100 Amendments of Dominik TARCZYŃSKI
Amendment 3 #
2023/0222R(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 9 c (new)
Citation 9 c (new)
– having regard to Regulation (EU) 2023/1115 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 31 May 2023 on the making available on the Union market and the export from the Union of certain commodities and products associated with deforestation and forest degradation and repealing Regulation (EU) No 995/2010,
Amendment 6 #
2023/0222R(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)
Recital H a (new)
Ha. whereas from 1 January 2025, the supply of, among other things, cocoa and timber from Côte d’Ivoire to Union markets will be subject to compliance with the conditions laid down in Regulation (EU) 2023/1115 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 31 May 2011 on the making available on the Union market and the export from the Union of certain commodities and products associated with deforestation and forest degradation;
Amendment 10 #
2023/0222R(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Draws attention to the particular challenges arising from the requirements of the Deforestation Regulation for Côte d’Ivoire’s authorities, administration and commercial operators, in particular those set out in Articles 8 to 11 of the Regulation, i.e. the provision of so-called due diligence declarations; encourages the Commission and the Union’s customs and administrative authorities to provide additional legal and administrative support, in particular with regard to requirements such as the compulsory geolocation of land from which goods and products covered by the Regulation are sourced; stresses, at the same time, that the obligations under the Regulation must be fully met in order for the relevant products and goods originating in Côte d’Ivoire to be placed on the EU market;
Amendment 11 #
2023/0222R(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Welcomes the recent actions taken by Côte d’Ivoire to reverse the trend of deforestation including: the adoption of the national reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation in developing countries (REDD+) strategy, including the ‘zero deforestation agriculture’ strategic option, in 2017; the signing of the Joint Action Framework of the Cocoa and Forests Initiative; the adoption of the policy for the preservation, rehabilitation and expansion of forests; and the promulgation of the new Forest Code on 23 July 2019; appreciates in particular the plans to convert heavily degraded forests to agroforestry areas and to accelerate reforestation in order to achieve the goal of doubling forest cover from the current 10% to 20%;
Amendment 14 #
2023/0222R(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Stresses the importance of protecting human rights, in particular the rights of workers, when sourcing goods and products for the EU market; calls, in this context, on local authorities to extend special protection to children;
Amendment 16 #
2023/0222R(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Welcomes the commitment from the Ministry of Water and Forests to take measures to effectively integrate women into the management of the country’s forest resources; further stresses the importance of the inclusion of women in forest management in future VPA negotiations; cCalls for gender analysis to be mainstreamed into allthe role of women to be taken more fully into account in activities and projects linked to the implementation of the FLEGT VPA;
Amendment 3 #
2023/0222M(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 9 c (new)
Citation 9 c (new)
– having regard to Regulation (EU) 2023/1115 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 31 May 2023 on the making available on the Union market and the export from the Union of certain commodities and products associated with deforestation and forest degradation and repealing Regulation (EU) No 995/2010,
Amendment 6 #
2023/0222M(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)
Recital H a (new)
Ha. whereas from 1 January 2025, the supply of, among other things, cocoa and timber from Côte d’Ivoire to Union markets will be subject to compliance with the conditions laid down in Regulation (EU) 2023/1115 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 31 May 2011 on the making available on the Union market and the export from the Union of certain commodities and products associated with deforestation and forest degradation;
Amendment 10 #
2023/0222M(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Draws attention to the particular challenges arising from the requirements of the Deforestation Regulation for Côte d’Ivoire’s authorities, administration and commercial operators, in particular those set out in Articles 8 to 11 of the Regulation, i.e. the provision of so-called due diligence declarations; encourages the Commission and the Union’s customs and administrative authorities to provide additional legal and administrative support, in particular with regard to requirements such as the compulsory geolocation of land from which goods and products covered by the Regulation are sourced; stresses, at the same time, that the obligations under the Regulation must be fully met in order for the relevant products and goods originating in Côte d’Ivoire to be placed on the EU market;
Amendment 11 #
2023/0222M(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Welcomes the recent actions taken by Côte d’Ivoire to reverse the trend of deforestation including: the adoption of the national reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation in developing countries (REDD+) strategy, including the ‘zero deforestation agriculture’ strategic option, in 2017; the signing of the Joint Action Framework of the Cocoa and Forests Initiative; the adoption of the policy for the preservation, rehabilitation and expansion of forests; and the promulgation of the new Forest Code on 23 July 2019; appreciates in particular the plans to convert heavily degraded forests to agroforestry areas and to accelerate reforestation in order to achieve the goal of doubling forest cover from the current 10% to 20%;
Amendment 14 #
2023/0222M(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Stresses the importance of protecting human rights, in particular the rights of workers, when sourcing goods and products for the EU market; calls, in this context, on local authorities to extend special protection to children;
Amendment 16 #
2023/0222M(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Welcomes the commitment from the Ministry of Water and Forests to take measures to effectively integrate women into the management of the country’s forest resources; further stresses the importance of the inclusion of women in forest management in future VPA negotiations; cCalls for gender analysis to be mainstreamed into allthe role of women to be taken more fully into account in activities and projects linked to the implementation of the FLEGT VPA;
Amendment 32 #
2022/2040(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
D a. whereas the European Union imports 76% of its oil and 68% of its gas from non-OECD countries and, for 11 of the 30 critical raw materials necessary for the energy transition, the Union's dependence on imports exceeds 85%, and securing the supply of precisely these raw materials will be a major challenge for the EU;
Amendment 67 #
2022/2040(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Stresses that the COVID-19 crisis and the war inRussian aggression against Ukraine have highlighted the EU agricultural sector’s dependence on imports from a small number of countries, especially in the case of wheat and ammonium, which is essential for fertilisers; recalls that the EU should be autonomous in primary sector products in order to guarantee its security and avoid dependence on third parties; stresses that the EU's agricultural sector should aim to strengthen the resilience of food supply chains and to protect farmers;
Amendment 79 #
2022/2040(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Stresses that the war in, due to the Russian aggression against Ukraine and the subsequent sanctions on Russia have increased the, difficulty ofies in sourcing raw materials have increased; takes note of the announcement of the forthcoming publication of the Critical Raw Materials Act during the 2022 State of the Union address;
Amendment 97 #
2022/2040(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Stresses that, in global semiconductor supply chains, the EU and its Member States must strike a balance between open strategic autonomy and the promotion of technological sovereignty, a strategy that must not veer towards protectionism;
Amendment 142 #
2022/2040(INI)
10. Recalls that in cooperation with the Member States and international partners, the EU must guarantee freedom of the sea and trade routes and thus ensure access to raw materials, energy and export markets; stresses that the EU must also increase seaport capacity and secure critical energy transmission infrastructure;
Amendment 145 #
2022/2040(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10 a. Welcomes the EU's Solidarity Lanes initiative, which has delivered 10 million tonnes of food, and which, together with the UN Grain Initiative, has played a part in helping to alleviate the global food crisis; stresses that alternative land routes cannot replace sea routes and therefore calls on the Commission to take action focusing on unblocking Ukraine's Black Sea ports in order to support Ukraine's export capabilities and re- establish grain supply chains to the most needy countries in Africa, Asia and the Middle East;
Amendment 153 #
2022/2040(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Amendment 159 #
2022/2040(INI)
13 a. Recalls that, due to their significant dependence on imports, Member States face various problems relating to dependence on non-EU suppliers as well as raw material prices; calls for enhanced cooperation at EU level, which should reduce the vulnerability not only of the EU itself, but also of each Member State, to external suppliers;
Amendment 7 #
2022/0142M(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas the volume of timber traded between Guyana and the EU is modest, with just 8 % of timber exports from Guyana going to Europe in 2018 and only around half of those going to the EU; whereas the VPA would open up more opportunities for Guyana to export to the EU and new markets, which would increase its development opportunities;
Amendment 8 #
2022/0142M(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Recital F a (new)
Fa. whereas Guyana employs more than 20 000 people in the forestry sector, mainly in rural areas; whereas the VPA would increase the potential of the forestry sector by creating new jobs and contribute to the country’s economic growth;
Amendment 13 #
2022/0142M(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the conclusion of negotiations on the VPA between the EU and Guyana, which will ensure that only legally logged timber will be imported into the EU from Guyana, promote sustainable forest management practices and sustainable trade in legally produced timber, and improve forest governance, law enforcement (including labour and occupational, health and safety obligations), human rights, transparency, accountability and institutional resilience in Guyana, and at the same time help to improve trade relations between Guyana and the EU;
Amendment 24 #
2022/0142M(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls for gender analysis to be mainstreamed into all activities and projects linked to the implementation of the VPA; calls for quantitative and qualitative gender-disaggregated analysis of land tenure, ownership of assets and financial inclusion in sectors impacted by trade; calls on the Commission to support these endeavours with technical and human resources;
Amendment 162 #
2021/0366(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 4
(4) ‘plantation forest’ means an artificially planted forest that is intensively managed and meets, at planting and stand maturity, all the following criteria: - one or two species, even age class, and regular spacing. It includes; - short rotation plantations for wood, fibre and energy, and excludes forests planted for protection or ecosystem restoration, as well as forests established through planting or seeding which at stand maturity resemble or will resemble naturally regenerating forests;
Amendment 168 #
2021/0366(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 6
(6) ‘forest degradation’ means harvesting operations that are not sustainable and cause a long-term reduction or loss of the biological or economic productivity and complexity of forest ecosystems, resulting in the long-term reduction of the overall supply of benefits from forest, which includes wood, biodiversity and other products or services;
Amendment 258 #
2021/0366(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 2
Article 12 – paragraph 2
2. However, if the operator obtains or is made aware of anysubstantiated information that would point to a risk that the relevant commodities and products may not fulfil the requirements of this Regulation, all obligations of Article 9 and 10 have to be fulfilled.
Amendment 3 #
2020/2223(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Recalls that competition policy is vital to strengthening and ultimately completing the single market by providing a fair and level playing field for all market participants, enabling the growth of innovative businesses, ensuring competitiveness of EU companies at global level and guaranteeing a high level of consumer protection and choice; Stresses that consumer welfare must remain the ultimate goal of the competition policy;
Amendment 18 #
2020/2223(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Notes the changes both businesses and consumers are facing due to the digital transformation and welcomes the Commission’s focus on modernising its competition policy to adequately tackle serious problems and market failures in the digital sector;
Amendment 21 #
2020/2223(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Believes that regulatory intervention or imposition of remedies in the competition area not supported by evidence demonstrating proven market failures, infringement of existing rules or significant consumer harm hampers innovation, growth, consumer welfare and investments in the market and may bring other unexpected consequences;
Amendment 27 #
2020/2223(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Recalls that efficient regulating digital markets constitutes a core responsibility of the Committee on Internal Market and Consumer Protection; in this context, highlights the adoption of the P2B Regulation (Regulation (EU) 2019/11501 ) and notes that ex ante regulatory intervention willshould address the identified gaps in ex post competition law enforcement, which cannot be addressed by revised competition policy or by full enforcement of existing rules; __________________ 1 OJ L 186, 11.7.2019, p. 57.
Amendment 32 #
2020/2223(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Highlights the need to prepare any legislative proposal based on data, in- depth impact assessments, best practices and analyses in order to promote consumer welfare and to avoid unnecessary administrative or regulatory burden;
Amendment 35 #
2020/2223(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Highlights the importance of a fewmajor online operators acting as gatekeeperintermediaries to the digital economy, including access to e- commerce markets and the positive and negative consequences on freedom of choice for consumers and access to markets for companies; underlines, therefore, the need for an internal market ex ante regulatory instrument to ensure that impacted markets remain fair and competitive; looks forward to seeingstresses that successful growth strategies, even leading to market dominance, scale and scope efficiencies, should not automatically trigger remedies as they can generate economic and consumer benefits and it may prevent companies from growing; underlines, therefore, the need to assess their potential gatekeepers´ role and the need for an internal market ex ante regulatory instrument to ensure consumer welfare and fair and competitive markets; acknowledges thise instrument in the forthcoming Digital Markets Act proposal;
Amendment 40 #
2020/2223(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Recalls that profit-seeking behaviour should be accepted and should not be suspected of being anti-competitive without objective and facts-based reason, reminds that unlawful behaviour is often hypercompetitive rather than anti- competitive; reminds that particular offering attracting many consumers because of its convenience is not in itself sufficient ground for concern; calls on the Commission to distinguish those behaviours for antitrust enforcement;
Amendment 43 #
2020/2223(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Reminds that if market failures occur, EU State aid rules support the Competition policy objective of rendering European companies more innovative and competitive internationally;
Amendment 44 #
2020/2223(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 c (new)
Paragraph 4 c (new)
4c. Notes the Commission’s White paper on levelling the playing field as regards foreign subsidies; supports the intention to minimize the mirroring retaliation measures at the global level;
Amendment 50 #
2020/2223(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Stresses the importance of clear measures, predictable, future-proof and comprehensive EU framework to ensure effective enforcement and supervision of competition law at the EU level; underlines that the compliance of provisions must be reinforced with effective and proportionate penalties and that EU law should be equally enforced in all Member States; asks the Commission for establishing the clear guidance and best practices on enforcement in order to avoid legal uncertainty, arbitrary decisions and to prevent from the gaps between the Member States in terms of implementation and oversight of the ex- ante tool;
Amendment 64 #
2020/2223(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on the Commission to ensure fair and secure access to data for all market participants; notes that it should empower consumers to control their data and provide them with additionalequate rights in terms of data portability and interoperabilitys laid down in Union law in order to ensure that the single market for data is based on European values and fair competition.;
Amendment 68 #
2020/2223(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Calls on the Commission to fully consider the recommendations of the Court of Auditors, including improving performance reporting of its enforcement decisions, in order to enhance transparency and accountability to the European Parliament and citizens;
Amendment 71 #
2020/2223(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 b (new)
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7b. Asks the Commission to include the summaries and statistics of antitrust cases opened and closed in the Member States, including where relevant identified best practices and the total amount of imposed and paid fines for cartels in the Commission´s Annual Report on Competition Policy;
Amendment 73 #
2020/2223(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 c (new)
Paragraph 7 c (new)
7c. Highlights that State aid in the form of a financial injection for selective market competitors, including the financing of activities with environmental objectives, distorts competition; Recalls that these objectives can also be achieved, for example, by increasing fees for negative externalities.
Amendment 17 #
2020/2137(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Emphasises that sustainable corporate governance can help the EU to build a more resilient and sustainable economy, improve the level playing field and protect EU businessenotes that all this cand citizens, and is therefore hugely beneficial to EU trade policy; be achieved only through effective protection from unfair competition from third countries and the full implementation of the principles of reciprocity.
Amendment 53 #
2020/2137(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Stresses that directors’ duties should be encompass an obligationuraged to develop, disclose and implement a corporate sustainability strategy for all aspects of the company’s operations, including its supply chains;
Amendment 60 #
2020/2137(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Stresses that the requiremente importance to disclose information on how companies' sustainability issues affect the company and how the company affects society and the environment should include the sharing of all relevant information on all actors throughout the entire supply chain;
Amendment 71 #
2020/2137(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Notes that sustainable corporate governance cannot reach its full potential without due diligence legislation that requirencourages companies to identify, prevent, mitigate and account for human rights abuses and environmental damage in their global value chains.
Amendment 17 #
2020/2129(INL)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. stresses multiple voluntary initiatives and actions by EU businesses in the area of responsible business conduct; emphasizes that companies will need to be further supported and accompanied in this process;
Amendment 18 #
2020/2129(INL)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1 b. underlines that corporate due diligence has been increasingly introduced into legal standards in the Member States;
Amendment 30 #
2020/2129(INL)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. is convinced that mandatory due diligence is necessary to create a level playing field and avoid unfair competitive advantages arising in international trade;
Amendment 98 #
2020/2129(INL)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. stresses that the capacity constraints, administrative costs and burdens of SMEs need to be duly taken into account in the, analysed and assessed before any future due diligence legislation is adopted; notes that certified industry schemes are not a replacement for legislation;
Amendment 101 #
2020/2129(INL)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. is concerned with mandatory due diligence’s impact as regards competitiveness of EU business, calls for detailed analysis of additional costs and obligations;
Amendment 107 #
2020/2129(INL)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. emphasises that engagement with trade partners, in a spirit of reciprocity, is crucial to ensure due diligence undertakings effect change; requests that financial instruments such as Aid for Trade are used to support responsible business conduct;
Amendment 132 #
2020/2129(INL)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. requests that trade instruments and EU Delegations be linked to the monitoring of the application of the due diligence regulation; calls for specific technical assistance to our companies, especially SMEs, in order to be able to comply with due diligence requirements;
Amendment 21 #
2020/2117(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital R (new)
Recital R (new)
R. whereas Trade policy must play its full roll in the recovery from theCOVID19 pandemic and towards more dynamic, innovative and competitive Europe in the world;
Amendment 22 #
2020/2117(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital S (new)
Recital S (new)
S. whereas international trade in goods and services is to increase by 8.4%in 2022 according to estimations by International Monetary Fund1a ; __________________ 1a World Economic Outlook, April 2021: Managing Divergent Recoveries(imf.org)
Amendment 27 #
2020/2117(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. WelcomNotes 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;
Amendment 51 #
2020/2117(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Underlines that the post-COVID-19 recovery is a unique opportunity to set the agenda for sustainable growth; calls on the Commission, therefore, to present its review of the 15-point action plan on TSD chapters without delay; expects the review to address the enforceability of TSD commitments as a matter of urgency, as it is not currently included; recalls, in this regard, the non-paper from the Netherlands and France on trade, social economic effects and sustainable development11 ; suggests that, as a minimum, recent advances in enforceability should be applied to EU trade policy, namely the ability to tackle any non-compliance by partners through unilateral sanctions, including thesuch as an introduction of tariffs or quotas on certain products or the cross- suspension of other parts of an agreement; __________________ 11Non-paper from the Netherlands and France on trade, social economic effects and sustainable development, accessed at ‘the Netherlands at International Organisations (permanentrepresentations.nl)’.
Amendment 78 #
2020/2117(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls for the EU to take a leading role at a multilateral level to end harmful subsidies by advocating transparency and strict regulation and disciplines in trade agreements and at the World Trade Organization (WTO); stresses the importance of drawing up sustainability impact assessments on an ex-ante, intermediate and ex-post basis; stresses the need to develop a comprehensive framework with concrete targets to advance the SDGs, the Green Deal and the ILO Decent Work Agenda in trade and investment agreements; emphasises that new agreements should only be concluded once these targets have been fulfilledwhen tangible commitments are made by our trading partners and that existing agreements should be revised accordingly;
Amendment 100 #
2020/2117(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Stresses the importance of fair value chains that respect human rights, labour rights and environmental standards; recalls that mandatory due diligence throughout the entire supply chain is a necessary instrument to achieve this; stresses that more attention should be paid to the vulnerable position of micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs), especially in developing countries, whereas large companies are more likely to overcome a sudden drop in demand;
Amendment 117 #
2020/2117(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Stresses the importance of ensuring fair competition and a level playing field for European businesses in both the internal market and third-country markets; stresses, in this regard, the importance of trade defence instruments and calls on the Commission to swiftly complete the EU’s trade defence toolbox through legislative proposals, supported by impact assessments in 2021, giving priority to an instrument to tackle distortions caused by foreign subsidies and state-owned enterprises and to the conclusion of negotiations on the International Procurement Instrument12 ; __________________ 12Amended proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 January 2016 on the access of third- country goods and services to the Union’s internal market in public procurement and procedures supporting negotiations on access of Union goods and services to the public procurement markets of third countries (COM(2016)0034).
Amendment 124 #
2020/2117(INI)
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, boosting economic recovery, increasing competitiveness of our businesses, creating quality jobs and ensuring that Europe plays a crucial role in the production of innovative goods and future services;
Amendment 137 #
2020/2117(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Is convinced that the EU is too dependent on a limited number of suppliers for critical goods and services; insists that the EU should overcome these undesirablexcessive dependencies via a mix of policies to incentivise companies to stockpile, diversify sourcing strategies and promote nearshoring, which could create new trading opportunities for partners in the Eastern and Southern Neighbourhoods and shall be accompanied by regulatory approximation in strategic sectors; underlines that our priority should be further diversification of sources and constant private sector adaptation to shocks;
Amendment 179 #
2020/2117(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Is concerned about the recent rise in export restrictions on vaccines by the main manufacturing countries such as the US, the UK, China and India and by the EU and emphasises that this endangers the rapid global scaling up of vaccine production capacity, disrupts production chains and could lead to retaliations; urges the Commission to engage with producing countries to swiftly eliminate export barriers and to replace the export authorisation mechanism with an export and import notification requirement; insists on having timely and comprehensive access to such data;
Amendment 211 #
2020/2117(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Invites the Commission to set out concrete and specificmap vulnerable supply chains and identify possible actions and a roadmap to implement the concept of open strategic autonomy; stresses that the EU’s market strength, values and adherence to cooperation, fairness and rule-based trade should be the basis of such openness; strongly recommends that the EU seeks out partnerships with like-minded partners; stresses, however, that where cooperation is not possible, the EU should pursue its interests through autonomous measures to protect its values and fight unfair trading practices;
Amendment 225 #
2020/2117(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Welcomes the TPR’s affirmation of multilateralism and extensive proposals for the necessary in-depth reform of the WTO; shares the Commission’s emphasis on sustainable development in its vision for WTO reform and urges the Commission to bring to bear all efforts to implement a sustainable development agenda; stresses the importance of taking forward the WTO initiative on trade and climate, technology and climate and make progress on plurilateral negotiations on e-commerce and investment facilitation;
Amendment 235 #
2020/2117(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Shares the suggestion made in the TPR that the G20 should cooperate and take a leading role in achieving carbon neutrality worldwide; stresses, however, that in order for this approach to be effective, some members will need to raise their emission reduction commitmentshowever stresses that reintroducing new trade tariffs would have implications for trade and global economy at a time when we want to maximise the strength of the post-Covid recovery;
Amendment 243 #
2020/2117(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Supports the new, forward-looking transatlantic agenda based on common interests and, shared values and goals; urges the Commission and the US administration to cooperate closely in orderto find a solution to ongoing transatlantic trade disputes such as Boeing-Airbus conflict, digital taxes or tariffs on steel and aluminium, to cooperate in the framework of Transatlantic Trade and Technology Council and to work together on a new ambitious and comprehensive trade agreement; in order to increase market access to EU companies, to secure a level playing field and to agree on ambitious social and environmental standards and build on each other’s experience to enforce these more efficiently; calls for joint efforts to overcome the pandemic, speed up the economic recovery and facilitate trade in essential medical goods; reiterates that we should work together to achieve meaningful WTO reform and find common solutions to common problwith regard to the WTO’s dispute settlement systems;
Amendment 251 #
2020/2117(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Is aware of the importance of the EU’s multifaceted trade relationship with China which has become in 2020 the most important trading partner of the EU in trade of goods; firmly believes that EU- China trade relations require a more balanced and reciprocal approach; stresses that the ratification process of the EU-China Comprehensive Agreement on Investment making it beneficial for both sides; stresses that the EU-China Comprehensive Agreement on Investment (CAI) aims at increasing market access for investors and establishing rules that are to improve the level playing field for European companies in China; underlines that the ratification process of the CAI cannot be separated from the evolving dynamics of the wider EU-China relationship and can only begin once the EU has the requisite autonomous measures in place, including a ban on products made using forced labour, an upgraded trade defence toolbox and a working sanctions mechanism on human rights; demands that the Commission move forward with the Investment Agreement with Taiwan;
Amendment 267 #
2020/2117(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
Paragraph 27
27. Welcomes the TPR’s engagement towards Africa and the Eastern and Southern Neighbourhoods and looks forward to concrete steps to deepen the EU’s relations with these partners; emphasizes that far more focus shall be placed on the Asia Pacific region - the most important part of the world in terms of economic growths for the foreseeable future and calls for comprehensive and ambitious Indo-Pacific strategy; reiterates the importance of a strategic and sustainable partnership with Southeast Asia, India and Latin America;
Amendment 12 #
2020/2017(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Notes that the Commission has proposed to support public procurement in intelligent digital services, to encourage public authorities to rapidly deploy products and services that rely on AI in areas of public interest and the public sector; emphasises that in the education sector, this deployment should involve educators, learners and wider society and take their needs and the expected benefits into account in order to ensure that AI is used purposefully and ethically and delivers real improvements for those concerned, at an affordable cost to the taxpayer;
Amendment 29 #
2020/2017(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls on the Commission to includeexamine whether parts of the education sector should fall in the regulatory framework for high-risk AI applications, given the importance of ensuring that education continues to contribute to the public good and given the high sensitivity of data on pupils, students and other learners; underlinnotes that data sets used to train AI should be reviewed to avoid reinforcing gender stereotypes and othemay contain inherent biases and encourages efforts to mitigate those, while the output of AI applications should be reviewed to avoid unfair biases;
Amendment 55 #
2020/2017(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Expresses its concern that schools and other public education providers are becoming increasingly dependent on educational technology servmay face a reduced choices, including AI applications, provided by just a few technology companies; stresses that this may lead to unequal access to data and limit competition by restricting consumer choic; encourages public authorities to take an innovative approach towards public procurement, including through partnerships with other public authorities, so as to broaden the range of offers that are made to public education providers across Europe; calls for this data to be shared with the relevant public authorities so it can be used in the development of curricula and pedagogical practices (in particular since these services are purchased with public money or offered to public education providers for free, and because education is a common good);
Amendment 71 #
2020/2017(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Stresses the importance of putting in place a properdeveloping the framework for the public procurement of such services for the public sector, including for education providers, to ensure consumer choice and the respect of fundamental righto deepen the market by offering SMEs the opportunity to participate in the procurement of AI applications; stresses the need for public buyers to take into account specific criteria, such as non- discrimination and data privacy, and, specifically when purchasing services for public education providers, the involvement of educators and learners;
Amendment 83 #
2020/2017(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Underlines the unreliability of the current automated means of removing illegal content from online platforms on which audiovisual content is shared; calls for a ban on generalised moderation and automated content, which may lead to inadvertent removal of legitimate content; notes that unless such systems incorporate satisfactory methods of transparency and fully accessible systems of accountability, automated systems will failter to adequately protect users' rights;
Amendment 101 #
2020/2017(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls for recommendation algorithms and personalised marketing on audiovisual platforms, including video streaming platforms and news platforms, to be transparent, in order to give consumers insight into these processes and ensure that personalised services are not discriminatory; stresses the need to guarantee and properly implement the right of users to opt out from recommended and personalised services, in line with the adopted Platform to Business Regulation and the New Deal for Consumers Omnibus Directive.
Amendment 112 #
2020/2017(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Amendment 16 #
2020/2013(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Notes that in the COVID-19 health crisis, several Member States have launched the development of mobile apps to protect public health by alerting citizens to past contact with someone who has tested positive for the virus; calls for a common EU approach to AI-enabled mobile apps, including publication of the underlying source code and ensuring that the development of which mustsuch apps remain under state control;
Amendment 20 #
2020/2013(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Recalls that the principle of proportionality needs to be respected and that questions of causality and liability need to be clarified to determine the extent to which theif, or to what extent, a State as an actor in public international law, but also in exercising its own authority, can actually transfer thatinitial authority to systems based on AI, which have a certain autonomy;
Amendment 38 #
2020/2013(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Believes that Member States and the Commission should promote AI technologies that work for people; calls on the Member States, in close cooperation with the Commission, to develop AI applications aimed at automating and facilitating e-government services, for example in the area of tax administration or the notification and approval of cross- border business activities; underlines that explainable algorithms are important to ensure that businesses and consumers benefit from better, non- discriminatory and reliable public services at a lower cost.
Amendment 43 #
2020/2013(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Notes that public procurement programmes supporting joint procurement of defence products exclude the procurement of defence products which are prohibited by applicable international law; further notes that the Parliament’s position concerning the future European Defence Fund specifies this exclusion, as regards autonomous weapons systems, without prejudice to the possibility to procure early warning or countermeasure systems which are used for defensive purposes.
Amendment 6 #
2020/2007(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas the European Professional Card enhances safe professional mobility and creates a framework for a simpler, faster and more transparent recognition of the qualifications;
Amendment 17 #
2020/2007(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Highlights that, in the present health crisis, free movement of workers in the field of health services clearly demonstrates the benefits of the PQD;, especially given its digital elements and proven effectiveness in facilitating labour mobility1a; calls to further expand the list of professions that could be governed within the framework of the EPC to offer swift and less burdensome way of recognising qualifications for European workers; __________________ 1aKoumenta, M. and Pagliero, M., Measuring Prevalence and Labour Market Impacts of Occupational Regulation in the EU, 2016, p. 88.
Amendment 24 #
2020/2007(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Underlines, that uninterrupted mobility of health professionals and carers should be ensured where possible, in view of the COVID-19 pandemic as well as future demographic challenges;
Amendment 30 #
2020/2007(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Regrets that insufficient national implementation of existing legislation continues to seriously hamper the free mobility of workers within the EU to the detriment of workers and the European economy as a whole; urges the Members States to refrain from gold-plating the legislation in order to safeguard their markets from fair competition; points at lack of harmonised interpretation of EU law by the Member States such as the recently revised Posting of Workers Directive 2018/957/EU, which leads to lack of legal clarity and bureaucratic burdens for companies providing services in various Member States;
Amendment 35 #
2020/2007(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Regrets insufficient access to information with regards to mobility of services; underlines that information available on single official national websites is often provided in few languages only and limited in scope; underlines, that access to information on domestic collective agreements is especially difficult; calls on the relevant European and national authorities to take appropriate steps aimed at establishing a single template for single official national websites and to make them compatible with SDG to ease access to relevant information between different Members States;
Amendment 54 #
2020/2007(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Recalls that the Services Directive and the PQD builds on the principle of mutual recognition to facilitate free movement of services and recommends to extend this principle to the Services Directive; believes that the continuous updating of the Annex V of the PDQ, which lists all the qualifications that comply with the minimum requirements could further benefit professionals in Europe; calls on the Member States to extend mutual recognition to more levels of education and to improve or introduce the necessary procedures as soon as possible;
Amendment 63 #
2020/2007(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Encourages the Commission to fully enforce existing rules and to make quick decisions on complaints to ensure that relevant issues from an end-user perspective are promptly handled and efficiently settled; calls for alternative resolution mechanisms to be assessed and for infringement procedures to be applied swiftly and rigorously whenever breaches of relevant legislation are identified or disproportionate burdens introduced;
Amendment 67 #
2020/2007(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Notes that mobility of labour and services complexity increased in the recent years due to number of new European and national rules; calls on the Commission to regularly screen the Internal Market for administrative burdens and to lift them; asks the Commission and the Members States to devote additional resources to improve the functioning of the SOLVIT system as a way for a swift resolution of administrative problems in the Member States;
Amendment 76 #
2020/2007(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the Commission to improve tools such as the Points of Single Contact and the Single Digital Gateway and on the Member States to use such tools to provide workers, consumers and businesses with accurate and easily accessible information regarding their rights and obligations related to free movement within the single market.; recalls the need to accelerate the modernisation of the public administration so that it can process communication with citizens and businesses in a digital way;
Amendment 80 #
2020/2007(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Emphasises that due to the growing volume of labour and services’ mobility, digitalisation is a must; is of the opinion that the digital tools designed to facilitate mobility of labour and services as well as an exchange of the information between the different social security systems, such as digital A1Portable Document form, will improve workers’ protection, reduce administrative burdens and improve Member States cooperation;
Amendment 85 #
2020/2007(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Supports the Commission's Communication on "Long term action plan for better implementation and enforcement of Single Market rules" especially the proposals to: reinforce SOLVIT as a tool for Single Market dispute resolution, increase the Commission activity and support to the Member States as they transpose the EU law to ensure correct and harmonised interpretation across the Internal Market, create a Single Market obstacles tool under the Single Digital Gateway, allowing citizens and businesses to report anonymously on regulatory obstacles encountered by them while exercising their internal market rights; highlights further that the Commission should act decisively to mitigate discovered obstacles, as in the past identifying issues itself frequently led to little few achievements;
Amendment 86 #
2020/2007(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 c (new)
Paragraph 6 c (new)
6c. Calls on the Member States, to implement the updated Commission Guidelines concerning the exercise of the free movement of workers during COVID- 19 outbreak in order to allow workers, in particular transport, frontier, posted and seasonal workers, and service providers to cross borders and have access to their place of work, unless imposed restrictions are dully justified; calls on the Commission to actively collect and present in a comprehensive way all relevant information including sanitary obligations and restrictions present in various Member States;
Amendment 10 #
2020/0157M(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas the volume of timber traded between Honduras and the EU is currently modest and accounts for less than 2% of Honduras’ timber exports, with the US being the biggest trading partner and with increasing exports to neighbouring countries El Salvador and Nicaragua; whereas the VPA could open up more opportunities for Honduras to export to the EU and new markets;
Amendment 21 #
2020/0157M(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Recital J
Recital J
J. whereas the purpose and expected benefits of FLEGT VPAs go beyond the facilitation of trade in legal timber, as they are also designed to bring about systemic changes in forest governance, law enforcement, transparency andin the inclusion of various stakeholders in the political decision-making process, support for economic integration and respect for international sustainable development goals;
Amendment 33 #
2020/0157M(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Points out that sustainable, inclusive forest management and governance are crucial for the achievement of the sustainable development goals set out in the 2030 Agenda;
Amendment 37 #
2020/0157M(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Recognises that the full implementation of the VPA at national and regional level will be a long- term process which will require the adoption of a whole set of legislation and adequate administrative capacity and expertise for its implementation and enforcement; recalls that FLEGT licencsing can only begin once Honduras has demonstrated the readiness of its TLAS;
Amendment 38 #
2020/0157M(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Emphasises that Honduras has made substantial efforts to solve the problem of illegal logging, adopted a new forestry law that entered into force in 2007, and in 2010 also adopted a national strategy to monitor the illegal felling and transport of forest products; recognises the commitments the Honduran timber industry has made to eliminate illegal timber from supply chains and raise awareness of the issue; emphasises, however, that it is vital that attitudes in the industry change, and that there is strong enforcement;
Amendment 43 #
2020/0157M(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Calls for the EU to ensure that the VPA is consistent with all its policies, including in the fields of trade, development, agriculture and the environment;
Amendment 54 #
2020/0157M(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
Amendment 59 #
2020/0157M(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Calls on the Government of Honduras to strengthen vigilance and forest fire protection zones on privately-owned lands; calls for supply chain management to be rolled out in the animal husbandry, coffee and palm oil sectors, as this is essential to address the root causes of deforestation;
Amendment 62 #
2020/0157M(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13