2022/2040(INI) Resilient supply chains in the EU trade to address current shortages
Lead committee dossier:
Progress: Procedure completed
| Role | Committee | Rapporteur | Shadows |
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| Lead | INTA |
BUCHHEIT Markus ( ID)
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ASIMAKOPOULOU Anna-Michelle ( EPP),
DE CASTRO Paolo ( S&D),
RAFAELA Samira ( Renew),
TARCZYŃSKI Dominik ( ECR),
MAUREL Emmanuel ( GUE/NGL)
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| Committee Opinion | AGRI |
GRUFFAT Claude ( Verts/ALE)
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Lead committee dossier:
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2022/10/25
EP - Committee opinion
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2022/10/19
EP - Amendments tabled in committee
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2022/09/22
EP - Committee draft report
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2022/05/24
EP - BUCHHEIT Markus (ID) appointed as rapporteur in INTA
2022/05/18
EP - GRUFFAT Claude (Verts/ALE) appointed as rapporteur in AGRI
2022/05/05
EP - Committee referral announced in Parliament
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2022/2040(INI)
2022/07/25
AGRI
96 amendments...
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion Citation 1 a (new) – having regard to the Regulation (EU) 2021/2115 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 2 December 2021 establishing rules on support for strategic plans to be drawn up by Member States under the common agricultural policy (CAP Strategic Plans) and financed by the European Agricultural Guarantee Fund (EAGF) and by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) and repealing Regulations (EU) No 1305/2013 and (EU) No 1307/2013;
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion Recital A f (new) Af. whereas recent FAO data shows the increasingly important role of food- related emissions occurring in pre- and post-production processes along the food supply chain, with supply chain emissions of certain countries on course to surpass emissions related to farming and land use in the agri-foodsystem;1a _________________ 1a FAOSTAT ANALYTICAL BRIEF 31, The share of agri-food systems in total greenhouse gas emissions Global, regional and country trends 1990–2019. https://www.fao.org/3/cb7514en/cb7514en .pdf
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Considers the fact that recent supply chain disruption, notably caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, which has revealed areas of alarming fragility, significant risks to supply chains and the adverse effect of their segmentation and non-diversification, and the Russian war against Ukraine, has highlighted the vulnerability caused by the EU agricultural sector’s reliance on complex import and export chains
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Considers the fact that recent supply chain disruption, notably caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and the Russian war against Ukraine, has highlighted the EU agricultural sector’s reliance on complex import and export chains;
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Considers the fact that recent supply chain disruption, notably caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and the Russian war against Ukraine, has highlighted the EU agricultural sector’s
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Considers the fact that recent supply chain disruption, notably caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and the Russian war against Ukraine, has highlighted the EU agricultural sector’s reliance on complex import and export chains; calls for a shift to a sustainable, resilient and fair agricultural model anchored in the EU territories and with the wellbeing of our primary producers at its centre;
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Considers the fact that recent supply chain disruption, notably caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and the Russian war against Ukraine, has
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Considers the fact that recent supply chain disruption, notably caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Considers the fact that recent supply chain disruption, notably caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and the Russian war against Ukraine, has highlighted the EU agricultural sector’s reliance on complex import and export chains; calls for a shift to a sustainable, resilient
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Considers the fact that recent supply chain disruption, notably caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine, has highlighted the EU agricultural sector’s reliance on complex import and export chains; calls for a shift to a sustainable, resilient and fair agricultural model anchored in the EU territories;
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Considers the fact that
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion Citation 1 b (new) – having regard to the Regulation (EU) 2021/2117 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 2 December 2021 amending Regulations (EU) No 1308/2013 establishing a common organisation of the markets in agricultural products, (EU) No 1151/2012 on quality schemes for agricultural products and foodstuffs, (EU) No 251/2014 on the definition, description, presentation, labelling and the protection of geographical indications of aromatised wine products and (EU) No 228/2013 laying down specific measures for agriculture in the outermost regions of the Union;
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Considers the fact that recent supply chain disruption, notably caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and the Russian war against Ukraine, has highlighted the EU agricultural sector’s reliance on complex import and export chains; calls for a shift to a sustainable, resilient and fair agricultural model
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Highlights the resilience of the agri-food sector during the COVID-19 pandemic, its ability to maintain the functioning of the food supply chains and ensure food security in what were very difficult circumstances;
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Draws attention to the need for the European Union to invest more in its capacity to ensure food security, in particular through actions aimed at increasing independence in strategic areas such as energy supply; stresses the need to increase resilience in sectors characterised by import dependency;
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Takes the view that, in the current situation, the actions taken by the Commission and the international community should focus on unblocking Ukraine’s Black Sea ports, with a view to rebuilding the grain supply chain to countries in North Africa and the Middle East; welcomes also, in this context, the Commission’s initiative on ‘solidarity corridors’, but expresses concern that a land-based alternative will not be able to replace shipments by sea; stresses also that Ukrainian grain transported as an alternative via the territory of the EU should go entirely to recipients in third countries;
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Considers that EU producers meet the highest environmental, social and labour standards in the world and that the costs of complying with these provisions should be reflected in added value and actual payments to producers;
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Stresses that this moment should be used as an opportunity to reset supply chains, in a way that incorporates due diligence for responsible business conduct;
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 b (new) 1b. Stresses that challenges to the resilience and robustness of supply chains continue to grow at every link in the chain: at the food production, storage, transport and final distribution stages; draws particular attention, in this regard, to the increasing compliance costs resulting from the ever-increasing ambitions and restrictiveness of EU legislation on animal welfare and environmental protection; stresses that these costs are disproportionately borne by small farms;
Amendment 27 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 b (new) 1b. Believes that in situations where trade is taking place with third countries the carbon footprint of the food's journey should be minimised, through the thorough consideration of the mode of transport to be used;
Amendment 28 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 c (new) 1c. Notes that in crisis situations in agricultural markets, the imbalance in bargaining power between suppliers, especially small farmers, and buyers of agricultural products is exacerbated, increasing the risk of unfair trading practices; stresses that EU farmers receive on average 21 % of the value of their agricultural product, while 28 % goes to processors and as much as 51 % to retailers; believes that the fight to even out these proportions in favour of farmers should be one of the priorities of the new CAP;
Amendment 29 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Notes that
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion Recital A a (new) Aa. whereas food supply chains are increasingly vulnerable and at risk from the impacts of climate change and natural disasters such as drought, flood, pests and diseases, as well as logistical challenges which were intensified as a result of lockdowns and restrictions during the COVID pandemic, and most recently due to the illegal, unprovoked and unjustifiable Russian war of aggression against Ukraine;
Amendment 30 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Notes that import dependency increases vulnerability to external shocks, as now observed in fuel, fertiliser and feed chains; calls for
Amendment 31 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Notes that import dependency increases vulnerability to external shocks, as now observed in fuel, fertiliser and feed chains; calls for EU production to be
Amendment 32 #
2. Notes that import dependency increases vulnerability to external shocks, as now observed in fuel, fertiliser and feed chains; calls for EU production to be recalibrated towards sustainable practices which reduce the need for inputs and to focus primarily on EU demand for healthy food; calls on Member States to ensure greater farmer autonomy via the strategic plans,
Amendment 33 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Notes that import dependency for inputs increases vulnerability of food producers to external shocks, as now observed in fuel, fertiliser and feed chains; calls for EU production to be recalibrated towards more domestic production and sustainable practices which reduce the need for inputs, and to focus primarily on EU demand for healthy food; calls on Member States to ensure greater farmer autonomy in this respect via the CAP strategic plans,
Amendment 34 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Notes that import dependency increases vulnerability to external shocks, as now observed in fuel, fertiliser and feed chains; calls for EU production to be recalibrated towards sustainable practices which reduce the need for inputs and to focus primarily on EU demand for healthy food; calls on Member States to ensure greater farmer autonomy via their national strategic plans, notably
Amendment 35 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Notes that import dependency increases vulnerability to external shocks, as now observed in fuel, fertiliser and feed chains; calls for EU production to be recalibrated towards sustainable practices which reduce the need for inputs as far as possible and to focus primarily on EU demand for healthy food in sufficient volumes; calls on Member States to ensure greater farmer autonomy via the strategic plans, notably through strong support for
Amendment 36 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Notes that import dependency increases vulnerability to external shocks, as now observed in fuel, fertiliser and feed chains; calls for EU production to be recalibrated towards sustainable practices which reduce the need for inputs, for example by advancing IPM, and to focus primarily on EU demand for healthy food; calls on Member States to ensure greater farmer autonomy via the strategic plans, notably through strong support for organic production and the organic sector as a whole;
Amendment 37 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Notes that import dependency increases vulnerability to external shocks, as now observed in fuel, fertiliser and feed chains; calls for EU production to be recalibrated towards sustainable practices which reduce the need for inputs and to focus primarily on EU demand for healthy food; calls on Member States to ensure greater farmer autonomy via the strategic plans, notably through strong support for agroecology including organic production and the organic sector as a whole;
Amendment 38 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Notes that import dependency increases vulnerability to external shocks, as now observed in fuel, fertiliser and feed chains; calls for EU production to be recalibrated towards sustainable practices which reduce the need for inputs and to focus primarily on EU demand for healthy food; calls on Member States to ensure greater farmer autonomy via the strategic plans, notably through strong support for integrated production, organic production and the organic sector as a whole;
Amendment 39 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. Considers that the EU is and will remain a net importer of agricultural products in terms of volume and calories; calls on the Commission and Member States to rehabilitate government-to- government commodity agreements, in the spirit of the 1948 Havana Charter, in order to increase the number of stable supply sources and raise production standards in third countries;
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion Recital A a (new) Aa. whereas, in context of significant ongoing volatility and price rises fuelled by strong speculation, net food importing countries, often less developed, are facing greater difficulties in paying for imported food, exposing them to risk of famine; whereas high prices of fertiliser this year are expected to be followed by fertiliser shortage in the coming year; whereas the EU suffers from a long-term structural shortage of animal feed, in particular vegetable proteins, and, additionally, an oversized livestock sector;
Amendment 40 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. Considers that the current concerns over high fertiliser prices and supply chain disruption reveal the benefits of shifting to cheaper agronomic practices as a means to ensure soil fertility, rather than continuing with costly fertiliser inputs; Highlights the Farm to Fork goal of 50% reduction in nutrient loss, which should lead to a 20% reduction in use of fertiliser by 2030;
Amendment 41 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 b (new) 2b. Stresses that agronomic techniques such as crop rotation with legumes or permanent leguminous cover can enhance soil fertility and reduce the need for synthetic fertilisers, thereby increasing farmer autonomy, and that the Soil Strategy must complement and contribute to this goal;
Amendment 42 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 c (new) 2c. Calls on Member States to implement the Farm Sustainability Tool for Nutrients in order to help farmers reduce their use of costly and polluting fertiliser and decrease their reliance on this input supply chain; cautions against lowering environmental standards applicable to fertilising product composition and use;
Amendment 43 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Highlights that, as the COVID crisis has demonstrated, localised, short supply chains contribute to the resilience of food supply chains overall, which ensures profitable paths for production and distribution, and have often been able to adapt and fill in gaps where large-scale supply chains were disrupted; stresses that actors in such chains face specific challenges, such as weak access to government support and social programs; calls on Member States to provide strong support for cooperation measures under the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development and its article 77 in particular, in order to expand the networks of small producers, notably via the preparation and implementation of EIP and LEADER projects, as well as support for consortia, clusters and locally- organised producers of quality products;
Amendment 44 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Highlights that localised, short supply chains can contribute significantly to the resilience of food supply chains overall, which ensures profitable paths for production and distribution; stresses that actors in such chains can face specific challenges, such as weaker access to
Amendment 45 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Highlights that diversified and glo
Amendment 46 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Highlights that localised, short supply chains contribute to the resilience of food supply chains overall, which ensures profitable paths for production and distribution, while reducing the risk of generating food waste; stresses that actors in such chains face specific challenges, such as weak access to government support; calls on Member States to provide strong support for cooperation measures under the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development in order to expand and promote the networks of small producers;
Amendment 47 #
3. Highlights that localised, short supply chains contribute to the resilience of food supply chains overall, which ensures profitable paths for production and distribution; stresses that actors in such chains face specific challenges, such as weak access to government support; calls on Member States to provide strong support for cooperation measures under the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development in order to expand
Amendment 48 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Highlights that localised, short supply chains contribute to the resilience of food supply chains overall, which ensures profitable paths for production and distribution; stresses that actors in such chains face specific challenges, such as weak access to government support; calls on Member States to provide strong support for cooperation measures under the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development in order to expand the networks of small producers and consolidate their access to local and regional markets;
Amendment 49 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Highlights that localised, short supply chains contribute to the resilience of food supply chains overall, which ensures profitable paths for production and distribution; stresses that actors in such chains face specific challenges, such as weak access to government support; calls on Member States to provide strong support for cooperation measures under the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development in order to expand the networks of small producers and increase their individual viability;
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion Recital A b (new) Ab. whereas creating more resilience in food systems requires long term consistency and commitment to building more self-reliance and sustainability into European agricultural production and supply chains;
Amendment 50 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. Highlights that the newly agreed FTA between the EU and New Zeeland and its sustainability chapters, in particular on sustainable food systems, and the protection of EU standards, such as almost 2 200 GIs, is a modern and more EU-agri-friendly FTA than previously ones agreed; calls for reinforced efforts from the EU commission to concluded FTA with other trading blocks, having the New Zeeland FTA as a role-model, and be sure to secure the livelihood and prosperity of EU farmers, as well as to start negotiate new FTA and multilateral agreement within the WTO-framework;
Amendment 51 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. Highlights that an overreliance on few suppliers, allowing the development of an oligolopy- or duopoly-like market, is a risk to reliable supply. Calls for public procurement rules to take into account the utility of a diversified market and stresses that competition policy rules as applied to agriculture should not facilitate an excessive concentration of markets, either upstream or downstream of production, which could restrict farmers' autonomy;
Amendment 52 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. Underlines the importance of the Directive on Unfair Trading Practices (UTPs) in regulating the relationship between producers and buyers; In this regard, calls for its principles to be built on to further regulate the relationship between third country suppliers and EU business buyers;
Amendment 53 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Reiterates that climate change and biodiversity loss pose a high risk of disrupting both primary production
Amendment 54 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Reiterates that climate change and biodiversity loss pose a high risk of disrupting both primary production and logistics; considers that, as extreme climatic events become more frequent and more pronounced, producers need increasing support to shift towards agricultural practices and nature-based solutions that mitigate and adapt to climate change; further, highlights that EU agricultural but also research and innovation policies should contribute to increased access for farmers to agro- climatic disaster risk and early warning systems, and access to insurances when transitioning to more resilient, sustainable practices;
Amendment 55 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Reiterates that climate change, antimicrobial resistance and biodiversity loss pose a high risk of disrupting both primary production and logistics; welcomes in this regards the newly implemented Veterinary Medicinal Packages and the import-ban on animal products that have received antimicrobials for growth promoting or antimicrobials reserved for human use;
Amendment 56 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Reiterates that, in addition to the COVID-19 pandemic and the Russian war against Ukraine, exceptional droughts in the south of the EU, climate change and biodiversity loss also pose a high risk of disrupting both primary production and logistics, as well as market factors such as supply-demand ratios or price fluctuations;
Amendment 57 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Reiterates that climate change
Amendment 58 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 a (new) 4a. Is concerned that various factors contribute to logistical challenges which are more frequent and more serious than in the past, with disruption to international supply chains affecting imports of key materials or ingredients, as well as exports of goods from the EU, particularly in the agriculture and food sector, with such phenomena as border blockages requiring rapid deployment of Solidarity or Green Lanes to aid movement of key food and feed supplies, for example during the COVID pandemic and due to conflict situations;
Amendment 59 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 a (new) 4a. Underlines the need to keep up the fight against antimicrobial resistance and think that the EU must include concrete AMR measures, in line with EU standards, in all new relevant trade agreements, set up stronger import requirements for all imported food products (meat, plants, fish) that have been treated with antibiotics as well as to promote the idea of a global agreement against AMR;
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion Recital A b (new) Ab. whereas in the wake of the COVID-19 crisis and the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Commission has developed a Contingency plan for ensuring food supply and food security in times of crisis, including the creation of a European Food Security Crisis preparedness and response mechanism (EFSCM);
Amendment 60 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 a (new) 4a. Considers that supply chains must also be made resilient to zoonotic diseases; notes, in this regard, the importance of lower stocking densities and smaller-scale, diversified agriculture in reducing the risk of spread of disease;
Amendment 61 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 a (new) Amendment 62 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 b (new) 4b. Recognises that problems on a much larger scale have arisen due to the impact of the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine, highlighting the dependence of many non-EU countries on basic food supplies from Ukraine, and that this presents the EU and other regions with an urgent need to consider how to reconfigure food trade patterns in the years to come;
Amendment 63 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 c (new) 4c. Recognises the possible impact of research and development of innovative agricultural technologies on the resilience of food production and distribution, stresses the need to ensure that the farmers, including small, medium and young farmers, have access to the benefits of such R&D;
Amendment 64 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Highlights that
Amendment 65 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Highlights that the health and labour conditions of agri-food workers affect labour availability in the supply chain, as has been shown notably by COVID-19 disruptions to slaughterhouse and meatpacking establishments and in farms which usually rely on seasonal labour;
Amendment 66 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Highlights that the health and labour conditions of agri-food workers affect labour availability in the supply chain, therefore care for the wellbeing of these workers must be mainstreamed into all proposals for a sustainable supply chain;
Amendment 67 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Highlights that the health
Amendment 68 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 a (new) 5a. Welcomes the establishment of a permanent European Food Security Crisis preparedness and response Mechanism (EFSCM), and the Commission’s intention to map the risks and vulnerabilities of the EU food supply chain and its critical infrastructures; regrets that the Communication’s anticipated actions do not address the development of appropriate levels of stocks;
Amendment 69 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 a (new) 5a. Considers that businesses in international commerce have a particular responsibility to ensure supply chain resilience, that they can benefit from disruptions and that holding a minimum level of stocks should be a condition for access to the European domestic market;
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion Recital A c (new) Ac. whereas climate change is increasingly affecting agricultural production, and the EU has committed to reaching carbon neutrality by 2050;
Amendment 70 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Stresses the need for
Amendment 71 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Stresses the need
Amendment 72 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Stresses the need for market regulation and appropriate public provisions regarding strategic stocks, to
Amendment 73 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Stresses the need for market regulation and appropriate public stocks to tackle market crises and price volatility, to secure supply and to prevent speculation, without compromising the integrity of the single market or undermining measures to increase the resilience of food supply chains; calls for market transparency and timely information on public and private stocks;
Amendment 74 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Stresses the need for concerted market regulation and appropriate public stocks, but also other instruments and rules, to tackle market crises and price volatility, to secure supply and to prevent
Amendment 75 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Stresses the need for market regulation and appropriate public stocks to tackle market crises and price volatility, to secure supply and to prevent speculation, as well as to ensure the availability of food at universally affordable prices; calls for market transparency and timely information on public and private stocks;
Amendment 76 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Stresses the need
Amendment 77 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Stresses the need for market regulation and appropriate public stocks to tackle market crises and price volatility, to secure supply and to
Amendment 78 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Stresses the need for market regulation and appropriate public stocks to
Amendment 79 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Stresses the need for
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion Recital A d (new) Ad. whereas the phase-out of fossil fuels is both an ecological and a geopolitical imperative;
Amendment 80 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 a (new) 6a. Underlines that in the light of Russia’s unprovoked invasion of Ukraine, the importance of exchanging information, monitoring and good practices in order to develop concerted responses to food supply and international food security crises has been clear; thinks in regards to this that an International Food Security Crisis preparedness and response Mechanism should be established, with the aim to coordinate and develop a platform to map risks and vulnerabilities, including structural issues, of international food supply chains and critical infrastructures;
Amendment 81 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 a (new) 6a. Welcomes the recent European Commission's decision to introduce the obligation for Member States to report their private and public stocks of cereals, oilseeds, rice and certified seeds on a monthly basis in order to improve market transparency, a measure which could at the same time help to curb speculation; it is of the opinion that the European Union should continue to encourage the same transparency among the world's major agricultural countries in order to address the food shortages caused by the Putin- provoked war;
Amendment 82 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 a (new) 6a. Calls on the Commission to submit legislative measures in order to secure strategic stocks of basic foodstuffs at the level of the Member States to prevent food crisis in the EU. If needed, these stocks could be used by World Food Programme to mitigate severe food crises in third countries;
Amendment 83 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 7. Stresses that EU engagement in global food governance must
Amendment 84 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 7. Stresses th
Amendment 85 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 7. Stresses that EU engagement in global food governance must recognise and promote the right to food, as well as the food sovereignty of its trading partners and their right to regulate their exports and stocks to secure their own needs, as a failure to make this change in current and new trading agreements and relationships will perpetuate a clear imbalance in bargaining power between the EU and developing countries.
Amendment 86 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 7. Stresses that EU engagement in global food governance must recognise and promote the right to food, as well as the food sovereignty of its trading partners and their right to regulate their exports and stocks to secure their own needs; considers that EU actions in the international governance of food systems must enable and promote the right to food.
Amendment 87 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 7. Stresses that EU engagement in global food governance must recognise and promote the right to food, as well as the food s
Amendment 88 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 7. Stresses that EU engagement in global food governance must recognise and promote the right to food, as well as the food sovereignty of its trading partners and their right to
Amendment 89 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 7. Stresses that EU engagement in global food governance must be directed at better WTO recogni
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion Recital A e (new) Ae. whereas latest FAOSTAT figures show that EU agri-food systems accounted for 32% of total EU carbon dioxide equivalent emissions in 2019;
Amendment 90 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 7. Stresses that EU engagement in global food governance must recognise and promote the right to food, as well as the food sovereignty of its trading partners and their right to regulate their exports and stocks
Amendment 91 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 a (new) 7a. Recognises the role of international trade in ensuring the resilience of global agricultural supply chains and welcomes in this regard the WTO Ministerial Declaration on Emergency Response to Food Insecurity and the WTO Ministerial Decision on exemption from export bans or restrictions for foodstuffs purchased by the World Food Programme, adopted at the conclusion of the 12th World Trade Organisation Ministerial Conference.
Amendment 92 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 a (new) 7a. Believes strongly that resilient supply chains can only be guaranteed in the long term by the sustainability of production and the defence of producers against unfair competition, either from imports or from unfair practices, whether in the EU or in third countries.
Amendment 93 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 a (new) 7a. Points out that all European countries that are members of the International Energy Agency have emergency oil stocks equivalent to 90 days’ consumption.
Amendment 94 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 b (new) 7b. In the face of rapidly rising food prices and inflation which is affecting food affordability, calls on the Commission and Council, together with Member States, to consider putting into action point 2 of article 40 of TFEU as regards to regulation of prices of basic food products.
Amendment 95 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 b (new) 7b. Points out that food security depends as much on trade flows as it does on available stocks; calls on the Commission to change its position at the WTO on food stocks for stabilisation purposes in order to take account of the reality of climate change, the structural instability of agricultural markets and the pressing needs of developing countries; calls for the rice stocks cooperation scheme involving South-East Asian countries (ASEAN+3), set up following the 2007/2008 food crisis in order to increase food resilience, to be taken as a model.
Amendment 96 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 c (new) 7c. Calls on the Commission to be fully alive to the fact that there is no longer any prospect of building a large, unified global market, which is what was sought after in the 1990s, and that there is a shift towards small-scale globalisation between friendly nations, under which government-to-government trading will regain its pivotal pre-1980s role in securing international commerce.
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2022/10/24
INTA
196 amendments...
Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 3 a (new) — having regard to the Commission proposal for a regulation on prohibiting products made with forced labour on the Union market (COM 2022/453)
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A a (new) Aa. whereas Article 349 TFEU recognises the particular economic and social situation of the outermost regions, which is compounded by structural factors (remoteness, insularity, small size, difficult topography and climate, economic dependence on a few products); whereas the outermost regions were also particularly affected by supply chain disruptions causing a serious problem in food distribution; whereas, moreover, the accessibility deficit entails substantial additional costs, which have a significant impact on trade and thus on their competitiveness;
Amendment 100 #
5 b. Stresses that the future labels for first-of-a-kind facilities should be able to source primary and secondary raw materials, hence leading towards the development of recycled semiconductors; recalls that the manufacturing process of semiconductors requires large amounts of Ultrapure Water (UPW) and energy, and in order to enable the green transition, the Integrated Production Facilities and Open EU Foundries foreseen by the proposed Chips Act should commit with their energy supplier to expand its renewable energy production by the same amount of the total energy employed by the undertaking, including the energy used to treat the wastewater and produce UPW;
Amendment 101 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 b (new) 5 b. Calls on the Commission to enter into consultations with relevant third countries in order to seek cooperative solutions to address future supply chain disruptions and to involve, where appropriate, coordination in relevant international fora while ensuring robust engagement with the stakeholder community;
Amendment 102 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 b (new) 5 b. Notes that the implementation of the proposed toolbox has to be guided by the principles of confidentiality and proportionality. Furthermore, it shall avoid any additional administrative burden for businesses, in particular SMEs, or protective measures that hamper trade relations more broadly;
Amendment 103 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 c (new) 5 c. Believes that in a globalised world characterized by complex international value chains, European resilience must be based on well-functioning multilateral and bilateral trade regimes.
Amendment 104 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 c (new) Amendment 105 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 d (new) 5 d. Highlights that any new initiative to improve the salience of supply chains (such as the Chips Act or the Single Market Emergency Instrument) proposed by the European Commission must comply with Union law, the WTO Agreement and be consistent with commitments made under other trade and investment agreements to which the Union or the Member States are party;
Amendment 106 #
Motion for a resolution Subheading 3 a (new) Sustainable Development and Human Rights
Amendment 107 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 e (new) 5 e. Recognizes that the EU needs to shorten supply chains and re-shore essential production procedures to increase resilience and its strategic autonomy; calls on the Commission and Member States to reinforce measures that have a rapid effect on the reindustrialisation of Europe and create future-proof jobs by working with international partners in order to remove existing barriers to global competition and revive free trade.
Amendment 108 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 d (new) 5 d. Is committed to the legislative procedures of both the proposal for a directive on a Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence (CSDDD) and the proposal for a regulation on prohibiting products made with forced labour on the Union market (Forced Labour Regulation); considers that both legislative files should be complementary and that in due time the CSDDD should transition into a regulation;
Amendment 109 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 e (new) 5 e. Considers that the CSDDD should acknowledge the 'One Health' approach as an integrated and unifying approach that aims to sustainably balance and optimise the health of people, animals and ecosystems, recognises that the health of humans,domestic and wild animals, plants, and the wider environment, including ecosystems, are closely interlinked and inter-dependent, and therefore the CSDDD should take into account the key role of the health sector in climate adaptation, and commit to making our health systems environmentally sustainable,climate- neutral and resilient at the latest by 2050;
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A a (new) A a. whereas these external shocks cannot serve as justifications for reshoring, isolationism or a rushed-up inward reorientation of the Union policies that would imply higher prices and a loss of jobs and disrupt even more the existing supply chains;
Amendment 110 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 f (new) 5 f. Urges the Commission and the Member States to regard due diligence obligations as an ongoing and dynamic process instead of a ‘box-ticking exercise’ and due diligence strategies should therefore be in line with the dynamic nature of adverse impacts; considers that those strategies should cover every actual or potential adverse impact on human rights, animal welfare, the environment or good governance, although the severity and likelihood of the adverse impact, the company's ability to address the adverse impact, and the company's direct contribution to the cause of the adverse impact should be considered in the context of a prioritisation policy, if the company is unableto address all identified adverse impacts at the same time; urges, in this regard, the Commission, the Member States, and the regions to take into account the needs of SMEs when it comes to supply chain due diligence;
Amendment 111 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 g (new) 5 g. Urges the Commission to accelerate the Global Gateways, especially the one dedicated to Africa, and to use the the expertise of programmes such as 'Responsible Supply Chains in Asia', in order to further sustainable and inclusive economic, social and environmental progress with the Union's trade partners;
Amendment 112 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 h (new) 5 h. .Urges the Commission to accelerate the Global Gateways, especially the one dedicated to Africa, and to use the the expertise of programmes such as 'Responsible Supply Chains in Asia', in order to further sustainable and inclusive economic, social and environmental progress with the Union's trade partners;
Amendment 113 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 6. Stresses that medical supply chains can be strengthened by investing in skills, building health data infrastructure, and supporting regulatory framework and intellectual property policies that foster innovation and ensure affordable medicines; asks for the fast and transparent implementation of a database at EU level that could improve the coordination among Member States; calls on the Commission to assess the possibility of reshoring the production for essential medicines and active pharmaceutical ingredients to the EU; underlines the difficulties that a broad range of the pharmaceutical industries face in receiving EU funds related to R&D and production investments which are key to ensure that their products can respond to tomorrow’s needs;
Amendment 114 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 6. Stresses that medical supply chains can be strengthened by investing in skills, building health data infrastructure, and
Amendment 115 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 6. Stresses that medical supply chains can be strengthened by investing in skills, building health data infrastructure, and supporting regulatory framework and intellectual property policies that foster innovation
Amendment 116 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 6. Stresses that medical supply chains can be strengthened by reshoring the production of active ingredients, investing in skills, building health data infrastructure, and supporting regulatory framework and intellectual property policies that foster innovation and ensure affordable medicines;
Amendment 117 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 a (new) 6 a. New digital technologies Underlines that new digital technologies are transforming digital trade facilitating new business models and reducing the geographical barriers of economic transactions; regrets that the EU is highly dependent on third countries for services such as edge and cloud computing whichare crucial to increase Europe’s data sovereignty as outlined in the EU DigitalStrategy; calls on the EU and the Member States to create favorable conditions for major investments in the research, development and deployment of next generation cloud and edge technologies; emphasizes that the brain- drain and the sell-off of technology industries to third countries must be prevented by appropriate trade policy and other measures, as technological knowledge must be preserved within the EU;
Amendment 118 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 a (new) 6 a. Underlines that coordination and solidarity within Member States and between the Union and third countries is crucial to tackling major crises, as proved by the Covid-19 pandemic; stresses that populist movements and extremist parties established in some Member States are often in contrast with Union interests and principles, including increased coordination and solidarity, and prefer stocking the fire of divisions, in particular in time of uncertainty;
Amendment 119 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 b (new) 6 b. a.Energy production Hopes that the REPowerEU Plan will effectively respond to the energy market disruptions caused by the war in Ukraine; calls on the Commission for the suspension of the Emissions Trading Systems (ETS) Directive in order to reduce energy expenditure in the medium term; calls on the Member States to restore security of energy supply through the unrestricted use of coal-fired and nuclear power plants in the EU; calls on the Commission to update the Energy Taxation Directive to enable the abolition of the energy and electricity tax in the medium term;
Amendment 12 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A a (new) A a. whereas any EU strategy to address the current and possible future shortages should follow a comprehensive approach that takes into consideration the root causes of shortages and includes concrete actions for their prevention;
Amendment 120 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 b (new) 6 b. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to prevent supply chain disruptions and allow the cross-border flow of medicines by limiting any export restrictions on medicines, active pharmaceutical ingredients and other manufacturing input, adopting targeted regulatory flexibilities, establishing priority lanes for freight and air transport of medicines and ensuring cross-border mobility of workers; stresses the need to ensure medicines and their ingredients are exempted from sanctions to limit any potential adverse effects on patients;
Amendment 121 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 c (new) 6 c. Urges the Commission to support Member States by developing targeted Union rules on medicines procurement, under the current public procurement Directive, aimed at ensuring long-term sustainability, competition, security of supply and stimulating investments in manufacturing; calls on the Commission to propose incentives, such as EU funds and State Aid, to stimulate the production of critical goods such as off-patent medicines, to achieve its open strategic autonomy in view of any crisis, while ensuring long term resilient supply chains;
Amendment 122 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 7. Underlines the need for a harmonised
Amendment 123 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 7. Underlines the need for a
Amendment 124 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 7. Underlines the need for a
Amendment 125 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 a (new) 7 a. Stresses that fair, sustainable and value-based trade and markets which respect international law, as well as working with cooperatives partners, will reinforce the Union’s supply chains and ensure a level playing field and fair competition for workers and businesses to compete globally;
Amendment 126 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 a (new) 7 a. Takes note of the Commission proposal on the Single Market emergency instrument hoping that it can be useful to effectively respond to emergency situations in a coordinated manner in order to ensure the smooth functioning of the Single Market and the preservation of EU competitiveness;
Amendment 127 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 8. Welcomes the development of an EU toolbox of autonomous trade instruments, including the trade defence instruments, an anti-coercion instrument, the foreign-direct-investment screening mechanism, the foreign subsidies instrument and the international procurement instrument and stresses that a reactive implementation of those instrument will be crucial in order to rebalance trade relationships and foster more sustainable and protective-of- human-rights supply chains, as well as the creation of the post of Chief Trade Enforcement Officer (CTEO) to respond to these emerging challenges;
Amendment 128 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 8. Welcomes the development of an EU toolbox of autonomous trade instruments, including
Amendment 129 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 8. Welcomes the development of an EU toolbox of autonomous trade instruments, including an anti-coercion instrument, the foreign-direct-investment screening mechanism, the foreign subsidies instrument and the international procurement instrument as well as the creation of the post of Chief Trade Enforcement Officer (CTEO) to respond to these emerging challenges and protect EU competitiveness;
Amendment 13 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A a (new) A a. whereas disruption to supply intermediate goods and production inputs means that EU exports shrink more than imports, thus negatively impacts its trade balance;
Amendment 130 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 a (new) 8 a. Is convinced that an open trade policy without sanctions is compatible with protecting the EU strategic sectors and with an industrial policy that defends and enable EU resilience to a different range of external shocks and avoidance of economic dependencies on external actors; calls for the abolition of all economic and political sanctions and for the deepening of international economic relations with all partners, in particular regarding energy supply partnerships;
Amendment 131 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 a (new) 8 a. Calls on the Commission to review whether it can make greater use of its trade defence tools to target unfair, state- subsidies provided by non-market economies; Highlights the case of the Aluminium industry, where between 2013 and 2017, the OECD found that 85% of global subsidies in the sector were channelled to just five Chinese companies;
Amendment 132 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 b (new) 8 b. Calls on the Commission to examine innovative solutions that can increase electricity intensive industries’ access to renewable energy sources; Calls on the Commission to consider new approaches to Power Purchase Agreements, such as the “Green Pool” initiative being pioneered by Greece;
Amendment 133 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 Amendment 134 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 9. Emphasises that
Amendment 135 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 9. Emphasises that the continuing rise in the cost of bureaucracy, particularly as a result of national or EU legislation such as the
Amendment 136 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 9. Emphasises that the continuing rise in the cost of bureaucracy, particularly as a result of EU legislation such as the
Amendment 137 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 9. Emphasises that
Amendment 138 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 a (new) 9 a. Underlines that should be a priority for the EU to harmonize the existing instruments in support to SMEs to increase their awareness on the opportunities and risks of the international trade;
Amendment 139 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 b (new) 9 b. Calls on the Member States to work towards a back stock of materials and increase transparency of supply chains by spending data, N-tier mapping, or both, as many of today’s most pressing supply shortages such as semiconductors occur in supplier sub-tiers; calls for national risk mitigation plans including finding new suppliers, redesigning networks, resetting inventory targets, keeping safety stocks, and sourcing locally or regionally
Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A b (new) A b. whereas container loss seems to be growing more common because of several causes, namely climate change (storms and high winds are growing both more frequent and more intense as the climate becomes more volatile), a trend towards ever-larger containerships, which has compromised the steering of the vessel and the security of the containers (in both cases because the high stacks on deck catch the wind), while simultaneously rendering those ships vulnerable to parametric rolling, a rare phenomenon that places extreme stress on the containers and the systems meant to secure them; whereas the steep rise in demand for goods during the COVID lockdown months meant that ships that once travelled at partial capacity now set off fully loaded and crews are pressured to adhere to strict timetables, even if doing so requires ignoring problems on board or sailing through storms instead of around them; whereas shipping containers themselves are in short supply, both because of the increase in demand and because many of them are stuck in the wrong ports owing to earlier shutdowns, and so older containers with aging locking mechanisms have remained in or been returned to circulation risk of human error has gone up during the pandemic as working conditions on container ships, already suboptimal, have further declined, particularly as crew members have sometimes been stuck for weeks or months on a ship in port or at anchor, stranded indefinitely in a worldwide maritime traffic jam;
Amendment 140 #
9 c. Calls on the Member States, in close cooperation with the Commission and all interested stakeholders, to take coordinated measures with a view to adopting a strategic plan to upgrade their existing infrastructure for an efficient and timely supply of products;
Amendment 141 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 10. Recalls that in cooperation with the Member States and international partners, the EU must guarantee freedom of the sea and trade routes and thus ensure access to raw materials, energy and export markets; calls on the Member States to get capacity on alternative routes in case logistics disruptions are likely as well as simulate the effects of regional demand shifts on production, examine the risks in supplier networks, labour, manufacturing, and delivery to determine if any part of the value chain is exposed to internal or external disruptions, and set up controls to minimize their effects;
Amendment 142 #
10. Recalls that in cooperation with the Member States and international partners, the EU must guarantee freedom of the sea and trade routes and thus ensure access to raw materials, energy and export markets; stresses that the EU must also increase seaport capacity and secure critical energy transmission infrastructure;
Amendment 143 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 10. Recalls that in cooperation with the Member States and international partners, the
Amendment 144 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 10. Recalls that in cooperation with the Member States and international partners, the EU
Amendment 145 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 a (new) 10 a. Welcomes the EU's Solidarity Lanes initiative, which has delivered 10 million tonnes of food, and which, together with the UN Grain Initiative, has played a part in helping to alleviate the global food crisis; stresses that alternative land routes cannot replace sea routes and therefore calls on the Commission to take action focusing on unblocking Ukraine's Black Sea ports in order to support Ukraine's export capabilities and re- establish grain supply chains to the most needy countries in Africa, Asia and the Middle East;
Amendment 146 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 a (new) 10 a. Underlines that enhancing EU industrial production capacities through dedicated public policies and favorable economic, social and environmental conditions would help to secure supplies and boost EU competitiveness;
Amendment 147 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 11. Considers that the EU’s research and development policy should be promoted further while guaranteeing openness of trade and investment relations, and exchanges among different research hubs, universities, stakeholders, regions and Member States in order to significantly boost the EU’s digital independence;
Amendment 148 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 a (new) 11 a. Calls on the Commission to thoroughly review how and to what extent transfers of emerging and disruptive technologies are taking place from the EU to authoritarian states via trade and investment flows; calls on the Commission to advance new measures to limit such transfers, including supply- chain cooperation with like-minded partners, such as through Trade and Technology Councils, as well as through other potential bilateral initiatives;
Amendment 149 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 a (new) 11 a. Underlines the importance to carry out an ambitious EU digital agenda with the aim to build strategic international partnerships, building on the experience of the Trade and Technology Council with the US, and to secure a leading position for the Union in digital trade and in the area of technology, most importantly by promoting innovation;
Amendment 15 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A b (new) A b. whereas the disruption of Union supply chains and the economic and social consequences on European citizens are further exacerbated by the steady deterioration of the rule of law and democracy in some Member States;
Amendment 150 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 Amendment 151 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 12. Calls for the shortening of supply chains, in combination with other instruments,
Amendment 152 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 12. Calls for the shortening of supply chains, where necessary and is in EU’s interest, in combination with other instruments, and the relocation to the EU of EU businesses’ production facilities in countries outside the bloc;
Amendment 153 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 a (new) Amendment 154 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 13. Calls on the Member States and the Commission to start a dialogue with neighbouring countries on the possibility of
Amendment 155 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 13. Calls on the
Amendment 156 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 13. Calls on the Member States and the Commission to start a dialogue with neighbouring countries on the possibility of nearshoring production and increasing
Amendment 157 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 a (new) 13 a. Welcomes the commitment between the European Union and the United States to develop a Global Arrangement on Sustainable Steel and Aluminium, aimed at addressing issues of subsidies, overcapacity from non-market actors, and climate change; Supports the opening of the negotiated agreement to like-minded third countries; Commands the work done within the framework of the EU-US Trade and Technology Council Working Group 2 on clean technology looking at a methodology for green steel and how to measure low carbon content in products; Recalls that the US had introduced tariffs on €6.44 billion of European steel and aluminium exports and that the EU had introduced rebalancing measures of a total of €6.4billion in 2018; Reminds that these talks are the result of a 2021truce where both parties agreed to find a solution by October 2023; Is concerned that no potential tangible results have been communicated thus far; Worries that should no agreement be found within the allotted timeframe, the tariffs and retaliatory tariffs would be re-imposed; Urges the Commission and the US administration to finalize this negotiation as soon as possible to avoid mutually harming our economies at a time of deep economic uncertainty;
Amendment 158 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 a (new) 13 a. Welcomes the EU’s first Strategic Partnerships for Critical Raw Materials as signed with Canada and Ukraine in 2021; Calls on the Commission to swiftly conclude similar agreements with other key partners; Welcomes existing commitments from the Commission to pursue such agreements with a number of partners, including Norway and Namibia; Recognises the strong role that they can play in diversifying supply chains and facilitating investment opportunities;
Amendment 159 #
13 a. Recalls that, due to their significant dependence on imports, Member States face various problems relating to dependence on non-EU suppliers as well as raw material prices; calls for enhanced cooperation at EU level, which should reduce the vulnerability not only of the EU itself, but also of each Member State, to external suppliers;
Amendment 16 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A c (new) A c. whereas the Union has 42 preferential trade agreements in place with 74 partners all over the world; whereas these trade agreements also take into account interconnected supply chains between the trade partners and the Union yet they lack a standard approach on how to monitor, implement and enforce their security and reliability; whereas a system of efficient customs are an integral part for resilient supply chains;
Amendment 160 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 a (new) 13a. Notes the lack of robustness of a supply chain system based on subcontracting, outsourcing and offshoring; calls for a rethinking of our supply security through the development of more collaborative models based on more balanced relationships in which benefits are shared along the supply chain;
Amendment 161 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 a (new) 13 a. Calls on the Member States to stimulate and plan for extreme supply- and-demand disruptions, such as ordering components earlier than usual and allowing extra time for delivery, accounting for the higher cost of energy, materials, and transportation, and checking inventories of critical materials to reprioritize production should shortages seem inevitable;
Amendment 162 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 b (new) 13 b. Welcomes the commitment between the European Union and the United States to develop a Global Arrangement on Sustainable Steel and Aluminium, aimed at addressing issues of subsidies and overcapacity from non- market actors; Calls on the Commission to intensify its engagement with the United States on this arrangement;
Amendment 163 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 14.
Amendment 164 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 14. Calls on the Commission to develop, in coordination with the Member States, mechanisms to ensure smart stockpiling of certain products, such as medicines and medical equipment,
Amendment 165 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 15. Recalls that the circular economy action plan is intended to help the EU to reduce its overdependence on certain external
Amendment 166 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 15. Recalls that the circular economy action plan is intended to help the EU to reduce its dependence on external players so as to support strategic autonomy in a wide range of sectors, including mining; emphasizes that this is an ongoing process and strategic autonomy is far from achieved;
Amendment 167 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 15. Recalls that the circular economy action plan is intended to
Amendment 168 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 15. Recalls that the circular economy action plan is intended to help the EU to reduce its dependence on external players so as to support strategic autonomy in a wide range of sectors
Amendment 169 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 a (new) 15 a. Highlights that the Union is deeply involved in global supply and value chains and that solutions pushing towards isolationism, an increase in non-tariff barriers on Union imports or an excessive inward reorientation of its policies would have very negative effects on Union workers and businesses, increase political and economic degradation and shrink the Union’s global economy share;
Amendment 17 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A c (new) A c. whereas the Union needs to preserve its internal cohesion and solidarity and a balanced position between all international partners, in particular the US and China;
Amendment 170 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 a (new) 15 a. Underlines the potential of concluding trade and investment agreements with likeminded global partners for the open strategic autonomy of the EU, and the potential of enhanced partnerships through multilateral fora such as the WTO, TTCs, the OECD and the G7;
Amendment 171 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 a (new) 15a. Calls for our supply chain model to be restructured by boosting recycling, the circular economy, reasonable consumption and massive investment in disruptive technologies;
Amendment 172 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 b (new) 15 b. Underlines that the Union should focus on improving the production of critical goods and services, and that the introduction of effective autonomous strategic policies requires more cohesion among Member States and a much deeper European integration with a stronger and democratic European governance to further strengthen the link between trade, industrial, social, foreign policies, development, security, financial and taxation;
Amendment 173 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 c (new) 15 c. Stresses the importance for the Union to actively seek genuine partnerships and better connections with developing countries and create lasting partnerships based on fair, sustainable value-based trade and development cooperation able to address local problems such as famine, poverty and inequality, epidemics and climate change; highlights that this may be achieved by enhanced cooperation with international development institutions as well as more support to Union’s international projects, which fall under the Global gateway strategy and the NDICI-Global Europe;
Amendment 174 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 16.
Amendment 175 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 16. Believes that free trade agreements (FTAs) may be crucial to diversifying sources of supply and reducing the EU’s dependence on just a few countries; calls
Amendment 176 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 16. Believes that the proliferation of free trade agreements (FTAs)
Amendment 177 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 16. Believes that the proliferation of free trade agreements (FTAs)
Amendment 178 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 16. Believes that
Amendment 179 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 a (new) 16 a. Recalls that liberalisation of trade and the consequent creation of global value chains, based on hyper- specialisation, has, in numerous cases, created excessive dependencies that risk now being leveraged politically and even in a coercive manner; is concerned that such countries as China play a dominant position at strategic choke points in the supply chain of goods and technology that are at the centre of the green and digital transitions; urges the Commission and the Member States to agree to a credible strategy aimed at increasing the EU’s leverage vis-à-vis those strategic dependencies and such key countries;
Amendment 18 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B B. whereas the World Trade Organization (WTO) should bring a higher level of transparency to trade and trade- related measures for its members, as divisions risk undermining the maintenance and openness of global supply chains; whereas the WTO and the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) have to strengthen their collaboration in preventing container loss and disruption of feeder ships routes;
Amendment 180 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 a (new) 16 a. Calls on the Commission to urgently relaunch the negotiations around the ongoing trade agreements, to finalise those where an agreement is near, and to focus on new ones, including Association and Economic partnerships’ agreements, in line with the review of the TSD chapter;
Amendment 181 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 a (new) 16 a. Calls on the Commission and Member States to move forward with free trade agreements already concluded and speed up negotiations with new trading partners in order to strengthen and diversify external trade, thus making EU’s position in global value chain stronger,
Amendment 182 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 17. Welcomes the launch of the EU-US Trade and Technology Council (TTC) in June 2021 and the EU-India agreement on launching a trade and technology council in April 2022; regards these initiatives as meaningful forums for addressing new challenges in the areas of trade, technology and security; calls on the Commission to include in the future EU-India TTC a working group dedicated to “secure supply chains” as in the case of the EU- US TTC in order to share good practices and find common solutions to common external dependencies; underlines that the decision taken at this level are not legally binding since the Commission has not any mandate to negotiate;
Amendment 183 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 17. Welcomes the launch of the EU-US Trade and Technology Council (TTC) in June 2021 and the EU-India agreement on launching a trade and technology council in April 2022; regards these initiatives as meaningful forums for addressing new challenges in the areas of trade, technology and security, as well as regulatory cooperation and global standard-setting; underlines that TTCs should also be instrumental in diversifying global supply chains; calls for a stronger Parliamentary role in scrutinizing TTCs, as well as decisions made during the TTCs meetings;
Amendment 184 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 17.
Amendment 185 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 a (new) 17a. Notes the strategic strengthening of US trade policy through the Buy American Act and calls on the EU to strengthen the robustness of its own supply chains by establishing an ambitious Buy European Act to support European production, know-how and workers;
Amendment 186 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 18. Welcomes the launch of sectoral industrial alliances in the context of the new industrial strategy, such as the European Battery Alliance and the European Raw Materials Alliance, which should create a framework of discussion and consultation, open to all relevant stakeholders;
Amendment 187 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 19 19.
Amendment 188 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 19 19. Welcomes the launch of new EU digital partnerships with Japan, South Korea and Singapore with a view to cooperating on the development and standardisation of connectivity tools and bolstering supply-chain resilience, especially in the case of semiconductors; underlines the crucial role of Taiwan in the supply chains of semiconductors, and the potential of further and deepened cooperation with Taiwan;
Amendment 189 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 19 a (new) 19 a. Urges the Commission to move forward with a bilateral investment agreement with Taiwan, showing commitment to meaningful engagement in trade and investment relations, most notably on semiconductors; reiterates the importance of the bilateral structural dialogue with Taiwan, including on matters related to multilateralism and the WTO, technology and public health, as well as essential cooperation on critical supplies such as semiconductors;
Amendment 19 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B B. whereas the World Trade Organization (WTO) should bring a higher level of transparency to trade and trade- related measures for its members, as divisions risk undermining the maintenance and openness of global supply chains; whereas certain WTO members, such as China, disregard global trade rules they signed up to on WTO level, damaging multilateralism and disrupting global supply chains;
Amendment 190 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 20. Takes note of the Commission communication on the Global Gateway as a plan for major investment in infrastructure development around the world;
Amendment 191 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 20.
Amendment 192 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 20.
Amendment 193 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 a (new) 20 a. Underlines it is essential to include women in global trade relations; stresses that women entrepreneurs face various challenges to participate in global trade, namely a difficulty in access to finance, regulatory barriers and a lack of sufficient data on the impact of trade on women; calls on the Commission to adhere to the principle of gender mainstreaming of trade relations throughout its policies to ensure resilient supply chains and better inclusion of women in the economy;
Amendment 194 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 a (new) 20 a. Believes that the Global Gateway can play a key role in contributing to the EU’s bid to diversify its supply chains, particularly in the area of critical raw material processing projects; Highlights the benefits that this can bring to the EU, but also to third countries looking to develop their own values chains;
Amendment 195 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 Amendment 196 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 21.
Amendment 2 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 5 a (new) — having regard to the Proposal for a Regulation establishing a Single Market Emergency Instrument and repealing Council Regulation (EC) 2679/98
Amendment 20 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B B. whereas the World Trade Organization (WTO) should remain at the center of a rules based trade system, while at the same time modernising its rules in order to better integrate trade and climate and should bring a higher level of transparency to trade and trade-
Amendment 21 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B a (new) B a. whereas more transparent, traceable and standardised supply chains within a WTO and Union legislative framework are needed;
Amendment 22 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B b (new) B b. whereas more Free Trade International Agreements, as well as investments in third countries, are urgently needed together with an effort to mitigate geopolitical tensions, invest in infrastructures and transportation, diversify the supply chains, promote social, economic and environmental sustainability, advance in circular economy and improve warehousing;
Amendment 23 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B c (new) B c. whereas the Union does not produce enough key raw materials and components needed for the transition to a sustainable and digital economy, and relies heavily on imports both for commodities and for manufactured products;
Amendment 24 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C C. whereas large increases in commodity prices, higher prices around the globe and a troublesome spike in inflation are expected to further challenge global supply chains; whereas the EU is experiencing the strongest inflation of the last 30 years and is visibly heading for an energy crisis; whereas the war in Ukraine acts as a catalyst to the existing challenges, such as the monetary policy of the European Central Bank (ECB), the politically intended “green inflation” or the price increases resulting from disrupted supply chains due to the excessive lockdown policy;
Amendment 25 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C C. whereas large increases in commodity prices, higher prices around the globe and a troublesome spike in inflation are expected to further challenge global supply chains; whereas Union legislative action to address existing and potential structural deficiencies in several delicate industries, sectors and supply chains has been implemented by both the Commission and the co-legislators;
Amendment 26 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C C. whereas
Amendment 27 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D D. whereas the EU is strategically dependent on external sources of energy, a situation that is undermining the EU’s economic resilience and strategic autonomy; whereas skyrocketing energy prices are a serious threat to the EU’s production and may put further pressure on many supply chains that have already faced disruption; whereas the EU decision to halt all economic cooperation with Russia has worsen its own economic situation considerably, as inflation and energy prices are rising, energy supply is not secured, and risks in production failures increase the possibilities of insolvencies and job losses;
Amendment 28 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D D. whereas the EU is strategically dependent on external sources of energy, a situation that is undermining the EU’s economic resilience and strategic autonomy; whereas skyrocketing energy prices are a serious threat to the EU’s production and may put further pressure on many supply chains that have already faced disruption; whereas this dangerous situation puts European companies, especially SMEs, under high stress; whereas the Union, Member States and regions have been taking legislation action with several stakeholders in order to ease this situation;
Amendment 29 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D D. whereas the EU is strategically dependent on external sources of energy, such as Russian gas, a situation that is undermining the EU’s economic resilience and open strategic autonomy; whereas skyrocketing energy prices are a serious threat to the EU’s production capacity and may put further pressure on many supply chains that
Amendment 3 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 9 a (new) Amendment 30 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D D. whereas the EU is strategically dependent on external sources of energy, a situation that is undermining the EU’s economic resilience and open strategic autonomy; whereas skyrocketing energy prices are a serious threat to the EU’s production and competitiveness and may put further pressure on many supply chains that have already faced disruption;
Amendment 31 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D a (new) D a. whereas food supply chains are increasingly vulnerable and at risk from the impacts of climate change and natural disasters such as drought, flood, pests and diseases, as well as logistical challenges which were intensified as a result of lockdowns and restrictions during the COVID pandemic, and most recently due to the illegal, unprovoked and unjustifiable Russian invasion of Ukraine;
Amendment 32 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D a (new) D a. whereas the European Union imports 76% of its oil and 68% of its gas from non-OECD countries and, for 11 of the 30 critical raw materials necessary for the energy transition, the Union's dependence on imports exceeds 85%, and securing the supply of precisely these raw materials will be a major challenge for the EU;
Amendment 33 #
Motion for a resolution Recital E E. whereas even though the EU must gain more strategic independence in different fields, including agricultural products, critical raw materials, semiconductors, medicines and health products, this independence has not yet been achieved; whereas the Global Gateways, especially the one dedicated to Africa, may pose opportunities to ease this; whereas the Union has been building programmes aimed at strengthening supply chains with trade partners, such as the programme 'Responsible Supply Chains in Asia', implemented in China, Japan, Myanmar, Thailand, Philippines and Vietnam, in order to further sustainable and inclusive economic, social and environmental progress by integrating responsible business practices into the operations of multinational companies and their supply chains;
Amendment 34 #
Motion for a resolution Recital E E. whereas even though the EU must gain more strategic
Amendment 35 #
Motion for a resolution Recital E E. whereas
Amendment 36 #
Motion for a resolution Recital E E. whereas
Amendment 37 #
Motion for a resolution Recital E a (new) E a. Whereas Covid-19 restrictions, the Russian naval blockade and other external accidents as the Suez Canal obstruction have highlighted how much trade is dependent on transport; whereas transport and logistics management are of crucial importance for the supply of products, not least given the increasing degree of complexity of the transport chain;
Amendment 38 #
Motion for a resolution Recital E a (new) E a. Whereas the EU is pursuing a number of legislative initiatives that seek to boost our supply chain resilience, such as the Battery Regulation, the Single Market Emergency Instrument, The Chips Act, the Critical Raw Materials Act, and the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive;
Amendment 39 #
Motion for a resolution Recital E b (new) E b. Whereas long term reliable supply chains should be environmentally, socially and economically sustainable; whereas a growing number of EU businesses have already taken voluntary initiatives to deploy due diligence processes; whereas EU businesses may face difficulties in this challenging time in matching the need to find new suppliers in a short time and the obligation to screen their production methods;
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 17 a (new) — having regard to the Commission proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a Single Market emergency instrument and repealing Council Regulation No (EC) 2679/98 (COM(2022)0278);
Amendment 40 #
Motion for a resolution Recital F F. whereas small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) account for 99 % of all
Amendment 41 #
Motion for a resolution Recital F F. whereas small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) account for 99 % of all EU businesses, 65 % of all EU jobs and more than 50 % of the EU’s economic output from the non-financial sector; whereas the lack of coordination and coherence among the large number of EU support actions designed for SMEs hinders their participation in the global supply chains and as a consequence their contribution to international trade;
Amendment 42 #
Motion for a resolution Recital F F. whereas small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) account for 99 % of all EU businesses, 65 % of all EU jobs and more than 50 % of the EU’s economic output from the non-financial sector; whereas SMEs are more vulnerable to supply chain disruptions and energy scarcity than larger companies;
Amendment 43 #
Motion for a resolution Recital F F. whereas small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) account for 99 % of all EU businesses, 65 % of all EU jobs, 85 % of job creation and more than 50 % of the EU’s economic output from the non- financial sector;
Amendment 44 #
Motion for a resolution Recital G G. whereas in order to increase the resilience of its supply chains, the EU
Amendment 45 #
Motion for a resolution Recital G G. whereas in order to increase the resilience of its supply chains and its competitiveness, the EU should implement a combination of different commodity- based solutions, including boosting existing EU production, reshoring and nearshoring, stockpiling, where necessary, promoting the circular economy and diversifying suppliers through strategic free trade agreements, sectoral partnerships and alliances, and trade and technology councils and by supporting a strong rules- based trading system;
Amendment 46 #
Motion for a resolution Recital G G. whereas
Amendment 47 #
Motion for a resolution Recital G G. whereas in order to increase the resilience of its supply chains, the EU should implement a combination of different commodity-based solutions, including boosting existing EU production, reshoring
Amendment 48 #
Motion for a resolution Recital G G. whereas in order to increase the resilience of its supply chains, the EU should implement a combination of different
Amendment 49 #
Motion for a resolution Recital G a (new) G a. whereas cold chain management is the management of all phases of the cold chain, including products in transit, in process, in storage, and in display; whereas temperature-sensitive products rely on cold chain management for product efficacy, product safety, and adherence to relevant regulatory requirements; whereas products requiring cold chain solutions include pharmaceuticals, vaccines, biologics, lab samples, diagnostic materials, chemicals, food, and beverages; whereas cold chain monitoring should be of the utmost importance for the Commission's implementation and enforcement of FTAs and other economic partnerships, both to the benefit of the Union and of its partners, especially developing countries;
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution Recital -A (new) -A. whereas EU’s trade policy is at the centre of Europe’s economic prosperity and competitiveness, its core function is facilitating the exchange of goods and services in a manner that creates opportunities for companies and economic welfare, as such it is in EU’s interest to have its supply chains more resilient.
Amendment 50 #
Motion for a resolution Recital G a (new) G a. whereas the Union may achieve positive changes only by actively supporting the global development agenda, creating positive economic spill- overs for our partners and reinforcing the socio-ecological and digital transition;
Amendment 51 #
Motion for a resolution Recital G b (new) G b. whereas the Covid-19 pandemic confirmed that coordination and solidarity within the Union and between the Union and third countries is crucial to tackling major crises and that the Union and its partners should avoid protectionist measures while focusing on preventing supply chain disruptions and allowing the cross-border flow of essential products, in particular food products and medicines;
Amendment 52 #
G c. whereas the Commission in the Pharmaceutical Strategy for Europe has recognised the importance of fostering pharmaceutical production and investment in Europe and cooperating with international partners to work towards enhanced regulatory cooperation;
Amendment 53 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 1. Underlines that it is crucial to respond to the possible negative consequences of any external shocks with a coordinated approach at national and EU level; calls on the Commission to continue monitoring the supply chains, especially those which are at higher risk, and to develop a multifaceted strategy for each sector or product concerned in order to be able to promptly address current and future shortages; recalls the importance of avoiding passing from a given dependency to another dependency;
Amendment 54 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 1. Underlines that for the resilience of the EU economy and international trade relations it is crucial to develop an EU respon
Amendment 55 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 1. Underlines that it is crucial to respond to the possible negative consequences of any external shocks with a coordinated approach at national
Amendment 56 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 1. Underlines that it is crucial to respond to the possible negative consequences of any external shocks with a rapid and coordinated approach at national and EU level;
Amendment 57 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 1. Underlines that it is crucial to respond to the possible negative consequences of any external shocks with a
Amendment 58 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2. Calls on the Commission to pay special attention to the sensitive sectors outlined hereafter, which are particularly crucial to developing or enhancing the approach to strengthening resilience in the specific supply chains; underlines that the pandemic and the war in Ukraine have exposed the vulnerabilities of global supply chains and stresses that the EU should put in place a resilience stress test for key sectors in order to identify raw materials or goods facing a risk of supply disruption with a negative cascade effects on the whole EU economy, pushing up inflation, jeopardizing the wellbeing of EU citizens and the transition, thereby equipping the EU and its Member States to better anticipate future shocks and cushion them;
Amendment 59 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2. Calls on the Commission to assess existing and potential trade shortages, mitigate the consequences of external shocks, and pay special attention to the sensitive sectors outlined hereafter, which are particularly crucial to develop
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A A. whereas the recent external shocks caused by
Amendment 60 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 a (new) 2 a. Calls on the Commission to adopt a coherent and comprehensive approach to strengthening its resilience, which should be based on 3 pillars : (1) reshoring, greater domestic decarbonised production and shortening of supply chains, (2) energy economies, efficiency and recycling through binding targets to reduce material consumption within planetary boundaries, (3) cleaning-up supply chains from human rights violation and deforestation or biodiversity deterioration through new legislations, (4) foster partnerships and step-up investments in the green and social transition while ensuring that trade achieves the maximum human well-being for the minimum use of energy and resources; underlines that this entails the redesign of the global trade system so that it does not undermine but rather serves the regeneration of ecosystems, while ensuring the possibility of high-quality employment and environmental and human rights protection in the EU and in third countries;
Amendment 61 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. Calls on the Commission to address the specific needs and pay particular attention to the resilience of supply chains in the outermost regions through appropriate crisis preparedness and management under the Single Market Emergency Instrument;
Amendment 62 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 b (new) 2 b. Calls on the Commission to explore policy options to promote research and investment in domestic supply chains, also through tax incentives, funding and local content measures;
Amendment 63 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 c (new) 2 c. Calls on the Commission to come up with robust and ambitious legislations on energy economies, recycling and energy efficiency in order to reduce EU dependency on energy and critical raw materials; encourages the EU to promote the recycling or substitution of Critical Raw Materials (CRMS) by tightening its regulations, promoting 'circular by design' manufacturing, and fund research and development, especially to foster product for product substitution where possible;
Amendment 64 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. Stresses that the COVID-19 crisis and the war in Ukraine have highlighted the EU agricultural sector’s dependence on imports from a small number of countries, especially in the case of wheat and ammonium, which is essential for fertilisers; notes that many non-EU countries have imposed food export restrictions as a response to the crisis; recalls that the EU should be much more autonomous in primary sector products in order to guarantee its security and avoid dependence on third parties; with a view to ensuring a self-sufficient, fair, resilient and sustainable agricultural model anchored in EU territories; stresses the need to recognize and promote the food sovereignty of EU Member States and their right to regulate their imports, exports and stocks to secure their own needs while keeping an open trade policy;
Amendment 65 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. Stresses that the COVID-19 crisis and the
Amendment 66 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. Stresses that the COVID-19 crisis and the
Amendment 67 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. Stresses that the COVID-19 crisis and the
Amendment 68 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. Stresses that the COVID-19 crisis and the war in Ukraine have highlighted the EU agricultural sector’s dependence on imports from a small number of countries, especially in the case of wheat and ammonium, which is essential for the production of fertilisers; recalls that the EU should be autonomous in primary sector products in order to guarantee its security and avoid dependence on third parties; believes that the the EU’s goal should be to achieve food self-sufficiency;
Amendment 69 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. Stresses that the COVID-19 crisis and the war in Ukraine have highlighted the EU agricultural sector’s dependence on imports from a small number of countries, especially in the case of wheat and ammonium, which is essential for fertilisers; recalls that the EU should
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A A. whereas the recent external shocks caused by
Amendment 70 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 a (new) 3 a. Urges the Commission to accelerate the Farm to Fork strategy in order to help diversify the agriculture sector; stresses that small and family farms are also integral parts of the European food chain or the agricultural supply chains, as well as a relevant stakeholder for the preservation of nature and biodiversity;
Amendment 71 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 a (new) 3 a. Considers the fact that recent supply chain disruptions, notably caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and, most recently, by the illegal, unprovoked and unjustifiable Russian invasion of Ukraine has highlighted the Union reliance on complex import and export chains, in particular for specific sectors;
Amendment 72 #
3 b. Considers that FTAs and other economic partnerships with third countries should take into account the different European regional food systems, with regions where small farms dominate and their contribution to regional food production in comparison to other scales of farming is the highest, and related to the types of products and production systems with clearly visible patterns in terms of the roles of small farms within the regions; calls on the Commission, the Member States, and the regions to incentivise these small farms in order to improve their link into agricultural supply chains;
Amendment 73 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 b (new) 3 b. Notes that import dependency for inputs increases vulnerability of food producers to external shocks, as now observed in fuel, fertiliser and feed chains; calls for Union production to be recalibrated towards more domestic production and sustainable practices which reduce the need for inputs, and to focus primarily on Union demand for safe, affordable and high-quality food;
Amendment 74 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 c (new) 3 c. Recalls that Union law bans 16 unfair trading practices in the agricultural markets and that an evaluation of the law at Union level is due by end of 2025; urges the Commission to accelerate this evaluation and make before the end of 2023;
Amendment 75 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 c (new) 3 c. Highlights the resilience of the agri-food sector during the COVID-19 pandemic, its ability to maintain the functioning of the food supply chains and ensure food security in what were very difficult circumstances;
Amendment 76 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 d (new) Amendment 77 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 4.
Amendment 78 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 4. Stresses that the
Amendment 79 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 4. Stresses that
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A A. whereas the recent external shocks caused by violent conflicts, pandemics and arbitrary disruptions of supply chains have tested the resilience of economies worldwide; whereas the EU’s economy has shown itself to be highly dependent on 137 products, in particular those related to energy and raw materials, some products for agricultural production such as fertilisers, medicines and health products, cutting-edge and cloud technologies, batteries and semiconductors;
Amendment 80 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 4. Stresses that the
Amendment 81 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 4. Stresses that the war in Ukraine
Amendment 82 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 a (new) 4 a. Urges the Commission to develop a coordinated set of solutions aimed at increasing the resilience of Union supply chains by creating long-term, sustainable and inclusive development partnerships and alliances, diversifying suppliers, promoting domestic production and appropriate, targeted and proportionate stock-piling of critical raw materials and products to tackle market crises and price volatility, to secure supply and to prevent speculation;
Amendment 83 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 a (new) 4 a. Urges the Commission to strengthen specific and key alliances with like-minded partners, especially those with a sound Rule of Law and democratic system in place;
Amendment 84 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 a (new) 4 a. Strongly believes that the anticipated Critical Raw Materials Act can contribute positively to the EU’s long- term commitment to foster more resilient supply chains;
Amendment 85 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 b (new) 4 b. Calls on the Commission to ensure that the Critical Raw Materials Act addresses key problems of access to funding and investment for extraction and processing projects; Strongly believes that the Critical Raw Materials legislation should include an associated EU Fund that can assist in leveraging finance for strategically important projects, both inside and outside of the EU; Believes that such funding should be made available as soon as possible;
Amendment 86 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 b (new) 4 b. Urges the Commission to develop the Union's market for recycled products in order to create a market of recycled raw materials;
Amendment 87 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 c (new) 4 c. Notes that China dominates the supply and processing of many strategically important critical raw materials, including rare earths; Notes that China is the largest supplier for nearly one third of the EU’s identified Critical Raw Materials; Expresses concern about previous attempts by China to weaponize these dependencies;
Amendment 88 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 c (new) 4 c. Considers that the upcoming FTAs with Australia, Chile or Mercosur are opportunities to diversify the sources of raw materials for the Union;
Amendment 89 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 d (new) 4 d. Reiterates that Critical Raw Materials are key to achieving the Green and Digital transitions and that demand for these materials is set to dramatically increase in the coming decades;
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A a (new) Amendment 90 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 e (new) 4 e. Believes that improved recycling rates, greater circularity in the economy, and further research into substitute materials can all play arole in meeting this rising demand; Reiterates, however, that this alone will not be sufficient, and that new primary production of critical raw materials will be necessary to keep pace with demand;
Amendment 91 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 f (new) 4 f. Notes that many materials, which are key to attaining the EU’s resilience in strategic sectors do not feature in the EU’s current Critical Raw Materials list; Calls on the Commission to address this as part of its upcoming Critical Raw Materials Act, particularly for strategic materials such as Aluminium, Cooper, and Nickel;
Amendment 92 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 g (new) 4 g. Calls on the Commission to prioritise policies aimed at retaining and developing our existing levels of primary production of strategic materials; Notes with concern the impact of the current energy crisis on primary production in the EU in these sectors; Notes that 50% of the EU’s aluminium and zinc capacity are already offline, while Silicon production is 30% offline; Highlights the importance of these materials to key strategic EU projects like the Solar Energy Strategy, the Chips Act, and the transition to Electric Vehicles.
Amendment 93 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 h (new) 4 h. Notes the need for the EU to develop a more cohesive strategy in its bid to achieve a degree of strategic autonomy in the field of Critical Raw Materials supply; Expresses concern that these ambitions are often siloed within individual units of the Commission or pursued via targeted, flagship projects; Believes that a dedicated EU agency on Critical Raw Materials and Resilient Supply Chains could overcome this challenge;
Amendment 94 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5.
Amendment 95 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5. Hopes that the EU Chips Act will effectively catalyse EU competitiveness and resilience in semiconductor technologies and applications; asks the Commission to
Amendment 96 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 a (new) 5 a. Suggests that future investment and trade agreements of the EU with relevant third countries, shall make collaboration in the field of semiconductors and along the entire semiconductor supply chain a key priority; Calls on the Commission to launch a public consultation, impact assessment, and scoping exercise for a Bilateral Investment Agreement with Taiwan;
Amendment 97 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 a (new) 5 a. Stresses that, in global semiconductor supply chains, the EU and its Member States must strike a balance between open strategic autonomy and the promotion of technological sovereignty, a strategy that must not veer towards protectionism;
Amendment 98 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 a (new) 5 a. Welcomes the EU Chips Act that represents a decisive and important step in the Union’s ambitious race for digital sovereignty and strategic autonomy in order to achieve Europe’s independence in the supply of this category of semiconductors;
Amendment 99 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 a (new) 5 a. Urges the Commission, the Member States and regions to assist in obtaining semiconductor materials from primary and secondary sources, and to assist in the development of recycled semiconductors;
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