24 Amendments of Yannick JADOT related to 2014/2211(INI)
Amendment 16 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the steel sector, which has seen over 40 MT of steel production capacity close since 2008 and has lost more than 60 000 jobs directly and over 100 000 jobs indirectly, is experiencing its most serious peacetime crisis ever, resulting in dependency and losses of industrial know- how; whereas the demand for steel has dropped substantially owing on the one hand to the financial and economic crisis and on the other to structural changes in some steel using sectors; whereas global overcapacity estimates vary between 300 to 600 million tonnes, of which half in China;
Amendment 20 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. Whereas the demand from steel from the automotive sector is in decline due to structural over-capacity, while on the other hand other sectors such as renewable energy, energy infrastructure, represent real opportunities for the steel sector (one 3MW windturbine = 500 cars);
Amendment 38 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas when the emissions permits under the European emission allowance trading scheme (ETS) become more expensive, a full-blown competiit could have implications on global competition, however many trading partners are in the process of introducing similar constraints to that of the ETS; whereas since 2009 the EU ETS has experienced a growing surplus of allowances and international crisis is liable to arise;edits compared to emissions (over 2,1 billion excess permits by 2013 and estimated 2,6- 4,5 billion by 2020) which has significantly weakened the carbon price signal.
Amendment 46 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas the EU base metals industry is locked in a race against time to meet the social and environmental challenges it faces and which it must address while remaining a reference for the world in terms of the social and environmental responsibility of its operations; whereas on the other hand a number of undertakings have been pursuing strategies focusing on short-term financial returns at the detriment of innovation, investments in R&D, employment and skills' renewal;
Amendment 55 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas the exploitation of secondary metals is an imperative in an industrialised and resource efficiency economy and must be fully developed as a sustainable and competitive circular economy, but can by no me; whereas EU scrap trade balance is positive ansd meet the base metals needs of European economies in terms either of quality or of quantityore efforts should be done for incentivising scrap recycling in Europe;
Amendment 65 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas this is especially true of energy transition, as base metals such as rare earths are at the heart of the new technologies needed for this to take place; whereas the EU is completelystill very much dependent on imports of the metals needed to produce renewable energy generation equipment;
Amendment 67 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Recital F a (new)
Fa. whereas an ambitious European renewables and energy-savings policies could drive future base metals demand in Europe especially offering the opportunity for producing high value-added products; whereas high environmental standards and circular economy principles should be at the basis for development and innovation investments in the base metals industry sector in Europe;
Amendment 90 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Understands that the European Commission has launched discussions which will culminate in the reform of the ETS for the fourth period 2021-202830 and calls, in this connection, for the fight against climate change to focus on efficiencycontinue to ensure and optiverall absolute cap on emissing yields rather than on limiting productionons that would enable the ETS to function as an effective market based instruments;
Amendment 100 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls on the Commission, therefore, to amend the system for allocating emissions allowances via extensivo gradually phase out allocation of free emissions allowances and in the meantime continue application of the assessment used for the reference values applicable to industry (benchmarks), which are based on greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) per tonne produced and not per facility, as it is the cleanest plants which are needed to produce more; believes benchmarks for more than one product in a sector could be considered if this offers the possibility to achieve significant, additional GHG reductions;
Amendment 107 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls also for abolition ofmaintaining the application of the cross-sectoral correction factor to the industrieand for a more targeted approach to sectors concsiderned in ordersubject to carbon leakage risk to promote the virtuous practices of industrialists and workers who have made the necessary efforts to achieve minimum emissions by adopting the best available techniques;
Amendment 110 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Points out that free allocation does not remove the incentive to shift production to installations outside EU ETS and results in windfall profits where costs are passed through; points out that increased auctioning will lead to higher revenues that can be used for industry innovation support to avoid investment leakage; urges the Commission to move towards full auctioning by the next trading period 2021-2030;
Amendment 135 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Emphasises firmly that, ever since the creation of the International Negotiating Committee that prepared the Rio Convention in 1992, the EU has been seeking to negotiate with third countries an international agreement aimed at protecting against climate change, but so far without success; ; call for the continuous leadership of the EU and highlights the crucial need for ensuring a global binding agreement to be concluded at the Paris Convention with full commitment of all parties to effectively avert dangerous climate change;
Amendment 154 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Notes that by taking both imports and exports into account, the adjustment mechanism brings European regulation closer to a consumption-based territorial approach and that this kind of bottom-up approach has the advantage of offering a universal solution that enables each state to decide in a sovereign manner how ambitious its climate policy is to be;
Amendment 172 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Notes that knowing the carbon content, which is assessed on an industry-wide basis, is essential for building an international system for combating greenhouse gas emissions; points out that the establishing of border adjustment measures is thus the precursor of an international system to combat CO2 emissions; believes that the border adjustment measure should be combined with full auctioning of emission allowances;
Amendment 198 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Considers that the differentiated carbon impact on electricity prices arising from the energy mix of each supplier is a legitimate factor in competitiveness and depends on the choices made by each sovereign state;
Amendment 205 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Urges that free allowances up to 2020 be allocated strictly on the basis of programmes for investment in new equipment, R&D and the training of workers, as soon as possible and at all events ended during the fourth stage, covering the period 2021-202830; calls for ETS auction revenues to be used to finance climate action inside EU and in developing countries, including for investments into renewable energy and energy efficiency projects in industrial sectors;
Amendment 243 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Suggests that minority shareholdings in the capital of electricity producers be recognised as a factor facilitating the approval of long-term contracts between those producers and producers of base metals, if it is in line with EU competition and internal market rules;
Amendment 264 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 10 a (new)
Subheading 10 a (new)
The role of base metals in the circular economy (This amendment should be after paragraph 22, but AT4AM does not allow to move it further down.)
Amendment 272 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)
Paragraph 22 a (new)
22a. Believes that high environmental standards and circular economy principles should be at the basis for development and innovation investments in the base metals industry sector in Europe;
Amendment 273 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 b (new)
Paragraph 22 b (new)
22b. Asks the Commission to establish an in-depth steel market analysis instrument which could provide precise information on the European and global steel supply- demand balance, distinguishing between structural and cyclical components of development of this market; believes that monitoring the steel market could significantly contribute to the transparency of steel and scrap markets and provide valuable inputs to corrective and proactive measures which are inevitable due to the cyclical nature of the steel industry;
Amendment 276 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 c (new)
Paragraph 22 c (new)
22c. Calls on the Commission to develop economic incentives for recycling metals, including currently uneconomical critical raw materials 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 EFSI budgets are also leveraged to promote resource efficiency and recycling;
Amendment 277 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 d (new)
Paragraph 22 d (new)
22d. Believes that waste legislation should be improved to sustain the functioning of the EU scrap metals market through for instance a revision of the End-of Life vehicles directive and other waste legislation; suggests to set collection targets, strengthen producer's responsibility, and widen the scope of end- of-life legislation for instance to lorries, buses and motorcycles;
Amendment 278 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 e (new)
Paragraph 22 e (new)
22e. Welcomes the report by the European Rare Earths Competency Network (ERECON)1 a calls on the Commission to continue its actions under ERECON for developing a diversified and sustainable REE supply chain for Europe and in particular implement the policy recommendations and provide support for substitutions solutions and greater recycling; __________________ 1a http://ec.europa.eu/growth/sectors/raw- materials/specific- interest/erecon/index_en.htm
Amendment 279 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 f (new)
Paragraph 22 f (new)
22f. Stresses the need for qualified and skilled people to cope with the transition towards more sustainable production processes and products, and calls for a European training and education strategy supporting companies, research institutes and the social partners to jointly investigate skills needs for environmental sustainability.