6 Amendments of Tiziana BEGHIN related to 2015/2127(INI)
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Calls on the Commission to establish, in cooperation with the EEAS, a framework for annual reporting by the EIB on its operations outside of the EU with regard to compliance with the general principles guiding Union external action as referred to in Article 21 TEU and the EU Strategic Framework and Action Plan on Human Rights and Democracy; calls, with regard to investments outside the EU, for a report which goes into greater detail about possible losses and about how and in what cases the guarantee instrument has been used;
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls on the EIB to pay greater attention to the impact its operations have on human rights and, to further develop its policy on social standards into a human rights policy in the area of banking and to improve the ex-post controls, especially to assess if the economic, social and environmental actions of EIB are in line with the EEAS directives;
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Welcomes the EIB public consultation on climate action and believes that the EIB can further strengthen its position as leader in the climate field; looks forward to the update of the EIB climate strategy outside of the EU, with the expectation of an action plan phasing out lending to non-renewable energy projects and an increase of its target for climate action to 40% of its portfolio;
Amendment 31 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Recommends to the EIB internal Complaints Mechanism Office to launch an investigation on the transparency, effectiveness and development impacts of the intermediated lending of the EIB, and for the Bank to act on the outcomes of this investigation, leading to a list of criteria for the selection of financial intermediaries;
Amendment 33 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4 b. Asks the EIB to refrain from cooperation with financial intermediaries having a negative track record in terms of transparency, tax evasion or aggressive tax planning practices, or use of other harmful tax practices such as 'tax rulings' and abusive transfer pricing, fraud, corruption or environmental and social impacts, or with no substantial local ownership;
Amendment 46 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the EIB, in the context of the ex-ante assessment of undertakings which are the subject of judicial investigations, to update its policies on anti-money laundering and on combating the financing of terrorism and organised crime, including the establishment of a new responsible taxation policy, starting with a review of its policy on non-cooperative jurisdictions (NCJ policy) in 2016.