Activities of Anna ROSBACH related to 2012/0337(COD)
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REPORT on the proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council on a General Union Environment Action Programme to 2020: "Living well, within the limits of our planet" PDF (729 KB) DOC (1016 KB)
Amendments (33)
Amendment 76 #
Draft legislative resolution
Citation 5 a (new)
Citation 5 a (new)
- having regard to its resolution of 19 January 2012 on how to avoid food wastage: strategies for a more efficient food chain in the EU1 (2011/2175(INI), __________________ 1 Texts adopted, P7_TA(2012)0014.
Amendment 84 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 19
Recital 19
(19) Action to deliver the priority objectives should be taken at different levels of governance, in line with the principle of subsidiarity and the latest scientific developments.
Amendment 86 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 20
Recital 20
(20) ETransparency based engagement with non-government actors is important in ensuring the success of the programme and the achievement of its priority objectives.
Amendment 88 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 21
Recital 21
(21) Biodiversity loss and the degradation of ecosystems in the Union have not only important implications for the environment and are costly for society as a whole, particularly for economic actors in sectors that depend directly on ecosystem services, but also for future generations.
Amendment 90 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 22
Recital 22
(22) There is significant scope for reducing greenhouse gas emissions and enhancing energy and resource efficiency in the Union. This will ease pressures on the environment and bring increased competitiveness and new sources of growth and jobs through cost savings from improved efficiency, commercialisation of innovations and better management of resources over their whole life cycle.
Amendment 92 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 23
Recital 23
(23) Environmental problems and impacts continue toincreasingly pose significant risks for human health and wellbeing, whereas measures to improve the state of the environment can be beneficial and should be encouraged in all aspects of European Union policy.
Amendment 95 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 24
Recital 24
(24) The full and even implementation of the environment acquis across the Union is a sound investment for the environment and human health, and also for the economy and for future generations.
Amendment 99 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 25
Recital 25
(25) Union environment policy should continue to draw on a sound evidence base and therefore savings on the Union budget should, where possible, not be taken from research funds.
Amendment 102 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 26
Recital 26
(26) Environmental objectives should be supported by adequate investments., and the use of Public Private Partnerships should be encouraged
Amendment 103 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 27
Recital 27
(27) Environmental integration in all policy areas is essential to reduce pressures on the environment resulting from the policies and activities of other sectors and to meet environment and climate-related targets.
Amendment 109 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) to turn the Union into a resource- efficient, green, innovative and competitive low- carbon economy;
Amendment 113 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point f
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point f
(f) to secure private and public investment for environment and climate policy and get the prices right;
Amendment 119 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 2 – paragraph 3
Article 2 – paragraph 3
3. All measures, actions and targets set out in the programme shall be implemented in accordance with the principles of smart regulation, should be based on sound science and subject to comprehensive impact assessment where appropriate.
Amendment 121 #
Proposal for a decision
Annex 1 – point 2
Annex 1 – point 2
2. Emissions of pollutants to air, water and soil have been reduced significantly over the past decades, as have greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in recent years. EU chemicals legislation has been modernised and the use of many toxic or hazardous substances such as lead, cadmium and mercury has been restricted in products found in most households. EU citizens enjoy some of the best water quality in the world, and over 18 % of the EU’s territory and 4 % of its seas have been designated as protected areas for nature. However there are still large problems with marine litter and pollution of the marine environment
Amendment 122 #
Proposal for a decision
Annex 1 – point 3
Annex 1 – point 3
3. The Union’s environment policyies of the Member States as well as the Union has stimulated innovation and investment in environmental goods and services, generating jobs and export opportunities. Successive enlargements have extended high standards of environmental protection across a large part of the European continent, and the Union’s efforts have contributed to increasing international commitment to combat climate change and biodiversity loss, and to successful global efforts to eliminate ozone-depleting substances and leaded fuels.
Amendment 123 #
Proposal for a decision
Annex 1 – point 4
Annex 1 – point 4
4. Considerable headway has also been made in integrating environmental objectives into other Union policies and activities. The reformed Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) has, since 2003, linked direct payments to requirements for farmers to maintain land in good agricultural and environmental condition and to comply with relevant environmental legislation. However when it comes to greening of the CAP there is unfortunately still much room for improvement. Fighting climate change has become an integral part of energy policy and progress is being made on integrating resource efficiency, climate change and energy efficiency concerns into other key sectors, such as transport and buildings.
Amendment 131 #
Proposal for a decision
Annex 1 – point 5
Annex 1 – point 5
5. However, many environmental and biodiversity trends in the EU remain worrying, not least due to insufficient implementation of existing EU environment legislation. Only 17 % of species and habitats assessed under the Habitats Directive are in good status, and the degradation and loss of natural capital is jeopardising efforts to attain the EU’s biodiversity and climate change objectives. This has high associated costs which have not yet been properly valued in our economic or social system. Thirty per cent of the EU’s territory is highly fragmented, affecting the connectivity and health of ecosystems and their ability to provide services as well as viable habitats for species. While progress has been made in the EU to decouple growth from GHG emissions, resource use and environmental impacts, resource use is still largely unsustainable and inefficient, and waste is not yet properly managed. As a result, EU businesses are foregoing the significant opportunities that resource efficiency offers in terms of competitiveness, cost reductions, improved productivity and security of supply. Water quality and air pollution levels are still problematic in many parts of Europe, and EU citizens continue to be exposed to hazardous substances, potentially compromising their health and wellbeing. Unsustainable land use is consuming fertile soils, with impacts on food security and the achievement of biodiversity targets. Soil degradation continues largely unchecked.
Amendment 146 #
Proposal for a decision
Annex 1 – point 15
Annex 1 – point 15
15. In many cases, action to achieve these objectives will be required primarily at national, regional or local level, in line with the principle of subsidiarity. In others, additional measures at EU level will be needed. Since environment policy is a sphere of shared competence in the EU, one of the purposes of this programme is to create common ownership of shared goals and objectives and ensure a level playing field for businesses and public authorities. Clear goals and objectives and the exchange of Best Practice also provide policy makers and other stakeholders, including regions and cities, businesses and social partners, and individual citizens, with a sense of direction and a predictable framework for action.
Amendment 165 #
Proposal for a decision
Annex 1 – point 20
Annex 1 – point 20
20. In the case of the marine environment, while the maritime sector offers economic opportunities, from fishing, shipping and aquaculture to raw materials and offshore energy and marine biotechnology, care needs to be taken to ensure their exploitation is compatible with the conservation and sustainable management of marine and coastal ecosystems. Where possible the involved parties should be invited to come up with new ways to help protect the marine environment
Amendment 189 #
Proposal for a decision
Annex 1 – point 26 – subparagraph 1 - point a
Annex 1 – point 26 – subparagraph 1 - point a
(a) The loss of biodiversity and the degradation of ecosystem services are halted and ecosystems and their services are, including fish stocks, are not only maintained andbut also enhanced.
Amendment 191 #
Proposal for a decision
Annex 1 – point 26 – subparagraph 1 – point b
Annex 1 – point 26 – subparagraph 1 – point b
(b) The impacts of pressures on fresh, transitional and coastal waters are significantly reduced to achieve, maintain orand preferably enhance good status as defined by the Water Framework Directive.
Amendment 193 #
Proposal for a decision
Annex 1 – point 26 – subparagraph 1 – point c
Annex 1 – point 26 – subparagraph 1 – point c
(c) The impacts of pressures on marine waters are reduced to achieve or maintain good environmental status as required by the Marine Strategy Framework Directive. This will also help safeguard the biodiversity of the marine environment
Amendment 196 #
Proposal for a decision
Annex 1 – point 26 – subparagraph 1 – point e
Annex 1 – point 26 – subparagraph 1 – point e
(e) Land is managed sustainably in the EU, soil is adequately protected, farm land soil fertility is enhanced and the remediation of contaminated sites is well underway.
Amendment 204 #
Proposal for a decision
Annex 1 – point 26 – subparagraph 2 – point c
Annex 1 – point 26 – subparagraph 2 – point c
(c) Increasing efforts, inter alia, to ensure that healthy fish stocks are achieved by 2020 at the latest, starting by fishing at, or below, maximum sustainable yield levels as from 2015 in all fisheries, and establish an EU-wide quantitative reduction target for marine litter and actively support private and public initiatives to prevent and combat marine litter, including, but not limited to, initiatives in the category of "fishing for litter".
Amendment 222 #
Proposal for a decision
Annex 1 – point 27
Annex 1 – point 27
27. The Europe 2020 Strategy's ‘Resource- efficient Europe’ Flagship Initiative aims to support the shift towards an economy that is efficient in the way it uses all resources, decouples absolutely economic growth from resource and energy use and its environmental impacts, reduces GHG emissions, enhances competitiveness through efficiency and innovation and promotes greater energy security. The Roadmap to Resource Efficient Europe and, the Roadmap for moving to a competitive low- carbon economy and the exchange of best practice between Member States are key building blocks of the Initiative, setting out the framework for future actions to deliver on these objectives.
Amendment 256 #
Proposal for a decision
Annex 1 – point 36
Annex 1 – point 36
36. In addition to mandatory green public procurement requirements for certain product categories , most Member States have adopted voluntary action plans and many have set targets for specific product groups. There is, however, considerable scope for administrations at all levels to further reduce their environmental impact through their purchasing decisions. Member States and regions should take further steps to reach the target of applying European Union green procurement criteria to at least 50% of public tenders. The Commission will assess the possibility of introducing further sector-specific legislation to set mandatory green public procurement rules for additional product categories.
Amendment 360 #
Proposal for a decision
Annex 1 – point 52 – subparagraph 2 – point d
Annex 1 – point 52 – subparagraph 2 – point d
(d) Developing an EU strategy for a non- toxic environment, supported by a comprehensive chemical exposure and toxicity knowledge base built as much as possible through the use of alternative non-live animal test methods and testing strategies, and conducive to innovation of sustainable substitutes.
Amendment 361 #
Proposal for a decision
Annex 1 – point 52 – subparagraph 2 – point d a (new)
Annex 1 – point 52 – subparagraph 2 – point d a (new)
Amendment 394 #
Proposal for a decision
Annex 1 – point 68
Annex 1 – point 68
68. Further implementation of the Shared Environmental Information System principle of ‘produce once, use often’ and the common approaches and standards on acquisition and collation of spatial information under the INSPIRE and Copernicus (previously known as GMES65) systems, as well as other environmental information systems for Europe (such as BISE and WISE), will help avoid duplication of effort and eliminate unnecessary administrative burdens on public authorities, as will efforts to streamline reporting obligations under different pieces of legislation. Member States should make information gathered to assess environmental impacts of plans, programmes and projects (e.g. through Environmental or Strategic Impact Assessments) more accessible to the public.
Amendment 401 #
Proposal for a decision
Annex 1 – point 69 – indent 3
Annex 1 – point 69 – indent 3
– There are still uncertainties surrounding the human health and environmental implications of endocrine disruptors, mixtures, chemicals in products and nanomaterials. Filling these gaps can accelerate decision-making and enable the further development of the chemicals acquis to better target areas of concern, while stimulating more sustainable use of chemicals. An improved understanding of the environmental factors affecting human health would allow preventive policy actions to be taken. This should be done as much as possible through the use of alternative methods of testing with the aim to reduce the number of animals used.
Amendment 407 #
Proposal for a decision
Annex 1 – point 71 – subparagraph 1 - point a
Annex 1 – point 71 – subparagraph 1 - point a
(a) Policy-makers and businesses have a better basis for developing and implementing environment and climate policies, including measuring costs and benefits of action or inaction.
Amendment 413 #
Proposal for a decision
Annex 1 – point 71 – subparagraph 2 - point b
Annex 1 – point 71 – subparagraph 2 - point b
(b) Adopting a systematic and integrated approach to risk management, based on the precautionary principle and preventive action, the polluter-pays principle, the principle of rectification of pollution at source as well as the principle of proportionality.
Amendment 417 #
Proposal for a decision
Annex 1 – point 71 – subparagraph 2 – point c
Annex 1 – point 71 – subparagraph 2 – point c
(c) Simplifying, streamlining and modernising environmental and climate change data and information collection, management and sharing – including the development and implementation of a European Shared Environmental Information System.