94 Amendments of William (The Earl of) DARTMOUTH
Amendment 38 #
2018/2094(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7 a. Recognises further that the politicisation of EU Trade Agreements inhibits Trade and thereby diminishes the prosperity and growth of EU Member States;
Amendment 3 #
2018/0058(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 2
Recital 2
(2) Since spring 2014, Ukraine has embarked on an ambitious reform programme aiming to stabilise its economy and improve the livelihoods of its citizens. Ukraine and the Union have jointly defined a reform agenda (the Association Agenda, which was last updated in March 2015). The fight against corruption as well as constitutional, electoral and judicial reforms are among the top priorities on the agenda. However, Transparency International’s 2017 Corruptions Perception Index Report showed that Ukraine had the second worst score for corruption rate of any country in the European continent.
Amendment 6 #
2018/0058(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 16 a (new)
Recital 16 a (new)
(16 a) The Union's macro-financial assistance should not be used for purposes of military or security operations, so as not to intensify the civil war or make the Union complicit in any military activities that may result from such activities being funded.
Amendment 10 #
2018/0058(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 18
Recital 18
(18) In order to ensure that the Union’s financial interests linked to the Union’s macro-financial assistance are protected efficiently, Ukraine should take urgent appropriate measures relating to the prevention of, and fight against, fraud, corruption and any other irregularities linked to the assistance. Furthermore, Ukraine should desist from further harassment activities of anti- corruption and pro-transparency campaigners, for which Ukraine has a concerning record. In addition, provision should be made for the Commission to carry out checks and for the Court of Auditors to carry out audits, and the assistance should be reduced or withheld if serious improvements are not made.
Amendment 11 #
2018/0058(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 18 a (new)
Recital 18 a (new)
(18 a) An important step in the anti- corruption activities Ukraine is to carry out in order to receive the Union's macro- financial assistance is the setting up of the High Anti-Corruption Court, which was initially blocked by the Ukrainian Authorities. The staff and the judges of that court should be politically independent of the Ukrainian Government and they should submit annual personal financial interest declarations, monitored by international agencies with experience in such reporting activity.
Amendment 16 #
2018/0058(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 1 – paragraph 5 a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. The Union's macro-financial assistance shall not be used for purposes of military or security operations.
Amendment 25 #
2018/0058(COD)
Proposal for a decision
Article 6 a (new)
Article 6 a (new)
Article 6 a To protect the financial interests of the Union, all financial assistance shall be subject to independent auditing. Where necessary, data and findings on corruption and fraud shall be raised with other multilateral parties including, but not restricted to, the UN, OSCE and OECD.
Amendment 3 #
2017/2271(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Notes that the US was the largest market for EU exports and the second- largest source of EU imports in 2017; notes that there are differences in the trade deficits and surpluses between the EU and the US for trade in goods, trade in services, digital trade and foreign direct investment; notes further that the EU has a US dollar 147 billion surplus in goods with the US;
Amendment 8 #
2017/2271(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Recognises that in the view of many authorities, Germany's trade surplus in goods with the US is excessive and not in the interest of the German and wider Eurozone economies;
Amendment 181 #
2017/2065(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20a. Fully recognises that the Temporary Agency Work Directive in its operation and effect is counter-productive and hostile to the development of the digital market in the Member States;
Amendment 5 #
2016/2148(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Notes the efforts made to use the ESI Funds in support of key priorities set in the country-specific recommendations; notes the Commission’s proposal on the establishment of the Structural Reform Support Programme; sStresses that Article 23 of the Common Provision Regulation must only be used as a last resort and that Parliament must be fully involved from the early stages;
Amendment 29 #
2016/2148(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
Amendment 34 #
2016/2099(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Deplores that the European Investment bank is placed in Luxembourg - in terms of GDP per capita the richest country in the EU - and stipulates that the European Investment Bank commence a review to relocate the headquarters of the European Investment Bank together with its over 2,000 employees away from Luxembourg to a less well-off country.
Amendment 2 #
2016/2052(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Notes that, with around EUR 200 billion of annual military spending, European countries are unable to averhave the sole right theo deterioration of their security environment and to weigh on global affairs because of fragmented defence policies that create inefficiencies and hinder their force projecmine their own defence and security policies; Believes that any pooling or cooperation; believes that a more integrated framework fortween Member States on defence cshould result in significant savings, additional capabilities and more sustained investment; recalls that, according to ‘cost of non-Europe’ estimates, annual efficiency gains in this area could range between EUR 26 billion in the less optimistic scenarios and EUR 130 billionbe conducted on a bilateral basis, or with legitimate international organisations and must not in any way be conducted at EU level;
Amendment 9 #
2016/2052(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
Amendment 14 #
2016/2052(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
Amendment 23 #
2016/2052(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. UrgNotes theat Member States tocan engage more actively in cooperative projects, e.g. research programmes or pooling and sharing of assets; supports, as they are free to determine this framework, the proposedeir own defence and security policies; Rejects any proposal for an EU preparatory action on defence research which should pave the way for aor dedicated programme;
Amendment 28 #
2016/2052(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
Amendment 124 #
2015/2233(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital K a (new)
Recital K a (new)
Ka. whereas data flows are integral to the global economy and directly benefit consumers; recognising that the European Court of Justice decision of 6 October 2015, which struck down the transfers of personal data to the USA under Safe Harbour, is a negative factor in this regards;
Amendment 16 #
2015/2132(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Welcomes the slightDeplores the increase in commitments for the Instrument for Macro-Financial Assistance and the European Neighbourhood Instrument; is concerned, however, that these increases will not be sufficient to respond to the needs in the Eafurthermore of the opinion that in view of Turkey’s persisternt and Southern neighbourhood, including possible further assistance programmes for Ukrainesystematic human rights violations (which include imprisoning journalists), the Macro-Financial Assistance to Turkey should be suspended;
Amendment 3 #
2015/2127(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 (new)
Paragraph 1 (new)
Notwithstanding, the lending policies and practice of the European Investment Bank should conform in the first instance to sound commercial principles;
Amendment 14 #
2015/2127(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
Amendment 27 #
2015/2127(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Commends the high level of transparency achieved by the EIB; suggests further improvements in transparency with regard to the assessment of the economic and social impact of the EIB’s intermediated loans;
Amendment 45 #
2015/2127(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the EIB to update its policies on anti-money laundering and on combating the financing of terrorism, including the establishment of a new responsible taxation policy, starting with a review of its policy on non-cooperative jurisdictions (NCJ policy) in 2016. EIB policies on anti- money laundering should have particular regard to EU Member State Luxembourg;
Amendment 10 #
2015/2104(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
Amendment 128 #
2015/2104(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses that the General Assembly representing the governments of all member countries must have ways and means to give direction to the United Nations System and coordinate all its activities; is of the opinion that in the long term the democratic governance of the UN should be strengthened by establishing a World Parliament representing the people;
Amendment 158 #
2015/2104(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Notwithstanding the above, the permanent seats of France and the United Kingdom on the UN Security Council must in all circumstances remain;
Amendment 161 #
2015/2104(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
Amendment 223 #
2015/2104(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Notwithstanding the above, under no circumstances will the Sustainable Development Council be deemed to have the same or similar status to the UN Security Council;
Amendment 232 #
2015/2104(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. With a view to ensure the necessary legitimacy, efficiency and effectiveness of the decisions that this Sustainable Development Council would take, considers that its status and composition should be similar to those of the Security Council with a few permanent members, including the EU, and rotating ones; considers however that no justification whatsoever can be found to entitle a country or a regional organisation to the right to stop any decision taken by a majority or a qualified majority of the members, and therefore rejects any form of veto rightand rotating ones;
Amendment 236 #
2015/2104(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
Amendment 251 #
2015/2104(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
Amendment 268 #
2015/2104(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
Amendment 408 #
2014/2228(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point b – point vi a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point b – point vi a (new)
(via) That the National Health Service (NHS) of the United Kingdom be excluded from all TTIP provisions in their entirety;
Amendment 416 #
2014/2228(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point b – point vi b (new)
Paragraph 1 – point b – point vi b (new)
(vib) That a full carve-out from TTIP be provided to the National Health Service (NHS) of the United Kingdom as part of the negotiations on market access, in such a way that this carve-out cannot be challenged through any dispute settlement mechanism that may arise from TTIP;
Amendment 1 #
2014/0279(COD)
Draft legislative resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. ADeclines to adopts its position at first reading, taking over the Commission proposal.
Amendment 4 #
2014/0279(COD)
Draft legislative resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls on the Commission to refer theany matter to Parliament again if it intends to amend its proposal substantially or replace it with another texrelated to accelerated association agreements to Parliament;
Amendment 1 #
2013/2145(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
Amendment 7 #
2013/2145(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
Amendment 11 #
2013/2145(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Notes with particular concernApplauds the especially severe reductions applied to the European Neighbourhood Instrument (ENI), which could considerably endanger relations with the Eastern and Southern Neighbourhood, one of the main priorities of the EU's external action; stresses that without adequate funding, the ‘more for more’ principle as core mechanism in the relevant financial instruments will be fundamentally undermined; strongly urges to restore a substantial amount of the cuts in commitments to the ENI;
Amendment 15 #
2013/2145(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
Amendment 30 #
2013/2145(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Notes that the distribution of the decreases in commitments among the different instruments remains largely unexplained which is especially disconcerting given the enormous differences in the depth of the cuts; asks the Commission to provide further clarification on the reasons for this distribution of cuts;
Amendment 32 #
2013/2145(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Notes that the margin for Heading 4 has been once more considerably reduced this year and leaves little room for flexibility with regard to policy priorities; stresses that such thin margins are unacceptable as they undermine the role that Parliament can play in the budget negotiations;
Amendment 34 #
2013/2145(BUD)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Welcomes the savings the European External Action Service (EEAS) has been able to make in its budget but notes with concern rising costs and suggests steps should be taken towards the purchase of delegation buildings where economically sensible; similarly welcomes attempts made to reduce the number of senior level posts but emphasises that the efforts made so far are still insufficient; continues to believe that the special situation of the EEAS requires a partial exemption from the strict savings goals imposed on other institutions.
Amendment 3 #
2012/2320(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
Amendment 5 #
2012/2320(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
Amendment 6 #
2012/2320(INI)
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 #
2012/2320(INI)
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 #
2012/2320(INI)
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 #
2012/2320(INI)
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 #
2012/2320(INI)
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 #
2012/2320(INI)
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 #
2012/2320(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
Amendment 34 #
2012/2320(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
Amendment 40 #
2012/2320(INI)
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 #
2012/2320(INI)
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 #
2012/2320(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
Amendment 47 #
2012/2320(INI)
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 #
2012/2320(INI)
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 #
2012/2320(INI)
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 #
2012/2320(INI)
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;
Amendment 13 #
2011/2056(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses the importance of trade in raw materials for economic growth and calls for an integrated raw materials diplomacy to be developed by the EU, based on its industrial policy agenda and in line with its development and environment policynotes the role of the market in such trade;
Amendment 34 #
2011/2056(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Commission to draw up rulesa voluntary code of conduct on the social responsibility of European undertakings involved in the mining of raw materials in source countries;
Amendment 43 #
2011/2056(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the Commission to further develop raw materials traceability systems and to introduce a bindingvoluntary certification scheme for raw materials and trading chains (Certified Trading Chains), so that trade can be guaranteed to be fair;
Amendment 52 #
2011/2056(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the Commission to take the necessary measures to ensure there is transparency on commodity markets and to act against commodities speculation;
Amendment 71 #
2011/2056(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. StressNotes that substantial quantities of recyclable waste and waste that contains raw materials are still being exported from the EU; calls on the Commission to take all possible steps to put a stop to illegal exports and to incorporate EU-equivalent recycling standards into international agreements; calls on the Member States to significantly reinforce export control regimesMember States to act as they judge appropriate.
Amendment 8 #
2010/2277(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Advocates coherence between the Union’s internal and external policies and its overall objectives, contributing to sustainable growth and employment in line with the EU 2020 strategy; urges that such coherence be pursued in the context of multilateral organisations and bilateral trade agreements through ex ante sustainable impact assessments (SIAs) and periodic ex post evaluations, the inclusion in agreements of clauses on human rights, social and environmental responsibility and corporate social responsibility (CSR) and their enforcement, with sanctions in the event of infringement;
Amendment 28 #
2010/2277(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Considers it important to ensure market access, symmetry and transparency in public procurement procedures, as well as security and predictability in relation to investments; believes that quality and price and not any other policy or criteria must be the deciding factor in awarding public contracts; deplores the fact that, by increasing competitive pressure among countries to attract foreign investors, as well as competition between corporations, globalisation has resulted, in some cases, in serious abuses of human rights and labour rights and in damage to the environment; points out that companies have duties, and calls for a binding CSR clause to be included in trade agreements.;
Amendment 29 #
2010/2277(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Considers it important to ensure market access, symmetry and transparency in public procurement procedures, as well as security and predictability in relation to investments; deplores the fact that, by increasing competitive pressure among countries to attract foreign investors, as well as competition between corporations, globalisation has resulted, in some cases, in serious abuses of human rights and labour rights and in damage to the environment; points out that companies have duties, and calls for a binding CSR clause to be included in trade agreements.
Amendment 36 #
2010/2277(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Asks the Commission to take account of the specific circumstances of SMEs and micro-businesses which can best be achieved by exempting them from the burden of regulation;
Amendment 37 #
2010/2277(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Believes that reference to coordination of national tax policies, notably by proposing a Directive introducing a common consolidated corporate tax base (CCCTB) must not remove from the Member States the right to determine their own tax policy and tax rates;
Amendment 38 #
2010/2277(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 c (new)
Paragraph 4 c (new)
4c. Believes strongly that the posting of workers directive must not create two classes of citizens' rights within a single company or location and that the power of Member States to create and operate their own welfare structures must remain sacrosanct;
Amendment 39 #
2010/2277(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 d (new)
Paragraph 4 d (new)
4d. Reminds the Commission that central planning failed throughout Central and Eastern Europe as well as all other countries in the world under socialism; therefore voices its alarm at the Commission's plans to create a European framework for the planning in advance of industrial restructuring;
Amendment 40 #
2010/2277(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 e (new)
Paragraph 4 e (new)
Amendment 41 #
2010/2277(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 f (new)
Paragraph 4 f (new)
4f. Feels strongly that the Social Business Initiative should be permissive and not restrictive, that social ratings should be voluntary, that any use of savings must be limited to cases where ownership and title cannot be established, and that dormancy must not function as an unusual and cruel form of state punishment and an act of legalised theft for leaving money unused;
Amendment 42 #
2010/2277(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 g (new)
Paragraph 4 g (new)
4g. Feels strongly that attempts to improve the quality of legal structures must not deprive shareholders and stakeholders of the right to determine for themselves the form of legal status they prefer;
Amendment 43 #
2010/2277(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 h (new)
Paragraph 4 h (new)
4h. Points out that modern economics is riddled with examples of state planning going wrong and damaging the quality of people's lives; reminds the Commission that it is far from infallible and asks it to remember this at all times when seeking to develop and implement this programme;
Amendment 44 #
2010/2277(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 i (new)
Paragraph 4 i (new)
4i. Feels strongly that mortgage market integration should have the effect of expanding and widening consumer choice not limiting it; urges that Commission action must not therefore cause products and offerings to be withdrawn from the market but add to their numbers; moreover, notes that mortgages are denominated in a currency, meaning exchange rates can have as much impact as interest rates, and urges, in this context, that stability must not be used to stultify the market;
Amendment 45 #
2010/2277(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 j (new)
Paragraph 4 j (new)
4j. Recommends that the Commission understands that the best way to achieve its objective of eliminating the tax obstacles still facing European citizens is to take less of people's money;
Amendment 46 #
2010/2277(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 k (new)
Paragraph 4 k (new)
4k. Notes that the Laffer Curve definitively demonstrates that tax rates which are too high reduce the incentive to work and the revenue generated by a particular tax and further notes that taxes can have wider, damaging consequences;
Amendment 47 #
2010/2277(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 l (new)
Paragraph 4 l (new)
Amendment 35 #
2010/2245(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Not withstanding all the above, innovation cannot be legislated nor can it be generated by regulation; therefore calls on the Commission to interfere as little as possible and to ensure that as a starting point the Commission refrains from damaging that which it aims to encourage;
Amendment 23 #
2010/2205(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Wants the Commission, in its future communication on the internationalisation of SMEs‘ activities, to propose measures that help support and promote their initiatives in the field of CSR that take account of their specific circumstances. which can best be achieved by exempting SMEs and micro businesses from the burden of regulation;
Amendment 19 #
2010/2103(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Considers that, notwithstanding anything below, international trade relations are not an appropriate mechanism for dealing with climate change;
Amendment 32 #
2010/2103(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Points out, however, that the impact of the introduction of climate change measures into the European Union's trade policies will be to displace specific industries and commercial activities from the Member States or the Member States' trading partners where standards are high, to developing and other countries with laxer regimes, and this is damaging to, inter alia, employment, tax revenue, climate concerns and prosperity and therefore calls upon the Commission to ensure that no perverse incentives and unintended consequences are generated;
Amendment 10 #
2010/2080(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Calls on the Commission to confirm that contracting parties to commercial and all other agreements, including specifically international trade agreements, will continue to have the absolute right to write into an agreement the legal jurisdiction competent to settle any dispute, including after the Stockholm Programme has come fully into force in all its aspects;
Amendment 3 #
2010/0816(CNS)
Proposal for a decision
Recital 1 a (new)
Recital 1 a (new)
(1a) The EEAS should not frustrate the foreign policy of individual Member States and the foreign policy of each Member State should in all circumstances prevail.
Amendment 20 #
2009/2219(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph –1 (new)
Paragraph –1 (new)
-1. Notwithstanding anything below international trade relations are not an appropriate mechanism for dealing with human rights;
Amendment 61 #
2009/2201(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Calls on the Commission to remember that CSR was originally a voluntary activity by responsible companies intended to ensure that their impact was beneficial to the Member States and states in which they operate and to recognise that, in this context, maintaining the voluntary principle and having organisations choose to act at their discretion is the best method to ensure the most productive outcomes;
Amendment 63 #
2009/2201(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Notes that legal requirements, regulation and bureaucratic procedure can have a particularly damaging impact on SMEs as they attempt to grow with limited resources and / or enter new markets, and therefore calls upon the Commission to ensure that any actions which arise from this report do not add to the bureaucratic burden particularly on SMEs or have a deleterious impact upon their entrepreneurial initiatives;
Amendment 69 #
2009/2201(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Notes that the imposition of legal requirements from supra-national bodies can reduce the functioning of electoral democracy and calls on the Commission to ensure that the terms of all international agreements which it seeks to implement do not reduce the democratic rights of self-determination of any of the parties to the agreement;
Amendment 92 #
2009/2201(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 point g a (new)
Paragraph 12 point g a (new)
ga. a particular focus on the impact of the employment of children and child labour practices;
Amendment 100 #
2009/2201(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Points out, that if the impact of the introduction of a CSR legal requirement as a mandatory element in European Union FTAs is to displace industries and commercial activities from the Member States or the Member State's trading partners where standards are high, to countries with laxer regimes, this is then damaging to all of employment, tax revenue, climate concerns and prosperity and therefore calls upon the Commission to ensure that no perverse incentives and unintended consequences are generated;
Amendment 104 #
2009/2201(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Advocates once again the establishment within the WTO of a Trade and Decent Work Committee, along the lines of the Trade and Development Committee, which would provide a forum for the discussion, in particular, of the issues of labour standards, especially as they relate to the employment of children, and CSR as they relate to international trade; proposes once again a revision of the dispute settlement procedure, so that in cases involving possible breaches of international environmental or labour agreements special groups (panels) or the appeal body can ask the competent international organisations to draw up opinions, which would then be published;