10 Amendments of Franck PROUST related to 2016/2301(INI)
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 17 a (new)
Citation 17 a (new)
- having regard to the Commission staff working document of 24 April 2017 entitled ‘Sustainable garment value chains through EU development action’,
Amendment 50 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas most, but not all, recently concluded EU trade and investment agreements contain trade and sustainable development (TSD) chapters; which require the parties to the agreement to give undertakings as regards the safeguarding of human rights, compliance with labour and environmental standards and corporate social responsibility;
Amendment 53 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas most, but not all, recently concluded EU trade and investment agreements contain trade and sustainable development (TSD) chapters;
Amendment 137 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Calls on the Commission to update its approach to corporate social responsibility with a view to strengthening labour and environmental standards and, in particular, insisting on the inclusion of CSR provisions in the trade and investment agreements negotiated by the EU;
Amendment 146 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Welcomes the green card initiative launched by some national parliaments following the adoption of the French bill on MNCs’ duty of care; calls on the Commission to work on a legislative proposal for mandatory duty of corporate due diligence for EU companies operating both in and outside the EU without repeating the errors of the French law on penalty arrangements rejected by the French Constitutional Council;
Amendment 182 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 – point c
Paragraph 9 – point c
(c) including standstill clauses fixin all EU FTAs ambitious undertakings a minimum level for socials regards labour, environmental and safety standards in all EU FTAs form to be determined with the partners (ratchet clause, standstill clause, thresholds, etc.);
Amendment 196 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 – point e
Paragraph 9 – point e
(e) supplementing all these provisions with supporting measures for developing countries and rigorously monitoring their implementation in conjunction with the national parliaments, firms and civil society;
Amendment 214 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Calls the EU to work towards the introduction of a mandatory ‘social and environmental traceability’ labelling system along the entire production chain for products sold on the EU market, in compliance with the WTO TBT Agreement;
Amendment 242 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Deplores the fact that gender is not mentioned in the Trade for All strategy, and calls on the Commission to take this matter into account when conducting the mid-term assessment and revision of its strategy; calls on the Commission to ensure that gender perspective is included and mainstreamed in trade policy, the Aid for Trade strategy, and all future FTAs and impact assessments; calls on the Commission to collect gender- disaggregated data and take gender into account in GVC analysis; ntinue its talks and negotiations with a view to ensuring that the WTO takes gender equality into account in its trade policy; calls on the Commission to collect gender- disaggregated data and take gender into account in GVC analysis; welcomes the fact that the issue of gender equality is being addressed in the negotiations on updating the EU-Chile agreement and will be dealt with in the future updated agreement;
Amendment 258 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Reiterates its call for the strengthening of import and supply chain controls to ensure that only child labour- free products enter the EU market; stresses the importance of including the objective of combating forced labour and child labour in EU trade agreements in the form of chapters on sustainable development, so that both parties are committed to achieving it; draws attention to the need for the EU to contribute at international level to the discussions with the ILO, the OECD, the United Nations and the WTO in order to make progress in combating forced labour and child labour;