1 Amendments of Patrice TIROLIEN related to 2011/2056(INI)
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Asks the Commission to quickly present a legislative proposal on transparency and accountability in the extractive industries founded on the standards of the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) and EITI+ + and on the Dodd-Frank Act dealing with conflict minerals; recalls that this was proposed by the Committee on Development as a parliamentary priority within the framework of the structured dialogue on the Commission Work Plan for 2012; stresses that transparency, corporate social responsibility and a functioning administration benefit both extracting companies and the societies of resource- rich developing countries; in this connection, calls on the European Union and its Member States to bring pressure to bear on European companies operating in developing countries and to set an example of social responsibility and the promotion of decent work;