9 Amendments of Carles PUIGDEMONT I CASAMAJÓ related to 2020/0157M(NLE)
Amendment 6 #
A a. whereas the current VPA builds upon the Association Agreement signed by the Union with Central America’s countries in 2012, entering into force in 2013, and whose legal dispositions already foresee comprehensive sustainable development criteria but only a mention on human rights in its preamble;
Amendment 22 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital J
Recital J
J. whereas the purpose and expected benefits of FLEGT VPAs go beyond the facilitation of trade in legal timber, as they are also designed to bring about systemic changes in forest governance, law enforcement, transparencyhuman rights, transparency, accountability and institutional resilience and the inclusion of various stakeholders in the political decision-making process;
Amendment 32 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Considers it necessary to allocate funding to accompany the VPA's implementation as part of the next programming period of the EU bilateral programmes (2021-2027), especially with regard to the assistance for establishing a truly independent FLEGT-issuing authority entrusted by the EU;
Amendment 35 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Underlines that the VPA should not be considered as a mere trade agreement but as a tool to improve rule of law and human rights enforcement in Honduras; calls on the Commission to ensure that Honduras’s National Commission on Human Rights(CONADEH) duly monitors and assesses human rights violations; considers that independent civil society organisations should be involved from the very beginning in the monitoring of human rights and institutional resilience;
Amendment 39 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Stresses that the implementation stage requires continued consultations and stakeholder involvement; calls on the Commission and the EU Delegation in Honduras to provide sufficient capacity- building and logistical and technical support in the framework of present and future development cooperation instruments in order to enable Honduras to fulfil the commitments for the implementation of its TLAS and related measures; stresses that EU delegations should play a key role in overseeing that Honduran authorities effectively include all the relevant stakeholders in the process towards the establishment of a fully operational TLAS; believes that parliamentary oversight of the implementation process of the VPA is critical;
Amendment 48 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Is concerned that timber products can be imported into Honduras from a third country as long as those products were produced in accordance with the laws of the country where the trees were harvested because of the lower due diligence standards that can exist in those countries and the ulterior incorporation of these products into goods subsequently exported to the EU internal market;
Amendment 58 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10 a. Calls for the EU to ensure the coherence of the VPA agreement with all of its policies, especially with regard to the establishment of a robust compulsory due diligence framework for European companies operating in third countries that makes those companies liable for damages linked to their activity in these countries and the effective enforcement of human rights clauses in trade agreements;
Amendment 69 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)
Paragraph 16 a (new)
16 a. Deplores that human rights violations and attacks on human rights defenders, including enforced disappearances and murders, are recurrent and many times go unpunished; believes that the EU should help to improve the operational capacity of the Honduran protection mechanism for human rights defenders;
Amendment 72 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 b (new)
Paragraph 16 b (new)
16 b. Calls on the Commission to increase mentions on human rights defence and guarantees in all free trade agreements (FTAs) and association agreements (AA) with third countries;