35 Amendments of Yannick JADOT related to 2013/2062(INI)
Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the automotive industry is a vitaln important part of Europe’s manufacturing base and a key source of competitiveness, growth and jobs in the EU, but is also responsible for substantial CO2 emissions and energy consumption;
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. wWhereas Europe’s automotive industry is current in the throes of a crisis of unprecedented proportions requiring swift,, despite the current economic and financial crisis of unprecedented proportions, Europe’s automotive industry has an important role to play in ensuring that certain skills and sectors of manufacturing are retained in Europe, and this requires coordinated action within the EU;
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas automotive transport affects the environment, health and quality of life, and needs to be integrated into a system of sustainable mobility;
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas the automotive industry is feeling the effects of a three-pronged revolution in progress around the world, with demand shifting to the emerging economies,in Europe falling or stagnating, and both demand and production also movshifting to those countries, and the energy sources used changing gradually but noticeablye emerging economies;
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas Europe’s automotive industry needs to becomeis still at the forefront of research and innovation worldwide and has a key role to play in restoring competitiveness and productive once agaiin refocusing on sustainable production and consumption;
Amendment 13 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
Ea. Whereas one solution to the problem of excess production capacity is to convert capacity to other sectors of industry, such as public transport and renewable energy, and to invest in sustainable infrastructure;
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Recognises that the industry is an essential driver for technological innovation and an important multiplier of growth; considers that maintaining a high level of innovation is vital for the industry in order to keep its leading edge in sustainability, technology and international competitiveness; stresses that public transport networks, traffic mobility and the technical breakthroughs of smart cities are powerful leverages for boosting the competitiveness of the European automotive sector; and highlights the role that public procurement can play in this regard when used as a strategic tool for industrial policy;
Amendment 17 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Endorses the Commission’s new strategy of placing industry, in particularcluding the automotive industry, back at the heart of the drive for growthEurope’s economy;
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 d (new)
Paragraph 2 d (new)
2d. Stresses that the environmental challenges ahead are important drivers for innovation; reminds that further technological progress needs to be made in order to improve the environmental efficiency of vehicles, while fostering the development and the market up-take of alternative-fuel vehicles, such as electric vehicles; reminds also that technical regulation aiming at further CO2 emissions reduction needs to make further progress;
Amendment 29 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the Member States to carry out properly coordinated structural reforms geared to enhancing competiveness (lowering payroll taxes and labour costs, enhancing labour flexibilityessening tax competition by introducing an EU-level common consolidated corporate tax base, reducing non-wage labour costs, supporting staff retraining and corporate reorientation, supporting research and innovation by SMEs, cutting red tape and shortening payment periods);
Amendment 30 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Stresses the importance of multilateral and bilateral negotiations aimed at reducing and dismantling tariff as well as non-tariff barriers (NTBs), to the extent these are not justified by concerns related to health or environmental protection or are not linked to the specific societal choices of a country; believes that the Union's trade agreements and negotiations should involve significant commitments on removingducing such NTBs that affect the EU's automotive sector;
Amendment 36 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Considers it essential for a cohesive and dynamic research, production and value and innovation chain to be maintained and further developed in the EU with a focus on the production of energy-efficient, clean, high-value vehicles; keeping Europe competitive in the future will depend on creating a virtuous circle that benefits innovation, employment, competitiveness, health, the environment and mobility;
Amendment 40 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 d (new)
Paragraph 4 d (new)
4d. Stresses that international frameworks for cooperation on standards and technical regulations should remain the preferred option for seeking harmonisation thereof and that all bilateral initiatives have to be developed with a view to their multilateralisation, also including emerging economies; in such context, the EU has to continue improving its environmental requirements and to try and set the most advanced international norms on that basis;
Amendment 43 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Acknowledges the fact that the EU’s automotive industry and market are in decline; considers it regrettable, however, that the Commission fails to mention fundamental causes of this decline such as the widely varying circumstances in the industry (firms, market segments and types, products, sectors) and the large number of structural changes (of a demographic, sociological, behavioural, economic and technical nature) that are taking place on the demand side; believes, therefore, that, alongside Europe-wide cross-cutting action, measures specifically tailored to individual circumstances need to be taken at both national and European level; believes that such measures should be based not on demand-side boosting of consumption but on supply-side improvements in quality through innovation, notably by placing on the market sensible, safe vehicles as part of a more sustainable system of mobility that reflects the new mobility imperatives in Europe;
Amendment 46 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 – point b
Paragraph 9 – point b
b. an action plan setting out all of the policy tools, including in particular research and innovation, available in this area;
Amendment 47 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 – point b a (new)
Paragraph 9 – point b a (new)
ba. proposals for more active and coordinated support for workers and companies in the automotive sector to promote the reorientation of skills and jobs towards other sectors that are growing;
Amendment 51 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Urges the Commission to develop a strategic vision on its industrial policy as soon as possible, which would help those industrial sectors that are affected by structural overcapacities, such as the automotive sector, to anticipate trends by converting themselves into the sectors of the future, such as 0-CO2-emission public transports;
Amendment 52 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Considers that vehicle manufacturers must become more actively involved in innovation so as to take advantage of new social and behavioural patterns, particularly car-sharing;
Amendment 64 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Calls on the Member States to make the legislative adjustments required for more open and constructive labour relations (flexiblaffecting the working and technologiesganisation of work, sectoral agreements, and worker involvement):;
Amendment 73 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Welcomes the Commission’s proposals regarding technological improvements, but points out that its projections for the creation of added value, commercial opportunities and jobs are subject to various conditions; highlights the finding in numerous studies that innovation in energy efficiency and the reduction of carbon emissions has a positive impact on job creation in the chemicals, electronics and power industries;
Amendment 75 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Considers it essential to foster R&D into low-carbon technologies, in which Europe has a lead, and the roll-out of the necessary distribution networks, but takes the view that these technologies should be brought to market gradually and in the right way, so as to gear them as closely as possible to expectations on EU and international markets and ensure they will be accepted by car buyersand considers it regrettable that there has been delay in bringing such technologies to market;
Amendment 80 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 – point b
Paragraph 20 – point b
b. the development of eco-innovations (lighter vehicles, driver aids, comfortmore efficient, less polluting, lighter vehicles that are more easily recyclable, and aids to safe, responsible, co- ownership-based driving) setting European products apart from the others;
Amendment 96 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Points out that R&D requires substantial funding (scientific risk, long investment cycles) deplores, in this connection, the fact that the target of channelling 3% of GDP into R&D in the Union has yet to be met; considers the cuts to the budgets of the COSME and Horizon 2020 programmes planned by the Member States to be damaging, in particular notes at the same time that the automobile sector is a source of substantial private investment in this domain (EUR 28bn in 2011); regrets, therefore, that cleaner and more economical vehicles are not entering the transport-related headings of the budgemarket more rapidly as a result of this investment;
Amendment 98 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Stresses the need to continue to pursue an ambitious approach to the funding of the green car initiative and SME development, which are clear priorities as part of the Horizon 2020 and COSME programmes; considers that the development of the research agenda as part of these public investment initiatives must be done in consultation with all stakeholders, including civil society, and reflect public objectives in this domain (energy efficiency, environment, health, safety);
Amendment 106 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Welcomes the Commission’s proposal to place a moratorium on all new legislation that could cause the economic situation in the industry to deteriorate; Regards as a matter of urgency continued legislation to address the problem of greenhouse gases and other pollutants with regard to climate change containment, energy efficiency and health protection;
Amendment 111 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Calls for any policies and decisions already in place that could hamper recovery inthe sustainable transformation of the automotive industry to be reviewed;
Amendment 116 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
Paragraph 27
27. Considers it essential for technical regulations to be harmonised across the EU in order to guard against any artificial distortions of competition; stresses the need for harmonisation and improvement of test procedures that are currently resulting in discrepancies of up to 25% regarding consumption figures for certain manufacturers; takes the view that test procedures must be fundamentally reviewed in order to reflect real driving conditions;
Amendment 120 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
Paragraph 29
29. Calls for the EU and the Member States to harmonise, optimise and bolster the use of the financial resources available to stimulate investment in sustainable mobility over and above public subsidies, by means of tax incentives for SMEs (tax credits for research, CO2 emissions tax- and-rebate schemes, vehicle scrappage schemes) and both private funding instruments (risk capital funds, ‘business angels’) and public funding instruments (European Investment Bank);
Amendment 124 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33
Paragraph 33
33. Points out that a robust internal market is a precondition for a return to growthcompetitiveness and sustainability in the automotive industry;
Amendment 131 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34 – point a
Paragraph 34 – point a
a. vis-à-vis non-EU competitors: high energy and raw materials prices, strong eurostrong euro in particular;
Amendment 135 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34 – point b
Paragraph 34 – point b
b. on the internal market: labour standardssocial and fiscal competition, tax breaks for firms and incentives for buyers (low-carbon incentives, vehicle scrappage schemes);
Amendment 151 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36
Paragraph 36
Amendment 156 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37 – point a
Paragraph 37 – point a
a. Member States to the alternative means of stimulatencouraging demand that are available (labelling schemes, targeted release of funds from employee saving schemes, tax relief for company fleetfor cleaner more economical and safer vehicles (labelling schemes, recycling of materials);
Amendment 175 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 39 – point b a (new)
Paragraph 39 – point b a (new)
ba. Include a ‘local content’ clause in public procurement for the most innovatory vehicles in terms of energy efficiency and environment protection;
Amendment 178 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 39 – point d
Paragraph 39 – point d
d. combat the introduction of any measures that are equivalent in effect to non-tariff barriers;eleted