8 Amendments of Jude KIRTON-DARLING related to 2014/2208(INI)
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses that better design, waste prevention, reuse, preparing for reuse, and recycling could bring substantial net savings for EU businesses, estimated at EUR 600 billion, or 8 % of annual turnover, while also reducing total annual greenhouse gas emissions by 2-4 %1 ; emphasises that increasing resource productivity by 30 % by 2030 could boost GDP by nearly 1 % and create 2 million additional jobs; __________________ 1 Commission communication of 2 July 2014 entitled ‘Towards a circular economy: a zero waste programme for Europe’ (COM(2014)0398).
Amendment 43 #
Draft opinion
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Paragraph 4
4. Calls for the CEP to establish, in line with the recommendations of the European Resource Efficiency Platform5 , a comprehensive policy framework which includes concrete policy objectives and better integrates and streamlines existing policy tools; insists that tools and measures must ensure real opportunities for, and active participation of, SMEs and social economy enterprises in the circular economy; __________________ 5 European Resource Efficiency Platform (EREP) Manifesto and Policy Recommendations, March 2014:http://ec.europa.eu/environment/reso urce_efficiency/documents/erep_manifesto _and_policy_recommendations_31-03- 2014.pdf
Amendment 49 #
Draft opinion
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Paragraph 5
5. Calls for the CEP to introduce a sustainable materials management policy at EU level, taking a life-cycle approach and aiming for eco-efficient and environmentally responsible use of materials, including during the extraction, design, production, maintenance, consumption, and waste management phases; recalls the necessity of ensuring high levels of Occupational Health and Safety measures according to the specific risks faced by workers in some of these sectors.
Amendment 58 #
Draft opinion
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Paragraph 6
6. Highlights the potential of reusefor stronger reuse, repair and prepairing for reuse policies for quality green and local job creation, resource savings and the development of theing the role of social economy and social enterprises; calls for furtherSME’s actors; calls for the creation of a policy framework that incentivizes and other supportboth reuse and preparing for reuse, the consolidationrough quantitative targets and to supports the development of reuse, and repair infrastructucentres and networks;
Amendment 81 #
Draft opinion
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Paragraph 8
8. Stresses the importance of creating industrial synergies foron reuse and recycling, and of helping companies to discover how their energy, waste and by- products can serve as resources for others; calls on the Commission and the Member States to promote approaches such as those taken in the UK as part of the National Industrial Symbiosis Programme;
Amendment 84 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Considers the need for measures, at the European level, to fight against planned obsolescence
Amendment 91 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Stresses the role of environmental tax reform (switching taxation away from labour and towards pollution and resources) in providing the right signals for investment in resource efficiency, -and more reparable and durable products- and calls for progress in this area to be pursued by the Member States as part of the European Semester process;
Amendment 96 #
Draft opinion
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Paragraph 10
10. Calls on the Commission and the European Investment Bank to ensure that the Investment Plan for Europe is underpinned by resource and energy efficiency objectives, and prevent the use of EU funds to develop landfill in Europe; provides support for eco-innovative SMEs in particular, and strengthens advisory services on resource efficiency; calls for funding for the EU Programme for the Competitiveness of Enterprises and SMEs (COSME) and Horizon 2020 to be more focused on developing eco-innovative solutions and improvement material efficiency ing product design and process performance.