Activities of Françoise GROSSETÊTE related to 2010/2095(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Industrial policy for the globalised era (debate)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on an Industrial Policy for the Globalised Era PDF (423 KB) DOC (304 KB)
Amendments (41)
Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation -1 (new)
Citation -1 (new)
– having regard to Article 173 of Title XVII of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (ex Article 157 of the Treaty establishing the European Community), covering EU industrial policy and referring to, among other things, the competitiveness of the Union's industry,
Amendment 3 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 8 a (new)
Citation 8 a (new)
Amendment 37 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas the red tape faced by businesses needs to be drastically reduced and their legislative and regulatory environment needs to be simplified in line with better lawmaking principles,
Amendment 42 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C b (new)
Recital C b (new)
Cb. whereas industry forms an essential part of the EU economy, accounting for 37% of the EU’s GDP (when taken together with the related services), 80% of R&D spending and 75% of exports,
Amendment 46 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C c (new)
Recital C c (new)
Cc. whereas the EU’s traditional industries are important, and whereas their expertise needs to be put to good use,
Amendment 47 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C d (new)
Recital C d (new)
Cd. whereas our international competitors, such as the United States and the Asian nations, have adopted proactive industrial policies based on large-scale investment in R&D in key sectors,
Amendment 85 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Stresses that a new, sustainable industrial policy can achieve success only via an integrated, cross-sectoral approach underpinned by horizontal and sectoral initiatives and measuresectoral and horizontal initiatives focusing on common issues with major implications for a number of sectors at European, national and regional level;
Amendment 112 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Calls on the Commission to take due account of the issue of business competitiveness in all impact studies it conducts, in particular those carried out prior to the submission of proposals for regulations or directives;
Amendment 134 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 – indent 1
Paragraph 8 – indent 1
· must be based on a comprehensive definition of innovation which embraces products, services, training, processes, organisation, quality and management,
Amendment 135 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 – indent 1 a (new)
Paragraph 8 – indent 1 a (new)
· must take account of policies implemented in third countries and make suitable adjustments to some of our internal policies, such as those governing state aids for research, development and innovation,
Amendment 137 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 – indent 2
Paragraph 8 – indent 2
· must, in particular, cover the whole chain of processes and added value, through the provision of support right up to the product pre-marketing stages, and
Amendment 149 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Draws attention to the need for better coordination between Member States and closer cooperation between businesses through business clusters, networks and centres of excellence;
Amendment 154 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Calls for research expenditure for the upcoming programming period from 2013 (RDP 8) to be significantly increased (EU target for public funding: 1% of GDP) as a matter of priority. Notes that, alongside strongly process- oriented research and innovation, research in basic cross-sectoralgeneric technologies is needed and, in addition, that procedures must; stresses, furthermore, the need for the procedures for implementing framework research programmes to be simplified;
Amendment 171 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Calls for thought to be given to introducing new, alternative mechanisms to address the shortage of funding for EU businesses, in particular SMEs. Such mechanisms must · be based on public-private partnerships that share the risks between private and public investors, · ensure that public investment has the best possible leverage effect, thus generating substantial private investment, · take account of the specific needs of innovative SMEs, which do not have the equity or assets required in order to raise funds through loans, · foster the commercialisation of European research findings, as well as technology transfers to SMEs, · and support action by the European Investment Bank, and must take the form of the following instruments: · a European Innovation Financing Fund (EIFF), the role of which would be to invest in the start-up and development phases, on a risk-capital basis, · a European patents fund to facilitate technology transfers between research centres and businesses, in particular innovative SMEs, · loans on more favourable terms than those obtainable on the market;
Amendment 176 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 b (new)
Paragraph 10 b (new)
10b. Calls lastly for the EU to respond to the fragmentation of the European risk- capital market by bringing forward an EU scheme to establish pan-European funds;
Amendment 198 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 – indent -1 (new)
Paragraph 13 – indent -1 (new)
. drawing up a clear definition of resources in all their facets,
Amendment 220 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 – indent 1
Paragraph 14 – indent 1
- intensification of raw material recovery by means of ambitious recycling rules, appropriate support for research, and a stop to theules on recycling and recovery of waste, appropriate support for research, the implementation of existing legislation prohibiting the fraudulent exportingation of waste that contains raw materials, and development of secondary raw materials obtained from recycling, in line with the Waste Framework Directive,
Amendment 231 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 – indent 2
Paragraph 14 – indent 2
- more research on substitutes for scarce raw materials, consideration of resources defined as ‘scarce raw materials’ and the establishment of a strategy for supplying the latter,
Amendment 240 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 – indent 4
Paragraph 14 – indent 4
- ensuring adequate provision of raw materials through fair trade agreements and strategic partnerships and the conclusion of new partnership agreements with third countries with a view to obtaining uninterrupted supplies,
Amendment 247 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 – indent 4 a (new)
Paragraph 14 – indent 4 a (new)
- when justified, efforts to resolve through the WTO disputes concerning raw materials of strategic importance to European industry;
Amendment 249 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 – indent 4 b (new)
Paragraph 14 – indent 4 b (new)
- initiation of consultations with third countries whose policies cause distortion on international raw materials markets, in order to discourage discriminatory policies which damage the market economy;
Amendment 252 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 – indent 4 c (new)
Paragraph 14 – indent 4 c (new)
- improved access to renewable raw materials for use by industry and elimination of discrimination in European law which prevents wider use of these materials;
Amendment 275 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Is convinced that industry needs an energy policy focused on the long term which guarantees appropriate energy prices and security of supply, allows manufacturing to take place without the release of gases damaging to the climate, and prevents carbon leakage; points out that continued harmonisation of the internal energy market is an asset when it comes to switching to low-carbon production and supply, and that the network infrastructure for a trans-European energy network must therefore be renewed and extended, and smart grids promoted, particularly with the aid of funding from the European Investment Bank;
Amendment 289 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 – introductory part
Paragraph 16 – introductory part
16. Insists that every effort be made to redress skills shortages in order to promote the qualifications of the workforce and interest young graduates more in industry, by means inter alia of:
Amendment 293 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 – indent 1
Paragraph 16 – indent 1
- an institutionalised dialogue between the relevant authorities, representatives of businesses and the social partners with a view to reviewing syllabuses and devising effective ways of completing the transition between school and the job market,
Amendment 317 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 – indent 4 a (new)
Paragraph 16 – indent 4 a (new)
- incentives to encourage engineers and qualified researchers from third countries to come to the EU,
Amendment 326 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 3 a (new) (after paragraph 16 - indent 4)
Subheading 3 a (new) (after paragraph 16 - indent 4)
Fair competition
Amendment 327 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Is convinced of the need to put the instruments of the internal market at the service of European industrial policy in order to promote the emergence of major 'European champions’ who set global benchmarks in their sectors of activity, such as Galileo or SESAR; calls on the EU not to impose excessively asymmetrical constraints on its businesses in comparison with those which exist in third countries;
Amendment 328 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 b (new)
Paragraph 16 b (new)
16b. Stresses the need for the EU to secure for its businesses reciprocal access to public contracts when negotiating bilateral and multilateral agreements with third countries, while improving the effectiveness of the use of trade defence instruments by SMEs to combat monetary, social and ecological dumping practices, piracy, counterfeiting or illegal copying;
Amendment 329 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 c (new)
Paragraph 16 c (new)
16c. calls on the EU, like Canada, the USA, China or Japan, to require indication of the country of origin of certain products imported from third countries so that quality and safety requirements with regard to traceability apply to them as well as to those manufactured in the EU;
Amendment 330 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 d (new)
Paragraph 16 d (new)
16d. Calls for measures against carbon emissions outside the EU to be stepped up by including in the Community Greenhouse Gas Emission Trading System products manufactured outside the EU which are not subject to carbon constraints and are derived from sectors where there is a risk of relocation;
Amendment 331 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 e (new)
Paragraph 16 e (new)
16e. Insists that the EU should examine the economic practices of third countries before drawing up its own policies, and calls in particular on the Commission to assess as a criterion the international competitive position of European businesses when monitoring State aid;
Amendment 356 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Calls for efforts to be stepped up with a view to overcoming the current difficulties and creating without delay a single Community patent, as the status quo is unsatisfactory for SMEs, and a ‘European patents fund’, in order to improve the framework conditions for industrial and intellectual property rights, implementing a reform of standardisation methods and bringing about international standardisation in order to safeguard technological leadership;
Amendment 363 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19a. Stresses the importance of taking into account aspects which are currently not covered by European patent law, such as ‘business secrets’, so as to enable European industry to reap the benefits of genuine protection of intellectual property rights relating to products and procedures, following the example of the USA and Japan;
Amendment 365 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 b (new)
Paragraph 19 b (new)
19b. Recalls that, in order to increase the competitiveness and technological leadership of European industry, it is desirable to: . take as a basis the European Standardisation System (ESS), the advantages of which have been demonstrated, and consolidate it so that it meets the needs of innovative undertakings as effectively as possible, particularly those of SMEs, . increase the participation of undertakings, especially SMEs, in the standardisation process and ensure a high degree of promotion of standards;
Amendment 380 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 – indent 1
Paragraph 22 – indent 1
• to presscater better for the distinctive characteristics of small and medium-sized enterprises and the specific difficulties they face, by pressing on with implementation of the Small Business Act, and to dealing with shortcomings in the application of the guidelines adopted and addressimplementing appropriate specific measures such as reducing and simplifying the administrative burden and the ‘SME Test’, in line with the Commission’s objectives;
Amendment 384 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 – indent 1 a (new)
Paragraph 22 – indent 1 a (new)
• not to overlook the issue of the European private company statute, which has been a key theme in European debate for many years;
Amendment 390 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 – indent 2 a (new)
Paragraph 22 – indent 2 a (new)
• to implement projects that facilitate networking between SMEs and larger firms throughout the value chain;
Amendment 408 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Takes the view that sectoral aid policy should not only be seen in the context of competition law, but must, in the interests of Europe, be used proactively, transparently and with clear rules to strengthen innovation, competitiveness and the roll-out of new products, and in connection with industrial restructuring operations;
Amendment 430 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)
Paragraph 24 a (new)
24a. calls for the preservation of effective trade defence instruments for the purpose of countering unfair commercial practices, such as dual pricing in respect of the supply of raw materials and subsidies for domestic industry;
Amendment 465 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 – indent 3
Paragraph 26 – indent 3
• a particular focus on the key European industries – e.g. the automotive industry, the health care sector, renewable energies, aviation, chemicals, food and the creative industries,