29 Amendments of Helmut SCHOLZ related to 2012/2225(INI)
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 26 a (new)
Citation 26 a (new)
- having regard to the United Nations' Guiding principles on human rights impact assessments of trade and investment agreements
Amendment 22 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas trade and investment cannot in themselves have a decisive impact on growthsustainable development or on the structural weaknesses (shortfalls in human capital, governance and infrastructure, heavy reliance on exports of raw materials, poor export diversification, high trade costs, etc.) from which DCs suffer and which hamper their full access to world trade;
Amendment 33 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)
Recital H a (new)
H a. whereas the EU has committed itself to increase its total aid budget to 0.7 % of GNI by 2015;
Amendment 41 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Stresses the importance of decent wage levels and decent safety at work standards for a sustainable global trade system and new global production chains; reminds the Commission in this regard of its communication Promoting Decent Work for All;
Amendment 44 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Encourages the DCs to mainstream the objective of economic development intoIs aware that developing countries have established economic development as a cross cutting national policy goal, laid out in their respective policies, strategies and measures they initiate at national leinitiativels; Calls onasks the Commission to strengthen the capacity ofwork on increasing governments' capacity to incorporate sustainable development considerationsissues linked to sustainable and inclusive economic development into their national trade strategies and programmes;
Amendment 50 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Views as decisive investment aimed at creating, developing and, strengthening and maintenance of key port, transport, energy and telecommunications infrastructure, and in particular cross-border infrastructure;
Amendment 51 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. emphasizes the necessity to establish full transparency regarding payments made to governments by European enterprises; calls on the Commission to support sustainable industrialisation strategies in developing countries aimed at trading in value-added products rather than just raw materials;
Amendment 52 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4 b. Considers export taxes on non- processed raw materials a legitimate instrument of national industrialisation policy schemes;
Amendment 58 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 – point 1 – indent 1 a (new)
Paragraph 5 – point 1 – indent 1 a (new)
- put in place a system of positive incentives in the Sustainable Development Chapters of trade agreements, to encourage the import of agricultural products to the EU that comply with specified environmental, social and human rights standards, in particular by ensuring fair revenues for producers and living wages for agricultural workers as called for by the UN special rappporteur on the right to food;
Amendment 66 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 – point 1 – indent 4
Paragraph 5 – point 1 – indent 4
– gradual removal of export restrictions on processed goods and countering agricultural price speculation and volatility;
Amendment 70 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 – point 1 – indent 5
Paragraph 5 – point 1 – indent 5
– support for the introduction and marketing of social and environment- friendly goods and services, including eco- tourism that secure added value for producers, including those responding to sustainability (e.g. Fair Trade);
Amendment 72 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 – point 1 – indent 6 a (new)
Paragraph 5 – point 1 – indent 6 a (new)
- programmes on fair access of farmers to land, including land reforms where it is necessary;
Amendment 76 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 – point 2 – indent 1 a (new)
Paragraph 5 – point 2 – indent 1 a (new)
- sustainable and equitable working and trading relations are based on dialogue, transparency and respect;
Amendment 81 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 – point 2 – indent 3
Paragraph 5 – point 2 – indent 3
– gradual removal of trade restrictions, while allowing for the protection of infant industries by respective safeguarding measures;
Amendment 83 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 – point 2 – indent 4 a (new)
Paragraph 5 – point 2 – indent 4 a (new)
- protection of intellectual property rights
Amendment 85 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 – point 2 – indent 4 a (new)
Paragraph 5 – point 2 – indent 4 a (new)
- for the private sector to function as a driving force in development and in order to realise this potential, the process needs to serve local communities and generate via the principle of inclusive fair supply chains, empowerment for all actors involved, from the producer/worker to the consumers;
Amendment 86 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 – point 2 – indent 4 b (new)
Paragraph 5 – point 2 – indent 4 b (new)
- based on decent work, meaning respect for international rights, the extension of social protection systems and creation of free and productive employment is at its heart and goes hand in hand with education and training;
Amendment 88 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 – point 3 – indent 1
Paragraph 5 – point 3 – indent 1
– strengthening the legal certainty, transparency and legality of private investments, and in particular of FDI;
Amendment 89 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 – point 3 – indent 2
Paragraph 5 – point 3 – indent 2
Amendment 94 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 – point 3 – indent 3 a (new)
Paragraph 5 – point 3 – indent 3 a (new)
- the development of efficient public services;
Amendment 97 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 – point 4 – indent 1
Paragraph 5 – point 4 – indent 1
– helping national governments to decide their national trade policies and strategies with an adequate level of transparency and participation;
Amendment 98 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 – point 4 – indent 2
Paragraph 5 – point 4 – indent 2
– support for the reform of tax and customs administrations, fight against tax evasion, tax elusion and money laundering, and for measures aimed at limire-integrating the informal sector's share of the into the regulated economy;
Amendment 107 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Supports the Commission proposal concerning the differentiation of EU aid for trade and the focusing of efforts on those countries in most need of this, and particularly the less developed countries (LDCs) and low-income countries; calls on the Commission, nevertheless, not to take revenue (gross national product) as its sole criterion, but also to take into account a country's general level of development and its needs, capacities and internal development inequalities; urges the Commission to take into account the principles of the Enhanced Integrated Framework (EIF) for the LDCs;
Amendment 108 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Calls on the Commission to finance aid for trade measures only in countries that have transposed at least the ILO core labour standards into their national legislation, and fight effectively against the exploitation of child labour;
Amendment 110 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7 a. Supports the package to promote trade for small operators in developing countries announced in the Commission communication; Calls on the Commission to make progress on developing this package and calls on all donors to allocate sufficient funds to implement this package specifically to support the participation of small business in trade schemes that secure added value for producers, including those responding to sustainability (e.g. Fair Trade); requests regular updates on its implementation.
Amendment 113 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. WelcomNotes the work done by the international institutions (WTO, UNCTAD, UNIDO, OECD, World Bank and multilateral development banks, and the G20) in the field of aid for trade; believes that a system should be established for international, national and local cooperation between donors aund that the WTO should play a leading role in doing thiser the leadership of UNCTAD;
Amendment 127 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
Amendment 132 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17 a. Urges calls on the European Commission to implement the guidance prepared by the UN rapporteur on the right to food which calls on the use of Human Rights Impact assessments: 'Guiding Principles on Human Rights Impact Assessments of Trade and Investment Agreements' when concluding trade and investment agreements, to ensure these are consistent with obligations under international human rights instruments;
Amendment 137 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18 a. Urges the EU, other aid donors, partner country authorities and local and international private actors in developing countries to explore possible areas of cooperation for sustainable development in order to maximise the development output of business activities and to include civil society organisations at all levels of discussions;