4 Amendments of Ignazio CORRAO related to 2018/2107(INI)
Amendment 39 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Calls for the creation of roadmaps for each GSP, EBA and GSP+ beneficiary country, which set out specific and time- bound human and labour rights benchmarks in an on-going process; underlines that the benchmarks should include compliance with core human and labour rights conventions and need to be customized to address also specific country problems and shortcomings;
Amendment 44 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Urges the establishment of a complaint mechanism and body within the GSP scheme that allows all interested parties to submit petitions on alleged labour and human rights violations on companies or states benefiting from the duty-free access to the EU under the GSP- list;
Amendment 52 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Calls for a Human Rights Impact Assessment (HRIA) conducted by the EU before granting trade preferences to a candidate country and during its implementation; stresses that these HRIAs should be undertaken by independent experts, in consultation with civil society, including with representatives of communities affected by trade preferences; insists that HRIAs should be conducted prior to extending GSP+ status to beneficiary countries and the EU should impose flanking measures to mitigate risks and negative impacts identified;
Amendment 53 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Stresses that the assessment of GSP+ eligibility and continuous monitoring of a GSP+/GSP/EBA beneficiary country have to be done in a transparent and accountable manner; regrets that the scorecards, used for the monitoring of GSP+ beneficiary countries, remain secret and not accessible to third parties thereby leaving out a key player in the process of monitoring the compliance with conventions in practice;