Activities of Patricia LALONDE related to 2018/2107(INI)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on the implementation of the GSP Regulation (EU) No 978/2012 PDF (226 KB) DOC (82 KB)
Amendments (7)
Amendment 77 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Emphasises that, overall, the GSP scheme appears to have created incentives for ratifying international conventions and has therefore created a better framework for progress; stresses the importance of measures to ensure that GSP enhances positive environmental development and recommends that the Paris Agreement be added to the list of 27 core international conventions that GSP+ beneficiary countries must comply with;
Amendment 86 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Acknowledges the progress on effective implementation through increased monitoring and dialogue between the EU and the beneficiary countries; stresses the need for continued engagement and further improvement of transparency in GSP+ monitoring and better involvement of civil society, in particular in the process of monitoring implementation of the 27 core conventions; takes the view that further coordination and burden-sharing between the embassies of Member States in beneficiary countries is required to streamline the monitoring process; recommends, as far as possible, greater transparency and communication between stakeholders in GSP withdrawal processes, in particular during the European Commission’s investigation procedure;
Amendment 101 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Stresses the need for a targeted approach for the withdrawal of preferences and that such withdrawal could be limited to specific sectors, individuals or operators;
Amendment 104 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Calls for further measures to enhance the diversification of exports from GSP countries; regrets the fact that diversification among beneficiaries seems to have been hampered by removing the possibility of cumulation with countries that have graduated from GSP, as they can no longer benefit from the Rules of Origin for GSP beneficiaries; calls for this possibility to be reintroduced in a revision of the regulation; notes the significant decrease in export diversification at all sector levels for Standard GSP beneficiaries;, insofar as the countries that have the possibility of cumulation fall under the ‘low-income economies’ or ‘lower-middle-income economies’ in the World Bank’s most recent classification1a; __________________ 1a Updated (2018) World Bank classification by country and by revenue https://datahelpdesk.worldbank.org/knowl edgebase/articles/906519
Amendment 109 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Stresses the importance of capacity building in the beneficiary countries to alleviate supply-side constraints on diversification and preference usage; calls for measures under Aid-for-Trade to be more effectively used in this regard; takes the view that consideration should be given to including services in the next GSP regulation in order to further promote increased diversification;
Amendment 115 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Takes note of the first safeguard investigation under the regulation and considers that this clause should ensure that the EU’s financial and economic interests are protected while betaking able to offer preferences for sensitive productccount of the different activity sectors;
Amendment 120 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Highlights that the GSP has made the corporate sector more dynamic, resulting in an increased number of women in the labour force in the industries of the export countries that trade with the EU, in particular in the textiles industry;