6 Amendments of Ioannis A. TSOUKALAS related to 2011/2068(INI)
Amendment 32 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Highlights the fact that boosting resource efficiency requires a profound change in consumption and production patterns, achievable through new solutions for smart resource management; calls, therefore, for investment in product design, innovative business models, resource recycling and waste management, substitution and re-use;
Amendment 36 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Notes that the most secure way to achieving resource efficiency without hampering European industrial capability, growth potential and competitiveness is investing in research, development and innovation; therefore, calls for aligning the European R&D&I efforts with resource efficiency objectives;
Amendment 39 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Highlights the importance of having accurate mechanisms and methods for measuring the current and predicting the future resource consumption of Europe, across all sectors, in order to be able to design effective resource efficiency policies, adapt to future trends and manage real and artificial shortages of raw materials;
Amendment 42 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 c (new)
Paragraph 4 c (new)
4c. Notes that resource efficiency should not be an end in itself, instead it should be an indispensable tool for achieving development, growth, sustainablity, competitiveness, employment and prosperity for European citizens and enterprises;
Amendment 53 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Believes that a greater effort should be made to develop existing mineral, metal and forestry resources in Europe; stresses northern Europe's potential to contribute to EU raw material needs and calls for the strategic and environmentally sound development and management of its resources and for reducing the dependence of Europe on imports of raw materials produced with environmentally unsustainable methods;
Amendment 63 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Highlights the increased global competition for resources and ‘technology metals’; stresses that European ‘greenpolitical and technological leadership’ in globally and the ‘green sustainable development and the ‘sustainable jobs’ potential in the EU are highly dependent on a secure supply of these imported resources; calls for a comprehensive international strategy for sustainable European supply and European added value for rare earths to be developed in the very short term; calls for an EU trade policy based on transparency, reciprocity and respect for democracy, the environment and sustainable development in exporting countries;