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19 Amendments of Sandrine BÉLIER related to 2013/2006(INI)

Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Citation -1 (new)
– having regard to the Commission Communications "A Roadmap for moving to a competitive low carbon economy in 2050 (COM(2011)112) and "Roadmap to a Resource Efficient Europe"(COM(2011)571),
2013/05/17
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion
Citation -1 a (new)
– having regard to its resolutions of 15 March 2012 on a Roadmap for moving to a competitive low carbon economy in 2050 and of 24 May 2012 on a resource- efficient Europe,
2013/05/17
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
Recital A
A. having regard to the importance of energy costs for industry and the rising energy price differences between Europe and other industrialised countries, as highlighted in the Commission communication;deleted
2013/05/17
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas there are currently crises in connection with the rise in energy prices, the depletion of raw materials, delocation, declining market share and rising unemployment in Europe;
2013/05/17
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 28 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the fact that the Commission has adopted the goal of providing strong support to industry, as this will help to restore economic growth in Europeagenda to put Europe on a path to industrial innovation in line with sustainable, resource and energy efficient economy, and calls for concrete measures, including shifting taxes from employment to resource use and pollution, to move towards those goals;
2013/05/17
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 43 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Considers that the focus of industrial policy must be to shift Europe to a circular, sustainable biobased economy, respecting cascade of use and ecosystem boundaries for biological resources;
2013/05/17
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 51 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Believes, however, that a number of European laws on energy and climate change are having a negative impact on the competitiveness of European industry, reducing its ability to attract investment;deleted
2013/05/17
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 57 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Considers that European Union legislation helps to boost innovation while ensuring Union countries’ energy independence;
2013/05/17
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 58 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Believes, however, that a lack of concrete policy objectives on climate and resource efficiency are preventing existing innovative technologies from commercial implementation;
2013/05/17
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 62 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Considers that Europe’s industrial future cannot be assured without a deliberate change of course to ensure that product design, and methods of production and transport, incorporate environmental requirements;
2013/05/17
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 65 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Notes that the industrial strategy should emphasise access to cheap sources of energy through diversification and the use of non-conventional sources;deleted
2013/05/17
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 73 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Notes that the industrial strategy should emphasise long term viability of the sector, which, given the rising costs for raw materials and minerals and Europe's high net imports of resources, should focus on recycling and reusing materials and reducing the carbon and material footprint of production; highlights that also according to the Commission's analysis this would create a significant number of new jobs;
2013/05/17
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 75 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Considers that the EIB and the EBRD should concentrate their funding on the infrastructure required for the transition to low-carbon energy in Europe, while ensuring energy efficiency and access to energy in developing countries;
2013/05/17
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 79 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Stresses that support for industry which increasingly limits its impact on the environment will only be effective if measures to protect against carbon leakage are maintaindeleted;
2013/05/17
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 83 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Stresses the urgency of improving the efficiency of the EU carbon market to provide investment certainty to climate friendly technologies;
2013/05/17
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 86 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. Believes that competitiveness should be fostered in all sectors of industry; calls, therefore, for respect for the principle of proportionality in the formulation of such market-based instruments as eco-designs, eco-labelling and public procurement;deleted
2013/05/17
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 94 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Believes that competitiveness of European production depends on Europe being a global front runner in eco- efficient goods and production;
2013/05/17
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 95 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Stresses the importance of putting corporate social and environmental responsibility (CSER) into practice;
2013/05/17
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 104 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
7. Welcomes the Commission's intention to carrying out systematicof impact assessments and competitiveness tests at the planning stage of EU environmental legislationon all EU legislation and calls for improved incorporation and quantification of external costs and associated health, environmental and eco- system benefits.
2013/05/17
Committee: ENVI