4 Amendments of Henri WEBER related to 2012/2098(INI)
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Regrets that the Commission has not yet drawn up concrete proposals on the implementation of CSR principles in EU trade policy; takes the view, in the light of the key role played by corporations, their subsidiaries and their supply chains in international trade, that corporate social and environmental responsibility must become an integral part of the ‘sustainable development’ chapters of the European Union’s trade agreements;
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Asks the Commission to include a CSR clause in all bilateral trade and investment agreements signed by the EU, on the basis of principles of CSR as defined and acknowledged at the international level in the OECD, the ILO, the UN and the European Union; suggests that this clause contain measures for the implementation of these principles, such as a requirement to carry out reporting and to publish regular assessments of the social and environmental impact of the activities of companies and of their sphere of influence (subsidiaries, supply chains, etc.) and a requirement to apply due diligence, i.e. to take the necessary measures to prevent breaches of social and environmental rights wherever the company operates;
Amendment 29 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Deplores the fact that the principles underpinning CSR have not been sufficiently well incorporated into the revised GSP and GSP+ Regulation; calls on the Commission to ensure that transnational corporations – whether or not they have their registered office in the European Union – whose subsidiaries or supply chains are located in countries participating in the GSP and GSP+ comply with their national and international legal obligations in the areas of human rights, labour standards and environmental rules;
Amendment 38 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls for a system of transnational legal cooperation to be set up between the EU and third countries signatories to bilateral trade agreements; hopes that the parties to such agreements will undertake to ensure effective access to justice for victims in the event of breaches of social or environmental legislation by multinationals, or failure to honour CSR undertakings, and to support the establishment of international judicial procedures to ensure, where necessary, that breaches of the law by companies are punished;