4 Amendments of Florent MARCELLESI related to 2018/0356M(NLE)
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. UrgDeplores the EU and Vietnam to use the provisions of the Free Trade Agreement (refusal of the European Commission to carry out a prior human rights impact assessment of the EU-Vietnam Free Trade agreement, in spite of serious concerns regarding the protection of human rights in Vietnam, especially in relation to freedom of expression, association and the right to organise and collective bargaining for trade unions; urges the EU and Vietnam to use the provisions in the FTA) to, inter alia, help to contribute to the strengthening of human rights in Vietnam; reiterates the importance of athe well- developed bilateral EU- and Vietnam Human Rights Dialogue; recalls the EUnion’s commitment, under its Strategic Framework and Action Plan on Human Rights and Democracy, to systematically include human rights in its impact assessments, as and when they are carried out, including for trade agreements that have a significant economic, social and environmental impacts;
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Underlines the importance ofDeplores the fact that the chapter on sustainable development is explicitly excluded from the mechanism for sanctions and resolution of disputes between States, which guarantees binding rights for transnational firms via the ICS arbitration mechanism, whereas the social and environmental standards are not binding due to the absence of a mechanism for sanction if these standards are not complied with; underlines the importance of mandatory and enforceable provisions in the chapter on trade and sustainable development into contributinge effectively to the strengthening of labour rights and environmental standards, including corporate responsibility and fair and ethical trade; notes, in this regard, that the ratification and implementation of core International Labour Organisation (ILO) conventionsLO conventions, notably Convention 98 on the Right to Organise and Collective Bargaining, Convention 105 on the Abolition of Forced Labour and Convention 87 on the Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organise, is key to ensuring that the FTA does not contribute to a race to the bottom; urges the Vietnamese Ggovernment to commit to a speedy reform of its labour code including the ratification and implementation of the outstanding core ILO cConventions and establiswith a clear timetable for its progress, prior to the European Parliament’s ratification of the FTA;
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Recalls its concern at the increasingly restrictive approach of the Vietnamese authorities with regard to the freedom of expression and other freedoms; recalls the close linksage between the FTA and the Partnership and Cooperation Agreement (PCA)PCA and urges the Commission to use all available tools in the aAgreements, including suspension when needed, to protect and promote fundamental freedoms; more broadly, calls on Vietnam to sign and ratify all relevant human right treaties of the United Nations and the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court;
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Recalls the importance to adapt trade policies to support national efforts to combat climate change in order to comply with the Paris Agreement; stresses in this context to the need to make EU- Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA) consistent with EU-FLEGT agreement with Vietnam, notably by including in its trade and sustainable development (TSD) chapters binding and enforceable provisions to halt illegal logging, deforestation, forest degradation and land grabbing; stresses the importance of effective monitoring of these provisions and sanctions mechanisms that allow individuals and communities, outside or within the EU, to seek redress; in particular, underlines that this mechanism must give special consideration to the rights of indigenous peoples, forest-dependent communities, and the rights granted under ILO Convention C169 on Indigenous and Tribal Peoples where applicable;