11 Amendments of Elisabetta GARDINI related to 2011/2068(INI)
Amendment 3 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 7 a (new)
Citation 7 a (new)
– having regard to the Commission communication entitled ‘Making raw materials available for Europe’s future well-being – Proposal for a European innovation partnership on raw materials’ (COM(2012)0082),
Amendment 35 #
Motion for a resolution
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Paragraph 1
1. Calls for the creation of Joint Task Forces for the three key areas of food, housing and mobility: these should consist of experts ofrom the Commission, Member States, industry and civil society andin order to develop European Resource Efficiency Action Plans with clear benchmarkappropriate indicators within one year;
Amendment 40 #
Motion for a resolution
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Paragraph 2
2. Calls on the Commission and Member States to stimulateremove any obstacles to the operation of the secondary materials market and to foster the demand for recycled materials, or the availability of, recycled materials and by- products, for example by developing stringent end-of- waste criteria andfor other priority waste streams or by offering economic incentives, such as reduced VAT rates for secondary materials, by 2013 in sectors in which the market is failing to function or measures to promote the use of innovative collection and sorting technologies; calls also therefore for the creation of a ‘Schengen area’ for waste in order to move waste for recycling more freely within the single market between the Member States; considers it essential, however, to press more determinedly than hitherto for observance of the principles deriving from existing legislation, for instance the Waste Shipment Regulation (Regulation (EC) No 1013/2006), and for high standards comparable throughout the EU;
Amendment 66 #
Motion for a resolution
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Paragraph 4
4. Urges the Commission and Member States to act as quickly as possible – publishing the grounds for their decision- making – to develop and use clear, robust, and measurable indicators for economic activity that take account of climate change, biodiversity and resource efficiency by the end of 2012, as well as of the globalised economy and possible business cycle fluctuations;
Amendment 86 #
Motion for a resolution
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Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the Commission to extend the scope of the eco-design directive to non- energy related products and to come forward with additional eco-design requirementconsider product design measures on the performance of products, including recycled content , durability, reusability and reuscyclability, in order to improve their environmental impact and promote recycling markets;.
Amendment 155 #
Motion for a resolution
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Paragraph 13
13. Calls on the Commission to streamline the waste acquis and to introduce a progressive lbandfill ban, accompanied by appropriate transition measures; on the dumping of selectively collected waste in landfills, including recyclables.
Amendment 173 #
Motion for a resolution
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Paragraph 14
14. Highlights the importance of research, development and innovation for speeding up the transformation to a resource- efficient Europe; notes that greater innovation is particularly needed in: environmentally friendly material extra, exploration, extraction, processing, production, chemistry, recycling, re-use potentials, and the substitution of environmental impacting as well as strategically important and critical material, technologies and design for less material and energy use; believes that Horizon 2020 and EU research and innovation partnering programs should be aligned to this goal;
Amendment 181 #
Motion for a resolution
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Paragraph 15
Amendment 247 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Reiterates the importance of a set of coherent, measurable and clear sectoral targetindicators, including an overall target lead indicator, in order to implement the vision and the milestones of the Roadmap; calls on the Commission to bring forward a concrete proposal for such targetindicators for the EU by 2013 at the latest and to ensure that all EU policies are consistent with the targets set; considers that the milestones included in the Roadmap should be considered as targets until more detailed targets are setset vision; calls on Member States to include corresponding targetindicators in their own resource efficiency strategies;
Amendment 251 #
Motion for a resolution
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Paragraph 22
22. Urges the Commission to adopt robust and easily understandable indicators, which should be based on integrated accounting tools and explicitly laid down to apply in all parts of Europe, in order to monitor progress towards the targets;
Amendment 255 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Supports the proposal by the Commission to devise and, as soon as possible, to establish a lead indicator complemented byrising a set of indicators on land, water, materials and carbon; underlines that these must be based on a footprint approach that takes the full life cycle impacts into accountintegrated indicators derived from scientific knowledge must be based on a footprint approach that takes impacts into account over the full life cycle and along the entire value chain;