10 Amendments of Daniel CASPARY related to 2011/2056(INI)
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on the Commission to ensure access to raw materials and rare earthindustry-relevant raw materials through fair trade agreements and strategic trade partnerships that will allow developing countries to diversify and industrialise their economies; calls on the Commission in this context to incorporate compliance with ILO standards and international environmental standards into trade agreements;
Amendment 32 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Commission to draw up rules onundertakings to assume their social responsibility of European undertakings involved in the mining of raw materials in source countriewithout delay in the form of a voluntary commitment; calls on the Commission, together with undertakings, to draw up a draft voluntary commitment and to monitor and promote the voluntary commitment process;
Amendment 42 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the Commission to further develop raw materials traceability systems and to introduce a binding certification scheme for raw materials and trading chains (Certified Trading Chains), so that trade can be guaranteed to be fairin order to prevent abuses with regard to trade in raw materials from crisis regions;
Amendment 49 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the Commission to take the necessary measures to ensure there is transparency on commodity markets and, to act against unjustified commodities speculation;
Amendment 221 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)
Paragraph 23 a (new)
23a. Is concerned about the increasing incidence of trade restrictions and distortions of competition in the trade in raw materials from third countries; welcomes the Commission’s efforts, at bilateral and multilateral level, to counter this trend; encourages the Commission to continue its strategy of combating export duties and distortions of competition in the raw materials trade, and in particular to include bans on export duties in all forthcoming bilateral trade agreements;
Amendment 226 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 b (new)
Paragraph 23 b (new)
23b. Calls on the Commission to pursue a consistent trade policy concerning raw materials with the aim of the elimination of unfair trade practices such as export restrictions, export taxes and so-called dual pricing mechanisms at multilateral and bilateral level;
Amendment 227 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 c (new)
Paragraph 23 c (new)
23c. Urges the Commission to stay firm on the elimination of export restrictions, export taxes and so-called dual pricing mechanisms on raw materials in all future bilateral free trade agreements (FTA) concluded;
Amendment 228 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 d (new)
Paragraph 23 d (new)
23d. Reminds the Commission of the fact that policies such as trade policy, environment, development, research and foreign affairs have to support a joint policy on raw materials supply;
Amendment 236 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)
Paragraph 25 a (new)
25a. Calls for countries which, for reasons of economic policy, impede trade in raw materials by means of unjustified measures that distort competition, or similar measures, to be denied easier access to the EU single market under the Generalised System of Preferences (GSP), and asks the Commission, in this regard, to reform the GSP so that its application may be suspended temporarily, in whole or in part, in the event of trade in raw materials being unjustifiably impeded;
Amendment 243 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
Paragraph 27
27. Regrets that the Communication fails to name other regions or countries; calls on the Commission to establish otherfind alternative resources of raw materials in order to avoid dependence form a reduced number of countries and establish in this regard mutually beneficial partnerships with resource-rich countries; believes that the EU should offer ‘infrastructure-resource’ partnerships; calls on the EU to support resource-rich developing countries in developing their geological knowledge; proposes in this context the establishment of co-operatively financed chairs at geological faculties;