Activities of George Sabin CUTAȘ related to 2010/2103(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Human rights, social and environmental standards in International Trade agreements - International Trade Policy in the context of Climate Change imperatives - Corporate social responsibility in international trade agreements (debate)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on international trade policy in the context of climate change imperatives PDF (278 KB) DOC (139 KB)
Amendments (9)
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the agreement reached at the UN climate summit in Copenhagen in December 2009 is inadequate and disappointing; whereas the European Union did not manage to playassume a leading role because its objectives lacked ambition and it failed to present a united front,
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas the Cancun Summit should be a key step towards an operational, comprehensive and legally binding agreement in helping to keep global warming well below 2°C, and should quickly become bindingthe results of the Cancun Summit should find practical expression in a much stronger verification procedure than that decided on at the Copenhagen Summit of December 2009,
Amendment 18 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Takes the view that the outstanding efforts made by the European Union in combating climate change cannot ensure the success of an agreement for the period after 2012, unless other States closely follow its example. Steps must be taken to ensure that the decision to switch to a 30% reduction will also encourage the other parties to adopt more ambitious commitments;
Amendment 20 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Urges that legally binding instruments should be adopted at Cancun so as to avoid a situation in which the conclusion of a comprehensive climate change agreement is constantly deferred;
Amendment 22 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Recalls that the common commercial policy is an instrument in the service of the European Union’s overall objectives, that, pursuant to Article 207 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, the EU’s common commercial policy must be conducted ‘in the context of the principles and objectives of the Union’s external action’, and that, pursuant to Article 3 of the Treaty on European Union, it must contribute, in particular, ‘to the sustainable development of the Earth, solidarity and mutual respect among peoples, free and fair trade, eradication of poverty and the protection of human rights, in particular the rights of the child, as well as to the strict observance and the development of international law, including respect for the principles of the United Nations Charter’;
Amendment 30 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Points out the need to establish a World Environmental Organisation;
Amendment 41 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20a. Regrets that the current trading system produces a global division of labour and production which is based on a very high input of transport, which does not bear its own environmental costs - of homogeneous products, which could just as easily be produced locally; supports therefore the introduction at European level of food miles;
Amendment 49 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29 a (new)
Paragraph 29 a (new)
29a. Takes the view that environmental criteria must be introduced in the reform of the GSP;
Amendment 51 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33 a (new)
Paragraph 33 a (new)
33a. Recognise that trade is an important tool for the transfer of technologies to developing countries; emphasises the need to reduce barriers to "green trade" by, for instance, removing tariffs on "green goods" at WTO level;