11 Amendments of Charles GOERENS related to 2010/0059(COD)
Amendment 19 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2
Recital 2
(2) The EU supports the African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) Group of States on their path to poverty reduction and to sustainable economic and social development, and recognises the importance of their commodity sectors. The EU also acknowledges that efforts are required to effectively improve the standard of living of the people concerned and to improve compliance with labour and safety standards. The EU further acknowledges the need to ensure that assistance is allocated in a way that does not distort competition on the market, but nevertheless supports farmers, who are at the beginning of the production chain and yet only receive a very small percentage of the final price paid by European consumers purchasing bananas grown in the ACP countries.
Amendment 23 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4
Recital 4
(4) The financial assistance measures to be adopted under this programme should aim at improving the living standards and living conditions of people in banana growing areas and banana value chains, as well as complying with labour and occupational health and safety standards by supporting the adaptation and/or restructuring of areas dependent upon banana exports through sector-specific budget support or project-specific interventions. The measures should aim to provide for social resilience policies, economic diversification or investment to improve competitiveness, where this is a viable strategy, taking into account the results of and experiences gained through the Special System of Assistance to traditional ACP suppliers of bananas7 and the Special Framework of Assistance to traditional ACP suppliers of bananas8.
Amendment 24 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4
Recital 4
(4) The financial assistance measures to be adopted under this programme should aim at supporting the adaptation and/or restructuring of areas dependent upon banana exports through sector-specific budget support or project-specific interventions. The measures should aim to provide for social resilience policies, economic diversification, income support for growers or investment to improve competitiveness, where this is a viable strategy, taking into account the results of and experiences gained through the Special System of Assistance to traditional ACP suppliers of bananas7 and the Special Framework of Assistance to traditional ACP suppliers of bananas8.
Amendment 26 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) The programme should accompany the adaptation process in ACP countries which have exported significant volumes of bananas to the EC in recent years and which will be affected by liberalisation in the framework of the WTO9 and by the bilateral and regional agreements concluded, or in the process of being concluded, between the EU and Latin American countries, which are the leading exporters of bananas. The programme builds on the Special Framework of Assistance (SFA) for traditional ACP suppliers of bananas. It is in conformity with the EU’s international obligations in the framework of the WTO and has a clear, focuses on restructuring and henceboosting competitiveness, and is consequently temporary in nature, with a maximum duration of four years (2010-2013), . Depending on the situation of ACP banana exporters at the end of the current programme, another programme may be launched in 2013 to continue addressing the impact of further cuts in customs duties, Or.fr Justification
Amendment 27 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5 a (new)
Recital 5 a (new)
Amendment 30 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – point -1 (new)
Article 1 – point -1 (new)
Regulation (EC) No 1905/2006
Recital 27
Recital 27
(-1) Recital 27 of Regulation (EC) No 1905/2006 is replaced by the following: "(27) The Commission should be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 290 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union in respect of Geographic Strategy Papers, Multi-annual Indicative Programmes and Strategy Papers for thematic programmes and the accompanying measures, as they supplement Regulation (EC) No 1905/2006 and are of general application. It is of particular importance that the Commission carry out appropriate consultations during its preparatory work, including at expert level."
Amendment 34 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – point 2
Article 1 – point 2
Regulation (EC) No 1905/2006
Article 17a – paragraph 2
Article 17a – paragraph 2
2. Within the amount referred to in Annex IV, the Commission shall fix the maximum amount available to each eligible ACP banana-supplying country for financing the actions referred to in paragraph 1 on the basis of a set of objective indicators. The indicators shall includeaccording to the needs of each country, placing particular emphasis on ‘Most Favoured Nation’ (MFN) status within the WTO, and on the basis of the following objective, weighted indicators: firstly, trade in bananas with the EU; secondly, the importance of banana exports to the economy in the ACP country concerned;, andlong with the country’s level of development. The measurement of the allocation criteria shall be based on data from years preceding 2009representative data preceding 2010 and covering a period not longer than five years.
Amendment 36 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – point 3
Article 1 – point 3
Regulation (EC) No 1905/2006
Article 17a – paragraph 3
Article 17a – paragraph 3
3. The Commission shall adopt multi- annual support strategies by analogy to Article 19, and in accordance with Article 21. It shall ensure that such strategies complement the geographic strategy papers of the countries concerned, and the temporary nature of these banana accompanying measures. The multi-annual support strategies may be reviewed ad hoc, if necessary, but shall not be submitted to a mid-term review. for banana accompanying measures shall include: a) an environmental profile of the country with regard to the banana industry; b) a set of specifications stating when the banana accompanying measures were first implemented and the terms of reference for their review; c) indicators to assess progress in relation to disbursement conditions, when budget support will be chosen as the form of financing; d) the expected results of the assistance; e) a time schedule of support activities and of expected disbursements for each recipient country; f) the ways in which progress will be achieved and monitored in meeting internationally-agreed ILO core labour standards and appropriate occupational safety and health conventions; g) the support strategies shall be subject to an independent ex ante review and, if necessary, an ad hoc review.’
Amendment 38 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – point 3 a (new)
Article 1 – point 3 a (new)
Regulation (EC) No 1905/2006
Article 25 – paragraph 2
Article 25 – paragraph 2
(3a) Article 25(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1905/2006 is replaced by the following: "2. Union assistance shall not in principle be used for paying taxes, duties or charges in beneficiary countries."
Amendment 39 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – point 5 a (new)
Article 1 – point 5 a (new)
Regulation (EC) No 1905/2006
Article 35
Article 35
(5a) Article 35 of Regulation (EC) No 1905/2006 is replaced by the following: "Article 35 Exercise of the delegation 1. The power to adopt the delegated acts referred to in Article 17(2), 17a and 21 shall be conferred on the Commission for the period of application of this Regulation. 2. As soon as it adopts a delegated act, the Commission shall notify it simultaneously to the European Parliament and to the Council. 3. The power to adopt delegated acts is conferred on the Commission subject to the conditions laid down in Articles 35a and 35b."
Amendment 40 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – point 5 b (new)
Article 1 – point 5 b (new)
Regulation (EC) No 1905/2006
Article 35 a (new)
Article 35 a (new)
(5b) The following Article is inserted: "Article 35a Revocation of the delegation 1. The delegation of power referred to in Article 17(2), 17a, and 21 may be revoked at any time by the European Parliament or by the Council. 2. The institution which has commenced an internal procedure for deciding whether to revoke the delegation of power shall endeavour to inform the other institution and the Commission within a reasonable time before the final decision is taken, indicating the delegated power which could be subject to revocation and possible reasons for a revocation. 3. The decision of revocation shall put an end to the delegation of the power specified in that decision. It shall take effect immediately or at a later date specified therein. It shall not affect the validity of the delegated acts already in force. It shall be published in the Official Journal of the European Union."