10 Amendments of Maria ARENA related to 2018/0272M(NLE)
Amendment 2 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 13 a (new)
Citation 13 a (new)
- having regard to the UN Conventions to tackle crime and corruption, including the UN Convention on Transnational Organised Crime and the UN Convention Against Corruption
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas the biggest source countries for logs and sawn timber in 2017 were Cameroon, USA and Cambodia, alongside Democratic Republic of Congo as a notable supplier; whereas, since 2015, Cambodia has been Vietnam’s second largest tropical timber supplier, in spite of a reported ban7 on exports to Vietnam; whereas according to NGOs with relevant expertise timber exported from Cambodia and DRC should be considered at high risk of illegality _________________ 7 https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ despite-ban-timber-exports-vietnam- nearing-2016-total
Amendment 21 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Welcomes the independent evaluation and complaints and feedback mechanism and calls on the Vietnamese authorities to ensure that these are responded to adequately, including via effective and dissuasive enforcement action when necessary; welcomes theexpects such mechanism to operate in full transparency and to foster information sharing between civil society and enforcement authorities; urges Vietnamese authorities to support independent monitoring of the VPA implementation by civil society organisations, forest associations, enterprises, trade unions, local communities and people living in the forest areas; stresses the importance of their access to relevant information to enable them to fulfil their role in this process and to further contribute to the credibility of TLAS and its continuous strengthening;
Amendment 22 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Welcomes theRegrets the absence of a wider involvement of civil society organisations during and following the VPA negotithe negotiations; Welcomes the involvement of civil society organisations for the VPA implementations and calls on the Government of Vietnam to ensure a genuinely inclusive process during the whole implementation phase and beyond; stresses the importance of involving local communities both for socio-economic reasons and also in order to ensure proper implementation of the new forestry law and the VPA commitments;
Amendment 25 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Strongly condemns the illegal timber trade taking place across the Cambodian border and calls on the authorities of both countries to put an immediate and complete stop to the illegal flows; urges the Vietnamese authorities to investigate, remove from function and bring to justice those responsible for having authorised and managed the illegal trade from Cambodia and elsewhere; encourages the Vietnamese authorities to categorise timber from Cambodia as ‘high risk’ and to carefully consider the option of applying an import ban for Cambodia; calls on the two countries to foster and improve dialoguimprove their exchange of information on risks related to illegal timber trade and their respective legislation in force; calls on the Vietnamese authorities to apply the same measures to imports from other supplier countries where similar concerns exist or may arise, notably those in Africa such as DRC;
Amendment 27 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7 a. Stresses the need to address the regional dimension of illegal logging, transport, processing and trade of illegal timber throughout the supply chain; calls on the Vietnamese authorities to seize the opportunity of the VPA implementation process to strengthen their cooperation on illegal timber trade with neighbouring countries such as Cambodia and Laos; calls for the inclusion of such regional dimension in the VPA evaluation process by assessing the link between the existence of weaker enforcement mechanisms in other countries of the region and the increase of exports from such countries into the EU;
Amendment 29 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Urges the Government of Vietnam to work to stop widespread corruption and address other factors fuelling this trade, in particular in relation to customs, provincial and other authorities that will play a pivotal role in the implementation and enforcement of the VPA, as a concrete signal that Vietnam is fully committed to the VPA process; calls on the Government of Vietnam to strengthen coordination between the national and provincial authorities in order to ensure consistent implementation of the VPA commitments throughout the country;
Amendment 31 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Calls on the Vietnamese authorities to adopt an action plan for VPA implementation concrete, time bound and measurable roadmap for VPA implementation, including contingency measures; calls on the Vietnamese authorities also to adopt an action plan specifically aimed at addressing ongoing imports of illegally produced timber, that would bridge the gap until TLAS becomes operational, thus retaining a high level of commitment to the VPA process and steady progress in VPA-related reforms;
Amendment 33 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9 a. Calls on the EU to promote the EU Timber Regulation with all its trade partners and internationally, in order to create a global level playing field in addressing illegal logging
Amendment 35 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 b (new)
Paragraph 9 b (new)
9 b. Calls on the Commission to report regularly to Parliament on the progress made in implementing the VPA, and in particular on how the aforementioned issues have been, and will be, addressed