Preparatory phase in Parliament
2018/0122M(NLE) EU/Japan Economic Partnership Agreement
Next event: Indicative plenary sitting date, 1st reading/single reading 2018/12/11
Next event: Indicative plenary sitting date, 1st reading/single reading 2018/12/11
| Role | Committee | Rapporteur | Shadows |
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| Lead | AFET | PETERLE Alojz (EPP) | MARTIN David (S&D), BELDER Bas (ECR), VAUTMANS Hilde (ALDE), SCHOLZ Helmut (GUE/NGL), BUCHNER Klaus (Verts/ALE), CASTALDO Fabio Massimo (EFD) |
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2018/12/11
Indicative plenary sitting date, 1st reading/single reading
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2018/0122M(NLE)
2018/11/08
AFET
81 amendments...
Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 7 a (new) – having regard to the 20th EU-Japan Summit in 2010,
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution Recital F Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution Recital F F. whereas Japan led efforts to revise the Trans-Pacific
Amendment 12 #
H. whereas the Japanese government approved a new Development Cooperation Charter in February 2015; whereas this Charter has been criticised for introducing the concepts of “proactive contribution to peace” and explicitly linking development aid to “national interest”;
Amendment 13 #
Motion for a resolution Recital H a (new) Ha. whereas Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe undertook an official visit to PRC in October 2018;
Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution Recital H a (new) Ha. Whereas the Foreign Minister´s advisory panel on climate change issued its report in February 2018, where the need for energy transition towards renewables was put at the core of Japan´s energy diplomacy strategy; whereas Japan still largely depends on fossil fuels imports and the plans to develop new coal-fired power plants are ongoing; whereas this contradicts the conclusions of the Foreign Minister´s advisory panel;
Amendment 15 #
Motion for a resolution Recital H a (new) Ha. whereas Japan has over the last decades won international acclaim for its policy of military restraint which has by no means stood in the way of its rise to become one of the most important economic and political players in the world;
Amendment 16 #
Motion for a resolution Recital H b (new) Hb. whereas tensions exist between Japan and its neighbours over islands in the East China Sea, the Sea of Japan and the Pacific, northeast of Hokkaido; whereas the peaceful settlements of disputes in the region in accordance with the international law is highly important;
Amendment 17 #
Motion for a resolution Recital H b (new) Hb. Whereas capital punishment is still a legal penalty in Japan, and executions are carried out by hanging without any previous warning to the inmates; whereas the UN Committee against torture has criticised this practice for the psychological strain it causes in the inmates and their families;
Amendment 18 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 1. Welcomes the conclusion of the draft Strategic Partnership Agreement (SPA), which provides a legally binding framework, strengthens EU-Japan bilateral relations and increases cooperation in more than 40 areas such as foreign policy and security issues, especially in areas as promoting peace and stability, managing crisis, preventing the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and the illicit trade of arms or fighting against the impunity of the most serious international crimes, as crime of aggression, genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity, global development and humanitarian aid, economic matters, research, innovation, education, food safety, agricultural policy, ICT policy, space technology, culture and sport, as well as on global challenges such as climate change, migration, cyberthreats, public health, cross-border crime, crisis and disaster management and the fight against terrorism;
Amendment 19 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 1. Welcomes the conclusion of the draft Strategic Partnership Agreement (SPA), which provides a legally binding framework, strengthens EU-Japan bilateral relations and increases cooperation in more than 40 areas such as foreign policy and security issues, global development and humanitarian aid, economic matters, research, innovation, education, food safety, agricultural policy, ICT policy, space technology, culture and sport, as well as on
Amendment 2 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 13 a (new) – having regard to EU-Japan Action Plan in 2001,
Amendment 20 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Welcomes the strong commitment of the Contracting Parties to fight against the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, in particular to the implementation of the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT); underlines that the contracting parties, as signatory states of the NPT, have expressly committed themselves to renouncing the acquisition of nuclear weapons; regrets that most of the Contracting Parties have until now not supported the recent comprehensive United Nations Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons;
Amendment 21 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2.
Amendment 22 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2. Highlights the linkages between the SPA and the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA), which together form the world’s largest bilateral free trade agreement; considers the conclusion of the two agreements as an upgrade in partnership
Amendment 23 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2. Highlights the linkages between the SPA and the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA),
Amendment 24 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. Welcomes the reference in Article 1(3) of the SPA to a parliamentary dimension aimed at strengthening the partnership through dialogue and cooperation in the areas of political issues, foreign and security policies and other sectoral cooperation; suggests, in this connection,
Amendment 25 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 4. Recalls that a comprehensive
Amendment 26 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 4. Recalls that a comprehensive and coherent diplomatic, economic, cultural and security approach is needed in the developing world where security and development go hand in hand, a vision shared by the EU and Japan;
Amendment 27 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5. Reaffirms the shared commitment to respect for human rights, democracy, fundamental freedoms, good governance and the rule of law, and to working together for the global promotion and protection of these values; urges both parties to take a positive and constructive stance in the conclusion of the United Nations Binding Treaty on Business and Human Rights;
Amendment 28 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5. Reaffirms the shared commitment to respect for human rights, democracy, fundamental freedoms, good governance
Amendment 29 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5. Reaffirms the shared commitment to respect for human rights, democracy, fundamental freedoms, good governance and the rule of law, and to working together for the global promotion and protection of these values and the rules based international order;
Amendment 3 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 15 a (new) – having regard to its resolution of 16 February 2012 on the death penalty in Japan,
Amendment 30 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 a (new) 5a. Recalls that Japan is a member of the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) (2017- 2019), and it is party to eight out of nine UN core conventions on human rights; however, regrets that Japan still practices the death penalty and that only in July 2018 thirteen persons were executed; is worried that the pre-trial detention system daiyo kangoku allows police to detain suspects without filling any formal charges;
Amendment 31 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 a (new) 5a. Notes that Japan has not ratified two ILO core conventions (on Discrimination and the Abolition of Forced Labour) and welcomes Japan’s decision to establish an inter-ministerial framework to deal with the implementation of sustainable development commitments under the EPA, including the ratification of such conventions;
Amendment 32 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 a (new) 5a. Stresses the need for further cooperation on women´s rights in order to ensure that the achievement of gender equality is one of the key objectives of the partnership; encourages the Japanese Diet to further work on legislation to address discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity;
Amendment 33 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 b (new) 5b. Supports the efforts of the UN on the phasing out of capital punishment; in this line, urges Japan to join those efforts and to introduce an immediate moratorium on the use of the death penalty as a step towards abolition;
Amendment 34 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 b (new) 5b. Recalls that Article 43.6 of the SPA would allow the EU to suspend the EPA in case of Japan’s violation of the SPA essential elements i.e. the human rights and non-proliferation clauses;
Amendment 35 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 6. Recalls that the 2016 EU Global Strategy identified a direct connection between European prosperity and Asian security and called for the EU to make greater practical contributions and work with partners like Japan to promote peace in the Korean peninsula and the peaceful settlement of maritime and territorial disputes in the East and South China Seas, on the basis of international law and conventions; underlines the importance of confidence-
Amendment 36 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 a (new) 6a. Notes the historically strained relationship between Japan and China, though welcomes the meeting of Prime Minister Abe and President Xi in Beijing on 26 October 2018 as a step towards improving bilateral ties and reducing regional tensions;
Amendment 37 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 b (new) 6b. Recognises that Chinese and Russian influence in the Asia-Pacific region is a major security challenge for Japan, as well as for European Union interests, and therefore welcomes the commitments of the SPA to deepen EU-Japan security cooperation as a bulwark to such threats;
Amendment 38 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 c (new) 6c. Pledges to support continued international pressure, including sanctions, against North Korea to ensure concrete steps are taken towards denuclearisation and in the interests of regional stability;
Amendment 39 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 d (new) 6d. Supports a deepening of international cooperation to resolve the issue of missing Japanese citizens, feared abducted by the North Korean regime;
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A A. whereas the EU and Japan have been strategic partners since 2003 and continue to cooperate closely in numerous multilateral fora;
Amendment 40 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 7. Welcomes the EU’s new strategy for improving connectivity with Asia through promoting dialogue, stability, regional and international cooperation, interoperable transport, energy and digital networks, and people-to-people links; underlines the opportunities connectivity brings for increased education, research and cultural exchanges;
Amendment 41 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 7. Welcomes the EU’s new strategy for improving connectivity with Asia through promoting dialogue, regional and international cooperation, interoperable transport, energy and digital networks, and people-to-people links; underlines the opportunities connectivity brings for increased education, science, research and cultural exchanges;
Amendment 42 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 8. Calls for the expansion of bilateral EU- Japan and plurilateral cooperation with South Korea, DPRK, the United States and China in support of efforts to secure peace and maintain stability in the region, peaceful coexistence in the Korean peninsula, and the irreversible and verifiable denuclearisation of the
Amendment 43 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 8. Calls for the expansion of bilateral EU- Japan and plurilateral cooperation with South Korea, the United States and China in support of efforts to secure peace and maintain stability in the region, peaceful coexistence in the Korean peninsula, and the irreversible and verifiable denuclearisation of the DPRK; expresses
Amendment 44 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 8. Calls for the expansion of bilateral EU- Japan and plurilateral cooperation with South Korea, the United States and China in support of efforts to secure peace and maintain stability in the region, peaceful coexistence in the Korean peninsula, and the irreversible and verifiable denuclearisation of the DPRK; expresses preference for further Japan-South Korea cooperation which could contribute to
Amendment 45 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 8. Calls for the expansion of bilateral EU- Japan and plurilateral cooperation with South Korea, the United States and China in support of efforts to secure peace and maintain stability in the region, peaceful coexistence in the Korean peninsula, and the complete, irreversible and verifiable denuclearisation of the DPRK; expresses preference for further Japan-South Korea cooperation which could contribute to regional stability and address security risks such as the DPRK; emphasises that the stability of the global economic powers in north-east Asia is in the core interest of Europe;
Amendment 46 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 9. Suggests that the EU and Japan work together to increase the capacities of ASEAN regarding the regional integration agenda; supports the decision taken at the
Amendment 47 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 9. Suggests that the EU and Japan work together to increase the capacities of ASEAN regarding the regional integration agenda and the ability to resolve conflicts in the region collectively and hereby to strengthen against the background of an escalating rivalry between China and the US the actual centrality of ASEAN in the South East Asian multilateral order; supports the decision taken at the 33rd ASEAN-Japan Forum in Tokyo to further strengthen ties and address regional and international issues of common interest and to work together to promote peace and stability;
Amendment 48 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 9. Suggests that the EU and Japan work together to increase the capacities of ASEAN regarding the regional integration agenda; supports the decision taken at the 33rd ASEAN-Japan Forum in Tokyo to further strengthen ties and address regional and international issues of common interest and to work together to promote peace and stability, believes that the promotion and protection of human rights contributes effectively to these two objectives;
Amendment 49 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 9. Suggests that the EU and Japan work together to increase the capacities of ASEAN regarding the regional integration and cooperation agenda; supports the decision taken at the 33rd ASEAN-Japan Forum in Tokyo to further strengthen ties and address regional and international issues of common interest and to work together to promote peace and stability;
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A A. whereas the EU and Japan have been strategic partners since 200
Amendment 50 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 a (new) 9a. Stresses the need for the EU and Japan to work together at multilateral level to preserve the Non-Proliferation Treaty; welcomes the importance that the Japanese government has given to the Arms Trade Treaty and stresses the importance of the common work which can be done to highlight to other States the importance of ratifying it or acceding to it;
Amendment 51 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 a (new) 9a. Welcomes the result of the official visit undertaken by the Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to PRC in October 2018; welcomes, after a long tense period, the announcement of a commitment to open a new chapter of relations between both countries;
Amendment 52 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 10. Highlights the opportunities and momentum the SPA gives to developing cultural relations; suggests further investment to enhance citizen-to-citizen interaction, educational and cultural
Amendment 53 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 10. Highlights the opportunities and momentum the SPA gives to developing cultural relations;
Amendment 54 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 10. Highlights the opportunities and momentum the SPA gives to developing cultural relations and to cooperation on youth, education and sport; suggests further investment to enhance citizen-to- citizen interaction, educational and cultural dialogue, and public diplomacy to promote mutual understanding
Amendment 55 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 a (new) 10a. Welcomes the parties’ commitment in Article 13 to improve regulatory and supervisory regimes for accounting, auditing, banking, insurance, financial markets and other parts of the financial sector in support of the work currently undertaken in relevant international organisations and fora; is very concerned that the scope of liberalisation of financial services foreseen in the EPA related to the SPA will prove to be too broad, as it includes all finance-related positions, and all financial products and innovations; recalls that among these products were the particularly toxic assets which were at the centre of the 2008 global financial crisis; warns that in combination with the opaque regulatory cooperation system, which has been agreed by the negotiators and which is aimed at reducing the costs and regulatory burdens for private operators, it may become highly challenging to prevent the next financial crises; underlines the need both in the European Union and Japan for far-reaching and effective financial regulation in order to preserve financial market stability;
Amendment 56 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 a (new) 10a. Welcomes the reference in the SPA to further enhance cooperation over investigation and prosecution of serious crimes against international law and human rights as well as the effectiveness of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, established in 1998;
Amendment 57 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 b (new) 10b. Highlights the SPA gives momentum to strengthen dialogue and exchange information in order to combat terrorism in all its forms and in accordance to international law;
Amendment 58 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 b (new) 10b. Welcomes the parties’ commitment in Article 15 to cooperate in the field of transport policies and practices, and calls on the parties to focus on the promotion of low-emission transport in the aviation, maritime and railway sector; calls on the parties to extend their cooperation to the road transport sector and to promote in particular zero-emission forms of urban transport, and of transport of goods;
Amendment 59 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 c (new) 10c. Stresses its support for the parties’ commitment in Article 17 to promote industrial cooperation; calls for an implementation of decent work and environmentally sound production schemes along the entire global value chains of their enterprises; emphasises the need to include due diligence in responsible sourcing to the fields of cooperation, and encourages the parties to exchange experiences made with binding legislative approaches such as the Union’s conflict minerals regulation;
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B B. whereas the EU and Japan as likeminded global partners share a
Amendment 60 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 d (new) 10d. Considers positively the willingness of the parties expressed in Article 22 to enhance cooperation for consumer protection; is aware of existing divergent approaches regarding the labelling of genetic modifications in food products; stresses that under no circumstances precise, understandable and EU compliant food labelling shall be jeopardized;
Amendment 61 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 e (new) 10e. Welcomes the willingness of the parties expressed in Article 28 to promote dialogue and enhance cooperation on fisheries policies in accordance with the precautionary and ecosystem approaches, with a view to promoting long-term conservation, effective management and sustainable use of fishery resources; calls for enhanced cooperation to safe endangered maritime species such as Bluefin tuna; reiterates its demand to end whale hunting at last, and calls in particular on Japan to respect all resolutions of the IWC; stresses the need to prohibit also forms of commercial whaling disguised as scientific whaling;
Amendment 62 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 f (new) 10f. Welcomes the commitment to Decent Work expressed in Article 30; deplores the fact that Japan has not yet ratified the two ILO core conventions on discrimination and on the abolition of forced labour, and joins the call by EU and Japanese trade unions for this lack to be remedied promptly;
Amendment 63 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 11. Considers that the EU and Japan, as leading global donors with a long history of Official Development Assistance (ODA) to less developed countries in East Asia and, more recently, Africa, the Middle East and Latin America, are natural partners, together with recipient governments, in coordinating aid and ensuring coherence in their development policy and humanitarian action; notes that the SPA pushes for a strengthened cooperation in prevention, mitigation, response and recovery from disasters and emergency relief operations; welcomes that the SPA fosters the two partners’ coordination in crisis management and peace-building operations;
Amendment 64 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 11. Considers that the EU and Japan, as leading global donors with a long history of Official Development Assistance (ODA) to less developed countries in East Asia and, more recently, Africa, the Middle East and Latin America, are natural partners, together with recipient governments, in coordinating aid and ensuring coherence; stresses that the main purpose of development aid is poverty reduction with the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals, and looks forward to mutual cooperation towards the achievement of such goals;
Amendment 65 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 12. Welcomes Japan’s ratification of the Paris Climate Agreement in 2016; calls, in this regard, for the intensification of EU- Japan cooperation in order to make the EU and Japan leaders in global climate action; asks, more concretely, for the intensification of the cooperation in the field of sustainable energy, in particular through exchanges of good practices, mainly in the field of renewable energy, in order to ensure the implementation of the Paris Agreement;
Amendment 66 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 12. Welcomes Japan’s ratification of the Paris Climate Agreement in 2016; welcomes the report of the Foreign Minister´s advisory panel on climate change of February 2018, and expects the Government of Japan to follow-up on the recommendations, including by stepping up its mitigation efforts;
Amendment 67 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 12. Welcomes Japan’s ratification of the Paris Climate Agreement in 2016 and urges Japan and EU to proactively take the lead in combating climate change and promoting sustainable development, as it is clearly stated in the SPA;
Amendment 68 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 12. Welcomes Japan’s ratification of the Paris Climate Agreement in 2016, though notes that Japan’s rapid industrialisation has exposed its population to air pollution and other environmental challenges, particularly in urban areas;
Amendment 69 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 12. Welcomes Japan’s ratification of the Paris Climate Agreement in 2016 and urges its effective implementation;
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B B. whereas the EU and Japan share a special responsibility for fostering peace, multilateralism, respect for human rights and rule of law, stability and prosperity in a rapidly changing world;
Amendment 70 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 a (new) 12a. Calls for greater transparency with regards to priorities areas of the SPA in view of the implementation phase; urges to further involve civil society organisations and Academia in the prioritisation process and to open a public debate with citizens in order to have a greater ownership of this agreement;
Amendment 71 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 a (new) Joint Committee 12a. Demands full access for Members of the European Parliament and National Parliaments to all preparatory documents of the Joint Committee; insists on a transparency register for the participants to meetings of the Joint Committee;
Amendment 72 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 a (new) 12a. Welcomes the inclusion of sustainable forest management in the agreement and looks forward to further exchange of good practices regarding illegal logging, building on the experience of the EU Timber Regulation, with a view to introducing mandatory due diligence in Japanese legislation;
Amendment 73 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 a (new) 12a. Regrets Japan’s attempt to end the moratorium on commercial whaling at the September 2018 IWC meetings and calls for the suspension of whaling for scientific purposes;
Amendment 74 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 b (new) 12b. Calls on the parties to review the implementation and the successful implementation of the SPA in parallel to the review of the EPA; calls on the Commission to report to Parliament an evaluation of the SPA before the review, including an analysis of the contribution of the SPA to achieving the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals by 2030;
Amendment 75 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 b (new) 12b. Stresses that Japan is the second biggest cosmetics market in the world; recalls that cosmetics testing on animals and the sale of imported cosmetic products tested on animals are banned in the EU; in this context encourages the Parties to exchange information and cooperate with a view to ending cosmetics testing on animals in Japan;
Amendment 76 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 b (new) 12b. Stresses the importance of the preservation of biological diversity, and encourages Japan to lift its reservations to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES);
Amendment 77 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 c (new) 12c. Notes the serious illegal logging problem in Japan; calls for an enhanced cooperation between the Parties to put an end to this practice and for the effective implementation of Japan's Clean Wood Act adopted in 2017;
Amendment 78 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 a (new) 13a. Notes the significant Japanese economic investment in the United Kingdom and thereby recognises the need to develop solutions to further facilitate access to the Single Market once the UK has left the European Union;
Amendment 79 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 b (new) 13b. Welcomes the establishment of the Mission of Japan to NATO on 1 July, 2018;
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B B. whereas the EU and Japan share a special responsibility for fostering peace, stability
Amendment 80 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 c (new) 13c. Notes Japan’s ambition to become a non-permanent member of the United Nations Security Council for 2023-24, and welcomes its contribution to the UN in areas such as disarmament and non- proliferation, peacekeeping and peace building, and security;
Amendment 81 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 a (new) 14a. Calls on the EEAS to enter into a dialogue with the Japanese Government on a moratorium on capital punishment with a view to its eventual abolition;
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B a (new) Ba. whereas around one third of global economic production will be covered by the EU-Japan SPA/FTA;
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