Activities of Pierrette HERZBERGER-FOFANA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Recalls that as defined in the Grand Bargain, EU volunteering programmes in humanitarian contexts must work in line with the localisation agenda and therefore calls for providing humanitarian aid as much local as possible;

2023/06/30
Committee: DEVE

2023/2018(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Is concerned about the lengthy volunteer selection procedure, in particular with regard to waiting times for mandatory in-person training, which could lead to candidates dropping out and losing interest; ~~underlines that humanitarian operations require adequate training;~~ stresses that the selection, training and deployment of volunteers should be simplified to respond faster to local needs and efficiently improve support to local organisations; underlines that humanitarian operations require adequate training; furthermore, stresses that volunteers should be able to complete their mandatory training at the beginning of their deployment to be operational faster;

2023/06/30
Committee: DEVE

2023/2018(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Stresses that volunteers taking part in the humanitarian strand of the ESC should be recruited for specific knowledge and skills that may not be readily available in the country of deployment, nor the host organisation; underlines the value of local staff and volunteers to ensure continuity of the work in the organisations; insists that volunteers in the humanitarian aid strand should not replace or duplicate national staff in host organisations or roles that could be filled by local volunteers, but rather strengthen them;

2023/06/30
Committee: DEVE

2023/2018(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)

3b. Stresses the importance of enhancing the capacity building and training dimensions of the programme to the benefit of both volunteers and hosting organizations, especially on humanitarian and core EU principles;

2023/06/30
Committee: DEVE

2023/2018(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 c (new)

3c. Underlines the need to facilitate the administrative procedure for obtaining the Quality Label giving access to the ESC programme to host organisations, in particular smaller organisations and organisations that have not yet handled European programmes;

2023/06/30
Committee: DEVE

2023/2018(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Notes that around two thirds of the selected projects for 2023 are development-centred; calls for a more balanced humanitarian-centred approach for future selections; calls on the Commission to consider the possibility of revising the regulation to allow volunteering in safe zones of conflict- affected countries, subject to clear security and safety protocols and the fulfilment of the duty of care for volunteers.; in this regard, insists that the deployment of volunteers be focused on pre-disaster preparedness and post-disaster recovery settings, where the conditions are more favourable for access and impact without risking to affect negatively the support offered by regular humanitarian staff to affected populations;

2023/06/30
Committee: DEVE

2023/0264(BUD)

Draft opinion
Recital A

A. whereas in a context of increasing geopolitical instability, crises and natural disasters, the EU must strengthen its role through credible cooperation with partner countries in the neighbourhood and the Global South; whereas the already existing acute food insecurity and malnutrition in the Global South have increased since the start of Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine;

2023/07/26
Committee: DEVE

2023/0264(BUD)

Draft opinion
Recital B a (new)

Ba. whereas the 2024 European Union budget contribution to partner countries in the Global South should be aligned with the ambitions of making the Union climate neutral by 2050 at the latest, as well as with the Union’s international commitments, in particular the Paris Agreement and the Kunmin-Montreal Agreement, and significantly contribute to the implementation of the European Green Deal, the EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030, the Farm to Fork Strategy, the Circular Economy Action Plan, the Chemical Strategy for Sustainability and the Zero-pollution Action Plan;

2023/07/26
Committee: DEVE

2023/0264(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Stresses the need for continuous efforts towards the achievement of climate and biodiversity mainstreaming targets laid down in the Interinstitutional Agreement of 16 December 2020 on the Union budget and the European Union Recovery Instrument expenditures; stresses the need to ensure consistency between climate and biodiversity funding and calls on the Commission to publish the amounts and shares of expenditure that will contribute to both targets per programme, including the Neighbourhood, Development and International Cooperation - Global Europe (NDICI-GE) instrument, when presenting the draft budget; emphasises the need to carry out sufficient ex-post evaluations with a particular focus on the impact of the projects on climate and biodiversity;

2023/07/26
Committee: DEVE

2023/0264(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)

1b. Is concerned that the Commission underlines that the 10 % biodiversity target in 2026 and 2027 set in the MFF and stated in the provisions of the NDICI- GE instrument will most likely not be reached, and that it proposes no avenue towards reaching the agreed target; therefore underlines that further efforts must be made especially in the mid-term review of the NDICI-GE instrument and in the relevant annual workplans, to ensure that the spending target set for the years 2026 and 2027 is met; highlights that the biodiversity financing gap over the period 2021-2030 is around EUR 18,69 billion per year and should be remedied as soon as possible;

2023/07/26
Committee: DEVE

2023/0264(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 c (new)

1c. Is concerned that migration is the main component behind the EUR 10.5 billion rise in the ceiling of Heading 6; calls for complementary information on the exact purpose of the individual top- ups that led to this increase; underlines that this increase significantly surpasses the migration-related budgetary target set in the NDICI-GE Regulation; urges to respect each budgetary target set in the Regulation and to maintain a balanced distribution across all spending targets, including notably 30 % for climate, 85 % for gender mainstreaming, 20 % for human development;

2023/07/26
Committee: DEVE

2023/0264(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Notes with great concern that humanitarian aid remains the most strained instrument under Heading 6; warns that ad- hoc solutions through budgetary reinforcements from other funding sources or redeployments and recommitments are not sustainable; calls on the Commission to establish and maintain a solid baseline for predictable and principled humanitarian aid as the trend of growing emergencies is unlikely to slow down, notably due to the humanitarian impact of the increasing number of weather events expected to occur until 2027; reminds that humanitarian needs in Ukraine will not be covered by the Ukraine Facility proposed in the MFF revision; requests an increase of 1 billion euro to the HUMA budget line, which anticipates the needs predicted by main humanitarian actors and takes into account that the EU humanitarian budget in 2022 reached EUR 2,62 billion after several reinforcements and that similar needs remain for 2024;

2023/07/26
Committee: DEVE

2023/0264(BUD)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Calls for additional investments to address the setback in the recognition and protection of sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) as well as the general backlash against women’s rights and gender equality in developing countries; in this regard underlines that targeted support to CSOs and communities advocating for the respect of SRHR, women’s rights, gender equality and the LGBTIQ+ community and other marginalised populations should be prioritised;

2023/07/26
Committee: DEVE

2023/0264(BUD)

Michèle RIVASI, Malte GALLÉE, Caroline ROOSE, Pierrette HERZBERGER-FOFANA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)

2b. Welcomes that the Commission has further developed a methodology to track gender equality-related spending in the 2021-2027 MFF, which looks at policy design and resource allocation, and in particular the presentation of an ex-post gender impact assessment on a more granular level and reporting on volumes; calls on the Commission to holistically assess the gender impact of spending and ensure that all the relevant data is available for tracking;

2023/07/26
Committee: DEVE

2023/0079(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1

(1) Access to raw materials is essential for the Union economy and the functioning of the internal market. There is a set of non-energy, non-agricultural raw materials that, due to their high economic importance and their exposure to high supply risk, often caused by a high concentration of supply from a few third countries, are considered critical. Given the key role of many such critical raw materials in realising the green and digital transitions, and in light of their use for defence and space applications, demand will increase exponentially in the coming decades if no measure is implemented to mitigate the growth and shield the EU from the rising gap between demand and suply at the global level. At the same time, the risk of supply disruptions is increasing against the background of rising geopolitical tensions and resource competition. Furthermore, if not managed and mitigated properly, increased demand for critical raw materials could lead to negative environmental and social impacts, particularly for sectors that show a strong dependance on ecosystem services (such as agriculture, nature- based tourism and fisheries). In addition, the negative social and environmental impact of extractive industries risk to become more severe in the future, given the trend towards mining lower grade ores, which will lead to larger amounts of waste, as well as higher energy and water demands. Equally, as easily accessible reserves become depleted, exploration is moving to remote and often fragile areas, as is the case of deep-sea mining. Considering these trends, while it is necessary to take measures to ensure access to a secure and sustainable supply of critical raw materials to safeguard the Union's economic resilience and open strategic autonomy, greater resource efficiency and circularity need to be prioritised around the globe to reduce demand for virgin materials, as current trends of resource extraction and processing cause environmental impacts that would exceed the planetary boundaries.

2023/06/05
Committee: DEVE

2023/0079(COD)

Michèle RIVASI, Malte GALLÉE, Caroline ROOSE, Pierrette HERZBERGER-FOFANA

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7

(7) For some raw materials, the Union is almost fully dependent on a single country for its supply. Such dependencies entail a high risk of supply disruptions. Likewise, while well-managed income from extractive resources presents opportunities for supporting inclusive development for resource-rich developing countries, yet extractive industry can be disruptive and lead to severe environmental degradation and disruption of social fabric, and in some cases, even unleashing political dynamics that result in the deterioration of governance and serious conflicts. To limit such potential risk and increase the Union’s economic resilience, efforts should be undertaken to ensure that, by 2030, it is not overly dependent on a single third country for ~~more than 65% of~~ its supply of any strategic raw material, unprocessed and at any stage of processing, giving however special consideration to countries with whom the Union has established a Strategic Partnership on raw materials giving rise to greater assurances regarding supply risks.

2023/06/05
Committee: DEVE

2023/0079(COD)

Michèle RIVASI, Malte GALLÉE, Caroline ROOSE, Pierrette HERZBERGER-FOFANA

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10

(10) In order to diversify the Union's supply of strategic raw materials, the Commission should, with the support of the Board, identify Strategic Projects in third countries that intend to become active in the extraction, processing or recycling of strategic raw materials. To ensure that such Strategic Projects are effectively implemented, they should benefit from improved access to finance. In order to ensure their added value, projects should be assessed against a set of criteria, taking into account that for a majority of resource-rich developing countries, mining, oil or gas exploitation has not translated into broader-based economic, human and social development. Like projects in the Union, Strategic Projects in third countries should strengthen the Union's security of supply for strategic raw materials, show sufficient technical feasibility and be implemented sustainably. For projects in emerging markets and developing economies, the project should be mutually beneficial for the Union and the third country involved and add value in that country, taking into account also its, in compliance with due diligence processes as defined by EU legislation and OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises, addressing adverse impacts on human rights and environmental, rule of law and good governance, as well as the FAO Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests, where land tenure rights are concerned. For projects in emerging markets and developing economies, the project should be mutually beneficial for the Union and the third country involved, taking into account that for mineral-rich developing countries, realising the full potential of the mining sector as a catalyst for sustainable development is fraught with many challenges, which includes among others: the finite nature of mineral deposits; the “enclave” nature of the extractive industry, with few links to the local economy; the volatility in commodity prices; limited national capacities, which leaves ill-equiped national administrations vulnerable to large multinational companies; corruption and conflicting stakeholders interests. A project should add value in that country, taking into account the principle of Policy Coherence for Development (PCD) as laid down in Article 208 TFEU and be consistencyt with the Union’s common commercial policy and WTO regime in the field of export taxes on commodities. Such value may be derived from the project’s contribution to more than one stage of the whole value chain, including raw material processing, as well as from creating through the project wider economic and social benefits, including the creation of employment in compliance with international standards, notably the core labour standards of the International Labour Organisation, as well as the right to the free, prior, and informed consent of Indigenous peoples and local communities, in line with the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) and ILO Convention 169 on Indigenous and Tribal Peoples. Where the Commission assesses these criteria to be fulfilled, it should publish the recognition as a Strategic Project in a decision.

2023/06/05
Committee: DEVE

2023/0079(COD)

Michèle RIVASI, Malte GALLÉE, Caroline ROOSE, Pierrette HERZBERGER-FOFANA

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10 a (new)

(10a) The definition of mutually beneficial partnership with third countries entails, in particular for low-income resource-rich countries, to move away from the enclave nature and extractivist model of the mining sector and to provide developing countries with sufficient policy space to do so, including through the reform of the international trade and investment regime that constraints the use of the full range of policy instruments to achieve resource-based industrialisation at the local level.

2023/06/05
Committee: DEVE

2023/0079(COD)

Michèle RIVASI, Malte GALLÉE, Caroline ROOSE, Pierrette HERZBERGER-FOFANA

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11

(11) In order to ensure the sustainability of increased raw material production, new raw materials projects should be implemented sustainably~~. To that end~~, taking into account that the impacts of mining can extend beyond the operations of the mine. This is particularly relevant for low- income resource-rich countries, notably concerning mine waste that are toxic in nature, and therefore disruptive for the environment, biodiversity services and associated livelihoods. Against this background, the potential impacts throughout the whole life cycle of a project, and for years beyond closure of the mine itself, need to be considered. Workers’ rights constitute another important issue to address in the extractive industry, taking into account that the denial of civil liberties, undue restrictions on the right to strike; interference by governments in the functioning of workers’organisations and restrictive legislation are common challenges in developing countries. In addition, special attention should be paid to the role of women in artisanal and small-scale mining and the adverse environmental and social impacts of mining that can disproportionately affect women. To these ends, the Strategic Projects receiving support under this Regulation should be assessed taking into account international instruments covering notably all aspects of sustainability highlighted in the EU principles for sustainable raw materials31[1], including ensuring environmental protection, including the protection of marine and coastal environment, good governance, socially responsible practices, including respect for human and social rights such as the rights of women, and transparent business practices. Projects should also ensure engagement in good faith as well as comprehensive and meaningful consultations with local communities~~, including with~~ and indigenous peoples. To provide project promoters with a clear and efficient way of complying with this criterion,compliance with relevant Union legislation, international standards, guidelines andprinciples or participation in a certification scheme recognised under this Regulation should be considered sufficient. _________________ 31, in full compliance with the principles of Free, Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC). [1] European Commission, Directorate- General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs, EU principles for sustainable raw materials, Publications Office, 2021, https://data.europa.eu/doi/10.2873/27875

2023/06/05
Committee: DEVE

2023/0079(COD)

Michèle RIVASI, Malte GALLÉE, Caroline ROOSE, Pierrette HERZBERGER-FOFANA

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12

(12) Any promoter of a strategic raw materials project should be able to apply to the Commission for the recognition of their project as a Strategic Project. The application should include several documents and evidence related to the criteria. To better assess the social, environmental and economic viability, the feasibility of the project as well as the level of confidence in the estimates, the project promoter should also provide a classification of the project according to the United Nations Framework Classification for Resources, and to allow for objective validation, they should support this classification with relevant evidence. A timetable for the project should also be attached to an application, in order to estimate when the project would be able to contribute towards the benchmarks for domestic capacity or for diversification. As public acceptance of mining projects is crucial for their effective implementation, the promoter should also provide a plan containing measures to ~~facilitate public accep~~ensure public participation. This is also valid for projects in third countries, where the respect of the Free, Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC) of local communities and indigenous people is of primary importance. Special attention should be paid to social partners, civil society and other oversight actors. The promoter should also provide a business plan providing information regarding the project’s financial viability and giving an overview of funding and off- take agreements already secured as well as estimates for potential job creation and for the project’s needs in terms of skilled workforce, including upskilling and reskilling.

2023/06/05
Committee: DEVE

2023/0079(COD)

Michèle RIVASI, Malte GALLÉE, Caroline ROOSE, Pierrette HERZBERGER-FOFANA

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14

(14) As the cooperation of the Member State on whose territory a Strategic Project will be implemented is necessary to ensure its effective implementation, that Member State should have the right to object to and thereby prevent that a project is granted the status of Strategic Project against its will. If it does so, the relevant Member State should provide a reasoned justification for its refusal referring to the applicable criteria. Similarly, the Union should not grant the status of Strategic Project to projects that will be implemented by a third country against the will of its government and should therefore refrain from doing so where a third country government objects, taking into account that environmental and social impacts are the main factors leading to a lack of public acceptance in the extractive sector.

2023/06/05
Committee: DEVE

2023/0079(COD)

Michèle RIVASI, Malte GALLÉE, Caroline ROOSE, Pierrette HERZBERGER-FOFANA

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 25

(25) Land use conflicts can ~~create barriers to~~arise from the deployment of critical raw material projects, notably in developing countries, where forced eviction or relocation are common features of mining operations. This is a serious human rights violation, especially for indigenous people whose livelihoods are closely intertwined with the land and who derive much of their livelihoods from biodiversity services. Well-designed plans, including spatial plans and zoning, that take into account the potential for implementing critical raw material projects and whose potential environmental impacts are assessed, have the potential to help balance public goods and interests, decreasing the risk of conflict and accelerating the sustainable deployment of raw materials projects in the Union. Responsible national, regional and local authorities should therefore consider including provisions for raw materials projects when developing relevant plans.

2023/06/05
Committee: DEVE

2023/0079(COD)

Michèle RIVASI, Malte GALLÉE, Caroline ROOSE, Pierrette HERZBERGER-FOFANA

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 28

(28) Partnership of the key stakeholders in the extractive value chain entails to meet the twin goals of sustainable development for exporting countries and security of supply for importer countries. In order to overcome the limitations of the currently often fragmented public and private investments efforts, facilitate integration and return on investment, the Commission, Member States and promotional banks should better coordinate and create synergies between the existing funding programmes at Union and national level as well as ensure better coordination and collaboration with industry and key private sector stakeholders. To that end, a dedicated sub- group of the Board bringing together experts from the Member States and the Commission as well as relevant public financial institutions should be set up. This sub-group should discuss the individual financing needs of Strategic Projects and their existing funding possibilities in order to provide project promoters with a suggestion on how to best access existing financing possibilities. When discussing and making recommendations for the financing of Strategic Projects in third countries, the Board should in particular take into account the Global Gateway strategy42 . _________________ 42 Joint Communication to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee, the Committee of the Regions and the European Investment Bank The Global Gateway (JOIN/2021/30 final)[1], which should comply with the objectives and general principles set in NDICI - Global Europe regulation and the international guidelines and Conventions on investiment, including the UN Principles for Responsible Investment, the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights, the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises, ILO conventions, international human rights law and the development effectiveness principles.

2023/06/05
Committee: DEVE

2023/0079(COD)

Michèle RIVASI, Malte GALLÉE, Pierrette HERZBERGER-FOFANA

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 50

(50) The production of critical raw materials at different stages of the value chain causes negative environmental impacts, whether on climate, air, sol, water, fauna or flora. It creates among others freshwater competition, especially for agriculture, and water contamination, which has severe and far-reaching impact on biodiversity and ecosystem services, notably fish habitats and populations located downstream of mines, incuding aquaculture and fisheries, and the marine environment, on which people depend for their livelihoods. This is particularly the case of marginalised and vulnerable people in developing countries, where the impacts of climate change, including increasing water scarcity, will only make matters worse. In order to limit such damage and incentivise the production of more sustainable critical raw materials, the Commission should be empowered to develop a system for the calculation of the environmental footprint of critical raw materials, including a verification process, to ensure that critical raw materials placed on the Union market publicly display information on such footprint. The system should be based on taking into account scientifically sound assessment methods and relevant international standards in the area of life cycle assessment. The requirement to declare the environmental footprint of a material should only apply where it has been concluded, based on a dedicated assessment, that it would contribute to the Union’s climate and environmental objectives by facilitating the procurement of critical raw materials with lower environmental footprint and would not disproportionately affect trade flows. When the relevant calculation methods have been adopted, the Commission should develop performance classes for critical raw materials, thereby allowing potential buyers to easily compare the relative environmental footprint of available materials and driving the market towards more sustainable materials. Sellers of critical raw materials should ensure that the environmental footprint declaration is available to their customers. Transparency on the relative footprint of critical raw materials placed on the Union market may also enable other policies at Union and national level, such as incentives or green public procurement criteria, fostering the production of critical raw materials with lower environmental impacts.

2023/06/05
Committee: DEVE

2023/0079(COD)

Michèle RIVASI, Malte GALLÉE, Caroline ROOSE, Pierrette HERZBERGER-FOFANA

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 53 a (new)

(53a) Agenda 2030 has given a new impetus to deliver improved livelihoods from extractive resources, provided that careful consideration is paid to the views and expectations of all the key actors in home and host countries, to reconcile issues of sustainable development and security of supply, such as the Africa Mining Vision and the EU Raw Materials Initiative. At the local level, inclusive business models should be implemented in which local communities participate in decision-making, their rights are protected and they benefit from extractive industries.

2023/06/05
Committee: DEVE

2023/0079(COD)

Michèle RIVASI, Malte GALLÉE, Caroline ROOSE, Pierrette HERZBERGER-FOFANA

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 54

(54) The Union has concluded Strategic Partnerships covering raw materials with third countries in order to implement the 2020 Action Plan on Critical Raw Materials. In order to diversify supply, these efforts should continue. Nevertheless, the Union should fully take into account that extractive industries in developing countries often operate in complex social environments surrounded by communities living in extreme poverty. In addition, mining can become a “threat multiplier” in third developing countries, notably in terms of serious human rights violations, especially if the State is weak and corrupt. To develop and ensure a coherent framework for the conclusion of future partnerships, the Member States and the Commission should, as part of their interaction on the Board and with full involvement of the European Parliament, discuss and ensure coordination on, inter alia, whether existing partnerships achieve the intended aims, the prioritisation of third countries for new partnerships, the content of such partnerships and their coherence and potential synergies between Member States' bilateral cooperation with relevant third countries. The Union should seek mutually beneficial partnerships with emerging market and developing economies notably in terms of rent extraction, getting a fair deal and share of profits, transparency, accountability, tackling illicit financial flows, improving regulation of the activities of trans- national corporations and financial regulation, in coherence with Agenda 2030 and its Global Gateway strategy, which should contribute to the diversification of its raw materials supply chain as well as add value in the production in these countries.

2023/06/05
Committee: DEVE

2023/0079(COD)

Michèle RIVASI, Malte GALLÉE, Caroline ROOSE, Pierrette HERZBERGER-FOFANA

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1

1. The general objective of this Regulation is to improve the functioning of the internal market by establishing a framework to ~~ensure the Union's access to a secure and sustainable supply of critical raw materials~~improve the resilience of the Union regarding the supply of critical raw materials, by prioritising sustainability, efficiency and circularity, with the view to reduce global demand for virgin materials to achieve Sustainable Development Goals, notably to address the challenges of climate change, water stress and pollution and loss of biodiversity.

2023/06/05
Committee: DEVE

2023/0079(COD)

Michèle RIVASI, Malte GALLÉE, Caroline ROOSE, Pierrette HERZBERGER-FOFANA

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. For Strategic projects in third countries, the Commission shall follow a sustainable development approach based on the following principles: - The strength of the economic outcome, to support development goals and in particular, the shift from an enclave production mining model to a model tied to local industry through local participation and local content; - Sound environmental management; - The respect for social values and aspirations of a diverse group of stakeholders resulting from credible multi-stakeholder consultative process; - The observance of the highest governance and transparency standard; - These principles shall be applicable to governments, companies and stakeholders involved in the mining sector.

2023/06/05
Committee: DEVE

2023/0079(COD)

Michèle RIVASI, Malte GALLÉE, Caroline ROOSE, Pierrette HERZBERGER-FOFANA

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 62

(62) ‘Strategic Partnership’ means a commitment between the Union and a third country to increase cooperation related to the raw materials value chain that ~~is established through~~seeks to address both the goals of sustainable development for exporting countries and the security of supply for importer countries, while addressing the externalities of mineral resource extraction (economic, social and environmental damage) and mitigating its impact, through the establishment of a non-binding instrument setting out concrete actions of mutual interest.

2023/06/05
Committee: DEVE

2023/0079(COD)

Michèle RIVASI, Malte GALLÉE, Caroline ROOSE, Pierrette HERZBERGER-FOFANA

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point e

(e) for projects in third countries that are emerging markets or developing economies, the project would be mutually beneficial for the Union and the third country concerned by adding local value in that country, notably through contributing to the formalization of artisanal and small-scale mining sector and inclusive business models in which local communities participate in decision- making, their rights are protected and they benefit from extractive activities; and which ties both home and host countries in a shared responsibility to comply with high social, environmental and human rights standards.

2023/06/05
Committee: DEVE

2023/0079(COD)

Michèle RIVASI, Malte GALLÉE, Caroline ROOSE, Pierrette HERZBERGER-FOFANA

Proposal for a regulation
Article 33 – paragraph 1 – point a – point iii a (new)

(iiia) contributing to economic and social developments in partner countries, in particular for emerging markets and developing economies, through a governance framework that prioritises human rights, while also promoting the uptake of environmentally sustainable and circular economy practices and decent working conditions;

2023/06/05
Committee: DEVE

2023/0079(COD)

Michèle RIVASI, Malte GALLÉE, Caroline ROOSE, Pierrette HERZBERGER-FOFANA

Proposal for a regulation
Article 33 – paragraph 1 – point a – point iii b (new)

(iiib) addressing effective mineral resource governance throughout the life cycle of mining operations, which requires among others: - The recognition of the rights of Free, Prior and Informed Consent (FPCI) of Indigenous People and Local Communities;their access to information for effective public participation in decision-making, and ensuring that persons exercising their rights are not penalised, persecuted or harassed; - Full transparency of the mining sector in relation to revenues and contracts, in line with the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) requirements, including regarding environmental transparency; - To address social impacts of mining and mitigating these, through an approach driven by an Avoid, Mitigate, Restore principle.

2023/06/05
Committee: DEVE

2023/0079(COD)

Michèle RIVASI, Malte GALLÉE, Caroline ROOSE, Pierrette HERZBERGER-FOFANA

Proposal for a regulation
Article 33 – paragraph 1 – point c – introductory part

(c) which third countries should be prioritised for the conclusion of Strategic Partnerships, taking into account the following cumulative criteria:

2023/06/05
Committee: DEVE

2023/0079(COD)

Michèle RIVASI, Malte GALLÉE, Caroline ROOSE, Pierrette HERZBERGER-FOFANA

Proposal for a regulation
Article 33 – paragraph 1 – point c – point i a (new)

(ia) whether strategic environmental impact assessments and integrated spatial planning are implemented;

2023/06/05
Committee: DEVE

2023/0079(COD)

Michèle RIVASI, Malte GALLÉE, Caroline ROOSE, Pierrette HERZBERGER-FOFANA

Proposal for a regulation
Article 33 – paragraph 1 – point c – point i b (new)

(ib) whether the principle of prevention and the precautionary principle are respected;

2023/06/05
Committee: DEVE

2023/0079(COD)

Michèle RIVASI, Malte GALLÉE, Caroline ROOSE, Pierrette HERZBERGER-FOFANA

Proposal for a regulation
Article 33 – paragraph 1 – point c – point i c (new)

(ic) whether the need to protect the local environment and mitigate the negative impact of mining activities is in line with national and international guidelines, especially those of Multilateral Environment Agreements (MEAs);

2023/06/05
Committee: DEVE

2023/0079(COD)

Michèle RIVASI, Malte GALLÉE, Caroline ROOSE, Pierrette HERZBERGER-FOFANA

Proposal for a regulation
Article 33 – paragraph 1 – point c – point i d (new)

(id) whether mine closure and the rehabilitation of mine sites (post-mining) policies are in place from the onset in full consultation with the local communities;

2023/06/05
Committee: DEVE

2023/0079(COD)

Michèle RIVASI, Malte GALLÉE, Caroline ROOSE, Pierrette HERZBERGER-FOFANA

Proposal for a regulation
Article 33 – paragraph 1 – point c – point ii

(ii) whether a third country's regulatory framework and its effective implementation ensures the monitoring, prevention ~~and~~, minimisation ofand compensation of adverse social and environmental impacts of mining, the use of socially responsible practices including respect of human and labour rights and meaningful engagement with ~~local communities~~and active participation of affected local communities and indigenous people, the use of transparent and responsible business practices, in compliance with due diligence processes as defined by EU legislation, including the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises, the UN Global Compact and the ISO 26000 standards and the prevention of adverse impacts on the proper functioning of public administration and the rule of law;

2023/06/05
Committee: DEVE

2023/0079(COD)

Michèle RIVASI, Malte GALLÉE, Caroline ROOSE, Pierrette HERZBERGER-FOFANA

Proposal for a regulation
Article 33 – paragraph 1 – point c – point iii

(iii) whether there are existing cooperation agreements between a third country and the Union and, for emerging markets and developing economies, and whether the potential for the deployment of Global Gateway investment projects respond to shared visions such as the Country Mining Visions of the Africa Mining Vision and are fully aligned with national development plans such as industrial and trade policies; respect human rights and contribute to the decoupling of natural resource use.

2023/06/05
Committee: DEVE

2023/0079(COD)

Michèle RIVASI, Malte GALLÉE, Caroline ROOSE, Pierrette HERZBERGER-FOFANA

Proposal for a regulation
Article 33 – paragraph 1 – point c – point iv a (new)

(iva) whether partnerships address the capture of a fair share of mineral resource rents, equitable distribution in the rents, tackle illicit financial flows and commodity price volatility;

2023/06/05
Committee: DEVE

2023/0079(COD)

Michèle RIVASI, Malte GALLÉE, Caroline ROOSE, Pierrette HERZBERGER-FOFANA

Proposal for a regulation
Article 33 – paragraph 1 – point c – point iv b (new)

(ivb) whether partnerships make international investment laws fairer, including through increased recognition of local laws in handling disputes between investors and host countries; technology transfer and the possibility to use export taxes on commodities, insofar as it is WTO compatible;

2023/06/05
Committee: DEVE

2023/0079(COD)

Michèle RIVASI, Malte GALLÉE, Caroline ROOSE, Pierrette HERZBERGER-FOFANA

Proposal for a regulation
Article 33 – paragraph 1 – point c – point iv c (new)

(ivc) whether partnerships contribute to the formalization of the mining sector, especially the artisanal and small-scale mining sector, notably through developing conducive and comprehensive legal frameworks, ensuring access to capital, providing access to geological data and appropriate equipment and enabling a dialogue between artisanal small-scale mining stakeholders.

2023/06/05
Committee: DEVE

2023/0079(COD)

Michèle RIVASI, Malte GALLÉE, Caroline ROOSE, Pierrette HERZBERGER-FOFANA

Proposal for a regulation
Article 33 – paragraph 2

2. The Board shall, in the context of paragraph 1 and in so far as relates to emerging market and developing economies, ensure cooperation and policy coherence for sustainable development, as enshrined in the UN 2030 Agenda, with other relevant coordination fora, including those established as part of the Global Gateway strategy.

2023/06/05
Committee: DEVE

2023/0079(COD)

Michèle RIVASI, Malte GALLÉE, Caroline ROOSE, Pierrette HERZBERGER-FOFANA

Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – point 4 – introductory part

4. Whether a project fulfils the criterion referred to in Article 5(1), point (c), shall be assessed taking into account a project’s compliance with the following Union legislation or international instruments and on the basis of the risk categories presented in paragraph 4a:

2023/06/05
Committee: DEVE

2023/0079(COD)

Michèle RIVASI, Malte GALLÉE, Caroline ROOSE, Pierrette HERZBERGER-FOFANA

Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – point 4 – point i a (new)

(ia) The principles of Free, Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC) as established in the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, adopted by the UN General Assembly in 2007;

2023/06/05
Committee: DEVE

2023/0079(COD)

Michèle RIVASI, Malte GALLÉE, Caroline ROOSE, Pierrette HERZBERGER-FOFANA

Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – point 4 – point i k (new)

(ik) EIB Eligibility, Excluded Activities and Excluded sectors list;

2023/06/05
Committee: DEVE

2023/0079(COD)

Michèle RIVASI, Malte GALLÉE, Caroline ROOSE, Pierrette HERZBERGER-FOFANA

Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – point 4 – point i b (new)

(ib) The International Bill of Human Rights, including the international covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights;

2023/06/05
Committee: DEVE

2023/0079(COD)

Michèle RIVASI, Malte GALLÉE, Caroline ROOSE, Pierrette HERZBERGER-FOFANA

Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – point 4 – point i c (new)

(ic) ILO Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work;

2023/06/05
Committee: DEVE

2023/0079(COD)

Michèle RIVASI, Malte GALLÉE, Caroline ROOSE, Pierrette HERZBERGER-FOFANA

Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – point 4 – point i f (new)

(if) UNEP Guidelines for Social Life Cycle Assessment of Products;

2023/06/05
Committee: DEVE

2023/0079(COD)

Michèle RIVASI, Malte GALLÉE, Caroline ROOSE, Pierrette HERZBERGER-FOFANA

Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – point 4 – point i d (new)

(id) The eight fundamental ILO Conventions as defined under the ILO Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at work;

2023/06/05
Committee: DEVE

2023/0079(COD)

Michèle RIVASI, Malte GALLÉE, Caroline ROOSE, Pierrette HERZBERGER-FOFANA

Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – point 4 – point i e (new)

(ie) The ten Principles of the United Nations Global Compact;

2023/06/05
Committee: DEVE

2023/0079(COD)

Michèle RIVASI, Malte GALLÉE, Caroline ROOSE, Pierrette HERZBERGER-FOFANA

Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – point 4 – point i g (new)

(ig) Convention on Biological Diversity, in particular Decision COP VIII/28- Voluntary guidelines on Biodiversity-Inclusive impact assessment;

2023/06/05
Committee: DEVE

2023/0079(COD)

Michèle RIVASI, Malte GALLÉE, Caroline ROOSE, Pierrette HERZBERGER-FOFANA

Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – point 4 – point i h (new)

(ih) UN Paris Agreement;

2023/06/05
Committee: DEVE

2023/0079(COD)

Michèle RIVASI, Malte GALLÉE, Caroline ROOSE, Pierrette HERZBERGER-FOFANA

Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – point 4 – point i i (new)

(ii) ILO Convention 169 on Indigenous and Tribal Peoples;

2023/06/05
Committee: DEVE

2023/0079(COD)

Michèle RIVASI, Malte GALLÉE, Caroline ROOSE, Pierrette HERZBERGER-FOFANA

Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – point 4 – point i j (new)

(ij) The Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI);

2023/06/05
Committee: DEVE

2023/0079(COD)

Michèle RIVASI, Malte GALLÉE, Caroline ROOSE, Pierrette HERZBERGER-FOFANA

Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – point 4 – paragraph 1 – introductory part

Project promoters may also ~~attes~~complement compliance with the criterion referred to in Article 5(1), point (c) by:

2023/06/05
Committee: DEVE

2023/0079(COD)

Michèle RIVASI, Malte GALLÉE, Caroline ROOSE, Pierrette HERZBERGER-FOFANA

Proposal for a regulation
Annex III – point 4 a (new)

4a. Social and environmental risk categories: (a) environment, climate and human health considering direct, induced, indirect and cumulative effects, including but not limited to: (i) air, including but not limited to air pollution, including greenhouse gas emissions; (ii) water, including seabed and marine environment and including but not limited to water pollution, water use, water quantities (flooding or droughts) and access to water; (iii) soil, including but not limited to soil pollution, soil erosion, land use and land degradation; (iv) biodiversity, including but not limited to damage to habitats, wildlife, flora and ecosystems, including ecosystem services; (v) hazardous substances; (vi) noise and vibration; (vii) plant safety; (viii) energy use; (ix) waste and residues; (b) human rights, labour rights and industrial relations, including but not limited to: (i) occupational health and safety; (ii) child labour; (iii) forced labour; (iv) discrimination; (v) trade union freedoms; (c) community life, including that of indigenous peoples;

2023/06/05
Committee: DEVE

2022/2080(INI)

Michèle RIVASI, Caroline ROOSE, Pierrette HERZBERGER-FOFANA

Draft opinion
Recital A (new)

A. whereas parties to the Addis Ababa Action Agenda of the Third International Conference on Financing for Development committed to enhance revenue administration through modernized, progressive tax systems, more efficient tax collection, as well as to scale up international tax cooperation;

2022/10/21
Committee: DEVE

2022/2080(INI)

Michèle RIVASI, Caroline ROOSE, Pierrette HERZBERGER-FOFANA

Draft opinion
Recital B (new)

B. whereas global tax competition has resulted in a shift of the tax burden to workers and low-income households; has impinged upon the possibility of developing countries to enhance domestic resource mobilisation and has forced damaging cutbacks in public services in poor countries;

2022/10/21
Committee: DEVE

2022/2080(INI)

Michèle RIVASI, Caroline ROOSE, Pierrette HERZBERGER-FOFANA

Draft opinion
Recital C (new)

C. whereas Corporate Income Tax represents a higher share of tax revenues and GDP in developing countries than in rich countries; whereas in developing countries, losses due to global corporate taxation are estimated to range from 6 to 13 per cent of total tax revenue, versus 2 to 3 per cent in OECD countries[1]; [1] UNCTAD report (p.12) https://unctad.org/system/files/official- document/aldcafrica2020_en.pdf

2022/10/21
Committee: DEVE

2022/2080(INI)

Michèle RIVASI, Caroline ROOSE, Pierrette HERZBERGER-FOFANA

Draft opinion
Recital D (new)

D. whereas automatic exchange of information is an effective tool to tackle tax evasion and other IFFs;

2022/10/21
Committee: DEVE

2022/2080(INI)

Michèle RIVASI, Caroline ROOSE, Pierrette HERZBERGER-FOFANA

Draft opinion
Recital E (new)

E. whereas in October 2021, the OECD/G20 Inclusive Framework on Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (IF) agreed a two-pillar solution to address the tax challenges arising from the digitalisation of the economy; but whereas some developing countries expressed concerns, or even refused to endorse this global corporate tax deal (as in the case Kenya and Nigeria);

2022/10/21
Committee: DEVE

2022/2080(INI)

Michèle RIVASI, Caroline ROOSE, Pierrette HERZBERGER-FOFANA

Draft opinion
Recital F (new)

F. whereas according to the report “Tax Transparency in Africa 2022. Africa Initiative Progress report”[1], illicit financial flows are estimated to be in the range of USD 50-80 billion (EUR 48-77 billion) annually for the continent; [1] The report is a joint publication by the African Union Commission, the African Tax Administration Forum and the Global Forum on Transparency and Exchange of information for Tax Purposes (Global Forum).

2022/10/21
Committee: DEVE

2022/2080(INI)

Michèle RIVASI, Caroline ROOSE, Pierrette HERZBERGER-FOFANA

Draft opinion
Recital G (new)

G. whereas in 2019, the Africa Group at the United Nations called for a UN Convention on Tax, as an important tool to tackle illicit financial flows; and whereas in February 2021, the High Level Panel on International Financial Accountability, Transparency and Integrity for Achieving the 2030 Agenda (the FACTI Panel) also included the proposal for a UN Tax Convention as a key recommendation in its final report;

2022/10/21
Committee: DEVE

2022/2080(INI)

Michèle RIVASI, Caroline ROOSE, Pierrette HERZBERGER-FOFANA

Draft opinion
Recital H (new)

H. whereas the potential offered by the taxation of extractive industries to boost fiscal revenues is by and large not well exploited in developing countries due to the inadequacy of tax rules or to difficulties in enforcing them, since transnational companies frequently resort to tax avoidance techniques; whereas this challenge is all the more acute for low- income countries that are heavily dependent on natural resources for their initial development drive;

2022/10/21
Committee: DEVE

2022/2080(INI)

Michèle RIVASI, Caroline ROOSE, Pierrette HERZBERGER-FOFANA

Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 a (new)

-1a. Emphasises that Illicit Financial Flows is a matter of global governance; urges the EU to show strong political will and determination against tax avoidance and evasion, in line with the principle of Policy Coherence for Development, as enshrined in article 208 of the Lisbon Treaty;

2022/10/21
Committee: DEVE

2022/2080(INI)

Michèle RIVASI, Caroline ROOSE, Pierrette HERZBERGER-FOFANA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Denounces the existence of a shadowy offshore financial system with offices all over the world, which is allowing enrichment at the public’s expense; stresses that the lack of transparency, including international information sharing, is a key underlying cause of tax-related illicit financial flows;

2022/10/21
Committee: DEVE

2022/2080(INI)

Michèle RIVASI, Caroline ROOSE, Pierrette HERZBERGER-FOFANA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Emphasises that the practices brought to light by the Pandora Papers revelations have a severe impact on the fiscal space of developing countries; recalls that tax avoidance by wealthy individuals and corporations shifts the tax burden from larger businesses to smaller and medium-sized businesses that do not have the resources to access similar sophisticated tax planning arrangements. It also shifts the tax burden onto consumption through personal income tax and value-added tax, which is particularly problematic in LDCs where small, medium and micro-enterprises (SMMEs) and informal traders make up the bulk of economic activity and are more vulnerable to significantly reduced income and insecurity;

2022/10/21
Committee: DEVE

2022/2080(INI)

Michèle RIVASI, Caroline ROOSE, Pierrette HERZBERGER-FOFANA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Highlights the international commitment to significantly reduce illicit financial flows by 2030, as contained in the Addis Ababa Action Agenda and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development;

2022/10/21
Committee: DEVE

2022/2080(INI)

Michèle RIVASI, Caroline ROOSE, Pierrette HERZBERGER-FOFANA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. CReminds that globalisation has affected the ability of countries to generate domestic government revenues and to choose their taxation structure; considers that tax avoidance by multinationals and the existence of tax havens offering no or extremely low effective tax rates are heavily detrimental to the fair collection of tax in countries in the Global South; stresses that multinational corporations should pay taxes in the countries where economic activity occurs and value is created;

2022/10/21
Committee: DEVE

2022/2080(INI)

Michèle RIVASI, Caroline ROOSE, Pierrette HERZBERGER-FOFANA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Stresses that the digitalization of the economy has exacerbated existing problems relating to corporate tax avoidance and evasion, and the importance of ensuring fair and effective taxation of digital services;

2022/10/21
Committee: DEVE

2022/2080(INI)

Michèle RIVASI, Caroline ROOSE, Pierrette HERZBERGER-FOFANA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Emphasises the structural implications of the tax avoidance practices of both multinationals and individuals for developing countries’ fiscal capacities and mid to long-term growth prospects; highlights the increase in inequality and poverty caused by the lack of fiscal space as a result of tax avoidance; recalls that the fight against cross-border tax evasion is crucial as a means to expand the tax base; increase tax revenue and to protect the integrity and fairness of tax systems;

2022/10/21
Committee: DEVE

2022/2080(INI)

Michèle RIVASI, Caroline ROOSE, Pierrette HERZBERGER-FOFANA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Recalls that the upcoming global corporate minimum tax will define a fixed baseline for corporate taxation, thereby combating corporate tax avoidance, and calls for the resulting fiscal capacities to be used to build resilient, sustainable and equal societies; calls for international cooperation on the corporate minimum tax to be utilised in such a way as to introduce better transparency measures for the prosecution of tax avoiders; recalls that the distribution of taxing rights between countries must be fair, equitable and in line with the goal of reducing inequalities among countries;

2022/10/21
Committee: DEVE

2022/2080(INI)

Michèle RIVASI, Caroline ROOSE, Pierrette HERZBERGER-FOFANA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. Stresses that tax transparency and exchange of information are essential to stem illicit financial flows and increase domestic resource mobilisation, which is of particular importance to fulfil Sustainable Development Goals, including the African Union Agenda 2063, especially in the current context, marked by rising debt, the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic and the consequences of the war in Ukraine on African economies;

2022/10/21
Committee: DEVE

2022/2080(INI)

Michèle RIVASI, Caroline ROOSE, Pierrette HERZBERGER-FOFANA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. CRecalls that transparency of ownership and control of companies, trusts and other legal entities is critical to combat illicit financial flows; in this regards calls on Member States to ensure a full implementation of Directive (EU) 2018/843 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 May 2018 amending Directive (EU)2015/849 on the prevention of the use of the financial system for the purposes of money laundering or terrorist financing; calls for full international transparency on the real owners of letterbox companies and real estate; considers that the international exchange of information needs to be expanded to identify tax evaders and calls for greater efforts to tackle financial secrecy, including supporting capacity-building for tax administrations and tax investigations in developing countries.

2022/10/21
Committee: DEVE

2022/2080(INI)

Michèle RIVASI, Caroline ROOSE, Pierrette HERZBERGER-FOFANA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. Recalls the two-pillar solution of October 2021, agreed by the OECD/G20 Inclusive Framework on Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (BEPS 2.0) to address the tax challenges arising from the digitalisation of the economy, and the critics expressed by developing countries, including the African Tax Administration Forum, for side-lining their interests and for not sufficiently addressing the specific loopholes that limit the taxation rights of African countries;

2022/10/21
Committee: DEVE

2022/2080(INI)

Michèle RIVASI, Caroline ROOSE, Pierrette HERZBERGER-FOFANA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)

6b. Stresses that international cooperation is vital for achieving fair and effective domestic tax systems;

2022/10/21
Committee: DEVE

2022/2080(INI)

Michèle RIVASI, Caroline ROOSE, Pierrette HERZBERGER-FOFANA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 c (new)

6c. Calls on the EU to support the setting-up of a UN Framework Convention on Tax, with the aim to strengthening international cooperation and governance on tax and trade-related illicit financial flows; highlights the need to introducing transparent and inclusive decision-making where all countries can negotiate as equals;

2022/10/21
Committee: DEVE

2022/2080(INI)

Michèle RIVASI, Caroline ROOSE, Pierrette HERZBERGER-FOFANA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 d (new)

6d. Recalls that the EU and its Member States have recognised that fair, progressive and effective tax systems are vital for the achievement of other UN goals and commitments; stresses that the proposal for a UN Convention on Tax aims to build on these agreements, to increase economic justice at the global level, and respond to the urgent need for new and additional public resources to combat the major global challenges of our time;

2022/10/21
Committee: DEVE

2022/2080(INI)

Michèle RIVASI, Caroline ROOSE, Pierrette HERZBERGER-FOFANA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 e (new)

6e. Recalls that most developing countries struggle to fully realise the expected revenues from the mining sector due to a range of challenges, both external, such as aggressive tax planning by multinationals, and internal, including weak enforcement of tax laws and overly generous tax incentives to transnational companies; stresses the need to achieve a fair balance between national and investor interests in the design of mining fiscal regime; deems that the fiscal conditions and regulations under which extractive industries operate shall be revised;

2022/10/21
Committee: DEVE

2022/2080(INI)

Michèle RIVASI, Caroline ROOSE, Pierrette HERZBERGER-FOFANA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 f (new)

6f. Urges the EU to ensuring a fair distribution of taxing rights while negotiating tax and investment treaties with developing countries; and calls on the EU to increase its technical assistance and funding to strengthen their tax administration;

2022/10/21
Committee: DEVE

2022/2080(INI)

Michèle RIVASI, Caroline ROOSE, Pierrette HERZBERGER-FOFANA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 g (new)

6g. Acknowledges that the extractive sector is particularly prone to illicit outflows in Africa; believes that the review of tax treaties should aim to strengthening the bargaining position of host governments to obtain better returns from their natural resources base and stimulate diversification of their economy; in addition, takes the view that the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) should be made mandatory and extended: they should not focus only on governments but also on producing firms and commodity trading companies;

2022/10/21
Committee: DEVE

2022/2080(INI)

Michèle RIVASI, Caroline ROOSE, Pierrette HERZBERGER-FOFANA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 h (new)

6h. Stresses that multinational companies should report tax information in each country where they operate; encourages developing countries to enact mandatory country-by-country and project-by-project reporting requirements, notably in the mining sector;

2022/10/21
Committee: DEVE

2022/2080(INI)

Michèle RIVASI, Caroline ROOSE, Pierrette HERZBERGER-FOFANA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 i (new)

6i. Calls on governments of developing countries to intensify the fight against corruption and money laundering, as a means to contribute to tackling illicit financial flows;

2022/10/21
Committee: DEVE

2022/2080(INI)

Michèle RIVASI, Caroline ROOSE, Pierrette HERZBERGER-FOFANA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 j (new)

6j. Encourages developing countries to develop regional integration arrangements on tax incentives to prevent harmful competition in the effort to attract foreign direct investment;

2022/10/21
Committee: DEVE

2022/2047(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Reaffirms that culture is a key element of sustainable development and an integral component of its social, economic and environmental dimensions, and long- term societal changes; recalls that culture is instrumental in the implementation of the 2030 UN Agenda and calls for strengthening the contribution of cultural actors to sustainable development through participation in enhanced dialogue, professional networks, exchanges, the recognition of the professionalism of authors, artists, cultural and creative operators, and multi- stakeholder partnerships; underlines that youth exchanges, city twinning, and partnerships in the professional field have been important vehicles to foster intercultural understanding and should be promoted by the EU in its development and foreign policies;

2022/09/12
Committee: DEVE

2022/2047(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Welcomes the inclusion of culture as an area of intervention in the Global Challenges thematic programme under the Neighbourhood, Development and International Cooperation Instrument (NDICI) – Global Europe Regulation to foster sustainable social and economic development, and international cultural cooperation and promote initiatives for cultural diversity; welcomes the contribution of the NDICI-Global Europe instrument to the Erasmus+ programme, notably actions aimed at countries from the Global South not associated to the Erasmus+ programme; calls on the Commission and the EEAS to report regularly to the European Parliament on the state of implementation and achieved results of the NDICI-Global Europe instrument in the field of culture and education, including through the bi- annual scrutiny process (High Level Political Dialogue) and annual reporting;

2022/09/12
Committee: DEVE

2022/2047(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Urges the Commission to provide for appropriate and decent funding for international cultural relations in existing programmes on culture and education, so that these can develop their international action in a proper way;

2022/09/12
Committee: DEVE

2022/2047(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Welcomes the integration of a specific chapter on culture under Title III (Human and Social Development) of the proposed partnership agreement between the EU and the Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States (OACPS); underlines that cooperation in this field should also address the return, restitution and conservation of cultural works and artefacts; calls for the strengthening of cultural programmes to stimulate job opportunities, tourism, inclusive and sustainable growth, and social cohesion, to promote youth empowerment and gender equality, tackle harmful social and gender norms and stereotypes, fight against any forms of discrimination and to support the cultural sector which has been deeply impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic;

2022/09/12
Committee: DEVE

2022/2047(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Underlines that to be sustainable in the long-term the EU's external cultural funding activities must imply a strong involvement of local partners - including civil society organisations - adaptation of programmes to local realities and a due consideration of the post-funding period for implementation and evaluation of projects;

2022/09/12
Committee: DEVE

2022/2047(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)

3b. Calls for the upcoming Youth Action Plan in international Action to include specific measures and programmes that contribute to expose the youth of both the EU and the Global South to other cultures and languages;

2022/09/12
Committee: DEVE

2022/2047(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Emphasises that the protection, conservation and restoration of cultural and natural heritage is an essential factor in ensuring its transmission to future generations; recalls that restoring cultural works and artefacts promotes the respect and mutual understanding of the value of different cultures, but also promotes peace, reconciliation and dialogue; encourages the EU and its Member States to facilitate dialogue and share best practices on the protection, conservation and restoration of cultural and natural heritage in the framework of the NDICI – Global Europe Regulation.

2022/09/12
Committee: DEVE

2022/2047(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Insists on the importance for the EU to enhance the protection and promotion of cultural and natural heritage paying particular attention to environmental and wildlife protection while at the same level respecting the integrity and interests of indigenous people and local communities living alongside nature and wildlife on their ancestral land; calls for the NDICI- Global Europe instrument to provide adequate financing to strengthen the protection of cultural and natural heritage, with respect to the rights, including land rights of Indigenous People and Local Communities (IPLCs);

2022/09/12
Committee: DEVE

2022/2047(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)

4b. Welcomes the acknowledgement by certain Member States of the need to return cultural works and artefacts to their places of origin; calls for all Member States to continue or initiate processes for the restitution of cultural works and artefacts in a more consistent and timely manner; calls for the NDICI- Global Europe Regulation to effectively support the implementation of agreements for the return of cultural property to their countries of origin and to present the results of actions in this field to the European Parliament as part of the scrutiny process of the instrument; encourages the development of EU guidelines on restitution to encourage the development of necessary research, studies and exchanges for the establishment of coherent programmes for restitution of cultural works and artefacts to their countries of origin;

2022/09/12
Committee: DEVE

2022/2047(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 c (new)

4c. Calls for the promotion of artistic freedom of expression as a value and an endeavour of the European Union, nurturing free dialogue as well as exchange of good practices at international level;

2022/09/12
Committee: DEVE

2022/2047(INI)

Pierrette HERZBERGER-FOFANA, Caroline ROOSE, Michèle RIVASI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 d (new)

4d. Calls for the creation of a Cultural Visa Programme, along the lines of the existing Scientific Visa Programme, for third-country nationals, artists and other professionals in the cultural field with the aim of fostering cultural relations and eliminating obstacles to mobility in the cultural sector;

2022/09/12
Committee: DEVE

2022/0269(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2

(2) The use of forced labour is widespread in the world. It is estimated that about 27.6 million people were in forced labour in 2021.18~~Vulnerable and marginalised groups in a society are particularly susceptible to be pressured into performing~~Most forced labour occurs in the private economy and has a strong gender dimension.Forced labour touches, in particular, services, manufacturing, construction, agriculture, and domestic work, and to a smaller extent, mining and fishers aboard fishing vessels.Vulnerable and marginalised groups in a society, including the poor and socially excluded, workers in the informal economy, irregular or otherwise unprotected migrant workers, and people subject to discrimination, are the most affected byforced labour. Even when it is not state imposed, forced labour is often a consequence of a lack of good governance of certain economic operators. _________________ 18 The 2021 Global Estimates of Modern Slavery, https://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public /---ed_norm/--- ipec/documents/publication/wcms_854733. pdf.

2023/04/18
Committee: DEVE

2022/0269(COD)

Pierrette HERZBERGER-FOFANA, Michèle RIVASI, Caroline ROOSE

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3

(3) The eradication of forced labour is a priority for the Union. This Regulation aims to ban from the EU market products that have been produced, extracted or harvested using forced labour and, as ultimate objective, to eradicate forced labour by addressing its root causes. Respect for human dignity and the universality and indivisibility of human rights are firmly enshrined in Article 21 of the Treaty on European Union. Article 5(2) of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union and Article 4 of the European Convention on Human Rights provide that no one is to be required to perform forced or compulsory labour. The European Court of Human Rights has repeatedly interpreted Article 4 of the European Convention on Human Rights as requiring Member States to penalise and effectively prosecute any act maintaining a person in the situations described set out in Article 4 of the European Convention on Human Rights.19 _________________ 19 For instance paras. 89 and 102 in Siliadin v. France or para. 105 in Chowdury and Others v. Greece.

2023/04/18
Committee: DEVE

2022/0269(COD)

Pierrette HERZBERGER-FOFANA, Michèle RIVASI, Caroline ROOSE

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5

(5) Through its policies and legislative initiatives the Union seeks to eradicate the use of forced labour and to address its root causes. To these effects, corporate sustainability due diligence, along with the ediction of accompanying measures, represents important tools. The Union promotes due diligence in accordance with international guidelines and principles established by international organisations, including the ILO, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (hereinafter “OECD”) and the United Nations (hereinafter “UN”), to ensure that forced labour does not find a place in the value chains of undertakings established in the Union.

2023/04/18
Committee: DEVE

2022/0269(COD)

Pierrette HERZBERGER-FOFANA, Michèle RIVASI, Caroline ROOSE

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8 a (new)

(8 a) Throughout, effective due diligence requires the meaningful engagement of stakeholders, including workers, their representative organisations, and community members, as they are best positioned to identify local risks and help formulate the most appropriate mitigation strategies. Attention should focus on identifying, prioritizing, and acting on “hotspots” where the risk of forced labour and other human rights abuses is highest in terms of both severity and scale. Particularly important in this context are the informal micro- and small enterprises operating at the lower links of supply chains in high- risk sectors and locations, often in raw materials extraction and production, where forced labour and other human rights abuses are often most pronounced.

2023/04/18
Committee: DEVE

2022/0269(COD)

Pierrette HERZBERGER-FOFANA, Michèle RIVASI, Caroline ROOSE

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12 a (new)

(12 a) Businesses can also contribute to addressing some of the more structural root causes of forced labour in high-risk locations linked to their business operations and supply chains. Examples of ongoing business efforts targeting root causes include measures to advance the fair recruitment of migrant workers, measures to help tackle poverty of workers in their supply chains through the adoption of living income programmes and measures to ban unfair trading practices in design or lead times.

2023/04/18
Committee: DEVE

2022/0269(COD)

Pierrette HERZBERGER-FOFANA, Michèle RIVASI, Caroline ROOSE

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14 a (new)

(14 a) In addition, import control mechanisms are essential to capture contexts where human rights due diligence to credibly identify, prevent, mitigate, and remediate forced labour at the affected supplier are impossible. This is particularly relevant in cases of state- imposed forced labour affecting all supply chains in an entire country or region, which thereby require the establishment of region-wide bans.

2023/04/18
Committee: DEVE

2022/0269(COD)

Pierrette HERZBERGER-FOFANA, Michèle RIVASI, Caroline ROOSE

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 18 a (new)

(18 a) Remedy is a crucial part of the human rights due diligence process under the UNGPs and is critical to ensuring that a Forced Labour Instrument has a positive impact for workers and holds corporations to account. Remedy will encourage workers to come forward and report abuse. Accordingly, the Regulation must ensure the provision of effective remedy to affected rightholders.

2023/04/18
Committee: DEVE

2022/0269(COD)

Pierrette HERZBERGER-FOFANA, Michèle RIVASI, Caroline ROOSE

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 18 b (new)

(18 b) In particular, remediation processes and remedial action should be based on, and be aligned with, international standards of best practice, including through consultation with trade unions. Remedy may, for example, include apologies, restitution, rehabilitation and financial or non- financial compensation.

2023/04/18
Committee: DEVE

2022/0269(COD)

Pierrette HERZBERGER-FOFANA, Michèle RIVASI, Caroline ROOSE

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 18 c (new)

(18 c) In particular, the responsibility of importers to provide adequate remedy should also include an examination of their contribution through their bad purchasing practices, including predatory pricing, which may be pushing producing companies to resort to forced labour.

2023/04/18
Committee: DEVE

Pierrette HERZBERGER-FOFANA, Karen MELCHIOR

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 6 – point c – point 1

(1) a ~~detec~~investigation order concerning the dissemination of known child sexual abuse material has been issued in respect of the service;

2023/05/08
Committee: FEMM

4. The EU ~~Centre~~Agency’s expenditure shall include staff remuneration, administrative and infrastructure expenses, and operating costs including fair remuneration of members of the Management Board, Technology Committee and the Survivor’s Advisory Board.

2023/05/08
Committee: FEMM

2022/0155(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 69 – paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. The budget shall comply with the principle of gender mainstreaming and the practise of gender budgeting shall be implemented.

2023/05/08
Committee: FEMM

2022/0155(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 71 – paragraph 2

2. The Executive Board, in agreement with the Commission, shall adopt the necessary implementing measures, in accordance with the arrangements provided for in Article 110 of the Staff Regulations. and shall ensure that the hiring of staff takes into account results from an employment background check, sufficient skills and experience and gender-balance and diversity

2023/05/08
Committee: FEMM

2022/0155(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 71 – paragraph 3

3. The EU ~~Centre~~Agency staff, in particular those working in areas related to ~~detec~~investigation,, reporting and removal of online child sexual abuse, shall have access to appropriate training, counselling and support services or will be met in other physical or socio-psychological needs.

2023/05/08
Committee: FEMM

2022/0155(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 72 – paragraph 1

1. The EU ~~Centre~~Agency may make use of seconded national experts or other staff not employed by it, while taking into consideration gender-balance.

2023/05/08
Committee: FEMM

2021/2213(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B

B. whereas the multiplication of crises such as the global consequences of the climate change, the COVID-19 pandemic and the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine, which worsened food crisis in the world, call for the forging of stronger alliances and more effective partnerships which deliver tangible results in order to better address emerging needs and global challenges;

2024/02/05
Committee: DEVE

2021/2213(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B

B. whereas the multiplication of crises such as the global consequences of the climate change, the COVID-19 pandemic and the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine, which worsened food crisis in the world, call for the forging of stronger alliances and more effective partnerships which deliver tangible results in order to better address emerging needs and global challenges;

2024/02/05
Committee: DEVE

2021/2213(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital E

E. whereas the Global Gateway ~~strategy aims to increase the EU’s geopolitical influence in the global arena by providing a value-based offer to the partner countries, within the framework of~~focus on the EU’s geopolitical objectives should not imply diversion from the UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and its SDGs;

2024/02/05
Committee: DEVE

2021/2213(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital E

E. whereas the Global Gateway ~~strategy aims to increase the EU’s geopolitical influence in the global arena by providing a value-based offer to the partner countries, within the framework of~~focus on the EU’s geopolitical objectives should not imply diversion from the UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and its SDGs;

2024/02/05
Committee: DEVE

2021/2213(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Call for the swift and comprehensive implementation of the agreement, as there is an urgent need to strengthen multilateral cooperation in the face of growing geopolitical instability and competition and unprecedented global challenges, such as addressing climate change and biodiversity loss, fighting against hunger and for food sovereignty and eradicating poverty ;

2024/02/05
Committee: DEVE

2021/2213(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Call for the swift and comprehensive implementation of the agreement, as there is an urgent need to strengthen multilateral cooperation in the face of growing geopolitical instability and competition and unprecedented global challenges, such as addressing climate change and biodiversity loss, fighting against hunger and for food sovereignty and eradicating poverty ;

2024/02/05
Committee: DEVE

2021/2213(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Reiterates the importance of political dialogue as an integral part of the partnership; stresses that political dialogue is based on a level of full equality between countries, without imposing unilateral alignment with the positions of the EU on external policies;

2024/02/05
Committee: DEVE

2021/2213(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Reiterates the importance of political dialogue as an integral part of the partnership; stresses that political dialogue is based on a level of full equality between countries, without imposing unilateral alignment with the positions of the EU on external policies;

2024/02/05
Committee: DEVE

2021/2213(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. Welcomes the commitment to protect, promote and fulfil human rights, fundamental freedoms and democratic principles and to strengthen the rule of law and good governance; further welcomes the commitment to promote universal human rights without discrimination based on any grounds; regrets, however, the fact that the agreement fails to mention explicitly that discrimination could be based on sexual orientation or gender identity;

2024/02/05
Committee: DEVE

2021/2213(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. Welcomes the commitment to protect, promote and fulfil human rights, fundamental freedoms and democratic principles and to strengthen the rule of law and good governance; further welcomes the commitment to promote universal human rights without discrimination based on any grounds; regrets, however, the fact that the agreement fails to mention explicitly that discrimination could be based on sexual orientation or gender identity;

2024/02/05
Committee: DEVE

2021/2213(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

12. Calls for the swift operationalisation of the ‘EU Global Health Strategy’ in ACP countries; recalls that the Doha Declaration on the TRIPS Agreement and Public Health affirms the right of developing countries to use the flexibility provisions in the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights to protect public health and, in particular, provide access to medicines for all; urges the EU to support third countries, in particular LDCs, in the effective implementation of flexibilities for the protection of public health provided for in TRIPs agreements, such as compulsory licencing and parallel import, in order to remedy abusive use of IP protections that lead to monopolistic positions of patent holders; recalls that ecological restoration is critical for the implementation of the ‘One Health’ approach;

2024/02/05
Committee: DEVE

2021/2213(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

12. Calls for the swift operationalisation of the ‘EU Global Health Strategy’ in ACP countries; recalls that the Doha Declaration on the TRIPS Agreement and Public Health affirms the right of developing countries to use the flexibility provisions in the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights to protect public health and, in particular, provide access to medicines for all; urges the EU to support third countries, in particular LDCs, in the effective implementation of flexibilities for the protection of public health provided for in TRIPs agreements, such as compulsory licencing and parallel import, in order to remedy abusive use of IP protections that lead to monopolistic positions of patent holders; recalls that ecological restoration is critical for the implementation of the ‘One Health’ approach;

2024/02/05
Committee: DEVE

2021/2213(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. Underlines that particular attention should be paid to the provisions on food security and improved nutrition, given the global rise in food insecurity, malnutrition and hunger; is worried with the high dependence of African states on food imports from the EU, particularly subsidised products that represent harmful competition for small-scale local agriculture and calls on the EU to put an end to these export subsidies, in line with its Policy Coherence for Development commitments; stresses the necessity to securing access to land for smallholder farmers who have a crucial role in protecting natural resources and making the agro-ecological transition;

2024/02/05
Committee: DEVE

2021/2213(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. Underlines that particular attention should be paid to the provisions on food security and improved nutrition, given the global rise in food insecurity, malnutrition and hunger; is worried with the high dependence of African states on food imports from the EU, particularly subsidised products that represent harmful competition for small-scale local agriculture and calls on the EU to put an end to these export subsidies, in line with its Policy Coherence for Development commitments; stresses the necessity to securing access to land for smallholder farmers who have a crucial role in protecting natural resources and making the agro-ecological transition;

2024/02/05
Committee: DEVE

2021/2213(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

15. Welcomes the fact that gender equality and women’s economic empowerment are recognised as key drivers for sustainable development~~; supports the commitments to sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR)~~ and must be mainstreamed throughout the implementation of the Samoa Agreement; supports the commitments to sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) for all people, especially girls and young women; calls for the EU institutions to speed up the implementation of the Gender Action Plan III in ACP countries;

2024/02/05
Committee: DEVE

2021/2213(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

15. Welcomes the fact that gender equality and women’s economic empowerment are recognised as key drivers for sustainable development~~; supports the commitments to sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR)~~ and must be mainstreamed throughout the implementation of the Samoa Agreement; supports the commitments to sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) for all people, especially girls and young women; calls for the EU institutions to speed up the implementation of the Gender Action Plan III in ACP countries;

2024/02/05
Committee: DEVE

2021/2213(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

16. Supports the objective to mobilise investment, and support trade ~~and foster private sector development~~, with a view to achieving sustainable and inclusive growth and creating decent jobs for all; stresses, in this context, that ~~a strong link will have to be established between the agreement and the Global Gateway initiative~~blended finance, promoted by the EU in the Global Gateway initiative must be excluded from essential public services, particularly health, education and social protection, as the monetisation of those sectors could widen already existing inequalities and jeopardise the universal access to those services;

2024/02/05
Committee: DEVE

2021/2213(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

16. Supports the objective to mobilise investment, and support trade ~~and foster private sector development~~, with a view to achieving sustainable and inclusive growth and creating decent jobs for all; stresses, in this context, that ~~a strong link will have to be established between the agreement and the Global Gateway initiative~~blended finance, promoted by the EU in the Global Gateway initiative must be excluded from essential public services, particularly health, education and social protection, as the monetisation of those sectors could widen already existing inequalities and jeopardise the universal access to those services;

2024/02/05
Committee: DEVE

2021/2213(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17

17. Is of the opinion that the Samoa Agreement ~~can contribute to the~~shall ensure that trade and investment policy objectives ~~of the EU and OCAPS countries~~respect the EU ’s Policy Coherence for Development legal obligations and take full account of OCAPS countries needs; reiterates its request for an in-depth analysis of the impact of EPAs on local economies, regional integration, economic diversification and their compliance with the SDGs and the principle of Policy Coherence for Development;

2024/02/05
Committee: DEVE

2021/2213(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17

17. Is of the opinion that the Samoa Agreement ~~can contribute to the~~shall ensure that trade and investment policy objectives ~~of the EU and OCAPS countries~~respect the EU ’s Policy Coherence for Development legal obligations and take full account of OCAPS countries needs; reiterates its request for an in-depth analysis of the impact of EPAs on local economies, regional integration, economic diversification and their compliance with the SDGs and the principle of Policy Coherence for Development;

2024/02/05
Committee: DEVE

2021/2213(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18

18. Welcomes the commitment to cooperate in order to strengthen energy security and increase access to energy in ACP countries and calls to be in line with the UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the Paris Agreement and the right of local communities and indigenous peoples of free, prior, and informed consent;

2024/02/05
Committee: DEVE

2021/2213(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18

18. Welcomes the commitment to cooperate in order to strengthen energy security and increase access to energy in ACP countries and calls to be in line with the UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the Paris Agreement and the right of local communities and indigenous peoples of free, prior, and informed consent;

2024/02/05
Committee: DEVE

2021/2213(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19

19. Stresses the urgency of tackling global environmental challenges and of focusing on the effective implementation of the Paris Agreement on Climate Change, especially by strengthening cooperation on resilience in the face of natural disasters and adaptation to climate change and contributing to the Loss and Damage Fund; highlights the conclusions of the IPCC 2022 report according to which global warming will progressively weaken soil health and ecosystem services, undermining food productivity in many regions on land and in the oceans;

2024/02/05
Committee: DEVE

2021/2213(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19

19. Stresses the urgency of tackling global environmental challenges and of focusing on the effective implementation of the Paris Agreement on Climate Change, especially by strengthening cooperation on resilience in the face of natural disasters and adaptation to climate change and contributing to the Loss and Damage Fund; highlights the conclusions of the IPCC 2022 report according to which global warming will progressively weaken soil health and ecosystem services, undermining food productivity in many regions on land and in the oceans;

2024/02/05
Committee: DEVE

2021/2213(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)

19 a. Calls for an integrated approach to conflicts and crisis linking humanitarian, development, peace and security efforts at all stages of a conflict cycle; insists to address human security more holistically and to include all economic, social, environmental and political factors in conflict analysis;

2024/02/05
Committee: DEVE

2021/2213(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)

19 a. Calls for an integrated approach to conflicts and crisis linking humanitarian, development, peace and security efforts at all stages of a conflict cycle; insists to address human security more holistically and to include all economic, social, environmental and political factors in conflict analysis;

2024/02/05
Committee: DEVE

2021/2213(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20

20. Recognises the need to enhance cooperation on ~~migration and mobility, including~~ addressing the root causes of irregular migration and forced displacements~~, as well as~~; calls to prioritise actions intended to facilitate legal pathways for migration, reduce the costs of remittance, develop measures against racism and xenophobia, improve the comparability of all qualifications, address the nexus between migration, climate change and environmental degradation, and integrate a gender-equality dimension into migration governance; reiterates that making aid allocation conditional on cooperation with the EU on migration issues is not compatible with agreed development effectiveness principles;

2024/02/05
Committee: DEVE

2021/2213(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20

20. Recognises the need to enhance cooperation on ~~migration and mobility, including~~ addressing the root causes of irregular migration and forced displacements~~, as well as~~; calls to prioritise actions intended to facilitate legal pathways for migration, reduce the costs of remittance, develop measures against racism and xenophobia, improve the comparability of all qualifications, address the nexus between migration, climate change and environmental degradation, and integrate a gender-equality dimension into migration governance; reiterates that making aid allocation conditional on cooperation with the EU on migration issues is not compatible with agreed development effectiveness principles;

2024/02/05
Committee: DEVE

2021/2213(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22

22. Stresses the importance of ensuring development effectiveness and results; believes that the implementation of the agreement requires substantial and sustainable mobilisation of financial resources; welcomes, therefore, the recognition that the means of cooperation should be diversified, encompassing a range of policies and instruments from all available sources and actors; recalls that according to various studies, there is very weak evidence of the development impacts of blending mechanisms, which are pointing out for their lack of transparency and accountability;

2024/02/05
Committee: DEVE

2021/2213(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22

22. Stresses the importance of ensuring development effectiveness and results; believes that the implementation of the agreement requires substantial and sustainable mobilisation of financial resources; welcomes, therefore, the recognition that the means of cooperation should be diversified, encompassing a range of policies and instruments from all available sources and actors; recalls that according to various studies, there is very weak evidence of the development impacts of blending mechanisms, which are pointing out for their lack of transparency and accountability;

2024/02/05
Committee: DEVE

2021/2213(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29

29. Welcomes the commitment to promote a multi-stakeholder approach, enabling the active engagement of a wide variety of actors, including parliaments, local authorities, civil society ~~and the private sector~~, women and youth; calls for this commitment to be rapidly translated into practice, which will necessitate the creation of an open and transparent mechanism for ~~structured consultation in order to ensure the effective participation of stakeholde~~a civil society systematic participation through structured dialogue and consultation with EU and OACPS countries civil society actors;

2024/02/05
Committee: DEVE

2021/2213(INI)

Pierrette HERZBERGER-FOFANA, Caroline ROOSE, Michèle RIVASI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29

29. Welcomes the commitment to promote a multi-stakeholder approach, enabling the active engagement of a wide variety of actors, including parliaments, local authorities, civil society ~~and the private sector~~, women and youth; calls for this commitment to be rapidly translated into practice, which will necessitate the creation of an open and transparent mechanism for ~~structured consultation in order to ensure the effective participation of stakeholde~~a civil society systematic participation through structured dialogue and consultation with EU and OACPS countries civil society actors;

2024/02/05
Committee: DEVE

2021/2178(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 (new)

-1. Whereas African economies remain by and large heavily concentrated on natural resources-based products and commodities;

2022/02/10
Committee: DEVE

2021/2178(INI)

Pierrette HERZBERGER-FOFANA, Caroline ROOSE, Michèle RIVASI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Welcomes the positive ~~shift~~change in EU- Africa relations towards a partnership on an equal footing, allowing both sides to pursue their own interests but also to identify common areas of cooperation; stresses that free, fair, and sustainable trade facilitates inclusive economic growth ~~and~~, sustainable development, and contributes to poverty reduction; ~~highlights,~~ in this regard, highlights the importance of the new pPartnership aAgreement between the EU and ~~the~~ members of the Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States, the ~~upcoming summit~~need to ensure coherence between ~~the~~its Africa~~n Union and the EU, and~~ Protocol and the upcoming AU-EU Summit, as well as innovative initiatives such as the EU mMulti- stakeholder dDialogue for sSustainable ~~cocoa~~Cocoa; in this respect, calls on the EU to actively support policies to develop cocoa processing at the local, national and regional level;

2022/02/10
Committee: DEVE

2021/2178(INI)

Pierrette HERZBERGER-FOFANA, Caroline ROOSE, Michèle RIVASI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1 a. Recalls that the Covid-19 pandemic highlighted the vulnerability of the global supply chain, while giving a new impetus to the need to build regional markets in Africa, fostering intra-African trade, investment and value chains, for greater economic autonomy of the continent;

2022/02/10
Committee: DEVE

2021/2178(INI)

Pierrette HERZBERGER-FOFANA, Caroline ROOSE, Michèle RIVASI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Calls on the EU to actively support the new African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), which presents a major opportunity for African countries to boost inclusive growth, enable sustainable development, and reduce poverty and improve living standards; notes that the AfCFTA pavrovides the ~~way for a~~ability to fundamentally transform~~ation of~~ the continent’s development prospects; takes the view that EU support to the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) be parallel to the development of regulative frameworks, to prevent a “race to the bottom” of social and environmental norms resulting from the removal of trade barriers;

2022/02/10
Committee: DEVE

2021/2178(INI)

Pierrette HERZBERGER-FOFANA, Caroline ROOSE, Michèle RIVASI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2 a. Recalls the statement of the UN Economic Commission for Africa indicating that it believes the economic partnership agreements between the EU and African countries could have negative consequences for intra-African trade; points out that none of the EPAs in place today correspond to the existing 8 Regional Economic Communities (RECs) in Africa, thereby undermining their integration dynamics; stresses that a partnership of equals entails to take into account the concerns of African countries in terms of economic diversification, industrialisation, loss of government revenues and regional integration;

2022/02/10
Committee: DEVE

2021/2178(INI)

Pierrette HERZBERGER-FOFANA, Caroline ROOSE, Michèle RIVASI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)

2 b. Urges the EU to acknowledge diverging views on EPAs, to find concrete solutions to respond to African countries concerns and to refrain from launching or broadening EPA negotiations, including through the “rendez-vous” clauses unless ACP countries proactively make such demand; more broadly, reiterates its request to have an in-depth analysis on the impact of EPAs, and its compliance with the SDGs and the principle of Policy Coherence for Development;

2022/02/10
Committee: DEVE

2021/2178(INI)

Pierrette HERZBERGER-FOFANA, Caroline ROOSE, Michèle RIVASI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Emphasises that eEconomic pPartnership aAgreements (EPAs) need to support the various regional trade communities in Africa and the further development of the AfCFTA, and contribute to the building of resilient, and sustainable local and regional value chains, ~~and help to~~ boosting and diversifying intra- African trade; ~~calls for chapters ensuring consist~~underlines that the interim EPAs do not have a specific trade and sustainable development chapter; and accordingly, calls for the systematic and consistent inclusion and implementation of Trade and Sustainable Development chapters on human rights, labour and environmental standards in all currently negotiated and future EPAs, ensuring coherencye with development needs and policies and the ~~UN sustainable development goals to always be included and impl~~SDGs, especially with regard to their impact on deforestation, climate change and biodiversity loss and the ILO Decent work agenda; in addition, stresses the importance of including the objective of combating forced labour and child labour in TSD chapters of Union trade agreementeds;

2022/02/10
Committee: DEVE

2021/2178(INI)

Pierrette HERZBERGER-FOFANA, Caroline ROOSE, Michèle RIVASI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Welcomes the reform of the EU Generalised Scheme of Preferences (GSP) as one of the EU’s key trade instruments for supporting developing countries in their efforts to promote sustainable development and economic diversification, reduce poverty and ensure respect for human rights; welcomes, in particular, the aim to facilitate increased economic growth and job creation in developing countries on the African continent; stresses that enhanced social and environmental conditionality to benefit from preferential trade preferences should be embedded into the technical and financial assistance projects under the NDICI-Global Europe instrument. targeting notably those benefiting from the special arrangements given their vulnerability and lack of economic diversification; calls on the EU to make sure that European tTrade policy does not contradict efforts byfrom African partners to establish viable economic structures.; calls, accordingly, for the removal of the provisions in the GSP Regulation which are linked to EU interests only, namely those conditionalities linked to migration and access to raw materials; recalls that the GSP regime should support the regional integration process of the African continent;

2022/02/10
Committee: DEVE

2021/2178(INI)

Pierrette HERZBERGER-FOFANA, Caroline ROOSE, Michèle RIVASI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4 a. Recalls that the Addis Ababa Action Agenda (AAAA) on financing for development highlighted the need to mobilise more domestic resources for achieving SDGs; recalls that one of the main objectives for African countries is to climb up the global value chain through economic diversification; but recalls that commodity dependence remains one of the main development challenges for poorer African economies, which failed by and large to diversify their export;

2022/02/10
Committee: DEVE

2021/2178(INI)

Pierrette HERZBERGER-FOFANA, Caroline ROOSE, Michèle RIVASI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)

4 b. Recalls that the EU request to ban export taxes on raw materials has been a long-lasting stumbling block in the negotiation process on EPAs; stresses that for those economies which almost exclusively base its revenues on the exploitation of natural resources, prohibition of such taxes may lock them in aid dependency, while hampering their economic diversification; stresses the right of African countries to regulate raw materials in their public interest and calls on the EU to refrain from adopting a trade policy that, as a general rule, prohibits African countries from levying export taxes on raw materials, insofar as it is WTO-compatible;

2022/02/10
Committee: DEVE

2021/2178(INI)

Pierrette HERZBERGER-FOFANA, Caroline ROOSE, Michèle RIVASI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 c (new)

4 c. Stresses the key role attributed to the EU External Investment Plan (EIP), and notably the European Fund for Sustainable Development as its first pillar, for shaping EU trade and investment policy towards Africa, in parallel with the EPAs; recalls its emphasis put on improving the investment climate in partner countries; stresses that the EU’s commitment to boost private sector investment for achieving the SDGs shall be tantamount to the definition of mandatory human rights, social rights and environmental due diligence obligations, based on the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human rights, which shall apply to the whole value chain and include provisions on access to justice;

2022/02/10
Committee: DEVE

2021/2178(INI)

Pierrette HERZBERGER-FOFANA, Caroline ROOSE, Michèle RIVASI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 d (new)

4 d. Urges the EU to better anchor its trade and investment engagement with Africa on African priorities and initiatives, notably the AU’s Agenda 2063 and the African Continental Free Trade Agreement, and supporting African institutions and trade stakeholders; more broadly, calls on the EU to fully commit to the principle of Policy Coherence for Development, especially in a context where the design of the EU External Investment Plan results in integrating EU aid with EU trade interests and private sector promotion to support geostrategic ambitions;

2022/02/10
Committee: DEVE

2021/2178(INI)

Pierrette HERZBERGER-FOFANA, Caroline ROOSE, Michèle RIVASI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 e (new)

4 e. Warns against developing a double standard policy regarding the rights and obligations of corporations in investment and trade treaties;notes with deep concern that international investment agreements (IIA) usually include the Investor-State Dispute Settlement mechanism (ISDS), which triggered off an unprecedented boom of claims against African countries between 2013 and 2018, with European investors initiating the majority of the lawsuits[1]; [1] “ISDS in numbers. Impacts of Investment Arbitration against African States”, Transnational Institute (October 2019)

2022/02/10
Committee: DEVE

2021/2178(INI)

Pierrette HERZBERGER-FOFANA, Caroline ROOSE, Michèle RIVASI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 f (new)

4 f. Stresses the need to shift the focus away from a system that prioritizes investor protection to one that emphasizes the advancement of national and global development goals through sustainable investment;

2022/02/10
Committee: DEVE

2021/2178(INI)

Pierrette HERZBERGER-FOFANA, Caroline ROOSE, Michèle RIVASI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 g (new)

4 g. Urges the EU to review its investment treaties, to ensure a fair balance between rights and obligations for investors to respect human rights, the environment, and refrain from illegal action, such as corruption and fraud; stresses the need to include obligations on home states to support sustainable investment and allow victims to seek justice in the home state of the investor;

2022/02/10
Committee: DEVE

2021/2178(INI)

Pierrette HERZBERGER-FOFANA, Caroline ROOSE, Michèle RIVASI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 h (new)

4 h. Calls on the Commission to promote sustainable investments to advance towards a carbon-free economy, in line with its pledge in the Glasgow Climate Pact, while ensuring a responsible and sustainable sourcing and management of natural resources and raw materials, as well as sustainable waste management in line with its Green Deal objectives;

2022/02/10
Committee: DEVE

2021/2178(INI)

Pierrette HERZBERGER-FOFANA, Caroline ROOSE, Michèle RIVASI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 i (new)

4 i. Encourages African countries, at a time when UNICA reports that many of the investments treaties concluded in the 1990s-early 2000s have recently expired or are about to expire, to review and reform its investment and double taxation treaties according to their development needs; to this effect, believes that the African Continental Free Trade Area and the ongoing regional integration efforts provide a good opportunity to rebalance the international investment regime so that it becomes responsible, equitable and conducive to sustainable development;

2022/02/10
Committee: DEVE

2021/2178(INI)

Pierrette HERZBERGER-FOFANA, Caroline ROOSE, Michèle RIVASI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 j (new)

4 j. Underlines that the disruptions triggered by COVID-19 have shone a spotlight on the vulnerabilities of the global food system; urges the Commission to develop a strategy to gradually shift away from trade-oriented agricultural policies to local and regional markets, which hold major potential to address current food system failures;

2022/02/10
Committee: DEVE

2021/2178(INI)

Pierrette HERZBERGER-FOFANA, Caroline ROOSE, Michèle RIVASI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 k (new)

4 k. Is worried about the high dependence of African states on food imports from the EU, particularly subsidised products that represent harmful competition for small-scale local agriculture; calls on the EU to ensure that its trade and investment policy respects inter alia the 2018 UN Declaration on the Rights of Peasants and Other People Working in Rural Areas; the FAO Voluntary Guidelines of Tenure, Land and Forests and for Securing Sustainable Small Scale Fisheries, the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, and Free, Prior and Informed Consent, as set out in the ILO Convention 169;

2022/02/10
Committee: DEVE

2021/2178(INI)

Pierrette HERZBERGER-FOFANA, Caroline ROOSE, Michèle RIVASI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 l (new)

4 l. Underlines the trade-related impact of the digitisation of economic activities and its associated trade-in- services dynamics; reminds that African countries need to preserve and expand their policy space to undertake digital industrialisation; urges the EU to take on board African priorities and to refrain from negotiating digital clauses in investment agreements that would restrict their ability to regulate, redistribute the profits, improve their public services or hinder their local technological development strategy;

2022/02/10
Committee: DEVE

2021/2163(INI)

Caroline ROOSE, Pierrette HERZBERGER-FOFANA, Michèle RIVASI

Motion for a resolution
Citation 14 a (new)

— having regard to the UNSC Resolution 2286 on the protection of medical missions,

2021/10/11
Committee: DEVE

2021/2163(INI)

Caroline ROOSE, Michèle RIVASI, Pierrette HERZBERGER-FOFANA

Motion for a resolution
Recital B

B. whereas the COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated existing fragilities and inequalities, amplified humanitarian needs – notably a sharp increase in hunger and lack of food supply, with almost 300 million people at risk of becoming acutely food insecure and over 40 million facing emergency levels of food insecurity – and hampered the humanitarian response owing to border closures and other restrictions such as those attempted by parties to armed conflicts;

2021/10/11
Committee: DEVE

2021/2163(INI)

Caroline ROOSE, Michèle RIVASI, Pierrette HERZBERGER-FOFANA

Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)

Ba. whereas in 2018, approximately 108 million people required international humanitarian assistance as a result of storms, floods, droughts and wildfires, whereas by 2050, over 200 million people could need humanitarian assistance every year as a result of climate-related disasters and the socioeconomic impact of climate change;

2021/10/11
Committee: DEVE

2021/2163(INI)

Pierrette HERZBERGER-FOFANA, Caroline ROOSE, Michèle RIVASI

Motion for a resolution
Recital B b (new)

Bb. whereas women and girls are the hardest hit by emergencies. whereas adolescent girls in conflict zones are 90% more likely to be out of school, 70 % of women in humanitarian settings are more likely to experience Gender-Based Violence and as women represent more than 70% of people facing chronic hunger;

2021/10/11
Committee: DEVE

2021/2163(INI)

Caroline ROOSE, Michèle RIVASI, Pierrette HERZBERGER-FOFANA

Motion for a resolution
Recital C

C. whereas the EU Humanitarian Air Bridge~~, which~~ was set up in response to the transport constraints caused by the pandemic, ~~has greatly helped~~ to plug critical gaps in the humanitarian response by facilitating the transport of aid, emergency assistance and humanitarian staff;

2021/10/11
Committee: DEVE

2021/2163(INI)

Caroline ROOSE, Michèle RIVASI, Pierrette HERZBERGER-FOFANA

Motion for a resolution
Recital G

G. whereas this funding gap makes it imperative to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the humanitarian system and to ensure that more countries contribute to the humanitarian effort so that aid meets the needs of the populations affected, as highlighted most recently by Grand Bargain 2.0, which focuses on localisation and quality financing as key enabling priorities;

2021/10/11
Committee: DEVE

2021/2163(INI)

Caroline ROOSE, Michèle RIVASI, Pierrette HERZBERGER-FOFANA

Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)

Ha. whereas the Commission proposes to launch a pilot project on blending to significantly increase the resource base for humanitarian action and thus calls for further involvement of the private sector;

2021/10/11
Committee: DEVE

2021/2163(INI)

Caroline ROOSE, Michèle RIVASI, Pierrette HERZBERGER-FOFANA

Motion for a resolution
Recital H b (new)

Hb. whereas consortium organisation is encouraged by donors in development cooperation and humanitarian aid; whereas, compared to other modalities, it is characterised by an often larger scale of objectives and means made available;

2021/10/11
Committee: DEVE

2021/2163(INI)

Caroline ROOSE, Michèle RIVASI, Pierrette HERZBERGER-FOFANA

Motion for a resolution
Recital I

I. whereas addressing humanitarian crises requires not only more funding but also decisive political efforts to reduce needs by preventing and ending conflicts, countering climate change protecting basic human rights, promoting sustainable development and reducing risks and vulnerabilities;

2021/10/11
Committee: DEVE

2021/2163(INI)

Caroline ROOSE, Michèle RIVASI, Pierrette HERZBERGER-FOFANA

Motion for a resolution
Recital I a (new)

Ia. whereas attacks against humanitarian personnel have dramatically increased in recent years;

2021/10/11
Committee: DEVE

2021/2163(INI)

Caroline ROOSE, Michèle RIVASI, Pierrette HERZBERGER-FOFANA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. Welcomes the Commission communication on the EU’s humanitarian action: new challenges, same principles and its concrete proposals to improve the provision of humanitarian aid, and calls for the swift implementation of these proposals in close consultation and cooperation with humanitarian partners – especially NGOs and frontline responders; reiterates that in accordance with the European Consensus, the EU’s humanitarian aid must always be provided solely on the basis of need, must be fully in line with the humanitarian principles of humanity, neutrality, impartiality and independence, and must pay particular attention to vulnerable groups;

2021/10/11
Committee: DEVE

2021/2163(INI)

Caroline ROOSE, Michèle RIVASI, Pierrette HERZBERGER-FOFANA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Calls for the EU to provide a robust annual budget for EU humanitarian aid to guarantee timely, predictable and flexible funding for humanitarian aid from the start of each financial year and to keep a ring-fenced envelope within the Solidarity and Emergency Aid Reserve (SEAR) for humanitarian crises outside the Union and maintaining the existing capacity to rapidly mobilise additional funds in the case of emerging, escalating or sudden onset emergencies;

2021/10/11
Committee: DEVE

2021/2163(INI)

Caroline ROOSE, Michèle RIVASI, Pierrette HERZBERGER-FOFANA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 b (new)

2b. Calls for an expansion of the circle of donor countries which contribute to humanitarian aid on a voluntary basis, to include the 100 countries that the World Bank identifies as high-income and richest countries in the world amounting to a gross national income (GNI) of $80 trillion in 2018; underlines that a contribution of these countries counting for 0.03% of their GNI should be compulsory and would allow to raise the $30 billion needed to address international humanitarian crises; stresses that the involvement of new countries would not only solve the question of the volume of aid, but contribute to depoliticising humanitarian aid and making it less exposed to divisions between major state powers as was the case over funding for the WHO during the Covid-19 crisis;

2021/10/11
Committee: DEVE

2021/2163(INI)

Caroline ROOSE, Michèle RIVASI, Pierrette HERZBERGER-FOFANA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 c (new)

2c. Calls on modalities for the distribution of the financial envelope for humanitarian aid to be entrusted to an independent body that is non-aligned in conflicts, in particular with regard to the members of the UN Security Council, and composed of representatives of the United Nations, the ICRC and international NGOs;

2021/10/11
Committee: DEVE

2021/2163(INI)

Caroline ROOSE, Michèle RIVASI, Pierrette HERZBERGER-FOFANA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Is alarmed at the growing number of serious violations of international humanitarian law and calls for the establishment of an EU coordination mechanism in order to develop an EU coherent approach towards international humanitarian law, as well as monitor violations and advocate for ensuring that international humanitarian law is respected, including by using the relevant political, development aid, trade and economic levers in the EU’s external action;

2021/10/11
Committee: DEVE

2021/2163(INI)

Caroline ROOSE, Michèle RIVASI, Pierrette HERZBERGER-FOFANA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Is concerned about the risk of instrumentalisation of humanitarian aid via the EU humanitarian-development- peace nexus approach which may imply that the promotion of humanitarian principles and International Humanitarian Law will not necessarily prevail for humanitarian action but be side-lined by joint-up and coherent action between the 3 axes of the nexus in line with policy objectives set by the EU agenda; in this regard, stresses in particular that humanitarian action must urgently be dissociated from the security or stability agendas;

2021/10/11
Committee: DEVE

2021/2163(INI)

Caroline ROOSE, Michèle RIVASI, Pierrette HERZBERGER-FOFANA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to closely monitor, notably through existing mechanisms such as the International Humanitarian Fact Finding Commission, and include international humanitarian law violations as a criterion for listing individuals or entities in the relevant EU sanctions regimes; notes that sanctions and restrictive measures must comply with international humanitarian law and must not hinder the provision of humanitarian assistance; underlines the need to consistently include humanitarian excemptions in regimes of restrictive measures and to provide the necessary support and guidance to partners to apply these excemptions effectively; recalls that protracted crises are still humanitarian contexts, and that a substantial part of ‘nexus funding’ is channelled through development envelopes which cannot provide the same flexibility as humanitarian support in the allocation of funding; calls on the EU and its Member States to envisage concrete solutions for effective allocation of funding for partners operating in these contexts;

2021/10/11
Committee: DEVE

2021/2163(INI)

Caroline ROOSE, Michèle RIVASI, Pierrette HERZBERGER-FOFANA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Given widespread violations of the right to food during conflicts, the recurring use of starvation as a method of warfare, and denial of humanitarian access, calls on the European Commission and the Member States to strengthen international humanitarian law and vigorously prosecute and sanction those who use starvation as a weapon of war;

2021/10/11
Committee: DEVE

2021/2163(INI)

Caroline ROOSE, Michèle RIVASI, Pierrette HERZBERGER-FOFANA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Calls for the EU and its Member States to swiftly fulfil the commitments made at the World Humanitarian Summit and as part of the Grand Bargain; highlights the importance of making humanitarian aid more efficient and effective by increasing ~~multiannual and multi-country funding~~flexible funding through unearmarked, softly earmarked, and multi-year funding, and by enhancing harmonisation and simplification of donor proposal and reporting requirements, reducing the administrative burden for humanitarian partners and promoting innovative solutions, among other endeavours;

2021/10/11
Committee: DEVE

2021/2163(INI)

Caroline ROOSE, Michèle RIVASI, Pierrette HERZBERGER-FOFANA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. Given the concerns over development additionally of blending- guarantee mechanisms as assessed by the European Court of Auditors in the case of EFSD, calls on the Commission and financial institutions, including the EIB, to ensure that all humanitarian operations undertaken through blending are compliant with the external action goals of the EU as defined in Article 21 TEU, including respect and promotion of human rights, eradication of poverty, and the management of environmental risks; calls on the Commission to provide the European Parliament with more information as well as a written assessment on the implementation of the pilot project for blending for humanitarian action, assessing the alignment with external action objectives;

2021/10/11
Committee: DEVE

2021/2163(INI)

Caroline ROOSE, Michèle RIVASI, Pierrette HERZBERGER-FOFANA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 b (new)

5b. Insists on the importance to preserve expertise and non interference into the neutrality principle of humanitarian actors; stresses that further engagement with the private sector requires: prior analysis of results achieved so far through this collaboration, and to promote exclusively partnerships which comply with international humanitarian principles, environment, social and human rights standards, and accountability to affected populations;

2021/10/11
Committee: DEVE

2021/2163(INI)

Caroline ROOSE, Michèle RIVASI, Pierrette HERZBERGER-FOFANA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 c (new)

5c. Stresses that encouraging consortia is a concern for smaller NGOs which so far are left behind in a process which fits more the capacities of larger organisations; encourages the Commission to report on the advantages and risks of this mode of collaboration on partner country structures, local organisations and small-scale projects, but also for the donor organisations;

2021/10/11
Committee: DEVE

2021/2163(INI)

Caroline ROOSE, Michèle RIVASI, Pierrette HERZBERGER-FOFANA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. Stresses the particular importance of supporting local actors and urges the Commission to develop a localisation policy outlining how to provide more and better support for local respondents to enable them to make use of all the instruments available; calls on further development of a solid localisation policy, relying further on DG ECHO’s partners’ expertise and experience in strengthening local actors’ capacities as concrete elements for the EU to further implement its Grand Bargain commitments linked to localisation; calls on the Commission to ensure that women’s equal participation and empowerment is integrated explicitly into any new mechanisms to strengthen the role of local actors in humanitarian action;

2021/10/11
Committee: DEVE

2021/2163(INI)

Caroline ROOSE, Michèle RIVASI, Pierrette HERZBERGER-FOFANA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. Stresses that in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, localisation allows a health response adapted to the context of developing countries in order to avoid, European biases, particularly with regard to containment protocols and prevention campaigns; calls on the prevalence of an eurocentric perspective over emergency situations to be adequately challenged through further localisation of humanitarian action;

2021/10/11
Committee: DEVE

2021/2163(INI)

Caroline ROOSE, Michèle RIVASI, Pierrette HERZBERGER-FOFANA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. ~~Not~~Stresses the challenges posed by climate change and welcomes the commitments to further mainstream climate change impacts and environmental factors into humanitarian action and build resilience of vulnerable communities over climate change; insists on the importance of involving indigenous people and local communities in this process; welcomes also the commitments to strengthen the climate resilience of vulnerable regions through disaster preparedness and anticipatory action via a nexus approach; welcomes, in addition, the commitments to green the EU’s humanitarian aid and track climate- related spending; calls on the Commission to provide the necessary resources for climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction through the Neighbourhood, Development and International Cooperation Instrument – Global Europe, among other tools, and to accelerate the implementation of the Sendai commitments in the EU’s external action;

2021/10/11
Committee: DEVE

2021/2163(INI)

Caroline ROOSE, Michèle RIVASI, Pierrette HERZBERGER-FOFANA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)

7a. Regrets that the Communication of the Commission on humanitarian action presents the issue of gender equality as a tried and tested principle of humanitarian aid but not as a growing need to address; given the prominent role of women as victims of conflicts and disasters, calls on to assess on past experiences in humanitarian support in this field as well as to more concrete elements of gender mainstreaming in future humanitarian action, including specific expenditure, programmes, tracking and assessment methods oriented towards gender related activities;

2021/10/11
Committee: DEVE

2021/2163(INI)

Caroline ROOSE, Michèle RIVASI, Pierrette HERZBERGER-FOFANA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Welcomes the concrete achievements of the EU Humanitarian Air Bridge and the idea of creating a European Humanitarian Response Capacity to plug the gaps in the EU’s humanitarian response; calls for the Member States and humanitarian partners to be consulted on any new Commission initiatives, which should build on – not duplicate – existing EU mechanisms such as the civil protection mechanism; stresses the importance to maintain a clear separation between the civil protection and humanitarian response in humanitarian contexts; is concerned with any considerations about combining the civil protection and humanitarian responses or using the same funding instruments for civil protection and humanitarian response as it mixes the mandates and presents an increased risk for principled humanitarian action;

2021/10/11
Committee: DEVE

2021/2163(INI)

Caroline ROOSE, Michèle RIVASI, Pierrette HERZBERGER-FOFANA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)

9a. Calls for a more dedicated focus on health, access to public health services and efforts to reduce mortality and morbidity, as well as the need to strengthen epidemics/pandemic preparedness;

2021/10/11
Committee: DEVE

2021/2163(INI)

Caroline ROOSE, Michèle RIVASI, Pierrette HERZBERGER-FOFANA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 b (new)

9b. Requires significant emphasis to be devoted to nutrition, as fundamental right for all, in order to ensure food security and allow greater resilience of food systems to economic, climatic and human shocks; calls on the EU to revise the EU Action Plan on Nutrition, to address all forms of malnutrition in humanitarian and development contexts, in line with the Council Conclusion of November 2018;

2021/10/11
Committee: DEVE

2021/2163(INI)

Caroline ROOSE, Michèle RIVASI, Pierrette HERZBERGER-FOFANA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. Welcomes the announcement on the first ever EU Humanitarian Forum, which is to be held in January 2022; stresses that the forum should be inclusive of humanitarian implementing partners and seek to increase the visibility of the EU’s humanitarian aid and the work of its partners in particular local ones, promote a strategic dialogue on the EU’s humanitarian policy, raising political support and awareness about the nature of principled and needs-based EU humanitarian assistance and advance the implementation of the key actions set out in the Commission communication;

2021/10/11
Committee: DEVE

2021/2158(DEC)

Erik MARQUARDT, Michèle RIVASI, Pierrette HERZBERGER-FOFANA, Caroline ROOSE

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Draws attention to the context in which official development assistance (ODA) is now provided, marked by a recurrent funding gap, the COVID pandemic, the aggravating climate and biodiversity crisis, the relentless growth of the needs of humanitarian aid~~, developing countries’~~ and lack of means to address them properly, developing countries’, notably the Least Developed Countries (LDCs) woefully inadequate financial and ~~other~~technical resources to respond to the challenges they face, the reversal of the progress towards key Sustainable Development Goals, including those to eradicate poverty and hunger, and the continued global failure to scale up climate action to the urgent need of reaching the objectives of the Paris Agreement with a pathway compatible with the objective of limiting global warming to under 1,5°C as well as improving resilience to adverse climate change impacts;

2022/02/09
Committee: DEVE

2021/2158(DEC)

Pierrette HERZBERGER-FOFANA, Erik MARQUARDT, Michèle RIVASI, Caroline ROOSE

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Insists that the Union and its Member States scale up their ODA and climate finance so as to honour their commitments, that maximum efficiency of the spending be sought according to the principle of aid effectiveness and partner country ownership, that policy coherence for development (PCD) be practiced in a more ~~convincing~~efficient and systematic way and that new efforts to create an enabling international environment for domestic resource mobilisation (DRM) be made; takes the view that well-functioning PCD and support for DRM should be considered part and parcel of sound financial management as these are means to increase the efficiency of EU action which ~~do not need to imply significant additional costs to the Union budget~~imply concrete initiatives, such as supporting the fight against corruption and the development of progressive tax systems, tackling tax avoidance and evasion;

2022/02/09
Committee: DEVE

2021/2158(DEC)

Erik MARQUARDT, Michèle RIVASI, Pierrette HERZBERGER-FOFANA, Caroline ROOSE

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Expresses disappointment about the continued absence of major action by the Commission on the recommendations of the external evaluation of the Union’s PCD1 , ordered by the Commission and received in 2018; ~~_________________ 1 https://ec.europa.eu/international- partnerships/system/files/pcd-main- report_en.pdf~~stresses that more efforts must be undertaken to comply with PCD principles, especially for the Union trade, agricultural, fisheries, environment, climate, migration, foreign and security policies, in order to achieve aid effectiveness objectives; reiterates that PCD must be an important objective of the joined-up approach designed in NDICI-Global Europe; reiterates its call for an in-depth analysis on the impact of Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) on local economies and intra- regional trade to address concerns about their implementation in terms of regional integration and industrialisation;

2022/02/09
Committee: DEVE

2021/2158(DEC)

Erik MARQUARDT, Michèle RIVASI, Pierrette HERZBERGER-FOFANA, Caroline ROOSE

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Notes that the budgetary implementation of the EDF is now limited to payments on commitments made before the 31 December 2020 end date and that Global Europe - NDICI and general Union budget rules now apply; calls for strict implementation of the human rights based approach, with human rights being at the centre of all actions, in accordance with the Commission’s toolbox on this approach. ; in this regard, is particularly concerned about the possible misuse of development funds for mobility restriction and border control purposes, including those of the EU Emergency Trust Fund for Africa (EUTF), and the reported human rights violations linked to the EUTF in Libya, Ethiopia, Eritrea and Niger;

2022/02/09
Committee: DEVE

2021/2158(DEC)

Erik MARQUARDT, Michèle RIVASI, Pierrette HERZBERGER-FOFANA, Caroline ROOSE

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4 a. Reiterates its calls for proper implementation of and reporting on all horizontal spending targets set in NDICI, in particular the biodiversity related target which is not a stand-alone target in the regulation but concerns contributing to the overall MFF biodiversity target of 7.5% of annual spending to biodiversity objectives in 2024 and 10% from 2026 onwards; expects the Commission to adopt as soon as possible an effective, transparent and comprehensive methodology for biodiversity tracking, developed with the full involvement of the European Parliament, and about which the European Parliament should be consulted before the publication of the 2023 draft budget;

2022/02/09
Committee: DEVE

2021/2158(DEC)

Erik MARQUARDT, Michèle RIVASI, Pierrette HERZBERGER-FOFANA, Caroline ROOSE

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)

4 b. Stresses that projects financed via NDICI-Global Europe shall be screened to determine if they have an environmental, climate or social impact and if so, shall be subject to climate, environmental and social sustainability proofing with a view to minimise detrimental impacts and maximise benefits on climate, environment and social dimensions; recalls that the Union and the Member States committed under Article2.1(c) of the Paris Agreement to align both public and private financial flows to a pathway compatible with the objective of limiting global warming to 1.5°C; stresses that this requires a phase out of all direct and indirect fossil fuel subsidies as soon as possible and by 2025 at the very latest;

2022/02/09
Committee: DEVE

2021/2158(DEC)

Erik MARQUARDT, Michèle RIVASI, Pierrette HERZBERGER-FOFANA, Caroline ROOSE

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 c (new)

4 c. Regrets the reported case of lack of transparency for the work contracts signed by the Commission to strengthen food security in Cameroon, for which the evaluation criteria used for the award differed from those published in the tender notice and therefore made the tender ineligible; calls on the Commission to prevent any lack of transparency in public procurement procedures;

2022/02/09
Committee: DEVE

2021/2158(DEC)

Erik MARQUARDT, Michèle RIVASI, Pierrette HERZBERGER-FOFANA, Caroline ROOSE

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 d (new)

4 d. Regrets that expenditures with international organisations recorded in 2020 under the 8th, 9th, 10th and 11th EDFs is particularly affected by errors; highlights that errors occur predominantly in transactions related to grants and to contribution and delegation agreements implemented by international organisations and that in the examined transactions of this type, 40.3 % contained quantifiable errors, which is substantial; underlines that the ECA1a indicated that for 13 of these cases with errors, the Commission had sufficient information to prevent, or to detect the error before accepting the expenditure; urges the Commission to produce detailed explanations in response to these findings and to submit a clear plan to European Parliament outlining the necessary steps in order to correct this seriously worrying situation; _________________ 1a https://www.eca.europa.eu/Lists/ECADoc uments/annualreports- 2020/annualreports-2020_EN.pdf

2022/02/09
Committee: DEVE

2021/2158(DEC)

Erik MARQUARDT, Michèle RIVASI, Pierrette HERZBERGER-FOFANA, Caroline ROOSE

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 e (new)

4 e. Calls on the Commission to take the necessary measures to ensure that international organisations provide the Court of Auditors with complete, unlimited and timely access to documents necessary to carry out its task in accordance with the TFEU1a, and not just in read-only format; _________________ 1a Article 287 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union: ‘Any natural or legal person in receipt of payments from the budget, shall forward to the Court of Auditors, at its request, any document or information necessary to carry out its task'.

2022/02/09
Committee: DEVE

2021/2158(DEC)

Erik MARQUARDT, Michèle RIVASI, Pierrette HERZBERGER-FOFANA, Caroline ROOSE

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 f (new)

4 f. Stresses the importance for donors to prioritise grant-based financing as the default option, especially to LDCs, and not favour blending, guarantee or any loans over grants, that could increase the burden of debt; is concerned therefore that the Commission has proposed more means and geographical expansion for blended finance for the future financing period 2021-2027 via EFSD+ in NDICI- Global Europe, and through the Global Gateway strategy, which makes of the blending-guarantee mechanism the main financial tool for mobilising investments; urges the Union and its Member States to develop, as a first step, and in addition to its pledges on debt moratorium, a new debt relief initiative regarding the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries; more broadly, calls for the creation of a multilateral debt workout mechanism to address both the impact of the crisis and the financing requirements of the Agenda 2030;

2022/02/09
Committee: DEVE

2021/2106(DEC)

Erik MARQUARDT, Michèle RIVASI, Pierrette HERZBERGER-FOFANA, Caroline ROOSE

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Notes that the replacement of the Development Cooperation Instrument with the Global Europe Instrument coincides with a dramatic reversal of the progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals and with rapid aggravation of the global climate and biodiversity crisies; insists that in the implementation of the Global Europe Instrument, maximum efficiency in the response to these incomparably important challenges must be sought; reiterates the importance of properly implementing the horizontal targets set in the Global Europe Regulation; expects to see the program- level targets published together with the draft budget 2023 as well as any legislative changes required in the programs effected to ensure the targets will be met;

2022/02/08
Committee: DEVE

2021/2106(DEC)

Erik MARQUARDT, Michèle RIVASI, Pierrette HERZBERGER-FOFANA, Caroline ROOSE

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2 a. Expects the Commission to adopt an effective, transparent and comprehensive methodology for biodiversity tracking as soon as possible, bearing in mind the MFF biodiversity target set for 2024 as well as how the target of 10% will be reached by 2026; stresses on the importance of such methodology for the screening of the biodiversity related target in Global Europe which is not a stand-alone target in the regulation, but concerns contributing to the overall MFF biodiversity target; calls for the full involvement of the European Parliament in the development of the methodologies as laid down in the MFF Interinstitutional Agreement1a (IIA); expects the Commission to consult the Parliament on biodiversity methodology before the publication of the draft budget 2023; _________________ 1a https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal- content/EN/TXT/?uri=uriserv%3AOJ.LI. 2020.433.01.0028.01.ENG&toc=OJ%3AL %3A2020%3A433I%3ATOC

2022/02/08
Committee: DEVE

2021/2106(DEC)

Erik MARQUARDT, Michèle RIVASI, Pierrette HERZBERGER-FOFANA, Caroline ROOSE

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)

2 b. Notes that the possibilities of mainstreaming migration policy in EU external policy are significantly broadened by the inclusion of migration in the thematic, geographical and rapid response component and the migration budgetary target of the Global Europe Regulation; notes with concern, however, that through the ‘rapid response’ component, cooperation with third countries on migration management can be funded without the need for the Commission to publish any programming documents or consult civil society actors, and without the involvement of Parliament; insists in this regard on the need to ensure that the 2021-2027 Multiannual Financial Framework and related financial instruments including Global Europe, is accompanied by a robust human rights framework for the identification, implementation and monitoring of future migration cooperation programmes;

2022/02/08
Committee: DEVE

2021/2106(DEC)

Erik MARQUARDT, Michèle RIVASI, Pierrette HERZBERGER-FOFANA, Caroline ROOSE

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4 a. Urges to ensure that EU budget support, which has proven its efficiency in the field of education1a, remains the favoured modality to allow access to inclusive and quality education to all in developing countries; _________________ 1a European Commission, Budget Support -Trends and Results 2020: https://ec.europa.eu/international- partnerships/system/files/budget-support- trends-and-results_en.pdf

2022/02/08
Committee: DEVE

2021/2106(DEC)

Erik MARQUARDT, Michèle RIVASI, Pierrette HERZBERGER-FOFANA, Caroline ROOSE

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Stresses that choices of aid modalities should always be based on realistic and independent assessments of the likely efficiency of possible options, supported by evidence and made public; points to the salience of this in the rapidly expanding area of private sector cooperation, ,where the evidence base is limited and should carefully be broadened and deepened in order to facilitate optimal use of official development assistance (ODA);

2022/02/08
Committee: DEVE

2021/2106(DEC)

Erik MARQUARDT, Michèle RIVASI, Pierrette HERZBERGER-FOFANA, Caroline ROOSE

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5 a. Recalls that the Union and the Member States committed under Article 2.1(c) of the Paris Agreement to align both public and private financial flows to a pathway compatible with the objective of limiting global warming to 1.5°C; stresses that this requires a phase out of all direct and indirect fossil fuel subsidies as soon as possible and by 2025 at the very latest;

2022/02/08
Committee: DEVE

2021/2106(DEC)

Erik MARQUARDT, Michèle RIVASI, Pierrette HERZBERGER-FOFANA, Caroline ROOSE

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)

5 b. Stresses that, given the shortcomings recently reported on blending and guarantee mechanisms to facilitate optimal use of ODA, contribute to SDGs and the Paris Climate Agreement and to demonstrate development additionality, widening the geographical scope and budget share of blending finance via EFSD+ in NDICI-GE, and through the Global Gateway strategy, making the blending-guarantee mechanism the main financial tool for mobilising investments is premature and unjustified; insists on the importance of the scrutiny of the European Parliament on the implementation of EFSD+, including its deployment through the Global Gateway and urges the Commission to provide all the necessary means to ensure the Global Gateway Strategy is aligned with the programming exercise;

2022/02/08
Committee: DEVE

2021/2106(DEC)

Erik MARQUARDT, Michèle RIVASI, Pierrette HERZBERGER-FOFANA, Caroline ROOSE

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 c (new)

5 c. Recalls that the EIB intends to strengthen its role in the implementation of European external policies and development role by creating a dedicated branch (‘EIB Global’) for this purpose, reiterates longstanding EP demands that the European Court of Auditors be empowered to audit all EIB operations, and that these audits be made public;

2022/02/08
Committee: DEVE

2021/2055(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Acknowledges that c~~hurches, faith-based organisations (FBOs) and religious associations~~ivil society as a whole haves a major role in the social fabric of developing countries, ~~are~~is an important partners in delivering humanitarian assistance to hard-to-reach communities and greatly contribute to sustainable development and to achieving the SDGs, in particular ~~SDGs 3 and 4; further notes that churches and FBOs deliver in social sectors where shortcomings in state services are experienced~~social services corresponding to SDGs 3 (good health and well-being) and 4 (quality education);

2021/09/07
Committee: DEVE

2021/2055(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Recognises that FBOs cover approximately 40 % of healthcare and a significant part of education in sub- Saharan Africa alone1 , while their role remains mostly unrecognised; _________________ 1 https://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/handle/ 10665/43884/9789241596626_eng.pdfdeleted

2021/09/07
Committee: DEVE

2021/2055(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2 a. Stresses that the persecution of minorities on grounds of religion or belief is often intertwined with some other grounds of distinct nature, in particular those linked to ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation and caste; calls on the EU to ensure that in all contexts the intersection of discrimination on the grounds of religion or belief with other drivers of exclusion, marginalisation and poverty are clearly mapped and addressed comprehensively;

2021/09/07
Committee: DEVE

2021/2055(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Notes that churches and FBOs are frequently the only providers of healthcare and other social services in remote areas of sub-Saharan Africa and in conflict-prone settings such as northern Mozambique and other crisis zones;deleted

2021/09/07
Committee: DEVE

2021/2055(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Welcomes the activities of ~~churches and religious leader~~inter- faith initiatives, including non-religious, secular, humanists and atheists organisations in the field of conflict management and mediation, and in fostering reconciliation, dialogue and peace; highlights that such inter-~~religious~~faith dialogue is crucial, notably in conflict areas, to foster peace and reconciliation;

2021/09/07
Committee: DEVE

2021/2055(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4 a. Strongly deplores that non- religious, and secular and humanist organizations are facing growing persecution, including unprecedented waves of incitement to hatred and killings, in a number of countries worldwide; denounces as well that countless individuals and civil society organisations are under assault for peacefully questioning, criticizing or satirizing religious beliefs; stresses that this ongoing violation of their freedom of thought and of expression occurs across geographic and cultural borders, including within EU Member States;

2021/09/07
Committee: DEVE

2021/2055(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)

4 b. Condemns activities from religious cults addressed to the diaspora from developing countries which use schemes to profit financially from the vulnerabilities of migrant communities in Europe and promote biased worldviews, often integrating homophobia, transphobia and misogyny;

2021/09/07
Committee: DEVE

2021/2055(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 c (new)

4 c. Denounces all forms of violence and coercion, including public expression of hostility by religious leaders, perpetrated against women, girls and LGBT+ persons justified with reference to religious practice or belief; calls for the repeal of discriminatory laws, enacted with reference to religious considerations, that criminalize adultery, that criminalize persons on the basis of their actual or perceived sexual orientation or gender identity or expression, that criminalize abortion in all cases or that facilitate religious practices that violate human rights;

2021/09/07
Committee: DEVE

2021/2055(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 d (new)

4 d. Deplores the ongoing rollback and regression on sexual and reproductive health and rights of women and girls, especially those marginalised on the grounds of superstition (e.g., witchcraft), and rights of LGBT+ persons inside and outside the EU, notably under the guise of religious principles or doctrine; notes that intersectional factors, including religion and belonging to minority groups, increase the risk of discrimination under this regressive trend;

2021/09/07
Committee: DEVE

2021/2055(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Calls on the Commission and the Council to make the fight against the persecution of ~~religious minorit~~minorities on the grounds of religion or beliesf a priority in the programming of activities related to EU development assistance, in line with the areas of cooperation for geographic and thematic programmes of NDICI-Global Europe; in this regard, calls on the Commission to support civil society organizations and social campaigns and programmes that promote understanding and awareness of non-majority religion and belief groups, especially humanists and atheists in countries where they face particularly serious forms of discrimination;

2021/09/07
Committee: DEVE

2021/2055(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. Calls on the EU to develop the necessary reaction and sanction mechanisms as provided for by the EU Global Human Rights Sanctions Regime to combat effectively serious violations of freedom of religion or belief, including discrimination or legal restrictions based on religion or belief in its partner countries, as well as any kind of impediment to freedom of religion or belief, freedom of association and freedom of expression.;

2021/09/07
Committee: DEVE

2021/2055(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6 a. Recalls that the political and legal separation of religion and State is a prerequisite for the full enjoyment of human rights, democracy, and the rule of law; calls on the EU to ensure that its development programmes and budget support to national and local authorities in third countries are consistent with the principles of secularism, including in the field of education, and strictly refrain from reinforcing government legislation and policies that favour one belief or religious group over others;

2021/09/07
Committee: DEVE

2021/2055(INI)

Michèle RIVASI, Erik MARQUARDT, Pierrette HERZBERGER-FOFANA, Caroline ROOSE

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)

6 b. Condemns human rights violations, sexual abuse, sectarianism, as well as financial misconduct of religious missions and leaders in several developing countries; calls on the European Commission to undertake a comprehensive mapping and monitoring of religious missions on site to ensure that these structures act with respect for the local population and avoid any type of violation or abuse;

2021/09/07
Committee: DEVE

2021/2007(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. ~~Welcomes~~Takes note of the communication on an intellectual property action plan to support the EU’s recovery and resilience, but regrets that the focus on international cooperation and assistance to developing countries is ~~poorly addressed~~only addressed through the lens of technical cooperation programmes, with a view to promoting better generation and management of intellectual property (IP); deplores that it fails to address explicitly the need to promote technology transfer, notably to fight against the COVID-19 pandemic and climate change, which is of primary importance for developing countries, notably LDCs and low and middle-income countries;

2021/06/18
Committee: DEVE

2021/2007(INI)

Michèle RIVASI, Erik MARQUARDT, Pierrette HERZBERGER-FOFANA, Caroline ROOSE

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1 a. Highlights that, according to UNCTAD, while developed countries have been able to mobilise massively their monetary and fiscal resources to prop up their economy (estimated at between 20 and 25% of their GDP), the poorest countries have mobilised just 1% to mitigate the socio-economic damage caused by the pandemic crisis[1];emphasises that a diversified economy is a prerequisite for resilience to future shocks;underlines that the main barriers to the industrial upgrading of developing countries are production capacity constraints such as access to technology; [1] “Reforming the International Trading System for Recovery, Resilience and Inclusive Development”, UNCTAD Research Paper (n°65) of April 2021, p. 3.

2021/06/18
Committee: DEVE

2021/2007(INI)

Michèle RIVASI, Erik MARQUARDT, Pierrette HERZBERGER-FOFANA, Caroline ROOSE

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. CRecalls onthat the ~~Commission to continue strengthening intellectual property rights (~~post-pandemic global recovery should be aligned with international commitments on climate change and Agenda 2030; accordingly, believes that the global green transition requires a balance between the rules on IPR) protection and enforcement in non-EU countries through EU-funded technical cooperation programmes; welcomes in particular the intention to promote better generation and management of intellectual property (IP) on the African continent as part of a joint partnership building on the current four- year cooperation programme for Africatechnology transfer; recalls the previous efforts in UNCTAD to develop a Cod eof Conduct on Technology Transfer;calls on the EU and its Member States to take initiatives to reinvigorate it; but urges the Commission to refrain from harnessing IP chapters in the context of FTA (FTAs), without addressing the concerns of LDCs and low and middle income countries in terms of technology transfer;

2021/06/18
Committee: DEVE

2021/2007(INI)

Michèle RIVASI, Erik MARQUARDT, Pierrette HERZBERGER-FOFANA, Caroline ROOSE

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2 a. Recalls that one of the main challenges for developing countries is to climb up the global value chain through economic diversification, which necessitates fair and pro-development global trade rules;

2021/06/18
Committee: DEVE

2021/2007(INI)

Michèle RIVASI, Erik MARQUARDT, Pierrette HERZBERGER-FOFANA, Caroline ROOSE

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)

2 b. Recalls that, while the Special and Differentiated Treatment of the WTO is meant to safeguard the policy space of developing countries to better align their trade policy with their developmental priorities, it has been insufficient to enable their economic diversification;

2021/06/18
Committee: DEVE

2021/2007(INI)

Michèle RIVASI, Erik MARQUARDT, Pierrette HERZBERGER-FOFANA, Caroline ROOSE

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 c (new)

2 c. Points out that developing countries’ obligations under TRIPS are enforceable and can be challenged under the dispute settlement mechanism, while their rights to technology transfer are not enforceable; underlines that such asymmetry of rules is not coherent with the fulfilment of the Agenda 2030;

2021/06/18
Committee: DEVE

2021/2007(INI)

Michèle RIVASI, Erik MARQUARDT, Pierrette HERZBERGER-FOFANA, Caroline ROOSE

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Strongly encourages the Commission to assist producers and their associations as well as local authorities in developing countries in unlocking the potential of IP and reaping the economic value of local innovations, geographical indications and traditional knowledge; reiterates its call, in this regard, to respect the progress achieved in the international protection of indigenous peoples’ rights over their genetic resources and associated traditional knowledge; more broadly, calls on the EU and its Member States to support regional projects such as the African Continental Free Trade Agreement, which should favour products of local enterprises and in this way support regional industrialisation processes;

2021/06/18
Committee: DEVE

2021/2007(INI)

Michèle RIVASI, Erik MARQUARDT, Pierrette HERZBERGER-FOFANA, Caroline ROOSE

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4 a. Stresses that a more equitable distribution of vaccines around the globe is essential to combat effectively the spread of COVID-19 and its mutations; recalls that, while COVAX, the vaccine pillar of the World Health Organisation (WHO) Access to Covid-19 Tools (ACT) is aiming to have two billion vaccine doses available by the end of 2021, it will neither be enough to respond to the vaccination needs of the poorest countries to reach herd immunity, nor does it constitute an appropriate integrated global approach for scaling up production capacities worldwide;

2021/06/18
Committee: DEVE

2021/2007(INI)

Michèle RIVASI, Erik MARQUARDT, Pierrette HERZBERGER-FOFANA, Caroline ROOSE

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)

4 b. Recalls that the current multilateral framework protecting intellectual property rights has represented an obstacle for addressing the COVID-19 crisis and that the existing WTO-TRIPS flexibilities which are based on procedurally complex, country-by- country, product-by-product and prior negotiations with patent holders, were not fit for purpose for tackling previous global health emergencies and are not up to the challenge of the current one;

2021/06/18
Committee: DEVE

2021/2007(INI)

Michèle RIVASI, Erik MARQUARDT, Pierrette HERZBERGER-FOFANA, Caroline ROOSE

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 c (new)

4 c. Points out, furthermore, that past experience regarding the implementation of existing TRIPS flexibilities shows that individual countries often felt fearful of either retaliatory action by developed countries or the reputational costs of issuing compulsory licenses; underlines that compulsory licensing only applies to patents as one category of intellectual property rights (IPR), but that other IPR categories, such as data protection and trade secrets, which represent potential hurdles to the scaling-up of production of needed medical products, are beyond the scope of compulsory licences;

2021/06/18
Committee: DEVE

2021/2007(INI)

Michèle RIVASI, Erik MARQUARDT, Pierrette HERZBERGER-FOFANA, Caroline ROOSE

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Welcomes~~, as a positive step, the recently announced US support for a proposal~~ the declarations of WTO Director-General Ngozi Okonjo- Iweala at the meeting of Parliament’s Committee on International Trade of 20 May 2021, according to which the existing TRIPS flexibilities are too ~~temporarily waive certain prov~~burdensome and more flexibility is needed; welcomes, in this context, the decisions of the ~~Agreement on Trade- Related Aspects~~Biden- Harris Administration in the US to support the waiving of Iintellectual Pproperty ~~Rights for the prevention, containment and treatment of COVID-19; urges the Commission, therefore, to follow through on its promise to engage in a~~protections for COVID-19 vaccines; recalls the declaration of President Von Der Leyen according to which COVID-19 vaccines should be considered a global public good; accordingly, urges the EU to constructively and ~~constructive~~proactively engage in text-based negotiations ~~at World Trade Organization level.~~for a temporary TRIPS waiver for all products and technologies including vaccines, treatments and diagnostics needed to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic and to issue, with that purpose, a negotiation mandate;

2021/06/18
Committee: DEVE

2021/2007(INI)

Michèle RIVASI, Erik MARQUARDT, Pierrette HERZBERGER-FOFANA, Caroline ROOSE

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5 a. Urges the EU to forswear any recourse to legal proceedings in the WTO or under free trade and investment agreements against countries that infringe TRIPS provisions when adopting policy measures to expand access to COVID-19 related medical products; requests the Commission, therefore, to propose, as an interim measure before agreeing on a COVID-19 related TRIPS waiver, an immediate WTO political declaration on a ‘standstill’ regarding any action relating to vaccines and other essential medical products to tackle the pandemic;

2021/06/18
Committee: DEVE

2021/2007(INI)

Michèle RIVASI, Erik MARQUARDT, Pierrette HERZBERGER-FOFANA, Caroline ROOSE

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)

5 b. Insists upon the need to support global open access to COVID-19 vaccines to scale up global production through technology transfer; underlines that the Commission has so far solely focused on encouraging Western vaccine manufacturers to share technology and licences on a purely voluntary basis; notes with concern that there is evidence that current producers of authorised COVID- 19 vaccines have refused offers to expand production from several potential generic pharmaceutical producers in the EU and abroad;

2021/06/18
Committee: DEVE

2021/2007(INI)

Michèle RIVASI, Erik MARQUARDT, Pierrette HERZBERGER-FOFANA, Caroline ROOSE

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 c (new)

5 c. Calls for binding technology transfers to scale up vaccine production; urges the Commission to take initiatives along this line and to proactively undertake efforts to make sure that vaccine manufacturers share IP and technology through the WHO C-TAP multilateral mechanism, particularly in low and middle-income countries;

2021/06/18
Committee: DEVE

2021/2007(INI)

Michèle RIVASI, Erik MARQUARDT, Pierrette HERZBERGER-FOFANA, Caroline ROOSE

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 d (new)

5 d. Is of the opinion that the EU should urgently foster multilateral arrangements at WTO level, including a treaty on pandemics, as recently proposed by the President of the European Council, as part of the ‘Health and Trade Initiative’ to be adopted in November 2021 during the twelfth Ministerial Conference, as well as at the next WHO general assembly; underlines that this initiative is a complement to and not a substitute for a TRIPS waiver;

2021/06/18
Committee: DEVE

2021/2007(INI)

Michèle RIVASI, Erik MARQUARDT, Pierrette HERZBERGER-FOFANA, Caroline ROOSE

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 e (new)

5 e. Encourages developing countries to strengthen regional value chains and intra-regional trade and investments in health and health related areas, notably through collective R&D efforts in medical research and regional pooling of resources;notes with concern that, according to the Global Trade Alert, as of 21 March 2021, 54 governments introduced export curbs on key medical supplies since the beginning of the year[1];stresses that regional trade pacts should be used to prevent export bans on key products in times of global and regional shortages, as in the case of the ongoing pandemic crisis; [1] “Reforming the International Trading System for Recovery, Resilience and Inclusive Development”, UNCTAD Research Paper (n°65) of April 2021, p. 20.

2021/06/18
Committee: DEVE

2021/2007(INI)

Michèle RIVASI, Erik MARQUARDT, Pierrette HERZBERGER-FOFANA, Caroline ROOSE

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 f (new)

5 f. Takes note of the Commission’s intention to evaluate and revise the Community Plant Variety Rights (CPRV); recalls the EU’s commitments to implement the Agenda 2030 and its objective to leave no one behind; stresses that Small-scale farmers (SSF)and agricultural biodiversity are critical to achieving the SDGs; accordingly, stresses the need to support a rights-based approach to implement the Declaration on the Rights of Peasants and Other People Working in Rural Areas adopted by the United Nations General Assembly at its 73rd Session in December 2018;

2021/06/18
Committee: DEVE

2021/2007(INI)

Michèle RIVASI, Erik MARQUARDT, Pierrette HERZBERGER-FOFANA, Caroline ROOSE

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 g (new)

5 g. Highlights that small-scale farmers (SSF) and agricultural biodiversity have a critical role in healthy, nutritious diets and ensuring the resilience of agricultural production systems to cope with climate change; recalls equally that seed diversity is vital in building the resilience of farming to climate change; notes with concern that trade and Intellectual Property rules protecting plants, genetic information and biological process in the remit of TRIPS and the Union for Protection of New Varieties of Plants (UPOV 1991) have a detrimental effect on SSF innovation and agricultural biodiversity, although being critical to supporting food and nutrition security;

2021/06/18
Committee: DEVE

2021/2007(INI)

Michèle RIVASI, Erik MARQUARDT, Pierrette HERZBERGER-FOFANA, Caroline ROOSE

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 h (new)

5 h. Recalls that farm-saved seeds are estimated to account for over 80% of farmers’ total seed requirements in some African countries; calls for the EU to support intellectual property rights regimes that enhance the development of locally adapted seed varieties and farmer- saved seeds, in line with the provisions of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (ITPGRFA), which safeguards the rights of farmers to maintain genetic resources for purposes of food security and climate change adaptation, and Article 19 of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Peasants and Other People Working in Rural Areas, according to which peasants have the right to maintain, control, protect and develop their own seeds and traditional knowledge;

2021/06/18
Committee: DEVE

2021/2007(INI)

Michèle RIVASI, Erik MARQUARDT, Pierrette HERZBERGER-FOFANA, Caroline ROOSE

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 i (new)

5 i. Stresses that, while green technologies are predominantly held and protected by corporations of developed countries, the TRIPS Agreement and TRIPS Plus hamper the green technological upgrading in developing countries that must accompany any climate-friendly industrialisation process;

2021/06/18
Committee: DEVE

2021/2007(INI)

Michèle RIVASI, Erik MARQUARDT, Pierrette HERZBERGER-FOFANA, Caroline ROOSE

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 j (new)

5 j. Stresses the need for coherence between the special and differential treatment (SDT) of the WTO and the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) principle of “common but differentiated responsibilities”;

2021/06/18
Committee: DEVE

Benoît BITEAU, Michèle RIVASI, Caroline ROOSE, Pierrette HERZBERGER-FOFANA

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 55 a (new)

(55 a) Revenues from the CBAM should flow into the general budget of the Union and should constitute internal assigned revenue for the purpose of Article 21(3) of the Financial Regulation. To further ensure that the aim of the CBAM is solely to reduce global carbon emission, those new resources should contribute to supporting the implementation of the Green Deal by stepping up the Union’s contribution to international climate finance and help to Least Developed Countries.

2022/02/10
Committee: DEVE

Caroline ROOSE, Michèle RIVASI, Pierrette HERZBERGER-FOFANA

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7

(i) the due diligence process implemented with regard to sustainability matters including with regard to: - identification, assessment and prioritisation of actual and potential adverse impacts; - policies and measures for the prevention, cessation, mitigation or remediation of actual or potential adverse impacts; - tracking of the implementation of the process and its results; - identification and involvement of all adversely affected people; - alert mechanisms as well as complaints and grievances, including how they are received and used by different stakeholders and affected people; - the different actors involved in the development, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of the process at different stages, and the human, informational and financial resources available to them; - how the due diligence process complies with international standards and duty of care of the company concerning all matter related to sustainability;

2022/01/25
Committee: DEVE

2021/0104(COD)

Caroline ROOSE, Michèle RIVASI, Pierrette HERZBERGER-FOFANA

Motion for a resolution
Citation 16 a (new)

- having regard to the report of the Council of Europe’s Committee on Equality and Non-Discrimination of 18 October 2017 on promoting the human rights of and eliminating discrimination against intersex people,

2020/12/14
Committee: FEMM

2020/2215(INI)

Pierrette HERZBERGER-FOFANA, Michèle RIVASI, Caroline ROOSE

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Insists that CSE programmes are important as they provide age-appropriate information about puberty, the menstrual cycle, pregnancy and childbirth in particular contraception, prevention of HIV and STIs; recalls the role of non- governmental organisations as service providers and advocates for SRHR; underlines that CSE programmes help prevent early pregnancy and marriage, which lead to girls dropping out of school; calls on CSE programmes to also focus on interpersonal relationships, sexual orientation, gender equality, consent and the prevention of gender-based violence;

2020/12/11
Committee: DEVE

Motion for a resolution
Recital B

B. whereas sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) are based on the rights of all individuals to have their bodily integrity and personal autonomy respected; ~~defin~~have their sexual orientation and gender identity fully respected; decide whether, with whom and when to be sexually active; decide whether, when and who to marry and when, whether and by what means to have a child or children; have access to the information and support necessary to achieve all of the above9 ; _________________ 9 Guttmacher-Lancet Commission, Executive Summary on sexual and reproductive health and rights, The Lancet, London, 2018, https://www.guttmacher.org/guttmacher- lancet-commission/accelerate-progress- executive-summary

2020/12/14
Committee: FEMM

2020/2215(INI)

Predrag Fred MATIĆ, Lina GÁLVEZ, Monika BEŇOVÁ, Alessandra MORETTI, Pina PICIERNO, Marina KALJURAND, Heléne FRITZON, Robert HAJŠEL, Miroslav ČÍŽ, Irène TOLLERET, Evelyn REGNER, Maria NOICHL, Robert BIEDROŃ, Maria-Manuel LEITÃO-MARQUES, Rovana PLUMB, Pierrette HERZBERGER-FOFANA

Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)

C a. whereas gender-based violence is widespread and has been exacerbated by the Covid-19 pandemic; whereas an estimated 25 percent of women experience some form of gender based violence in their lifetimes and countless women experience sexual assault and harassment in the context of intimate partnerships and public life due to entrenched gender stereotypes and the resulting social norms;

2020/12/14
Committee: FEMM

2020/2215(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)

D a. whereas gender-based violence is widespread and has been exacerbated by the Covid-19pandemic; whereas an estimated 25 percent of women experience some form of gender based violence in their lifetimes and countless women experience sexual assault and harassment in the context of intimate partnerships and public life due to entrenched gender stereotypes and the resulting social norms;

2020/12/14
Committee: FEMM

2020/2215(INI)

Predrag Fred MATIĆ, Maria NOICHL, Robert BIEDROŃ, Maria-Manuel LEITÃO-MARQUES, Rovana PLUMB, Lina GÁLVEZ, Monika BEŇOVÁ, Alessandra MORETTI, Pina PICIERNO, Marina KALJURAND, Heléne FRITZON, Robert HAJŠEL, Miroslav ČÍŽ, Irène TOLLERET, Evelyn REGNER, Pierrette HERZBERGER-FOFANA

Motion for a resolution
Recital E

E. whereas although the EU has some of the highest SHRHR standards in the world~~, there are still challenges, a lack of access, gaps and inequalities~~ and some Member States have implemented policies and programmes that uphold SRR, there are still challenges, a lack of access and affordability, gaps, disparities and inequalities in the realisation of SRHR, both across the EU and within Member States, based on age, sex, gender, race, ethnicity, class, religious affiliation or belief, marital status, socio-economic status, disability, HIV (or sexually transmitted infections, STIs) status, national or social origin, legal or migration status, language, sexual orientation or gender identity;

2020/12/14
Committee: FEMM

2020/2215(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital F

F. whereas SRHR challenges and obstacles include: a lack of access, denial of medical care based on personal beliefs, gender-based violence, gynaecological and obstetric violence, a lack of comprehensive sexuality education, denial of access to information/education, a lack of available contraception methods, limited access to medically assisted reproduction treatments, forced sterilisation, including in the context of legal gender recognition, high rates of STIs and HIV, disparities in maternal mortality, high adolescent pregnancy rates, harmful gender stereotypes and practices such as female and intersex genital mutilation, early, forced and child marriages ~~and honour killings;~~ , honour killings and so-called “conversion therapy” practices, which can take the form of sexual violence such as “corrective rape” on lesbian and bisexual women and girls, as well as transgender persons; whereas the enjoyment of SRHR for LGBTI persons may be severely hindered due to the omission in sexual education curricula of the diversity of sexual orientation, gender identity, expression and sex characteristics;

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Committee: FEMM

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Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)

F a. whereas the World Health Organisation defines infertility as “a disease of the reproductive system defined by the failure to achieve a clinical pregnancy after 12 months or more of regular unprotected sexual intercourse”; whereas this definition fails to encompass the reality of lesbian and bisexual women as well as transgender persons in same- sex couples or single women interested in fertility options, worsening the socio-legal challenges in access to Assisted Reproductive Technologies (ART) they already face as a result of the focus on countering infertility; whereas lesbian and bisexual women may be unable to prove their “infertility” and therefore be denied access to ART;1a _________________ 1a https://www.who.int/reproductivehealth/to pics/infertility/definitions/en/

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Committee: FEMM

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5 a. Recalls the views endorsed by the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe, which recommended trans- specific healthcare such as hormonal treatment and surgery to be accessible and reimbursed by public health insurance schemes;1a _________________ 1aCDDH Report on the implementation of Recommendation CM/Rec(2010)5 of the Committee of Ministers to Member States on measures to combat discrimination on grounds of sexual orientation or gender identity, ¶130, accessible at https://search.coe.int/cm/Pages/result_det ails.aspx?ObjectId=09000016809f9ba0

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Committee: FEMM

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Predrag Fred MATIĆ, Miroslav ČÍŽ, Irène TOLLERET, Evelyn REGNER, Maria NOICHL, Robert BIEDROŃ, Maria-Manuel LEITÃO-MARQUES, Rovana PLUMB, Lina GÁLVEZ, Monika BEŇOVÁ, Alessandra MORETTI, Pina PICIERNO, Marina KALJURAND, Heléne FRITZON, Robert HAJŠEL, Pierrette HERZBERGER-FOFANA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 b (new)

5 b. Stresses that in the time of the COVID-19 induced health crisis, it is essential that universalaccess to SRHR is guaranteed, in line with international human rights standards;

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Committee: FEMM

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Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. 6. Calls upon the Member States to establish effective strategies and monitoring programmes that guarantee enjoyment and universal access to a full range of high-quality SRHR services; regardless of financial, practical and social barriers, and free from discrimination, with special consideration for marginalised groups of women including but not limited to women from ethnic, racial and religious minorities in Europe, migrant women, women from rural areas, women with disabilities, women without health insurance, LGBTI persons, victims of sexual and gender- based violence etc.;

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Committee: FEMM

2020/2215(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to take steps towards the collection of voluntary and anonymous data regarding SRHR including access to services and maternal mortality, disaggregated by gender, age and racial and ethnic origin;

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Committee: FEMM

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Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Recalls that all medical interventions related to SRHR must be undertaken with prior, personal and fully informed consent;

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Committee: FEMM

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