Progress: Procedure completed
Role | Committee | Rapporteur | Shadows |
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Lead | DEVE | TOBÉ Tomas ( EPP) | |
Former Responsible Committee | DEVE | PONGA Maurice ( PPE) | |
Former Committee Opinion | EMPL | ||
Former Committee Opinion | PECH | ||
Former Committee Opinion | BUDG | ||
Former Committee Opinion | ENVI |
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The European Parliament adopted by 603 votes to 27, with 57 abstentions, under a special legislative procedure (Parliament’s consultation), a legislative resolution on the draft Council decision on the Association of the Overseas Countries and Territories with the European Union including relations between the European Union on the one hand, and Greenland and the Kingdom of Denmark on the other (Decision on the Overseas Association, including Greenland).
Parliament approved the revised version of the draft Council decision to establish the rules and procedures governing the EU's association with the overseas countries and territories (OCTs), including Greenland, for the period 2021-2027.
Objective
The overall objective of the proposed decision is to:
- enhance the OCTs’ competitiveness, strengthening the OCTs’ resilience, reducing their economic and environmental vulnerability and the promoting of cooperation between them and other partners;
- preserve the existing ties between the EU on the one hand, and Greenland and Denmark on the other, acknowledging the geostrategic position of Greenland in the Arctic, and to preserve existing ties between the Union and the other OCTs, acknowledging their geostrategic positions in the Caribbean, the Indian Ocean, the Atlantic and the Pacific.
The association will respect the fundamental principles of liberty, democracy, human rights and fundamental freedoms, the rule of law, good governance and sustainable development, all of which are common to the OCTs and the Member States to which they are linked.
Priorities
The association will provide the framework for strategic dialogue and cooperation on issues of mutual interest. The Council's revised draft clearly outlines the different areas of cooperation proposed. In particular, it includes:
- more extensive reference to the 2030 Agenda and the attainment of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), as well as the recognition that gender equality and women's empowerment are key to achieving the SDGs;
- recognition of the important role of civil society organisations in all areas of cooperation;
additional provisions on the protection of human rights, especially of women and children;
- an increase in the climate target from 20% to 25% with a greater emphasis on nature and environmental protection;
- an increase in the number of annual trilateral consultations between the Commission, the Member States to which they are linked and the OCTs;
- encouraging the OCTs to express their views in the context of the design and impact assessment of the EU's free trade agreements with third countries;
- clarification of what happens to the reflows from the OCT Investment Facility managed by the European Investment Bank;
- an Annex II concerning the definition of the concept of 'originating products' and methods of administrative cooperation.
Budget
The financial envelope of the programme for the period 2021-2027 is set at EUR 500 million in current prices.
PURPOSE: to establish the rules and procedures governing the EU's association with the Overseas Countries and Territories (OCTs), including Greenland, for the period 2021-2027, replacing Council Decision 2013/755/EU (Overseas Association Decision) and Council Decision 2014/137/EU (Greenland Decision).
PROPOSED ACT: Council Decision.
ROLE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT: the Council adopts the act after consulting the European Parliament but is not bound by its opinion.
BACKGROUND: EU aid to the OCTs previously financed by the European Development Fund (EDF) should, as from 1 January 2021, be financed from the general budget of the EU.
In order to streamline the number of external financing instruments and their performance, the relations with all OCTs, including Greenland, should be regrouped by replacing the Overseas Association Decision and the Greenland Decision by a single Decision.
The partnership provided for in this Decision should ensure that a strong relationship is maintained between the EU on the one hand and all OCTs on the other. The new decision should also highlight the particularities of the partnership between the Union on the one hand and Greenland and Denmark on the other.
CONTENT: the draft Council Decision:
- establishes an association of the overseas countries and territories (OCTs) with the Union to support the OCTs’ sustainable development as well as to promote the values and standards of the Union in the wider world;
- lays down rules concerning the relations between the Union on the one hand, and Greenland and Denmark on the other;
- establishes the funding programme for the association with all the OCTs, for the period from 1 January 2021 to 31 December 2027.
Objectives
The proposed Decision’s general objective is to:
- promote the economic and social development of the OCTs and to establish close economic relations between them and the Union as a whole by the enhancing the OCTs’ competitiveness, strengthening the OCTs’ resilience, reducing their economic and environmental vulnerability and the promoting of cooperation between them and other partners;
- preserve the existing ties between the Union on the one hand, and Greenland and Denmark on the other, acknowledging the geostrategic position of Greenland in the Arctic, and to preserve existing ties between the Union and the other OCTs, acknowledging their geostrategic positions in the Caribbean, the Indian Ocean, the Atlantic and the Pacific.
In pursuing those objectives, the association should respect the fundamental principles of liberty, democracy, human rights and fundamental freedoms, the rule of law, good governance and sustainable development, all of which are common to the OCTs and the Member States to which they are linked.
Priorities
The Association should provide the framework for strategic dialogue and cooperation on issues of mutual interest. Priority should be given to cooperation in areas of mutual interest such as:
- sustainable diversification of the OCT economies, including their further integration into global and regional economies; in the specific case of Greenland, the necessary upgrading of its labour force;
- the promotion of trade, cooperation and partnerships to accelerate the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs);
- education and training, public health, tourism and culture;
- promotion of the green and blue economy
- sustainable management of natural resources;
- climate change;
- action for disaster risk reduction;
- promotion of research, innovation and scientific cooperation activities;
- Digital accessibility;
- promotion of social, cultural and economic exchanges;
- the social sector, labour mobility, social protection systems, food safety and food security issues;
- issues related to the Arctic region;
- the development of intra-regional cooperation in the Arctic, Caribbean, Indian Ocean, Atlantic and Pacific.
Budget
The financial envelope of the programme for the period 2021-2027 would be set at EUR 500 million in current prices.
The overall breakdown proposed is as follows:
- EUR 164 million in the form of grants for bilateral programmable support for the long-term development of OCTs other than Greenland,
- EUR 225 million in the form of grants for bilateral programmable support for the long-term development of Greenland;
- EUR 76 million to support regional OCT programmes, of which EUR 15 million could help finance intra-regional operations, with Greenland only eligible for intra-regional operations;
- EUR 22 million for studies or technical assistance actions for all OCTs including Greenland;
- EUR 13 million for a non-allocated fund for all OCTs including Greenland in order, inter alia, to enable the Union to react appropriately in the event of unforeseen circumstances.
Dialogue with the OCTs
The association should be based on a broad dialogue and consultation on issues of mutual interest between the OCTs, the Member States to which they are linked and the Commission and, where appropriate, the European Investment Bank (EIB) and other EU institutions and bodies.
The dialogue with the OCTs, including Greenland, shall in particular provide a basis for broad cooperation on issues such as education, energy, climate change, nature, the environment, the blue economy, natural resources (including raw materials and fish stocks), maritime transport, research and innovation, as well as the Arctic dimension of these issues, where relevant.
Programming
Under the Decision, the Commission should adopt, in the form of ‘single programming documents’, the multi-annual indicative programmes referred to in the rules proposed in the Neighbourhood, Development Cooperation and International Cooperation Instrument (NDICI).
The European Parliament adopted by 566 votes to 40, with 41 abstentions, following the consultation procedure, a legislative resolution on the proposal for a Council decision on the association of the overseas countries and territories with the European Union, including relations between the European Union, on the one hand, and Greenland and the Kingdom of Denmark, on the other (Overseas Association Decision or OAD).
The European Parliament approved the Commission's proposal subject to the following amendments:
Objectives
Parliament specified that the association between the Union and the OCTs should contribute to the achievement of the sustainable development objectives as defined in Agenda 2030 and in the implementation of the Paris Climate Agreement.
Those specific objectives would be as follows:
- to assist the OCTs in addressing the major challenges they face, including the level of education for Greenland;
- to strengthen the resilience of the OCTs, reducing their economic and environmental vulnerability;
- to improve the competitiveness of the OCTs, including as regards social standards;
- to promote cooperation between the OCTs and other partners.
Members proposed that specific treatment be accorded to the least developed OCTs so as to enable them to catch up and address their permanent structural constraints.
The association should:
- promote the principles of democracy, the rule of law and respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms on which it is based, through dialogue and cooperation between the Union and the OCTs;
- promote equality and equity between men and women in the OCTs, as well as the empowerment of women and equal political and economic opportunities for women. All initiatives should incorporate a gender dimension.
The Union and the OCTs should cooperate to ensure the active participation of young people in the labour market in order to combat youth unemployment.
With regard to environmental issues, cooperation should also focus on addressing issues linked to land degradation, including rising sea levels and soil contamination, as well as combating illegal logging.
Budget
Parliament has proposed that the financial allocation for the programme for the period 2021-2027 be set at EUR 669 million in current prices instead of the EUR 500 million proposed by the Commission.
The general distribution proposed is as follows:
- 81% for territorial cooperation;
- 12% for regional cooperation, including EUR 30 million for intra-regional operations;
- 3.5% for technical assistance;
- 3.5% for an unallocated fund for all OCTs, which would include Greenland.
The envelopes allocated to each OCT have been specified.
Dialogue with the OCTs
This dialogue should enable the OCTs to play a full part in implementing the association and also in defining and implementing the Union's regional strategies in the areas in which the OCTs are located.
The dialogue with the Caribbean OCTs should in particular serve to strengthen the European strategy in the Caribbean region and to foster cooperation on issues relating to biodiversity, climate change, sustainable resource management, disaster risk prevention and management, the social dimension, as well as on promoting good governance, including in the field of taxation and the fight against organised crime.
Programming
Members proposed including rules on programming directly in the new OAD, taking over the rules proposed for the Neighbourhood, Development and International Cooperation Instrument ( NDICI ). These would apply to the OCTs, while recalling the principle that the Financial Regulation is applicable, unless otherwise provided for in the OAD.
The Committee on Development adopted, in accordance with the consultation procedure, the report by Maurice PONGA (EPP, FR) on the proposal for a Council Decision on the association of the overseas countries and territories with the European Union, including relations between the European Union, on the one hand, and Greenland and the Kingdom of Denmark, on the other (Overseas Association Decision – ODA).
The committee recommended that the European Parliament approve the Commission's proposal subject to the following amendments:
Objectives
Members said that the association between the EU and the OCTs should contribute to the achievement of sustainable development goals as defined in Agenda 2030 and to the implementation of the Paris Climate Agreement.
The specific objectives would be as follows:
- assist the OCTs in addressing the major challenges they face, including the level of education for Greenland;
- strengthen the resilience of the OCTs, reducing their economic and environmental vulnerability;
- improve the competitiveness of the OCTs, including social standards;
- promote OCT cooperation with other partners.
Members proposed that specific treatment be defined for the least developed OCTs in order to enable them to catch up and to address their permanent structural constraints.
The association should:
- promote the principles of democracy, the rule of law and respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms on which it is based, through dialogue and cooperation between the Union and the OCTs;
- promote equality and equity between men and women in the OCTs, as well as the empowerment of women and equal political and economic opportunities for women. All initiatives shall incorporate the gender dimension.
Budget
Members proposed that the financial envelope for the programme for the period 2021-2027 be set at EUR 669 million in current prices instead of the EUR 500 million proposed by the Commission.
The general distribution proposed by the Members is as follows:
- 81% for territorial cooperation;
- 12% for regional cooperation, including EUR 30 million for intra-regional operations;
- 3.5% for technical assistance;
- 3.5% of non-allocated funds.
The envelopes allocated to each OCT have been specified.
Programming
Members proposed to include the programming rules directly in the new ODA by taking over the rules proposed in the NDICI applicable to the OCTs and recalling the principle that the Financial Regulation applies, except where specifically provided in the OAD.
PURPOSE: to establish the the rules and procedures governing the EU's association with the Overseas Countries and Territories (OCTs), including Greenland (Overseas Association Decision) for the period 2021-2027.
PROPOSED ACT: Council Decision.
ROLE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT: the Council adopts the act after consulting the European Parliament but without being obliged to follow its opinion.
BACKGROUND: Overseas Countries and Territories (OCTs) have been associated with the European Union since the entry into force of the Treaty of Rome. These 25 islands located in the Atlantic, Antarctic, Arctic, Caribbean, Indian Ocean and Pacific regions are not sovereign countries, but depend on four EU Member States: Denmark, France, the United Kingdom and the Netherlands.
The OCTs are not part of the Union’s customs territory and are outside the internal market. In addition, most OCTs face specific challenges due to their size and remoteness. In this context, the EU has financed territorial and regional European Development Fund (EDF) programmes in the OCTs in previous decades.
The main source of funding for the current 'Overseas Association Decision' is the 11th EDF which covers programming and financing of territorial and regional programmes for OCTs other than Greenland, which is the subject of a specific decision financed from the EU budget (the Greenland Decision ).
Under the next multiannual financial framework of the Union for the period 2021-2027, it is proposed to regroup a number of external financing instruments into a comprehensive instrument called the neighbourhood, development and international cooperation instrument ( NDICI ) and to integrate the EDF into the EU budget. Thus, from 1 January 2021, the Union assistance to OCTs previously financed by the European Development Fund (EDF) shall be financed from the general budget of the Union .
In order to streamline the number of external financing instruments and their performance, the relations with all OCTs, including Greenland, shall be regrouped by replacing the Overseas Association Decision and the Greenland Decision by a single Decision .
CONTENT: this proposal for a Decision aims to establish, for the period 2021-207, an association of the overseas countries and territories (OCTs) with the Union , which shall constitute a partnership aimed at fostering the sustainable development of the OCTs and promote the values and standards of the Union in the wider world.
The proposed instrument takes account of the exit of the United Kingdom from the European Union on 29 March 2019 effective with the expiration of the transition period on 1 January 2021 and thus does not apply to British OCTs .
Cooperation with the Overseas Countries and Territories (OCTs), including Greenland, shall aim to support and strengthen economic, political and cultural relations between the EU and the Overseas Countries and Territories linked to the EU Member States.
Priority shall be given to cooperation in areas of mutual interest, such as:
the economic diversification of OCTs' economies, including their further integration in world and regional economies; in the specific case of Greenland, the need to increase the skills of its labour force; the promotion of green and blue economy; the sustainable management of natural resources, including the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity and ecosystem services; climate change mitigation and adaptation to the impacts of climate change; the promotion of disaster risk reduction; the promotion of research, innovation and scientific cooperation activities; the promotion of social, cultural and economic exchanges between the OCTs, their neighbours and other partners; Arctic issues.
The association is the framework for policy dialogue and cooperation on issues of mutual interest. It shall continue to be based on the three key pillars of enhancing competitiveness, strengthening resilience and reducing vulnerability, and promoting cooperation and integration between the OCTs and other partners and neighbouring regions.
Without prejudice to the Commission’s prerogatives, the OCT authorities shall have primary responsibility for implementing the operations agreed on under the cooperation strategy. The Commission shall be responsible for establishing the general rules and conditions for these programmes and projects.
Actions under this programme are expected to contribute 20 % of the overall financial envelope of the programme to climate objectives .
In principle, the OCTs shall remain eligible, under the next multiannual financial framework, to participate in Union programmes. They shall participate in the thematic programmes and rapid response actions of the neighbourhood, development and international cooperation instrument.
Proposed budget : the proposed decision earmarks EUR 500 million (in current prices) to the association with the OCTs under the heading ‘Neighbourhood and the world' of the multiannual financial framework for the period 2021-2027.
Of this amount, EUR 225 million shall be allocated to Greenland and EUR 225 million to the other OCTs, including EUR 159 million for territorial programmes and EUR 66 million for regional programmes.
In addition an intra-regional financial envelope of EUR 15 million is open to all the OCTs, including Greenland.
Moreover an amount of EUR 22 million for technical assistance is foreseen in accordance with the new Decision as well as a non-allocated amount of EUR 13 million .
The financial resources for Greenland shall come from heading 6 of the EU budget: ‘Neighbourhood and the world’. As regards the other OCTs, their financial allocations shall be transferred from the EDF to the ‘Neighbourhood and the World’ heading of the budget.
Documents
- For information: COM(2023)0474
- For information: EUR-Lex
- Commission response to text adopted in plenary: SP(2021)637
- Final act published in Official Journal: Decision 2021/1764
- Final act published in Official Journal: OJ L 355 07.10.2021, p. 0006
- Decision by Parliament: T9-0365/2021
- Results of vote in Parliament: Results of vote in Parliament
- Committee final report tabled for plenary, reconsultation: A9-0244/2021
- Committee report tabled for plenary, reconsultation: A9-0244/2021
- Committee draft report: PE695.212
- Amended legislative proposal for reconsultation: 08656/2021
- Amended legislative proposal for reconsultation published: 08656/2021
- Decision by Parliament: T8-0053/2019
- Committee report tabled for plenary, 1st reading/single reading: A8-0480/2018
- Committee of the Regions: opinion: CDR4008/2018
- Amendments tabled in committee: PE630.663
- Committee draft report: PE629.642
- Economic and Social Committee: opinion, report: CES4576/2018
- Document attached to the procedure: EUR-Lex
- Document attached to the procedure: SWD(2018)0337
- Legislative proposal published: COM(2018)0461
- Legislative proposal published: EUR-Lex
- Document attached to the procedure: EUR-Lex SWD(2018)0337
- Economic and Social Committee: opinion, report: CES4576/2018
- Committee draft report: PE629.642
- Amendments tabled in committee: PE630.663
- Committee of the Regions: opinion: CDR4008/2018
- Amended legislative proposal for reconsultation: 08656/2021
- Committee draft report: PE695.212
- Committee final report tabled for plenary, reconsultation: A9-0244/2021
- Commission response to text adopted in plenary: SP(2021)637
- For information: COM(2023)0474 EUR-Lex
Votes
A8-0480/2018 - Maurice Ponga - Vote unique 31/01/2019 12:24:10.000 #
Association des pays et territoires d'outre-mer à l'Union européenne - Association of the Overseas Countries and Territories with the European Union - Assoziierung der überseeischen Länder und Gebiete mit der Europäischen Union - A9-0244/2021 - Tomas Tobé - Vote unique #
Amendments | Dossier |
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2018/0244(CNS)
2018/11/23
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Amendment 100 #
Proposal for a decision Recital 25 (25) Cooperation in the area of financial services between the Union and OCTs should tackle tax fraud, tax evasion and tax avoidance in order to contribute to building a safer, sounder, more transparent financial system that is essential to enhance global financial stability and to underpin sustainable growth. Efforts in that area should focus on convergence with internationally agreed standards and approximation of OCTs' legislation with Union acquis on financial services. Adequate attention should be paid to strengthening administrative capacity of OCTs' authorities, including in the area of supervision.
Amendment 101 #
Proposal for a decision Recital 27 (27) In the interest of efficiency, simplification and recognition of the management capacities of the OCT
Amendment 102 #
Proposal for a decision Article 3 – paragraph 3 3. In implementing this Decision, the partners shall be guided by the principles of transparency, subsidiarity and the need for efficiency and shall equally address the three pillars of OCTs’ sustainable development: economic development, cultural and social development and environmental protection.
Amendment 103 #
Proposal for a decision Article 3 – paragraph 4 4. The general objective of this Decision is to promote the economic and social development of the OCTs and to establish close economic relations between them and the Union as a whole. The association shall pursue this general objective by the enhancing the OCTs’ competitiveness, improving social standards, strengthening the OCTs’ resilience, reducing their economic and environmental vulnerability and the promoting of cooperation between them and other partners.
Amendment 104 #
Proposal for a decision Article 3 – paragraph 6 6. In pursuing those objectives, the association shall respect the fundamental principles of liberty, democracy, gender equality, human rights and fundamental freedoms, the rule of law, good governance and sustainable development, all of which are common to the OCTs and the Member States to which they are linked.
Amendment 105 #
Proposal for a decision Article 5 – paragraph 2 – point a (a) the
Amendment 106 #
Proposal for a decision Article 5 – paragraph 2 – point a a (new) (a a) the promotion of a high quality social model;
Amendment 107 #
Proposal for a decision Article 7 – paragraph 2 2. To this end, the Union and the OCTs may exchange information and best practices or establish any other form of close cooperation and coordination with other partners in the context of the OCTs’ participation in regional and international organisations, where appropriate by means of international agreements, in order to contribute to the smooth integration of the OCTs to their respective geographical environments.
Amendment 108 #
Proposal for a decision Article 10 – paragraph 2 – point b a (new) (b a) OCT organisations, such as the Overseas Countries and Territories Association (OCTA);
Amendment 109 #
Proposal for a decision Article 13 – paragraph 5 5. The dialogue
Amendment 110 #
Proposal for a decision Article 13 – paragraph 5 5. The dialogue with Greenland shall, in particular, provide the basis for broad cooperation and dialogue in areas concerning, inter alia, education, energy, climate change and environment, nature, natural resources, including raw materials and fish stocks, maritime transport, research and innovation, as well as the Arctic dimension of those issues.
Amendment 111 #
Proposal for a decision Article 13 – paragraph 5 a (new) 5a. The dialogue with the Pacific OCTs serves, in particular, to define and implement an ambitious European strategy in the Pacific region by strengthening the European presence, and to cooperate on issues such as sustainable land-based and offshore resource management, climate change, energy, the environment, the blue economy and ocean governance.
Amendment 112 #
Proposal for a decision Article 13 – paragraph 5 b (new) 5b. The dialogue with the Pacific OCTs serves, in particular, to define and implement an ambitious European strategy in the Pacific region through a strengthening of the European presence, and to cooperate on issues such as sustainable land-based and offshore resource management, climate change, energy, the environment, the blue economy and ocean governance.
Amendment 113 #
Proposal for a decision Article 14 – paragraph 1 – point a (a) an OCTs-EU forum for dialogue (the ‘OCT-EU Forum’), shall meet annually to bring together OCTs' authorities, representatives of the Member States and the Commission. Members of the European Parliament, representatives of the EIB, and representatives of the outermost regions and neighbouring ACP and non-ACP States shall, where appropriate, be associated with the OCTs- EU Forum;
Amendment 114 #
Proposal for a decision Article 15 – paragraph 1 – point c (c) the promotion of sustainable resource use and resource efficiency,
Amendment 115 #
Proposal for a decision Article 16 – paragraph 1 – point e a (new) (e a) addressing issues linked to land degradation, including rising sea-levels and soil contamination,
Amendment 116 #
Proposal for a decision Article 17 – paragraph 1 In the context of the association, cooperation in the field of sustainable forest management may concern the promotion of the conservation and sustainable management of forests, including their role in the conservation of the environment from erosion and desertification control, afforestation and management of timber exports and fighting illegal logging.
Amendment 117 #
Proposal for a decision Article 18 – paragraph 1 – point b (b) conciliation of economic and social activities such as fisheries and aquaculture, tourism, maritime transports and sustainable agriculture with the potential of marine and coastal zones in terms of renewable energy, raw materials, whilst taking into account impacts of climate change and human activities.
Amendment 118 #
Proposal for a decision Article 23 – paragraph 1 – point c (c) the development and strengthening of human rights, social end environmental protection;
Amendment 119 #
Proposal for a decision Article 24 – paragraph 1 – point b (b) contributing to partners countries' efforts to pursue their commitments on climate change in line with the Paris Agreement on Climate Change and the Sustainable Development Goals;
Amendment 120 #
Proposal for a decision Article 33 – paragraph 1 – point b (b) the support to the OCTs in defining and implementing education and vocational training policies
Amendment 121 #
Proposal for a decision Article 33 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new) (b a) the support of the participation and access of the OCTs to the Erasmus+ program, by fostering and increasing the mobility of its potential beneficiaries, from and to, the OCTs;
Amendment 123 #
Proposal for a decision Article 38 – paragraph 1 – introductory part In the context of the association, cooperation in the field of performing fine and digital arts may concern:
Amendment 124 #
Proposal for a decision Article 42 a (new) Article 42 a Negotiation of trade agreements with third countries Where a trade negotiation with third countries cause or threaten to cause serious injuries to sensitive sectors of OCTs, the Commission shall carry out an impact assessment, taking into consideration the cumulative impact of trade agreements on OCTs economies. When completed, the Commission shall forward the results of this assessment to the European Parliament, the Council and the governmental and local authorities of the OCTs before the conclusion of the international agreements in question.
Amendment 125 #
Proposal for a decision Article 53 – paragraph 2 2. Trade-related cooperation shall aim to support the ultimate objectives of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)
Amendment 126 #
Proposal for a decision Article 57 – paragraph 1 – point d a (new) (d a) Urges for the inclusion of sustainable development chapters (TSD) in the trade agreements between the Union and the OCTs , with binding and enforceable provisions and sanctions- based mechanisms.
Amendment 127 #
Proposal for a decision Article 70 – paragraph 1 The Union and the OCTs shall make their best endeavours to ensure that internationally agreed standards for regulation and supervision in the financial services sector and for the fight against tax fraud, tax evasion and tax avoidance are implemented and applied in their territory. Such internationally agreed standards are, inter alia, the Basel Committee’s ‘Core Principle for Effective Banking Supervision’, the International Association of Insurance Supervisors’ ‘Insurance Core Principles’, the International Organisation of Securities Commissions’ ‘Objectives and Principles of Securities Regulation’, the OECD’s ‘Agreement on exchange of information on tax matters’, the G20 ‘Statement on Transparency and exchange of information for tax purposes’, the Financial Stability Board’s ‘Key Attributes of Effective Resolution Regimes for Financial Institutions.
Amendment 128 #
Proposal for a decision Article 75 – paragraph 3 – point a (a) be implemented with due regard to the OCTs respective demographic, geographical, social and cultural characteristics, as well as their specific potential;
Amendment 129 #
Proposal for a decision Article 83 – paragraph 1 1. Natural persons from an OCT, as defined in Article 50, and, where applicable, the relevant public and/or private bodies and institutions in an OCT, shall be eligible for participation in all EU programmes, including the European Union Solidarity Fund and funding from Union programmes, subject to the rules and objectives of the programmes and possible arrangements applicable to the Member State to which the OCT is linked.
Amendment 88 #
Proposal for a decision Recital 5 (5) The partnership pursuant to this Decision should allow for the continuation of strong relations between the Union on the one hand, and all the OCTs on the other, and take account of the particular relationship between each of the territories concerned and the Member State to which they are attached.
Amendment 89 #
Proposal for a decision Recital 6 (6) This new Decision should highlight the specificities concerning the cooperation with Greenland
Amendment 90 #
Proposal for a decision Recital 6 (6) Th
Amendment 91 #
Proposal for a decision Recital 8 (8) The special relationship between the Union and the OCTs is moving from a development cooperation approach to a reciprocal partnership to support the OCTs’ sustainable development. Moreover, the solidarity between the Union and the OCTs should be based on their unique relationship and their belonging to the same European family, given that the first order of solidarity lies in the links that bind them to the territories of the Member States concerned.
Amendment 92 #
Proposal for a decision Recital 11 (11) Union financial assistance allocated through the partnership should
Amendment 93 #
Proposal for a decision Recital 12 (12) Given the OCTs’ geographical position, and despite the different status vis-à-vis Union law of each actor in a given geographical area, cooperation between them and their neighbours should be pursued in the interests of all sides with a particular focus on areas of common interest
Amendment 94 #
Proposal for a decision Recital 13 (13) Many OCTs are neighbours to outermost regions, referred to in Article 349 TFEU and to African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) States and other third territories and countries and share common needs with their neighbours from climate change adaptation and mitigation and the preservation of biodiversity to oceans- related issues, economic diversification and disaster risk reduction. In particular, given their specific geographical situation, many OCTs experience catastrophic climate events, which are occurring with ever-increasing frequency as a result of climate change.
Amendment 95 #
Proposal for a decision Recital 15 (15) The OCTs are host to wide terrestrial and marine biodiversity. Climate change is impacting on OCTs’ natural environment in ways that are more perceptible and more acute than in the EU mainland, given their reduced size, and constitutes a threat undermining their sustainable development. Actions in the fields of conservation of biodiversity and ecosystem services, disaster risk reduction, sustainable management of natural resources and promotion of sustainable energy contributes to adaptation and mitigation of climate change in the OCTs. The association should aim at ensuring the conservation, restoration and sustainable use of biological diversity and ecosystem services as a key element for the achievement of sustainable development.
Amendment 96 #
Proposal for a decision Recital 18 (18) The Union and the OCTs recognise the special importance of education and vocational training as a lever for the OCTs’ sustainable development, especially on territories where the population’s general level of education is rather low.
Amendment 97 #
Proposal for a decision Recital 19 (19) The association between the Union and the OCTs should take into account and contribute to the preservation of the cultural diversity and identity of OCTs as well as the particular cultural and historical links between these territories and the Member States to which they are attached.
Amendment 98 #
Proposal for a decision Recital 20 (20) Trade and trade-related cooperation
Amendment 99 #
Proposal for a decision Recital 21 (21) This Decision should provide for more flexible rules of origin, including new possibilities of cumulation of origin. Cumulation should be possible not only with OCTs and Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) countries, but under certain conditions also for products originating in countries with which the Union is applying a free trade agreement as well as for products entering the Union duty-free and quota-free under the Union’s General System of Preferences, also subject to conditions. These conditions are necessary for a trade union more robust and capable to prevent trade circumvention and ensure the proper functioning of the cumulation arrangements.
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