16 Amendments of Urmas PAET related to 2022/0051(COD)
Amendment 115 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point a
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point a
(a) on obligations for companies regarding actual and potential human rights adverse impacts and environmental adverse impacts, with respect to their own operations, the operations of their subsidiaries, and the valuesupply chain operations carried out outside of the EU and by entities with whom the company has an established direct business relationship and
Amendment 128 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
The nature of direct business relationships as ‘established’ shall be reassessed periodically, and at least every 12 months.
Amendment 129 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Member States shall not maintain or introduce, in their national laws, provisions diverging from those laid down in this Directive, unless otherwise provided for in the Directive.
Amendment 137 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) the company had more than 500 employees on average and had a net worldwide turnoverturnover within the Union of more than EUR 150 million in the last financial year for which annual financial statements have been prepared;
Amendment 146 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point b – introductory part
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point b – introductory part
(b) the company did not reach the thresholds under point (a), but had more than 250 employees on average and had a net worldwide turnover of more than EUR 40 million within the Union in the last financial year for which annual financial statements have been prepared, provided that at least 50% of this net turnover was generated in one or more of the following sectors:
Amendment 210 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point f
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point f
(f) ‘established business relationship’ means a direct business relationship, whether direct or indirect, which is, or which is expected to be lasting, in view of its intensity or duration and which does not represent a negligible or merely ancillary part of the valuesupply chain;
Amendment 234 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point q
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point q
(q) ‘appropriate measure’ means a measure that is capable of achieving the objectives of due diligence, commensurate with the degree of severity and the likelihood of the adverse impact, and reasonably available to the company, taking into account the circumstances of the specific case, including characteristics of the economic sector and of the specific direct business relationship and the company’s influence thereof, and the need to ensure prioritisation of action.
Amendment 288 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 2
Article 8 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 2
Member States shall provide for, as a last resort, the availability of an option to terminate the business relationship in contracts governed by their laws.
Amendment 296 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 1
Article 9 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall ensure that companies provide the possibility for persons and organisations listed in paragraph 2 to submit complaints to them where they have legitimate concerns regarding actual or potential adverse human rights impacts and adverse environmental impacts with respect to their own operations, the operations of their subsidiaries and their value chainssupply chains outside of the Union. The complaint must be factually justified and reasonably documented.
Amendment 313 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point a
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) persons who are directly affected or have reasonable and justifiable grounds to believe that they mightwill be affected by an adverse impact,
Amendment 319 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point b
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) trade unions and, other workers’ representatives or civil society organisations representing individuals working in the valueor affected by the supply chain concerned,
Amendment 324 #
Amendment 344 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 13 – paragraph 1
Article 13 – paragraph 1
In order to provide support to companies or to Member State authorities on how companies should fulfil their due diligence obligations, the Commission, in consultation with Member States and stakeholders, the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights, the European Environment Agency, and where appropriate with international bodies having expertise in due diligence, mayshall issue specific and timely guidelines, including for specific sectors or specific adverse impacts. In particular, those guidelines shall facilitate the compliance of all companies with the obligations laid down in this Directive, taking into account the need to simplify the administrative burden for smaller companies, to ensure a level playing field within the Union and to ensure a consistent implementation of this Directive.
Amendment 414 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 29 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 29 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) whether the thresholds regarding the number of employees and net turnover laid down in Article 2(1) need to be lowerchanged;
Amendment 428 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 29 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Article 29 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 (new)
e) the impact on SMEs
Amendment 431 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 29 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 29 – paragraph 1 a (new)
f) the availability and effectiveness of supporting tools