12 Amendments of Béla GLATTFELDER related to 2012/2259(INI)
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Stresses that dependence on imported fossil fuels entails ever growing political and environmental risks, that obtaining them is increasingly costly to the Member States and consumers, and that therefore renewable energy produced in Europe should play a larger role in achieving energy security for the European Union;
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Stresses that the industry requires a predictable policy, and therefore condemns the Commission’s unpredictable policy, which is contrary to the principle of justified expectations, in the field of renewable energy, particularly with regard to the regulation of biofuels;
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 c (new)
Paragraph 1 c (new)
1c. Calls on the European Union to assign the Member States new, binding renewable energy targets for the period after 2020;
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Stresses that dependence on largely imported fossil energy carriers entails ever growing political, economic and environmental risks, that obtaining them is increasingly costly to the Member States and consumers, and that therefore renewable energy produced in Europe should play a larger role in achieving energy security for the European Union;
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 d (new)
Paragraph 1 d (new)
1d. Observes that energy efficiency, energy saving and use of renewable energy sources improve the European Union’s international competitiveness;
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Observes that the renewable energy industry requires a long-term and predictable policy; calls on the European Union, therefore, to assign the Member States new, binding targets for renewable energy in the period after 2020;
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 e (new)
Paragraph 1 e (new)
1e. Observes that support for renewable energy promotes the international competitiveness of this industry;
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
Amendment 42 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Welcomes the fact that, in connection with the Europe 2020 Strategy, the Commission wishes to allocate at least 25% of rural development funding to combating climate change and thus, inter alia, supporting renewable energy, in the 2014-2020 budget period;
Amendment 50 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Observes that agriculture and rural areas have the potential to provide a significant proportion of renewable energy production, and therefore considers that the new policy on agriculture and rural development should promote the production of renewable energies.
Amendment 53 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 11 b (new)
Paragraph 11 b (new)
11b. Stresses that the new agricultural policy should provide a stronger incentive for biomass production, as the role of biomass in National Renewable Energy Action Plans drawn up by Member States to attain the binding renewable energy targets for the year 2020 is significant – close to 50%.
Amendment 54 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 11 c (new)
Paragraph 11 c (new)
11c. Observes that it is necessary to eliminate the obstacles to the more widespread use of renewable energy.