Activities of William (The Earl of) DARTMOUTH related to 2012/2320(INI)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on the first annual report from the Commission to the European Parliament on the activities of Member States’ Export Credit Agencies PDF (165 KB) DOC (93 KB)
Amendments (17)
Amendment 3 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights is legally binding on the EU institutions and Member States when they implement EU law and whereas the Commission's Strategy for the effective implementation of the Charter explicitly acknowledges that the Charter applies to the EU's external action; notwithstanding this is deemed to specifically exclude Member States' Export Credit Agencies;
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
H. whereas the Union and its Member States welcomed the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights, whose Principle 4 on state-business relations explicitly refers to export credit agencies;
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
I. whereas export credit support is often granted to large projects with difficulties in accessing commercial credit due to high environmentcommercial risks, which Export Credit Agencies (ECAs) need to price accordingly;
Amendment 12 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. RecognisDeplores the efforts undertaken by the Commission in establishing a framework for the annual reporting of Member States on their export credit activities in accordance with Regulation 1233/2011, in order to step up transparency at the EU level;
Amendment 19 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Underlines that the annual reports of the Member States, and the Commission's evaluation of these reports, do not yet satisfy Parliament's intention to be able to make an assessment as to whether the Member States' export credit activities' are in compliance with the Union's foreign policy goals, as enshrined in Articles 3 and 21 TEU, and the treatment of environmentcommercial risks in the calculation of ECA premiums;
Amendment 26 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Shares the observation of the Commission in the annual report that ‘it is difficult to define a precise benchmark for measuring compliance in EU law’; reiterates, however, that Article 21 provisions remain the background against which the policies applied to export credit transactions have to be evaluated;
Amendment 31 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
Amendment 34 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
Amendment 40 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Considers progress in reporting on human rights compliance by ECAs a front- runnerhas no direct relevance for better reporting also on other European external action goals enshrined in Article 21, such as the eradication of poverty, and on the treatment of environmental risks;
Amendment 42 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Notes that Member State ECAs currently report on their evaluation of environmental risks but not on how these are included in the calculation of ECA premiums; considers such reporting to be essential to ensuring a level playing field;
Amendment 46 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
Amendment 47 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. EDoes not expects the next Annual Report of the Commission to contain a statement on whether is has been able to evaluate the compliance of Member States with the Union's external action goals and, if the answer is negative, recommendations on how to improve reporting to this end;
Amendment 51 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Recommends a sectoral approach in developing the IWG, in order to build the base for horizontal provisions in a second phase that will ensure the common adoption of effective environmental, social and human rights standards by OECD and non-OECD ECAs;
Amendment 55 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19a. The activities of Member States' Export Credit Agencies in relation to the export of jet engines are excluded from any obligation to report to the Commission and/or the External Action Service;
Amendment 56 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 b (new)
Paragraph 19 b (new)
19b. The activities of Member States' Export Credit Agencies in relation to the export of aircraft are excluded from any obligation to report to the Commission and/or the External Action Service;