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2018/0356M(NLE) EU/Vietnam Free Trade Agreement

Progress: Preparatory phase in Parliament

Legal Basis:

RoP 99-p2

Subjects

6.20.03 Bilateral economic and trade agreements and relations

Events

2018/11/22

EP - Committee draft report

Documents

PE630.623

Documents

Committee draft report: PE630.623
Committee draft report: PE630.623

Activities

Stanislav POLČÁK
Plenary Speeches (0)
Caroline ROOSE
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Mick WALLACE
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Amendments	Dossier
12	2018/0356M(NLE) 2019/01/10 DEVE 12 amendments... Amendment 1 # Cristian Dan PREDA Draft opinion Paragraph -1 (new) -1. Recalls that the EU and its Member States are among the top donors in Vietnam and the largest grant donor; Amendment 10 # Florent MARCELLESI Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Recalls its concern at the increasingly restrictive approach of the Vietnamese authorities with regard to ~~the~~ freedom of expression and other freedoms; recalls the ~~close~~ linksage between the FTA and ~~the Partnership and Cooperation Agreement (PCA)~~PCA and urges the Commission to use all available tools in the aAgreements, including suspension when needed, to protect and promote fundamental freedoms; more broadly, calls on Vietnam to sign and ratify all relevant human right treaties of the United Nations and the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court; Amendment 11 # Florent MARCELLESI Draft opinion Paragraph 4 a (new) 4 a. Recalls the importance to adapt trade policies to support national efforts to combat climate change in order to comply with the Paris Agreement; stresses in this context to the need to make EU- Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA) consistent with EU-FLEGT agreement with Vietnam, notably by including in its trade and sustainable development (TSD) chapters binding and enforceable provisions to halt illegal logging, deforestation, forest degradation and land grabbing; stresses the importance of effective monitoring of these provisions and sanctions mechanisms that allow individuals and communities, outside or within the EU, to seek redress; in particular, underlines that this mechanism must give special consideration to the rights of indigenous peoples, forest-dependent communities, and the rights granted under ILO Convention C169 on Indigenous and Tribal Peoples where applicable; Amendment 12 # Draft opinion Paragraph 4 b (new) 4 b. Recalls equally that the success of the entire FLEGT initiative depends i.e. on tackling fraud and corruption which can be found at all stages of the timber trade, from the harvesting of timber, its transportation, processing, manufacturing, exporting, importing and selling; to this effect, stresses the need to address more effectively corruption linked to illegal logging through specific illegal logging-related anti-corruption provisions that are enforceable and effectively implemented; recalls the importance of adequate access to justice, legal remedies and effective protection for whistleblowers in natural resources exporting countries in order to ensure the efficiency of any legislation or initiative; calls on the EU and its Member States to strengthen forest diplomacy in its external climate policy on this line; Amendment 2 # Cristian Dan PREDA Draft opinion Paragraph -1 a (new) -1 a. Stresses that open trade is a driver of prosperity by deepening economic ties; takes the view that the FTA and IPA will benefit Vietnam, as trade and investment fuel continued economic growth, bringing the country closer to its target of becoming an advanced industrialised economy; Amendment 3 # Cristian Dan PREDA Draft opinion Paragraph -1 b (new) -1 b. Reminds that the EU’s trade policy promotes its values and respect for human rights; stresses that opening up of the economic space should go hand in hand with improvements of the political life and the human rights situation in Vietnam; Amendment 4 # Florent MARCELLESI Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. ~~Urg~~Deplores the ~~EU and Vietnam to use the provisions of the Free Trade Agreement (~~refusal of the European Commission to carry out a prior human rights impact assessment of the EU-Vietnam Free Trade agreement, in spite of serious concerns regarding the protection of human rights in Vietnam, especially in relation to freedom of expression, association and the right to organise and collective bargaining for trade unions; urges the EU and Vietnam to use the provisions in the FTA) to, inter alia~~, help to~~ contribute to the strengthening of human rights in Vietnam; reiterates the importance of athe well- developed bilateral EU- and Vietnam Human Rights Dialogue; recalls the EUnion’s commitment, under its Strategic Framework and Action Plan on Human Rights and Democracy, to systematically include human rights in its impact assessments, as and when they are carried out, including for trade agreements that have a significant economic, social and environmental impacts; Amendment 5 # Cristian Dan PREDA Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. ~~Urg~~Welcomes the ~~EU and Vietnam to use the provisions of the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) to, inter alia, help to~~institutional framework and procedures under the EU- Vietnam PCA and FTA which will provide the EU with an enhanced basis for actively promoting respect for human rights and sustainable development in its relations with Vietnam; urges the EU and Vietnam to make full use of the provisions in the FTA in order to contribute to the strengthening of human rights in Vietnam; reiterates the importance of athe well- developed bilateral EU- and Vietnam Human Rights Dialogue; recalls the EUnion’s commitment, under its Strategic Framework and Action Plan on Human Rights and Democracy, to include human rights in its impact assessments, as and when they are carried out, including for trade agreements that have a significant economic, social and environmental impacts; Amendment 6 # Florent MARCELLESI Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. ~~Underlines the importance of~~Deplores the fact that the chapter on sustainable development is explicitly excluded from the mechanism for sanctions and resolution of disputes between States, which guarantees binding rights for transnational firms via the ICS arbitration mechanism, whereas the social and environmental standards are not binding due to the absence of a mechanism for sanction if these standards are not complied with; underlines the importance of mandatory and enforceable provisions in the chapter on trade and sustainable development into contribut~~ing~~e effectively to the strengthening of labour rights and environmental standards, including corporate responsibility and fair and ethical trade; notes, in this regard, that ~~the~~ ratification and implementation of core I~~nternational Labour Organisation (ILO) conventions~~LO conventions, notably Convention 98 on the Right to Organise and Collective Bargaining, Convention 105 on the Abolition of Forced Labour and Convention 87 on the Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organise, is key to ensuring ~~that~~ the FTA does not contribute to a race to the bottom; urges the Vietnamese Ggovernment to commit to a speedy reform of its labour code including ~~the~~ ratification and implementation of ~~the~~ outstanding core ILO cConventions ~~and establis~~with a clear timetable for ~~its~~ progress, prior to ~~the~~ European Parliament’s ratification of the FTA; Amendment 7 # Cristian Dan PREDA Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. ~~Underlines the importance of the~~Welcomes the inclusion of a robust, comprehensive and binding chapter on tTrade and sSustainable dDevelopment, dealing in an integrated manner with labour and environmental matters in the context of the Union’s trade relations with Vietnam; underlines the importance of this chapter in contributing to the strengthening of labour rights and environmental standards, including corporate responsibility and fair and ethical trade; notes, in this regard, that ~~the~~ ratification and implementation of core I~~nternational Labour Organisation (ILO) conventions is key to ensuring that the FTA does not c~~LO conventions is key to ensuring the FTA does not contribute to a race to the bottom; notes the steps taken by Vietnam regarding the drawing up of a revised version of its Labour Code, as well as the expected ratification of ILO Convention no. 98 on the right to organise and collective bargaining in 2019; takes the view that advancing swiftly on these issues will demonstr~~ibute to a~~ ate Vietnam’s commitment to workers rights and provide reassurance ~~to the bottom~~s that the country will comply with the labour obligations contained in the EU-Vietnam FTA; urges therefore the Vietnamese Ggovernment to ~~commit to a speedy~~speed up the reform of its labour code including ~~the~~ ratification and implementation of ~~the~~ outstanding core ILO cConventions ~~and establis~~, with a clear timetable for ~~its~~ progress~~, prior to the European Parliament’s ratification of the FTA~~; calls on the Commission to monitor closely and keep the Parliament regularly informed about developments in this area; Amendment 8 # Cristian Dan PREDA Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. ~~Emphasises the importance of the full involvement of civil society organisations (CSOs) for the purposes of~~Welcomes the introduction of provisions ensuring transparency and inclusiveness in the decision-making process; emphasises the importance of full involvement of CSOs in implementing and monitoring the provisions of the FTA; urges both parties to ~~initiate the requisite~~begin the necessary procedures to establish the Domestic Advisory Group ~~(DAG)~~ as soon as possible; notes that the DAG must be genuinely representative of civil society ~~and~~, includeing participants ~~that~~ representing organisations advocating the advancement of human rights, labour rights and environmental protection; welcomes the Commission’s readiness to step up support for civil society during the implementation of the FTA with Vietnam, as well as its intention to enhance technical and logistical support to DAGs and other mechanisms of civil society participation as this will be crucial for ensuring transparency and their meaningful involvement; Amendment 9 # Cristian Dan PREDA Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Recalls its concern atwith the general human rights situation in Vietnam, as well as with the increasingly restrictive approach of the Vietnamese authorities with regard to ~~the~~ freedom of expression and other freedoms; recalls the ~~close~~ linksage between the FTA and ~~the Partnership and Cooperation Agreement (PCA) and~~PCA and stresses that making improvements of human rights should be a central element of the EU’s engagement with Vietnam; urges the Commission to use all available tools in the aAgreements, including suspension when needed, to protect and promote fundamental freedoms; source: 632.812

Amendments

Dossier

2018/0356M(NLE)

2019/01/10 DEVE 12 amendments...

Amendment 1 #

Cristian Dan PREDA

Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 (new)

-1. Recalls that the EU and its Member States are among the top donors in Vietnam and the largest grant donor;

Amendment 10 #

Florent MARCELLESI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Recalls its concern at the increasingly restrictive approach of the Vietnamese authorities with regard to ~~the~~ freedom of expression and other freedoms; recalls the ~~close~~ linksage between the FTA and ~~the Partnership and Cooperation Agreement (PCA)~~PCA and urges the Commission to use all available tools in the aAgreements, including suspension when needed, to protect and promote fundamental freedoms; more broadly, calls on Vietnam to sign and ratify all relevant human right treaties of the United Nations and the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court;

Amendment 11 #

Florent MARCELLESI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4 a. Recalls the importance to adapt trade policies to support national efforts to combat climate change in order to comply with the Paris Agreement; stresses in this context to the need to make EU- Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA) consistent with EU-FLEGT agreement with Vietnam, notably by including in its trade and sustainable development (TSD) chapters binding and enforceable provisions to halt illegal logging, deforestation, forest degradation and land grabbing; stresses the importance of effective monitoring of these provisions and sanctions mechanisms that allow individuals and communities, outside or within the EU, to seek redress; in particular, underlines that this mechanism must give special consideration to the rights of indigenous peoples, forest-dependent communities, and the rights granted under ILO Convention C169 on Indigenous and Tribal Peoples where applicable;

Amendment 12 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)

4 b. Recalls equally that the success of the entire FLEGT initiative depends i.e. on tackling fraud and corruption which can be found at all stages of the timber trade, from the harvesting of timber, its transportation, processing, manufacturing, exporting, importing and selling; to this effect, stresses the need to address more effectively corruption linked to illegal logging through specific illegal logging-related anti-corruption provisions that are enforceable and effectively implemented; recalls the importance of adequate access to justice, legal remedies and effective protection for whistleblowers in natural resources exporting countries in order to ensure the efficiency of any legislation or initiative; calls on the EU and its Member States to strengthen forest diplomacy in its external climate policy on this line;

Amendment 2 #

Cristian Dan PREDA

Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 a (new)

-1 a. Stresses that open trade is a driver of prosperity by deepening economic ties; takes the view that the FTA and IPA will benefit Vietnam, as trade and investment fuel continued economic growth, bringing the country closer to its target of becoming an advanced industrialised economy;

Amendment 3 #

Cristian Dan PREDA

Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 b (new)

-1 b. Reminds that the EU’s trade policy promotes its values and respect for human rights; stresses that opening up of the economic space should go hand in hand with improvements of the political life and the human rights situation in Vietnam;

Amendment 4 #

Florent MARCELLESI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. ~~Urg~~Deplores the ~~EU and Vietnam to use the provisions of the Free Trade Agreement (~~refusal of the European Commission to carry out a prior human rights impact assessment of the EU-Vietnam Free Trade agreement, in spite of serious concerns regarding the protection of human rights in Vietnam, especially in relation to freedom of expression, association and the right to organise and collective bargaining for trade unions; urges the EU and Vietnam to use the provisions in the FTA) to, inter alia~~, help to~~ contribute to the strengthening of human rights in Vietnam; reiterates the importance of athe well- developed bilateral EU- and Vietnam Human Rights Dialogue; recalls the EUnion’s commitment, under its Strategic Framework and Action Plan on Human Rights and Democracy, to systematically include human rights in its impact assessments, as and when they are carried out, including for trade agreements that have a significant economic, social and environmental impacts;

Amendment 5 #

Cristian Dan PREDA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. ~~Urg~~Welcomes the ~~EU and Vietnam to use the provisions of the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) to, inter alia, help to~~institutional framework and procedures under the EU- Vietnam PCA and FTA which will provide the EU with an enhanced basis for actively promoting respect for human rights and sustainable development in its relations with Vietnam; urges the EU and Vietnam to make full use of the provisions in the FTA in order to contribute to the strengthening of human rights in Vietnam; reiterates the importance of athe well- developed bilateral EU- and Vietnam Human Rights Dialogue; recalls the EUnion’s commitment, under its Strategic Framework and Action Plan on Human Rights and Democracy, to include human rights in its impact assessments, as and when they are carried out, including for trade agreements that have a significant economic, social and environmental impacts;

Amendment 6 #

Florent MARCELLESI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. ~~Underlines the importance of~~Deplores the fact that the chapter on sustainable development is explicitly excluded from the mechanism for sanctions and resolution of disputes between States, which guarantees binding rights for transnational firms via the ICS arbitration mechanism, whereas the social and environmental standards are not binding due to the absence of a mechanism for sanction if these standards are not complied with; underlines the importance of mandatory and enforceable provisions in the chapter on trade and sustainable development into contribut~~ing~~e effectively to the strengthening of labour rights and environmental standards, including corporate responsibility and fair and ethical trade; notes, in this regard, that ~~the~~ ratification and implementation of core I~~nternational Labour Organisation (ILO) conventions~~LO conventions, notably Convention 98 on the Right to Organise and Collective Bargaining, Convention 105 on the Abolition of Forced Labour and Convention 87 on the Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organise, is key to ensuring ~~that~~ the FTA does not contribute to a race to the bottom; urges the Vietnamese Ggovernment to commit to a speedy reform of its labour code including ~~the~~ ratification and implementation of ~~the~~ outstanding core ILO cConventions ~~and establis~~with a clear timetable for ~~its~~ progress, prior to ~~the~~ European Parliament’s ratification of the FTA;

Amendment 7 #

Cristian Dan PREDA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. ~~Underlines the importance of the~~Welcomes the inclusion of a robust, comprehensive and binding chapter on tTrade and sSustainable dDevelopment, dealing in an integrated manner with labour and environmental matters in the context of the Union’s trade relations with Vietnam; underlines the importance of this chapter in contributing to the strengthening of labour rights and environmental standards, including corporate responsibility and fair and ethical trade; notes, in this regard, that ~~the~~ ratification and implementation of core I~~nternational Labour Organisation (ILO) conventions is key to ensuring that the FTA does not c~~LO conventions is key to ensuring the FTA does not contribute to a race to the bottom; notes the steps taken by Vietnam regarding the drawing up of a revised version of its Labour Code, as well as the expected ratification of ILO Convention no. 98 on the right to organise and collective bargaining in 2019; takes the view that advancing swiftly on these issues will demonstr~~ibute to a~~ ate Vietnam’s commitment to workers rights and provide reassurance ~~to the bottom~~s that the country will comply with the labour obligations contained in the EU-Vietnam FTA; urges therefore the Vietnamese Ggovernment to ~~commit to a speedy~~speed up the reform of its labour code including ~~the~~ ratification and implementation of ~~the~~ outstanding core ILO cConventions ~~and establis~~, with a clear timetable for ~~its~~ progress~~, prior to the European Parliament’s ratification of the FTA~~; calls on the Commission to monitor closely and keep the Parliament regularly informed about developments in this area;

Amendment 8 #

Cristian Dan PREDA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. ~~Emphasises the importance of the full involvement of civil society organisations (CSOs) for the purposes of~~Welcomes the introduction of provisions ensuring transparency and inclusiveness in the decision-making process; emphasises the importance of full involvement of CSOs in implementing and monitoring the provisions of the FTA; urges both parties to ~~initiate the requisite~~begin the necessary procedures to establish the Domestic Advisory Group ~~(DAG)~~ as soon as possible; notes that the DAG must be genuinely representative of civil society ~~and~~, includeing participants ~~that~~ representing organisations advocating the advancement of human rights, labour rights and environmental protection; welcomes the Commission’s readiness to step up support for civil society during the implementation of the FTA with Vietnam, as well as its intention to enhance technical and logistical support to DAGs and other mechanisms of civil society participation as this will be crucial for ensuring transparency and their meaningful involvement;

Amendment 9 #

Cristian Dan PREDA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Recalls its concern atwith the general human rights situation in Vietnam, as well as with the increasingly restrictive approach of the Vietnamese authorities with regard to ~~the~~ freedom of expression and other freedoms; recalls the ~~close~~ linksage between the FTA and ~~the Partnership and Cooperation Agreement (PCA) and~~PCA and stresses that making improvements of human rights should be a central element of the EU’s engagement with Vietnam; urges the Commission to use all available tools in the aAgreements, including suspension when needed, to protect and promote fundamental freedoms;

source: 632.812

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