13 Amendments of Jürgen CREUTZMANN related to 2013/2006(INI)
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 18
Citation 18
– having regard to the Commission Working Document of 26 September 20112 entitled ‘Competitiveness of European high-end industries’ (SWD(2013)0286),
Amendment 55 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses that Europe’s future industrial strength lies in a Renaissance of Industry for a Sustainable Europe (RISE) strategy that pursues technological, business and social innovation towards a third industrial revolution including a low- carbon modernisation offensivwith the aim of strengthening industry as a whole; argues that RISE will create new markets, business models and creative entrepreneurs, new jobs and decent work, bringing an industrial renewal with economic dynamism, confidence and competitiveness; believes that research and development, education, open markets for goods, services and raw materials, an integrated internal market with low regulation, functioning capital markets, modern infrastructure and energy and resource efficiency are key pillars of such a strategy;
Amendment 107 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Believes that RISE must follow ambitious and realistic industrial targets; notes that the headline 20 % target would necessitate creating 400 000 new industrial jobs per annum; proposes that the 20 % target should be seen as a directional goal aligned with the EU’s 20/20/20 goalswarns that the 20/20/20 goals in the field of energy and climate policy must not stand in the way of the 20% industrial target; calls for proposals from other fields, such as energy, environmental and climate policy, to be more consistent with the 20% industrial target in order to lastingly strengthen European industry;
Amendment 134 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Applauds the Commission's transversal approach to IP; holds that RISE should follow a horizontal rather than vertical IP concept; believes that sector-specific measures must as a rule be connected to sectoral specialisation promoting high- tech and high-value added strategieshigh-value added strategies with potential to boost growth and employment in Europe;
Amendment 147 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Holds that RISE must be geared towards kickstarting investment flows in Europe’s southonce again making Europe’s south an attractive and competitive environment for investment to reinvigorate growth, particularly through smart specialisation and the formation of clusters, including transnational clusters;
Amendment 200 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
Amendment 236 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
Amendment 259 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
Paragraph 28
28. Acknowledges the Commission’s smart regulation drive designed to reduce bureaucratic burdens without undermining the effectiveness of legislation, in particular as regards the needs of SMEs; supports regulatory coherence and improved competitiveness proofing under the impact assessment guidelines, and therefore insists that competitiveness proofing be based on a standard methodology, to be produced by the Commission, so as to ensure that impact assessments are made in a more balanced fashion;
Amendment 275 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29 a (new)
Paragraph 29 a (new)
29a. Emphasises that the completion of the digital single market should be an important element of the EU's industrial strategy; stresses that an equivalent regulatory framework should be applied to the online and offline markets in order to ensure fair competition and protect consumers;
Amendment 281 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 a (new)
Paragraph 30 a (new)
30a. Stresses the importance of IPR enforcement in the physical and the digital environments for growth and job creation in the European industries; welcomes, in this regard, the ongoing reform of the EU trademark system, which has the potential to enhance the protection of trademarks online, offline and in the entire internal market;
Amendment 284 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31 a (new)
Paragraph 31 a (new)
31a. Calls on the Commission to propose legislation which will enable European companies to manufacture generic and biosimilar medicines in the EU during the Supplementary Protection Certificate (SPC) period, following the expiry of patent protection, in order to prepare for immediate launch after the SPC expiry or to export to countries where no patent or SPC is in place; believes that such provision could help to avoid the outsourcing of production and to foster job creation in the EU, as well as to create a level playing field between European companies and their competitors in third countries;
Amendment 445 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 58
Paragraph 58
58. Welcomes the Resource Efficiency Roadmap; calls on the Commission to include the waste policy goals in the European Semester and National Reform Programmes; calls on the Commission to further develop sectoral benchmarks for resource efficiency, particularly for public procurement purposes; calls on the Commission to promote a 3R strategy (reduce, re-use, recycle); stresses the importance of a global certification scheme for first-treatment recycling of hazardous waste and for WEEE materials; points out that relevant building collection and recycling schemes exist in some Member States;
Amendment 451 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 58 a (new)
Paragraph 58 a (new)
58a. Notes with concern the constantly rising energy cost differentials between Europe and its international competitors; calls on the Commission to look at any future proposal in the field of energy and climate policy in the light of its effects on energy prices and thus on the competitiveness of European industry, particularly the energy-intensive industries, and to abandon it if it will have an adverse effect on growth;