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22. Notes that energy, raw materials and minerals costs are an important part of operational expenses in many industrial sectors; stresses in this regard the importance of a diversified and environmentally sustainable energy mix, and notes that the industrial strategy should focus on the key opportunities provided by increased energy efficiency and resource efficiency; this will include recycling and reusing materials and reducing the carbon and material footprint of production and consumption; highlights that also according to the Commission’s analysis, such policy would create a significant number of new jobs;

19. Is of the opinion that targeted research and development through existing instruments needs to be made more effective, and is concerned that such efforts have been neglected in certain branches of the renewable energy sector, which has led to commercialisation difficulties; notes that research, development and innovation focusing on reducing the environmental impact, and on making efficient use of waste – including food waste and debris recovered from the marine environment – to produce electricity, gas, and heat, can be importan ...[+++]t from the point of view of meeting energy and resource efficiency targets, provided that the energy efficiency standard set in the Waste Framework Directive are complied with, and of tackling energy poverty; notes also that the transport sector is an extremely large consumer of fossil fuels, and research into ways of improving energy efficiency and reducing CO2 emissions in transport will therefore have a beneficial impact;

9. Reinstates the Commission Draft Budget as regards payments for rural development measures, as second-pillar programmes will be drawing to a close in 2013, the last year of the Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF), when a higher level of payments is traditionally required; nevertheless calls on the Commission to closely monitor the correct implementation of these programmes. It is also important that flexibility is given to Member States to move unspent funds between axes, axes which have a proven track record of delivering for farmers and rural communities;

211 | Consultation methods, main sectors targeted and general profile of respondentsOn 8 February 2007, the Commission adopted the Green Paper on the Review of the Consumer Acquis, summarising the Commission's initial findings and initiating a public consultation focusing on the cross-cutting issues (i.e. the horizontal issues) of the Directives under review.The Green Paper attracted responses from a wide range of stakeholders, i.e. business, consumer, European Parliament, Member States, academics and legal practitioners.The Commission also published two consultation documents on Directive 97/7/EC and on Directive 85/577/EEC focusing on the specific issues ( ...[+++]i.e. the vertical issues) pertaining to these Directives.

7. Endorses the Commission’s view that cross-border infrastructure is one of the best examples of where the EU can plug gaps and deliver better value results; considers that targeted financial support at EU level can help to kick-start other important projects, which often have great commercial potential in the long term; notes that countries are now launching huge, ambitious infrastructure investment drives, that maintaining competitiveness means that Europe has a particularly strong strategic interest in effective infrastructure, to lay the foundations for long-term economic growth, and that the result would be a European core transport network ensuring a more energy-efficient transport sector, which could include shifting freight and p ...[+++]assenger flows towards more sustainable and accessible transport modes; observes that such support needs to be targeted on key priorities – removing bottlenecks on strategic trans-European axes, encouraging their extension and building cross-border and intermodal connections;

2. Stresses that the EU election observation activities can be regarded as a fully-fledged tool of EU external action only if they are structurally linked to an overall EU action geared to a particular country and region and if all EU external policies are consistent with the objective of democratisation and institution building; it is also crucial that their preparation - including training of observers, and follow-up, including monitoring to what extent the local government takes account of the EU Election Observation Mission's (EU EOMs) recommendations - , are adequate;