5 Amendments of Ska KELLER related to 2012/2153(INI)
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Draws attention to the critical situation as regardsontinuous violation of basic human rights and fundamental freedoms, especially workers’ rights, which also gives rise to unfair competitive advantages; stresses, therefore that a binding trade and s in the wake of the killing of oil workers in December 2011, and is deeply concerned about the unfair trial against Vladimir Kozlov and others, charged to have incited the December protest; is ready to reject any enhanced PCA which fails to include a Sustainable dDevelopment chapter must be included in the new agreementproviding for binding social and environmental standards and subject to the PCA dispute settlement mechanism;
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Stresses that a strong services and establishment chapter andUnderlines the potential that trade in services in a perspective of a policy of convergence of Kazakhstan towards EU standards and regulatory systems (including SPS, TBT and IPR) would lead to increased trade flows and investments, which would favourcould have on the modernisation and diversification of Kazakhstan’s economy; underlines the importance of improving licensing procedures in Kazakhstan in order to facilitate services and investment;
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on Kazakhstan not to restrict trade and investment in the raw material sectors in an unfair and unjustified manner; calls on Kazakhstan to comply with the Ethe Commission and the EEAS to assist Kazakhstan in matters of a more sustainable resource management as a key dimension of guaranteeing a continuous access of EU industries to raw materials at a fair price, including the setting up of appropriate regulatory and transparent taxation frameworks for extractive industries according to the recommendations of the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) and standards set by the Dodd-Frank Act in the US; calls on the EU Member States to make sure that lending by national Export Credit Agencies and the EIB into extractive Iindustries Transparency Initiative (EITI).y projects are assessed on their impact on EU policy goals, especially human rights, poverty eradication, climate targets and coherence with general EU development policy goals, prior to any lending decision;
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a (new). Considers the new investment policy competence of the EU as a potentially helpful tool of fostering sustainable resource use by helping Kazakhstan to leverage more benefits from foreign investments; considers that EU investor rights in resource rich developing countries such as Kazakhstan must be carefully balanced with guaranteeing policy space for its government to protect food security and land reform programs, halt further deforestation, and enact environmental policies minimizing the negative impacts of resource extraction; considers that a investment chapter in a PCA with Kazakhstan should allow for local content requirements and capital controls;
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5 b (new). Notes with great concern that Kazakhstan's legislation obliges websites hosted under a .kz suffix to route traffic through Kazakh territory creating competitive disadvantages for service providers located in other countries and leading to a severe restriction of the open nature of the Internet which is based on the equal treatment of all market actors; calls on non-discriminatory treatment of all service providers and an open environment for competition in the information and communications technologies sector to be lead marks in the Council's and Commission's approach to the Kazakhstan partnership.