9 Amendments of Bernd LANGE related to 2012/2097(INI)
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Urges the Commission, in devising concrete proposals for the application of CSR principles, to base itself on the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises, including the OECD complaints procedure;
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Calls for all European companies operating in third countries with more than 1000 employees to be required by 1 January 2014 to apply the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises;
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Asks the Commission to include a CSR clause in all bilateral trade and investment agreements signed by the EU, on the basis of principles of CSR as defined and acknowledged at the international level; suggests that this clause contain measures for the implementation of these principles and that National Contact Points be set up as fora for questions concerning the OECD Guidelines;
Amendment 30 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Calls on the Commission to promote corporate social responsibility in multilateral forums by supporting an enhanced cooperation between the WTO and other multilateral forums dealing with CSR, such as the ILO and the OECD;
Amendment 34 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Calls on the Commission to improve its sustainability impact assessment model, in order to properly reflect the economic, social, human rights and environmental implications, including climate change mitigation goals, of trade negotiations; calls on the Commission to follow up on the trade agreements with the EU's partner countries, by carrying out, prior to and after the signing of a trade agreement, sustainability impact assessment studies, taking into account in particular vulnerable sectors;
Amendment 35 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 c (new)
Paragraph 3 c (new)
3c. Underlines that, following the entry into force of the Lisbon Treaty, Parliament is to be fully informed on how the findings of Sustainability Impact Assessments (SIA) of agreements are incorporated into negotiations prior to their conclusion, and which chapters of those agreements have been changed to avoid any negative impacts identified in the SIA;
Amendment 39 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls for a system of legal cooperation to be set up between the EU and third countries signatories to bilateral trade agreements, to ensure effective access to justice for victims in the eventthat victims of breaches of social or environmental legislation by multinationals or failure to honour CSR undertakings have effective access to justice in the country where the breach or failure took place;
Amendment 50 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Regrets that the current reform of the Transparency Directive (2004/109/EG) and of the Accounting Directive (2003/51/EG) does not address the issue of corporate social responsibility sufficiently; calls on the Commission to ensure that companies falling under these directives are obliged to report regularly on their CSR activities, particularly in non-EU states.; stresses that the reporting requirements must be in line with the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises and is convinced that special arrangements are needed for SMEs so as to make the reporting requirements financially and administratively feasible;
Amendment 54 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Calls for future CSR measures to include the whole value chain, from raw materials extraction via trade to recycling.