24 Amendments of Emma WIESNER related to 2021/2011(INI)
Amendment 34 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Welcomes the European strategy for critical raw materials, underlines the need to urgently develop Horizon Europe R&I projects on waste processing, recycling, advanced materials and substitution, processes for exploitation and processing of critical raw materials in order to significantly reduce environmental impacts;
Amendment 46 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 c (new)
Paragraph 1 c (new)
1c. Reiterates the need to create economic incentives and the right regulatory environment for innovation in circular solutions, materials and business models, while at the same time eliminating market-distorting subsidies and environmentally harmful subsidies, and calls for support for this in the new industrial strategy for Europe and the SME Strategy; emphasises the specific role that first movers, SMEs and start-ups are playing in the transition to a circular economy; underlines that research in sustainable materials, processes, technologies and products, as well as their industrial scale-up, can provide European companies with a global competitive advantage; emphasises that policies are needed at the EU and national levels to support the frontrunners in circular economy and circular business models;
Amendment 49 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 d (new)
Paragraph 1 d (new)
1d. Underlines the need to ensure sustainable and ethical sourcing of raw materials, including critical raw materials in order for metals and minerals to supply the technologies required for Green Deal goals; underlines the role of CRM in the recovery of the European economy and calls upon Member States to include a CRM strategy within their National Recovery Plans;
Amendment 54 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 f (new)
Paragraph 1 f (new)
1f. Believes continued secure supply of ethically sourced raw materials to be the foundation to Europe’s material wealth and an indispensable building block for innovative and clean processes that enable Europeans to lead healthy and comfortable lives in line with the EU Green Deal;
Amendment 56 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 g (new)
Paragraph 1 g (new)
1g. Believes that research and innovation must lie at the centre of a successful CRM strategy; Furthermore emphasizes that innovative recycling processes and the development of new substitution materials will help revitalize Europe’s raw material industries in line with the EU Industrial Strategy and also reduce dependence on CRM imports from third countries.
Amendment 57 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 h (new)
Paragraph 1 h (new)
1h. Suggests that different yet complementary options to overcome raw material criticality exist, such as increasing European supply, ensuring access to imports, circularity, diversification or substitution; notes however, that substitution is still rarely used in practice and thus requires consistent multidisciplinary research support and incentives.
Amendment 60 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 i (new)
Paragraph 1 i (new)
1i. Calls on the Commission to include SMEs in the CRM Strategy as they play a fundamental role in the Union’s economic resilience, asks the Commission to assess and factor in SME contributions systematically; furthermore underlines that relevant EU funds and support tools must be easily accessible for SMEs.
Amendment 68 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses that CRM sourcing is tied to geographic location, highly dependent on the availability of low-carbon and renewable energy, and at risk of indirect and direct carbon leakage and exposure to unfair competition; notes the favourable circumstances for low-emission and green mining activities in the EU and further explore sourcing possibilities in CRM rich Member States;
Amendment 73 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Asks the Commission to set ambitious product design requirements for easy removal of parts or components containing CRMs; calls for ambitious minimum recycled CRM content targets; requests that the Commission propose new collection schemes to increase collection rates of waste products containing CRMs; asks the Commission to propose dedicated recycling targets for CRMs, byased on life- cycle assessments, and extending the approach suggested in the proposal for a regulation on batteries and waste batteries (COM(2020)0798) to other product groups;
Amendment 81 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Welcomes the ambition of becoming a global leader in sustainable raw materials production; underlines that this requires policy coherence between all relevant policy initiatives and EU legislation.
Amendment 88 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the Commission to pay attention not only to CRMs but also to the potential criticality of other raw materials needed for the twin transition; underlines that, in addition to specialised minerals, 'commonly produced' minerals, such as copper are also becoming critical as demand for them increases in a carbon neutral society. Notes that copper is also a metal where recycling is efficient but its circulation is very slow in some applications;
Amendment 103 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Calls the Commission to recognize that the volume of minerals, metals and materials required to enable transition away from fossil fuels far exceeds current recycling capability, and global mining production targets;
Amendment 104 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 b (new)
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7b. Calls the Commission to recognize that brown field sites (industrial waste dumps and mine tailing dams) often contain discarded CRM’s, REE and other technology minerals & metals. It must therefore encourage the documentation, evaluation, and extraction of the enclosed valuable materials, wherever possible and practicable; underlines the need for improved refining technologies in relevant R&D&I funding mechanisms to unlock this potential;
Amendment 115 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Calls on the Commission to acknowledge the high demand of fossil energy in the CRM value chains and address the need for energy transition towards renewable energy in the mining and refining sector;
Amendment 118 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 b (new)
Paragraph 8 b (new)
8b. Calls on the Commission to include EIB and credit guarantees for CRM projects and necessary import credit guarantees to find new tools for risk sharing in the mining sector;
Amendment 122 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Recognises the need of upskilling and reskilling people in order to enable professionals to transition from 'brown' skills to 'green' skills.
Amendment 126 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 c (new)
Paragraph 3 c (new)
3c. Calls on the European Commission to increase outreach efforts on the topic of sustainable mining, in order to improve public understanding and acceptance.
Amendment 138 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Believes that mining permits should include requirements for the proper recovery of all CRMseconomically and technically recoverable CRMs as well as the highly important management of CRM mining waste; requests that the Commission urgently implement Parliament’s demands in its resolution of 27 April 2017 on implementation of the Mining Waste Directive2 ; __________________ 2 OJ C 298, 23.8.2018, p. 132.
Amendment 176 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Calls on the Commission to develop Sustainable Finance taxonomy criteria which enables the transition to a EU climate-neutral scenario whilst also enhancing European Resilience and Open Strategic autonomy; realises that diversification is key to the security of supply of CRMs and that the mining and processing sectors are necessary for supplying Green Deal technologies.
Amendment 181 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Notes that while smart product design, the reuse of materials, recycled sources and substitution can significantly reduce primary demand, responsible and sustainable sourcing is needed when supply cannot be met; further highlights that the development of recycling can be used to respond to future raw material needs;
Amendment 201 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Welcomes the Commission’s plan to deploy Earth-observation programmes and remote sensing for resource exploration, operations and post-closure environmental management; points out that in-service regulatory oversight can be enhanced with the use of remote sensing methods;
Amendment 204 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Underlines the importance of maintaining and further developing expertise and skills in mining and processing technologies in the EU, especially in CRM rich countries where large untapped sources of natural graphite are present; notes that raw materials currently mined in Europe need to be often exported to Asia for refining, as the relevant know-how and technology can be found there, pointing out to many ways dependencies can manifest themselves;
Amendment 210 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Amendment 245 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
Paragraph 27
27. Reiterates its call in its resolution of 25 March 2021 on a new EU-Africa Strategy – a partnership for sustainable and inclusive development8 for fair and sustainable exploitation of CRMs in Africa, which account for 49 % of EU imports from Africa, and; supports the Commission in its endeavours to conclude new CRM partnerships with African countries strengthening the value chain in Africa to be ethically, environmentally and technologically more sustainable and enable EU-support incapacity building; _________________ 8 Texts adopted, P9_TA(2021)0108.