6 Amendments of Alf SVENSSON related to 2012/2225(INI)
Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 1
Citation 1
– having regard to Articles 207 and 208 of the Treaty onf the Functioning of the European Union and Article 3 of the Treaty on European Union,
Amendment 13 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A bis (new)
Recital A bis (new)
A bis. a/A new (before the current A) 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 priciples 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 26 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Notes the flaws in the implementation and follow-up of the regulations laid down for the ‘Kimberley Process’; eEmphasises the urgent need for a solid, transparent and reliable tracking system for gems and valuable minerals, such as coltan, so as to more efficiently prevent products that contribute to systematic breaches of human rights, or fuel conflict or unrest in developing countries, from entering the EU market;
Amendment 28 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Acknowledges that the European 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.
Amendment 36 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Supports the Commission’s aim of enhancing synergies between trade and development policies; recommends that it award priority, in these policies, to measures aimed at creating jobs, facilitating trade, improving the trade and investment climate, resistance to economic shocks, fiscal governance and diversification of trade and investment flows, and promoting sustainable development; calls on the EU to display greater consistency in the implementation of its trade, agricultural, environmental, energy and development policies;
Amendment 129 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Welcomes the conclusprovisional application of a first economic partnership agreement (EPA) with an African country and calls on the Commission to harness this momentum to relaunch the negotiations on EPAs not yet concluded; points to the importance of establishing a firm legal and commercial framework for promoting investment in ACP countries; calls on the Commission to take into account the European Parliament’s recommendations concerning preference erosion and the flexibility and scope of tariff dismantling, and to award special attention to implementing the EPAs;