Activities of Birgit SCHNIEBER-JASTRAM

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. Stresses that in the interest of transparency and accountability, the EEAS and DEVCO should monitor how the division of responsibilities agreed between the Commission and the EEAS works in practice and improve it in ways that avoid overlaps and ensure synergies;

2014/01/30
Committee: DEVE

2013/2058(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Considers that immigration, ~~like development,~~ should become an element in the European Union’s foreign policy, which requires a strategy that will revitalise the Union’s overall relations with its ~~immediate~~ neighbours;

2014/01/30
Committee: DEVE

2013/2058(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)

9a. Urges the EU, in close cooperation with third countries, to address the political, socioeconomic and cultural circumstances as these have an impact on irregular migration flows;

2014/01/30
Committee: DEVE

2013/2058(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 b (new)

9b. Stresses that 'brain drain' can cause serious problems in developing countries, especially in the health sector; acknowledges that brain drain affecting developing countries is the result of a combination of structural causes and push and pull factors;

2014/01/30
Committee: DEVE

2013/2058(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)

11a. Reiterates that development concerns should be built into the entire process of decision making on the EU´s agricultural policy;

2014/01/30
Committee: DEVE

2013/2058(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

12. CWelcomes the fact that the relevance of smallholder farming for combating hunger is recognised by the EU and calls for systematic assessment of the impact of the common agricultural policy on the local economies of developing countries;

2014/01/30
Committee: DEVE

2013/2058(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)

12a. Reiterates that more attention needs to be focused on maximising the synergies between EU climate change policies and the EU development objectives; especially in terms of tools and instruments used and the collateral development and/or climate change adaptation benefits;

2014/01/30
Committee: DEVE

2013/2058(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)

13a. Calls for specific attention to be devoted to the special needs of smallholder agriculture and livestock farmers facing the consequences of climate change in any policy and agreements entailing possible reduction of, or constraints in the access to, resources for food production, such as land, water and mobility;

2014/01/30
Committee: DEVE

2013/2058(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 b (new)

13b. Underlines the importance of guaranteeing that imported bioenergy is produced based on acceptable working environment and employment standards, and respecting local communities and their economic and social rights, such as right to food;

2014/01/30
Committee: DEVE

2013/2058(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 c (new)

13c. Recognises the high level of responsibility of the EU for ensuring that its fisheries are based upon the same standards in terms of ecological and social sustainability and transparency inside and outside Union waters; notes that such coherence requires coordination both within the Commission itself and between the Commission and the governments of the individual Member States;

2014/01/30
Committee: DEVE

2013/0074(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 3

(3) The Integrated Maritime Policy identifies maritime spatial planning and integrated coastal management as cross- cutting policy tools for public authorities and stakeholders to apply a coordinated, integrated approach. T~~he application of~~aking into account an ecosystem-based approach, having due regard for the principle of subsidiarity and fully respecting Member States' responsibilities as regards the prioritization of economic, environmental and social objectives, will contribute to promoting the sustainable growth of the maritime and coastal economies and the sustainable use of marine and coastal resources.

2013/09/16
Committee: ENVI

2013/0074(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 15

(15) Maritime spatial planning and integrated coastal management should ~~apply the~~take into account an ecosystem-based approach as referred to in Article 1(3) of Directive 2008/56/EC, having due regard for the principle of subsidiarity and fully respecting Member States' responsibilities as regards the prioritization of economic, environmental and social objectives, so as to ensure that the collective pressure of all activities is kept within levels compatible with the achievement of good environmental status and that the capacity of marine ecosystems to respond to human- induced changes is not compromised, while enabling the sustainable use of marine goods and services by present and future generations.

2013/09/16
Committee: ENVI

2013/0074(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 23

(23) Through maritime spatial plans and integrated coastal management strategies Member States can reduce administrative burden and costs in support of their action to implement other relevant Union legislation. The timelines for maritime spatial plans and integrated coastal management strategies should therefore be coherent with the timetables set out in other relevant legislation, especially: Directive 2009/28/EC, which requires that Member State shall ensure that the share of energy from renewable sources in gross final consumption of energy in 2020 is at least 20 % and which identifies coordination of authorisation, certification and planning procedures, including spatial planning as an important contribution to achievement of the EU's renewable energy targets; Directive 2008/56/EC and Annex A(6) to Decision 2010/477/EU, which requires that Member States shall take the necessary measures to achieve or maintain good environmental status in the marine environment by 2020 and which identify maritime spatial planning as a tool ~~to support the ecosystem-based approach to the management of human activities~~ in order to achieve good environmental status; Decision 884/2004/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Decision No 1692/96/EC on Community guidelines for the development of the trans-European transport network which requires that the trans-European transport network shall be established by 2020 by integrating Europe's land, sea and air transport infrastructure networks.

2013/09/16
Committee: ENVI

2013/0074(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – introductory part

Maritime spatial plans and integrated coastal management strategies shall ~~apply~~take into account an ecosystem-based approach to facilitate the co-existence and prevent conflicts between competing sector activities in marine waters and coastal zones, having due regard for the principle of subsidiarity and fully respecting Member States' responsibilities as regards the prioritization of economic, environmental and social objectives, and shall aim to contribute to:

2013/09/16
Committee: ENVI

2013/0074(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – point b

(b) promoting the development of maritime transport ~~and providing efficient and cost- effective shipping routes across Europe~~, including port accessibility and transport safety;

2013/09/16
Committee: ENVI

2013/0025(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 4 a (new)

(4a) Special attention must be paid to the EU obligations set out in the Treaty of Lisbon in Article 208 on Policy Coherence for Development in order to stem the increasing trend of money laundering activities being moved from developed countries with stringent legislation into developing countries.

2013/09/09
Committee: DEVE

2013/0025(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 26 a (new)

(26a) Because a huge proportion of illicit financial flows ends up in tax havens, the EU should increase its pressure on these countries to cooperate in order to combat money laundering and terrorist financing.

2013/09/09
Committee: DEVE

2013/0025(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 54 a (new)

Article 54 a The European Commission should increase its pressure on the tax havens to improve their cooperation and exchange of information in order to combat money laundering and terrorist financing.

2013/09/09
Committee: DEVE

2013/0024(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5 a (new)

(5 a) Special attention must be paid to the EU obligations set out in the Treaty of Lisbon in Article 208 on Policy Coherence for Development in order to stem the increasing trend of money laundering activities being moved from developed countries with stringent legislation into developing countries.

2013/09/09
Committee: DEVE

2013/0024(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12 a (new)

(12 a) In order to strengthen international cooperation on sharing information and best practices with third countries, the EU should support capacity-building programmes in developing countries.

2013/09/09
Committee: DEVE

2013/0024(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – point 1 (new)

(1) Because a great proportion of illicit financial flows ends up in tax havens, the EU should increase its pressure on these countries to cooperate in order to combat such illicit financial flows and improve transparency.

2013/09/09
Committee: DEVE

2012/2253(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Encourages the Commission and the EEAS to improve further the balance of responsibilities between the two institutions in the field of development and to ensure that their respective staffing needs are met; particularly calls for a clearer delineation of responsibilities between the EEAS and the Commission in terms of the implementation of the Cotonou Partnership Agreement;

2013/01/30
Committee: DEVE

2012/2253(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Is of the opinion that the Council working parties on development cooperation, humanitarian and food aid and cooperation with ACP states would benefit from the continuation of the existing system of a rotating chairmanship held by Member State representatives, bearing in mind the important role of Member States in these fields and the distinctive nature of these external policy areas;

2013/01/30
Committee: DEVE

2012/2253(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Reiterates its plea to the High Representative / Vice-President (HR/VP) and the EEAS to make Policy Coherence for Development (PCD) their clear priority; inter alia by giving PCD a more prominent place in the EU's policy dialogue with partner country governments, parliaments, CSOs, and other stakeholders, by including PCD in a credible and operational way in strategic programming documents, by participating in the preparation of the next rolling PCD Work Programme, and by developing a PCD training programme for all new EEAS staff;

2013/01/30
Committee: DEVE

2012/2253(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. Stresses also the importance of the EEAS training on the subject of gender- related issues; stresses that such training must raise general awareness of issues relating to gender and equality between women and men;

2013/01/30
Committee: DEVE

2012/2253(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)

5b. Points to the potential tension between PCD and the concept of a 'comprehensive approach' to crisis management outside the EU; urges the EEAS and the Commission to make sure that the 'comprehensive approach' does not undermine the specific objectives and principles of development cooperation or divert scarce resources away from poverty reduction; similarly, insists that EU humanitarian aid is not a crisis management tool and reminds the EEAS of its commitment 1 to promote the fulfilment of the objectives of the European Consensus on Humanitarian Aid; __________________ 1 Recital 4, Council Decision establishing the organisation and functioning of the European External Action Service (2010/427/EU), 26.07.2010.

2013/01/30
Committee: DEVE

2012/2253(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6a (new)

6a. Encourages the EEAS to enhance its role in international negotiations covering political and external policy issues, in particular to use the tools of diplomacy available to the EEAS in order to promote the International Criminal Court (ICC) and remind third countries – with special emphasis on developing countries – of the need for them to support it and to sign or ratify its constituent act if they have not yet done so, and to include in agreements with third countries binding clauses that require them to cooperate with the ICC, or indeed to impose restrictions on persons against whom proceedings have been initiated in the ICC.

2013/01/30
Committee: DEVE

2012/2063(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 2 a (new)

- having regard to the UN Convention on Biological Diversity from 1992 and the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants,

2012/08/28
Committee: DEVE

2012/2063(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 4 a (new)

- having regard to the Commission Staff Working Paper entitled "The EU –- a global partner for development speeding up progress towards the Millennium Development Goals" (SEC (2008)434),

2012/08/28
Committee: DEVE

2012/2063(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A

A. whereas Article 208 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union establishes the reduction and, in the long term, the eradication of poverty, as defined in the European Consensus on Development, as the primary objective of EU development policy and whereas the Union shall take account of the objectives of development cooperation in the policies that it implements which are likely to affect developing countries;

2012/08/28
Committee: DEVE

2012/2063(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)

A a. recalling the European Union's commitment to ensure policy coherence for development, in accordance with the conclusions of the European Council in 2005, recently reaffirmed in its conclusions on PCD;

2012/08/28
Committee: DEVE

2012/2063(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A b (new)

A b. whereas there are clear inconsistencies in the EU's trade, agriculture, fisheries, climate, intellectual property rights, migration, finance, arms and raw materials policies which affect development goals; and whereas PCD can contribute to poverty reduction by finding fundamental synergies among EU Policies;

2012/08/28
Committee: DEVE

2012/2063(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A c (new)

A c. whereas the new development policy framework presented in the Agenda for Change aims for policy coherence not only within the Union but also with regards to the Union and its Member States by advocating joint-programming and emphasising the role of the EU as coordinator, convener and policy maker;

2012/08/28
Committee: DEVE

2012/2063(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A d (new)

A d. whereas the financial contributions paid by the EU within the framework of the Fisheries Partnership Agreements (FPAs) have not helped to consolidate partner countries' fisheries policies and the slow payment and underuse of the assistance provided;

2012/08/28
Committee: DEVE

2012/2063(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A e (new)

A e. whereas a post-2015 international framework for development cooperation has the potential to play a catalytic role in addressing important development and other global challenges and could help to fulfil individuals' rights and needs;

2012/08/28
Committee: DEVE

2012/2063(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A f (new)

A f. whereas, despite the improvements, direct or indirect EU subsidies for European agricultural products continue to have a negative effect on food security and the development of a viable agricultural sector in developing countries;

2012/08/28
Committee: DEVE

2012/2063(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A g (new)

A g. whereas the EU is committed to reaching the UN target of 0.7% of gross national income (GNI) in official development assistance (ODA) by 2015;

2012/08/28
Committee: DEVE

2012/2063(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A h (new)

A h. whereas the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) issued a judgement in November 2008 whereby the European Investment Bank (EIB) operations in developing countries must prioritise development over any economic or political objective;

2012/08/28
Committee: DEVE

2012/2063(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A i (new)

A i. whereas a large number of studies have shown that there are between US $850 billion and US $1 trillion per year of illicit financial flows out of developing countries, which severely hinders the fiscal revenue of developing countries and consequently their self-development capacities;

2012/08/28
Committee: DEVE

2012/2063(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A j (new)

A j. whereas the Agenda for Change (COM (2011) 637) in its aim to increase the impact of EU development assistance reiterates that the objectives of development, democracy, human rights, good governance and security are intertwined;

2012/08/28
Committee: DEVE

2012/2063(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A k (new)

A k. whereas public procurement accounts for 19% of world GDP, or almost 40 times the amount provided by the EU and the Member States in ODA; whereas, as such, it has huge potential to be a tool of implementing sustainable government policies both in the EU and in its ODA recipient countries;

2012/08/28
Committee: DEVE

2012/2063(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A l (new)

A l. whereas malnutrition kills an estimated 2.6 million children each year and, if unchecked, will put almost half a billion children at risk of permanent damage in the next 15 years; whereas about one-third of the pre-school age children in the world currently suffer from underweight (too little weight for their age) or stunting (too short for their age); whereas malnutrition costs countries between 2-4 % of their GDP, and an individual up to 11% of its lifetime earnings, while, at the same time, tested, cost-effective interventions in nutrition exist and would represent a sound investment;

2012/08/28
Committee: DEVE

2012/2063(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A m (new)

A m. whereas, by 2030, the demand for energy and water is expected to rise by 40% and by 50% for food and whereas population growth, together with a rising middle class in emerging and developing nations, will put huge pressure on natural resources - especially water, energy and land - and on the environment;

2012/08/28
Committee: DEVE

2012/2063(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A n (new)

A n. whereas the concepts of human development and human security share four fundamental perspectives: they are people-centred, they are multi- dimensional, they have broad views on human fulfilment in the long-term and they address chronic poverty1; __________________ 1 Sen, Amartya: Why Human Security? Text presented at the "International Symposium on Human Security" in Tokyo, 28 July, 2000.

2012/08/28
Committee: DEVE

2012/2063(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A o (new)

A o. whereas the external dimension of the two new DG Home Affairs funds and the Migration and Asylum component of the new Global Public Goods and Challenges Thematic Programme of the DCI cover, as anticipated in the declared priorities, similar thematic areas although from different perspectives;

2012/08/28
Committee: DEVE

2012/2063(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A p (new)

A p. whereas health aid appears to exemplify many of the challenges for aid effectiveness, including: the complexity of the aid architecture, common lack of alignment with country priorities, dominance of donor preferences and the presence of actors that tend to work outside the aid effectiveness framework;

2012/08/28
Committee: DEVE

2012/2063(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A q (new)

A q. whereas clinical trials that are no longer accepted by Western European ethics committees are approved by the local ethics committees in countries such as India, China, Argentina and Russia; whereas, in particular, the ethical principles which are of utmost importance for developing countries, as reflected in the Declaration of Helsinki, are ignored by companies and regulatory authorities2; __________________ 2 Clinical trials in developing countries: how to protect people against unethical practices? European Parliament, Directorate-General for External Policies of the Union, Study.

2012/08/28
Committee: DEVE

2012/2063(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A r (new)

A r. whereas culture is, in all its dimensions, a fundamental component of sustainable development because it is, through tangible and intangible heritage, creative industries and various forms of artistic expressions, a powerful contributor to economic development, social stability and environmental protection;

2012/08/28
Committee: DEVE

2012/2063(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A t (new)

A t. whereas studies show that if women are educated and can earn and control income, a number of good results follow: maternal and infant mortality declines, women and child health and nutrition improve, agricultural productivity rises, climate change can be mitigated, population growth slows, economies expand and cycles of poverty are broken3, __________________ 3 Isobel Coleman: The Global Glass Ceiling Why Empowering Women Is Good for Business, in: Foreign Affairs, Vol 89, May/June 2010, p 13-20; UNFPA: State of World Population 2009, Facing a changing world: women, population and climate

2012/08/28
Committee: DEVE

2012/2063(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A u (new)

A u. whereas information and communication technologies (ICT) have the potential to help mitigating climate change not only by reducing their own share of greenhouse gas emissions but also by using them to reduce emissions in other sectors and to address systemic change and rebound effects, e.g. by dematerialisation and online delivery, transport and travel substitution, monitoring and management applications, greater energy efficiency in production and use and product stewardship and recycling;

2012/08/28
Committee: DEVE

2012/2063(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A v (new)

A v. whereas the 2007 DAC Peer Review of European Communities noted that 'good understanding of the appropriateness of budget support in the local context is important';

2012/08/28
Committee: DEVE

2012/2063(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A v (new)

A v. whereas education can play a pivotal role not only in environmental sustainability, health and economic growth and the achievement of the MDGs in general but also in peace-building; whereas, perhaps more than any other sector, education can provide the highly visible early peace dividends on which the survival of peace agreements may depend if education systems are inclusive and geared towards fostering attitudes conducive to mutual understanding, tolerance and respect, thereby making societies less susceptible to violent conflict;

2012/08/28
Committee: DEVE

2012/2063(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. Welcomes the EU's efforts towards PCD; underlines that PCD is not only a legal obligation, but that designing accountable, transparent, human-rights- based, and inclusive policies is a chance for the EU to establish equal and sustainable partnerships with developing countries that go beyond development cooperation; also stresses that PCD- aligned policies give governments and societies of developing countries the chance and the responsibility to generate successes on their own;

2012/08/28
Committee: DEVE

2012/2063(INI)

Gay MITCHELL, Charles GOERENS, Birgit SCHNIEBER-JASTRAM

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3 a. Stresses that transparency in all areas is instrumental in achieving PCD as it can not only prevent unintended incoherence but is also effective where there are clashes of interest;

2012/08/28
Committee: DEVE

2012/2063(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3 a. Calls on the Member States and their national parliaments to promote PCD through a specific working programme with binding timetables, in order to improve the European PCD work programme; calls for the introduction of structured annual meetings between representatives of national parliaments of EU Member States and the European Parliament to ensure consistency in the spending of development aid;

2012/08/28
Committee: DEVE

2012/2063(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 b (new)

3 b. Points to the importance of knowledge building and expertise with regard to the complex issue of PCD; therefore asks the Commission to ensure that provisions are made to focus some DG Research programmes on issues relevant to PCD; also recommends the elaboration and promotion of a strategy on development research in order to engage with DG Research and other research DGs, as well as other relevant bodies external to the Commission, e.g. the OECD or the World Bank;

2012/08/28
Committee: DEVE

2012/2063(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 c (new)

3 c. Insists that the questions regarding the economic, environmental and social impacts of policies inside and outside of the EU laid down in the Impact Assessments Guidelines from 2009 are answered in the Commission's Impact Assessments as well as in the Impact Assessments to be made by the European Parliament; also asks the Commission to complete the Impact Assessments in advance of the corresponding policy proposal in order to ensure that CSOs and other relevant stakeholders can participate in the process thereby also creating an added value in terms of capacity;

2012/08/28
Committee: DEVE

2012/2063(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 d (new)

3 d. Underlines that the Impact Assessment Board of the Commission and a similar institution to be set up by the Parliament need adequate expertise in development policies in order to live up to their responsibility to verify the quality of Impacts Assessments in terms of PCD;

2012/08/28
Committee: DEVE

2012/2063(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 e (new)

3 e. Suggests that a reference to PCD be included in reviews and ex-post evaluations of EU policies if adequate; takes the view that any evaluation exercise of programmes carried out under the EDF or DCI should include an assessment of its consequences for PCD;

2012/08/28
Committee: DEVE

2012/2063(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 f (new)

3 f. Welcomes the inclusion of specific PCD commitments in the Danish Presidency's work programme and asks the next Presidencies to follow up on that example;

2012/08/28
Committee: DEVE

2012/2063(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 g (new)

3 g. Welcomes the Commission's third biennial report on PCD 2011, but agrees with the Council on the need to include an independent assessment of progress, including qualitative and quantitative consequences and costs of policy incoherence in future reports; suggests that future reports should also include a comprehensive overview of PCD-related results of the country-level dialogues, in order to make the voices of citizens of developing countries heard;

2012/08/28
Committee: DEVE

2012/2063(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 h (new)

3 h. Calls on the Member States and their national parliaments to promote PCD through a specific working programme with binding timetables, in order to improve the European PCD work programme;

2012/08/28
Committee: DEVE

2012/2063(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Agrees with the Commission that in the preparation of the next rolling PCD Work Programme, a wider discussion with the European External Action Service (EEAS) and Member States and all relevant stakeholders, for example NGOs and CSOs, is needed; agrees that fewer indicators, together with more precise and better monitoring, can lead to a more operational framework and easier monitoring;

2012/08/28
Committee: DEVE

2012/2063(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Asks the High Representative ~~to acknowledge~~ and the European External Action Service (EEAS) to confirm their important roles in making PCD a reality ~~through the EEAS~~;

2012/08/28
Committee: DEVE

2012/2063(INI)

Gay MITCHELL, Charles GOERENS, Birgit SCHNIEBER-JASTRAM

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. Suggests ~~making~~to set PCD as a clear priority for the EEAS and the Delegations by institutionalising a policy dialogue with civil society organisations, local parliaments and other stakeholders, by creating PCD-aligned guidelines for the Delegations in order to raise awareness among European investors, by making them responsible for gathering PCD- related evidence and cases of incoherency or coherency, by improving the PCD section in the country strategy paperfurther strengthening the EU's policy dialogue with CSOs, local parliaments and other stakeholders, by asking them to gather evidence on inconsistencies or coherency, by improving the PCD references in programming documents and making ithem operational, and by developing a training programme, ~~possibly~~ together with DG DEVCO, for all new EEAS staff to ensure the~~y are able~~ir ability to understand and apply PCD; points out that adequate resources to fulfil this task must be allocated to the Delegations~~, if necessary through reprioritisation~~ and the headquarters;

2012/08/28
Committee: DEVE

2012/2063(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)

7 a. Welcomes the Commission's proposal to deepen the cooperation with the European Parliament and national parliaments on Policy Coherence for Development by engaging in more exchanges with them on the subject and by accompanying them in acquiring specific analytical capacity to contribute to promoting PCD in the EU; proposes that these exchanges between national parliaments, the European Parliament and the Commission should come in the form of structured annual meetings which include clear objectives along with task monitoring activities with the goal of strengthening PCD in the EU;

2012/08/28
Committee: DEVE

2012/2063(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)

8 a. Welcomes that the Commission's Communication on "Trade, Growth and Development: Tailoring Trade and Investment Policy for Those Countries Most in Need" commits to support small producers and fair, organic and ethical trade initiatives but regrets the lack of commitment to mainstream Fair Trade principles across EU policies;

2012/08/28
Committee: DEVE

2012/2063(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. Recalls the inconsistencies produced in the context of European Partnership Agreements, namely: (a) that some countries are urged to sign an agreement before its exact terms are ~~agreed, (b) that developing countries are denied the policy space to protect infant industries by means of import/export restrictions~~mutually agreed, (cb) that the Commission proposes to delete 18 countries from Annex I to the Market Access Regulation, and (dc) that human rights issues are not sufficiently addressed during negotiations;

2012/08/28
Committee: DEVE

2012/2063(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)

10 a. Takes the view that the OECD guidelines for multi-national enterprises should become binding standards in EU investment treaties for business and industry and that such treaties should ensure full reporting on environmental and social issues by the companies; also points out that such treaties should improve the rights and duties of governments to regulate economic activities and actors in the broader public interest and longer-term interest of future generations;

2012/08/28
Committee: DEVE

2012/2063(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 b (new)

10 b. Proposes that the Commission create new momentum for Sustainable Public Procurement at the international level and that the resulting framework of the revision of the public procurement Directives should give contracting authorities the policy space to make informed pro-development procurement choices;

2012/08/28
Committee: DEVE

2012/2063(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 c (new)

10 c. Draws attention to the publication of a revised IPR Strategy vis-à-vis third countries which should, from a development point of view, ensure adequate access to medicines and provide effective incentives for pharmaceutical research by making use of TRIPs flexibilities in appropriate cases, such as health emergencies, and by making it compatible with the parallel agenda for "affordable access to medicine"; also stresses that the link to the food security agenda is very important in this context, e.g. to ensure the protection of plant varieties and acknowledge the importance of diverse agricultural systems and traditional seed supply systems;

2012/08/28
Committee: DEVE

2012/2063(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 d (new)

10 d. Proposes the implementation of preferential trade rules that enhance green agricultural technology transfers in the WTO and in bilateral trade agreements with developing countries;

2012/08/28
Committee: DEVE

2012/2063(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 e (new)

10 e. Welcomes the creation of a focal point on fair trade within the sustainable development team in Directorate-General for Trade in 2010 to coordinate fair trade- related activities which are an important example of how EU trade and development policy can be made more coherent and mutually supportive;

2012/08/28
Committee: DEVE

2012/2063(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 f (new)

10 f. Reiterates its call to effectively address the problem of conflict minerals and other resources related to conflict in developing countries that have resulted in the death and displacement of millions of people;

2012/08/28
Committee: DEVE

2012/2063(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 g (new)

10 g. Asks the Commission to further integrate internationally agreed labour and environmental standards into instruments like the EPAs and FTAs;

2012/08/28
Committee: DEVE

2012/2063(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 h (new)

10 h. Deplores the fact that the mode and the procedure of negotiation for the Anti- Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) particularly penalized developing countries as they did not have the opportunity to give equal input to the agreement text they are supposed to adhere to;

2012/08/28
Committee: DEVE

2012/2063(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

11. Welcomes the fact that the relevance of smallholder farming for combating hunger is recognised by the EU and that adaptation measures are priorities in the food security agenda; underlines that support for women smallholder farmers is especially relevant;

2012/08/28
Committee: DEVE

2012/2063(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

12. Reiterates that development concerns should be built into the entire process of decision making on the EU's agricultural policy and calls for the establishment of flanking measures similar to the sugar- protocol accompanying measures (SPAM), if necessary;

2012/08/28
Committee: DEVE

2012/2063(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)

12 a. Solicits attention to emphasise the overall framework of good governance and respect for human rights and its catalytic role for development in partner countries in all policy dialogues, irrespective of the five core issues identified for PCD assessment purposes;

2012/08/28
Committee: DEVE

2012/2063(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 b (new)

12 b. Proposes to complement the concept of 'aid effectiveness' with the concept of 'development effectiveness' as the latter is more suitable to measure PCD and more convenient for deepening the dialogue with BRICS countries in the field of development policy;

2012/08/28
Committee: DEVE

2012/2063(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 c (new)

12 c. Draws attention to the cross-cutting nature of good governance programmes in developing countries and encourages further efforts in this regard by the Commission; also draws attention to the need for better global governance in the current period of multiple crises which is instrumental in order to achieve global development; regrets the limited progress made at the UN's Rio+20 conference in this regard;

2012/08/28
Committee: DEVE

2012/2063(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 d (new)

12 d. Supports the Commission's proposal to create a comprehensive overview of the costs of policies that are not aligned with PCD and of the benefits, or win-win situations created by PCD-aligned policies that can be used for further awareness- raising and training and as a basis for discussion with the European citizens and other affected stakeholders in order to overcome misconceptions which are still prevalent as regards the costs and benefits of PCD; such an analysis would be especially helpful in the fields of migration, where the EU should stress the linkages between migration and development policies and provide constant information to its people on the benefits of these linkages, and sustainable energy;

2012/08/28
Committee: DEVE

2012/2063(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 e (new)

12 e. Calls on the Commission and the Council to develop a long-term, cross- sectoral European strategy for development education, awareness-raising and active global citizenship;

2012/08/28
Committee: DEVE

2012/2063(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 f (new)

12 f. Calls on the Member States to develop or strengthen national development education strategies;

2012/08/28
Committee: DEVE

2012/2063(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. Urges the EU to strengthen EU-ACP supply chains and to support the strengthening of supply chains within the ACP countries themselves as both markets have developed in mutual dependence; suggests fostering the use of modern market management instruments in developing countries, such as transparency provisions, capacity building, technical regulations, or support with regard to contract negotiation, e.g. in the context of the Joint EU-Africa Strategy;

2012/08/28
Committee: DEVE

2012/2063(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)

13 a. Repeats its call for regular and independent assessments and evaluations of the EU's agricultural and trade policies, paying special attention to impacts on local and smallholder producers and building on evidence submitted by governments, farmers' organisations, civil society organisations and other stakeholders in developing countries which are EU trading partners;

2012/08/28
Committee: DEVE

2012/2063(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 b (new)

13 b. Proposes to set up transnational twinning partnership between Natura 2000 areas and similar agricultural ecological management areas in developing countries with the aim of a) exchanging know-how on management of such areas by local authorities, local leaders and local farming communities to ensure that future management is sustainable, both ecologically and economically, and practicable, b) building capacity through twinning of the economic viability of business chains in these areas to contribute to sustainable food security in these areas, c) implementing research to assist in the protection of agricultural diversity and biodiversity to assure the long-term survival of valuable and threatened species and habitat; also proposes the establishment of a transnational twinning centre for learning and development of know-how between Natura 2000 areas and similar areas in third countries;

2012/08/28
Committee: DEVE

2012/2063(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 c (new)

13 c. Points out that delayed or opaque information on changes in standards applied to agricultural products by the EU create new barriers for developing countries; stresses that timely information on such changes or the application of alternative equivalent standards to imports is essential for developing countries in order to facilitate long-term planning and competitiveness on the basis of quality;

2012/08/28
Committee: DEVE

2012/2063(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 d (new)

13 d. Points out that the ongoing initiative on Markets for Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID) can make a valuable contribution to the fulfilment of the overarching objectives of the Union's development cooperation by including strict position limits, a strict limitation on exemptions from MiFID, and by strengthening the powers for regulators to intervene in specific products or activities;

2012/08/28
Committee: DEVE

2012/2063(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 e (new)

13 e. Calls on the Commission to develop an integrated approach to nutrition and to set up a dedicated trust fund to address the problem of malnutrition in developing countries and to mobilize the necessary resources to deliver the basic interventions that could prevent the vast majority of malnutrition, especially in the critical 1,000-day window between conception and age 2, which include encouraging optimum feeding and caring practices such as breastfeeding to avoid contaminated water, proper introduction of varied foods for infants, fortification of basic staples and vitamin supplementation; believes that such a trust fund would enable the leveraging and pooling of resources from Commission and Member States, and possibly other donors, and would enable better visibility of EU action in saving lives;

2012/08/28
Committee: DEVE

2012/2063(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 f (new)

13 f. Deplores the fact that only approximately 418 million or around 3.4% of the total Commission development aid budget of EUR 12 billion per year is currently allocated to direct nutrition intervention; believes that efforts to tackle malnutrition must be multi-disciplinary and engage multiple stakeholders in line with national priorities of affected countries;

2012/08/28
Committee: DEVE

2012/2063(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

14. Considers that the size of the EU market for fish and the geographical range of activities by EU-flagged and EU-owned vessels impose a high level of responsibility on the Union for ensuring that ~~its fisher~~these activities are based upon the same standards in terms of ecological and social sustainability and transparency inside and outside Union waters; notes that such coherence requires coordination both within the Commission itself and between the Commission and the governments of the individual Member States;

2012/08/28
Committee: DEVE

2012/2063(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)

14 a. Reiterates that, in order to improve PCD, the negotiations of fisheries agreements (FPA) must be based on the contracting country's priorities for the suitable development of its fishing sector and its country as a whole and that the impacts of FPAs should be closely monitored by the EU;

2012/08/28
Committee: DEVE

2012/2063(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 b (new)

14 b. Takes the view that policy coherence for development should be reinforced (a) by making DG-MARE and DG- Development jointly responsible for FPAs, (b) by applying relevant principles outlined in the FAO Code of Conduct for Responsible Fishing, EU commitments towards Policy Coherence for Development, and the EU-ACP Cotonou Agreement, (c) by incorporating human rights, anti-corruption and accountability obligations in all FPAs and (d) by ensuring that FPAs are consistent with or contribute to the poverty reduction and human development objectives identified in the EU's Country and Regional Strategy Papers;

2012/08/28
Committee: DEVE

2012/2063(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 c (new)

14 c. Proposes that, in line with the 2006 UN General Assembly resolution on Regional Fisheries Management Organizations (RFMOs), the Commission should be given an unequivocal negotiating mandate for all RFMOs for promoting marine conservation and sustainable fisheries;

2012/08/28
Committee: DEVE

2012/2063(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)

15 a. Stresses that an investment in education for sustainable development, including combating climate change, is an area where development aid can achieve multiple objectives at once, especially when women are targeted;

2012/08/28
Committee: DEVE

2012/2063(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 b (new)

15 b. Calls for specific attention to be devoted to the special needs of smallholder agriculture and livestock farmers facing the consequences of climate change in any policy and agreements entailing possible reduction of, or constraints in the access to, resources for food production, such as land, water, mobility, among others;

2012/08/28
Committee: DEVE

2012/2063(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 c (new)

15 c. Repeats its call on the Commission and the Member States to collect country- specific and gender-disaggregated data when planning, implementing and evaluating climate change policies, programmes and projects, in order effectively to assess and address the differing effects of climate change on each gender and to produce a guide on adapting to climate change, outlining policies that can protect women and empower them to cope with the effects of climate change;

2012/08/28
Committee: DEVE

2012/2063(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 d (new)

15 d. Regrets that the Outcome Document of the UN Rio+20 conference lacks the commitment on resource conservation, climate change adaptation and mitigation, and economic sustainability that the EU had called for; nevertheless, urges the EU to remain closely involved in defining the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and making them operational by 2015;

2012/08/28
Committee: DEVE

2012/2063(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

16. Welcomes the ~~2011/2012~~proposals made in the European Report on Development ~~entitled ‘Confronting Scarcity: Managing W~~2011/2012 on an integrated and ecosystems-based management of water, Eenergy and Lland ~~for Inclusive and Sustainable Growth’, which is especially important in the context of biofuel production; asks the Commission to follow up on the proposals made in the report~~, with those three resources being crucial for development; asks the Commission to follow-up on the proposals made in the report; especially points to the existence of significant EU and global governance gaps; and stresses the necessity of a change toward more sustainability in consumption and production patterns within the Union itself;

2012/08/28
Committee: DEVE

2012/2063(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)

16 a. Suggests that the EU should work closely with the private sector and particularly European companies and investors that operate in developing countries to promote investment, innovative approaches and high standards of corporate practice in the inclusive and sustainable use of water, energy and land; also suggests that the emphasis on sustainable energy and agriculture in the 'Agenda for Change' should be complemented with interventions in the area of water;

2012/08/28
Committee: DEVE

2012/2063(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17

17. Calls on the European Commission to ~~publish its~~ report on the social sustainability of biofuels by the end of 2012 and to consult with affected communities and local NGOs ~~during its preparation; points out that the report should adopt~~beforehand; points out that this is an opportunity to propose an adequate methodology and cover the full impacts that European biofuels targets are having on food security, land rights and other development issues; recalls that the monitoring and reporting by the Commission foreseen in the proposed directive provides an opportunity, if appropriate, to propose corrective actions, based on lessons learned;

2012/08/28
Committee: DEVE

2012/2063(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)

17 a. Underlines the importance of guaranteeing that imported bioenergy is produced on the basis of acceptable working environments and employment standards and respecting local communities;

2012/08/28
Committee: DEVE

2012/2063(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 b (new)

17 b. Encourages the further development of second and third generation bioenergy from biomass by-products, wastes and residues;

2012/08/28
Committee: DEVE

2012/2063(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)

18 a. Proposes that the issue of PCD be included in any programme on education in sustainable development;

2012/08/28
Committee: DEVE

2012/2063(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 b (new)

18 b. Reiterates that, in the interest of transparency and accountability, the EEAS and DEVCO should monitor how the division of responsibilities agreed between the Commission and the EEAS works in practice and improve it in ways that avoid overlaps and ensure synergies;

2012/08/28
Committee: DEVE

2012/2063(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 c (new)

18 c. Refers to the fact that the EEAS has put forward the concept of "EU Actorness" in order to increase the visibility of EU actions; takes the view that this makes PCD even more important, as every negative impact will be associated even more closely with the EU; also urges the Commission to make sure that this concept does not contradict other objectives of development policy as formulated by the EU, especially the objectives of ownership and policy space for developing countries;

2012/08/28
Committee: DEVE

2012/2063(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 d (new)

18 d. Suggests that, in line with the Cotonou Agreement and the reference document on 'Engaging Non-State Actors in New Aid Modalities'4, the EU delegations should undertake a comprehensive mapping of NGOs, CSOs and local authorities relevant for their work in the respective country, especially of local and community-based organizations; __________________ 4 Tools and Methods Series / Reference document no 12: Engaging Non-State Actors in New Aid Modalities for Better Development Outcomes and Governance.

2012/08/28
Committee: DEVE

2012/2063(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 e (new)

18 e. Reiterates that the creation of a Standing Rapporteur for PCD from the ACP countries in the context of the Joint Parliamentary Assembly would facilitate the coordination with and work of the EP's Standing Rapporteur on PCD and the relevant department of the Commission and Council and would help to eliminate obstacles to PCD within developing countries themselves;

2012/08/28
Committee: DEVE

2012/2063(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 f (new)

18 f. Recalls that, in its June 2011 Communication on the Multi-Annual Financial Framework, the Commission had proposed extending the powers of scrutiny of the EDF to the EP; regrets that this proposal does not feature in the legislative proposal for the 11th EDF;

2012/08/28
Committee: DEVE

2012/2063(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 g (new)

18 g. Underlines that a post-2015 international framework for development cooperation should go beyond a traditional interpretation of development cooperation to provide a more comprehensive approach to poverty eradication and sustainable development, leveraging policy coherence for development as an important mechanism and promoting rights-based approaches; points out that such a framework should go beyond the current concept of public action and aid and should involve all countries (developed, developing, emerging) and all actors (traditional and new donors, developing and developed country governments and local authorities, the private sector, NGOs, social partners, etc.) in a coherent and inclusive process;

2012/08/28
Committee: DEVE

2012/2063(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 h (new)

18 h. Urges the Members States to allocate a significant share of the auctioning revenues from the European Emissions Trading System (ETS) to climate change-related activities in developing countries from 2013 onwards;

2012/08/28
Committee: DEVE

2012/2063(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 i (new)

18 i. Considers that the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) is not sufficiently adapted to communities and rural organizations in developing countries as the thresholds posed by its methodologies and costs are too high;

2012/08/28
Committee: DEVE

2012/2063(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)

20 a. Draws attention to the EU's pledges for democracy and human rights and conditions such as those enshrined in the "more for more" approach concerning the EU's immediate Neighbourhood policy; stresses that heir relevance can only be assured when no other policy area or interactions with partner countries counteract initiatives undertaken to strengthen human rights, human security and democracy in partner countries;

2012/08/28
Committee: DEVE

2012/2063(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 b (new)

20 b. Recalls the fact that arms exports are an inter-governmental issue, while development is, in part, a Community competence; suggests that the division of responsibilities between Commission and Council be clearly defined in this regard;

2012/08/28
Committee: DEVE

2012/2063(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 d (new)

20 d. Concludes that deciding whether to approve arms exports to developing countries in relation to the "sustainable development" criterion, i.e. Criterion 8 of the Consolidated EU and National Arms Export Licensing Criteria, can be difficult, given that other policy considerations can override its application; recommends that Member States provide a full statement of the methodology used in relation to this Criterion;

2012/08/28
Committee: DEVE

2012/2063(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 e (new)

20 e. Acknowledges the interdependence of development, democracy, human rights, good governance and security, which any discussion on PCD has to take into account;

2012/08/28
Committee: DEVE

2012/2063(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 f (new)

20 f. Reiterates that it is inconsistent with development objectives when security initiatives are merely about a State's safety, safeguarding EU investments and access to raw materials rather than the protection of people; takes the view that the concepts of human security and development should therefore be considered as essential in the security- development nexus, as they are centred on the individual;

2012/08/28
Committee: DEVE

2012/2063(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21

21. Points out that coordination among peace-building, humanitarian aid and development activities in post-conflict situations should be improved in accordance with the ‘"Linking Relief, Rehabilitation and Development’" (LRRD) strategic framework in order to comply with the principles of PCD and human security, the latter still being undervalued; reminds the Commission that the Council had invited it to prepare an EU Action Plan on situations of conflict and fragility in 2009 and that the EU endorsed the New Deal for engagement in fragile states that was adopted at the Busan high level forum on Aid Effectiveness;

2012/08/28
Committee: DEVE

2012/2063(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23

23. Stresses that ‘'brain drain’' can cause serious problems in developing countries, especially in the health sector; ~~therefore asks the Commission to monitor the effects of the Blue Card system on developing countries and take corrective action if necessary~~acknowledges that 'brain drain' affecting developing countries is the result of a combination of structural causes and push and pull factors; therefore asks the Commission to monitor the effects of the Blue Card system on developing countries and take corrective action if necessary; also asks the Commission to promote the application of the "WHO Code of practice" regarding the international recruitment of health personnel to both the public and the private sectors;

2012/08/28
Committee: DEVE

2012/2063(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)

23 a. Underlines that it has to be guaranteed that Mobility Partnerships are consistent with the international Human Rights legal framework; asks the EU to eliminate conditionality in development aid relating to migration reduction, in both bilateral and multilateral negotiations by the EU and its Member States;

2012/08/28
Committee: DEVE

2012/2063(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 b (new)

23 b. Calls on the EU to strengthen the partnership principle in the future Asylum and Migration Fund by making it mandatory for relevant state authorities and bodies to include CSOs and migrant organisations in the preparation, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation of the multi-annual programmes;

2012/08/28
Committee: DEVE

2012/2063(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 c (new)

23 c. Insists that the external dimension strand in the Asylum and Migration Fund is fully coherent with the external aid instruments and EU development objectives; proposes that safeguards be put in place to prevent Member States from using this strand of funding merely to curb migration from developing countries;

2012/08/28
Committee: DEVE

2012/2063(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 d (new)

23 d. Supports a migrant-centred and human rights based approach to EU migration policy with the view to enable the EU Member States and partner countries to respect, protect and fulfil the human rights of all migrants and enable migrants to claim their rights throughout the migration journey; emphasizes that human rights-based and migrant-centred approaches will help to properly analyse the root causes of forced migration notably conflicts, climate change, unemployment and poverty and ensure that the EU offers adequate responses to these, in line with PCD;

2012/08/28
Committee: DEVE

2012/2063(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Subheading 6 a (new)

Other Issues

2012/08/28
Committee: DEVE

2012/2063(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 i (new)

26 i. Asks the Commission to consider scaling up its support for culture-related programmes or cooperation projects with partners from developing countries due to their cross-cutting nature regarding the EU's development objectives;

2012/08/28
Committee: DEVE

2012/2063(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 j (new)

26 j. Highlights that planning for the provision of basic services, such as primary education, needs to focus more forcefully on those specific characteristics of particularly marginalized groups which make provision more difficult and limit the ability of the groups to take advantage of what is available;

2012/08/28
Committee: DEVE

2012/2063(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 k (new)

26 k. Underlines the urgent need to change the humanitarian mindset and recognize the vital role of education, especially of education during conflict- related emergencies and in the aftermath of conflicts; regrets that education is still one of the most underfunded areas of humanitarian aid;

2012/08/28
Committee: DEVE

2012/2063(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 l (new)

26 l. Asks the Commission to consider the cross-cutting nature of ICTs in development policies, especially the positive influence they can have on the education system, and stresses that intellectual property rights, technology transfer and local capacity-building require particular attention in that context;

2012/08/28
Committee: DEVE

2012/2063(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 m (new)

26 m. Points out that true banking transactions (m-banking) should be distinguished from basic money transfers (m-payments) and that the need to regulate international money transactions (e.g. to prevent money laundering or terrorism financing) by promoting the use of mobiles for affordable access to money for the poor must be reconciled; suggests that collecting existing best practices would be a useful way to share knowledge and address those challenges;

2012/08/28
Committee: DEVE

2012/2063(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 n (new)

26 n. Regrets that budget support arrangements are still characterized by a lack of citizen and parliamentarian oversight of agreements, their implementation, and their monitoring;

2012/08/28
Committee: DEVE

2012/2063(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 o (new)

26 o. Reiterates that, while budget support should be in line with promoting democratic governance, strengthening developing countries' own economic resources, fight against corruption and accountability of public spending, it should essentially focus on poverty reduction;

2012/08/28
Committee: DEVE

2012/2063(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 a (new)

26 a. Reiterates that the EU's efforts to secure access to raw materials from developing countries must not undermine local development and poverty eradication but support developing countries in translating their mineral wealth into real development; also stresses that the EU should support good governance, value addition processes and financial transparency of governments and commercial undertakings so that local mining sectors can act as a catalyst for development;

2012/08/28
Committee: DEVE

2012/2063(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 b (new)

26 b. Stresses that financial transparency is essential for supporting revenue mobilisation and combating tax evasion; insists that the current reform of the EU Accounting and Transparency Directives should include a requirement for listed and large private extractive and timber companies to disclose payments they make to governments on a project-by-project basis and with reporting thresholds that reflect the materiality of payments from the perspective of poor communities;

2012/08/28
Committee: DEVE

2012/2063(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 c (new)

26 c. Welcomes the eight areas of action for the years 2011-2014 chosen by the Commission in its proposal for a new policy on corporate social responsibility; underlines the importance of binding corporate social responsibility obligations and of encouraging employers to apply social standards which are more ambitious than current statutory provisions, including the possibility to develop and obtain a designation such as a social label; calls on the Commission to support the Member States in carefully monitoring the implementation, and ensuring the legal enforcement, of these obligations;

2012/08/28
Committee: DEVE

2012/2063(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 d (new)

26 d. Takes the view that, while there is a limit to what donor aid can achieve in terms of strengthening domestic accountability, some forms of aid can make a difference, from 'doing no harm' to actually strengthening existing domestic accountability systems, e.g. by involving local CSOs and parliaments of developing countries in the context of sector wide approaches (SWAp);

2012/08/28
Committee: DEVE

2012/2063(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 e (new)

26 e. Regrets that global health funding and interventions are skewed toward high-visibility events, such as the Asian tsunami, as well as toward a few high- profile infectious diseases (such as HIV/AIDS) while non-communicable diseases account for 63% of all deaths worldwide and injuries account for 17% of the global burden of morbidity and while women and children die because of the failure to deliver basic care during pregnancy, childbirth and infancy;

2012/08/28
Committee: DEVE

2012/2063(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 f (new)

26 f. Stresses that in line with its responsibility to protect the rights of clinical trials subjects in developing countries and to protect the health of EU citizens, the European Parliament can use its right to initiate investigations; also proposes the monitoring of the European Medicines Agency (EMEA) on certain issues, e.g. checking what actions the EMEA undertakes to clarify the practical application of ethical standards to clinical trials and making sure EMEA is putting efforts into harmonising the application of ethical standards by the responsible authorities;

2012/08/28
Committee: DEVE

2012/2063(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 g (new)

26 g. Asks the Commission to support local civil society groups, particularly women's groups and those that have a agenda sensitive to women, through accessible funding and capacity-building in order for them to be able to fulfil their role as effective development actors and custodians of peace and good government, especially in the context of situations of fragility;

2012/08/28
Committee: DEVE

2012/2063(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 h (new)

26 h. Welcomes the EU plan of Action on Gender Equality and Women's Empowerment in Development and encourages monitoring and implementation of gender mainstreaming in EU funded projects at country level; calls on the EU High Representative to take all necessary measures in order to provide adequate and effective training to EU delegation staff members regarding a gender-sensitive approach to peace keeping, conflict-prevention and peace- building;

2012/08/28
Committee: DEVE

2012/2029(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5d (new)

5d. Calls on the EU to put in place a policy for sustainable biomass production and its usage for energy that meets the requirements of climate change and is also consistent with its development cooperation policy;

2012/03/09
Committee: DEVE

2012/2029(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5e (new)

5e. Calls on the EU to fully support its 2020 EU Biodiversity Strategy to meet the future challenges of biodiversity and build ecosystems resilience while promoting sustainable production of biomass;

2012/03/09
Committee: DEVE

2012/2002(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Notes the Commission’s intention to promote ‘inclusive and sustainable growth in the service of human development’, but emphasises that, from a development perspective, this new instrument should have no objective besides that of the economic and social advancement of the most deprived; stresses that the European Consensus for Development and Article 208 TFEU should remain the doctrinal framework for Policy Coherence for Development (PCD) and that a revision of the basic orientations and principles for the Union’s development policy should involve the institutions that were involved in their creation;

2012/06/06
Committee: DEVE

2012/2002(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Considers it essential that an international conference be held with the BRICS countries which would focus, on the one hand, on the future financing of the MDGs, and, on the other hand, promote triangular cooperation arrangements involving one northern country donor, one emerging country and one developing country; points out that the concept of ‘development effectiveness’ is not only useful for measuring Policy Coherence for Development (PCD), but also provides an opportunity to deepen the dialogue with the BRICS countries as this is the concept preferred by emerging donors in development co-operation;

2012/06/06
Committee: DEVE

2012/2002(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

14. Would like the Agenda for Change to specify the important and independent role of civil society and regional and local authorities, not only in implementing development programmes and projects, but also as fundamental players in the process of developing evidence-based development policies;

2012/06/06
Committee: DEVE

2012/2002(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 c (new)

14c. Points out that a better understanding of the impacts of non- development policies on development is instrumental in establishing and monitoring an effective development framework; therefore considers it essential that the Agenda for Change moves evidence-based Policy Coherence for Development (PCD) forward;

2012/06/06
Committee: DEVE

2011/2308(INI)

Birgit SCHNIEBER-JASTRAM, Alf SVENSSON

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Takes the view that, in hosting companies investing in extractive activities, the EU has a responsibility to influence their behaviour as regards more sustainable practices, i.e. by strengthening corporate governance standards and regulations applied to the banks and funds that finance them; also stresses that the EU's obligation to ensure Policy Coherence for Development, enshrined in Article 208 TFEU, must be respected;

2012/05/08
Committee: DEVE

2011/2198(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. Asks the Commission to support local civil society groups, particularly women’s groups and those that have a gender sensitive agenda, through accessible funding and capacity building in order for them to be able to fulfil their role as a watchdog, especially in the context of failing states;

2011/10/12
Committee: DEVE

2011/2198(INI)

Birgit SCHNIEBER-JASTRAM, Alf SVENSSON

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)

6b. Points out that women, especially widows, separated women and orphans have difficulties returning home from refugee camps and owning land because of traditional stereotypes and because of the usual increase in land disputes after long conflicts; takes the view that the destruction of the fabric of societies brought about by conflicts should be seen as a chance to rebuild such societies in a way which guarantees women the right to own land and rights of political participation in general;

2011/10/12
Committee: DEVE

2011/2192(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Believes that, in order to make EU development policy more coherent and more effective, the Commission services within the EU delegations should be in the lead for development aid policy making and implementation; repeats its call on the Commission to appoint PCD focal points in each Delegation to monitor the impact of EU policy at partner-country level;

2012/02/07
Committee: DEVE

2011/2115(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Notes that the Commission is pushing for a comprehensive investment liberalisation framework with the aim of achieving maximum protection for EU investors; evokes the responsibility for policy coherence for development as laid down in Article 208 TFEU and recalls that it is vital that investment treaties provide a better balance between the rights and obligations of investors and host governments; urges the EU not to ban the use of performance requirements (local content, technology transfer, environment sustainability, etc.) as they are often prerequisites to ensure that foreign investment benefits the domestic market;

2011/08/31
Committee: DEVE

2011/2115(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Reiterates its call for addressing effectively the problem of ‘conflict minerals’ and other resources related to conflict in Africa that have resulted in the death and displacement of millions of people; urges the Commission to propose a legislative initiative on conflict minerals on the line of the US Dodd-Frank Act even if that might at first have a negative impact on artisanal mining; points out that such legislation is in effect pro- business as it would strengthen legal security and long-term political stability; maintains that, in order for such initiatives to work, a more comprehensive, global approach is needed, an example being the recent efforts of the OECD to help companies procure minerals responsibly;

2011/08/31
Committee: DEVE

2011/2115(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Stresses that the negotiations should not have a negative impact on developing countries’ abilities to foster South-South trade;

2011/08/31
Committee: DEVE

2011/2115(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)

3b. Points out that EU trade negotiations should contribute to improving the livelihoods of marginalised producers and workers in developing countries, for instance through initiatives that aim at ensuring that small producers are an integral part of the supply chains;

2011/08/31
Committee: DEVE

2011/2111(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Points out that the BRICS countries are too diverse for the EU to pursue a single policy towards them; suggests instead that the EU should try to find coherent patterns and areas of BRICS interest (technical cooperation and assistance, alignment of legislative requirements, etc.) which could allow the EU to establish itself as a primary BRICS partner and to exploit its comparative advantages, such as advanced environmental legislation, experience in regional cooperation and expertise in setting up systems for reducing social inequalities (e.g. efficient tax and social protection systems); is aware that BRICS is a stronger economic grouping and is more suited to address global political and economic issues, whereas the IBSA grouping (India, Brazil and South Africa) already has mechanisms in place to tackle socio-economic and developmental issues;

2011/11/11
Committee: DEVE

2011/2111(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Believes that the EU must decide whether it wants to establish a closer relationship with BRICS; acknowledges the trade-offs that this would entail, with the EU having to accept that its preference for binding commitments and institutionalised regimes will not necessarily be shared by those countries; also believes that BRICS countries' support for an effective multilateralism might be gained in exchange for a stronger representation in relevant international institutions; insists that the challenges posed by the rise of the BRICS should be seen as a chance rather than a problem;

2011/11/11
Committee: DEVE

2011/2111(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Calls on the EU to uphold standards of corporate social responsibility even in the face of increased competition over resources in order to guarantee legal security and sustainable long-time partnerships;

2011/11/11
Committee: DEVE

2011/2111(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)

2b. Welcomes initiatives within the context of the Joint EU-Africa Strategy 2nd Action Plan 2011-2013 providing training on best practice in negotiating mineral contracts and in fostering scientific cooperation in the mining sector as initiatives like EITI will only take effect in the longer term and some BRICS countries do not yet participate in them;

2011/11/11
Committee: DEVE

2011/2111(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Calls on the Commission to define specific areas of cooperation with BRICS in the field of development policy, e.g. cooperation in the fight against AIDS, which is not only important within China and other BRICS countries themselves but also a focus of their development cooperation, cooperation in mitigation of and adaptation to climate change or cooperation with Brazil in the agricultural dimensions of development; also stresses that dialogues in the context of budget support and capacity building in African countries have proven to be productive with regards to intensified discussions with BRICS;

2011/11/11
Committee: DEVE

2011/2111(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Points out that enhancing transparency on financing flows, ensuring competitive bidding in projects, and fully assessing the macroeconomic impact of financing in the field of development policies is in the interest of low income countries, the BRICS and the EU;

2011/11/11
Committee: DEVE

2011/2111(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Proposes that the EU's focus on ‘aid effectiveness’ should be ~~re-evaluated, because~~complemented with a focus on ‘development effectiveness’ (~~which focuses on~~i.e. output and results of development policies and assistance) which is the preferred concept of emerging donors; takes the view that the concept of ‘development effectiveness’ might thus provide not only an opportunity for more substantial EU-BRICS dialogue but also a chance to strengthen within the EU itself the concept of policy coherence for development enshrined in Article 208 TFEU;

2011/11/11
Committee: DEVE

2011/2056(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Is concerned that the selection of twelve strategic raw materials is too broad for a coherent strategy to be outlined;

2011/05/26
Committee: DEVE

2011/2056(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Calls on the EU and African Union to propose and implement concrete actions in the area of capacity-building assistance to resource-rich developing countries under the Joint Africa-EU Strategy 2nd Action Plan 2011-2013 in cooperation with the Member States, industry and stakeholders; welcomes the approach of this Action Plan to provide training on best practices to negotiate mineral contracts and foster scientific cooperation in the mining sector, in addition to promoting good governance including transparency;

2011/05/26
Committee: DEVE

2011/2056(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)

3b. Stresses that the EU should support the construction of processing facilities within the resource-rich developing countries;

2011/05/26
Committee: DEVE

2011/2056(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 c (new)

3c. Reiterates that transparency initiatives in the sector of extractive industries are in effect pro-business; they create legal security and sustainable long-time partnerships and they act as safeguards against the reopening of negotiations or expulsion; notes that there are challenges to be addressed and that some contracts require confidentiality but should nevertheless be under public scrutiny; notes that the Ghanaian Petroleum Revenue Management Bill is a good example for retaining a certain confidentiality on the one hand while safeguarding parliamentary scrutiny on the other hand;

2011/05/26
Committee: DEVE

2011/2056(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. Notes that exploitation of natural resources should be pursued in order to help a country meet its broader social and economic goals, not as an end in itself;

2011/05/26
Committee: DEVE

2011/2056(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)

7a. Takes the view that a long-term goal of the EU should be the establishment of an international mechanism that aims at preventing the use of military force as a means to secure access to raw materials;

2011/05/26
Committee: DEVE

2011/2047(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 d (new)

2d. Emphasises the close connection between a high impact development policy and capacity development; capacity development should be seen as an integrated process improving the capability of citizens, organisations, governments and societies to design sustainable development strategies; stresses that capacity development is a process that requires ownership by and policy space for the partner countries;

2011/04/18
Committee: DEVE

2011/2047(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 e (new)

2e. Points out, that support for capacity development not only through the instrument of budget support but also by the means of technical cooperation is essential for high impact development assistance; acknowledges that ownership of and identification with transformation processes by partner countries can increase over time when nourished by those instruments;

2011/04/18
Committee: DEVE

2011/2047(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 c (new)

11c. Considers that funding for large- scale export or infrastructure projects, while attractive in terms of delivering visible results, is not necessarily the best strategy to deliver benefits to the wider population and poor marginalized communities;

2011/04/18
Committee: DEVE

2011/2047(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17

17. Stresses that investment projects involving the private sector which are financed by the EU in developing countries should meet internationally agreed environmental, social and transparency standards and be consistent with beneficiary countries’ development plans; objects to any kind of cooperation with private entities which would contribute directly or indirectly to any form of tax evasion; asks the Commission to review its due diligence mechanisms when deciding on funding for resource extraction projects;

2011/04/18
Committee: DEVE

2011/2047(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 b (new)

20b. Points out that a large number of CO2-emission-intensive industrial projects in developing countries receive funding by Export Credit Agencies (ECA); stresses that such funding is incoherent as it reduces the impact of both climate and sustainable development policies;

2011/04/18
Committee: DEVE

2011/2008(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Asks the Commission to visibly integrate, or at least reconcile, its normative, technical and interest-based agendas for Central Asia; also recalls the obligations toward policy coherence for development enshrined in article 208 of the TFEU;

2011/06/28
Committee: DEVE

2011/2008(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Points out that the implementation of the strategy can be enhanced through intensified internal EU coordination on the one hand and through intensified engagement with other international donors and regional stakeholders on the other hand;

2011/06/28
Committee: DEVE

2011/2008(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)

3b. Suggests to streamline the regional approach with relationships with China and Russia as they are the main economic actors in the region; takes the view that the approach on fossil energy should be linked to EU programming in the Caucasus and Black Sea Region as well as with Turkey;

2011/06/28
Committee: DEVE

2011/2008(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 c (new)

3c. Suggests that the Education Initiative should include the broader development needs of these countries and help them develop adequate infrastructure for modern education systems;

2011/06/28
Committee: DEVE

2011/2008(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Asks the Commission to strengthen regional initiatives on border management and to create synergies with similar programmes in Afghanistan;

2011/06/28
Committee: DEVE

2011/2008(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)

4b. Asks the Commission to strengthen regional initiatives on water governance; regrets that until now the EU Water Governance Project is largely focused on water quality which is important but less relevant to the situation in Central Asia than issues of sharing and allocation of water resources; points out that the EU has a strong expertise in international water law and that it should therefore promote the establishment of a sustainable cooperative order on water governance, grounded in treaty level international law;

2011/06/28
Committee: DEVE

2011/2008(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Takes the view that civil society organisations ~~can play an invaluable role~~should help in defining priorities, as well as improving governance and the efficacy of development cooperation; calls therefore on the Commission and the Central Asian states to eliminate all unnecessary political and administrative barriers to their effective participation in ~~all stages of~~ development cooperation; also calls on the Commission to strengthen programmes for intercultural dialogue and people-to-people contacts as this seventh priority of the strategy has not been explored fully through substantial meetings or projects whose costs would, if managed well, be limited;

2011/06/28
Committee: DEVE

2011/0438(COD)

Hans-Peter MAYER, Sabine VERHEYEN, Andreas SCHWAB, Birgit SCHNIEBER-JASTRAM, Anja WEISGERBER, Heide RÜHLE, Birgit COLLIN-LANGEN

Proposal for a directive
Recital 5 a (new)

(5a) Public procurement accounts for approximately 19% of global GDP, or almost 40 times the amount provided by EU Member States as Official Development Assistance (ODA). As such it has huge potential to be a tool for living up to the EU's obligations towards Policy Coherence for development as enshrined in Article 208 TFEU and for implementing sustainable government policies both in the Union and in developing countries.

2012/06/14
Committee: ENVI

2011/0437(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 6

(6) Concessions are contracts for pecuniary interest concluded between one or more economic operators and one or more contracting authorities or entities and having as their object the acquisition of works or services where the consideration consists, normally, in the right to exploit the works or services that are the subject of the contract. The execution of these works or services are subject to specific binding obligations defined by the contracting authority or entity which are legally enforceable. By contrast, certain State acts such as authorisations or licences, or approval requirements for the provision of social services, whereby the State or a public authority establishes the conditions for the exercise of an economic activity, should not qualify as concessions. The same applies to certain agreements having as their object the right of an economic operator to exploit certain public domains or resources, such as ~~land lease~~tenancy contracts whereby the State or contracting authority or entity establishes only general conditions for their use without acquiring specific works or services. The general conditions contained in both tenancy and land lease contracts are rules concerning the transfer of the rented property to the tenant, the use thereof (e.g. a description of the rented property, provisions on permissible uses of the rented property, provisions on the optimum use of the rented property such as performance indicators and environmental standards), the respective obligations of the landlord and the tenant with regard to the maintenance of the rented property, the duration of the lease and repossession by the landlord of the rented property, the rent and other costs borne by the tenant, including penalties.

2012/10/23
Committee: IMCO

2011/0437(COD)

Andreas SCHWAB, Birgit SCHNIEBER-JASTRAM, Hans-Peter MAYER, Jorgo CHATZIMARKAKIS

Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1 – point a

(a) the acquisition ~~or rental~~, rental or leasing by the contracting authority or contracting entity, by whatever financial means, of land, existing buildings or other immovable property or concerning rights thereon; however financial service concessions awarded at the same time as, before or after the contract of acquisition or rental, in whatever form, shall be subject to this Directive;

2012/10/23
Committee: IMCO

2011/0437(COD)

Andreas SCHWAB, Birgit SCHNIEBER-JASTRAM, Hans-Peter MAYER

Proposal for a directive
Annex 3 – paragraph 1 – point 6

6. Activities relating to the exploitation of a geographical area for the purpose of the provision of airports and maritime or inland ports or other ~~terminal facilities~~general infrastructure to carriers by air, sea or inland waterway.

2012/10/23
Committee: IMCO

2011/0413(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6

(6) The Council Conclusions on Security and Development (as well as the Council Conclusions on an EU response to situations of fragility) emphasise that the nexus between development and security should inform EU strategies and policies in order to contribute to Policy Coherence for Development (PCD) as enshrined in Article 208 TFEU and to the coherence of EU external action in general. More specifically, the Council concluded that future work on security and development should include the security and development implications of climate change, environmental and natural resource management issues and migration.

2012/06/06
Committee: DEVE

2011/0413(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1

1. The Commission shall ensure that measures adopted under this Regulation are consistent with the Union's overall strategic policy framework for the partner country, and in particular with the objectives of the instruments referred to in paragraph 2, as well as with other relevant Union measures and objectives, especially PCD as enshrined in Article 208 TFEU.

2012/06/06
Committee: DEVE

2011/0411(COD)

Elisabeth JEGGLE, Birgit SCHNIEBER-JASTRAM

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14

(14) Under this Regulation, the Union should support the implementation of the ‘Europe 2020’ strategy, in particular objectives relating to climate change, the transition to a greener economy and resource efficiency, trade and investment, business and regulatory cooperation with third countries, and policy cohesion for development, and should promote public diplomacy, education/academic cooperation and outreach activities.

2012/05/16
Committee: DEVE

2011/0411(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Annex 1 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)

(ba) the support of policy reforms and institutional capacity building in third countries through instruments for targeted technical assistance (i.e. exchange of experts);

2012/06/18
Committee: AFET

2011/0406(COD)

Birgit SCHNIEBER-JASTRAM, Elisabeth JEGGLE

Proposal for a regulation
Annex V – Chapter B – paragraph 3 – point d a (new)

(d a) support of policy reforms and capacity building of public institutions in third countries through instruments for targeted technical assistance (i.e. exchange of experts);

2012/07/17
Committee: DEVE

2011/0405(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1

1. In implementing this Regulation, coherence shall be ensured with other areas of the Union external action as well as other relevant Union policies. To this end, measures financed under this Regulation, including those managed by the European Investment Bank (EIB), shall be based on the cooperation policy documents described in Article 3(1) and (2) as well as on the Union's specific interests, policy priorities and strategies. Such measures shall respect the commitments under multilateral agreements and international conventions to which the Union and partner countries are parties, and the obligations in respect of Policy Coherence for Development (PCD), as enshrined in Article 208 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union.

2012/05/30
Committee: DEVE

2011/0372(COD)

Birgit SCHNIEBER-JASTRAM, Elisabeth JEGGLE

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16

(16) Under Decision 1/CP.15, the Union and the Member States committed to providing substantial climate financing to support adaptation and mitigation actions in developing countries. In accordance with paragraph 40 of Decision 1/CP.16, each developed country Party to the UNFCCC must enhance reporting on the provision of financial, technological and capacity-building support to developing country Parties. Enhanced reporting is essential to recognise Union and Member State efforts to meet their commitments, in particular the commitments towards Policy Coherence for Development enshrined in Article 208 TFEU. Decision 1/CP.16 also established a new Technology Mechanism to enhance international technology transfer. This Regulation should ensure that robust up-to- date information on technology transfer activities to developing countries is made available.

2012/03/30
Committee: DEVE

2011/0371(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point d

(d) the European Youth Forum, the National Academic Recognition Centres (NARIC), the Eurydice, Euroguidance and Eurodesk networks, as well as the eTwinning National Support Centres, the Europass National Centres, and the National Information Offices, in particular in the neighbourhood countries and acceding countries, candidate countries and potential candidates not fully participating in the programme.

2012/09/24
Committee: DEVE

2011/0309(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 48

(48) As no existing financial security instruments, including risk pooling arrangements, can accommodate all possible consequences of extreme accidents, the Commission should immediately proceed with further analysis and studies of the appropriate measures to ensure adequately robust liability regime for damages related to offshore oil and gas operations, requirements on financial capacity including availability of appropriated financial security instruments or other arrangements. Until the results of the analysis and studies are known and the most appropriate instruments introduced, the Member States should ensure that operators in their jurisdiction demonstrate that sufficient financial guarantees are in place to cover estimated risks.

2012/08/14
Committee: ENVI

2011/0309(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – point 22

22. ‘'operator’' shall mean: ~~the operator of a production installation or the owner of a non-production installation and the well~~any natural or legal person who operates an installation or to whom the economic or decision- making power opver~~ator of a well operation. Operator and licensee both come under the definition of Article 2(6) of Directive 2004/35/EC~~ the functioning of the installation has been delegated;

2012/08/14
Committee: ENVI

2011/0309(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – point 28 a (new)

28a. 'public concerned' shall mean: the public affected or likely to be affected by, or having interest in the matters covered by this Regulation;

2012/08/14
Committee: ENVI

2011/0309(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 4

4. Licensing authorities pursuant to Directive 94/22/EC shall, when assessing the technical and financial capacity of the entities that apply for authorisation for offshore oil and gas activities, take into account the risks, hazards and any other relevant information related to the location concerned and the particular stage of exploration and production operations, and shall ensure that financial provision for potential liabilities in the case of a major accident are at a sufficient level to cover the estimated risks.

2012/08/14
Committee: ENVI

2011/0309(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. The European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA) shall expand its competences (beyond its primary focus on maritime shipping) to provide the Member States and their competent authorities with technical and scientific assistance in order to ensure risk minimisation in the field of offshore oil and gas safety.

2012/08/14
Committee: ENVI

2011/0309(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – title

~~Anonymous r~~Reporting of safety concerns

2012/08/14
Committee: ENVI

2011/0309(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 1

1. Competent authorities shall establish procedures for allowing ~~anonymous~~ reporting of safety and/or environmental concerns related to offshore oil and gas operations. Competent authorities shall also establish procedures to investigate these reports ~~while maintaining anonymity of the individuals concerned~~.

2012/08/14
Committee: ENVI

2011/0309(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 2

2. Operators shall communicate details of the national arrangements pursuant to paragraph 1 to their employees, and to employees to relevant subcontractors, and ensure that reference to ~~anonymous~~ reporting is included in relevant training and notices.

2012/08/14
Committee: ENVI

2011/0309(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 31 – paragraph 2

2. In the event of an accident, both the relevant authorities~~, in cooperation with~~ and operators concerned, shall take all measures necessary to prevent escalation of the accident and to mitigate its consequences.

2012/08/14
Committee: ENVI

2011/0308(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 32

(32) In order to provide for enhanced transparency of payments made to governments, large undertakings and public interest entities which are active in the extractive industry or logging of primary forests should disclose in a separate report on an annual basis material payments made to governments in the countries in which they operate. Such undertakings are active in countries rich in natural resources, in particular minerals, oil, natural gas as well as primary forests. The report sh~~ould include types of payments comparable to~~all also specify the specific project or projects to which those payments have been attributed and should build upon those disclos~~ed by an undertaking participating in~~ure requirement of the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI). The initiative is also complementary to the EU FLEGT Action Plan (Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade) and the Timber Regulation which require traders of timber products to exercise due diligence in order to prevent illegal wood from entering into the EU market.

2012/05/15
Committee: DEVE

2011/0308(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 33

(33) The reports should serve to facilitate governments of resource-rich countries in implementing the EITI Principles and Criteria and account to their citizens for payments such governments receive from undertakings active in the extractive industry or loggers of primary forests operating within their jurisdiction. The report should incorporate disclosures on a country and project basis, where a project is considered ~~as the lowest level of operational reporting unit at which the undertaking prepares regular internal management reports, such as a concession, geographical basin, etc and w~~equivalent to the contract, license, lease, concession or other legal agreement which gives rise to a company's tax and revenue liabilities in each country where it operates. Where any payment~~s have been attributed to such project~~ liabilities are incurred on a different basis, reporting shall be on that basis. In the light of the overall objective of promoting good governance in these countries, ~~the materiality of payments to be reported should be assessed in relation to the recipient government. Various criteria on materiality could be envisaged such as payments of an absolute amou~~payments shall be considered material if any one payment, or ~~a percentage threshold (such as payments in excess of a percentage of a country's GDP) and these can be defined through a delegated act~~set of payments of the same type amounts to more than EUR 15 000. The reporting regime should be subject to a review and a report by the Commission within five years of the entry into force of the Directive. The review should consider the effectiveness of the regime and take into account international developments including issues of competitiveness and energy security. The review should also take into account the experience of preparers and users of the payments information and consider whether it would be appropriate to include additional payment information such as effective tax rates and recipient details, such as bank account information.

2012/05/15
Committee: DEVE

2011/0308(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 38

(38) This Directive respects the fundamental rights and observes the principles recognised in particular by the Charter of the Fundamental Rights of the European Union and Article 208 TFEU,

2012/05/15
Committee: DEVE

2011/0308(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 37 – paragraph 1

1. Member States shall require large undertakings and all public interest entities active in the extractive industry or the logging of primary forests to prepare and make public a report on payments, including payments in kind, made to governments on an annual basis.

2012/05/15
Committee: DEVE

2011/0308(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 38 – paragraph 1 – point a a (new)

(aa) The report shall, where those payments have been attributed to a specific project, also include the amount per type of payment, including payments in kind, made for each such project within a financial year, and the total amount of payments for each such project.

2012/05/15
Committee: DEVE

2011/0308(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Article 39 – paragraph 1

1. A Member State shall require any large undertaking or any public interest entity active in the extractive industry or the logging of primary forests and governed by its national law to draw up a consolidated report on payments to governments in accordance with Articles 37 and 38 if that parent undertaking is ~~under the obligation~~obliged to prepare consolidated financial statements as laid down in Article 23(1) to 23(6) of this Directive.

2012/05/15
Committee: DEVE

2011/0307(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 7

(7) In order to provide for enhanced transparency of payments made to governments, issuers whose securities are admitted to trading on a regulated market and which have activities in the extractive or logging of primary forest industries should disclose in a separate report on an annual basis payments made to governments in the countries in which they operate. The report should ~~include types of payments comparable to~~also specify the specific project or projects to which those payments have been attributed and should build upon those disclos~~ed under~~ure requirement imposed by the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) ~~and provide civil society with information to hold governments of resource-rich countries to account for their receipts from the exploitation of natural resources~~. The initiative is also complementary to the EU FLEGT Action Plan (Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade) and the Timber Regulation, which require traders of timber products to exercise due diligence in order to prevent illegal wood from entering ~~into the EU~~the Union market. The detailed requirements are defined in Chapter 9 of Directive 2011/.../EU of the European Parliament and of the Council.

2012/05/15
Committee: DEVE

2011/0307(COD)

Birgit SCHNIEBER-JASTRAM, Gay MITCHELL

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 5

Directive 2004/109/EC
Article 6

Member States shall require issuers active in the extractive or logging of primary forest industries, as defined in […...] to prepare, in accordance with Chapter 9 of Directive 2011/.../EU of the European Parliament and of the Council (*), a report on payments made to governments, comprising additional information on their financial activities in third countries, on an annual basis. The report shall be made public at the latest six months after the end of each financial year and shall remain publicly available for at least five years. Payments to governments shall be reported at consolidated level.

2012/05/15
Committee: DEVE

2011/0298(COD)

Proposal for a directive
Recital 4

(4) The financial crisis has exposed weaknesses in the functioning and in the transparency of financial markets. The evolution of financial markets have exposed the need to strengthen the framework for the regulation of markets in financial instruments in order to increase transparency, better protect investors, reinforce confidence, reduce unregulated areas, ensure that supervisors are granted adequate powers to fulfil their tasks. As commodity derivative markets have an effect on global food prices, strengthening the regulatory framework is also necessary in order to ensure Policy Coherence for Development as enshrined in Article 208 TFEU.

2012/06/05
Committee: DEVE

2011/0288(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 110 a (new)

Article 110a Assessment of impact on developing countries 1. In accordance with Article 208 TFEU, the impact of the CAP on food production capacity and long term food security in developing countries shall be subject to regular and independent assessments, paying special attention to the impact on local and smallholder producers. The assessment shall also build on evidence submitted by governments, farmers' organisations, civil society organisations and other stakeholders in developing countries which are trading partners of the Union. 2. The Commission shall define, by means of implementing acts, the scope of and the procedure for the impact assessment, taking into account relevant international initiatives, in particular by the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food, the FAO, and the Committee on Food Security. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 112(3). 3. The Commission shall submit an annual report to the Council and to the European Parliament on the results of the assessment, the evidence received and the Union's policy response.

2012/06/04
Committee: DEVE

2011/0282(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 52

(52) Implementation of innovative projects in the context of the EIP for agricultural productivity and sustainability should be undertaken by operational groups bringing together farmers, researchers, advisors, businesses and other actors concerned by innovation in the agricultural sector. In order to ensure that results of such projects profit to the sector as a whole, their results should be disseminated. Cooperation with innovation networks in developing countries, which pursue similar objectives, should be encouraged, in particular those which support decentralized participatory research and the dissemination of knowledge about the best sustainable agricultural practises, including schemes designed specifically for women.

2012/05/30
Committee: DEVE

2011/0282(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 36 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)

(c a) innovation and co-operation through twinning between networks in the Union and in third countries;

2012/05/30
Committee: DEVE

2011/0282(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 44 – paragraph 2 – point b a (new)

(b a) a transnational twinning partnership between Natura 2000 areas and similar agricultural ecological management areas in third countries;

2012/05/30
Committee: DEVE

2011/0280(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 32 – paragraph 1

1. Farmers shall ensure that at least 7 % of their eligible hectares as defined in Article 25(2), excluding areas under permanent grassland, is ecological focus area such as land left fallow, areas without nitrogen use, terraces, landscape features, buffer strips and afforested areas as referred to in article 25(2)(b)(ii).

2012/05/30
Committee: DEVE

2010/2300(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Notes that budget support can enhance not only the accountability of governments but also donor coordination through the entailing dialogue on budgetary issues; points out that this a possible way forward for better coordination with emerging donors;

2011/04/12
Committee: DEVE

2010/2270(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)

C a. whereas water is vital for agriculture, only 5% of Africa’s cultivated land is irrigated, less than 10% of the potential of hydropower have been tapped and only 58% of Africans have access to safe drinking water,

2011/04/12
Committee: DEVE

2010/2270(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C b (new)

C b. whereas poor management of Africa’s water catchments has led to excessive soil erosion, increased costs of water treatment, rapid siltation of reservoirs, decline in economic life, and disruption of water supplies,

2011/04/12
Committee: DEVE

2010/2270(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C c (new)

C c. whereas development of water infrastructure is a prerequisite for water security in Africa and for meeting the targets of the Millennium Development Goals; whereas artificial water storage of adequate capacity is needed to ensure reliable water supply during droughts and to retain excessive water during periods of flooding; whereas average per capita storage capacity in Africa is about 200 cubic meters a year, much less than that of developing countries in other regions,

2011/04/12
Committee: DEVE

2010/2270(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)

12 a. Notes that balanced investment in water resource infrastructure and institutions is needed to increase productive uses of water, to mitigate the effect of recurrent floods and droughts, and to achieve basic water security as a platform for Africa’s economic growth; asks for priority to be given to investments that focus on growth, reduce rural poverty, build climate resilience and adaptation and foster cooperation in international river basin;

2011/04/12
Committee: DEVE

2010/2270(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)

13 a. Takes the view that investment in capacity building is necessary as sound water management institutions can ensure sustained returns on infrastructure investments and optimize the allocation and use of water by multiple economic sectors and across administrative and political borders;

2011/04/12
Committee: DEVE

2010/2270(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)

15 a. Points out that small water storage facilities can increase climate resilience by providing cost-effective solutions to water supply and drought mitigation and improve food security by increasing agricultural productivity; small storage options include off-stream reservoirs, networks of multipurpose small reservoirs and groundwater storage;

2011/04/12
Committee: DEVE

2010/2270(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 b (new)

15 b. Stresses that there is little evidence to establish that big dams are the only, the best or the optimal solution to the electricity question as they do not necessarily improve access to power for the poor and the vulnerable sections of society;

2011/04/12
Committee: DEVE

2010/2270(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 c (new)

15 c. Recalls the obligations of Policy Coherence for Development; also stresses that greater attention should be paid to the impact of dams on populations living downstream, for which dam building might lead to fundamental changes, such as a loss of food security;

2011/04/12
Committee: DEVE

2010/2270(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)

21 a. Points out that dam building projects have an impact on international security; stresses that those impacts can be negative by creating cross-border conflicts, social unrest and harm to the environment; but recalls that energy and water supply issues can have a positive impact by fostering dialogue between bordering states or regions as well;

2011/04/12
Committee: DEVE

2010/2269(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Urges the stepping-up of efforts aimed at reducing the negative effects of the brain drain; emphasises the importance of ~~promoting circular migration,~~ regulating recruitment practices and supporting capacity-building; asks the Commission to study whether circular migration schemes are a useful instrument and which types of circularity (one-shot/recursive; short-term/long- term; spontaneous/managed) could produce the best results for both developing and developed countries;

2011/02/03
Committee: DEVE

2010/2269(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1 (new)

Stresses that the migration of health workers poses difficulties as developing countries currently loose up to 70% of their workforce in this sector; this has negative financial effects, because the money invested in training is lost, it can lead to the attrition of entire health systems and it severely hampers the implementation of Global Health Initiatives (GNI);

2011/02/03
Committee: DEVE

2010/2269(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 12

12. Calls for additional efforts to promote policy coherence in respect of development within the EU's migration policy and to refrain from using ODA for policies aimed at deterring and controlling migration, often in violation of migrants‘’ human rights; it should be used however to further effective development, thereby reducing migration caused by poverty, political instability and political oppression;

2011/02/03
Committee: DEVE

2010/2152(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Recalls that, in order to foster inclusive and pro-poor economic growth, the EU, in its trade policy, must strive for the conclusion within two years of a development-friendly Doha Round and give additional support for South-South trade and regional integration; asks the EU to further pursue the reduction of tariffs on environmental and climate friendly products within the context of these negotiations as such a step could help increase the global trade volume;

2011/02/23
Committee: DEVE

2010/2152(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Calls on the EU to reduce certain non- tariff barriers, particularly on environmentally friendly products from developing countries which contribute both to economic and environmental sustainability; points out that those barriers have too often been set up with purely domestic considerations in mind and without assessing more trade-friendly solutions; recalls that non-tariff barriers are intended to increase the benefits of consumers, that being the reason why they cannot be abolished altogether;

2011/02/23
Committee: DEVE

2010/2152(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. Stresses the need to foster sustainable development by negotiating trade agreements and investment treaties that take into account the economic, environmental and social factors conducive to effective development and that allow policy space for partner countries to ensure food security, to build local and regional markets and to formulate a coherent strategy on the extraction of raw materials; considers that such a strategy can render the extractive process environmentally and socially sustainable by means of adherence to international standards and render it economically sustainable by securing for those countries a fair amount of revenue and, if convenient, could also allow the preservation of commodities for later use; insists that policies strengthening corporate social responsibility are essentially pro-business as they can lead to legal security and sustainable long- term partnerships with emerging markets while they might at the same time prevent renationalisation or the reopening of negotiations;

2011/02/23
Committee: DEVE

2010/2152(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. Asks the EU to support private sector initiatives calling for transparency and corporate social responsibility in the sector of resource extraction; asks the Commission also to support initiatives by pharmaceutical companies whereby certain patents are conceded to producers of generic medicinal products exclusively for use in the least developed markets;

2011/02/23
Committee: DEVE

2010/2152(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)

7a. Asks the Commission to consider the implementation of a permanent mechanism to help developing countries in rebuilding their economies after events like earthquakes or flooding; one option could be time-limited initiatives in the area of rules of origin incentivising the use of products or goods from the country hit by such an event;

2011/02/23
Committee: DEVE

2010/2102(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital B

B. whereas developing countries face important challenges in raising tax revenues due to insufficient human and financial resources to collect taxes, weak administrative capacity, corruption, lack of legitimacy of the political system and ~~unequal~~an uneven distribution of revenues,

2010/11/30
Committee: DEVE

2010/2102(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C

C. whereas the major forms of illicit financial flows and capital flight include transfer mispricing, round-tripping, ~~tax incentives and tax competition between countries to attract FDI, and~~double-dipping, bulk cash movements, opaque and disadvantageous investment protocols, and smuggling;

2010/11/30
Committee: DEVE

2010/2102(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital D

D. whereas the possibility of enhancing domestic resource mobilisation is further ~~weaken~~affected by the global context~~, characterised by customs tariff liberalisation~~ of increasing integration within the international markets,

2010/11/30
Committee: DEVE

2010/2102(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Notes with concern that the tax system in many poor countries remains characterised by extremely narrow tax bases, tax exemptions for the elite, a huge informal economy, massive revenues from natural resources going unaccounted for, and high illicit capital flows related to massive tax evasion;

2010/11/30
Committee: DEVE

2010/2102(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Underlines that ~~globalisation exacerba~~the EU should help developing countries in building up tax systems th~~e fiscal problems of developing countries~~at allow them to benefit from the process of globalisation;

2010/11/30
Committee: DEVE

2010/2102(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. Stresses that the decline in trade taxes, resulting from WTO obligations and regional trade agreements, ~~has posed acute~~poses problems for the poorest countries ~~that have at best replaced about 30% of their lost trade taxes~~as long as those losses are not made good by gains through a broadened tax base, that aim being the main focus of the Commission's proposal;

2010/11/30
Committee: DEVE

2010/2102(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Urges the Commission to ~~upgrade its assistance to strengthen~~assist the tax authorities, the judiciary and the anti-corruption agencies in developing countries, in their efforts to build up a progressive and sustainable tax system that will eventually bring a 'governance dividend' through increased legitimacy and accountability, and to effectively integrate the principles of good governance in tax matters into the programming, implementation and monitoring of country and regional strategy papers~~, and to systematically include clauses on good governance in future trade agreements~~;

2010/11/30
Committee: DEVE

2010/2102(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Recalls thate benefits of tax competition affects the way the tax burden is distributed between owners of capital and wage earners; underlines that the costs of tax competition are higher for developing countries since they derive a larger part of their tax to attract Foreign Direct Investment, which creates well-paid jobs and in turn increases income tax revenues; notes that the decline in revenues because of that competition should be addressed by broadening the tax base or by abstaining from that competition altogether if convenient and if other factors like good governance, legal security and preven~~ues~~tion from ~~capital and have little possibility to collect alternative taxes; considers that multinational enterprises should pay a fair share of taxes, while developing countries~~nationalisation can be harnessed in the competition for FDI; points out that low-income countries need the capacity to effectively negotiate with multinational corporations in order to secure an equitable public share in any resource rents and recalls that they should have adequate policy space to impose capital controls; as the right to collect and redistribute tax revenues is a key criterion for the sovereignty and legitimacy of states and therefore a prerequisite for good governance;

2010/11/30
Committee: DEVE

2010/2102(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)

9a. Points out that the French government has commissioned research on the topic of political incentives for taxation, but more is needed; therefore asks the Commission to study whether different approaches to transferring aid, e.g. grants versus loans, could help to limit or offset the potentially negative effects of aid on revenue raising; and whether budget support and related improvements in transparency and effectiveness of public expenditure management contribute over the longer term to increased willingness of citizens to pay tax;

2010/11/30
Committee: DEVE

2010/2102(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 b (new)

9b. Notes that too little attention has been paid to how governments can use tax policies to reduce inequalities in income and well-being by minimizing existing gender differences in tax liabilities;

2010/11/30
Committee: DEVE

2010/2102(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

12. Urges the development of initiatives to promote greater transparency in natural resource rents, inter alia through the OECD Anti-Bribery Convention and the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative; welcomes the adoption of the ~~new US ‘~~Congo Conflict Minerals~~’ Law~~ and Transparency Amendments to the Financial Regulatory Reform Bill and asks the Commission to propose a legislative initiative along this line without diminishing responsibility of the governments in the developing world, and without placing an undue bureaucratic burden on companies as that has already been criticised by stakeholders in the developing world and could prove counterproductive;

2010/11/30
Committee: DEVE

2010/2102(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)

12a. Stresses that exploitation of natural resources should be pursued in order to help a country meet its broader social and economic goals; for governments in developing countries this means to outline a vision, if so desired together with international stakeholders and expertise, of how the resource sector fits in the country’s economic future; for some countries the best use of resource endowments may be to leave them in the ground for future use; for others, it may be to extract rapidly, as an intermediary source of domestic revenue, in order to generate revenues to sustain the investment necessary for growth and to meet urgent human needs;

2010/11/30
Committee: DEVE

2010/2102(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 b (new)

12b. Points out that developing countries should be equal partners in the discussion and adoption of new initiatives in the sector of resource extraction; stresses that new arrangements in this field should take the form of a generalised international standards in order to avoid the creation of another patchwork of regulations which would be counterproductive from the point of view of governments, tax administration and international companies;

2010/11/30
Committee: DEVE

2010/2102(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 c (new)

12c. Stresses that the proposals of the Commission and non-governmental transparency initiatives for the sector of extractive industries, e.g. the Natural Resource Charter, the Equator Principles and the Guidelines for Investors and Companies by 'Critical Resource', are in effect pro-business; they produce legal security, sustainable long-time partnerships and pose as safeguards against renationalization, reopening of negotiations or expulsion; notes that there are problems to be addressed as well, for instance the fact that businesses may have to disclose commercially sensitive information which puts them at a competitive disadvantage, or that some agreements with governments are based on information being kept secret;

2010/11/30
Committee: DEVE

2010/2102(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 d (new)

12d. Notes that resource rents should always be seen as an intermediary means to increase domestic revenue; points out that success in taxation of resources often brings advances in direct taxes, such as corporate income taxes, and non-tax revenues, such as royalty fees;

2010/11/30
Committee: DEVE

2010/2102(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. Recalls that the quality of financial reporting is crucial to combat tax evasion effectively; ~~insists that the IASB includes~~asks the Commission to promote the inclusion of a requirement within ~~its~~the International Financial Reporting Standard ~~a requirement~~of the IASB that ~~all~~ multinational corporations report their income and tax paid on a country-by- country basis;

2010/11/30
Committee: DEVE

2010/2102(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17

17. ~~Expresses its concern about the unfortunate effect of tax treaties on the distribution of tax revenues; notes that the method of assign~~Considers that international deliberation should be undertaken withing the right to tax based on the domicile principle rather than the source country helps to make tax havens a more favourable location; deems that tax treaties should be reviewed for fairness, which implies the possibility of granting the primary right to tax in the source country where real activities are pursuedUnited Nations on the effects of taxation arrangements regarding multinational businesses on the tax base of less developed countries;

2010/11/30
Committee: DEVE

2010/0000(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph a), third indent

- agreement on m~~obilising additional~~aking better use of existing funds and launching ~~additional~~specific programmes ~~for those targets in respect of which only sc~~, including for MDGs on education, maternal health, birth control, child mortality antd progress ~~has been made so far, including MDG 5 on maternal health~~towards a sustainable economy;

2010/02/10
Committee: DEVE

2010/0000(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph a), fourth indent

~~- a clear signal that a new, even more ambitious agenda for poverty eradication will be adopted before 2015, ensuring continued efforts towards full eradication of poverty in the near future;~~(deleted)

2010/02/10
Committee: DEVE

2010/0000(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph a), last indent

- pushing for better coordination between UN agencies ~~with a view to enhancing effectiveness in achieving the MDGs~~and a more coherent UN operational framework to reach the MDGs, since the current fragmentation may ultimately marginalize the UN as a key actor in development;

2010/02/10
Committee: DEVE

2010/0000(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph c)

c) to ~~underline that the international community has to make additional efforts to tackle the adverse effects of the global economic crisis and~~insist not to use MDG funds to tackle the consequences of climate change onfor the developing countries; instead to use other resources for the achievement of that goal and to propose innovative funding mechanisms such as an international tax on financial transactions;

2010/02/10
Committee: DEVE

2010/0000(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph d)

d) to provide a clear timetable and monitoring mechanisms at EU level for achieving the objective of spending 0.7% of GNI on ODA by 2015; make concrete commitments in terms of how the EU will ensure better coordination, policy coherence and the fulfilment of MDG 8 and in relation to closing the financing gap in order to reach the 2010 Gleneagles target of approximately USD 154 billion (at 2008 prices) in total ODA.

2010/02/10
Committee: DEVE

2009/2218(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 2

– having regard to Title V of the Treaty on European Union and in particular Article 21(2) thereof, establishing the principles and objectives of the EU in international relations, and Article 208 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (Lisbon Treaty) ~~that~~ reaffirmsing the EU shall take account of the objectives of development cooperation in the policies that it implements which are likely to affect developing countries,

2010/03/05
Committee: DEVE

2009/2218(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation (new)

– having regard to the conclusions of the General Affairs and External Relations Council of 18 May 2009 on supporting developing countries in coping with the crisis,

2010/03/05
Committee: DEVE

2009/2218(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation (new)

– having regard to the Commission communication ‘Supporting developing countries in coping with the crisis’ (COM(2009)160),

2010/03/05
Committee: DEVE

2009/2218(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital A

A. whereas the OECD has proposed defining the concept of policy coherence for development (PCD) ~~mean~~as ‘working to ensure that the objectives and results of a government’s development policies are not undermined by other policies of that government, which impact on developing countries, and that these other policies support development objectives, where feasible’1, and whereas the EU has developed a concept of policy coherence for development aimed at building synergies between EU policies other than aid and development objectives,

2010/03/05
Committee: DEVE

2009/2218(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C

C. whereas Article 208 of the ~~Lisbon Treaty establishes poverty reduction~~Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union establishes the reduction and, in the long term, the eradication of poverty as the primary objective of EU development policy and whereas PCD works towards the Union’s development cooperation objectives through all its policies,

2010/03/05
Committee: DEVE

2009/2218(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Considers that all EU policy areas with an external impact must ~~be designed to suppor~~not contradict the fight against poverty as well as the fulfilment of human rights, including social, economic and environmental rights and gender equality;

2010/03/05
Committee: DEVE

2009/2218(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Stresses that the Council’s decision to s~~elect~~upport the Commission proposal on adopting a more targeted, more strategic and partnership-based approach to PCD focusing its attention in particular on five broad areas for the PCD exercise in 2009 should not ~~replace~~affect monitoring of the 12 traditional policy areas; furthermore calls on the Commission to identify incoherencies whenever they occur and suggest solutions;

2010/03/05
Committee: DEVE

2009/2218(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. Considers that it is necessary to provide for a p~~rocedure for complai~~oint of contact for citizens, private and non-governmental organisations and governments both in the EU and developing countries ~~against~~in case of failures of the Union to respect its PCD commitment; ~~notes that~~asks the European ~~Ombudsman, who is independent of the European Commission,~~Commission and Council to consider the following propositions, that this point of contact could either be the European Ombudsman, who drafts an annual report and has investigative powers, including on his/her own initiative in respect of complaints coming from outside the EU when these fall within his/her mandate; whether it could be officers in the future European External Action Service, as they have the necessary contacts and the capacity of judgment on site as well as the necessary general overview in the European Head Office;

2010/03/05
Committee: DEVE

2009/2218(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

11. Invites the Ombudsman and the Commission to work together in order to ensure the availability of an effective complaints mechanism against incoherencies using for example the UNDP’s human development criteria as a standard against which concrete measures and actions can be evaluated;deleted

2010/03/05
Committee: DEVE

2009/2218(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. Takes the view that, if actions and measures within the EU’s development policy do not respect the principles and objectives ~~laid down~~of the EU’s external action listed in Article 2081 of the ~~Lisbon Treaty~~Treaty on European Union, this constitutes a breach of an obligation ~~under the treaties~~for which an action may be brought before the Court of Justice of the European Union under Articles 263 and 265 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union;

2010/03/05
Committee: DEVE

2009/2218(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

15. ~~Demands a drastic~~Proposes to further develop existing EU instruments for lowering of customs tariffs for imports from all developing countries and asks the Commission to link the EU’s import tariffs to respect for internationally agreed labour and environmental standards and the exemption of fair trade products from any import tarifflike the GSP-/GSP+- System and chapters in FTAs and EPAs and further integrate internationally agreed labour and environmental standards into those instruments;

2010/03/05
Committee: DEVE

2009/2218(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

16. ~~Calls on~~Asks the Commission to ~~exclude from ongoing FTA and EPA negotiations~~consider excluding any demand to developing countries to sign up to the International Convention for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants from ongoing FTA and EPA negotiations, which restraints indigenous communities' access to and maintenance of biodiversity;

2010/03/05
Committee: DEVE

2009/2218(INI)

Birgit SCHNIEBER-JASTRAM, Ska KELLER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17

17. Urges the Commission to end its present TRIPS-plus approach in EPA negotiations regarding pharmaceuticals and medicines, to allow developing countries to provide medicines at affordable prices under domestic public health programmes;

2010/03/05
Committee: DEVE

2009/2218(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18

18. Welcomes the mechanisms to enhance PCD within the Commission, namely the inter-service consultation system, the Impact Assessment process, the Sustainability Impact Assessment and the Interservice Quality Support Group; asks, however, which criteria DG Development used when deciding to overturn incoherent policy initiatives and asks for greater transparency as regards the outcome of inter-service consultations; asks for the information gathered in the Impact Assessments to be provided to the European Parliament in a more comprehensible form; demands, furthermore, that the European Parliament and developing countries should be more closely involved in these mechanisms;

2010/03/05
Committee: DEVE

2009/2218(INI)

Birgit SCHNIEBER-JASTRAM, Ska KELLER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19

19. Asks the Commission to start the impact assessments earlier, i.e. before the drafting process of policy initiatives is already far advanced and to base them on existing or especially conducted evidence- based studies as a prospective analysis is most useful and practical given the lack of data and the complexities of PCD; asks the Commission to include the results of the impact assessments in the Development Cooperation Instrument (DCI)’s Regional and Country Strategy Papers together with suggestions for follow-up;

2010/03/05
Committee: DEVE

2009/2218(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22

22. Calls on the Commission to give the Commissioner for Development ~~sol~~the responsibility of coordination for the programming and implementation of ~~aid~~development assistance in all developing countries;

2010/03/05
Committee: DEVE

2009/2218(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24

24. ~~Calls for~~Suggests an inclusion of specific PCD commitments in every Presidency’s work programme;

2010/03/05
Committee: DEVE

2009/2218(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27

27. Encourages the existing joint parliamentary assemblies, such as the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly, to appoint standing rapporteurs for PCD and to draft a~~n a~~ biennuial PCD report in order to detect policy incoherencies;

2010/03/05
Committee: DEVE

2009/2218(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 a (new)

27a. Asks for a clarification regarding the Commission´s Communication on Policy Coherence (COM(2009)458) concerning procedures for the transfer of technology, respecting intellectual property as well as averting a technological dependency of developing countries;

2010/03/05
Committee: DEVE

2009/2218(INI)

Birgit SCHNIEBER-JASTRAM, Ska KELLER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 b (new)

27b. Asks for an institutional clarification regarding the Commission´s Communication on Policy Coherence (COM(2009)458) concerning an enhanced partnership and dialogue with the developing countries on the topic of PCD; asks whether this enhanced partnership would also include a mechanism for advising developing countries what they themselves can do to promote PCD and a plan for capacity building at country level to perform PCD assessments;

2010/03/05
Committee: DEVE

2009/2218(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27 c (new)

27c. Suggests a training of the European Commission´s staff and members of the European Council´s delegations in the field of PCD to achieve a higher awareness towards that policy goal;

2010/03/05
Committee: DEVE

2009/2165(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. Given that the European Development Fund (EDF) is the main financial resource for funding development cooperation policy under the Cotonou Agreement, calls for its inclusion in the budgetary powers of the European Parliament to allow tighter democratic control;

2009/11/20
Committee: DEVE

2009/2165(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)

12a. Calls for the revision of the Cotonou Agreement to establish mechanisms that permit the Africa-EU-China trilateral dialogue to maintain consensus on the sustainable management of the environment and natural resources, keeping in line with the Comprehensive Africa Agricultural Development Programme (CAADP), which forms the long-term agenda for Africa's agricultural development;

2009/11/20
Committee: DEVE

2009/2165(INI)