6 Amendments of Karl-Heinz FLORENZ related to 2018/0178(COD)
Amendment 216 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 27
Recital 27
(27) To encourage environmentally sustainable innovation and to avoid distorting competition when raising financing for environmentally sustainable economic activities, the technical screening criteria should ensure that all relevant economic activities within amajor economic specific sectortors, including among others agriculture, construction, energy, chemicals, transportation and production, can qualify as environmentally sustainable and are treated equally if they contribute equally towards one or more of the environmental objectives laid out in this Regulation. The potential capacity to contribute towards those environmental objectives may however vary across sectors, which should be reflected in the criteria. However, within each sector, those criteria should not unfairly disadvantage certain economic activities over others if the former contribute towards the environmental objectives to the same extent as the latter.
Amendment 222 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 27 a (new)
Recital 27 a (new)
(27 a) Environmentally sustainable activities are the result of technologies and products developed all along the value-chain. For this reason, the technical screening criteria should consider the role of the whole value- chain, from the processing of raw materials to the final product and its waste phase, in the final delivery of environmental sustainable activities.
Amendment 232 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 32
Recital 32
(32) It is of particular importance that the Commission when preparing the development of the technical screening criteria, carry out appropriate consultations in line with Better Regulation requirements. The process for the establishment and the update of the technical screening criteria should also involve relevant stakeholders and build on the advice of experts with proven knowledge and experience in the relevant areas. For that purpose, the Commission should set up a Platform on sustainable finance. This Platform should be composed of experts representing both the public and the private sector. Public sector representatives should include experts from the European Environmental Agency, the European Supervisory Authorities and the European Investment Bank. Private sector experts should include representatives of relevant stakeholders, including financial market actors, universities, research institutes, associations and organisations and major economic sectors, including among others agriculture, construction, energy, chemicals, transportation and production. The Platform should advise the Commission on the development, analysis and review of technical screening criteria, including their potential impact on the valuation of assets that until the adoption of the technical screening criteria were considered as green assets under existing market practices. The Platform should also advise the Commission on whether the technical screening criteria are suitable for further uses in future Union policy initiatives aimed at facilitating sustainable investment.
Amendment 462 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point d
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) reducing the content of hazardous substances in materials and products, in line with the harmonised legal requirements laid down at Union level, wherever it is technically feasible;
Amendment 544 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – point f a (new)
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – point f a (new)
(f a) consider the role of the whole value-chain, from the processing of raw materials to the final product, in the final delivery of environmental sustainable activities;
Amendment 642 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 17 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. The report shall take into account the possibility to introduce integrated reporting requirements in relation to the disclosure of non-financial and diversity information by certain large undertakings and groups in accordance with Directive 2013/34/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council1a, and it shall be accompanied, if appropriate, by a legislative proposal. _________________ 1aDirective 2013/34/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013 on the annual financial statements, consolidated financial statements and related reports of certain types of undertakings, amending Directive 2006/43/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and repealing Council Directives 78/660/EEC and 83/349/EEC (OJ L 182, 29.6.2013, p. 19).