6 Amendments of Mark DEMESMAEKER related to 2018/2759(RSP)
Amendment 3 #
Recital A
A. whereas in a Circular Economy is an economy where the value of products, materials and resources are maintained in the economy for as long as possible and the generation of waste is minimised; presenting an approach to address increasing scarcity of resources and environmental pressures linked to the current, more linear, economic model;
Amendment 16 #
Paragraph 3
3. Notes that the identified indicators focus primarily on waste generation. Regrets that the communication does not present a more comprehensive and holistic set of indicators allowing toto facilitate the measurement of the decoupling of economic growth from resource use and environmental impact. Highlights that the Monitoring Framework should at least cover the full range of objectives and concrete actions of the Circular Economy Action Plan in order to have an effective instrument for measuring circularity and progress towards the achievement of its objectivegoals, specifically the actions listed under the section on production and consumption and in terms of strategic value chains and value retention with material flows in the Member States;
Amendment 33 #
Paragraph 11
11. Regrets that the strong focus on recycling as it does not properly reflect the waste hierarchy whose main aim is waste preventionprevention objective of the waste hierarchy, which is mainly achieved in the design and production phase. Highlights, therefore, that more indicators are necessary in these fields;
Amendment 43 #
Paragraph 16
16. Welcomes an indicator to measure the influence of green public procurement as public procurement iwhich can serve as an important driver for stimulating and developing circular economy and is in line with UN Sustainable Development Goal 12.7;
Amendment 44 #
Paragraph 17
17. Calls on the Commission to revise the proposed indicators in order to take in account the inclusion of other horizontal policy areas such as the bio-economy and cohesion policy. Notes that in its review of the 2012 European Bioeconomy Strategy1, the Commission pointed out that the existing policy framework highlights the need for a sustainable, circular bio-economy.; Calls therefore on the Commission to revise the proposed indicators in order to take into account the inclusion of other horizontal policy areas such as the bio-economy and cohesion policy; Stresses that the monitoring framework for the circular economy should also take into account the development of biomass supply and demand, in order to ensure that the bio- economy operates within the limits of the biosphere, while providing optimum social and economic gains; _________________ 1 Commission Staff Working Document of 13 November 2017, SWD(2017) 374 final
Amendment 47 #
Paragraph 19
19. Recognises the lack of certain robust data and knowledge gaps that are important to provide greater insights on progress such as new business trends, sustainable consumption and waste prevention; calls on the Commission to work on fillingaddress these data gaps;