6 Amendments of Kathleen VAN BREMPT related to 2011/2068(INI)
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Points out that the success of resource efficiency policy greatly depends on its being consistent with all relevant internal and external EU policies and on the political commitment of Member States to implementing it; urges the Commission to come forward with clearbinding targets to ensure that the flagship proposal will be successful;
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Supports the Commission’s idea of shifting taxation away from labour towards resource consumption; welcomes the intention to encourage Member States to phase outabolish environmentally harmful subsidies (EHS) more quickly;
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Highlights the fact that boosting resource efficiency requires a profound change in consumption and production patterns, achievable through new solutions for smart resource management; calls, therefore, for investment in product design, resource recycling and waste management, substitution and re-use, in which connection account should always be taken of the complete life cycle of the product, devoting extra attention to the reuse of raw materials at the end of its life (cradle to cradle);
Amendment 51 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Believes that a greater effort should be made to develop existing mineral, metal and forestry resources in Europe; stresses northern Europe’s potential to contribute to EU raw material needs and calls for the strategic and environmentally sound development and management of its resourcesConsiders that European resources should be managed in a more strategic and environmentally sound manner;
Amendment 62 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Stresses the importance of increasing checks on illegal exports of waste in order to retain valuable raw materials within the EU;
Amendment 67 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Calls for additional attention to be devoted to innovative technologies making it possible to recover and reuse valuable raw materials, such as landfill mining and urban mining;