8 Amendments of Britta REIMERS related to 2012/2259(INI)
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Underlines the importanceconomically significant role that renewable energy should have in Europe'’s energy supply and supports the promotion of renewables as part of the EU'’s climate- change strategy;
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Points to the importance of gradually fachievilitating a European energy market for renewables that would allowin which alternative energy sources to become competitive on a sustainable basiscan compete;
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Stresses, however, the challenges problems involved in promoting and achieving sustainable use of renewables in line with climate, renewable energy and biodiversitysource efficiency, biodiversity and the EU’s Horizon 2020 targets, as well as with site- specific environmental requirements;
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Emphasises that energy policy should not promote the production and use of renewable resources to the detriment of social, economic and environmental sustainability;
Amendment 27 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the EU to guarantee that the promotion of renewable resources in the production and use of energy will not jeopardise food security or, high-quality sustainable food production or agricultural competitiveness;
Amendment 30 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Acknowledges that a great challenge facing agriculture is to identify effective mitigation measuresmeasures to promote resource efficiency that do not have a negative impact on agricultural productivity, or that even have a positive one;
Amendment 35 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on the EU to ensure that energy measures to develop alternative fuels are not directly or indirectly incompatible with World Trade Organisation (WTO) commitments and do not expose the EU to acts of retaliation or limit agricultural diversity;
Amendment 45 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Acknowledges the importance of promoting and encouraging the development of on-farm sources of alternative energy, especially on a small scale, and of disseminating the relevant methods to farmers and consumers alike;