4 Amendments of Åsa WESTLUND related to 2011/2056(INI)
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Recalls that the Raw Materials Initiative (RMI) has been criticized by developing countries and NGOs for undermining the development objectives of poor countries and for not complying with EU's commitments on policy coherence for development; recalls the obligations regarding policy coherence for development enshrined in Article 208 of the TFEU; asks the Commission to set up an inter- departmental working group to devise a more detailed strategy on raw materials that respects those obligations and that proposes a policy mix tailored to each of the most critical raw materials;
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Insists that the European Parliament be regularly informed on the development of the RMI and the fulfilment of its objectives via an annual progress report; asks for this report also to include an assessment of the RMI from the point of view of the EU's commitment on policy coherence for development;
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Underlines the importance for the European raw materials policy to take the sustainable economic growth in the developing countries and their specific social standards fully into account (as enshrined in Article 208 TFEU) and ensure coherence between development policy and the RMI; therefore believes that the EU also should support developing countries in diversifying their economies, reducing their dependence on raw materials exports and increasing the value of their products through domestic manufacturing and processing;
Amendment 78 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Stresses the role of corporate social responsibility and adherence to the highest international environmental and sociallabour standards and the application of BAT; stresses furthermore the great responsibility borne by businesses in extraction to ensure that the health of nearby residents is not adversely affected by extraction; calls on the EC to follow the spirit of the US Dodd-Frank Bill on conflict minerals and urges the EC to present a legislative proposal; supports the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI);