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13 Amendments of Catharina RINZEMA related to 2022/0051(COD)

Amendment 115 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point a
(a) on obligations for companies regarding actual and potential human rights adverse impacts and environmental adverse impacts, with respect to their own operations, the operations of their subsidiaries, and the valuesupply chain operations carried out outside of the EU and by entities with whom the company has an established direct business relationship and
2022/11/18
Committee: INTA
Amendment 128 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
The nature of direct business relationships as ‘established’ shall be reassessed periodically, and at least every 12 months.
2022/11/18
Committee: INTA
Amendment 210 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point f
(f) ‘established business relationship’ means a direct business relationship, whether direct or indirect, which is, or which is expected to be lasting, in view of its intensity or duration and which does not represent a negligible or merely ancillary part of the valuesupply chain;
2022/11/18
Committee: INTA
Amendment 234 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point q
(q) ‘appropriate measure’ means a measure that is capable of achieving the objectives of due diligence, commensurate with the degree of severity and the likelihood of the adverse impact, and reasonably available to the company, taking into account the circumstances of the specific case, including characteristics of the economic sector and of the specific direct business relationship and the company’s influence thereof, and the need to ensure prioritisation of action.
2022/11/18
Committee: INTA
Amendment 296 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall ensure that companies provide the possibility for persons and organisations listed in paragraph 2 to submit complaints to them where they have legitimate concerns regarding actual or potential adverse human rights impacts and adverse environmental impacts with respect to their own operations, the operations of their subsidiaries and their value chainssupply chains outside of the Union. The complaint must be factually justified and reasonably documented.
2022/11/18
Committee: INTA
Amendment 313 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) persons who are directly affected or have reasonable and justifiable grounds to believe that they mightwill be affected by an adverse impact,
2022/11/18
Committee: INTA
Amendment 319 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) trade unions and, other workers’ representatives or civil society organisations representing individuals working in the valueor affected by the supply chain concerned,
2022/11/18
Committee: INTA
Amendment 324 #
(c) civil society organisations active in the areas related to the value chain concerndeleted.
2022/11/18
Committee: INTA
Amendment 344 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 13 – paragraph 1
In order to provide support to companies or to Member State authorities on how companies should fulfil their due diligence obligations, the Commission, in consultation with Member States and stakeholders, the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights, the European Environment Agency, and where appropriate with international bodies having expertise in due diligence, mayshall issue specific and timely guidelines, including for specific sectors or specific adverse impacts. In particular, those guidelines shall facilitate the compliance of all companies with the obligations laid down in this Directive, taking into account the need to simplify the administrative burden for smaller companies, to ensure a level playing field within the Union and to ensure a consistent implementation of this Directive.
2022/11/18
Committee: INTA
Amendment 410 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 29 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
No later than … [OP please insert the date = 73 years after the date of entry into force of this Directive], the Commission shall submit a report to the European Parliament and to the Council on the implementation of this Directive. The report shall evaluate the effectiveness of this Directive in reaching its objectives and assess the following issues:
2022/11/18
Committee: INTA
Amendment 414 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 29 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) whether the thresholds regarding the number of employees and net turnover laid down in Article 2(1) need to be lowerchanged;
2022/11/18
Committee: INTA
Amendment 428 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 29 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 (new)
e) the impact on SMEs
2022/11/18
Committee: INTA
Amendment 431 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 29 – paragraph 1 a (new)
f) the availability and effectiveness of supporting tools
2022/11/18
Committee: INTA