Activities of Gerben-Jan GERBRANDY related to 2008/0198(COD)
Plenary speeches (1)
Obligations of operators who place timber and timber products on the market (debate)
Amendments (4)
Amendment 73 #
Council position
Recital 1 a (new)
Recital 1 a (new)
(1a) The forest environment is a common heritage of humankind that must be protected, preserved and, where practicable, restored with the ultimate aim of maintaining biodiversity and ecosystem functions, protecting the climate system, and safeguarding the rights of indigenous peoples and forest-dependent communities.
Amendment 108 #
Council position
Article 2 – point g
Article 2 – point g
(g) "applicable legislation" means the laws and legislation, whether national, regional or international, in force in the country of harvest covering the following matters: - rights to harvest timber within legally gazetted boundaries; - payments for harvest rights and timber including taxes and duties related to timber harvesting; - timber harvestingrequirements regarding biodiversity conservation, timber harvesting and forest management, including directly related environmental and forest legislation as well as labour and community welfare legislation; - third parties' legal or customary rights concerning use and tenure that is affected by timber harvesting; and - trade and customs legislation, in so far as the forest sector is concerned.
Amendment 129 #
Council position
Article 7 – paragraph 1
Article 7 – paragraph 1
1. A monitoring organisation shall exercise the following functions: (a) maintain and regularly evaluate a due diligence system in accordance with Article 5 and grant operators the right to use it; (b) verify the proper use of its own due diligence system by such operators; (c) take appropriate actions in the event of failure by an operator to properly use its due diligence system, including notification of competent authorities in the event of serious or repeated failure by the operator.
Amendment 135 #
Council position
Article 7 – paragraph 6
Article 7 – paragraph 6
6. The competent authorities or the Commission mayCommission shall suspend or withdraw a recognition when the competent authority or the Commission has determined that a monitoring organisation no longer fulfils the functions laid down in paragraph 1 or the requirements laid down in paragraph 2. The competent authority or the Commission may only withdraw a recognition that it has itself issued. BefBefore suspension ore withdrawal of a recognition, the Commission shall inform the Member States concerned. Member States shall inform the Commission of the withdrawal of a recognition.