Jan ZAHRADIL

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Czech Republic Občanská demokratická strana 2009/07/14 - 9999/12/31

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ECR Vice-Chair European Conservatives and Reformists Group 2011/12/13 - 9999/12/31

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Committees

Role	Committee	Start	End
Member of	Committee on International Trade	2012/01/19	9999/12/31
Substitute of	Committee on Development	2012/01/19	9999/12/31
Substitute of	Subcommittee on Human Rights	2012/01/19	9999/12/31

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Role	Committee	Start	End
Member of	Committee on International Trade	2009/07/16	2012/01/18
Substitute of	Subcommittee on Human Rights	2009/07/21	2012/01/18
Substitute of	Committee on Development	2009/07/21	2012/01/18
Member of	Committee on Development	2007/01/31	2009/07/13
Substitute of	Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs	2007/01/31	2009/07/13
Member of	Temporary Committee on the alleged use of European countries by the CIA for the transport and illegal detention of prisoners	2006/01/19	2007/02/14
Member of	Committee on Development	2007/01/15	2007/01/30
Substitute of	Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs	2007/01/15	2007/01/30
Member of	Committee on Development	2004/07/21	2007/01/14
Substitute of	Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs	2004/07/22	2007/01/14
Member of	Temporary committee on policy challenges and budgetary means of the enlarged Union 2007-2013	2004/10/14	2005/06/08
Member of	Committee on Legal Affairs and the Internal Market	2004/05/03	2004/07/19
Observer of	Committee on Legal Affairs and the Internal Market	2003/05/15	2004/04/30
Member of	Committee on Legal Affairs and the Internal Market	2004/05/03	2004/07/19
Member of	Committee on Development	2004/07/21	2007/01/14
Substitute of	Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs	2004/07/22	2007/01/14
Member of	Temporary committee on policy challenges and budgetary means of the enlarged Union 2007-2013	2004/10/14	2005/06/08
Member of	Temporary Committee on the alleged use of European countries by the CIA for the transport and illegal detention of prisoners	2006/01/19	2007/02/14
Member of	Committee on Development	2007/01/15	2007/01/30
Substitute of	Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs	2007/01/15	2007/01/30
Member of	Committee on Development	2007/01/31	2009/07/13
Substitute of	Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs	2007/01/31	2009/07/13

Delegations

Role	Delegation	Start	End
Member of	Delegation to the EU-Turkey Joint Parliamentary Committee	2009/09/16	9999/12/31
Substitute of	Delegation to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly	2009/09/16	9999/12/31
Substitute of	Delegation to the Cariforum — EU Parliamentary Committee	2010/09/08	9999/12/31

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Role	Delegation	Start	End
Member of	Delegation for relations with India	2007/03/28	2009/07/13
Substitute of	Delegation to the EU-Turkey Joint Parliamentary Committee	2004/09/15	2009/07/13
Member of	Delegation for relations with the Mashreq countries	2007/03/14	2007/03/27
Member of	Delegation for relations with the Mashreq countries	2004/09/15	2007/03/13
Member of	Delegation for relations with the Mashreq countries	2004/09/15	2007/03/13
Substitute of	Delegation to the EU-Turkey Joint Parliamentary Committee	2004/09/15	2009/07/13
Member of	Delegation for relations with the Mashreq countries	2007/03/14	2007/03/27
Member of	Delegation for relations with India	2007/03/28	2009/07/13

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Shadow	2013/0010(COD)	FLEGT licensing scheme for imports of timber into the EU: aligning the Regulation with the TFEU (Commission delegated and implementing powers)
Shadow	2012/2320(INI)	First annual report from the Commission to the European Parliament on the activities of Member States' export credit agencies
Responsible	2012/2114(INI)	Financing EU SMEs' trade and investment: facilitated access to credit in support of internationalisation
Opinion	2012/2029(INI)	Engaging in energy policy cooperation with partners beyond our borders: strategic approach to secure, sustainable and competitive energy supply
Shadow	2012/0359(COD)	Exercise of the Union's rights for the application and enforcement of international trade rules
Shadow	2012/0250(COD)	Monitoring EU/third country trade in drug precursors
Shadow	2012/0163(COD)	International agreements: framework for managing financial responsibility linked to investor-state dispute settlement tribunals
Shadow	2011/2306(INI)	Trade aspects of the Eastern partnership
Shadow	2011/0458(COD)	Kyrgyzstan: macro-financial assistance
Shadow	2011/0310(COD)	Dual-use items: Community regime for the control of exports, transfer, brokering and transit, update of the EU control list
Shadow	2011/0262(COD)	EU/Colombia/Peru Trade Agreement: implementation of the bilateral safeguard clause and the stabilisation mechanism for bananas
Shadow	2011/0249(NLE)	EU/Colombia/Peru trade agreement
Shadow	2011/0176(COD)	Macro-Financial Assistance (MFA) to third countries: general provisions
Opinion	2011/0167(NLE)	EU/Australia, Canada, Japan, Korea, Mexico, Morocco, New Zealand, Singapore, Switzerland and United States Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA)
Shadow	2011/0090(NLE)	EU/Georgia Agreement: protection of geographical indications of agricultural products and foodstuffs
Opinion	2010/2301(INI)	EU and China: unbalanced trade?
Shadow	2010/2203(INI)	Future European international investment policy
Shadow	2010/2152(INI)	New Trade Policy for Europe under the Europe 2020 Strategy
Opinion	2010/2108(INI)	Towards a new Energy Strategy for Europe 2011 - 2020
Opinion	2010/0816(NLE)	European External Action Service EEAS: organisation and functioning
Shadow	2010/0390(COD)	Georgia: further macro-financial assistance
Shadow	2010/0369(COD)	Common commercial policy: repeal of certain obsolete Council acts
Shadow	2010/0323(NLE)	EC/Uzbekistan Partnership and Cooperation Agreement: bilateral trade in textiles. Protocol
Responsible	2010/0272(COD)	Imports of textile products: proof of origin and common rules (repeal. Regulation (EC) No 1541/98; amend. Regulation (EEC) No 3030/93)
Shadow	2010/0162(COD)	Moldova: macro-financial assistance
Shadow	2009/0162(COD)	Ukraine: macro-financial assistance
Shadow	2009/0155(NLE)	EC/Israel Agreement: Conformity Assessment and Acceptance of Industrial Products (ACAA). Additional Protocol to the Euro-Mediterranean Agreement
Shadow	2006/0167(COD)	Officially supported export credits: application of certain guidelines

Born

1963/03/20 Praha

Institute of Chemical Technology, Prague (1987). Research fellow (1988-1992).
Member of the Federal Assembly, foreign policy adviser to the Prime Minister (1990-1992).
Member of the Chamber of Deputies of the Parliament of the Czech Republic (1998-2004). Vice-Chairman of the Committee for Foreign Affairs of the Chamber of Deputies of the Parliament of the Czech Republic (1998).
Vice-Chairman of the Committee for European Integration of the Chamber of Deputies of the Parliament of the Czech Republic (1999).
Representative of the Czech Republic at the Convention on the Future of Europe (2002).
Vice-Chairman of ODS (Civic Democratic Party) (2001). First Vice-Chairman of ODS (2002-2004).
Head of the Czech national delegation in the EPP-ED Group.

Amendments

Amendments	Dossier
10	2009/2201(INI) Corporate and social responsibility in international trade agreements 2010/07/10 INTA 10 amendments... Amendment 10 # Jan ZAHRADIL Motion for a resolution Recital A A. whereas multinational corporations and their subsidiaries are one of the key players in economic globalisation and international trade, Amendment 12 # Jan ZAHRADIL Motion for a resolution Recital B B. having regard to the 2000 OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises, and the 2010 update of these recommendations, which governments address to corporations setting out voluntary standards for responsible behaviour consistent with the applicable laws, in particular in the areas of employment, relations with the social partners, human rights, the environment, consumer interests, the fight against corruption and tax evasion, Amendment 19 # Jan ZAHRADIL Motion for a resolution Recital D D. having regard to the United Nations Global Compact~~, which incorporates~~ of 10 principles, which multinational corporations ~~must undertake to observe~~are asked to embrace, support, and enact, within their sphere of influence, as a set of core values in the areas of human rights, ~~basic~~ labour standards, ~~a precautionary approach to~~the environment~~al problems~~ and the fight against corruption, Amendment 27 # Jan ZAHRADIL Motion for a resolution Recital I I. whereas non-compliance with ~~CSR principl~~the legislation in force in any third country, where an EU company of any size operates, constitutes a ~~form of social and environmental dumping which works to the detriment, in particular, of undertakings and workers in Europe, who are required to comply with more~~n infraction or a criminal offence in view of the legislation in place and works to the detriment, in particular, of undertakings and workers in the given third country, and, in case such non-compliance is persistent and goes unpunished, may lead to a spread of less stringent labour, environmental and fiscal standards, thus negatively impacting even workers in the EU, Amendment 31 # Jan ZAHRADIL Motion for a resolution Recital J J. whereas it would be normal if European companies, including multinationals, which ~~transfer~~operate in their ~~production to low-wage countries where less stringent environmental standards apply were to be held accountable, including before European courts~~d countries were to be held accountable before the local courts in the same way as any local or foreign company operating in that same business and legal environment, for any environmental and social damage caused by them or their subsidiaries and their supply chains in those countries, Amendment 46 # Jan ZAHRADIL Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 1. Notes that, following on from the climate, energy and food crises, the global financial crisis has engendered a worldwide social crisis which has increased the need for new, ~~strong~~more efficient and better enforced rules which make for more effective supervision of the ~~world~~ economy and ensure that it does not develop in a manner detrimental to human needs and to the needs of society; takes the view that that requirement applies equally to international trade, which is at the heart of globalisationby national, or where applicable supranational, regulators; considers that the exit strategies that are currently being implemented throughout the world should not develop in a manner detrimental to human needs and to the needs of society; takes the view that intensification of open, and fair, international trade, which is one of the engines of globalisation, can contribute to this aim; Amendment 62 # Jan ZAHRADIL Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 9. Takes the view that a revised GSP+ system should also ban host-country agreements, secretive agreements concluded between certain multinational corporations and host countries which are beneficiaries of the GSP+ system in order to circumvent regulatory requirements in those countries, since such agreements are clearly at odds with the concept of CSR;deleted Amendment 70 # Jan ZAHRADIL Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 11. Proposes, in more general terms, that ~~all~~, where relevant, future trade agreements negotiated by the Union~~, including investment and public procurement agreements,~~ should incorporate a chapter on sustainable development ~~which includ~~drawing on the principles aof CSR ~~clau~~as defined by the 2010 update of OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises; Amendment 71 # Jan ZAHRADIL Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 12. Proposes that this 'CSR clause' should incorporate: a. a mutual undertaking by the two parties to promote CSR in the context of the agreement and their trade relations; b. incentives to encourage undertakings to enter into CSR commitments negotiated with all their stakeholders, including the trade unions, consumer organisations and local authorities concerned; c. the establishment of 'contact points' similar to those set up under the auspices of the OECD which would foster the provision of information about CSR and transparency and receive complaints and testimony concerning breaches of the principles underpinning CSR, in cooperation with civil society; d. a requirement on the part of undertakings and groups of undertakings to comply with rules on transparency and reporting, i.e. the annual publication of their CSR balance sheets; e. a requirement for undertakings and groups of undertakings to show due diligence, i.e. a requirement to take measures in advance with a view to identifying and preventing violations of human and environmental rights, corruption or tax evasion, including in their subsidiaries and supply chains, i.e. throughout their sphere of influence; f. a review mechanism to deal with proven breaches of the CSR commitments entered into in the context of the trade agreement; it must be possible for investigations to be carried out by the competent authorities of the two parties, and also by independent experts, along the lines of the investigations conducted as part of ILO programmes1; in the event of a serious breach of the commitments, the parties could name and shame those responsible and call for the imposition of proportionate trade sanctions; g. a mechanism for judicial cooperation between the Union and its partner States with a view to enforcing compliance by undertakings with the relevant laws and international agreements concerning CSR; the two parties should undertake to encourage transnational judicial cooperation, to facilitate access to the courts for the victims of the actions of corporations or smaller companies within their sphere of influence, and, with that aim in view, to support the development of appropriate procedures and competent judicial bodies;deleted Amendment 98 # Jan ZAHRADIL Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 13. Proposes to establish a parliamentary monitoring committee for each free trade agreement (FTA), along the lines of the similar body provided for in the economic partnership agreements, to act as a forum for exchanges of information and dialogue between MEPs and parliamentarians from the partner States; adds that these FTA monitoring committees could pay particular attention to the implementation of the chapter on sustainable development and the CSR clause and draw up recommendations for the FTA joint committee, in particular in the light of impact assessments and in cases where breaches of human rights, labour rights or environmental agreements occur;deleted source: PE-450.649
12	2009/2218(INI) EU Policy Coherence for Development and the 'Official Development Assistance plus concept' 2010/02/02 INTA 12 amendments... Amendment 1 # Pablo ZALBA BIDEGAIN, Jan ZAHRADIL Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Stresses that the Commission's strategy paper entitled 'Global Europe: Competing in the world' is by no means a contribution towards Policy Coherence for Development, but instead underlines the predatory nature of the trade promoted by the EU in the interests of EU-based multinationals;deleted Amendment 3 # Pablo ZALBA BIDEGAIN, Jan ZAHRADIL Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Emphasises the importance of coherence between trade and development policies for better development and tangible implementation, and welcomes in this respect the EU 2009 Report on Policy Coherence for Development (COM(2009)0461) and the balanced approach taken by DG Trade in implementing trade agreements that not only promote the strategic economic interests of the EU but also underline the need for good governance and the implementation of fundamental European values; Amendment 5 # Pablo ZALBA BIDEGAIN, Jan ZAHRADIL Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Stresses that the neo-liberal agenda of trade liberalisation, implemented forcefully by all major economic powers over the past 20-25 years, has led to an ever greater gap opening up between rich and poor globally;deleted Amendment 6 # Pablo ZALBA BIDEGAIN, Jan ZAHRADIL Draft opinion Paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. Stresses that the European Union is by far the biggest aid donor in the world (EU aid rose to €49 billion in 2008, representing 0.40% of GNI), and that aid volumes are expected to increase to €69 billion in 2010 to meet the collective promise of 0.56% of EU GNI made at the G8 Gleneagles Summit in 2005; points out that this would release an additional €20 billion for development objectives; Amendment 11 # Pablo ZALBA BIDEGAIN, Jan ZAHRADIL Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Recognises that according to the Commission's Aid for Trade (AfT) monitoring report 2009 (COM(2009)160 final, p. 30), the EU's AfT commitments to the African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) States fell from €2975 million in 2005 to €2097 million in 2007, that the ACP's share of the EU's overall AfT commitments fell from 50% to 36% over the same period, and that this is not consistent with prior promises to prioritise poverty eradication and development;deleted Amendment 12 # Pablo ZALBA BIDEGAIN, Jan ZAHRADIL Draft opinion Paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. Welcomes, in this connection, all the existing initiatives in the area of trade with developing countries at EU and WTO levels, in particular the Everything But Arms (EBA) initiative, GSP and GSP+ , the asymmetry and transitional periods in all existing European Partnership Agreements (EPAs) and the Aid-for-Trade Work Programme 2010- 2011, and calls for the revision of the last of these, with a view to giving it greater leverage to foster sustainable growth; Amendment 14 # Pablo ZALBA BIDEGAIN, Jan ZAHRADIL Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Notes that there has been mass opposition by the trade union movement and civil society, for example in Burkina Faso, Ghana, Kenya and Senegal, to the introduction of EPAs and stresses that trade should be conducted in the interests of working people and the poor masses in Europe and around the world;deleted Amendment 15 # Pablo ZALBA BIDEGAIN, Jan ZAHRADIL Draft opinion Paragraph 4 a (new) 4a. Stresses the need to take relevant aspects of Policy Coherence for Development into account in bilateral and regional trade agreements and multilateral trade agreements firmly anchored in the rules-based WTO system, and in this connection urges the Commission and the Member States to actively engage with all other relevant WTO partners that can contribute to bringing about a balanced, ambitious and development-oriented outcome to the Doha Round in the very near future; Amendment 17 # Pablo ZALBA BIDEGAIN, Jan ZAHRADIL Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Underlines the fact that the so-called 'Singapore issues', such as liberalisation of services, investment and government procurement, the introduction of competition rules and stronger enforcement of intellectual property rights, do not serve the aim of achieving the eight Millennium Development Goals;deleted Amendment 19 # Pablo ZALBA BIDEGAIN, Jan ZAHRADIL Draft opinion Paragraph 5 a (new) 5a. Calls on the developing countries, especially those that benefit most from EU aid, to ensure good governance in all public matters, and especially in the management of aid received, and urges the Commission to take all necessary steps to ensure transparent and efficient aid implementation; Amendment 21 # Pablo ZALBA BIDEGAIN, Jan ZAHRADIL Draft opinion Paragraph 7 7. Deplores the TRIPS+ provisions included in the CARIFORUM-EC Economic Partnership Agreement, and in the agreement that is being finalised with the countries of the Andean Community, provisions which create barriers to access to essential medicines.deleted Amendment 22 # Pablo ZALBA BIDEGAIN, Jan ZAHRADIL Draft opinion Paragraph 7 a (new) 7a. Calls on the Commission, in order to ensure that DG Trade has a coherent mandate for trade negotiations, to take due account of Parliament's preconditions for giving its consent to the conclusion of trade agreements. source: PE-438.434
1	2009/2219(INI) Human rights, social and environmental standards in international trade agreements 2010/06/10 INTA 1 amendments... Amendment 42 # Jan ZAHRADIL Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 11. Firmly supports the practice of including human rights clauses in the EU’s international agreements ~~but points out that major challenges persist with regard to~~and monitoring ~~and~~of the implement~~ing~~ation of these clauses; reiterates the fact that these clauses must also be included in all trade and sectoral agreements, with a clear and precise consultation mechanism modelled on Article 96 of the Cotonou Agreement; in this respect welcomes the inclusion of such a clause in the ~~free t~~Multi-Party Trade aAgreement ~~with Colombia~~between the EU, Colombia and Peru; source: PE-450.633
4	2010/0101(COD) EIB loans: EU guarantee to the EIB against losses under loans and guarantees for projects outside the EU (repeal. Decision No 633/2009/EC) 2010/08/10 INTA 4 amendments... Amendment 49 # Jan ZAHRADIL Proposal for a decision Recital 11 (11) In order to enhance the coherence of the mandate, strengthen the focus of the EIB external financing activity on supporting EU policies, and for the maximum benefit of beneficiaries, this decision should set out horizontal high- level objectives in the mandate for EIB financing operations across all eligible countries, building on the comparative strengths of the EIB in areas where it has a well-proven track record. In all regions covered by this decision, the EIB should thus finance projects in the areas of climate change mitigation and adaptation, social and economic infrastructure (notably in transport, energy including renewable energy, research and development (R&D) in new energy sources, energy security, environmental infrastructure including water and sanitation, as well as information and communication technology (ICT)), and local private sector development, in particular in support of small and medium- sized enterprises (SMEs) to boost sustainable economic growth and jobs creation. Within these areas, regional integration among partner countries, including economic integration between pre-accession countries, neighbouring countries and the EU, should be an underlying objective for EIB financing operations. The EIB should contribute to European foreign direct investment in partner countries, including as part of mutually beneficial public private partnerships, with the objective to promote innovation and development in the aforementioned project areas. Amendment 53 # Jan ZAHRADIL Proposal for a decision Recital 16 (16) EIB activity in Neighbourhood countries should take place in the framework of the European Neighbourhood Policy, under which the EU aims to develop a special relationship with neighbouring countries with a view to establishing an area of prosperity and good neighbourliness, founded on the values of the EU and characterised by close and peaceful relations based on co-operation. To achieve these objectives the EU and its partners implement jointly agreed bilateral Action Plans defining a set of priorities including on political and security issues, trade and economic matters, environmental concerns and integration of transport and energy networks such as the Nabucco gas pipeline project, which is of particular interest to the EU. The Union for the Mediterranean, the Eastern Partnership, and the Black Sea Synergy are multilateral and regional initiatives complementary to the European Neighbourhood Policy aimed at fostering co-operation between the EU and the respective group of neighbouring partner countries facing common challenges and/or sharing a common geographical environment. The Union for the Mediterranean supports improved socio-economic, solidarity, regional integration, sustainable development and knowledge building, underlining the need to increase financial co-operation to support regional and trans-national projects. The Eastern Partnership aims to create the necessary conditions to accelerate political association and further economic integration between the EU and Eastern Partner countries. The Russian Federation and the EU have a wide-ranging Strategic Partnership, distinct from the European Neighbourhood Policy and expressed through the Common Spaces and Roadmaps. This is complemented at multilateral level by the Northern Dimension which provides a framework for co-operation between the EU, Russia, Norway and Iceland. Amendment 68 # Jan ZAHRADIL Proposal for a decision Article 10 - paragraph 2 2. For the purposes of paragraph 1, the EIB shall provide the Commission with yearly reports on EIB financing operations carried out under this decision at project, sector, country and regional level and on the fulfilment of the external policy and strategic objectives of the EU, including cooperation with the Commission, other international financial institutions and bilateral institutions. Any agreement between the EIB and other IFIs or bilateral institutions related to financial operations under this Decision should be notified to the European Parliament and the Council as part of the Commission's annual reporting referred to in Article 10 of this Decision. Amendment 69 # Jan ZAHRADIL Proposal for a decision Article 14 The Commission shall present to the European Parliament and the Council a final report on the application of this decision by 31 October 2014. source: PE-450.645
12	2010/0289(COD) Emergency autonomous trade preferences for Pakistan 2010/12/14 INTA 12 amendments... Amendment 13 # Robert STURDY, Jan ZAHRADIL, Catherine BEARDER Proposal for a regulation Recital 3 (3) Humanitarian aid is of course the primary instrument in this kind of situation and the Union has been at the forefront in this field since the beginning of the emergency pledging in excess of EUR 415 million in emergency aid to Pakistan. Amendment 17 # Robert STURDY, Jan ZAHRADIL, Catherine BEARDER Proposal for a regulation Recital 4 (4) It will be important to use all available means to support Pakistan's recovery from this emergency ~~and progress towards future~~, including the proposed exceptional trade measures to boost Pakistan's exports in order to contribute to its future economic development. Amendment 19 # Robert STURDY, Jan ZAHRADIL, Catherine BEARDER Proposal for a regulation Recital 4 a (new) (4a) The severity of this natural disaster demands an immediate and substantial response, which would take into account the geostrategic importance of Pakistan’s partnership with the Union, mainly through Pakistan's key role in the fight against terrorism, while contributing to the overall development, security and stability of the region. Amendment 22 # Robert STURDY, Jan ZAHRADIL, Catherine BEARDER Proposal for a regulation Recital 6 (6) In particular, the European Council underlined its firm commitment to grant exclusively to Pakistan increased market access to the Union through the exceptional, immediate and time limited reduction of duties on key imports from Pakistan. On receipt of this mandate, the Commission proposed a package identifying 75 tariff lines specific to Pakistan's core export sectors in those areas worst hit by the floods, asserting that an increase in Pakistani exports to the EU of no less than EUR 100 million a year would provide real, substantial and worthwhile assistance to the region. Amendment 25 # Robert STURDY, Jan ZAHRADIL, Catherine BEARDER Proposal for a regulation Recital 6 a (new) (6a) Pakistan's trade with the Union is mainly composed of textiles and clothing products, which according to the Commission accounted for 73.7% of Pakistani exports to the Union in 2009 and which are sensitive industrial products in certain Member States where workers in the industry have already been heavily impacted by the global recession. Amendment 28 # Robert STURDY, Jan ZAHRADIL, Catherine BEARDER Proposal for a regulation Recital 6 b (new) (6b) The textiles sector is of key importance to the Pakistani economy, accounting for 8.5% of GDP and employing 38% of the labour force about half of whom are women. Amendment 31 # Robert STURDY, Jan ZAHRADIL, Catherine BEARDER Proposal for a regulation Recital 7 (7) It is therefore appropriate to extend exceptional autonomous trade preferences to Pakistan by suspending for a limited period of time all tariffs for certain products of export interest to Pakistan. The provision of these trade preferences would not cause any meaningful adverse effects on the domestic market of the Union and would not affect negatively least developed Members of the World Trade Organisation (WTO). Amendment 57 # Robert STURDY, Jan ZAHRADIL, Catherine BEARDER Proposal for a regulation Recital 13 (13) In order to ensure an immediate and sustainable impact on the economic recovery of Pakistan in the aftermath of the floods it is recommended to limit the duration of the trade preferences unfor an initial ~~31 December 2013~~two years from the entry into force of this Regulation, with the possibility of a one-year extension, should the need for exceptional assistance remain. Amendment 74 # Robert STURDY, Jan ZAHRADIL, Catherine BEARDER Proposal for a regulation Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point c c (new) (cc) Pakistan’s abstention from maintaining, introducing or increasing duties or charges having equivalent effect on the export or sale for export of any materials primarily used in the production of any of the products covered by this Regulation destined for the territory of the Union. Amendment 79 # Robert STURDY, Jan ZAHRADIL, Catherine BEARDER Proposal for a regulation Article 4 – paragraph 1 1. The Commission may adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 5 for the purpose of amending the Annexes in order to introduce amendments and technical adjustments necessary following amendments to the Combined Nomenclature codes and to the TARIC subdivisionshall present by 31 October 2011 a report to the European Parliament and the Council on the evolution of imports between 1 January and 30 June 2011 of products covered by this Regulation. 2. Where the Commission concludes, in its report, that the volume of imports of one of the products included in Annex I originating from Pakistan exceeds the volume of such imports in the corresponding period of 2010 by twenty percentage points, the Commission may adopt a delegated act, in accordance with Article 9, to subject the imports of that product to tariff rate quotas for imports of that product in the year 2012 by amending Annex II. 3. The tariff rate quota provided for under paragraph 2 shall take the form of a duty free quota limited to the level of imports of that product in 2010 increased by 20%. By way of derogation from Article 1(1), upon the entry into force of the delegated act, imports in excess of that tariff rate quota shall be subject to most-favoured nation or other applicable duties. Amendment 103 # Robert STURDY, Jan ZAHRADIL, Catherine BEARDER Proposal for a regulation Article 10 – paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. No later than 24 months after the entry into the force, the Commission shall present a detailed impact assessment of the direct effects of these trade concessions for Pakistan on Union industry, mainly on the textile and ethanol sectors as well on the economy of Pakistan, and in particular, the areas most affected by the floods. Amendment 108 # Robert STURDY, Jan ZAHRADIL, Catherine BEARDER Proposal for a regulation Article 10 – paragraph 4 4. This Regulation shall apply ~~until 31 December 2013~~for two years from the date of entry into force with the possibility of a one-year extension. source: PE-454.631
6	2010/0323(NLE) EC/Uzbekistan Partnership and Cooperation Agreement: bilateral trade in textiles. Protocol 2011/10/17 INTA 6 amendments... Amendment 15 # Jan ZAHRADIL Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 subparagraph (i) (i) Strongly condemn the use of forced child labour in Uzbekistan; Amendment 16 # Jan ZAHRADIL Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 subparagraph (ii) (ii) Strongly support the ILO’s call on the Government of Uzbekistan to accept a high-level tripartite observer mission that would have full freedom of movement and timely access to all ~~situ~~locations and relevant parties, including in the cotton fields, in order to assess the implementation of the Convention; Amendment 20 # Jan ZAHRADIL Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 subparagraph (v) (v) Ensure that pursuing of an end to the practice of forced child labour in the cotton production will be a priority of the EU human rights strategy in the EU Delegation in Tashkent; insists this should be reflected in policy, monitoring, reporting, staffing and financial assistance; Amendment 22 # Jan ZAHRADIL Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 subparagraph (vi) (vi) Develop an effective trac~~ing~~eability mechanism for the ~~product~~goods being produced through the worst forms of child labour and consider imposing a ban on the import of these goods to the Union’s Single market; Amendment 25 # Jan ZAHRADIL Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 subparagraph (vii) (vii) Support the Parliament’s call to cotton traders and retailers to desist from buying cotton produced by forced child labour from Uzbekistan and to notify consumers and all of their suppliers of this commitment; Amendment 28 # Jan ZAHRADIL Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 subparagraph (ix) (ix) Provide the Parliament regularly with substantial information on the situation in Uzbekistan, especially with regard to the eradication of forced child labour; source: PE-473.954
1	2010/0816(NLE) European External Action Service EEAS: organisation and functioning 2010/01/07 AFET 1 amendments... Amendment 121 # Jacek SARYUSZ-WOLSKI, Lothar BISKY, Ivailo KALFIN, Andrey KOVATCHEV, Ioannis KASOULIDES, Jan ZAHRADIL, Bendt BENDTSEN, Tunne KELAM, Kristiina OJULAND, Ivari PADAR, Ville ITÄLÄ, Markus FERBER, Carlo CASINI, Mario MAURO, Roberts ZĪLE, Vytautas LANDSBERGIS, Frank ENGEL, Simon BUSUTTIL, Ryszard Antoni LEGUTKO, Vasilica Viorica DĂNCILĂ, Theodor Dumitru STOLOJAN, Anna ZÁBORSKÁ, Boris ZALA, Milan ZVER, Gunnar HÖKMARK, József SZÁJER, György SCHÖPFLIN, Tadeusz CYMAŃSKI, Ryszard CZARNECKI, Adam GIEREK, Andrzej GRZYB, Jolanta Emilia HIBNER, Danuta Maria HÜBNER, Filip KACZMAREK, Lena KOLARSKA-BOBIŃSKA, Krzysztof LISEK, Bogdan Kazimierz MARCINKIEWICZ, Marek Henryk MIGALSKI, Jan OLBRYCHT, Tomasz Piotr PORĘBA, Joanna SENYSZYN, Marek SIWIEC, Bogusław SONIK, Konrad SZYMAŃSKI, Róża Gräfin von THUN UND HOHENSTEIN, Jarosław Leszek WAŁĘSA, Jacek WŁOSOWICZ, Janusz Władysław ZEMKE, Zbigniew ZIOBRO, Ingeborg GRÄSSLE Proposal for a decision – amending act Article 6 – paragraph 6 6. ~~All appoin~~Recruitments in the EEAS shall be based on merit ~~and on the broadest possible geographical basis~~whilst ensuring adequate geographical and gender balance. The staff of the EEAS shall comprise a ~~meaningful~~n adequate presence of nationals from all the Member States. Concrete measures analogous to the Council regulation 401/2004 should be taken to ensure adequate geographical representativity in all grades within the EEAS, both in Headquarters and in Delegations. These measures should apply to nationals from under-represented Member States. source: PE-443.165
4	2010/2087(INI) EU Strategy for the Black Sea 2010/12/10 INTA 4 amendments... Amendment 2 # Jan ZAHRADIL Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Recognises that the global financial crisis has hit the Black Sea region hard, sharply halting a period of growth averaging 6% per annum as well as the inflow of foreign capital, and has put the region’s financial system under extreme stress; emphasises that this needs to be addressed by strengthening financial and banking regulations, improving fiscal credibility and transparency, fight against tax fraud, tax evasion and corruption, intensifying regional cooperation and enhancing coordination among regional organisations such as the Organisation of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation (BSEC); Amendment 4 # Jan ZAHRADIL Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Considers that the Black Sea Synergy (BSS) initiative, presented in 2007, did provide new impetus to regional cooperation in the Black Sea region, but deplores the ~~fact that~~lack of clarity as regards the administrative and fiscal resources allocated for its implementation ~~have been insufficient~~, particularly as regards allocations to individual BSEC member countries, their purpose, and the EU fund(s) these allocations originate from; considers that EU regional initiatives should not be duplicated or conducted with overlapping objectives, and that the strategy for the Black Sea should not be overshadowed by similar regional initiatives; recommends that all partners in the Black Sea region should be included in a future Black Sea Strategy; Amendment 10 # Jan ZAHRADIL Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Emphasises that the BSEC needs to be reformed in order to meet new challenges efficiently, and considers that the 20th anniversary in 2012 would be a good occasion for proposals to that end, including for revision of the BSEC Economic Agenda, ~~adopted in~~dating back to 2001, organisational reform and increased operational efficiency, as well as an upgrade of related bodies, such as the Black Sea Trade and Development Bank (BSTDB) and the BSEC Business Council;, and recommends to relevant BSEC member countries to step up their efforts in acquiring membership of the World Trade Organisation (WTO). Amendment 11 # Jan ZAHRADIL Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Welcomes the project-based approach under the BSS, notably ~~the Environment Partnership, and~~ongoing formal negotiations with some BSEC member countries to join the Energy Community Treaty, which provides for the implementation of the Community acquis in the electricity and gas sectors, and the Environment Partnership; considers that the planned partnerships on developing transport and energy infrastructure are crucial for sustainable development in the region~~; considers that~~ and its further cooperation with the EU in those key areas; stresses that long- term energy contracts between BSEC member countries and the EU, joint undertakings such as the Trans-Caspian- Black Sea Gas Corridor as well as green development and energy efficiency projects, which can drive market incentives and long-term investment, should be further prioritised; takes the view that the Black Sea Ring Highway and the Motorways of the Sea would considerably increase the opportunities for trade and development in the region; underlines, however, the need for thorough environmental impact assessments and improved marine safety; source: PE-450.634
4	2010/2095(INI) Industrial Policy for the globalised era 2010/11/15 INTA 4 amendments... Amendment 2 # Jan ZAHRADIL Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Considers that the EU’s trade policy, set against the multilateral background of the WTO and a transparent and effectively regulated market, needs an effective production base that is supported by appropriate sectoral policies and targeted at growth and sustainable development; Amendment 4 # Jan ZAHRADIL Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Is convinced that innovative, good- quality industrial production is vital to the EU’s trade policy and its competitiveness, in line with the EU 2020 Strategy and as a response to the economic and financial crisis, the aim being to cut Member State debt and unemployment figures, redistribute wealth ~~more equally and protect the European social model~~according to merit and the principle of solidarity and protect the European social model in line with the principle of subsidiarity; Amendment 8 # Jan ZAHRADIL Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Considers that in its industrial policies the EU must pay particular attention to supporting e~~co-compatible~~nergy saving and low-carbon production, protecting intellectual property, building up SME capital, to making SMEs internationally active, liberalising protected markets, stabilising exchange rates, to foster the legal protection of European companies abroad, and to combating unfair competition and counterfeiting; Amendment 10 # Jan ZAHRADIL Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Considers that the economic recovery, spurred on by decisions taken by the EU and the Member States in conjunction with ~~the Member States,~~'green-shoots' in the world economy will favour new opportunities for European firms as they find themselves increasingly competing in open, transparent global markets; source: PE-452.799
2	2010/2103(INI) International trade policy in the context of climate change imperatives 2010/07/10 INTA 2 amendments... Amendment 11 # Jan ZAHRADIL Motion for a resolution Recital D D. whereas combating climate change is a factor in competitiveness, with Europe'’s priorities being ~~energy savings and renewable energies that help improve EU energy security and~~to develop its internal energy market based on a common position on energy policy between the Commission, the European Parliament and the Member States respecting the right of Member States to implement their specific energy mix in compliance with the EU imperatives of sustainability, competitiveness, energy efficiency and climate protection with energy savings and the use of renewable energy sources, and above all security of supply through enhanced cooperation with neighbouring countries, which offer major potential in terms of industrial development, innovation, regional development and job creation, Amendment 27 # Jan ZAHRADIL Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5. Emphasises the importance of innovation in green technologies and recognises the role that trade can play in the mutual selling and transfer of these technologies between countries; source: PE-450.644
1	2010/2108(INI) Towards a new Energy Strategy for Europe 2011 - 2020 2010/09/16 INTA 1 amendments... Amendment 5 # Jan ZAHRADIL Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Encourages EU Member States to demonstrate solidarity in facing energy challenges of the 21st century, thus fuelling the Union’s actions based on Article 194 TFEU with positive energy; source: PE-448.653
4	2010/2203(INI) Future European international investment policy 2011/09/02 INTA 4 amendments... Amendment 52 # Jan ZAHRADIL Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5. Considers that the same high level of protection should ~~not~~ be granted to all kinds of investments and that, for example, portfolio investment and intellectual property rights should be exincluded ~~from~~in the scope of future international investment agreements signed by the EU; Amendment 68 # Jan ZAHRADIL Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 7. Stresses the need for a stricter definition of ‘foreign investor’, drawing on the latest OECD benchmark definition of foreign direct investment, considering that broad definitions have led to abusive practices, which should not be permitted; Amendment 102 # Jan ZAHRADIL Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 12. Considers, however, that the so-called ‘umbrella clause’, which enables integration into the scope of a BIT of all the private-law contracts concluded between an investor and the signatory state of the BIT and makes international arbitration possible if such a contract is violated, should be kept out of any future investment agreement concluded by the EU;deleted Amendment 107 # Jan ZAHRADIL Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 13. Calls on the Commission to ensure reciprocity and proportionality when negotiating market access with its main developed trading partners, while bearing in mind the need to ~~exclude sensitive sectors~~put in place appropriate safeguard measures to avoid injury or threat of injury to sensitive sectors of Union’s industry and to maintain asymmetry in the EU’s trading relations with developing countries; source: PE-458.494
4	2010/2301(INI) EU and China: unbalanced trade? 2011/11/14 DEVE 4 amendments... Amendment 13 # Jan ZAHRADIL Draft opinion Paragraph C a (new) Ca. China has reached in recent decades important social progress; such as an improvement in the quality of life for such a huge population in such a short period of time is unique in history; reducing poverty for over 350 million people; Amendment 47 # Jan ZAHRADIL Draft opinion Paragraph 4 a (new) 4a. Calls on the Commission to phase out development aid to China which represents €128m for the period 2007- 2010, as China is an emerging market economy and a major economic and political player at world scale; Amendment 49 # Jan ZAHRADIL Draft opinion Paragraph 4 b (new) 4b. Points out that China is emerging as a major aid donor in its own right, despite around 16% of its 1.3 billion people still living below the poverty line; Amendment 56 # Jan ZAHRADIL Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Warns against the creation of a protectionist climate, ~~as this~~particularly in the current economic context, it would be harmful to the EU and Chinese economies in the long run and would go against EU development goals as defined in the EU 2020 strategy; source: PE-475.912
1	2011/0137(COD) Intellectual property rights: customs enforcement 2012/10/01 INTA 1 amendments... Amendment 15 # Jan ZAHRADIL Proposal for a regulation Recital 17 a (new) (17a) In line with the Union's goal of strengthening international cooperation in the fight against counterfeiting, piracy and illicit parallel trade in goods infringing on the intellectual property of registered right-holders, the new European Observatory on Counterfeiting and Piracy has a key role to play by providing all customs authorities of Member States with relevant and timely information to conduct appropriate controls of authorised importers and distributors thereof in the Single market as well as exporters thereof to foreign markets. This role could be further enhanced by the creation of a database of genuine Union products and services protected by registered trademarks, designs and patents and which could also be made available to foreign customs authorities cooperating with the Union on better intellectual property rights protection and enforcement; source: PE-478.692
3	2011/0262(COD) EU/Colombia/Peru Trade Agreement: implementation of the bilateral safeguard clause and the stabilisation mechanism for bananas 2012/04/17 INTA 3 amendments... Amendment 31 # Pablo ZALBA BIDEGAIN, Mário DAVID, Jan ZAHRADIL, María Auxiliadora CORREA ZAMORA Proposal for a regulation Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point e a (new) (ea) "serious deterioration" means disturbances in a sector of the economy, particularly where these disturbances produce major social problems, or difficulties which bring or could bring about serious injury to the economic situation of the importing party; Amendment 33 # Pablo ZALBA BIDEGAIN, Mário DAVID, Jan ZAHRADIL, María Auxiliadora CORREA ZAMORA Proposal for a regulation Article 3 – paragraph 1 1. An investigation shall be initiated upon request by a Member State, by any legal person or any association not having legal personality, acting on behalf of the Union industry, by the European Parliament or on the Commission's own initiative if it is apparent to the Commission that there is sufficient prima facie evidence, as determined on the basis of factors referred to in Article 4(5), to justify such initiation. Amendment 34 # Pablo ZALBA BIDEGAIN, Mário DAVID, Jan ZAHRADIL, María Auxiliadora CORREA ZAMORA Proposal for a regulation Article 9 – paragraph 4 4. Any extension pursuant to paragraph 3 shall be preceded by an investigation upon a request by a Member State, by any legal person or any association not having legal personality, acting on behalf of the Union industry, by the European Parliament or on the Commission's own initiative if there is sufficient prima facie evidence that the conditions laid down in paragraph 3 are met, on the basis of factors referred to in Article 4(5). source: PE-487.743
30	2011/0406(COD) Financing instrument for development cooperation 2014-2020 2012/07/23 INTA 30 amendments... Amendment 56 # Jan ZAHRADIL Proposal for a regulation Recital 5 (5) The Union also aims to ensure coherence with other areas of its external action, including open and fair trade. This should be ensured when formulating the Union's development cooperation policy and its strategic planning programming and implementation of measures. Amendment 59 # Jan ZAHRADIL Proposal for a regulation Recital 11 (11) Union assistance should focus where it has more impact, having regard to its capacity to act on a global scale and respond to global challenges such as poverty eradication, sustainable and inclusive development through open and fair trade and worldwide promotion of democracy, good governance, human rights and the rule of law, its long-term and predictable commitment to development assistance and its role in coordinating with its Member States. To ensure such impact, the principle of differentiation should be applied not only at the level of funds allocation, but also at the level of programming, to ensure that bilateral development cooperation targets partner countries most in need, including fragile states and states with high vulnerability, and with limited capacity to have access to other sources of financing for supporting their own development, having regard to the potential impact of the Union assistance in partner countries. As a consequence, bilateral programming would target such countries, pursuant to the application of objective criteria based on the needs and capacities of these countries, as well as the impact of EU assistance. Amendment 61 # Jan ZAHRADIL Proposal for a regulation Recital 14 (14) In a globalised world, different internal EU policies such as environment, climate change, employment (including decent work for all), gender equality, energy, water, transport, health, education, justice and security, research and innovation, information society, legal migration, agriculture and fisheries, are increasingly becoming part of the EU's external action. Commission Communication ‘Europe 2020: A strategy for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth’19 underlines the commitment of the Union to promote in its internal and external policies smart, inclusive and sustainable growth bringing together three pillars: economic, social and environmental. Amendment 64 # Jan ZAHRADIL Proposal for a regulation Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point b – point ii (ii) promoting democracy, ~~the rule of law, good governance and respect for human r~~including through fair and transparent elections, the rule of law, good governance in both the public and private sector, and respect for human rights, as enshrined in the United Nations' Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Amendment 66 # Jan ZAHRADIL Proposal for a regulation Article 3 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point a (a) needs in terms of sustainable development, as identified in close cooperation with the partner countries' parliaments and socio-economic stakeholders, and civil society; Amendment 67 # Jan ZAHRADIL Proposal for a regulation Article 3 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point b (b) capacities to generate and access financial resources and absorption and audit capacities; and Amendment 70 # Jan ZAHRADIL Proposal for a regulation Article 3 – paragraph 4 4. Particular attention shall be given to strengthening the rule of law, improving access to justice and supporting civil society, open and fair trade and sustainable development, access to ICTs, health and food security, as well as promoting dialogue, participation and reconciliation, and institution-building. Amendment 75 # Jan ZAHRADIL Proposal for a regulation Article 3 – paragraph 10 a (new) 10a. Union financing under this Regulation shall not be used to finance or co-finance the procurement of armament (arms and ammunition) and military operations in the beneficiary countries, with the exception of dual use items as defined in Council Regulation (EC) No 428/2009 of 5 May 2009 setting up a Community regime for the control of exports, transfer, brokering and transit of dual-use items1. _____________ 1 OJ L 134, 29.5.2009, p. 1. Amendment 77 # Jan ZAHRADIL Proposal for a regulation Article 7 – paragraph 1 1. The objective of Union assistance under the programme ‘Global public goods and challenges’ shall be to support actions in areas such as the environment and climate change, sustainable energy, human development, food security, and legal migration and asylum. Amendment 79 # Jan ZAHRADIL Proposal for a regulation Article 11 – paragraph 2 2. Strategy papers may be reviewed at their mid-term, or ad hoc if necessary, in accordance, as appropriate, with the principles and procedures laid down in the partnership and cooperation agreements concluded with the partner countries and regions. The review process shall be conducted in consultation with the responsible committees of the European Parliament and its delegations to the beneficiary countries, such as the ACP- EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly. Amendment 80 # Jan ZAHRADIL Proposal for a regulation Article 20 – paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. All financial allocations to be disbursed under this Regulation shall be audited by the European Court of Auditors (hereinafter referred to as the ECA). The ECA may consult with relevant institutions of the beneficiary countries to protect the financial interests of the citizens of the Union against fraud and abuse and ensure economy, efficiency and effectiveness of Union financing under this Regulation. Amendment 81 # Jan ZAHRADIL Proposal for a regulation Annex IV – part A – point I – heading I. Human rights, democracy and other key elements of good governance in the public and private sectors Amendment 82 # Jan ZAHRADIL Proposal for a regulation Annex IV – part A – point I – point a (a) Democracy, ~~human r~~including fair and transparent elections, the respect for human rights as enshrined in the United Nations' Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the rule of law; Amendment 84 # Jan ZAHRADIL Proposal for a regulation Annex IV – part A – point I – point c (c) Public sector management, including financial management, transparency and accountability; Amendment 87 # Jan ZAHRADIL Proposal for a regulation Annex IV – part A – point I – point f (f) ~~Civil society and local authorities~~Elected local authorities, including, where appropriate, traditional and customary authorities, and civil society; Amendment 93 # Jan ZAHRADIL Proposal for a regulation Annex IV – part A – point III – point b (b) MLegal migration and asylum; and Amendment 94 # Jan ZAHRADIL Proposal for a regulation Annex IV – part B – paragraph 1 European Union assistance shall support actions and sectoral dialogues consistent with Article 5 and with the overall purpose and scope, objective and general principles of this Regulation. Appropriate consideration shall be given to the areas described below, reflecting jointly-agreed strategies, partnership, cooperation and ~~trade~~ agreements contributing to open and fair trade. Priorities will be established in accordance with the Communication ‘An Agenda for Change’ and with the subsequent conclusions of the Council. Amendment 96 # Jan ZAHRADIL Proposal for a regulation Annex IV – part B – paragraph 2 – point f (f) addressing economic vulnerability and contributing to structural transformation by establishing a strong partnerships around open and fair trade, investments, know- how and research, innovation and technology, and promoting sustainable and inclusive growth in all its dimensions, with particular attention to the challenges of migratory flows, food security (including sustainable agriculture and fisheries), climate change, sustainable energies and the protection and enhancement of biodiversity and ecosystem services, including water and forests, as well as on productive investment for more and better jobs in the green economy; Amendment 98 # Jan ZAHRADIL Proposal for a regulation Annex IV – part B – paragraph 3 – point b (b) establishing inclusive partnerships around open and fair trade, investment, aid, legal migration, research, innovation and technology; Amendment 99 # Jan ZAHRADIL Proposal for a regulation Annex IV – part B – paragraph 4 – point b (b) promoting inclusive and sustainable economic growth, addressing social and regional inequalities, and supporting policies in areas such as education, research, innovation and technology, health, decent work, sustainable energy, agriculture and rural development, fostering SMEs, while stimulating the development of a market economy, open and fair trade and investment, including regulatory reforms and the support for integration into the WTO; Amendment 101 # Jan ZAHRADIL Proposal for a regulation Annex IV – part B – paragraph 5 – point c (c) promoting sustainable economic reform and diversification, open and fair trade, the development of a market economy, productive and sustainable investment in the main sectors (such as energy, including renewable energy), public private partnerships, and partner countries' integration in the WTO; Amendment 103 # Jan ZAHRADIL Proposal for a regulation Annex IV – part B – paragraph 5 – point e (e) complementing resources deployed under this instrument by coherent work and support through other EU instruments, which may focus on wider regional integration, promoting the EU's interests in fields such as economy, energy, research, innovation and technology, fighting against production, consumption and trafficking of drugs in the context of the security and development nexus, as well as ~~managing migration~~organising legal migration and fostering well- managed mobility and helping displaced persons and refugees with practical solutions in the context of the development and migration nexus. Amendment 104 # Jan ZAHRADIL Proposal for a regulation Annex IV – part B – paragraph 6 – point b (b) providing support to the adjustment efforts triggered by the establishment of various ~~free-trade areas~~economic partnerships contributing to the regional integration of South Africa and its SADC partners through open and fair trade with a view to possible future free-trade areas between them and with the EU; Amendment 106 # Jan ZAHRADIL Proposal for a regulation Annex V – part A – paragraph 3 – point c (c) promoting energy security through e.g. diversification of sources and routes, considering price volatility issues, emission reduction potential, improving markets and fostering energy interconnections and open and fair trade. Amendment 108 # Jan ZAHRADIL Proposal for a regulation Annex V – part A – subheading 5 Legal Migration and Asylum Amendment 109 # Jan ZAHRADIL Proposal for a regulation Annex V – part A – paragraph 6 – point a (a) Promoting legal migration ~~governance~~through the governance of migratory flows at all levels; Amendment 111 # Jan ZAHRADIL Proposal for a regulation Annex V – part A – paragraph 6 – point c (c) maximising the development impact of the increased regional and global mobility of people, while promoting legal migration and asylum and protecting the rights of legal migrants, through support to the formulation and implementation of sound regional and national ~~migration and asylum~~ policies and through integration of the migration dimension into other regional and national policies; Amendment 112 # Jan ZAHRADIL Proposal for a regulation Annex V – part A – paragraph 6 – point d (d) improving a common understanding of the migration and development nexus, including social and economic consequences of government policies be they in fostering legal migration/asylum or in other sectors. Amendment 114 # Jan ZAHRADIL Proposal for a regulation Annex VI – paragraph 1 – point a (a) provide support for the objectives, initiatives and activities agreed in the Joint Africa-EU Strategy and its successive action plans, which cover inter alia the areas of: peace and security, democratic governance and human rights, open and fair trade, regional integration and infrastructure (including transport), MDGs, energy, climate change and environment, legal migration, mobility and employment, science, information society and space, as well as its cross-cutting issues. Amendment 116 # Jan ZAHRADIL Proposal for a regulation Annex VII – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 (new) The abovementioned percentage allocation for "Migration and asylum" shall be exclusively used to fund measures fostering legal migration and asylum. source: PE-494.561
6	2011/0465(COD) EC/Serbia Stabilisation and Association Agreement: procedures for applying the Agreement and the Interim Agreement 2012/07/25 INTA 6 amendments... Amendment 9 # Jan ZAHRADIL Proposal for a regulation Recital 5 (5) The SAA and the Interim Agreement stipulate that certain agricultural and fishery products originating in Serbia may be imported into the Union at a reduced customs duty, within the limits of tariff quotas. It is therefore necessary to lay down provisions regulating the management and review of these tariff quotas in order to allow for their thorough assessment. Amendment 10 # Jan ZAHRADIL Proposal for a regulation Recital 6 (6) Where trade defence measures become necessary in order to protect the internal market against unlawful imports from Serbia, they should be adopted in accordance with Council Regulation (EC) No 260/2009 of 26 February 2009 on the common rules for imports, Council Regulation (EC) No 1061/2009 of 19 October 2009 establishing common rules for exports, Council Regulation (EC) No 1225/2009 of 30 November 2009 on protection against dumped imports from countries not members of the European Community or, as the case may be, Council Regulation (EC) No 597/2009 of 11 June 2009 on protection against subsidised imports from countries not members of the European Community. Amendment 11 # Jan ZAHRADIL Proposal for a regulation Article 8 – paragraph 1 Notwithstanding the procedures provided for in Articles 5 and 6, where the Union needs to take a safeguard measure as provided in Article 17(2) or Article 26 of the Interim Agreement and thereafter Article 32(2) or Article 41 of the SAA concerning agricultural and fishery products, the Commission shall, at the request of a Member State or of any legal person or any association not having legal personality, acting on behalf of the Union industry, or on its own initiative, decide upon the necessary measures after, where applicable, having had recourse to the referral procedure provided for in Article 26 of the Interim Agreement and thereafter Article 41 of the SAA. Amendment 12 # Jan ZAHRADIL Proposal for a regulation Article 8 – paragraph 2 – introductory part If the Commission receives a request from a Member State or any legal person or any association not having legal personality, acting on behalf of the Union industry, it shall take a decision thereon: Amendment 13 # Jan ZAHRADIL Proposal for a regulation Article 11 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 In the event of a practice which the Commission considers not to be compatible with Article 38 of the Interim Agreement and thereafter Article 73 of the SAA, the Commission shall, after examining the case on its own initiative or on the request of a Member State or of any legal person or any association not having legal personality, acting on behalf of the Union industry, decide upon the appropriate measure provided for in Article 38 of the Interim Agreement, and thereafter in Article 73 of the SAA. Amendment 14 # Jan ZAHRADIL Proposal for a regulation Article 12 – paragraph 1 – introductory part Where the Commission, on the basis of information provided by a Member State or any legal person or any association not having legal personality, acting on behalf of the Union industry, or on its own initiative, finds that the conditions laid down in Article 31 of the Interim Agreement and thereafter in Article 46 of the SAA are fulfilled, it shall, without undue delay: source: PE-494.590
28	2011/0817(NLE) Application of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union to the Czech Republic. Protocol (amend.) 2012/06/14 AFCO 14 amendments... Amendment 2 # Ashley FOX, Jan ZAHRADIL, Edvard KOŽUŠNÍK, Andrea ČEŠKOVÁ Motion for a resolution Recital G ~~G. pursuant to the second subparagraph of Article 6(1) TEU, the Charter does not extend in any way the competences of the Union as defined in the Treaties,~~deleted Amendment 4 # Ashley FOX, Jan ZAHRADIL, Edvard KOŽUŠNÍK, Andrea ČEŠKOVÁ Motion for a resolution Recital H H. pursuant to Article 51 of the Charter, the provisions of the Charter are addressed to the institutions, bodies, offices and agencies of the Union with due regard for the principle of subsidiarity and to the Member States only when they are implementing Union law. Those authorities must therefore respect the rights, observe the principles and promote the application thereof in accordance with their respective powers and respecting the limits of the powers of the Union as conferred on it in the Treaties. The Charter does not extend the field of application of Union law beyond the powers of the Union or establish any new power or task for the Union, or modify powers and tasks as defined in the Treaties, as confirmed by Declaration No 1,deleted Amendment 5 # Ashley FOX, Jan ZAHRADIL, Edvard KOŽUŠNÍK, Andrea ČEŠKOVÁ Motion for a resolution Recital I I. paragraph 2 of Declaration No 53 by the Czech Republic provides that the Charter "does not diminish the field of application of national law and does not restrain any current powers of the national authorities in this field", thereby establishing that the integrity of the legal order of the Czech Republic is guaranteed without having recourse to an additional instrument,deleted Amendment 6 # Ashley FOX, Jan ZAHRADIL, Edvard KOŽUŠNÍK, Andrea ČEŠKOVÁ Motion for a resolution Recital J J. on the basis of academic evidence and case-law, Protocol No 30 does not exempt Poland and the United Kingdom from the binding provisions of the Charter, it is not an 'opt-out', it does not amend the Charter and it does not alter the legal position which would prevail if it were not to exist . The only effect it has is to create legal uncertainty not only in Poland and the United Kingdom but also in other Member States,deleted Amendment 9 # Ashley FOX, Jan ZAHRADIL, Edvard KOŽUŠNÍK, Andrea ČEŠKOVÁ paragraph 120. Motion for a resolution Recital K K. an important function of the Charter is to increase the prominence of fundamental rights and to make them more visible, but Protocol No 30 gives rise to legal uncertainty and political confusion, thereby undermining the efforts of the Union to reach and maintain a uniformly high level of rights protection,deleted Amendment 13 # Ashley FOX, Jan ZAHRADIL, Edvard KOŽUŠNÍK, Andrea ČEŠKOVÁ Motion for a resolution Recital L L. if Protocol No 30 were ever to be interpreted as limiting the scope or force of the provisions of the Charter, the effect would be to diminish the protection of fundamental rights afforded to people in Poland, in the United Kingdom and, prospectively, in the Czech Republic,deleted Amendment 17 # Ashley FOX, Jan ZAHRADIL, Edvard KOŽUŠNÍK, Andrea ČEŠKOVÁ Motion for a resolution Recital M ~~M. the Charter has no effect whatsoever, in terms of Czech, Union or international law, on the validity of the Benes Decrees concerning the expropriation of property after the Second World War,~~deleted Amendment 20 # Ashley FOX, Jan ZAHRADIL, Edvard KOŽUŠNÍK, Andrea ČEŠKOVÁ Motion for a resolution Recital O O. the Czech Parliament ratified the Treaty of Lisbon precisely as it had been signed, without any reservation or qualification whatsoever concerning full adherence by the Czech Republic to the Charter,deleted Amendment 21 # Ashley FOX, Jan ZAHRADIL, Edvard KOŽUŠNÍK, Andrea ČEŠKOVÁ Motion for a resolution Recital P P. the Czech Senate, in its abovementioned Resolution 330 of 6 October 2011, opposed the application to the Czech Republic of Protocol No 30 on the grounds that it would reduce standards of protection of fundamental rights and freedoms of Czech citizens. The Czech Senate also questioned the ambiguous constitutional circumstances, in which the matter was first raised by the President of the Republic only after the parliamentary ratification of the Treaty of Lisbon had been completed,deleted Amendment 22 # Ashley FOX, Jan ZAHRADIL, Edvard KOŽUŠNÍK, Andrea ČEŠKOVÁ Motion for a resolution Recital Q ~~Q. major doubts exist as to whether there is a majority in the Czech Parliament to ensure ratification of the new protocol aimed at extending the application of Protocol No 30 to the Czech Republic,~~deleted Amendment 25 # Ashley FOX, Jan ZAHRADIL, Edvard KOŽUŠNÍK, Andrea ČEŠKOVÁ Motion for a resolution Recital R ~~R. if the protocol proposed by the Czech government is annexed to the Treaties, the possibility cannot be ruled out that a petition against it will be lodged in the Czech Constitutional Court,~~deleted Amendment 27 # Ashley FOX, Jan ZAHRADIL, Edvard KOŽUŠNÍK, Andrea ČEŠKOVÁ Motion for a resolution Recital T T. the linking of the Czech request for the application of Protocol No 30 to be extended to the Czech Republic with the accession of Croatia to the Union could complicate the ratification of the Croatian Accession Treaty,deleted Amendment 28 # Ashley FOX, Jan ZAHRADIL, Edvard KOŽUŠNÍK, Andrea ČEŠKOVÁ Motion for a resolution Recital U U. Parliament, in a spirit of sincere cooperation, is duty bound to give its opinion to the European Council on all Treaty changes proposed, ~~irrespective of their significance, but is in no way bound to agree with the European Council,~~ Amendment 29 # Ashley FOX, Jan ZAHRADIL, Edvard KOŽUŠNÍK, Andrea ČEŠKOVÁ Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 1. Calls on the European Council to ~~decide not to~~ examine the proposed amendment of the Treaties in order to annex to the Treaty on European Union and the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union a Protocol on the application of the Charter of Fundament ~~of the Treaties~~al Rights of the European Union to the Czech Republic; source: PE-491.310 2013/01/17 AFCO 14 amendments... Amendment 1 # Ashley FOX, Jan ZAHRADIL, Edvard KOŽUŠNÍK, Andrea ČEŠKOVÁ Motion for a resolution Recital F F. the Protocols to the TEU and to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union form an integral part thereof, and therefore an additional Protocol establishing special rules with regard to the application of parts of the law of the Union to a Member State requires a revision of the Treaties,deleted Amendment 2 # Ashley FOX, Jan ZAHRADIL, Edvard KOŽUŠNÍK, Andrea ČEŠKOVÁ Motion for a resolution Recital G ~~G. pursuant to the second subparagraph of Article 6(1) TEU, the Charter does not extend in any way the competences of the Union as defined in the Treaties,~~deleted Amendment 3 # Ashley FOX, Jan ZAHRADIL, Edvard KOŽUŠNÍK, Andrea ČEŠKOVÁ Motion for a resolution Recital H H. pursuant to Article 51 of the Charter, the provisions of the Charter are addressed to the institutions, bodies, offices and agencies of the Union with due regard for the principle of subsidiarity and to the Member States only when they are implementing Union law. Those institutions, bodies, offices and agencies must therefore respect the rights, observe the principles and promote the application thereof in accordance with their respective powers and respecting the limits of the powers of the Union as conferred on it in the Treaties. The Charter does not extend the field of application of Union law beyond the powers of the Union or establish any new power or task for the Union, or modify powers and tasks as defined in the Treaties, as confirmed by Declaration No 1,deleted Amendment 4 # Ashley FOX, Jan ZAHRADIL, Edvard KOŽUŠNÍK, Andrea ČEŠKOVÁ Motion for a resolution Recital I I. paragraph 2 of Declaration No 53 by the Czech Republic provides that the Charter "does not diminish the field of application of national law and does not restrain any current powers of the national authorities in this field", thereby establishing that the integrity of the legal order of the Czech Republic is guaranteed without having recourse to an additional instrument,deleted Amendment 5 # Ashley FOX, Jan ZAHRADIL, Edvard KOŽUŠNÍK, Andrea ČEŠKOVÁ Motion for a resolution Recital J J. on the basis of academic evidence and case-law, Protocol No 30 does not exempt Poland and the United Kingdom from the binding provisions of the Charter, it is not an 'opt-out', it does not amend the Charter and it does not alter the legal position which would prevail if it were not to exist1. The only effect it has is to create legal uncertainty not only in Poland and the United Kingdom but also in other Member States,deleted Amendment 6 # Ashley FOX, Jan ZAHRADIL, Edvard KOŽUŠNÍK, Andrea ČEŠKOVÁ Motion for a resolution Recital K K. an important function of the Charter is to increase the prominence of fundamental rights and to make them more visible, but Protocol No 30 gives rise to legal uncertainty and political confusion, thereby undermining the efforts of the Union to reach and maintain a uniformly high and equal level of rights protection, 1 Judgment of the Court of Justice of 21 December 2011 in Joined Cases C-411/10 and C-493/10, especially paragraph 120.deleted Or. en Amendment 7 # Ashley FOX, Jan ZAHRADIL, Edvard KOŽUŠNÍK, Andrea ČEŠKOVÁ Motion for a resolution Recital L L. if Protocol No 30 were ever to be interpreted as limiting the scope or force of the provisions of the Charter, the effect would be to diminish the protection of fundamental rights afforded to people in Poland, in the United Kingdom and, prospectively, in the Czech Republic,deleted Amendment 8 # Ashley FOX, Jan ZAHRADIL, Edvard KOŽUŠNÍK, Andrea ČEŠKOVÁ Motion for a resolution Recital M ~~M. the Charter has no effect whatsoever, in terms of Czech, Union or international law, on the validity of the Beneš Decrees concerning the expropriation of property after the Second World War,~~deleted Amendment 9 # Ashley FOX, Jan ZAHRADIL, Edvard KOŽUŠNÍK, Andrea ČEŠKOVÁ Motion for a resolution Recital N N. the Czech Parliament ratified the Treaty of Lisbon precisely as it had been signed, without any reservation or qualification whatsoever concerning full adherence by the Czech Republic to the Charter2,deleted Amendment 10 # Ashley FOX, Jan ZAHRADIL, Edvard KOŽUŠNÍK, Andrea ČEŠKOVÁ Motion for a resolution Recital P P. the Czech Constitutional Court dismissed two petitions in 2008 and 2009, finding the Treaty of Lisbon to be fully in accordance with Czech constitutional law, but the possibility cannot be ruled out that a petition against the proposed amendment of the Treaties will be lodged in the same Court,deleted Amendment 11 # Ashley FOX, Jan ZAHRADIL, Edvard KOŽUŠNÍK, Andrea ČEŠKOVÁ Motion for a resolution Recital Q Q. the European Council may acknowledge that the political situation sometimes changes in such a way as to supersede earlier political understandings between governments, 2 The Czech Chamber of Deputies ratified the Treaty of Lisbon on 18 February 2009 and the Czech Senate on 9 May 2009.deleted Amendment 12 # Ashley FOX, Jan ZAHRADIL, Edvard KOŽUŠNÍK, Andrea ČEŠKOVÁ Motion for a resolution Recital R R. Parliament, in a spirit of sincere cooperation, is duty bound to give its opinion to the European Council on all Treaty changes proposed, ~~irrespective of their significance, but is in no way bound to agree with the European Council,~~ Amendment 13 # Ashley FOX, Jan ZAHRADIL, Edvard KOŽUŠNÍK, Andrea ČEŠKOVÁ Motion for a resolution Recital S S. doubts persist about the willingness of the Czech Parliament to complete ratification of the new protocol aimed at extending the application of Protocol No 30 to the Czech Republic; in the event that the European Council decides to examine the proposed amendment, other Member States might wish not to start their ratification procedures until the Czech Republic has completed its own,deleted Amendment 14 # Ashley FOX, Jan ZAHRADIL, Edvard KOŽUŠNÍK, Andrea ČEŠKOVÁ Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 1. ~~Acknowledges its consultation by the European Counci~~Calls on the European Council to examine the proposed amendment of the Treaties in order to annex to the Treaty on European Union and the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union a Protocol on the ~~examin~~application of the ~~proposed ame~~Charter of Fundament ~~of the Treaties~~al Rights of the European Union to the Czech Republic; source: PE-504.080
3	2011/2050(INI) Recommendation to the Council and Commission on the new EU-Russia agreement 2011/04/27 INTA 3 amendments... Amendment 1 # Jan ZAHRADIL Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. ~~Consider~~Emphasises that the EU and Russia share ~~mutually dependent and~~common borders and are strategic trading partners, especially with respect to raw materials and vital energy sources such as oil and gas; considers therefore that they would both benefit from greater economic cooperation and energy market integration; Amendment 26 # Jan ZAHRADIL Draft opinion Paragraph 4 a (new) 4a. Calls on the Russian Government to ratify the Anti-counterfeiting trade agreement (ACTA) to contribute to a more efficient fight against counterfeiting and piracy; Amendment 35 # Jan ZAHRADIL Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Calls therefore on the Russian Government to remove all barriers to open and fair trade and access to markets for European businesses, as identified in the Commission's Trade and Investment Barriers Report 2011; invites, in this regard, the EU and Russia to jointly develop energy-related trade transaction modelling (TTM) on the basis of clear rules and enhanced transparency in the spirit of Articles VIII and X of the GATT 1994; source: PE-464.704
3	2011/2083(INI) Modernisation of customs 2011/09/26 INTA 3 amendments... Amendment 2 # Jan ZAHRADIL Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Reiterates that customs are of vital importance to international trade; andppreciates, in this regard, the regulatory role of the WTO agreement on customs valuation that aims for a fair, uniform and neutral system for the valuation of goods for customs purposes, outlawing the use of arbitrary or fictitious customs values that can constitute a barrier to open and fair trade; and stresses also that well functioning customs are essential to the competitiveness of the European Union as they a play a unique role in combating the illegal entry of goods and counterfeit~~ing~~ed products in the Union's Single market; Amendment 15 # Jan ZAHRADIL Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Identifies the need~~, for~~ in a functional European Union of 27 Member States, to ~~reduce differences in the frequency and nature of~~define a common set of mandatory physical checks on goods a~~nd between~~pplicable to all the different points of entry (ports, airports, roads)~~, in how VAT is collected~~ to the Union's Single market; calls also for increased cooperation and exchange of best practices with respect to the collection of VAT on imported goods, in the opening hours of customs services, and in fees and penalties~~, as these~~ for non compliance with the Union's custom code, as existing differences can result in trade distortions; Amendment 21 # Jan ZAHRADIL Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Welcomes the activation of the cooperation agreement on the mutual recognition of AEO between the European Union and Japan; encourages the Commission to be fully attentive to the role of Parliament when negotiating similar agreements with other major partners, such as the USA, Canada, China and Russia; emphasises the value of stepping up customs cooperation with Russia and the Eastern Partnership and Mediterranean Partnership countries in order to facilitate international trade and combat ~~fraud~~customs fraud and counterfeiting. source: PE-472.354
7	2011/2306(INI) Trade aspects of the Eastern partnership 2012/03/29 INTA 7 amendments... Amendment 2 # Jan ZAHRADIL Motion for a resolution Recital A a (new) Aa. Whereas 4 out of the 6 countries of the Eastern Partnership are already members of the WTO, with the Governments of Azerbaijan and Belarus having only observer status; Amendment 20 # Jan ZAHRADIL Motion for a resolution Recital H H. whereas all EU Eastern Partners, being the ex-USSR states, share the same historical and institutional background and have faced similar challenges in their political and socioeconomic transition over the past two decades; Amendment 24 # Jan ZAHRADIL Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 1. Considers the creation of DCFTAs to be one of the most ambitious tools of EU bilateral trade policy, providing not only for greater economic integration by a gradual dismantling of trade barriers but also for regulatory convergence in areas that have an impact on trade, in particular ~~sanitary and phytosanitary rules, investment protection, animal welfare, customs and border procedures, competition and public procurement~~customs and border procedures, investment protection, competition, public procurement, animal welfare and sanitary and phytosanitary rules; takes the view that concluding DCFTAs is fundamental in fighting tendencies towards protectionism at global level; Amendment 30 # Jan ZAHRADIL Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. Recognises the short-term sacrifices that need to be made by the Eastern Partners in order to enhance their trade relations with the EU; emphasises that the support and involvement of local civil society in promoting the long-term benefits is key for the success of their reform processes; Amendment 40 # Jan ZAHRADIL Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5. Is convinced that the economic integration of the Eastern Partners with the EU cannot be efficiently carried out without economic integration among the Eastern Partners themselves; regrets in this regard that regional frozen conflicts have for many years ~~caused~~harmed the effectiveness and development of cross-border trade and continue to cause enormous economic losses to some of the Eastern Partners; Amendment 45 # Jan ZAHRADIL Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 6. Welcomes the Commission proposal on the Multiannual Financial Framework 2014-2020, which proposes a 40% rise in funding of the European Neighbourhood Policy; emphasises its view that the Eastern Partners cannot ~~themselves carry~~carry alone the burden of costs of legal approximation and the necessary institutional and structural reforms and that the EU financial support is, which should complement their own reform efforts, is also instrumental for the success ~~of their reform efforts~~; calls in this regard on the Council to maintain the funding proposed by the Commission; Amendment 46 # Jan ZAHRADIL Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 7. Stresses the role of the national parliaments of the EU’s Eastern Partners in approximation of trade legislation with the EU acquis, which is a prerequisite for conclusion and proper implementation of the future DCFTAs; calls in this regard on the EU and its Member States to provide them with greater technical assistance and invites especially the new EU Member States to share with them the expertise and best practices they have acquired in their own process of alignment of national legislation with the trade-related acquis communautaire; source: PE-486.022
50	2012/0163(COD) International agreements: framework for managing financial responsibility linked to investor-state dispute settlement tribunals 2013/02/28 INTA 50 amendments... Amendment 16 # Jan ZAHRADIL Proposal for a regulation Title Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a framework for managing financial responsibility linked to investor-to-state dispute settlement tribunals established by international agreements to which the European Union is party Amendment 17 # Jan ZAHRADIL Proposal for a regulation Citation 1 Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Articles 64(2) and 207(2) thereof, Amendment 18 # Jan ZAHRADIL Proposal for a regulation Recital 1 (1) With the entry into force of the Lisbon Treaty, the Union has acquired exclusive competence for the conclusion of international agreements on ~~investment protection~~the protection of foreign direct investment according to Article 207 TFEU. The Union is already party to the Energy Charter Treaty which provides for investment protection. Amendment 22 # Jan ZAHRADIL Proposal for a regulation Recital 2 a (new) (2a) Claims brought by an investor from a third country against either the Union itself or a Member State and that are resolved through alternative means to investor-to-state dispute settlement tribunals established by international agreements to which the Union is party, should be excluded from the scope of this Regulation. Amendment 24 # Jan ZAHRADIL Proposal for a regulation Recital 3 (3) In accordance with the case-law of the Court of Justice of the European Union, international responsibility for treatment subject to dispute settlement should follow the division of competence between the European Union and Member States. As a consequence, the Union will in principle be responsible for defending any claims alleging a violation of rules included in an agreement which falls within the Union's exclusive competence, irrespective of whether the treatment at issue is afforded by the Union itself or by a Member State. Likewise, Member States will in principle be responsible for defending any claims alleging a violation of rules included in an agreement which falls within Member States' exclusive competence, irrespective of whether the treatment at issue is afforded by the Union itself or by a Member State. Amendment 29 # Jan ZAHRADIL Proposal for a regulation Recital 4 (4) Where the Union, as an entity having legal personality, has international responsibility for the treatment afforded, it will be expected, as a matter of international law, to pay any adverse award and bear the costs of any dispute. However, an adverse award may potentially flow either from treatment afforded by the Union itself or from treatment afforded by a Member State. It would as a consequence be inequitable if awards and the costs of arbitration were to be paid from the ~~Union~~ budget of the European Union where the treatment was afforded by a Member State. It is therefore necessary that financial responsibility be allocated, as a matter of Union law, and without prejudice to the international responsibility of the Union, between the Union itself and the Member State responsible for the treatment afforded on the basis of criteria established by this Regulation. Amendment 31 # Jan ZAHRADIL Proposal for a regulation Recital 6 (6) Financial responsibility should be allocated to the entity responsible for the treatment found to be inconsistent with the relevant provisions of the agreement. This means that the Union itself should bear the financial responsibility where the treatment concerned is afforded by an institution, body or agency of the Union or any other legal entity acting on behalf of the Union. The Member State concerned should bear the financial responsibility where the treatment concerned is afforded by athat Member State. However, where the Member State acts in a manner required by the law of the Union and fully complies with its obligations under the Union law, for example in transposing a directive adopted by the Union, the Union itself should bear financial responsibility in so far as the treatment concerned is required by Union law. The regulation also needs to foresee the possibility that an individual case could concern both treatment afforded by a Member State and treatment required by Union law. It will cover all actions taken by Member States and by the European Union. In such a case, the Member States and the Union should bear financial responsibility for the specific treatment afforded by either of them. Amendment 33 # Jan ZAHRADIL Proposal for a regulation Recital 6 a (new) (6a) When the Member State acts in a manner inconsistent with that required by the Union law, for example when the Member State fails to transpose a directive adopted by the Union or exceeds the terms of a directive adopted by the Union when implementing it into the national law , the Member State should consequently bear financial responsibility for the treatment concerned. Amendment 34 # Jan ZAHRADIL Proposal for a regulation Recital 7 (7) The Union, represented by the Commission should always act as the respondent where a dispute concerns exclusively treatment afforded by the institutions, bodies or agencies of the Union or any other legal entity acting on behalf of the Union, so that the Union bears the potential financial responsibility arising from the dispute in accordance with the above criteria. Amendment 35 # Jan ZAHRADIL Proposal for a regulation Recital 8 (8) On the other hand, where a Member State would bear the potential financial responsibility arising from a dispute, it is equitable and appropriate, as a matter of principle, to permit such Member State to act as respondent in order to defend the treatment which it has afforded to the investor. The arrangements set down in this Regulation provide for that. This has the significant advantage that the ~~Union~~ budget ~~and Union~~of the European Union and Union non-financial resources would not be burdened, even temporarily, by either the costs of litigation or any eventual award made against the Member State concerned. Amendment 36 # Jan ZAHRADIL Proposal for a regulation Recital 10 (10) In certain circumstances, it is essential, in order to ensure that the interests of the Union can be appropriately safeguarded, that the Union itself acts as a respondent in disputes involving treatment afforded by a Member State. This may be so in particular in the following cases: where the dispute also involves partially treatment afforded by the Union,; where it appears that the treatment afforded by a Member State is required by Union law,; where a similar claim has been lodged, and where it is likely that other similar claims may be brought, against other Member States; or where the case involves unsettled issues of law, the resolution of which may have an impact on ongoing or possible future cases against other Member States and/or the Union. Where a dispute concerns partially treatment afforded by the Union, or required by Union law, the Union should act as a respondent, unless the claims concerning such treatment are of minor importance, having regard to the potential financial responsibility involved and the legal issues raised, in relation to the claims concerning treatment afforded by the Member State. Amendment 37 # Jan ZAHRADIL Proposal for a regulation Recital 12 (12) I~~t is appropriate that~~n order to create a workable system, the Commission should decide, within the framework set down in this regulation, whether the Union should be the respondent or whether a Member State should act as respondent and inform the European Parliament and the Council of any such decision as part of its annual reporting on the implementation of this Regulation. Amendment 40 # Jan ZAHRADIL Proposal for a regulation Recital 14 (14) Equally, when a Member State acts as respondent it is appropriate that it keeps the Commission informed of developments in the case and that the Commission can, where appropriate, require that the Member State acting as respondent takes a specific position on matters having a ~~Union interest~~n impact on the overriding interests of the Union. Amendment 42 # Jan ZAHRADIL Proposal for a regulation Recital 15 (15) AWithout prejudice to the outcome of the arbitration proceedings, a Member State may at any time accept that it would be financially responsible in the event that compensation is to be paid. In such a case the Member State and the Commission may enter into arrangements for the periodic payment of costs and for the payment of any compensation. Such acceptance does not imply in any legal manner that the Member State accepts that the claim under dispute is well founded. The Commission ~~should be able to~~may in such a case adopt a decision requiring the Member State to make provision for such costs. In the event that the tribunal awards costs to the Union, the Commission should ensure that any advance payment of costs is immediately reimbursed to the Member State concerned. Amendment 43 # Jan ZAHRADIL Proposal for a regulation Recital 16 (16) In some cases, it may be appropriate to reach a settlement in order to avoid costly and unnecessary arbitration. It is necessary to lay down an effective and swift procedure for making such settlements. Such a procedure should permit the Commission, acting in accordance with the examination procedure, to settle a case where this would be in the interests of the Union. Where the case concerns treatment afforded by a Member State, it is appropriate that there should be close co-operation and consultations between the Commission and the Member State concerned, including on the proceedings of the settlement procedure and on the amount of the monetary compensation. The Member State should remain free to settle the case at all times, provided that it accepts full financial responsibility and that any such settlement is consistent with Union law and not against the interests of the Union as a whole. Amendment 44 # Jan ZAHRADIL Proposal for a regulation Recital 17 (17) Where an award has been rendered against the European Union, that award should be paid without delay. The Commission should make arrangements for the payment of such awards, unless a Member State has already accepted financial responsibility and paid the award. Amendment 46 # Jan ZAHRADIL Proposal for a regulation Recital 18 (18) The Commission should consult closely with the Member State concerned in order to reach agreement on the apportionment of financial responsibility. Where the Commission determines that a Member State is responsible, and the Member State does not accept that determination, the Commission should pay the award, but should address a decision to the Member State requesting it to provide the amounts concerned to the budget of the European Union, together with applicable interest. The interest payable should be that set down pursuant to [Article 718(4) of Council Regulation (ECU, Euratom) No ~~1605~~966/20012 of ~~25 June 200~~the European Parliament and the Council of 25 October 2012 on the Ffinancial ~~Regulation~~rules applicable to the general budget of the ~~European Communities as amended]~~Union. Article 263 of the Treaty is available in cases where a Member State considers that ~~the decision~~any decision taken by the Commission pursuant to Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 966/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council falls short of the criteria set out in this Regulation. Amendment 47 # Jan ZAHRADIL Proposal for a regulation Recital 19 (19) The ~~Union~~ budget of the European Union should provide coverage of the expenditure resulting from agreements concluded pursuant to Article 218 of the Treaty providing for investor- state dispute settlement. Where Member States have financial responsibility pursuant to this Regulation, the Union should be able to either accumulate the contributions of the Member State concerned first before implementing the relevant expenditure or implement the relevant expenditure first and be reimbursed by the Member States concerned after. Use of both of these mechanisms of budgetary treatment should be possible, depending on what is feasible, in particular in terms of timing. For both mechanisms, the contributions or reimbursements paid by the Member States should be treated as internal assigned revenue of the ~~Union~~ budget of the European Union. The appropriations arising from this internal assigned revenue should not only cover the relevant expenditure but they should also be eligible for replenishment of other parts of the ~~Union~~ budget of the European Union which provided the initial appropriations to implement the relevant expenditure under the second mechanism. Amendment 48 # Jan ZAHRADIL Proposal for a regulation Recital 22 (22) The advisory procedure should be used for the adoption of decisions on settlement of disputes pursuant to Article 14(3) given that those decisions will have at most a merely temporary impact on the ~~Union~~ budget of the European Union, since the Member State concerned will be required to assume any financial responsibility arising from the dispute, and because of the detailed criteria set down in the regulation for acceptability of such settlements, Amendment 49 # Jan ZAHRADIL Proposal for a regulation Article 1 – paragraph 1 1. TWithout prejudice to the division of competence established by the Treaties, this Regulation applies to investor-to- state dispute settlement conducted pursuant to an agreement to which the Union ~~is a~~or the Union and its Member States are partyies and initiated by a claimant of a third country. Amendment 52 # Jan ZAHRADIL Proposal for a regulation Article 2 – point a (a) ‘agreement’ means any international agreement to which the Union ~~is a~~or the Union and its Member States are partyies and which provides for investor-to- state dispute settlement; Amendment 54 # Jan ZAHRADIL Proposal for a regulation Article 2 – point c (c) ‘dispute’ means a claim brought by a claimant against the Union or a Member State pursuant to an agreement and on which an arbitration tribunal will rule; Amendment 55 # Jan ZAHRADIL Proposal for a regulation Article 2 – point d (d) ‘investor-to-state dispute settlement’ means a mechanism provided for by an agreement by which a claimant may initiate claims against the Union or a Member State; Amendment 62 # Jan ZAHRADIL Proposal for a regulation Article 2 – point j a (new) (ja) "overriding interests of the Union" means either or both of the following situations: (i) there is a serious threat to the consistent or uniform application or implementation of investment provisions of the agreement subject to the investor- to-state dispute to which the Union is a party, or (ii) the dispute implies a possible significant financial impact on the budget of the European Union in a given year or as part of the multiannual financial framework, or Amendment 63 # Jan ZAHRADIL Proposal for a regulation Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point a (a) the Union shall bear the financial responsibility arising from treatment afforded by the institutions, bodies or agencies of the Union or any other legal entity acting on behalf of the Union; Amendment 67 # Jan ZAHRADIL Proposal for a regulation Article 3 – paragraph 2 2. Where provided for in this Regulation, the Commission shall adopt a decision determining the financial responsibility of the Member State concerned in accordance with the criteria laid down in paragraph 1. The European Parliament and Council shall be informed about such decision. Amendment 69 # Jan ZAHRADIL Proposal for a regulation Article 4 The Union shall act as respondent where the dispute concerns treatment afforded by the institutions, bodies or agencies of the Union or any other legal entity acting on behalf of the Union. Amendment 72 # Jan ZAHRADIL Proposal for a regulation Article 6 – paragraph 2 2. Representatives of the Member State concerned shall form integral part of the Union's delegation to the consultations. Amendment 74 # Jan ZAHRADIL Proposal for a regulation Article 7 – paragraph 1 As soon as the Commission receives notice by which a claimant states its intention to initiate arbitration proceedings, in accordance with the provisions of an agreement, it shall notify the Member State concerned and inform the European Parliament and the Council. Amendment 77 # Jan ZAHRADIL Proposal for a regulation Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part Provided the agreement provides for the possibility, the Member State concerned shall always act as respondent except where any of the following two situations arise: Amendment 78 # Jan ZAHRADIL Proposal for a regulation Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point b (b) the Member State has not confirmed to the Commission in writing that it does not intends to act as respondent within 30 days of receiving notice or notification referred to in Article 7. Amendment 79 # Jan ZAHRADIL Proposal for a regulation Article 8 – paragraph 2 – introductory part 2. The Commission may decide, within 30 days of receiving notice or notification referred to in Article 7, and in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 20(3), that the Union shall act as respondent where one or more of the following circumstances arise: Amendment 82 # Jan ZAHRADIL Proposal for a regulation Article 8 – paragraph 2 – point a (a) it is likely that the Union would bear at least part of the potential financial responsibility arising from the dispute in accordance with the criteria laid down in Article 3 and the amount of money the Union would have to pay would pose a serious threat to the budget of the European Union; Amendment 84 # Jan ZAHRADIL Proposal for a regulation Article 8 – paragraph 2 – point b (b) the dispute also concerns treatment afforded by the institutions, bodies or agencies of the Union or any other legal entity acting on behalf of the Union; Amendment 86 # Jan ZAHRADIL Proposal for a regulation Article 8 – paragraph 2 – point c (c) a similar claim has been lodged, and it is likely that other similar claims ~~will~~may be brought, under the same agreement against treatment afforded by other Member States and the Commission is best placed to ensure an effective and consistent defence; or, Amendment 89 # Jan ZAHRADIL Proposal for a regulation Article 8 – paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. If the Commission decides that the overriding interest of the Union requires that the Commission act on behalf of the Member State concerned, it shall do so without delay and inform the European Parliament and Council of such decision. In such case, the Commission shall require the Member State concerned to make advance payments of arbitration costs pursuant to Article 18. The financial responsibility shall remain with the Member State concerned. Amendment 92 # Jan ZAHRADIL Proposal for a regulation Article 8 – paragraph 4 4. The Commission shall inform the ~~other Member States and the~~ European Parliament and the Council of any dispute in which this Article is applied and the manner in which it has been applied. Amendment 96 # Jan ZAHRADIL Proposal for a regulation Article 9 – paragraph 2 2. ~~The Commission may,~~Where overriding interests of the Union so require, the Commission may, after consultations at any time, require the Member State concerned to take a particular position as regards any point of law raised by the dispute ~~or any~~, the resolution of which may affect the future interpretation of the agreement in question or other agrelement ~~having a Union interest~~s. Such a position shall not unduly compromise the effective defence of the Member State concerned. Amendment 97 # Jan ZAHRADIL Proposal for a regulation Article 9 – paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. If the Member State concerned considers the request of the Commission as unduly compromising its effective defence, it shall enter into consultations with a view to finding an acceptable solution. Where an acceptable solution cannot be found, the Commission may take a decision requiring the Member State concerned to take a particular legal position. Such a decision shall be taken without delay in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 20(3). Amendment 99 # Jan ZAHRADIL Proposal for a regulation Article 9 – paragraph 3 3. When an agreement, or the rules referred to therein, provide for the possibility of annulment, appeal or review of a point of law included in an arbitration award, the Commission may where it considers ~~that the consistency or correctn~~it to be in the overriding interests of the ~~interpretation of the agreement so warrant~~Union to do so and after consultations with the Member State concerned, require the Member State to lodge an application for such annulment, appeal or review. In such circumstances, representatives of the Commission shall form part of the delegation and may express the views of the Union as regards the point of law in question. Amendment 102 # Jan ZAHRADIL Proposal for a regulation Article 9 – paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. If the Member State concerned refuses to lodge an application for annulment, appeal or review, it shall inform the Commission within 30 days. In this case the Commission may take a decision requiring the Member State concerned to lodge an application for annulment, appeal or review. Such a decision shall be taken in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 20(3). If the decision obliges the Member State concerned to lodge an application for annulment, appeal or review, the procedures set out in paragraph 3 of this Article shall apply. Amendment 105 # Jan ZAHRADIL Proposal for a regulation Article 10– point d (d) the Commission and the Member State concerned shall prepare the defence in close co-operation with the representatives of the Member State concerned who shall be entitled to form integral part of the Union delegation in the proceedings. Amendment 106 # Jan ZAHRADIL Proposal for a regulation Article 10 – paragraph 1 a (new) The Commission shall regularly inform the European Parliament and the Council of developments in the arbitration proceedings referred to in the first paragraph. Amendment 110 # Jan ZAHRADIL Proposal for a regulation Article 13 – paragraph 3 3. In the event that the Member State does not consent to settle the dispute, the Commission may settle the dispute where overriding interests of the Union so require. The European Parliament and the Council shall be informed without delay about the Commission's decision to settle the dispute and the justification underpinning it. Amendment 113 # Jan ZAHRADIL Proposal for a regulation Article 16 – paragraph 1 1. A claimant having obtained a final award pursuant to an agreement may present a request to the Commission for payment of that award. The Commission shall pay any such award within the relevant time periods set down in the agreement and in the currency provided for in the agreement, except where the Member State concerned has accepted financial responsibility pursuant to Article 11 in which case the Member State shall pay the award. Amendment 114 # Jan ZAHRADIL Proposal for a regulation Article 16 – paragraph 2 2. Where a settlement approved by the Union pursuant to aArticle 12 or 13 is not recorded in an award, a claimant may present a request to the Commission for payment of the settlement. The Commission shall pay any such settlement within any relevant time periods set down in the settlement agreement and in the currency provided for in the settlement agreement. Amendment 115 # Jan ZAHRADIL Proposal for a regulation Article 17 – paragraph 3 3. Within three months of receipt of the request for payment of the final award or settlement, the Commission shall adopt, in accordance with the advisory procedure set out in Article 20(2), a decision addressed to the Member State concerned, determining the amount to be paid by that Member State. The Commission shall inform the European Parliament and Council about such decision and its financial reasoning. Amendment 116 # Jan ZAHRADIL Proposal for a regulation Article 17 – paragraph 4 4. Unless the Member State concerned objects to the Commission's determination within one month, the Member State concerned shall compensate with the equivalent amount the budget of the European Union for the payment of the award or the settlement no later than three months after the Commission's decision. The Member State concerned shall be liable for any interest due at the rate applying to other monies owed to the budget of the Union. Amendment 120 # Jan ZAHRADIL Proposal for a regulation Article 18 – paragraph 1 1. The Commission may adopt a decision requiring the Member State concerned to make financial contributions to the budget of the European Union in respect of any costs arising from the arbitration where it considers that the Member State will be liable to pay any award pursuant to the criteria set down in Article 3. Amendment 122 # Jan ZAHRADIL Proposal for a regulation Article 21 – paragraph 1 1. The Commission shall submit a report on the operation of this Regulation to the European Parliament and the Council at regular intervals. The first report shall be submitted no later than three years after the entry into force of this Regulation~~. Subsequent reports shall be submitted every three years thereafter~~ and include a detailed overview of awards paid by the European Union and beneficiaries to whom the awards were paid. Subsequent reports shall be submitted every three years thereafter unless the budgetary authority, comprised of the European Parliament and the Council, decides otherwise. source: PE-506.105
4	2012/0250(COD) Monitoring EU/third country trade in drug precursors 2013/03/01 INTA 4 amendments... Amendment 24 # Jan ZAHRADIL, Niccolò RINALDI Proposal for a regulation Recital 8 (8) Member States' competent authorities should be given the powers to stop or seize those products when there are reasonable grounds for suspecting that they are intended for the illicit drug manufacture, when they are exported, imported or in transit. Member States' competent authorities should share between themselves and with the Commission through a European Database information on seizures and stopped shipments to improve the overall level of information on trade in drug precursors and medicinal products containing ephedrine or pseudoephedrine. Amendment 25 # Jan ZAHRADIL, Niccolò RINALDI Proposal for a regulation Recital 10 a (new) (10a) The European Database establishing a European register of operators holding a licence or a registration for the legal trade in drug precursors and medicinal products containing ephedrine and pseudoephedrine should be regularly updated and the information provided should be used by the Commission and Member States' competent authorities only for the purpose of preventing the diversion of those products into the illegal market. Amendment 29 # Jan ZAHRADIL Proposal for a regulation Article 1 – point 13 Regulation (EC) No 111/2005 Article 30b – paragraph 2 The ~~delegation of power~~power to adopt delegated acts referred to in Articles 6(3) third subparagraph, 7(2), 8(2), 9(2), 11(1) and (3), 12(1), 19, 28 and 30a shall be conferred for a~~n indeterminate~~ period of ~~time~~five years from [OPOCE insert date of entry into force of this amending Regulation] with provision for a review as to whether or not to extend the delegation of power at the end of the period. Amendment 30 # Jan ZAHRADIL Proposal for a regulation Article 1 – point 14 a (new) Regulation (EC) No 111/2005 Article 32 – subparagraph 4 (new) ~~European Parliament and to the Council. Where appropriate, that report shall be accompanied by a legislative proposal to amend this Regulation.~~In Article 32, the following subparagraph is added: By 1 July 2015, the Commission shall evaluate the functioning of this Regulation. The Commission shall present its conclusions in a report to the source: PE-506.180
5	2012/2042(INI) 2012/11/05 INTA 5 amendments... Amendment 6 # Jan ZAHRADIL Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Calls for the support to SMEs to be tailored to suit the ~~individual~~particular needs of each ~~company, as SMEs~~industrial sector, as SMEs in each sector of the EU industry display a very wide range of profiles and ~~need~~business necessities reflecting their respective size, ~~sector~~area of activity and geographic location; Amendment 10 # Jan ZAHRADIL Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Calls on the ~~Commission to draft a legislative proposal laying down binding commitments on the part of the Member States to simplify all national procedures pertaining to policies in support of~~Member States and the Commission to use their best endeavours to simplify the business environment for SMEs in close consultation with European small business associations, chambers of commerce and industry, and other relevant stakeholders in support of both the cutting of red tape and the internationalisation of SMEs; Amendment 18 # Jan ZAHRADIL Draft opinion Paragraph 7 7. Regrets that the Communication does not address enough the difficulties that SMEs face in identifying foreign business opportunities~~, and that it does not propose providing SMEs identified by governments with suggestions on internationalisation~~; considers that a holistic strategy with concrete suggestions on ways and means to foster the internationalisation of SMEs is urgently needed; believes that the EU should promote and support incentives to develop SMEs in strategic sectors in a proactive fashion, especially when it concerns high- value- added manufacturing activities offering a competitive edge over emerging economies as well as high-quality jobs for European citizens; stresses the need, therefore, to identify promising niche- markets and foster their development; Amendment 24 # Jan ZAHRADIL Draft opinion Paragraph 8 8. Urges the Member States to adopt single export helpdesks at a local level, run in cooperation with businesses, so that SMEs can receive, in their own language and for immediate use, information regarding export opportunities, ~~barriers~~existing barriers to trade (both tariffs and non-tariffs), investment protection and dispute settlement provisions in force and competitors in third markets; Amendment 31 # Jan ZAHRADIL Draft opinion Paragraph 11 11. ~~Regrets that the Communication does not foresee EU-le~~Considers that practical and cost- effectivel solutions to help SMEs in overcoming the shortage of working capital, especially capital to make the initial investment required and to start financing exports should be designed and implemented through the EU common commercial policy; source: PE-489.401
9	2012/2097(INI) Corporate Social Responsibility: promoting society's interests and a route to sustainable and inclusive recovery 2012/11/20 INTA 9 amendments... Amendment 2 # Jan ZAHRADIL, Robert STURDY Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. ~~Regrets that the Commission has not yet drawn up~~Notes with interest the Commission's concrete proposals on the implementation of CSR principles in EU trade policy; Amendment 8 # Jan ZAHRADIL, Robert STURDY Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Commands all members of the OECD for their comprehensive work on the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises as published as of 25 May 2011 that are far reaching recommendations for responsible business conduct that 44 adhering governments – representing all regions of the world and accounting for 85% of foreign direct investment – encourage their enterprises to observe wherever they operate; Amendment 13 # Jan ZAHRADIL, Robert STURDY Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Asks the Commission to ~~include a CSR clau~~draw on CSR principles as defined in the latest OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises in ~~all~~relevant chapters of bilateral trade and investment agreements signed by the EU~~, on the basis of principles of CSR as~~; stresses that these OECD guidelines have been defined and acknowledged at the international level~~; suggests that this clause contain measures for~~ in order to set and maintain a level playing field, while fostering open, fair, and responsible business practices worldwide; suggests to the Commission to report annually to both the European Parliament and the Council on the implementation of these ~~principl~~OECD guidelines; Amendment 20 # Jan ZAHRADIL, Robert STURDY Draft opinion Paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. Calls on the Commission to ensure that all companies operating in the Single market, including transnational corporations whose subsidiaries or supply chains are located in the EU, comply with all their legal obligations at both the national and EU level in order to ensure fair competition and maximise the benefits for EU consumers; calls also on the Commission to actively promote responsible business conduct amongst EU companies operating abroad with a special focus on ensuring strict compliance with all their legal obligations stemming from either domestic laws or any bilateral or international legal obligations their business operations are subject to therein, none the least compliance with international standards and rules in the areas of human rights, labour and the environment; to this aim, suggests to the Commission to actively engage with its partners in developing and emerging countries to exchange best practices and know-how on ways and means to improve the business environment and awareness about responsible business conduct; Amendment 26 # Jan ZAHRADIL, Robert STURDY Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Deplores the fact that the principles underpinning CSR have not been sufficiently well incorporated into the revised GSP and GSP+ Regulation; calls on the Commission to ensure that transnational corporations whose subsidiaries or supply chains are located in countries participating in the GSP and GSP+ comply with their national and international legal obligations in the areas of human rights, labour standards and environmental rules;deleted Amendment 31 # Jan ZAHRADIL, Robert STURDY Draft opinion Paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. Reminds that for settling commercial disputes and/or seeking compensation for negative externalities of irresponsible or illegal business activity both court litigations and alternatives to court litigations already exist; calls, in this regard, on the Commission to further enhance awareness of both amongst the businesses community and the public at large; recalls that the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) provides dispute resolution services for individuals, businesses, states, state entities, and international organizations seeking alternatives to court litigation that can contribute to improve effective access to justice for victims in the event of breaches of responsible business practices causing economic, social and environmental damages in the EU and/or abroad; Amendment 36 # Jan ZAHRADIL, Robert STURDY Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Calls for a system of legal cooperation to be set up between the EU and third countries signatories to bilateral trade agreements, to ensure effective access to justice for victims in the event of breaches of social or environmental legislation by multinationals or failure to honour CSR undertakings;deleted Amendment 45 # Jan ZAHRADIL, Robert STURDY Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Underlines that future bilateral investment treaties signed by the EU must guarantee a fair balance between investors' protection and the potential for State intervention, especially as regards social and environmental standards;deleted Amendment 49 # Jan ZAHRADIL, Robert STURDY Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. ~~Regrets that~~Welcomes the current reform of the Transparency Directive (2004/109/EG) and of the Accounting Directive (2003/51/EG) ~~does not~~that do address the issue of corporate social responsibility ~~sufficiently; calls on the Commission to ensure that companies falling under these directives are obliged to report regularly on their~~by rightly balancing both the legitimate quest for transparency in business operations and the burden of reporting for companies concerned, especially SMEs; considers, in this regard, country-by-country reporting as a feasible and viable standard for company reporting, including on CSR activities, particularly in non-EU states. source: PE-500.487
9	2012/2098(INI) Corporate Social Responsibility: accountable, transparent and responsible business behaviour and sustainable growth 2012/11/26 INTA 9 amendments... Amendment 2 # Jan ZAHRADIL, Robert STURDY Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. ~~Regrets that the Commission has not yet drawn up~~Notes with interest the Commission's concrete proposals on the implementation of CSR principles in EU trade policy; Amendment 8 # Jan ZAHRADIL, Robert STURDY Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Commands all members of the OECD for their comprehensive work on the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises as published as of 25 May 2011 that are far reaching recommendations for responsible business conduct that 44 adhering governments – representing all regions of the world and accounting for 85% of foreign direct investment – encourage their enterprises to observe wherever they operate; Amendment 13 # Jan ZAHRADIL, Robert STURDY Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Asks the Commission to ~~include a CSR clau~~draw on CSR principles as defined in the latest OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises in ~~all~~relevant chapters of bilateral trade and investment agreements signed by the EU~~, on the basis of principles of CSR as~~; stresses that these OECD guidelines have been defined and acknowledged at the international level~~; suggests that this clause contain measures for~~ in order to set and maintain a level playing field, while fostering open, fair, and responsible business practices worldwide; suggests to the Commission to report annually to both the European Parliament and the Council on the implementation of these ~~principl~~OECD guidelines; Amendment 20 # Jan ZAHRADIL, Robert STURDY Draft opinion Paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. Calls on the Commission to ensure that all companies operating in the Single market, including transnational corporations whose subsidiaries or supply chains are located in the EU, comply with all their legal obligations at both the national and EU level in order to ensure fair competition and maximise the benefits for EU consumers; calls also on the Commission to actively promote responsible business conduct amongst EU companies operating abroad with a special focus on ensuring strict compliance with all their legal obligations stemming from either domestic laws or any bilateral or international legal obligations their business operations are subject to therein, none the least compliance with international standards and rules in the areas of human rights, labour and the environment; to this aim, suggests to the Commission to actively engage with its partners in developing and emerging countries to exchange best practices and know-how on ways and means to improve the business environment and awareness about responsible business conduct; Amendment 26 # Jan ZAHRADIL, Robert STURDY Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Deplores the fact that the principles underpinning CSR have not been sufficiently well incorporated into the revised GSP and GSP+ Regulation; calls on the Commission to ensure that transnational corporations whose subsidiaries or supply chains are located in countries participating in the GSP and GSP+ comply with their national and international legal obligations in the areas of human rights, labour standards and environmental rules;deleted Amendment 31 # Jan ZAHRADIL, Robert STURDY Draft opinion Paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. Reminds that for settling commercial disputes and/or seeking compensation for negative externalities of irresponsible or illegal business activity both court litigations and alternatives to court litigations already exist; calls, in this regard, on the Commission to further enhance awareness of both amongst the businesses community and the public at large; recalls that the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) provides dispute resolution services for individuals, businesses, states, state entities, and international organizations seeking alternatives to court litigation that can contribute to improve effective access to justice for victims in the event of breaches of responsible business practices causing economic, social and environmental damages in the EU and/or abroad; Amendment 36 # Jan ZAHRADIL, Robert STURDY Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Calls for a system of legal cooperation to be set up between the EU and third countries signatories to bilateral trade agreements, to ensure effective access to justice for victims in the event of breaches of social or environmental legislation by multinationals or failure to honour CSR undertakings;deleted Amendment 45 # Jan ZAHRADIL, Robert STURDY Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Underlines that future bilateral investment treaties signed by the EU must guarantee a fair balance between investors' protection and the potential for State intervention, especially as regards social and environmental standards;deleted Amendment 49 # Jan ZAHRADIL, Robert STURDY Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. ~~Regrets that~~Welcomes the current reform of the Transparency Directive (2004/109/EG) and of the Accounting Directive (2003/51/EG) ~~does not~~that do address the issue of corporate social responsibility ~~sufficiently; calls on the Commission to ensure that companies falling under these directives are obliged to report regularly on their~~by rightly balancing both the legitimate quest for transparency in business operations and the burden of reporting for companies concerned, especially SMEs; considers, in this regard, country-by-country reporting as a feasible and viable standard for company reporting, including on CSR activities, particularly in non-EU states. source: PE-500.554
5	2012/2224(INI) Advancing development through trade 2012/12/19 INTA 5 amendments... Amendment 2 # Jan ZAHRADIL Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Considers ownership of aid programmes by the beneficiary countries ~~as a crucial factor; hopes to see national, regional and local institutions~~together with transparency, accountability and sufficient resources as one of the crucial factors contributing to their effectiveness; calls for systematic parliamentary oversight of aid programmes both on the side of the donors and the recipients with active and direct involvement of national, regional and local institutions in accordance with each country's respective institutional framework, as well as civil society, ~~systematically involved~~ in preparing and monitoring ~~national~~ aid programmes; Amendment 7 # Jan ZAHRADIL Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Encourages developing countries to incorporate the goal of economic development into all their national policies, strategies and initiatives with a view to diversifying their economy; asks the Commission to work on building up governments' capacity to incorporate issues linked to sustainable economic development into their national trade strategies and programmes; Amendment 12 # Jan ZAHRADIL Draft opinion Paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. Considers that sustainable economic development strategies should, amongst other, provide for: - participation of the private sector in the real economy; - regional cohesion and integration of markets through cross-border cooperation; - development of open and fair trade, embedded in a rules-based multilateral trade framework; Amendment 14 # Jan ZAHRADIL Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Urges countries in receipt of trade development aid to also mobilise their own domestic resources, including budgetary revenue through proper collection of taxes and human capital~~, al~~; congside ~~this; hope~~rs that in cases where these countries derive part or most of their income from the exploitation of natural resources, the ~~Commission will target its action~~y should implement measures, including with the technical assistance of the Commission, aimed at supporting transparent access to and sustainable exploitation of said resources; Amendment 39 # Jan ZAHRADIL Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Asks the Commission and all donors to seek out innovative types of development funding and partnerships and to promote them; ~~supports~~reminds, in this regard, that public- private partnerships, microcredit and peer-to-peer lending can also contribute to advancing development through trade; supports, amongst other things, the establishment of south- south and three-way partnerships; recommends better coordinating development projects funded by regional development banks and the World Bank/International Finance Corporation, and making more widespread use of interregional funding schemes such as the EU-Africa Infrastructure Trust Fund. source: PE-502.099
23	2012/2225(INI) Trade and investment-driven growth for developing countries 2013/01/31 INTA 23 amendments... Amendment 2 # Jan ZAHRADIL Motion for a resolution Citation 1 – having regard to Article 207 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union ~~and~~ , (Article ~~3 of the Treaty on European Union,~~207 of Title II, Part V of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU) provides the legal basis for the common commercial policy of the European Union which shall be conducted in the context of the principles and objectives of the Union’s external action.) Amendment 3 # Jan ZAHRADIL Motion for a resolution Citation 1 a (new) - having regard to Article 3 of the Treaty on European Union, (Article 3 of Title I of the Treaty on European Union (TEU) refers to some of the 'Common Provisions' guiding the action of the European Union.) Amendment 9 # Jan ZAHRADIL Motion for a resolution Citation 15 a (new) - having regard to the European Parliament legislative resolution of 11 December 2012 on the Council position at first reading with a view to the adoption of a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing transitional arrangements for bilateral investment agreements between Member States and third countries (11917/1/2012 – C7–0328/2012 – 2010/0197(COD)), (Texts adopted P7_TA(2012)0471) Amendment 12 # Jan ZAHRADIL Motion for a resolution Recital A A. whereas the EU's trade and investment policy should be guided by the general principle of its external action and should contribute to ‘the sustainable development of the Earth (…), free and fair trade, eradication of poverty and the protcommon commercial policy shall be based on uniform principles, particularly with regard to changes in tariff rates, the conclusion of tariff and trade agreements relating to trade in goods and services, and the commercial aspects of intellectual property, foreign direct investment, the achievement of uniformity in measures of liberalisation, export policy and measures to protect trade such as those to be taken in the event of dumping or subsidies, and whereas the common commercial policy shall be conducted in the context of the principles and objectives of the Union's external action. (It is sensible to underline in the context of this report the objectionves of ~~human rights’;11~~the EU's common commercial policy as enshrined in Article 207(1) TFEU.) Amendment 16 # Jan ZAHRADIL Motion for a resolution Recital B B. whereas trade and investment between the EU and developing countries (DCs) can be a means of achieving those objectives by stimulating the sustainable growth of ~~developing countries (DCs)~~all parties, enabling the transfer of technologies and skills and helping to create jobs and increase competitiveness and productivity; Amendment 20 # Jan ZAHRADIL Motion for a resolution Recital C C. whereas trade and investment cannot in themselves have a decisive impact on growth or on the structural weaknesses (shortfalls in human capital, governance and infrastructure, weak private sector, heavy reliance on exports of raw materials, poor export diversification, high trade costs, etc.) from which DCs suffer and which hamper their full access to world trade; Amendment 25 # Jan ZAHRADIL Motion for a resolution Recital D D. whereas the EU's trade and investment policy in respect of developing countries should be supplemented by technical and financial assistance ~~coupled with parallel national measure~~from amongst other the European Development Fund coupled with parallel national support and job creation measures and where appropriate development of north-south, cross-border and south-south public-private partnerships; Amendment 29 # Jan ZAHRADIL Motion for a resolution Recital G G. whereas trade and investment measures to promote sustainable development can have very varied origins and forms; whereas several different programmes and actions may be run within the same country without any real coordination, which can reduce their effectiveness and relevance, and ultimately contribute to lower citizens' confidence in such endeavours; Amendment 34 # Jan ZAHRADIL Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 1. Supports the Commission's aim of enhancing synergies between trade and development policies; recommends that it ~~award~~gives priority, in these policies, to measures aimed at creating jobs, improving the trade and investment climate, ~~resistance to economic shocks, fiscal governance~~fostering the development of the private sector, including micro and small and medium- sized enterprises, resistance to economic shocks and illegal trade practices, fiscal governance and fight against tax fraud and evasion and diversification of trade and investment flows, and promoting sustainable development; Amendment 43 # Jan ZAHRADIL Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2. Considers the ownership by beneficiary countries of programmes for developing trade and investment to be aone of the decisive factors in their success, and that national, regional and local authorities and civil society must systematically be involved in accordance with the rule of law in the framing and monitoring of national programmes; Amendment 48 # Jan ZAHRADIL Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 4. Views as decisive investment aimed at creating, developing and strengthening key ~~port,~~ transport, energy and telecommunications infrastructure, and in particular cross- border infrastructure and intermodal hubs; Amendment 55 # Jan ZAHRADIL Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 – point 1 – indent 1 – support for s~~mall~~elf-employed farmers, and producers and small cooperatives and for the development of sustainable agricultural, piscicultural and breeding practices which enable supply chains to be established, consolidated and diversified; Amendment 78 # Jan ZAHRADIL Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 – point 2 – indent 2 – improving the investment climate in order to facilitate private sector participation and where appropriate the development of public-private- partnerships; Amendment 96 # Jan ZAHRADIL Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 – point 4 – indent 1 – helping national governments ~~to decide thei~~improve governance and public and private accountability in view of better national trade policies and development strategies; Amendment 99 # Jan ZAHRADIL Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 – point 4 – indent 2 a (new) - support for the development of the private sector, including micro and small and medium-sized enterprises, to foster its participation in trade and investment at the local, regional, cross-border, bilateral and multilateral level; Amendment 101 # Jan ZAHRADIL Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 – point 4 – indent 4 – establishing of institutions that facilitate trade and investment and the creation of guarantee funds and risk capital funds, including seed capital and business angels. Amendment 106 # Jan ZAHRADIL Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 6. Supports the Commission proposal concerning the differentiation of EU aid for trade and the focusing of efforts on those countries in most need of this, and particularly the less developed countries (LDCs) and low-income countries; calls on the Commission, nevertheless, ~~not to take revenu~~to supplement the (gross national product~~) as its sole criterion, but also~~ criterion with other relevant indexes to take into account a country's general level of development and its needs, capacities and internal development inequalities; urges the Commission to take into account the principles of the Enhanced Integrated Framework (EIF) for the LDCs; Amendment 112 # Jan ZAHRADIL Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 9. Expresses concern at the proliferation of tied aid practices; urges the developed countries and the major emerging countries ~~not to~~to gradually no longer resort to such practices, but rather to make efforts to harness regional and local resources, including human capital, in their economic development projects centring on trade and investment; Amendment 117 # Jan ZAHRADIL Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 11. Deplores the lack of ~~international~~ coordination of investment policies, including at the international level; welcomes the agreement reached by the European Parliament and the Council on transitional arrangements for bilateral investment agreements between Member States and third countries; encourages the Commission to develop an EU policy on international investment which ~~reflects the capacity of states to generate their own rules, and~~ensures proper investment protection, enhances legal certainty, reflects the capacity of states to generate common rules and standards, while taking into account particularly social, economic and environmental ~~standard~~needs in drafting own legislations; Amendment 121 # Jan ZAHRADIL Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 12. Welcomes the WTO's decision to facilitate accession for LDCs; calls on the developed countries and the major emerging countries which are WTO members to uincrease the ~~derogation applicable to services in the case of LDCs and to apply preferential treatment to services and service providers from LDCs;~~participation of developing countries in world trade in services through negotiated specific commitments in accordance with Articles IV, XIV and XIV a of the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS). (The abovementioned articles of GATS refer to the following topics: Article IV: Increasing Participation of Developing Countries; Article XIV: General Exceptions; Article XIV a: Security Exceptions.) Amendment 125 # Jan ZAHRADIL Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 15. Urges the Commission to propose tangible ways of bolstering its support for swifter and deeper regional integration amongst DCs, with a view to developing regional markets and creating regional value chains; urges it also to foster conclusion of economic partnership agreements (EPAs) between the EU and interested DCs in order to gradually integrate their markets in the multilateral trade framework; calls on the Commission to consider simplifying and harmonising rules of origin and the means of facilitating their use by small- volume exporters; calls on the Commission to strengthen its partnerships with existing regional institutions, and particularly the African Development Bank; points to the vital role played by the local private sector in terms of trade integration and economic development; Amendment 130 # Jan ZAHRADIL Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 17. Welcomes the conclusion of a first economic partnership agreement (EPA) and calls on the Commission to harness this momentum to relaunch the negotiations on EPAs not yet concluded; points to the importance of establishing a firm legal and commercial framework for promoting EU investment in ACP countries, including in cooperation with other European and international institutions such as the EIB, the World Bank/IFC and the EBRD, and the private sector; calls on the Commission to take into account the European Parliament's recommendations concerning preference erosion and the flexibility and scope of tariff dismantling, and to award special attention to implementing the EPAs; Amendment 134 # Jan ZAHRADIL Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 18. Believes that the EU has developed effective tools in the field of development assistance through trade and investment, with these including the GSP and EPAs; urges the Commission, nonetheless, to combine all the existing instruments in a genuine overarching strategy that also comprises measures in the fields of technical assistance for trade, capacity building and trade-related adjustment; considers that the Commission and the European External Action Service should develop synergies in order to further enhance the Union's commercial diplomacy worldwide; source: PE-504.162
6	2012/2259(INI) Current challenges and opportunities for renewable energy on the European internal energy market 2013/01/29 INTA 6 amendments... Amendment 3 # Jan ZAHRADIL Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Encourages the Commission to continue pursuing an ambitious but also structured and forward-looking approach to renewables that includes support mechanisms, measures to boost technological innovation and the identification of new strategic areas for the use of renewables as trade commodities; Amendment 5 # Jan ZAHRADIL Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Stresses that measures to boost technological innovation should provide, amongst other, sufficient funding for research and development of renewable sources or energy for a sustainable EU energy mix; Amendment 11 # Jan ZAHRADIL Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Notes that the leadership of the EU in renewable energy technology is currently being eroded, including through the use of unfair trade practices by some emerging economies; urges therefore the Commission to ~~make pro-active~~actively monitor the use of unjustified non-tariff barriers (NTBs), subsidies and dumping measures by EU trade partners in this area and make strategic and efficient use of trade defence instruments in order to counter such illegal practices; Amendment 25 # Jan ZAHRADIL Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Stresses that trade has an important role in making sure that renewable energy is sustainable; recalls that imported bioenergy and agrofuels shall be in compliance with EU's sustainability criteria, and encourages the Commission to introduce indirect land use as an additional criterion; recommends that trade agreements should contain provisions to address the issues of deforestation and forest degradation that should be clearly defined and regularly updated; recommends that to address the issues of deforestation and resulting forest and land degradation, the Commission actively promotes the conclusion of FLEGT agreements with third countries; Amendment 29 # Jan ZAHRADIL Draft opinion Paragraph 4 a (new) 4a. Welcomes and encourages the conclusion of Voluntary Partnership Agreements between the EU and developing and emerging countries on forest law enforcement, governance and trade in timber and derived products to the European Union (FLEGT) and reminds that a carefully managed, sustainable timber harvest is also a renewable source of energy; Amendment 33 # Jan ZAHRADIL Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. ~~Opposes subsidies to fossil fuels and r~~Recalls the G20 agreement gradually to phase out ~~such~~fossil fuel subsidies; calls on the Commission swiftly to put forward proposals for a timetable ~~to phase out~~in this regard for all fossil fuel subsidies granted by ~~institutions, such as export credit agencies, that receive public support from the EU or from Member States~~the EU, while taking into account the need to preserve economic and social cohesion. source: PE-504.165
7	2012/2320(INI) First annual report from the Commission to the European Parliament on the activities of Member States' export credit agencies 2013/05/07 INTA 7 amendments... Amendment 7 # Jan ZAHRADIL Motion for a resolution Recital G G. whereas the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights is legally binding on the EU institutions and EU Member States with the exception of those that have an opt- out when they implement EU law and whereas the Commission's Strategy for the effective implementation of the Charter explicitly acknowledges that the Charter applies to the EU's external action; Amendment 13 # Jan ZAHRADIL Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 1. ~~Recognises the efforts undertaken by the Commission~~Welcomes the Commission's efforts in establishing a framework for the annual reporting of Member States on their export credit activities in accordance with Regulation 1233/2011, in order to step up transparency at the EU level; stresses that one of the key objectives of this reporting is to monitor compliance of Member States' Export Credit Agencies with the international disciplines applicable to export credits; Amendment 14 # Jan ZAHRADIL Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2. Acknowledges informal receipt of the first annual report on the export credit activities of Member States by the Commission on 14 December 2012, evaluating the responses of 20 out of 27 Member States maintaining active export credit programmes, as well as receipt of these Member States' reports in the form of annexes; calls on the Commission to consult with Member States on the possibility to approve these documents or a summary of them for public release in order to fulfil the goal of the basic Regulation to increase transparency; Amendment 18 # Jan ZAHRADIL Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. Recognises that EU Member States in their Annual Activity Reports have made available to the Commission the financial and operational information on export credits, as requested in the first paragraph of Annexe I of Regulation 1233/2011; Amendment 32 # Jan ZAHRADIL Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 10. ~~Recommend~~Suggests that the Council Working Group on Export Credits and the Commission co~~operate~~nsult with the European External Action Service (EEAS) on ~~developing a methodology for meaningful reporting on Article 21 compliance before the next annual report is due~~the application in the EU of certain OECD guidelines in the field of officially supported export credits; Amendment 43 # Jan ZAHRADIL Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 14. ~~Notes that~~Encourages Member State ECAs ~~currently~~to continue reporting on their evaluation of environmental risks ~~but not on how these are included in the calculation of ECA premiums; considers such reporting~~; considers such reporting by all OECD and non-OECD ECAs to be essential to ensuring a level playing field; Amendment 53 # Jan ZAHRADIL Motion for a resolution Paragraph 19 19. ~~Recommends~~Suggests exploring the relevance of a sectoral approach in developing the IWG, in order possibly to build the base for horizontal provisions in a second phase that will ensure the common adoption of effective environmental, social and human rights standards by all OECD and non- OECD ECAs to ensuring a level playing field; source: PE-510.663

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