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6 Amendments of Santiago FISAS AYXELÀ related to 2010/2205(INI)

Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Encourages the Parties of FTAs to continue recognising the full and productive employment and decent work for all as a key element of sustainable development for all countries and as priority objective of international cooperation, and to promote the development of international trade in a way that is conducive to full and productive employment and decent work for all under the 2006 Ministerial Declaration of the UN Economic and Social Council on Full Employment and Decent Work.
2011/03/14
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2 b. Calls on FTAs Parties to commit themselves, in accordance with the obligations deriving from membership of the ILO and the ILO Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work and its Follow-up, adopted by the International Labour Conference at its 86th Session in 1998, to respecting, promoting and realising, in their laws and practices, the principles concerning the fundamental rights, namely: (a) freedom of association and the effective recognition of the right to collective bargaining; (b) the elimination of all forms of forced or compulsory labour; (c) the effective abolition of child labour; and (d) the elimination of discrimination in respect of employment and occupation.
2011/03/14
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Welcomes the ILO`s supervisory system on international labour standards that is unique at the international level and that helps to ensure that countries implement the conventions they ratify; stresses the necessity that in case of a problem ILO should assist countries through social dialogue and technical assistance
2011/03/14
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. Insists that trade negotiations pursued within the WTO must not jeopardise social development; reasserts that the ILO should be allowed to submit expert reports to the WTO during trade disputes, and that there should be an appeal route to the ILO where a decision by the WTO's Dispute Settlement Body questions the findings of an ILO decision;
2011/03/14
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 33 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
6. Notes that the heterogeneity of the concept of CSR raises the issue of comparability; urges the EU to take concrete action in international fora to move CSR away from a purely voluntary approach and to identify clear legal obligations on corporations as regards human rights and CLS, along with effective ways to hold them accountable in the event of breaches.
2011/03/14
Committee: DEVE
Amendment 37 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Urges the EU to take appropriate measures at the international level to fight against the social dumping which occurs in the business practices of some countries, both in the EU and in third countries to whom the EU provides its development assistance.
2011/03/14
Committee: DEVE