Activities of Josefa ANDRÉS BAREA related to 2011/0406(COD)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a financing instrument for development cooperation
Amendments (7)
Amendment 52 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) The Union also aims toshould ensure coherence with other areas of its external action. This should be ensured when formulating the Union's development cooperation policy and its strategic planning programming and implementation of measures. Since both the Union’s cooperation policy and its commercial policy are governed by the common principles applicable to the Union’s external action, in line with Articles 205 and 207 TFEU, development cooperation programmes aimed at improving, increasing, strengthening or facilitating commercial relations with the countries forming the subject of this Regulation must adhere to the same principles. Commercial measures forming part of cooperation policy should foster economic, social and environmental development, strengthen human rights and labour laws and promote good environmental practice.
Amendment 57 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) The Union's policy and international action for development cooperation are guided by the MDGs, such as the eradication of extreme poverty and hunger, including any subsequent modifications thereto, and by the development objectives and principles approved by the Union and its Member States, including in the context of their cooperation within the United Nations (UN) and other competent international organisations in the field of development cooperation. In concert with the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), the Union should help develop North-South and South-South industrial cooperation through investment, capacity-building, technology transfer and sustainable industrial development that helps developing countries draw advantage from the globalisation process.
Amendment 58 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11
Recital 11
(11) Union assistance should focus where it has more impact, having regard to its capacity to act on a global scale and respond to global challenges such as poverty eradication, sustainable and inclusive development and worldwide promotion of democracy, good governance, human rights and the rule of law, its long-term and predictable commitment to development assistance and its role in coordinating with its Member States. To ensure such impact, the principle of differentiation should be applied not only at the level of funds allocation, but also at the level of programming, to ensure that bilateral development cooperation targets partner countries most in need, including fragile states and states with high vulnerability, and with limited capacity to have access to other sources of financing for supporting their own development, having regard to the potential impact of the Union assistance in partner countries. As a consequence, bilateral programming would target such countries, pursuant to the application of objective criteria based on the needs and capacitiesFor countries no longer eligible for country- specific geographical programmes, provision should be made for phasing out assistance through a gradual approach, paying special attention to the needs of particularly vulnerable population groups and bearing in mind that some of theose countries, as weill as the impact of EU assistancelso cease to enjoy the commercial advantages of the Generalised System of Preferences (GSP), meaning they will be affected twice as badly.
Amendment 72 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 5
Article 3 – paragraph 5
5. In implementing this Regulation, consistency shall be ensured with other areas of Union external action and with other relevant Union policies. To this end, measures financed under this Regulation, including those managed by the EIB, shall be based on the cooperation policies set out in instruments such as agreements, trade agreements, declarations and action plans between the Union and the third countries and regions concerned, and on the Union'’s decisions, specific interests, policy priorities, commercial objectives and strategies.
Amendment 73 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 8 – point c a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 8 – point c a (new)
(ca) The Union must help develop North-South and South-South industrial cooperation through investment, capacity-building, technology transfer and sustainable industrial development that helps developing countries draw advantage from the globalisation process.
Amendment 76 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – point b
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) bilaterally withon a country by country basis with partner countries set out in Annex III and, where appropriate, for a transitional period, with other partner countries set out in Annex III.
Amendment 97 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex IV – part B – paragraph 2 – point f a (new)
Annex IV – part B – paragraph 2 – point f a (new)
(fa) mitigating the adverse effects that exclusion from the scheme of generalised tariff preferences will have on the economies of many of the countries in the region.