14 Amendments of Emmanuel MAUREL related to 2015/2104(INI)
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses the need for an ambitious sustainable development agenda on the part of the UN, and, in line with Article 21(d) TEU, is of the opinion that European trade policy needs to be coordinated and implemented in a coherent way in order to revitalise the global partnership for sustainable development; calls for reinforcing international efforts aimed at implementing comprehensive impact assessment about the impact of world trade on quality of life and equal opportunities of the world population as well as on the environment; asks for the promotion of spaces for dialogue between public and private entities, including enterprises, trade unions and civil society in order to promote exchange of good practices and synergies leading to sustainable development
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Stimulates the European Union to play an important role in the growing international discussions on purely global issues, among the others a prominent participation to the 2015 United Nations Climate Change Conference, and the enhancement of a strong commitment to the issue of migrants and refugees within the framework of the UN;
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Urges the EU and its Member States to ensure the implementation of the Right to Food, including in trade agreements, as outlined in the UN resolution of 2011 on the right to food (A/66/158);
Amendment 28 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Shares the view expressed in UNCTAD's World Investment Report 2015 that the regulatory policy environment for investment must be reformed and that tax avoidancefraud, tax avoidance and aggressive tax planning practices on the part of multinational enterprises must be ended in order to support domestic resource mobilisation for the SDGs1 ; __________________ 1considers that the effective implementation of a financial transactions tax (FTT) at the world stage, for which the European Union plays a trailblazing role, would be an additional means for many countries to fulfil these objectives; calls the EU to lead the global fight against tax havens, which hinder the eradication of illicit trade with devastating effects on development and human rights __________________ 1 Sustainable Development Goals. Sustainable Development Goals.
Amendment 29 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Recalls the need to join and strengthen efforts to eradicate labour exploitation, particularly of women and children, and to put an end to social dumping practices that undermine human development, and thus calls the European Union to promote at the global stage the integration in trade policy of the objectives of the International Labour Organisation Decent Work Agenda, as it was endorsed by the States in the Declaration on Social Justice for a Fair Globalisation, unanimously approved in 2008; urges the EU to include an ambitious and legally binding sustainable development chapter in all trade policy agreements
Amendment 35 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. ISupports the goal to establish at multilateral level an investment protection regime with a new system where the jurisdiction of national courts is respected and calls on the Commission to incorporate this objective into its negotiating agenda during the drafting of agreements on investment; is of the opinion that a possible permanent international court for the settlement of investment disputes shcould be situated within the UN system and should be based on the rights and obligations of those subject to the court with an emphasis on the OECD principles ofor multilnateralismional enterprises and tof the rights and obligations of those subject to the court; UN principles on Business and human rights; considers that the UN system provides useful templates for such a system, in particular for questions of financing
Amendment 39 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. CRecalls that the Doha Mandate, approved by all participating States during the 13th session of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (XIII UNCTAD, Doha, 21st to 26th of April 2012), insists on the links between gender equality and inclusive development, asks the UNCTAD to "strengthen its work on the links between gender equality, women's empowerment, and trade and development", and includes gender equality and women empowerment issues within the list of essential objectives for all countries; asks the European Union to intensify its own efforts and to play a leading role in integrating gender perspectives in trade policies; calls for the systematic integration of the findings and recommendations on Gender Equality and Trade Policy of UN Women into the revision of the EU Handbook on Sustainability Impact Assessments;
Amendment 40 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Calls on the EU to foster and to support the subscription of the Corporate Social Responsibility principles of the United Nations Global Compact; asks the EU to promote in the UN fora the adoption of trade policies that effectively incentivise the respect of these principles, for instance, through the establishment of conditions to public procurement
Amendment 42 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Is aware of the need to strengthen and implement the UNGPs2; urges the EU to contribute to a successful outcome of the work of the Intergovernmental Working Group on transnational corporations and human rights3 that aims at creating a legally binding instrument on Business and Human Rights. __________________ 2 UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights. 3 Full title: Intergovernmental working group on transnational corporations and other business enterprises with respect to human rights.
Amendment 44 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Welcomes the depth and rigour of the on-going dialogue between the European Commission and the International Labour Organisation (ILO) on trade issues; recalls the necessity for the European Commission of maintaining the highest level of cooperation with the ILO in light of the importance of the decent work agenda, not least in the context of the September 2015 UN Sustainable Development Summit; in this respect, welcomes the innovative approach developed by the ILO in cooperation with the EU and other major UN members to improve working conditions across the global value chain in involving buyers as well as producers, as implemented recently in Bangladesh and Myanmar; also recalls in this context the vital role that trade agreements concluded by the EU as well as other instruments, such as the Generalised Scheme of Preferences, can play in fostering the implementation of ILO standards and thus in emulating decent working conditions globally;
Amendment 47 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Is of the opinion that trade policy has a major impact on the development of least advanced third countries and that the EU should thus rely on a tailored approach when negotiating with these countries; asks the Union to foster, through its trade policy, the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and Millennium Development Goals (MDGs);
Amendment 49 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 b (new)
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7b. Calls on the Commission to make full use of the expertise provided by all ILO bodies, in particular the Committee of Experts and the Committee on Application of Standards, in assessing compliance with the international labour and social standards referred to in EU trade agreements and other trade policy instruments such as the Generalised Scheme of Preference (GSP) regulation;
Amendment 50 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 b (new)
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7b. Acknowledges that trade agreements and access to health are closely related, especially in the developing countries; observes that the World Health Organisation (WHO) works on creating tools aimed at evaluating objectively this relationship; urges the EU to support the WHO's initiative and to take into account the conclusions of its work;
Amendment 312 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13