11 Amendments of Urszula KRUPA related to 2008/0198(COD)
Amendment 47 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1
Recital 1
(1) Forests provide a broad variety of environmental, economic and social benefits including; they play an important part in the water cycle, preventing flooding and soil erosion, have a significant impact on the local climate, and reduce CO2 in the atmosphere; they provide timber and non- timber forest products (e.g. meat, resin, etc.) recreational and health benefits and environmental services.
Amendment 52 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2
Recital 2
(2) Due to the growing demand for timber and timber products worldwide in combination with the institutional and governance deficiencies that are present in the forest sector in a number of timber- producing countries illegal logging and the associated trade and distribution becomes of ever greater concern.
Amendment 56 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3
Recital 3
(3) Illegal logging is a pervasive problem of major international concern. It poses a significant threat to forests as it contributes to the process of deforestation, which is responsible for about 20% of CO2 emissions, influences the desertification and steppe-formation process, increasing soil erosion and exacerbating extreme weather events and the flooding which may ensure, threatens biodiversity, and undermines sustainable forest management and development. In addition, it also has social, political and economic implications.
Amendment 59 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) The Council and the European Parliament recognising the need for the Community to contribute to global efforts to address the problem of illegal logging, and associated trade and distribution, welcomed that Communication.
Amendment 61 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7
Recital 7
(7) Given the major scale and urgency of the problem, it is necessary to actively support the fight against illegal logging and related trade and distribution, to complement and strengthen the VPA initiative and to improve synergies between policies aiming at the conservation of forests and the achievement of a high level of environmental protection, including combating climate change, desertification and steppe-formation, soil erosion and biodiversity loss.
Amendment 83 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17
Recital 17
(17) Competent authorities should monitor that the operators fulfil the obligations laid down in this Regulation. For that purpose the competent authorities should carry out official checks, including customs checks, and require operators to take corrective measures where necessary.
Amendment 86 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 19
Recital 19
(19) Taking into account the international character of illegal logging and related trade and distribution competent authorities should cooperate between themselves and with the administrative authorities of third countries and/or the Commission.
Amendment 90 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 24
Recital 24
(24) Since the objective of this Regulation, namely to complement and underpin the existing policy framework and support the fight against illegal logging and related trade and distribution, cannot be sufficiently achieved by the Member States and can therefore, by reason of its scale be better achieved at Community level, the Community may adopt measures, in accordance with the principle of subsidiarity as set out on Article 5 of the Treaty. In accordance with the principle of proportionality, as set out in that Article, this Regulation does not go beyond what is necessary in order to achieve those objectives,
Amendment 172 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1
Article 7 – paragraph 1
1. Competent authorities shall carry out checks, including customs checks, to verify if operators comply with the requirements set out in Article 3(1) and (2) and Article 4(1).
Amendment 188 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 2
Article 8 – paragraph 2
2. A summary of the records referred to in paragraph 1 shall be made available to the public on the Internet in accordance with Directive 2003/4/EC.
Amendment 189 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 2
Article 10 – paragraph 2
2. The Commission shall make publicly available on the Internet the list of the competent authorities. This list shall be kept up-to-date.