1 Amendments of Anja WEISGERBER related to 2011/2056(INI)
Amendment 72 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8 a. Stresses the importance of domestic raw materials as the basis of raw- materials supply to European industry; calls, therefore, on the Member States to ensure the long-term security of raw material deposits of regional and trans- regional importance; calls, moreover, on the Commission to improve the framework conditions for the exploitation of domestic raw materials in order to ensure that environmental, social and economic demands are given equal weight in any new directives or regulations, or in the revision of existing ones, with a view to securing access to mineral deposits in a sustainable way;