5 Amendments of Alain LIPIETZ related to 2008/0000(INI)
Amendment 54 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Regards it as legitimate, if countries that as yet have not achieved an advanced stage of diversification of their economies, make use of the instrument of export taxes on certain raw materials in order to control their outflow; calls on the Commission to not challenge the use of export taxes by poor and commodity dependent countries as Non-Tariff Barriers to Trade (NTBs);
Amendment 56 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. In light of the need for more sustainable trade patterns in order to combat climate change, regards access to energy and mineral resources as a matter of multilateral rule-setting which must not be undermined by bilateral trade agreements that compete for the most favourable access conditions;
Amendment 76 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Notes the development of a leveraged securities market for certain commodities which produces risk mitigation more for upstream traders than for prime producers, while opening the field to speculation; calls on UNCTAD to study novel price volatility mitigation schemes that can be made readily available to prime producers and are backed up by public funds;
Amendment 79 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Applauds the enormously positive effects of the "Publish What You Pay" campaign and the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) ; calls for the mandatory disclosure of the payments made by oil, gas and mining companies to all governments for the extraction of natural resources; calls also on resource- rich developing country governments to publish full details on revenues from the oil, gas and mining industries;
Amendment 80 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 b (new)
Paragraph 9 b (new)
9b. Recalls the continuous importance of the findings and recommendations of the 2004 Extractive Industries Report of the World Bank and urges all public lenders involving European tax payers' money to not provide any loans to extractive projects that do not fully apply these recommendations;