5 Amendments of Ricardo CORTÉS LASTRA related to 2010/2203(INI)
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1a (new)
Paragraph 1a (new)
1a. Notes that the future of EU investment policy towards developing countries, needs to have a strong focus on fostering investment flows that create decent employment and reduce poverty;
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Stresses the importance of ensuring that investment treaties are consistent with all other policies affecting developing countries, notably featuring clauses on human rights, gender equality, the environment, decent work, transparency and the fight against illicit capital flows;
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5a (new)
Paragraph 5a (new)
5a. Notes that there is a balance to be found between the objective of promoting EU competitiveness through market access and investment protection and allowing developing countries' right to regulate to pursue their own development agendas;
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7a (new)
Paragraph 7a (new)
7a. Also encourages the transfer of EU new green technologies to developing countries, as the best way to promote green and sustainable growth;
Amendment 28 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9a (new)
Paragraph 9a (new)
9a. Calls on the Commission actively to promote corporate social and environmental responsibility (CSR, based on international standards such as the OECD Guidelines on multinational enterprises and the United Nations Global Compact), in order to permit effective monitoring of the impact – social, environmental and in terms of respect for human rights – of the operations of transnational undertakings and their subsidiaries in developing countries;