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10 Amendments of Jan ZAHRADIL related to 2009/2201(INI)

Amendment 10 #
Jan ZAHRADIL
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
A. whereas multinational corporations and their subsidiaries are one of the key players in economic globalisation and international trade,
2010/10/07
Committee: INTA
Amendment 12 #
Jan ZAHRADIL
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
B. having regard to the 2000 OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises, and the 2010 update of these recommendations, which governments address to corporations setting out voluntary standards for responsible behaviour consistent with the applicable laws, in particular in the areas of employment, relations with the social partners, human rights, the environment, consumer interests, the fight against corruption and tax evasion,
2010/10/07
Committee: INTA
Amendment 19 #
Jan ZAHRADIL
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
D. having regard to the United Nations Global Compact, which incorporates of 10 principles, which multinational corporations must undertake to observeare asked to embrace, support, and enact, within their sphere of influence, as a set of core values in the areas of human rights, basic labour standards, a precautionary approach tothe environmental problems and the fight against corruption,
2010/10/07
Committee: INTA
Amendment 27 #
Jan ZAHRADIL
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
I. whereas non-compliance with CSR principlthe legislation in force in any third country, where an EU company of any size operates, constitutes a form of social and environmental dumping which works to the detriment, in particular, of undertakings and workers in Europe, who are required to comply with moren infraction or a criminal offence in view of the legislation in place and works to the detriment, in particular, of undertakings and workers in the given third country, and, in case such non-compliance is persistent and goes unpunished, may lead to a spread of less stringent labour, environmental and fiscal standards, thus negatively impacting even workers in the EU,
2010/10/07
Committee: INTA
Amendment 31 #
Jan ZAHRADIL
Motion for a resolution
Recital J
J. whereas it would be normal if European companies, including multinationals, which transferoperate in their production to low-wage countries where less stringent environmental standards apply were to be held accountable, including before European courtsd countries were to be held accountable before the local courts in the same way as any local or foreign company operating in that same business and legal environment, for any environmental and social damage caused by them or their subsidiaries and their supply chains in those countries,
2010/10/07
Committee: INTA
Amendment 46 #
Jan ZAHRADIL
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
1. Notes that, following on from the climate, energy and food crises, the global financial crisis has engendered a worldwide social crisis which has increased the need for new, strongmore efficient and better enforced rules which make for more effective supervision of the world economy and ensure that it does not develop in a manner detrimental to human needs and to the needs of society; takes the view that that requirement applies equally to international trade, which is at the heart of globalisationby national, or where applicable supranational, regulators; considers that the exit strategies that are currently being implemented throughout the world should not develop in a manner detrimental to human needs and to the needs of society; takes the view that intensification of open, and fair, international trade, which is one of the engines of globalisation, can contribute to this aim;
2010/10/07
Committee: INTA
Amendment 62 #
Jan ZAHRADIL
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
9. Takes the view that a revised GSP+ system should also ban host-country agreements, secretive agreements concluded between certain multinational corporations and host countries which are beneficiaries of the GSP+ system in order to circumvent regulatory requirements in those countries, since such agreements are clearly at odds with the concept of CSR;deleted
2010/10/07
Committee: INTA
Amendment 70 #
Jan ZAHRADIL
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
11. Proposes, in more general terms, that all, where relevant, future trade agreements negotiated by the Union, including investment and public procurement agreements, should incorporate a chapter on sustainable development which includdrawing on the principles aof CSR clauas defined by the 2010 update of OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises;
2010/10/07
Committee: INTA
Amendment 71 #
Jan ZAHRADIL
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
12. Proposes that this 'CSR clause' should a. a mutual undertaking by the two parties to promote CSR in the context of the agreement and their trade relations; b. incentives to encourage undertakings to enter into CSR commitments negotiated with all their stakeholders, including the trade unions, consumer organisations and local authorities concerned; c. the establishment of 'contact points' similar to those set up under the auspices of the OECD which would foster the provision of information about CSR and transparency and receive complaints and tesdeleted incorporate: the lines of the investigations conducted as part of ILO programmes1; in the event of a serious breach of the commitments, the parties could name and shame those responsible and call for the imposition of proportionate trade sanctimony concerning breaches of the principles underpinning CSR, in cooperation with civil society; d. a requirement on the part of undertakings and groups of undertakings to comply withs; g. a mechanism for judicial cooperation between the Union and its partner States with a view to enforcing compliance by undertakings with the rueles on transparency and reporting, i.e. the annual publication of their CSR balance sheets; e.vant laws and international a grequirement for undertakings and groups of undertakings to show due diligence, i.e. a requirement to s concerning CSR; the two parties should undertake to encourage transnational judicial cooperation, to facilitakte measures in advance with a view to identifying and preventing violations of human and environmental rights, corrupaccess to the courts for the victims of the actions of corporations or tax evasion, including in their subsidiaries and supply chains, i.e. throughout their sphere of influence; f. a review mechanism to deal with proven breaches of the CSR commitments entered into in the context of the trade agreement; it must be possible for investigations to be carried out by the competent authorities of the two parties, and also by independent experts, along smaller companies within their sphere of influence, and, with that aim in view, to support the development of appropriate procedures and competent judicial bodies;
2010/10/07
Committee: INTA
Amendment 98 #
Jan ZAHRADIL
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
13. Proposes to establish a parliamentary monitoring committee for each free trade agreement (FTA), along the lines of the similar body provided for in the economic partnership agreements, to act as a forum for exchanges of information and dialogue between MEPs and parliamentarians from the partner States; adds that these FTA monitoring committees could pay particular attention to the implementation of the chapter on sustainable development and the CSR clause and draw up recommendations for the FTA joint committee, in particular in the light of impact assessments and in cases where breaches of human rights, labour rights or environmental agreements occur;deleted
2010/10/07
Committee: INTA
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