating the following important changes: broadening the scope to cover all main product lines, including non-energy related product groups, construction materials, textiles and furnishings; 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 208 #

Piernicola PEDICINI, Marco AFFRONTE, Eleonora EVI, Tiziana BEGHIN, Dario TAMBURRANO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

11. Urges the Commission to propose a review of the Ecodesign Directive by the end of 2016,8 incorporating the following important changes: ~~broadening the scope to cover all main product lines; gradually including~~include all relevant resource-efficiency features in the mandatory requirements for product design; introduc~~ing~~e a mandatory product passport based on these requirements; implement~~ing self- monitoring and~~ third-party auditing to ensure that products comply with these standards; and defin~~ing~~e horizontal requirements on, inter alia, durability, repairability, reusability and recyclability;

Amendment 209 #

Motion for a resolution
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; gradually including all relevant resource-efficiency features in the mandatory requirements for product design, such as minimum threshold of recycled content; introducing a mandatory product passport based on these requirements and reporting on the energy needed to manufacture the product; 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 21 #

Piernicola PEDICINI, Marco AFFRONTE, Eleonora EVI, Tiziana BEGHIN, Dario TAMBURRANO

Motion for a resolution
Recital A

A. whereas an excessive and unsustainable 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 210 #

Gerben-Jan GERBRANDY, Frédérique RIES, Nils TORVALDS, Catherine BEARDER

Motion for a resolution
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; gradually including all relevant resource-efficiency features in the mandator~~as distortive subsidies and regulations currently prequirements 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 recyclabilityvent the market economy from implementing cost-effective eco-design without specific product requirements;

Amendment 211 #

Motion for a resolution
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, including non-energy related product groups (such as furniture, construction materials and textiles); 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, repairability and recyclability;

Amendment 212 #

Birgit COLLIN-LANGEN, Sabine VERHEYEN, Jens GIESEKE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

11. Urges the Commission to propose a review and assessment of the Ecodesign Directive by the end of 2016, incorporating the following important changes: broadening the scope to cover all main product lines; 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 213 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

Amendment 214 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

11. ~~Urges~~Calls on the Commission to ~~propose a review of~~further look into the Ecodesign Directive ~~by the end of 2016, incorporating the following important changes: broadening the scope to cover all main product lines; gradually including all relevant~~and to evaluate the idea of 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 recyclabilitycriteria as well as the idea to broaden its scope to not only cover energy-related products;

Amendment 215 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)

11a. Calls on the Commission, Member States and ECHA to step up the efforts to substitute substances of very high concern and to restrict substances that pose unacceptable risks to human health or the environment in the context of REACH, not least as a means to fulfil the requirement of the 7EAP to develop non- toxic material cycles so that recycled waste can be used as a major, reliable source of raw material for the Union; calls in this respect on the Commission to immediately drop its unilateral moratorium on the processing of recommendations by ECHA with regard to inclusions of substances of very high concern into Annex XIV of REACH, and instead proceed swiftly with such inclusions; stresses in accordance with the waste hierarchy that prevention takes priority over recycling and that accordingly, recycling should not justify the perpetuation of the use of hazardous legacy substances;

Amendment 216 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)

11a. Believes that many aspects of the circular economy can already be considered under Ecodesign through the Methodology for Ecodesign of Energy- related Products (MEErP), without the need for a further review of the Directive; notes that the Ecodesign Directive was reviewed in 2012, with some further aspects currently being reviewed alongside the Labelling Directive, and that it would be significantly more cost effective to focus on priority products rather than try to cover all main product lines;

Amendment 217 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)

11a. Urges the Commission to further develop a set of product standards for the circular economy, which include facilitating dismantling, refurbishment and repair, the efficient use of raw materials, renewable resources or recycled materials in products and the extension of warranties for selected product groups;

Amendment 218 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)

11a. Urges Member States to carry out effective market surveillance to ensure that both European and imported products comply with these requirements;

Amendment 219 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)

11a. Considers, as stated in Parliament’s resolution of 14 January 2014 on a European strategy for plastic waste in the environment, that the most dangerous plastics, those scientifically proven to be the most harmful to human health and the environment (such as micro plastics and oxo-biodegradable plastics) and those that contain heavy metals and other substances that hamper recycling, should be promptly phased out or banned by 2020;

Amendment 22 #

Angélique DELAHAYE, Françoise GROSSETÊTE, Michel DANTIN, Ivo BELET

Motion for a resolution
Recital A

A. whereas an ~~excessiv~~unsustainable 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 220 #

Motion for a resolution
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 221 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 b (new)

11b. Calls on the Commission and Member States to step up the efforts to substitute hazardous substances in the context of Directive 2011/65/EU on the restriction of the use of certain hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment with a view to establishing non-toxic material cycles;

Amendment 222 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 c (new)

11c. Calls on the Commission to initiate a series of pilot projects establishing non- toxic material cycles for relevant high- volume products;

Amendment 223 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

12. Urges the Commission to take ~~other~~ relevant actions to ensure that products are easy to reuse, refit, repair, recycle and eventually dismantle for new resources;

Amendment 224 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

12. Urges the Commission to take other relevant actions to ensure that products are easy to reuse, refit, repair, and recycle ~~and eventually~~with the aim of dismantleing them for new resources;

Amendment 225 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

12. Urges the Commission to take other relevant actions to ensure that products are easy to reuse, refit, repair, recycle and eventually dismantle for new resources; calls on the Commission to assure that in the long-term, products and their parts shall be sustainably sourced, designed to be repairable, reusable or fully recyclable;

Amendment 226 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

12. Urges the Commission to take other relevant actions to ensure that products are easy to upgrade, reuse, refit, repair, recycle and eventually dismantle for new resources, and that parts containing hazardous substances are clearly identified in product manuals to facilitate separation of those parts prior to recycling;

Amendment 227 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

12. URecalls that the availability of standardised and modular components, disassembly planning, long-duration product design and efficient production processes have an important role to play in a successful circular economy; urges the Commission to take other relevant actions to ensure that products are easy to reuse, refit, repair, recycle and eventually dismantle for new resources;

Amendment 228 #

Gerben-Jan GERBRANDY, Frédérique RIES, Fredrick FEDERLEY, Nils TORVALDS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

12. Urges the Commission to take other relevant actions to ensure that products are easy to reuse, refit, repair, recycle and eventually dismantle for new resources; asks the Commission in this connection to come up with a definition of bio-based products requiring a minimum renewable material content of 50%;

Amendment 229 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

12. Urges the Commission to take other relevant actions to ensure that products are durable, easy to reuse, refit, repair, recycle and eventually dismantle for new resources;

Amendment 23 #

Birgit COLLIN-LANGEN, Sabine VERHEYEN, Jens GIESEKE

Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)

Aa. whereas resource efficiency must also consider and be coherent with broader sustainability concerns, including environmental, ethical, economic and social dimensions;

Amendment 230 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

12. Urges the Commission to take other relevant actions to ensure that products are easy to reuse, refit, repair, recycle and ~~eventually~~ dismantle for new resources;

Amendment 231 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

12. Urges the Commission to take other relevant actions to ensure that products are easy to reuse, refit, repair, recycle and ~~eventually~~ dismantle for new resources;

Amendment 232 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

12. Urges the Commission to take other relevant actions to ensure that products are easy to reuse, refit, repair, recycle and ~~eventually~~also dismantle for new resources;

Amendment 233 #

Tibor SZANYI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

12. Urges the Commission to take other relevant actions to ensure that products are easy to reuse, refit, repair, recycle ~~and eventually~~or dismantle for new resources;

Amendment 234 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

12. Urges the Commission to take other relevant actions to ensure that products are easy to reuse, refit, repair, recycle and eventually dismantle for new resources; with the primary objective to preserve, protect and improve the quality of the environment and to promote a prudent and rational utilisation of national resources;

Amendment 235 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

12. Urges the Commission to take other relevant actions to ensure that products are easy to reuse, refit, repair, recycle and eventually dismantle for new resources, with the primary objective to preserve, protect and improve the quality of the environment and a prudent and rational utilisation of national resources;

Amendment 236 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)

12a. Deplores the opposition by the Secretariat General of the Commission concerning the revision of the eco-labelling directive and urges the Commission to come forward with the revision of this legislation immediately;

Amendment 237 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)

12a. Urges the Commission to establish and enforce standardization requirements and requirements on easily accessible information on what resources a product contains; this information should be in an easily accessible form to consumers and businesses, to facilitate repairing and recycling of products;

Amendment 238 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)

12a. Urges the Commission to identify sectors of the European economy where there are obvious legislative, economic and financial barriers hindering the transition to a circular economy and implement an integrated strategy to eliminate them within the next two years;

Amendment 239 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 b (new)

12b. Urges the Commission to promptly review the market surveillance regulation and develop substantial surveillance practices for third country products to fully comply with EU circular economy requirements;

Amendment 24 #

Josu JUARISTI ABAUNZ, Lynn BOYLAN, Younous OMARJEE, Kateřina KONEČNÁ

Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)

Aa. whereas resource efficiency must also consider and be coherent with broader sustainability concerns, including environmental, ethical, economic and social dimensions;

Amendment 240 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. Calls on the Commission to propose the extension of minimum guarantees for consumer durable goods, thereby making products more easily repairable and long lasting;

Amendment 241 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. Calls on the Commission to propose the extension of minimum guarantees for consumer durable goods according to their average estimated lifetimes and to ensure that manufacturers bear full responsibility for early failures of their products for a minimum of 2 years after purchase;

Amendment 242 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. Calls on the Commission to propose the extension of minimum guarantees for consumer durable goods, taking into consideration average estimated lifetimes, and to take the necessary action to clarify that manufacturers bear full responsibility for failures of their products for a minimum of 2 years after purchase;

Amendment 243 #

Birgit COLLIN-LANGEN, Sabine VERHEYEN, Jens GIESEKE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. Calls on the Commission to propose the extension of minimum guarantees for consumer durable goods commensurate with the potential product life cycle;

Amendment 244 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. Calls on the Commission to ~~propose the extension of minimum guarantees for consumer durable goods~~take necessary actions to encourage sustainable production and consumption; asks the Commission to propose measures to intensify use of existing products and shift expenditure to less impactful products; suggests to the Member States to strengthen national provisions concerning the minimum guarantees for consumer goods as well as raise the awareness of consumers and increase their proactive role;

Amendment 245 #

Josu JUARISTI ABAUNZ, Lynn BOYLAN, Younous OMARJEE, Kateřina KONEČNÁ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. Calls on the Commission to propose the extension of minimum guarantees for consumer durable goods, based on an extension of the estimation of their expected lifetime;

Amendment 246 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)

13a. Calls on the Commission to ensure that materials and components of a product can be more easily re-used, refurbished and recycled;

Amendment 247 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)

13a. Calls on the Commission to propose measures to inform consumers about the expected lifetime of products as a means to prevent planned obsolescence and to enable consumers to take durability into account when making purchase decisions;

Amendment 248 #

Piernicola PEDICINI, Marco AFFRONTE, Eleonora EVI, Tiziana BEGHIN, Dario TAMBURRANO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)

13a. Highlights that in order to provide comparative and reliable information to consumers and end users, a standardized methodology should be required for the labelling of products;

Amendment 249 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)

13a. Calls on the Commission to evaluate the introduction of a certificate of origin, sustainability and legality wherever applicable to raw materials, as it is already existing for timber products following Regulation (EU) No 995/2010;

Amendment 25 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)

Aa. whereas many metals used in a wide range of products, such as terbium, indium, palladium, zinc, lead and copper, are likely to run out over the course of the next few years and decades, which means that the EU must create an eco-friendly product life cycle policy based on the reuse of materials after recycling;

Amendment 250 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)

13a. Calls on the Commission to provide in manufacturing standards legislation for a guarantee that replacement parts will be available for a minimum period not less than two years, depending on the average lifetime of each particular product; considers that it should likewise be ensured that parts required for the purposes of reuse and remanufacturing would also be available;

Amendment 251 #

Josu JUARISTI ABAUNZ, Lynn BOYLAN, Younous OMARJEE, Kateřina KONEČNÁ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)

13a. Calls on the Commission to assess, on the basis of a cost-benefit analysis, the possibility of establishing minimum recycled material content in new products in connection with the future revision of the eco-design directive;

Amendment 252 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 b (new)

13b. Calls on the Commission to ensure that products are free of hazardous or problematic substances, which can hamper re-use or recycling efforts;

Amendment 253 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 b (new)

13b. Calls on the Commission to propose measures based on those applicable for electrical and electronic equipment pursuant to Article 15 of Directive 2012/19/EU on waste electrical and electronic equipment obliging manufacturers to provide independent re- use and repair centres free of charge with all relevant information, necessary to ensure serviceability and re-establish the full functioning of products, including relevant software; considers that these actions should be integrated with the Digital Europe agenda, notably the enhancement of the interoperability of data repositories;

Amendment 254 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 c (new)

13c. Calls on the Commission to oblige manufacturers to provide independent re- use and repair organizations with all means to ensure the full functioning and serviceability of their products. Spare parts must be widely available and affordable for a minimum number of years following the last product batch depending on the product's average expected lifetime. They must be available at non-discriminatory pricing to third parties. Re-use of used and remanufactured product components must also be allowed;

Amendment 255 #

Angélique DELAHAYE, Françoise GROSSETÊTE, Michel DANTIN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 c (new)

13c. Calls on the Commission furthermore to propose measures obliging manufacturers to keep spare parts widely available and affordable for a minimum number of years following the placing on the market of the last product batch depending on the product's average expected lifetime;

Amendment 256 #

Motion for a resolution
Subheading 3

ZTowards zero waste

Amendment 257 #

Claude TURMES, Claude TURMES

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph -14 (new)

-14. Urges the Commission to make full use of its powers as 'guardian of the Treaties' to ensure complete application by Member States of the provisions of existing waste legislation, including in particular the obligation of separate collection of paper, metal, plastic and glass in the waste framework directive;

Amendment 258 #

Motion for a resolution
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; increasing recycling targets to at least 70 % of municipal solid waste, based on the output of recycling facilities, using the same harmonised method for all Member States with externally verified statistics; introducing a ban on landfilling recyclable and biodegradable waste by 2025 and a ban on all landfilling by 2030; discouraging the landfilling of recyclable and biodegradable waste ; introducing fees on landfilling and incineration;

Amendment 259 #

Motion for a resolution
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; increasing recycling targets to at least 70 % of municipal solid waste, based on the output of recycling facilities, using the same harmonised method for all Member States with externally verified statistics; introducing a ban on landfilling recyclable and biodegradable waste by 2025 and a ban on all landfilling by 2030; introducing fees on landfilling and incineration; calls on the Commission to make it very clear, as it is reviewing waste legislation, that waste must be considered a raw material, and propose a common definition of the term ‘secondary raw materials’, which frequently appears in EU and national texts; the Commission should also work towards establishing a clear and transparent definition of the concept of ‘waste’, including a clear and administratively less demanding approach to determining the process by which waste ceases to be waste and review the relevant existing regulations which define when waste is no longer waste but which are not properly applied as they are too complicated;

Amendment 26 #

Robert Jarosław IWASZKIEWICZ

Motion for a resolution
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;~~deleted

Amendment 260 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

14. UrEncourages 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; increasing recycling targets to at least 760 % of municipal solid waste, based on the output of recycling facilities, using the same harmonised method for all Member States with externally verified statistics; introducing a ban on landfilling recyclable and biodegradable waste by 2025 and a ban on all landfilling by 203~~0; introducing fees on landfilling and incineration~~5;

Amendment 261 #

Josu JUARISTI ABAUNZ, Lynn BOYLAN, Younous OMARJEE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

Amendment 262 #

Motion for a resolution
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 binding waste prevention targets for municipal, commercial and industrial waste to be achieved by 2025; setting a binding food waste reduction target in the manufacturing, retail/distribution, food service/hospitability sectors and households of at least 30% by 2025; setting binding preparation for reuse targets for municipal solid waste and packaging; setting extended producer responsibility requirements; endorsing the ‘'pay-as-you- throw-principle~~’ prioritising separate collection scheme~~', facilitating the introduction of deposit return schemes; separate collection schemes for organic waste, textiles, plastics, metals, paper and glass in order to facilitate the development of business based on the reuse of secondary raw materials; increasing recycling targets to at least 70 % of municipal solid waste, including re-use and recycling of construction and demolition waste, based on the output of recycling facilities, using the same harmonised method for all Member States with externally verified statistics; not considering backfilling as part of construction and demolition waste recycling achievements; ending environmentally harmful subsidies, such as those for incineration from the Renewable Energy Directive 2009/28/EC; introducing premiums for energy savings from prevention, preparation for re-use and recycling to be achieved by 2025; introducing a ban on landfilling and incineration of recyclable and biodegradable waste by 2025 and a ban on all landfilling by 2030; introducing annual incremental fees on landfilling and incineration; supporting the design-out of unnecessary single-use, non-recyclable products and toxic materials;

Amendment 263 #

Motion for a resolution
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: clear and unambiguous definitions, setting extended binding minimum producer responsibility requirements and clarity concerning the role of the various operators involved; 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; ~~increasing~~ recycling targets to be at least 70 % of municipal ~~solid~~ waste, b~~ased on the output of recycling facilities~~y 1 January 2030, coupled with country- specific assistance for implementation (e.g. by twinning projects), using the same harmonised method for cal~~l Member States with externally verified statistic~~culating the recycling percentage for all Member States; introducing a ban on landfilling recyclable and biodegradable waste by 2025 ~~and a ban on all landfilling by 2030; introducing fees on landfilling and incineration~~, which must form part of an integrated policy, thus encouraging a shift to recycling and reuse; compulsory selective collection of organic waste by 2025;

Amendment 264 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

Amendment 265 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

Amendment 266 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

14. Urges the Commission to submit ~~the announced proposal on~~a truly more ambitious proposal on circular economy, including the review of waste legislation, by the end of 2015 ~~and to include the following points: setting~~in accordance with the provisions of the 7EAP and to include the following points: - binding waste reduction targets for municipal, commercial and industrial waste to be achieved by 2025; - binding targets for the preparation for reuse to be achieved by 2025; - extended producer responsibility requirements; ~~endorsing~~- implementation of the ‘pay-as-you- throw-principle’ ~~prioritising~~for household and commercial waste; - separate collection ~~schemes in order to facilitate the development of business based on the reuse of secondary raw materials;~~of biowaste for composting and/or biogas production as of 2018; - separate collection of textiles as of 2018; - increas~~ing~~e recycling targets to at least 70 % of municipal solid waste, with differentiated targets for paper, metal, plastic, glass and wood, based on the output of recycling facilities, using the same harmonised method for all Member States with externally verified statistics; ~~introducing a ban on landfilling recyclable and biodegradable waste by 2025 and a ban on all landfilling by 2030; introducing fees on landfilling and incineration;~~ - a ban on landfilling and on incineration with and without energy recovery of separately collected waste by 2018 and of all recyclable and biodegradable waste by 2025, except for hazardous waste, which should be disposed of in an environmentally sound manner; - incremental fees on landfilling and on incineration with and without energy recovery for the transition phase from 2018 to 2025; - no more financial support from Union funds for landfilling and incineration with and without energy recovery as of 2016;

Amendment 267 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

Amendment 268 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

Amendment 269 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

Amendment 27 #

Julie GIRLING, Andrew LEWER

Motion for a resolution
Recital B

B. whereas Europe is more dependent on imported resources than any other region in the world and whereas the European Union is the world’s number one energy importer, meeting 53% of its energy needs by means of imports; whereas its competitiveness can be increased only by getting more added value out of resources in the economy;

Amendment 270 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

Amendment 271 #

Angélique DELAHAYE, Françoise GROSSETÊTE, Michel DANTIN, Ivo BELET

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

Amendment 272 #

Angélique DELAHAYE, Françoise GROSSETÊTE, Michel DANTIN, Ivo BELET

Motion for a resolution
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; ~~increas~~setting a recycling target~~s to at least~~ of 70 % of municipal solid waste, ~~based on the output of recycling facilities, using the same harmonised~~subject to the introduction of a harmonised statistical and reporting method for all Member States ~~with~~based 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 fees~~waste and organic waste from animal or plant sources by 2025 and a reduction onf landfilling ~~and incineration~~by 2030;

Amendment 273 #

Gerben-Jan GERBRANDY, Fredrick FEDERLEY

Motion for a resolution
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 minimum 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; increasing recycling targets to at least 70 % of municipal solid waste, based on the output of recycling facilities, using the same harmonised method for all Member States with externally verified statistics; ~~introducing a ban on landfilling~~ limiting landfilling to residual (i.e. non-recyclable and ~~biodegrad~~non-recoverable) waste by 20250 and ~~a ban on all landfilling by 2030;~~limiting energy recovery to non-recyclable materials; encouraging Member States to introduc~~ing~~e fees on landfilling and incineration;

Amendment 274 #

Piernicola PEDICINI, Marco AFFRONTE, Eleonora EVI, Tiziana BEGHIN, Dario TAMBURRANO

Motion for a resolution
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; introducing separate reuse targets; increasing recycling targets to at least 70 % of municipal solid waste, based on the output of recycling facilities, ~~using the same harmonise~~and setting recycling targets for other type of waste whenever possible using the same clear and harmonised definitions and method for all Member States with externally verified statistics; introducing a ban on landfilling and incineration (with or without energy recovery) of recyclable and biodegradable waste by 2025 and a ban on all landfilling and incineration by 2030; introducing mandatory fees on landfilling and incineration;

Amendment 275 #

Tibor SZANYI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

Amendment 276 #

Birgit COLLIN-LANGEN, Sabine VERHEYEN, Jens GIESEKE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

Amendment 277 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

14. ~~Urges~~Calls on the Commission to ~~submit the announced proposal on the~~ review ofthe waste legislation ~~by the end of 2015 and to~~and 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; increasing recycling targets ~~to at least 70 % of municipal solid waste, based on the output of recycling facilities,~~on all waste streams using the same harmonised method for all Member States with externally verified statistics; an obligation for recyclers to report on the "input" quantities of waste going into the sorting plant as well as on the "output" quantity of recyclates coming out of the sorting plants; implementation of resource and climate protection targets by limiting landfill; introducing a ban on landfilling recyclable and biodegradable waste by 2025 ~~and a ba~~; the gradual reduction oin ~~all landfilling by 2030; introducing fees on landfilling and incineration;~~ landfill must be binding and should be implemented in coherence with the requirements for recycling and set in three stages (2020, 2025 and 2030) leading to an eventual ban on landfilling at a later stage;

Amendment 278 #

Motion for a resolution
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 based on a thorough evaluation of the benefits of such schemes already in place to ascertain the reuse, refit, repair and recycling of products; endorsing the ‘pay-as-you- throw-principle’ for residual waste combined with separate collection schemes in order to facilitate that recycling materials are of high quality comparable to virgin materials; measures to facilitate the development of markets for the supply of high quality secondary raw materials; prioritising separate collection schemes in order to facilitate the development of business based on the reuse of secondary raw materials; increasing recycling targets to at least 70 % of municipal solid waste, based on the output of recycling facilities, using the same harmonised method for all Member States ~~with externally verified statistics~~; introducing a ban on landfilling recyclable and biodegradable waste by 2025 and a ban on all landfilling by 2030; introducing fees on landfilling and incineration; in all Member States in order to incentivise waste moving towards the top of the waste hierarchy (preparation for reuse, recycling);

Amendment 279 #

Motion for a resolution
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 requirement~~, carefully applying the waste hierarchy, and to include the following points: developing waste prevention measures; setting minimum extended producer responsibility requirements to ensure transparency and cost effectiveness of the EPR schemes; endorsing the ‘pay-as-you- throw-principle’ ~~prioritising~~for residual waste combined with separate collection schemes in order to facilitate the ~~development of business based on the reuse~~high quality of srec~~ondary raw~~ycling materials; increasing recycling and preparing for reuse targets to at least 70 % of municipal solid waste, based on ~~the output of recycling facilities~~a solid reporting method preventing the reporting of discarded waste (landfilled or incinerated) as recycled waste, using the same harmonised method for all Member States with externally verified statistics; introducing a ban on landfilling recyclable and biodegradable waste by 2025 ~~and~~followed by a ban on ~~all~~ landfilling ~~by 2030;~~of recoverable waste by 2030; calls on the Commission to encourage Member States to introduc~~ing~~e fees on landfilling and incineration;

Amendment 28 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital B

Amendment 280 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

Amendment 281 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)

14a. Calls on the Commission to submit by 2015 a legislative proposal making it compulsory for biowaste to be collected separately in 2020; calls on the Commission to assess the feasibility of extending the requirement of separate collection to construction and demolition waste, textiles and bulky waste; calls on the Commission to draft a recommendation to Member States to adopt the ‘pay as you throw’ principle for the management of municipal solid waste; calls on Member States to make the separate collection, house to house, of the main fractions more efficient and to increase separate collection by means of a combination of collection centres, reverse collection, collection by appointment and separated-waste collection vehicles which can be stationed temporarily in various places;

Amendment 282 #

Josu JUARISTI ABAUNZ, Lynn BOYLAN, Younous OMARJEE, Kateřina KONEČNÁ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)

14a. Stresses the importance of preparation for reuse and recycling as key steps on the road to greater resource efficiency; the legislative proposal should therefore further include the following points: The 'pay-as-you-throw-principle for residual waste combined with separate collection schemes in order to facilitate that recycling materials are of high quality comparable to virgin materials; measures to facilitate the development of markets for the supply of high quality secondary raw materials and the development of business based on the reuse of secondary raw materials; increasing recycling targets to at least 70 % of municipal solid waste using the same harmonised method for all Member States;

Amendment 283 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)

14a. Reiterates that incineration does not have a place in a circular economy;

Amendment 284 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)

14a. Calls on the European Commission to put forth the same targets for all EU Member States so as to ensure an equally high level of environmental protection across the EU and not to undermine the single market;

Amendment 285 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)

14a. Calls on the Commission that this legislative proposal should include waste prevention measures in order to ensure that less waste is generated;

Amendment 286 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)

14a. Urges the Commission to ensure that existing waste legislation and its targets are properly implemented and that Member States increase the efforts to reach existing targets and to establish measures to support Member States to put in place the right instruments to achieve the targets within the deadlines;

Amendment 287 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)

14a. Stresses the importance and added value of European waste policy targets, not only in terms of legal certainty, predictability and the creation of a level playing field in the internal market, but also in terms of ensuring that the living environment of all EU citizens is protected and improved;

Amendment 288 #

Angélique DELAHAYE, Françoise GROSSETÊTE, Michel DANTIN, Ivo BELET

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)

14a. Calls on the Commission to propose, as referred to in the Seventh Environmental Action Programme, a separate collection requirement and a ban on landfilling biowaste by 2020; reminds the Commission of the commitment to formulate the mandate for the standardisation of home composting by 2017; calls on the Commission to include the definition of ‘organic recycling’ in the Waste Framework Directive and to require Member States to notify the organic recycling rate as a proportion of the general targets for recycling of municipal solid waste and of packaging waste;

Amendment 289 #

Motion for a resolution
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 29 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital B

B. whereas Europe is more dependent on imported resources than any other region in the world, its comparative advantage in the coming decades will be defined by the relative availability of resources, and its competitiveness can be increased only by getting more added value out of resources in the economy;

Amendment 290 #

Josu JUARISTI ABAUNZ, Lynn BOYLAN, Younous OMARJEE, Kateřina KONEČNÁ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 b (new)

14b. Urges the Commission to introduce a ban on landfilling recyclable and biodegradable waste by 2025 followed by a ban on all landfilling of all recoverable waste by 2030;

Amendment 291 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 b (new)

14b. Urges the Commission to introduce overall prevention, and binding re-use targets, also for municipal waste and especially for packaging;

Amendment 292 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 b (new)

14b. Highlights that, in order to make best use of available waste management capacities in the EU, better planning and information sharing is necessary to avoid overcapacities and therefore - at least as a transitional measure - tolerating more waste shipment within the EU towards the most modern and efficient installations, while combatting illegal exports;

Amendment 293 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 b (new)

14b. Calls on the Commission to carefully consider a specific regulatory framework with strict conditions for the temporary storage of end-of-life products, and components or by-products thereof, which cannot yet be recycled in an economically responsible way, with a view to improving recycling and the retrieval of materials;

Amendment 294 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 b (new)

14b. Stresses that European recycling legislation that does not include binding targets may generate uncertainty on the part of investors and public authorities; calls on the Commission therefore, by the end of 2015, to define new targets for recycling of municipal waste, construction waste and packaging waste to be met by 2020, 2025 and 2030;

Amendment 295 #

Josu JUARISTI ABAUNZ, Merja KYLLÖNEN, Lynn BOYLAN, Younous OMARJEE, Kateřina KONEČNÁ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 c (new)

14c. Urges the Commission to propose the introduction of fees on landfilling and incineration in all Member States in order to incentivise waste moving towards the top of the waste hierarchy (preparation for reuse, recycling);

Amendment 296 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 c (new)

14c. Urges the Commission to address the issue of food waste, by amongst other measures including a compulsory separate collection on organic materials;

Amendment 297 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 c (new)

14c. Urges the Commission to examine how market demand for high-quality recycled material can be facilitated and improved;

Amendment 298 #

Josu JUARISTI ABAUNZ, Merja KYLLÖNEN, Lynn BOYLAN, Younous OMARJEE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 c (new)

14c. Calls on the Commission to submit by the end of 2015 a legislative proposal setting a European target of at least 70% by 2030 for recycling and preparation for reuse of municipal waste; considers that the target must be based on a common European definition and calculation method;

Amendment 299 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 d (new)

14d. Encourages the Commission to introduce feed-back mechanisms between waste and product policy;

Amendment 3 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 3 a (new)

– having regard to the Commission communication on 'Innovating for Sustainable Growth: A Bioeconomy for Europe' (COM(2012)0060),

Amendment 30 #

Motion for a resolution
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~~whereas many resources will be exhausted in the relatively short term; whereas getting more added value out of resources in the economy could significantly boost the EU’s competitiveness, in particular by effectively unlocking strategic reserves of resources and by developing an attractive European market for recycled and reusable materials;

Amendment 300 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 d (new)

14d. Calls on the Commission to encourage Member States to make use of available EU funding to invest in waste infrastructure provided the measures are in line with the waste hierarchy and to share best practices among the Member States;

Amendment 301 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 d (new)

14d. Calls on the Commission to submit by the end of 2015 a legislative proposal requiring landfilling of non-hazardous waste to be phased out by 2025 for all recoverable and recyclable waste, which must at the minimum include flows of waste collected separately; calls on the Commission to assess the possibility of adopting by 2030 a ban on landfilling non-residual waste, which however must not exceed 5% of total waste production;

Amendment 302 #

Josu JUARISTI ABAUNZ, Merja KYLLÖNEN, Lynn BOYLAN, Younous OMARJEE, Kateřina KONEČNÁ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 e (new)

14e. Calls on the Commission to include waste prevention measures in this legislative proposal in order to ensure that less waste is generated, and to set extended producer responsibility requirements based on a thorough evaluation of the benefits of such schemes already in place to ascertain the reuse, refit, repair and recycling of products;

Amendment 303 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 e (new)

14e. Urges the Commission to propose a vision regarding the treatment of plastic packaging especially in view of marine pollution;

Amendment 304 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 e (new)

14e. Calls on the Commission to impose a requirement to manage packaging waste by means of a scheme based on Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) incorporating compulsory minimum requirements as a basis for joint implementation in the various Member States; calls on the Commission to define the roles and responsibilities of the various stakeholders in the EPR scheme in order to preserve the principles both of Extended and of Shared Producer Responsibility without confusing the two and substituting one for the other; calls on the Commission to devise an EPR scheme based on transparency, from the planning stage to comprehensive accounting for operations and performance, including access criteria;

Amendment 305 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 f (new)

14f. Urges the Commission to include separate quantitative preparation for re- use targets beyond recycling, based on the weight of products made available on the market by approved re-use centres and networks;

Amendment 306 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 g (new)

14g. Urges the Commission to include textiles in the preparation for re-use and recycling targets in order to ensure that Member States separately collect and adequately tackle textile waste;

Amendment 307 #

Motion for a resolution
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 auditing; stresses that in the long term consideration should be given to the establishment of a European waste exchange, which will make it possible for unused waste to be put to use in the EU Member States;

Amendment 308 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

Amendment 309 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

15. Calls on the Commission to propose a regulatory framework for urban mining in ~~existing~~ landfills which already exist and to develop an environmental permit system for the recycling industry based on self- monitoring and external auditing;

Amendment 31 #

Motion for a resolution
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 a sustainable supply of raw materials from European sources; whereas, moreover, as a contribution to safeguarding the supply of raw materials, partnerships for innovation between industry and the waste management sector and research to increase the potential for recycling of major raw materials ought to be stepped up;

Amendment 310 #

Angélique DELAHAYE, Françoise GROSSETÊTE, Michel DANTIN

Motion for a resolution
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 auditing;

Amendment 311 #

Motion for a resolution
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 auditing~~which are no longer in use;

Amendment 312 #

Motion for a resolution
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- monitor~~as a matter of urgency to investigate further the feasibility of the concept of enhanced landfill mining (also in connection with the review of the Landfill Directive) to permit the retrieval of secondary raw materials that are present in existing land ~~external auditing~~fill sites;

Amendment 313 #

Gerben-Jan GERBRANDY, Nils TORVALDS

Motion for a resolution
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 auditing~~to use waste as a raw material taking into account specific waste-stream pollutants;

Amendment 314 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

Amendment 315 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

15. Calls on the Commission to ~~propose a regulatory framework~~evaluate the possibilities for urban mining in existing landfills ~~and to develop an environmental permit system for the recycling industry based on self- monitoring and external auditing~~;

Amendment 316 #

Motion for a resolution
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 auditing~~;

Amendment 317 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)

15a. Calls on the Commission to develop an environmental permit system tailored for the recycling industry to use waste as a raw material taking into account specific waste-stream pollutants;

Amendment 318 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)

15a. Calls on the Commission to propose targets, measures and instruments to efficiently tackle food waste;

Amendment 319 #

György HÖLVÉNYI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)

15a. Points out that cyanide leaching technology represents a serious cross- border threat to European waters and to the healthy environment of citizens, it mutilates landscapes and destroys natural reserves leaving enormous amount of toxic mining waste; draws the attention to the fact that cyanide mining is highly resource inefficient as it can only produce 1-2 grams of gold from one tonne ore, while the recovery of one tonne of electronic waste can provide 150 times more; stresses therefore the promotion of investment in alternative technologies, as well as in urban mining and recycling activities that would contribute to the EU's circular economy goals while providing more employment than cyanide mining;

Amendment 32 #

Piernicola PEDICINI, Marco AFFRONTE, Eleonora EVI, Tiziana BEGHIN, Dario TAMBURRANO

Motion for a resolution
Recital B

B. whereas Europe, importing about half of the raw materials it consumes, 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;

Amendment 320 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)

15a. Calls on the Commission for greater transparency and better controls to avoid shipping of waste to countries with lower environmental and social standards than those in the EU;

Amendment 321 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)

15a. Encourages the Commission to create a new class of landfill for intermediate storage where resources are kept for future recovery; in this regard, points to the importance of extending the current three year limit of intermediate storage to allow for substantial amounts of the material to build up and for new recycling technologies to develop;

Amendment 322 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)

15a. Welcomes the Commission’s proposed measures concerning landfills, but calls on the Commission to make greater efforts when dealing with Member States, so as to ensure that illegal sites will be permanently sealed, bearing in mind that these, despite being the subject of infringement proceedings and even a European court ruling, are continuing to operate in the EU;

Amendment 323 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)

15a. Calls on the Commission, together with the Member States, to step up its efforts to counteract the illegal export of post-consumer waste;

Amendment 324 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)

15a. In line with the commitments accepted at the Rio +20 Earth Summit, calls on the Commission to adopt a binding target of a 50% reduction in marine litter by 2025, to ban all dumping of plastic waste at sea, to fully implement the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships (MARPOL 73/78); calls furthermore on Member States to make the best possible use of the funds allocated to them under the Common Fisheries Policy and Cohesion Policy to attain this objective, including by promoting public information campaigns and educational programmes for citizens;

Amendment 325 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 b (new)

15b. Calls on the Commission to lay down in the Waste Framework Directive minimum requirements for national waste prevention programmes and to draw up a set of targets and indicators capable of rendering the performances of the various Member States comparable;

Amendment 326 #

György HÖLVÉNYI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 b (new)

15b. Reminds of the European Parliament's resolution of 5 May 2010 on a complete ban on the use of cyanide mining technologies in the European Union and urges the Commission to submit a legislative proposal for this purpose;

Amendment 327 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

16. Urges the Commission to address the specific ~~waste~~ challenges ~~and to take action as outlined in the Commission communication on circular economy (COM(2014)0398)~~posed by marine litter and to propose before the end of 2015 a binding target of reducing marine litter by 30% by 2020 for the ten most common types of litter found on beaches, as well as for fishing gear found at sea;

Amendment 328 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

16. Urges the Commission to address the specific waste challenges and to take action within a foreseeable period as outlined in the Commission communication on circular economy (COM(2014)0398);

Amendment 329 #

Angélique DELAHAYE, Françoise GROSSETÊTE, Michel DANTIN, Ivo BELET

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

16. Urges the Commission to address the specific waste challenges, taking into account environmental, societal and economic considerations, and to take action as outlined in the Commission communication on circular economy (COM(2014)0398);

Amendment 33 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital B

Amendment 330 #

Angélique DELAHAYE, Françoise GROSSETÊTE, Michel DANTIN

Motion for a resolution
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 331 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

16. Urges the Commission to address the specific waste challenges and to take action as outlined in the Commission communication on circular economy (COM(2014)0398); encourages the Member States and the Commission to ensure that EU funds are mobilised to help achieve integrated waste management objectives such as separate collection and the development of recycling infrastructure;

Amendment 332 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)

16a. Calls on the Commission to encompass initiatives to reduce plastic waste in the sea within its circular economy strategy; asks the Commission to determine how plastic waste thrown into the sea can be fed back into the material loop;

Amendment 333 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)

16a. Urges the Commission to set a binding 50 % marine litter reduction target;

Amendment 334 #

Angélique DELAHAYE, Françoise GROSSETÊTE, Michel DANTIN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)

16a. Urges the Commission to set a binding 50% marine litter reduction target in order to drive measures to combat marine litter, and to ensure the achievement of good Environmental Status for Descriptor 10 under the MSFD (2008/56/EC);

Amendment 335 #

Motion for a resolution
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 336 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)

16a. Urges the Commission and the Member States to enforce the landfill ban and to extend it to countries where it does not yet apply;

Amendment 337 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)

16a. Calls on the Commission to establish a methodology for measuring the generation of food waste broken down by all stages of the food chain and to propose mandatory data collection by Member States by the end of 2015 to ensure that harmonised, comparable data specifically on food waste are collected from 2018 onwards;

Amendment 338 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 b (new)

16b. Calls on the Commission to propose by the end of 2015 a legally binding target for the reduction of food waste in the manufacturing, retail/distribution, food service/hospitality and household sectors of 20% by 2020 and 50% by 2025, based on a clear definition of food waste;

Amendment 339 #

Gerben-Jan GERBRANDY, Frédérique RIES, Fredrick FEDERLEY, Catherine BEARDER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 c (new)

16c. Calls on the Commission to propose a strict limitation of the indication of the minimum durability date ("best before") to those food products where not having it would create a safety concern and provisions to ensure that "use by" and "best before" dates are used consistently, in the same way for any given product category by all manufacturers;

Amendment 34 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital B

B. whereas Europe is more dependent on imported resources than any other region in the world and ~~its co~~decoupling economic growth from resource consumpeti~~tiveness can be increased only by getting more added value out of resources in the economy~~on will make the EU better equipped to deal with high raw material prices and fluctuation in those prices and lead to a low carbon, more prosperous, EU;

Amendment 340 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 d (new)

16d. Calls on the Commission to encourage better use of animal and other by-products in the feed chain whilst continuing to ensure high standards of feed and make a proposal to reintroduce non-ruminant Processed Animal Proteins in pig and poultry feed with appropriate control measures to verify absence of species cross-contamination and intra-species recycling (cannibalism);

Amendment 341 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 e (new)

16e. Calls on the Commission to make a proposal allowing food waste, including catering waste, to be processed for animal feed within a robust legal framework allowing its safe processing;

Amendment 342 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 f (new)

16f. Calls on the Commission to propose that logistical operators transporting food and retailers selling food are obliged to separately collect food waste that they generate and that they are charged for the food waste generated according to the pay-as-you-throw principle at a level that is effective, proportionate and dissuasive;

Amendment 343 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 g (new)

16g. Urges the Commission to adopt the communication on sustainable food, ready since 2013 and postponed several times since, by end of 2015 at the latest;

Amendment 344 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 h (new)

16h. Calls on the Commission to review the Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011 of 7 June 2011 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 in respect of the fruit and vegetables and processed fruit and vegetables sectors to phase out the marketing standards (e.g. with regard to shape and appearance) still applied to ten key fruits and vegetables such as inter alia apples and tomatoes, as they exclude perfectly edible fruits and vegetables from being placed on the market and are as such a major cause of wasting food that has been produced;

Amendment 345 #

Motion for a resolution
Subheading 4

BSustainable buildings

Amendment 346 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph -17 (new)

-17. Is convinced that a dedicated approach for buildings, based on long- term objectives and roadmaps, is needed;

Amendment 347 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17

17. Calls on the Commission to propose the full implementation of the circular economy principles and requirements in the building sector and to further develop the policy framework on resource efficiency in buildings; this includes developing indicators, standards and methods as regards land use and urban planning, architecture, structural engineering, construction, maintenance, adaptability, energy efficiency, renovation and reuse and recycling; targets and indicators on sustainable buildings should also include green infrastructure, such as green roofs; observes that it is worth regarding the energy efficiency of buildings as a separate energy source, whose growth contributes substantially to the development of European industry, job creation and moderation of people’s energy bills;

Amendment 348 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17

17. Calls on the Commission to propose the full implementation of the circular economy principles and requirements in the building sector and to further develop the policy framework on resource efficiency in buildings; ~~this includes developing indicators, standards and methods as regards land use and urban planning, architecture, structural engineering~~stresses the importance of a holistic vision with clear objectives for the medium and long term; this involves on the one hand developing a policy framework that includes time as the fourth dimension in the design, construction, maintenance, a~~daptability, energy efficiency, renovation and reuse and recycling; targets and indicators on sustainable buildings should also include green infrastructure, such as green roofs~~nd reuse of buildings, and on the other hand introducing the collection of cradle-to- grave (building product) data and developing an LCA-based method to map out in a holistic manner the environmental impact of the built environment and subsequently further reduce this impact by means of eco- design;

Amendment 349 #

Birgit COLLIN-LANGEN, Sabine VERHEYEN, Jens GIESEKE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17

Amendment 35 #

Motion for a resolution
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;

Amendment 350 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17

Amendment 351 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17

Amendment 352 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17

Amendment 353 #

Piernicola PEDICINI, Marco AFFRONTE, Eleonora EVI, Tiziana BEGHIN, Dario TAMBURRANO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17

17. Calls on the Commission to propose the full implementation of the circular economy principles and requirements in the building sector and to further develop the policy framework on resource efficiency in buildings; this includes developing indicators, standards and methods as regards land use and urban planning, architecture, structural engineering, construction, maintenance, adaptability, energy efficiency, renovation and reuse and recycling; targets and indicators on sustainable buildings should also include green infrastructure, such as green roofsobserves that this requires the development of an ambitious long-term vision of Europe’s building stock from which a sustainable roadmap of targets can be derived; considers that the inclusion in this vision of the well- being and social needs of users will make buildings more efficient by means of better use of them and by giving them a longer life;

Amendment 354 #

Guillaume BALAS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17

17. Calls on the Commission ~~to propo~~, in the context of the European Fund for Strategic Investment, to prioritise the full implementation of the circular economy principles and requirements in the building sector and to further develop the policy framework on resource efficiency in buildings; this includes developing indicators, standards and methods as regards land use and urban planning, architecture, structural engineering, construction, maintenance, adaptability, energy efficiency, renovation and reuse and recycling; targets and indicators on sustainable buildings should also include green infrastructure, such as green roofs; all the forms of expertise used will thus not only help to lay the groundwork for environmental transition, but also create sustainable jobs which cannot be relocated;

Amendment 355 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17

Amendment 356 #

Birgit COLLIN-LANGEN, Sabine VERHEYEN, Jens GIESEKE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17

Amendment 357 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17

17. Calls on the Commission to ~~propose the full~~ implement~~ation of~~ the circular economy principles and the requirements in the building sector and to further develop the policy framework on resource efficiency in buildings; this includes developing indicators, standards and methods as regards land use and urban planning, architecture, structural engineering, construction, maintenance, adaptability, energy efficiency, renovation and reuse and recycling; targets and indicators on sustainable buildings should also include green infrastructure, such as green roofs;

Amendment 358 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17

17. Calls on the Commission to propose the full implementation of the circular economy principles, indicators and requirements in the building sector and to further develop the policy framework on resource efficiency in buildings; this includes developing indicators, standards and methods as regards land use and urban planning, architecture, structural engineering, construction, maintenance, adaptability, energy efficiency, renovation and reuse and recycling; targets and indicators on sustainable buildings should also include green infrastructure, such as green roofs;

Amendment 359 #

Robert Jarosław IWASZKIEWICZ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17

Amendment 36 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)

Ba. whereas the EU is still in the throes of an economic crisis and needs to create a stable framework for long-term investments; whereas the adverse impact of all decisions taken by the EU and the additional costs they generate for businesses operating in the EU should be assessed carefully.

Amendment 360 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)

17a. Urges the Commission to further develop indicators, capitalising on existing standards and methods, on the basis of a social, economic and environmental sustainability approach, covering the different stages of the building, from extraction of raw materials over the use phase till the final stage of deconstruction;

Amendment 361 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)

17a. Calls on the Commission to integrate indoor air quality, well-being and social issues into the sustainability assessment of buildings;

Amendment 362 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)

17a. Urges the Commission to define quality requirements for refilling in line with the Commission communication on resource efficiency opportunities in the building sector;

Amendment 363 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)

17a. Stresses that the use phase plays a dominant role in the ecobalance of a building, so that reducing water and energy consumption must be regarded as a priority;

Amendment 364 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)

17a. Calls on the Commission to further develop indicators, standards and methods of land-use planning, town planning, architecture, structural engineering, construction, maintenance, adaptability, energy efficiency, building modification, reuse and recycling, on the basis of a social, economic and environmental- sustainability approach to the various stages of construction, from extraction of raw materials to the stage at which they are used and the final demolition stage;

Amendment 365 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 b (new)

17b. Calls on the Commission to develop a framework of core indicators, based on existing standards and methods, to assess the sustainability of buildings over their entire life-cycle;

Amendment 366 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 b (new)

17b. Calls on the Commission to establish a framework which makes it possible to set targets and compile roadmaps for the medium and long term for sustainable buildings at both EU and Member State level, recogising the regional characteristics of buildings;

Amendment 367 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 c (new)

17c. Calls on the Commission to include the following elements in its roadmaps: land use and urban planning, green infrastructure, material use, energy efficiency, maintenance, adaptability, renovation, reuse and recycling;

Amendment 368 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18

~~18. Urges the Commission to propose that BAT principles and standards be applied to all materials and parts of buildings and to develop a building passport based on the whole lifecycle of a building;~~deleted

Amendment 369 #

Gerben-Jan GERBRANDY, Fredrick FEDERLEY, José Inácio FARIA, Catherine BEARDER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18

18. Urges the Commission to propose that ~~BAT~~sustainability principles and standards be applied to all materials and parts of buildings and to increase transparency by developing a building passport ~~based on the whole lifecycle of a build~~to facilitate maintenance, repair, renovation, reuse and recycling;

Amendment 37 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital B b (new)

Bb. whereas the Parliament has repeatedly called on the Commission to set indicators and legally binding targets for resource efficiency;

Amendment 370 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18

18. Urges the Commission to propose that BAT principles and standards be applied to all materials and parts of new buildings ~~and to develop a building passport based on the whole lifecycle of a building~~;

Amendment 371 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18

18. Urges the Commission to propose that BAT principles and standards be applied to all materials and parts of buildings and to develop a building passport based on the whole lifecycle of a building; considers that such a passport should document the improvements already made and facilitate an informed choice of future solutions for maintenance, repair, modification and recycling; observes that it should also improve and supplement the existing energy performance certificate and that it would raise the profile of the multiple advantages of having buildings that are efficient from the point of view of comfort, the environment, indoor climate, productivity, savings and value; takes the view that, for the purpose of managing demolition of the building, the passport must contain information on the materials which have been used to construct and modify the building throughout its life cycle;

Amendment 372 #

Birgit COLLIN-LANGEN, Sabine VERHEYEN, Jens GIESEKE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18

18. Urges the Commission to propose that BAT principles and standards be applied to all materials and parts of buildings and to ~~develop~~assess the merits of a building passport based on the whole lifecycle of a building, enabling high performance for energy and sustainability, an informed choice on future solutions for maintenance, repair, renovation and recycling, and an efficient deconstruction of the building;

Amendment 373 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18

18. ~~Urge~~Asks the Commission to ~~propose that~~determine whether BAT principles and standards ~~be applied to~~could be widened to encompass all materials and parts of buildings and to develop a building passport ~~based on~~allowing for the whole lifecycle of a building;

Amendment 374 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18

18. Urges the Commission to propose that BAT principles and standards be applied to all materials and parts of buildings and encourages the Commission to make use of relevant innovations such as Building Information Modelling (BIM) to develop a building passport based on the whole lifecycle of a building;

Amendment 375 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)

18a. Urges the Commission to enhance education needs for architecture and engineering, knowledge gathering on the sustainability performance of the building stock;

Amendment 376 #

Piernicola PEDICINI, Marco AFFRONTE, Eleonora EVI, Tiziana BEGHIN, Dario TAMBURRANO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)

18a. Calls on the Commission to propose, by the end of 2016, legally binding targets for re-use and recycling of construction and demolition waste of 80% by 2025 and 90% by 2030;

Amendment 377 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)

18a. Calls on the Commission, in the framework of the Construction Products Regulation, to prepare a common and sound basis for environmental product declaration (EPD) of building products;

Amendment 378 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)

18a. Urges the Member States to facilitate the improvement of recycling through the development of infrastructure for selective collection and recycling in the construction industry;

Amendment 379 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)

18a. As regards construction and demolition waste, requests that, when Directive 2008/98/EC on waste comes to be revised, a stipulation be made to the effect that ‘recycling or recovery’ may not be taken to mean landfilling of such materials;

Amendment 38 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)

Ba. whereas the Parliament has repeatedly called on the Commission to set indicators and legally binding targets for resource efficiency;

Amendment 380 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)

18a. Calls on the Commission to promote more recycling and reuse of resources by banning landfilling of construction and demolition waste by 2030 and developing infrastructure for separate collection and recycling in the field of construction, in order to be able to access this major source of resources;

Amendment 381 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19

19. Considers that, as 90 % of the 2050 built environment already exists, ~~special requirements should be set for the renovation sector in order to have mainly~~a solid, coordinated and forward looking EU level strategy for renovating existing buildings should be put in place at EU level with special requirements in order to have nearly zero energy buildings in an energy- positive buildings stock by 2050;

Amendment 382 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19

19. Considers that, as 90 % of the 2050 built environment already exists, special requirements ~~should~~must be set for the renovation sector in order to have mainly energy- positive buildings by 2050;

Amendment 383 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19

19. Considers that, as 90 % of the 2050 built environment already exists, special requirements should be set for the renovation sector in order to have mainly energy-positive buildings by 2050, and calls on the Commission, therefore, to propose legislative measures which include binding long-term modification strategies with the aim of reducing buildings’ energy needs;

Amendment 384 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19

19. Considers that, as 90 % of the 2050 built environment already exists, special requirements should be set for the renovation sector in order to ~~have mainly~~achieve an energy-neutral building stock by 2050, inter alia by promoting energy-positive buildings ~~by 2050~~;

Amendment 385 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19

19. Considers that, as 90 % of the 2050 built environment already exists, special requirements should be set for the renovation sector in order to have at least energy passive, but mainly energy- positive buildings by 2050;

Amendment 386 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19

19. Considers that, as 90 % of the 2050 built environment already exists, special requirements should be set for the renovation sector in order to have mainly energy-positive buildings by 2050; calls on the Commission to devise a coordinated, long-term strategy at EU level for modification of existing buildings; considers that such a strategy should lead to a dynamic regulatory framework which makes it possible to phase out buildings that perform poorly and upgrade the role of national modification strategies introduced by Directive 2012/27/EU on energy efficiency, setting clear long-term targets for them; considers that such a strategy for the modification of buildings should be supported under the European Strategic Plan for Investments; calls on Member States to take measures, not only of a fiscal nature but also in the field of administrative simplification, which can promote efficient action to modify existing buildings rather than construct new ones; calls on Member States to assess the possibility of blocking new construction permits for buildings which do not comply with Class A energy efficiency requirements;

Amendment 387 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19

19. Considers that, as 90 % of the 2050 built environment already exists, a strategy for renovating existing buildings should be put in place and special requirements should be ~~set~~considered for the renovation sector in order to ~~have mainly~~contribute to an energy- positive buildings stock by 2050; such a renovation plan should be supported by dedicated funding schemes at EU and Member State level;

Amendment 388 #

Birgit COLLIN-LANGEN, Sabine VERHEYEN, Jens GIESEKE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19

19. Considers that, as 90 % of the 2050 built environment already exists, special requirements and tax incentives should be set for the renovation sector in order to have mainly energy-positive buildings by 2050;

Amendment 389 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19

19. Considers that, as 90% of the 2050 built environment already exists, special requirements should be set for the renovation sector in order to ~~have mainly energy-positive~~improve the energy footprint of buildings by 2050;

Amendment 39 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)

Ba. whereas moving to a circular economy requires systemic change, affecting all stakeholders in the value chain, and substantial innovations in technology, businesses and society as a whole;

Amendment 390 #

Piernicola PEDICINI, Marco AFFRONTE, Eleonora EVI, Tiziana BEGHIN, Dario TAMBURRANO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)

19a. Notes that concrete is one of the most used materials in the construction industry; calls on the Commission to assess the possibilities to increase recycling of concrete in construction, as is the case in Germany and Switzerland;

Amendment 391 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)

19a. Calls on Member States to prioritize renovation of existing building and, when this is not possible, to promote demolition methods which allow material recovery to be reused or recycled; urges Member States to set mandatory national demolition waste plans;

Amendment 392 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)

19a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to look into the potential of predemolition audits (which is an assessment of a building before deconstruction or demolition to describe the materials present and to define which fractions could be separated for recycling) and on-site sorting of recyclable materials (on-site sorting usually delivers secondary raw materials of higher purity than off- site recycling and can help to reduce environmental impact of transport, for example by crushing/compacting on site).

Amendment 393 #

Gerben-Jan GERBRANDY, Frédérique RIES, Fredrick FEDERLEY, Nils TORVALDS, José Inácio FARIA, Catherine BEARDER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)

19a. Calls on the Commission and Member States to improve training of architects and engineers in relation to the sustainability performance of the building stock;

Amendment 394 #

Motion for a resolution
Subheading 4 a (new)

Developing markets for secondary raw materials

Amendment 395 #

Gerben-Jan GERBRANDY, Frédérique RIES, Fredrick FEDERLEY, Catherine BEARDER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)

19a. Considers that a long-term and predictable policy framework will help to stimulate the level of investments and action needed to fully develop markets for greener technologies and promote sustainable business solutions. Resource efficiency indicators and targets underpinned by robust data collection would provide the necessary guidance for public and private decision-makers in transforming the economy;

Amendment 396 #

Gerben-Jan GERBRANDY, Fredrick FEDERLEY, José Inácio FARIA, Catherine BEARDER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 b (new)

19b. Urges the Commission and Member States to start phasing out all environmentally harmful subsidies without delay, as agreed in the 7th Environment Action Programme, and calls on Member States to report on progress through the National Reform Programmes; furthermore underlines the need to increase the use of market-based instruments, such as Member States' taxation policies, pricing and charging, and expanding markets for environmental goods and services, with due regard to any adverse social impacts, using an action- based approach, supported and monitored by the Commission, inter alia, via the European Semester;

Amendment 397 #

Gerben-Jan GERBRANDY, Fredrick FEDERLEY, Catherine BEARDER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 c (new)

19c. Urges the Commission and the Member States to remove the obstacles to a functioning European market in recycling and reuse, moving to a "Schengen for waste", and to stimulate such a market by fostering the demand for and availability of recycled materials and by-products, through measures which should include the swift further development of stringent end-of-waste criteria and economic incentives, such as reduced VAT rates for secondary materials in areas where there is a market failure, or the promotion of innovative collection and sorting technologies;

Amendment 398 #

Josu JUARISTI ABAUNZ, Lynn BOYLAN, Younous OMARJEE, Kateřina KONEČNÁ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20

20. Urges the Commission to propose ~~compuls~~incentives fory 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 399 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20

Amendment 4 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 3 a (new)

– having regard to the Commission communication on 'Innovating for Sustainable Growth: A Bioeconomy for Europe' (COM(2012)0060),

Amendment 40 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)

Ba. whereas the sustainable and responsible sourcing of primary raw materials will still be necessary at reduced levels and critical to achieving resource efficiency and meeting the circular economy objectives;

Amendment 400 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20

20. ~~Urges the Commission to propose compulsory green public procurement procedures; considers that reused, repaired, remanufactured, refurbished and other~~Considers that 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 401 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20

20. Urges the Commission to propose compulsory ~~green~~ public procurement procedures; considers that reused, repaired, remanufactured, refurbished, biobased 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 402 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20

20. Urges the Commission to propose compulsory green public procurement procedures, based, where possible, on Life Cycle Assessment (LCA); 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 403 #

Angélique DELAHAYE, Françoise GROSSETÊTE, Michel DANTIN, Ivo BELET

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20

20. Urges the Commission to propose compulsory 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; underlines the potential for public procurement to drive the development and large-scale deployment of solutions which support resource efficiency and other environmental objectives.

Amendment 404 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20

20. Urges the Commission to ~~propose compulsory~~encourage 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 405 #

Birgit COLLIN-LANGEN, Sabine VERHEYEN, Jens GIESEKE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20

20. ~~Urges~~Calls on the Commission to propose ~~compulsory~~ 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~~should be taken into consideration in public procurement;

Amendment 406 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20

20. Urges the Commission to propose compulsory green public procurement procedures; considers that reused, repaired, remanufactured, refurbished and other sustainable and 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 407 #

Jean-François JALKH, Mireille D'ORNANO, Sylvie GODDYN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20

20. Urges the Commission to ~~propose compulsory~~develop guidance for effective 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 408 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20

20. Urges the Commission to propose compulsory 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; calls on the Commission to systematically encourage local approaches and short supply chains, even at the expense of the principles of competition and free trade;

Amendment 409 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)

20a. Calls on the Commission to replace the definition of municipal waste with a collector-neutral definition which introduces division into household waste and commercial waste streams;

Amendment 41 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)

Ba. whereas the construction sector has been one of the hardest hit by the crisis (22% less output in 2013 than in 2007); whereas the construction sector consists mainly of SMEs (61% of output produced by companies of 50 employees or less); whereas energy renovation has a high labour intensity of 17 jobs per million euro invested; whereas buildings account for 38% of the EU's natural gas consumption; whereas energy efficient buildings would help reduce the €72 billion natural gas import bill; whereas existing EU programs such as JESSICA, EEEF and ELENA are well designed, however, whilst these instruments are good at supporting energy renovation in public and large scale commercial buildings, more is needed to fully support residential renovation, both legislative proposals and training programs, information campaigns and technical assistance;

Amendment 410 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)

20a. Urges the Commission to study and propose measures related to taxation, such as reduced VAT on recycled, reused and resource efficient products;

Amendment 411 #

Birgit COLLIN-LANGEN, Sabine VERHEYEN, Sabine VERHEYEN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 b (new)

20b. Urges the Commission and Member States to fully implement the Green Action Plan for Small and Medium sized Enterprises;

Amendment 412 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21

21. Urges the Commission to develop a policy framework on nutrients in order to enhance recycling, foster innovation, improve market conditions and mainstream their sustainable use in EU legislation on fertilisers, food, water and waste;deleted

Amendment 413 #

Angélique DELAHAYE, Françoise GROSSETÊTE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21

21. Urges the Commission to develop a policy framework on nutrients in order to enhance recycling, and foster innovation so as to prevent food wastage, improve market conditions and mainstream their sustainable use in EU legislation on fertilisers, food, water and waste;

Amendment 414 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21

21. Urges the Commission to develop a policy framework on nutrients in order to enhance recycling, foster innovation, improve local market conditions and mainstream their sustainable use in EU legislation on fertilisers, food, water and waste on the basis of the proximity principle;

Amendment 415 #

Nils TORVALDS, Anneli JÄÄTTEENMÄKI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21

Amendment 416 #

Jan HUITEMA, Nils TORVALDS, Anneli JÄÄTTEENMÄKI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)

21a. Points out that the EU is highly dependent on the import of nutrients from third countries and stresses that the production of chemical fertilizers requires large amounts of fossil fuels; urges the Commission to stimulate innovation in manure processing techniques to produce mineral concentrates from livestock manure and to establish a legal base for the use of mineral concentrates as a replacement of chemical fertilizers above the specific amount of livestock manure as mentioned in annex III of Directive 91/676/EEC;

Amendment 417 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)

21a. Calls on the European Commission to follow up on the work of the European Rare Earths Competency Network (ERECON) by integrating it also in its circular economy work;

Amendment 418 #

Birgit COLLIN-LANGEN, Sabine VERHEYEN, Jens GIESEKE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22

~~22. Urges the Commission to present a communication on sustainable food by 2016;~~deleted

Amendment 419 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22

~~22. Urges the Commission to present a communication on sustainable food by 2016;~~deleted

Amendment 42 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)

Ba. whereas citizens, small businesses and local public authorities play a special role in ensuring resource efficiency and in promoting decoupling between economic growth and resource consumption;

Amendment 420 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22

22. Urges the Commission to present a communication on sustainable food byin the first half of 2016;

Amendment 421 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22

22. Urges the Commission to present a communication on sustainable food by 2016 and to submit, by 2015, a binding target of reducing food wastage by at least 30% by 2025; calls on the Commission to make this target part of the minimum requirements to be included in national waste prevention programmes in all Member States;

Amendment 422 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22

22. Urges the Commission to present, by the end of 2015, a communication on sustainable food with the binding target of reducing food wastage by at least 30% by 201625;

Amendment 423 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22

22. Urges the Commission to present a communication on sustainable food by 2016 and specific proposals to reduce food waste as soon as possible; highlights that food waste represents unnecessary use of water and fertilizers, and therefore phosphorous, in the food production process;

Amendment 424 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22

22. UAs the production and consumption of food accounts for a significant share of resource use, urges the Commission to present a communication on sustainable food by 2016 that holistically addresses resource inefficiencies in the food chain and encourages the development of a sustainable food policy;

Amendment 425 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22

22. Urges the Commission to present a communication on sustainable food by 2016; calls on the Commission to include indicators in impact assessments showing the impact of measures in terms of food waste;

Amendment 426 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 – subparagraph 1 (new)

22. Urges the Commission to present a communication on sustainable food by 2016; calls on the Commission to assess the feasibility of gradually replacing food packaging with biodegradable, compostable material in accordance with European standards;

Amendment 427 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)

22a. Calls on the Commission to propose support measures for the development of biorefineries in European regions, specifically addressing barriers to foster investments and to stimulate the market uptake of innovative and resource efficient and sustainably sourced non- toxic biobased products;

Amendment 428 #

Angélique DELAHAYE, Françoise GROSSETÊTE, Michel DANTIN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23

23. Calls on the Commission to establish a permanent and representative resource- efficiency platform 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; the platform should be composed also of representatives of all relevant stakeholders, including SMEs;

Amendment 429 #

Motion for a resolution
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;

Amendment 43 #

Piernicola PEDICINI, Marco AFFRONTE, Eleonora EVI, Tiziana BEGHIN, Dario TAMBURRANO

Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)

Ba. whereas the cancellation of environmentally harmful subsidies, including direct and indirect subsidies to fossil fuels, would substantially reduce GHG emissions, help in the fight against climate change and allow the uptake of the circular economy;

Amendment 430 #

Piernicola PEDICINI, Marco AFFRONTE, Eleonora EVI, Tiziana BEGHIN, Dario TAMBURRANO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23

23. Calls on the Commission to establish a permanent resource-efficiency platform which includes representatives from all sectors of the economy, both public and private 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;

Amendment 431 #

Birgit COLLIN-LANGEN, Sabine VERHEYEN, Jens GIESEKE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23

23. Calls on the Commission to establish a permanent resource-efficiency platform which includes actors from all sectors, both public and private 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;

Amendment 432 #

Tibor SZANYI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23

23. Calls on the Commission to establish a permanent resource-efficiency platform including representatives both from civil, public and private sectors 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;

Amendment 433 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23

23. Calls on the Commission to establish a permanent resource-efficiency platform, bringing together public authorities, private bodies, and civil society organisations in order 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; considers that such a platform should include SMEs and provide channels for communication and exchanges of information with the European Research Council;

Amendment 434 #

Gerben-Jan GERBRANDY, Frédérique RIES, Catherine BEARDER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23

23. Calls on the Commission to establish a permanent resource-efficiency platform on which all political groups in the European Parliament are represented 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;

Amendment 435 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23

23. Calls on the Commission to establish a permanent resource-efficiency platform 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 ecosystemsJoint Task Forces for the three key areas of food and drink, housing, and mobility in order to develop, as soon as possible, European Resource Efficiency Action Plans with clear resource reduction actions and 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; these Task Forces should consist of experts from the Commission, Member States, industry, civil society and other key stakeholders, having the role of encouraging partnerships between actors across the value chain and complementing the work of the EU Resource Efficiency Platform;

Amendment 436 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23

23. Calls on the Commission to establish a ~~permanent~~number of factorials for resource- efficiency platforms 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;

Amendment 437 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)

23a. Highlights that innovation to improve resource efficiency and to reduce the overall resource use is required across the economy to improve competitiveness in the context of rising resource prices, import dependency, scarcity and supply constraints, calls on the Commission and Member States to provide the necessary incentives and financial support as markets will not deliver on their own;

Amendment 438 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)

23a. Emphasises that the circular economy would also be driven by changes in demand, which makes policy more important in setting up the enabling factors that include the Single Market, looking at product life cycles and footprints, eco-labels, eco-design, industrial policy, support for R&D, push and pull policies for innovation and longer term financing;

Amendment 439 #

Gerben-Jan GERBRANDY, Frédérique RIES, Fredrick FEDERLEY, Nils TORVALDS, Catherine BEARDER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)

23a. Asks the Commission to use the digital agenda and information technology in its full potential to promote resource efficiency and transformation into a circular economy;

Amendment 44 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)

Ba. whereas it is necessary to develop markets for secondary raw materials in order to achieve resource efficiency objectives and a circular economy;

Amendment 440 #

Birgit COLLIN-LANGEN, Sabine VERHEYEN, Jens GIESEKE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24

Amendment 441 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24

24. Calls on the Commission to establish a cross-sectorial, inter-DG sustainable financing working group ~~in order to include the resource-efficiency indicators in company-level integrated reporting and accounting; further calls on the Commission to examine how to incorporate~~and carry out an impact assessment on the introduction of resource- efficiency and related environmental risks ~~in, inter alia, credit ratings and capital requirements of banks, to develop a comprehensive insurance system for environmental hazards and to set out information requirements for investment products~~; stresses that this must conform with the better regulation agenda and in particular with the reduction of administrative burdens; calls on the Commission to study existing voluntary initiatives in the Member States with a view to a possible exchange of best practice;

Amendment 442 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24

24. Calls on the Commission to establish a cross-sectorial, inter-DG sustainable financing working group in order to include the resource-efficiency indicators in company-level integrated reporting and accounting; further calls on the Commission to examine how to incorporate resource-efficiency and environmental risks in, inter alia, credit ratings and capital requirements of banks, to develop a comprehensive insurance system for environmental hazards and to set out information requirements for investment products; believes that the Commission would benefit from cooperating with UNEP's "Inquiry into the Design of a Sustainable Financial System" in that regard; regrets that the Commission did not adequately include sustainability aspects in its Green Paper for a Capital Markets Union;

Amendment 443 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24

24. Calls on the Commission to establish a cross-sectorial, inter-DG sustainable financing working group in order to include the resource-efficiency indicators in company-level integrated reporting and accounting while respecting the confidentiality of certain business information; further calls on the Commission to examine how to incorporate resource-efficiency and environmental risks in, inter alia, credit ratings and capital requirements of banks, to develop a comprehensive insurance system for environmental hazards and to set out information requirements for investment products;

Amendment 444 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)

24a. calls on the Commission to organize all circular economy related initiatives under one single directorate in order to maximize synergies and consistencies between related activities;

Amendment 445 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)

24a. Calls on the Commission to develop measures to incentivise and facilitate the development of markets for high quality secondary raw materials and the development of business based on the reuse of secondary raw materials;

Amendment 446 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 b (new)

24b. As the sustainable and responsible sourcing of primary raw materials is critical for achieving resource efficiency and meeting the circular economy objectives, calls on the Commission to review the policy recommendations of the European Resource Efficiency Platform for the development of sustainable sourcing standards for priority materials and commodities; in this respect, notes the joint support of the European Parliament and the Council for the Commission's proposals on responsible sourcing of metals and minerals from conflict zones;

Amendment 447 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25

25. Stresses that all EU funding, including funding through EFSI, Horizon 2020, cohesion funds and the EIB, must be mobilised to promote resource efficiency and ~~urges the Commission to abolish all environmentally harmful subsidies~~implementation of the top of the waste hierarchy beyond landfilling and incineration and urges the Commission to abolish all environmentally harmful subsidies such as those for incineration based on the Renewable Energy Directive 2009/28/EC;

Amendment 448 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25

25. Stresses that all EU funding, including funding through EFSI, Horizon 2020, cohesion funds and the EIB, must be mobilised to also promote resource efficiency, with a focus on SMEs, and urges the Commission to abolish all environmentally harmful subsidies;

Amendment 449 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25

25. Stresses that all EU funding, including funding through EFSI, Horizon 2020, cohesion funds and the EIB, must be mobilised to promote resource efficiency and urges the Commission to abolish all environmentally harmful subsidies; to this end, calls on the Commission to submit an integrated strategy relating to EFSI and the Structural Funds, based on the waste hierarchy, with the aim of funding projects to promote the transition to a circular economy;

Amendment 45 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)

Ba. whereas production and consumption of agricultural food products accounts for a significant share of resource use, with significant impacts on the environment, public health, animal health and animal welfare; whereas sustainable solutions are needed to address food resource inefficiencies in a holistic manner;

Amendment 450 #

Piernicola PEDICINI, Marco AFFRONTE, Eleonora EVI, Tiziana BEGHIN, Dario TAMBURRANO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25

25. Stresses that all EU funding, including funding through EFSI, Horizon 2020, cohesion funds and the EIB, must be mobilised to promote resource efficiency ~~and urges the Commission to abolish all environmentally harmful subsidies;~~ by prevention, reuse and recycling, leading to an effective reduction of absolute consumption of resources, with priority for countries in central and Eastern Europe so that they can leapfrog from landfilling to reuse and recycling; stresses in this respect the importance of strict application of ex-ante conditionalities with regard to compliance with the (revised) Waste Framework Directive of national waste management plans, waste prevention programmes and measures to achieve recycling prior to committing any funding; also urges the Commission to abolish all environmentally harmful subsidies, such as e.g. those for energy recovery pursuant to Directive 2009/28/EC on the promotion of energy from renewable resources (at the next revision of the Directive);

Amendment 451 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25

25. Stresses that all EU funding, including funding through EFSI, Horizon 2020, cohesion funds and the EIB, must be mobilised to promote resource efficiency ~~and~~, circular economy and to phase out hazardous substances; urges the Commission and Member States to abolish all environmentally harmful subsidies, including direct and indirect subsidies to fossil fuels to reduce GHG emissions, help in the fight against climate change and allow the uptake of the circular economy;

Amendment 452 #

Birgit COLLIN-LANGEN, Sabine VERHEYEN, Jens GIESEKE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25

25. Stresses that all EU funding, ~~including~~ particularly funding through EFSI, but also including Horizon 2020, cohesion funds and the EIB, must be mobilised to ~~promote resource efficiency and urges the Commission to abolish all environmentally harmful subsidies~~bring about the implementation of projects and initiatives which contribute to resource efficiency and urges the Commission to promote coherence between environmental subsidies and environmental policy;

Amendment 453 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25

Amendment 454 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25

25. Stresses that all EU funding, including funding through EFSI, Horizon 2020, cohesion funds and the EIB, must be mobilised to promote resource efficiency and urges ~~the Commission to abolish all environmentally harmful subsidie~~Member States to carry out an evaluation of the appropriateness of the maintenance of subsidies which harm the objectives of this resolution, with a view to abolishing them; underpins the importance of SMEs in the development of innovative solutions for enhanced resource efficiency and recalls that small businesses striving for innovative solutions for increased resource productivity can resort to the COSME financial instruments, the Loan Guarantee Facility and the Equity Facility for Growth, as well as other financial and microfinancial tools offered by the EIF, to get funding for the implementation of their solutions;

Amendment 455 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25

25. Stresses that all EU funding, including funding through EFSI, Horizon 2020, cohesion funds and the EIB, must be in line with the waste hierarchy, must promote investment in waste management options at the top of the waste hierarchy (prevention, reuse and recycling) and must be mobilised to promote resource efficiency and urges the Commission to ~~abolish~~phase out all environmentally harmful subsidies;

Amendment 456 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)

25a. Considers that the adoption of new business models for the circular economy needs new methods of financing and therefore welcomes the decision of the European Investment Bank and the European Commission in the context of the InnovFin Advisory to launch a horizontal activity that is reviewing the financing needs of circular economy projects and make recommendations on how to further improve the EIB funding tools to stimulate more investment in circular economy-related projects;

Amendment 457 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)

25a. Calls on the Commission to encourage Member States to make use of available EU funding to invest in waste infrastructure, provided the measures are in line with the waste hierarchy, and to share best practices among the Member States;

Amendment 458 #

Simona BONAFÈ, Gerben-Jan GERBRANDY, Massimo PAOLUCCI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)

25a. Considers that, to promote entrepreneurship and new business and employment opportunities arising from green economy, the EU should develop a broad strategy for greening jobs, skills and education; educational and training curricula should be revised to meet existing and anticipated labour market needs for green skills, and make them part of mainstream education and life- long learning;

Amendment 459 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)

25a. Underlines how research and innovation are essential to support the transition towards a circular economy in Europe, and that it is necessary to contribute, within Horizon 2020, to research and innovation projects that can demonstrate and test on the field the economic and environmental sustainability of circular economy; at the same time, adopting a systemic approach, these projects can facilitate the drafting of a regulation that is innovation-conducive and easier to implement, by identifying possible regulatory uncertainties, barriers and/or gaps that can hamper the development of business models based on resource efficiency;

Amendment 46 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)

Ba. whereas production and consumption of agricultural food products accounts for a significant share of resource use, with significant impacts on the environment, public health, animal welfare; whereas sustainable solutions are needed to address food resource inefficiencies in a holistic manner;

Amendment 460 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26

26. Urges the Commission to examine whether existing and projected legislation is hindering the circular economy or, current innovative business models, and the emergence of new business models, such as a lease economy;

Amendment 461 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26

26. Urges the Commission to examine whether existing legislation is hindering the circular economy or the emergence of new business models, such as a lease economy; calls on the Commission to review related legislation with a view to improving the environmental performance and resource efficiency of products throughout their lifecycle and to increasing consistency between existing instruments and developing a front runner approach;

Amendment 462 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26

26. Urges the Commission to examine whether existing legislation is hindering the circular economy orand where necessary to improve such legislation or consider the added value of the emergence of new business models, such as a lease economy;

Amendment 463 #

Piernicola PEDICINI, Marco AFFRONTE, Eleonora EVI, Tiziana BEGHIN, Dario TAMBURRANO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26

~~26. Urges the Commission to examine whether existing legislation is hindering the circular economy or the emergence of new business models, such as a lease economy;~~Does not affect the English version.

Amendment 464 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26

26. Urges the Commission to examine whether existing legislation is hindering the circular economy or the emergence of new business models, such as a lease ~~econom~~and lending economy for goods and services; calls on Member States to support a community based non-profit shared economy and property;

Amendment 465 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26

26. Urges the Commission to examine whether existing legislation is hindering the circular economy or the emergence of new business models, such as a lease economy or sharing/collaborative economy, and to address these barriers;

Amendment 466 #

Josu JUARISTI ABAUNZ, Lynn BOYLAN, Younous OMARJEE, Kateřina KONEČNÁ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26

26. Urges the Commission to ~~examine whether existing legislation is hindering the~~review the possible legal, financial or institutional barriers to the emergence of a circular economy or the emergence of new business models, such as a lease economy;

Amendment 467 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 a (new)

26a. Calls on the Commission to involve local and regional authorities throughout the whole development of the circular economy package;

Amendment 468 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 a (new)

26a. Considers it important that different actors in the supply chain can connect, which is facilitated by transparency and publicly available data; asks the Commission to assess if all relevant statistical data are available today or if regulations of Eurostat have to be strengthened to improve connections in the supply chain;

Amendment 469 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 a (new)

26a. Calls on the Commission to strengthen education programmes to increase awareness of resource limits and circular economy thinking and acting in the economy and society and to focus on research and development of innovative resource-efficient technologies and services in place of traditional technologies; the resulting broad application of new technologies and services by enterprises will create space for a more resource-efficient and sustainable economy;

Amendment 47 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)

Ba. whereas municipalities play a key role in urban waste management and whereas, therefore, they are essential in order to bring about a circular economy in the EU;

Amendment 470 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 b (new)

26b. Calls on the Commission to strengthen education to increase awareness of resource limits and circular economy thinking and acting in the economy and society and to focus on research and development of innovative resource-efficient technologies and services in place of traditional technologies; the resulting broad application of new technologies and services by enterprises will create space for a more resource-efficient and sustainable economy.

Amendment 471 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 a (new)

26a. Underlines the importance of the Natural Capital Financing Facility, which aims to demonstrate the long-term economic value of biodiversity and ecosystem services and show that nature- based climate adaptation projects can be financed through innovative and sustainable market-based mechanisms; cautions that a failure to develop innovative financial instruments to protect ecosystem services will result in further depletion of such services and 'lock-in' of conventional consumption patterns;

Amendment 472 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 b (new)

26b. Asks the Commission to clarify relevant aspects of EU competition policy in relation to the circular economy, notably to clarify the trade-off between risks of market collusion and the need to deepen cooperation between manufacturers and their suppliers;

Amendment 473 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 b (new)

26b. Urges the Commission to define quality requirements for refilling in line with the Commission communication on resource efficiency opportunities in the building sector (COM(2014)0445);

Amendment 474 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 c (new)

26c. Calls on the Commission and Member States to support and actively cooperate with new social movements in cities and regions committed to sustainable development and circular economy;

Amendment 475 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 d (new)

26d. Calls on the Commission to take the necessary action at international level to improve the traceability of products;

Amendment 476 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27

27. Calls on the Commission to report back constantly to Parliament about all the measures outlined above and ~~to propos~~about the next steps ~~by 2018~~;

Amendment 477 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27

27. Calls on the Commission to report back to Parliament about all the measures outlined above and to propose next steps by the end of 20187;

Amendment 478 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 a (new)

27a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to intensify their checks in order to ensure that levies or fees charged by producers for the recycling of given products are in fact used to recycle those products and not for other purposes or for the benefit of other parties;

Amendment 48 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)

Ba. whereas the switch to a circular economy is essentially a matter of economics, concerning access to or sustainable availability of raw materials, the re-industrialisation and further digitalisation of Europe, the creation of new jobs and the challenges of climate, energy and scarce resources; whereas investing in a circular economy can therefore be fully compatible with the Commission’s jobs, growth and competitiveness agenda and has the potential to create a win-win situation for all stakeholders involved;

Amendment 49 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)

Ba. whereas the elimination of toxic chemical substances for which safer alternatives exit or will be developed in line with the legislation in force concerning chemicals has a central role to play in the establishment of a circular economy;

Amendment 5 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 3 a (new)

– having regard to the Commission communication entitled ‘Innovating for Sustainable Growth: a Bioeconomy for Europe’ (COM(2012)0060)’,

Amendment 50 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)

Ba. having regard to the binding nature of the targets and definitive priority actions in the Seventh Environmental Action Programme;

Amendment 51 #

Piernicola PEDICINI, Marco AFFRONTE, Eleonora EVI, Tiziana BEGHIN, Dario TAMBURRANO

Motion for a resolution
Recital B b (new)

Bb. whereas the OECD Environment Programme finds that 'environmental effectiveness of voluntary approaches is often questionable, and their economic efficiency is generally low'1a; __________________ 1a The OECD Environment Programme „Voluntary approaches to environmental policy”, 2003.

Amendment 52 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital B b (new)

Bb. whereas waste prevention, waste hierarchy and the cascading use of materials should be promoted as important principles to foster a resource- efficient and sustainable management of resources;

Amendment 53 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital B b (new)

Bb. whereas the sustainable and responsible sourcing of primary raw materials is critical to achieving resource efficiency and meeting the circular economy objectives;

Amendment 54 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital B b (new)

Bb. whereas a properly functioning circular economy needs competitive businesses, and whereas businesses are themselves driving forces in the switch to a circular economy;

Amendment 55 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital B b (new)

Bb. having regard to the trends in and forecasts of the efficiency of the use of resources highlighted in the report ‘European Environment – State and Outlook 2015’ published by the European Environment Agency in March 2015;

Amendment 56 #

Gerben-Jan GERBRANDY, Frédérique RIES, Fredrick FEDERLEY, Catherine BEARDER

Motion for a resolution
Recital B c (new)

Bc. whereas on average only 40 % of solid waste is re-used or recycled, and the rest goes to landfill or incineration;

Amendment 57 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital B c (new)

Bc. whereas an ambitious European circular economy package creates business opportunities, secures access to primary materials, prolongs their productive use (through re-use, re- manufacturing, or as spare parts or recycling), guarantees high quality recycling processes once they reach their end of life, as well as treats all by- products and waste as valuable resource streams for further use;

Amendment 58 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital B c (new)

Bc. whereas it is important to place SMEs in the core of the EU resource-efficiency strategy as they account for 99% of EU enterprises and employ 2/3 of the workforce;

Amendment 59 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital B c (new)

Bc. whereas the EU has an open economy which operates in a global, competitive market, and whereas this must be taken into account when further refining the circular economy model, having regard to a proper balance between local and global growth and employment;

Amendment 6 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 6 a (new)

– having regard to its resolution of 2 July 2013 on ‘Innovating for Sustainable Growth: a Bioeconomy for Europe’1a, __________________ 1a Texts adopted, P7_TA(2013)0302.

Amendment 60 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital B d (new)

Bd. whereas the principles of smart regulation and better lawmaking, mainstreaming with other areas of policy, reducing administrative burdens and the importance of well-founded scientific data as the basis for well-considered policy are important starting points;

Amendment 61 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital B e (new)

Be. whereas the Eurostat data on the processing of urban waste in the EU 28 clearly show that there is still no level playing field in waste policy and that the implementation and enforcement of existing legislation presents significant challenges;

Amendment 62 #

Motion for a resolution
Recital B f (new)

Bf. whereas both in the EU (at national, regional and local level) and in the rest of the world a large number of pioneers in the circular economy are already active and whereas there are lessons to be learnt from a number of best practices; whereas, however, more action is needed to maintain Europe’s leading position and optimisation alone is insufficient;

Amendment 63 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. Welcomes the Commission communication entitled ‘Towards a circular economy: Aa zero waste programme for Europe’ (COM (2014)0398); endorses the Commission’s approach to designing and innovating for a circular economy, setting up a policy framework to support resource efficiency and setting a resource- efficiency target as outlined in the communication; welcomes the ambitious energy and climate package which was adopted at the European Council on 23- 24 October 2014 and which is essential for the success of the UN climate summit in Paris in November 2015;

Amendment 64 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. ~~Welcom~~Notes the Commission communication entitled ‘Towards a circular economy: A zero waste programme for Europe’ (COM(2014)0398); endorses the Commission’s approach to designing and innovating for a circular economy, setting up a policy framework to support resource efficiency and setting aout guidelines for resource-efficiency ~~target as outlined in the communication~~;

Amendment 65 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. Welcomes the Commission communication entitled ‘Towards a circular economy: A zero waste programme for Europe’ (COM(2014)0398), but stresses that concrete legislative measures addressing all stages of the lifecycle are needed to move towards a circular economy; endorses the Commission’s approach to designing and innovating for a circular economy, ~~setting up a policy framework to support resource efficiency and setting a resource- efficiency target as outlined~~ and calls on it to propose clear legislative measures (product and waste- related) in that regard by the end of 2015 in the context of the commitment in its Work Programme for 2015 to adopt a more ambitious proposal on circular economy, including the ~~communica~~setting of reduction targets for resource consumption;

Amendment 66 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

Amendment 67 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. Welcomes the Commission communication entitled ‘Towards a circular economy: A zero waste programme for Europe’ (COM(2014)0398); endorses the Commission’s approach to designing and innovating for a circular economy, setting up a policy framework to support resource efficiency and turn waste into a resource by modernising waste policy, and setting a resource-efficiency target as outlined in the communication;

Amendment 68 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. Welcomes the Commission communication entitled ‘'Towards a circular economy: A zero waste programme for Europe’' (COM(2014)0398); endorses the Commission’'s approach to designing and innovating for a circular economy, setting up a policy framework to support resource efficiency, turning waste into a resource by modernising waste policy and setting a resource-efficiency target as outlined in the communication;

Amendment 69 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. Welcomes the Commission communication entitled ‘Towards a circular economy: A zero waste programme for Europe’ (COM(2014)0398); endorses the Commission’s approach to designing and innovating for a circular economy, setting up a policy framework to support resource efficiency and setting a resource-efficiency target as outlined in the communication as well as a specific policy framework to make SMEs more sustainable consisting, inter alia, of specific support measures such as awareness raising, technical assistance, access to finance and to appropriate skills;

Amendment 7 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 6 a (new)

– having regard to its resolution of 14 January 2014 on a European strategy on plastic waste in the environment1 a; __________________ 1a Text adopted, P7_TA(2014)0016.

Amendment 70 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Notes that the sustainable development mainstream is based on the deeply held conviction that, with the right technological innovations, economic growth and environmental protection can complement, rather than conflict, with each other; however, this vision ignores, misrepresents or underestimates the biophysical limits to production and human consumption set by system dynamics and thermodynamics; urges the Commission, therefore, not to make the same mistakes;

Amendment 71 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Urges the Commission to evaluate and where necessary improve existing legislation before presenting new policies;

Amendment 72 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Welcomes the Commission communication on ‘Resource efficiency opportunities in the building sector’ (COM(2014)0445); considers that an approach to construction based on a roadmap and its long-term targets is needed;

Amendment 73 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

Amendment 74 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

Amendment 75 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Emphasises that resource scarcity requires an absolute decoupling of growth from the use of natural resources ‒ a systemic change which requires backcasting the actions needed from a 2050 sustainability perspective; stresses that this paradigm shift requires waste to be regarded as a material and that a variety of instruments are needed at various policy levels, taking account of subsidiarity;

Amendment 76 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

Amendment 77 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Emphasises that resource scarcity requires an absolute decoupling of growth from the use of natural resources, including an end to resource destruction resulting from industrial use ‒ a systemic change which requires backcasting the actions needed from a 2050 sustainability perspective;·

Amendment 78 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Emphasises that resource scarcity requires an absolute decoupling of growth from the use of natural resources ‒ a systemic change which requires backcasting the actions needed from a 2050 sustainability perspective; points out that the paths to economic well-being and environmental sustainability are the same;

Amendment 79 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Emphasises that resource scarcity requires a reduction in total extraction and use of resources, an absolute decoupling of growth from the use of natural resources ‒ a systemic change which requires backcasting the actions needed from a 2050 environmental, economic, social and technological sustainability perspective;

Amendment 8 #

Birgit COLLIN-LANGEN, Sabine VERHEYEN, Jens GIESEKE

Motion for a resolution
Citation 6 b (new)

– having regard to its resolution of 12 December 2013 on Eco-innovation - jobs and growth through environmental policy1 a, __________________ 1a Text adopted, P7_TA(2013)0584.

Amendment 80 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Emphasises that resource scarcity requires an absolute decoupling of growth from the use of natural resources ‒ a systemic change through reducing the rate of use of (primary) resources per unit of economic activity which requires backcasting the actions needed from a 2050 sustainability perspective;

Amendment 81 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Emphasises that resource scarcity requires a~~n absolute~~ decoupling of growth from the use of natural resources ‒ a systemic change which requires backcasting the actions needed from a 2050 sustainability perspective;

Amendment 82 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 b (new)

2b. Highlights production and consumption as areas that must be tackled in a way that ensures coherence with broader sustainable development goals;

Amendment 83 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Highlights production and consumption as areas that must be tackled in a way that ensures coherence with broader sustainable development goals;

Amendment 84 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Emphasises that Europe is more dependent on imported resources than any other region and that improving resource efficiency would benefit our economy and help us reach the goal of 20 % reindustrialization of the European economy;

Amendment 85 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Points out that the concept of circular economy, like similar concepts (such as ‘cradle-to-cradle’, industrial ecology and natural capitalism), suggests, through innovation, the industrial-scale development of strategies designed to achieve absolute decoupling between the physical growth of throughput and the non-physical (financial) growth of GDP (so-called green growth or ‘sustainable growth’); observes, nonetheless, that according to historical data only relative decoupling has taken place;

Amendment 86 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Stresses that in 2015 the European Environment Agency noted a 5-10 year trend towards a complete divorce between the use of resources and production, partly because of the economic recession; observes, furthermore, that in the next 15- 20 years European economic systems will remain highly resource-intensive;

Amendment 87 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 b (new)

2b. Draws attention to the fact that absolute decoupling, assuming that it can be achieved, can only be done on a global scale, since improvement in only one part of the world corresponds to a relocation of production and associated environmental impacts elsewhere; urges the Commission, therefore, not to take any further unilateral action which, in terms of industrialisation, employment and the environment, may result in a negative balance;

Amendment 88 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 c (new)

2c. Notes that a constant process of increasing efficiency in the use of resources, through innovation, has been ongoing since the beginning of the modern age at the very least, but that such relative decoupling has not prevented the overall growth in the production and consumption of raw materials from being neutralised; highlights the risk that a sharp increase in relative decoupling might, on the contrary, in accordance with the Jevons paradox, lead to more intensive exploitation of raw materials, made cheaper by an accelerated movement of capital caused by a reduction in the unit cost of production owing to the more efficient technologies;

Amendment 89 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Is convinced that improving resource efficiency requires both legislative and economic incentives and further funding of research; welcomes the establishment of the European Fund for Strategic Investments 2014-2019 launched at the initiative of the Commission, which will serve as a source of investment in improving resource efficiency and developing infrastructure;

Amendment 9 #

Motion for a resolution
Citation 7 a (new)

– having regard to its resolution of 14 January 2014 on a European strategy on plastic waste in the environment1a, __________________ 1a Texts adopted, P7_TA(2014)0016.

Amendment 90 #

Josu JUARISTI ABAUNZ, Merja KYLLÖNEN, Lynn BOYLAN, Younous OMARJEE, Kateřina KONEČNÁ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Is convinced that improving resource efficiency requires ~~both legislative and~~ economic incentives and further funding of research;

Amendment 91 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Is convinced that improving resource efficiency requires both legislative and economic incentives and further funding ofn research and innovation;

Amendment 92 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Is convinced that improving resource efficiency requires both legislative and economic incentives and further funding of research; recalls, in this regard, that legally binding targets prove to be more efficient;

Amendment 93 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Is convinced that improving resource efficiency while at the same time protecting resources from the effects of industrial use requires both legislative and economic incentives and further funding of research;

Amendment 94 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Is convinced that improving resource efficiency requires ~~both~~ legislative and economic incentives ~~and~~, further funding of research, sectorial approaches that encourage cooperation and extend producer responsibility and the involvement of local and regional governments;

Amendment 95 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Is convinced that improving resource efficiency ~~requires both~~to an extent that it leads to effective reduction of resource consumption to sustainable levels requires internalisation of external costs, legislative ~~and~~measures, economic incentives and further funding of re~~search~~levant research, as well as social and lifestyle changes in partnership with new social movements such as the transition town movement and other movements of cities and regions committed to sustainable development and circular economy;

Amendment 96 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Is convinced that improving resource efficiency in businesses and civil society requires both legislative and economic incentives and further funding of research, for instance in the form of grants and access to finance tools under the Industrial Leadership and Societal Challenges of the Horizon 2020 programme;

Amendment 97 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Is convinced that improving resource efficiency requires ~~both legislative and economic incentives and further funding of research~~less distortive subsidies and regulations;

Amendment 98 #

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Is convinced that improving resource efficiency requires both legislative and economic incentives and further funding of research; stresses the importance of tackling resource inefficiency across all economic sectors, including food and farming;

Amendment 99 #