7 Amendments of Vural ÖGER related to 2008/2031(INI)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Considers that human rights must bare an essential aspect of the negotiating mandate for trade agreements conferred upon the Commission by the Council and that Parliament must always have a hand in defining that mandate;
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Believes that it is of the utmost importance to include the binding core labour rights of the International Labour Organization (ILO ) in any future Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between the EU and third countries; furthermore considers labour rights to be an essential part of any agreement and therefore takes the view that this requires the chapter on labour rights to be subject to the standard dispute settlement mechanism;
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Takes the view that the EU’s trade sanctions must be more targeted at the financial interests of individuals oractors - of the private and/or state companies - responsible for infringements of human rights and, democracy and the rule of law, without penalising the population, in particular its poorer segments; in this sense, calls on the Commission to devise mechanisms that evaluate whether sanctions target the entities that are responsible for human rights abuses; believes that compensation measures protecting the civil society from negative consequences are desirable;
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Does not accept the policy of double standards concerning the imposition of sanctions and believes that sanctions should be imposed regardless of whether or not the infringement is to the detriment of Community citizens and/or EU trade interestsEU trade interests and/or of actors in the EU who are responsible;
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Considers that trade sanctions shouldcan be backed up by tools such as flight bans, restrictions on financial transactions, diplomatic warnings, suspension of cooperation, boycotting of events, etc. and other sanctions of symbolic value;
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. StressesWelcomes the fact that the EU’s generalised system of tariff preference schemes (GSP) provides both for additional tariff preferences for those countries which have ratified and implemented a range of conventions on human and labour rights, environmental protection and good governance, and; stresses equally that the GSP provides for the withdrawal of those preferences for countries which do not implement those conventions;
Amendment 28 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Asks the Commission to evaluate whether sanctions target those who are responsible and whether chosen time- frames are adequate;