2018/2010(INI) | [ParlTrack]

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. Deplores the continued dependence of the Andean countries on raw materials export, fostered by the market access rules enshrined in the agreement, with an even increased pressure on land and the environment including water, following declining world market prices;

Amendment 11 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. Welcomes the fact that 2 750 Peruvian and 1 700 Colombian very small and small and medium-sized enterprises have been able to increase or create export trade, thereby creating jobs and markets;

Amendment 12 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)

5b. Deplores that the rules of the Conflict Minerals Directive have not been taken over into the trade agreement; expects for the next implementation report a full analysis of environmental and climate implications of European investments into large scale mining and energy projects;

Amendment 13 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. Regrets that the agreement has not kept its promises of ‘win-win’ results, particularly by ~~not mitigating the~~having almost zero impact ofn the destabilising factors within the two Andean countries and by proving, at best, economically neutral inand, at worst, unfavourable for the EU in terms of the volume of trade between the signatories;

Amendment 14 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6a. Is worried, however, that the considerations concerning the potential imbalance of agricultural trade, already highlighted by the French parliamentarians before ratification, have been borne out by the global imbalance of the most recent commercial balance sheets, which are positive for the EU but negative for the Andean countries, leading to a partial reprimarisation of their economies with uncontrolled pollution risks2 a; _________________ 2aMarsac Report of 16/09/15 - French National Assembly

Amendment 15 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)

6b. Is concerned that the imbalance in trade found after five years of provisional application may encourage a return of illegal trafficking, and in particular the reuse of cleared land for coca plantations;

Amendment 16 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7

7. Deplores the fact that efforts and commitments concerning working conditions, pollution, deforestation and respect for biodiversity have not borne fruit; and that the situation, particularly in environmental matters, has continued to deteriorate;

Amendment 17 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7

7. Deplores the fact that efforts and commitments concerning working conditions, pollution, deforestation and respect for biodiversity have ~~not borne fruit~~failed to meet the initial shared expectations;

Amendment 18 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7

7. Deplores the fact that efforts and commitments concerning working conditions, pollution, deforestation and respect for biodiversity have ~~not borne fruit~~hardly been envisaged;

Amendment 19 #

7a. Regrets that Peru, particularly in its agri-food exports and especially meat products, cannot provide full assurance of compliance with European standards regarding the use of antibiotics or other substances banned in the EU and urges that certification bodies in agri-food matters must be reliable;

Amendment 2 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Takes note of the many comments made by civil society representatives on 7 December 2016 and those reported in the Commission’s third implementation report, published on 10 October 2017; underlines that the future implementing report should reach Parliament without undue delay in order to allow for adequate and up-to-date monitoring;

Amendment 20 #

Urszula KRUPA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8

8. Regrets that activities in the agri- food, secondary and tertiary sectors, particularly those linked to sustainable development, were not carried out in a manner consistent with regional dynamics;

Amendment 21 #

Joëlle MÉLIN, Sylvie GODDYN, Jean-François JALKH

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)

8a. Notes once more that indigenous peoples cannot enjoy security regarding ownership of their land and the conditions under which is worked and, more generally, their rights as a whole;

Amendment 22 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 b (new)

8b. Calls for the revision of the agreement to include a human rights protection clause with regard to potentially affected communities;

Amendment 23 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9

9. Recommends that the three European countries that are yet to ratify the agreement exercise the highest degree of caution, since it has obviously been poorly negotiated and fails to provide the expected beneficial effects;

Amendment 24 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 10 a (new)

10a. Calls also though this revision for the introduction of more binding ad hoc arrangements to allow the preferential treatment of fair and sustainable products and to exclude from the agreement those that do not comply with the environmental standards in force;

Amendment 3 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. ~~Takes note of~~Pays great attention to the many comments made by civil society representatives on 7 December 2016 and those reported in the Commission’s third implementation report, published on 10 October 2017;

Amendment 4 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Urges to bring the work of the Trade Joint Subcommittees in line with EU commitments with respect to environmental protection and the Paris agreement, aiming at avoiding harmful demands such as curbing taxes for more potent cars, which contradict climate imperatives and contribute to incentivising better market access for cars with higher pollution rates;

Amendment 5 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. In particular, the Peruvian participants at the meeting of 7/12/16 pointed out a number of legislative amendments which lowered the level of protection of workers, as regards both the environment and labour law, contrary to the provisions of Article 2771 a; _________________ 1aSummary of discussions and key messages of civil society representatives and participants from the EU, Colombia and Peru (Trade and Sustainable Development - Title of the EU-Colombia and Peru Trade Agreement). Brussels- Lima-Bogotá, 7 December 2016

Amendment 6 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)

3b. Underlines the need to respect animal welfare commitments and therefore deplores the pressure put by European Joint Committee members to abolish the rule that meat exported from the EU to Colombia should be from animals born, raised and slaughtered in the same Member State; asks the European Joint Committee members to refrain from any demand potentially contradicting animal welfare imperatives;

Amendment 7 #

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Recalls the destabilising domestic economic and political difficulties in the two Andean countries and those they share with other South American countries;

Amendment 8 #

Urszula KRUPA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Recalls the destabilising domestic economic and socio-political difficulties in the two Andean countries;

Amendment 9 #