6 Amendments of Inma RODRÍGUEZ-PIÑERO related to 2020/2273(INI)
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses the importance of systematically including a biodiversity dimension to all sustainableility impact assessments (SIAs) that must follow a more robust methodology than previously, as suggested by available Commission studies, and to consistently factor in biodiversity issues; requests that the Commission secure adequate funding for carrying out such analyses on biodiversity; calls for SIAs to be launched as part of the scoping exercise phase on future free trade agreements and for them to be regularly updated as negotiations develop in order to adequately identify and address possible risks to biodiversity in the region concerned as well as in the EU as early as possible, and to shape relevant bilateral commitments outlined in the negotiations; stresses the importance of systematically conducting regular ex post sustainableility evaluations and impact assessments to ensure consistency with the EU’s international commitments on biodiversity; calls for trade and sustainable development chapters to include time-bound roadmaps that provide verifiable commitments and objectives, which are to be regularly monitored by, evaluated and adjusted by and in accordance with ex post SIAs and for the lowering of (non- )tariff barriers be made conditional thereon; invites the Commission to update existing chapters of FTAs accordingly at the earliest convenience;
Amendment 32 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Asks the Commission to use the indicators developed in the search for possible risks to biodiversity to formulate short-, mid- and long-term goals for the protection of biodiversity; requests annual updates from the Commission to the European Parliament on the status of implementation of said goals;
Amendment 33 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Asks the Commission to evaluate the existing FTAs as well as texts currently in legal scrubbing with regard to their effect on biodiversity and to present the results and planned adjustments to the European Parliament;
Amendment 51 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. In this context, asks the Commission to investigate the necessity of prohibiting trade in certain products in order to protect biodiversity;
Amendment 55 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Requests that the Council in its draft mandate of future agreements and, on the occasion of the review of existing agreements, make the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), together with the Paris Agreement, an essential element of free trade agreementhe Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) together with the Paris Agreement, an essential element of free trade agreements, since the EU must set a high standard and produce incentives and enforcement mechanisms for Conventions and Multilateral Environmental Agreements (MEA) that do not have direct access to remedies and redress;
Amendment 79 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Welcomes the Commission’s intention to present a legislative proposal in Spring 2021 that will prohibit the placing of products whose production processes are associated with deforestation or forest degradation from the EU market; calls on the Commission to adopt a moratorium on imports of wild animals or any other species from reported emerging infectious disease hotspots; asks the Commission to ensure better implementation of the customs provisions at border inspections in order to improve the preventive measures on the inflow of invasive species;