3 Amendments of Rolandas PAKSAS related to 2011/0046(NLE)
Amendment 13 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 4
Recital 4
(4) The Framework Programme (2012- 2013) should contribute to the implementation of the Innovation Union, one of the Europe 2020 flagship initiative, which was adopted by the Communication from the Commission of 6 October 2010 entitled Europe 2020 Flagship Initiative Innovation Union, and the Resource Efficient Europe flagship initiative as part of the Europe 2020 strategy, by enhancing competition for scientific excellence and accelerating the transfer and deployment of key innovations in the nuclear energy field between universities and industry to tackle energy and climate change challenges and generally improve the sustainability of nuclear power;
Amendment 16 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) The Energy Policy for Europe recognises the significant potential contribution from nuclear power in the areas of competitiveness, CO2 emission reduction and, security of supply and decreased dependence on energy supplies from unstable parts of the world. The European Strategic Energy Technology Plan (SET- Plan) set out in the Communication from the Commission of 22 November 2007 entitled European Strategic Energy Technology Plan (SET- Plan) – Towards a low carbon future is accelerating the development of a portfolio of low carbon technologies. Nuclear energy technologies are included in this portfolio as they have the greatest potential to meet the energy and climate objectives in both the short and longer term.
Amendment 27 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 17
Recital 17
(17) The Joint Research Centre (JRC) should contribute to providing customer- driven scientific and technological support for the formulation, development, implementation and monitoring of the Union'’s policies. In this regard, the JRC should continue to function as an independent reference centre of science and technology and of the latest expertise in nuclear and reactor safety in the Union in the areas of its specific competence;