Activities of Tamás MESZERICS related to 2015/2038(INI)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on implementation of the 2010 recommendations of Parliament on social and environmental standards, human rights and corporate responsibility
Amendments (11)
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Calls for the ILO’s eight core labour standards and the four ILO Priority Conventions for the industrialised countries to be systematically included in all bilateral and multilateral EU trade agreements, and for the binding application of these standards;
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Recalls the interplay of social and environmental standards, human rights, labour rights, and development policy in EU external relations, and the important role the EU has to play to promote these rights and standards particularly in external trade policy and agreements;
Amendment 33 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls for a strengthening of the chapter on sustainable development in bilateral and multilateral agreements through the provision of a complaints procedure open to the social partners, and the establishment of accountability mechanisms in the event of non- compliance;
Amendment 35 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Considers better implementation of the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights essential to uphold core labour, social and environmental standards in workplaces;
Amendment 49 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Stresses the important role global supply chains play in monitoring and enforcing social, environmental and labour standards, and in this respect, calls on the Commission to work with the ILO and propose actions along the supply chain to enable compliance, (including obligatory reporting requirements), in line with the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises and recognises that this will require significant support for such companies;
Amendment 54 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the Commission to include systematically in all free trade agreements negotiated with non-EU countries a series of social standards that include the full implementation of the ILO’s Decent Work Agenda, that sets out key objectives to ensure dignified, stable and peaceful work environments and the importance of social partner engagement in promoting this agenda; also calls on EU businesses to fully implement these core objectives both within the Union, and in dealings with non-EU actors;
Amendment 60 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Urges the Commission and the Council to strengthen the implementation of all binding agreements in the case of breach of standards including social, human rights, environmental standards by providing accessible complaint procedure open to social partners, appeal mechanism to an independent body accepted by both parties and enforceable sanctions in the form of fines or temporary suspensions of certain trade benefits provided under the agreement;
Amendment 63 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Stresses that EU institutions consider as a priority a business’s record and proven commitment to sustainable and ethical conduct when awarding public procurement contracts, and urges contracting authorities to use these criteria in accordance with the procurements directives;
Amendment 65 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Stresses the fundamental role ofat corporate social responsibility (CSR) can fulfil its role in ensuring sustainable economic growth both in the European Union and around the worldnvironmental, human right, labour standards and fighting corruption both in the European Union and around the world only if it includes adequate transparency standards and reliable accountability mechanisms; urges the Commission to adopt a new strategy on CSR that establishes stronger reporting and compliance requirements ensuring better implementation of the UN Guiding Principle on Business and Human Rights, and urges the Member States to endorse the promotion of CSR.
Amendment 71 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Continues urging the Commission to ban all sort of EU import of goods and services using modern forms of slavery, forced labour, especially of vulnerable groups, or in violation of basic human rights;
Amendment 83 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 b (new)
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7b. Calls on the Commission to execute a mid-term review on bilateral or multilateral EU trade agreements where social or human rights provisions are suspected or considered to be breached and prepare proportional fines or suspension of trade benefits as long as requirements are met;