8 Amendments of Yannick JADOT related to 2013/2177(INI)
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Stresses that one of the best ways for the EU to defend its industry is to incentivise steel that has been produced from the most efficient and fair production processes; recalls that standardisation and government procurement policies play a very important role in creating such incentives and that revised EU's government procurement Directives' "life-cycle costs" principle also takes account of environmental negative externalities of production processes;
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. DeplorNotes the fact that some trading partners have imposed unjust trade barriers, such as export restrictions and export duties on raw materials, which contribute, to undulya certain extent, to raising steel production costs in the EU;
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Shares the view that steel recycling needs to be incentivised as a way to make the EU more independent from imports of raw materials, make production more efficient, while fostering innovation of production processes and reducing the environmental impact of steel manufacturing along the whole production chain;
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. DeplorNotes the fact that some of our trading partners apply unfair, restrictive measures, such as investment limitations and public procurement preferences that protect domestic steel industridomestic measures, which unduly hamper EU steel exports;
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Points out that the global steel market still suffers from overcapacities, estimated at 542 million tonnes; recalls that China counts for 200 million tonnes overcapacities while its overall production represents 50% of total world production;
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Recalls that the steel industry is the most frequent user of trade defence instruments; stresses the importance of disposing of effective trade defence instruments that can be deployed rapidly, which is required by the fierce competition the European industry is faced with in a globalised economy;
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Takes the view that EU standards regarding corporate social responsibility (CSR) and employee participation and protection should also be implemented by European companies in third countries and should not in any way be undermined by investors in the EU, and that regional development should be promoted;
Amendment 31 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Urges the Commission to develop, as soon as possible, a strategic vision of its industrial policy in an effort, among other things, to help those industrial sectors affected by structural overcapacity, while making trade policy consistent with EU's strategic interests.