10 Amendments of Adam JARUBAS related to 2020/2006(INL)
Amendment 18 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. Whereas biologically diverse forests being natural carbon sink, sustainably managed and multifunctional forests being natural carbon sinks and storages as well as a source of raw materials for storage of carbon in forest products that substitute emission intensive materials are indispensable in the fight against climate change in line with the Paris Agreement’s goals to hold the increase in the global average temperature to well below 2°C above pre-industrial levels and pursue efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1, 5°C above pre- industrial levels, as well as for climate change adaptation and biodiversity conservation;
Amendment 282 #
Motion for a resolution
Annex I – point 1 – paragraph 1
Annex I – point 1 – paragraph 1
The proposal for a Regulation (‘the proposal’) should provide the basis for the assurance of a high level of protection for exhaustible natural resources, such as natural forests and natural ecosystems, by ensuringand strengthen legal framework for multipurpose forest sustainable management, The proposal should ensure that Union market and consumption patterns do not detrimentally affect natural forests and ecosystems, as well as on human rights affected by harvesting, extraction and production of products covered by the proposal, aligning the proposal with, among others, the EU Timber Regulation.
Amendment 328 #
Motion for a resolution
Annex I – point 2 – paragraph 2 – indent 1
Annex I – point 2 – paragraph 2 – indent 1
- do not originate from land obtained via the conversion of natural forests or other natural ecosystems;
Amendment 330 #
Motion for a resolution
Annex I – point 2 – paragraph 2 – indent 2
Annex I – point 2 – paragraph 2 – indent 2
- do not originate from natural forests and natural ecosystems undergoing degradadegraded due to their unsustainable management, or under environmental protection, and
Amendment 353 #
Motion for a resolution
Annex I – point 2 – paragraph 4
Annex I – point 2 – paragraph 4
The proposal should cover all commodities that are most frequently associated with deforestation, natural forest degradation due to unsustainable management, and natural ecosystem conversion and degradation. These commodities should be listed in an annex to the proposal and comprise at least palm oil, soy, meat, leather, cocoa, coffee, rubber, and maize and all intermediate or final products that are derived from these commodities, and products that contain these commodities. In the event that the derived products contain input from more than one commodity covered by the proposal, due diligence should be performed with respect to each of these commodities. Commodities covered by Regulation (EU) No 995/2010 of the European Parliament and of the Council2 (‘the EU Timber Regulation’) should be integrated into the scope of the proposal within three years from the date of entry into force of the proposal. _________________ 2Regulation (EU) No 995/2010 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 October 2010 laying down the obligations of operators who place timber and timber products on the market Text with EEA relevance (OJ L 295, 12.11.2010, p. 23).
Amendment 362 #
Motion for a resolution
Annex I – point 2 – paragraph 5
Annex I – point 2 – paragraph 5
The Commission should adopt delegated acts to amend the list of commodities and their derived products that are covered by the proposal if evidence emerges concerning the detrimental impact of their harvesting, extraction or production on natural forests, natural ecosystems or human rights.
Amendment 388 #
Motion for a resolution
Annex I – point 3 – point 3.2 – introductory part
Annex I – point 3 – point 3.2 – introductory part
3.2. Degradation of natural forests and natural ecosystems
Amendment 391 #
Motion for a resolution
Annex I – point 3 – point 3.2 – paragraph 1
Annex I – point 3 – point 3.2 – paragraph 1
Commodities covered by the proposal and their derived products placed on the Union market should not result in, or derive from, the degradation of natural forests or natural ecosystems.
Amendment 396 #
Motion for a resolution
Annex I – point 3 – point 3.2 – paragraph 2
Annex I – point 3 – point 3.2 – paragraph 2
For that purpose, FERCs placed on the Union market, in raw form or as products derived from or containing such commodities, should not be harvested, extracted or produced from land that had the status on 1 January 2008 of natural forest or natural ecosystem, in accordance with the definition laid down in Section 3.3 “Definitions”, and still has that status, but where the land has been subject to changes amounting to degradation due to unsustainable management. It should only be legally possible to place on the Union market a commodity that has been harvested, extracted or produced in compliance with conservation and other sustainable forest management objectives, and it did not lead to the loss or degradation of ecosystem functions on or adjacent to the land from which it was harvested, extracted or produced.
Amendment 552 #
Motion for a resolution
Annex I – point 4 – point 4.5 – paragraph 1
Annex I – point 4 – point 4.5 – paragraph 1
The Commission in a cooperation with Member States and relevant stakeholders, should develop voluntary guidance to supplement legal obligations contained in the proposal, in particular to clarify the due diligence expectations and the term “economic operator” for specific contexts, sectors, or in relation to certain types of economic operators, and guidance how to integrate existing environmental management systems, such as the international environmental management standard ISO 14001 or the Eco- Management and Audit Scheme (EMAS), into an economic operator’s due diligence processes.