9 Amendments of Catherine CHABAUD related to 2021/2166(INI)
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Highlights the EU’s obligation to incorporate the development cooperation objectives into any internal or external policies that it implements which are likely to affect developing countries, as set out in Article 208 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union; recalls that many Union policies with a more domestic dimension can not only contribute to the implementation of the sustainable development goals (SDGs), and therefore achieving coherencebut also often still leave a very high total ecological footprint in the developing countries; insists therefore that the 2030 Agenda and its sustainable development goals must further catalyse a coordinated approach between the EU’s internal and external action and its other policies; reiterates thus that creating sufficient synergies across all Union policies is crucial to achieving the SDGs worldwide;
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Highlights the EU’s obligation to incorporate the development cooperation objectives into any policies that it implements which are likely to affect developing countries, as set out in Article 208 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union; recalls that many Union policies with a more domestic dimension contribute to the implementation of the sustainable development goals (SDGs), and therefore achieving coherence across all Union policies is crucial to achieving the SDGs worldwide; recalls that adaptation action should be put in place to support the resilience of both terrestrial and marine ecosystems; insists on the importance for the EU strategy in developing countries to be designed in order to anticipate the effects of climate change and biodiversity loss;
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Strongly believes that the Union’s better regulation system iscan be a valuable instrument in the implementation of this legal obligation, as long as the tools that the system proposes are used appropriately and to their maximum potential; welcomes the new versions of the better, in order to generate incentives for policy-making, which adequately address the global challenges in regulation guidelines and the better regulation toolbox; believes that tool number 35 in particular contains the necessary elemto climate change, green and digital transformation, economic development, social justice, human rights, gender equality, etc., and which enable the minimisation of obstacles, burdents to guide the performance of impact analyses in developing countries and expects that this tool will be used extensivelyor ambiguities in the application of those policy objectives; welcomes the new versions of the better regulation guidelines and the better regulation toolbox;
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Calls on the Commission to devise and promote concrete propositions for measures supporting small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in their adaptation to the new regulatory framework, notably related to the achievement of the principles of Policy Coherence for Development, targets of Paris agreement, Sustainable Development goals and Agenda 2030;
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Welcomes the Commission’s commitment to improving the analysis and reporting of the impact of proposals, in particular on developing countries and with regard to achieving the SDGsacknowledging the paramount importance of quality assessments, which could identify gaps, needs, opportunities and help discover existing risks and trends, could contribute to defining policy priorities and devising long-term perspective strategic planning, in particular on developing countries and with regard to achieving the SDGs; recalls on the Union’s commitment to be a global frontrunner in implementing the 2030 Agenda and the SDGs, together with its Member States and their local and regional authorities, and in close cooperation with its international partners; regrets that the Commission has not yet developed an integrated and holistic SDG implementation strategy;
Amendment 27 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Welcomes the Commission’s commitment to improving the analysis and reporting of the impact of proposals, in particular on developing countries and with regard to achieving the SDGs; recalls that the EU must raise its visibility in developing countries, notably with the growing presence of its geopolitical competitors in African countries, through efficient communication on its cooperation and spending programmes; such as Sustainable fisheries partnership agreements (SFPAs);
Amendment 34 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Reiterates the importance of policy coherence for development (PCD) in relation to external EU policy affecting developing countries; welcomes anyis alarmed that the revised Better Regulation guidelines and toolbox presented by the European Commission in November 2021 do not mention policy coherence for development even once, only a "toolbox" that accompanies these guidelines includes a tool 35 for PCD; is concerned that the key provisions on the PCD were ignored in the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) impact assessment and, much more seriously still, in the Commission's proposal for CBAM regulation; insists that mechanisms for ensuring policy coherence for sustainable development must be used more systematically and efficiently by all relevant EU institutions and all Member States, including at the highest political level; calls for the initiatives that make the EU’s approach more consistent in this regard. ;
Amendment 37 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Reiterates the importance of policyensuring efficiency and dynamism of policy-making at the EU level, as well as coherence in relation to external EU policy affecting developing countries; welcomes any initiatives that make the EU’s approach more consistent in this regard.
Amendment 38 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)