18 Amendments of Jérémy DECERLE related to 2021/0297(COD)
Amendment 124 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6 a (new)
Recital 6 a (new)
(6 a) In addition, the TPR notes that it is appropriate for the Union to require that imported products comply with certain production requirements established by Union regulation and standards. Therefore, the scheme should be revised to support this objective and encourage the progressive introduction of reciprocal environmental and health production standards, so-called mirror clauses, for European products and products imported from beneficiary countries under the standard GSP regime and GSP+, where necessary and feasible, to strengthen the protection of health or the environment on the largest possible scale, in compliance with WTO rules.
Amendment 125 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6 b (new)
Recital 6 b (new)
(6 b) The Commission should reach a common understanding with beneficiary countries under the GSP and GSP+ schemes on a roadmap which includes the progressive fulfilment of time-bound milestones which facilitates and creates the economic, social and environmental conditions and infrastructure for the insertion and application of reciprocal environmental and health production standards, which may be part of a future trade agreement that could offer further benefits to parties in commercial terms and not limited to market access for goods.
Amendment 135 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7 a (new)
Recital 7 a (new)
(7 a) The Union has set ambitious goals to promote sustainable development in its human, social, economic and environmental dimensions, notably through the European Green Deal, the Circular Economy Action Plan, the Farm to Fork Strategy, or in the areas of sustainable corporate governance and de- forestation, which will trigger fundamental changes in trade patterns with relevant impacts on the GSP scheme during the next decade. The GSP could play an important role in promoting trade in sustainably-produced goods, as long as it is compatible with WTO rules, and targeted development and technical assistance should be designed and provided in order to ensure that beneficiary countries can also fully take part in sustainable trade.
Amendment 145 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11
Recital 11
(11) The special incentive arrangement for sustainable development and good governance (GSP+) is based on the integral concept of sustainable development, as recognised by international conventions and instruments such as the 1986 UN Declaration on the Right to Development, the 1992 Rio Declaration on Environment and Development, the 1998 International Labour Organisation (ILO) Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work, the 2000 UN Millennium Declaration, the 2002 Johannesburg Declaration on Sustainable Development, the ILO Centenary Declaration for the Future of Work of 2019, the Outcome Document of the UN Summit on Sustainable Development of 2015 "Transforming Our World: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development", the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights, and the Paris Agreement on Climate Change under the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change. Consequently, the additional tariff preferences provided for under the special incentive arrangement for sustainable development and good governance should be granted to those developing countries which, due to a lack of diversification, are economically vulnerable, have ratified core international conventions on human and labour rights, climate and environmental protection and good governance, and commit to ensuring the effective implementation thereof. The special incentive arrangement for sustainable development and good governance should help those countries to assume the additional responsibilities resulting from the ratification and effective implementation of these conventions. The list of conventions relevant for GSP should be updated to better reflect the evolution of core international instruments and standards and take a proactive approach to sustainable development in keeping with the Sustainable Development Goals and Agenda 203018 . In this regard, the following conventions are added: the Paris Agreement on Climate Change (2015) – replacing the Kyoto Protocol; the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD); the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the Involvement of Children in Armed Conflict (OP-CRC-AC); ILO Convention No 81 on Labour Inspection; ILO Convention No 144 on Tripartite Consultation; and the UN Convention against Transnational Organized Crime; the First Optional Protocol of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights; the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court; the Protocol of 2014 to the Forced Labour Convention of 1930; the Occupational Safety and Health convention No 155 and the Promotional Framework for Occupational safety and health convention No 187. Moreover, the additional tariff preferences provided for under the special incentive arrangement for sustainable development and good governance should be granted to those developing countries which take a clear commitment and adopt a roadmap with concrete steps towards the ratification and effective implementation of the Second Optional Protocol of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights aiming at the abolition of the death penalty. _________________ 18 United Nations (2015). Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 25 September 2015, Transforming our World: the Agenda 2030 for Sustainable Development (A/RES/70/1), available at: https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/post 2015/transformingourworld
Amendment 241 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 6 a (new)
Article 8 – paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. The Commission shall reach a common understanding with beneficiary countries under the Standard GSP on a roadmap which includes the progressive fulfilment of time-bound milestones that facilitates and creates the economic, social and environmental conditions and infrastructure for the insertion and application of reciprocal environmental and health production standards.
Amendment 244 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
(b a) it has taken a clear commitment and has adopted a roadmap with concrete steps in time and in law towards the ratification and effective implementation of the convention as set in Annex VI, subheading 1a, and the Commission has identified, based on available information, in particular the most recent available conclusions of the monitoring body under this convention, a clear commitment and a concrete roadmap to effectively implement this convention;
Amendment 279 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 a (new)
Article 14 a (new)
Article 14 a The Commission shall reach a common understanding with beneficiary countries under the GSP+ on a roadmap which includes the progressive fulfilment of time-bound milestones that facilitates and creates the economic, social and environmental conditions and infrastructure for the insertion and application of reciprocal environmental and health production standards.
Amendment 280 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 1
Article 15 – paragraph 1
Amendment 282 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 2
Article 15 – paragraph 2
2. The burden of proof for compliance with its obligations resulting from binding undertakings as referred to in Article 9, points (ba), (d), (e) and (f), and its situation as referred to in Article 9, point (c), shall be on the GSP+ beneficiary country.
Amendment 382 #
Proposal for a regulation
Chapter VI – Section II – title
Chapter VI – Section II – title
II Safeguards in the Textile, Footwear, Leather, Agriculture and Fisheries Sectors
Amendment 385 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 29 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. Without prejudice to Section I of this Chapter, on 1 January of each year, the Commission, on its own initiative and in accordance with the advisory procedure referred to in Article 39(2), shall adopt an implementing act in order to remove the tariff preferences referred to in Articles 7 and 12 with respect to the products from GSP sections S-11a8a, S-8b, S-11a, S-11b and S-11b2a or to products falling under Combined Nomenclature codes 1006, 1701, 2207 10 00, 2207 20 00, 2909 19 10, 3814 00 90, 3820 00 00, 38249956, 38249957, 38249992, 38248400, 38248500, 38248600, 38248700, 38248800, 38249993, and 38249996 and 4302- 1980 where imports of such products, originate in a beneficiary country and their total value:
Amendment 396 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
Article 29 – paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
(a a) for products falling under Combined Nomenclature codes 1006 and 1701 their total value exceeds the share referred to in point 2 of Annex IV of the value of Union imports of the same products from all countries and territories listed in Annex I, column C, during a calendar year;
Amendment 400 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 29 – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) for products under GSP sections S- 11a and S-11b8a, S-8b, S-11a, S-11b and S-12a their total value exceeds the share referred to in point 3 of Annex IV of the value of Union imports of products in GSP sections S-11a8a, S-8b, S-11a, S-11b and S-11b2a from all countries and territories listed in Annex I, columns A and B C, during a calendar year.
Amendment 419 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex IV – subheading 1
Annex IV – subheading 1
Modalities for the application of Article 8 and Article 29
Amendment 425 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex IV – point 1
Annex IV – point 1
1. Article 8 and Article 29 shall apply when the percentage share referred to in paragraph 1 of thatose Articles exceeds 470 %.
Amendment 432 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex IV – point 2
Annex IV – point 2
2. Article 8 shall apply for each of the GSP sections S-2a, S-3 and S-5 of Annex III, when the percentage share referred to in paragraph 1 of that Article exceeds 17,5 0 %. Article 29 shall apply and for products falling under Combined Nomenclature codes 1006 and 1701 when the percentage share referred to in paragraph 1 of that Article exceeds 10%.
Amendment 435 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex IV – point 3
Annex IV – point 3
3. Article 8 and Article 29 shall apply for each of the GSP sections S-11a8a, S-8b, S- 11a, S-11b and S-11b2a of Annex III, when the percentage share referred to in paragraph 1 of thatose Articles exceeds 370 %.
Amendment 439 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex VI – subheading 1 a (new)
Annex VI – subheading 1 a (new)
Convention referred to in Articles 9, point (ba) 1. Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, aiming at the abolition of the death penalty (1989)