13 Amendments of Yannick JADOT related to 2012/2320(INI)
Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 12 a (new)
Citation 12 a (new)
– having regard to the Briefing Paper of Parliament's Policy Department on "Human Rights Benchmarks for EU's external policy" (EXPO/B/DROI/2011/15)
Amendment 2 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 13 a (new)
Citation 13 a (new)
– having regard to the Commission's proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Directives 78/660/EEC and 83/349/EEC as regards disclosure of non- financial and diversity information by certain large companies and groups (COM(2013)207 final of 16 April 2013)
Amendment 15 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Acknowledges informal receipt of the first annual report on the export credit activities of Member States by the Commission on 14 December 2012, evaluating the responses of 20 out of 27 Member States maintaining active export credit programmes, as well as receipt of these Member States' reports in the form of annexes; calls onwelcomes that the Commission toin March 2013 approved these documents for public release and expects that public release will become the standard procedure in order to fulfil the goal of the basic Regulation to increase transparency;
Amendment 16 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Expects the Commission to hold on to the informal agreement regarding the yearly annual reporting schedule, that is, Member State reporting by July of each year and publication of the Commission's evaluation by October of each year;
Amendment 17 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Commends the fact that the Commission report clearly indicates the scale and importance of the Member States' export credit activities during 2011, which amount to a total exposure of more than EUR 250 billion – including 260 transactions with reported high environmental implications – and which translate into significant trade and business opportunities for European companies; underlines that this figure represents at least 25 times the annual appropriations reserved in the Union's budget for its external action;
Amendment 23 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Takes note of the statement of the Commission in the annual report attributing ‘a clear general willingness on the side of the Member States to apply policies to their export credit programmes, whose objectives are in line with the general language of Articles 3 and 21’; commends the efforts by Germany, Italy, Belgium, the Netherlands, and some other Member States to endeavour into a more meaningful reporting on compliance with some of the Unions external action goals;
Amendment 25 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Underlines that the test of compliance should be whether or not officially supported Export Credit Agencies (ECAs) have policies in place that are effective for ensuring that their activities accord with the foreign policy objectives of the Union;
Amendment 30 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Stresses that the Union will only be a trustworthy and strong global actor if the Member States and the European institutions pursue a consistent external policy; reminds that also other European institutions, such as the European Investment Bank, are presently confronted with the need to establish meaningful benchmarks in reporting on compliance with Article 2;
Amendment 36 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Considers it of prime importance to call on the Member States to monitor, evaluate and report on the existence, outcome and effectiveness of due diligence procedures in the screening of projects officially supported by export credits with regard to their potential impact on human rights; recommends Member States to explore the set-up of and reporting on due diligence procedures primarily in high risk sectors for human rights impact, such as large infrastructure projects and extractive industries;
Amendment 37 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Considers as meaningful all reporting on human rights, social and environmental concerns raised by stake- holders affected by projects supported by export credits, independently of whether such concerns are regarded as justified, and action taken in response;
Amendment 38 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Recalls in this sense the success of initiatives on Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), from which important lessons can be drawn, especially with regard to a common-sense approach which is not overly burdensome or costly;
Amendment 45 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Recommends the Council Working Group on Export Credits and the Commission to cooperate on developing a methodology for meaningful reporting on the incorporation of environmental risk in the calculation of ECA premiums;
Amendment 50 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Expects the next Annual Report of the Commission to contain a statement on whether ist has been able to evaluate the compliance of Member States with the Union's external action goals and, if the answer is negative, recommendations on how to improve reporting to this end;