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18 Amendments of Louis-Joseph MANSCOUR related to 2018/0244(CNS)

Amendment 100 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 25
(25) Cooperation in the area of financial services between the Union and OCTs should tackle tax fraud, tax evasion and tax avoidance in order to contribute to building a safer, sounder, more transparent financial system that is essential to enhance global financial stability and to underpin sustainable growth. Efforts in that area should focus on convergence with internationally agreed standards and approximation of OCTs' legislation with Union acquis on financial services. Adequate attention should be paid to strengthening administrative capacity of OCTs' authorities, including in the area of supervision.
2018/11/23
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 103 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 3 – paragraph 4
4. The general objective of this Decision is to promote the economic and social development of the OCTs and to establish close economic relations between them and the Union as a whole. The association shall pursue this general objective by the enhancing the OCTs’ competitiveness, improving social standards, strengthening the OCTs’ resilience, reducing their economic and environmental vulnerability and the promoting of cooperation between them and other partners.
2018/11/23
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 106 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – point a a (new)
(a a) the promotion of a high quality social model;
2018/11/23
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 107 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 7 – paragraph 2
2. To this end, the Union and the OCTs may exchange information and best practices or establish any other form of close cooperation and coordination with other partners in the context of the OCTs’ participation in regional and international organisations, where appropriate by means of international agreements, in order to contribute to the smooth integration of the OCTs to their respective geographical environments.
2018/11/23
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 108 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – point b a (new)
(b a) OCT organisations, such as the Overseas Countries and Territories Association (OCTA);
2018/11/23
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 109 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 13 – paragraph 5
5. The dialogue with Greenland shall, in particular, strengthen the Union's strategy in each region concerned and provide the basis for broad cooperation and dialogue in areas concerning, inter alia, energy, climate change and environment, disaster risk reduction, biodiversity, sustainable management of natural resources, including raw materials and fish stocks, maritime transport, research and innovation, as well as the Arctic dimension of those issuessocial issues, good governance in the tax area and the fight against organised crime.
2018/11/23
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 113 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 14 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) an OCTs-EU forum for dialogue (the ‘OCT-EU Forum’), shall meet annually to bring together OCTs' authorities, representatives of the Member States and the Commission. Members of the European Parliament, representatives of the EIB, and representatives of the outermost regions and neighbouring ACP and non-ACP States shall, where appropriate, be associated with the OCTs- EU Forum;
2018/11/23
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 114 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) the promotion of sustainable resource use and resource efficiency, and encouragement to the decoupling of economic growth from environmental degradationtowards the achievement of a low carbon economy based on just transition strategies; and;
2018/11/23
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 115 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 16 – paragraph 1 – point e a (new)
(e a) addressing issues linked to land degradation, including rising sea-levels and soil contamination,
2018/11/23
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 119 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 24 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) contributing to partners countries' efforts to pursue their commitments on climate change in line with the Paris Agreement on Climate Change and the Sustainable Development Goals;
2018/11/23
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 120 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 33 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) the support to the OCTs in defining and implementing education and vocational training policies. and
2018/11/23
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 121 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 33 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
(b a) the support of the participation and access of the OCTs to the Erasmus+ program, by fostering and increasing the mobility of its potential beneficiaries, from and to, the OCTs;
2018/11/23
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 122 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 38 – title
38 Performing, fine and digital arts
2018/11/23
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 123 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 38 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
In the context of the association, cooperation in the field of performing fine and digital arts may concern:
2018/11/23
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 124 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 42 a (new)
Article 42 a Negotiation of trade agreements with third countries Where a trade negotiation with third countries cause or threaten to cause serious injuries to sensitive sectors of OCTs, the Commission shall carry out an impact assessment, taking into consideration the cumulative impact of trade agreements on OCTs economies. When completed, the Commission shall forward the results of this assessment to the European Parliament, the Council and the governmental and local authorities of the OCTs before the conclusion of the international agreements in question.
2018/11/23
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 125 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 53 – paragraph 2
2. Trade-related cooperation shall aim to support the ultimate objectives of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and, the implementation of the Paris Agreement and the Sustainable Development Goals. It may also extend to cooperation on other trade related multilateral environmental agreements, such as the Convention on Trade in Endangered Species.
2018/11/23
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 127 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 70 – paragraph 1
The Union and the OCTs shall make their best endeavours to ensure that internationally agreed standards for regulation and supervision in the financial services sector and for the fight against tax fraud, tax evasion and tax avoidance are implemented and applied in their territory. Such internationally agreed standards are, inter alia, the Basel Committee’s ‘Core Principle for Effective Banking Supervision’, the International Association of Insurance Supervisors’ ‘Insurance Core Principles’, the International Organisation of Securities Commissions’ ‘Objectives and Principles of Securities Regulation’, the OECD’s ‘Agreement on exchange of information on tax matters’, the G20 ‘Statement on Transparency and exchange of information for tax purposes’, the Financial Stability Board’s ‘Key Attributes of Effective Resolution Regimes for Financial Institutions.
2018/11/23
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 128 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 75 – paragraph 3 – point a
(a) be implemented with due regard to the OCTs respective demographic, geographical, social and cultural characteristics, as well as their specific potential;
2018/11/23
Committee: DEVE