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Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. Welcomes the joint communication as a positive step towards an integrated EU policy on Arctic matters, identifying 39 specific areas of action, and towards developing a more coherent framework for EU action; stresses the need for more coherence between the EU’s internal and external policies as regards Arctic matters; reiterates its call for a comprehensive strategy and a concretised action plan on the EU’s engagement in the Arctic;deleted

2016/11/14
Committee: AFET ENVI

James CARVER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Underlines the importance of UNCLOS in providing a complementary multilateral legal framework for settling intra-Arctic sovereignty issues; notes that only very few unresolved issues of jurisdiction exist in the Arctic; considers respect for international law in the Arctic essential; advocates ~~a strong role for the EU in~~the promotingon of effective multilateral arrangements and a global rules-based order through the strengthening and consistent implementation of relevant international, regional and bilateral agreements, frameworks and arrangements; underlines that the EU should have a strong role in reaching an agreement to maintain the Arctic, which is not under any country’s jurisdiction, as an area of common heritage to be used exclusively for peaceful and scientific purposes; notes that this does not concern navigation and traditional livelihoods;

2016/11/14
Committee: AFET ENVI

James CARVER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Calls on the ~~Commission and the~~ Member States to take a stronger role in the effective implementation of international conventions such as the Paris Agreement, the Minimata Convention, the Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution, the Gothenburg Protocol, the Stockholm Convention and the Convention on Biological Diversity; asks ~~the Commission~~ to pay special attention to the ongoing international process by the Persistent Organic Pollutants Review Committee to further restrict the use of persistent organic pollutants;

2016/11/14
Committee: AFET ENVI

James CARVER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to step up their efforts within the EU legislative framework by agreeing on ambitious reduction targets in the negotiations on the National Emission Ceilings Directive, by reducing local pollution levels through the Clean Air Package, and by negotiating ambitious greenhouse gas emission reduction targets and measures on both the emission trading and effort-sharing sectors, bearing in mind the target of limiting the temperature increase to 1.5°C by 2100;deleted

2016/11/14
Committee: AFET ENVI

James CARVER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Invites the Commission and the EU Member States to set the successful application of Arctic EIA as a prerequisite for goods marketed in the EU deriving from the projects executed in the Arctic region;deleted

2016/11/14
Committee: AFET ENVI

James CARVER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Encourages close cooperation between EU Institutions and relevant EU Member States on Arctic issues; invites those Member States that are full members of the AC to keep the other Member States and the HR informed of any matter of common interest in the AC in accordance with Article 34(2) of the Treaty on the European Union;deleted

2016/11/14
Committee: AFET ENVI

James CARVER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Stresses the need for the EU to engage with all Arctic partners in policy dialogue; calls for improved coordination between the EU, the AC, the Barents Euro-Arctic Council and other bodies involved in cooperation in the High North;deleted

2016/11/14
Committee: AFET ENVI

James CARVER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. Reconfirms its support for observer status of the EU in the AC; is convinced that the upgrading of the EU’s status would reinforce the political and institutional role of the AC in tackling Arctic matters;deleted

2016/11/14
Committee: AFET ENVI

James CARVER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

12. Notes the EU’s capacity to contribute in multiple ways to the resolution of potential security challenges and the prevention of conflicts; calls on the EU to contribute, in partnership with its Member States, to building civilian security mechanisms, as well as to enhancing both natural and man-made crisis and disaster management capacities, and search and rescue infrastructure;deleted

2016/11/14
Committee: AFET ENVI

James CARVER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

14. Stresses the importance of engaging Russia in Arctic cooperation and the need to further assert EU strategic interests towards Russia by the use of selective engagement and to seek progress on issues of common concern where there is ground for global solutions to common challenges and threats; urges that this issue be included in the EU strategy on the Arctic;

2016/11/14
Committee: AFET ENVI

James CARVER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

~~15. Notes that Arctic migration routes have formed which enter the European Union; emphasises that migration routes and increased transport should be considered when drafting an EU Arctic strategy;~~deleted

2016/11/14
Committee: AFET ENVI

11 Amendments of James CARVER related to 2016/2228(INI)

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