2 Amendments of Ulrike MÜLLER related to 2017/2274(INI)
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Argues that China and the European Union will benefit from promoting sustainability in their economies and from developing a multi- sector sustainable and circular bioeconomy; stresses that increased trade in bioeconomy products made from renewable materials can be an important stimulant for positive environmental, social and economic impacts and help reduce the fossil-dependency of China’s and the European Union’s economies;
Amendment 33 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Hopes that China will uncouple economic growth from ecological degradation, by incorporating biodiversity protection into its ongoing global strategies, facilitating the achievement of the UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and implementing the ivory trade ban effectively.; acknowledges the work done by the EU-China Bilateral Coordination Mechanism (BCM) on Forest Law Enforcement and Governance (FLEG) to tackle illegal logging globally; urges, however, China to investigate the significant undocumented trade of timber between the FLEGT Voluntary Partnership Agreement signatory States and China;