75 Amendments of Michael BLOSS related to 2020/2076(INI)
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 12 a (new)
Citation 12 a (new)
- having regard to the conclusions on “More circularity - Transition to a sustainable society” as adopted by the Council at its 3716th meeting held on 4 October 2019 (12791/19),
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 12 b (new)
Citation 12 b (new)
- having regard to the Commission proposal for a Circular Economy Action plan COM (2020) 98 final,
Amendment 18 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 29 a (new)
Citation 29 a (new)
- having regard to the conclusions of the European Council (22 May 2013),
Amendment 27 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the Union requires a new industrial strategy that makerenders its industries more globally competitive, resilient and environmentally sustainablein line with the 1.5 degree temperature goal of the Paris Agreement and the European Green Deal; whereas such a strategy should coverneeds to ensure the transition of European industries to digitalisation and climate-neuto a modern, digitalised, fully renewables based, highly energy- and resource- efficient, net-zero GHG emission European industriality, prioritising base by 2040 at the latest; whereas focus needs to be put on the ‘energy efficiency first’ principles, energy savings and renewable energy technologiesand resource savings, renewable energy technologies, circularity and a non-toxic environment, while maintaining and developing international competitiveness and avoiding the delocalisation of European industries; whereas industrial competitiveness and climate policy are mutually reinforcing and innovative and climate-neutral reindustrialisation will create local jobs and ensure the competitiveness of the European economy;
Amendment 47 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the Union’s iIndustrial sStrategy should ensure the correct functioning of the single market, and the dematerialisation of our economy making the EU less dependent on primary materials, create a level playing field inside and outside EU and ensure easier access to finance, raw materials and markets, sustainably sourced raw materials, more local and sustainable supply chains addition tond markets as well as ensuring appropriate levels of investments, research and innovation, education and skills to boost competitiveness and sustainabilityprosperity for all within planetary boundaries;
Amendment 71 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas the COVID-19 pandemic and its fallout have created an unprecedented economic downturn in Europe; whereas in this context a rapid and just recovery will not be achieved through business-as-usual and any future- looking industrial strategy should start by addressing industrial recovery; in the spirit of transformation and in consistency with the EU’s long-term climate and environment objectives; whereas this transformation constitutes an opportunity for Europe to modernise its industrial foundations, maintain and re-shore jobs and key industrial production and build up skills and capacities essential for the global effort to deliver on the Sustainable Development Goals;
Amendment 93 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas beyond the Covid crisis, climate change and environmental degradation remains one of the greatest challenges and require a comprehensive common approach; whereas EU industrial emissions are responsible for around 20 per cent of Europe’s total GHG emissions and over the past decade efforts to reduce these emissions have stagnated; whereas accumulating evidence suggests that the industrial sector is able to reduce its GHG emissions to net zero; whereas this requires a combination of measures aimed at energy, process, product and business model transformations across industrial ecosystems and supply chains; whereas the transformation to climate neutrality industry is comparable to a new industrial revolution and offers the possibility for Europe to become a leader in technological innovation and ensure future proof jobs as a basis for continued wellbeing in Europe, whereas it takes a generation to transform an industrial sector and all the value chains and thus all policy and investment decisions and actions now need to be taken inconformity with net-zero GHG emissions goal;
Amendment 107 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Is of the opinion that digitalthe transition towards asocial, economic and environmental transitionsresilient society should be at the very core of all Unions strategies until 2050; in this context, calls on the Commission to define a comprehensive industrial strategy which manages these transitions, fosters transformation and guarantees the Union’sdelivers on the EGD, and ensures policy and regulatory certainty and the Union’s long-term prosperity and strategic autonomy;
Amendment 124 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Is aware that market dynamics alone do not bridge the fractures created during the transformation process if there is no proper management of the transitions and no strong industrial policies; is, furthermore, aware that while markets, competition and innovation push fast towards transformation, it is society and the environment that face the impact of these transformations; considers that balancing out the number of jobs lost in traditional industries with new jobs created inthrough the digital and environmental sectorsclimate and environment compatible transformation of the industry is not enough in itself as, since these new jobs are likely neither created in the same regions nor are taken up by the same workers; calls on the Commission, therefore, to ensure that these transitions are fair and socially just, and that every action aimed at accelerating a transformation process (digital, environmentcological, etc.) is accompanied by a corresponding initiative to up-skpolicies and concrete actions aimed at managing the effects produced by that acceleration, both on regions and people; is convinced that industrial policy must rely on a strong social pillar and reskill workers, with the aim of managing the effects produced by that accelerated process on both regions and people; timely address the social consequences of structural change; indeed, the twin digital and ecological transition will significantly change our way of living and working; stresses that to this end focus needs to be put on regional and social cohesion and the anticipation and management of restructuring, the identification of future skills sets as well as increased investment in human resources, targeted trainings and upskilling and regional transformation processes, in order to provide people and regions with future perspectives and income as well as the industry with skilled workers;
Amendment 139 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Considers that this industrial transformation must be a chance for fossil-dominated areas to leapfrog towards the frontline of innovation and net-zero GHG emission compatible production, to make sure no one is left behind; underlines that it will be critical to ensure a more inclusive transition, and facilitate the meaningful participation of all local stakeholders, including civil society and community representatives in the design of both the Just transition plans and the end of investments in fossil fuels, including natural gas and all fossil- derived gases; stresses that the latter should not be supported in any way through the Just Transition Mechanism and should be excluded from all other public funding;
Amendment 159 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Considers, in the current context, that the Union requires a new, tailor-made industrial strategy that focuses its implementation on two distinct phases; the first aimed at recoveryone aimed at consolidating jobs, adapting production to post-COVID ‘new normal’ and the second aimed at reconstruction and transformation; therefore, calls on the Commission, therefore, to adapt the strategy published in March 2020 to the current situation and address both phases, while keeping the dio bolster relevant existing and future legislation to prioritise the ecologitcal and environmental objectives as priordigital transitieson throughout both phases;
Amendment 161 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Underlines the importance of a comprehensive and effective overall governance for the industrial transformation that ensures consistency with the objectives of the European Green Deal, which is crucial to its success; points to the need for ensuring transparency on the industrial ecosystems that have been identified, in particular as regards the criteria to be considered part of an ecosystem and hence structural exchanges with the Commission, the exact break down per type of actor in each identified ecosystems and information on outcomes and topics discussed, as well as the role of the Industrial Forum and the Alliances in relation to these ecosystems; 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 172 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Welcomes the Temporaryextraordinary financial means under the State Aid fFramework as a way to promptly transfer liquiditto support businesses and workers when countering the pandemic’s economic fallout; calls on the Commission to set common minimum standards in order to specify wthe re urgently needed; calls on the Commission nonetheless to ensure that thquirement for companies receiving financial assistance to be in line with ESG criteria and taxation transparency, in order to avoid different national criteria giving rise to further discrepancies and to demonstrate how the public support received is used to align their operation with EU’s climate aind provided in the emergency phase does not lead to permanent distortions in the single marketenvironmental objectives and the Paris Agreement; recalls that aid should only be granted to cover the losses incurred due to COVID-19; Underlines that States aid should only be granted to companies facing the immediate effects of COVID-19 and not those that were already financially unhealthy pre-crisis;
Amendment 184 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Calls on the Commissions to revise the state aid rules, in particular the General Block Exemption Regulation and the Guidelines on State aid for environmental protection and energy, to be fully consistent with the EU’s GHG reduction and environmental objectives and to end fossil fuels subsidies including disguised aid granted to fossil fuels, such as compensation for stranded assets, or infrastructure investments including airport expansions; insists on their application in the approval process for state aid elements in Member State recovery packages to ensure that these are consistent with the European Green Deal;
Amendment 194 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Considers that the economic schemes put in place by individual Member States to help SMEs and start-ups and companies cope with the short-term cash crunch are useful, but will increase the debt levels of these firms; in this context, therefore, calls on the Commission to facilitate recovery through fiscal schemes that favour equity over debt and grants over loans and/or guarantees;
Amendment 197 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Underlines that there are specific attributes that make the transition to a net-zero GHG emission economy particularly suited to recovery measures that seek to quickly boost consumer demand and employment; highlights that evidence conveys that green sustainable projects create more jobs, deliver higher short-term returns per euro spend and lead to increased long-term cost savings in comparison with traditional fiscal stimulus, since they are quick to scale up as the technology is readily available (e.g. renewables), they tend to involve SMEs and foster local economies through strong employment effects, so quickly increase disposable income of consumers (e.g. energy efficiency), and they are less exposed to external shocks and thus contribute to a more resilient social and economic recovery; stresses that ‘green’ is to be defined in compliance with the EU taxonomy, while all funding should be aligned with the principles and the 1.5 temperature goals of the Paris agreement and ensure that no significant harm is done to environmental or social objectives;
Amendment 202 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the Commission to include in the recovery plan a strategy to redeploy industries in Europe and to relocate induselaborate a strategy to redeploy, respectively relocate industries in Europe in terms of their strategic importance and from a climate neutrial production in strategic sectors; calls,ity point of view shortening and diversifying supply chains and avoiding unnecessary GHG emission; moreover, calls on the Commission to adopt a stronger stance on unfair global competition and predatory acquisitions by SOEs and sovereign fundd towards predative acquisitions by SOEs and Sovereign funds and unfair global competition, such as caused by negligence of labour standards, health and safety requirements as well as unjustified state aid in third countries for lowering factor costs of production not in line with the goals of the Paris Agreement, the SDGs or efforts to mitigate the impact of the COVID crisis; is of the opinion, that, in this context, the Union should implement a provisional TDI scheme; supports a reinforced rule-based multilateral trading system which must be made consistent with global efforts to halt climate change and biodiversity loss, and prevent strong international actors to abuse their market power; calls on the Commission to proceed with its Green Deal Diplomacy agenda;
Amendment 254 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Is of the opinion that the industrial recovery plan should support the most innovative, sustainable and competitive sectors and help to create new ambitious and innovativcutting-edge European industrial projects and industrial alliances, which go hand in hand with the current revision of the guidelines for ‘Important Projects of Common European Iinterest’ (IPCEIs), in order to encouragesure their compliance with the Union’s climate and environmental goals, with specific consideration of the EU Sustainable Finance Taxonomy, and increased transparency in their implementation, with the overall goal of fostering the emergence of European leaders in strategic industrial sectors that are sustainable and capable of competing on a global scale;
Amendment 272 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Asks the Commission to ensure the effectiveness of the proposed ‘alliance structures’ by establishing minimum criteria and elements for their target setting, regular monitoring and evaluation;
Amendment 278 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 – introductory part
Paragraph 9 – introductory part
9. Considers the Recovery Fund (hereinafter ‘the Fund’) to be the pillar of the first phase: the EU’s industrial recovery from COVID-19alls for an effective frontloading of the € 750 bn European Recovery Instrument; considers it as insufficient to ensure a full recovery and transformation of the European economy; stresses that the recovery investment will have long- term benefits to the extent that the investments are in environmental and social resilience; demands that Parliament be involved in the shaping, adoption and implementation of the recovery fund, and that it be at the centre of the decision-making process to ensure democratic accountability; calls on the Commission to ensure that the fund is implemented swiftly and:
Amendment 283 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 – point a
Paragraph 9 – point a
a. has sufficient financial capacity to offset the damage caused by the COVID- 19 crisis toand advance the digital and ecological transformation of European industries;
Amendment 285 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 – point a a (new)
Paragraph 9 – point a a (new)
aa. disposes of social and environmental conditionality and is subject to climate, environmental, including biodiversity, and social sustainability proofing with a view to minimise detrimental impacts and maximise benefits on climate, environment and social dimension;
Amendment 293 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 – point b
Paragraph 9 – point b
b. will be managed directly, when possible, by the Commission through European programmes, preferably in form of grants, in order to avoid further distortion of the single market;
Amendment 303 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 – point c a (new)
Paragraph 9 – point c a (new)
Amendment 310 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 – point e
Paragraph 9 – point e
e. gives preference to companies and SMEallocates dedicated funding to SMEs and start-ups that focus their operations and business plans on the digital and environmentcological transformations, in particular enhanced circularity, resource and energy efficiency and savings and a switch to renewables;
Amendment 316 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 – point e a (new)
Paragraph 9 – point e a (new)
ea. makes funding to large companies conditional on those companies having credible plans to transition to a zero-GHG emission business model;
Amendment 318 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 – point f
Paragraph 9 – point f
f. strengthens the EIB guarantees programme and makes it complementary to national programmes in order to strengthen their impact and to progressively replace national schemeson the ground;
Amendment 330 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Highlights the need to support a sustainable and fair recovery beyond the COVID-19 crisis in order to enhance growth in the EU by increasing investment in the digital and green transitions; asks the Commission to support an ambitious Recovery Fund that is within the framework of a stronger MFF and is integrated in the own resource decision, and to pursue fiscal policy coordination to strengCalls on the Commission to strengthen green conditions in Next Generation EU, in particular in the Recovery and Resilience Facility; hence urges the Commission to make addressing climate neutrality in Member State recovery and resilience plans obligatory rathenr the European fiscal framework; is of the opinion that, after the peak of the pandemic, the Fund should become a permanent Reconstruction Fund to foster the digital and green industrial transitionsan optional, to add a climate mainstreaming target and ensure fossil fuel spending is excluded;
Amendment 339 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Calls on the Commission to carry out a detailedholistic impact assessment ofbefore presenting new proposals for legislation or adopting new measures, including the potential costs and burdenenefits for European citizen, companies and, SMEs before presenting new proposals for legislation or adopting new measures; calls on the Commission to propose commensurate support to the affected sectors whenever; supports regulatory coherence and acknowledges the Commission's smart regulation drive designed to reduce bureaucratic burdens without undermining the effectiveness of legislation or lowering standards; calls on the Commission to ensure legislation is fit for purpose and propose commensurate support to the affected sectors, in particular smaller actors, such as SMEs or start-ups, to alleviate a negative impact which cannot be avoided;
Amendment 356 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Considers that oncebuilding on the mitigating effects of the emergency phase is over, the Union should embark on ascale up the second phase ofin its industrial strategy: ensursteering the transformation of European industries towards net-zero GHG emissions and digitalization in a socially responsible manner thereby enhancing the competitiveness, resilience and sustainabilityenvironmental and climate soundness of its industries in the long -term while strengthening the social dialogue;
Amendment 367 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Amendment 374 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 b (new)
Paragraph 12 b (new)
12b. Emphasis that by transforming its industrial sectors, the EU can create a new momentum to innovate and keep industrial production in Europe during the shift to the net zero GHG emission economy; reminds that other economies are set on similar emission reduction path and thus global demand for net-zero emission products, processes and technologies is increasing; stresses that due to the size of its internal market the EU is to remain a leading market and a global leader in innovative eco-friendly products, production, services and businesses; asserts that the EU Industrial Strategy needs to be the enabler for the EU to benefit from the competitive advantage as a first-mover towards net- zero GHG emissions;
Amendment 377 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Highlights the potential of the circular economy for modernisingConsiders that the circular economy combined with the zero pollution agenda must be at the centre of the Union’'s economy, reducing its energy and resource consumption and transforming whole industrial sectors and their value chainprioritising waste prevention and the reduction of its energy and resource consumption along whole industrial sectors, their products, production processes, business models and their value chains, thereby fostering the dematerialization and detoxification of the Union’s economy and making Europe less dependent on primary materials while incentivising innovation, the creation of new markets as well as a huge potential for new safe and sustainable jobs at local level and in particular for SMEs; highlights the strong synergies between climate action and the circular economy, in particular in energy- and resource- intensive industries;
Amendment 401 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. calls on the Commission to set sector specific EU targets for resource efficiency and complement this by a more comprehensive approach by setting an overall resource use reduction target including concrete indicators to be included in the European Semester;
Amendment 421 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Considers that there is significant potential in domestic and global markets for low-and zero emission technologies and sustainable products, processes and services throughout the whole value chain from raw materials to energy-intensive industries, manufacturing and the industrial services sector; considers, moreover, that the Climate Law is a first step towards enshrining climate targets into Union legislation; believstresses that a more holistic and systematic binding target framework is also required in order to ensure policy coherence across all Union policies and a homogenous, transparent governance approach in all policy areas, paving the way towards a clear, predictable and stable strategy for European industries;
Amendment 450 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Maintains that a truly effective European industrial policy needs a dashboard of climate targets as a roadmap to shape the industry of the futureto be based on a regulatory framework that sets an overall emissions reduction trajectory towards the Union’s 2030 climate and net- zero GHG emissions targets in line with the Paris Agreement - with clear five- years interim targets and indicators; considers that all sectors should contribute towards the achievingement of the Union’s climate objectives and, in this regard, underlines the importance of gas as a means of energy transition and hydrogen as a potential breakthrough technology; calls also for greater attention to be paid to network security and energy supply; calls on the Council to incfor the Commission to develop sector specific pathways setting out the actions needed to reach these objectives and ensuring policy coherence; streasse spending from the EU budget on climate change efforts; calls on the Commission to ensure that industries with high carbon leakage do not benefit from EU subsidies, and for better use to be made of the EIB, as the Union’s ‘Climate Bank’, to enhance sustainable financing to ths that these climate pathways enhance long-term investor certainty and regulatory predictability and shall serve as a guideline for future pubolicy and private sectors and to assist companies in the decarbonisation process, and to use the Border Carbon Adjustments mechanism as a way to protect EU manufacturers and jobs from unfair international competitctions which, in turn, shall orient future industrial and investment decisions;
Amendment 464 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Calls on the Commission to establish a balanced independent observatory, composed of relevant experts and stakeholders, including civil society organisations, to continuously monitor progress of the individual industrial sectors towards the climate objectives, in particular the net-zero GHG emissions objective, and to advise the Commission on the application of the EU sustainable Taxonomy, including priority infrastructure, projects and targets, and suggest corrective measures in an evidence-based, inclusive and transparent manner should the emissions from the industrial sector deviate from the established specific pathway;
Amendment 473 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 b (new)
Paragraph 15 b (new)
15b. Urges the swift phasing out of fossil fuels and the need to establish an highly efficient and fully renewable based energy system; recalls the importance of securing renewable energy at globally competitive prices for industries, and to this end the need to support the massive production and manufacturing of renewables within the Union, to accelerate the development and integration of renewable capacities in the energy mix and to facilitate electrification of the industry, and, where not feasible, to accelerate the development and integration of renewable capacities in the energy mix and to facilitate the electrification of the industry, and, where not feasible, to deploy fully renewables based hydrogen solutions;
Amendment 479 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 c (new)
Paragraph 15 c (new)
15c. Calls on the Council to increase climate related spending from the EU budget to at least 50% and to introduce legally binding safeguards in line with the do no harm principle into the MFF Regulation, in order to stop the financing of polluting sectors and live up to the EU’s legal obligation under the Paris Agreement to align financial flows with its objectives and phase out fossil fuel subsidies;
Amendment 481 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 d (new)
Paragraph 15 d (new)
15d. Demands to make better use of the EIB, as the Union’s “Climate Bank”, to enhance sustainable financing by applying the sustainable taxonomy to all public and private sectors; calls further on the Commission for a swift delivery of a "brown taxonomy" - a classification of investments contradictory to environmental goals, in accordance with the Taxonomy Regulation;
Amendment 483 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 e (new)
Paragraph 15 e (new)
15e. Believes that all existing measures on carbon leakage should be replaced by policies and instruments that internalise all costs linked to GHG emissions; welcomes, in this regard, the Commission's commitment to set up a WTO compatible Border Carbon Adjustments mechanism as part of a broader strategy for a competitive decarbonised EU economy that upholds the EU’s climate ambition while securing a level playing field in international trade; stresses that this should be an alternative to, not complement existing measures under the ETS;
Amendment 484 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 f (new)
Paragraph 15 f (new)
15f. Calls for a dedicated funding stream for energy renovations of buildings to foster the planned ‘renovation wave’ through the necessary financial means under the Recovery Plan; stresses that in the upcoming proposal on the renovation wave and Member States obligation to set out long-term strategies to achieve a highly energy efficient and decarbonised building stock, the energy efficiency first principle should be fully prioritised and should thereby accelerate deep renovations and the replacement of fossil fuel based and inefficient heating and cooling systems; underlines that integrated deep renovation programmes covering entire communes or districts can be deployed at lower cost and at higher speed, if they are organised under a model, in particular thanks to economy of scale, 3D-technologies and pre-fabricated materials; points to the fact that SMEs contribute to 70% of value added in the construction sector and employ more than 90% of workers;
Amendment 486 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 g (new)
Paragraph 15 g (new)
15g. Highlights the need for a dedicated building renovation fund at EU-level, empowered with budgetary and human resources to provide technical assistance to work with and bolster national partners; to increase the depth and speed of renovation in Europe, thus protecting and creating jobs in the construction industry and accelerating the uptake of innovation in the building renovation value chain;
Amendment 487 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 h (new)
Paragraph 15 h (new)
15h. Reiterates that renewable industries should play a major role in the recovery phase, by creating new, local and green jobs in the downstream sector (project development, installation, etc.) and boosting the manufacturing of equipment, in particular wind and solar; calls on the Commission to bring forward a 2030 pan-European 75 million Solar rooftop programme, as part of the upcoming Renovation Wave, including mandatory solar installations in public buildings; stresses that upcoming recovery programs need to provide grants, loans, tax incentives for SMEs, commercial and industrial buildings to invest into solar energy sourcing and storage, remove national barriers for solar rooftops as well as renewable power purchase agreements;
Amendment 488 #
15i. Points to the fact that energy efficiency, energy savings and renewable energy technologies are indispensable for a successful transition towards a net-zero- GHG emission economy; stresses that large-scale deployment of cost-competitive renewable energy capacities is required in all sectors of the economy; recognises that the EU holds 40% of renewable energy patents globally, whereas it should remain a leader in breakthrough renewable technologies; stresses hence the need to develop a robust industrial policy for renewables- encompassing both supply- side and demand-side policies and enable a “renewable sector-integration - is critical to ensure Europe’s long-term security of energy supply, technology leadership and strategic autonomy; urges renewable energy technologies to be acknowledged as a key Strategic Value Chain, respectively key industrial ecosystem, and be eligible to financing from the Strategic Investment Facility, and adequately represented in the upcoming Industrial Forum;
Amendment 489 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 j (new)
Paragraph 15 j (new)
15j. Points to the fact that process heating and cooling remain one of the most significant energy use in the industrial sector; underlines that to accelerate the reduction effort of GHG emission in industry the energy efficiency potentials in industrial heating and cooling needs to be fully tapped, with increased renewables based electrification, heat-pumps, better use of industrial clusters and symbioses offering significant reduction potentials in many sectors including textile, chemicals, food processing and machinery; demands to prioritise innovation in low-temperature processes in pilot and R&D funds;
Amendment 490 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 k (new)
Paragraph 15 k (new)
15k. Calls on the Commission to develop a European export strategy for renewable and resource-and energy- efficient technologies;
Amendment 491 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 l (new)
Paragraph 15 l (new)
15l. Stresses the need for building now the foundations of a European zero- emissions mobility industry, which is able to meet the increasing demand for alternatives to combustion engines and charging infrastructure both for cars, vans, buses and trucks, but also boost supply for the rail and zero-emission public transport sector; emphasis that this will need to be accompanied with reskilling programmes, providing new career opportunities to workers leaving the fossil fuel-based transport sector;
Amendment 492 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 m (new)
Paragraph 15 m (new)
15m. Insists on renewables-based electrification as a cost effective and technically feasible mean to switch to renewable energy and phase out fossil fuels complements the efficiency first principles central driver of the industrial transformation; recognises that where not feasible, such as for the decarbonisation of some key energy-intensive industries, as in the steel, cement or chemical sector, green hydrogen may play a role in helping them to reduce their process emissions provided it is fully based on renewables; acknowledges that currently the production of hydrogen is costly and resources are limited; is highly concerned by the fact that today 95% of hydrogen production is based on fossil fuels; stresses hence that a European industrial policy must foster the maximisation of renewable electricity generation, more research and pilot projects on a new generation of 100%renewables based hydrogen assets (ex. electrical furnaces), as well as electrolysers, a key technology where the EU could show technological leadership; stresses that due to the huge amounts of energy required for its production, the application of hydrogen should be targeted to the sectors where direct electrification is not possible for technological or economic reasons;
Amendment 493 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 n (new)
Paragraph 15 n (new)
15n. Notes that due to scarcity of resources, lack of capacity storage, unresolved problems such as high cost prices, its energy penalty and environmental risks, Carbon Capture Storage (CCS) is not an option should the EU want to develop rapidly a renewable energy and energy efficient economy in line with the EU climate objectives;
Amendment 494 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 o (new)
Paragraph 15 o (new)
15o. Calls on the Commission to pay sufficient attention to the cultural and creative sectors during the recovery; reminds that they were among the hardest hit by the crisis, but usually are a European strategic asset, and a significant provider of economic growth and jobs, contributing 5.3% of EU GDP and employing, directly or indirectly, more than 12 million Europeans;
Amendment 495 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 p (new)
Paragraph 15 p (new)
15p. Calls on the Commission when presenting the sustainable chemical strategy to assess the GHG reduction pathways for the chemical sector;
Amendment 496 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 q (new)
Paragraph 15 q (new)
15q. Endorses the Commission's plans for legislative proposals to ensure a safe, circular and sustainable battery value chain for all batteries, and expects this proposal to include measures on eco- design, targets for reuse and recycling, and sustainable including socially and environmentally responsible sourcing; underlines the need to create a strong and sustainable battery and storage cluster in Europe;
Amendment 498 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Highlights the need tofor support a just transition, andfor a fair, inclusive and just transition and the need to address the social and economic inequalities beyond reskilling and jobs in new economic sectors; believes that a well- designed Just Transition Mechanism (JTM), including a Just Transition Fund, would beis an important tool to facilitate the transition and reach ambitious climate targets while addressing social impacts; stresses that robust financing of this instrument, including additional budgetary resources, would be a key element for the successful, provide opportunities for the transition regions and reach ambitious climate targets; insists that the JTM should exclude any investments in fossil fuels and funds should only be provided when an effective and binding fossil phase-out plan, consistent with the objective of limiting the global temperature increase to 1.5 above pre-industrial levels, has been legislated at Member State level; stresses that to guarantee a more inclusive transition, it is required to include the participation of all local stakeholders, including civil society and community representatives in the preparation and implementation of the European Green Deal; Just transition plans;
Amendment 512 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Stresses the importance of the regional dimension of industrial policy, since economic disparities between regions are persistent and even risk to deepen with the impacts of the coronavirus crisis; to deal with the decline of regions, regional redevelopment plans have to develop sustainable transformation strategies and combine economic revitalisation programmes with active labour market programmes; calls on the Commission to work closely with the Member States in order to draw up medium- and long-term forecasts regarding the skills required by the employment market;
Amendment 525 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Calls on the Commission to tailorcentre its industrial strategy toforemost on energy and resource efficiency and to promote the scaling- up and the commercialisation of environmentally sustainable breakthrough technologies in the Union, by providing risk financing for early-stage technology and developing early value chains to support first commercial-scale, climate- neutralzero- emission and circular technologies and, products, processes and services;
Amendment 533 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Calls on the Commission to ensure an harmonised EU-wide approach for Member States to incentivise and support investments in zero emission production processes, technology-specific schemes, accessible to industrial actors from different sectors, to be granted in an open, transparent manner, in order to trigger investments where expected pay-back periods extent beyond the industry standards, and that cannot be recovered from the markets or cannot be passed on along the value chain; stresses that such instruments shall not interfere with state aid and be conditional to companies upon adoption of a credible GHG emission reduction plan to net-zero;
Amendment 537 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 b (new)
Paragraph 17 b (new)
17b. Asks the Commission to look into ‘carbon contracts for difference’ (CCD),which would be concluded after a competitive tendering process and which would guarantee the reimbursement of the difference between the current CO2 price and the actual CO2 avoidance costs that companies incur as a result of investments in new processes and technologies; asks the Commission to define technology benchmarks that projects must satisfy to be considered compatible with the net-zero GHG emission goal; considers that the resulting costs of the CCDs could be refinance through a climate contribution that is added to the related products in the industry applying both to domestic and imported products, in order to ensure a fair distribution of costs and ensure that investments in GHG-free technologies pay off immediately and short-term competitive disadvantages compared to countries without corresponding CO2 pricing are avoided;
Amendment 551 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Considers it imperative tothe digitaliseation of the Union’'s industries, including traditional ones, as a priority; calls on the Commission to invest,, support inter alia, in the data economy, human centric artificial intelligence, smart production, mobility, and resilient and secure very high-speed networks;very high-speed networks that are resilient and secure; in this respect, invites the Commission, in this respect, to assess the effectiveness of co- financed National Tax Credit schemes that could complement or replace the traditional ‘“on demand’” grants/tender- based support, especially for SMEs; highlights the importance of the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and the Cohesion Fund (CF) inaiming at supporting job creation, business competitiveness, economic growth and sustainable development and prosperity;
Amendment 557 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18a. Underlines the key role of the digital sector in contributing to the transformation of the industrial sector, both as a source of clean technology solutions and optimisation of industrial processes and minimising its environmental impact; given the high consumption of energy and resources connected with ICT, asks the Commission to assess the potential environmental impact of the massive development of digital solutions and to put energy efficiency and circular economy requirements at the heart of the development of digital technologies and data centres; asks the Commission to propose concrete avenues for digital solutions to serve the ecological transition and to establish a methodology for monitoring and quantifying the increasing environmental impact of digital technologies;
Amendment 583 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Calls on the Commission to implement a single European digital and data market, to promote interoperability and the exchange of data among companies of all sizes and among public institutions, to develop and process data on European soil, in particular data from public bodies, to build a better digital taxation system in which taxes profits are taxed where companies have a significant interaction with users, and to further develop European standards on cybersecurity, and in particular for critical infrastructures;
Amendment 589 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19a. Highlights the need for reducing digital imbalances in terms of digital infrastructure, so that innovation and industrial development is not only confined to concentrated urban industrial areas, but enable also in smaller cities and rural areas;
Amendment 591 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 b (new)
Paragraph 19 b (new)
19b. Calls for creation of new digital hubs in smaller cities and rural areas providing support for new digital start-ups and SMEs in areas that offer competitive advantages but are in need for investments;
Amendment 595 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Considers that industrial transformation requires the integration of new knowledge and innovation to be integrated into existing markets and their use in the creation ofo create new ones; regrets, in this respect, that the Union invests less in R&D as a percentage of GDP than its global competitors and that it suffers from a serious lack of innovative capacity in small and medium-sized enterprises due to a shortfall inthe lack of the necessary risk capital; calls on the Commission to significantly increase the budget for those programmes thatand make sure that the funds underpinning the transformation of the Union’s industry, including are climate proof , reiterates its position of calling for a budget of at least EUR 120bn for Horizon Europe, and to foster synergies between regional, national, European and private financial sources by, taking advantage of synergies amongst all Union programmes; supports the establishment of European partnerships under Horizon Europe to leverage private sector investment and to support the recovery and ecological and digital transition, yet calls on the Commission to ensure that these Partnerships will be transparent and inclusive throughout their implementation, in particular as regards their strategic research agenda and annual work programmes, exclude any conflict of interest and corporate capture and are of true added-value to the society; Calls for a substantial share of the funds available for SMEs under the Horizon Europe programme to be implemented through the EIC but also collaborative parts of the programme;
Amendment 614 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20a. Believes that the current IPR regime is not favouring innovation; believes that increased transparency, innovative management and licensing practices can bring faster market solutions; calls on the Commission to strike a balance between the enforcement of intellectual property rights and driving innovation, in particular as regards ensuring access to medicine and protecting public health;
Amendment 639 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Is of the opinion that ecosystems will be key components ofbringing together all relevant stakeholders in industrial ecosystems is vital to prepare the next industrial revolution, providing affordable and cleanerrenewable energy, transformative manufacturing and service- provision methods; believes, moreover,moreover believes that, supporting collaboration among industry, academia, SMEs, start-ups, trade unions, civil society, end-user organisations and all other stakeholders will be key toin solving market failures and supporting efforts to crossthe crossing of the ‘valley of death’, includingalso in areas not yet covered by industrial interests, but high societal added value;
Amendment 651 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21a. Calls on the Commission to ensure a balanced representation within the Industrial Forum of relevant stakeholders and business partners for each of the fourteen strategic industrial ecosystems; demands to ensure full participation of CSOs and independent experts and to balance public, societal and private interests within in the Industrial Forum;
Amendment 655 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Considers pGreen and Sustainable Public pProcurement to be a crucial driver of industrial transformation; calls on the Commission to study how to fully use the leverage of public expenditure and investments to achieve policy objectives, including by makingconsiders public procurement to be central to the EU’s economic recovery plan by prioritizing and fostering demand for eco-innovative and sustainable goods and services as well as enabling the relocalisation of key strategic sectors, such as health-related products and agriculture, and fostering shorter and sustainable supply chains; calls on the Commission to make environmental and, social and ethics criteria mandatory in public procurement and to make sure that SMEs have a fair chance to participate in the substantial market for public procurement; further urges Member States to increase awareness and make better use of the existing schemes for promoting green services in public procurement; calls also on the Commission to push for a more ambitious International Procurement Instrument that provides for more sustainable and resilient value chains, reciprocity and mutual standards;
Amendment 663 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22a. 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, 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 671 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 b (new)
Paragraph 22 b (new)
22b. Calls for the introduction of due diligence obligations with regard to human rights, social and environmental traceability along the entire production and value chains and to enlarge the scope beyond minerals and metals, in accordance with UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights, the OECD Guidelines on multinationals and the European non-financial reporting Directive;
Amendment 672 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 c (new)
Paragraph 22 c (new)
22c. Urgently asks for a moratorium on deep seabed mining to be in place as of 2021 to prevent harmful raw material extraction in the oceans as secondary materials offer a far more viable supply source;
Amendment 673 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 d (new)
Paragraph 22 d (new)
22d. Supports policy measures to make sustainable products the norm, including an expansion of the scope of eco-design with legislation making products more durable, repairable, reusable, toxic free and recyclable, and a strong eco-design and eco-labelling work programme 2020- 2024 still to be presented in 2020 and to adopt the measures for each specific product group as soon as they are ready, including for smartphones and other new IT equipment; implements digital product passport conveying material and chemical contents, circularity performances and carbon and environmental foot printing of products and materials placed on EU market, stresses the need to promote local consumption and production based on the principles of refuse, reduce, reuse, recycle and repair, to stop planned obsolescence business strategies where products are designed to have a short life span and need to be replaced, and to adapt consumption to the carrying capacity of the planet, makes sustainable purchasing mandatory for public authorities and private organisations;
Amendment 674 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 e (new)
Paragraph 22 e (new)
22e. Believes that sustainably-sourced renewable materials will play an important role in the transition to a climate-neutral industry and overall economy, and highlights the need to stimulate investments in the development of a sustainable and circular bio- economy, where fossil-intensive materials are replaced with renewable and bio- based materials which are sustainably sourced and that are kept in use as long as possible in, for example, buildings, textiles, chemical products, packaging, shipbuilding and energy production; stresses that this will have to be done within ecological limits; Stresses the current inconsistencies between the Union’s biodiversity objectives and its bioenergy policy; calls therefore on the Commission to adopt stronger sustainability criteria for bioenergy to ensure its contribution do not harm biodiversity and ecosystems both within and outside the Union; calls for support for research and innovation in sustainable and circular bio-economy solutions that should take into account the need to protect unique biodiversity and ecosystems;
Amendment 678 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Calls on the Commission to adopt a strong Key Performance Indicator (KPI) system to analyse the ex-ante impact of Union regulations and instruments, and to monitor progress and results; asks the Commission to produce an annual report to the European Parliament and the Council on progress made in the transition to a net-zero GHG emission, competitive industry;
Amendment 690 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. In the light of a profoundly changed international economic context, calls on the Commission to review its aAntitrust rRules and to continue to ensure that the enforcement of EUthe Union’s competition law is effective inat keeping the Union globally competitive, seeking a balance between support for so-called ‘European champions’ and and to guarantee a level playing field for SMEs with larger and more resourceful actors, and the protection of the supply chain from unfair competition, so as to compensate for the lack of a global levelevel global playing field given the, considering higher levels of concentration, margins and inequality visible in the economy;