16 Amendments of Patricia LALONDE related to 2018/0256M(NLE)
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses that it is important for this agreement to give guarantees regarding respect for international law, including human rights, in the territories concerned;
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Notes that this agreement does not imply recognition of Morocco’s sovereignty over Western Sahara and that the EU’s position remains that of supporting UN efforts to secure a fairachieve a just, lasting and mutually acceptable settlement of the Western Sahara conflict, on the basis of the right topolitical solution, which will provide for the self- determination of the Sahrawi people and in accordance withpeople of Western Sahara and in accordance with International Law and the relevant UN resolutions; reiterates, therefore, its full support to the UN Secretary-General’s Personal Envoy for Western Sahara, Mr Horst Köhler, in helping the parties to achieve this settlement;
Amendment 38 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Points out that a meeting of the parties involved in the conflict is to be held in Geneva in early December on the initiative of the UN and with the participation of Algeria and Mauritania, and hopes that meeting will help kick- start the peace process;
Amendment 40 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Calls on the parties to resume the negotiations under the auspices of the UN Secretary-General without preconditions and in good faith;
Amendment 42 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Takes the view that if Morocco were to free Sahrawi political prisoners, that would send a positive message as part of the peace process, making it possible for practical commitments to be made on both sides with a view to achieving a negotiated political solution;
Amendment 45 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital J a (new)
Recital J a (new)
Ja. whereas there is a more than forty year-long conflict in the area, following the end of the Spanish colonialization of Western Sahara;
Amendment 46 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital J b (new)
Recital J b (new)
Jb. whereas Western Sahara is considered by the United Nations as a non-decolonized territory;
Amendment 47 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital J c (new)
Recital J c (new)
Jc. whereas the United Nations Security Council resolution 2440 (2018) has prolonged the MINURSO mandate for an additional six month period;
Amendment 72 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Takes good note ofNotes the exchange of letters and acknowledges the efforts of the Commission and the EEAS in trying, within the remit of their competences, to evaluate the benefit for the population and to ascertain their consent to this agreement; stresses, nevertheless, that more could be done to improve the traceability of products coming from Western Sahara; invites the Commission services, therefore, to engage further with the Moroccan authorities to improve this aspect, notably in order to produce clear and reliable statistics.e traceability of products coming from Western Sahara;
Amendment 98 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Notes that about 59 000 jobs are estimated to depend on exports, corresponding to roughly 10% of the population living in the territory;
Amendment 115 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Calls on Morocco to guarantee that the benefits from tariff preferences to products from the non-autonomous territory of Western Sahara are locally reinvested and benefit its local populations ;
Amendment 131 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Reminds that other parts of the world, taking a less ambitious approach in sustainable development, high labour and social standards as well as human rights are knocking on the door for new trade opportunities and will gain increased influence where the EU withdraws;
Amendment 146 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18a. Highlights that, without this agreement in force, including the mechanism allowing identification of products at the time of import, it will be impossible to know whether, and how many, products originating in the non- self-governing territory of Western Sahara are entering the European market;
Amendment 152 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Emphasises that a key criterion for Parliament is to ensure that there will be a mechanism in place to technically trace products from Western Sahara so that Member States customs authorities have a clear indication of their origin; calls on the EU and Morocco to swiftly present a viable solution to this end; expects the corrective measures laid down in the agreement to be used in that regarto give its consent to the Agreement is to ensure that a mechanism will be put in place for Member States customs authorities to be able to identify products originating in Western Sahara; calls on the European Commission and Morocco to swiftly present a viable solution to this end;
Amendment 158 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19a. Stresses that such mechanism shall allow for the identification of the origin of the different products originating in Western Sahara at the time of import to the EU;
Amendment 159 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 b (new)
Paragraph 19 b (new)
19b. Calls upon the Commission to ensure full and good use of the corrective measures foreseen in the Agreement in order to secure the accurate implementation to achieve its objectives ;