6 Amendments of Bart STAES related to 2018/2010(INI)
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Takes note of the many comments made by civil society representatives on 7 December 2016 and those reported in the Commission’s third implementation report, published on 10 October 2017; underlines that the future implementing report should reach Parliament without undue delay in order to allow for adequate and up-to-date monitoring;
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Urges to bring the work of the Trade Joint Subcommittees in line with EU commitments with respect to environmental protection and the Paris agreement, aiming at avoiding harmful demands such as curbing taxes for more potent cars, which contradict climate imperatives and contribute to incentivising better market access for cars with higher pollution rates;
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Underlines the need to respect animal welfare commitments and therefore deplores the pressure put by European Joint Committee members to abolish the rule that meat exported from the EU to Colombia should be from animals born, raised and slaughtered in the same Member State; asks the European Joint Committee members to refrain from any demand potentially contradicting animal welfare imperatives;
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Deplores the continued dependence of the Andean countries on raw materials export, fostered by the market access rules enshrined in the agreement, with an even increased pressure on land and the environment including water, following declining world market prices;
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Deplores that the rules of the Conflict Minerals Directive have not been taken over into the trade agreement; expects for the next implementation report a full analysis of environmental and climate implications of European investments into large scale mining and energy projects;
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Deplores the fact that efforts and commitments concerning working conditions, pollution, deforestation and respect for biodiversity have not borne fruithardly been envisaged;