29 Amendments of Sirpa PIETIKÄINEN related to 2014/2208(INI)
Amendment 3 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 3 a (new)
Citation 3 a (new)
– having regard to the Commission communication on 'Innovating for Sustainable Growth: A Bioeconomy for Europe' (COM(2012)0060),
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 10 a (new)
Citation 10 a (new)
– having regard to the EU Sustainable Development Strategy (2006) and the 2009 review,
Amendment 24 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas resource efficiency must also consider and be coherent with broader sustainability concerns, including environmental, ethical, economic and social dimensions;
Amendment 46 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas production and consumption of agricultural food products accounts for a significant share of resource use, with significant impacts on the environment, public health, animal welfare; whereas sustainable solutions are needed to address food resource inefficiencies in a holistic manner;
Amendment 53 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B b (new)
Recital B b (new)
Bb. whereas the sustainable and responsible sourcing of primary raw materials is critical to achieving resource efficiency and meeting the circular economy objectives;
Amendment 58 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B c (new)
Recital B c (new)
Bc. whereas it is important to place SMEs in the core of the EU resource-efficiency strategy as they account for 99% of EU enterprises and employ 2/3 of the workforce;
Amendment 69 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the Commission communication entitled ‘Towards a circular economy: A zero waste programme for Europe’ (COM(2014)0398); endorses the Commission’s approach to designing and innovating for a circular economy, setting up a policy framework to support resource efficiency and setting a resource-efficiency target as outlined in the communication as well as a specific policy framework to make SMEs more sustainable consisting, inter alia, of specific support measures such as awareness raising, technical assistance, access to finance and to appropriate skills;
Amendment 82 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Highlights production and consumption as areas that must be tackled in a way that ensures coherence with broader sustainable development goals;
Amendment 84 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Emphasises that Europe is more dependent on imported resources than any other region and that improving resource efficiency would benefit our economy and help us reach the goal of 20 % reindustrialization of the European economy;
Amendment 134 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Stresses that by 2050 the EU’s use of resources needs to be sustainable; this includes the measurement and absolute reduction of Europe's resource consumption, fully implementing a cascading use of resources, sustainable sourcing, a waste hierarchy, creating a closed loop on non-renewable resources, using renewables within the limits of their renewability and phasing out toxic substances;
Amendment 154 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Urges the Commission to develop and introduce by 2019 a lead indicator and a number of sub-indicators on resource efficiency, including ecosystem services; these bindinglegally binding, harmonized indicators should measure resource consumption, including imports and exports, at EU, Member State and industry level and take account of the whole lifecycle of products and services; the indicators should be based on the footprint methodology and measure land, water and material use and greenhouse gas emissions;
Amendment 174 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Urges the Commission to set a binding target to increase resource efficiency at EU level by 30 % by 2030 and individual targets for each Member State; the target should aim to secure at least a doubling of resource productivity as compared with the pre-crisis trend;
Amendment 217 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Urges the Commission to further develop a set of product standards for the circular economy, which include facilitating dismantling, refurbishment and repair, the efficient use of raw materials, renewable resources or recycled materials in products and the extension of warranties for selected product groups;
Amendment 237 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Urges the Commission to establish and enforce standardization requirements and requirements on easily accessible information on what resources a product contains; this information should be in an easily accessible form to consumers and businesses, to facilitate repairing and recycling of products;
Amendment 239 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 b (new)
Paragraph 12 b (new)
12b. Urges the Commission to promptly review the market surveillance regulation and develop substantial surveillance practices for third country products to fully comply with EU circular economy requirements;
Amendment 245 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Calls on the Commission to propose the extension of minimum guarantees for consumer durable goods, based on an extension of the estimation of their expected lifetime;
Amendment 280 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Urges the Commission to submit the announced proposal on the review of waste legislation by the end of 2015 and to include the following points: setting binding waste prevention targets for municipal, commercial and industrial waste to be achieved by 2025; setting clear minimum standards of extended producer responsibility requirements; endorsing the ‘'pay-as-you- throw-principle’ prioritising separate collection scheme'; facilitating the introduction of deposit return schemes; prioritising separate collection schemes for e.g. organic waste, textiles, plastics, metals, paper and glass in order to facilitate the development of business models based on the reuse of secondary raw materials; increasing recycling targets to at least 70 % of municipal solid waste, based on the output of recycling facilities, using the same harmonised method for all Member States with externally verified statistics; introducing a ban on landfilling and incineration of recyclable and biodegradable waste by 2025 and a ban on all landfilling by 2030; introducing annual incremental fees on landfilling and incineration; supporting the design-out of unnecessary single-use, non-recyclable products;
Amendment 321 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Encourages the Commission to create a new class of landfill for intermediate storage where resources are kept for future recovery; in this regard, points to the importance of extending the current three year limit of intermediate storage to allow for substantial amounts of the material to build up and for new recycling technologies to develop;
Amendment 333 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16a. Urges the Commission to set a binding 50 % marine litter reduction target;
Amendment 358 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Calls on the Commission to propose the full implementation of the circular economy principles, indicators and requirements in the building sector and to further develop the policy framework on resource efficiency in buildings; this includes developing indicators, standards and methods as regards land use and urban planning, architecture, structural engineering, construction, maintenance, adaptability, energy efficiency, renovation and reuse and recycling; targets and indicators on sustainable buildings should also include green infrastructure, such as green roofs;
Amendment 374 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Urges the Commission to propose that BAT principles and standards be applied to all materials and parts of buildings and encourages the Commission to make use of relevant innovations such as Building Information Modelling (BIM) to develop a building passport based on the whole lifecycle of a building;
Amendment 410 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20a. Urges the Commission to study and propose measures related to taxation, such as reduced VAT on recycled, reused and resource efficient products;
Amendment 411 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 b (new)
Paragraph 20 b (new)
20b. Urges the Commission and Member States to fully implement the Green Action Plan for Small and Medium sized Enterprises;
Amendment 424 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. UAs the production and consumption of food accounts for a significant share of resource use, urges the Commission to present a communication on sustainable food by 2016 that holistically addresses resource inefficiencies in the food chain and encourages the development of a sustainable food policy;
Amendment 427 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22a. Calls on the Commission to propose support measures for the development of biorefineries in European regions, specifically addressing barriers to foster investments and to stimulate the market uptake of innovative and resource efficient and sustainably sourced non- toxic biobased products;
Amendment 439 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)
Paragraph 23 a (new)
23a. Asks the Commission to use the digital agenda and information technology in its full potential to promote resource efficiency and transformation into a circular economy;
Amendment 446 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 b (new)
Paragraph 24 b (new)
24b. As the sustainable and responsible sourcing of primary raw materials is critical for achieving resource efficiency and meeting the circular economy objectives, calls on the Commission to review the policy recommendations of the European Resource Efficiency Platform for the development of sustainable sourcing standards for priority materials and commodities; in this respect, notes the joint support of the European Parliament and the Council for the Commission's proposals on responsible sourcing of metals and minerals from conflict zones;
Amendment 458 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)
Paragraph 25 a (new)
25a. Considers that, to promote entrepreneurship and new business and employment opportunities arising from green economy, the EU should develop a broad strategy for greening jobs, skills and education; educational and training curricula should be revised to meet existing and anticipated labour market needs for green skills, and make them part of mainstream education and life- long learning;
Amendment 466 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Urges the Commission to examine whether existing legislation is hindering thereview the possible legal, financial or institutional barriers to the emergence of a circular economy or the emergence of new business models, such as a lease economy;