5 Amendments of Florent MARCELLESI related to 2018/0272M(NLE)
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Underlines that halting the import of illegal timber from neighbouring countries is a major challenge and an absolute necessity for successful continuation of the process; to this end, calls on Vietnam to adopt an import legislation that provides mandatory due diligence obligations (covering i.e. risk assessment and mitigation) and which prohibits to place illegal timber on the market;
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Draws attention to the crucial importance of full stakeholder involvement and of the major role that civil society must be able to play; encourages the Vietnamese Government to adopt a time bound Action Plan for VPA implementation, which further develop the working methods in relation to transparency, notably by ensuring the effective implementation of guidelines on public disclosure of information and the timely sharing of documents;
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Stresses the need to end impunity in the forest sector by ensuring that infractions are prosecuted; calls on the Vietnamese Government to ensure the full implementation of provisions on whistle blowers of the VPA to contribute to this objective;
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Commission to continue its FLEGT-related support to Vietnam and to ensure the integrity of the FLEGT process, in particular through the stamping out of illegal timber and the full involvement of civil society both in the preparation of measures and monitoring of resultsimplementation and operationalisation of the Vietnamese Timber Legality Assurance System (TLAS) decree and the delivery of FLEGT licence;
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Emphasises that radical improvement in the enforcement of the EU Timber Regulation is important for the success of the entire FLEGT inithe success of the entire FLEGT initiative depends i.a. on tackling fraud and corruption which can be found at all stages of the timber trade, from the harvesting of timber, its transportation, processing, manufacturing, exporting, importing and selling; to this effect, calls on the EU to strengthen the scope and enforcement of the EU Timber Regulation to tackle corruption risks in the EU’s timber supply chain, including through more regular and systematic controls and investigative.ons in EU harbours ;