11 Amendments of Younous OMARJEE related to 2012/0195(CNS)
Amendment 25 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 10
Recital 10
(10) The OCTs are host to wide terrestrial and marine biodiversity. Climate change can impact on OCTs' natural environment and constitutes a threat undermining their sustainable development. Actions in the fields of conservation of biodiversity and ecosystem services, disaster risk reduction, sustainable management of natural resources and promotion of sustainable energy will contributecan help the OCTs to adaptation to and mitigatione the impact of climate change in the OCTs. OCTs should also be able to participate in Union horizontal programmes, such as LIFE.
Amendment 26 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 18
Recital 18
(18) The association between the Union and the OCTs shallould take intodue account of and contribute to the preservation of the cultural diversity and identity of OCTs. It should therefore take due account of, and contribute to protecting and upholding, the rights of the OCTs’ indigenous peoples.
Amendment 27 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 21
Recital 21
(21) Global changes, reflected in the continuing process of trade liberalisation, broadly implicate the Union, the principal trading partner of the OCTs, their ACP neighbours and other economic partnewhich brings too few benefits to small island territories, make it necessary for the Union, the principal trading partner of the OCTs, to take better account of OCT interests in the trade agreements it concludes with OCT neighbours.
Amendment 28 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 22
Recital 22
(22) The OCTs are fragile island environments requiring adequate protection, including in respect of waste management. In respect of radioactive waste, Article 198 of the Euratom Treaty and the related secondary legislation provide for this, except with regard to Greenland, to which the Euratom Treaty does not apply. For other waste, it should be specified which Union rules are to apply in respect of the OCTs, particularly as regards the types of radioactive pollution caused by nuclear tests and by the nuclear reactor leaks in Japan.
Amendment 30 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 2 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. In order to ensure that these objectives are met, the identity and geographical position of each OCT shall be taken into account, together with its political, economic and social situation.
Amendment 32 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 6 – paragraph 2
Article 6 – paragraph 2
2. The Member States shall support the OCTs' and the Union in their joint efforts to strengthen and promote their relations with the Union as a wholeand the mutual benefits they bring.
Amendment 34 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 7 – paragraph 4 – point d
Article 7 – paragraph 4 – point d
(d) OCT participation in the development of regional organisations and regional markets within the context of regional integration organisations;
Amendment 39 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 12 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Article 12 – paragraph 4 a (new)
(4a) The dialogue shall enable OCTs to obtain information on the various regional horizontal programmes and EDF regional projects that are under way, so that they have an opportunity to take part in them.
Amendment 40 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) an OCT-EU forum for dialogue (the OCT-EU Forum), shall meet annually to bring together OCT authorities, representatives of the Member States and the Commission. Members of the European Parliament, r shall be associated with it. Representatives of the EIB, and representatives of the outermost regions shall be associated with the OCT-EU Forum, where appropriate;
Amendment 43 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
(ca) aid to SMEs engaged in sustainable economic activities, particularly in the research, farming, crafts and tourism sectors, which draw on the resources of local ecosystems;
Amendment 45 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 17 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 17 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) conciliation of economic and social activities such as fisheries and aquaculture, tourism, maritime and air transports, industry and agriculture with the potential of marine and coastal zones in terms of renewable energy, raw materials, whilst taking into account impacts of climate change and human activities, human activities and the land pollution those activities can cause.