7 Amendments of Francisco ASSIS related to 2008/0000(INI)
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas raw materials and commodities should be understood as agricultural food products, agricultural primary commodities, metals, minerals and energy productsll products which serve as input in the industrial process,
Amendment 18 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
Ea. whereas the European Union is highly dependent on imports of raw materials such as minerals and chemicals,
Amendment 59 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Encourages the Commission and EU companies to promote and invest in the transfer of environmental friendly technologies;
Amendment 62 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Emphasises that the European Union must phase out export refunds and harmful tariff escalation, as well as supportSupports developing countries in identifying and implementing rules regarding special products and effective safeguard mechanisms for the sustainability of their markets and production;
Amendment 67 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Calls on the Commission to incorporate social clauses on decent work in all bilateral and multilateral trade agreements;
Amendment 69 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Calls on the Commission, once the ILO conventions have been ratified, to evaluate their effective implementation and report to the European Parliament on this issue on a regular basis;
Amendment 86 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Urges the Commission to step up its efforts to obtain an international agreement on conflict resources whose primary objective would be to forbid all trade in resources fuelling or resulting from armed conflicts, insists in the meantime on the development of a regulation prohibiting the trading and marketing of conflict resources in the European Union and urges allsupports developing countries involved promoting the diamond trade to subscribe fully to the Kimberley certification scheme for international trade in rough diamondstransparent and equitable management of natural resources through initiatives such as the Kimberley certification scheme for international trade in rough diamonds, the Forest Law enforcement Governance and Trade (FLEGT) and the Extractive Industry Transparency Initiative (EITI);