20 Amendments of Daniel CASPARY related to 2015/2038(INI)
Amendment 17 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas EU trade policies could contribute positively to the harmonisation process in the direction of implementation and development of human rights (HR), social and environmental sustainability; whereas it must be ensured that trade and investment agreements not reduce their ability to meet their HR obligations, which must prevail over investors and profits interests; whereas there is public concern about the detrimental impact on the concrete enjoyment of HR and labour standards of non-tariff barrier reduction; whereas the new generation of trade agreements risksmust and will not acting as a back-door deregulation instrument;
Amendment 31 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas women’s rights are a constitutive part of HR; whereas trade agreements and liberalisation affect women and men differently owing to structural gender inequalities, and whereas sustainable and inclusive development, growth and trade agreements must include HR, including from a gender perspective;
Amendment 39 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas a regulatory framework on the way corporations comply with HR obligations with respect to social and environmental standards is still lacknot existing;
Amendment 68 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to incorporate a gender- sensitivejob creating approach into all their policies, as well as into EU trade strategy, guaranteeing inter alia effective compliance with the Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW); calls on the Commission to draw up an in-depth, binding impact assessment of the EU trade strategy from the perspective of women, HR and genderinvest more resources in closing on-going FTA negotiations;
Amendment 82 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Welcomes the Commission and Council’s efforts to insert legally binding HR clauses into all the free trade agreements (FTAs) in accordance with the common approach; regrets that HR clauses are not included in treaties such as those with Korea and Canada (CETA) or in the TTIP and Vietnam negotiations;
Amendment 97 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 – introductory part
Paragraph 5 – introductory part
5. Remains concerned about the too limited effects of traditional HR clauses in ensuring that the EU fulfils its HR obligations and commitments; calls on the Commission and the Council to comprehensively rethink the protection and guarantees offered to HR in FTAs and IPAs and to propose a new model for a set of binding HR clauses, in particular through:;
Amendment 99 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 – point a
Paragraph 5 – point a
Amendment 100 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 – point b
Paragraph 5 – point b
Amendment 104 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 – point c
Paragraph 5 – point c
Amendment 107 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 – point d
Paragraph 5 – point d
Amendment 115 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 – introductory part
Paragraph 6 – introductory part
6. Firmly demands that all future EU trade agreements have sustainable chapters (TSD) with:;
Amendment 117 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 – point a
Paragraph 6 – point a
Amendment 124 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 – point b
Paragraph 6 – point b
Amendment 128 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 – point c
Paragraph 6 – point c
Amendment 137 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Regrets the lack ofWelcomes the involvement of the EP in assessing the compliance of FTAs with HR obligations, and calls on the Council to consult Parliament on any decisions to revise or even suspend the application of an agreement if this is necessary;
Amendment 147 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. RegretsTakes note of the Commission decision to finalise the agreement with Vietnam before the conclusion of the human rights impact assessment (HRIA);
Amendment 150 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Firmly demandProposes that HRIAs and sustainability impact assessments (SIAs) become binding and begin at an early stage in order to inform negotiating positions even before they are formulated;
Amendment 180 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Urges the EU not to reconsider its intellectual property rights (IPRs) policy with a view to a less stringent interpretation of property rights and a clear recognition of governments’ power to apply additional requirements in drawing up domestic legislation and to adopt and use intellectual property flexibilities in order to realise HR;
Amendment 204 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
Amendment 214 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Calls on the EU and the Member States to promote binding measures to ensure that companies pay taxes where economic activities take place and value is created, and to promote compulsory country-by- country reporting by the private sector;