2 Amendments of Jude KIRTON-DARLING related to 2015/2104(INI)
Amendment 44 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Welcomes the depth and rigour of the on-going dialogue between the European Commission and the International Labour Organisation (ILO) on trade issues; recalls the necessity for the European Commission of maintaining the highest level of cooperation with the ILO in light of the importance of the decent work agenda, not least in the context of the September 2015 UN Sustainable Development Summit; in this respect, welcomes the innovative approach developed by the ILO in cooperation with the EU and other major UN members to improve working conditions across the global value chain in involving buyers as well as producers, as implemented recently in Bangladesh and Myanmar; also recalls in this context the vital role that trade agreements concluded by the EU as well as other instruments, such as the Generalised Scheme of Preferences, can play in fostering the implementation of ILO standards and thus in emulating decent working conditions globally;
Amendment 49 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 b (new)
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7b. Calls on the Commission to make full use of the expertise provided by all ILO bodies, in particular the Committee of Experts and the Committee on Application of Standards, in assessing compliance with the international labour and social standards referred to in EU trade agreements and other trade policy instruments such as the Generalised Scheme of Preference (GSP) regulation;