2022/2008(INI) Implementation of the Updated New Industrial Strategy for Europe: aligning spending to policy
Lead committee dossier:
Progress: Procedure completed
| Role | Committee | Rapporteur | Shadows |
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| Lead | ITRE |
BERENDSEN Tom ( EPP)
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PENKOVA Tsvetelina ( S&D),
GROŠELJ Klemen ( Renew),
HAHN Henrike ( Verts/ALE),
MÉLIN Joëlle ( ID),
TOBISZOWSKI Grzegorz ( ECR),
BOTENGA Marc ( GUE/NGL)
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| Committee Opinion | EMPL | ||
| Committee Opinion | REGI | ||
| Committee Opinion | IMCO |
CARVALHO Maria da Graça ( EPP)
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Kateřina KONEČNÁ ( GUE/NGL),
Vlad-Marius BOTOŞ ( RE),
Geert BOURGEOIS ( ECR),
Marc ANGEL ( S&D),
Malte GALLÉE ( Verts/ALE)
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| Committee Opinion | TRAN |
FIDANZA Carlo ( ECR)
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João PIMENTA LOPES ( GUE/NGL),
István UJHELYI ( S&D),
Ondřej KOVAŘÍK ( RE),
Gheorghe FALCĂ ( PPE),
Ciarán CUFFE ( Verts/ALE)
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| Committee Opinion | INTA |
WINZIG Angelika ( EPP)
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Emmanuel MAUREL ( GUE/NGL),
Roman HAIDER ( ID),
Emmanouil FRAGKOS ( ECR)
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RoP 54
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Events
2023/03/08
EC - Commission response to text adopted in plenary
Documents
2022/09/15
EP - Results of vote in Parliament
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2022/09/15
EP - Debate in Parliament
Documents
2022/09/15
EP - Decision by Parliament
Details
The European Parliament adopted by 503 votes to 40, with 18 abstentions, a resolution on the implementation of the updated new industrial strategy for Europe: aligning spending to policy.
Parliament considered that the Green Deal for Europe must be accompanied by an ambitious industrial policy in order to become a competitive front runner in a net-zero greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and sustainable economy, and to create synergies between businesses, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and start-ups, and that it needs to be supported by an ambitious R&D policy and SME-friendly framework. The current energy and climate crisis and Russia's war of aggression against Ukraine have considerably reinforced this need. A functioning European single market is also an important asset for strengthening industrial resilience, the attractiveness of Europe as an investment destination and the competitiveness of the Union, as well as for the development of the ecological and digital transitions.
Strengthening competitiveness and industrial resilience
The Russian aggression against Ukraine has shown that the EU is heavily dependent on third countries for its energy supply. Members underlined that the EU cannot be dependent on non-EU countries for products, energy, manufacturing capacities and technologies that are essential to its economy and for its society of the future. They stressed that the EU needs to regain a strong position in crucial global value chains and secure the supply of critical raw materials in times of crisis.
The EU should refocus its industrial and energy policies with the aim of diversifying its energy sources as quickly as possible, increasing energy savings and energy efficiency measures, as well as deploying massive volumes of renewables and adopting a much stronger circular economy approach across industries based on resilient and sustainable supply chains.
Strengthening innovation
Recalling that Europe's industrial competitiveness depends heavily on its capacity to innovate, Parliament reiterated the importance of an ambitious level of investment in R&D to improve the EU’s competitive position in the world.
As regards key enabling technologies , the resolution called on the Commission to: (i) help close the investment gap with its global competitors; (ii) rapidly launch the delayed work of the European Industrial Alliance for Processors and Semiconductor Technologies ; (iii) rapidly extend these initiatives to key enabling technologies such as batteries, artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, automation and robotics, biotechnology, edge computing, photonics and quantum computing and technology.
Made in EU
Parliament stressed the need to develop the ‘Made in EU’ initiative and to accelerate the uptake of Industry 4.0 technologies, particularly SMEs. ‘Made in Europe’ should not only mean quality and innovation, but also industrial products, processes and services that are sustainable in the long term and socially fair.
Facilitating the transition to a circular economy
Members stressed the importance of the EU's zero pollution ambition and a fully integrated circular economy to create an efficient and decarbonised industry. They asked the Commission to analyse how products can be recycled and reintroduced into the product cycle and to pay particular attention, in terms of funding and tender opportunities, to the projects of companies that are at the forefront of innovation in the circular economy.
Public procurement
Public procurement is a key instrument of national and economic security, industrial policy and ecological and social sustainability. Members stressed that procurement mechanisms should further support the transformation of European industry by encouraging the production of eco-innovative, cost-effective and sustainable goods and services.
Education and training
According to the resolution, transition pathways should not neglect education and reskilling. They called on the Commission and the Member States to develop a vocational training strategy and to establish partnerships between business and education, with the collaboration of the social partners.
Members called on the Commission and Member States to help world-class researchers and professors in the EU to lead the education, research, development and training agenda of the future workforce, and to improve collaboration between education and training, research and business. It stressed the need for Member States to implement the Pact for Skills and other EU initiatives aimed at creating reskilling and upskilling opportunities for the workforce.
SMEs and start-ups
Given the central role that SMEs and start-ups play in the EU's industrial ecosystems, in particular for the digital transformation, Members stressed the need to improve access to European and national funding for these companies and draw attention to the need to remove existing barriers in the single market that hamper the growth of SMEs and start-ups in Europe, as well as the need for an improved legal and regulatory framework.
Energy policy
The resolution stressed the need for a fundamental reorientation of European energy policy in response to Russia’s violent invasion of Ukraine. It called for a significant reduction in the EU's energy dependence, especially on Russian gas, oil, coal and nuclear power. It called on the Commission and Member States to: (i) increase renewable energy and low-carbon transitional energy production capacity that is sustainable, secure, affordable and available in large quantities; and (ii) increase energy saving and energy efficiency measures.
The resolution also stressed, inter alia , the need to:
- fully exploit the energy efficiency potential of industrial heating and cooling;
- step up efforts to unlock the potential of the circular bioeconomy;
- establish fast-track permitting procedures for infrastructure that contributes to industry's transition to a climate neutral circular economy;
- create a hydrogen backbone in Europe and increase interconnections across the continent.
Maintaining a level playing field
Members are concerned about unfair competition, investment and takeovers by non-EU state-owned companies in the single market, especially in strategic sectors such as energy supply. They called on the Commission to ensure a level playing field, especially for SMEs, and to put in place adequate and legally sound measures to prevent such interference.
Parliament called on the Commission, with a view to the next review, to broaden the scope and definitions of the framework for foreign direct investment to address the effect of foreign subsidies on economic security in the EU and of technology transfers by EU companies in non-EU countries in strategic sectors.
Documents
2022/07/19
EP - Committee report tabled for plenary
Details
The Committee on Industry, Research and Energy adopted an own-initiative report by Tom BERENDSEN (EPP, NL) on the implementation of the updated new industrial strategy for Europe: aligning spending to policy.
While welcoming the update of the industrial strategy, Members stressed that the Green Deal for Europe: (i) must be supported by an ambitious industrial policy, so that the Union is at the forefront of a sustainable and net-zero greenhouse gas (GHG) economy in a competitive way, (ii) must create synergies between enterprises, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and start-ups and (iii) must be underpinned by an ambitious R&D policy and a favourable SME framework.
In the current industrial context of energy and climate crisis, the report stressed the need for targeted support measures for vulnerable customers, in particular vulnerable SMEs and micro-enterprises, which have also been heavily affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Strengthening competitiveness and industrial resilience
Members consider that the EU cannot be dependent on non-EU countries for products, energy, manufacturing capacities and technologies needed for its future economy and society. They stressed that the EU must regain a strong position in key global value chains and secure its supply of critical raw materials in times of crisis, also through greater use of circular business models. They stressed the benefits of shorter supply chains for the resilience of the European economy and for achieving the EU's ambitious climate goals.
One of the most effective ways to strengthen Europe's industrial resilience and reduce its dependencies, the report says, is to diversify supply chains through ambitious trade policy measures, including strategic trade and investment agreements.
The Commission is invited to present a strategy focused on the transition of the most energy-intensive industries that would allow them to preserve their competitiveness and at the same time support greater EU strategic autonomy, as these industries are often of strategic importance.
Strengthening innovation
Recalling that Europe's industrial competitiveness depends heavily on its capacity to innovate, Members called for coordinated efforts by Member States to strengthen their commitment to increasing national R&D investment targets, in particular for national public and private funding of industrial innovation and research.
As regards key enabling technologies , the report called on the Commission to help close the investment gap with its global competitors. It called on the Commission to rapidly launch the delayed work of the European Industrial Alliance for Processors and Semiconductor Technologies . It called on the Commission to rapidly extend these initiatives to key enabling technologies such as batteries, artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, automation and robotics, biotechnology, edge computing, photonics and quantum computing and technology.
Made in EU
The report stressed the need to develop the ‘Made in EU’ initiative and to accelerate the uptake of Industry 4.0 technologies, particularly SMEs. ‘Made in Europe’ should not only mean quality and innovation, but also industrial products, processes and services that are sustainable in the long term and socially fair.
The report stressed the importance of the EU's zero pollution ambition and a fully integrated circular economy to create an efficient and decarbonised industry. It asked the Commission to analyse how products can be recycled and reintroduced into the product cycle.
It also recalled the role of sustainable public procurement practices in preventing drug shortages, ensuring security of supply and securing investment in manufacturing. It called on the Commission to assist Member States by developing targeted EU rules on the procurement of medicines, within the framework of the existing public procurement directive.
Education and training
The report highlighted the importance of dynamic education and training policies that recruit and retain talent in the EU. It calls on the Commission and Member States to help world-class researchers and professors in the EU to lead the education, research, development and training agenda of the future workforce, and to improve collaboration between education and training, research and business. It stresses the need for Member States to implement the Skills Pact and other EU initiatives aimed at creating opportunities for the retraining and upgrading of the workforce.
SMEs and start-ups
SMEs and start-ups play a central role in the EU's industrial ecosystems, in particular for the digital transformation, and are a key source of sustainable and socially responsible business models and product innovation.
Members stressed the need to improve access to European and national funding for these companies and draw attention to the need to remove existing barriers in the single market that hamper the growth of SMEs and start-ups in Europe, as well as the need for an improved legal and regulatory framework. They stressed the need to reduce unnecessary administrative burdens on business while maintaining the highest standards of consumer, worker, health and environmental protection.
Energy policy
The report stressed the need for a fundamental reorientation of European energy policy in response to Russia’s violent invasion of Ukraine. It called for a significant reduction in the EU's energy dependence , especially on Russian gas, oil, coal and nuclear power. It called on the Commission and Member States to: (i) increase renewable energy and low-carbon transitional energy production capacity that is sustainable, secure, affordable and available in large quantities; and (ii) increase energy saving and energy efficiency measures.
Facilitating the transition to a circular economy
The report called on the Commission and Member States to significantly reduce the time needed to issue permits and to introduce fast-track permitting procedures when it comes to infrastructure that contributes to industry's transition to a climate neutral circular economy. In this context, it stressed the need to create a basic hydrogen infrastructure in Europe and to increase interconnections across the continent, as well as to support the widespread deployment of energy-saving technologies.
Maintaining a level playing field
Members are concerned about unfair competition, investment and takeovers by non-EU state-owned companies in the single market, especially in strategic sectors such as energy supply. They called on the Commission to ensure a level playing field, especially for SMEs, and to put in place adequate and legally sound measures to prevent such interference.
The report called on the Commission, with a view to the next review, to broaden the scope and definitions of the framework for foreign direct investment to address the effect of foreign subsidies on economic security in the EU and of technology transfers by EU companies in non-EU countries in strategic sectors.
Documents
2022/07/13
EP - Vote in committee
2022/06/21
EP - Committee opinion
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2022/06/20
EP - Committee opinion
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2022/05/23
EP - Committee opinion
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2022/04/25
EP - Amendments tabled in committee
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2022/02/28
EP - Committee draft report
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2022/02/17
EP - Committee referral announced in Parliament
2022/02/14
EP - CARVALHO Maria da Graça (EPP) appointed as rapporteur in IMCO
2022/02/03
EP - FIDANZA Carlo (ECR) appointed as rapporteur in TRAN
2022/01/26
EP - WINZIG Angelika (EPP) appointed as rapporteur in INTA
2021/07/07
EP - BERENDSEN Tom (EPP) appointed as rapporteur in ITRE
Documents
- Commission response to text adopted in plenary: SP(2023)29
- Results of vote in Parliament: Results of vote in Parliament
- Debate in Parliament: Debate in Parliament
- Decision by Parliament: T9-0329/2022
- Committee report tabled for plenary: A9-0214/2022
- Committee opinion: PE719.704
- Committee opinion: PE719.810
- Committee opinion: PE729.954
- Amendments tabled in committee: PE731.574
- Committee draft report: PE719.639
- Committee draft report: PE719.639
- Amendments tabled in committee: PE731.574
- Committee opinion: PE729.954
- Committee opinion: PE719.810
- Committee opinion: PE719.704
- Commission response to text adopted in plenary: SP(2023)29
Activities
- Heidi HAUTALA
Plenary Speeches (4)
- 2022/09/15 Implementation of the Updated New Industrial Strategy for Europe: aligning spending to policy (debate)
- 2022/09/15 Implementation of the Updated New Industrial Strategy for Europe: aligning spending to policy (debate)
- 2022/09/15 Implementation of the Updated New Industrial Strategy for Europe: aligning spending to policy (continuation of debate)
- 2022/09/15 Implementation of the Updated New Industrial Strategy for Europe: aligning spending to policy (continuation of debate)
- Valter FLEGO
Plenary Speeches (3)
- 2022/09/15 Implementation of the Updated New Industrial Strategy for Europe: aligning spending to policy (debate)
- 2022/09/15 Implementation of the Updated New Industrial Strategy for Europe: aligning spending to policy (debate)
- 2022/09/15 Implementation of the Updated New Industrial Strategy for Europe: aligning spending to policy (debate)
- Tomislav SOKOL
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- 2022/09/15 Implementation of the Updated New Industrial Strategy for Europe: aligning spending to policy (debate)
- 2022/09/15 Implementation of the Updated New Industrial Strategy for Europe: aligning spending to policy (debate)
- 2022/09/15 Implementation of the Updated New Industrial Strategy for Europe: aligning spending to policy (debate)
- Robert HAJŠEL
- Tom BERENDSEN
- Maria da Graça CARVALHO
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- Christian EHLER
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- Carlo FIDANZA
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- Maria GRAPINI
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- András GYÜRK
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- Angelika NIEBLER
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- Bronis ROPĖ
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- Patrizia TOIA
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- Sandra PEREIRA
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- Marc BOTENGA
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- Christophe GRUDLER
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- Klemen GROŠELJ
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- Henrike HAHN
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- Ivan Vilibor SINČIĆ
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- Billy KELLEHER
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- Markus BUCHHEIT
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- Bogdan RZOŃCA
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- Vlad-Marius BOTOŞ
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- Grzegorz TOBISZOWSKI
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- Nicola BEER
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- Izabela-Helena KLOC
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- Angelika WINZIG
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- Tsvetelina PENKOVA
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- Pernille WEISS
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- Marc ANGEL
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- Margarita DE LA PISA CARRIÓN
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Votes
Mise en œuvre de la nouvelle stratégie industrielle actualisée pour l’Europe: aligner les dépenses sur les politiques - Implementation of the Updated New Industrial Strategy for Europe: aligning spending to policy - Umsetzung der aktualisierten neuen Industriestrategie für Europa: Anpassung der Ausgaben an die Politik - A9-0214/2022 - Tom Berendsen - Proposition de résolution #
2022/09/15 Outcome: +: 503, -: 40, 0: 18
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The Left| Amendments | Dossier |
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2022/2008(INI)
2022/04/06
IMCO
78 amendments...
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Recalls that the new Industrial Strategy was updated to reflect the lessons learned from COVID-19, and that this strategy will be key to enhancing EU competitiveness and overcoming future challenges;
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Highlights the importance to remove unjustified regulatory and non- regulatory barriers, including in services, that hamper the good functioning of the Single Market and to guarantee the effective implementation and enforcement of Single Market rules;
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Underlines that strengthening the resilience of the Single Market can only deliver benefits for all Member States and their citizens if focusing to consumer rights as well as the needs of businesses, including SMEs, micro enterprises and start-ups;
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 b (new) 1b. Calls on the Commission to further assess the pandemic related disruptions in cross-border value-chains as the industrial strategy must provide the completion of value chains in certain industries in order to achieve the strategic autonomy of the EU; also recalls that in order to achieve strategic autonomy the green and digital transitions must be accelerated across the EU;
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 b (new) 1b. Calls on the European Commission and the Member States to enhance cooperation amongst themselves and with economic operators and use new technologies and regulatory sandboxes for removing all unjustified barriers of the Single Market, and reducing the administrative burdens;
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 c (new) 1c. Recalls that the leadership of European industries in strategic sectors should be maintained and developed also by the implementation of the New Industrial Strategy, especially for those sectors that proved to be essential during the COVID-19 pandemic; underlines that during the pandemic, the supply chains of the food and pharmaceutical sectors have been massively disrupted; recalls that the European food industry must be further strengthened to prevent imbalances in the European food supply chain and to ensure EU food sovereignty; recalls that EU manufacturers and producers need more support in order to achieve the economic independence of third countries and to guarantee European self- sufficiency at pharmaceutical and medical production;
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 c (new) 1c. Notes that the War in Ukraine showed one more time that the European economic environment needs improvement and that we still need to complete the Single Market in key industrial sectors, such as energy production and transport;
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 d (new) 1d. Stresses that EU industrial competitiveness relies on a fully functioning Single Market, therefore, also underlines the importance of the barrier- free transport; recalls the usefulness of the EU ad-hoc measures at the pandemic period, but also underlines the necessity to avoid uncoordinated national or regional restrictions, including border controls and closures, restricting the free movement of persons, goods and services in the future as those - inter alia - led to major disruptions of supply chains in many industrial ecosystems as well as to difficulties for cross border or seasonal workers;
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 b (new) 1b. Considers that the best relaunch measure is to complete the internal market; refers to estimates made by the European Commission that further improvements in the single market for industrial products could generate between EUR 183 billion and EUR 269 billion a year, while profits from further integration of services markets could reach EUR 297 billion a year, which alone would increase the economic benefits from 8-9% to around 12% of additional GDP; emphasises that the internal market is crucial for the competitiveness of the European Union and its businesses;
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1.
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Acknowledges the European standardisation strategy and underlines that standards are essential for a well- functioning single market,
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Acknowledges the European standardisation strategy and underlines that standards are essential for a well- functioning single market, global competitiveness and the green and digital transitions; calls for the EU to regain its leading role in setting, implementing and enforcing high environmental standards; stresses therefore that standards should be amongst other objectives to be designed in a way that help improve material reuse and recycling and foster secondary resource uptake;
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Acknowledges the European standardisation strategy and underlines that
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Acknowledges the European standardisation strategy and underlines that standards as well as innovation are essential for a well-
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Acknowledges the European standardisation strategy and underlines that standards are essential for a well- functioning single market, global competitiveness and the green and digital transitions; it is important that standardisation does not cause excessive bureaucracy.
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. Recalls the importance of SMEs and start-ups for the competitiveness of the EU and as a source of innovation; asks the Commission to launch new actions to facilitate the creation of new start-ups, to support them in finding better access to financing and to provide clear guidance on how to comply with EU sectorial rules; believes that financial instruments to support their digitalisation should be strengthened.
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. Underlines the importance of ensuring that custom controls throughout the EU follow the same standards to prevent the large amount of divergences in controls and in customs procedures and sanction policies at the EU’s points of entry into the Customs Union that often result in large health and safety risks for consumers in the European Single Market.
Amendment 27 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 b (new) 2b. Recalls the launch of the New Bauhaus initiative as an important direction in greening the architectonic, construction, and housing sectors, while additionally focusing on sustainable city planning and development and ensuring the inclusion of all European citizens; underlines the need for fast standardization processes in order to keep up with the innovative approaches, materials and technologies that will enable the creation of a Single Market in the field of aesthetic, sustainable, and inclusive constructions; emphasizes the need for the announced Bauhaus Label to include sector specific criteria for Bauhaus projects to be awarded the label and for the label to enhance funding opportunities for projects in the EU; furthermore, insists that the future NEB Lab focusses on innovative recommendations developed in close cooperation with other scientific institutions in the EU and European businesses; underlines the importance of considering this complex innovative movement in the up-dates of the industrial strategy;
Amendment 28 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Underlines the need to strengthen the competitiveness of SMEs, microenterprises and industry by addressing supply risks, dependencies, disruptions and vulnerabilities, especially in the green and digital economies; stresses that an effective, open, fair and cooperative public procurement framework will lead to more jobs, growth and innovative investments; reminds the importance of the guidelines developed by the Commission that give practical indications about how Member States should include performance goals and quality criteria, such as the Most Economic Advantageous Tender (MEAT) one, in the contracts awarded through public procurement and how to better involve a plurality of manufacturers, including SMEs and microenterprises;
Amendment 29 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Underlines the need to strengthen the competitiveness of SMEs and industry by addressing supply risks, dependencies, disruptions and vulnerabilities, especially in the green and digital economies; stresses that effective public procurement will lead to more jobs, growth and innovative investments; underlines also the role that public procurement can play in fostering sustainable consumption as well as uptake of sustainable products; calls therefore on the Commission to take measures to make environmental and social criteria mandatory under public procurement legislative framework, in full alignment with the European Green Deal;
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Recalls that the new Industrial Strategy was updated to reflect the lessons learned from COVID-19, and that this strategy will be key
Amendment 30 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Underlines the need to strengthen the competitiveness of SMEs and industry by addressing supply risks, dependencies, disruptions and vulnerabilities, especially in the green and digital economies; stresses that effective public procurement will lead to more jobs, growth and innovative investments; calls on the Commission to continue working on the correct implementation of EU public procurement legislation in order to create a well-functioning and harmonised Single Market across sectors and underlines the need to prioritize high quality and innovative aspects over price in all public procurement;
Amendment 31 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Underlines the need to strengthen the competitiveness of SMEs and industry by addressing supply risks, dependencies, disruptions and vulnerabilities, especially in the green and digital economies; stresses that
Amendment 32 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Underlines the need to strengthen the competitiveness of SMEs and industry by addressing supply risks, dependencies, disruptions and vulnerabilities, especially
Amendment 33 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Underlines the need to strengthen the competitiveness of SMEs and industry by addressing supply risks, dependencies, disruptions and vulnerabilities, especially in the green and digital economies; stresses that effective public procurement will lead to more jobs, growth and innovative investments; recalls that the selection and award criteria should not result in an unreasonable administrative burden, particularly for European micro-, small and medium-sized enterprises;
Amendment 34 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Underlines the need to strengthen the competitiveness of SMEs and industry by addressing supply risks, dependencies, disruptions and vulnerabilities, especially in the green and digital economies; stresses that public procurement can play an active role in achieving the New Industrial Strategy objectives, such as the emergence of competitive European businesses; stresses that effective public procurement will lead to more jobs, growth and innovative investments;
Amendment 35 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Underlines the need to strengthen the competitiveness of SMEs, micro- enterprises and industry by addressing supply risks, dependencies, disruptions and vulnerabilities, especially in the green and digital economies; stresses that effective public procurement will lead to more jobs, growth and innovative investments;
Amendment 36 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. Stresses that sectoral changes should not weaken, but further strengthen the Single Market; recalls that transformations expected in the future economy, such as the digitalisation of traditional industries could lead to job creation in new industries, but could also disrupt current jobs and lead to precarious working conditions as more and more tasks are automated, off-shored or both; recalls that these challenges require actions with appropriate financial incentives, as well as underlines the necessity to address potential societal reactions on the challenges, such as workplaces that are to disappear or be replaced by robotics;
Amendment 37 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. Recalls the importance of effective and sustainable public procurement practices, especially in the context of the health ecosystem; urges the Commission to support Member States in the development of targeted rules, regarding the joint procurement of essential goods such as medicines, aiming to ensure long- term sustainability, security of supply, fair competition and investments in manufacturing capabilities;
Amendment 38 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. Underlines the importance of SMEs in the internal market as producers and also as providers of industrial services to other manufacturers; calls for the removal of the unjustified regulatory barriers and to promote the approach of the horizontal services in the industrial strategy;
Amendment 39 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. Calls on the European Commission to come forward with an ambitious Single Market Emergency Instrument that ensures a well- functioning Single Market in crisis and also in non-crisis times;
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Recalls that the new Industrial Strategy was updated to reflect the lessons learned from COVID-19, and that this strategy will be key to enhancing EU competitiveness and overcoming future challenges; recalls that a strong governance system and market surveillance are essential in order to relaunch the single market; calls on the Commission to focus on ensuring that the industrial strategy helps removing unjustified barriers on the single market
Amendment 40 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 b (new) 3b. Underlines that the war on Ukraine that lead to increase tensions between the European Union and the Russian Federation showed once again the importance of ensuring the autonomy of the Single Market in strategic sectors; calls for the creation of a real Single Market in the production of energy and underlines the importance of developing and implementing the trans-European energy infrastructure, TEN-E, as part of the main pillars of the industrial strategy;
Amendment 41 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 c (new) 3c. Recalls that the Green Deal can only be achieved with the increase of the production and use of renewable energy; underlines that the industrial strategy should address the key obstacles to a faster development of renewables, inter alia permitting hurdles, finding ways to better connect SMEs and all possible energy producers in the system and encourage them to be part of the creation of the Single Market in the energy sector;
Amendment 42 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Reiterates the need to enhance European strategic autonomy by addressing disruptions and vulnerabilities of supply chains and ensuring their resilience, especially in areas such as raw materials, digital technologies (including micro-processors), photovoltaic technologies and to incentivise the production of critical goods, such as essential medicines; recalls how strategic autonomy should be pursued also investing in skills, digital infrastructures, access to data and key technologies such as AI, cybersecurity, 5G and 6G, microprocessors and semiconductors, batteries, high-performance computing
Amendment 43 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Reiterates the need to enhance European strategic autonomy
Amendment 44 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Reiterates the need to enhance European strategic autonomy by investing in skills, digital infrastructures and key technologies such as AI, cybersecurity, 5G and 6G, microprocessors and semiconductors, high-performance computing and quantum technologies, as well as data economy, smart and 3D production; Underlines that rural areas and outermost regions must also profit from these investments;
Amendment 45 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Reiterates the need to
Amendment 46 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Reiterates the need to enhance European strategic autonomy by investing in skills, digital infrastructures, particularly for the storage and processing of European user data, and key technologies such as AI, cybersecurity, 5G and 6G, microprocessors and semiconductors, high-performance computing and quantum technologies;
Amendment 47 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Reiterates the need to enhance European strategic autonomy by investing in professional qualifications, skills, digital infrastructures and key technologies such as AI, cybersecurity, 5G and 6G, microprocessors and semiconductors, high- performance computing and quantum technologies;
Amendment 48 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 a (new) 4a. Underlines that in order to make the Union’s single market fit for the digital age, it is crucial to prioritise investments in digital infrastructures, bridge the digital divide and improve digital literacy and skills, without neglecting rural, remote and outermost areas; stresses the need for Member States to act seriously through their national frameworks to make sure they implement the Pact for Skills and the other Union’s initiatives aimed at creating reskilling and upskilling opportunities for workforce; recalls to this end the importance to strengthen education and training to further integrate the knowledge triangle and highlights the need to implement the initiatives aimed at reinforcing the European Research Area, the European Education Area and the European Innovation Ecosystems, aiming at building a strong European internal market for research and innovation;
Amendment 49 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 a (new) 4a. Regrets that there are yet professions highly regulated in the Member States and calls on the Member States to take steps to allow skilled and highly skilled professional to have free access to the EU market, achieving in the shortest time possible areal Single Market in this sector; recalls that the green and digital transition of the industrial sectors need the recognition of highly skilled and skilled professionals in the whole European Union;
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Recalls that the new Industrial Strategy was updated to reflect the lessons learned from COVID-19, and that this strategy will be key to enhancing EU
Amendment 50 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 a (new) 4a. Underlines the importance of preventing over-dependency of the EU industry on third countries for critical products in light of the lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic and the war in Ukraine;
Amendment 51 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 b (new) 4b. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to strive for an open strategic autonomy and stresses that to achieve this objective they should in particular: - relaunch the single market strategy in order to de-fragmentise regulatory approaches, de-regulate where necessary, de-bureaucratise public administrations and business’ life, overcome existing barriers to investments, in order to reduce regulatory compliance costs, award competition and favour market-led innovation; - develop concrete actions to support Member States to bridge the lack of skills and to re-balance within the single market the drain of talents, technological experts and know-how; - develop a European Innovation Area able to turn scientific results into commercial products, supporting startups and SMEs and retaining businesses within the Union's single market; - implement a strategy on critical raw materials and resources needed for the key enabling technologies, the digitalisation and the green transition; - improve research, innovation and technological development funding, not only from the private sector but also from government-led policies, including in the form of public-private ventures.
Amendment 52 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 b (new) 4b. Recalls the importance of the cooperation with the education sector in all the Member States to develop the digital skills in the Single Market and highlights the need of a permanent dialogue among all relevant authorities and the economic operators to ensure that the young work force is better prepared for the new industrial needs.
Amendment 53 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 c (new) 4c. Recalls the export of ideas and highly skilled professionals in the digital sector; calls on the Commission to include in the industrial strategy paths that would lead to the support of the creation of start- ups and help them in finding better access to financing leading to the increase of the scale-ups and decreasing the buyouts and take overs of the European companies by the much more developed companies from third countries;
Amendment 54 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 d (new) 4d. Welcomes the establishing of the European alliances in different industrial sectors, like raw materials, batteries, processors and others; calls on the Commission to increase the dissemination of the information and to encourage the Member States, regions and economic operators, including SMEs to join the European efforts in achieving the key EU policy objectives;
Amendment 55 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 a (new) 4a. Stresses that developing these key sectors requires that a European preference system be established for local or European production in public procurement contracts in Europe;
Amendment 56 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Recalls the commitments to increase R&D investments to 3 % of GDP and to strengthen the European Research Area to develop a single market for research and innovation; underlines that industrial alliances and public-private partnerships are important to develop breakthrough technologies; calls
Amendment 57 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Recalls the commitments to increase R&D investments to 3 % of GDP and to develop a single market for research and innovation; underlines that industrial alliances and public-private partnerships are important to develop breakthrough
Amendment 58 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Recalls the commitments to increase R&D investments to 3 % of GDP and to develop a single market for research and innovation; underlines that R&D investment should also focus on all industrial sectors and not just the manufacturing sector; underlines that industrial alliances and public-private partnerships are important to develop breakthrough technologies; calls on the Commission to ensure consistency and synergy in all initiatives, funding and regulatory instruments supporting industry;
Amendment 59 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Recalls the commitments to
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Recalls that the new Industrial Strategy was updated to reflect the lessons learned from COVID-19, and that this strategy will be key to enhancing EU competitiveness
Amendment 60 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Recalls the commitments to increase R&D investments to 3 % of GDP and to develop a single market for research and innovation; underlines that industrial alliances and public-private partnerships are important to develop breakthrough technologies; calls on the Commission to ensure consistency and synergy in all initiatives, funding and regulatory instruments supporting industry and SMEs;
Amendment 61 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 a (new) 5a. Calls on the Commission to establish clear, effective, simple and comprehensive guidelines regarding the existing instruments that should address the policy priorities in several industrial sectors, notably the Important Projects of Common European Interest (IPCEIs), the various alliances (industrial data, space launchers, zero emissions aviation, batteries, and others), the European Digital Infrastructure Consortia (EDICs), and others; stresses the importance of ensuring the right synergies between the different instruments, programmes and funds, from the Recovery and Relaunch Facility to the structural funds, and urges to better integrate them with the joint undertakings and the other initiatives derived from Horizon Europe, such as the European Institute of Technology and Innovation (EIT) and the European Innovation Council (EIC);
Amendment 62 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 a (new) 5a. Underlines the importance of research and innovation in the green and digital transition; stresses the need of a true Single Market and of the active and enhanced participation of the SMEs and technology education institutes in the market; calls on the Commission and the Member States to facilitate the participation of SMEs and micro- enterprises to the R&D market by proper legislation and easy access to financial instruments and the possibility to use the R&D IP rights as collaterals.
Amendment 63 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 a (new) 5a. Underlines the importance of maintaining an open dialogue with all industrial sectors and relevant stakeholders to make sure the new legislation does not have a negative impact on the Single Market and that it does not leave anyone behind, adopting a model with enough flexibility and support.
Amendment 64 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 b (new) 5b. Welcomes the Commission intention to elaborate a strategy for the textile industry; recalls that the textile industry faces a slow recovery from the downfall during the pandemic, being affected also by the massive re-location of the production sites in third countries; underlines the need to target the SMEs as the main players in the sector;
Amendment 65 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 c (new) 5c. Believes that the new industrial strategy must also set path for the recovery and strong development of cultural and creative industry as one of the sectors that are more susceptible to be affected by economic crisis;
Amendment 66 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 d (new) 5d. Underlines the need to include in the industrial strategy the gaming industry as one of the industries with the highest development potential recalling that most of the games producers and developers are not European actors; calls for clear paths at the European level to enable industry to accelerate and become one of the leaders in the sector;
Amendment 67 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Recalls that in addition to vertical ecosystems, there is a need to have horizontal approaches, such as on enabling technologies, and that the digital ecosystem must be integrated with all other industrial ecosystems horizontally
Amendment 68 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Reminds that amongst the ecosystems tourism was hit hardest, and several other ecosystems also face a slow recovery, while the digital ecosystem increased its turnover during the crisis; recalls that in addition to vertical ecosystems, there is a need to have horizontal approaches, such as on enabling technologies, and that the digital ecosystem must be integrated with all other industrial ecosystems horizontally.
Amendment 69 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 – point 1 (new) (1) In view of the current energy price spikes, supports targeted relief measures for vulnerable customers in the industrial context in particular vulnerable SMEs and micro-enterprises, to alleviate the worst economic and social impacts of high-energy prices; yet raises concerns about the Commission’s proposal to expand the list of sectors eligible for ETS state aid compensation, as this would imply subsidies for intensive industries without any binding requirements to invest in energy savings or renewables; emphasises that EU companies may need to be protected in the short-term against high-energy prices, yet that this should be linked to strong conditionalities leading to the phasing out of fossil fuels.
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Recalls that the new Industrial Strategy was updated to reflect the lessons learned from COVID-19, and that this strategy
Amendment 70 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 – point 2 (new) (2) Points to the fact that a number of companies are developing their own labels concerning the environmental or social impact of their products circulating in the internal market; stresses that such labels should not mislead consumers; underlines that reliable environmental information is key in transforming consumption patterns into a sustainable direction; welcomes the Commission's announcement to regulate certain environmental claims; demands that any labelling should be in full consistency with the Sustainable Product Policy Framework and enhance consumer information and transparency;
Amendment 71 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 – point 3 (new) Amendment 72 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 a (new) 6a. Calls on the Commission and Member States to adopt a holistic approach when it creates incentives to support strategic industrial sectors and their supply chains, such as food, pharmaceutics and others, which are facing a sharp increase of energy, transport and raw materials' costs due to the current conflict in Ukraine; stresses that ensuring sufficient access to affordable, secure and diversified clean energy throughout the single market is going to be key to continue with its integration and to pursue the European industry’s transformation plans, boost its green transition and its global competitiveness; underlines how the development of efficient and integrated logistics networks and infrastructures can ensure a smoother access to transport, energy and digital services increase competitiveness of businesses, reduce barriers in the single market and widen markets for products and jobs; reminds the importance of diversification of supplies and material circularity in particular to reduce reliance on third country imports and increase Union's energy and resources independence;
Amendment 73 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 a (new) 6a. Recalls that jobs in the industrial sector are often well-paid; stresses that the lack of women in this sector contributes to the gender pay and pension gap; calls for the current gender gap present in European industries and the lack of opportunities for women, particularly in STEM fields, to be addressed through the implementation of the New Industrial Strategy
Amendment 74 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 a (new) 6a. Highlights the importance of developing a true single market for data to support the EU industrial development, to foster innovation and to strengthen the Digital Single Market as a whole;
Amendment 75 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 b (new) 6b. stresses the importance of the data economy and asks the Commission to accelerate on all data-related initiatives, improving data sharing and exchange, contributing to the development of common European data spaces, fostering the creation of shared European infrastructures to facilitate the use and the exchange of data across industrial sectors, strengthening the data, cloud and edge ecosystems and reinforcing investments in high-speed communications; reminds that cybersecurity is fundamental to engage securely with the digital economy, also in view of enhancing trust of citizens and businesses and lead to a wider uptake and use of digital solutions;
Amendment 76 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 b (new) 6b. Recalls the importance of competition rules adapted to new dynamics of the EU market and to a changing global context to guarantee effective and fair competition in the Single Market and to enhance consumers choice;
Amendment 77 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 a (new) 6a. Re-affirms the right of Member States to exclude consultancy firms such as McKinsey, which do not pay any national or European taxes, from their Industrial Strategy public procurement;
Amendment 78 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 a (new) 6a. Emphasises that European industrial policy must benefit all Member States and ensure that smaller Member States are not disadvantaged;
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Recalls that the new Industrial Strategy was updated to reflect the lessons learned from COVID-19, and that this strategy will be key to enhancing EU competitiveness and overcoming future challenges; recalls that a strong governance system and market surveillance are essential in order to relaunch the single market;
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 – point 1 (new) (1) Underlines that Russia’s unprovoked and unjustified military aggression against Ukraine increases the urgency of building a more resilient, sustainable and robust economic base in the EU; notes that EU dependencies in areas such as energy and raw materials may lead to vulnerabilities and may reduce the EU´s ability to act; stresses that improving resource efficiency and promoting circular economy are key to achieving absolute reduction in resource use and ending the EU´s strategic dependencies;
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Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion Citation 4 a (new) — having regard to the European Parliament resolution of 25 March 2021 ‘on establishing an EU strategy for sustainable tourism’ (2020/2038(INI)),
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion Recital A e (new) Ae. whereas small and medium-sized enterprises and micro-enterprises form the majority of businesses in the transport sector, and they are particularly sensitive to cyclical fluctuations, price changes and increased regulatory burdens; whereas the European industrial strategy must pay due regard to the conditions for small businesses and be designed in accordance with the ‘Think Small First’ principle;
Amendment 100 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 a (new) 5a. Urges the Member States and the tourism industry, when putting forward their tourism strategies, to pay close attention to: specific strengths of tourist destinations in terms of natural resources, cultural heritage and the potential to give customers unique and authentic experiences; inclusiveness and accessibility, including for persons with disabilities; support the SMEs and cultural and creative industries in their key role in the tourism ecosystem, in terms of technical assistance and the funding needed to meet the objectives of the strategy;
Amendment 101 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 a (new) 5a. Supports broader innovative initiatives and encourage education in digital skills;
Amendment 102 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 Amendment 103 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Believes that the blue economy is paramount to promote a sustainable tourism industry; emphasises, in this regard, that the Commission should ensure a fair and non-discriminatory transposition of Directive 2006/123/EC when related to State-owned maritime concessions for tourism purposes; notes that it is crucial to safeguard
Amendment 104 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 a (new) 6a. Calls on the Commission to set up a European Agency for Tourism, which among other tasks, shall provide intelligence to the EU and its Member States, enabling them to devise informed strategies based on collected and analysed tourism data, operating crisis management mechanisms, technical support to micro enterprises and SMEs to increase their ability to access and make use of EU funding and financial instruments, and to promote the EU destinations;
Amendment 105 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 a (new) 6a. Considering that the development of the TEN-T and its land connection to urban, local and coastal areas will play a fundamental role in providing sustainable alternative flexible transport solutions for travel and tourism even over long distances when air transport is not an optimal or necessary solution
Amendment 106 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 a (new) 6a. Calls for public investment in the re-industrialisation of Member States to aid their development and support their sovereignty, in particular by encouraging the construction and repair of rolling stock and vessels, and ensuring that the energy reconfiguration of the transport sector contributes to domestic energy production, and that promoting sustainable and smart mobility becomes a driver of productive activity;
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion Recital B B. whereas the Commission’s policy report ‘Transition Pathway for Tourism’ highlights the need to further accelerate the green and digital transition of the tourism ecosystem, which is mostly composed of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs); measures to re-employ workers having left the ecosystem, unemployment schemes for the workers, fair labour conditions in the sector
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion Recital B B. whereas the Commission’s policy report ‘Transition Pathway for Tourism’ highlights the need to further accelerate the green and digital transition of the tourism ecosystem, w
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion Recital B B. whereas the Commission’s policy report ‘Transition Pathway for Tourism’ highlights the need to further accelerate the green and digital transition of the tourism ecosystem, which is mostly composed of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and micro-enterprises;
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion Recital B a (new) Ba. whereas a Eurobarometer survey from October 2021 indicated that 82% of Europeans are willing to change their travel habits for more sustainable practices, including consuming locally sourced products, reducing waste and water consumption, travelling off-season or to less visited destinations and choosing transport options based on their ecological impact;
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion Recital B a (new) Ba. Whereas the Commission’s policy report ‘Transition Pathway for Tourism’ emphasises that Member States’ tourism strategies should be built on sustainable development principles ensuring economic, environmental and social sustainability
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion Recital B a (new) Ba. whereas travel patterns have changed because of the health emergency, showing a tendency towards uncrowded and close-to-home destinations; whereas the new challenges caused by the geo- political situation;
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion Recital B b (new) Bb. whereas the unprecedented military aggression against Ukraine by the Russian Federation has demonstrated again the urgent need to end the EU’s dependence on fossil fuels not only from a climate but also from a geo-political perspective; whereas the share of Russian gas in the EU’s gas consumption is still nearly 40% and Russia remains the main supplier of EU imports of crude oil and coal; whereas the EU needs to diversify as fast as possible its energy sources and accelerate the rollout of the most energy efficiency transport modes and increase the utilisation of renewable energy in the transport sector whilst simultaneously supporting clean industrial processes and supply chains;
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion Recital B b (new) Bb. whereas a Eurobarometer survey from October 2021 indicated that 82% of Europeans are willing to change their travel habits for more sustainable practices, including consuming locally sourced products, reducing waste and water consumption, travelling off-season or to less visited destinations and choosing transport options based on their ecological impact
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion Recital B b (new) Bb. whereas tourism is an important and multifaceted industry with significant multiplier effects on other industries, making it a priority in the EU Agenda, yet more visibility is required regarding the coverage of tourism in financial programs and EU policies;
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion Recital -A (new) -A. whereas decades of EU-driven liberalisation have resulted in a process of de-industrialisation that has altered the production profile of Member States, the appreciation of the value of work and workers, and territorial cohesion; whereas the mobility and transport sector (in terms of the construction and repair of rolling stock and vessels) has been affected by this process, contributing to its decline in certain Member States;
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion Recital B c (new) Bc. whereas destinations in peripheral regions, rural areas and islands, including the EU outermost regions, have specific challenges relating to the travelling options available for visitors and thus they are also more vulnerable towards negative socio-economic impact of the green transition;
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion Recital B d (new) Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion Recital B e (new) Be. whereas the Trans-European Transport Network (TEN-T) should ensure economic, social and territorial cohesion and accessibility across the EU and its regions, including rural, remote, mountainous, sparsely populated, peripheral, island and outermost regions, thus stimulating economic growth and job creation and reducing inequalities, fostering digitalisation and innovation, enhancing adaptability and resilience with direct impact on tourism industry;
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion Recital B f (new) Bf. whereas a balanced development of transport corridors across Europe, ensuring north-south and east-west connectivity in the whole of Europe, is necessary in order to further strengthen economic, territorial and social cohesion while boosting the recovery and resilience of tourism;
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion Recital B g (new) Bg. whereas the adoption by the Commission of the Fit for 55 Package, which intends to achieve climate neutrality by 2050 does not took in consideration the impacts of some specific legislation on the tourism ecosystem and its competitiveness;
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion Recital B h (new) Bh. whereas the Commission policy report ‘Transition Pathway for Tourism’ does not include a clear governance and an action plan to answer Tourism challenges and common solutions;
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion Recital B a (new) Ba. whereas the mobility and transport sector offers enormous potential for productive investment in Member States, in particular through its re- industrialisation, by combining the manufacture and repair of equipment with the promotion of public transport, rail, sustainable and smart mobility, and spatial planning based on connectivity, cohesion and development;
Amendment 27 #
Draft opinion Paragraph -1 (new) -1. Notes the update of the Industrial Strategy; stresses that to be a true transformational strategy the European Green Deal and digital transition need to be at its core thereby reducing the EU’s dependencies and ensuring a level playing field for European industry, including the transport sector, while going through the transition, and creating the base for becoming a competitive front-runner in establishing a net-zero GHG emission economy. Notes that Russia's military aggression against Ukraine has led to increased transport costs in Europe, including those related to energy and fuel usage, and this is having an immediate and negative effect across industry and society as a whole; Recognises that there are numerous transport measures that can help reduce these impacts on end- users whilst also benefiting the environment and human health through reduced greenhouse gas emissions and air pollution;
Amendment 28 #
Draft opinion Paragraph -1 a (new) -1a. Calls on the Commission to bring forward an urgent action plan to foster both an industrial and societal shift towards lowest energy mobility in order to counteract the immediate effects of the Russian aggression in Ukraine, to help a rapid shift towards a climate neutral industry and society, to tackle mobility poverty and improve social cohesion by way of reducing energy use in the transport sector through measures such as lower speed limits, avoiding unnecessary high carbon travel through supporting home working and enacting car free days in urban areas, supporting ultralow cost public transport, supporting rail transport over aviation and putting in place measures that encourages the manufacturing and use of shared mobility modes as well as micro-mobility, cycling and walking;
Amendment 29 #
Draft opinion Paragraph -1 b (new) -1b. Stresses that the EU needs to adopt a more strategic approach on diversifying and making more sustainable global value chains and the supply of critical materials in the transport sector, in particular in times of crisis; calls in particular to significantly reduce energy dependence, especially on Russian gas, oil, coal and nuclear, by, inter alia, massively investing in energy efficiency measures and increased renewable capacities while enhancing demand-side flexibility and direct electrification where feasible; further stresses that the acceleration of the implementation of the Green Deal will strengthen the Union and increase its autonomy;
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion Recital A A. whereas the tourism and transport industry has been the most affected by the restrictions introduced in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, which in 2021 resulted in a 72 % decrease in international tourist arrivals compared with pre- pandemic levels2 ; the lowest business confidence indicator, highest investment gap (161 bn in 2020-21) _________________ 2 https://www.unwto.org/unwto-world-
Amendment 30 #
Draft opinion Paragraph -1 c (new) -1c. Calls on the Commission to present as soon as possible clear science- based transition pathways for the mobility and transport sectors in alignment with the EU climate targets and environmental goals, in order identify concrete actions and interim targets, including in the area of R&I, battery development, embedded carbon emissions, infrastructure, technologies and skills to ultimately reach the goal of climate neutrality and a more circular economy as well as ensuring consistency and synergy among EU policies and objectives, funding and regulatory instruments that support industries through their sustainable transitions; calls for annual monitoring and reporting on the progress of individual sectors’ transition pathways towards reaching the EU’s climate and environmental targets and in turn securing the competitiveness and resilience of the mobility and transport sectors; stresses that civil society, consumer organisations and trade unions should be part of developing ground rules and agreeing of priorities for the sectoral pathways to be developed;
Amendment 31 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1.
Amendment 32 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Welcomes the Transition Pathway for Tourism and calls on the Commission to establish an online stakeholders’ collaboration platform to further implement the co-creation process; calls the Commission to involve the Tourism Task Force in regular TAC meetings, to develop a comprehensive European tourism policy towards the creation of the European Tourism Union;
Amendment 33 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Welcomes the Transition Pathway for Tourism and calls on the Commission to establish an online stakeholders’ collaboration platform, managed by the Commission to further implement the co- creation process;
Amendment 34 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Stresses that the response to the COVID-19 pandemic represents a historic opportunity to modernise tourism in the EU and make it more sustainable, including from a mobility perspective, and more accessible for persons with disabilities, and calls on the Commission to publish a Recommendation on ‘sustainable tourism’ that includes more concrete and detailed action plan with short-, medium- and long-term objectives, including the UN Sustainable Development Goals and to make credibly certified businesses and destinations frontrunners for environmentally friendly, socially responsible and economically sound travel and tourism, to be adopted in coordination with Parliament and the Member States, which includes measures to be applied and observed by all Member States, industries and tourists;
Amendment 35 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Believes that the strategy should further enhance the integrity of the single market with regards to tourism and transport sectors; Considers essential to interlink the industrial strategy with further deepening and strengthening of the single market and calls therefore for full implementation of the Services Directive which is instrumental also for areas such as transport and tourism; Calls on the new industrial strategy for Europe to be aligned with related political ambitions such as the European Green Deal, digitalization, and improving multimodality; Believes that Europe must now become the accelerator and enable the change and innovation and that the industrial policy we provide must help to make this ambition a reality;
Amendment 36 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Regrets that the monitoring and co-implementation process of the Transition pathway for tourism does not involve the European Parliament, TRAN Committee and the Tourism Task Force, neither other EU institutions such as the Committees of Regions and the European Economic and Social Committee; calls on the Commission to establish a new governance between the EU Institutions;
Amendment 37 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 b (new) 1b. Points out the importance of promoting sustainable tourism, contributing to job creation, to the protection and restoration of natural ecosystems and biodiversity, and to increase prosperity and competitiveness, by building on new business models; calls on the Commission to facilitate access to EU funding for tourism stakeholders, in particular for the purpose of supporting small hospitality providers to shift away from using fossil fuels and to improve energy efficiency; believes that support and coordination at Union level must be provided to improve tourism administration at national, regional and local level, inter alia by introducing tourism sustainability certification; stresses the importance of promoting a shift from over tourism to other forms of cultural and sustainable tourism which respect our environment and cultural heritage;
Amendment 38 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 c (new) 1c. Calls on the Commission to develop binding requirements on passenger transport companies, in particular those in the aviation sector, to develop greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction plans in line with EU climate goals and for the vital purpose of ensuring that such companies avoid investing in stranded assets;
Amendment 39 #
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion Recital A A. whereas the tourism and transport industry has been the most affected by the restrictions introduced in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, which in 2021 resulted in a 72 % decrease in international tourist arrivals compared with pre- pandemic levels, which has led to a reduction in turnover, particularly for SMEs;2; _________________ 2 https://www.unwto.org/unwto-world-
Amendment 40 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Considers it regrettable that the EU multiannual financial framework and NextGenerationEU did not provide any specific funding for the tourism industry which have been significantly negatively impacted by the Covid-19 pandemics, current war in Ukraine and soaring fuel prices weighing on the demand; therefore calls for an overview of the financing opportunities from the Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF) and the Multiannual financial framework (MFF) 2021-2027 to better inform and promote financial opportunities for tourism stakeholders in Member States;
Amendment 41 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Considers it regrettable that the EU multiannual financial framework and NextGenerationEU did not provide any specific funding for the tourism industry; Calls the Commission to regularly update the financial possibilities for tourism related projects, and to organise sectorial finance related trainings for Tourism industry.
Amendment 42 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Considers it regrettable that the EU multiannual financial framework and NextGenerationEU did not provide any specific funding for the tourism industry
Amendment 43 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Considers it regrettable that the EU multiannual financial framework and NextGenerationEU did not provide any specific funding for the tourism industry; calls, therefore, for part of the new Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance (IAP3), which has been allocated EUR 14.2 billion for the period covered by the 2021-2027 multiannual financial framework, to be used for more pressing needs than enlargement, with a view to supporting the tourism sector and thus ensuring that the 2023 budget does not have to increase;
Amendment 44 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Considers it regrettable that the EU multiannual financial framework and NextGenerationEU did not provide any specific funding for the tourism industry; takes the view that public investment by the EU and Member States is key to reviving productive sectors and developing mobility, in particular by encouraging high-quality tourism and transport-related industry, and altering mobility patterns;
Amendment 45 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Considers it regrettable that the EU multiannual financial framework and NextGenerationEU did not provide any specific funding for the tourism industry, despite the fact that tourism contributed 9.9% to the EU GDP in 2019;
Amendment 46 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. Underlines that additional charges in the transport sector affect those citizens and enterprises with the smallest financial margins, and probably citizens in sparsely populated regions and the most extreme peripheral areas, as well as the smallest transport businesses; regards the recent sharp increases in fuel and energy prices as a serious threat to the competitiveness of the Union and the financial situation of households;
Amendment 47 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 b (new) 2b. Invites the Commission to produce a common strategy at EU level and facilitate robust measures at Member State level, including temporary derogations from the minimum tax levels in force, in order to moderate the dramatic increases in fuel prices and thus reduce the negative economic impact on the competitiveness of European businesses and the purchasing power of European households;
Amendment 48 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. Reiterates its call for the creation of an European Agency for Tourism, responsible for, inter alia: providing the EU and its Member States with a factual overview and data for policymakers, enabling them to devise informed strategies based on collected and analysed tourism data, including on the possible social, economic and environmental impact of these; operating a crisis management mechanism to ensure that the tourism sector is adequately prepared for future crises, where national responses have proven to be insufficient; providing for technical and administrative support to micro enterprises and SMEs to increase their ability to access and make use of EU funding and financial instruments; supporting the tourism ecosystem by, for instance, sharing good practices to make informed decisions about improving tourism policies; promoting the European brand in third countries and focusing on the diversification of the European tourism product.
Amendment 49 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. Calls on the Commission to develop a new Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF) to mitigate the on-going energy crisis perpetuated by the Russian invasion of Ukraine and its adverse effects on European Industry and society as a whole, and in particular on the transport sector and final mobility users;
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion Recital A a (new) Aa. whereas the tourism sector represents 11.6 % of all jobs in 2019; whereas The World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) reported that 3.6 million jobs were lost in Europe in 20201a; The COVID-19 pandemic has had a dramatic, and unprecedented impact on the tourism sector sharply reducing tourism flows and thus the revenues of tourism-related businesses with an overall contribution of tourism to total GDP in Europe that halved from 9.5% in 2019 to 4.9% in 2020; _________________ 1a Relaunching transport and tourism in the EU after COVID-19 Part IV: Tourism sector
Amendment 50 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. Encourages the Commission to create specific calls and actions for tourism ecosystem under the current funding programmes of the MFF 2021- 2027;
Amendment 51 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 b (new) 2b. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to continue to utilise EU State aid rules and the RRF to support schemes in Member States that encourage modal shift to sustainable modes of transport such as rail and active mobility by subsidising public transport and encouraging shared mobility schemes and initiatives such as Car-Free Days; further calls for measures that reduce the need for unnecessary journeys and that reduce speeds on roads such as financial support for renovating speed signs or deployment of dynamic speed signs and incentives for encouraging the uptake of vehicles with speed limiters.
Amendment 52 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 b (new) 2b. Reiterates its conviction that tourism must be accessible to all persons in society, notably to people with disabilities, and supports the position in the Transition Pathway for Tourism that the supply of accessible tourism facilities must be ensured in all destinations and to provide clear and accessible information about them to travellers planning and reserving their stays and activities.
Amendment 53 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 b (new) 2b. Welcomes the Guide on EU funding for tourism and calls on the Commission to map the difficulties and create appropriate tools, by analysing which programmes of the guide are suitable for implementing targets of the transition pathways, to increase the share of tourism and travel companies on total using of funds;
Amendment 54 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Calls on the Commission to support SMEs and micro-businesses (including artisans) in the tourism sector, by fostering innovative initiatives, simplifying bureaucracy and encouraging education and training (mainly on new digital skills), to stimulate new tourism offerings in terms of destinations and experiences. Emphasises the need to lower significantly the administrative burden on SMEs and to make the EU regulatory framework better adapted to this end; invites the Commission and the Member States to further include and support measures enhancing the digitalisation;
Amendment 55 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Calls on the Commission to support SMEs and micro-businesses (including artisans) in the tourism sector, by fostering innovative initiatives, simplifying
Amendment 56 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Calls on the Commission to support SMEs and micro-businesses (including artisans) in the tourism sector, by fostering innovative initiatives, simplifying bureaucracy and encouraging education and training (mainly on new digital skills and sustainable business models and transformation), to stimulate new sustainable tourism offerings
Amendment 57 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Calls on the Commission to support SMEs and micro-businesses (including artisans) in the tourism sector, by fostering innovative sustainable initiatives, simplifying bureaucracy and encouraging education
Amendment 58 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Calls on the Commission to support SMEs and micro-businesses (including artisans) in the tourism sector, by
Amendment 59 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Calls on the Commission to support SMEs and micro-businesses (including artisans) in the tourism sector, by fostering innovative initiatives, simplifying bureaucracy and encouraging education
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion Recital A a (new) Aa. whereas the transport sector and transport infrastructure are the lifeblood of the European economy. whereas robust infrastructure network and viable transport businesses are fundamental prerequisites for all of society’s competitiveness;
Amendment 60 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. Considers that the promotion of the 'Europe' brand in third countries should focus on diversifying the EU's offer in terms of cultural and natural heritage, gastronomy and health, in cooperation with destinations and tour operators; maintains that strategic destinations should be promoted in order to develop tourism throughout the year with the aim of creating ad hoc itineraries to enhance the value of crafts and the places where they operate, thus responding to the standardization of tourist supply and the desertification of many local communities, as they are the main attractions for tourists and are essential for the overall revival of the European countries' tourist offer, in synergy with food and wine tourism, whose taste trails represent a distinctive resource capable of offering an innovative and sustainable product
Amendment 61 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. Calls on the Commission to set out a new strategy for the EU tourism ecosystem, with a clear action plan, to support investments that contribute to a more sustainable form of tourism and to maintain Europe's standing as a leading destination while maximising the industry's contribution to growth and employment and promoting cooperation between EU member states, particularly through the exchange of good practice;
Amendment 62 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. Calls on the Commission to include Tourism industry in the European Green Deal, more investments in renewable energies, sustainable water management, and nature-based solutions, initiates to link Tourism into the Green Infrastructure Strategy, into the Sustainable Urban Mobility Plans.
Amendment 63 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. Recalls that the digital transition is one of the key horizontal EU priorities, which will help to boost competitiveness of the EU business in transport and tourism sectors and further strengthen their resilience to economic or other type of crisis;
Amendment 64 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 b (new) 3b. Believes that the strategy should further provide socio-economic prosperity and new job opportunities; Stresses that Europe needs to make full use of its capacities, to encourage manufacturing in key sectors and support upskilling of workers in those fields where jobs are likely to be obsolete due to the transition;
Amendment 65 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 b (new) 3b. Encourages Member States to apply selection procedures and easing the access to the tourism ecosystem for ERDF- funded tourism investments to support this new strategic orientation;
Amendment 66 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 c (new) 3c. Highlights the importance of sharing knowledge in digitalisation and tourism between different stakeholders to promote entrepreneurship, innovation and research; to develop creative and innovative solutions; and to collaborate with universities, tourism schools and knowledge centres to transfer and produce knowledge for the industry;
Amendment 67 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 d (new) Amendment 68 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 e (new) 3e. Stresses the need for all Member States to have a well-developed, smart, safe and sustainable TEN-T network which facilitates mobility, connectivity and territorial accessibility across the EU, particularly in peripheral regions, island and outermost regions, in order to promote and boost European and international tourism; calls on the Commission to pay particular attention to missing cross-border links and their completion and to connectivity;
Amendment 69 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 f (new) 3f. Stresses that a paradigm shift is necessary in order to rebuild the tourism industry; the weak financial situation of tourism operators and liquidity problems, mainly among small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), may negatively affect investments in the digital and green transition;
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion Recital A b (new) Ab. whereas the economic conditions in the transport sector have a direct impact on industrial businesses, since the costs of transporting raw materials, input goods and finished products affect product prices, which ultimately have to be borne by consumers; whereas, in light of the recent sharp increases in fuel prices, which add to inflation and undermine household purchasing power, a common strategy is required at EU level, in harmony with robust measures at Member State level, to moderate the increase in prices and the negative economic impact on the competitiveness of European businesses and the purchasing power of European households;
Amendment 70 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 g (new) 3g. Requests the Commission to propose a roadmap towards achieving a major reduction in administrative burdens affecting SMEs in the tourism and transport sectors and reiterates its request to the Commission to draft a comprehensive strategy for the tourism sector.
Amendment 71 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 h (new) Amendment 72 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. Regrets that hourly rates of pay and labour costs in the tourism sector are significantly lower than in the economy as a whole, and that there is a relatively high percentage of fixed-term contracts and shorter duration of employment; is concerned that women working in the tourism sector earn around 15% less than their male counterparts; calls on the Commission to promote fair and inclusive employment in the sector;
Amendment 73 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 a (new) Amendment 74 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 b (new) 3b. Invites the Commission to facilitate the existence of small and medium-sized enterprises and micro- enterprises in the transport sector by simplifying the bureaucracy;
Amendment 75 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 c (new) 3c. Invites the Commission to simplify the rules for a considerable part of the European industrial strategy and disseminate best practices for administrative procedures among the Member States; invites the Member States continuously to adapt their administrative procedures to best practices and take all steps to simplify regulatory compliance for transport businesses and remove unnecessary administrative burdens;
Amendment 76 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 d (new) Amendment 77 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 e (new) 3e. Calls on the Commission to step up its efforts to improve the functioning of the single market for transport businesses, reduce market barriers, make legislation more effective and ensure that all small and medium-sized enterprises can benefit from a fully integrated internal market for transport services;
Amendment 78 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 f (new) 3f. Highlights that the size and continued integration of the internal market offer the greatest potential for strengthening competitiveness and innovation in Europe, and that all fragmentation and all unwarranted border restrictions that impede the transportation of goods and people between EU Member States must therefore be comprehensively eliminated;
Amendment 79 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 g (new) 3g. Underlines that the trans- European transport network (TEN-T) is one of the basic foundations for the competitiveness of industry; urges the Member States to rectify all missing links and bottlenecks throughout the TEN-T’s core network corridors by 2030, put in place non-passing double-track railway traffic and ensure that main roads are upgraded to motorway standard throughout the core network; calls on the Member States to use resources from NextGenerationEU and the Connecting Europe Facility to accelerate these infrastructure investments and achieve a rapidly enhanced capacity for investment in the transport system to benefit the competitiveness of industry and the financial position of households;
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion Recital A c (new) Ac. whereas improved transport infrastructure could serve as a catalyst for growth, with investments focused on sections that have capacity problems, not least bottlenecks on the road and railway network and in cross-border areas; whereas an expanded, more robust transport infrastructure will improve access to markets for export industries that rely on freight transport, and will make everyday life easier for commuters; whereas investments in transport infrastructure are generally one of the most effective ways of creating long-term economic added value and stimulating more activity in the economy;
Amendment 80 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Calls on the Commission to include the tourism industry in the EU data strategy and to support the establishment of data spaces that will benefit the sector by creating a framework for improved data sharing; in this context, invites the Commission to harmonise data collection rules on tourism statistics; clearer rules enabling access and sharing of tourism data is needed.
Amendment 81 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Calls on the Commission to include the tourism industry in the EU data strategy and to support the establishment of data spaces that will benefit the sector by creating a framework for improved data sharing; in this context, invites the Commission to harmonise data collection rules on tourism statistics and calls on the Commission to create a Tourism common data space;
Amendment 82 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Calls on the Commission to include the tourism industry in the EU data strategy and to support the establishment of data spaces that will benefit the sector by creating a framework for improved data sharing; in this context, invites the Commission to harmonise data collection rules on tourism statistics at Member State level;
Amendment 83 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Calls on the Commission to include the tourism industry in the EU data strategy and to support the establishment of data spaces that will benefit the sector by creating a public framework for improved data sharing; in this context, invites the Commission to harmonise data collection rules on tourism statistics;
Amendment 84 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 a (new) 4a. Believes that short run solutions are very important and tourism governance needs to be improved by developing a bold and dedicated EU tourism strategy (The European Agenda for tourism 2030/2050), in partnership with different authorities at all governance levels and industry players, with clear aims, objectives, funding opportunities and implementation plan;
Amendment 85 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 a (new) 4a. Supports broader automation in the transport sector with the aim to make it more efficient, sustainable and competitive;
Amendment 86 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 b (new) 4b. Calls on the Commission to support the uptake of zero-emission vehicles, encourage using sustainable alternative solutions available to the public and businesses, supporting digitalisation and automation improving connectivity and access in the context of the Sustainable and Smart Mobility Strategy, and to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by encouraging the use of low and zero - emission means of transport;
Amendment 87 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 b (new) 4b. Highlights that investments in digital infrastructure, tourism data strategy, implementation of emerging technologies and development of employees' digital skills and competences are essential.
Amendment 88 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 c (new) 4c. Believes that the green and digital transition are essential to safeguard the automotive sector's competitiveness and calls on the Commission to pursue the ambition to make Europe a global leader in sustainable mobility, by supporting incentives such as battery production;
Amendment 89 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 d (new) 4d. Supports developing shared mobility adapted to each place individually and contribute to the growth of currently known forms of shared mobility, such as car sharing, scooter or bike sharing but will also initiate new ways of transport business models and the development of digitalization;
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion Recital A d (new) Ad. whereas the recent sharp increase in fuel and energy prices, combined with decades of increased regulatory burdens on the transport sector, have undermined the sector’s competitiveness and had knock-on effects in the form of price increases that have hit industries and households; whereas, in addition to active measures to push fuel and energy prices down, a wave of European deregulation is required to reduce the costly regulatory burden and simplify the licensing procedures for transport businesses;
Amendment 90 #
4e. Recalls the need for comprehensive smart tourism strategies for remote regions and the need to stimulate new tourism opportunities;
Amendment 91 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 a (new) 4a. Notes that good access to data is crucial for developing the AI technology that will become increasingly significant in the transport sector in line with the roll-out of intelligent and connected fleets; underlines the fact that technological developments in the field of transport and mobility, in particular AI applications and autonomous vehicles, offer great potential for simplifying the daily lives of people and businesses, shortening travel times, reducing congestion, preventing accidents, lowering harmful emissions and reducing costs; believes, too, that there is great economic potential for the European automotive industry if it is given opportunities to be at the cutting edge of technology and thus acquire a larger share of the global market;
Amendment 92 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 b (new) 4b. Reiterates the recommendation set out in the conclusions of the Special Committee on Artificial Intelligence to establish a European ‘AI lighthouse’ to reinforce the innovation climate considerably with regard to AI technology; stresses that such an initiative should be of particular significance for the development of AI applications in the manufacturing sector and probably the automotive sector, where the EU has a good starting position on which to build; highlights that the lighthouse concept should be able to confer significant synergies and economies of scale on European industry, increase its attractiveness to IT experts and stimulate substantial private investments in AI development that will benefit the digital adaptability of industry and the competitiveness of the Union in the digital age;
Amendment 93 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 c (new) 4c. Welcomes the Commission’s promise to establish an integrated European data area for transport data, which could considerably simplify the exchange of data required to realise the potential of connected and autonomous vehicles;
Amendment 94 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Calls on the Commission to
Amendment 95 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Calls on the Commission to facilitate multimodal journey planning and
Amendment 96 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Calls on the Commission to facilitate multimodal journey planning and ticketing through digital services while better regulating the activity of online booking platforms and booking platform intermediaries; calls for the EU framework for short-term rentals to be strengthened, proportional and for new policies to be implemented with a view to enhancing transparency;
Amendment 97 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Calls on the Commission to facilitate multimodal journey planning and multimodal ticketing through digital services while better regulating the activity of online booking platforms and booking platform intermediaries; calls for the EU framework for short-term rentals to be strengthened and for new policies to be implemented with a view to enhancing transparency;
Amendment 98 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Calls on the Commission to help facilitate multimodal journey planning and ticketing through digital services
Amendment 99 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Calls on the Commission to facilitate multimodal journey planning and ticketing through digital services while better regulating the activity of online booking platforms and booking platform intermediaries; calls for the EU framework for short-term rentals to be strengthened and for new policies to be implemented with a view to enhancing transparency and protecting online shoppers;
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350 amendments...
Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 5 a (new) — having regard to the Commission communication of 30 September 2020 entitled ‘A new ERA for Research and Innovation’ (COM(2020)628),
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A A. whereas it is crucial to enable industry to implement the energy and digital transitions while preserving jobs, competitiveness and its ability to develop and produce clean and low-carbon products;
Amendment 100 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. Calls on the Commission to present clear transition pathways for the industrial ecosystem as soon as possible, including by identifying the needs for a successful transition in terms of infrastructure, technologies and skills; calls on the Commission to ensure consistency and coordination across all initiatives, objectives, funding and regulatory
Amendment 101 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. Calls on the Commission to present
Amendment 102 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. Calls on the Commission to present clear transition pathways for the industrial ecosystem as soon as possible, including by identifying the needs for a successful transition in terms of infrastructure, technologies and skills; calls on the Commission to ensure consistency and coordination across all initiatives, objectives, funding and regulatory instruments that will support industry through the transitions; highlights in particular the need for full alignment between the transition pathways, the industrial technology roadmaps, the Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda's of the European Partnerships under Horizon Europe; calls for annual monitoring and reporting on the competitiveness and resilience of our industrial ecosystems and on the progress made on the transition pathways, so that instruments can be adapted swiftly when needed;
Amendment 103 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. Calls on the Commission to present clear climate goals-based transition pathways for the industrial
Amendment 104 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. Calls on the Commission to present clear transition pathways for the industrial ecosystem as soon as possible, including by identifying the needs for a successful transition in terms of infrastructure, technologies and skills; calls on the Commission to ensure consistency and coordination across all initiatives, objectives, funding and regulatory instruments that will support industry through the transitions; underlines the importance of bottom-up approach by engaging the industrial ecosystem as a whole, including small and medium-sized enterprises, in the transition; calls for annual monitoring and reporting on the competitiveness and resilience of our industrial ecosystems and on the progress made on the transition pathways, so that instruments can be adapted swiftly when
Amendment 105 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. Calls on the Commission to present clear transition pathways for
Amendment 106 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. Calls on the Commission to present clear transition pathways for the industrial ecosystem as soon as possible, including by identifying the needs for a successful transition in terms of infrastructure, technologies and skills; calls on the Commission to ensure consistency and coordination across all initiatives, objectives, funding and regulatory instruments that will support industry through the transitions; calls for functioning single markets as part of EUs´ resilient industrial ecosystems, calls for annual monitoring and reporting on the competitiveness, employability and resilience of our industrial ecosystems and on the progress made on the transition pathways, so that instruments can be adapted swiftly when needed;
Amendment 107 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. Calls on the Commission to present clear transition pathways for the industrial ecosystem as soon as possible, with the transparent involvement of stakeholders representing the entire supply chain, including by identifying the needs for a successful transition in terms of infrastructure, technologies and skills; calls on the Commission to ensure consistency and coordination across all initiatives, objectives, funding and regulatory instruments that will support industry through the transitions; calls for annual monitoring and reporting on the competitiveness and resilience of our industrial ecosystems and on the progress made on the transition pathways, so that
Amendment 108 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. Calls on the Commission to present clear transition pathways for the industrial ecosystem as soon as possible, including by identifying
Amendment 109 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. Calls on the Commission to present
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A A. whereas it is crucial to enable industry to gradually implement the energy and digital transitions while preserving jobs, competitiveness and its ability to develop and produce clean products;
Amendment 110 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. Calls on the Commission to present clear transition pathways for the industrial ecosystem as soon as possible, including by identifying the needs for a successful transition in terms of infrastructure, technologies and skills; calls on the Commission to ensure consistency
Amendment 111 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. Calls on the Commission to ensure a balanced representation of relevant experts and stakeholders, including civil society organisations, consumer organisations and trade unions, in the various industry related fora and to ensure a continuous, science-based monitoring of progress of individual industrial sectors towards the EU’s Green Deal objectives, in particular the 2050 net-zero GHG emissions objective as well as the reduction of EU industries’ dependency on fossil fuels and energy imports;
Amendment 112 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. Calls on the Commission to build on regional ecosystems that embrace their own smart specialisation, help to bridge regional disparities and involve public administration, higher education institutions, scientists, civil society and industry to combine their knowledge and co-create content, context and learning experiences;
Amendment 113 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. Calls on the Commission to elaborate a strategy focused on the transition of the most carbon and energy intensive industries that would allow them to preserve their competitiveness and at the same time support greater EU strategic autonomy, as these industries are often of strategic importance;
Amendment 114 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. Underlines the importance of well- functioning EU Single Market for European industrial resilience and European Union’s attractiveness as an investment destination; stresses the role of free movement and open competition in increasing Europe’s strategic strengths;
Amendment 115 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. Notes that the speed of the green and digital transition underlines the need for a well-functioning system for continuing education and training to secure competence development and adaptation through the entire work life;
Amendment 116 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. Calls on the Commission to consider the impact of the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine on the European industry and its capacities in current and future initiatives and objectives;
Amendment 117 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 b (new) 3b. Calls on the Commission and Members States to ensure technology neutrality across the whole transition in order to secure competitiveness; stresses that the exclusion of certain technologies will only weaken the industries ability to pivot in times of crisis or when technologies prove themselves financially, economically or environmentally unsustainable; insists therefore that the most sustainable way of achieving the climate goals is a technological open and cost-efficient way, including all technologies that contribute to reach climate neutrality;
Amendment 118 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 b (new) 3b. Underlines that women are the largest untapped entrepreneurial potential; notes that women entrepreneurs receive less finance than men and that we need to strengthen the ecosystem; calls for the Commission to establish a gender- conscious investor network;
Amendment 119 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 4. Notes that the EU is outperformed
Amendment 12 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A A. whereas it is crucial to enable industry to implement the energy and digital transitions while preserving decent jobs, competitiveness and its ability to develop and produce clean products;
Amendment 120 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 4. Notes that the EU is outperformed by other economic powers in research and development (R&D) expenditures as a percentage of GDP; reiterates the importance of an ambitious level of investment in R&D; regrets that the target of 3 % of GDP investments in R&D has still not been achieved in the vast majority of Member States; recalls in this respect the Council Conclusions on the New European Research Area of 1 December 2020 in which the Member States reconfirm their commitment to this target; regrets that the ERA Policy Agenda does not include any concrete measures to achieve the spending target;
Amendment 121 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 4. Notes that the EU is outperformed by other economic powers in research and development (R&D) expenditures as a percentage of GDP; reiterates the importance of an ambitious level of investment in R&D; regrets that the target of 3 % of GDP investments in R&D has still not been achieved in the vast majority of Member States; welcomes in this regard Policy Action 12 "Accelerate the green/digital transition of Europe’s key industrial ecosystems" of the European Research Area Policy Agenda as adopted by the Council on 1 December 2020;
Amendment 122 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 4. Notes that the EU is outperformed by other economic powers in research and development (R&D) expenditures as a percentage of GDP; reiterates the importance of an ambitious level of investment in R&D; regrets that the target of 3 % of GDP investments in R&D has still not been achieved in the vast majority of Member States; calls on the Commission to coordinate Member States' efforts in further committing to increased R&D investment targets at national level, in particular for national public and private funding for industrial innovation and research;
Amendment 123 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 4. Notes that the EU is outperformed by other economic powers in research and development (R&D) expenditures as a percentage of GDP; reiterates the importance of an ambitious level of investment in R&D; regrets that the target of 3 % of GDP investments in R&D has still not been achieved in the vast majority of Member States; underlines the role that the ‘First EU commercial exploitation’ principle might have in order to maximise the impact and benefit of Union spending in R&D and increase the commercial exploitation of excellent EU research results;
Amendment 124 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 4. Notes that the EU is outperformed by other economic powers in research and development (R&D) expenditures as a percentage of GDP; reiterates the importance of an ambitious level of investment in R&D; regrets that the target
Amendment 125 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 4. Notes that the EU is outperformed by other economic powers in research and development (R&D) expenditures as a percentage of GDP; reiterates the importance of an ambitious level of investment in R&D; regrets that the target of 3 % of GDP investments in R&D has still not been achieved in the vast majority of Member States; calls on the Commission to ensure that investment in R&D is geared towards the participation of micro enterprises;
Amendment 126 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 4. Notes that the EU is outperformed by other economic powers in research and
Amendment 127 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 4. Notes that the EU is outperformed by other economic powers in research and development (R&D) expenditures as a percentage of GDP; reiterates the importance of an ambitious level of , at least 3%, investment in R&D to improve EUs´ competitive position in the world; regrets that the target of 3 % of GDP investments in R&D has still not been achieved in the vast majority of Member States;
Amendment 128 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 4. Notes that the EU is outperformed by other economic powers in research and development (R&D) expenditures as a
Amendment 129 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 a (new) 4a. Points to the need for Horizon Europe’s work programmes 2023/24 to take account of the new circumstances resulting from the Russian invasion in Ukraine, in particular clusters 4 and 5 on 5 on ‘industry, digital and space’ and on ‘climate, energy and mobility’ respectively in light of the urgent need for the EU to come up with even more innovative solutions by setting relevant incentives for the research community including industrial actors as early as through the Horizon work programmes 2023/24; calls for underpinning industry oriented R&D investments more than ever with the objectives of resource and energy efficiency, deployment of renewable energy sources, support for the circular economy and sustainability thereby ensuring the replacement of fossil fuels and the reduction of EU industries’ reliance on energy imports reflecting the political direction given by REPowerEU communication and the Versailles Declaration and applying this approach also through all Horizon public-private partnerships of the Union;
Amendment 13 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A A. whereas it is
Amendment 130 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 a (new) 4a. Acknowledges that intellectual property rights, notably trade secrets, can hamper or delay future research; calls on the Commission to promote an innovation ecosystem better set up for using collective intelligence to accelerate advances, making wider use of open science, patent pools and compulsory licensing ; Calls on the Commission to support measures favouring open science in order to accelerate the sharing of data and research results within the scientific community in Europe and beyond;
Amendment 131 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 a (new) 4a. Calls on the Commission to ensure that all proposals under the Pharmaceutical Strategy for Europe should support the role of the EU as an innovator and world leader in pharmaceutical R&D; notes that attracting a strong research-based pharmaceutical industry to the EU will also support EU resilience;
Amendment 132 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 a (new) 4a. Stresses the importance of providing policy direction and developing ambitious public programs to support and boost investments in space and defence industries;
Amendment 133 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 b (new) 4b. Stresses for the medium and longer-term that environmentally sustainable technologies that are already proven at demonstration scale should be replicated as to enable them to compete on the market with existing technologies as early as possible; highlights in this context in particular fully renewables based hydrogen, its production and related infrastructure, zero-emission cement, steel and chemicals, new forms of renewable power, such as floating offshore wind and ocean energy, long- duration energy storage, circular economy technologies, demand-response and deep improvements to the electricity grid to handle intermittency, calls for concrete instruments for enabling the EU and Member States to pool R&D efforts in those priority areas and to enable the uptake of the results in the local economy and across value-networks;
Amendment 134 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 b (new) 4b. Calls on the Commission to ensure that the measures proposed in the EU Pharmaceutical Strategy guarantee competitiveness in terms of quality and prices of medicines, provide reliable supply and access to modern medicines and continue stimulating innovation and investment in pharmaceutical R&D;
Amendment 135 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 b (new) 4b. Calls on the Commission to consider proposing regulatory sandboxes that allow innovation and experimentation within industrial sectors, such as bio-solutions, in areas where legislation is outdated or unfit, to ensure their fast access to market;
Amendment 136 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5. Calls on the Commission to close the investment gap with global competitors for key enabling technologies like batteries and AI; welcomes, in this regard, the Commission’s proposal for a European Chips Act10 and the establishment of the European Alliance for Industrial Data, Edge and Cloud; calls on the Commission to
Amendment 137 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5. Calls on the Commission to close the investment gap with global competitors for key enabling technologies; welcomes, in this regard, the Commission’s proposal for a European Chips Act10 and the
Amendment 138 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5. Calls on the Commission to c
Amendment 139 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5. Calls on the Commission to
Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A a (new) Aa. whereas industrial strategy can allow society to decide democratically on what to produce where at what conditions, making industry a formidable asset for people and planet; rather than leave these decisions to the market and amount to little more than a massive transfer of public subsidies, funding the profits of private corporations; calls on the Commission to ensure that its industrial strategy prioritizes social and climate imperatives over competitiveness and the needs of multinational corporations;
Amendment 140 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5. Calls on the Commission to close the investment gap with global competitors for key enabling technologies; welcomes, in this regard, the Commission’s proposal for a European Chips Act10 and the establishment of the European Alliance for Industrial Data, Edge and Cloud; calls on the Commission to extend these initiatives to key enabling technologies, such as
Amendment 141 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5. Calls on the Commission to close the investment gap with global competitors for key enabling technologies; welcomes, in this regard, the Commission’s proposal for a European Chips Act10 and the establishment of the European Alliance for Industrial Data, Edge and Cloud; calls on the Commission to extend these initiatives to key enabling technologies where market failures can be demonstrated, such as photonics and quantum; _________________ 10 COM(2022)0046.
Amendment 142 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5. Calls on the Commission to close the investment gap with global competitors for key enabling technologies; welcomes, in this regard, the Commission’s proposal for a European Chips Act10 and the establishment of the European Alliance for Industrial Data, Edge and Cloud; calls on
Amendment 143 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5. Calls on the Commission to close the investment gap with global competitors for key enabling technologies;
Amendment 144 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 a (new) Amendment 145 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 a (new) 5a. Underlines that industrial alliances and public-private partnerships are important to develop breakthrough technologies also aiming at closing carbon loops across the value chains of energy intensive industries by reusing and recycling resources; calls on the Commission to ensure consistency and synergy in all initiatives, funding and regulatory instruments supporting industry, SMEs and micro-enterprises;
Amendment 146 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 a (new) 5a. Reminds the Commission that pharmaceutical exports make the largest contribution to the EU’s external trade surplus of any sector; underlines that a competitive and environmentally sustainable pharmaceutical industry in the EU is of strategic interest for economic growth, jobs, trade, and R&D and supports the goal of EU's 'open strategic autonomy';
Amendment 147 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 a (new) 5a. Stresses the need to increase the resilience and competitiveness of the EU pharmaceutical industry by supporting dedicated investments in R&I, manufacturing of medicines and active ingredients in the EU and maintaining a vibrant research-based and production facilities on its territory;
Amendment 148 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 b (new) 5b. Welcomes the proposed efforts on developing strategic technology infrastructures for the European semi- conductors ecosystem, including pilot lines and first-of-a-kind industrial facilities; deplores the lack of an impact assessment for the European Chips Act which would provide a basis for the selection of three specific technologies for the pilot lines; calls on the Member States and the Commission to produce an comprehensive analysis of the future chips need of the European industry, the competitive advantage of Europe in different types of chips production, Europe's potential for chips production detailing each part of the value chain and considering the economic viability of such production particularly considering specific scenario's for export of European chips; considers that decisions on pilot lines and first-of-a-kind facilities should be guided by this analysis;
Amendment 149 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 b (new) 5b. Calls on the Commission to establish clear, effective, simple and comprehensive guidelines regarding the existing instruments that should address the policy priorities in several industrial sectors, notably the Important Projects of Common European Interest (IPCEIs), the various alliances (industrial data, space launchers, zero emissions aviation, batteries, and others), the European Digital Infrastructure Consortia (EDICs), and others; stresses the importance of ensuring the right synergies between the different instruments, programmes and funds, from the Recovery and Relaunch Facility to the structural funds, and urges to better integrate them with the joint undertakings and the other initiatives derived from Horizon Europe, such as the European Institute of Technology and Innovation (EIT) and the European Innovation Council (EIC);
Amendment 15 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A a (new) Aa. whereas the European Climate Law states that the Commission should facilitate sector-specific climate dialogues and partnerships by bringing together key stakeholders, so as to encourage sectors themselves to plan their transition towards achieving the Union’s climate-neutrality objective by 2050;
Amendment 150 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 6. Stresses the need to strengthen ‘Made in EU’ and accelerate the adoption of Industry 4.0 technologies, particularly by small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs); calls on the Commission to embed the ‘Made in Europe’ partnership strongly in the Horizon Europe programme; in view of facilitating the uptake of R&I results in the local economy and across value- networks; emphasises yet that, ‘Made in Europe’ should not only stand for quality and innovation, but also for highly sustainable and socially fair industrial products, processes and services;
Amendment 151 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 6. Stresses the need
Amendment 152 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 6. Stresses the need to strengthen ‘Made in EU’ and accelerate the adoption of Industry 4.0 technologies, particularly by small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs); calls on the Commission to embed the ‘Made in Europe’ partnership strongly in the Horizon Europe programme and by fostering SMEs cooperation with universities and research and technology organisations;
Amendment 153 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 6. Stresses the need to
Amendment 154 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 6. Stresses the need to
Amendment 155 #
6a. Calls on the Commission and Member States to adopt a holistic approach when it creates incentives to support strategic industrial sectors and their supply chains, such as food, pharmaceutics and others, which are facing a sharp increase of energy, transport and raw materials' costs due to the current conflict in Ukraine; stresses that ensuring sufficient access to affordable, secure and diversified clean energy throughout the single market is going to be key to continue with its integration and to pursue the European industry’s transformation plans, boost its green transition and its global competitiveness; underlines how the development of efficient and integrated logistics networks and infrastructures can ensure a smoother access to transport, energy and digital services increase competitiveness of businesses, reduce barriers in the single market and widen markets for products and jobs; reminds the importance of diversification of supplies and material circularity in particular to reduce reliance on third country imports and increase Union's energy and resources independence;
Amendment 156 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 a (new) 6a. Underlines the need to stimulate the development of lead markets and introduce scalable demand-pull instruments for sustainable industrial materials and products, in particular with high Capex requirements; calls on the Commission to establish more ambitious and effective norms, quotas and standards in terms of GHG emission reduction, embedded emissions, recycling, resource and energy-savings, zero pollution and circular economy requirements in support of the Sustainable Product Policy Framework; points to the revision of procurement standards for basic materials, such as in the building and construction sector, as well as the introduction of sustainable products and material purchasing mandates for large private sector consumers, quotas for climate neutral products and materials including zero-carbon steel and low- carbon cement, as well as mandatory labelling on durability and reparability of products and improved consumer information;
Amendment 157 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 a (new) 6a. Stresses the importance of the Industrial Forum established by the Industrial Strategy and notes that among the five task forces that were created, one is directly relevant for the single market and analyses the horizontal aspects of the single market and the removal of the barriers, and another one has a specific focus on advanced manufacturing as an horizontal enabler for a wide range of ecosystems; underlines the massive investment gap existing in the technology industries enabling the digital transformation of our society and reiterates the need to strengthen investments in digital technologies; calls on the Commission, as well as the Member States, to fully support such a horizontal approach, in order to ensure that Europe remains a global leader in a crucial enabling technology;
Amendment 158 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 b (new) 6b. Considers that the circular economy combined with the zero pollution agenda must be at the centre of the Union's economy and industrial policy, prioritising waste prevention and the reduction of its energy and resource consumption, closed loop recycling along whole industrial sectors and value chains and fully embedded in business models and production processes, in particular as regards CO2 intensive materials and value chains like buildings, vehicles or packaging; further stresses the importance of sustainability and reparability by design ensuring the recycling and reuse of important (critical) raw materials as well as an enhanced use and longevity of products; highlights that this would make Europe less dependent on primary materials while incentivising innovation the creation of new markets, leadership in new digital, advanced industrial technologies and logistics as well as a huge potential for new safe and sustainable jobs at local level and in particular for SMEs and start-ups; highlights the strong synergies between climate action and the circular economy, in particular in energy- and resource- intensive industries;
Amendment 159 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 7. Welcomes the Commission’s announcement issuing guidance on public procurement; stresses that public procurement is an essential instrument for national and economic security and for supporting the uptake of and demand for
Amendment 16 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A a (new) Aa. whereas the aim of the Industrial Strategy must also be to strengthen the Single Market and foster technological breakthroughs in order to make the EU a world leader in green and digital technologies;
Amendment 160 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 7. Welcomes the Commission’s announcement issuing guidance on public procurement; stresses that public procurement is an essential instrument for national and economic security and for supporting the uptake of and demand for clean products; reminds the importance of the guidelines developed by the Commission that give practical indications about how Member States should include performance goals and quality criteria, such as the Most Economic Advantageous Tender (MEAT) one, in the contracts awarded through public procurement and how to better involve a plurality of manufacturers, including SMEs and microenterprises; calls, in this regard, on the Commission to review public procurement and competition rules where needed;
Amendment 161 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 7. Welcomes the Commission’s announcement issuing guidance on public procurement; stresses that public procurement is an essential instrument for national and economic security and for supporting the uptake of and demand for clean products; underlines that public procurement mechanisms should further support the transformation of Europe's industry by fostering the production of eco-innovative, cost-effective and sustainable goods and services and increasing the demand for secondary raw materials stemming from the deployment of circular production processes; calls, in this regard, on the Commission to review public procurement and competition rules where needed;
Amendment 162 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 7. Welcomes the Commission’s announcement issuing guidance on public procurement; stresses that public procurement is an essential instrument for national and economic security and for supporting the uptake of and demand for clean products; calls, in this regard, on the Commission to review public procurement and competition rules where needed; calls for an increase in the share of SMEs in public procurement contracts, by guaranteeing SME access and combating procurement criteria that set requirements or qualifications beyond the core elements of the service or goods purchased;
Amendment 163 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 7. Welcomes the Commission’s announcement issuing guidance on public procurement; stresses that public procurement is an essential instrument for national and economic security and for
Amendment 164 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 7. Welcomes the Commission’s announcement issuing guidance on public procurement; stresses that public procurement is an essential instrument for national and economic security and for supporting the uptake of and demand for clean products; calls, in this regard, on the Commission to review public procurement and competition rules where needed, while simultaneously avoiding state intervention and protective measures which erode EU competition policy and functioning of the Single Market;
Amendment 165 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 7. Welcomes the Commission’s announcement issuing guidance on public procurement and its efforts to promote reciprocity in access to public procurement markets; stresses that public procurement is an essential instrument for national and economic security and for supporting the uptake of and demand for clean products; calls, in this regard, on the Commission to review public procurement and competition rules where needed;
Amendment 166 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 7. Welcomes the Commission’s announcement issuing guidance on public procurement; stresses that public procurement is an essential instrument for social and ecological sustainability but also for national and economic security and for supporting the uptake of and demand for
Amendment 167 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 7. Welcomes the Commission’s
Amendment 168 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 7. Welcomes the Commission’s announcement issuing guidance on public procurement; stresses that public procurement is an essential instrument for national and economic security and for supporting the uptake of and demand for clean products; calls, in this regard, on the Commission to review public procurement and competition rules where needed;
Amendment 169 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 7. Welcomes the Commission’s announcement issuing guidance on public procurement; stresses that public procurement is an
Amendment 17 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A a (new) Aa. whereas industrial and manufacturing processes represent a backbone of the EU labour market and should foster the creation of high-quality jobs;
Amendment 170 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 a (new) 7a. Recalls the role of sustainable procurement practices in preventing medicine shortage ensuring security of supply and securing manufacturing investments; as recognised in the updated new industrial strategy in the context of the health ecosystem, public procurement can lead to market consolidation and increases the risk of shortages. Urges the Commission, to support Member States by developing targeted EU rules on medicines procurement, under the current public procurement directive, aimed at ensuring long-term sustainability, competition, security of supply and stimulating investments in manufacturing. These guidelines or legislative changes in the pharmaceutical legislation should cover clarification and recommendations to Member States on how to apply the Most Economic Advantageous Tender (MEAT) criteria, ensure timely procurement processes to ensure the plurality of manufacturers and competition of multisource medicines as soon as they are available;
Amendment 171 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 a (new) 7a. Recalls the role of sustainable procurement practices in preventing medicine shortage ensuring security of supply and securing manufacturing investments; as recognised in the updated new industrial strategy in the context of the health ecosystem, public procurement can lead to market consolidation and increases the risk of shortages. Urges the Commission, to support Member States by developing targeted EU rules on medicines procurement, under the current public procurement directive, aimed at ensuring long-term sustainability, competition, security of supply and stimulating investments in manufacturing. These guidelines or legislative changes in the pharmaceutical legislation should cover clarification and recommendations to Member States on how to apply the Most Economic Advantageous Tender (MEAT) criteria, ensure timely procurement processes to ensure the plurality of manufacturers and competition of multisource medicines as soon as they are available;
Amendment 172 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 a (new) 7a. Notes that for certain products, such as medicines, some public procurers tend to consider price as the sole criterion for procurement; stresses in this regard that consideration must be given to how guidance on public procurement can help support the uptake of products which are innovative, environmentally friendly, and which ensure security of supply and added value to patients; calls on the Commission to include guidance on the application of the Most Economic Advantageous Tender (MEAT) criteria in any updated guidelines on public procurement;
Amendment 173 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 a (new) 7a. Stresses that is crucial that the European standardisation strategy continues to attract the best experts, boosts a more coordinated approach in terms of international standards setting and that strategic objectives are discussed and agreed with the active participation of all stakeholders involved, including the research community; underlines the need to develop tools to monitor standards in order to support SMEs and microenterprises to identify those that are particularly relevant for them;
Amendment 174 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 a (new) 7a. Considers that EU industrial policy must embrace public investment strategies that promote the recovery of quality employment and manufacturing opportunities throughout the Union, in order to support the equal and sustainable development of all EU regions, particularly in strategic sectors such as health, transport, digitalisation and energy; calls on the Commission to promote public investment to create high- quality jobs and achieve ambitious social and environmental goals;
Amendment 175 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 a (new) 7a. Underlines the importance of a fully integrated circular economy to create an efficient and decarbonised industry; calls on the Commission to undertake analyses on how products can be recycled and reintroduced into the product cycle; calls on the Commission to give particular consideration when it comes to funding and tender opportunities of the European Union to projects of companies that are innovative frontrunners as regards building and advancing the circular economy;
Amendment 176 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 a (new) 7a. Call on the European Commission to support Member States in the implementation of medicine public tenders by rapidly issuing guidance under the current public procurement Directive. These guidance should ensure market predictability as well as multi-source supplies of essential medicines; privilege tender criteria such as the Most Economic Advantageous Tender;
Amendment 177 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 a (new) 7a. Calls for the highest level of vigilance with regard to extra-European actors acquiring critical infrastructure; deplores the fact that the ceding of such infrastructure has already led to tangible losses of sovereignty in the EU;
Amendment 178 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 a (new) 7a. Urges the Commission to develop targeted EU rules on medicines procurement, under the current public procurement directive, aimed at ensuring long-term sustainability, competition, security of supply and stimulating investments in manufacturing;
Amendment 179 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 a (new) 7a. Recalls that sustainable procurement practices help prevent drug shortages by ensuring security of supply and protecting investment in the manufacturing sector;
Amendment 18 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B B. whereas in a changing geopolitical world
Amendment 180 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 b (new) 7b. Calls on the Commission to assess the joint procurements launched during the Covid-19 outbreak, to compare them with the advanced purchased agreement, and take the lesson learned to improve this tool by avoiding any internal market disruption. Joint Procurement should have no impact on pre-existing contractual agreements with suppliers and should be carried out in accordance with the Directive 2014/24/EU in a transparent manner, while respecting the following conditions: procurement process, criteria, timelines, specifications and formalities must be transparent and workable; a preliminary consultation phase involving potential participating manufacturers must take place; clear volume commitments irrespective of the selected supply modality must be ensured;
Amendment 181 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 b (new) 7b. Calls on the Commission to assess the joint procurements launched during the Covid-19 outbreak, to compare them with the advanced purchased agreement, and take the lesson learned to improve this tool by avoiding any internal market disruption. Joint Procurement should have no impact on pre-existing contractual agreements with suppliers and should be carried out in accordance with the Directive 2014/24/EU in a transparent manner, while respecting the following conditions: procurement process, criteria, timelines, specifications and formalities must be transparent and workable; a preliminary consultation phase involving potential participating manufacturers must take place; clear volume commitments irrespective of the selected supply modality must be ensured;
Amendment 182 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 b (new) 7b. Urges the Commission, in the context of the current Public Procurement Directive, to support Member States by drawing up targeted European rules for the public procurement of drugs aimed at ensuring long-term sustainability, competition and security of supply and stimulating investment in manufacturing;
Amendment 183 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 b (new) 7b. Stresses that joint public procurement of any products should not hinder access, innovation, consumer choice or competition;
Amendment 184 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 Amendment 185 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 8. Highlights the importance of
Amendment 186 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 8. Highlights the importance of including education, upskilling and reskilling in alignment with the needs of the labour market of the affected region in the process of its economic revitalisation in order to prevent the process of impoverishment of the region, in the transition pathways; calls on the Commission to develop a strategy for vocational education and business- education partnerships within regional industrial clusters to boost skills and enhance the uptake of ready-for-market innovations by SMEs;
Amendment 187 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 8. Highlights the importance of including education, upskilling and reskilling in the transition pathways; emphasises that training is essential for improving the skills of SME staff in areas such as blockchain, cybersecurity and artificial intelligence; calls on the Commission to develop a strategy for vocational education and business- education partnerships within regional industrial clusters to boost skills and enhance the uptake of ready-for-market innovations by SMEs;
Amendment 188 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 8. Highlights the importance of including education, upskilling and reskilling in the transition pathways; calls on the Commission to develop a strategy for vocational education and business- education partnerships within regional industrial clusters to boost skills and enhance the uptake of ready-for-market innovations by SMEs; particularly by establishing incentives to SMEs to train its personnel and workers;
Amendment 189 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 8. Highlights the importance of including education, upskilling and reskilling in the transition pathways; calls on the Commission to develop a strategy for vocational education and business- education partnerships together with social partners within regional industrial clusters to boost skills and enhance the uptake of ready-for-market innovations by SMEs;
Amendment 19 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B B. whereas in a changing geopolitical world,
Amendment 190 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 8. Highlights the importance of including education, upskilling and reskilling in the transition pathways; calls on the Commission and the Member States to develop a strategy for vocational education and business-
Amendment 191 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 8. Highlights the importance of including education, upskilling and reskilling in the transition pathways; calls on the Commission to develop a strategy for vocational education and business- education partnerships, particularly within regional industrial clusters to boost skills and enhance the uptake of ready-for- market innovations by SMEs;
Amendment 192 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 a (new) 8a. Underlines that in order to make the Union’s single market fit for the digital age, it is crucial to prioritise investments in digital infrastructures, bridge the digital divide and improve digital literacy and skills, without neglecting rural, remote and outermost areas; stresses the need for Member States to act seriously through their national frameworks to make sure they implement the Pact for Skills and the other Union’s initiatives aimed at creating reskilling and upskilling opportunities for workforce; recalls to this end the importance to strengthen education and training to further integrate the knowledge triangle and highlights the need to implement the initiatives aimed at reinforcing the European Research Area, the European Education Area and the European Innovation Ecosystems, aiming at building a strong European internal market for research and innovation;
Amendment 193 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 a (new) 8a. Recalls that Europe's industrial competitiveness to a large extent depends on its capacity for innovation; reminds that Europe's scientific excellence, combined with its accessible, qualitative education system and intense public-private collaboration, is one of the competitive advantages for European industry on the global market; regrets that the European paradox - high scientific output, relatively low economic gains stemming from that science - is still alive; believes more efforts are needed to ensure that Europe becomes an innovation-friendly continent; stresses that this should include efforts on completing the Single Market, fostering more risk investment in Europe as well as creating an innovation-friendly regulatory environment; calls on the Commission to include reflections in line with the Innovation Principle in its impact assessment;
Amendment 194 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 a (new) 8a. Stresses the importance of proactive education and training policies that foster recruiting and retaining talents in the European Union; calls on the Commission and Member States to support world-class researchers and teachers in the EU to lead the education, research, development and training agenda of the future workforce and to enhance collaboration between education and training, research and the business sector;
Amendment 195 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 a (new) 8a. Notes that regions home to industries that are energy-intensive or whose finished products are incompatible with the objectives of the green transition are particularly vulnerable in the context of the transition; stresses that less qualified workers are especially vulnerable; highlights, in this regard, the relevance of the Just Transition Fund, despite its limited scope;
Amendment 196 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 9. Underlines that SMEs and start-ups are playing a central role in the digitalisation of the EU and are a critical source of innovation; stresses the need to improve their access to financing; highlights in this regard the role of the European Innovation Council to foster a European startup and investment ecosystem more conducive for the development of deep-tech, high-risk high- reward innovations; stresses the need for the EIC to be able to take significant risk and to consider the Union's strategic interests in its investment portfolio; in this regard highlights that traditional bureaucratic traditions in the European Commission should be disregarded in order for the EIC to align with market realities; reminds that the EIC should also be a sole equity investor in technologies of strategic interest, even in the absence of co-investments from the market; calls for the development of an exit strategy for the EIC that is driven by strategic considerations rather than by market signals;
Amendment 197 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 9. Underlines that SMEs and start-ups are playing a central role in the EU industrial ecosystem and especially in the digitalisation of the EU and are a critical source of innovation; stresses the need to improve their access to financing; highlights the need to address existing barriers in the Single Market that are hindering the growth of SMEs and start- ups in Europe, as well as the need for an improved legal and regulatory framework;
Amendment 198 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 9.
Amendment 199 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 9. Underlines that SMEs and start-ups are playing a central role in the digitalisation of the EU and
Amendment 2 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 8 a (new) — having regard to the Commission communication of 25 November 2020 entitled ‘Pharmaceutical Strategy for Europe’,
Amendment 20 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B B. whereas in a changing geopolitical world, strengthening strategic autonomy and reducing EU dependencies on critical materials
Amendment 200 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 9. Underlines that SMEs and start-ups are playing a central role in the digitalisation of the EU and are a critical source of innovation; stresses the need to improve their access to financing; stresses the need to consequently introduce SME- friendly policies and avoid additional red tape;
Amendment 201 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 9. Underlines that SMEs and start-ups are playing a central role in the digitalisation of the EU and are a critical source of innovation; stresses the need to improve their access to financing; digital SMEs, in particular in traditional sectors where digitisation is not developed;
Amendment 202 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 9. Underlines that SMEs and start-ups are playing a central role in the digitalisation of the EU and are a critical source of sustainable and socially responsible innovation; stresses the need to improve their access to financing;
Amendment 203 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 9. Underlines that SMEs and start-ups are playing a central role in the digitalisation of the EU and are a critical source of innovation; stresses the need to improve their access to financing, technology and talent;
Amendment 204 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 9. Underlines that SMEs and start-ups are playing a central role in the
Amendment 205 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 9. Underlines that SMEs and start-ups are playing a
Amendment 206 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 – point 1 (new) (1) Calls on the Commission to stimulate knowledge and best-practice dissemination across enterprises, especially in forms of cross-border consortia and common projects in areas, where productivity gap between Member States is the biggest;
Amendment 207 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 a (new) 9a. Calls on the Commission to ensure that public funds come with strong social conditionalities; highlights that emergency public support measures are incompatible with the use of tax havens and the payment of dividends to shareholders, and shall comply with strict environmental and social conditionalities, amongst which safeguarding existing jobs;
Amendment 208 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 a (new) 9a. Underlines that SMEs and start- ups are playing a central role in the digitalisation of the EU and are a critical source of innovation; regrets the financing gap of entrepreneurs caused by gender, sexual orientation or origin; calls on the commission to address this financing gap;
Amendment 209 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 a (new) 9a. Is of the opinion that the initiatives to achieve the Digital Decade will contribute to the digital transformation of businesses, especially SMEs that still lag behind large companies on digital skills and on the digitalisation of their operations;
Amendment 21 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B B. whereas in a changing geopolitical world,
Amendment 210 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 10. Stresses the need for
Amendment 211 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 10. Stresses the need for regulatory stability and predictability; implores the Commission, the Council and the Member States, in light of Russia's war in Ukraine and the consequences for European industry, to agree to a regulatory moratorium for industry in order to prevent any additional regulatory burden for our industry; calls on the Commission to include roadmaps in the transition pathways to reduce administrative burdens for European businesses, especially SMEs, by at least 30 %; stresses the ‘one in, one out’ principle;
Amendment 212 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 10. Stresses the need for regulatory stability and predictability next to incentives for transformation; Calls on the Commission to consider strategic dependencies, the investments cycles of industry, when proposing new legislation that affect industry and allow the necessary transition and adaptation time; calls on the Commission to include roadmaps in the transition pathways to reduce administrative burdens for European businesses, especially SMEs, by at least 30 %; stresses the ‘one in, one out’ principle;
Amendment 213 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 10. Stresses the need
Amendment 214 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 10. Stresses the need for regulatory stability and predictability
Amendment 215 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 10. Stresses the need for a future-proof regulatory framework and for regulatory stability and predictability; calls on the Commission to include roadmaps in the transition pathways to reduce administrative burdens for European businesses, especially SMEs, by at least 30 %; stresses the ‘one in, one out’ principle; stresses that the innovation principle should be reflected in all relevant legislative instruments and policies;
Amendment 216 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 10. Stresses the need for regulatory stability and predictability as well as the need for a digital and future ready regulatory framework, facilitating the approval of innovative products and services; calls on the Commission to include roadmaps in the transition pathways to reduce administrative burdens for European businesses, especially SMEs, by at least 30 %; stresses the ‘one in, one out’ principle;
Amendment 217 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 10. Stresses the need for regulatory stability and predictability; calls on the Commission to include roadmaps in the transition pathways to reduce administrative burdens for European businesses, especially SMEs, by at least 30 %;
Amendment 218 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 10. Stresses the need for regulatory stability and predictability; calls on the Commission to include roadmaps in the transition pathways to reduce unfounded administrative burdens for European businesses, especially SMEs
Amendment 219 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 10. Stresses the need for regulatory stability and predictability; calls on the Commission to
Amendment 22 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B B. whereas in a changing geopolitical world, reducing EU dependencies on critical materials, products and technologies, while fostering open trade and resilient global supply chains, is vital;
Amendment 220 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 a (new) 10a. Is concerned about the increasing level of administrative burden for companies; stresses that Europe is experiencing a turning point due to the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine and the consequences of the Covid-19 pandemic; calls on the Commission to introduce a moratorium on bureaucracy, as companies are already severely challenged by high industrial energy prices, in some cases insufficient energy infrastructure, complications in logistics and shortage of skilled workers;
Amendment 221 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 a (new) 10a. Acknowledges that a strong framework of intellectual property rights is a crucial factor underpinning European competitiveness; calls on the Commission to preserve and strengthen Europe's world-class IP system by promoting strong IP protection in the EU and beyond, as well as incentives and reward mechanisms for R&D to attract investment into the development of future innovation for the benefit of European society, citizens and industry actors;
Amendment 222 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 a (new) 10a. Recalls the role public administration plays to ensure a business- friendly economic environment and to reduce the administrative burden on enterprises while ensuring the highest standards of transparency and workers’ safety; believes that e-government tools, digital innovation policies and the enhancement of digital skills should be promoted within the public sector and among its employees;
Amendment 223 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 a (new) 10a. Recalls that a strong legislative intellectual property framework is essential to European competitiveness; calls on the Commission to ensure strong protection of intellectual property rights in the EU and beyond; recalls that incentives is the foundation for attracting investments in R&D, which support innovation for the benefit of citizens and the EU economy;
Amendment 224 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 a (new) 10a. Calls on the Commission to reconsider whether it is now the time to put additional administrative burden on companies, e.g. through the provisions of the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive, Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive and the Taxonomy of sustainable economic activities;
Amendment 225 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 b (new) 10b. Notes that the EU’s funding and tender opportunities are of critical importance to innovative companies, which are often pioneers in the twin transition in their industry domain; is concerned about the European Union websites for funding and tender opportunities within the framework of the EU programs being published in English language first, while the translation oft hose websites can take several months; calls for all European Union websites on funding and tender opportunities to be translated into all official languages of the EU immediately, as the initial exclusive availability in English language puts companies from non-English speaking Member States at disadvantage;
Amendment 226 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 b (new) 10b. Stresses that to ensure competitive sustainability in industrial ecosystems, such as agri-food and life-science, the EU must promote a legislative framework characterised by efficient regulatory procedures and low administrative burdens; notes that fast-track approval procedures may in this regard be considered as initiatives beneficial to the green transition and EU competitiveness;
Amendment 227 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 c (new) 10c. Notes that many industrial ecosystems would benefit from cross- sectoral EU strategies which support rapid development, fast market access and removal of regulatory barriers to the full deployment of sustainable solutions and enabling technologies;
Amendment 228 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 11. Underlines the regional dimension of industrial policy and the role of regional smart specialisation strategies; calls
Amendment 229 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 11. Underlines the regional dimension of industrial policy and the
Amendment 23 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B B. whereas in a changing geopolitical world, reducing EU dependencies on critical materials, products and technologies and arms is vital;
Amendment 230 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 11. Underlines the regional dimension of industrial policy and the role of regional smart specialisation strategies; calls on the Commission to
Amendment 231 #
11. Underlines the regional dimension of industrial policy
Amendment 232 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 11. Underlines the regional dimension of industrial policy and the role of regional smart specialisation strategies;
Amendment 233 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 11. Underlines the national and regional dimension of industrial policy and the role of national and regional smart specialisation strategies; calls on the
Amendment 234 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 a (new) 11a. Insists on the need to ensure social fairness of industrial transition and to develop adequate measures to support the re-industrialisation of regions in transition through strategic interregional investment projects, re-development plans for vulnerable regions, especially rural and remote areas;
Amendment 235 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 a (new) 11a. Underlines that, in order to foster the competitiveness of the EU industrial ecosystems, the enhancement of the infrastructure ensuring digital connectivity is of paramount importance;
Amendment 236 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 12. Calls for a fundamental reorientation of our European energy policy in response to Russia's violent invasion of Ukraine; calls on the Commission to stimulate the production of affordable and abundant renewable and low-carbon energy; calls on the Commission to increase the coordination of the planning and financing for needed electricity, energy, hydrogen, CO2 and heating/cooling infrastructure; draws attention in particular to the need for a large-scale green power and hydrogen import strategy; stresses the need for international partnerships for energy that are important to import abundant energy needed to decarbonise industry;
Amendment 237 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 12. Calls on the Commission
Amendment 238 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 12. Calls on the Commission to stimulate the production of affordable and abundant renewable and low-carbon energy; calls on the Commission to increase the coordination of the planning and financing for needed electricity, energy, hydrogen, CO2 and heating/cooling infrastructure; highlights in particular that the development of appropriate networks for the transport of CO2, hydrogen, and renewable energy will play a key role in successfully decarbonising energy- intensive industries;
Amendment 239 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 12. Calls on the Commission to stimulate the production of affordable and abundant renewable and low-carbon energy; calls on the Commission to increase its efforts in the potential of the circular bioeconomy where sustainable and renewable resources are used in order to promote competitive and resilient industries in the long term; while increasing the coordination of the planning and financing for needed electricity, energy, hydrogen, CO2 and heating/cooling infrastructure;
Amendment 24 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B B. whereas in a changing geopolitical world, reducing EU dependencies on critical materials, products, energy and technologies is vital;
Amendment 240 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 12. Calls on the Commission to
Amendment 241 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 12. Calls on the Commission to stimulate
Amendment 242 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 12. Calls on the Commission to stimulate the production of affordable and abundant renewable and low-carbon energy; calls on the Commission to support the development of energy sources that allow the increasing electricity needs to be met and to increase the coordination of the planning and financing for needed electricity, energy, hydrogen, CO2 and heating/cooling infrastructure;
Amendment 243 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 12. Calls on the Commission to stimulate the production of sustainable, affordable and abundant renewable and low-carbon energy; calls on the Commission to increase the coordination of the planning
Amendment 244 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 12. Calls on the Commission to stimulate the production of affordable and abundant renewable and low-carbon energy; calls on the Commission to
Amendment 245 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 – point 1 (new) (1) Calls on the Commission to take measures to tackle huge increases in emission allowance prices, which translate into high energy prices for industry and citizens, in order to ensure market predictability and to combat price volatility. The EU ETS should be strong enough to be protected against unjustified price increases, which halt needed sustainable investments in the EU ETS covered sectors. Calls on the Commission to take necessary measures to exclude financial institutions from the ETS market in order to secure it and prevent speculative increases in allowances prices;
Amendment 246 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 a (new) 12a. Recalls the great job creation potential and cost reduction benefits that energy efficiency improvements are expected to yield; stresses that measures, including targets, standards and benchmarking mechanisms, that improve energy efficiency must therefore underpin initiatives in all industrial sectors; emphasises that increased energy savings also mean increased energy security; asks Member States to expand national energy audit schemes, to make their results binding and develop programmes supporting cost reducing energy efficiency measures in particular for small and medium-sized enterprises, such as energy audit centres for SMEs/ start- ups and micro-companies, to cover costs of an energy audit; demands that enterprises failing to implement recommendations within 36 months after the completion of the energy audit should pay the financial equivalent of the respective energy savings to the national efficiency fund;
Amendment 247 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 a (new) 12a. Underlines that the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) intends to prevent the risk of carbon leakage on the EU market; states that it is essential to avoid the risk that products exported from the EU are replaced by more carbon intensive goods on the global market; calls on the Commission to present a legislative proposal to develop WTO- compatible solutions, such as an export adjustment mechanism, to be implemented to avoid carbon leakage on European exports, while preserving emission reduction targets; reiterates that in order for CBAM to be efficient in lowering carbon leakage, all possible circumvention practices should be addressed;
Amendment 248 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 a (new) 12a. Calls for further European coordination with regards to gas policies in order to provide energy security for European industry; supports the specification for minimum storage volumes as proposed by the Commission in April 2022 as well as the EU Energy Purchase Platform; notes that these ad- hoc measures should be developed in to a permanent and structured policy; considers in this regard the need for a coordination system that would systematically monitor the availability of gas in times of crisis in order to facilitate common European strategies to deal with the crisis;
Amendment 249 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 a (new) 12a. Supports the idea of an 'EU climate calculator' to assist industries in calculating the carbon and environmental footprint of products; Calls on the Commission to promote the use of ‘climate labelling’ of products based on climate calculations; recalls that this could serve as an effective antidote to 'green washing' and help bring down CO2 emissions; stresses that an 'EU climate calculator' should be based on life-cycle assessments;
Amendment 25 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B a (new) Ba. whereas the share of Russian gas in the EU’s gas consumption is still nearly 40% and Russia remains the main supplier of EU imports of crude oils and coal; whereas various Member States have ongoing collaboration with Russia in the nuclear field; whereas the EU needs to refocus its industrial and energy policies with the aim of diversifying as fast as possible its energy sources, increasing energy savings and energy efficiency measures as well as deploying massive volumes of renewables and adopt a much stronger circular economy approach across industries based on resilient and sustainable supply chains;
Amendment 250 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 a (new) 12a. Stresses that a stable supply of energy is essential to the proper functioning of the European industrial ecosystem; warns that an energy supply contraction could have damaging consequences for productive infrastructure;
Amendment 251 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 b (new) 12b. Recalls the commitment by the Commission to facilitate sector-specific climate dialogues and partnerships in accordance with the European Climate Law; Urges the Commission to establish such climate partnerships as soon as possible within all industrial ecosystems, to plan their transition towards achieving the Union’s climate-neutrality objective by 2050;
Amendment 252 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 b (new) 12b. Considers the roll out of the hydrogen economy for the success of the Fit For 55 goals essential; in this regard stresses the need for a broad-based strategy for the importation of renewable electricity, renewable hydrogen and low- carbon energy from as many naturally suitable regions as possible is necessary, also to reduce fossil dependencies;
Amendment 253 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 b (new) 12b. Calls on Member States and the Commission to set measures aiming at the smart and renewable electrification of the industry sector, fostering its flexible operation in particular via energy management and demand-response;
Amendment 254 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 c (new) 12c. Calls on Member States to diversify their energy mix in order to increase the EUs energy security; the energy mix needs to continue to include sources such as LNG and nuclear in order to avoid energy crisis, market distortion, inflation and energy poverty; emphasizes the need for biomass as a renewable source, as well as support for sustainable forest and land management, needed for long-term storage, adaption and removal of carbon;
Amendment 255 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 c (new) 12c. Stresses the need to make better use of unavoidable waste heat and cold as well as industrial clusters and symbioses offering significant synergies and energy savings potentials in many sectors, including textile, chemicals, food processing and machinery, yet without perpetuating inefficient outdated industrial processes;
Amendment 256 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 d (new) Amendment 257 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 e (new) Amendment 258 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 f (new) 12f. Emphasises that to ensure that RFNBOs are only used where they are crucially needed, priority should be given to non- energy uses, such where hydrogen is used as a feedstock, reiterates that for many industrial applications, in particular heat, more energy efficient options, such as direct electrification using renewable power from the grid or other heat recovery alternatives exist that would be 1-5 times more energy efficient than using renewable hydrogen; emphasises that prioritising the scarce renewable hydrogen to non-energy uses in industry in this more efficient way would also mean that more renewable hydrogen and renewable power is ultimately available sooner to decarbonize more industrial processes and energy uses;
Amendment 259 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 g (new) 12g. Regrets that the market for renewable power purchase agreements is still limited to a small number of Member States and large companies, due to persistent administrative, technical and financial barriers both at national and cross-border level; asks Member States to assess and swiftly remove these barriers, including for renewable heating and cooling purchase agreements, which will play an increasing role in reaching the EU's climate and renewables targets; furthermore, stresses the added value of creating renewable based industrial parks and clusters, in order to better exploit their synergies;
Amendment 26 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B a (new) Ba. whereas any fair and sustainable production model should place workers and trade unions, as well as workers interests and long-standing expertise at the very core of its development to ensure a democratic functioning;
Amendment 260 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 h (new) 12h. Reiterates the key strategic role of the renewable industries not only in reducing EU dependence on imported fossil fuels and the lowering of energy prices, but also in reaching the EGD targets and as creator of new, local and green jobs both in the downstream sector (project development, installation, etc.) and the manufacturing of equipment, in particular wind, solar and heat pumps; welcomes the Commission’s communication on REPower EU; is yet of the opinion that the REPower EU plan announced for May2022 should be further increased in its ambition and accompanied with concrete policies and measures to accelerate the roll-out of renewables and energy efficiency measures; demands accordingly the roll out of at least 100 million solar rooftops by 2030 with the aim of helping unlock solar energy's potential as a major renewable energy source on roofs or facades of buildings and at least 50 million new heat pumps, including 30 million hydronic heat pumps, by 2030, which in turn would create a solid pipeline of domestic demand; stresses that the current and future support programmes need to provide grants, tax incentives for SMEs and start-ups, commercial and industrial buildings and renewable energy communities to invest into solar energy sourcing and storage, remove national barriers for solar rooftops, heat pump and storage technologies;
Amendment 261 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 i (new) 12i. In order to respond to increasing domestic, but also global demand for renewable and energy efficiency technologies, asks the Commission to come forward with an analysis of the EU’ industrial manufacturing and investment needs as well as the research and innovation capacities to be reinforced within the Union, including by taking into account the technological development of recycling processes, sustainable and safe refrigerants, the introduction of very high recycling quotas for specific critical raw materials and the promotion of resource efficiency;
Amendment 262 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 13. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to bring down the time needed to issue permits substantially and create fast-track permitting procedures for infrastructure that supports industry in the
Amendment 263 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 13. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure an adequate level of electricity and gas interconnections by inter alia achieving the 2030 target of 15% electricity interconnections of installed production capacity, to bring down the time needed to issue permits substantially and create fast- track permitting procedures for infrastructure that supports industry in the energy transition;
Amendment 264 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 13. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to bring down the time needed to issue permits substantially and create fast-track permitting procedures for infrastructure that supports industry in the
Amendment 265 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 13. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to bring down the time needed to issue permits substantially and create fast-track permitting procedures for infrastructure that supports industry in the energy transition and the reduction of air, land and water pollution, while maintaining and enforcing strong environmental safeguards and public participation;
Amendment 266 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 13. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to bring down the time needed to issue permits substantially and create fast-track permitting procedures for infrastructure that supports industry in
Amendment 267 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 a (new) 13a. Points to the fact that a number of companies are developing their own labels to put ‘green products’ produced from renewables on the internal market, stresses that such labels should not mislead consumers, asks therefore the Commission to ensure in its expected proposal a robust EU-wide methodology that companies or labelling scheme would be required to use if they want to report on the share of renewable energy used in the manufacturing of a product; demands that such label should be in full consistency with Sustainable Product Framework and enhance consumer transparency;
Amendment 268 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 a (new) 13a. Calls on the Commission to support incentive schemes for a widespread deployment of energy saving technologies in EU industrial producers such as installation of local renewable energy generations and co-generation that will improve the overall energy efficiency, competitiveness and resilience of enterprises, in particular for EU SMEs which are the backbone of our economy;
Amendment 269 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 b (new) 13b. Highlights to the great potential of Carbon Contracts for Difference (CCfDs) as a vital instrument to trigger emission reductions and reduced dependency on fossil fuels in industry, offering the opportunity to guarantee investors in innovative zero-emission technologies and their diffusion a price that rewards CO2 emission reductions by bridging the price difference between the price of the zero- emission technology and the ETS price; notes the European Commission proposal to use CCfDs as an award mechanism for the Innovation Fund; stresses that CCfDs should only be granted to projects implementing technologies that are fully compatible with the objective of limiting global warming to 1.5C above pre- industrial levels, that exclude the direct or indirect use of fossil fuels and nuclear energy and that respect the ´do not significant harm´ principle set out in Article 17 of Regulation (EU) 2020/852;
Amendment 27 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B a (new) Ba. whereas the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine has shown once again that the EU is highly dependent on energy supply from third countries;
Amendment 270 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 b (new) 13b. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure a predictable and consistent legal framework and efficient incentives that enable the transformation to a net-zero carbon economy and secure Europe’s competitiveness and high quality jobs, fostering a culture of constructive and effective social dialogue and timely information and consultation processes as key elements for anticipating and managing change;
Amendment 271 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 c (new) 13c. Recalls that an eco-innovation and eco-efficiency of manufacturing and society can be achieved through targeted investments in sustainable innovative technologies and business models;
Amendment 272 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 d (new) 13d. Reiterates the need of an enabling framework conditions for developing sustainable mobility and supporting sector coupling;
Amendment 273 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 14. Calls on the Member States and the Commission to accelerate the implementation of instruments, including important projects of common European interest, and industrial alliances that develop innovative breakthrough technologies needed for the e
Amendment 274 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 14. Calls on the Member States and the Commission to accelerate the implementation of instruments, including important projects of common European interest, and industrial alliances that develop innovative breakthrough technologies needed for the energy transition, such as clean steel, clean aviation, e-fuels, clean fertilisers,
Amendment 275 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 14. Calls on the Member States and the Commission to accelerate the implementation of instruments, including important projects of common European interest, and industrial alliances as well as technology infrastructures (demonstrators, testbeds, piloting facilities, living labs) to test, validate and upscale new technological solutions, incorporating users’ perspective, particularly those that develop innovative breakthrough technologies needed for the energy transition, such as clean steel, clean aviation and shipping, e-fuels, clean fertilisers, e-
Amendment 276 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 14. Calls on the Member States and the Commission to accelerate the implementation of instruments, including important projects of common European interest, and industrial alliances that develop innovative breakthrough technologies needed for the energy transition, such as clean steel, clean aviation, e-fuels, clean fertilisers, e- cracking and small modular reactors, renewables, storage technologies, nuclear technologies, CCUS and any other technology that contributes to the emissions reduction in the spirit of technological neutrality;
Amendment 277 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 14. Calls on the Member States and the Commission to accelerate the
Amendment 278 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 14. Calls on the Member States and the Commission to accelerate the implementation of instruments, including important projects of common European interest, and industrial alliances that develop innovative breakthrough technologies needed for the energy transition, such as clean steel, clean aviation, e-fuels, clean fertilisers, e- cracking and small modular reactors; stresses that a swift assessment of IPCEI applications by the Commission is crucial for the resilience of European industry;
Amendment 279 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 14. Calls on the Member States and the Commission to accelerate the implementation of all EU RDI, infrastructure and digital programmes and instruments, including important projects of common European interest, and industrial alliances that develop innovative breakthrough technologies needed for the energy transition, such as clean steel, clean aviation, e-fuels, energy storage, energy sector integration, P2x2P systems, clean fertilisers, e-
Amendment 28 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B b (new) Bb. whereas the availability of materials and components and of manufacturing capacity in Europe is essential to avoid replacing the EU’s dependency on one country's energy imports with an accrued dependency from another for the supply of rare-earth minerals, other critical metals, equipment, or manufacturing capabilities;
Amendment 280 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 14. Calls on the Member States and the Commission to
Amendment 281 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 14. Calls on the Member States and the Commission to
Amendment 282 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 14. Calls on the Member States and the Commission to accelerate the implementation of instruments, including important projects of common European interest, and industrial alliances that develop innovative breakthrough technologies needed for the environmental, digital and energy transitions, such as clean steel, clean aviation, e-fuels, clean fertilisers, e- cracking and small modular reactors;
Amendment 283 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 14. Calls on the Member States and the Commission to accelerate the implementation of instruments, including important projects of common European interest, and industrial alliances that develop innovative breakthrough technologies needed for the energy transition, such as clean steel, clean cement, clean aviation, e-fuels, clean fertilisers, e-
Amendment 284 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 a (new) 14a. Considers that European and national CCfDs can co-exist, underlines that both are needed to fund innovations, in particular in hard-to-abate sectors, bringing zero-emission technologies to an industrial scale and supporting their diffusion within sectors; believes that a common European approach should allow for sector specific tender designs, focus on the competitiveness of CCfDs and support lower-income member states to have access to sufficient funding; emphasises that the financial support through CCfDs should be proportionate and not lead to undue distortions of the EU´s internal market nor to unfair discrimination with regard competing imported products, as required under WTO law; insists that as such, CCfDs should present an alternative to free allowances and not an additional subsidy; reminds that in case the ETS price is higher than the strike price at which the project has been awarded a CCfD, the beneficiary should pay back the difference;
Amendment 285 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 a (new) 14a. Calls on the Commission, to propose incentives to stimulate investments in production of critical goods as well as manufacturing technology (greening, digital, process technology, automation), such as off- patent medicines. Those investments are needed to enable European manufacturers to upgrade their production technology to remain globally competitive and to meet societal expectations for supply security and promote talent retention to achieve the goals of the next Generation EU, especially in the fourteen identified ecosystems;
Amendment 286 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 a (new) 14a. Calls on the Commission, to propose incentives to stimulate investments in production of critical goods as well as manufacturing technology (greening, digital, process technology, automation), such as off- patent medicines. Those investments are needed to enable European manufacturers to upgrade their production technology to remain globally competitive and to meet societal expectations for supply security and promote talent retention to achieve the goals of the next Generation EU, especially in the fourteen identified ecosystems;
Amendment 287 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 a (new) 14a. Notes that, in light of the ongoing geopolitical situation, it is crucial to cut the reliance of energy-intensive industries on imported fossil fuels as soon as possible; highlights that, in several key industries, the use of non-recyclable waste and biomass waste can effectively substitute fossil fuels, whilst allowing to lower the CO2 footprint; urges, therefore, EU, national and local authorities, to encourage such a circular approach in all policies;
Amendment 288 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 a (new) 14a. Calls on the Commission to bring forward measures incentivising investment in the production of essential goods and all manufacturing technologies (sustainability, digital, process technology, automation);
Amendment 289 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 a (new) 14a. Calls on the Commission and Member States to create ad hoc incentives for the production of critical goods, such as essential medicines, to achieve its open strategic autonomy;
Amendment 29 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B b (new) Bb. whereas a high level of energy supply dependency, such as on Russia, and high energy prices can be detrimental to the production capacities of European companies;
Amendment 290 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 b (new) 14b. Points to the need to address the impact of EU ETS price volatility in the context of CCfDs with the budget needed to finance long-term CCfDs being higher, if the EU ETS market price is lower than expected; asks the Commission to assess this issue in particular if European CCfDs are awarded via the Innovation Fund as well as potential complementary (new) funding sources or redistribution mechanisms for expected revenue streams; stresses that projects awarded at European level should receive a contribution from the Member State where the project is located at least equal to the amount provided from the Innovation Fund, in order to ensure ownership of the projects;
Amendment 291 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 b (new) 14b. Urgently calls on the Commission and Member States to create ad hoc incentives for the production of critical goods, such as essential medicines, to achieve its open strategic autonomy in view of any kind of crisis, including a war, while ensuring long term resilient supply chains. This can be achieved via a special temporary state aid framework either by enlarging the health IPCEI framework to include access to funds for essential medicines production, as well as via establishing dedicated funds under HERA, or any other compatible EU fund;
Amendment 292 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 b (new) 14b. Urgently calls on the Commission and Member States to create ad hoc incentives for the production of critical goods, such as essential medicines, to achieve its open strategic autonomy in view of any kind of crisis, including a war, while ensuring long term resilient supply chains. This can be achieved via a special temporary state aid framework either by enlarging the health IPCEI framework to include access to funds for essential medicines production, as well as via establishing dedicated funds under HERA, or any other compatible EU fund;
Amendment 293 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 b (new) 14b. Urges the Commission and the Member States to introduce ad hoc incentives for the production of essential goods, such as essential drugs, with a view to achieving strategic autonomy in the event of a crisis, including war, while ensuring that supply chains remain resilient in the long term;
Amendment 294 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 c (new) 14c. Urgently calls on the Commission and Member States to create incentives to support industrial sectors that are facing the sharp increase of energy, transport and raw materials costs, which are exacerbated by the current conflict in Ukraine. These aids should be particularly addressed to strategic sectors, such as the pharmaceutical one to ensure the supply of affordable medicines;
Amendment 295 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 c (new) 14c. Urgently calls on the Commission and Member States to create incentives to support industrial sectors that are facing the sharp increase of energy, transport and raw materials costs, which are exacerbated by the current conflict in Ukraine. These aids should be particularly addressed to strategic sectors, such as the pharmaceutical one to ensure the supply of affordable medicines;
Amendment 296 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 c (new) 14c. Urges the Commission and the Member States to introduce incentives to support industrial sectors facing the sharp rise in energy, transport and raw material costs, which are compounded by the current conflict in Ukraine; such funding should be aimed in particular at the EU’s strategic sectors;
Amendment 297 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 15. Welcomes the Commission analysis on strategic dependencies and capacities; calls on the Commission to finalise the analyses and technology roadmaps as soon as possible and propose actions to reduce dependence on the identified critical products and energy supplies; highlights the necessity of a strategy based on further in-
Amendment 298 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 15. Welcomes the Commission analysis on strategic dependencies and capacities in line with the aim of strategic autonomy; calls on the Commission to finalise the analyses and technology roadmaps as soon as possible and propose actions to reduce dependence on the identified critical products and supplies; highlights the necessity of a strategy based on further in- depth analysis of mutual dependencies to strengthen the EU’s capacity in critical value chains, while remaining committed to multilateralism and free trade; calls on the Commission to adopt a holistic value chain approach when analysing strategic dependencies across the fourteen critical industrial ecosystems it has identified in its 2021 Annual Single Market Report;
Amendment 299 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 15. Welcomes the Commission analysis on strategic dependencies and capacities; calls on the Commission to finalise the analyses and technology roadmaps as soon as possible and propose actions to reduce dependence on the identified critical products and supplies; highlights the necessity of a strategy based on further in- depth analysis of mutual dependencies to strengthen the EU’s capacity in critical value chains; Invites the Commission to consider the efforts and commitments of the industry to REPower Europe and to move away from dependencies on Russia;
Amendment 3 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 10 a (new) Amendment 30 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B c (new) Amendment 300 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 15. Welcomes the Commission analysis on strategic dependencies and capacities; calls on the Commission to finalise the analyses and technology roadmaps as soon as possible and propose actions to reduce dependence on the identified critical products and supplies; highlights the necessity of a strategy based on further in- depth analysis of mutual dependencies to strengthen the EU’s capacity in critical value chains; reminds the Commission that a holistic value chain approach is needed when analysing strategic dependencies;
Amendment 301 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 15. Welcomes the Commission analysis on strategic dependencies and capacities; calls on the Commission to finalise the analyses and technology roadmaps as soon as possible and propose actions to reduce dependence on the identified critical products and supplies; highlights the necessity of a strategy based on further in- depth analysis of mutual dependencies to strengthen the EU’s capacity in critical value chains and manufacturing;
Amendment 302 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 15. Welcomes the Commission analysis on strategic dependencies and capacities; calls on the Commission to finalise the analyses and industrial technology roadmaps as soon as possible and propose actions to reduce dependence on the identified critical products and supplies; highlights the necessity of a strategy based on further in-
Amendment 303 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 – point 1 (new) (1) To avoid creating new dependencies and vulnerabilities, the Updated New Industrial Strategy, should be driven by European resources and technological capabilities;
Amendment 304 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 a (new) 15a. Asks the Commission to launch a genuinely green critical raw materials (CRM) strategy to be able to produce inter alia the necessary technologies we need for a fast roll out of renewable technologies and energy efficiency measures; stresses that such strategy should lead to a functioning recycling market (not competing against primary raw materials), the funding for technological development of recycling processes, the introduction of very high recycling quotas for specific CRM and the promotion of resource efficiency and increased research & innovation on possible sustainable substitution of CRMs; calls upon the Commission to establish strategic partnerships in raw materials, in particular with strategic allies, such as the US, that can expand the green approaches on alternatives to mining supporting the creation of a resilient secondary market for (critical) raw materials;
Amendment 305 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 a (new) 15a. Reiterates the need to address disruptions and vulnerabilities of supply chains and to ensure their resilience, especially in areas such as raw materials, digital technologies (including micro- processors), photovoltaic technologies and to incentivise the production of critical goods, such as essential medicines; calls on the Commission to make sure that value chains are taken into account in their entirety, especially when analysing strategic dependencies and identifying the investments that are needed across the industrial ecosystems; highlights the urgency in scaling up innovative breakthrough industrial technologies in the productive regions across the Union, in particular for critical energy intensive industries;
Amendment 306 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 a (new) 15a. Highlights the importance of assuring an uninterrupted access of essential medical and healthcare equipment to the EU common market, following the experience gained from the initial shortages at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic;
Amendment 307 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 a (new) 15a. Recommends to explicitly include the options of locating or reshoring strategic manufacturing units in Europe as responses to dependencies, in addition to diversifying sources of supply and building strategic stocks;
Amendment 308 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 a (new) 15a. Underlines that recycling can play a critical role in increasing the supply of raw and secondary materials, thereby reducing EU reliance on third country imports;
Amendment 309 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 b (new) 15b. Highlights that the Deep Sea is home to a vast and largely unexplored biodiversity and provides critical environmental services, including long- term carbon sequestration; points out that deep-seabed mining is highly likely to cause inevitable and permanent biodiversity loss; reiterates its position on the ‘on the EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030: Bringing nature back into our lives’ (P9_TA(2021)0277) and stresses that the precautionary principle must apply to the emerging deep seabed mining sector; further recalls its resolution of 16 January 2018 on international ocean governance and calls on the Commission and the Member States to promote a moratorium, including at the International Seabed Authority, on deep- seabed mining until such time as the effects of deep-sea mining on the marine environment, biodiversity and human activities at sea have been studied and researched sufficiently and deep seabed mining can be managed to ensure no marine biodiversity loss nor degradation of marine ecosystems; emphasises the need for the Commission to cease funding for the development of seabed mining technology in line with a circular economy based on minimising, reusing and recycling minerals and metals;
Amendment 31 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C C. whereas the EU is home to world leading research institutes, companies and skilled people and has the potential to be a world leader in industrial innovation in alignment with the EU’s goal of climate neutrality by 2040 at the latest;
Amendment 310 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 b (new) 15b. Calls on the Commission to further support measures to limit the increase in demand for primary raw materials such as promoting circular economy, supporting R&I for material substitutions, including sustainable supplies in trade agreements;
Amendment 311 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 16. Calls on the Commission to broaden the scope of the Observatory of Critical Technologies to include continuously monitoring, evaluating and reporting on resilience indicators for EU industries, such as mutual dependencies in key technologies, strategic dependencies and a detailed, transparent analysis of foreign subsidies in strategic sectors;
Amendment 312 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 16. Calls on the Commission to broaden the scope of the Observatory of Critical Technologies to include continuously monitoring, evaluating and reporting on resilience indicators for EU industries, such as mutual dependencies in key technologies, manufacturing capacities, strategic dependencies and foreign subsidies in strategic sectors;
Amendment 313 #
16a. Highlights that to successfully decarbonise, industries will need to have access to affordable, low-carbon energy; in light of the current context of high energy prices, calls on the Commission to swiftly review and expand the list of sectors eligible through indirect State Aid compensation;
Amendment 314 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 b (new) 16b. Call on the European Commission to support incentives, via EU funds either State Aid, for the production of old established medicines and active pharmaceutical ingredients in order to strengthen the security of supply while achieving Europe’s open strategic autonomy;
Amendment 315 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 17.
Amendment 316 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 17. Is strongly concerned about unfair competition, investments and takeovers by non-EU state-financed companies on the single market, especially in strategic sectors; calls on the Commission to analyse and prevent this interference. Overall, the well-established framework of EU competition policy should not be undermined and fair competition should be promoted among non-EU and EU companies alike operating in the EU Single Market;
Amendment 317 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 17. Is strongly concerned about unfair competition, investments and takeovers by non-EU state-financed companies on the single market, especially in strategic sectors; calls on the Commission to analyse and prevent this interference and to guarantee a level playing field, especially for SMEs;
Amendment 318 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 17. Is strongly concerned about unfair competition, investments and takeovers by non-EU state-financed companies on the single market, especially in strategic sectors, such as energy supply needed to ensure Union's independence and energy security; calls on the Commission to analyse and prevent this interference;
Amendment 319 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 17. Is strongly concerned about unfair competition, investments and takeovers by non-EU state-financed companies on the
Amendment 32 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C a (new) Ca. whereas a long-standing focus on competitiveness and market-based approaches has proven unable to solve divergence between and within Member States and regions, reinforcing the de- industrialization of entire regions and causing the loss of numerous jobs; whereas only a strong public industrial strategy can guarantee equal, sustainable and just industrial development, including high quality jobs, and ambitious social and environmental objectives;
Amendment 320 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 17.
Amendment 321 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 17.
Amendment 322 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 17. Is strongly concerned about unfair competition, investments and takeovers by non-EU
Amendment 323 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 a (new) 17a. Welcomes the Commission’s proposals aimed at establishing a level playing field for both European and extra-European companies given the EU’s strict environmental standards; stresses the need to maintain European companies’ export competitiveness in connection with these mechanisms;
Amendment 324 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 18. Calls on the Commission, in view of the next review, to broaden the framework for foreign direct investment to address the effect of foreign subsidies on economic security in the EU and of technology transfers by EU companies in non-EU countries in strategic sectors by also considering the inclusion of outbound investment;
Amendment 325 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 18. Calls on the Commission to broaden the scope and definitions of the framework for foreign direct investment to address the effect of foreign subsidies on economic security in the EU and of technology transfers by EU companies in non-EU countries in strategic sectors;
Amendment 326 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 a (new) 18a. Maintains that a truly effective European industrial policy needs not only a dashboard of social, but also of climate targets as a roadmap to shape the industry of the future; considers that all sectors should contribute towards achieving the Union’s climate objectives and, in this regard, underlines the importance of green hydrogen as a potential breakthrough technology; calls also for greater attention to be paid to network security and energy supply; calls on the Commission to promote the transfer of crucial environmental technologies to developing countries by granting free or open licenses for such technologies in order to facilitate the green transition on a global scale;
Amendment 327 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 19 19. Is concerned about the increasing dependence on non-EU producers for security equipment in vital and sensitive parts of our society, such as (border, cyber, defence) security; stresses the need to earmark security technology and equipment as a strategic sector; calls for an action plan to boost this EU industry, including through adapted but not protectionist public procurement rules;
Amendment 328 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 Amendment 329 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 20. Highlights the conclusions of the European Court of Auditors -report on delays in implementing 5G networks and the risks associated with non-EU vendors11 ; calls on the Commission to stimulate a coordinated 5G roll-out in the EU and reduce external dependencies and interference risks in 5G and
Amendment 33 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C a (new) Ca. whereas the European Commission, having identified its strategic dependencies in the most sensitive industrial ecosystems, such as healthcare, will propose concrete systemic (economic and regulatory) measures to reduce these dependencies, including by securing and promoting production and investment in Europe to ensure patient access and the sustainability of the healthcare system;
Amendment 330 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 20. Highlights the conclusions of the European Court of Auditors -report on delays in implementing 5G networks and the risks associated with non-EU vendors11 ; calls on the Commission to stimulate a coordinated 5G roll-out in the EU and reduce dependencies and interference risks in 5G and next generation communication technology; calls on the Commission to ensure an adequate level of competitiveness in the field of 5G technologies while guaranteeing the security of 5G networks; _________________ 11 European Court of Auditors, ‘Special
Amendment 331 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 a (new) 20a. Considers that cultural and creative industries in Europe provide more than 12 million full-time jobs, which amounts to 7.5 % of the EU’s work force, creating approximately EUR 509 billion in value added to GDP (5.3 % of the EU’s total GVA); notes that employment in the cultural sector is unlikely to be offshored, as it is connected to specific cultural, often regional and historical competences and that CCIs contribute significantly and more than any other sector to youth employment;
Amendment 332 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 b (new) 20b. Highlights that CCIs are central in the New European Bauhaus movement which will be a crucial imitative to help us imagine a climate-neutral utopia; furthermore notes that CCIs are a driving force for innovation and development of ICT in Europe; considers that digital transformation of the industry offers new possibilities for the development of new business models and market expansion, but also poses challenges to the traditional sectors of the CCIs;
Amendment 333 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 c (new) 20c. Calls on the Commission to develop a comprehensive, coherent and long-term industrial policy framework for the Cultural and Creative Industries; welcomes in this regard the designation of CCIs as one of the fourteen industrial ecosystems; deplores the lack of a transition pathway for the CCIs;
Amendment 334 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 21. Welcomes the development of common European data spaces
Amendment 335 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 21. Welcomes the European data spaces initiative; underlines the role that data spaces play for smart manufacturing;
Amendment 336 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 21. Welcomes the European data spaces initiative; underlines the role that data spaces play for smart manufacturing;
Amendment 337 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 21. Welcomes the European data spaces initiative; underlines the role that data spaces play for smart manufacturing;
Amendment 338 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 21. Welcomes the European Commission’s proposal on a Data Act and the European data spaces initiative; underlines the role that data spaces play for smart manufacturing; believes that the participation of non-EU companies in EU data space initiatives waters down the goal of strengthening the EU’s digital sovereignty;
Amendment 339 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 a (new) 21a. stresses the importance of the data economy and asks the Commission to accelerate on all data-related initiatives, improving data sharing and exchange, contributing to the development of common European data spaces, fostering the creation of shared European infrastructures to facilitate the use and the exchange of data across industrial sectors, strengthening the data, cloud and edge ecosystems and reinforcing investments in high-speed communications; reminds that cybersecurity is fundamental to engage securely with the digital economy, also in view of enhancing trust of citizens and businesses and lead to a wider uptake and use of digital solutions;
Amendment 34 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C a (new) Ca. whereas the European Commission, after identifying its strategic dependencies in the most sensitive industrial ecosystems, such as health, will propose concrete systemic (economic and regulatory) measures to reduce these dependencies, including by securing and fostering production and investment in Europe to ensure patients access and health care system sustainability;
Amendment 340 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 a (new) 21a. Calls on the Commission to develop a mechanism to guarantee maximum transparency in production and supply chains in strategic sectors, including in regard to stocks and potential shortages; calls for an early warning system for shortages, based on a European information network on supply problems, to monitor the obligation on the part of industry to provide early and transparent information on the availability of strategic products, such as medicinal products;
Amendment 341 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 a (new) 21a. Highlights the need to ensure resilience of communication networks and security of dataspaces, thus encouraging the fast deployment of fibre networks that could ensure multiple pathways and resilience to physical and cyber-attacks; underlines the need to take into account the new geopolitical realities and ensure security and privacy by design;
Amendment 342 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 a (new) 21a. Stresses the importance of legal certainty as regards the rules for data sharing for businesses in Europe, as valuable, aggregated and refined data is key for the innovative capacity of EU companies;
Amendment 343 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 b (new) 21b. Calls on the Commission and Member States to examine the possibility of creating one or more European public or non-profit consortiums and/or infrastructures operating in the public interest in order to complete and guarantee security of supply and prevent possible shortages of products of strategic importance; recalls the essential role that new technologies, digitalisation and artificial intelligence can play in enabling researchers from European laboratories to work in a network and share their objectives and their results, while fully respecting the European Data Protection Framework;
Amendment 344 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 b (new) 21b. Calls on the EC to ensure that the digital transition will make use of state-of- the-art methods and best practice to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, computational complexities, increase energy efficiency and the efficiency of data of the systems in productive use. New deployments shall be done with capabilities that enable the measurement of the energy consumed and/or other environmental impacts;
Amendment 345 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 c (new) 21c. Calls on the EC to include in the digital transition mandatory environmental sustainability assessments, including on energy use, over the entire lifecycle of products and systems;
Amendment 346 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 d (new) 21d. Stresses the need to modernise and Europeanise the highly fragmented defence industrial landscape in the EU which, due to fragmentation, duplication and inefficiencies, wastes scarce resources and is not as effective as needed in the face of the most serious military security threats to Europe due to the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine and its repercussions on European security order;
Amendment 347 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 e (new) 21e. Believes that it is of utmost importance to operationalise a reliable, modest and efficient European defence equipment market including a high degree of technological sovereignty; underlines the need to urgently focus efforts on setting the legal and technical parameters before discussing to increase further subsidies via the EU budget and funds like EDF; stresses the need for the Commission to set technical standards and norms for interoperability of military technology to guarantee that European armed forces are able to jointly execute the most demanding military operations: equally stresses the need for the Commission to finally present a proposal for a regime for the security of supply in the defence area which was demanded by the European Council already in 2013; believes that without such, and additional legal and technical parameters, there is no guarantee that EU budget investments and subsidies will generate more security for Europe;
Amendment 348 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 f (new) 21f. Calls for an in-depth revision of the EDF, in order to make it more transparent and therefore efficient and effective; stresses the need to introduce the delegated acts procedure for the annual and multi-annual work programmes which would guarantee meaningful parliamentary scrutiny and a modern defence industrial policy; reminds the strong role of the US Congress as regards the defence budget and spending;
Amendment 349 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 g (new) 21g. Calls for developing a holistic approach to defence capability development programmes and their industrial dimension; stresses the need to develop an integrated and comprehensive approach which addresses all stages from joint R&D, to joint procurement, joint maintenance, and training; proposes to use the financial architecture of the newly established European Peace Facility to create the legal and financial framework for a solid and reliable off-budget fund which would guarantee a collaborative European approach from investments until use, and make sure that there are guaranteed synergies between national defence budgets and a joint effort which is sustainable for the long term;
Amendment 35 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C a (new) Ca. whereas the European Commission, after identifying its strategic dependencies in the most sensitive industrial ecosystems, such as health, will propose concrete systemic (economic and regulatory) measures to reduce these dependencies, including by securing and fostering production and investment in Europe to ensure patients access and healthcare system sustainability;
Amendment 350 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 a (new) 22a. Reminds the important role of EU standardisation for a well-functioning single market, global competitiveness and the green and digital transitions and advocates a strong focus on playing a leading role in international standards organisations; calls for the EU to regain its leading role in setting, implementing and enforcing high environmental standards and warns that falling behind third countries would impact not only the sustainability but also competitiveness of EU industry; stresses therefore that standards should be amongst other objectives to be designed in a way that help improve material reuse and recycling and foster secondary resource uptake;
Amendment 36 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C a (new) Ca. whereas renewable and energy efficiency solutions are mature and have become mass markets, whereas renewable energy costs have plummeted, whereas the industrial sector is characterized by long lead-times and it is important to ensure that the growth of renewable energy use is already initiated ahead of 2030 avoiding stranded assets and future lock-ins;
Amendment 37 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C a (new) Ca. whereas, after having identified the strategic dependencies of the most vulnerable industrial ecosystems, the Commission shall put forward specific systemic measures, both of an economic and regulatory nature, to reduce these dependencies by securing and promoting production and investment in the EU;
Amendment 38 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C a (new) Ca. whereas the EU needs to address the resilience of supply chains while creating an attractive innovative high- value manufacturing and supply ecosystem, aligned with Europe's excellent scientific base and innovation capacity;
Amendment 39 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C a (new) Ca. whereas the EU needs to address the resilience of supply while creating an attractive and innovative high-value manufacturing and supply ecosystem, aligned with Europe's R&D, innovation and environmental goals;
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 14 a (new) — having regard to the Commission staff working document of 8 April 2019 entitled ‘Technology Infrastructures’ (SWD(2019)158),
Amendment 40 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C a (new) Ca. whereas to realise its R&D potential, the EU must address the resilience of its supply chains while creating an attractive innovative high- value manufacturing and supply ecosystem;
Amendment 41 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C a (new) Ca. whereas CO2 emissions from industry have fallen by 35% since 1990, in large part owing to the relocation of production;
Amendment 42 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C a (new) Ca. whereas the industrial strategy should enable the EU to increase its own production within all sectors of the economy;
Amendment 43 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C b (new) Amendment 44 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C b (new) Cb. whereas the Commission has recognised that the health sector, including active pharmaceutical ingredients and other health-related products such as essential drugs, is crucial for achieving the EU’s strategic autonomy;
Amendment 45 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C b (new) Cb. whereas the European Commission has recognised the health industrial ecosystem, including active pharmaceutical ingredients and other health-related products such as essential medicines, as critical to achieving its open strategic autonomy;
Amendment 46 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C b (new) Cb. whereas the European Commission has recognised the health industrial ecosystem, including active pharmaceutical ingredients and other health related products such as essential medicines, as vital to achieve its open strategic autonomy;
Amendment 47 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C b (new) Cb. whereas the European Commission has recognised the health industrial ecosystem, including active pharmaceutical ingredients and other health related products such as essential medicines, as vital to achieve its open strategic autonomy;
Amendment 48 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C c (new) Amendment 49 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C c (new) Cc. whereas the European Commission has recognised in the new updated industrial strategy that unsustainable market policies, included on public procurement, could lead to market consolidation, and in the health sector this is one of the main drivers of medicine shortages;
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 25 a (new) — having regard to its resolution of 11 November 2016 on a coherent EU policy for cultural and creative industries1a, _________________ 1a OJ C 238, 6.7.2018, p. 28–41.
Amendment 50 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C c (new) Cc. whereas the Commission has recognised that the agri-food sector, including the production of agricultural inputs and fertilising products and of sector-related farming machinery, is crucial for achieving the EU’s strategic autonomy;
Amendment 51 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C c (new) Cc. whereas the European Commission has acknowledged in the new updated industrial strategy that unsustainable market policies, including in the area of public procurement, could lead to market consolidation that increases the risk of medicines shortage;
Amendment 52 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C d (new) Cd. whereas the Commission has recognised that the mining and raw material extraction industry, including the production of construction materials and of rare earths and metals, is crucial for achieving the EU’s strategic autonomy;
Amendment 53 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C d (new) Amendment 54 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C d (new) Cd. whereas the European Commission has recognised in the new updated industrial strategy that unsustainable market policies, included on public procurement, could lead to market consolidation, increasing the risk of medicines shortage;
Amendment 55 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C e (new) Ce. whereas the Commission has recognised that the digital technology industry, including the production of hardware and of semiconductors, is crucial for achieving the EU’s strategic autonomy;
Amendment 56 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C f (new) Cf. whereas, in its updated new industrial strategy, the Commission recognised that, notably with regard to public procurement, unsustainable market policies could lead to market stagnation or consolidation, which is one of the main causes of shortages in many industrial sectors;
Amendment 57 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 1. Welcomes the update of the industrial strategy; stresses that for the Green Deal to be a true growth strategy, reduce dependencies and maintain a level playing field for European industry during the transition, it needs to be accompanied by ambitious industrial policy; to ensure that European industry is not overburdened in these difficult times, the EU should introduce a moratorium on any new regulatory burdens on our industry; stresses therefore the need to create a political environment to foster energy-intensive industrial production in Europe to not create new dependencies in the course of independence from Russian energy imports;
Amendment 58 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 1.
Amendment 59 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 1. Welcomes the update of the industrial strategy; stresses that for the Green Deal to be a true growth strategy, reduce dependencies and maintain a level playing field for European industry during the transition, it needs to be accompanied by ambitious industrial policy; stresses that this need has increased significantly due to the ongoing energy crisis and Russia's war in Ukraine; these developments fundamentally challenge the assumptions on which peace-time plans were made;
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 28 a (new) — having regard to the Commission's recommendation and guidelines on energy efficiency first: from principle to practice (28th September 2021),
Amendment 60 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 1. Welcomes the update of the industrial strategy; stresses that for the Green Deal to be a true growth strategy, reduce dependencies and maintain a level playing field for European industry during the transition, it needs to be accompanied by ambitious industrial policy and an ambitious R&;D policy, including a robust technology transfer policy in the framework of an EU-wide SME friendly business ecosystem;
Amendment 61 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 1. Welcomes the update of the industrial strategy; stresses that for the Green Deal to be a true growth strategy, reduce dependencies and maintain a level playing field for European industry during the transition, it needs to be accompanied by ambitious industrial policy; stresses also that this industrial policy must place SMEs at the centre of all measures and objectives;
Amendment 62 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 1. Welcomes the update of the industrial strategy; stresses that for the
Amendment 63 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 1. Welcomes the update of the industrial strategy; stresses that for the Green Deal to be a true growth strategy, reduce dependencies and maintain a level playing field for European industry during the transition, it needs to be accompanied by ambitious industrial policy able to create links between large businesses, SMEs and start-ups;
Amendment 64 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 1. Welcomes the update of the industrial strategy; stresses that for the Green Deal to be a true growth strategy, reduce dependencies and maintain a level playing field for European industry during the transition,
Amendment 65 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 1. Welcomes the update of the industrial strategy; stresses that for the Green Deal to be a true sustainable growth strategy, reduce dependencies and maintain a level playing field for European industry during the green and just transition, it needs to be accompanied by ambitious industrial policy;
Amendment 66 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 1.
Amendment 67 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Notes that in order to ensure a safe and prosperous life for our children and grandchildren, the EU must deliver on its ambitious climate targets; stresses that to succeed, the EU will have to take full advantage of all available technologies that support the green and digital transition including enabling technologies as well as promote innovation across the board; underlines in this regard that the EU should ensure technology neutrality and empower the whole spectrum of industry, from the small entrepreneur to the biggest of companies, to innovate and develop new ground-breaking technologies;
Amendment 68 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. considers that an industrial policy should aim to overcome structural weaknesses in the industrial sector and modernise it in an integrated manner in each country, with the implementation of mutually beneficial development policies, which enhance and promote national production capacities, create favourable labour market conditions, safeguard the rights of workers, the right to work and to fair remuneration, and ensure better living and working conditions for all citizens;
Amendment 69 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Regrets that the same update was neither carried out in 2021 nor planned for 2022 for the SME strategy; expresses its concern for European micro- enterprises, strongly affected by the effects of the COVID 19 pandemic and now by the increase in raw materials and energy costs caused by the current international crisis; stresses that there can be no real European growth without an industrial policy that takes account of the European manufacturing entrepreneurship, 99% composed of SMEs;
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 30 a (new) — having regard to the UN IPCC report on Climate Change 2022: Mitigation of Climate Change, 4th April 2022,
Amendment 70 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Notes that Russia’s military aggression against Ukraine has led to increased costs in Europe, including those related to energy and fuel usage, having an immediate and negative effect across industry, the internal market and society as a whole; recognises that there are numerous measures that can help reduce these impacts on end users whilst also benefiting the environment and human health through reduced greenhouse gas emissions and air pollution;
Amendment 71 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Acknowledges that the EU Single Market is the most important instrument to strengthen the Unions competitiveness and resilience, and to deliver on the green and digital transitions. Highlights the need for the public sector to fully play its part by reducing red tape, avoiding fragmentation and further harmonising rules in order to fulfil the EU Treaty provisions on the Single Market freedoms;
Amendment 72 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Welcomes the European Commission’s initiative for a European standardisation strategy that aims to support the digital transformation and the green transition and shares the ambition to take a more proactive approach towards strategy setting for standards including at international level with key trading partners;
Amendment 73 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Stresses that a functioning European Single Market is an important asset to strengthen the resilience and competitiveness of the EU as well as to enhance the green and digital transition as bases for new growth in industrial sectors;
Amendment 74 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Highlights that EU industrial policy must address and support the need for structural change in order to guarantee high-quality and equal working conditions and employment;
Amendment 75 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 b (new) 1b. Calls in particular to significantly reduce the EU’s energy dependence, especially on Russian gas, oil, coal and nuclear, by, inter alia, massively investing in energy saving and efficiency measures and increased renewable capacities while enhancing demand-side flexibility and the direct electrification of industrial processes in line with the EU sectoral integration strategy; stresses that in response to the crisis, it is of paramount importance to avoid infrastructure or contractual fossil fuel, and in particular gas, lock-ins; points to the fact that conversely the acceleration of the implementation of the Green Deal will strengthen the Union and reduce its dependency from third countries;
Amendment 76 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 b (new) 1b. Welcomes the Commission’s communication entitled ‘Pharmaceutical Strategy for Europe’ and stresses that the strategy must also serve to support European competitiveness and resilience; recalls that the European life-science industry is of vital importance not only to patients but also to the European economy through its contribution to the positive EU trade balance and job creation within the ecosystem;
Amendment 77 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 b (new) 1b. Calls on the Commission to fully include workers and trade unions at every stage of the development and implementation of EU Industrial Strategy;
Amendment 78 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 c (new) Amendment 79 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 c (new) 1c. In view of the current energy price spikes, supports targeted relief measures for vulnerable customers in the industrial context in particular vulnerable SMEs and micro-enterprises, to alleviate the worst economic and social impacts of high-energy prices;
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A A. whereas
Amendment 80 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 d (new) 1d. Calls on Member States to give priority to investments in renewables, energy efficiency and storage technologies at least as much and as swift as they are now supporting fossil fuel related costs; urges the Commission to launch a new RRF-type investment initiative to mitigate the on-going energy crisis and its adverse effects on European industry and society as a whole and to accelerate the sustainable transition of European industry and the energy system as to rapidly reduce the need for imported fossil fuels and make Europe less vulnerable as soon as possible;
Amendment 81 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 e (new) 1e. Points to lessons learnt from the Covid crisis and asks for the creation of an industrial reconversion plan to boost the EU’s value chains, especially for energy efficiency, renewable and storage technologies in order to guarantee an increased supply and ensure the delivery of the increased climate and energy ambition stipulated in the REPowerEU Communication (COM/2022/108) and in turn the success of the twin transition and energy security; to this end requests the Commission to engage with industry and develop a dedicated industrial strategy, as done for the Covid vaccines, to enable EU market leaders and to satisfy increased domestic demand; stresses that this would also speed up the EU’s autonomy in such strategic value chains; asks the Commission to promote joint procurement of critical materials both by public and private actors;
Amendment 82 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2. Underlines that the EU cannot be dependent on non-EU countries for products and technologies that are essential to our economy and for our society of the future; stresses the need to clearly define such dependencies and relevant market failures; stresses that the EU needs to regain a strong position in identified crucial global value chains and secure the supply of critical materials in times of crisis; this may be achieved by a number of different initiatives ranging from ensuring EU production to diversifying supply chains;
Amendment 83 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2. Underlines that the EU
Amendment 84 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2. Underlines that the EU
Amendment 85 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2. Underlines that the EU cannot be dependent on non-EU countries for products and technologies that are essential to our economy and for our society of the
Amendment 86 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2. Underlines that
Amendment 87 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2. Underlines th
Amendment 88 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2. Underlines that the EU cannot be dependent on non-EU countries for products and technologies that are essential to our economy and for our society of the future; stresses that the EU needs to regain a strong position in crucial global value chains and secure the supply of critical materials in times of crisis, also through the increased use of circular economy principles in modern business models;
Amendment 89 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2. Underlines that the EU cannot be dependent on single non-EU countries for specific products and technologies that are essential to our economy and for our society of the future; stresses that the EU needs to regain a strong position in crucial global value chains and secure the supply of critical materials and components in times of crisis by diversifying those value chains;
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A A. whereas it is crucial to enable industry to implement the green transition, including the energy and digital transitions while preserving jobs, competitiveness and its ability to actively participate in an economy of free trade and fair competition and to develop and produce clean products;
Amendment 90 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2. Underlines that the EU
Amendment 91 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2. Underlines that the EU cannot be dependent on non-EU countries for products and technologies that are essential to our economy and for our society of the future; stresses that the EU needs to regain a strong position in crucial global value
Amendment 92 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2. Underlines that the EU cannot be dependent on non-EU countries for products and technologies that are essential to our economy and for our society of the future; stresses that the EU needs to regain a strong position in crucial global value chains and secure the supply of critical raw materials necessary for boosting investments in times of crisis;
Amendment 93 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2. Underlines that the EU cannot be dependent on non-EU countries for products, energy and technologies that are essential to our economy and for our society of the future; stresses that the EU needs to regain a strong position in crucial global value chains and secure the supply of critical materials in times of crisis;
Amendment 94 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. Reminds the importance of open strategic autonomy and stresses that to achieve this objective the Commission and Member States should in particular: - relaunch the single market strategy in order to de-fragmentise regulatory approaches, de-regulate where necessary, de-bureaucratise public administrations and business’ life and overcome existing barriers to investments; - develop concrete actions to support Member States to bridge the lack of skills and to re-balance the circulation of talents, technological experts and know- how; - develop a European Innovation Area able to support startups and SMEs and to help retaining businesses within the Union's single market; - implement a strategy on critical raw materials and resources needed for the digital and the green transition; - improve research, innovation and technological development funding, including in the form of public-private ventures;
Amendment 95 #
2a. Highlights the importance of international collaboration and open global trade for the European economy, noting that one of the most efficient ways to strengthen European industrial resilience and reduce dependences is to diversify supply chains through ambitious trade policy measures, including strategic trade and investment agreements;
Amendment 96 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. Highlights that relying on shorter and limited supply chains will not only improve the resilience of our economy to potential future disruptions but will also have an added benefit of fulfilling the EU climate ambitions by reducing CO2 emissions as soon as possible;
Amendment 97 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 a (new) Amendment 98 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 b (new) 2b. Notes that, to achieve strategic autonomy, the EU needs to develop its defence capability; calls, in this regard, for a genuine military-industrial complex to be established in Europe;
Amendment 99 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. Calls on the Commission to present
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Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Considers that the EU industrial strategy must be implemented in a coherent and coordinated way; stresses that free
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Notes that SMEs are the foundation of the EU; emphasises that the twin transition needs the involvement of European industry; underlines the need to fully support SMEs in the twin transition by providing them with easier access to finance, less bureaucratic barriers, stronger incentives to scale up and diversify;
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Notes that, in many Member States, SMEs are the economic foundation of the EU; emphasises that the twin transition needs the involvement of European industry; underlines the need to fully support SMEs in the twin transition by providing them with easier access to finance;
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2.
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 a (new) Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. Notes the declining importance of the European economy in relation to the global economy;
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 b (new) 2 b. Stresses the need to ensure a level playing field for SMEs, including by implementing effectively the EUs Trade Defence Instruments (TDIs), so that European companies are not exposed to unfair trading practices;
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Is concerned that both the current and the proposed EU legislation envisages too many bureaucratic hurdles for EU businesses; calls on the Commission to fully implement the principles of better regulation
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Is concerned that both the current and the proposed EU legislation envisages too many administrative and bureaucratic hurdles for EU businesses; calls on the Commission to fully implement the principles of better regulation and ‘think small first’ in its legislative work, especially concerning the energy transition sector and export oriented economic areas;
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Is concerned that both the current and the proposed EU legislation envisages too many bureaucratic hurdles for EU businesses; Underlines the need to reduce unnecessary administrative burdens for European businesses, SMEs in particular; calls on the Commission to fully implement the principles of better regulation and ‘think small first’;
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Is concerned that both the current and the proposed EU legislation envisages too many bureaucratic hurdles for EU businesses; calls on the Commission to cut un-necessary red-tape, fully implement the principles of better regulation and ‘think small first’, and to carefully apply the SME Test in its impact assessments;
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Considers that the EU industrial strategy must be implemented in a coherent and coordinated way; stresses that f
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Is concerned that both the current and the proposed EU legislation envisages too many bureaucratic hurdles for EU businesses; calls on the Commission to fully implement the principles of better regulation and ‘think small first’ in order to deploy the whole potential of European companies, especially SMEs;
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Is convinced concerned that both the current and the proposed EU legislation must not create envisages too many bureaucratic hurdles for EU businesses that burden them in an unfair way; calls on the Commission to fully implement the principles of better regulation and ‘think small first’;
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Is concerned that both the current and the proposed EU legislation envisages too many bureaucratic hurdles for EU businesses; calls on the Commission to fully implement the principles of better
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 a (new) 3 a. reiterates its position to the Commission from its resolution of December 16th 2020 to adopt a roadmap for better regulation; notes that several Member States have set quantitative targets of up to 30% for reduction of administrative burden and calls on the Commission to set ambitious and binding quantitative and qualitative targets of at least 30% reduction of regulatory burden.
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 a (new) 3 a. - Strongly insists that future EU trade agreements should have specific focus to the raw materials, which are not produced in the EU and which are considered strategic for the EU’s industrial strategy;
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Considers that for the EU to be competitive in open markets, every sector must receive sufficient support in developing its respective technological base and in promoting the research and innovation efforts carried out by public and private stakeholders; stresses that the Commission and the Member States should cooperate in the design and implementation of the Industrial Strategy, in order to guarantee increased coherence with the Commercial Policy, by diversifying and exploiting synergies, as well as to make different sectors more competitive at international level; calls on the Commission to draw up annual implementation reports for presentation to the European Parliament;
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Considers that for the EU to be competitive in open markets, every sector must receive sufficient and targeted support in developing
Amendment 27 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Considers that for the EU to keep a prominent place in the world economy as well as regain a strong position in important global supply chains and to be competitive in open markets, every sector must receive sufficient support in developing its respective technological base, and in
Amendment 28 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Considers that for the EU to be competitive in open markets, every sector must receive sufficient support in developing its respective technological base and in promoting the research and innovation efforts
Amendment 29 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Considers that for the EU to be competitive in open markets, every sector must receive sufficient support in developing its respective technological base and in promoting
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Considers that the EU industrial strategy must be implemented in a coherent and coordinated way, following ambitious objectives to strengthen European supply chains; stresses that free trade and open markets which respect international law, as well as working with cooperative partners, will reinforce the EU’s industrial base; considers that the EU should become more self-reliant on industrial goods
Amendment 30 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 a (new) 4 a. Welcomes the intention of the Commission to issue guidance on public procurement; emphasises that public procurement is an indispensable instrument for national and economic security; stresses in this regard the need to signal to third countries that European public procurement markets will remain open whilst focusing efforts toward creating a level-playing field as well as toward limiting bureaucratic burdens for economic operators and contracting authorities.
Amendment 31 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Stresses that the key European headline policy goals
Amendment 32 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Stresses that the
Amendment 33 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Stresses that the key European policy goals1 remain unchanged in spite of recent developments at international level; in particular in regard to Putin’s war in the Ukraine. _________________ 1 https://ec.europa.eu/info/priorities-and-
Amendment 34 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 a (new) 5 a. Notes that in order to maintain a high-level of social and economic prosperity, while preserving employment, it is crucial that the objective to achieve climate neutrality by 2050, with the commitment to cut 55% of emissions by 2030, must not undermine the competiveness and sustainability of the EU’s industrial sector; EU’s objective related to the green transition, which involves EU’s industrial sectors must be resilient and adaptive to the evolving global environment;
Amendment 35 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 a (new) 5 a. Observes with caution the need to evaluate dependencies on third countries in order to reduce vulnerabilities; Stresses the importance of sustainable and resilient global supply chains, while maintaining that the goal of the EU is to promote free trade;
Amendment 36 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 b (new) 5 b. Calls for further negotiations of ambitious free trade agreements; Stresses the need to monitor the efficient use of the EU trade toolbox, namely the International Procurement Instrument, the Regulation on foreign subsidies distorting the internal market and, the Anti-Coercion Instrument;
Amendment 37 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 b (new) Amendment 38 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Calls for further negotiations to secure sustainable and future-oriented trade agreements with ambitious and enforceable TSD chapters, pursue the goals of level-playing field and reciprocity vis-à-vis other major trading partners and to continue with the reform of the World Trade Organization; points out that sustainable inward and outward investments, trade and access to third markets are crucial in supporting the EU’s economic recovery and resilience, with the aim of strengthening the EU’s
Amendment 39 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Calls for further negotiations to secure future-oriented trade agreements and to continue with the reform of the World Trade Organization; points out that trade and access to third markets are crucial in supporting the EU’s economic recovery and resilience,
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Considers it important and essential, not least in view of recent events and geopolitical tensions, to ensure more diversified supply chains and greater focus on the circular economy and stockpiling, especially in sensitive areas such as energy and public services;
Amendment 40 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Calls for further negotiations to secure future-oriented trade agreements and to continue with the reform of the World Trade Organization; points out that trade and access to third markets are crucial in supporting the EU’s economic recovery and resilience, with the aim of strengthening the EU’s autonomy, diversifying its supply chains and guaranteeing its independence from any single producer; is concerned by the current multiple supply chain crises accumulated due to COVID-related policies in third countries such as China or the Russian invasion of Ukraine;
Amendment 41 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Calls for further negotiations to secure future-oriented, modern trade agreements and to continue with the reform of the World Trade Organization; points out that trade and access to third markets are crucial in supporting the EU’s economic recovery due to the Covid pandemic and resilience, with the aim of strengthening the EU’s autonomy, diversifying its supply chains and guaranteeing its independence from any single producer, especially concerning raw and intermediate products and materials;
Amendment 42 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6.
Amendment 43 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 a (new) 6a. Points out the particular importance of key commodities for the digital and green transition in the EU in view of the ongoing negotiations to conclude new bilateral free trade agreements or modernise existing trade agreements;
Amendment 44 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 a (new) 6 a. Urges the Commission to pursue an open strategic autonomy to reduce dependence in critical sectors, diversify our value chains and guarantee its independence from single producers;
Amendment 45 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 b (new) 6b. Considers it appropriate and necessary, in the light of recent events, for the EU to focus its trade policy even more on the Americas, especially Latin America and Africa;
Amendment 46 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 c (new) 6c. Asks the Commission to analyse in detail the extent of our dependence on individual suppliers for raw materials, intermediate products and energy;
Amendment 47 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 7. Strongly insists that the fight against illicit trade
Amendment 48 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 7. Strongly insists that the fight against illicit trade and the prevention of unfair competition, as well as strategic investment and takeovers by hostile actors, must remain a key priority; urges the Commission to work to pursue a trade and investment agenda to fight unfair policies and practices, such as the tripartite EU, US, Japan agreement;
Amendment 49 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 7. Strongly insists that the fight against illicit trade and the prevention of unfair competition, as well as strategic investment and takeovers by hostile actors, must remain a key priority in order to safeguard the EU industrial autonomy and competitiveness;
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) 1 a. Considers crucial maintaining an ambitious trade negotiation agenda that can contribute to building resilience and diversification of supply chains, while preserving the multilateral rules-based international trade architecture and pursuing sustainable industrial partnerships;
Amendment 50 #
7. Strongly insists that the fight against illicit
Amendment 51 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 a (new) 7 a. Calls on the Commission to adopt and enforce a proper toolbox of measures to secure a level playing field for EU’s workers and businesses to compete globally, such as the International Procurement Instrument, due diligence, anti-coercion and foreign subsidies;
Amendment 52 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 b (new) 7 b. Welcomes the efforts made by the EU-US Trade and Technology Council to coordinate approaches to key global trade, economic and technologies issues, as well as the ambitious agenda set for its second meeting;
Amendment 53 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 c (new) 7 c. Underlines the importance to carry out an ambitious EU digital agenda with the aim to build strategic international partnerships, and to ensure a leading position for the EU in digital trade and in the area of technology, most importantly by promoting innovation;
Amendment 54 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 d (new) 7 d. Highlights the importance to continue WTO negotiations on e- commerce and to reach a comprehensive and ambitious set of rules to facilitate business operations, especially for SMEs, and to strengthen consumers’ trust in the online environment;
Amendment 55 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 e (new) 7 e. Welcomes the Commission’s initiative for a European Chips Act that represents a decisive and important step in the EU’s ambitious race for digital sovereignty and strategic autonomy in order to achieve Europe’s independence in the supply of this category of semiconductors;
Amendment 56 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 f (new) 7 f. Highlights that the violence of the Russian invasion in Ukraine and the COVID-19 pandemic raised awareness of the risk of disruption on the supply of raw materials, such energy supply and agriculture commodities; stresses that the surge of energy prices is having a strong impact on the prices of agricultural raw materials and inputs, in particular fertilisers, underlining the need for new resilience schemes in order to ensure reliable supplies of safe, affordable and high-quality food for all EU consumers;
Amendment 57 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 8. Calls on the Commission to step up its efforts to secure the necessary energy supply for European industry through diversifying energy sources and suppliers, and reducing the EU’s energy dependencies
Amendment 58 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 8. Calls on the Commission to step up its efforts to secure the necessary energy supply for European industry through diversifying energy sources and suppliers, and reducing the EU’s
Amendment 59 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 8. Calls on the Commission to step up its efforts to secure the necessary energy supply for European industry through diversifying energy sources and suppliers, and reducing the EU’s energy dependencies; In light of the war in Ukraine, in particular on Russian coal, oil and gas.
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 b (new) 1 b. Calls on the Commission primarily to assure there is optimal use of our internal production, and secondly increase the resilience of EU supply chains, reshoring of manufacturing capacity of strategic sectors in the EU, stockpiling critical productions and devices and assure the stable supply of the critical raw materials;
Amendment 60 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 8. Calls on the Commission to step up its efforts to secure the necessary energy supply for European industry through diversifying energy sources and suppliers, especially building upon links with like- minded partners, and reducing the EU’s energy dependencies.
Amendment 61 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 8. Calls on the Commission to step up
Amendment 62 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 a (new) 8 a. Underlines that the twin transition will require to secure and massively scale- up access to mining and processing of strategic and critical raw materials such as, Lithium, rare earths and Cobalt, that will need to be imported and for which there will be a growing geopolitical competition; emphasizes therefore the need to promote circular technologies and to reinforce long-term strategic partnerships with third countries in mutually beneficial terms so as to promote sustainable supply chains for strategic resources; stresses the growing concern that the increased demand of critical raw materials will lead to potential tension with non-EU producer countries, due to environmental risks, including stranded assets and higher costs of environmental action;
Amendment 63 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 a (new) 8 a. Urges the Commission to prepare supply chain agreements together with initiating a global circular economy alliance with like-minded partners in order to further incentivise Union partners to diversify their economies and go along the Union's ambitious goals set by its Regulation (EU) 2021/1119 of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing the framework for achieving climate neutrality and amending Regulations (EC) No 401/2009 and (EU) 2018/1999 (‘European Climate Law’)('European Climate Law');
Amendment 64 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 a (new) 8 a. Calls on the Commission to commence negotiations on trade and cooperation agreements with possible international partners for the production and trade of sustainable hydrogen in order to ensure the future supply of renewable fuels of non-biological origin to the EU's industry, heating and transport sectors;
Amendment 65 #
8 a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to work together and support the growth of enterprises to increase their competitiveness in trade and access to third country markets and to face the challenges of global technology giants.
Amendment 66 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 b (new) 8 b. Underlines that global value chains are impacted by detrimental effects of natural or man-made hazards and shocks; stresses that the frequency and entity of those hazards is likely to increase in the future, and being transmitted to different world regions, leading to the subsequent increase of macroeconomic volatility and market and trade uncertainty; emphasizes that the environmental and social costs of highly fragmented global value chains using critical raw materials and just-in-time production models are not factored into the prices of these products, and thus result in market failures that could further impact trade relations between the EU and supplier countries; advocates for EU initiatives to develop Resilient Supply Chain Agreements with like-minded partners, particularly from Africa and Asia like ASEAN countries or Taiwan;
Amendment 67 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 b (new) 8 b. Considers that future free trade agreements (FTA) or any economic partnership agreement (EPA) or any economic cooperation agreement of the Union with third countries or other regional associations should include a circular economy chapter as well as dispositions on rare earths in order to lessen the carbon dependency of both the Union and its partners; considers that any revision of existing trade or economic agreements should take into account the aforementioned circular economy and rare earths dispositions; urges the Commission to propose a European Rare Earths Act to establish the Union's standards of use, extraction, trade and recycle of rare earths;
Amendment 68 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 b (new) 8 b. Stresses the need to upgrade and expand the existing EU gas infrastructure, including the necessary terminals with sufficient capacity to enable the import and transport of ammonia and hydrogen across the Union in order to enable the hydrogen economy;
Amendment 69 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 c (new) 8 c. Takes note of the ‘Chips Act’ initiative aiming at securing the supply to semiconductors that are critical for the EU industry; emphasizes that such kind of initiatives need to be placed within a broader framework that should identify and monitor key supply chain dependencies as a crucial milestone of an EU integrated and sustainable industrial strategy, as a key component of the European Green Deal; proposes to also develop a “European Rare Earth Act” Initiative;
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Notes that SMEs are the foundation of the EU; emphasises that the twin transition needs the involvement of European industry; underlines the need to
Amendment 70 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 d (new) Amendment 71 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 e (new) 8 e. Strongly welcomes in that perspective the forthcoming adoption by the Commission of a Single market emergency instrument; urges the Commission to integrate provisions in the context of such legislative framework to identify and monitor key supply chain dependencies; underlines in that perspective the need to adopt, as part of such legislative framework, a set of quantitative and qualitative indicators and screening criteria needed for both identifying and monitoring critical supply chains as well as for assessing the costs- benefits including externalities as well as social, environmental and political risks of friend-shoring, nearshoring and reshoring and diversification of supply chains,
Amendment 72 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 f (new) 8 f. Asks also the Commission to establish, in the context of the Single market emergency instrument legal provisions to subject companies largely exposed to international supply chains to undertake regular 'resilience stress tests' that would map, assess and provide potential responses to their supply chain risks, including externalities as well as social, environmental and political risks;
Amendment 73 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 g (new) 8 g. Calls on the Commission to advance in our relations with partner countries for a global circular economy by proposing a Global Circular Economy Alliance, to bring forward an international agreement on the management of natural resources, and to launch a discussion at the WTO on the constraint posed by the prohibition of local content requirement on the scale-up of circular economy, to build a stronger partnership with different world regions and ensure that Free Trade Agreements reflect the enhanced objectives of the circular economy;
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Notes that SMEs are the
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Notes that the European industry and SMEs are the foundation of the EU and its success; emphasises that the twin transition needs the involvement of European industry; underlines the need to fully support the industrial sector and SMEs in the twin transition by providing them i.e. with easier access to finance
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REGI
46 amendments...
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Highlights the fact that
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 d (new) 1d. Stresses that the objectives in providing companies with Structural and Investment Fund support should be, on the one hand, an innovative, digital, knowledge-based transformation and, on the other, a fair transition towards a green, resource-efficient, diversified and climate-neutral EU; considers that these objectives should result in a more connected and cohesive Union seeking the creation of lasting, sustainable and quality employment and the diversification, growth and competitiveness of existing industries, while mitigating the adverse effects of industrial relocation;
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 (new) Believes that special attention must be paid to strategic sectors, such as the agri- food sector, which is affected by the shortages resulting from the invasion of Ukraine;
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. Believes firmly that digital infrastructures and tools have proven to be crucial, especially in view of the increase in teleworking, telemedicine and distance learning; believes that digitalisation processes play a crucial role in the modernisation of industry in the regions, especially in remote areas and in those whose populations are declining; stresses in this regard the importance of ensuring consistency between the various European initiatives and programmes intended to address digitalisation and of coordinating them with cohesion policy instruments; urges Member States to take into consideration the need for investments in digitalisation to be aligned with sustainable economic growth strategies, avoiding duplication;
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 a (new) 2 a. Emphasizes that amount of renewable energy produced in Europe is not sufficient alone for the EU's industry; furthermore, in this context, there is a strong demand to explore and utilize all low-carbon technologies, including non- renewable dispatchable technologies, like nuclear power, thus strengthening EU nuclear industry or carbon capture utilization and storage technologies which contribute to decarbonization of industry, as well as engage in ‘Energy Diplomacy’ with other countries to ensure for instance supply of synthetic fuels;
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 a (new) 2 a. Highlights that COVID crisis and the war in Ukraine exposed EU’s supply chain and energetic dependencies, the need to need to strengthen Europe's strategic autonomy, relocate and boost production in strategic areas, while contributing to economic growth of EU regions and creation of high-value jobs;
Amendment 15 #
2b. Notes that the ORs, areas with low population density, mountainous areas and areas lagging behind in terms of access to connectivity face specific difficulties in transforming their industries; considers it vital to provide them with tailor-made solutions, such as access to high-capacity networks for private homes and SMEs;
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 c (new) 2c. Supports the economic diversification of the European regions most dependent on the service sector; considers the climate-neutral reindustrialisation of these territories to be necessary to increase their resilience to economic shocks, such as the COVID-19 pandemic or the war in Ukraine following the Russian invasion;
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 d (new) Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 (new) Stresses that no individuals or regions must be left behind by industrial transition, which must address social and economic inequalities across the European Union;
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 a (new) 4 a. Stresses that regions, companies and their employees risk being left behind as EU industrial transition accelerates and EU funding, technical support and skilled workforce are key elements in ensuring successful green and digital transitions;
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Highlights the fact that the pandemic has demonstrated the need to accelerate the green and digital transitions of EU industry towards a more resilient and inclusive economic and industrial model; stresses also that the EU’s dependence on hydrocarbons limits its capacity for political action; calls for the diversification of energy supply sources;
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 b (new) 4 b. Stresses that monitoring the recovery trajectory of all EU regions is essential, as data shows that although public interventions have been effective in limiting bankruptcies and unemployment, the risk of layoffs and insolvencies remains increased;
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 c (new) 4 c. Highlights that SMEs and start- ups are fundamental for growth and innovation; stresses the need to improve their access to financing and facilitation of trade of services across Member States borders;
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 d (new) 4 d. Calls for full application of ‘one in, one out’ approach to reduce burden of businesses applying EU legislation, with a particular focus on SME's;
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 e (new) 4 e. Underlines the importance for regions to ensure adequate tax revenues to their budgets; stresses that a comprehensive and modern approach to the taxation of the digital economy is needed to meet the goal of fairer and more efficient taxation, and to support EU companies’ growth and competitiveness through the Digital Single Market; supports smooth implementation and monitoring of the Commission’s tax package of 15 July 2020;
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 f (new) Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 g (new) 4 g. Stresses the need to boost participation of regions in EU industrial alliances in strategic areas, where they have opportunities for common innovation and growth;
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 h (new) 4 h. Highlights that European industrial ecosystems play an important role in boosting cooperation, innovation and growth, while Smart Specialization Platforms and partnerships facilitate cooperation between regional innovation systems, important for gaining strategic autonomy and boosting regions’ competitiveness;
Amendment 27 #
4 i. Stresses that the digitisation of SMEs differ significantly between regions; highlights that support for SMEs needs to be adapted to their specific needs, especially to those from less developed and rural areas;
Amendment 28 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 a (new) 5a. Stresses the importance of supporting career transitions, in particular by means of active labour market, retraining and upskilling policies, with improved access to education and training in a bid to ensure that every individual can fully benefit from the green and digital transition;
Amendment 29 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 a (new) Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 (new) Recalls that previous reports on industrial policy were already concerned with the problem of high energy costs and their impact on final production costs, undermining competitiveness and thus becoming a strategic factor to be reckoned with;
Amendment 30 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 b (new) 5 b. Highlights the need for an inclusive European industrial strategy that takes into account diversity of regional industrial ecosystems and creates value horizontally;
Amendment 31 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Calls for consideration to be given to a better sharing of added value in order to make work pay
Amendment 32 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Calls
Amendment 33 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 a (new) 6 a. Welcomes the up-date of the New Industrial Strategy after one year into the Covid-19 pandemic; highlights the fact that the recovery prospects vary significantly amongst the industrial ecosystems and also amongst different regions of the European Union; underlines that the recovery process is endangered by the new energy crisis affecting different regions in very different ways requesting adapted regional and local recovery, resilience and development strategies;
Amendment 34 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 a (new) Amendment 35 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 b (new) 6 b. Welcomes the new approach of the European Commission for reducing the strategic and industrial dependencies and working towards diversifying the international supply chains; underlines the important role of innovative SMEs in this process;
Amendment 36 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 c (new) 6 c. Underlines the need to better analyse the possibility of shortening the supply chains through the use of the new technologies and the databases with regional and local resources including the raw materials, the specific of the local labour force; welcomes in this regard the creation of the industrial alliances, such as The Battery Alliance, Alliance on processors and semiconductor technologies, the Alliance for Industrial Data, Edge and Cloud, Alliance on Space Launchers and considers that it is very important to disseminate the information at regional and local level encouraging the main regional actors to join these alliances;
Amendment 37 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 d (new) 6 d. Highlights the need to better support the traditional industries and economic specificities of the regions on their way to the green and digital transition, encouraging the forming and growing of industrial hubs in order to help the regional development and reach the cohesion policy targets;
Amendment 38 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 e (new) 6 e. Underlines the need of better synergies between the European funds, prioritizing the innovation and the ecological approach, opening the eligibilities to all industries, including the food processing industry according to the regional specificities;
Amendment 39 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 f (new) 6 f. Highlights that the New Industrial Strategy should take into account the specificities of remote areas and outermost regions, analyse and come with solutions for the development of the local and traditional industries of these regions and integrating them in the European industrial ecosystem;
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Reminds the Commission and the Member States that Cohesion Policy is already playing a crucial role in redirecting our societies towards sustainable development; points out in this connection that each region has its own particular characteristics and needs that must be addressed in order to outline a New Industrial Strategy that is geographically tailored to each location; recommends that other public policies and financial instruments be mobilised at the European level;
Amendment 40 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 g (new) 6 g. Stresses that a New Industrial Strategy should focus on better connecting the needs and support provided to all players within each value chain, industrial ecosystem and region, with special attention on the need to better connect the remote and outermost regions with the economy of the European Union;
Amendment 41 #
6 h. Calls for taking into account the need for a common approach and a commonly approved strategy for challenging situations that might affect the industry in the future, keeping in mind that the unilateral measures taken by many Member States especially in the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic affected the well functioning of the industry especially in cross-border regions where trans-border workers were not allowed to daily travel from one country to another;
Amendment 42 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 i (new) 6 i. Recalls, that the crisis of some basic health products in the beginning of the pandemics followed by a crisis of different products, such as chips, emphasized the need to rethink the industrial approach showing the need for prioritizing investments in strategic production facilities and diversifying the supply chains taking into account the regional specificities and the regional and local development strategies;
Amendment 43 #
6 j. Points out that the pandemics and the energy crisis underlined the differences between the European regions, the need of know-how and training for public authorities in order to manage the challenging situations, to adapt and implement the solutions designed and recommended from the European level; is of the opinion that regions that are still lagging behind should be given a special attention in the industrial strategy and solutions should be found for boosting the local and regional economy and for harvesting the traditional industries and the specificities in training of the local work-force;
Amendment 44 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 k (new) 6 k. Underlines the importance of supporting the local production of energy and the encouraging of domestic energy production which will lead to local and regional development, the completion of the European energy infrastructure and of a real Single Market in the field of energy;
Amendment 45 #
6 l. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to work together in order to quickly update their development strategies in order to focus on the green and digital transition, reducing dependencies, developing local autonomy and inter-regional cooperation;
Amendment 46 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 m (new) 6 m. Asks for taking into account the local and regional dependencies on strategic products and also in energy and put forward projects that would reduce those dependencies asking for their prioritization in the European funding encouraging trans-regional and cross- border projects;
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) 1 a. Whereas the effects of COVID pandemic and energy crisis exposed EU regions socio-economic inequalities and their capacity to recover that need to be addressed through efficient absorption of EU funds and also by strengthening public-private partnership and creating new forms of cooperation between private and public sectors;
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 b (new) 1b. Stresses that the repercussions of the COVID-19 crisis and the Russian invasion and subsequent war in Ukraine provide an opportunity for Europe to develop sustainable and autonomous communities and industries, taking full advantage of digitalisation and innovation processes; insists that, despite the crisis, the industrial transformation towards climate neutrality and sustainability must continue; calls on Member States in this regard not to seize on the current crisis a pretext for delaying EU initiatives and ambitions;
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 b (new) 1 b. Underlines that energy security of regions and access to competitively priced clean energy will be key to ensuring that regions enhance their industrial strengths while making the green and digital transition; calls for Fit for 55% package to be smoothly adopted and implemented in order to reduce dependencies, ensure energy security in all regions and provide access to competitively-priced clean energy;
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 c (new) 1c. Recalls that the Multiannual Financial Framework and Next Generation EU instrument constitute the largest financial stimulus package in the EU to date, seeking to create a greener, more digital and resilient Union in the post-COVID-19 era; similarly, considers that the new Cohesion Policy also presents an unprecedented opportunity for Member States to push through industrial transformation, for example by requiring Member States to earmark minimum amounts for the digital transition and ensure compliance with certain funding criteria detailed in the 2021-2027 Cohesion Policy investment framework;
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 c (new) 1 c. Calls on the Commission to assess the impact of the Russian aggression of Ukraine on European industries and their capacities to achieve the objectives of the Updated New Industrial Strategy for Europe;
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2022/06/16
IMCO
27 amendments...
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Recalls that the new Industrial Strategy was updated to reflect the lessons learned from COVID-19 and boost the recovery of the single market, and that this strategy will be key to enhancing EU competitiveness
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 d (new) 4 d. Underlines that the industrial strategy should address the key obstacles to a faster development of renewables and increase sustainable consumption, inter alia, by finding ways to better connect SMEs and energy producers in the system; underlines that reliable and verifiable environmental information as well as information on durability and reparability of products is key in transforming consumption patterns in a sustainable direction;
Amendment 11 #
4 e. Calls for a relaunch of the single market strategy in order to further unlock the potential of the Single Market by de- fragmentising regulatory approaches, adopting proportionate legislation, modernising public administrations and easing bureacratic burdens for business regarding administrative procedures, overcoming existing barriers to investments, in order to reduce regulatory compliance costs, stimulating competition, favouring market-led innovation and promoting the EU as a world leader in consumer protection; stresses that EU industrial competitiveness relies on a fully functioning and resilient Single Market that delivers benefits for all Member States and their citizens, in particular by focusing on consumer rights as well as the needs of businesses, including SMEs, micro enterprises and start-ups;
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 f (new) Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 g (new) 4 g. Calls on the Commission to come forward with an ambitious Single Market Emergency Instrument that strengthens resilience and ensures a well-functioning Single Market in crisis times while also developing strong crisis preparedness measures without undermining efforts to eliminate unjustified barriers in the Single Market; furthermore asks the Commission to improve the effectiveness of existing governance tools;
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 h (new) 4 h. Recalls that in addition to vertical ecosystems, there is a need to have horizontal approaches, such as on enabling technologies, and that the digital ecosystem must be integrated with all other industrial ecosystems horizontally; reminds that the tourism ecosystem was hit hardest during the pandemic, and several other ecosystems also face a slow recovery, such as the textile industry and the cultural and creative industry, while on the other hand, the digital ecosystem increased its turnover during the crisis; stresses the importance of the Industrial Forum established by the Industrial Strategy and notes that among of the five task forces that were created, one is directly relevant for the single market and analyses the horizontal aspects of the single market and the removal of unjustified barriers, and another one has a specific focus on advanced manufacturing as an horizontal enabler for a wide range of ecosystems;
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Acknowledges the European
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 a (new) 2 a. Stresses that is crucial that the standardisation strategy continues to attract the best experts, encourages a more coordinated approach in terms of international standard-setting and that strategic objectives are discussed and agreed with the active participation of all relevant stakeholders involved;
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 b (new) 2 b. Calls for ambitious proposals of the European Commission concerning the upcoming customs reform including the Union Customs Code; underlines the importance of ensuring that custom controls throughout the EU follow the same standards calls for a reform which ensures open, fair and sustainable trade and that consumer are protected against dangerous and non-compliant products; call upon the European Commission to take into account for its reform the "Report by the Wise Persons Group on the Reform of the EU Customs Union" (2022)1a; _________________ 1a Putting more Union in the European Customs - Ten proposals to make the EU Customs Union fit for a Geopolitical Europe. Report by the Wise Persons Group on the Reform of the EU Customs Union, Brussels, March 2022.
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Underlines the need to strengthen the competitiveness of SMEs, microenterprises and industry by addressing supply risks, dependencies, disruptions and vulnerabilities, especially in the green and digital economies; stresses that an effective
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 a (new) 3 a. Reminds the importance of the guidelines developed by the Commission that give practical indications about how Member States should include performance goals and quality criteria, such as the Most Economic Advantageous Tender (MEAT) one, in the contracts awarded through public procurement and how to better involve a plurality of manufacturers, including SMEs and microenterprises; calls on the Commission and Member States to consider closely the position of SMEs when it comes to participation in public procurement; underlines the importance of SMEs for competitiveness and innovation in the internal market while recognising their position as producers and also as providers of industrial services to other manufacturers; calls on the Commission to support SMEs, microenterprises and start-ups in improving access to finance while helping to decrease buyouts and take overs of European companies, where such buyouts or takeovers threaten European innovation, and to provide clear guidance on how to comply with EU sectorial rules, where relevant;
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) 1 a. Highlights the need for key Union policies to be considered in a holistic way within the industrial strategy, which should aim at aligning the different instruments and be fully integrated with existing initiatives; further stresses that the industrial strategy must be coherent and must safeguard and favour industrial competitiveness in all areas of European policy, while also ensuring consumer protection and progress towards environmental objectives; recalls, in this context, the importance of maintaining and further developing European leadership in strategic sectors, particularly for those sectors that proved to be essential during the COVID-19 pandemic; emphasises that European industrial policy must benefit all Member States; underlines the importance of maintaining an open dialogue with all industrial sectors and relevant stakeholders;
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 b (new) 3 b. Recalls the importance of effective and sustainable public procurement practices, especially in the context of the health ecosystem; urges the Commission to support Member States in the development of targeted rules, regarding the joint procurement of essential goods such as medicines, aiming to ensure long- term sustainability, security of supply, fair competition and investments in manufacturing capabilities;
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 c (new) 3 c. Recalls the importance of competition rules adapted to new dynamics of the EU market and to a changing global context to guarantee effective and fair competition in the Single Market and to enhance consumers choice;
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Recalls the commitments to increase R&D investments to 3 % of GDP and to strengthen the European Research Area to develop a single market for research and innovation;
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6.
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 a (new) Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 b (new) 6 b. Calls on the Commission to develop concrete actions to support Member States to address the skills mismatch in certain sectors while also promoting decent working conditions; calls to re-balance within the single market the drain of talents, technological experts and know-how and to improve research, innovation and technological development funding; furthermore, stresses the need for Member States to take decisive action through their national frameworks to properly implement the Pact for Skills and the other Union’s initiatives aimed at creating reskilling and upskilling opportunities for workforce; recalls the importance of strengthening education and training in particular to develop the skills needed to support the green and digital transitions of the Single Market;
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 c (new) 6 c. Highlights the need for a permanent dialogue among relevant authorities and economic operators to ensure that the workforce is better prepared for the new industrial needs; recalls that the green and digital transition of the industrial sectors need the recognition of highly skilled and skilled professionals;
Amendment 27 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 d (new) Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 b (new) 1 b. Recalls the uncoordinated restrictions that seriously disrupted the proper functioning of the internal market during the pandemic and led to major disruptions of supply chains in many industrial ecosystems, particularly in the food and pharmaceutical sectors; in this respect, underlines the need to prevent imbalances in the European food supply chain and to ensure food security, as well as to guarantee resilience with regard to pharmaceutical and medical production; also recalls that the border controls and closures led to difficulties for cross border or seasonal workers and underlines the importance of the barrier-free transport; calls on the Commission to further assess the pandemic-related disruptions in cross- border value-chains as the industrial strategy must provide for the completion of value chains in certain industries in order to promote the open strategic autonomy of the EU;
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 c (new) 1 c. Underlines that Russia’s illegal, unprovoked and unjustified war against Ukraine increases the urgency to build a more resilient, sustainable and robust economic base in the EU and complete the single market in key industrial and strategic sectors; underlines, in this context, the importance of diversification of supplies and preventing over- dependency in areas such as energy, raw materials and critical products as this may lead to vulnerabilities and reduce the EU’s ability to act; stresses the need for a coordinated European approach in the areas of energy production, transport infrastructure (TEN-T) while improving resource efficiency and promoting the circular economy, in order to strengthen the Industrial Strategy;
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 d (new) 1 d. Calls on the Commission and Member States to adopt a holistic approach when it creates incentives to support strategic industrial sectors and their supply chains, such as food, pharmaceutics and others, which are facing a sharp increase of energy, transport and raw materials' costs due to the current war in Ukraine; calls on the Commission in particular to implement a strategy on critical raw materials and resources needed for the key enabling technologies, the digitalisation and the green transition; furthermore, supports targeted relief measures for vulnerable customers and companies in the industrial context in particular vulnerable SMEs and micro-enterprises, to alleviate the worst economic and social impacts of high-energy prices;
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Reiterates the need to enhance open European strategic autonomy by
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 a (new) 4 a. Emphasises the importance of improving the availability of data, while respecting data protection rules, and advocates a Single Market for data to support the EU industrial development, to foster innovation and to strengthen the Digital Single Market as a whole; asks the Commission to accelerate on all data- related initiatives, improving data sharing and exchange, contributing to the development of common European data spaces and fostering the creation of shared European infrastructures; believes that the EU should cooperate effectively with international partners to achieve compatible digital standards;
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 b (new) 4 b. Recalls that in order to achieve open strategic autonomy, the green and digital transitions must be accelerated across the EU; underlines the massive investment gap existing in the technology industries enabling the digital and green transformation of our society and reiterates the need to strengthen investments in digital and green technologies; calls on the Commission, as well as the Member States, to fully support such a horizontal approach, in order to ensure that Europe remains a global leader in a crucial enabling technology;
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 c (new) 4 c. Recalls that the Green Deal can only be achieved with an increase in the production and use of renewable energy while at the same time recognising the importance of energy efficiency measures which will lead to reductions in primary energy consumption and ensuring sufficient access to affordable, secure and diversified clean energy in order to progress the European industry’s green transition and its global competitiveness; additionally, welcomes the launch of the New European Bauhaus Initiative in the context of the Industrial Strategy in order to promote and develop sustainability in particular when it comes to the architectonic, construction and housing sectors, while additionally focusing on sustainable city planning and development and ensuring the inclusion of all European citizens;
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