Activities of Adam GIEREK related to 2014/2211(INI)
Plenary speeches (2)
Developing a sustainable European industry of base metals (A8-0309/2015 - Edouard Martin) PL
Developing a sustainable European industry of base metals - Anti-dumping measures and their effect on the EU steel industry (debate) PL
Amendments (14)
Amendment 18 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the steel metallurgy sector, which, even though steel is an essential construction material, has seen over 40 MT of steel production capacity close since 2008 and has lost more than 60 000 jobs directly and over 100 000 jobs indirectly, is experiencing its most serious peacetime crisis ever, resulting in greater dependency andin the industrial manufacturing sectors on imports from third countries and in losses of industrial traditions and know- how;
Amendment 29 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the successive closures of European aluminium electrolysis plants show that Europe is rapidly deindustrialising when it comes to this metalprocessing metals such as aluminium, copper and magnesium show that Member States’ economies are shifting away from the manufacturing of goods and towards deindustrialisation;
Amendment 33 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas the alloys of metals such as iron, aluminium, zinc, titanium and copper, which are defined in this draft resolution as base metals, are essential to the manufacture of electronics, machinery, appliances and motor vehicles and in construction;
Amendment 60 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
Ea. whereas secondary recasting steel metallurgy cannot replace primary converter-based metallurgy, which has made it possible to prepare steel for deep processing; whereas a move towards hydrogen-based metallurgy in the production of iron alloys, including steel, could help to significantly lower CO2 emissions;
Amendment 63 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas this is especially true of energy transition, as base metals are at the heart of the new technologies needed for this to take place; whereas the EU is completely dependent on imports of the rare-earth metals needed to produce modern renewable energy generation equipment and electric vehicle drive systems;
Amendment 68 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Recital F a (new)
Fa. whereas scientific studies have shown that the most refined, high-precision products made from base metals – thin coated metal sheets or wires and powders with high added value, for example – can only be manufactured using full-cycle processes;
Amendment 99 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls on the Commission, therefore, to amend the system for allocating emissions allowances via extensive applby applying indicationors of the assessment used for the reference values applicable to industry, which are based on greenhouse gas emissions per tonne produced and not per facility, as it is the cleanest plants which are needed to produce moreimproved energy efficiency per unit of output throughout the industry and using them as criteria for the allocation of allowances; takes the view that an increase in energy efficiency per unit of output should be treated as an equivalent reduction in CO2 emissions per unit;
Amendment 171 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Notes that knowing the carbon content, which is quantity of greenhouse gassess emitted on an industry wide basis, is essential for building an international system for combating greenhouse gas emissions; points out that the establishing of would help to set price-based EU border adjustment measures is thusand could be the precursor of an international trading system to combat CO2 emissions;
Amendment 180 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Regrets that compensation for indirect costs has created a new factor in competitive inequality in Europebecome a new source of unfair competition on the EU single market among producers in electricity-intensive sectors, who can receive financial support from the authorities in their countries; adds that this compensation, which was devised as a transitional measure, should swiftly be reduced and, especially, be granted at European level in order not to distort competition among European producersnational compensation should swiftly be brought to an end or harmonised at EU level in order not to cause disruption on the single market;
Amendment 195 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Considers that the differentiated carbon impact on electricity prices arising from the energy mix of each supplier is a legitimateimpact of the real cost of CO2 emissions, which takes into account the reduction to CO2 emissions brought about by more efficient conversion of fossil fuels into electricity, or electricity and heat in cogeneration processes, will determine the price of electricity and of electric and heat energy over the accounting period, and points out that this could become an important factor in competitiveness and depends on the energy-mix choices made by each sovereign sMember State;
Amendment 208 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Urges that free allowances be allocated strictly on the basis of completed programmes for investment in new energy-efficient metallurgical equipment, R&D and the training of workers, as soon as possible and at all events during the fourth stage, covering the period 2021-2028 so that improved energy efficiency and greater use of RES are rewarded with additional allowances;
Amendment 225 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Suggests that any facility classified asmetallurgical facility subject to the ETS should make comprehensive information available every year, including in respect ofdetails of all action it has taken to combating climate change and compliancey with EU environmental directives, and that this be accessible to workers’ representatives and to the representatives of civil society from local communities; supports the idea of local information and consultation committees made up of bodies authorised to carry out inspections and issue warnings;
Amendment 229 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
Amendment 267 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Emphasises that all base metals, including stainless steels, are subject to global competition; considers it urgent for the Commission, when defining relevant markets, to take the global market as a reference and not to limit its analysis simply to the internmetals and alloys which are central components in manufacturing processes are subject to global competition; takes the view that the Commission should not limit its analysis of metal-based manufacturing materials to the EU market, but should also take into account competition on the global market;