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European Parliament2019-2024

Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety

2020/2077(INI)

27.10.2020

AMENDMENTS1 - 493Draft reportJan Huitema(PE652.387v02-00)

New Circular Economy Action Plan(2020/2077(INI))

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Amendment 1Jan Huitema, Claudia Gamon, Susana Solís Pérez, Ondřej Knotek, Irena Joveva, María Soraya Rodríguez Ramos, Catherine Chabaud, Fredrick Federley, Asger Christensen

Motion for a resolutionCitation 1

Motion for a resolution Amendment

— having regard to the Commission communication of 11 March 2020 entitled ‘A new Circular Economy Action Plan: For a cleaner and more competitive Europe’(COM(2020)0098),

— having regard to the Commission communication of 11 March 2020 entitled ‘A new Circular Economy Action Plan: For a cleaner and more competitive Europe’(COM(2020)0098), and the staff working document ‘Leading the way to a global circular economy: state of play and outlook’ (SWD(2020)100),

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Amendment 2Simona Bonafè, Alessandra Moretti, Rovana Plumb, Maria Arena, Delara Burkhardt, César Luena, Javi López, Biljana Borzan, Mohammed Chahim, Milan Brglez, Sara Cerdas, Monika Beňová, Łukasz Kohut, Jytte Guteland

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— having regard to the United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs),

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Amendment 3Maria Arena


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— having regard to the Commission communication of 14 October 2020 on the Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability Towards a Toxic-Free Environment (COM(2020)667),

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Amendment 4Jytte Guteland



— having regard to the Commission communication of 14 October 2020 entitled 'Strategy for Sustainability. Towards a Toxic-Free Environment' (COM(2020) 667)1a,__________________1a https://ec.europa.eu/environment/pdf/chemicals/2020/10/Strategy.pdf

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Amendment 5Ondřej Knotek, Susana Solís Pérez



— having regard to the Commission Communication of 10 March 2020 entitled "A New Industrial Strategy for Europe" (COM(2020)102);

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Amendment 6Martin Hojsík, Frédérique Ries, Catherine Chabaud, Fredrick Federley



— having regard to the ‘Chemical Strategy for Sustainability Towards a Toxic-Free Environment’ of 14 October 2020, (COM(2020) 667 final),

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— - having regard to the Commission communication of 10 March 2020 entitled ´A new Industrial Strategy for Europe´ (COM (2020)0102),

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Motion for a resolutionCitation 1 b (new)

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— having regard to the Commission communication of 20 May 2020 entitled " An EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030 bringing nature back into our lives" (COM(2020)0380),

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Motion for a resolutionCitation 1 c (new)


— having regard to the Commission communication of 20 May 2020 entitled ´a Farm to Fork Strategy for a fair, healthy and environmentally-friendly food system´ (COM (2020)381),

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— having regard to the Commission communication of 11 October 2018 entitled “ A sustainable Bioeconomy for Europe: Strengthening the connection between economy, society and the environment” (COM(2018)0673),

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Amendment 11Sirpa Pietikäinen



— having regard to the Commission communication of 16 January 2018 ‘A European Strategy for Plastics in a Circular Economy’ (COM/2018/028),

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— having regard to its resolution of 14 March 2019 on a European strategic long-term vision for a prosperous, modern, competitive and climate neutral economy,[1]

__________________[1]Texts adopted, P8_TA(2019)0217.

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— having regard to its resolution of 28 November 2019 on the climate and environment emergency,[1]

__________________[1]Texts adopted, P9_TA(2019)0078.

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Amendment 14Mick Wallace, Clare Daly, Anja Hazekamp, Kateřina Konečná, Manuel Bompard



— having regard to its resolution of 4 July 2017 on a longer lifetime for products: benefits for consumers and companies,

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— having regard to its resolution of 9 July 2015 on resource efficiency: moving towards a circular economy (2014/2208(INI),

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— having regard to its resolution of 28 November 2019 on the climate and environment emergency,

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Amendment 17Catherine Chabaud, Martin Hojsík, Fredrick Federley, Irena Joveva, Frédérique Ries, Pascal Canfin



— having regard the Directive (EU) 2019/904 pf the European parliament and of the Council of 5 June 2019 on the reduction of the impact of certain plastic products on the environment,

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— having regard to Regulation (EU) 2020/741 on minimum requirements for water reuse,

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— having regard to Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 December 2006 concerning the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH), establishing a European Chemicals Agency (the ‘REACH Regulation’)1a,__________________1a OJ L 396, 30.12.2006, p. 3.

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— having regard to Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 2008 on classification, labelling and packaging of substances and mixtures (the ‘CLP Regulation’)1a,__________________1a OJ L 353, 31.12.2008, p. 1.

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Amendment 21Stanislav Polčák



- Having regard to the proposal for the 8th Environment Action Programme presented by the Commission on 14 October 2020, in particular the priority objective of accelerating the transition to a circular economy set out in Article 2(2)(c) of the proposal,

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Amendment 22Jan Huitema, Claudia Gamon, Susana Solís Pérez, Irena Joveva, María Soraya Rodríguez Ramos, Catherine Chabaud, Fredrick Federley, Linea Søgaard-Lidell, Asger Christensen



— having regard to the United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs),including SDG 12 “Responsible consumption and production” and SDG 15 “Life on land”,

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Amendment 25César Luena, Javi López, Marcos Ros Sempere, Nicolás González Casares, Cristina Maestre Martín De Almagro



— having regard to the Commission communication of 11 December 2019 on ‘The European Green Deal’ (COM(2019)0640),

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— having regard to the IPBES Global Assessment on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services report of May 2019,

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Amendment 27César Luena, Javi López, Marcos Ros Sempere, Nicolás González Casares, Cristina Maestre Martín De Almagro



— having regard to the Commission communication of 14 October 2020 on “Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability: Towards a Toxic-Free Environment” (COM(2020)0667),

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Motion for a resolutionCitation 10 c (new)


— having regard to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) special reports on climate change, desertification, land degradation, sustainable land management, food security, and greenhouse gas fluxes in terrestrial ecosystems, and on the Ocean and Cryosphere in a Changing Climate,

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and the special IPCC report ‘Global Warming of 1.5°C’, its fifth assessment report (AR5) and its synthesis report of September 2018,

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Motion for a resolutionCitation 11


— having regard to the Global Resources Outlook 2019 by the International Resource Panel11,

— having regard to the Global Resources Outlook 201911, and Resource Efficiency and Climate Change11a reports by the International Resource Panel,

__________________ __________________11 https://www.resourcepanel.org/reports/global-resources-outlook

11 https://www.resourcepanel.org/reports/global-resources-outlook11a https://resourcepanel.org/reports/resource-efficiency-and-climate-change

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— having regard to the statement of the President of the European Parliament on 12 September 2020 at the meeting of Speakers of the G7 countries on climate change,

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— having regard to the Science publication “Evaluating scenarios toward zero plastic pollution”1a,__________________1a https://science.sciencemag.org/content/369/6510/1455

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Amendment 32Claudia Gamon, Ulrike Müller, Susana Solís Pérez, Ondřej Knotek



— having regard to its report on a comprehensive European approach to energy storage1a

__________________1a A9-0130/2020

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Amendment 33Antoni Comín i Oliveres

Motion for a resolutionRecital A

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A. whereas unless we reduce our use of resources, the world will be consuming resources as if there were three planets, and whereas a reduction in our overall use of natural resources and in waste is the overarching objective of the circular economy;

A. whereas half of total greenhouse gas emissions and more than 90% of biodiversity loss and water stress come from resource extraction and processing; whereas unless we reduce our use of resources, the world will be consuming resources as if there were three planets by 2050, and whereas a reduction in our overall use of natural resources and in our waste production is the overarching objective of the circular economy;

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A. whereas the global economy uses the equivalent of 1.5 planets’ worth of resources, and unless we reduce our resource consumption, the world will be consuming resources as if there were three planets by 2050, and whereas a reduction in our overall use of natural resources and in waste is the overarching objective of the circular economy;

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Amendment 35Margrete Auken


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A. whereas a significant reduction in our overall use of natural resources and in the generation of waste should be an overarching objective of the circular economy, as the world would be consuming resources as if there were three planets if the whole world had the same resource consumption as the EU;

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Amendment 36Anja Hazekamp, Mick Wallace




A. whereas unless we reduce our use of resources speedily and significantly, the world will continue to be consuming resources as if there were three planets, and whereas a reduction in our overall use of natural resources and in waste is the overarching objective of the circular economy;

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A. whereas unless we reduce our use of resources, the world will be consuming resources as if there were three planets, and whereas a reduction in our overall use

A. whereas Europe consumes the same as if it had almost three planets available to produce the resources we use and absorb the wastes we produce, and

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of natural resources and in waste is the overarching objective of the circular economy;

whereas a reduction in our overall use of natural resources and in waste is the overarching objective of the circular economy;

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Amendment 38Michal Wiezik




A. whereas unless we reduce our use of resources, the world will be consuming resources as if there were three planets, and whereas a reduction in our overall use of natural resources and in waste is the overarching objective of the circular economy including bioeconomy;

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Amendment 39Sylvia Limmer




A. whereas reducing our use of resources will help to protect the environment, and whereas a reduction in our overall use of natural resources and in waste is the overarching objective of the circular economy;

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Amendment 40Jessica Polfjärd




A. whereas unless we make our use of resources more efficient, the world will be consuming resources as if there were three planets, and whereas a reduction in our overall use of natural resources and in waste is the overarching objective of the circular economy;

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A. whereas unless we reduce our use of resources, the EU will continue to consume resources as if there were three planets, and whereas a reduction in our overall use of resources and in waste is the overarching objective of the circular economy;

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Motion for a resolutionRecital A a (new)


Aa. whereas the EU imports of raw

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materials clearly exceed exports[1],and EU economy highly relies on resources extraction that takes place outside the EU boundaries; whereas rare and highly demanded products such as coltan have caused social and environmental conflicts in third countries, and whereas shipments of waste to third countries still remain a concern;

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Aa. whereas trade implications are significant in the worldwide distribution of primary raw materials because natural resources are geographically unequally concentrated; whereas there are trade-related obstacles to resource efficiency in supply chains;

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Amendment 44Pernille Weiss



Aa. whereas the overall energy consumption in the water sector in EU is significant and needs to be more efficient in order to contribute to the goals of the Paris Agreement and the climate goals of the EU towards 2030 and carbon

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neutrality in 2050;

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Aa. whereas half of total greenhouse gas emissions and more than 90% of biodiversity loss and water stress come from resource extraction and processing;

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Amendment 46Hermann Tertsch, Margarita de la Pisa Carrión



Aa. whereas the majority of the raw materials that form the basis of the circular economy are imported from third countries;

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Motion for a resolutionRecital A b (new)

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Ab. whereas the Water Framework Directive does not include specific provisions to address climate change impacts and whereas in its communication on the European Green Deal the Commission never the less acknowledges that natural functions of ground and surface water must be restored;

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Motion for a resolutionRecital A b (new)


Ab. whereas the principles of circular economy should be the core element of any European and national industrial policy, and of the national Recovery and Resilience Plans of Member States in the framework of the Recovery and Resilience Facility;

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Motion for a resolutionRecital A c (new)


Ac. whereas space pollution is growing and can be considered a leakage point in

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circularity schemes: whereas there are no international space laws to clean up debris in the low Earth orbit; and whereas according to the European space Agency reports there are close to 7,500 tons of materials in low Earth orbit thus increasing the collision risks;

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Ac. whereas buildings are responsible for approximately 40 % of energy consumption and 36 % of CO2 emissions in the EU and, therefore, their deep, including staged deep, renovation is crucial to achieve the EU’s 2050 net zero greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions objective;

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Ac. whereas the transition to a circular economy plays a crucial role in reducing the EU’s GHG emissions and in achieving the Union’s updated 2030 climate target and in reaching climate

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neutrality by 2050 at the latest.;

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Motion for a resolutionRecital A d (new)


Ad. whereas the concept and interpretation of circular economy is in its nature horizontal and applies into the vast majority of both environmental and climate-related challenges; whereas circular economy should also have a central role in the establishment of the future establishment of "Climate Partnerships" at EU level as suggested by the European Parliament in its adopted position on the "European Climate Law";

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Motion for a resolutionRecital A d (new)


Ad. whereas achieving the net-zero greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions objective by 2050 at the latest requires a profound transformation of value chains across the economy;

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Motion for a resolutionRecital A e (new)


Ae. whereas the circular economy is relevant to various SDGs including Goal 12 “Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns’’ as well as Goal 13 on “Climate action”;

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Motion for a resolutionRecital A f (new)


Af. whereas “real circularity” does not only involve the sustainable sourcing and use of materials but also of energy sources;

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Aa. whereas designing out waste and pollution is one of the principles of

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circular economy;

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Motion for a resolutionRecital B


B. whereas up to 80 % of the environmental impacts of products are determined during the design phase;

B. whereas up to 80 % of the environmental impacts of products are determined during the design phase and only 12% of the materials used by the EU’s industry come from recycling1a;__________________1a https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/tgm/table.do?tab=table&init=1&language=en&pcode=cei_srm030&plugin=1(as quoted from the European Green Deal)

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Amendment 58Jan Huitema, Claudia Gamon, Susana Solís Pérez, Ondřej Knotek, Irena Joveva, María Soraya Rodríguez Ramos, Ulrike Müller, Catherine Chabaud, Fredrick Federley, Linea Søgaard-Lidell, Frédérique Ries, Asger Christensen

Motion for a resolutionRecital B a (new)


Ba. whereas only 12% of the materials used by the EU’s industry come from recycling;

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B. whereas up to 80 % of the environmental impacts of products are determined during the design phase, which also includes the choice of materials and substances used in goods production;

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B. whereas the negative environmental impacts of products can be reduced during the design phase;

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Amendment 61Jan Huitema, Claudia Gamon, Susana Solís Pérez, Irena Joveva, María Soraya Rodríguez Ramos, Ulrike Müller, Catherine Chabaud, Linea Søgaard-Lidell, Frédérique Ries, Asger Christensen

Motion for a resolutionRecital B b (new)


Bb. whereas the International Resource Panel, in its report ‘Global Resources Outlook 2019’, estimates that the extraction and processing of world’s material resources (biomass, including

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food crops, metals, minerals, and fossil fuels) has an impact on global biodiversity and water stress (accounts for more than 90%), on global climate change emissions (approximately half), and health impacts (about one third); whereas these figures illustrate the central role of resource management and the need to step up action at all levels and across the world;

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Ba. whereas According to European Environment Agency (EEA) estimates, between 1996 and 2012, the amount of clothes bought per person in the EU increased by 40%, while at the same time, more than 30% of clothes in wardrobes in Europe have not been used for at least a year. Moreover, once discarded, over half the garments are not recycled, but end up in mixed household waste and are subsequently sent to incinerators or landfill1a;__________________1a Environmental Indicator Report 2014: Environmental Impacts of Production-Consumption Systems in Europe. European Environmental Agency 2014.

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Ba. whereas ECHA has adopted a scientific opinion to restrict the use of micro plastics that are intentionally added to products on the EU/EEA market, in concentrations of more than 0.01 % weight by weight.;

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Ba. whereas the EU could become a world leader in industry if it were to harness the considerable potential of the circular economy and bioeconomy;

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Motion for a resolutionRecital B b (new)


Bb. whereas resources consist of raw materials, the quality of ecosystems and the use of ecosystem services, such as clean water, flood water retention and pollination;

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Motion for a resolutionRecital B c (new)


Bc. whereas the sustainable and responsible sourcing of primary raw materials is critical to achieve resource efficiency and meeting the circular economy objectives; thus sustainable sourcing standards for priority materials and commodities need to be developed;

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Motion for a resolutionRecital B d (new)


Bd. whereas an excessive use of resources is the root cause of various environmental hazards, such as climate change, desertification, deforestation and biodiversity loss;

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Motion for a resolutionRecital B e (new)


Be. whereas ambitious circular

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economy a vital tool in reaching the 2030 and 2050 climate targets and carbon neutrality, as without further action growth in the demand for materials and inefficient use will lead to a further increase in global GHG by 40% by 20601a;__________________1a https://www.resourcepanel.org/reports/global-resources-outlook

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Motion for a resolutionRecital B f (new)


Bf. whereas Europe is more dependent on imported resources than any other region in the world and its competitiveness can be increased only by getting more added value out of resources in the economy;

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Motion for a resolutionRecital B g (new)


Bg. whereas the later we act, the harder, more uncertain and more expensive it will be to achieve the targets;

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Amendment 71Mick Wallace, Clare Daly, Anja Hazekamp, Kateřina Konečná

Motion for a resolutionRecital C


C. whereas according to a recent study by Cambridge Econometrics, the circular economy has the potential to increase the EU’s GDP by an additional 0.5 % and create around 700 000 new jobs by 2030;

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C. whereas according to a recent study by Cambridge Econometrics, the circular economy has the potential to increase the EU’s GDP by an additional 0.5 % and create around 700 000 new jobs by 2030; points out that, according to statements the firm itself has made, Cambridge Econometrics works for the Commission and is paid with taxpayers’ money from the Member States;

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C. whereas according to recent studies, the circular economy has the potential to increase the EU’s GDP by an additional 0.5 % and create more than 700 000 new jobs by 20301a, while also improving the quality of the jobs; whereas between 2012 and 2018 the number of jobs linked to the circular economy in the EU grew by 5% to reach around 4 million;__________________1a https://www.ellenmacarthurfoundation.org/assets/downloads/publications/EllenMacArthurFoundation_Growth-Within_July15.pdf

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Amendment 74Inese Vaidere

Motion for a resolutionRecital C a (new)


Ca. whereas the fast rise of e-commerce has significantly increased packaging waste, such as single-use plastic and cardboard waste; e-commerce generates a big volume of waste because of packaging small items in big boxes or excessive packaging to keep items secure; whereas extra packaging, such as air pillows and thermocol, is frequently used to protect items because of additional handling;

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Ca. whereas 20% of the food produced every year in the EU ends up in the bin or is otherwise degraded, while 33 million people cannot afford to buy nutritionally high-quality food every other day; whereas around 33% of the food produced worldwide is wasted every year;

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Amendment 76Jan Huitema, Claudia Gamon, Susana Solís Pérez, Ondřej Knotek, Irena Joveva, María Soraya Rodríguez Ramos, Catherine Chabaud, Frédérique Ries, Asger Christensen



Ca. whereas with supportive policies and industry investment, the expectations are that by 2030 the EU remanufacturing could attain an annual value of between around €70bn and €100bn with the associated employment of between around 450,000 and almost 600,000;

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Ca. whereas according to the World Inequality Database, the richest 5% capture 46% of total global GDP, meaning nearly half of all the resources we use, and half of all the emissions we emit, is done in order to make rich people richer;

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Ca. whereas the limited natural resources should be used in the most efficient way, creating the highest possible added value, also in terms of jobs, by way of application the cascading use principle;

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Ca. whereas a shift to a more circular economy has the potential to promote sustainable business practices and help Europe maintain and develop its competitive advantage;

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Amendment 80Claudia Gamon, Ulrike Müller, Susana Solís Pérez, Ondřej Knotek



Ca. whereas in 2018, only 3 % of the global manufacturing capacity for lithium-ion battery cells was located in the EU, with 85 % in the Asia-Pacific region;

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Amendment 81Eleonora Evi, Daniela Rondinelli, Piernicola Pedicini



Ca. whereas circular economy measures are crucial for achieving the EU climate and energy goals;

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Motion for a resolutionRecital C b (new)


Cb. whereas, according to the European Environment Agency’s report entitled ‘The European Environment – State and Outlook 2020’, the EU and its Member States are only partly on the path towards achieving circular economy

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objectives, and more efforts are needed to reduce the consumption of primary raw materials, enhance material efficiency and reduce waste generation;

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Amendment 83Jan Huitema, Claudia Gamon, Susana Solís Pérez, Ondřej Knotek, Irena Joveva, María Soraya Rodríguez Ramos, Ulrike Müller, Catherine Chabaud, Fredrick Federley, Linea Søgaard-Lidell, Frédérique Ries, Asger Christensen



Cb. whereas European companies and economies are expected to be at the forefront of those implementing, but also benefiting from, a global race towards circularity, due to the EU´s well developed business models, our circular knowledge and recycling expertise;

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Cb. whereas the Eco-modulation of fees paid by producers into organisations that implement the principle of Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) is a key instrument to put the Circular Economy into practice;

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Cb. whereas high-income nations do not need to keep growing their GDP in order to improve people’s lives;

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Motion for a resolutionRecital C c (new)


Cc. whereas economic growth requires additional resources and embodied energy, and therefore, we need to rethink the extent to which we pursue GDP growth by exploring alternative indicators, such as Index of Sustainable Economic Welfare and the Genuine Progress Indicator;

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Motion for a resolutionRecital C d (new)


Cd. whereas evidence shows that resource use is not absolutely decoupling from GDP and absolute decoupling is unlikely to happen, even under strong

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policy conditions; whereas there is no evidence of economy-wide, national or international absolute resource decoupling, and no evidence of the kind of decoupling needed for ecological sustainability;

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Motion for a resolutionRecital C e (new)


Ce. whereas global resource use is rising, in tandem with GDP1a;__________________1a https://www.pnas.org/content/112/20/6271.short

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Motion for a resolutionRecital C j (new)


Cj. whereas future global resource use could double just between 2010 and 2030, as identified by the UNEP;

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Motion for a resolutionRecital C f (new)


Cf. whereas degrowth calls for a different kind of economy altogether, which does not require growth in the first place, where we can reduce resource and energy use while specifically preventing unemployment and reducing inequality;

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Motion for a resolutionRecital C g (new)


Cg. whereas it is not feasible for high-income nations to transition to renewables fast enough to stay within the carbon budget for 1.5° Celsius, or even 2° Celsius, if they continue to pursue economic growth at the usual rates;

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Motion for a resolutionRecital C h (new)


Ch. whereas in 2018, 238 scientists called on the European Commission to abandon growth as an objective and explore post-growth futures;

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Motion for a resolutionRecital C c (new)


Cc. whereas it is estimated that 88 million tonnes of food waste are generated in the EU each year and the estimated costs of the wasted food are EUR 143 billion; whereas food waste has a huge environmental impact, accounting for about 6% of total EU Greenhouse Gas emissions;

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Motion for a resolutionRecital C d (new)


Cd. whereas over 50% of food waste is estimated to come from households and the consumer level;

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Motion for a resolutionRecital C i (new)

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Ci. whereas advertising expenditures have a direct impact on rates of material consumption and global advertising expenditure is increasing every year, with $560 billion spent in 2019;

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Motion for a resolutionRecital C k (new)


Ck. whereas it has been over two years since the IPCC released its Special Report on Global Warming of 1.5°C, which stated that limiting global warming to 1.5°C would require rapid, far-reaching and unprecedented changes in all aspects of society;

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Motion for a resolutionParagraph 1


1. Welcomes the Commission’s new Circular Economy Action Plan; highlights the fact that the circular economy is key to reducing the overall environmental footprint of European consumption and production, and to reaching the climate goals of the Paris Agreement;

1. Welcomes the Commission’s new Circular Economy Action Plan; highlights the fact that the circular economy, in combination with the zero-pollution ambition for a toxic-free environment, is key to reducing the overall environmental footprint of European consumption and production so as to stay within planetary

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boundaries, and to reaching the climate goals of the Paris Agreement;

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1. Welcomes the Commission’s new Circular Economy Action Plan; highlights the fact that the circular economy is a key factor in ensuring EUs competitiveness globally, reducing the overall environmental footprint of European consumption and production, protecting human health and to reaching the climate goals of the Paris Agreement; endorses and encourages the Commission to come up with the suggested proposals in the annex of the communication;

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1. Welcomes the Commission’s new Circular Economy Action Plan; highlights the fact that a true circular economy is key to reducing the overall environmental footprint of European consumption and production, to adapting our consumption and production patterns to the planetary boundaries and to reaching the climate

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goals of the Paris Agreement;

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Amendment 100Jan Huitema, Claudia Gamon, Susana Solís Pérez, Irena Joveva, María Soraya Rodríguez Ramos, Ulrike Müller, Catherine Chabaud, Fredrick Federley, Frédérique Ries, Asger Christensen




1. Welcomes the Commission’s new Circular Economy Action Plan; highlights the fact that the circular economy is key to reducing the overall environmental footprint of European consumption and production, and to reaching the goals of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, the Paris Agreement and the Convention on Biological Diversity;

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Amendment 101Rovana Plumb




1. Welcomes the Commission’s new Circular Economy Action Plan; highlights the fact that the circular economy is key to reducing the overall environmental footprint of European consumption and production, and to reaching the climate goals of the Paris Agreement, and the UN Sustainable Development Goals, while no one is left behind ;

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Amendment 102Joanna Kopcińska




1. Welcomes the Commission’s new Circular Economy Action Plan; highlights the fact that the circular economy is key to reducing the overall environmental footprint of European consumption and production, and to reaching the climate commitments under the Paris Agreement as well as the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDGs);

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1. Welcomes the Commission’s new Circular Economy Action Plan; highlights the fact that the circular economy is key to reducing the material and overall environmental footprint of the EU's consumption and production, and the true circular economy in action can be a major contributor to goals of the Paris Agreement;

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Amendment 104Ondřej Knotek, Susana Solís Pérez, Linea Søgaard-Lidell

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1. Welcomes the Commission’s new Circular Economy Action Plan; highlights the fact that the circular economy is key to reducing the overall environmental footprint of European consumption and production, and to reaching the climate goals of the Paris Agreement and to fostering EU competitiveness and innovation;

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1. Welcomes the Commission’s new Circular Economy Action Plan; highlights the fact that the circular economy is key to efforts to reduce resource use in order to protect the environment;

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Amendment 106Jan Huitema, Claudia Gamon, Susana Solís Pérez, Ondřej Knotek, María Soraya Rodríguez Ramos, Ulrike Müller, Fredrick Federley, Linea Søgaard-Lidell, Asger Christensen

Motion for a resolutionParagraph 1 a (new)

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1a. Calls on the Commission to bring forward the initiatives under the Action Plan in a timely manner in line with the dates set out in the Communication, and to base each legislative proposal on a comprehensive impact assessment;

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1a. Commends the Commission for its new Circular Economy Action Plan but calls for much more to be done to make the circular economy a reality, particularly in relation to accelerating the closure of the loop; believes that the Commission is still overly focusing on the consumer-power and industry-led initiatives to close the loop and considers this approach to be far too slow and often ineffective; calls for a regulatory approach that fully upholds the precautionary principle;

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Amendment 108Catherine Chabaud, Martin Hojsík, Fredrick Federley, Frédérique Ries, Pascal Canfin



1a. Recalls that 80% of marine litter

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originates from land and is largely linked to the poor management of waste on land, ranging from pollution of watercourses and rivers, poor management of waste and wastewater, wild deposits but also natural runoff phenomena such as thunderstorms and rains; urges therefore Member States to act on marine litter hotspots in rivers and estuaries;

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1a. Calls on the Commission to support the Member States in sharing and facilitating knowledge and 'best practices' of the different circular economy adaption efforts at regional and local level in the EU;

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Motion for a resolutionParagraph 1 b (new)


1b. Stresses that by 2050 the EU’s use of resources needs to be sustainable and based on the principles of circular economy; this includes fully implementing a cascading use of resources, sustainable sourcing, sustainable land use and compensating the land use, a waste hierarchy, creating a

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closed loop on resources, using renewables within the limits of their renewability, doing no harm to the biodiversity, improving the quality of ecosystems, and phasing out and preventing the accumulation of toxic and harmful substances and thriving to zero-emission production and use of goods; Call on the Commission to include in its impact assessments the cost of non-action in resource efficiency and other environmental challenges;

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1b. Emphasises the need to shift from an economy focused on aggregate GDP growth to differentiate among sectors that can grow and need investment (critical public sectors, and clean energy, education, health) and sectors that need to degrow (fossil fuels, mining, advertising, meat and dairy production, etc.).

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1b. Calls on the Commission to identify, recognize and make use circular economy ‘first movers’ as key role

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models; urges the Commission to take into account the first movers’ already conducted initiatives when adopting new legislative proposals related to the 'Circular Economy Action Plan';

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1b. Calls on the Commission to not simply promote circular economy principles, but to ensure they are embedded in all practices;

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Motion for a resolutionParagraph 1 c (new)


1c. Calls on the Commission to develop a “EU Climate Calculator”(ECC) as part of its adaption to climate change; stresses that the ECC should entail an accurate and easy understandable labelling for materials, products and services and that that the ECC should ensure a level-playing field for the key actors that are a part of producing a GHG footprint within the EU; believes that such a ‘holistic approach’ would open up for positive behavioural affects by EU citizens, industries, and SMEs; stresses that the concept must be based on the

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principles of circular and lifecycle economy in order to drive demand for climate-friendly goods “made in Europe”, strengthening the competitiveness of the EU; suggests the Commission to use already known scientific methods when estimating GHG emissions, e.g. with inspiration from its “Product Environmental Footprint”;

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1c. Calls for matching the policy objectives with science-based goals through a back-casting approach to ensure policy objectives are on a credible path to carbon-neutral and environmentally sustainable economy by 2050; which would mean at least 10-fold resource efficiency by 2050; welcomes the European Commission Communication on the Sustainable Europe Investment Plans promise to introduce sustainability proofing and tracking in all public policies and funding;

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1c. Calls on the Commission to propose and put into use one or more economic indicators which go beyond GDP and integrate economic, social and natural resources in order measure progress towards circularity in a comprehensive way and promote circular and sustainable activities, products and business models;

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1c. Regrets that many of the measures outlined in the Annex for 2021 in the Circular Economy Action Plan are not included in the Commission's Work Programme for 2021; calls for a speeding up of work, including additional resources if necessary, to keep this action plan on track;

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Amendment 118Pascal Canfin, Catherine Chabaud, Frédérique Ries, Nicolae Ştefănuță, Ondřej Knotek, Martin Hojsík



1a. Calls for adequate staffing levels and budget for the Commission services

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tasked with ensuring the successful implementation of the Action Plan; stresses that the allocation of resources must respond to both current and long-term political priorities and thus, in the context of the European Green Deal, expects a significant reinforcement of human resources in the Commission Directorate-General for Environment in particular;

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Motion for a resolutionParagraph 1 d (new)


1d. Highlights the necessity of scientifically robust measurement to capture synergies between the circular economy and climate change mitigation;

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Amendment 120Pietro Fiocchi



2. Underlines that the circular economy can provide solutions to the new challenges caused and highlighted by the COVID-19 crisis by reducing the vulnerability of value chains within the EU and globally;

2. Underlines that the circular economy can provide solutions to the new challenges caused and highlighted by the COVID-19 crisis by reducing the vulnerability of value chains within the EU and globally. The COVID-19 pandemic has demonstrated the necessity for an enabling environment for the circular economy in particular on the collection

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and recovery of waste and its recycling for the production of products and substances including the packaging for the food and pharma sectors.

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Amendment 121Simona Bonafè, Alessandra Moretti, Rovana Plumb, Maria Arena, Delara Burkhardt, Javi López, Biljana Borzan, Mohammed Chahim, Milan Brglez, Sara Cerdas, Monika Beňová, Łukasz Kohut, Jytte Guteland




2. Underlines that the circular economy can provide solutions to the new challenges caused and highlighted by the COVID-19 crisis by reducing the vulnerability of value chains within the EU and globally and by contributing to the creation of jobs; calls in this regard on the Member States to mainstream circular economy in their national recovery and resilience plans;

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2. Underlines that the circular economy can provide solutions to the new challenges caused and highlighted by the COVID-19 crisis by reducing the vulnerability of value chains within the EU and globally while also providing opportunities for prosperity and well-

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being; Calls on Member States to duly reflect circular economy in their recovery plans;

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2. Underlines that the circular economy can provide solutions to the new challenges caused and highlighted by the COVID-19 crisis by reducing the length and vulnerability of value chains within the EU and globally and calls on national authorities to systematically reflect circular economy in their stimulus packages;

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2. Underlines that the circular economy can provide solutions to the new challenges caused and highlighted by the COVID-19 crisis by reducing the vulnerability of value chains within the EU and globally as well as to improve resource extraction efficiency;

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2a. Notes with caution that industrial closures, reduced recycling and waste disposal as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, and a decline in oil prices have had a significant impact on the EU's ambition to substitute virgin plastics for recycled alternatives, undermining both the commercial viability of plastics recycling, and the achievement of existing recycling targets;

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Amendment 126Agnès Evren



2a. Stresses that there are numerous differences between the Member States in the application of the current recycling targets; calls on the Commission to ensure effective implementation of the current legislative framework on waste and the circular economy in all Member States;

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Amendment 127Simona Bonafè, Alessandra Moretti, Rovana Plumb, Delara Burkhardt, César Luena, Javi López, Biljana Borzan, Mohammed Chahim, Milan Brglez, Sara Cerdas, Monika Beňová, Łukasz Kohut, Jytte Guteland

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2a. Underlines that the COVID-19 pandemic has demonstrated the necessity for an enabling environment for the circular economy in particular on the collection and recycling of waste for the production of products and substances including the packaging for the food and pharma sectors;

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2a. Underlines that a well-functioning internal market and the free exchange of goods and services are important requirements for achieving a more circular economy within the Union,

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3. Believes that a circular economy is the way for the EU and European companies to remain competitive in a global market; therefore urges the Commission and the Member States to

3. Urges the Commission to encourage EU industry initiatives to step up the use of recycled materials as an alternative to importing primary materials with a higher CO2 footprint;

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direct investments in order to scale up circular economy initiatives; considers that the EU’s economic recovery plan (Next Generation EU) should be used to put in place circular economy initiatives and infrastructure;

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Amendment 130Mick Wallace, Clare Daly, Anja Hazekamp, Manuel Bompard



3. Believes that a circular economy is the way for the EU and European companies to remain competitive in a global market; therefore urges the Commission and the Member States to direct investments in order to scale up circular economy initiatives; considers that the EU’s economic recovery plan (Next Generation EU) should be used to put in place circular economy initiatives and infrastructure;

3. Believes that a circular economy is the way for the EU and European companies to promote real sustainability and contribute to the Paris Agreement goals; therefore urges the Commission and the Member States to direct investments in order to embed the application of sustainable circular practices and also scale up circular economy initiatives; considers that the EU’s economic recovery plan (Next Generation EU), Just Transition Fund and Horizon research funds should be used to promote and embed sustainable circular practices, including through conditionality, and put in place circular economy initiatives and infrastructure;

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Amendment 131Sunčana Glavak


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3. Believes that a circular economy is the way for the EU and European companies to remain competitive in a global market while simultaneously strengthening the unity of the EU market; therefore urges the Commission and the Member States to direct investments in order to scale up circular economy initiatives so that the EU can take the lead in global circular economy policies; considers that the EU’s economic recovery plan (Next Generation EU) should be used to put in place circular economy initiatives and infrastructure;

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3. Believes that a circular economy is the way for the EU and European companies to remain competitive in a global market; therefore urges the Commission and the Member States to direct investments in order to scale up circular economy initiatives; considers that the EU’s economic recovery plan (Next Generation EU), the Just Transition Fund and other sectoral funds should be used to put in place circular economy initiatives and infrastructure while creating jobs in the EU;

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3. Urges the Commission and the Member States to install regulatory measures and to direct investments in order to achieve a circular economy; considers that the EU’s economic recovery plan (Next Generation EU) should be used to put in place circular economy initiatives and infrastructure;

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3. Believes that a circular economy is the way for the EU and European companies to remain competitive in a global market; therefore urges the Commission and the Member States to direct investments, in particular in innovative infrastructure and technologies, in order to scale up circular economy initiatives; considers that the EU’s economic recovery plan (Next Generation EU) should be used to put in place circular economy initiatives and infrastructure;

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Amendment 135Simona Bonafè, Alessandra Moretti, Rovana Plumb, Delara Burkhardt, César Luena, Javi López, Biljana Borzan, Mohammed Chahim, Milan Brglez, Sara Cerdas, Monika Beňová, Łukasz Kohut, Jytte Guteland




3. Believes that a circular economy is the way for the EU and European companies to remain competitive in a global market; therefore urges the Commission and the Member States to direct investments in order to scale up circular economy initiatives; considers that the EU’s economic recovery plan (Next Generation EU), the Just Transition Fund and Horizon Europe should be used to put in place circular economy initiatives, research projects and infrastructure;

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3. Believes that a circular economy is the way for the EU and European companies to remain innovative and therefore competitive in a global market; therefore urges the Commission and the Member States to direct investments in order to scale up circular economy initiatives; considers that the EU’s economic recovery plan (Next Generation EU) and Member State stimulus packages should be used to put in place circular economy initiatives and infrastructure;

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Amendment 137Maria Spyraki




3. Believes that a circular economy is the way for the EU and European companies to remain competitive in a global market; therefore urges the Commission and the Member States to direct investments in order to scale up circular economy initiatives; considers that the EU’s economic recovery plan (Next Generation EU) should be used to put in place circular economy initiatives and infrastructure and technologies;

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Amendment 138Marlene Mortler, Christian Doleschal, Hildegard Bentele, Jens Gieseke




3. Believes that a circular economy is the way for the EU and European companies to remain competitive in a global market; therefore urges the Commission and the Member States to direct investments in order to scale up circular economy initiatives; considers that the EU’s economic recovery plan (Next Generation EU) should be used to put in place circular economy initiatives, infrastructure and technology;

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Amendment 139Jan Huitema, Claudia Gamon, Susana Solís Pérez, Ondřej Knotek, María Soraya Rodríguez Ramos, Ulrike Müller, Catherine Chabaud, Fredrick Federley, Linea Søgaard-Lidell, Frédérique Ries, Asger Christensen




3. Believes that a circular economy is the way for the EU and European companies to remain competitive in a global market; therefore urges the Commission and the Member States to direct investments in order to scale up circular economy initiatives; considers that the EU’s economic recovery plan (Next Generation EU) should be used to put in place circular economy initiatives, infrastructure and technologies;

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3. Believes that a circular economy is the way for the EU and especially for European companies to remain competitive; therefore urges the Commission and the Member States to direct investments in order to scale up circular economy initiatives; considers that the EU’s economic recovery plan (Next Generation EU) should be used to put in place circular economy initiatives and infrastructure;

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Amendment 141Pascal Canfin, Catherine Chabaud, Frédérique Ries, Martin Hojsík, Ondřej Knotek, Linea Søgaard-Lidell



3a. Recalls that the Union is both the world’s second largest economic power and the world’s largest trading power; points out that the single market is a powerful tool that must be used to develop sustainable and circular products or technologies that will become tomorrow’s standards, thus enabling citizens to purchase affordable products that are safer, healthier and more respectful of the planet;

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3a. Welcomes the Commission's ambition to decouple growth from resource use, but stresses the need to distinguish between relative and absolute decoupling of growth and resource use;

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4. Calls on the Commission to propose an EU target for a reduction in the use of primary raw materials;

4. Calls on the Commission to propose an EU target for a reduction in the use of primary raw materials that does not slow industrial development;

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4. Calls on the Commission to propose a legally binding EU target for a reduction in the use of primary raw materials;

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4. Calls on the Commission to propose an EU target for a reduction in the use of primary raw materials; calls on the Commission to establish a hierarchy and a classification of materials in order to assess and record for each material the emissions avoided, the impact on biodiversity, the quantity of materials used and the recycling process, and to rate secondary raw materials more favourably than primary raw materials;

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Amendment 146Margrete Auken, Eleonora Evi




4. Calls on the Commission to propose an EU-level target to halve material footprint (as defined by Eurostat) by 2030, compared with 2015 baseline levels; calls for the establishment of an EU-level target to halve consumption footprint by 2030, compared with 2015 baseline levels;

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4. Calls on the Commission to propose a binding EU target for a reduction of the EU's material footprint and of its consumption footprint of at least 50% for both by 2030 compared to 2015 levels; believes this should be the centrepiece of this action plan;

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4. Stresses that the development of a European circular economy alone is not sufficient to ensure a sustainable environment and society and considers that sobriety is needed; Calls on the Commission to propose binding EU targets to significantly reduce both the EU's material footprint and consumption footprint by 2030; stresses that the development of toxic-free secondary materials should be incentivised;

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4. Calls on the Commission to propose an EU target for a reduction in the use of primary raw materials as well as binding EU targets to significantly reduce both the EU's material and consumption footprints by 2030;

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4. Calls on the Commission to 4. Calls on the Commission to

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propose an EU target for a reduction in the use of primary raw materials;

propose an EU target for a reduction in the use of primary raw materials; in this context appreciates the objective of the Commission to limit the use of whole trees and food and feed crops for energy purposes, believes that this is the right signal to industries creating high value products or substances from recycled material or by-products of the respective value chains;

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Amendment 151Edina Tóth




4. Calls on the Commission to propose an EU target for a reduction in the use of primary raw materials and simplify the legislative framework applicable to secondary raw materials and recycling in order to reward their environmental benefits and boost circular value chains;

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4. Invites the Commission to consider an EU target for a reduction in the use of fossil based primary raw materials; emphasises that such targets must take into consideration the availability, quality and price of secondary materials as well

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as overall demand;

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Amendment 153Christian Doleschal, Christine Schneider, Marlene Mortler, Jens Gieseke, Norbert Lins




4. Calls on the Commission to propose an EU target for a reduction in the use of primary raw materials; stresses that this objective should be related to the availability and quality of secondary raw materials for EU industry and overall demand;

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Amendment 154Maria Spyraki




4. Calls on the Commission to propose an EU target for a reduction in the use of primary raw materials and support the creation of a strong EU market for secondary raw materials by removing national barriers and promoting an harmonised regulatory framework;

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