Activities of Lola SÁNCHEZ CALDENTEY related to 2018/2003(INI)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on transparent and accountable management of natural resources in developing countries: the case of forests PDF (530 KB) DOC (104 KB)
Amendments (10)
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the progress made in FLEGT VPAs; calls on the Commission to strengthen their implementation and to address remaining challenges such as corruption, conflict timber, forest degradation, transparency and the security of tenure for communities as a key principle of land governance; notes that the Commission is also negotiating VPA's with more countries, among others Vietnam; points out that the forthcoming Free Trade Agreement between the EU and Vietnam could have a negative incentive on illegally logged Vietnamese timber; urges the Commission to first have the VPA with Vietnam signed and fully implemented;
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the progress made in FLEGT VPAs; calls on the Commission to strengthen and speed up their implementation and to address remaining challenges such as corruption, conflict timber, forest degradation, transparency and the security of tenure for communities as a key principle of land governance;
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Calls on the Commission to explicitly address conflict timber in the FLEGT regulation or bilateral agreements; treating it as illegal; suspending bilateral agreements and notifying Member State authorities without having to wait for UN or EC sanctions;
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Calls on the Commission to promote a correct allocation of resources by Member States, with harmonised sanctions, and interpretation;
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 c (new)
Paragraph 1 c (new)
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Notes that the EU has regulated the supply chains of timber, fish and conflict minerals, but not yet of forest-risk agricultural commodities; urges the Commission to develop a legal framework to enforce due diligence obligations in the supply chain of these commodities, taking into account besides the environmental impacts, also the human rights impacts of deforestation, like land grabbing, severe intimidations to human rights defenders and slavery-like labour conditions;
Amendment 32 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Emphasises the need of expanding and reinforcing the arrangements for preventing, monitoring and verifying environmental and human rights impacts of EU bilateral and multilateral free trade and investment agreements, including via verifiable indicators and independent community-based monitoring and reporting initiatives;
Amendment 39 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Urges the EU to always include enforceable provisions in its TSD chapters to halt illegal logging and forest degradation, including through the possible use of sanctions; calls on the Commission to add such provisions to already concluded FTAs through the revision clause; recalls the importance of tackling the illegal logging for domestic use, which in some countries and sectors exceed the quantity of exports;
Amendment 46 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the Commission to use the GSP to improve the protection of forests in partner countries, including by setting up a complaint mechanism allowing interested parties to submit complaints, which shall take into special consideration the rights of the indigenous peoples, forest- dependent communities, and the rights granted under ILO Convention C169 on Indigenous and Tribal Peoples where applicable ;
Amendment 53 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Recalls the importance of adequate access to justice, legal remedies, and effective protection for whistleblowers in natural resources exporting countries in order to ensure the efficiency of any legislation or initiative;