4 Amendments of Bogusław SONIK related to 2008/2063(INI)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 (new)
Paragraph -1 (new)
-1. Welcomes the fact that the European Union will be able to take more effective action in pursuit of environmental protection objectives, with the Lisbon Treaty making it possible to bring new market-based instruments to bear in response to environmental policy Requirements, such as eco-taxes, expansion of the emission trading scheme, environmental charges and grants.
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the fact that the Environment has been given such a prominent position in all EU policies in the Treaty of Lisbon including the explicit reference to combating climate change at international levelpromoting measures at international level to deal with environmental problems, and in particular combating climate change and global warming.
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Underlines therefore that it is a matter of priority for the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety and the European Parliament to adopt theirits position on the proposed climate change package, put forward by the Commission earlier this year, as soon as conceivably possible.
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Notes with satisfaction that the European Union's power is strengthened considerably in the field of public health by way of references to health services in cross- border areas, measures related to the protection of public health regarding tobacco and the abuse of alcohol, and on monitoring, early warning of and combating serious cross-border threats to health, excluding harmonisation of laws and regulations, as well as measures related to medicinal products and devices for medical use. Welcomes specific references to initiatives aimed at establishing guidelines and indicators, organising the exchange of best practices and preparing the necessary elements for periodic monitoring and evaluation, concerning which the European Parliament is to be kept fully informed. Welcomes the fact that public health policies can clearly be pursued more effectively under the new Treaty.