Activities of Florian PHILIPPOT

Recital A

A. whereas the EU is ~~found~~committed ton the values of respect for human dignity, freedom, democracy, equality, the rule of law and respect for human rights; and whereas its action on the international scene (including its development and trade policies) shall be ~~guided by~~conducted on the basis of these principles;

2018/06/06
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2018/2656(RSP)

Recital B

B. whereas development should go hand-in-hand with social justice and good governance, and whereas trade must serve development~~, trade~~ and human rights ~~can have an impact on each other and may reinforce each other~~, not the other way round;

2018/06/06
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2018/2656(RSP)

Recital C

C. whereas although States are not per se responsible for human rights violations by private actors, they may breach their international human rights law obligations where such violations can be attributed to them, or where they fail to take appropriate steps to prevent such violations, investigate, and punish the people responsible and redress private actors’ abuse; whereas States generally have discretion in deciding upon these steps, including policies, legislation, regulations and adjudication;

2018/06/06
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2018/2656(RSP)

Recital D

D. whereas States should set out clearly the expectation that all business enterprises domiciled in their territory and/or jurisdiction respect human rights throughout their operations, particularly in sectors involved in unfair economic competition vis-à-vis European countries;

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2018/2656(RSP)

Recital E

E. whereas the UNGPs apply to all States and to all business enterprises, both transnational and others, regardless of their size, sector, location, ownership and structure and are grounded in recognition of the following: States’ existing obligations to respect, protect and fulfil human rights and fundamental freedoms; the role of business enterprises as specialized organs of society performing specialized functions, required to comply with all applicable laws and to respect human rights; and the need for rights and obligations to be matched to appropriate ~~and~~, effective and dissuasive remedies when breached;

2018/06/06
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2018/2656(RSP)

Recital F

F. whereas the UN Global Compact asks corporations to embrace, support and enact, within their sphere of influence, a set of core values in the areas of human rights, labour standards, respect for the environment and the fight against corruption, making a commitment to those values and integrating them into their business operations on a voluntary basis;

2018/06/06
Committee: DEVE

2018/2656(RSP)

Recital F

F. whereas the UN Global Compact asks corporations to embrace, support and enact as broadly as possible, within their sphere of influence, a set of core values in the areas of human rights, labour standards, the environment and the fight against corruption, making a commitment to those values and integrating them into their business operations on a voluntary basis;

2018/06/06
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2018/2656(RSP)

Recital G

G. whereas corporations are one of the major players in economic globalisation, financial services and international trade and are required to comply with all applicable laws and international treaties in force, and to respect human rights; whereas these business enterprises may ~~at times~~, solely in the name of productivism or profit, cause, or contribute to human rights violations, and whereas they may also have an important role to play in offering positive incentives in terms of promoting human rights, democracy, environmental standards and corporate social responsibility;

2018/06/06
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2018/2656(RSP)

Recital H

H. whereas the ~~EU has played a leading role~~Member States have a major role to play in negotiating and implementing a number of initiatives for global responsibility which go hand in hand with the promotion and respect of international standards in relation to business and human rights and the implementation of the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (UNDP), approved in 2011;

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2018/2656(RSP)

Recital H

H. whereas the EU ~~has played a leading~~wishes to play a role in negotiating and implementing a number of initiatives for global responsibility which go hand in hand with the promotion and respect of international standards in relation to business and human rights;

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2018/2656(RSP)

Recital I

I. whereas a ~~global holistic~~n international approach to corporate liability, within the UN framework, for human rights violations is still lacking, and whereas victims of human rights violations involving multinational companies face multiple obstacles to accessing remedies, including judicial remedies;

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2018/2656(RSP)

Recital K

K. whereas a system of corporate liability for human rights violations is currently being negotiated in the UN; whereas it is important to ensure a fair international approach which treats all companies in the same way;

2018/06/06
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2018/2656(RSP)

Paragraph 1

1. Notes that globalisation and increasing internationalisation of business activities and supply chains make the r~~ole that~~esponsibility of corporations ~~play in~~for ensuring effective respect for human rights more important and create a situation in which international norms and rules are crucial to avoid human rights violations in third countries;

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2018/2656(RSP)

Paragraph 2

2. Firmly believes that the private sector is an important partner in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and in mobilising additional resources for development and that it should not shirk its responsibilities, in particular in the newly industrialised countries; stresses that, given their increasing role in development cooperation, private sector actors must align with development effectiveness principles and abide by the principles of corporate accountability throughout the whole lifecycle of projects;

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2018/2656(RSP)

Paragraph 3

3. Strongly supports the full implementation of the UNGPs, and calls on ~~the EU and Member States~~as many States as possible to elaborate and adopt ~~an EU, respectively~~ international action plans for the swift, effective and comprehensive implementation of the said Principles;

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2018/2656(RSP)

Paragraph 4

4. Considers it regrettable that a global approach to the way in which transnational corporations abide by human rights law is still lacking; , as regional approaches are only partial and by definition less effective, or even counter- productive;

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2018/2656(RSP)

Paragraph 5

5. Reaffirms the urgent need to act in an effective and coherent manner at all levels, including national~~, European~~ and international, in order to effectively address human rights violations by transnational corporations, to address legal problems resulting from the extra- territorial dimension of transnational companies, and the related uncertainty as to where liability for human rights violations lies;

2018/06/06
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2018/2656(RSP)

Paragraph 6

6. Considers it necessary to establish, within the United Nations framework, primacy of human rights in international law through a clear system whereby human rights obligations take precedence over other types of conflicting obligations;

2018/06/06
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2018/2656(RSP)

Paragraph 7

7. Warmly welcomes in this context the work initiated in the United Nations through the Intergovernmental Working Group (IGWG) and stresses its full legitimacy, to create a binding UN instrument on transnational corporations and other business enterprises with respect to human rights and considers this to be a step forward in the promotion and protection of human rights;

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Committee: DEVE

2018/2656(RSP)

Paragraph 8

8. Regrets any obstructive behaviour in relation to this process and to the sessions of the IGWG, whether by multinationals or as a result of government strategies of inertia;

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2018/2656(RSP)

Paragraph 10

10. Stresses the importance of the EUMember States being actively involved in this intergovernmental process;

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2018/2656(RSP)

Paragraph 11

11. Reiterates once more its call on the E~~U and Member~~uropean States to engage genuinely and constructively in these negotiations;

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2018/2656(RSP)

Paragraph 12

12. Calls on the UN Member States to ensure that the negotiations leading to the treaty are conducted in a transparent man~~d consultative manner~~ner, independent of any external pressure, with a broad range of rights- holders potentially impacted by the treaty;

2018/06/06
Committee: DEVE

2018/2656(RSP)

Paragraph 13

13. Calls on the EUuropean States to ensure that any ~~revision or future strategy document linked to the EU Strategic Framework and Action Plan~~future international approach on Hhuman Rrights and Ddemocracy includes clear objectives and measurable benchmarks for ~~EU’s~~their participation in the UN treaty negotiations;

2018/06/06
Committee: DEVE

2018/2107(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. ~~Welcomes~~Takes note of the Commission’s Mid- Term Evaluation of the EU’s Generalised Scheme of Preferences (GSP); ~~welcomes~~also takes note of the fact that the new regulation has seen an increase in exports from beneficiaries of the Everything But Arms (EBA) and GSP+ arrangements, which is an important step towards poverty eradication; notes that the focus on fewer beneficiaries under the 2012 regulation should further contribute to this aim;

2018/12/03
Committee: DEVE

2018/2107(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Notes ~~with satisfaction~~ that in 2016 EUR 62.6 billion worth of imports entered the EU under GSP preferences (a rising tendency), broken down as follows: EUR 31.6 billion from Standard GSP beneficiaries, around EUR 7.5 billion from GSP+ beneficiaries and EUR 23.5 billion from EBA beneficiaries (Eurostat data as of September 2017);

2018/12/03
Committee: DEVE

2018/2107(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Notes ~~with satisfaction~~ that the preference utilisation rate for EBA beneficiaries is high, ~~meaning~~which could mean that the potential benefit for the world’s poorest countries is also high; stresses that EBA should be complemented with trade-related assistance and capacity- building if it is to become more useful;

2018/12/03
Committee: DEVE

2018/2107(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. ~~Welcomes the fact~~Takes note of the assessments which argue that the GSP has contributed to social development and human rights, in particular employment of women, implementation of good governance practices and ratification of core ILO conventions; stresses the importance of continued engagement and monitoring, together with the participation of civil society in these processes;

2018/12/03
Committee: DEVE

2018/2081(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18

18. Is concerned about the phenomenon of the ‘brain drain’; calls on those Member States that devote too much of their aid to scholarships and the expenses of students from developing countries to reduce it; considers that multiple entry visas would enable these students to update their knowledge and promote circular mobility;(Does not affect the English version.)

2018/09/04
Committee: DEVE

2018/2081(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20

20. Stresses the importance of new technologies as a way of improving access to education and improving its quality, particularly for the dissemination of knowledge, teacher training and the management of establishments; draws attention to the fact that these new technologies must support educational efforts rather than replacing them and lowering standards of teaching;(Does not affect the English version.)

2018/09/04
Committee: DEVE

2018/2081(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21

21. Reiterates that only an enabling environment makes quality education possible, including nutritional aspects, health and safety, and access to electricity and water, in order to enable pupils to genuinely benefit from school and to increase completion rates, especially in primary educat(Does not affect the English version;.)

2018/09/04
Committee: DEVE

2018/0248(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1

(1) In the context of the evolving migratory challenges characterised by the need to support strong reception, asylum, integration and migration systems of Member States, prevent and handle, firmly and adequately ~~handle~~, situations of pressure and ~~replace~~considerably restrict irregular and unsafe arrivals ~~with legal and safe pathways~~, investing in efficient and coordinated migration management in the Union is key to realising the Union’s objective of constituting an area of freedom, security and justice pursuant to Article 67(2) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union; to achieve that goal, Member States need to have the control of their national borders restored.

2018/11/09
Committee: DEVE

2018/0248(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2

(2) The importance of a coordinated approach by the Union and the Member States is reflected in the European Agenda on Migration of May 2015, which stressed the need for a consistent and clear common policy to restore confidence - which has been greatly eroded - in the Union’s ability to bring together European and national efforts to address migration and work together in an effective way, in accordance with the principles of solidarity and fair sharing of responsibility, and was confirmed in its mid-term review of September 2017 and the progress report of March and May 2018.

2018/11/09
Committee: DEVE

2018/0248(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3

(3) In its conclusions of 19 October 2017, the European Council reaffirmed the need to pursue a comprehensive, pragmatic and resolute approach to migration management that aims to restore control of external borders and reduce irregular arrivals and the number of deaths at sea, and should be based on a flexible and coordinated use of all available Union and Member State instruments. The European Council further called to ensure significantly enhanced returns through actions at both EU and Member States level, such as effective readmission agreements and arrangements. However, the European Council failed to recognise the importance of the national borders of Member States as a means to regain control of migratory flows.

2018/11/09
Committee: DEVE

2018/0248(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4

(4) In order to support efforts to ensure a comprehensive approach to management of migration grounded on the will of European peoples to see a considerable decrease in migratory pressure and on mutual trust, solidarity and responsibility sharing among Member States and Union institutions, with the objective of ensuring a common sustainable Union policy on asylum and immigration, Member States should be supported by adequate financial resources in the form of the Asylum and Migration Fund (hereinafter referred to as ‘the Fund’).

2018/11/09
Committee: DEVE

2018/0248(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7

(7) The Fund should support the ~~efficient~~ management of migration flows efficiently, humanely but very firmly, inter alia by promoting common measures in the area of asylum, including Member States’ efforts in receiving persons in need of international protection through resettlement and the transfer of applicants for or beneficiaries of international protection between Member States, supporting integration strategies and a more effective legal migration policy, so as to ensure the Union’s long-term competitiveness and the future of its social model and reduce incentives for irregular migration through a sustainable return and readmission policy. The Fund should support the strengthening of cooperation with third countries to reinforce management of flows of persons applying for asylum or other forms of international protection, avenues on legal migration and to counter irregular migration and ensure sustainability of return and effective readmission to third countries.

2018/11/09
Committee: DEVE

2018/0248(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8

(8) The migration crisis, characterised by a considerable influx of migrants who are unable to enjoy the right to asylum, and handled in a lax manner by the European Union and the Member States, highlighted the need to reform the Common European Asylum System to ensure that efficient asylum procedures to prevent secondary movements, to provide uniform and appropriate reception conditions for applicants for international protection, uniform standards for the granting of international protection and appropriate rights and benefits for beneficiaries of international protection. At the same time, the reform was needed to put in place a fairer and more effective system of determining Member States’ responsibility for applicants for international protection as well as a Union framework for Member States’ resettlement efforts. Therefore, it is appropriate for the Fund to provide increased support to Member States’ efforts to fully and properly implement the reformed Common European Asylum System.

2018/11/09
Committee: DEVE

2018/0248(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11

(11) Partnerships and cooperation with third countries are an essential component of Union asylum policy to ensure the adequate management of flows of persons applying for asylum or other forms of international protection. With the aim of replacing the unsafe and irregular arrivals with legal and safe arrival to the territory of the Member States of third-country nationals or stateless persons in need of international protection, expressing solidarity with countries in regions to which or within which a large number of persons in need of international protection have been displaced by helping to alleviate the pressure on those countries, helping achieve the Union’s migration policy objectives by increasing the Union’s leverage vis-à-vis third countries, and of effectively contributing to global resettlement initiatives ~~by speaking with one voice in international fora and with third countries~~, the Fund should provide financial incentives to the implementation of the Union Resettlement [and Humanitarian Admission] Framework.

2018/11/09
Committee: DEVE

2018/0248(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12

(12) Considering the high levels of migration flows to the Union in the last years and the ~~importance of ensuring the cohesion of our societie~~predicted future levels, also because of the potential migratory impact of climate change, and the importance of ensuring the cohesion of our societies, which has been severely tested by the recent migration flows, it is crucial to support Member States’ policies for early integration of legally staying third-country nationals, including in the priority areas identified in the Action Plan on Integration of third-country nationals adopted by the Commission in 2016.

2018/11/09
Committee: DEVE

2018/0248(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 18

(18) Considering the long-term economic and demographic challenges faced by the Union, it is crucial to establish ~~well-functioning~~ legal migration channels to the Union t~~o maintain the Union as an attractive destination for migrants~~hat are specially regulated and that ensure a significant reduction in the number of legal arrivals, and to ensure the sustainability of welfare systems and growth of the Union economy.

2018/11/09
Committee: DEVE

2018/0248(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 21

(21) Member States should give preference to voluntary return. In order to promote voluntary return, Member States should envisage incentives such as preferential treatment in the form of enhanced return assistance should be envisaged for the voluntary return of persons. This kind of voluntary return is in the interests of both returnees and the authorities in terms of its cost- effectivenes, though this should not involve any particular costs.

2018/11/09
Committee: DEVE

2018/0248(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 24

(24) Readmission agreements and other arrangements are an integral component of the ~~Union~~ return policy of the Union and the Member States and a central tool for the efficient management of migration flows, as they facilitate the swift return of irregular migrants. Those agreements and arrangements are an important element in the framework of the dialogue and cooperation with third countries of origin and transit of irregular migrants and their implementation in third countries should be supported in the interests of effective return policies at national and Union level.

2018/11/09
Committee: DEVE

2018/0248(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 25

(25) In addition to supporting the return of persons as provided for in this Regulation, the Fund should also support other measures to counter irregular migration, address incentives for illegal migration or the circumventing of existing legal migration rules, thereby safeguarding the integrity of Member States’ immigration systems. In particular, people smuggling networks that organise illegal migration need to be dismantled and it should be ensured that NGOs which assist that migration comply strictly with existing regulations.

2018/11/09
Committee: DEVE

2018/0248(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 28

(28) The Fund should complement and reinforce the activities undertaken in the field of return by the European Border and Coast Guard Agency established by Regulation (EU) 2016/1624 of the European Parliament and of the Council18 , therefore contributing to effective European Integrated Border Management, as defined in Article 4 of that Regulation. The national borders of the Member States should also be restored, in order to control the movement of irregular migrants in the European Union and allow Member States to take the appropriate measures. _________________ 18 Regulation (EU) 2016/1624 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 September 2016 on the European Border and Coast Guard amending Regulation (EU) 2016/399 of the European Parliament and of the Council and repealing Regulation (EC) No 863/2007 of the European Parliament and of the Council, Council Regulation (EC) No 2007/2004 and Council Decision 2005/267/EC (OJ L 251, 16.9.2016, p. 1).

2018/11/09
Committee: DEVE

2018/0248(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 30

(30) Measures in and in relation to third countries supported through the Fund should complement other actions outside the Union supported through the Union’s external financing instruments. In particular, in implementing such actions, full coherence should be sought with the principles and general objectives of the Union’s external action and foreign policy in respect of the country or region in question and the Union international commitments. In relation to the external dimension, the Fund should target support to enhance cooperation with third countries and to reinforce key aspects of migration management in areas of interest to the Union's migration policy. This type of cooperation with third countries is the most effective way of significantly reducing the flows of migrants from those countries, most of whom express the wish to be able to live and work in their countries of origin rather than seek to migrate to European countries.

2018/11/09
Committee: DEVE

2018/0248(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 41

(41) To complement the implementation of the policy objective of this Fund at national level through Member States’ programmes, the Fund should also provide support for actions at Union level. Such actions should serve overall strategic purposes within the scope of intervention of the Fund relating to policy analysis and innovation, transnational mutual learning and partnerships and the testing of new initiatives and actions across the Union.deleted

2018/11/09
Committee: DEVE

2018/0244(CNS)

Proposal for a decision
Recital 5

(5) The partnership pursuant to this Decision should allow for the continuation of strong relations between the Union on the one hand, and all the OCTs on the other, and take account of the particular relationship between each of the territories concerned and the Member State to which they are attached.

2018/11/23
Committee: DEVE

2018/0244(CNS)

Proposal for a decision
Recital 8

(8) The special relationship between the Union and the OCTs is moving from a development cooperation approach to a reciprocal partnership to support the OCTs’ sustainable development. Moreover, the solidarity between the Union and the OCTs should be based on their unique relationship and their belonging to the same European family, given that the first order of solidarity lies in the links that bind them to the territories of the Member States concerned.

2018/11/23
Committee: DEVE

2018/0244(CNS)

Proposal for a decision
Recital 11

(11) Union financial assistance allocated through the partnership should ~~bring a European perspective to the development of OCTs and should~~ contribute to the strengthening of the close and long lasting ties with it, while strengthening the position of OCTs as advanced outposts of the ~~Union~~Member States to which they are attached, based on the common values and history which link the partners.

2018/11/23
Committee: DEVE

2018/0244(CNS)

Proposal for a decision
Recital 12

(12) Given the OCTs’ geographical position, and despite the different status vis-à-vis Union law of each actor in a given geographical area, cooperation between them and their neighbours should be pursued in the interests of all sides with a particular focus on areas of common interest ~~and the promotion of the Union’s values and standards~~.

2018/11/23
Committee: DEVE

2018/0244(CNS)

Proposal for a decision
Recital 13

(13) Many OCTs are neighbours to outermost regions, referred to in Article 349 TFEU and to African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) States and other third territories and countries and share common needs with their neighbours from climate change adaptation and mitigation and the preservation of biodiversity to oceans- related issues, economic diversification and disaster risk reduction. In particular, given their specific geographical situation, many OCTs experience catastrophic climate events, which are occurring with ever-increasing frequency as a result of climate change.

2018/11/23
Committee: DEVE

2018/0244(CNS)

Proposal for a decision
Recital 15

(15) The OCTs are host to wide terrestrial and marine biodiversity. Climate change is impacting on OCTs’ natural environment in ways that are more perceptible and more acute than in the EU mainland, given their reduced size, and constitutes a threat undermining their sustainable development. Actions in the fields of conservation of biodiversity and ecosystem services, disaster risk reduction, sustainable management of natural resources and promotion of sustainable energy contributes to adaptation and mitigation of climate change in the OCTs. The association should aim at ensuring the conservation, restoration and sustainable use of biological diversity and ecosystem services as a key element for the achievement of sustainable development.

2018/11/23
Committee: DEVE

2018/0244(CNS)

Proposal for a decision
Recital 19

(19) The association between the Union and the OCTs should take into account and contribute to the preservation of the cultural diversity and identity of OCTs as well as the particular cultural and historical links between these territories and the Member States to which they are attached.

2018/11/23
Committee: DEVE

2018/0244(CNS)

Proposal for a decision
Recital 27

(27) In the interest of efficiency, simplification and recognition of the management capacities of the OCTs' authorities, the financial resources granted to the OCTs should be managed on the basis of a reciprocal partnership, which must, as a matter of course, involve the territory concerned and the Member State to which it is attached. Moreover, the authorities of the OCTs should assume the responsibility for the formulation and implementation of those policies agreed upon between the parties as cooperation strategies. The limited administrative and human resources of the OCTs should be taken into account in the programming and implementation process.

2018/11/23
Committee: DEVE

2018/0243(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1

(1) The general objective of the Programme "Neighbourhood, Development and International Cooperation Instrument" (the ‘Instrument’) should be to uphold and promote the Union’s values and interests worldwide in order to pursue the objectives and principles of the Union’s external action, as laid down in Article 3(5), and Articles 8 and 21 of the Treaty on European Union. It should be noted that in its own internal policies, the values which the European Union aspires to uphold at international level are regularly distorted.

2018/12/17
Committee: AFET DEVE

2018/0243(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4

(4) The primary objective of Union’s development cooperation policy, as laid down in Article 208 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union is the reduction and, in the long term, the eradication of poverty, an objective which currently remains completely unattainable. The Union’s development cooperation policy also contributes to the objectives of the Union’s external action, in particular to foster the sustainable economic, social and environmental development of developing countries, with the primary aim of eradicating poverty, as set out in Article 21(2)(d) of the Treaty on European Union.

2018/12/17
Committee: AFET DEVE

2018/0243(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7

(7) The global context for action is the pursuit of a rules-based global order, with multilateralism and national sovereignty as its key principles and the United Nations at its core. The 2030 Agenda, together with the Paris Agreement on Climate Change57 and the Addis Ababa Action Agenda58 is the international community’s response to global challenges and trends in relation to sustainable development. With the Sustainable Development Goals at its core, the 2030 Agenda is a transformative framework to eradicate poverty and achieve sustainable development globally. It is universal in scope, providing a comprehensive shared framework for action that applies to the Union, to its Member States and to its partners. It balances the economic, social and environmental dimensions of sustainable development, recognising the essential interlinkages between its goals and targets. The 2030 Agenda aims to leave no one behind. The implementation of the 2030 Agenda will be closely coordinated with the Union’s other relevant international commitments. The implementation of the 2030 Agenda will be closely coordinated with the Union's other relevant international commitments. Actions undertaken by this Regulation should pay particular attention to interlinkages between Sustainable Development Goals and to integrated actions that can create co- benefits and meet multiple objectives in a coherent way. _________________ 57 Signed in New York on 22 April 2016. Signed in New York on 22 April 2016. 58 "Addis Ababa Action Agenda of the Third International Conference on Financing for Development", adopted on 16 June 2015 and ~~endors~~approved by the United Nations General Assembly on 27 July 2015 (A/RES/69/313).

2018/12/17
Committee: AFET DEVE

2018/0243(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8

(8) The implementation of this Regulation should be guided by the five priorities established in the Global Strategy for the European Union’s Foreign and Security Policy (the 'Global Strategy')59, presented on 19 June 2016, which represents the Union's vision and the framework for united and responsible external engagement in partnership with others, to advance its values and interests. The Union should enhance partnerships, promote policy dialogue and collective responses to challenges of global concern. Its action should support the Union’s interests and values in all its aspects, including preserving peace, preventing conflicts, strengthening international security, fighting root causes of irregular migration and assisting populations, countries and regions confronting natural or man-made disasters, supporting trade policy, economic diplomacy and economic cooperation, promoting digital solutions and technologies, and fostering the international dimension of Union’s policies. In promoting its interests, the Union should comply with, and promote, the principles of respect for high social and environmental standards, for the rule of law, for international law and for human rights. The European Union must respect the sovereignty of states. _________________ 59 "Shared Vision, Common Action: Aa Stronger Europe. A gGlobal Strategy for the European Union's Foreign and Security Policy", June 2016.

2018/12/17
Committee: AFET DEVE

2018/0243(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12

(12) In line with the international commitments of the Union on development effectiveness as adopted in Busan in 2011 and renewed at the Nairobi High Level Forum in 2016 and recalled in the Consensus, the Union’s development cooperation should apply the development effectiveness principles, namely ownership of development priorities by developing countries, a focus on results, inclusive development partnerships as well as transparency and accountability. It should be noted that development aid is more effective if it is provided by an organisation with strong cultural links with the country concerned; once this happens, Member States are able to act more effectively than the European Union thanks to the historical and cultural links which they have with many developing countries.

2018/12/17
Committee: AFET DEVE

2018/0243(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 26

(26) Civil society organisations should embrace a wide range of actors with different roles and mandates which includes all non-State, not-for-profit structures, non-partisan and non-violent, through which people organise to pursue shared objectives and ideals, whether political, cultural, social or economic. Operating from the local to the national, regional and international levels, they comprise urban and rural, formal and informal organisations. There should be checks to ensure that partner organisations in civil society have an unblemished record in terms of their probity and support for human rights.

2018/12/17
Committee: AFET DEVE

2018/0243(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 28

(28) Reflecting the importance of tackling climate change, which has become a real global emergency, in line with the Union commitments to implement the Paris Agreement and the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, this Regulation should contribute to mainstream climate action in the Union policies and to the achievement of an overall target of 25 % of the Union budget expenditures supporting climate objectives. Actions under this Regulation are expected to contribute 25% of its overall financial envelope to climate objectives. Relevant actions will be identified during the implementation of this Regulation, and the overall contribution from this Regulation should be part of relevant evaluations and review processes.

2018/12/17
Committee: AFET DEVE

2018/0243(COD)

(29) It is essential to further step up cooperation on migration with partner countries, reaping the benefits of well- managed and regular migration ~~and~~, effectively addressing irregular migration and drying up, as quickly as possible, legal and illegal migration flows to European Union countries. Such cooperation should contribute to ensuring access to international protection, addressing the root causes of irregular migration, enhancing border management and pursuing efforts in the fight against irregular migration, trafficking in human beings and migrant smuggling, and working on returns, readmission and reintegration where relevant, on the basis of mutual accountability and full respect of humanitarian and human rights obligations. Therefore, third countries' effective cooperation with the Union in this area should be an integral element in the general principles of this Regulation. An increased coherence between migration and development cooperation policies is important to ensure that development assistance supports partner countries to manage migration more effectively. This Regulation should contribute to a coordinated, holistic and structured approach to migration, maximising the synergies and applying the necessary leverage.

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2

2018/12/12
Committee: DEVE

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9

(9) ~~In view of further~~With a view to improving the performance of the CAP, income support should be targeted to genuine farmers. In order to ensure a common approach at Union level for such a targeting of support, a framework definition for ‘genuine farmer’ displaying the essential elements should be set out. On the basis of this framework, Member States should define in their CAP Strategic Plans which farmers are not considered genuine farmers based on conditions such as income tests, labour inputs on the farm, company object and inclusion in registers. It should also not result in precluding support to pluri-active farmers, who are actively farming but who are also engaged in non-agricultural activities outside their farm, as their multiple activities often strengthen the socio-economic fabric of rural areas.

2018/12/12
Committee: DEVE

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11

(11) In order to give substance to the objectives of the CAP as established by Article 39 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU), as well as to ensure that the Union adequately addresses its most recent challenges, in particular the increasing risk to human health from pesticides, it is appropriate to provide for a set of general objectives reflecting the orientations given in the Communication on ‘The Future of Food and Farming’. A set of specific objectives should be further defined at Union level and applied by the Member States in their CAP Strategic Plans. While striking a balance across the dimensions of sustainable development, in line with the impact assessment, these specific objectives should translate the general objectives of the CAP into more concrete priorities and take into account relevant Union legislation, particularly with regard to climate, energy and environment.

2018/12/12
Committee: DEVE

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12

(12) A smarter, modernised and more sustainable CAP needs to embrace research and innovation, in order to be able to produce healthier food, achieve pesticide- free farming and serve the multi- functionality of Union agriculture, forestry and food systems, investing in technological development and digitalisation, as well as improving the access to impartial, sound, relevant and new knowledge.

2018/12/12
Committee: DEVE

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17

(17) The CAP should keep ensuring food security, which should be understood as meaning access to sufficient, healthy, safe and nutritious food at all times. Moreover, it should help improving the response of Union agriculture to new societal demands on food and health, including sustainable agricultural production, the rejection of food containing pesticides, healthier nutrition, food waste and animal welfare. The CAP should continue to promote production with specific and valuable characteristics, while at the same time helping farmers to proactively adjust their production according to market signals and consumers’ demands.

2018/12/12
Committee: DEVE

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 21

(21) Building on the previous system of cross-compliance implemented until 2020, the system of new conditionality links full receipt of CAP support to the compliance by beneficiaries of basic standards concerning the environment, climate change, public health, animal health, plant health and animal welfare. It should be made clear that the basic environmental or public health standards must include the objective of zero pesticides wherever possible. The basic standards encompass in a streamlined form a list of statutory management requirements (SMRs) and standards of good agricultural and environmental conditions of land (GAECs). These basic standards should better take into account the environmental and climate challenges and the new environmental architecture of the CAP, thus delivering a higher level of environmental and climate ambition as the Commission announced in its Communications on the ‘Future of Food and Farming’ and the Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF). Conditionality aims to contribute to the development of sustainable agriculture through better awareness on the part of beneficiaries of the need to respect those basic standards. It also aims to make the CAP more compatible with the expectations of society through improving consistency of the policy with the environment, public health, animal health, plant health and animal welfare objectives. Conditionality should form an integral part of the environmental architecture of the CAP, as part of the baseline for more ambitious environmental and climate commitments, and should be comprehensively applied across the Union. For those farmers who do not comply with those requirements, Member States should ensure that proportionate, effective and dissuasive penalties are applied in accordance with [the HZR Regulation].

2018/12/12
Committee: DEVE

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 24

(24) Member States sh~~ould set~~all be asked to establish farm advisory services for the purpose of improving the sustainable management and overall performance of agricultural holdings and rural businesses, covering economic, environmental and social dimensions, and to identify the necessary improvements as regards all measures at farm level provided for in the CAP Strategic Plans. These farm advisory services should help farmers and other beneficiaries of CAP support to become more aware of the relationship between farm management and land management on the one hand, and certain standards, requirements and information, including environmental and climate ones, on the other hand. The list of the latter includes standards applying to or necessary for farmers and other CAP beneficiaries and set in the CAP Strategic Plan, as well as those stemming from the legislation on water, on the sustainable use of pesticides, as well as the initiatives to combat antimicrobial resistance and the management of risks. In order to enhance the quality and effectiveness of the advice, Member States should integrate advisors within the Agricultural Knowledge and Innovation Systems (AKIS), in order to be able to deliver up-to-date technological and scientific information developed by research and innovation.

2018/12/12
Committee: DEVE

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 28

(28) Small farms remain a cornerstone of Union agriculture as they play a vital role in supporting rural employment and contribute to territorial development. However, they are particularly disadvantaged by the distribution policy for CAP support. In order to promote a more balanced distribution of support and to reduce administrative burden for beneficiaries of small amounts, Member States should have the option of offering to small farmers the possibility of replacing the other direct payments by providing a round some payment for small farmers.

2018/12/12
Committee: DEVE

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 41

(41) The objectives of the CAP should also be pursued through support for investments, productive as well as non- productive, on farm as well as off-farm. Such investments may concern, inter alia, infrastructures related to the development, modernisation or adaptation to climate change of agriculture and forestry, or the gradual abandoning of pesticides, including access to farm and forest land, land consolidation and improvement, agro- forestry practices and the supply and saving of energy and water. In order to better ensure the consistency of the CAP Strategic Plans with Union objectives, as well as a level playing field between Member States, a negative list of investment topics is included in this Regulation.

2018/12/12
Committee: DEVE

2018/0216(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 52

(52) Reflecting the importance of tackling the global emergency of climate change in line with the Union's commitments to implement the Paris Agreement and the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, this Program will contribute to mainstream climate action in the Union's policies and to the achievement of an overall target of 25% of the EU budget expenditures supporting climate objectives. Actions under the CAP are expected to contribute 40 % of the overall financial envelope of the CAP to climate objectives. Relevant actions will be identified during the Program's preparation and implementation, and reassessed in the context of the relevant evaluations and review processes.

2018/12/12
Committee: DEVE

2017/2280(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Recalls that the EU’s external financing instruments (EFIs) are a ~~complex~~ set of tools for the EU to support and enhance its action on the international scene, and that their complexity is coordinated by the Common Implementing Rules Regulation, which ensures a smooth and complementary approach to the implementation of all instruments;

2018/01/24
Committee: DEVE

2017/2280(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Considers that sufficient time is key to Parliament being able to ~~properly and duly exercise its scrutiny powers with regard to~~effectively scrutinise draft implementing acts and state its position;

2018/01/24
Committee: DEVE

2017/2280(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Considers that sufficient time is key to Parliament being able to properly and duly exercise its scrutiny powers with regard to draft implementing acts; considers that sufficient time must be allowed in order to guarantee Parliament's rights under this procedure, one instance in which Parliament is too often accused of having a democratic deficit;

2018/01/24
Committee: DEVE

2017/2280(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. ~~Considers that, given~~Points out that the amount of time that the draft implementing acts are in preparation before reaching the DCI Committee, runs into several months; given the length of time allowed to the Commission, considers that non- compliance with the 20- day time limit for submission of documents to Parliament and the Council in the final phase of adoption of the implementing act cannot be justified under any circumstances, as it would impede the democratic functioning of the institutions;

2018/01/24
Committee: DEVE

2017/2280(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Regrets, therefore, that the Commission does not always meet the deadline of 20 calendar days ~~is not always respected~~, and considers its right of scrutiny impaired;

2018/01/24
Committee: DEVE

2017/2280(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Regrets, therefore, that the deadline of 20 calendar days is not always respected, and considers ~~its right of scrutiny impaired~~this to be an impediment to the right of scrutiny accorded to Parliament, the only one of the European institutions to represent European citizens;

2018/01/24
Committee: DEVE

2017/2280(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Calls for submission of all draft implementing measures at least 20 days in advance, and calls on the Commission to amend the Rules of Procedure of the DCI Committee in order to extend this 20-day time limit for submission, thus facilitating Parliament’s ~~scrutiny powers~~powers of control;

2018/01/24
Committee: DEVE

2017/2266(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Points out that IUU fishing is a major economic and environmental problem worldwide, threatening the sustainability of fish stocks and food security, and the biodiversity of the world’s oceans; stresses that IUU fishing also undermines fisheries management efforts and constitutes unfair competition for fishers, in particular from artisanal fleets, and others who operate in accordance with the law, with serious social and economic repercussions; notes that high levels of IUU fishing tend to be more frequent in countries with weak governance;

2018/01/30
Committee: DEVE

2017/2266(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Emphasises that developing countries are particularly vulnerable to IUU fishing due to their limited capacity for control and surveillance of their waters, which further destabilises the management of their fisheries, and thus contributes in a vicious circle to the development of IUU fishing;

2018/01/30
Committee: DEVE

2017/2266(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. ~~Regret~~Notes that in addition to the Comorian administration’s lack of capacity to tackle IUU fishing, the Commission reported a lack of governance/insufficient political will from the Comorian national authorities;

2018/01/30
Committee: DEVE

2017/2266(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7

7. Calls on the Commission to pursue its political and fisheries sectoral dialogue with the Comorian authorities, a dialogue which should be respectful and effective, taking into account both the objectives of the IUU Regulation and the difficult economic and social conditions of the Comoros, leading to the fulfilment by the latter of the provisions under the IUU Regulation and, ultimately, to the removal of this country from the list of non- cooperating countries; calls, in the meantime, for the assistance received by the Comoros under other EU financial instruments to be reoriented so that the population does not pay the cost of this state of affairs;

2018/01/30
Committee: DEVE

2017/2266(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8

8. ~~Emphasis~~Urges that fisheries control authorities worldwide should be provided with sufficient resources (human, financial and technological) enabling them to fully implement fisheries laws and regulations;

2018/01/30
Committee: DEVE

2017/2266(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9

9. Is convinced that the fight against IUU fishing greatly depends on a coherent response at international level, including from flag states, coastal states, port states and market states; takes the view that this response should be based on the uniform application of international law and regulations on IUU fishing and on an extensive and accurate exchange of information; calls therefore on the international community to take similar measures to those adopted by the EU to close markets to IUU-caught fish.

2018/01/30
Committee: DEVE

2017/2206(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Recalls ~~Article~~ 208 TFEU, which specifies that the primary objective of Union development cooperation policy is to eradicate poverty and that the Union and the Member States must meet the undertakings given and the objectives set in the United Nations and other competent international organisations; recalls, further, Agenda 2030 and the fact that the EU is bound by a rights-based approach to development;

2018/03/02
Committee: DEVE

2017/2206(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Recalls Article 208 TFEU, Agenda 2030 and the fact that the EU is bound by a rights-based approach to development, particularly the rights of societies and peoples from third countries which receive support under co-development programmes;

2018/03/02
Committee: DEVE

2017/2206(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. ~~Deplores~~Is alarmed by the allegations that ODA projects have negatively affected the rights of indigenous peoples; regrets that the REDD+ programme has failed to secure tenure rights for local forest communities; urges the EU to support the inclusion of human rights and, more specifically, indigenous rights obligations in all domestic and international mitigation and adaptation instruments;

2018/03/02
Committee: DEVE

2017/2206(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Urges partner countries to recognise and protect ~~indigenous peoples’ rights~~all the rights of indigenous peoples, particularly with regard to customary ownership and control of their lands and natural resources as set out in the UNDRIP and ILO Convention 169; calls for the EU to support partner countries in this and in applying the principle of free, prior and informed consent to large-scale land acquisitions;

2018/03/02
Committee: DEVE

2017/2206(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Urges partner countries to recognise and protect indigenous peoples’ rights to customary ownership and control of their lands and natural resources as set out in the UNDRIP and ILO Convention 169; calls for the EU Member States to support partner countries in this and in applying the principle of free, prior and informed consent to large-scale land acquisitions;

2018/03/02
Committee: DEVE

2017/2206(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Stresses that bilateral investment agreements fail to recognise indigenous peoples’ land rights; recalls that international investment law has to respect international human rights law, particularly where it concerns the rights of indigenous peoples; calls on development finance institutions to strengthen their human rights safeguards;

2018/03/02
Committee: DEVE

2017/2206(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. ~~Welcomes the fact~~Notes that the Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests will become binding for the External Investment Plan; ~~insists that they should be binding for~~deplores that decision; insists that the guidelines should reflect the fact that States have sovereign powers in respect of these matters and all EU ODA projects;

2018/03/02
Committee: DEVE

2017/2206(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. Calls for ~~the EU~~each Member State to take legally binding measures to hold corporations under their jurisdiction accountable for breaches of human rights in third countries and to provide effective remedy, complaint and sanction mechanisms.

2018/03/02
Committee: DEVE

2017/2146(DEC)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Supports the use of budget support but urges the Commission to better define the development outcomes to be achieved in each case and above all to enhance control mechanisms concerning recipient States’ conduct in the fields of corruption, respect of human rights, rule of law and democracy; notes the Court’s Special Report 35/2016 on the use of budget support for domestic resource mobilisation (DRM) in sub-Saharan Africa, which finds that the Commission’s ex- ante analyses of DRM are not sufficiently detailed and do not follow its own guidelines, that the Commission often fails to assess tax exemptions and illicit capital outflows and does not properly consider extraction dividends and whether royalties for access to natural resources have been paid; is concerned about the Commission’s low and sometimes not relevant use of DRM conditions in budget support contracts; calls on the Commission to improve its ex post evaluation of action financed by budget support, which will enable the most effective kinds of intervention in the field of development to be more precisely determined in the future; in addition, stresses that those Member States facing budgetary problems (in particular the net contributors), being unable to achieve the official development assistance objectives they have set, would be in great difficulty if EU budget support did not respond to these basic requirements of transparency and evaluation.

2017/12/13
Committee: DEVE

2017/2146(DEC)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Looks forward to being fully informed and consulted on the mid-term review of the 11th EDF which is supposed to take into account Agenda 2030 and a new European Consensus on Development but which should also fully respect the principles of development effectiveness reconfirmed at the Nairobi High Level Forum of the Global Partnership, in particular ownership of priorities by recipient countries; urges this mid-term review to analyse the synergies observed between the development aid delivered by the EDF and that delivered by each Member State in their development aid policies, so that it will be properly taken into account.

2017/12/13
Committee: DEVE

2017/2146(DEC)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Stresses that given the funding gap required to reach the ambitious development goals, the private sector might play a crucial role, as long as the funding it provides is strictly limited and monitored, in particular to ensure that it does not correspond to hidden commercial interests or inadmissible attempts to influence Member States’ policies; notes that blending might be a useful vehicle for leveraging additional resources, provided that its use is duly justified, its added value is demonstrated and it meets development effectiveness principles.

2017/12/13
Committee: DEVE

2017/2136(DEC)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Supports the use of budget support but urges the Commission to better define the development outcomes to be achieved in each case and above all to enhance control mechanisms concerning recipient states' conduct in the fields of corruption, respect of human rights, rule of law and democracy; notes the Court’s Special Report 35/2016 on the use of budget support for domestic resource mobilisation (DRM) in sub-Saharan Africa, which finds that the Commission's ex-ante analyses of DRM are not sufficiently detailed and do not follow its own guidelines, that the Commission often fails to assess tax exemptions and illicit capital outflows and does not properly consider extraction dividends and whether royalties for access to natural resources have been paid; is concerned about the Commission’s low and sometimes not relevant use of DRM conditions in budget support contracts; calls on the Commission to improve its ex post evaluation of action financed by budget support, which will enable the most effective kinds of intervention in the field of development to be more precisely determined in the future; stresses in addition that Member States with fiscal difficulties (in particular the net contributors), being unable to achieve the official development assistance objectives they have set, cannot put up with any failure, in connection with budget support, to meet these basic requirements as regards transparency and evaluation.

2017/12/13
Committee: DEVE

2017/2136(DEC)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Looks forward to being fully informed and consulted on the mid-term review of the Development Cooperation Instrument which is supposed to take into account the Agenda 2030 and a new European Consensus on Development; stresses that, to be properly comprehensive, the mid-term review should contain an analysis of the synergies observed between development aid delivered by the EDF and that delivered by each Member State under its development assistance policy.

2017/12/13
Committee: DEVE

2017/2136(DEC)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. Recalls the Union's collective commitment to raise the Union's and its Member States' official development assistance (ODA) to 0.7% of their Gross National Income (GNI);notes that an increase in EU budget contributions by Member States that are net contributors complicates their fiscal position, and thus makes them less able to achieve the goal of increasing ODA to 0.7 % of their GNI, thus heightening legitimate expectations for more effective EU ODA to beneficiary states.

2017/12/13
Committee: DEVE

2017/2126(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. ~~Welcom~~Notes the decreasing number of inquiries concerning the European institutions, bodies and agencies conducted by the Ombudsman in 2016 (245 in 2016, 261 in 2015); ~~reiterates its call on~~urges the EU institutions, bodies~~, offices~~ and agencies to respond and react within a reasonable time-frame to the critical remarks of the Ombudsman and to improve their compliance rate with the Ombudsman’'s recommendations and/or decisions;

2017/07/19
Committee: PETI

2017/2126(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Emphasises the essential role of transparency, good administration and institutional checks and balances in the work of the EU institutions; regrets that inquiries related to transparency and access to information and documents cons~~istently constitute more than 20~~ titute almost 30% of all inquiries submitted to the Ombudsman and remain the top concern among European citizens over the years;

2017/07/19
Committee: PETI

2017/2126(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. ~~Encoura~~Urges the Commission~~’s efforts~~ to facilitate access to documents and information, particularly with regard to the EU Pilot procedures in relation to petitions received; encourages the continuation of the Ombudsman’'s strategic inquiry into the Commission’'s transparency in handling infringement complaints under the EU Pilot procedures, and urges the Ombudsman to be determined and vigilant in continuing to investigate the matter in 2017;

2017/07/19
Committee: PETI

2017/2126(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Commends the Ombudsman’s determination to achieve the highest level of transparency in the EU decision-making process; stresses the need to monitor continuously the implementation of the Ombudsman’s recommendations for transparency in trilogues; reiterates, further, the need for full and enhanced transparency in trade agreements and negotiations, and calls on the Ombudsman to make continued efforts to monitor transparency in the negotiations for all EU trade agreements with third countries;

2017/07/19
Committee: PETI

2017/2126(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

11. Calls for greater transparency in the EU’s economic and financial decision- making process, in particular in the area of the banking supervision performed by the European Central Bank; supports, furthermore, the Ombudsman’s recommendations to increase transparency of the European Investment Bank and the Eurogroup and to strengthen their internal ethics rules; encourages the Ombudsman to monitor the implementation of the recommendations on transparency and change of ethical rules;

2017/07/19
Committee: PETI

2017/2126(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)

11a. Notes that 14,5% of the closed inquiries were related to sound financial managements of EU contracts and grants, which is an important growth compared to previous years; calls on the Commission to revise its auditing procedures and improve the communication with beneficiaries in order to avoid the wrongful reclaiming of money;

2017/07/19
Committee: PETI

2017/2126(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

12. Notes the Ombudsman’'s findings of maladministration with the Code of Conduct for Commissioners; stresses the importance of high moral and ethical standards within the EU administration, and welcomes the Commission’'s decision to extend the cooling-off period to two years for former Commissioners and three years for former Commission Presidents; ~~supports~~urges the Commission to implement the Ombudsman’'s recommendations for further revision of the Code in accordance with the Treaty obligations;

2017/07/19
Committee: PETI

2017/2126(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

14. Supports the Ombudsman’'s commitment to improve EU lobbying transparency, including the drafting of practical guidelines on how to avoid undue influence from interest groups, and calls on the Commission to fully comply with the Ombudsman’'s suggestions for improving the EU Transparency Register and making it a central transparency hub for all EU institutions and agencies;

2017/07/19
Committee: PETI

2017/2126(INI)

17. Notes the Commission’s position regarding transparency of its meetings with tobacco lobbyists and the transparency measures implemented by its Directorate- General for Health; ~~reiterates its call on~~urges the Commission to change its practice and make its work fully transparent by publishing data online concerning all meetings with lobbyists or with their legal representatives, as well as the minutes of those meetings, in line with its obligations under the UN Framework Convention for Tobacco Control (FCTC);

2017/07/19
Committee: PETI

2017/2052(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Considers that the EU’s commitment to the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) must guide the preparation of the next multiannual financial framework (MFF) ~~and that the EU’s support for such implementation in developing~~without, however, contributing to an increase in costs for the EU, which are already particularly high for the net countri~~es must increase;~~butors.

2017/12/11
Committee: DEVE

2017/2052(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Considers that the EU’s commitment to the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) must guide the preparation of the next multiannual financial framework (MFF) and that the EU’s support for such implementation in developing countries must increase, subject to the agreement of the Member States, particularly those which are net contributors to the EU, given the justifiable but no less significant financial implications which this implies;

2017/12/11
Committee: DEVE

2017/2052(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Considers that the EU’s commitment to the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) must guide the preparation of the next multiannual financial framework (MFF) and that the EU’s support for such implementation in developing countries must increase; adds that there must be a commitment on the part of the Member States but also of actors such as companies, local governments and associations;

2017/12/11
Committee: DEVE

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Insists that the provision of humanitarian aid and development assistance must be needs-based and non- partisan in order to support an effective stabilisation and reconstruction process; stresses that external actors, including the EU, must actively mitigate the risk of assistance being instrumentalised by domestic political actors or allocated in a way that discriminates against or privileges specific groups; recalls nevertheless that humanitarian aid and development aid must not call into question the principles of sovereignty and free administration of the countries concerned;

2018/05/02
Committee: DEVE

2010/0310M(NLE)