Activities of Alf SVENSSON related to 2012/2224(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Advancing development through trade (short presentation)
Reports (1)
REPORT on Advancing Development through Trade PDF (234 KB) DOC (147 KB)
Amendments (7)
Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 1 a (new)
Citation 1 a (new)
– having regard to Articles 207 and 208 of the Treaty of the Functioning of the European union, and Article 3 of the Treaty of the European Union,
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 9 a (new)
Citation 9 a (new)
– having regard to the Enhanced Integrated Framework for trade related assistance to Least Developed Countries, prepared under the leadership of the World Bank;
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas Articles 207 and 208 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union are clearly interlinked; whereas Article 207 states that the EU's commercial policy shall be based on the principles and objectives of the Union's external action, and whereas Article 208 requires that the Union's policies which are likely to affect developing countries shall take account of the objectives of development cooperation;
Amendment 25 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
I. whereas upper-middle-income countries will be excluded from the EU's Generalised System of Preferences from 1 January 2014, but ithis is unlikely to open manycertain to what extent this will lead to the opening of new export opportunities for the least developed countries;
Amendment 90 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Notes that trade capacity is dependent on both hardware (infrastructure) and software (expertise), calls therefore on the EU to invest its aid so as to promote both elements in many countries, particularly in cooperation with the least developed countries;
Amendment 113 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19a. Acknowledges that the Commission is a partner in the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI); calls on the Commission and parties active within the extractive industry to actively encourage more producer countries to join the initiative.