6 Amendments of Christofer FJELLNER related to 2018/2003(INI)
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Acknowledges the important work conducted under The United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) and the UN Food and Agriculture Organization ( FAO) with regards to global sustainable forest management which plays a key role for sustainable trade in the same;
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Emphasises the need to further improve implementation and enforcement of the EU timber regulation to best preserve sustainable trade in imported and domestically produced timber and timber products;
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Notes that the EU has regulated the supply chains of timber, fish and conflict minerals, but not yet of forest-risk agricultural commodities; urges the Commission to develop a legal framework to enforce due diligence obligations in the supply chain of these commodities;
Amendment 34 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Urges the EU to always include enforceable provisions in its TSD chapters to halt illegal logging and forest degradacommitments to effectively implement in law and practices relevant conventions, including through the possible use of sanctions; calls on the Commission to add such provisions to already concluded FTAs through the revision clauseter alia, the Convention on Biological Diversity and the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES);
Amendment 48 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the Commission to use the GSP to improve the protection of forests in partner countries, including by setting up a complaint mechanism allowing interested parties to submit complaintrelevant cooperation with civil society partners;
Amendment 56 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls for the EU to consider work towards a transparent, and functioning and mandatory ‘social and environmental traceability’ labelling system for the production chain of timber and forest-risk agricultural commodities, at global level in compliance with WTO provisions, and to promote similar action at international level;