2 Amendments of Bernd LANGE related to 2016/2140(INI)
Amendment 35 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Calls on the Commission, as soon as possible, to draft a legislative proposal for binding compliance with the OECD Guidelines for textiles and shoes by means of obligations concerning due diligence and disclosure by businesses which import textiles into the EU. The new OECD guidelines for responsible textile and shoe supply chains must be recognised as a guiding principle and fully incorporated into law. Legislation should recognise national or industry programmes with similar or identical aims to those of the legislation if they fully comply with the requirements of the guidelines. Exceptions should apply to SMEs;
Amendment 47 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Calls on the Commission, in the forthcoming revision of the GSP Regulation, to introduce tariff preferences for textiles which have demonstrably been produced sustainably. The goods should be submitted on a voluntary basis for certification of their sustainable mode of production and proof thereof should be produced upon import into the EU. In this way, the EU could support the efforts of private industry to make the textile value chain sustainable. The recognition would be granted in accordance with established sustainability criteria and minimum requirements regarding evidence or certification systems. The sustainability requirements would be based, inter alia, on international conventions, for example the ILO’s core labour standards or the Convention on Biodiversity (CBD). Moreover, in this way the production of fair trade products (such as those certified by Social Accountability International (SAI) or under the Fairtrade Textile Standard) would be strengthened and promoted;