17 Amendments of Bendt BENDTSEN related to 2011/2056(INI)
Amendment 31 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Notes the new Commission Communication and its move beyond the RMI to include commodity markets; calls on the Commission to give adequate focus to commodityCalls on the Commission to give adequate focus to commodity markets and the RMI separately; the problems related to the two are different in nature and call for different measures, one concerns the effect of financial markets andon the RMI separately; rising food prices, while the other concerns a lack of important raw materials;
Amendment 38 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Underlines the vast supply of natural resources in Europe and the need for better coordination with regards to the method for extraction, distribution, processing, reusing and recycling;
Amendment 40 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Welcomes the Commission’s work on identifying critical raw materials (CRM); calls on the Commission to follow this up by analysing the supply chains depending on CRM, the refining capacity and the interaction between CRM and their associated base metals; underlines the need to distinguish between raw materials in the first part of the supply chain and those which are in the last part as the size of export credits differ significantly according to the degree of processing, and that this should be taken into consideration in the analysis;
Amendment 53 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Points out that effective governance of RM policy is key to an effective strategy; emphasises the need for close co- ordination within the Commission and between Member States; recommends the establishment of an inter-departmental RM task force, as is the case in France and the United States, to elaborate, monitor and review policies including partnership agreements, to ensure strategic coherence and promote the establishment of an early- warning system; calls on the Commission to foster co-ordination between the Member States on the external dimension; believes the upcoming communication on the external dimension of energy could serve as a template;
Amendment 67 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Insists that the European Parliament be regularly informed on the development of the RMI via an annual progress reportCalls on the Commission to present an annual progress report on the development of the RMI;
Amendment 69 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Underlines that the access to raw materials is fundamental to industry including SMEs, and that unpredictable price fluctuation is a big risk factor;
Amendment 74 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Notes that the RM challenges are also an opportunity to invigorate the EU’s industrial base and increase competitiveness via an ambitious industrial innovation strategy; notes that in the medium to longwhile trade policy is the key action in the short term, increasing efficiencies, recycling and lowering resource use will be key to competitiveness, sustainability and supply security in the medium to long term; remarks that social innovation, lifestyle changes and new concepts such as eco- leasing, chemical leasing and sharing should be supported by the Commission;
Amendment 96 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
Amendment 106 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Calls on the Commission to extend the ecodesign instruments to RM, to work with standardisation bodies, to evaluate the feasibility of a top-runner programme for products with regard to resource efficiencyassess the possibility of introducing new instruments to monitor the RM of products, to strengthen advisory services on resource efficiency, particularly for SMEs, and calls on companies to make use of the Eco- Management and Audit Scheme (EMAS); calls on the Commission and the Member States to leverage public procurement in order to enhance resource- efficient products and products utilizing secondary RM; stresses the value of including resource use in product information and eco-labels in order to empower consumers; calls on the European standardisation bodies to streamline the issue of resource efficiency in the setting of standards;
Amendment 138 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Calls on the Commission to develop economic incentives for recycling currently uneconomical CRM including rare earths (REE), to investigate how markets for recycled materials can be supported by inter alia green certificates for recycled materials, eco-design requirements and fiscal incentives, and to ensure that cohesion policy and budgets are also leveraged to promote resource efficiency and recycling;
Amendment 146 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Calls on the Commission to identify priorities and allocaUnderlines the need to simplify administration in the limited budgets for research into lifecycle recycling, substitution of EU funding and research, and stresource efficiency using FP7 and FP8 funding, particularly for CRM such as REE; insistses that the increasing numbers of political priorities oin the importance of a European Innovation Partnership on RM; calls on the Commission to launch such a partnership in 2011se are counterproductive to the EU headline targets;
Amendment 172 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Reaffirms that the NATURA 2000 guidelines provide a sound basis under which non-energy extraction activities must take place; notes that codes of practice to achieve technical, social and environmental excellence are important instruments; underlines that RM held in one Member State pose a strategic and economic potential for the EU as a whole and therefore, calls on the Commission to protect environmentally sensitive areas that might hold RM, such as the Arctic, Barents Sea and Greenland, and if possible extend existing partnership agreements with such countries to include financial aid for mining with the possibility to give undertakings in the EU priority access to the extracted RM;
Amendment 184 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20a. Stresses the need for the EU to enter into negotiations with the Home Rule Government of Greenland on the access of EU to rare earths in Greenland;
Amendment 205 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Stresses the importance of skills and training and the role played by geologists and engineers; calls on the Commissionrelevant Member States to engage in a close dialogue with social partners in this context;
Amendment 218 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Welcomes the EU'’s intention to pursue an RM diplomacy, particularly for CRM; believunderlines that priority actions for REE need to be developedis the most important policy action in the very short term;
Amendment 245 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
Paragraph 27
27. Regrets that the Communication fails to name other regions or countries; calls on the Commission to establish other mutually beneficial partnerships with resource-rich countries such as a revised partnership agreement with the Home Rule Government of Greenland; believes that the EU should offer ‘infrastructure- resource’ partnerships; calls on the EU to support resource-rich developing countries in developing their geological knowledge; proposes in this context the establishment of co-operatively financed chairs at geological faculties;
Amendment 274 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31
Paragraph 31
31. Stresses the role that corporate social responsibility plays by adhering to high environmental and social and labour standards abroad and applying best available technologies; calls on EU companies to develop an appropriate code of conduct for those operating in third countries; calls on the Commission to follow the US Dodd-Frank bill concerning conflict minerals; supports the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI); believes that these standards should particularly be applied for projects receiving EU funding, such as from the EIB; calls onasks the Commission to strenginvestigate whethenr the use of ‘fingerprinting’ technology in this context and to promote pilot projects based on the experiences of the ‘coltan fingerprint’;