17 Amendments of Carles PUIGDEMONT I CASAMAJÓ related to 2020/2117(INI)
Amendment 32 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the mainstreaming of the European Green Deal into the communication on the Trade Policy Review (TPR) and calls for a concrete action plan to make this ambition a reality, taking into account the European Union's geographical position and its commitment and courage embracing the digital and green transitions, setting new standards in terms of the sustainable development chapters of the free trade agreements signed with new trading partners;
Amendment 40 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Welcomes the incorporation of the Paris Agreement as an essential element in all trade, investment and partnership agreements; stresses that ratification of the International Labour Organization (ILO) core conventions and respect for human rights are requirements for concluding FTAs; asks for ambitious chapters on gender and on small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to be included in all trade agreements; considers that the Health in All Policies principle, as well as the One Health approach, should also be an integral part of the Union's trade agreements with third countries;
Amendment 62 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Points out that brown goods still receive preferential treatment over green goods and that tariffs and trade barriers are working against sustainable trade; demands that the Commission devise instruments to tackle these distortions and walk the talk of the Green Deal by implementing it in all aspects of trade policy; points out that the post-COVID world will see a sharp increase in demand for rare earths in order to speed up the green and energy transition; urges the Commission to consider the aforementioned issue as an integral part of its trade competences;
Amendment 67 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Points out that high up-front costs, which will only repay themselves over time, and a lack of know-how and equipment are currently preventing developing countries from ‘going green’; demands that the Commission use all trade instruments at its disposal to increase financial support, technical assistance, technology transfers and digital penetration in order to empower developing countries and enable them to achieve sustainable resilience; considers that the revision of the General System of Preferences is a first and positive step towards this goal;
Amendment 92 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Emphasises that transparency, accountability and dialogue are key to creating support for trade policy; insists that the role and responsibilities of civil society and domestic advisory groups must be clearly defined in the EU’s international agreements and that financial assistance must be accompanied by capacity-building measures to enable it to function effectively;
Amendment 96 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Recalls that implementation of all aspects of the FTAs, including labour rights and sustainable development and tackling climate change, should be made; urges the Commission to evaluate together with the Parliament through its Committee of International Trade; stresses that the Parliament should have a stronger role in assessing the implementation of FTAs vis-à-vis the Commission and the Council;
Amendment 97 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 b (new)
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7b. Believes that the EU should prioritise trade and investment deals with democratic third countries over other kind of regimes, particularly in the Asian continent;
Amendment 125 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Is convinced that openness should go hand in hand with safeguarding our strategic sectors and should be closely connected with an ambitious, forward- looking industrial policy in line with the Green Deal and digital strategy, developing its circular economy, implementing sustainable finance, working towards a carbon border adjustment mechanism, creating quality jobs and ensuring that Europe plays a crucial role in the production of innovative goods and future services;
Amendment 148 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Calls on the Commission to come up with a digital trade strategy to increase the market access of European businesses and protect EU citizens’ rights under the GDPR13 ; underlines the acceleration of the digital revolution due to COVID-19 and stresses the importance of the EU taking the lead in setting standards for a sustainable, digital-driven global economy and keeping international data flows open; considers that the Commission should assess the implementation of blockchain, artificial intelligence and other quantic or advanced computational technologies into its trade and customs competences; considers that the proposal for a regulation on a framework for the issuance, verification and acceptance of interoperable certificates on vaccination, testing and recovery to facilitate free movement during the COVID-19 pandemic(Digital Green Certificate) [2021/0068 (COD)] should be temporary and, at the same time, a base to further digital-related European legislation; __________________ 13Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data (General Data Protection Regulation) (OJ L 119, 4.5.2016, p. 1).
Amendment 160 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Recalls that some regions have developed significantly in terms of their trade share and could bring their expertise to their peers, in terms of sharing good practices and lessons learned; considers that the Union's commitment to digital trade, like provisions on e-commerce in FTAs and IAs, require more attention than ever due to the increasing protectionist policies seen from some traditional trading partners;
Amendment 170 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Underlines that international trade governance has an important role to play in the rapid development of medical treatments and vaccines, the rapid scaling up of production, the development of resilient global value chains and equitable market access for the whole world; stresses, in this context, that the COVID-19 pandemic must be used to provide impetus for more concerted international cooperation and to boost global preparedness for health emergencies; in this sense, points out that the proposals for regulations to build a European Health Union1a, as well as a future European Health Emergency, Response and Preparedness Authority, are an opportunity to strengthen the current competences on health; __________________ 1aProposal for a regulation on serious cross-border threats to health and repealing Decision No 1082/2013/EU; Proposal for a regulation amending Regulation (EC) No 851/2004 establishing a European Centre for disease prevention and control; Proposal for a regulation on a reinforced role for the European Medicines Agency in crisis preparedness and management for medicinal products and medical devices
Amendment 205 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20a. Considers that the ongoing proposal for a regulation on a reinforced role for the European Medicines Agency in crisis preparedness and management for medicinal products and medical devices [2020/0321 (COD)] is a relevant step towards fulfilling sufficient resilience in European health-related supply chains, especially in order to keep the key supply chains for essential goods for a health crisis (i.e. medical supplies, food products, ICT goods and services) open and functioning;
Amendment 214 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21a. Calls on economic sanctions on European governmental and commercial organisations implicated in human rights violations and abuses perpetrated in third countries with strong commercial ties with the Union, in order to prevent and discourage complicity with human rights' violations that may constitute crimes against humanity under international law;
Amendment 216 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 b (new)
Paragraph 21 b (new)
21b. Applauds the Commission's commitment to facilitate and improve trade with an extended One Stop Shop (OSS) in order to allow the suppliers of intra-EU distance sales of goods to account for VAT due in other Member States, without being obliged to register for VAT in these countries; considers that including intra-EU distance sales of excise products in the VAT OSS as from 2021 for the declaration and payment of VAT is a positive measure and asks the Commission whether there may be more of these;
Amendment 259 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 a (new)
Paragraph 26 a (new)
26a. Calls the Commission to take measures on those companies which are currently benefitting from the forced labour camps in Xinjiang and Tibet, China, where thousands of Uyghur and Tibetan citizens are forced to work on the production of goods that later on are part of the supply chains of certain European and global companies;
Amendment 263 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 b (new)
Paragraph 26 b (new)
26b. Calls on the Commission to establish a streamlined mechanism on the Union side that gives civil society the opportunity to lodge a complaint when third countries do not comply with the sustainability commitments in bilateral trade agreements; calls on the Commission to draft an action plan in the field of International Corporate Social Responsibility (ICSR);
Amendment 272 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 a (new)
Paragraph 27 a (new)
27a. Recalls that, in order to strengthen confidence in trade and global markets, a shared transparent information base is necessary in order to underpin sound policy responses and the international co- operation to keep trade flowing; considers that in the post-COVID world, it will be critical that trading partners honour their commitments to notify trade-related measures taken in response to the pandemic to the WTO;