12 Amendments of Dario TAMBURRANO related to 2014/2211(INI)
Amendment 3 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 4 a (new)
Citation 4 a (new)
– having regard to Directive 2010/75/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 November 2010 on industrial emissions (integrated pollution prevention and control), in particular Article 8 thereof and the corresponding recitals,
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 5 a (new)
Citation 5 a (new)
– having regard to Directive 2004/35/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 April 2004 on environmental liability with regard to the prevention and remedying of environmental damage, in particular Article 1 thereof and the corresponding recitals,
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 10 a (new)
Citation 10 a (new)
– having regard to the Commission Communication of 26 January 2011, entitled ‘A resource-efficient Europe – Flagship initiative under the Europe 2020 strategy’ (COM(2011)21),
Amendment 91 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Understands that the European Commission has launched discussions which will culminate in the reform of the ETS for the fourth period 2021-2028 and calls, in this connection, for the fight against climate change to focus on efficiency and the optimisingal yields rather than on limiting productthat this reform is supposed to guarantee, while considering supplementing the ETS with other innovative instruments and strategies in order genuinely to reduce emissions;
Amendment 137 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Emphasises firmly that, ever since the creation of the International Negotiating Committee that prepared the Rio Convention in 1992, the EU has been seeking to negotiate with third countries an international agreement aimed at protecting against climate change, but so far without success, despite the growing urgency highlighted by a virtually unanimous scientific consensus;
Amendment 142 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Highlights the fact that an international agreement on combating climate change that creates circumstances of fair competition for all base metal producers would render border adjustment unnecessary; with regard to the environmental aspects, provided that its implementation was subject to effective monitoring and any adjustments necessary;
Amendment 153 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Notes that by taking both imports and exports into account, the adjustment mechanism bringsincorporates into European regulation closer tan emissions reduction model encompassing also a consumption-based territorial approach and that this kind of bottom-up approach has the advantage of offering a universal solut, which provides information for consumers and could hence provide additional means of combating emissions that enables each state to decide in a sovereign manner how ambitious its climate policy is to be;
Amendment 158 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Maintains that the climate policy objectives of protecting the life and health of humans, animals and plants, and of thein the biosphere, and conservation of finite natural resources, are consonant with the exceptions set out in Article XX of the WTO Agreement; specifies that theowing to its global nature of the, climate issue, and the fact that an atmosphere with a low carbon content (clean air) is a global public good, means that it is already viewedchange, should, legally speaking, be classified as an environmental offence; considers that clean air (atmosphere with a low carbon content), in so far as it is as a natural resource that can be exhausted, should be considered a public good;
Amendment 163 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Points out that it would be possidesirable to envisage partial reallocation of the revenue derived from auctions to environmental protection initiatives and measures to combat climate change, such as the Green Fund provided for in the Cancún Agreements;
Amendment 187 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Regrets that compensation for indirect costs has created a new factor in competitive inequality in Europe among producers in electricity-intensive sectors, who can receive financial support from the authorities in their countries; adds that this compensation, which was devised as a transitional measure, should swiftly be reduced and, especially, be granted at European level in order not to distort competition among European producers;
Amendment 228 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Suggests that any facility classified as subject to the ETS should make comprehensive information available every year, including in respect of combating climate change and compliance with EU environmental and safety and health at work directives, and that this be accessible to workers’ representatives and to the representatives of civil society from local communities in the vicinity of the facility;
Amendment 231 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Supports the creation of local information and consultation committees for risk prevention, which should include all stakeholders with powers to conduct monitoring and issue alerts that are also effectively involved in the decision making process;