7 Amendments of Emmanouil FRAGKOS related to 2020/2077(INI)
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses that trade policy is an essential tool for implementing the circular economy and the EU’s sustainability agenda globally; underlines that increased recycling can reduce the EU’s reliance on imports of raw materials and energy, and points to the need to decouple economic growth from resource use in order to ensure the long- term sustainability of global value chains;
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Regrets the lack of international and European standards on waste quality as this hinders a viable trade policy that is conducive to the circular economy; calls on the Commission to present harmonised standards on waste quality and a legal definition of recyclable waste, and to include these in future FTAspresent new initiatives on proper infrastructures to insure high quality separate collection;
Amendment 33 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Notes that in the transition to a circular economy particular attention must be given to key supply chains where the EU’s environmental footprint is significant;
Amendment 37 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Stresses the importance of internationalising the Green Agreement to ensure that functions sustainably and effectively and not as a brake on European development; welcomes accordingly the ambitious commitments made by China, Egypt and India following the presentation of the European targets;
Amendment 57 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Urges the Commission to ensure that FTAs reflect the objectives of the circular economy by including strong, binding and enforceable sustainable development chapters; suggests that the circular economy should be addressed in a cross-cutting manner in all relevant FTA chapters, without increasing additional administrative or financial burden to our companies, especially SMEs;
Amendment 59 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Urges the Commission to ensure that FTAs reflect the objectives of the circular economy by including strong, binding and enforceable sustainable development chapters; suggests that the circular economy should be addressed in a cross-cutting manner in all relevanteffectively in all FTA chapters;
Amendment 67 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Encourages the Commission to engage with the EU’s trading partners to further supporadopt the objectives of the circular economy at international level with commitments matching those of the EU; stresses that particular attention must be given to how less developed partner countries can benefit from the circular economy; calls for an assessment of the impact of increased intra-EU recycling rates on countries strongly relying on waste imports.