2 Amendments of Daniel CASPARY related to 2012/0085(COD)
Amendment 15 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7 a (new)
Recital 7 a (new)
(7a) This Regulation is part of the Union's common commercial policy, which must be consistent with the objectives of the Union policy in the field of development cooperation, laid down in Article 208 of the TFEU, in particular the eradication of poverty and the promotion of sustainable development and good governance in the developing countries. As such it should also comply with World Trade Organisation (WTO) requirements, in particular with the Decision on Differential and More Favourable Treatment, Reciprocity and Fuller Participation of Developing Countries (the 'Enabling Clause'), adopted under the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) in 1979, under which WTO Members may accord differential and more favourable treatment to developing countries,
Amendment 16 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7 b (new)
Recital 7 b (new)
(7b) This regulation is also based on the recognition of the right of small farmers and rural workers to a decent income and to a safe and healthy working environment as fundamental in relation to achieving the general objectives of granting trade preferences to developing countries and least developed countries in particular. The Union aims to define and pursue common policies and actions in order to foster the sustainable economic, social and environmental development of developing countries, with the primary aim of eradicating poverty. In this context, ratification and effective implementation of core international conventions on human and labour rights, environmental protection and good governance are essential, as reflected by the special incentive arrangement providing for additional tariff preferences under Regulation (EU) No 978/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 October 2012 applying a scheme of generalised tariff preferences1, _______________ 1 OJ L 303, 31.10.2012, p. 1.