21 Amendments of Adrián VÁZQUEZ LÁZARA related to 2020/2006(INL)
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Calls for binding Union law to be adopted that ensures that allthe supply chains of products imported into the Union and also of those products and services supplied within the Union do not involvedo not lead to deforestation and, ecosystem degradation or conversion, or, human rights violations, and that protects or the violation of rights of indigenous peoples and local communities;
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Notes that although voluntary measures alone will not stop deforestation, binding legislation should be combined with non-legislative initiatives, such as cooperation with third countries, in order to fight against global deforestation;
Amendment 29 #
2. Notes that voluntary measures alone will not stop deforestatthe Union contribution to global deforestation caused by demand for imports of deforestation-risk goods into the Union;
Amendment 32 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Supports the setting up of “green alliances” with third countries in order to help them put in place sustainable forest value chains and bio-economy activities prioritising the support to small producers, as well as sound policies aiming at avoiding deforestation, such as integrated land planning, land tenure transparency, and prevention of illegal conversion of forest areas into agricultural land;
Amendment 33 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Supports regular information exchanges with third countries to promote the consumption and trade of wood and wood derived products coming from forest managed in a sustainable way;
Amendment 34 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 c (new)
Paragraph 2 c (new)
2c. Notes that the global forest area has been reduced by 129 million hectares in the period 1990-2015 mainly due to the agricultural production, a third of which is exported, and highlights that soy, palm oil and cocoa represent 80 % of the Union imports coming from deforested areas;
Amendment 35 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 d (new)
Paragraph 2 d (new)
2d. Regrets that the Union embodied deforestation reaches 10 % of the global deforestation consumption as a result of its dependency on imports of products such as palm oil, meat, soy, cocoa, maize, timber and rubber;
Amendment 37 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 e (new)
Paragraph 2 e (new)
2e. Calls for the establishment of an objective of Union zero deforestation consumption in the framework of the Green Deal by 2030, at the latest;
Amendment 40 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 f (new)
Paragraph 2 f (new)
2f. Welcomes the proposal of the Commission in its communication of 20 May 2020 entitled "A Farm to Fork Strategy for a fair, healthy and environmentally friendly food system" to put in place a deforestation observatory, but considers it necessary that this initiative be accompanied by submitting, every 5 years, a report to the European Parliament and the Council on global deforestation in order to take appropriate measures in terms of reinforcing cooperation with third countries and safeguarding trade restrictions at the Union level;
Amendment 41 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 g (new)
Paragraph 2 g (new)
2g. Considers it essential to put in place a deforestation-free certification system that would increase the supply chain transparency in the Union and allow the promotion of products not issued from deforestation;
Amendment 42 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 h (new)
Paragraph 2 h (new)
2h. Asks the Commission to put in place an information campaign on responsible agri-food consumption in the Union by highlighting the environmental consequences of the embodied deforestation;.
Amendment 58 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Considers that improving traceability and transparency can help to ensure that onlyincrease the consumption of sustainably sourced goods are consumed; calls for due diligence obligations to be part of public procurement rules;
Amendment 65 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls for binding and enforceable environmental and social provisions to be included in free trade agreements (FTAs) so as to protect forests, natural ecosystems and human rights, particularly community tenure rights; calls for the reopening of FTAs which do not contain such provisions, for example EU-Mercosur FTA;
Amendment 67 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls for binding and enforceable environmental and social provisions to be included in free trade agreements (FTAs), such as Mercosur, so as to protect forests, natural ecosystems and human rights, particularly community tenure rights; calls foronsiders that the reospening of FTAs which do not contain such provisions, for example EU-Mercosur FTAct of the Paris Agreement should be a binding condition in all trade agreements with third countries;
Amendment 77 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Asks the Commission to integrate deforestation in the assessment of the environmental impact of trade agreements, and to take into consideration the results of ex ante evaluations in trade negotiations;
Amendment 81 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls for the Union to cutreduce its dependency on imports of forest and ecosystem-risk commodities by implementing the Union protein plan, and for Union livestock production to match available Union land resources;
Amendment 90 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Strongly supports the promotion of nitrogen fixing crops under the new CAP strategic plans through eco-schemes, rural development agro-environmental measures, new sectorial interventions and coupled support, in order to increase the protein self-sufficiency of the Union, and, at the same time, contribute to reach the objectives of the biodiversity and the farm to fork strategies;
Amendment 91 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Encourages the Member States to boost the production of nitrogen fixing crops in the context of the COVID-19 recovery plan which will be put in place in the next multiannual financial framework;
Amendment 93 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 c (new)
Paragraph 6 c (new)
6c. Supports the elimination by 2030 of the use of raw materials contributing to the deforestation in the production of biofuels;
Amendment 106 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Notes the unsustainable level of consumption in the EU, and that, for example, the Renewable Energy Directive (RED II) coStresses that the sustainability of raw material use in the Union could be considerably improved by implementains insufficient sustainability criteria, which both causes and intensifies land-use changeg measures to boost the circular bio- economy, consequently reducing the dependency on deforestation-risk imports;
Amendment 121 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Asks the Commission to monitor and take action on the causes of wildfires, forest damage and ecosystem conversion and related human rights and tenure violations, by creating early alert mechanisms.and to assist in tackling these issues by intensifying dialogue and data sharing with respective third countries;