Activities of Heidi HAUTALA related to 2021/0297(COD)
Reports (1)
REPORT on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on applying a generalised scheme of tariff preferences and repealing Regulation (EU) No 978/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council
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Amendments (2)
Amendment 284 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 3
Article 15 – paragraph 3
3. Where, either on the basis of the conclusions ofand of the GSP+ beneficiary country’s follow up to recommendations and priority actions as provided by the report referred to in Article 14 or on the basis of the evidence available, including evidence submitted through a complaint, the Commission has a reasonable doubt that a particular GSP+ beneficiary country does not respect its binding undertakings as referred to in Article 9, points (d), (e) and (f), including with regard to the implementation of its plan of action, or has formulated a reservation which is prohibited by any of the relevant conventions or which is incompatible with the object and purpose of that convention as established in Article 9, point (c), it shall, in accordance with the advisory procedure referred to in Article 39(2), adopt an implementing act to initiate the procedure for the temporary withdrawal of the tariff preferences provided under the special incentive arrangement for sustainable development and good governance. The Commission shall inform the European Parliament and the Council thereof. In its assessment of whether the GSP+ beneficiary country does not respect its binding undertakings referred to in Article 9 point (d), the Commission will in particular take into account whether the relevant monitoring bodies, treaty and supervisory mechanisms have signalled a potentially serious failure to effectively implement the relevant conventions, based on indicators such as: - the establishment of commissions of inquiry, fact-finding missions, country special rapporteurs, or other monitoring mechanisms by the UN Human Rights Council or General Assembly or the ILO Governing Body; - findings by the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, UN Special Procedures or other UN independent human rights experts; - relevant procedures in the framework of the ILO Committee of Application of Standards, such as the introduction of a special paragraph; - rulings and opinions by international human rights courts; - reports by prominent local and international human rights groups; - relevant indicators for the effective implementation of Multilateral Environmental and good governance Conventions.
Amendment 325 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 19 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. For the purpose of applying paragraph 1 point (a), the Commission will in particular take into account whether the relevant monitoring bodies, treaty and supervisory mechanisms have signalled potentially serious and systematic violations of the principles of the relevant conventions, based on such indicators as: - the establishment of commissions of inquiry, fact-finding missions, country special rapporteurs, or other monitoring mechanisms by the UN Human Rights Council or General Assembly or the ILO Governing Body; - findings by the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, UN Special Procedures or other UN independent human rights experts; - relevant procedures in the framework of the ILO Committee of Application of Standards, such as the introduction of a special paragraph; - rulings and opinions by international human rights courts; - reports by prominent local and international human rights groups; - relevant indicators for the effective implementation of Multilateral Environmental and good governance Conventions.