Activities of Gilles LEBRETON related to 2021/2177(INI)
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Amendments (13)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Recital A
Recital A
A. having regard to the Conventions of the International Labour Organization, Having regard to: - the International Labour Organisation Convention concerning the Age for Admission of Children to Employment in Agriculture; - the International Labour Organisation Convention concerning Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organise; - the International Labour Organisation Convention; - the International Labour Organisation Convention concerning Equal Remuneration for Men and Women Workers for Work of Equal Value - the International Labour Organisation Convention concerning the Prohibition and Immediate Action for the Elimination of the Worst Forms of Child Labour; - the International Labour Organisation Convention concerning Tripartite Consultations to Promote the Implementation of International Labour Standards; - the International Labour Organisation Convention concerning the Creation of Minimum Wage-Fixing Machinery; - the International Labour Organisation Convention concerning the Protection of Workers against Occupational Hazards in the Working Environment Due to Air Pollution, Noise and Vibration; - the International Labour Organisation Convention concerning Occupational Safety and Health and the Working Environment; - the International Labour Organisation Convention concerning Workmen's Compensation in Agriculture; - the International Labour Organisation Convention concerning Workmen's Compensation for Occupational Diseases - the International Labour Organisation Convention concerning Compulsory Invalidity Insurance for Persons Employed in Industrial or Commercial Undertakings, in the Liberal Professions, and for Outworkers and Domestic Servants, as amended by the Convention concerning Compulsory Widows' and Orphans' Insurance for Persons Employed in Agricultural Undertakings; - the International Labour Organisation Convention concerning Minimum Standards of Social Security; - the International Labour Organisation Convention concerning Medical Care and Sickness Benefits,
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Recital B
Recital B
B. hHaving regard to: - the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), as amended by the Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from their Utilisation; - the Convention on Biological Diversity, as amended by the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety,
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
B a. - the Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade;
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion
Recital B b (new)
Recital B b (new)
B b. - The Agreement establishing the World Trade Organisation (WTO) and these multilateral agreements, which form an integral part thereof and are binding on all WTO Members, in particular the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, the Agreement on Agriculture, the Agreement on the Application of Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures, the Agreement on Safeguards, the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights, the Understanding on Rules and Procedures Governing the Settlement of Disputes and the Trade Policy Review Mechanism;
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion
Recital B c (new)
Recital B c (new)
Amendment 26 #
2. Draws attention to the fact that India’s legal order, unlike the EU's legal order, allows the cultivation of genetically modified organisms for the purpose of processing them into food and feed;
Amendment 29 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Draws attention to the fact that India’s legal order imposes much less stringent restrictions, when compared with the EU's legal order, on the agricultural and veterinary use of hormonal and antimicrobial preparations;
Amendment 35 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Recalls that, under India’s legal order, multinational corporations holding intellectual property rights to genetically modified organisms can abuse patent protection for plants and animals to exploit farmers to a level comparable to slavery;
Amendment 44 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Notes that, as a result of the above circumstances, the EU-India agricultural and food trade balance last year reached a deficit of EUR 1.8 billion, and that, since the negotiation of the post-Uruguay Round amendment to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), imbalances in agricultural trade between the EU and India isare steadily increasing;
Amendment 49 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Recalls that the EU and India have not reached an agreement on the mutual recognition of GIs and that, while the EU recognises all 368 Indian GIs, India respects only 8 of the 3 400 GIs recognised in the EU;
Amendment 51 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6 b. Recalls that economic research has shown that it is multinational corporations, which avoid paying proper taxes at the point of production and sale, which profit from the liberalisation of the international trade in agricultural products and foodstuffs rather than farmers;
Amendment 53 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 c (new)
Paragraph 6 c (new)
6 c. Stresses that India is a valuable supplier for the EU of tropical and subtropical agricultural commodities, which cannot be grown in the EU due to natural conditions, and of food produced from them;
Amendment 62 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls on the Commission to take into account the legitimate interests of European farmers when negotiating a trade agreement with India and not to negotiate a reduction in the existing tariff and non-tariff protection of the EU’s common internal market for agricultural products that can be grown in the EU and for foodstuffs produced from them;