Vladko Todorov PANAYOTOV
Constituencies
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Bulgaria
Movement for Rights and Freedoms
2009/07/14 - 9999/12/31
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Bulgaria
Movement for Rights and Freedoms
2007/06/06 - 2009/07/13
Groups
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ALDE
Member
Group of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe
2009/07/14 - 9999/12/31
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ALDE
Member
Group of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe
2007/06/06 - 2009/07/13
Committees
| Role | Committee | Start | End |
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| Member of | Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety | 2012/01/19 | 9999/12/31 |
| Substitute of | Committee on Industry, Research and Energy | 2012/01/19 | 9999/12/31 |
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Delegations
| Role | Delegation | Start | End |
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| Member of | Delegation to the EU-Chile Joint Parliamentary Committee | 2009/09/16 | 9999/12/31 |
| Member of | Delegation to the Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly | 2009/09/16 | 9999/12/31 |
| Substitute of | Delegation for relations with the Mashreq countries | 2009/09/16 | 9999/12/31 |
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| Role | Delegation | Start | End |
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| Substitute of | Delegation to the EU-Moldova Parliamentary Cooperation Committee | 2009/09/17 | 2010/12/09 |
| Member of | Delegation for relations with the People's Republic of China | 2007/06/21 | 2009/07/13 |
| Member of | Delegation to the Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly | 2008/10/23 | 2009/07/13 |
| Substitute of | Delegation for relations with Japan | 2007/06/20 | 2009/07/13 |
| Substitute of | Delegation to the Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly | 2008/02/20 | 2008/10/22 |
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Rapporteur
| Shadow | 2013/0080(COD) | Measures to reduce the cost of deploying high-speed electronic communications networks |
| Shadow | 2012/0074(NLE) | Protection of public health: radioactive substances in water intended for human consumption |
| Responsible | 2012/0066(COD) | Placing on the market of portable batteries and accumulators containing cadmium intended for use in cordless power tools |
| Shadow | 2011/2056(INI) | Effective Raw Materials Strategy for Europe |
| Shadow | 2011/0460(NLE) | Supplementary Research Programme for the ITER project (2014-2018) |
| Shadow | 2011/0400(NLE) | Research and Training Programme of the European Atomic Energy Community (2014-2018) complementing Horizon 2020 – Framework Programme for Research and Innovation |
| Shadow | 2011/0363(NLE) | Nuclear decommissioning assistance programmes 2014-2020 in Bulgaria, Lithuania and Slovakia |
| Shadow | 2011/0254(NLE) | Human health and environment protection: basic safety standards for protection against the dangers arising from exposure to ionising radiation |
Born
1950/05/07 Pavlikeni- Degree in engineering (chemical cybernetics), Moscow (27.02.1975). Doctorate, Sofia (27.04.1980). Senior research associate, rank II (March 1990). Doctor of Technical Science (17.12.1998). Professor (2000).
- Postgraduate student, Higher Institute of Mining and Geology, Sofia (1977-1980). Central Institute for Complex Automation, Sofia (1985). Research associate and senior research associate, Deputy Director of the Joint research and implementation centre of Gorubso mining and processing operation and the Higher Institute of Mining and Geology (1980-1990). Associate Professor and Professor, University of Mining and Geology, Sofia; Director, College of Mining and Metallurgy, Kardzhali (1990-2007). Editor, Geology and Mineral Resources magazine (since 2002).
- Member of the Union of Scientists in Bulgaria (since 1984). Member of the Union of Chemists in Bulgaria (since 2006). Member of the Supreme Attestation Committee (2004-2007). International Mineral Processing Congress, member of a scientific advisory committee, member of the Balkan Mining Academy (2004) and foreign member of the Russian Mining Academy (2007).
- Gold order of labour (1985), gold medal from the International Technical Fair (1989), foremost processing engineer of Bulgaria (2001), gold medal from the East West Euro Intellect technical fair (2003). Honorary citizen of Kardzhali (2005).
- Author of 4 textbooks, 3 monographs, 160 publications, 36 patents.
Amendments
| Amendments | Dossier |
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2007/0286(COD) Industrial emissions. Integrated pollution prevention and control (repeal. Directives 78/176/EEC, 82/883/EEC, 92/112/EEC, 1999/13/EC, 2000/76/EC and 2008/1/EC). Recast
2010/03/30
ENVI
1 amendments...
Amendment 102 #
Council position Article 13 – paragraph 5 5. Decisions on the BAT conclusions shall be adopted in accordance with the
source: PE-439.994
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2008/0241(COD) Waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE). Recast
2010/03/16
ENVI
6 amendments...
Amendment 186 #
Proposal for a directive Article 11 – paragraph 1 - point d a (new) (da) small appliances containing valuable components and precious metals shall be recycled with a view to the recovery of precious metals.
Amendment 189 #
Proposal for a directive Article 11 - paragraph 2 2. These targets are calculated as weight percentage of separately collected WEEE that is sent to recovery facilities and effectively reused, recycled or recovered.
Amendment 193 #
Proposal for a directive Article 11 - paragraph 3 3. Member States shall ensure that, for the purpose of calculating these targets, producers or third parties acting on their behalf keep records on the mass of used EEE, WEEE, their components, materials or substances when entering (input) and leaving (output) the treatment or recycling facility and/or when entering (input) the recovery
Amendment 198 #
Proposal for a directive Article 12 – paragraph 1 1. Member States shall ensure that producers provide at least for the financing of the collection, treatment, recovery and environmentally sound disposal of WEEE from private households deposited at collection facilities set up under Article 5(2). Member States
Amendment 209 #
Proposal for a directive Article 12 – paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. Member States shall ensure that producers or third parties acting on their behalf report on the financing and costs of the systems for collection, treatment and disposal on a biannual basis. In order to ensure the proper functioning of the reporting system, additional rules for the format of the report may be laid down by means of delegated acts in accordance with Article 18a, 18b and 18c.
Amendment 221 #
Proposal for a directive Article 15 – paragraph 1 1. In order to facilitate the
source: PE-439.905
2010/11/03
ENVI
13 amendments...
Amendment 42 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 7 (7) The purpose of this Directive is, to contribute to sustainable production and consumption by as a first priority, the prevention of waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE), and in addition, the reuse, recycling and other forms of recovery of such wastes so as to reduce the disposal of waste and contribute to the efficient use of resources and the retrieval of strategic raw materials. It also seeks to improve the environmental performance of all operators involved in the life cycle of electrical and electronic equipment, e.g. producers, distributors and consumers and in particular those operators directly involved in the collection and treatment of waste electrical and electronic equipment
Amendment 43 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 7 (7) The purpose of this Directive is, to contribute to sustainable production and consumption by as a first priority, the prevention of waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE), and in addition, the reuse, recycling and other forms of recovery of such wastes so as to reduce the disposal of waste and contribute to the efficient use of resources . It also seeks to improve the environmental performance of all operators involved in the life cycle of electrical and electronic equipment, e.g. producers, distributors and consumers and in particular those operators directly involved in the collection and treatment of waste electrical and electronic equipment
Amendment 49 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 17 (17) The recovery, preparation for re-use and recycling of equipment can be counted into the targets defined in Article 7 of this Directive only if that recovery or preparation for re-use or recycling is not in contradiction to other European and Member States legislation applicable to the equipment. Ensuring proper recovery and preparation for re-use and recycling of equipment will account for sound resource management and will optimise the resources supply.
Amendment 59 #
Proposal for a directive Article 1 This Directive lays down measures to protect the environment and human health by preventing or reducing the adverse impacts of the generation and management of waste from electrical and electronic equipments and by reducing overall impacts of resource use and improving the efficiency of such use, in line with articles 1 and 4 of Directive 2008/98/EC. It also contributes to sustainable consumption and production by improving the environmental performance of all operators involved in the life cycle of electrical and electronic equipment.
Amendment 60 #
Proposal for a directive Article 1 This Directive lays down measures to protect the environment and human health by preventing or reducing the adverse impacts of the generation and management of waste from electrical and electronic equipments and by reducing overall negative impacts of resource use and improving the efficiency of such use.
Amendment 104 #
Proposal for a directive Article 3 – point q (q)"remove" means manual, mechanical, chemical or metallurgic handling with the result that hazardous substances, preparations and components are
Amendment 117 #
Proposal for a directive Article 5 – paragraph 1 1. Member States shall adopt appropriate measures to minimise the disposal of WEEE in the form of unsorted municipal waste and to achieve a high level of separate collection of WEEE, notably, and as a matter of priority, for cooling and freezing equipment containing ozone depleting substances and fluorinated greenhouse gases, for mercury containing lamps and for small appliances.
Amendment 125 #
Proposal for a directive Article 6 – paragraph 1 1. Member States shall prohibit and monitor the disposal of untreated separately collected WEEE.
Amendment 126 #
Proposal for a directive Article 6 – paragraph 2 2. Member States shall ensure that the collection and transport of separately collected WEEE is carried out in a way which optimises re
Amendment 148 #
Proposal for a directive Article 7 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 3.
Amendment 149 #
Proposal for a directive Article 7 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 3.
Amendment 162 #
Proposal for a directive Article 8 - paragraph 1 1. Member States shall ensure that all separately collected WEEE undergoes treatment. The Commission shall pursue the development of harmonised standards for the collection, treatment and recycling of WEEE, which should be available by 12 months after the entry in to force of this Directive, in particular by tasking the European Committee for Standardisation accordingly. These standards shall include methods for evaluation of products end of life characteristics, as required by Art 4, inter alia easiness of dismantling, retrieval of scarce strategic resources, recyclability and reduction of hazardous substance emissions.
Amendment 163 #
Proposal for a directive Article 8 – paragraph 1 1. Member States shall ensure that all separate
source: PE-439.856
2011/09/13
ENVI
2 amendments...
Amendment 109 #
Council position Article 7 – paragraph 6 6. On the basis of a report of the Commission accompanied, if appropriate, by a legislative proposal, the European Parliament and the Council shall, by
Amendment 112 #
Council position Article 11 – paragraph 1 1. Regarding all WEEE separately collected
source: PE-472.180
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2009/2153(INI) Report on the Commission Green Paper on the management of bio-waste in the European Union
2010/05/05
ENVI
3 amendments...
Amendment 79 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2. Calls on the Commission to lay down criteria for the production and use of high- quality compost;
Amendment 80 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5. Urges the Commission and Member States to promote environmental awareness-raising activities in the field of bio-waste, particularly in schools
Amendment 81 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 6. Urges the Commission and Member States to encourage and support scientific research and technological innovation in the field of bio-
source: PE-441.246
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2009/2157(INI) EU agriculture and climate change
2010/04/02
ITRE
2 amendments...
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 – point a (a) the sustainable production and use of biofuels,
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. Stresses the need to improve measures for global warming adaptation in the agricultural sector with regard to soil protection and water management.
source: PE-438.289
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2010/0098(CNS) Case of nuclear accident or other radiological emergency: maximum permitted levels of radioactive contamination of foodstuffs and of feedingstuffs. Recast
2010/11/16
ITRE
10 amendments...
Amendment 24 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 2 (2) Article 2(b) of the Euratom Treaty requires that the Council establish uniform safety standards to protect the health of workers and of the general public and ensure that they are applied, as further set out in Title Two, Chapter III, of the Euratom Treaty.
Amendment 31 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 8 a (new) (8a) The Commission should be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 290 TFEU in respect of the adaptation to technical progress of the maximum permitted levels of radioactive contamination of foodstuffs and feedingstuffs (Annexes I and III), and of the list of minor foodstuffs (Annex II). It is of particular importance that the Commission carry out appropriate consultations during its preparatory work, including at EFSA and other experts level.
Amendment 38 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 13 (13) In order to facilitate the adaptation of maximum permitted levels, procedures should be provided for allowing the consultation of experts including the Group of Experts referred to in Article 31 of the Euratom Treaty.
Amendment 43 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 15 (15) It is appropriate for the Council to reserve the right to exercise directly the power to adopt a Regulation to timely endorse measures proposed by the Commission in the first month after a nuclear accident or a radiological emergency. The relevant proposal for the adaptation or confirmation of the provisions laid down in the Regulation adopted by the Commission, in particular the establishment of maximum permitted levels of radioactive contamination, should be based on Article 31 of the Euratom Treaty, in view of the health protection of the population. This is without prejudice to the possibility that in the long term after the accident or the radiological emergency other legal instruments or another legal basis may be used for the purpose of controlling foodstuffs or feedingstuffs being placed on the market.
Amendment 49 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 3 – paragraph 1 1. After consultation with experts, which shall include the group of experts referred to in Article 31 of the Euratom Treaty, hereinafter "group of experts' , the Commission shall submit to the Council a proposal for a Regulation to adapt or confirm the provisions of the Regulation referred to in Article 2(1) of this Regulation within one month of its adoption.
Amendment 52 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 3 – paragraph 2 2. When submitting the proposal for a Regulation referred to in paragraph 1, the Commission shall take into account the basic standards laid down in accordance with Articles 30 and 31 of the Euratom Treaty, including the principle that all exposures shall be kept as low as reasonably achievable, taking the aspect of the protection of the health of the general public and economic and social factors into account.
Amendment 57 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 5 – paragraph 1 1. In order to ensure that the maximum permitted levels laid down in Annexes I and III take account of any new scientific data becoming available, the Commission shall
Amendment 60 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 5 – paragraph 2 2. At the request of a Member State or the Commission, the maximum permitted levels laid down in Annexes I and III may be revised or supplemented, upon the submission of a proposal from the Commission to the Council in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 31 of the Euratom Treaty.
Amendment 67 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 9 – paragraph 1 Council Regulation (Euratom) No 3954/87 and Commission Regulations (Euratom) No 944/89 and No 770/90 are repealed, as shown in Annex IV.
Amendment 69 #
Proposal for a regulation Annex I – column 4 – title source: PE-452.760
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2010/0220(NLE) State aid to facilitate the closure of uncompetitive coal mines
2010/10/29
ITRE
7 amendments...
Amendment 42 #
Recital 3 (3) The Union's policies of encouraging renewable and lower carbon fossil fuels for power generation do not justify the indefinite support for
Amendment 56 #
Recital 8 Amendment 67 #
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point b (b) "closure" means the permanent cessation of production and sales of coal, or the long-term (namely10 year minimum) conservation of mines with proved reserves;
Amendment 72 #
Article 2 – paragraph 2 2. Aid shall cover only costs in connection with coal for the production of electricity, the combined production of heat and electricity, the production of coke and the fuelling of blast furnaces in the steel industry, as well as other production of innovative environmentally-friendly materials, where such use takes place in the Union.
Amendment 82 #
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point a (a) the operation of the production units concerned must form part of a closure plan the deadline of which does not extend beyond 31
Amendment 92 #
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point f (f)
Amendment 98 #
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point h (h) the Member State must provide a plan to take measures aimed at mitigating the environmental impact of the use of
source: PE-452.594
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2010/0377(COD) Control of major-accident hazards involving dangerous substances
2011/06/28
ENVI
11 amendments...
Amendment 52 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 4 (4) It is therefore appropriate to replace Directive 96/82/EC to ensure that that existing levels of protection are maintained and further improved, by making the provisions more effective and efficient, and where possible reducing unnecessary administrative burdens by streamlining or simplification
Amendment 62 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 16 (16) In order to promote access to information on the environment, in accordance with the Aarhus Convention on access to information, public participation in decision-making and access to justice in environmental matters, which was approved on behalf of the Union by Council Decision 2005/370/EC of 17 February 2005 on the conclusion, on behalf of the European Community, of the Convention on access to information, public participation in decision-making and access to justice in environmental matters , the level and quality of information to the public should be improved. In particular, persons likely to be affected by a major accident should be given sufficient information to inform them of the correct action to be taken in that event. In addition to providing information in an active way, without the public having to submit a request, and without precluding other forms of dissemination, it should also be made available permanently and kept up to date on the internet. In order to achieve greater transparency, more detailed and comprehensive information, including in the form of documents, should be made available upon request. At the same time there should be appropriate confidentiality safeguards
Amendment 78 #
Proposal for a directive Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point d (d) the transport of dangerous substances in pipelines, including pumping stations, outside establishments covered by this Directive, where the annual throughput of dangerous substances is below the quantities listed in Parts 1 and 2 of Annex I;
Amendment 85 #
Proposal for a directive Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point f Amendment 106 #
Proposal for a directive Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 11 11. ‘presence of dangerous substances’ means the actual or anticipated presence of dangerous substances in the establishment, or the presence of dangerous substances which it is believed may be generated during loss of control of an industrial chemical process, or during another severe incident within a storage facility or installation in quantities equal to or in excess of the thresholds set out in Parts 1 and 2 of Annex I.
Amendment 146 #
Proposal for a directive Article 7 – paragraph 4 4. The operator shall periodically review and where necessary update the MAPP, at least every five years. The updated MAPP shall be sent to the competent authority and made publicly available pursuant to Article 13, without delay.
Amendment 161 #
Proposal for a directive Article 9 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 3 The updated safety report shall be sent to the competent authority and made publicly available pursuant to Article 13 of this Directive without delay.
Amendment 186 #
Proposal for a directive Article 13 – paragraph 1 1. Member States shall ensure that the information referred to in Annex V is permanently available to the public, including in an electronic format. The information shall be reviewed and where necessary updated at least once a year. Upon request from any natural or legal person, Member States shall ensure that more detailed and additional information going beyond that referred to in Annex V, and in accordance with Article 21 of this Directive, is made available to that person.
Amendment 188 #
Proposal for a directive Article 13 – paragraph 2 – introductory part For
Amendment 192 #
Proposal for a directive Article 13 – paragraph 2 – point c c) the inventory of dangerous substances is made available to the public
Amendment 199 #
Proposal for a directive Article 13 – paragraph 5 5. Where the Member State concerned has decided that an establishment close to the territory of another Member State is incapable of creating a major-accident hazard beyond its boundary for the purposes of Article 11(6) and is not therefore required to produce an external emergency plan under Article 11(1), it shall so inform the other Member State of that decision and of its reasons for taking that decision.
source: PE-467.297
2011/06/30
ENVI
6 amendments...
Amendment 203 #
Proposal for a directive Article 14 – paragraph 1 – introductory part 1. Member States shall ensure that the public is
Amendment 205 #
Proposal for a directive Article 14 – paragraph 1 – point d a (new) (da) safety report pursuant to Article 9
Amendment 235 #
Proposal for a directive Article 19 – paragraph 8 a (new) 8a. Where best available technology control systems are in place, inspections can be coordinated with the available data to facilitate the inspections.
Amendment 246 #
Proposal for a directive Article 22 – paragraph 1 – introductory part Member States shall ensure that, members of the public concerned are able to seek a review in accordance with Article 6 of Directive 2003/4/EC of the acts or omissions of a competent authority in relation to any request for information pursuant to
Amendment 309 #
Proposal for a directive Annex III – paragraph 1 – point b – subpoint vii a (new) (viia) Operators’ safety management systems shall consider the potential of best available monitoring and control technology to reduce the risk of system failure and to prevent major-accidents.
Amendment 310 #
Proposal for a directive Annex III – paragraph 1 – point b – subpoint viii a (new) (viiia) Competent authorities shall consider the information on best available technologies for control of emission in industrial plants established in Best Available Technology Reference Documents under Directive 2010/75/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 November 2010 on industrial emissions (integrated pollution prevention and control) to the extent possible.
source: PE-467.346
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2010/2001(BUD) 2011 budget: all sections, first version
2010/07/19
ENVI
1 amendments...
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 11 a (new) 11a. With regard to the ambitious objectives set in the EU 2020 strategy related to climate change, there is a need for reinforced measures to be taken among which an increase in LIFE+ appropriations and in particular an emphasis on waste wood valorisation to energy and solar energy in order to preserve natural resources.
source: PE-445.842
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2010/2002(BUD) 2011 budget: draft mandate for the draft budget conciliation procedure before the first reading
2010/12/05
BUDG
5 amendments...
Amendment 2 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph -1 a new -1a. Calls on the Commission to increase the investments in SMEs throughout the policy lines in order to better tackle the economic crisis;
Amendment 3 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2a new 2a. Calls on the Commission to further develop and present to the European Parliament the key qualitative and quantitative performance indicators for budget execution which are additional to RAL and RAC;
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2b new 2b. Calls on the Commission to correlate the programme and project objectives with the EU 2020 strategy objectives and the sound financial management principle in order develop an objectives driven budget. Therefore technical assistance and studies projects budgets shall be revised in order to incorporate the efficiency and effectiveness principle. In addition to that, the Framework Contracts functioning mode also shall be revised in order to incorporate the economy principle of the sound financial management;
Amendment 31 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 a new 18a. Calls upon the fact that 2011 Budget priorities should respond to the objectives set in EU 2020 strategy and should address crucial issues such as the economic crisis, energy security, in particular renewable energy, and resource supply in view of creating opportunities for economic recovery, sustainable growth, social security and new jobs in the EU
Amendment 74 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 34 34. Welcomes the increase in CA for LIFE+ to EUR 333.5 million (up by 8.7%), also in view of the follow up actions from the planned biodiversity strategy in 2010, and welcomes the sharp increase in PA (24,3%, to EUR 268.2 million) in line with improved implementation rates;
source: PE-441.198
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2010/2051(INI) Future of European standardisation
2010/06/25
ITRE
6 amendments...
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Calls on the Commission to integrate the WTO principles (transparency, openness, impartiality, consensus, efficiency, relevance and consistency) in the legal framework of European standardisation with regard to establishing, enforcement and compliance supervision of the standards;
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Requests the Commission to set clear eligibility criteria for the organisations entitled to design standards;
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 b (new) 1b. Recognises the importance of simplification the procedure for establishing standards;
Amendment 46 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 8. Calls on the Commission to develop technology-watch activities so as to identify future R&D output that could benefit from standardisation and to facilitate the flow and transparency of information necessary for market penetration and operation of R&D;
Amendment 60 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 10 10. Calls on the Commission to coordinate its standardisation activities with
Amendment 63 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 10 a (new) 10a. Calls on the Commission to enhance the possibilities for information campaigns in regard to standards and standardisation procedures;
source: PE-443.134
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2010/2087(INI) EU Strategy for the Black Sea
2010/10/13
ITRE
3 amendments...
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Recognises that the Black Sea Region (BSR) is of geostrategic importance for the EU's energy security
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Having in mind
Amendment 29 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Considers that, for the purpose of international trade and transport of hydrocarbons in the region, it is essential to develop the EU's Black Sea ports including oil and gas terminals and intermodal transport arrangements; Underlines that such infrastructure should be build in strict respect of the highest EU and International standards for the environmental protection of costal regions, human health and security and after performing all Environmental Impact Assessments;
source: PE-448.953
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2010/2095(INI) Industrial Policy for the globalised era
2010/11/16
ITRE
13 amendments...
Amendment 82 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. Stresses that a new, sustainable industrial policy can achieve success only via an integrated, cross-sectoral approach underpinned by horizontal and sectoral initiatives and measures at European, national and regional level; and aided by a mutually beneficial cooperation with third countries;
Amendment 106 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 4. Emphasises that the new, integrated approach calls for extremely effective collaboration within the Commission
Amendment 114 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5. Stresses that a new, sustainable industrial policy can only be effective if it is pursued in close coordination with the policies of the Member States, and therefore calls on the Commission to take in 2011 the initiatives that are possible under the Lisbon Treaty (Article 173(2)), in the form of guidelines, indicators, monitoring possibilities
Amendment 133 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 – indent 1 · must be based on a comprehensive definition of innovation which embraces products and producing systems, services, processes, organisation, quality and management
Amendment 179 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 11. Calls for further stimulation of technologies for sustainable development as begun in the ETAP action plan with the cross-linking of research, environmental and economic strategies, and calls for an ambitious ETAP follow-up plan, where research, education, training and industry will join their efforts;
Amendment 199 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 – indent 1 · developing clear indicators for measuring the increase in resource productivity and further developing corresponding standards and guidelines, prototype development of new approaches, such as resource contracting, disseminating best-practice solutions and promoting resource and materials efficiency networks, where resource owners, producers and production distributors are working side by side with researchers and innovation developers. developing a standard form of business sustainability report which will analyse the ‘environmental rucksack’ – resulting in economies and making firms more competitive in consequence standardising existing reporting requirements and possibilities (e.g. EMAS), and grouping them together and, which should be mandatory wherever possible,
Amendment 226 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 – indent 1 - intensification of raw material recovery by means of ambitious recycling rules, appropriate support for research, and a stop to the exporting of waste that c
Amendment 267 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 15. Is convinced that industry needs an energy policy focused on the long term which guarantees appropriate energy prices and security of supply,
Amendment 300 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 – indent 2 - coordinated initiatives to improve the teaching of STEM subjects (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) at all levels, particularly to women and vulnerable groups and immigrant workers, and to promote the exchange of best practice,
Amendment 310 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 – indent 4 - opening up and modernising universities to allow them to offer long-life higher vocational qualifications and re- qualification (for engineers, IT specialists, technicians, etc.);
Amendment 373 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 20. Calls for the establishment of a task force in the European Parliament on restructuring operations and a stronger role for the European structural funds in restructuring processes so that employees and firms can be offered a future; calls for research and development in furtherance of conversion processes to be intensified;
Amendment 466 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 26 – indent 3 • a particular focus on the key European industries – e.g. the automotive industry, renewable energies, aviation, chemicals, food and the creative industries, and recycling,
Amendment 486 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 28 – introductory part 28. Stresses that regional structures make a major contribution to strengthening industry in Europe; competitive clusters and innovation networks (businesses, universities and research centres) and
source: PE-452.697
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2010/2105(INI) Innovative financing at a global and European level
2010/10/13
ITRE
2 amendments...
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Points out that successful implementation of the 20-20-20 targets requires substantial financial commitment and new ways of supplementing existing financing for initiatives tackling climate change
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Notes that revolving financial instruments for energy efficiency measures represent an innovative way of financing climate-friendly projects; welcomes efforts to create a dedicated financial facility to use uncommitted funds from the EEPR Regulation to support energy efficiency
source: PE-450.834
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2010/2107(INI) Revision of the Energy Efficiency Action Plan
2010/11/10
ITRE
23 amendments...
Amendment 2 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 5 a (new) - having regard to Directive 2009/EC/2008 of the European Parliament and the Council of 23rd April 2009 on the promotion of the use of sources from renewable energy, (OJ, L 140/16 5.6.2009, p16)
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A A. whereas energy efficiency and saving
Amendment 18 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B B. whereas the
Amendment 22 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C C. whereas the academic evidence clearly suggests that efforts need to be stepped up to reach the 20% energy efficiency target by 2020
Amendment 29 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D D. whereas the payback period for investments in energy efficiency is short and investments create new local jobs in rural as well as in urban areas
Amendment 36 #
Motion for a resolution Recital F a (new) Fa. whereas a range of barriers stand in the way of full exploitation of energy saving opportunities, including upfront investment costs and non-availability of suitable finance, lack of awareness, the ‘hassle factor’, split incentives such as between landlords and tenants, and lack of clarity over who is responsible for delivering energy savings,
Amendment 42 #
Motion for a resolution Recital G G. whereas buildings are responsible for about 40% of energy consumption and about 36% of greenhouse gas emissions in the EU
Amendment 56 #
Motion for a resolution Recital H a (new) Ha. whereas reaching the binding renewable energy target of 20% of final energy consumption by 2020 will only be achieved if the existing buildings stock is addressed,
Amendment 66 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 1. Calls on the Commission to present an evaluation by the end of 2010 of the result of the efforts made by Member States and the Commission
Amendment 85 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2. Calls on the Commission to present, by the end of the year and in time for the 4 February Energy European Council, an ambitious Energy Efficiency Action Plan which takes stock of the progress achieved
Amendment 86 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2. Calls on the Commission to present an ambitious Energy Efficiency Action Plan which takes stock of the progress achieved
Amendment 90 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. Underlines that consistency of energy legislation is essential and that synergy between different proposed measures can only be achieved if any new measure respects the hierarchy of 3 Rs: reduce final demand of energy with high primary energy content, recycle energy that cannot be used in one sector (i.e. waste heat from electricity generation or industrial processes) in other sectors (i.e. domestic heating) and replace remaining demand of fossil fuels with renewable energy;
Amendment 92 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 b (new) 2b. Underlines that a consistent strategy for Europe to achieve a low-carbon economy by 2050 requires an explicit and comprehensive strategy for heat generation and use (industrial heat, domestic heating, cooling);
Amendment 95 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. Calls for a revision of the Energy Services Directive (ESD) to include a so- called scoreboard approach (with flexible targets), which leaves flexibility for Member States to choose in which areas they will focus their effort based on assumptions with regard to cost-efficiency and potential energy savings; urges Member States to agree on the common methodology to calculate energy savings;
Amendment 120 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 7. Considers that a stronger focus is needed on system innovations such as smart grids,
Amendment 137 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 8. Calls for a revision of the CHP Directive to promote high efficiency CHP and district heating/cooling
Amendment 145 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 9. Calls also on Member States
Amendment 161 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 11.
Amendment 174 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 12. Calls on the Commission to assess the potential for efficiency in
Amendment 179 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 a (new) 12a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to design and implement cost-effective, practicable and reasonable national programmes to support deep renovations where the energy demand will be reduced by between 50% and 90% over pre-renovation performance depending on the condition of the building, so that by 2050, the stock of existing buildings will be improved by an average of at least 80% over existing levels of performance; calls on the Commission and Member States to prioritise the least efficient buildings, notably by using the A-G grades (or equivalent) contained in Energy Performance Certificates; calls for the level of financial, fiscal or other support for these renovations to be strongly linked to the level of improvement, and for financial support to be provided only for measures which are more ambitious than the minimum requirements;
Amendment 187 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 b (new) 12b. Calls on the Commission and Member States to use investment grade audits in order to assess the quality of Energy Performance Certificates; based on these assessments, calls on the Commission to provide guidelines for Member States to ensure the quality of their Energy Performance Certificates and of the energy efficiency improvement of the measures undertaken as a result of recommendations from these certificates;
Amendment 198 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 14. Believes that the European Parliament and the Commission should set an example by refurbishing their buildings to nearly zero level by 2020 as part of a wider audit of energy use by the institutions which should embrace working and travel arrangements, incentives and locations, as well as equipment and procurement;
Amendment 210 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 a (new) 15a. Asks the Commission to develop an EU strategy for widespread deployment of deep renovations in the existing building stock addressing both energy efficiency and renewable energy;
source: PE-450.651
2010/12/10
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13 amendments...
Amendment 230 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 19 19. Asks the Commission to propose
Amendment 244 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 20. Calls for the rapid and proper implementation of the Directives on Energy Labelling by adopting delegated acts covering new energy-related products; considers that the Directive on Eco-Design should also cover products for large buildings, industrial and agricultural equipment, integrated lighting systems in buildings, pumps and
Amendment 266 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 23 23. Calls on the Commission to evaluate legislation and make sure that legislation addresses products, systems and their energy use and considers it necessary to increase the awareness of EU citizens regarding the energy and resource efficiency of consumer and energy-related products; considers that when evaluating energy consumption, applications should be considered
Amendment 276 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 24 – indent 2 · Member States agree by the end of 2011 on common functionalities for smart meters and systems for their communication,
Amendment 318 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 29 29. Calls on the Commission to ensure framework conditions for the development of electric vehicles, notably concerning standardisation of software for infrastructure and charging stations, addressing in particular power-to-weight ratio for cars and trucks;
Amendment 329 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 31 a (new) (after title 6) 31a. Reminds the Commission and Member states of the trias energetica, according to which energy demand should be reduced before any investment in additional energy supply is agreed;
Amendment 343 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 33 a (new) 33a. Recognises the lack of upfront finance as a major barrier to building refurbishment in the residential and SME sectors and calls on the Commission to list innovative solutions and best practice in overcoming this problem such as successful ‘pay as you save’ mechanisms, revolving funds and green investment banks (on the model of KfW in Germany or Caisse Depots in France);
Amendment 350 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 34 34. Welcomes in this regard the Commission's proposal to use uncommitted funds
Amendment 361 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 35 35. Stresses the need to improve the use of existing EU funds such as the ERDF and the EAFRD for energy efficiency measures; notes the importance of evaluating such measures primarily in terms of the energy saving achieved rather than the consequential economic benefits such as job creation; asks the Commission to identify the obstacles to the use of a larger share of the resources of the Structural and Cohesion Funds for
Amendment 374 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 36 a (new) 36a. Welcomes the clear support given in the Europe 2020 Strategy to shifting the tax burden from labour to energy and environmental taxes, and calls for a coordinated EU-wide move in this direction;
Amendment 377 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 36 c (new) 36c. Highlights the EU-ETS as an enormous resource potential for energy efficiency investments; recognises that between 2012 and 2020 more than 112 billion Euros will be raised by auctioning of EU emission allowances, and that this figure could be 70 billion Euros higher if the EU’s emissions reduction target is raised to 30%; furthermore, notes that EU companies are buying millions of CDM credits, mostly in China and India, while they could be investing in energy efficiency at home;
Amendment 394 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 38 38. Calls on the Commission to consider proposing effective measures to push
Amendment 403 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 38 a (new) 38a. Calls on the Commission and Member States to explore the scope for levying VAT at a reduced rate on all refurbishments carried out for the purpose of energy renovation of buildings;
source: PE-450.652
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2010/2108(INI) Towards a new Energy Strategy for Europe 2011 - 2020
2010/09/15
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1 amendments...
Amendment 302 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 34 a (new) 34a. Takes the view, as regards external energy policy, that although cooperation with neighbouring countries is crucial, particular consideration must nevertheless be given to cooperation with Latin American countries in line with the Commission communication entitled ‘The European Union and Latin America: Global Players in Partnership’ (COM(2009)495/3); notes that these countries are now strategic partners in the context of the efforts to secure a stable, diversified supply of energy (from coal, oil and gas) for the EU;
source: PE-448.829
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2010/2233(INI) Relations of the European Union with the Gulf Cooperation Council
2010/08/12
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3 amendments...
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Welcomes the achievements of the EU- GCC Joint Action Programme
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Recognises that the potential synergies in renewable energy sources
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 9 9. Highlights the importance of deepening cooperation with the GCC on research and technology programmes, with special focus on new knowledge-based industries in areas such as renewable sources, CCS, oil and gas derivatives
source: PE-454.464
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2011/0172(COD) Energy efficiency
2011/07/11
ENVI
47 amendments...
Amendment 31 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 19 (19) To tap the energy savings potential in certain market segments where energy audits are generally not offered commercially (such as households or small and medium-sized enterprises), Member States should ensure that energy audits are available and affordable. Energy audits should be mandatory and regular for large enterprises, as energy savings can be significant.
Amendment 33 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 27 (27) Most EU businesses are small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). They represent an enormous energy saving potential for the EU. To help them adopt energy efficiency measures, Member States should establish a favourable framework aimed at providing SMEs with technical assistance
Amendment 37 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 30 (30) A sufficient number of reliable professionals competent in the field of energy efficiency should be available to ensure the effective and timely implementation of this Directive, for instance as regards compliance with the requirements on energy audits and implementation of energy efficiency obligation schemes. Member States should therefore put in place certification schemes for the providers of energy services, energy audits and other energy efficiency improvement measures. Member States should ensure compliance with mandatory milestone requirements for certification, proposed by the Commission.
Amendment 46 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 38 (38) In order to permit adaptation to technical progress and changes in the distribution of energy sources, the power to adopt acts in accordance with Article 290 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union should be delegated to the Commission in respect of certain matters.
Amendment 47 #
Proposal for a directive Article 1 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 This Directive establishes a common framework for the promotion of energy efficiency within the Union in order to ensure the achievement of at least the Union's target of 20% primary energy savings by 2020 compared to 2007 and to pave the way for further energy efficiency improvements beyond that date.
Amendment 49 #
Proposal for a directive Article 1 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 This Directive establishes a common framework for the promotion of energy efficiency within the Union in order to ensure the achievement of the Union
Amendment 67 #
Proposal for a directive Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 13 13.
Amendment 73 #
Proposal for a directive Article 3 – paragraph 1 1. Each Member State
Amendment 77 #
Proposal for a directive Article 3 – paragraph 1 1. Member States shall
Amendment 84 #
Proposal for a directive Article 3 – paragraph 2 2.
Amendment 93 #
Proposal for a directive Article 3 a (new) Article 3a - Building stock 1. Member States shall draft national strategies to reduce the energy consumption of the national existing building stock. 2. The national strategies shall include legislative, financial, and training measures to achieve a reduction of energy consumption of the exsiting building stock by 80% compared to 2010 levels by 31 December 2050, mainly through deep renovations.. 3. The national strtegies shall also include the following intermediate objectives: (a) A reduction of energy consumption of the exsiting building stock by 30% compared to 2010 levels by 31 December 2030. (b) A reduction of energy consumption of the exsiting building stock by 60% compared to 2010 levels by 31 December 2040. 4. Member States may adopt differentiated approaches for commercial, residential and public buildings and may start by tackling the worst performing buildings first.
Amendment 104 #
Proposal for a directive Article 4 – paragraph 1 1. Without prejudice to Article 7 of Directive 2010/31/EU, Member States shall ensure that as from 1 January 2014, 3% of the total floor area owned by their public bodies is renovated each year to meet at least the minimum energy performance requirements set by the Member State concerned in application of Article 4 of Directive 2010/31/EU. The 3% rate shall be calculated on the total floor area of buildings with a total useful floor area over 250 m2 owned by the public bodies of the Member State concerned that, on 1 January of each year, does not meet the national minimum energy performance requirements set in application of Article 4 of Directive 2010/31/EU. Member States shall provide for the implementation of measures concerning the building envelope, the building equipment, operation and maintenance and consumers’ behaviour. This will include connection to efficient district heating networks when technically and economically feasible (for buildings being renovated and when heating installations need retrofitting).
Amendment 125 #
Proposal for a directive Article 4 – paragraph 4 – point b a (new) (b a) (c) put in place contracts for energy services aimed at keeping or improving energy efficiency in the long term, including energy performance contracting
Amendment 129 #
Proposal for a directive Article 4 – paragraph 4 a (new) 4a (new) Member States shall draw up national roadmaps to provide details about national strategies to reduce carbon emission of the building stock by 80% in 2050 compared to 1990 levels. These national shall be adopted by January 1, 2014 (for public buildings), by January 1, 2015 (for commercial buildings), and by January 1, 2017 (for private buildings), and will also establish intermediary targets for average energy consumption of the building stock 2020, 2030, and 2040.
Amendment 134 #
Proposal for a directive Article 5 – paragraph 1 Member States shall ensure that public bodies purchase only products, services and buildings with high energy efficiency performance, as referred to in Annex III. Member States shall encourage the development and uptake of energy services, as defined in Article 2.3. In this respect, public bodies shall assess the possibility of concluding long term energy performance contracts as referred to in Article 14b.
Amendment 143 #
Proposal for a directive Article 6 – paragraph 1 1. Each Member State shall set up an energy efficiency obligation scheme. This scheme shall ensure that either all energy distributors or all retail energy sales companies operating on the Member State's territory achieve annual energy savings equal to 1.5% of their energy sales, by volume, in the previous year in that Member State
Amendment 145 #
Proposal for a directive Article 6 – paragraph 1 1. Each Member State shall set up an energy efficiency obligation scheme. This scheme shall ensure that either all energy distributors or all retail energy sales companies operating on the Member State's territory achieve annual energy savings equal to 1.5% of their energy sales, by volume, in the previous year in that Member State
Amendment 148 #
Proposal for a directive Article 6 – paragraph 1 1. Each Member State shall set up an energy efficiency obligation scheme. This scheme shall ensure that either all energy distributors or all retail energy sales companies operating on the Member State's territory achieve annual energy savings equal to 1.5% of their energy sales, by volume, in the previous year in that Member State excluding energy used in transport and sold to ETS installations . This amount of energy savings shall be achieved by the obligated parties among final customers or via an equivalent primary energy saving in the supply chain.
Amendment 151 #
Proposal for a directive Article 6 – paragraph 2 2. Member States shall express the amount of energy savings required from each obligated party in terms of either final or primary energy consumption. The method chosen for expressing the required amount of energy savings shall also be used for calculating the savings claimed by obligated parties. The conversion factors in Annex IV shall apply. Switches of fuel have to be taken into account in the energy savings calculation, using a guideline to be adopted by the Commission. Member States shall authorize energy distributors or all retail energy sales companies involved either directly or via connected undertakings in the supply side, to count the energy savings achieved in the transformation, transmission and distribution of energy towards the achievement of the requirement of paragraph.
Amendment 160 #
Proposal for a directive Article 6 – paragraph 5 – point b (b) permit obligated parties to count towards their obligation certified energy savings achieved by
Amendment 162 #
Proposal for a directive Article 6 – paragraph 5 – point c (c) allow obligated parties to count toward their obligation switch to renewable and waste heat recovery (considering in this case "non renewable energy" savings). In case of energy efficiency obligation schemes, obligated parties will be allowed to count savings obtained in a given year as if they had instead been obtained in any of the two previous or two following years.
Amendment 169 #
Proposal for a directive Article 6 – paragraph 8 8. Member States may exempt small energy distributors and small retail energy sales companies, namely those that distribute or sell less than the equivalent of 75 GWh of energy per year, employ fewer than 10 persons or have an annual turnover or annual balance sheet total that does not exceed EUR 2 000 000, from the application of this Article. Energy produced for self use shall not count towards th
Amendment 171 #
Proposal for a directive Article 6 – paragraph 9 – subparagraph 1 Amendment 176 #
Proposal for a directive Article 6 – paragraph 9 – subparagraph 2 Member States opting for this option shall notify to the Commission, by 1 January 2013 at the latest, the
Amendment 187 #
Proposal for a directive Article 7 – paragraph 2 2. Member States shall ensure that enterprises not included in the second subparagraph of paragraph 1 are subject to an energy audit carried out in an independent and cost-effective manner by qualified and/or accredited experts at the latest by 30 June 2014 and every three years from the date of the previous energy audit. Audits may be carried out by in- house experts, provided that these are qualified and accredited, that they are not directly engaged in the activity audited, and that the Member state has put in place a scheme to assure and check their quality.
Amendment 280 #
Proposal for a directive Article 10 – paragraph 8 – subparagraph 2 Member States shall establish mechanisms taking into account the technical management and the economic balance of the DHN to ensure the connection of these installations to district heating and cooling networks. They may require these installations to bear the connection charges and the cost of developing the district heating and cooling networks necessary to transport their waste heat to consumers.
Amendment 294 #
Proposal for a directive Article 10 – paragraph 11 11. Member States shall ensure that any available support for cogeneration is subject to the electricity produced originating from high-efficiency cogeneration and the waste heat being effectively used to achieve primary energy savings. They shall not differentiate between electricity consumed on site and electricity exported to the grid. Public support to cogeneration and district heating generation and networks is subject to State aid rules, where applicable. For biomass projects high efficiency support and other incentives specific to biomass might be cumulative. On the opposite, no available support will be provided for investments in individual /decentralized energy production if it implies disconnection from an efficient DHN.
Amendment 303 #
Proposal for a directive Article 12 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part Member States shall ensure that, subject to requirements relating to the maintenance of the reliability and safety of the grid, based on transparent and non-discriminatory criteria defined by the competent national authorities and in compliance with the criteria harmonized at EU level, transmission system operators and distribution system operators in their territory:
Amendment 309 #
Proposal for a directive Article 13 – paragraph 2 2. Member States shall make publicly available the
Amendment 325 #
Proposal for a directive Article 17 a (new) Amendment 326 #
Proposal for a directive Article 19 – paragraph 1 1. By 30 April each year, Member States shall report on the progress achieved towards their binding national energy efficiency targets, in accordance with Annex XIV(1).
Amendment 339 #
Proposal for a directive Article 19 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1 The Commission’s assessment of the first supplementary report shall include an assessment of the energy efficiency levels of existing and new installations undertaking the combustion of fuels with a total rated thermal input of 50 MW or more and installations undertaking the refining of mineral oil and gas, in the light of the relevant best available techniques as developed in accordance with Directive 2010/75/EU and Directive 2008/1/EC. Where this assessment identifies significant discrepancies between the actual energy efficiency levels of such installations and energy efficiency levels associated with the application of the relevant best available techniques, the Commission shall propose, by 31 December 2015, if appropriate, requirements to improve the energy efficiency levels achieved by such installations or that the use of such techniques shall in future be a condition for the permitting of new installations and for the periodic review or updating of the permits for existing installations.
Amendment 342 #
Proposal for a directive Article 19 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2 The Commission shall also monitor the impact of implementing this Directive on Directive 2003/87/EC, Directive 2009/28/EC as well as Directive 2010/31/EC. Until 30/06/2013 at the latest, the European Commission should come forward with a proposal to adjust the Effort Sharing Decision (Decision No 406/2009/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council).
Amendment 343 #
Proposal for a directive Article 19 – paragraph 5 a (new) 5a. No later than 6 months after the entering into force of this Directive, the Commission shall adopt a regulation amending the Regulation referred to in Article 10 (4) of Directive 2003/87/EC in order to set aside allowances so as to restore scarcity to levels envisaged in the impact assessment on which basis the legislation was agreed, thus allowing the original objective of providing incentives for investments in low carbon technologies and energy efficiency measures to be met, and thereafter proposing a legislative act to enable such allowances to be eliminated;
Amendment 344 #
Proposal for a directive Article 19 – paragraph 5 b (new) 5b. Before the end of 2013, the Commission shall propose legislation to modify from 2020 the 1.74% annual linear reduction requirement to a value sufficient to meet the requirements of the 2050 CO2 reduction target;
Amendment 345 #
Proposal for a directive Article 19 – paragraph 7 Amendment 355 #
Proposal for a directive Annex -1 (new) Amendment 368 #
Proposal for a directive Annex 3 – paragraph 1 – point e (e) require in their tenders for service contracts that service providers use, for the purposes of providing the services in question, only products that comply with the requirements referred to in points (a) to (d), when providing the services in question
Amendment 371 #
Proposal for a directive Annex 5 – part 4 a (new) 4 a. Lifetime of energy efficiency improvement measures: Insulation of internal building network: 20 years Cleaning and balancing of internal building network: 10 years Optimization of regulation of the internal network: 20 years
Amendment 383 #
Proposal for a directive Annex 7 – point 3 – point b (b) new residential
Amendment 384 #
Proposal for a directive Annex 7 – point 3 – point d (d) residential
Amendment 402 #
Proposal for a directive Annex 13 – heading 1 Perimeter A minima : audit, solutions definition, operations (conduct and maintenance), users awareness, communication on results Optional : Works, investment, supply of primary energy Minimum items to be included in energy performance contracts with the public sector
Amendment 404 #
Proposal for a directive Annex 13 – point 1 Contents and methodology of the energy audit Clear and transparent list of the efficiency measures to be implemented
Amendment 405 #
Proposal for a directive Annex 13 – point 2 Guaranteed savings during the whole term of the contract, to be achieved by implementing the measures of the contract.
Amendment 406 #
Proposal for a directive Annex 13 – point 3 Level of comfort and quality guaranteed by the contract Duration and milestones of the contract, terms and period of notice, with a minimum duration of three years.
Amendment 407 #
Proposal for a directive Annex 13 – point 9 Clear and transparent display of financial implications of the project and distribution of the share of both parties in the monetary savings achieved (i.e. remuneration of the service provider, obligation for the service provider to financially compensate the whole difference between the agreed level of consumption and the actual consumption).
Amendment 408 #
Proposal for a directive Annex 13 – point 12 Detailed information on reporting and communication tools; detailed information on the obligations of each of the contracting party.
source: PE-475.843
2011/11/16
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6 amendments...
Amendment 429 #
Proposal for a directive Article 3 – paragraph 1 1. Member States shall set a binding national energy efficiency target expressed as an absolute level of primary energy consumption in 2020
Amendment 454 #
Proposal for a directive Article 3 – paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Members States shall aim to reduce, by 31 December 2050, the energy consumption of the existing building stock by 80% compared to 2010 levels. For this purpose, and as part of the national plans referred to in Article 9 of Directive 2010/31/EU, and without prejudice to paragraph 1 thereof, Member States shall develop policies and take measures to stimulate deep renovations of buildings, including staged deep renovations. Member States may decide not to include in their renovation roadmaps those categories of buildings listed in Article 4.2 of Directive 2010/31/EU.
Amendment 462 #
Proposal for a directive Article 3 – paragraph 2 2. By 30 June 201
Amendment 520 #
Proposal for a directive Article 4 – paragraph 1 1. Without prejudice to Article 7 of Directive 2010/31/EU, Member States shall ensure that as from 1 January 2014, 3% of the total floor area owned or occupied by their public bodies is renovated each year to meet at least the minimum energy performance requirements set by the Member State concerned in application of Article 4 of Directive 2010/31/EU.
Amendment 547 #
Proposal for a directive Article 4 – paragraph 2 2. To ensure flexibility, Member States may allow their public bodies to c
Amendment 564 #
Proposal for a directive Article 4 – paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. Member States may decide not to include in their calculation of total floor area those categories of buildings listed in Article 4.2 of Directive 2010/31/EU.
source: PE-475.929
2011/11/17
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12 amendments...
Amendment 577 #
Proposal for a directive Article 4 – paragraph 3 – introductory part 3. For the purposes of paragraph 1, by 1 January 2014, Member States shall establish and make publicly available an inventory of buildings owned or occupied by their public bodies indicating:
Amendment 586 #
Proposal for a directive Article 4 – paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. As an alternative to the requirements in Article 4.1 and without prejudice to Article 7 of Directive 2010/31/EU or to Article 2a above, Member States may choose to reduce by 3% each year the total energy consumption of all buildings issued with an Energy Performance Certificate under Directive 2010/31/EU Article 12.1(b).
Amendment 613 #
Proposal for a directive Article 4 – paragraph 4 – point b a (new) (ba) use energy service companies and energy performance contracting to finance renovations and implement their plans;
Amendment 618 #
Proposal for a directive Article 4 – paragraph 4 – point b b (new) (bb) promote the “systems” approach to achieve additional long-term energy savings beyond the single product approach;
Amendment 655 #
Proposal for a directive Article 6 – title Energy
Amendment 682 #
Proposal for a directive Article 6 – paragraph 1 1. Each Member State shall set up an energy
Amendment 732 #
Proposal for a directive Article 6 – paragraph 4 4. Member States shall ensure that the savings claimed by obligated parties are calculated in accordance with Annex V(2). They shall put in place
Amendment 740 #
Proposal for a directive Article 6 – paragraph 5 – introductory part 5. Within the energy
Amendment 746 #
Proposal for a directive Article 6 – paragraph 5 – point b (b) permit obligated parties to count towards their obligation certified energy savings achieved by energy service providers or other third parties, provided they are additional to the business as usual scenarios; in this case they shall establish an accreditation process that is clear, transparent and open to all market actors, and that aims at minimising the costs of certification;
Amendment 781 #
Proposal for a directive Article 6 – paragraph 8 8. Member States may exempt small energy distributors and small retail energy sales companies
Amendment 791 #
Proposal for a directive Article 6 – paragraph 9 – subparagraph 1 As an alternative to paragraph 1, Member States may opt to take other equally ambitious and additional measures to achieve energy savings among final customers. The annual amount of energy savings achieved through this approach shall be strictly equivalent to the amount of energy savings required in paragraph 1 and shall be subject to independent measurement, control and verification. Early actions may not be counted towards these measures.
Amendment 814 #
Proposal for a directive Article 6 – paragraph 10 source: PE-475.932
2011/11/18
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7 amendments...
Amendment 1338 #
Proposal for a directive Article 12 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 a (new) Member States shall ensure that national energy regulatory authorities encourage demand side resources, such as demand response, to participate in a non- discriminatory manner alongside supply in local or regional energy markets. If necessary Member States shall require national regulatory authorities and TSOs to define technical specifications for participation in energy and tertiary reserve markets, on the basis of the technical requirements of these markets and demand response capabilities. The potential of demand response should be taken fully into account when implementing national capacity adequacy or other energy security related measures.
Amendment 1354 #
Proposal for a directive Article 12 – paragraph 4 4. Member States shall ensure the removal of those incentives in transmission and distribution tariffs that unnecessarily increase the volume of distributed or transmitted energy, or those that might hamper participation of demand response, including service aggregators, in balancing and ancillary services. In particular, transmission and distribution tariffs shall be designed to reward network operators for improved efficiency in infrastructure design and operation, while removing incentives for increased throughput volumes, and while continuing to provide appropriate price signals and energy savings incentives to final customers. In this respect, in accordance with Article 3(2) of Directive 2009/72/EC and Article 3(2) of Directive 2009/73/EC, Member States may impose public service obligations relating to energy efficiency on undertakings operating in the electricity and gas sectors.
Amendment 1363 #
Proposal for a directive Article 12 – paragraph 4 a (new) 4 a. Member States shall adopt measures and guidelines for the promotion and deployment of demand response for industrial, commercial and residential sites and buildings, in particular as regards integration of demand-side resources into regional electricity markets and their connection to the energy grid, in the context of the future national action plans for the implementation of smart grids.
Amendment 1364 #
Proposal for a directive Article 12 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part Without prejudice to Article 16(2) of Directive 2009/28/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 April 2009 on the promotion of the use of energy from renewable sources which gives first priority in access and dispatch to the grid to electricity produced from renewable energy sources, Member States shall ensure that, subject to requirements relating to the maintenance of the reliability and safety of the grid, based on transparent and non-discriminatory criteria defined by the competent national authorities, transmission system operators and distribution system operators in their territory:
Amendment 1385 #
Proposal for a directive Article 12 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1 – point c c) when dispatching electricity generating installations, provide priority dispatch of electricity from high efficiency cogeneration in so far as the secure and reliable operation of the national electricity system permits.
Amendment 1387 #
Proposal for a directive Article 12 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 3 Member States
Amendment 1393 #
Proposal for a directive Article 12 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 1 Member States shall take the appropriate steps to ensure that, where this is consistent with the mode of operation of the high-efficiency cogeneration installation, high-efficiency cogeneration operators and demand response aggregators can offer balancing services and other operational services at the level of transmission system operators or distribution system operators
source: PE-475.983
2011/11/22
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2 amendments...
Amendment 1490 #
Proposal for a directive Article 17 – paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. No later than 6 months after the entering into force of this Directive, the Commission shall adopt a regulation to reduce the number of allowances pursuant to Article 9 of Directive 2003/87/EC by 1.4bn allowances so as to maintain the incentives for investment in energy efficiency measures and low carbon technologies and the level of ambition envisaged in Directive 2003/87/EC.
Amendment 1551 #
Proposal for a directive Article 22 a (new) Article 22a Amendments to Directive 2003/87/EC In Article 9 of Directive 2003/87/EC the following paragraph shall be added after the second paragraph : "From 2014 onwards the linear reduction factor shall be 2.25%."
source: PE-475.997
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2011/0190(COD) Prevention of pollution from ships: sulphur content of marine fuels
2011/12/16
ENVI
3 amendments...
Amendment 24 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 3 (3) Emissions from shipping due to the combustion of marine fuels with a high sulphur content contribute to air pollution in the form of sulphur dioxide and particulate matter, which harm human health and
Amendment 48 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 7 (7) Passenger ships operate mostly in ports or close to coastal areas and their impacts on human health and the environment are significant. Those ships are required to use marine fuel with the same maximum sulphur content as is applicable in SECAs (1.5%). Given that stricter sulphur standards will apply in SECAs, it is justified by the need to improve air quality around ports and coasts in the non-SECA territories that the same standards apply to passenger ships. However, the introduction of a new SECA standard for passenger ships would be delayed by 5 years in order to avoid potential problems with fuel availability while allowing passenger ships to be equipped with a purification system.
Amendment 88 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 13 (13) In order to determine the date of the application of 0.50% sulphur limit in conformity with the IMO decision, to designate new SECAs, to approve new alternative abatement methods and to establish the appropriate conditions for their use, to ensure appropriate monitoring of sulphur content of fuels and the harmonized content and the format of Member States' reports and to adapt the provisions of the Directive to scientific and technical progress, the power to adopt acts in accordance with Article 290 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union should be delegated to the Commission in respect of specification of the date from which the maximum sulphur content of fuel of 0.50% by mass should apply in the Union, designation of new SECAs on the basis of the decision of the IMO, approval of new emission abatement methods not covered by Council Directive 96/98/EC1
source: PE-478.489
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2011/0194(COD) Common organisation of the markets in fishery and aquaculture products
2012/04/23
ENVI
15 amendments...
Amendment 49 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 9 (9) It is appropriate to lay down common conditions and criteria for the recognition of producer organisations and inter-branch organisations by Member States, for extension of the rules adopted by producer organisations and inter-branch organisations, and for the costs resulting from such extension to be shared. The procedure for extension of rules should be subject to authorisation by the Commission.
Amendment 72 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 16 – point c Amendment 73 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 17 – point a (a) they are sufficiently active economically in their territory or a part thereof, in particular as regards number of members and volume of marketable production (where that production accounts for at least 5 % of the quantities of the relevant products marketed in their territory);
Amendment 74 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 17 – point d (d) they comply with the competition rules laid down in Chapter V
Amendment 75 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 18 – point a (a) they represent a significant share (at least 10 %) of at least two of the following activities in a given area or areas: production, marketing and processing of fishery and aquaculture products or products processed from fishery and aquaculture products;
Amendment 76 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 19 Member States shall carry out checks at regular intervals to ascertain whether producer organisations and inter-branch organisations comply with the conditions for recognition laid down in Articles 17 and 18 and shall, where appropriate, withdraw recognition of producer organisations or inter-branch organisations. Checks and withdraws shall be based on common requirements, which are to be developed by the Commission by 1 January 2013, pursuant to Article 25 of this Regulation.
Amendment 77 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 21 A producer organisation whose members are nationals of different Member States or an association of producer organisations recognised in different Member States shall perform its tasks
Amendment 78 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 25 – paragraph 2 2. The implementing acts referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article shall be adopted in accordance with the
Amendment 84 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 29 – paragraph 2 – point b (b) Chapter V
Amendment 85 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 29 – paragraph 3 3. Within two months of receipt of the notification, the Commission shall take a decision authorising or refusing to authorise the extension of rules and shall inform the Member States.
Amendment 93 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 40 – paragraph 1 1. The products for which marketing standards have been laid down may be marketed for human consumption in the Union only in accordance with those standards. This rule shall not apply to non-industrial fishing and distribution of fish and seafood from the coastal population.
Amendment 113 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 47 Articles 101 to 106 of the
Amendment 114 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 48 – paragraph 2 – point e Amendment 115 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 48 – paragraph 2 – point f (f) do not restrict competition
Amendment 118 #
Proposal for a regulation Annex II – title - new The meaning of the abbreviation "ex" to be described for Annexes I and II
source: PE-485.852
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2011/0195(COD) Common Fisheries Policy
2012/12/03
ENVI
5 amendments...
Amendment 366 #
Proposal for a regulation Part 3 – article 15 – paragraph 2 2. Minimum conservation reference sizes based on the best available scientific advice shall be established till January 2014 for the fish stocks set out in paragraph 1. The sale of catches of such fish stocks below the minimum conservation reference size shall be restricted for reduction to fish meal or pet food only.
Amendment 369 #
Proposal for a regulation Part 3 – article 15 – paragraph 3 3. Marketing standards for catches of fish caught in excess of fixed fishing opportunities shall be established in accordance with
Amendment 423 #
Proposal for a regulation Part 4 – article 28 – paragraph 2 2. Each Member State shall allocate transferable fishing concessions on the basis of transparent criteria, grounded by general EU requirements adopted by the Commission until 1 January 2013, for each stock or group of stocks for which fishing opportunities are allocated in accordance with Article 16, excluding fishing opportunities obtained under sustainable fisheries agreements.
Amendment 428 #
Proposal for a regulation Part 4 – article 28 – paragraph 4 4. Transferable fishing concessions may only be allocated by a Member State to an owner of a fishing vessel flying the flag of that Member State, or to legal or natural persons for the purpose of being used on such a vessel. Transferable fishing concessions may be pooled together for collective management by legal or natural persons or recognized producer organisations at EU or MS level. Member States may limit eligibility for receiving transferable fishing concessions on the basis of transparent and objective criteria.
Amendment 542 #
Proposal for a regulation Annex 3 – table -new entry Name of the Advisory Council: Black Sea Area of competence: Black Sea area
source: PE-485.857
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2011/0302(COD) Connecting Europe Facility
2012/10/10
TRAN, ITRE
3 amendments...
Amendment 307 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point a – point iii a (new) (iii a) iv) enabling the decarbonisation of all modes of transport through transition to innovative low-carbon and energy efficient transport technologies as well as the introduction of alternative propulsion systems and the provision of the adequate infrastructure required to support the transition to a low-carbon economy and transport system.
Amendment 357 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 7 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point a (a) actions implementing the core network according to Chapter III of Regulation (EU) No XXXX/2012 [TEN-T Guidelines], including the deployment of new technologies a
Amendment 446 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 10 – paragraph 2 – point b – point ii a (new) (ii a) iii) actions, enabling the decarbonisation of all transport modes through the transition to innovative low- carbon and energy efficient transport technologies as well as the introduction of alternative propulsion systems and the provision of adequate support infrastructure to enable this transition; the amount of Union financial aid shall not exceed 20% of the eligible cost; the funding rate may be increased if necessary for actions concerning cross- border sections and of common EU interest;
source: PE-496.337
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2011/0363(NLE) Nuclear decommissioning assistance programmes 2014-2020 in Bulgaria, Lithuania and Slovakia
2012/04/10
ITRE
6 amendments...
Amendment 61 #
Recital 11 (11) An effective control of the evolution of the decommissioning process will be ensured by the Commission in order to assure the highest Union added value of the funding allocated within this Regulation, although the final responsibility for the decommissioning rests with the Member States. This includes effective performance measurement and assessment of corrective measures during the programme. The control will be based on the pre- established by the Commission clear quantitative and qualitative relevant performance indicators.
Amendment 93 #
Article 2 – paragraph 3 3.
Amendment 120 #
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – introductory part 1. By 1
Amendment 134 #
Article 4 – paragraph 2 2. The Commission shall assess the information provided on the fulfilment of the ex ante conditionalities when preparing the
Amendment 139 #
Article 6 – paragraph 1 1.
Amendment 144 #
Article 6 – paragraph 2 2. The Commission shall adopt not later than
source: PE-496.524
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2011/0384(COD) European Institute of Innovation and Technology 2014-2020
2012/10/07
ITRE
3 amendments...
Amendment 93 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 13 (13) In order to assure broader participation of organizations from different Members States in the KICs, the partner organizations should be established in at least three different Member States. In addition, the EIT and the KICs should seek to further develop outreach activities and establish links with institutions and other partners in emerging and potential centres of excellence, in particular where there is a demonstrated demand and/or supply, in order to achieve the most efficient outcomes.
Amendment 117 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 1 – point 4 – point a a (new) Regulation (EC) No 294/2008 Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point b (a a) point (b) is replaced by the following: "(b) raise awareness among potential partner organisations, especially with SMEs and with emerging and potential centres of excellence, to encourage and facilitate their participation in its activities;"
Amendment 119 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 1 – point 4 – point a b (new) Regulation (EC) No 294/2008 Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point f a (new) (a b) The following point is inserted: "(f a) assess IPR practices within the KICs and their impact on European innovation capacity in particular on SMEs; provide guidance on innovative IPR models promoting knowledge transfer and diffusion across the EU;"
source: PE-492.618
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2011/0400(NLE) Research and Training Programme of the European Atomic Energy Community (2014-2018) complementing Horizon 2020 – Framework Programme for Research and Innovation
2012/06/28
ITRE
6 amendments...
Amendment 83 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 16 (16) A greater impact should also be achieved by combining the Euratom Programme and private sector funds within public-private partnerships in key areas where research and innovation could contribute to Union's wider competitiveness goals. Particular attention should be given to the involvement of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). The need to increase the uptake of available community funding by SMEs should be applicable to those SMEs working in nuclear research as it does in other fields, while taking all measures to prevent possible information leaks and breaches in the operating mode.
Amendment 118 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 4 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 For the implementation of indirect actions of the Euratom Programme, no more than
Amendment 122 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 7 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 3. The
Amendment 123 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 7 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2 Any sums from the Participant guarantee funds established pursuant to Regulations (Euratom) No 1908/2006 and (Euratom) No
Amendment 166 #
Proposal for a regulation Annex II – part 1 – point g – indent 2 – Patents and utility models applications generated by European fusion laboratories
Amendment 167 #
Proposal for a regulation Annex II – part 2 – point b – indent 1 – Number of peer reviewed publications, patents and utility models applications
source: PE-492.642
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2011/0401(COD) Horizon 2020 - Framework Programme for Research and Innovation 2014-2020
2012/02/07
ITRE
2 amendments...
Amendment 823 #
Proposal for a regulation Annex 1 – broad lines of the specific objectives and activities – paragraph 14 – point e (e) Climate action, resource efficiency and sustainable use of raw materials;
Amendment 998 #
Proposal for a regulation Annex 1 – Part 2 – point 1 – paragraph 10 The approach shall include both agenda- driven activities and more open areas to promote innovative projects and breakthrough solutions. Emphasis shall be on R&D, large-scale pilots and demonstration activities, test beds and living labs, prototyping and product validation in pilot lines. Activities shall be designed to boost industrial competitiveness by stimulating industry, and in particular SMEs, to make more research and innovation investment. Direct follow-on activities for projects such as piloting, demonstration and take-up shall be supported through flexible instruments such as open calls.
source: PE-492.761
2012/03/07
ITRE
1 amendments...
Amendment 1442 #
Proposal for a regulation Annex 1 – Part 3 – point 3 – point 3.1 – paragraph 2 The Union intends to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 20 % below 1990 levels by 2020, with a further reduction to 80-95 % by 2050. In addition, renewables should cover 20 % of final energy consumption in 2020 coupled with a 20 % energy efficiency target. By 2050 green house gas emission reductions of 80-95% should be achieved. Decarbonisation scenarios in the Energy Roadmap 2050 suggest renewable energy technologies would need, with sufficient investment and uptake, to account for the biggest share of energy supply technologies by the middle of this century. It is therefore appropriate that proportionate funds under this Challenge go towards research and innovation in renewable energy. Achieving these objectives will require an overhaul of the energy system combining low carbon profile, energy security and affordability, while at the same time reinforcing Europe's economic competitiveness. Europe is currently far from this overall goal. 80 % of the European energy system still relies on fossil fuels, and the sector produces 80 % of all the Union's greenhouse gas emissions. Every year 2.5 % of the Union's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is spent on energy imports and this is likely to increase. This trend would lead to total dependence on oil and gas imports by 2050. Faced with volatile energy prices on the world market, coupled with concerns over security of supply, European industries and consumers are spending an increasing share of their income on energy.
source: PE-492.789
2012/06/29
ITRE
3 amendments...
Amendment 277 #
Proposal for a regulation Recital 20 a (new) (20a) European regional authorities have an important part to play in implementing the European Research Area and in ensuring an efficient coordination of Union financial instruments, in particular in fostering linkages between Horizon 2020 and the Structural Funds, within the framework of smart specialisation strategies. Regions also have a key role in the dissemination and implementation of Horizon 2020 results and in offering complementary funding instruments, such as public procurement.
Amendment 385 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 4 Horizon 2020 shall play a central role in the delivery of the Europe 2020 strategy for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth by providing a common strategic framework for
Amendment 485 #
Proposal for a regulation Article 13 – paragraph 1 1. Linkages and interfaces shall be implemented across and within the priorities of Horizon 2020. Particular attention shall be paid in this respect to the development and application of key enabling and industrial technologies, to bridging from discovery to market application, to cross-disciplinary research and innovation, to social and economic sciences and humanities, to climate change and sustainable development, to fostering the functioning and achievement of the ERA, to cooperation with third countries, to responsible research and innovation including a gender perspective, to SME involvement in research and innovation and the broader private sector participation, and to enhancing the attractiveness of the research profession and to facilitating cross-border and cross- sector mobility of researchers.
source: PE-492.656
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2011/0402(CNS) Horizon 2020 - Framework Programme for Research and Innovation 2014-2020: specific programme implementing Horizon 2020
2012/03/07
ITRE
3 amendments...
Amendment 230 #
Proposal for a decision Article 5 – paragraph 2 2. The Commission shall adopt common or separate work programmes for the implementation of the Parts I, II and III of this specific programme referred to in points (a), (b) and (c) of Article 2(2), except for the implementation of the actions under the specific objective
Amendment 257 #
Proposal for a decision Article 10 – paragraph 3 3. The delegation of power may be revoked at any time by the Council and by the European Parliament. A decision of revocation shall put an end to the delegation of the power specified in that decision. It shall take effect the day following the publication of the decision in the Official Journal of the European Union or at a later date specified therein. It shall not affect the validity of any delegated acts already in force.
Amendment 266 #
Proposal for a decision Article 11 – paragraph 3 3. The financial allocation for the specific programme may also cover technical and administrative assistance expenses necessary to ensure the transition between the specific programme and the measures covered by Decisions 2006/971/EC, 2006/972/EC, 2006/973/EC, 2006/974/EC and 2006/975/EC, but not more than 10 % of the total allocation for technical and administrative assistance.
source: PE-492.816
2012/04/07
ITRE
5 amendments...
Amendment 385 #
Proposal for a decision Annex 1 – section 1 – point 1 – point 1.1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – introductory part (1)
Amendment 386 #
Proposal for a decision Annex 1 – section 1 – point 1 – point 1.1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – introductory part (2)
Amendment 387 #
Proposal for a decision Annex 1 – section 1 – point 1 – point 1.1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – indent 1 – as appropriate, from a scientific perspective, establish positions on implementation and management of calls for proposals, develop evaluation criteria, peer review processes including the selection of experts, the methods for peer review and proposal evaluation and the necessary implementing rules and guidelines, on the basis of which the proposal to be funded will be determined under the supervision of the Scientific Council; as well as any other matter affecting the achievements and impact of the ERC's activities, and the quality of the research carried out, including the principal provisions of the ERC Model Grant Agreement;
Amendment 388 #
Proposal for a decision Annex 1 – section 1 – point 1 – point 1.1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – introductory part (3)
Amendment 411 #
Proposal for a decision Annex 1 – section 1 – point 3 – point 3.1 – paragraph 4 These training programmes will address the development and broadening of core research competences, while equipping researchers with a creative mind, an entrepreneurial outlook and innovation skills that will match the future needs of the labour market. The programmes will also provide training in transferable competences such as team-work, risk- taking, project management, standardisation, entrepreneurship, ethics, intellectual property rights (IPR), communication and societal outreach which are essential for the generation, development, commercialisation and diffusion of innovation.
source: PE-492.815
2012/05/07
ITRE
4 amendments...
Amendment 591 #
Proposal for a decision Annex 1 – section 3 – point 1 – paragraph 3 An increasing disease and disability burden in the context of an aging population places further demands on health and care sectors. If effective health and care is to be maintained for all ages, efforts are required to improve decision making in prevention and treatment provision, to identify and support the dissemination of best practice in the healthcare sector, and to support integrated care and the uptake of technological, organisational and social innovations empowering older persons in particular to remain active and independent. Doing so will contribute to increasing, and lengthening the duration of their physical, social, economic, and mental well-
Amendment 600 #
Proposal for a decision Annex 1 – section 3 – point 1 – paragraph 4 a (new) The cross-cutting objective of the Societal Challenges is to align the Union's research and innovation instruments to the EU 2020 strategy by ensuring smart, inclusive and sustainable growth. Priorities should be set against the background of addressing the most appealing societal challenges and in the most efficient way. Preference should be given to measures which deliver solutions fast and effectively and which are able to convert research into concrete, measurable results.
Amendment 737 #
Proposal for a decision Annex 1 – section 3 – point 3 – point 3.1 – paragraph 1 The energy sources and consumption patterns of Europe's industries, transport, buildings, towns and cities are largely unsustainable, leading to significant environmental and climate change impacts. The development of near-zero-emission buildings, highly efficient industries and mass take-up of energy-efficient approaches by companies, individuals, communities and cities will require not only technological advances, but also non- technological solutions such as new advisory, financing and demand management services. In this way energy efficiency may provide one of the most cost effective ways to reduce energy demand, thereby enhancing security of energy supply, reducing environmental and climate impacts and boosting competitiveness. Horizon 2020 could support the Union in going beyond the 20% targets through stronger promotion of renewable energy development and uptake and innovation in energy efficiency.
Amendment 750 #
Proposal for a decision Annex 1 – section 3 – point 3 – point 3.1 – point 3.1.2 – paragraph 1 a (new) In order to reduce demand for heating and cooling more successfully, efficiency measures must be accompanied by simultaneous introduction of low-carbon and carbon-free heating and cooling sources on the supply side. Unlocking the potential of renewable heating and cooling (RHC) technologies requires a substantial intensification of research and development activities. To provide the right impulse to the deployment of RHC technologies, their efficiency must be increased and costs reduced. New solutions must be developed, especially for near-zero energy buildings and xdistricts. In particular, it is necessary to: develop sustainable and highly efficient biomass supply chain and use, develop cost- competitive solar thermal systems and solar heated buildings, as well as efficient and cost-effective geothermal heating systems, cost-optimized heat pumps, efficient enabling technologies (thermal energy storage and hybrid systems), and smart thermal energy networks.
source: PE-492.814
2012/07/17
ITRE
15 amendments...
Amendment 764 #
Proposal for a decision Annex 1 – section 3 – point 3 – point 3.2 – paragraph 1 Electricity will play a central role in the establishment of an environmentally sustainable low-carbon economy. The uptake of low-carbon electricity generation is too slow due to the high costs involved. There is a pressing need to find solutions that reduce costs significantly, with enhanced performance and sustainability, to accelerate the market deployment of low carbon electricity generation.
Amendment 772 #
Proposal for a decision Annex 1 – section 3 – point 3 – point 3.2 – point 3.2.2 – paragraph 2 For PV, this will need
Amendment 773 #
Proposal for a decision Annex 1 – section 3 – point 3 – point 3.2 – point 3.2.2 – paragraph 3 For CSP, the focus will be on developing ways to increase efficiency
Amendment 785 #
Proposal for a decision Annex 1 – section 3 – point 3 – point 3.2 – point 3.2.3 – paragraph 2 Support will be given to studies funded by public-private partnerships, in particular
Amendment 794 #
Proposal for a decision Annex 1 – section 3 – point 3 – point 3.3 – point 3.3.1 – paragraph 1 The objective for bio-energy is to bring to commercial maturity the most promising technologies, to permit large-scale, sustainable production of advanced second generation biofuels of different value chains for transport, and highly efficient combined heat and power from biomass
Amendment 805 #
Proposal for a decision Annex 1 – section 3 – point 3 – point 3.5 – paragraph 1 Novel, more efficient and cost-competitive technologies will be required for the long term. Progress should be accelerated through multi-disciplinarily research to achieve scientific breakthroughs in energy related concepts and enabling technologies (e.g. nano-science, material science, solid state physics, ICT, bio-science, computation, space, critical metals from waste, residuals and by-products); as well as the development of innovations in future and emerging technologies.
Amendment 822 #
Proposal for a decision Annex 1 – section 3 – point 4 – point 4.1 – paragraph 1 Europe has set a policy target of achieving a 60 % reduction of CO2 by 2050 compared to 1990 levels. It aims at halving the use of ‘conventionally-
Amendment 830 #
Proposal for a decision Annex 1 – section 3 – point 4 – point 4.1 – paragraph 3 – point 4.1.2 – paragraph 1 This will help optimise transport operations and reduce resource consumption. The focus will be on the efficient use and management of airports, ports, logistic platforms and surface transport infrastructures, as well as on autonomous and efficient maintenance and inspection systems. Particular attention will be given to the climate resilience of infrastructures, cost-efficient solutions based on a life- cycle approach, and the wider take-up of new materials allowing for more efficient and lower cost maintenance. Attention will also be paid to accessibility and social inclusiveness. In order to implement new and innovative solutions, based on fuel cells, a proper infrastructure for hydrogen storage, including geological storage, and supply is needed across Europe.
Amendment 877 #
Proposal for a decision Annex 1 – section 3 – point 5 – point 5.5 a (new) 5.5.a. Developing innovation in resource efficiency and recycling The aim is to promote research and innovation in the field of resource efficiency with a particular focus on recycling and re-use of waste products and materials. This can be fostered through the establishment of centres for innovation technologies to support the extraction, recycling and re-use of materials and through more enhanced regional cooperation on waste management methods and processes.
Amendment 885 #
Proposal for a decision Annex 1 – section 3 – point 6 – point 6.1 – paragraph 2 In this context, the objective is to enhance social, economic and political inclusion, combat poverty, enhance human rights, digital inclusiveness, equality, solidarity and inter-cultural dynamics by supporting interdisciplinary research, indicators development, technological advances, organisational solutions and new forms of collaboration and co-creation. Research and other activities shall support the implementation of the Europe 2020 strategy as well as other relevant Union foreign policies. Humanities research may have an important role to play in this context. Specifying, monitoring and assessing the objectives of European strategies and policies will require focused research on high-quality statistical information systems, and the development of adapted instruments that allow policy makers to assess the impact and effectiveness of envisaged measures, in particular in favour of social inclusion.
Amendment 954 #
Proposal for a decision Annex 1 – section 3 – point 6 – point 6.3 – paragraph 3 – point 6.3.2 – paragraph 1 Technologies and capabilities are also required to enhance systems, equipments, tools, processes, and methods for rapid identification to improve border security, including both control and surveillance issues, while exploiting the full potential of EUROSUR, the European external border surveillance system. These will be developed and tested considering their effectiveness, compliance with legal and ethical principles, proportionality, social acceptability and the respect of fundamental rights. Research will also support the improvement of the integrated European border management, including through increased cooperation with candidate, potential candidate and European Neighbourhood Policy countries.
Amendment 984 #
Proposal for a decision Annex 2 – part 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – indent 2 – Patent and utility models applications in Future and Emerging Technologies
Amendment 985 #
Proposal for a decision Annex 2 – part 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – indent 1 – Cross-sector and cross-country circulation of researchers, including PhD candidates and number of publications in specialised journals, research and development and innovation projects, inspired by the circulation
Amendment 987 #
Proposal for a decision Annex 2 – part 2 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – indent 1 – Patent and utility models applications obtained in the different enabling and industrial technologies
Amendment 988 #
Proposal for a decision Annex 2 – part 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – indent 1 – Patent and utility models applications in the area of the different Societal Challenges
source: PE-492.826
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2011/0429(COD) Water policy: priority substances
2012/08/11
ENVI
1 amendments...
Amendment 246 #
Proposal for a directive Article 2 – point 6 Directive 2008/105/EC Article 8 b – paragraph 3 3. The Commission shall draw up the first watch list as referred to in paragraph 1 by[…]
source: PE-500.412
2012/11/13
ENVI
6 amendments...
Amendment 105 #
Proposal for a directive Article 2 – point 6 Directive 2008/105/EC Article 8 b – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 The Commission, in consultation with Member States and concerned stakeholders, shall draw up a watch list of substances for which Union-wide monitoring data shall be gathered for the purpose of supporting future prioritisation exercises in accordance with Article 16(2) of Directive 2000/60/EC. The selection of substances for inclusion in the watch list, including the first watch list, shall be based on objective scientific criteria in accordance with the provisions of the present article.
Amendment 120 #
Proposal for a directive Article 2 – point 6 Directive 2008/105/EC Article 8 b – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 The watch list shall contain no more than 25 substances or groups of substances at any given time and shall indicate the monitoring matrix for each substance. The substances shall be selected, in accordance with transparent and objective criteria, from among those for which the available information indicates that they may pose a significant risk at Union level to or via the aquatic environment. In selecting the substances for the watch list the Commission shall take into account all available information including research projects, Member States' characterisation and monitoring programmes under Articles 5 and 8 of Directive 2000/60/EC and information on production volumes, use patterns, concentrations in the environment and effects, including that gathered in accordance with Directives 98/8/EC, 2001/82/EC and 2001/83/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council, and with Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 and Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council.
Amendment 125 #
Proposal for a directive Article 2 – point 6 Directive 2008/105/EC Article 8 b – paragraph 2 2. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 10 concerning the drawing up of the watch list referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article and technical specifications for the monitoring of the substances in the watch list. In preparing delegated acts, the Commission shall take account of the recommendations from the stakeholders mentioned in Article 16(5) of Directive 2000/60/EC. The watch list shall be valid for four years from the date of its adoption, or until a new list is drawn up by the Commission.
Amendment 132 #
Proposal for a directive Article 2 – point 6 Directive 2008/105/EC Article 8 b – paragraph 3 3. The Commission shall draw up the first watch list as referred to in paragraph 1 by[…]. The substances set out in Annex II to this Directive shall inter alia be considered for inclusion in the first watch list.
Amendment 137 #
Proposal for a directive Article 2 – point 6 Directive 2008/105/EC Article 8 b – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 4. Member States shall monitor each substance in the watch list at selected representative monitoring stations over at least a 12-month period commencing within
Amendment 202 #
Proposal for a directive Annex II – paragraph 3 Directive 2008/105/EC Annex I – Part A – paragraph 3 Unit: [ g/l] for columns (4) to (7) For cadmium and mercury the EQS refers to the dissolved concentration, i.e. the dissolved phase of a water sample obtained by filtration through a 0,45 µm filter or any equivalent pre-treatment.
source: PE-496.330
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2011/2034(INI) Energy infrastructure priorities for 2020 and beyond
2011/03/28
ITRE
13 amendments...
Amendment 135 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. Stresses that the reference scenario used for assessing the energy infrastructure for 2020 needs to be consistent with the overall energy policy objectives and the EU
Amendment 188 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 8. Considers that, although the Ten-Year Network Development Plan (TYNDP) identifies relevant electricity and gas infrastructure projects, it should also set the priorities to be developed in order to achieve EU energy and climate goals;
Amendment 199 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 9. Calls on the Commission, with a view to ensuring better governance of future EU electricity and gas infrastructure planning, to present a concrete proposal to improve transparency and public participation in determining EU priorities within a broader stakeholder participation process involving the
Amendment 211 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 10. Considers that the TYNDP should form the basis of a rolling programme for developing European electricity and gas transmission infrastructure within a long- term European planning perspective and with monitoring by the Agency for Cooperation of Energy Regulators (ACER) and the Commission;
Amendment 229 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 a (new) 11a. Stresses that developing heating and cooling infrastructure (i.e. district heating) and retrofitting fossil fuel based heating infrastructure systems into renewable energy based infrastructure would significantly help to address the EU`s energy supply and greenhouse gas reduction objectives, in particular in urban areas; therefore, calls on the Commission to present an ambitious strategy for the heating and cooling sector;
Amendment 240 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 12. Endorses the importance of efficient gas infrastructures in enhancing diversification and security of supply
Amendment 266 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 13. Considers that the development of infrastructure for unconventional gas sources has not yet been given the necessary attention by the Commission as regards
Amendment 284 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 15. Emphasises the importance of infrastructure at national level. This includes the distribution
Amendment 295 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 16. Urges the Commission to present by 2012 concrete initiatives to promote the development of energy storage capacities (including multi-use gas/hydrogen facilities, decentralised biogas storage, hydropower, high-temperature solar and other technologies);
Amendment 329 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 20. Believes that smart grids and energy management solutions offer a unique opportunity to boost the competitiveness of European industry, with particular reference to SMEs;
Amendment 360 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 22. Points out that, as stated in the electricity directive 2009/72/EC, Member States are already obliged to roll out smart meters for at least 80% of their final consumers by 2020; stresses that Member States should support a sufficient number of pilot projects for residential consumers in order to boost the innovation process, as provided for in the third energy market package; calls for clear rules concerning privacy and data protection to be established in accordance with existing EU law;
Amendment 413 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 24 – indent 3 – – they must be in line with security of supply, competitiveness and climate and environmental objectives,
Amendment 541 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 36 36. Emphasises that a stable, predictable and appropriate regulatory framework, including appropriate rate of return and incentives for projects is crucial in order to promote investment;
source: PE-460.899
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2011/2056(INI) Effective Raw Materials Strategy for Europe
2011/04/18
ITRE
7 amendments...
Amendment 58 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 a (new) 4a. Notes that the proper functioning of the raw materials market will provide the necessary incentives to businesses to use resources more efficiently, recycle and further invest in R&D activities for substitution; therefore, calls on the Commission to foster a proper functioning of the raw materials market.
Amendment 153 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 18. Regrets that substitution is not included in the Communication; recalls that in the mid-term substitution of critical materials offers an efficient solution to supply and environmental risks and therefore should be the main focus of additional research efforts; therefore, calls on the Commission to ramp up its work in this field, particularly for REE, by
Amendment 200 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 22. Stresses the importance of skills and training and the role played by geologists and engineers; calls on the Commission and Member States to increase support for the Erasmus Mundus Minerals and Environment Programme; and calls on the Commission to engage in a close dialogue with social partners in this context;
Amendment 206 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 a (new) 22bis. Calls upon the Commission to ensure strictest enforcement of existing EU legislation; to include safety and standards of gold mining into the actions under the Flagship “Innovation Union”; to include a specific work item for the International Panel on Sustainable Resource Management (UNEP) on gold mining including aspects of safety, innovation, chemicals management, illegal mining as well as artisanal mining to find a long-term sustainable solution which will ensure that gold is produced or imported for use in the EU in a sustainable manner; and to consider the review of the Berlin II Guidelines on Small scale and artisanal mining;
Amendment 212 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 23 23. Welcomes the EU
Amendment 222 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 23 a (new) 23a. Calls on the Commission to make use of all its international networks including the diplomatic service to improve relations with RM and CRM supply countries and regions and thus facilitate the international trade in RM, and especially CRM; stresses that firm support for the economic, social and environmental development of resource rich countries could help build solid and democratic institutions, which will improve opportunities to enlarge and secure trade and supply of raw materials;
Amendment 237 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 25 a (new) 25a. Calls on the Commission to use its political leverage to reform the multilateral rules on export restrictions; calls on the Commission to support a reform agenda which should clearly define any exceptional circumstances that would allow WTO member countries to institute export restrictions with particular attention to trigger mechanisms, the duration and the extent of such measures; encourages the consistency of the Commission's efforts in this field with the EU's other policy priorities promoting economic development and environmental sustainability in low income developing countries – or vice-versa, which implies that the other EU policies should be consistent with its raw materials strategy;
source: PE-462.749
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2011/2068(INI) Resource-efficient Europe
2012/03/13
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5 amendments...
Amendment 50 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2. Calls on the Commission and Member States to stimulate the secondary materials market and to foster the demand for recycled materials by developing end-of- waste criteria and economic incentives, such as reduced VAT rates for secondary materials, by 2013; calls also therefore for the creation of a ´Schengen area´ for waste in order to move waste for recycling more freely between the Member States and to develop more enhanced regional cooperation on waste management methods and processes;
Amendment 96 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 6. Endorses the Flagship Initiative on a Resource Efficient Europe and the Roadmap to a Resource Efficient Europe and its 2050 vision, including its milestones; calls on the Commission to bring forward swiftly all legislative and other initiatives necessary to achieve the milestones and to ensure that all EU policies are aligned to them
Amendment 154 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 13. Calls on the Commission to streamline the waste acquis and to introduce a progressive landfill ban, accompanied by appropriate transition measures; calls on the Commission to encourage Member States to address the electronic and electric equipment waste through the establishment of recycling centres and best-practice sharing techniques on a regional basis.
Amendment 172 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 14. Highlights the importance of research, development and innovation for speeding up the transformation to a resource- efficient Europe; notes that greater innovation is particularly needed in environmentally friendly material extraction, chemistry, recycling, re-use potential, and the substitution of environmental impacting material, technologies and design for less material and energy use; calls on Member States to consider reviewing the status of already closed mines and potential reopening of some of these mines if there are enough viable economic and environmental reasons for reopening them;
Amendment 202 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 – point 1 (new) (1) Urges Member States to consider the establishment of centres for innovation technologies to support the extraction, recycling and re-use of useful components from mining waste products and to facilitate the subsequent use of mining waste products, located in various types of waste repositories, in the construction industry and the handling of these waste storages in an environmentally safe way
source: PE-485.854
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2011/2072(INI) Facing the challenge of the safety of offshore oil and gas activities
2011/05/13
ITRE
7 amendments...
Amendment 2 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 10 a (new) - having regard to Article 11 and Article 191 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Amendment 40 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 Amendment 51 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 6. Stresses that the effectiveness of legislation ultimately depends on the
Amendment 58 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 8.
Amendment 76 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 12. Welcomes international exchange programmes for the staff of competent national authorities and asks the Commission and the Member states to propose initiatives to encourage them;
Amendment 85 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 15. Calls on the competent national authorities to collate and share incident reporting information
Amendment 114 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 23 a (new) 23a. Asks for prior assessments, when setting up emergency response plans, of the use of chemical dispersants, to minimize public health implications and further environmental damages;
source: PE-462.887
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2011/2095(INI) Roadmap for moving to a competitive low carbon economy in 2050
2011/12/12
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1 amendments...
Amendment 282 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 f (new) 18f. Special attention has to be paid to the afforestation, as the only means for naturally increasing the carbon sink and source of wood for bio-energy;
source: PE-478.426
2011/12/19
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1 amendments...
Amendment 203 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 12. Recognises the importance of applying CCS technolog
source: PE-478.425
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2011/2096(INI) Roadmap to a Single European Transport Area – Towards a competitive and resource efficient transport system
2011/09/13
ITRE
6 amendments...
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Acknowledges that the EU has to move towards a more efficient transport sector which contributes to its emission reduction targets
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Stresses that energy saving policies for the transport sector
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. Notes that many innovations in fuel efficient technology are already fully available on the market;
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 b (new) 2b. Emphasises the importance of promoting electro-mobility to meet the EU2020 goals; urges the Commission and Member States to swiftly adopt common interoperable standards and to roll-out charging infrastructure across the EU;
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Emphasises the great potential ICT has to reduce transport emissions in travel and freight; stresses the need to promote innovative solutions such as optimised route planning, intermodality or communication between vehicles and infrastructure; recalls that use of ICT can help reduce the need to travel, for both individuals and businesses;
Amendment 36 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Advocates a
source: PE-472.121
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2011/2177(INI) Impact of the financial crisis on the defence sector in the EU Member States
2011/10/13
ITRE
4 amendments...
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Points out that the ongoing fiscal consolidation across the EU may lead to substantial programme cuts, shrinkages or delays for almost all Member States, which could adversely affect the entire European defence industry;
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Underlines that the European defence industry is characterised by varying national policies, which could further aggravate the adverse effects on the industry; stresses therefore that the competitiveness and resilience of the defence industry need to be increased
Amendment 28 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Notes that the absence of a common defence industrial policy has led to a deeper fragmentation of the defence market in terms of demand, regulations, standards and supply; recognises that a common defence industrial policy makes sense economically, but also threatens to undermine the sovereignty of the individual state; believes therefore that European defence industrial policy should promote multidimensional cooperation for the benefit of the EU, outlining the main industrial objectives, mapping the comparative advantages and strategic industrial sectors and emphasising the role of the EDA and NATO bodies in supporting cooperation among Member States; further recognizes the need of the Defence Industrial Headline Goal 2030 in coordinating defence policies of Member States;
Amendment 40 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Welcomes the directives on procurement and transfers, which aim to increase competition and facilitate the circulation of defence-related products; encourages, based on pooling and sharing initiatives, greater consolidation of demand through joint R&T projects or through bundling demand for shared capabilities taking into account the concerns of the defence industry and recognizing that it is not always economically efficient or feasible for the defence industries of each Member State to act entirely on their own; notes that on the supply side, less competitive companies that cannot implement an export-led growth strategy should pursue portfolio diversification, although some degree of supply consolidation is unavoidable.
source: PE-473.899
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2011/2201(DEC) 2010 discharge: EU general budget, Section III, Commission
2011/12/21
ENVI
1 amendments...
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Calls on the European Court of Auditors to focus more on performance audit within the discharge procedure in order to cover the principles of efficiency and effectiveness within the terms of sound financial management;
source: PE-478.622
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2011/2220(DEC) 2010 discharge: European Medicines Agency (EMA)
2011/12/21
ENVI
4 amendments...
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1.
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. Acknowledges the EMA’s willingness to publish the declarations of interests of experts involved in the evaluation of medicinal products, but deplores the fact that many of the experts have yet to publish their declarations of interests and that, when the declarations published for individual experts by the relevant national agency and by the EMA are compared, significant differences are apparent in some cases; deplores, furthermore, the fact that at least one member of the Management Board has failed to declare recent links with the pharmaceutical industry; urges the EMA accordingly to carry out detailed checks on the declarations of interests submitted to it and to implement a system under which declarations of interests are cross-checked against information held by industry and by the relevant national agencies;
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 a (new) 6a. Notes that the former Executive Director of EMA wrote to the Agency on 28 December 2010 outlining the activities he was intending to take up at the end his term of office; considers the decision dated 11 January 2011 taken by the Chairman of the European Medicines Agency's (EMA) Management Board to authorize the new activities of its former Executive Director a breach of EU rules relating to conflicts of interest, in particular with regard to Title II, Article 16 of the Staff Regulations of the Officials of the European Communities; considers the fact that the Management Board adopted limitations on the future activities of the former Executive Director on 17 March 2011 - only after strong public protest - a clear proof that EMA did initially not apply the Staff Regulations properly in this high-profile case, which in turn raises serious questions about their application of the rules in general; considers that the limitations set out therein as regards the former Executive Director are not sufficient, in particular in the light of recent reports that the former Executive Director set up his new activities as early as November 2010, while he was still in office; asks the Executive Director of EMA to present a detailed report of the implementation of Article 16 of the Staff Regulations within the Agency;
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 8 8.
source: PE-478.634
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2011/2226(DEC) 2010 discharge: European Food Safety Authority (EFSA)
2012/10/01
ENVI
5 amendments...
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. Recalls that the current Chair of the Management Board failed, in 2010, to declare her membership of the board of the International Life Sciences Institute (ILSI); notes that ILSI is financed by firms in the food, chemical and pharmaceutical sectors; asks the Authority to take measures to prohibit its experts and staff from being ILSI members;
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 a (new) 4a. Observes that the European Ombudsman, on 7 December 2011, concluded that the Authority had not carried out as thorough an assessment of a potential conflict of interest arising from the move of a Head of Unit of the Authority to a biotechnology company as it should have done, and called on the Authority to improve the way it applies its rules and procedures to avoid future 'revolving door' cases involving staff members;
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 b (new) 4b. Regrets the omissions from declarations of interests and of breaches of Article 16 of the Staff Regulations of Officials of the European Union in several areas (notably GMOs and sweeteners) which have recurred since 2008; considers that such incidents seriously undermine the Authority's credibility ;
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 c (new) 4c. Urges the Authority to take practical steps to counter the problems it encounters, which shall include: - explaining how the Authority will assess the severity of the potential conflicts of interest identified ; - drafting proposals to tackle the problem of the 'revolving door' system, which allows senior experts to move to the private sector to take up a post in the area they were 'controlling' as a civil servant and similar moves from the private sector to the Authority; considers that it should draw up guidelines, pursuant to Article 16 of the Staff Regulations of Officials of the European Union, to be implemented by the Authority's staff ; - implementing penalties for deliberate omissions from declarations of interests.
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5.
source: PE-478.706
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2011/2309(INI) Industrial, energy and other aspects of shale gas and oil
2012/05/15
ITRE
13 amendments...
Amendment 17 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 1. Notes that various estimates of shale gas resources in Europe have been made, including by the US Energy Information Administration; recognises that, although these estimates are, by their very nature, imprecise, they point to the existence of a
Amendment 25 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 a (new) 2 a. Urges Member States to pursue an energy security strategy aimed at diversifying their potential energy sources away from an exclusive reliance on fossil fuels, whether conventional or unconventional, and at promoting energy efficiency and renewable energy;
Amendment 41 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 6. Observes that consumption of natural gas is currently on the rise; recognises, therefore, the
Amendment 62 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 8. Is of the view that developing shale gas in the EU
Amendment 72 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 9. Agrees with the Commission that gas will be
Amendment 73 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 a (new) 9 a. Given the lack of comprehensive European data on the carbon footprint of shale gas, calls on the Joint Research Centre of the Commission to swiftly finalise its full life-cycle analysis of greenhouse gas emissions from shale gas extraction and production with view to correctly accounting for them in the future;
Amendment 74 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 b (new) 9 b. Given that fugitive methane emissions will grow considerably with increased shale gas exploration and production activities in the EU, and that these emissions are currently not accounted for in the Union's flagship climate policy, the Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS), calls on the Commission when adjusting Directive 2003/87/EC to take into account fugitive methane emissions and the impact they will have on overall EU greenhouse gas emissions;
Amendment 78 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 10. Remarks also that certain forms of renewable energy – for example, wind power – are
Amendment 100 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 12. Recalls that the massive increase in US shale gas production has been supported by an established industrial environment, including sufficient numbers of rigs, the necessary manpower and an experienced and well-equipped service industry; notes that, in the EU, it will take time for the necessary service sector to build up adequate capacity and for companies to acquire the necessary equipment and experience to support a high level of shale gas production with its related environmental protection, which is also likely to contribute to higher costs in the short term; encourages cooperation between relevant EU and US companies with a view to reducing costs; believes that expectations about the pace of shale gas development in the EU should be realistic;
Amendment 103 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 13. Urges the Member States interested in developing shale gas to carefully examine their current legislation and introduce the necessary safeguards to ensure that a robust framework for safe and sustainable shale gas exploration and production is in place before any operations can begin; to put in place stringent requirements for industry to only use best available technology (BAT) with regard to well integrity and casing, water treatment, methane capture, etc; and to introduce the necessary skills required into their mainstream education and training systems, in order to prepare the necessary skilled labour force;
Amendment 154 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 20. Stresses the importance of transparency and fully consulting the public, particularly in the context of the introduction of a new approach in gas exploration; points out that, in certain Member States, there is a lack of public consultation in the authorisation phase; calls on the Member States to evaluate their legislation to see whether proper account is taken of this aspect;
Amendment 185 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 25 a (new) 25 a. Emphasises the importance of transparent corporate governance of oil and gas companies involved in shale gas and oil shale activity;
Amendment 204 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 30 30. Urges the exchange of best practices and information between the EU, the US and othe
source: PE-489.454
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2012/0066(COD) Placing on the market of portable batteries and accumulators containing cadmium intended for use in cordless power tools
2012/12/11
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2 amendments...
Amendment 31 #
Proposal for a directive Article 1 – point - 1b (new) Directive 2006/66/EC Article 4–paragraph 2 -1b. Article 4(2) is replaced by the following: '2. The prohibition set out in paragraph 1(a) shall not apply to button cells with a mercury content of no more than 2 % by weight until 31 December 2014'
Amendment 40 #
Proposal for a directive Article 1 – point 1 a (new) Directive 2006/66/EC Article 6 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2 a (new) 1a. The following subparagraph is added to Article 6(2): 'Button cells not meeting the requirements in Article 4(1), but which were lawfully placed on the market prior to 31 December 2014, may continue to be marketed until 31 December 2016.'
source: PE-501.952
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2012/0074(NLE) Protection of public health: radioactive substances in water intended for human consumption
2012/12/09
ITRE
6 amendments...
Amendment 20 #
Recital 6 (6) In the event of non-compliance with a parameter that has an indicator function, the Member State concerned should assess whether that non-compliance poses any risk to human health and, where necessary, take remedial action to restore the quality of the water taking into account the local conditions.
Amendment 31 #
Article 7 – point c (c) in the case of water put into bottles or containers intended for sale, at the point at which the water is put into the bottles or containers;
Amendment 35 #
Article 9 – paragraph 2 2. Where a failure to comply with the parametric values laid down in accordance with Article 5 occurs, the Member State shall assess whether the failure poses a risk to human health. In the event that there is such a risk, the Member State shall take remedial action to restore the quality of the water taking into account the local conditions. When remedial action is related to the noncompliance with radon parametric value, a frame for remedial actions between 100 and 500 Bq/l is recommended.
Amendment 47 #
Annex III – point 1 – paragraph 3 If the gross alpha a
Amendment 49 #
Annex III – point 2 – footnote 2 2 One milligram (mg) of natural uranium
source: PE-496.336
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2012/0202(COD) Greenhouse gas emission allowance trading: timing of auctions
2013/05/28
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5 amendments...
Amendment 33 #
Proposal for a decision Recital 1 a (new) (1a) Article 1 of Directive 2003/87/EC states that the purpose of the emissions trading scheme is to promote reductions of greenhouse gas emissions in a cost- effective and economically efficient manner.
Amendment 46 #
Proposal for a decision Recital 2 a (new) (2a) Emission reductions under Directive 2003/87/EC are guaranteed by the cap on the supply of allowances which is set to fall at 1,74% per year, regardless of the carbon price.
Amendment 57 #
Proposal for a decision Recital 3 a (new) (3a) Carbon capture and storage (CCS) technologies and the development of some renewable energy sources are currently expensive and their cost-effective, affordable deployment will depend on the further development of those technologies. Reform of the emissions trading scheme should be directed towards incentivising efficiently and thus securing the necessary investments in research and development in order to bring low-carbon technologies to the market.
Amendment 60 #
Proposal for a decision Recital 3 b (new) (3b) Any measures to reform the scheme should be designed to build confidence in the long-term stability of the emissions cap and trading system while allowing the market to determine the price at which allowances trade; there should be provisions and measures to ensure that direct revenues raised from the auctioning of allowances are invested into research to make low carbon technology cheaper.
Amendment 73 #
Proposal for a decision Article 1 a (new) Article 1a The Commission shall, where appropriate, bring forward a revised proposal with the objective of: (a) amending Article 9 of Directive 2003/87/EC to make it clear that the linear reduction factor of 1,74% per year will continue after 2020. An impact assessment of the different options and across economic sectors and business scenarios shall be carried out and if necessary, a further tightening of the system shall be considered in order to achieve the long-term EU decarbonisation goals by 2050 and beyond. The state of the international carbon market and the carbon leakage issue shall be taken into account in this review; (b) amending Article 10 of Directive 2003/87/EC to introduce an “ex post” mechanism in the system in which the issuing of allowances under the cap will be adjusted by taking into account the level of activity at each stage of the economic cycle. The proposals shall envisage a “carbon bank” into which surplus allowances can be deposited and from which those allowances can be released. In the event of such a "carbon bank" being established, clear rules shall be provided regarding the circumstances in which allowances must be deposited and released; (c) amending Article 10(3) of Directive 2003/87/EC to ensure that all the revenues raised from the auctioning of allowances are directed towards investments in research and development of low carbon technologies.
source: PE-513.015
2013/06/07
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5 amendments...
Amendment 33 #
Proposal for a decision Recital 1 a (new) (1a) Article 1 of Directive 2003/87/EC states that the purpose of the emissions trading scheme is to promote reductions of greenhouse gas emissions in a cost- effective and economically efficient manner.
Amendment 46 #
Proposal for a decision Recital 2 a (new) (2a) Emission reductions under Directive 2003/87/EC are guaranteed by the cap on the supply of allowances which is set to fall at 1,74% per year, regardless of the carbon price.
Amendment 57 #
Proposal for a decision Recital 3 a (new) (3a) Carbon capture and storage (CCS) technologies and the development of some renewable energy sources are currently expensive and their cost-effective, affordable deployment will depend on the further development of those technologies. Reform of the emissions trading scheme should be directed towards incentivising efficiently and thus securing the necessary investments in research and development in order to bring low-carbon technologies to the market.
Amendment 60 #
Proposal for a decision Recital 3 b (new) (3b) Any measures to reform the scheme should be designed to build confidence in the long-term stability of the emissions cap and trading system while allowing the market to determine the price at which allowances trade; there should be provisions and measures to ensure that direct revenues raised from the auctioning of allowances are invested into research to make low carbon technology cheaper.
Amendment 73 #
Proposal for a decision Article 1 a (new) Article 1a The Commission shall, where appropriate, bring forward a revised proposal with the objective of: (a) amending Article 9 of Directive 2003/87/EC to make it clear that the linear reduction factor of 1,74% per year will continue after 2020. An impact assessment of the different options and across economic sectors and business scenarios shall be carried out and if necessary, a further tightening of the system shall be considered in order to achieve the long-term EU decarbonisation goals by 2050 and beyond. The state of the international carbon market and the carbon leakage issue shall be taken into account in this review; (b) amending Article 10 of Directive 2003/87/EC to introduce an “ex post” mechanism in the system in which the issuing of allowances under the cap will be adjusted by taking into account the level of activity at each stage of the economic cycle. The proposals shall envisage a “carbon bank” into which surplus allowances can be deposited and from which those allowances can be released. In the event of such a "carbon bank" being established, clear rules shall be provided regarding the circumstances in which allowances must be deposited and released; (c) amending Article 10(3) of Directive 2003/87/EC to ensure that all the revenues raised from the auctioning of allowances are directed towards investments in research and development of low carbon technologies.
source: PE-513.015
2013/06/14
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5 amendments...
Amendment 33 #
Proposal for a decision Recital 1 a (new) (1a) Article 1 of Directive 2003/87/EC states that the purpose of the emissions trading scheme is to promote reductions of greenhouse gas emissions in a cost- effective and economically efficient manner.
Amendment 46 #
Proposal for a decision Recital 2 a (new) (2a) Emission reductions under Directive 2003/87/EC are guaranteed by the cap on the supply of allowances which is set to fall at 1,74% per year, regardless of the carbon price.
Amendment 57 #
Proposal for a decision Recital 3 a (new) (3a) Carbon capture and storage (CCS) technologies and the development of some renewable energy sources are currently expensive and their cost-effective, affordable deployment will depend on the further development of those technologies. Reform of the emissions trading scheme should be directed towards incentivising efficiently and thus securing the necessary investments in research and development in order to bring low-carbon technologies to the market.
Amendment 60 #
Proposal for a decision Recital 3 b (new) (3b) Any measures to reform the scheme should be designed to build confidence in the long-term stability of the emissions cap and trading system while allowing the market to determine the price at which allowances trade; there should be provisions and measures to ensure that direct revenues raised from the auctioning of allowances are invested into research to make low carbon technology cheaper.
Amendment 73 #
Proposal for a decision Article 1 a (new) Article 1a The Commission shall, where appropriate, bring forward a revised proposal with the objective of: (a) amending Article 9 of Directive 2003/87/EC to make it clear that the linear reduction factor of 1,74% per year will continue after 2020. An impact assessment of the different options and across economic sectors and business scenarios shall be carried out and if necessary, a further tightening of the system shall be considered in order to achieve the long-term EU decarbonisation goals by 2050 and beyond. The state of the international carbon market and the carbon leakage issue shall be taken into account in this review; (b) amending Article 10 of Directive 2003/87/EC to introduce an “ex post” mechanism in the system in which the issuing of allowances under the cap will be adjusted by taking into account the level of activity at each stage of the economic cycle. The proposals shall envisage a “carbon bank” into which surplus allowances can be deposited and from which those allowances can be released. In the event of such a "carbon bank" being established, clear rules shall be provided regarding the circumstances in which allowances must be deposited and released; (c) amending Article 10(3) of Directive 2003/87/EC to ensure that all the revenues raised from the auctioning of allowances are directed towards investments in research and development of low carbon technologies.
source: PE-513.015
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2012/0288(COD) Fuels and energy from renewable sources: transition to biofuels to deliver greenhouse gas savings
2013/05/31
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7 amendments...
Amendment 98 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 4 a (new) (4a) Article 19(6) of Directive 2009/28/EC and Article 7d(6) of Directive 98/70/EC require the impact of indirect land-use change on greenhouse gas emissions to be taken into account and appropriate steps to be taken to address that impact, while taking necessary measures to provide certainty for investment and to protect investments already made.
Amendment 130 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 6 (6) Liquid renewable fuels are likely to be required by the transport sector in order to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions. Advanced biofuels, such as those made from wastes and algae, provide high greenhouse gas savings with low risk of causing indirect land use change and do not compete directly for agricultural land for the food and feed markets. It is appropriate, therefore, to encourage greater production of such advanced biofuels as these are currently not commercially available in large quantities, in part due to competition for public subsidies with established food crop based biofuel technologies. Further incentives should be provided by increasing the weighting of advanced biofuels towards 10% target for transport set in Directive 2009/28/EC compared to conventional biofuels. In this context, only advanced biofuels with low estimated indirect land use change impacts
Amendment 143 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 7 (7) In order to ensure the long-term competitiveness of bio-based industrial sectors, and in line with the 2012 Communication "Innovating for Sustainable growth: A Bioeconomy for Europe" and the Roadmap to a Resource Efficient Europe, promoting integrated and diversified biorefineries across Europe, enhanced incentives under Directive 2009/28/EC should be set in a way that gives preference to the use of biomass feedstocks that do not have a high economic value for other uses than biofuels. It is also important to stress that waste hierarchy set out in Article 4 of Directive 2008/98/EC is obeyed and applied.
Amendment 163 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 9 (9) To prepare for the transition towards advanced biofuels and minimise the overall indirect land use change impacts in the period to 2020, it is appropriate to limit the amount of biofuels and bioliquids obtained from food crops as set out in part A of Annex VIII to Directive 2009/28/EC and part A of Annex V to Directive 98/70/EC (as amended by this Directive) that can be counted towards targets set out in Directive 2009/28/EC. Without restricting the overall use of such biofuels, the share of biofuels and bioliquids produced from cereal and other starch rich crops, sugar and oil crops that can be counted towards the targets of Directive 2009/28/EC should be limited to the share of such biofuels and bioliquids consumed in 201
Amendment 175 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 10 (10) The
Amendment 200 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 12 (12) The Commission should review the methodology for estimating land-use change emission factors included in Annexes VIII and V to Directives 2009/28/EC and 98/70/EC respectively (as amended by this Directive) in the light of adaptation to technical and scientific progress. To this end, and if warranted by the latest available scientific evidence, the Commission should consider the possibility of revising the proposed crop group indirect land-use change factors, as well as introducing factors at further levels of disaggregation and including additional values should new biofuel feedstocks come to market. The revised proposal should be consulted with leading scientists in all concerned areas and with all stakeholders.
Amendment 203 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 13 (13) Article 19(8) of Directive 2009/28/EC and Article 7d(8) of Directive 98/70/EC include provisions for encouraging the cultivation of biofuels in severely degraded and heavily contaminated land as an interim measure for mitigating against indirect land-use change. These provisions are no longer adequate in their current form and need to be reduced and integrated in the approach laid out in this Directive to ensure that overall actions for minimising emission from indirect land-use change remain coherent.
source: PE-513.032
2013/06/03
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14 amendments...
Amendment 226 #
Proposal for a directive Article 1 – title Amendments to Directive 98/70/EC as amended by Directive 2009/30/EC of 23 April 2009
Amendment 229 #
Proposal for a directive Article 1 – point 1 – point -a (new) Directive 98/70/EC Article 7a – paragraph 2 (-a) paragraph 2 is replaced by the following: "2. Member States shall require suppliers to reduce as gradually as possible life cycle greenhouse gas emissions per unit of energy from fuel and energy supplied by up to 13 % by 31 December 2025, compared with the fuel baseline standard referred to in paragraph 5(b). This reduction shall consist of: (a) 9 % by 31 December 2025. Member States shall require suppliers, for this reduction, to comply with the following targets: 2 % by 31 December 2014, and 4 % by 31 December 2017, and 6% by 31 December 2020; (b) an additional target of 2 % by 31 December 2022, subject to Article 9(1)(h), to be achieved through one or both of the following methods: (i) the supply of energy for transport supplied for use in any type of road vehicle, non-road mobile machinery (including inland waterway vessels), agricultural or forestry tractor or recreational craft; (ii) the use of any technology (including carbon capture and storage) capable of reducing life cycle greenhouse gas emissions per unit of energy from fuel or energy supplied (c) an additional target of 2 % by 31 December 2022, subject to Article 9(1)(i), to be achieved through the use of credits purchased through the Clean Development Mechanism of the Kyoto Protocol, under the conditions set out in Directive 2003/87/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 October 2003 establishing a scheme for greenhouse gas emission allowance trading within the Community, for reductions in the fuel supply sector. This paragraph shall be without prejudice to the methodologies laid down in paragraph 5. Member States shall ensure, when determining compliance with subparagraphs (a) and (b), that the maximum contribution by suppliers of biofuels contributing to indirect land-use change, as set out in Annex V, shall not exceed the energy quantity corresponding to the maximum contribution in Article 3(4)(d) of Directive 2009/28/EC.
Amendment 238 #
Proposal for a directive Article 1 – point 1 – point -a a (new) Directive 98/70/EC Article 7a – paragraph 5 a (new) (-aa) the following paragraph 5a is inserted: "5a. Biofuels and bioliquids taken into account for the purposes referred to in paragraph 1 shall not be made from raw material obtained from agricultural or forest residues unless evidence is provided that this does not result in a degradation of agricultural and ecosystem functions. The volume of agricultural residues that must remain on the land for agricultural and ecological reasons shall be established on the basis of regional and, where appropriate, sub-regional eco-agro- geographical characteristics including, but not limited to, the organic content of the soil, the fertility of the soil, soil microbiology, water retention capacity and carbon sequestration. Raw material obtained from agricultural residues produced during off-field processing of crops into food or other products is not covered by this paragraph. Biofuels and bioliquids taken into account for the purposes referred to in paragraph 1 shall not be made from raw material obtained from forest management residues unless evidence is provided that this does not result in a degradation of ecosystem functions."
Amendment 252 #
Proposal for a directive Article 1 – point 2 – point a Directive 98/70/EC Article 7b – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 2. The greenhouse gas emission saving from the use of biofuels taken into account for the purposes referred to in paragraph 1 shall be at least 60 % for biofuels produced in installations starting operation after 1st J
Amendment 256 #
Proposal for a directive Article 1 – point 2 – point a Directive 98/70/EC Article 7b – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2 In the case of installations that were in operation on or before 1st J
Amendment 357 #
Proposal for a directive Article 2 – point 2 – point c – point ii Directive 2009/28/EC Article 3 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2 – point d (d) for the calculation of biofuels in the numerator, the share of energy from biofuels produced from cereal and other starch rich crops,
Amendment 384 #
Proposal for a directive Article 2 – point 2 – point c – point iii Directive 2009/28/EC Article 3 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2 – point e – subparagraph 1 – point iii (iii) renewable liquid and gaseous fuels of non-biological origin shall be considered to be four times their energy content only when for their production is used non- potable water and/or water that can not be used for irrigation.
Amendment 414 #
Proposal for a directive Article 2 – point 5 – point a Directive 2009/28/EC Article 17 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 2. The greenhouse gas emission saving from the use of biofuels and bioliquids taken into account for the purposes referred to in paragraph 1 shall be at least 60 % for biofuels and bioliquids produced in installations starting operation after 1st J
Amendment 417 #
Proposal for a directive Article 2 – point 5 – point a Directive 2009/28/EC Article 17 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2 In the case of installations that were in operation on or before 1st
Amendment 423 #
Proposal for a directive Article 2 – point 5 – point b a (new) Directive 2009/28/EC Article 17 – paragraph 5 a (new) (ba) the following paragraph 5a is added: "5a. Biofuels and bioliquids taken into account for the purposes referred to in paragraph 1 shall not be made from raw material obtained from agricultural or forest residues unless evidence is provided that this does not result in a degradation of agricultural and ecosystem functions. The volume of agricultural residues that must remain on the land for agricultural and ecological reasons shall be established on the basis of regional and, where appropriate, sub-regional, eco- agro-geographical characteristics including, but not limited to, the organic content of the soil, the fertility of the soil, soil microbiology, water retention capacity and carbon sequestration. Raw material obtained from agricultural residues produced during off-field processing of crops into food or other products is not covered by this paragraph. Biofuels and bioliquids taken into account for the purposes referred to in paragraph 1 shall not be made from raw material obtained from forest management residues unless evidence is provided that this does not result in a degradation of ecosystem functions."
Amendment 484 #
Proposal for a directive Annex I – introductory part Annexes to Directive 98/70/EC as amended by Directive 2009/30/EC of 23 April 2009 are amended as follows:
Amendment 490 #
Proposal for a directive Annex I – point 1 Directive 98/70/EC Annex IV – part C – points 7, 8, 9 (1) Annex IV, part C is amended as follows: (a) point 7 is replaced by the following: "7. Annualised emissions from carbon stock changes caused by land-use change, el, shall be calculated by dividing total emissions equally over 20 years. For the calculation of these emissions the following rule shall be applied: el = (CSR – CSA) ×
Amendment 506 #
Proposal for a directive Annex II – point 1 Directive 98/70/EC Annex V – part C – points 7, 8, 9 (1) Annex V, part C is amended as follows: (a) point 7 is replaced by the following: "7. Annualised emissions from carbon stock changes caused by land-use change, el, shall be calculated by dividing total emissions equally over 20 years. For the calculation of these emissions the following rule shall be applied: el = (CSR – CSA) ×
Amendment 588 #
Proposal for a directive Annex II – point 3 Directive 2009/28/EC Annex IX – part A – paragraph 1 a (new) For agricultural residues only amounts in excess of the needed amounts to protect against soil erosion and biodiversity loss are to be considered in calculations. For forest management residues only amounts in excess of the needed amounts to protect against biodiversity loss are to be considered in calculations.
source: PE-513.033
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2012/0297(COD) Assessment of the effects of certain public and private projects on the environment: provisions concerning the quality of the EIA
2013/05/29
ENVI
5 amendments...
Amendment 74 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 12 (12) When applying Directive 2011/92/EU, it is necessary to ensure a competitive business environment, especially for small and medium enterprises, in order to generate smart, sustainable and inclusive growth, in line with the objectives set out in the Commission's Communication entitled ‘Europe 2020 – A strategy for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth’19 and with the recently updated Industrial Policy Communication "A Stronger European Industry for Growth and Economic Recovery" (COM(2012)582).
Amendment 91 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 22 (22)
Amendment 97 #
Proposal for a directive Recital 24 (24) The new provisions should
Amendment 446 #
Proposal for a directive Article 3 Amendment 561 #
Proposal for a directive Annex – point 2 Directive 2011/92/EU Annex IV – paragraph 3 3. A description of the relevant aspects of the existing state of the environment
source: PE-510.827
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2012/2100(INI) Regional strategies for industrial areas in the European Union
2013/02/27
ENVI
5 amendments...
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Recalls that the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF)
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Notes that local and regional authorities in industrial areas should look to exploit synergies between national and EU public funding and private investment in financing energy and infrastructure projects, as a means of supporting innovation, research and development; believes that increased public and private investment in the green agenda in industrial areas can generate employment and growth through low-
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Stresses that regional strategies for industrial areas should include, as a focus point,
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Believes it is important that strategies for industrial areas include an integrated focus on the transport possibilities to and from the areas, both in the form of raw materials, goods and personnel, as well as the necessary infrastructure, be it existing or planned, and that this can help reduce the environmental footprint of industrial areas
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Underlines the importance of an effective transposition by Member States of the SEVESO III Directive, in order to ensure that possible risks to citizens
source: PE-506.100
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2012/2103(INI) Energy roadmap 2050, a future with energy
2012/01/10
ITRE
26 amendments...
Amendment 17 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 1. Recognises the benefits to Member States of working together for an energy system transformation which must start
Amendment 39 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2. Notes that the proposed s
Amendment 68 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 4. Stresses that a clear policy and regulatory framework will stimulate the necessary investments
Amendment 96 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5. Recalls that it is in the competence of each Member State to define its own energy mix (including environmentally friendly and sustainable use of coal and nuclear energy); acknowledges that the Energy Roadmap 2050 complements national, regional and local efforts to modernise energy supply; acknowledges, therefore, the need for Member States to work together on the basis of common objectives, as well as the important role to be played by the EU; urges the Member States and the Commission to continue to pursue options which can meet the EU's decarbonisation objective in an economically efficient, safe and sustainable way, and to continue with efforts to fully tap the potential for cost-effective energy savings, supported, inter alia, by available Union financial instruments; recognises, at the same time, the merits of developing a coordinated and, where appropriate, common European approach;
Amendment 116 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 a (new) 6a. Regrets that the Commission failed to put forward a scenario based on high energy efficiency and high renewables together, which would have shown very positive results because of the synergies between the two; calls on the Commission to analyse such a scenario for 2050;
Amendment 126 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 7.
Amendment 139 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 8. Recognises that a substantially higher share of renewable energy beyond 2020 is a key aspect of a
Amendment 170 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 10. Emphasises the urgent need for new, smart and flexible infrastructure – including smart grids and smart meters – and a fully integrated
Amendment 179 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 10. Emphasises the urgent need for new, smart and flexible infrastructure – including smart grids and smart meters – and fully integrated network planning in order, inter alia, to integrate local and more remote sources of renewable energy across the EU, as has been proven necessary; stresses, moreover, the urgent need for the establishment of mechanisms to allow for EU co-financing of infrastructure projects of common interest;
Amendment 181 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 a (new) 10a. Calls on the EU to foster the integration of the heating and cooling sector into its pathways to a low-carbon 2050 energy system.
Amendment 182 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 b (new) 10b. Calls attention to the fact that millions of EU citizens are suffering from energy poverty and urges the Commission to step up the transition to a low-carbon, energy efficient economy through both supply-side and demand-side mechanisms, fostering an overarching change in energy consumption behaviour;
Amendment 202 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 f (new) (after new subheading 'Energy Efficiency) 10f. Stresses that energy efficiency is a highly cost-effective way for Europe to achieve its energy, climate change and economic goals; reminds of the enormous potential of energy efficiency in limiting our dependence on imported energy and re-launching the economy; recognises that shifting to a more energy-efficient economy would accelerate the spread of innovative technological solutions and improve the competitiveness of industry in the Union, boosting economic growth and creating high quality jobs in several sectors related to energy efficiency; believes that the move towards a better energy efficiency policy should include a focus on the whole energy supply and demand chain including transformation, transmission, distribution and supply, alongside industrial, building and household consumption; recommends that Member States integrate energy efficiency objectives in more policy areas, conduct a systematic analysis of the energy saving potential of key sectors such as buildings and transport and develop robust policy roadmaps to reach such potential;
Amendment 203 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 g (new) (after new subheading 'Energy Efficiency) 10g. Stresses that the EU's long-term strategy in energy must regard the reduction of energy use in buildings as a central element; reminds that, in this respect, existing buildings represent in all EU countries the most promising area for action due to their current poor levels of energy performance; recalls that energy saving technologies are well developed in this sector with most barriers preventing this huge potential being non-technical ones; urges Member States to develop national roadmaps to unlock this potential, equipping their economies with an appropriate legal and financial framework, including intermediate milestones, underlines that the current rate of building renovation needs to be increased and the average depth of renovation substantially scaled up, in order to allow the EU to reduce the energy consumption of the existing building stock by 80% by 2050 compared to 2010 levels;
Amendment 204 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 h (new) (after new subheading 'Energy Efficiency) 10h. Acknowledges that the recently adopted Directive on Energy Efficiency asks Member States to establish long-term strategies for the renovation of the national stock of public and private buildings; stresses the importance of providing a solid EU framework for helping Member States to make these long-term plans as ambitious as possible;
Amendment 240 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 c (new) 11c. Recognises that renewable energy targets have been successful and should be prolonged to 2030; calls on Member States to keep on track towards meeting their 2020 targets; is concerned by Member States' increasing abrupt changes to support mechanisms for renewable energy, in particular retroactive changes and freezes in support; calls for the Commission to carefully monitor the Renewable Energy Directive's implementation and take action if necessary; calls on Member States to provide stable frameworks for investments in renewable energy, including stable and regularly reviewed support schemes and streamlined administrative procedures;
Amendment 244 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 e (new) 11e. Recalls that heating and cooling represent about 45% of the EU final energy consumption; stresses the role of renewable heating and cooling technologies for the decarbonisation of the energy sector; calls on the Commission to develop an action plan for renewable heating and cooling that includes an assessment of the EU´s heating and cooling demand as well as best-practice examples on how to support the sector; notes that readily available renewable solutions (geothermal, biomass including biodegradable waste, solar thermal and hydro-/aerothermal) in combination with energy efficiency measures, including CHP and the utilisation of waste heat, have the potential to decarbonise the entire heat demand by 2050 in a cost-effective way;
Amendment 256 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 12. Stresses that, as Member States pursue the goal of energy security and energy independence, emphasis needs to be shifted towards a model of energy interdependence by ensuring the swift completion of the EU internal energy market and the EU supergrid infrastructure linking North and South, and East and West; highlights the importance of ensuring that policy and regulatory developments in Member States will eliminate remaining infrastructure
Amendment 280 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 14. Highlights the new challenges, such as the need for flexible resources in the power system (e.g. flexible generation, storage, demand management), that will arise as the contribution of variable renewable generation increases; stresses the need of a more integrated view on transmission, distribution and storage; stresses the need to have sufficient capacity available to ensure security of electricity supply; stresses, in this regard, that policy developments in Member States should not create new barriers to electricity- or gas- market integration;
Amendment 296 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 15. Is concerned by the delays affecting the completion of the Southern Corridor; stresses the need to achieve energy security through energy diversification; emphasises the potential of a complementary LNG corridor in the East Mediterranean to serve as a flexible source of energy carrier and an incentive for increased competition within the EU internal energy market;
Amendment 375 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 22. Underlines the importance of Carbon Capture Storage (CCS) on the road to 2050 and decarbonisation; stresses that CCS, developed in an economically efficient, safe and sustainable way, ought to be ready by 2030 if fossil fuels are to remain significant in the energy mix; highlights that CCS is also an important option for the decarbonisation of several heavy industries and could, combined with biomass, deliver
Amendment 388 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 23 23. Notes that optimal, safe and sustainable use of domestic energy resources, and the competitiveness of infrastructure necessary for the stable supply of domestic or imported energy sources, including refining, can contribute to increased energy security;
Amendment 432 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 29 29. Recognises that the ETS is currently the principal – though not the only – instrument for reducing
Amendment 454 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 30 30. Calls on the EU to continue to play an active role in the international negotiations on the global climate deal; takes the opinion that climate diplomacy should come under the umbrella of the European External Action Service (EEAS); stresses that the EU needs to know what the consequences of a failure to conclude a global climate change agreement would be and to take them into account in the policy framework to be developed for 2030 and further to 2050;
Amendment 483 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 32 32. Believes that, while energy bills in Europe have risen in recent years, this development has given rise to a ‘smart’, co
Amendment 491 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 32 a (new) 32a. Believes that energy infrastructure should become more end-user-oriented, with a stronger focus on the interaction between distribution system capacities and consumption, and emphasises the need for real-time, two-directional power and information flows; points out the benefits for consumers of new technologies, such as demand-side energy management and demand-response systems, that improve energy efficiency of supply and demand;
Amendment 504 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 33 33. Calls on the Commission to ensure that Horizon 2020 and the European Innovation Partnerships under the Innovation Union prioritise the need to develop all types of sustainable low carbon technologies, while synchronising their instruments, in order to spur EU competitiveness, promote job opportunities and bring about a change in consumer behaviour;
source: PE-496.406
2012/09/18
ENVI
4 amendments...
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion Section 1 – paragraph 3 3. Supports the conclusion that decarbonisation of the EU by 2050 is feasible and will require high levels of investments; calls on the Commission to create stability for investors by reducing over-regulation and by setting a clear, technology-neutral goal; highlights the fact that local stakeholders are key to implementing a truly successful low carbon vision and to fostering an integrated approach to energy and thus should be encouraged by the Commission through adequate planning and funding support;
Amendment 37 #
Draft opinion Section 1 – paragraph 4 4. Calls on the Commission to propose a clear 2030 goal by setting a single target for CO2 reduction; reiterates the need to meet the milestones for emission reduction stated in the low-carbon roadmap and to put forward all needed measures promptly; calls attention to the fact that millions of EU citizens are currently suffering from energy poverty and the number may rise further unless the Commission steps up the transition to a low-carbon, energy efficient economy through both supply- side and demand-side mechanisms, fostering an overarching change in energy consumption behaviour;
Amendment 50 #
Draft opinion Section 1 – paragraph 5 5. Calls on the Commission to develop sound ways of financing the low-carbon energy transition through efficiently synchronized and cost-effective instruments, including a strengthened ETS, innovation initiatives such as Horizon 2020, and market-based mechanisms;
Amendment 61 #
Draft opinion Section 1 – paragraph 6 6. Calls on the Commission to step up the development and deployment of low- carbon technologies, to strengthen the role of renewable energy sources – including by increasing their commercialisation, to step up the efficient use of energy sources, to foster the integration of the heating and cooling sector into the EU's transition pathways to low-carbon energy systems, and to phase out fuel subsidies that encourage wasteful consumption;
source: PE-496.354
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2012/2259(INI) Current challenges and opportunities for renewable energy on the European internal energy market
2013/01/30
ENVI
6 amendments...
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Welcomes the fact that renewable energy is being developed in the Member States with a view to meeting the targets set for 2020; calls on the Commission to propose rational goals up to 2030, which should take into account the proportion of electricity to be generated from renewable sources, energy efficiency, clean conventional energy technologies, and CO2 storage; calls on the Commission to propose concrete 2030 renewable energy targets to guide the transition to a low carbon economy and to ensure that a stable, ambitious and long-term renewable energy policy continues to be in place with a view to providing more regulatory and investment certainty and to achieving the EU 2050 decarbonisation goals;
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Points out that renewable energy is not being developed separately, but as part of the overall energy system; reiterates that funding needs to be allocated under the Connecting Europe programme to finance the development of ICT-based smart grids so as to enable renewable energy to be incorporated more comprehensively
Amendment 35 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Maintains that a transitional period is necessary in order to establish European support schemes which are harmonized; suggests that the Commission allow for the effects of the economic crisis and countries' lower credit ratings, as reflected in the cutbacks – and the degree of risk involved – in renewable energy investment; stresses that the risks to those who invest in renewable energy have to be reduced by means of a clear, stable and predictable long-
Amendment 60 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Stresses that research
Amendment 61 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Stresses that research and development focusing on the efficient use of waste to produce electricity, gas, and heat are important from the point of view of meeting energy efficiency targets as well as tackling energy poverty;
Amendment 68 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Calls on the Commission to provide the Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators (ACER) with the wherewithal to perform its duties and achieve the goals laid down in the regulation on wholesale energy market integrity
source: PE-504.183
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2013/2006(INI) Reindustrialising Europe to promote competitiveness and sustainability
2013/05/17
ENVI
16 amendments...
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion Recital A Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion Paragraph -1 (new) -1. Underlines the importance to fully exploit the economic possibilities of investments in innovative technologies and resource efficient production;
Amendment 33 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Welcomes the Commission's calls to develop an ambitious, eco-efficient and sustainable EU industrial strategy;
Amendment 34 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 b (new) 1b. Calls on the Commission and on the Member States to ensure that European industrial policy supports the growth- promoting sectors where Europe already leads on Research & Development;
Amendment 35 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 c (new) 1c. Encourages the Commission to propose solutions such as ULCOS to green old technologies;
Amendment 36 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 d (new) 1d. Encourages the Commission to improve the efficiency of the carbon market;
Amendment 37 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 e (new) 1e. Calls on the Commission to take into account the ageing of the population as an opportunity for new industrial markets;
Amendment 38 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 f (new) 1f. Calls on the Commission to promote women in the industrial sector;
Amendment 39 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 g (new) 1g. Stresses that the EU's future policy must promote investment which is sustainable, respects the environment (particularly in the area of extractive industries) and encourages good quality working conditions in the enterprises targeted by the investment;
Amendment 44 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Calls on the Commission to encourage Member States to promote policies that exploit fully the potential of energy efficiency, resource efficiency as well as the efficient use of raw materials as a sources of key opportunities for environmental, economic and social gains in the long run;
Amendment 45 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 b (new) 1b. Calls on the promotion of long-term cost-effective development strategies and of a green economy, based on more sustainable production and consumption patterns at the local, regional and national level;
Amendment 46 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 c (new) 1c. Calls on the Commission and on the Member States to develop industrial strategies and policies that focus investment and innovation in key areas for growth generation and that minimise potential trade-offs between social, economic and environmental objectives and needs;
Amendment 47 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 d (new) 1d. Welcomes the Commission's emphasis on sustainable green growth and new technologies' development for the foundation and support of this growth;
Amendment 49 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 Amendment 64 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 Amendment 90 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 a (new) 5a. Notes that Europe needs to mobilise all policies and instruments at its disposal at the EU level, such as the internal market, environmental and climate policies, research and innovation to foster the creation of more competitiveness and high-value jobs for meeting future societal challenges;
source: PE-510.791
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