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9 Amendments of Jan ZAHRADIL related to 2018/0095M(NLE)

Amendment 12 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
I. whereas it is arguable whether developed economies with properly functioning judiciary systems should need to avail themselves of investor-state dispute settlement mechanisms;deleted
2018/11/13
Committee: INTA
Amendment 27 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the EU’s new approach to investment protection and its enforcement mechanism (ICS), which has replaced the highly controversial investor- to-state dispute settlement (ISDS);
2018/11/13
Committee: INTA
Amendment 33 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
2. Notes that the agreement will ensure a high level of investment protection while safeguarding the Parties’ right to regulate and pursue legitimate public policy objectives, such as public health and environmental protection; it will ensure transparency and accountability;
2018/11/13
Committee: INTA
Amendment 44 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
5. Welcomes the transparency rules applying to proceedings before the tribunals, whichcase documents will be publically available and hearings will be held in public; believes that increased transparency will help to instil public trust in the system;
2018/11/13
Committee: INTA
Amendment 50 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Underlines that forum shopping will not be possible and that multiple and parallel proceedings will be avoided;
2018/11/13
Committee: INTA
Amendment 57 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
8. Welcomes Singapore’s commitment to the multilateral investment court, a public international court which should be empowered to hear disputes on investments between investors and states that will have accepted its jurisdiction over their bilateral investment treaties, and whose ultimate goal is to overcome the current, unbalanced and fragmented investment protection regime; considers the agreement a crucial stepping stone towards that end;
2018/11/13
Committee: INTA
Amendment 73 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
10. Highlights that the agreement will replace the existing bilateral investment treaties between 13 EU Member States and Singapore, which are based on outdated investment protection provisions and include the controversial ISDS; considers that this constitutes an important step in reforming global rules on investment dispute settlement and, it is hoped, will progressively lead to the removal of ISDS from bilateral investment treaties;
2018/11/13
Committee: INTA
Amendment 76 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
11. Regrets the lack of provisions on investors’ obligations, including binding corporate social responsibility standards; calls on the Commission to propose legislation laying down mandatory due diligence standards in sectors other than conflict minerals and timber, such as the garment industry;deleted
2018/11/13
Committee: INTA
Amendment 83 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
12. Warmly welcomes the work initiated in the UN by the open-ended intergovernmental working group on transnational corporations and other business enterprises with respect to human rights on the establishment of a binding UN instrument; calls on the Commission and the EU Member States to engage constructively in the negotiations;deleted
2018/11/13
Committee: INTA