2023/2031(INI) The role of EU development policy in transforming extractive industries for sustainable development in developing countries
Lead committee dossier:
Progress: Procedure completed
| Role | Committee | Rapporteur | Shadows |
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| Lead | DEVE |
ANDREWS Barry ( Renew)
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BENTELE Hildegard ( EPP),
ZORRINHO Carlos ( S&D),
RIVASI Michèle ( Verts/ALE),
KEMPA Beata ( ECR),
URBÁN CRESPO Miguel ( GUE/NGL)
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| Committee Opinion | INTA |
MAUREL Emmanuel ( GUE/NGL)
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Heidi HAUTALA ( Verts/ALE),
Joachim SCHUSTER ( S&D),
Jan ZAHRADIL ( ECR),
Samira RAFAELA ( RE)
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| Committee Opinion | ENVI | ||
| Committee Opinion | ITRE |
Lead committee dossier:
Legal Basis:
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Events
2023/12/13
EP - Decision by Parliament
Details
The European Parliament adopted by 357 votes to 179 with 97 abstentions, a resolution on the role of EU development policy in transforming the extractive industries for sustainable development in developing countries.
Enhancing EU development policy
Parliament stressed the importance of mainstreaming sustainable development principles across all EU external action and invited the EU to promote a partnership between equals between the EU and the developing countries significantly dependent on the extractive industries. It underlined that all EU projects in extractives in developing countries should create win-win situations , including for local communities, and should place people-centred and environment-centred development at the heart of their objectives and all operational policy frameworks.
Members called on the EU to enhance its support for resource-rich developing countries in reducing their dependency on the extractive industries and in diversifying their economies, which are sensitive to economic shocks and price volatility, by promoting sustainable alternatives.
The Commission is called on to put forward an EU Code of Conduct on Responsible Investment in Extractive Industries in Developing Countries that would be voluntary for businesses and development finance institutions, drafted with inputs from industry and trade unions, as well as from civil society organisations and from representatives of indigenous communities and local communities.
This code should cover, at a minimum, commitments on:
- stakeholder involvement: the agreements should be negotiated within the framework of multi-stakeholder platforms meaningfully involving indigenous people and local communities, complying effectively with the principle of free, prior and informed consent and should be made publicly accessible;
- transparency, including proactive environmental, social and governance (ESG) reporting on projects in developing countries, in line with the principle of double materiality, as well as the publishing of contracts and financial transactions, including detailing the payments made to host governments;
- the rule of law and preventing corruption;
- human rights issues, such as the use of forced and child labour, workers’ rights, displacement, discrimination, indigenous rights, women’s and girls’ rights, education, health and safety, as well as safe working conditions;
- environmental protection, performance and impact;
- local content and economic diversification, including opportunities for adding local value, skills development and technology transfer to promote economic diversification and inclusive growth in partner countries;
- conservation and biodiversity;
- capacity-building initiatives, including training programmes and knowledge-sharing platforms.
Parliament urged the EU to redouble its efforts to combat child labour in the extractive activities and increase technology transfers, knowledge sharing and capacity building in relation to sustainable resource management in developing countries.
The Commission is called on to support incentives and capacity-building programmes, particularly those involving women, for developing countries taking steps to formalise the ASM sector and integrate it into the rural and national economy.
EU actions at multilateral level
Parliament called on the Commission to propose a G20 initiative on making extractives work for local sustainable development in resource-rich developing countries. The initiative should be tailored to each context and could comprise, inter alia, financial support, debt assistance, debt relief and cancellation, capacity building in governance, taxation and anti-corruption.
The Commission is asked to support the reform and expansion of the Debt Service Suspension Initiative to include vulnerable middle-income countries, many of which are dependent on extractives, and to operationalise a long-term Debt Swap Mechanism (DSM) to facilitate debt-for-climate and nature swaps.
Members called on the EU to support developing countries in building their capacity to negotiate fair and transparent contracts with extractive industry companies. They reaffirmed the urgent need for a UN binding treaty on business and human rights and called on the Commission and the Member States to play an active role in the current negotiations on the instrument.
Strengthening the EU policy and legal framework
Parliament welcomed the fact that EU has taken steps to develop binding regulations in the area of corporate due diligence. It called on the Commission to use the 2023 review process of the Conflict Minerals Regulation, which since 2021 has obliged EU companies to source their imports of tin, tantalum, tungsten and gold responsibly and to ensure that their supply chains do not contribute to funding armed conflict, as an opportunity to assess thoroughly the impact of the regulation on the ground and the possibility to include further mandatory measures and cover other minerals. The Commission is called on to better assess the impact of EU development assistance on sustainable development in the extractive industries sector in order to ensure effective and accountable use of EU financial resources.
Documents
2023/10/31
EP - Committee report tabled for plenary, single reading
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2023/10/31
EP - Committee report tabled for plenary
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2023/10/24
EP - Vote in committee
2023/10/19
EP - Amendments tabled in committee
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2023/07/20
EP - Committee opinion
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2023/07/19
EP - Amendments tabled in committee
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2023/06/26
EP - Committee draft report
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2023/03/21
EP - MAUREL Emmanuel (GUE/NGL) appointed as rapporteur in INTA
2023/03/16
EP - Committee referral announced in Parliament
2022/08/31
EP - ANDREWS Barry (Renew) appointed as rapporteur in DEVE
Documents
- Decision by Parliament: T9-0465/2023
- Committee report tabled for plenary, single reading: A9-0322/2023
- Committee report tabled for plenary: A9-0322/2023
- Amendments tabled in committee: PE753.466
- Committee opinion: PE749.291
- Amendments tabled in committee: PE751.820
- Committee draft report: PE750.116
- Committee draft report: PE750.116
- Amendments tabled in committee: PE751.820
- Committee opinion: PE749.291
- Amendments tabled in committee: PE753.466
- Committee report tabled for plenary, single reading: A9-0322/2023
Votes
Role of EU development policy in transforming the extractive industries for sustainable development in developing countries – A9-0322/2023 – Barry Andrews – § 32 #
2023/12/13 Outcome: -: 512, 0: 75, +: 50
The Left
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ID
PPEA9-0322/2023 – Barry Andrews – Motion for a resolution (text as a whole) #
2023/12/13 Outcome: +: 357, -: 179, 0: 97
| Amendments | Dossier |
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2023/2031(INI)
2023/06/29
INTA
56 amendments...
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion Recital A A. whereas extractive industries are the basis of added value
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion Recital B B. whereas
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion Recital B a (new) Ba. whereas achieving the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030 will require multi-stakeholder engagement between governments, development partners, industry, NGOs and local communities;
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion Recital B a (new) Ba. whereas raw materials exporting developing countries are heavily dependent on tax revenues from the export of raw materials;
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion Recital B a (new) Ba. whereas the main challenge is to reduce the current dependence with regard to critical raw materials;
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion Recital B b (new) Bb. whereas commodity price volatility during the Covid 19 pandemic caused severe economic damage to developing countries dependent on the tax revenues from extractive industries;
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion Recital B c (new) Bc. whereas a diversified economy makes developing countries more resilient to external shocks;
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion Recital B d (new) Bd. whereas the aspirations of the European Green Deal and the transformation of the global economy holds momentum to mobilize investments in the mineral rich developing countries needed for the green transition;
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion Recital B e (new) Be. whereas the green transition presents the potential to be a generator of quality and green jobs that can contribute significantly to poverty eradication and social inclusion both in advanced and in developing countries
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion Recital B f (new) Bf. whereas the pre-COVID-19 USD 2.5 trillion annual SDG financing gap corresponds to about USD 500 billion for low-income countries and USD 2 trillion for other developing countries;
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion Recital B g (new) Bg. whereas the investment gap in developing countries amount to 4.2 trillion US$ per year in order to reach the SDG goals;
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion Recital A A. whereas extractive industries are
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion Recital B h (new) Bh. whereas negotiations on Sustainable Investment Facilitation for Development are being held at WTO level;
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion Recital B i (new) Bi. whereas these negotiations include more than 70 developing countries, among them 20 LDCs;
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion Recital B j (new) Bj. whereas developing countries are often facing constraints in their governmental capabilities and a lack of provided information to comply with EU standards, and other requirements regarding Green Deal initiatives and upcoming EU legislation such as, but not limited to, Due Diligence, Forced labour, Deforestation and CBAM;
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Calls for the creation of a sustainable mining model, exercising due diligence right across the supply chain and organising working conditions in accordance with the highest standards of labour rights, such as health, safety and remuneration; calls for extractive industries to be included in due diligence legislation, including Directive 20XX/XX/EU on Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence and Regulation 20XX/XX/EU on Prohibiting Products Made with Forced Labour.
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Calls for the creation of a sustainable mining model
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Calls for the creation of a sustainable and circular mining model, exercising due diligence right across the supply chain
Amendment 26 #
1. Calls for the creation of a sustainable mining model, exercising due diligence right across the supply chain and organising working conditions in accordance with
Amendment 27 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Considers it urgent to increase circularity for mining products and enhance their ability to be recycled in order to mitigate the impact of the exponential demands in terms of primary extraction and their associated environmental repercussions, in particular by requiring recycling considerations to be included from the product design phase;
Amendment 28 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) Amendment 29 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Calls on the Commission and Member States to establish mutually beneficial climate partnerships with developing countries that place people- centred and environment-centred development at the heart of its objectives and all operational policy frameworks;
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion Recital A A. whereas extractive industries are at the basis of added value, and whereas they are capital and labour intensive;
Amendment 30 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 b (new) 1b. Calls on the Commission to engage further into bilateral Sustainable Investment Facilitation Agreements with countries who are willing to transition;
Amendment 31 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 c (new) 1c. Calls on the Commission, Member States and partner countries to ensure that these climate partnerships and Sustainable Investment Facilitation Agreements align with the national determined contributions of the partner countries;
Amendment 32 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 d (new) 1d. Calls on the Commission to ensure that while facilitating investments, there is no race to the bottom in subsidies in partner countries, leading to a lowering of ILO and environmental standards;
Amendment 33 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 Amendment 34 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Considers that this model should provide for a balanced and transparent sharing among all stakeholders of the sector’s added value, such as enshrined in the global Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI), while ensuring predictability and continuity of access for European extractive companies to mineral reserves in third countries;
Amendment 35 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. Reiterates that regional value chains and the strengthening of intra- regional trade has a positive effect on surrounding countries and strengthens their resilience especially during external shocks;
Amendment 36 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 b (new) 2b. Calls on the EU to facilitate public investments in hard and soft infrastructure with the lowest possible adverse environmental impact;
Amendment 37 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 c (new) 2c. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to convene information exchanges involving the private sector, civil society, trade unions and all other relevant stakeholders to ensure that EU requirements are met;
Amendment 38 #
2d. Calls on the Commission to better coordinate national export credit agencies in order to align their performances with priorities of the European Green Deal;
Amendment 39 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Considers that this model must
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion Recital A a (new) Aa. whereas extractive industries can have a large impact on the environment and on local communities and indigenous peoples; whereas this underlines the need for a strong due diligence approach;
Amendment 40 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Considers that this model must take account of the needs of local populations, ensure compliance with all ILO
Amendment 41 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Considers that this model must take account of the needs of local populations
Amendment 42 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Considers that this model must take account of the needs of local populations, ensure compliance with all ILO conventions and reduce its direct and indirect impact on the environment in the
Amendment 43 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. Calls on the Commission to use its FTAs and initiatives such as the Global Gateway to support the diversification of economies in developing countries that are primarily dependent on revenues from resource extraction; calls on the Commission to harness the strength of the single market, through trading arrangements and the generalised system of preferences, in order to encourage third countries to adopt legislative and good governance reforms that will help to enhance the sustainability of the extractive industries;
Amendment 44 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. Recalls that in order for developing countries to achieve the SDGs, capacity building measures in regards to governance, legal, and fiscal capacity is urgently needed;
Amendment 45 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 b (new) 3b. Urges the Commission to extend their efforts in the support for capacity building with partner countries;
Amendment 46 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 c (new) 3c. Calls on the Commission and Member States to provide wide-ranging information to partner countries including technological transfer and extensive information on the requirements that the Green Deal projects and upcoming EU legislation entail;
Amendment 47 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 d (new) 3d. Reiterates that flexible transitional arrangements are needed for developing countries to comply with these requirements;
Amendment 48 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 e (new) 3e. Calls on the Commission and Member States to ensure that when selecting and supporting Global Gateway projects, social dialogue needs to be an integral part of the institutional framework for policy-making and implementation at all levels;
Amendment 49 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Calls for this model to be applied
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion Recital A a (new) Aa. whereas the extraction of raw materials is often linked to environmental pollution, destruction of nature and the violation of ILO standards and human rights;
Amendment 50 #
Amendment 51 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 Amendment 52 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Considers that the principle of a minimum corporate tax on undertakings established in the G20 and OECD countries should also apply to undertakings in the sector
Amendment 53 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 a (new) 5a. Calls for more robust rules to tackle the excesses linked to speculation and erratic variations in the prices of materials from the extractive industries, with a view to increasing predictability and, consequently, stability in the distribution of the value added across the production and supply chain;
Amendment 54 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 a (new) 5a. Calls for more robust regulatory mechanisms to tackle more effectively the excesses linked to speculation and variations in the prices of products from the extractive industries, with a view to enhancing predictability, sustainability, and the distribution of the value added across the production and supply chain;
Amendment 55 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 a (new) 5a. Considers that a sustainable and circular mining model should uphold the policy space of developing countries to take measures that may increase domestic resource mobilisation, such as export duties and legitimate export restrictions, when not applied in a discriminatory manner and allowed by WTO law;
Amendment 56 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 a (new) 5a. Calls on the EU to encourage trading partners to also promote sustainable resource management in their trade and investment relations, through cooperation in international fora and the sharing of best practices;
Amendment 6 #
Ab. whereas developing countries largely function as exporters of unprocessed raw materials and the value creation is concentrated in economically developed countries;
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion Recital A c (new) Ac. whereas a transport and digital infrastructure is needed to develop regional value chains and to become increasingly included in global value chains;
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion Recital B B. whereas
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion Recital B B. whereas, in the context of fragmented globalisation, the fight for access to mining resources is intensifying, and whereas, in order to maintain its competitiveness, the European Union must guarantee such access for its undertakings while ensuring strigent environmental, governance, social and human rights stasndards;
source: 750.187
2023/07/20
DEVE
146 amendments...
Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 5 a (new) – having regard to the ILO Convention 169 related to Indigenous and Tribal Peoples,
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 8 b (new) – having regard to Regulation (EU) 2023/4351a of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 February 2023 amending Regulation (EU) 2021/241 as regards REPowerEU chapters in recovery and resilience plans and amending Regulations (EU) No 1303/2013, (EU) 2021/1060 and (EU) 2021/1755, and Directive 2003/87/EC, _________________ 1a OJ L 63, 28.2.2023, p. 1
Amendment 100 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 b (new) 4b. Calls on the EU to increase technology transfer, knowledge sharing and capacity-building regarding sustainable resource management in developing countries, particularly in areas related to environmental management, responsible mining practices, and sustainable resource use in the extractive industries sector;
Amendment 101 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 c (new) 4c. Encourages the EU to support developing countries in taking steps to formalise the artisanal and small-scale mining sector and integrate it into the rural and national economy in order to improve labour conditions and the livelihood of the local communities, as well as to stop illicit financial flows often responsible of corruption and armed conflicts;
Amendment 102 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5. Underlines that addressing the ‘resource curse’ or 'paradox of plenty' involves not only economic diversification, but also increasing third countries’ fiscal space to facilitate sustainable development;
Amendment 103 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5.
Amendment 104 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5. Underlines that addressing the ‘resource curse’ involves not only economic diversification, but also increasing third countries’ fiscal space to facilitate sustainable development; stresses that the EU should proactively encourage domestic resource mobilisation in partner countries, such as direct taxation; calls on the Commission and the Member States to commit to scaling up concessional finance in parallel to the Critical Raw Materials Act8 ; reiterates that the ceilings in Heading 6 of the multiannual financial framework (MFF) must be increased accordingly in the context of the upcoming MFF review; calls on the Commission to support the expansion of the Debt Service Suspension Initiative to include vulnerable middle- income countries, many of which are dependent on extractives, and operationalizing a long-term Debt Swap Mechanism (DSM) to facilitate debt-for- climate and nature swaps; _________________ 8 Proposal of 16 March 2023 for a
Amendment 105 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5. Underlines that addressing the ‘resource curse’ involves not only economic diversification, but also strengthen institutional resilience, upholding the rule of law and increasing third countries’ fiscal space to facilitate sustainable development; stresses that the EU should proactively encourage domestic resource mobilisation in partner countries, such as direct taxation; calls on the Commission and the Member States to commit to scaling up concessional finance in parallel to the Critical Raw Materials Act8 ; reiterates that the ceilings in Heading 6 of the multiannual financial framework (MFF) must be increased accordingly in the context of the upcoming MFF review; _________________ 8 Proposal of 16 March 2023 for a
Amendment 106 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 a (new) 5a. Recalls that the impacts of mining can extend for years beyond closure of the mine itself, considering that mine waste are toxic, and therefore disruptive for the environment, biodiversity services and associated livelihoods;accordingly, calls for effective mineral resource governance throughout the life cycle of mining operations, which requires among others: - recognition of the rights of Free, Prior and Informed Consent (FPCI) of Indigenous People and Local Communities;their access to information for effective public participation in decision-making, and the insurance that persons exercising their rights are not penalised, persecuted or harassed; - full transparency of the mining sector in relation to revenues and contracts, in line with Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) requirements, including regarding environmental transparency; - to addressing social impacts of mining and mitigating these, through an approach driven by an Avoid, Mitigate, Restore principle;
Amendment 107 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 a (new) 5a. Condemns forced labour and child labour; calls for more effective action to protect and support victims of forced labour and child labour and for a systemic solution that takes account of all factors: poverty, inequality, a lack of access to education, and social acceptance of child labour;
Amendment 108 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 a (new) 5a. Calls on the Commission to mediate on debt relief talks to give developing countries financial space to transform non-sustainable extractive industries and to attract sustainable extractive industries as well as to adhere to sound environmental and social standards;
Amendment 109 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 6. Calls on the Commission to propose a G20 initiative on making extractives work for local sustainable development in resource-rich developing countries; stresses that the initiative should be tailored to each context and could comprise, inter alia, financial support, debt assistance, debt-for-climate swaps, investment reallocation for sustainable development initiatives and transfer of environmentally friendly and socially responsible technologies for resource management, capacity building in governance, taxation and anti-corruption;
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 8 c (new) – having regard to the proposal from the Commission for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a framework for ensuring a secure and sustainable supply of critical raw materials and amending Regulations (EU) 168/2013, (EU) 2018/858, 2018/1724 and (EU) 2019/1020,
Amendment 110 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 6. Calls on the Commission to propose a G20 initiative on making extractives work for local sustainable development in resource-rich developing countries; stresses that the initiative should be tailored to each context and could comprise, inter alia, financial support, debt assistance and debt relief and cancellation, capacity building in governance, taxation and anti-corruption; to end tax havens as conduits for illicit financial flows in the extractives sector;
Amendment 111 #
6a. Notes with deep concern that if not managed and mitigated properly, increased demand for critical raw materials will lead to negative environmental and social impacts, particularly for sectors that show a strong dependence on ecosystem services (such as agriculture, nature-based tourism and fisheries); stresses the need to prioritise sustainability, efficiency and circularity at multilateral level and to reduce demand for virgin materials, notably to address the challenges of climate change, water stress and pollution and loss of biodiversity;
Amendment 112 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 7.
Amendment 113 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 7. Calls for the EU to promote multi- stakeholder partnerships at regional and international level; welcomes the partnership between the EU and the UN’s Interagency Framework Team for Preventive Action in late 2008 which aims to improve capacity for land and natural resource management (NRM) of national stakeholders, the UN system, and the EU and promote conflict prevention by enhancing policy development and programme coordination between key actors at the level of country offices;
Amendment 114 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 7. Calls for the EU to promote multi- stakeholder partnerships at regional and international level, by facilitating dialogue and collaboration among governments, civil society organisations, the private sector and international institutions to promote sustainable development in the extractive industries, fostering inclusive decision-making processes;
Amendment 115 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 7.
Amendment 116 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 7. Calls for the EU to promote a partnership between equals among the EU and the developing countries significantly dependent on extractive industries, and the multi-
Amendment 117 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 7. Calls for the EU to promote inclusive and transparent multi- stakeholder partnerships at regional and international level;
Amendment 118 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 a (new) 7a. Supports some of the measures proposed by the Commission to ensure an adequate and diversified supply of raw materials, such as raw-materials partnerships with other countries; emphasises the need to prevent and respond effectively to any future crises; calls for a lasting level playing-field throughout the single market;
Amendment 119 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 a (new) 7a. Calls for international rules to tackle the financial speculation in the prices of materials from the extractive industries;
Amendment 12 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 10 a (new) – having regard to its resolution of 14 March 2023 on Policy Coherence for Development (PCD),
Amendment 120 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 8. Reaffirms the urgent need for a UN binding treaty on business and human rights to regulate the activities of transnational corporations and other business enterprises; asks, therefore, the Commission and the Member States to play an active role in the current negotiations on the instrument that should encourage corporate actors and investors in the extractive sector to assume their responsibilities with regard to human and labour rights, and respect for environment;
Amendment 121 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 8. Reaffirms the urgent need for a UN binding treaty on business and human rights to regulate the activities of transnational corporations and other business enterprises that lays down clear human rights obligations, due diligence requirements and provisions for access to remedy; asks, therefore, the Commission and the Member States to play an active role in the current negotiations on the instrument;
Amendment 122 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 8. Reaffirms the urgent need for a UN binding treaty on business and human rights to regulate the activities of transnational corporations and other business enterprises, in line with with the United Nations “Protect, Respect and Remedy” Framework; asks, therefore, the Commission and the Member States to play an active role in the current negotiations on the instrument;
Amendment 123 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 9. Reiterates its call for the EU to seek further international agreements on providing climate financing, clean technology transfer and capacity building for developing countries in order to reduce GHG emissions originating, in particular, from the extractive sector;
Amendment 124 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 a (new) 9a. Calls on developing countries to upgrade their regional cooperation, developing or adopting common environmental, social and labour standards and norms for the extractive industries sector;
Amendment 125 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 10. Asks the EU to support, in particular, the Member States of the African Union in further implementing the Africa Mining Vision, a policy framework adopted in 2009 to ensure that the continent utilises its mineral resources strategically for broad-based socio- economic development, aiming to update the framework in order to embrace the SDGs and the climate change agenda, as an opportunity for sustainable development on the continent; underlines that EU support should comprise capacity building, financial support, clean technology transfers and sustainable supply chain management;
Amendment 126 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 11. Calls for the EU to support regional and international initiatives to improve transparency and accountability in the use and management of extractive resources, including the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative,
Amendment 127 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 11. Calls for the EU to support regional and international initiatives to improve transparency and accountability in the use and management of extractive resources, including the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative, the Extractives Global Programmatic Support
Amendment 128 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 11. Calls for the EU to support regional
Amendment 129 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 a (new) 11a. Recalls that land use conflicts can arise from the deployment of critical raw material projects, notably in developing countries, where forced eviction or relocation are common features of mining operations, which is a serious human rights violation, especially for indigenous people whose livelihoods are closely intertwined with the land and who derive much of their livelihoods from biodiversity services; calls for the compliance with FAO Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests, to avoid land-grabbing resulting from extractive industries;
Amendment 13 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 10 a (new) – having regard to its resolution of 14 March 2023 on Policy Coherence for Development,
Amendment 130 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 a (new) 11a. Calls on the EU to support developing countries in building their capacity to negotiate fair and transparent contracts with extractive industry companies; welcomes, in this regard, the EU financial support given to the G7 Connex initiative, which enhances developing countries’ negotiating expertise on the extractive sector, so that investment contracts are conceived to promote sustainability and development;
Amendment 131 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 a (new) 11a. Asks to consider closer cooperation with the World Bank given their knowledge of the extractive sector and their support of developing countries for sustainable and green transition processes;
Amendment 132 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 b (new) 11b. Asks the Commission to raise its support to the European Partnership for Responsible Minerals (EPRM), a multi- stakeholder partnership created to enhance the impact of the EU Conflict Minerals Regulation, by financing more development projects aimed at improving local mining practices especially in ASM, bringing better social, environmental and economic conditions for mine workers and local mining communities;
Amendment 133 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 b (new) 11b. Underlines that deep-sea mining is likely to cause many adverse impacts on deep-sea ecosystems by increasing release of toxic substances and the agitation of sediments, which is a major concern for governments of small island developing countries that depend on marine life;
Amendment 134 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 c (new) 11c. Recalls the need to prohibit environmentally damaging industrial extractive activities in marine protected areas, including mining, oil and gas and harmful industrial fishing techniques in line with the IUCN guidelines and the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework, in order to protect ecosystems and traditional activities of local communities;
Amendment 135 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 d (new) 11d. Reiterates its support for a moratorium, including at the International Seabed Authority on deep- seabed mining until such time as the effects of deep-sea mining on the marine environment, biodiversity and human activities at sea have been studied and researched sufficiently and deep-seabed mining can be managed to ensure no marine biodiversity loss nor degradation of marine ecosystems; calls on the EU and its Member States to commit not to source minerals from the deep-seabed, to exclude such minerals from the EU supply chains, and not to finance deep- seabed mining activities;
Amendment 136 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 e (new) 11e. Calls on the EU to provide developing countries financial support and technical assistance to developing countries to help them in implementing the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework and The United Nations High Seas Treaty;
Amendment 137 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 a (new) 12a. Points out that it is mainly governance deficits, lack of transparency and accountability which put local value creation in developing and industrializing countries at serious risk;
Amendment 138 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 13. Asks the Commission to use the 2023 review process of the Conflict
Amendment 139 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 13. Asks the Commission to use the 2023 review process of the Conflict Minerals Regulation as an opportunity to assess the impact of the regulation on the ground and the possibility to include further mandatory measures
Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A A. whereas the extractive industries can be defined as encompassing different activities from extracting raw materials (fossil fuels, minerals and aggregates), processing them and
Amendment 140 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 13. Asks the Commission to use the 2023 review process of the Conflict Minerals Regulation
Amendment 141 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 13. Asks the Commission to use the 2023 review process of the Conflict Minerals Regulation as an opportunity to assess thoroughly the impact of the regulation on the ground and the possibility to include further mandatory measures and cover other minerals where justified;
Amendment 142 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 14. Urges the Council to sign the new Partnership Agreement between the EU and the members of the OACPS, as it provides a strengthened and modernised framework for cooperation with ACP countries, which contains specific
Amendment 143 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 14. Urges the Council to sign the new Partnership Agreement between the EU and the members of the OACPS, as it provides a strengthened and modernised framework for cooperation with ACP countries, which contains specific references to the extractive industries, such as the promotion of transparency, accountability and responsible management of extractive industries and the strengthening of corporate social responsibility and responsible business conduct in order to achieve inclusive and sustainable growth and development;
Amendment 144 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 14. Urges the Council to sign without further delay the new Partnership Agreement between the EU and the members of the OACPS, as it provides a strengthened and modernised framework for cooperation with ACP countries, which contains specific references to the extractive industries;
Amendment 145 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 a (new) 14a. Calls on the Commission to better assess the impact the EU development assistance on sustainable development in the extractive industries sector to ensure effective and accountable use of EU financial resources;
Amendment 146 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 b (new) 14b. Calls on the Commission to mainstream sustainable development and development cooperation considerations into all EU trade and investment agreements with developing countries, by including provisions that ensure respect for human rights, environmental protection and the equitable distribution of revenues from extractive industries;
Amendment 15 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A a (new) Aa. whereas the activities of the extractive industries are taking place in the global context of the Paris Agreement aiming to keep the global temperature rise this century well below two degrees above pre--industrial levels and make finance flows consistent with low greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and a climate-resilient pathway, as well as in the European context of the European Climate Law stipulating climate-neutrality in the EU until 2050 and 55% CO2 reduction by 2030 compared to 1990 levels, the ‘Fit- for-55’ regulation package comprising amongst others binding efficiency and circularity targets, and in the context of the revised and extended European Emissions Trading System;
Amendment 16 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A a (new) Aa. whereas large-scale mining (LSM) and artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) operations have traditionally coexisted, the type of employment and local value provided varies significantly, as the ASM largely operates with a high degree of informality and illegality, providing jobs and income for unskilled workers in often remote and rural areas, while LSM are usually heavily mechanised and formally regulated, contributing to the national economy, but with little positive impact on local communities;
Amendment 17 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A a (new) Aa. whereas according to the UNEP, the Artisanal and Small-scale Mining in Protected Areas and Critical Ecosystems (ASM-PACE) project estimates that ASM produces approximately 10 per cent of the word’s gold, 15-20 per cent of its diamonds, 20 to 25 per cent of its tin and tantalum and 80 per cent of coloured gemstones1a; _________________ 1a UNEP, ‘Mineral Resource Governance in the 21st Century. Gearing Extractive Industries Towards Sustainable Development’, p.81.
Amendment 18 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A b (new) Ab. whereas informal, artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) is a poverty- driven activity, which generally distinguished from large-scale or industrial mining by its relatively low levels of capital investment, mechanisation, recovery of minerals, high degree of labour intensity, informality, poor occupational health, safety and environmental standards;
Amendment 19 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A c (new) Ac. whereas ASM often involves women, thereby increasing their vulnerability, due to the lack of access to, use of and control over resource-rich land and other productive resources and finance;
Amendment 2 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 5 a (new) – having regard to the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights,
Amendment 20 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B a (new) Ba. whereas of the 72 countries classified as low or middle-income countries in 2019, 63 had increased their dependence on extractive industries for growth over the preceding two decades, with low value added, accompanied by a declining share of exports of manufactures with greater technological intensity;
Amendment 21 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C a (new) Ca. whereas the usage of natural resources for energy generation has elevated millions of people out of poverty, while many countries have chosen the path of phasing out fossil fuels and replacing them by renewable natural resources as well as the - if wisely managed - temporary increased demand of mineral resources will lead to low- emission economies, more efficiency, improved health, digital, space and defence applications;
Amendment 22 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C a (new) Ca. whereas the COVID-19 pandemic, Russia’s aggression in Ukraine and the energy crisis have had negative effects on the world economy, including the extractive industries;
Amendment 23 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C b (new) Cb. whereas the decision if, which and how natural resources are being exploited belongs to the sovereignty of each country;
Amendment 24 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D D. whereas the extractive industries
Amendment 25 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D D. whereas the extractive industries can potentially play a crucial role in the development of many resource-rich developing countries, by providing public revenues from mining and mining-related operations, employment opportunities and infrastructure; yet extractive industry can be disruptive and lead to severe environmental degradation and disruption of social fabric, and in some cases, even unleashing political dynamics that result in the deterioration of governance and serious conflicts;
Amendment 26 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D D. whereas the extractive industries can play a crucial role in the development of
Amendment 27 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D D. whereas the extractive industries can play a crucial role in the development of many resource-rich developing countries, by providing public revenues from mining and mining-related operations
Amendment 28 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D a (new) Da. whereas newest and adapted technology and digitization can limit strongly the - by nature - invasive impacts of extractive industries;
Amendment 29 #
Motion for a resolution Recital E Amendment 3 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 5 b (new) – having regard to the Ten Principles of the United Nations Global Compact,
Amendment 30 #
Motion for a resolution Recital E E. whereas the extractive industries can have severe negative social, economic, environmental and institutional impacts at local, national and global level, by contributing to human and labour rights violations, gender-based violence, forced labour, child labour, forced displacement, pollution, water use competition, loss of biodiversity, deforestation, destruction of cultural and spiritual sites, harassment against human and environmental rights defenders, corruption, illicit financial flows, tax fraud and evasion, and armed conflicts;
Amendment 31 #
Motion for a resolution Recital E E. whereas the extractive industries can have severe negative social, economic, environmental and institutional impacts at local, national regional and global level; whereas environmental and social impact studies can play a crucial role in protecting the rights of indigenous populations in mining areas; whereas the extractive industries can be considered as sources of employment, they are often the source of negative impacts on the community, leading to forced displacement, poverty, violations of human rights or armed conflicts;
Amendment 32 #
Motion for a resolution Recital E E. whereas the extractive industries can have severe negative social, economic, environmental and institutional impacts at local, national and global level; in particular, whereas it creates freshwater competition, especially for agriculture, and water contamination, which has severe and far-reaching impact on biodiversity and ecosystem services, notably fish habitats and populations located downstream of mines and the marine environment, on which people depend for their livelihoods;
Amendment 33 #
Motion for a resolution Recital E E. whereas the extractive industries can have severe negative social, economic,
Amendment 34 #
Motion for a resolution Recital E a (new) Ea. whereas extractive industries can affect positively or negatively several UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in a direct or indirect way, in particular SDG 1 (no poverty), SDG 3 (good health and well-being), SDG 6 (clean water and sanitation), SDG 7 (affordable and clean energy), SDG 8 (decent work and economic growth), SDG 13 (climate action), SDG 15 (life on land) and SDG 16 (peace, justice and strong institutions);
Amendment 35 #
Motion for a resolution Recital E a (new) Amendment 36 #
Motion for a resolution Recital E a (new) Ea. whereas forced labour and child labour are often a problem in the extractive industries in developing countries;
Amendment 37 #
Motion for a resolution Recital E b (new) Eb. whereas the negative social and environmental impact of extractive industries risk to become more severe in the future, given the trend towards mining lower grade ores, which will lead to larger amounts of waste, as well as higher energy and water demands; whereas this is particularly worrying for marginalised and vulnerable people in developing countries, where the impacts of climate change already increases water scarcity; furthermore, as easily accessible reserves become depleted, exploration is moving to remote and often fragile areas, as in the case of deep-sea mining;
Amendment 38 #
Motion for a resolution Recital E b (new) Eb. whereas the SDGs are universal and thus demand coherence from the EU in its internal and external action; whereas the European Union has been shown to negatively impact developing countries’ progress towards the SDGs through its consumption of resources, the so-called spillover effect1a; _________________ 1a Europe Sustainable Development Report, SDSN, 2022, https://s3.amazonaws.com/sustainabledev elopment.report/2022/europe-sustainable- development-report-2022.pdf.
Amendment 39 #
Motion for a resolution Recital E c (new) Ec. whereas an analysis of the World Bank states that 44% of all operational mines are located in forests, inducing a significant impact on deforestation, as well as on indigenous people and local communities that depend on forests for their livelihoods;
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 5 c (new) – having regard to the Eight fundamental ILO Conventions as defined under the ILO Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work,
Amendment 40 #
Motion for a resolution Recital E d (new) Ed. whereas the right to information, participation and remedy are internationally protected human rights enshrined in multilateral agreements, addressing environmental decision- making in particular, which are of particular importance in the case of mining;
Amendment 41 #
Motion for a resolution Recital F F. whereas the IRMA Standard for Responsible Mining has developed since 2006 best practices on how responsible mining could look like; whereas Community Development Agreements (CDAs) c
Amendment 42 #
Motion for a resolution Recital F F. whereas Community Development Agreements (CDAs) can provide a means of strengthening and advancing a sustainable and mutually beneficial relationship for governments, companies, and communities; whereas CDAs are considered by the World Bank as best practice for extractive agreements1a; whereas the 10 Mining Principles of the International Council on Mining and Metals (ICMM) encourage its members to carry out proper stakeholder engagement and contribute to the sustainable development of host countries and communities
Amendment 43 #
Motion for a resolution Recital F F. whereas Community Development Agreements (CDAs) can provide a means of strengthening and advancing a sustainable and mutually beneficial relationship for governments, companies, and communities, as well as of preventing conflicts and increasing transparency and accountability; whereas the 10 Mining Principles of the International Council on Mining and Metals (ICMM) encourage its members to carry out proper stakeholder engagement and contribute to the sustainable development of host countries and communities7 ; _________________ 7 https://www.icmm.com/en-gb/our-
Amendment 44 #
Motion for a resolution Recital F a (new) Amendment 45 #
Motion for a resolution Recital F a (new) Fa. whereas developing countries have often faced challenges in collecting sufficient revenue from extractive activity due to weak or regressive tax systems, lack of institutional resilience, inadequate long-term planning, unsustainable debt burdens, illicit financial flows, corruption and tax evasion;
Amendment 46 #
Motion for a resolution Recital F a (new) Fa. whereas raw materials exporting developing countries are heavily dependent on tax revenues from the export of raw materials;
Amendment 47 #
Motion for a resolution Recital F b (new) Fb. whereas developing countries need to decrease their reliance on extractive industries and expand their economies into future-oriented sectors like net-zero emissions technologies to broaden their revenue sources; whereas it is crucial for the EU to take appropriate measures regarding extractive industries in developing nations to facilitate economic diversification, enhance the pursuit of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the Paris Agreement, and ensure an equitable transition towards a net-zero future;
Amendment 48 #
Motion for a resolution Recital G G. whereas accelerating the efforts to
Amendment 49 #
Motion for a resolution Recital G G. whereas accelerating the efforts to address climate change and dealing with the rapidly rising demand for the raw materials indispensable to achieving the green and digital transitions
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 5 d (new) – having regard to the Minamata Convention on Mercury,
Amendment 50 #
Motion for a resolution Recital G G. whereas accelerating the efforts to address climate change and dealing with the rapidly rising demand for the raw materials indispensable to achieving the green and digital transitions should be an opportunity for the extractive industries sector to become sustainable and for resource-rich developing countries to capitalise on this demand
Amendment 51 #
Motion for a resolution Recital G a (new) Ga. whereas the main challenge is to reduce our current dependence on critical raw materials;
Amendment 52 #
Motion for a resolution Recital G a (new) Ga. whereas Article 3(5) of the TEU obliges the Union to, inter alia, ‘contribute to peace, security, the sustainable development of the Earth, solidarity and mutual respect among peoples, free and fair trade, eradication of poverty and the protection of human rights’; whereas, as per Article 21(1) of the TEU ‘the Union’s action on the international scene shall be guided by the principles which have inspired its own creation’, including democracy, the rule of law, the universality and indivisibility of human rights and fundamental freedoms;
Amendment 53 #
Motion for a resolution Recital G b (new) Gb. whereas the EU’s political commitment to PCD was reaffirmed in the 2017 New European Consensus on Development, which identified PCD as a ‘crucial element of the [EU’s] strategy to achieve the SDGs and an important contribution to the broader objective of Policy Coherence for Sustainable Development (PCSD)’;
Amendment 54 #
Motion for a resolution Recital G c (new) Gc. whereas the EU development policy should support developing countries in transforming their extractive industries to ensure they contribute to sustainable development in line with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the Paris Agreement;
Amendment 55 #
Motion for a resolution Recital G d (new) Gd. whereas the EU has recently adopted or will adopt legislation to enhance corporate social responsibility and responsible business conduct that have an impact on the extractive industries operating in developing countries, such as the Conflict Minerals Regulation, the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive, the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive, the Forced labour product ban Regulation and the Critical Raw Materials Regulation;
Amendment 56 #
Motion for a resolution Recital G e (new) Ge. whereas the Impact Assessment Report accompanying the document Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a framework for ensuring a secure and sustainable supply of critical raw materials and amending Regulations (European Critical Raw Materials Act) does not adequately assess the social, environmental, human rights and economic impacts of the proposal on developing countries (as prescribed by Better Regulation tool #35 and SDG tool #19) and the livelihoods of local indigenous communities, including women and girls1a; _________________ 1a https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal- content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX%3A52023 SC01
Amendment 57 #
Motion for a resolution Recital H H. whereas the EU’s commitment to a just transition extends globally
Amendment 58 #
Motion for a resolution Recital H a (new) Ha. whereas minerals are unevenly distributed across the globe, which has a huge impact on the Global South; whereas an analysis1a found that in 2019, 79% of global metal ore extraction originated from five of the six most species-rich biomes; _________________ 1a Luckeneder, S., Giljum, S., Schaffartzik, A., Maus, V., & Tost, M., ‘Surge in global metal mining threatens vulnerable ecosystems’. Global Environmental Change, V. 69, 2021.
Amendment 59 #
Motion for a resolution Recital H b (new) Hb. whereas the Treaty of the High Seas adopted in June 2023 provides for a framework to protect the High Sea from the impacts of extractive industries and establishes the sharing of benefits from marine genetic resources between developed and developing countries; whereas the EU has pledged €40 million as part of a Global Ocean Programme in order to help developing countries in the implementation of the treaty;
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 5 e (new) – having regard to the Convention on Biological Diversity, in particular Decision COP VIII/28 - Voluntary guidelines on biodiversity-inclusive impact assessment,
Amendment 60 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 1. Recalls that the EU is the largest donor of development aid in the world; stresses, therefore, the importance of mainstreaming sustainable development principles across all EU external action, in particular in policies related to the extractive industries, in line with the EU’s legal obligation to ensure policy coherence for development; to this effect, stresses that the definition of mutually beneficial strategic partnership with third countries entails, in particular for low-income resource-rich countries, to breaking away from the enclave nature and extractivist model of the mining sector and to afford developing countries sufficient policy space to do so, including through the reform of the international trade and investment regime that constraints the use of the full range of policy instruments to achieve resource-based industrialisation at the local level;
Amendment 61 #
1. Recalls that the EU is the largest donor of development aid in the world; stresses, therefore, the importance of mainstreaming sustainable development principles across all EU external action, in particular in policies related to the extractive industries, in line with the EU’s legal obligation to ensure policy coherence for development; recalls that some of the natural resources that feed some of the world's most enduring and brutal conflicts pass through supply chains linked to companies originating in developed countries, namely in the EU;
Amendment 62 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 1. Recalls that the EU is the largest donor of development aid in the world, its aid mainly channelled through international organisations and Member States; stresses, therefore, the importance of mainstreaming sustainable development, security and geopolitical principles across all EU external action, in particular in policies related to
Amendment 63 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Supports the Commission in its approach to conclude comprehensive, mutual beneficial raw materials partnerships all over the value-chain with developing and industrializing countries creating an attractive investment climate for extractive industries committed to sustainable criteria; asks the Commission to facilitate access to finance and to make raw material sector projects a priority of the Global Gateway Initiative;
Amendment 64 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Underlines that all EU projects in extractives in developing countries should create win-win situations, including for local communities; stresses that projects must be carried out in a fair and climate friendly way and not at the expense of the environment, human rights and peace;
Amendment 65 #
1b. Underlines that the EU and its Member States must respect, and request from their partner countries to respect. indigenous peoples’ right to free and informed consent prior to the approval of any extractive project affecting their lands or territories, in line with the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) and ILO Convention 169 on Indigenous and Tribal Peoples, stresses that the promotion of the rights of indigenous peoples and their traditional practices is important to achieving sustainable development and combating climate change;
Amendment 66 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 c (new) 1c. Urges the EU to enhance its support for resource-rich developing countries in reducing their dependency on extractive industries and diversifying their economies, sensitive to economic shocks and price volatility, by promoting sustainable alternatives;
Amendment 67 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 d (new) 1d. Considers that the EU should support resource-rich developing countries in capturing and managing in an effective and transparent manner their revenues coming from the extractive economy to achieve inclusive and sustainable development for the benefit of their populations and the advancement of the SDGs;
Amendment 68 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2.
Amendment 69 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2. Invites the Commission to strengthen its dialogue and cooperation with civil society organisations, local communities and indigenous peoples in developing countries directly affected by extractive industries, in order to promote their rights and ensure their meaningful participation in decision-making processes, particularly with regard to Global Gateway flagship projects; underlines that
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 5 f (new) – having regard to the UNEP Guidelines for Social Life Cycle Assessment of Products,
Amendment 70 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2. Invites the Commission to strengthen its dialogue and cooperation with civil society organisations, local communities and indigenous peoples in developing countries affected by extractive industries, in order to promote their rights and ensure their meaningful participation in decision-making processes, particularly with regard to Global Gateway flagship projects; underlines that civil society actors should have formal representation on the governance board of the Global Gateway; calls on the Commission to strengthen the capacity of local CSOs and indigenous peoples organisations to engage effectively in decision-making processes, including by providing training and support in areas such as legal literacy, negotiation skills, environmental impact assessments and project monitoring;
Amendment 71 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2. Invites the Commission to strengthen its dialogue and cooperation with civil society organisations, local communities and indigenous peoples in developing countries affected by extractive industries, in order to promote their rights and ensure their meaningful participation in decision-making processes, particularly with regard to designing and assessing the impacts of Global Gateway flagship projects; underlines that civil society actors should have formal representation on the governance board of the Global Gateway; welcomes the announcement of the Global Gateway Civil Society Organisation and Local Authorities Dialogue Platform;
Amendment 72 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2. Invites the Commission to strengthen its dialogue and cooperation with civil society organisations, trade unions, local communities and indigenous peoples in developing countries affected by extractive industries, in order to promote their rights and ensure their meaningful participation in decision-making processes, particularly with regard to Global Gateway flagship projects; underlines that civil society actors should have formal representation on the governance board of the Global Gateway;
Amendment 73 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. Calls for the establishment of a Global Gateway Monitoring Group (GGMG) to provide robust and effective oversight of all Global Gateway projects and their respect for the principle of PCD, composed of civil society actors, in particular, those representing indigenous peoples, Members of the European Parliament, representatives of the Member States and other relevant experts; stresses that the GGMG should compile an annual report on the impact of Global Gateway projects on human rights, the environment, civil liberties, peace, inequality and poverty reduction; calls upon the President of the Commission to invite the chair of the GGMG to all meetings of the Governance Board; underlines that the GGMG should have access to all documents and minutes of meetings of the Business Advisory Group, Governance Board and CSO and Local Authorities Dialogue Platform;
Amendment 74 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. Calls for the EU to support capacity-building efforts in developing countries to strengthen their legal and regulatory frameworks for extractive industries, including measures to increase governance and transparency, combat corruption, tax fraud and evasion and illicit financial flows, improve labour, human rights and environmental standards, and strengthen law enforcement by providing technical assistance and capacity building programs to relevant governmental stakeholders, such as government officials, judiciary and law enforcement agencies; stresses the need to end tax havens as conduits for illicit financial flows in the extractive sector;
Amendment 75 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. Calls for the EU to support capacity-building efforts in developing countries to strengthen their legal and
Amendment 76 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. Calls for the EU to support capacity-building efforts in developing countries to strengthen their legal and regulatory frameworks for extractive industries, including measures to increase governance and transparency, combat corruption, revenue mismanagement, tax fraud and evasion and illicit financial flows, improve labour, human rights and environmental standards, and strengthen law enforcement;
Amendment 77 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. Notes the growing threat to food security resulting from Small-Scale Mining (ASM), which tend to coexist in rural areas, where both agriculture and artisanal and Small-Scale Mining (ASM) are key means of improving rural livelihoods; highlights equally the environmental and health risks associated with unregulated ASM activities and the fact that according to the UNEP, many ASM activities occur on global commons of forested lands in critical ecosystems that were not previously used; recalls that the “no-harm rule” is a duty imposed upon States, which requires to implement measures to prevent or otherwise minimise risks of environmental harm;
Amendment 78 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. Stresses the importance of integrating sustainable extractive industries into the local economy , to develop local high added value industrial capacity for developing countries; believes that developing countries have the right to use export taxes and legitimate trade restrictions to develop their own industrial base and to use the resources of export duties from extractive industries for human development and the strengthening of public services such as education and health; calls the EU to review export taxes restrictions in its trade agreements with developing countries;
Amendment 79 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. Invites the Commission to support incentives to formalize artisanal and small-scale mining;
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 5 g (new) – having regard to EIB Eligibility, Excluded Activities and Excluded sectors list,
Amendment 80 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 b (new) 3b. Recalls that artisanal, informal and small-scale mining is a highly gendered activity; calls on the EU to support developing countries through financial support and capacity building programmes to formalize and regulate ASM activities, particularly those involving women; and to encourage the formation of women’s mining cooperatives and associations to improve women’s participation, bargaining power, work conditions and economic independence;
Amendment 81 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 Amendment 82 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 – introductory part 4. Calls for the Commission to put forward an EU Code of Conduct on Responsible Investment in Extractive Industries in Developing Countries for businesses and development finance institutions, drafted with inputs from industry, as well as from civil society in developing countries and from representatives of indigenous communities; considers that the code should articulate clear commitments and tailored guiding principles for investment in developing countries that align with existing international standards, guidelines, and initiatives such as the UN Sustainable Development Goals, the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights, and the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative, among others; stresses that local consultation, local consent and local sustainable development should be the overarching objective of the code; believes that the code should cover, at a minimum, commitments on:
Amendment 83 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 – introductory part 4. Calls for the Commission to put forward an EU Code of Conduct on Responsible Investment in Extractive Industries in Developing Countries for businesses and development finance institutions, in compliance with inter alia due diligence processes as defined by EU legislation, including OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises, the UN Global Compact and the ISO 26000 standards, drafted with inputs from
Amendment 84 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 – introductory part 4. Calls for the Commission to put forward an EU Code of Conduct on Responsible Investment in Extractive Industries in Developing Countries for businesses and development finance institutions, drafted with inputs from industry and trade unions, as well as from civil society in developing countries and from representatives of indigenous communities; considers that the code should articulate clear commitments and tailored guiding principles for investment in developing countries; stresses that local consultation, local consent and local sustainable development should be the overarching objective of the code; believes that the code should cover, at a minimum, commitments on:
Amendment 85 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 – introductory part 4. Calls for the Commission to put forward an EU Code of Conduct on Responsible Investment in Extractive Industries in Developing Countries for businesses and development finance institutions, drafted with inputs from industry, as well as from civil society in developing countries and from representatives of indigenous communities; considers that the code should articulate clear commitments and tailored guiding principles for investment in developing countries; stresses that
Amendment 86 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 – point a a) stakeholder involvement; considers that where a third country has not legislated for mandatory CDAs, European businesses should implement them as a prerequisite for doing business; considers that the agreements should be negotiated
Amendment 87 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 – point a a) stakeholder involvement; considers that where a third country has not legislated for mandatory CDAs, European businesses should implement them as a prerequisite for doing business; considers that the agreements should be negotiated with
Amendment 88 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 – point b b) transparency, including proactive
Amendment 89 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 – point b a (new) ba) rule of law upholding and corruption prevention, including compliance with legal frameworks, anticorruption measures, transparency in financial transactions and whistle-blower protection;
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 8 a (new) – having regard to the communication from the Commission of 11 December 2019 entitled 'The European Green Deal' (COM (2019) 640),
Amendment 90 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 – point c c) human rights issues, such as the use of forced and child labour, workers’ rights, displacement, discrimination, indigenous rights, women's and girls’ rights, health and safety;
Amendment 91 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 – point c c) human rights issues, such as the use of forced and child labour, workers’ rights, displacement, discrimination, indigenous rights, health and safe
Amendment 92 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 – point c c) human rights issues, such as the use of forced and child labour, workers’ rights, displacement, discrimination, indigenous rights, education, health and safety;
Amendment 93 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 – point d d) environmental protection, performance and
Amendment 94 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 – point d a (new) da) local content and economic diversification, including opportunities for local value addition, skills development, and technology transfer to promote economic diversification and inclusive growth in partner countries;
Amendment 95 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 – point e a (new) ea) capacity building initiatives, including training programs and knowledge sharing platforms to enhance the understanding of responsible investment practices in the extractive industries;
Amendment 96 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 – point e b (new) eb) grievance mechanisms and safeguards to address human rights violations and environmental impacts caused by extractive industries, including the establishment of independent monitoring bodies, complaint mechanisms, and adequate remedies;
Amendment 97 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 – point e c (new) ec) monitoring and reporting framework to ensure compliance with the code, involving periodic reporting, independent third-party verification and public disclosure of performance indicators;
Amendment 98 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 a (new) Amendment 99 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 a (new) 4a. Invites the Commission to examine with the extractive industry its inclusion in the EU taxonomy regulation1a; _________________ 1a Regulation (EU) 2020/852 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 June 2020 on the establishment of a framework to facilitate sustainable investment, and amending Regulation (EU) 2019/2088
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Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A a (new) A a. whereas large-scale mining (LSM) and artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) operations have traditionally coexisted, the type of employment and local value provided varies significantly, as the ASM largely operates with high degrees of informality, labour intensity and illegality, poor occupational health, safety and environmental standards, and relatively low levels of capital investment, mechanisation and recovery of minerals, providing jobs and income for unskilled workers in often remote and rural areas, while LSM are usually heavily mechanised and formally regulated, contributing to the national economy, but with little positive impact on local communities; whereas according to the UNEP, the Artisanal and Small-scale Mining in Protected Areas and Critical Ecosystems (ASM-PACE) project estimates that ASM produces approximately 10 % of the world’s gold, 15-20 % of its diamonds, 20 to 25 % of its tin and tantalum and 80 % of coloured gemstones1a; whereas ASM often involves women, thereby increasing their vulnerability, due to the lack of access to, use of and control over resource-rich land and other productive resources and finance; __________________ 1a UNEP, ‘Mineral Resource Governance in the 21st Century. Gearing Extractive Industries Towards Sustainable Development’, p.81.
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 4. Calls for the Commission to put forward an EU Code of Conduct on Responsible Investment in Extractive Industries in Developing Countries that would be voluntary for businesses and development finance institutions, drafted with inputs from industry and trade unions, as well as from civil society
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 c (new) 4 c. Invites the Commission to support incentives and capacity building programmes, particularly those involving women for developing countries taking steps to formalise the artisanal and small- scale mining sector and integrate it into the rural and national economy in order to improve labour conditions and the livelihood of the local communities, as well as to stop illicit financial flows often responsible of corruption and armed conflicts; recalls that artisanal and small- scale mining is a highly gendered activity; calls on the EU to support the formation of women’s mining cooperatives and associations to improve women’s participation, bargaining power, work conditions and economic independence; highlights the threat to food security, the environmental and health risks associated with unregulated ASM activities in rural areas and the fact that according to the UNEP, many ASM activities occur on global commons of forested lands in critical ecosystems that were not previously used;
Amendment 12 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5.
Amendment 13 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 6. Calls on the Commission to propose a G20 initiative on making extractives work for local sustainable development in resource-rich developing countries; stresses that the initiative should be tailored to each context and could comprise, inter alia, financial support, debt assistance, debt relief and cancellation, capacity building in governance, taxation and anti-corruption; calls on the Commission to mediate on debt relief talks to give developing countries financial space to transform non- sustainable extractive industries and to attract sustainable extractive industries as well as to adhere to sound environmental and social standards; calls on the Commission to support the reform and expansion of the Debt Service Suspension Initiative to include vulnerable middle- income countries, many of which are dependent on extractives, and operationalizing a long-term Debt Swap Mechanism (DSM) to facilitate debt-for- climate and nature swaps; stresses the need to end tax havens as conduits for illicit financial flows in the extractive sector;
Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 7. Calls for the EU to promote inclusive and transparent multi- stakeholder partnerships at regional and international level, by facilitating dialogue and collaboration among governments, civil society organisations, the private sector and international institutions to promote sustainable development in the extractive industries, fostering inclusive decision-making processes; emphasises that the current context of growing global demand for critical raw materials and increasing geopolitical instability means there is a need to step up efforts to ensure a stable, adequate and diversified supply of critical raw materials; stresses, however, the need to move away from a culture of extractivism to a resource governance system that takes into account i.e. the rate of depletion, the availability of substitutes, efficiency, recycling and the sustainability of consumption; welcomes the partnership between the EU and the UN Interagency Framework Team for Preventive Action, which aims to support national and local stakeholders to improve land and natural resource management (NRM) for conflict prevention and better coordination;
Amendment 15 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 8. Reaffirms the urgent need for a UN binding treaty on business and human rights to regulate the activities of transnational corporations and other business enterprises
Amendment 16 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 11. Calls for the EU to support regional
Amendment 17 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 13. Asks the Commission to use the 2023 review process of the Conflict Minerals Regulation, which obliges since 2021 EU companies to source their imports of tin, tantalum, tungsten and gold responsibly and to ensure that their supply chains do not contribute to funding armed conflict, as an opportunity to assess thoroughly the impact of the regulation on the ground and the possibility to include further mandatory measures and cover other minerals; underlines the need to meaningfully include civil society organizations and affected communities throughout the review process;
Amendment 18 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 14.
Amendment 2 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D D. whereas the extractive industries
Amendment 3 #
Motion for a resolution Recital E E. whereas the extractive industries can also have severe negative social, economic, environmental and institutional impacts at local, national, regional and global level, by contributing to human and labour rights violations, gender-based violence, forced labour, child labour, forced displacement, poverty, pollution, water use competition, loss of biodiversity, deforestation, destruction of cultural and spiritual sites, harassment against human and environmental rights defenders, disruption of social fabric, corruption, volatility in commodity prices, illicit financial flows, tax fraud and evasion, and armed conflicts, as well as pose many challenges due the “enclave” nature of the extractive industry, with few links to the local economy; whereas extractive industries often affect the rights of indigenous communities, environmental and social impact studies can play a crucial role in protecting these rights;
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution Recital F F. whereas Community Development Agreements (CDAs) can provide a means of strengthening and advancing a sustainable and mutually beneficial relationship for governments, companies, and communities, as well as of preventing conflicts and increasing transparency and accountability; whereas CDAs are considered by the World Bank as best practice for extractive agreements1a; whereas the 10 Mining Principles of the International Council on Mining and Metals (ICMM) encourage its members to carry out proper stakeholder engagement and contribute to the sustainable development of host countries and communities7
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution Recital G G. whereas accelerating the efforts to address climate change and dealing with the rapidly rising demand for the raw materials indispensable to achieving the green and digital transitions
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraphs 1 and 1 a (new) 1. Recalls that the EU is the largest donor of development aid in the world, mainly channelled through international organisations and Member States; stresses, therefore, the importance of mainstreaming sustainable development principles across all EU external action, in particular in policies related to the extractive industries, in line with the EU’s legal obligation to ensure policy coherence for development
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 b (new) 1 b. Underlines that the EU and its Member States must respect, and request from their partner countries to respect the needs of local populations and indigenous peoples, in particular indigenous peoples’ right to free and informed consent prior to the approval of any extractive project affecting their lands or territories, in line with the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) and ILO Convention 169 on Indigenous and Tribal Peoples; points out that mining increases the risk of land grabbing, in a context where governments of developing countries often fail to recognise indigenous peoples and communities customary rights to the lands they inhabit; calls for the compliance with FAO Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests, to avoid land grabbing resulting from extractive industries; stresses that the promotion of the rights of indigenous peoples and their traditional practices is important to achieving sustainable development and combating climate change;
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraphs 2, 2 a (new) and 2 b (new) 2. Invites the Commission to strengthen its dialogue and cooperation with civil society organisations, trade unions, local communities and indigenous peoples in developing countries directly affected by extractive industries, in order to promote their rights and ensure their meaningful engagement and active participation in decision-making processes, particularly with regard to designing and assessing the impacts of Global Gateway flagship projects; underlines that civil society actors should have formal representation on the governance board of the Global Gateway; welcomes the announcement of the Global Gateway Civil Society Organisation and Local Authorities Dialogue Platform to ensure that a meaningful dialogue takes place when selecting and supporting Global Gateway projects; 2 a. Calls for the convening of a Global Gateway Monitoring Group (GGMG) to provide robust and effective oversight of all Global Gateway projects and their respect for the principle of PCD, composed of civil society actors, in particular, those representing indigenous peoples, Members of the European Parliament, representatives of the Member States and other relevant experts; stresses that the GGMG should compile an annual report on the impact of Global Gateway projects on human rights, the environment, civil liberties, peace, inequality and poverty reduction; calls upon the President of the Commission to invite the chair of the GGMG to all meetings of the Governance Board; underlines that the GGMG should have access to all documents and minutes of meetings of the Business Advisory Group, Governance Board and CSO and Local Authorities Dialogue Platform; 2 b. Calls on the Commission to strengthen the capacity of civil society actors to engage effectively in decision- making processes, including by providing training and support in areas such as legal literacy, negotiation skills, environmental impact assessments and project monitoring;
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. Calls for the EU to support capacity-building efforts in developing countries, including through technical assistance to relevant stakeholders, such as government officials, judiciary and law enforcement agencies, to strengthen their legal and regulatory frameworks for extractive industries, including measures to increase governance and transparency, combat corruption, revenue mismanagement, tax fraud and evasion and illicit financial flows, improve labour, human rights and environmental standards, and strengthen law enforcement; recalls that some of the natural resources that feed some of the world's most enduring and brutal conflicts pass through supply chains linked to companies operating in developed countries, namely in the EU; therefore, highlights the need to ensure effective access to justice for victims of social or environmental misapplication of legislation by multinational companies operating in developing countries;
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