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Draft opinion
Recital D

~~D. whereas Article 151 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU) refers to fundamental social rights such as those set out in the European Social Charter;~~deleted

2018/11/15
Committee: LIBE

Anders VISTISEN

Draft opinion
Recital D a (new)

Da. whereas these provisions must be read in full compliance with the principle of subsidiarity and Article 4 of the TEU, which requires that competences not conferred upon the Union in the Treaties remain with the Member States and that the Union shall respect Member States' national identities, inherent in their fundamental structures, political and constitutional, inclusive of regional and local self-government;

2018/11/15
Committee: LIBE

Anders VISTISEN

Draft opinion
Recital E

E. whereas its study of November 2017 on the implementation of the Charter of Fundamental Rights in the EU institutional framework1 considers, inter alia, the relevance of the Charter for the Commission’s activities under the Treaty Establishing the European Stability Mechanism (ESM Treaty) and in the context of the European semester; __________________ 1 ‘The Implementation of the Charter of Fundamental Rights in the EU institutional framework’, European Parliament, Directorate-General for Internal Policies, Policy Department C – Citizens’ Rights and Constitutional Affairs, November 2017.deleted

2018/11/15
Committee: LIBE

Anders VISTISEN

Draft opinion
Recital F

F. whereas the EU Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) has formulated a number of recommendations for the effective implementation of the Charter of Fundamental Rights in its opinions entitled ‘Improving access to remedy in the area of business and human rights at the EU level’2 and ‘Challenges and opportunities for the implementation of the Charter of Fundamental Rights’3 ; __________________ 2 3deleted FRA Opinion 41/20187, ~~24 September~~10 April 20187.

2018/11/15
Committee: LIBE

Anders VISTISEN

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. States that the Charter of Fundamental Rights has to be applied with full respect for the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR), while also recognising the importance of the European Social Charter and the European Pillar of Social Rights and calls upon the Commission to speed up the accession procedure of the EU to the ECHR and to give greater priority to the examination of the possibility of the EU’s accession to the European Social Charter; Calls upon the Commission to speed up the accession procedure of the EU to the ECHR;

2018/11/15
Committee: LIBE

Anders VISTISEN

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Recalls that the Court of Justice ruled4 that the Commission must fully respect the Charter also in the tasks allocated to it under the ESM Treaty, in particular when it comes to signing memoranda of understanding, and that the same applies to the country-specific recommendations in the context of the European semester; calls on the Commission to better integrate fundamental rights impact assessments into EU socio-economic governance; __________________ 4 Judgement of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 20 September 2016, Ledra Advertising Ltd and others v European Commission and European Central Bank (ECB), ECLI:EU:C:2016:701.deleted

2018/11/15
Committee: LIBE

Anders VISTISEN

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Emphasises that the Charter’s application also extends to the EU agencies; encourages in particular Frontex and the European Asylum Support Office (EASO) to work on a culture of fundamental rights, not only for application in their general policies but also in the daily activities of the border and coast guards, as well as the asylum officers, assigned to these agencies;

2018/11/15
Committee: LIBE

Anders VISTISEN

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. States that there are still gaps in access to remedy for victims in third countries of business-related fundamental rights abuses and calls for mechanisms that allow victims to address such abuses when the company concerned is established within the EU to be built into the EU’s external agreements, in particular its trade and investment agreements;deleted

2018/11/15
Committee: LIBE

Anders VISTISEN

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. S~~upports the proposal for Charter- conditionality of EU fund~~tates that EU funds for third countries under the multiannual financial framework 2021- 2027~~, which~~ should be ~~achiev~~conditioned, inter alia by introducing strong and consistent fundamental rights clauses into the operational texts of the draft regulations establishing th~~e larg~~ose EU funds.

2018/11/15
Committee: LIBE

9 Amendments of Anders VISTISEN related to 2017/2089(INI)

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