3 Amendments of Catherine GRÈZE related to 2010/0059(COD)
Amendment 18 #
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. It acknowledges that efforts are required to bring about a real improvement in the standard of living of the people concerned and to improve compliance with labour and safety standards and environmental regulations, particularly as regards pesticide use and exposure. The EU further acknowledges the need to distribute assistance in a way that does not distort competition in the market, while supporting growers (especially small-scale operations), who are at the bottom of the supply chain and receive only a very small percentage of the end price paid by EU consumers purchasing bananas grown in the ACP countries.
Amendment 31 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – point 2
Article 1 – point 2
Regulation (EC) No 1905/2006
Article 17a – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 17a – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. ACP banana supplying countries listed in Annex IIIa shall benefit from banana accompanying measures. Union assistance to these countries shall aim at fighting poverty by bringing about a real improvement in the standard of living of the peoples concerned, ensuring compliance with labour and safety standards and environmental regulations, particularly as regards pesticide use and exposure, and distributing assistance in a way that supports growers at the bottom of the supply chain, especially small-scale operations. Union assistance to these countries shall also aim at supporting their adjustment process following from liberalisation of the EU market for bananas in the framework of the World Trade Organisation. Union assistance shall take into account the countries’ policies and adaptation strategies and shall pay specific attention to the following areas of cooperation:
Amendment 37 #
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 support strategies may be reviewed ad hoc, if necessary, but shall not be submitted to a mid-term reviewmulti- annual strategies for the banana accompanying measures must include: a) an environmental profile of the country – including pesticide use – with regard to the banana sector; b) a set of specifications stating when the banana accompanying measures were first implemented and the terms of reference for their review; c) the indicators to be used – such as compliance with International Labour Organisation (ILO) safety standards, and the impact of pesticides on workers’ health – to assess progress in relation to disbursement conditions, where budget support is chosen as the form of financing; d) the expected results in terms of reforms targeting the banana sector; e) a detailed timetable for the reforms, accompanied by estimates of expenditure, for each beneficiary country; f) a list of ILO standards that must be met in order to protect workers’ health. The support strategies shall be subject to an independent ex ante evaluation, and may be reviewed ad hoc if necessary.