7 Amendments of Jo LEINEN related to 2010/2103(INI)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses, with reference to the Preamble to the WTO Agreement and Article XX (b), (d) and (g) of the GATT, that international trade must not result in the over- exploitation of natural resources, and calls on the Commission and Member States to do more to apply the principle of collective preference under the auspices of the WTO, particularly with as regards sustainable, climate-friendly and ethically sound products;
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Expresses its regret that WTO members have yet to find a way to integrate this treaty into the system of UN institutions and rules governing environmental protection including climate change, as well as social justice and the respect of all human rights; insists that obligations and objectives under MEAs, such as the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, and other UN institutions (FAO, ILO, IMO) must take precedence over the narrow interpretation of trade rules;
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Given that it is more than 15 years since the WTO Ministerial Decision on Trade and Environment, taken at Marrakesh on 15 April 1994, calls on the Commission to present at the latest by mid 2011 to the European Parliament and the Council a Report assessing the extent to which the WTO's Committee on Trade and Environment has fulfilled its remit as set out in that Decision and its conclusions as to what more needs to be done, particularly in the context of the global dialogue on Climate Change mitigation and adaptation and the WTO;
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Is strongly of the view that, in the continued absence of a legally binding global agreement to replace the Kyoto Protocol, the only reliably WTO- compatible unilateral course for the EU in phasing out GHG is to impose a far- reaching ban on emissions from the use of fossil fuels within the EU; therefore calls on the Commission, in the absence of such a global agreement, to submit to the European Parliament and to the Council a White Paper setting out all the legislation and other relevant measures, together with a binding timetable for their adoption, necessary for the introduction of a far-reaching ban with regard to its goals for the 2050 strategy, paying particular attention to the comprehensive extension of renewable energies;
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Considers that individual actions which, in the words of the WTO's Trade Negotiations Council Decision on Trade and Environment of 15 December 1993, affect "the relationship between trade measures and environmental measures, in order to promote sustainable development" (such as border tax adjustments and "anti-eco-dumping duties") are only likely to prove to be compatible with WTO rules and disciplines, given the current state of WTO jurisprudence in this field, if they are taken under the auspices of a legally binding global agreement under the authority of the UNFCCC and therefore calls on the Commission to submit before COP 17 in South Africa a communication to the European Parliament and the Council on how such a system could be provided for in any post-Kyoto agreement;
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Expresses its support for border tax adjustments as a way of moving towards a low-carbon economy; states unequivocally that border tax adjustments should not function as an instrument for protectionism but rather as a way to reduce emissions; considers that the EU should commit a portion of the potential revenue towards the fulfilment of its financial obligations under the UNFCCC; strongly urges the Commission and Member States to take steps in that direction;
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Calls on the Commission and Member States to do everything under their power to achieve a legally binding agreement on the reduction of shipping emissions in the context of the International Maritime Organisation;