6 Amendments of Robert STURDY related to 2010/2277(INI)
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Advocates coherence between the Union’s internal and external policies and its overall objectives, contributing to sustainable growth and employment in line with the EU 2020 strategy; urges that such coherence be pursued in the context of multilateral organisations and bilateral trade agreements through ex ante sustainable impact assessments (SIAs) and periodic ex post evaluations, the inclusion in agreements of clauses on human rights, social and environmental responsibility and corporate social responsibility (CSR) and their enforcement, with sanctions in the event of infringement;
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Reiterates the fact that compliance with high standardsisation is a crucial to achieving social progrol to enhance innovation, competitiveness, consumer protection and sustainable economic growth and that, in order to allow EU companies to compete internationally on a level playing field, EU trading partners should abide by the rules and enforce them, as non-compliance is a form of dumping which severely hinders the single marketinternational standardisation rules and enforce them;
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Underscores the need toimportance of fighting piracy and counterfeiting with all available means and tolegal means in order to promote innovation and the competitiveness of the European Union, while facilitateing technical and financial support for EU companibusinesses, including SMEs, in doing so, as the international protection of IPRs and copyright is vital not only in terms of promoting innovation but also for the survival of many EU sectors of activity and for encouraging initiatives to make EU companies innovative, competitive and capable of entering foreign markets successfullprotecting the jobs EU citizens who are employed in the creative sectors and the many crucial EU sectors of activity which are at risk from IPR infringement and piracy;
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Considers it important to ensure market access, symmetry and transparency in public procurement procedures, as well as security and predictability in relation to investments; deplores the fact that, by increasing competitive pressure among countries to attract foreign investors, as well as competition between corporations, globalisation has resulted, public procurement an essential tool to promote innovation in the European Union; stresses the importance of ensuring market access, especially for SMEs, and ensuring some cases, in serious abuses of human rights and labour rights and in damage to the environment; points out that companies have duties, and calls for a binding CSR clause to be included in trade agreeymmetry, transparency and a reduction in red tape in the awarding of public procurement contracts, as well as security and predictability in relation to investments;
Amendment 34 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Notes that multinational corporations and their subsidiaries are one of the key players in economic globalisation and international trade and that, according to the United Nations Global Compact of 10 principles, multinational corporations are asked to embrace, support and enact, within their sphere of influence, a set of core values in the areas of human rights, labour standards, the environment and the fight against corruption; notes also that non-compliance with the legislation in force in any third country where an EU company of any size operates, constitutes an infraction or a criminal offence working to the detriment of workers in the given third country, and that if such non- compliance is persistent and goes unpunished, it may lead to a spread of less stringent labour, environmental and fiscal standards, thus negatively impacting even workers in the EU;
Amendment 35 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Proposes, in more general terms, that, where relevant, future trade agreements negotiated by the Union should incorporate a chapter on sustainable development drawing on the principles of CSR as defined by the 2010 update of OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises.