Activities of Joachim ZELLER related to 2018/0272M(NLE)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on the Council decision on the conclusion of the Voluntary Partnership Agreement between the European Union and the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam on forest law enforcement, governance and trade
Amendments (5)
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Recalls that sustainable and inclusive forest management and governance is essential to achieve the objectives set in the Agenda 2030 and the Paris Agreement;
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2 b. Calls on the EU to ensure the coherence of the agreement with all its policies, including in the field of development, environment, agriculture and trade;
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Draws attention to the crucial importance of full stakeholder involvement and of the major role that civil society and the private sector must be able to play; encourages the Vietnamese Government to further develop the working methods in relation to transparency and the timely sharing of documents;
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Commission to continue its FLEGT-related support to Vietnam and to ensure the integrity of the FLEGT process, in particular through the stamping out of illegal timber, the protection of the rights of indigenous people and forest dependent communities, and the full involvement of civil society in the preparation of measures and monitoring of results;
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Stresses that poor governance and corruption in the forestry sector accelerate illegal logging and forest degradation; calls on the EU to direct its efforts towards the strengthening of Vietnam’s legal framework and institutional capacity, by addressing the technical and economic challenges that impede the effective implementation and enforcement of existing national and international regulation;