Activities of Heidi HAUTALA related to 2023/2031(INI)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on the role of EU development policy in transforming extractive industries for sustainable development in developing countries
Legal basis opinions (0)
Amendments (6)
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas extractive industries are the basis of added value, and whereas they are capital and labour intensivecapital and labour intensive and have significant impact on the environment and local and indigenous populations;
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas, in the context of fragmented globalisation, the fight for access to mining resources is intensifying, and whereas, in order to maintain its competitiveness, the European Union must guarantee such access for its undertakings while ensuring strigent environmental, governance, social and human rights stasndards;
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Calls for the creation of a sustainable and circular mining model, exercising due diligence right across the supply chain and organising, ensuring fair trading practices with artisanal and small-scale miners and working conditions in accordance with the highest standards of health, safety and remuneration;
Amendment 34 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Considers that this model should provide for a balanced and transparent sharing among all stakeholders of the sector’s added value, such as enshrined in the global Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI), while ensuring predictability and continuity of access for European extractive companies to mineral reserves in third countries;
Amendment 40 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Considers that this model must take account of the needs of local populations, ensure compliance with all ILO conventions and reduce its direct and indirect impact on the environment in the area of exploitation and ensure free, prior and informed consent to local and indigenous populations before major extractive projects happen in their land, as laid down in the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples;
Amendment 55 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Considers that a sustainable and circular mining model should uphold the policy space of developing countries to take measures that may increase domestic resource mobilisation, such as export duties and legitimate export restrictions, when not applied in a discriminatory manner and allowed by WTO law;