# Resource efficiency: moving towards a circular economy

European Parliament procedure 2014/2208(INI) (INI - Own-initiative procedure, 8th term, committee EMPL / ENVI / ITRE). Stage: Procedure completed. 650 committee amendments tabled by 102 Members between 2015-04-09 and 2015-05-05.

## What the amendments focus on

This own-initiative report concerns resource efficiency and the move towards a circular economy. Amendments centre on the circular economy's potential to create jobs across Europe, the withdrawal and relaunch of the circular economy legislative package, waste prevention, re-use, repair and recycling versus landfill and incineration, skills and retraining, SMEs, regional dimensions and EU cohesion funding.

## Most active Members on this file

| Member | Country | Group | Amendments | Markdown |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude TURMES | Luxembourg | Verts/ALE | 55 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/4432.md |
| Massimo PAOLUCCI | Italy | S&D | 46 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/124849.md |
| Simona BONAFÈ | Italy | S&D | 46 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/124814.md |
| Sirpa PIETIKÄINEN | Finland | PPE | 29 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/40599.md |
| Josu JUARISTI ABAUNZ | Spain | GUE/NGL | 28 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/125051.md |
| Mark DEMESMAEKER | Belgium | ECR | 25 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/117477.md |
| Kateřina KONEČNÁ | Czechia | NI | 23 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/23699.md |
| Matteo SALVINI | Italy | ENF | 22 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/28404.md |
| Tiziana BEGHIN | Italy | NI | 21 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/124777.md |
| Fredrick FEDERLEY | Sweden | RE | 21 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/124989.md |
| Benedek JÁVOR | Hungary | Verts/ALE | 20 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/124721.md |
| Dario TAMBURRANO | Italy | GUE/NGL | 19 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/124813.md |
| José Inácio FARIA | Portugal | PPE | 18 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/125101.md |
| Julie GIRLING | United Kingdom | PPE | 18 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96956.md |
| Piernicola PEDICINI | Italy | NI | 17 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/124844.md |

## Official source documents

- PE554.627: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/EMPL-AM-554627_EN.pdf
- PE554.763: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/ITRE-AM-554763_EN.pdf
- PE557.038: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/ENVI-AM-557038_EN.pdf
- PE557.117: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/ENVI-AM-557117_EN.pdf

Full amendment texts, votes and exports: https://amendeu.com/dossiers/2014-2208-INI · machine-readable: https://amendeu.com/data/dossiers/2014-2208-INI.json

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