European Parliament 2019-2024

Committee on International Trade

2020/2273(INI)

1.3.2021

AMENDMENTS 1 - 96

Draft opinion Saskia Bricmont (PE663.251v01-00)

EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030: Bringing nature back into our lives (2020/2273(INI))

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PE689.523v02-00 2/56 AM\1226070EN.docx EN Amendment 1 Seán Kelly, Christophe Hansen

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1. Recalls that the damage to the 1. Recalls that biodiversity is planet’s biodiversity is almost at the point declining globally at unprecedented rates of no return and that biodiversity loss is a in human history, and the rate of species driver of zoonotic pathogens such as extinctions is accelerating, impacting COVID-19; highlights the scientific human health worldwide in a variety of evidence on the role of trade in biodiversity ways; highlights the scientific evidence on loss, in particular with regard to trade in the role of unsustainable trade in minerals, biomass and certain agricultural biodiversity loss, in particular with regard commodities, and biodiversity loss due to to trade in minerals, biomass and certain land-use changes, invasive alien species, agricultural commodities, and biodiversity overexploitation of resources and loss due to global land-use changes, pollution; invasive alien species, overexploitation of resources and pollution; reminds of the targets agreed under the 2021-2027 MFF for achieving a biodiversity spending level of 10% and a climate mainstreaming spending level of 30%, applying a robust, transparent and comprehensive methodology; notes the severe economic difficulties experienced by European businesses caused by the pandemic, therefore believes that the strategy needs to support both biodiversity and jobs, allowing businesses to recover by maintaining competitiveness and openness to trade, in line with the Green Deal’s objectives and the “do no significant harm“ principle, to ensure sustainable economic growth;

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Amendment 2 Sergio Berlato, Emmanouil Fragkos, Mazaly Aguilar, Jan Zahradil

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1. Recalls that the damage to the 1. Notes the scientific evidence on the planet’s biodiversity is almost at the point role of trade in biodiversity loss, in of no return and that biodiversity loss is a particular with regard to trade in minerals, driver of zoonotic pathogens such as biomass and certain agricultural COVID-19; highlights the scientific commodities, and biodiversity loss due to evidence on the role of trade in biodiversity land-use changes, invasive alien species, loss, in particular with regard to trade in overexploitation of resources and minerals, biomass and certain agricultural pollution; commodities, and biodiversity loss due to land-use changes, invasive alien species, overexploitation of resources and pollution;

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Amendment 3 Mazaly Aguilar

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1. Recalls that the damage to the 1. Recalls that it is important and a planet’s biodiversity is almost at the point matter of urgency to slow down worldwide of no return and that biodiversity loss is a biodiversity loss; highlights the scientific driver of zoonotic pathogens such as evidence on the role of trade in biodiversity COVID-19; highlights the scientific loss, in particular with regard to trade in evidence on the role of trade in biodiversity minerals and in unsustainably produced loss, in particular with regard to trade in biomass and commodities, and minerals, biomass and certain agricultural biodiversity loss due to land-use changes, commodities, and biodiversity loss due to invasive alien species, exploitation of land-use changes, invasive alien species, resources and pollution; overexploitation of resources and pollution;

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Amendment 4 Gabriel Mato

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1. Recalls that the damage to the 1. Recalls the importance of halting planet’s biodiversity is almost at the point biodiversity loss on a global level, since of no return and that biodiversity loss is a global biodiversity loss is also one of the driver of zoonotic pathogens such as drivers of zoonotic pathogens; highlights COVID-19; highlights the scientific the scientific evidence on the role of trade evidence on the role of trade in biodiversity in global biodiversity loss, in particular loss, in particular with regard to trade in with regard to the wildlife trade and to a minerals, biomass and certain agricultural certain extent trade in minerals, commodities, and biodiversity loss due to unsustainably sourced biomass and certain land-use changes, invasive alien species, unsustainably produced agricultural overexploitation of resources and commodities, and biodiversity loss due to pollution; the climate change, global land-use changes, invasive alien species, unsustainable exploitation of resources and pollution;

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Amendment 5 Joachim Schuster, Miroslav Číž, Kathleen Van Brempt

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1. Recalls that the damage to the 1. Recalls that the damage to the planet’s biodiversity is almost at the point planet’s biodiversity is almost at the point of no return and that biodiversity loss is a of no return and that biodiversity loss is a driver of zoonotic pathogens such as driver of zoonotic pathogens such as COVID-19; highlights the scientific COVID-19; highlights the scientific evidence on the role of trade in biodiversity evidence on the role of trade in biodiversity loss, in particular with regard to trade in loss, in particular with regard to trade in minerals, biomass and certain agricultural minerals, biomass and certain agricultural commodities, and biodiversity loss due to commodities, and biodiversity loss due to land-use changes, invasive alien species, land-use changes, invasive alien species, overexploitation of resources and overexploitation of resources and pollution; pollution; underlines that the contribution of trade to the dramatic biodiversity loss is very inadequately addressed both by the structure of the existing FTAs and the current WTO rules; stresses that the precautionary principle must be the guiding principle with regard to the

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Amendment 6 Carles Puigdemont i Casamajó

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1. Recalls that the damage to the 1. Recalls that the damage to the planet’s biodiversity is almost at the point planet’s biodiversity is almost at the point of no return and that biodiversity loss is a of no return and that biodiversity loss is a driver of zoonotic pathogens such as driver of zoonotic pathogens such as COVID-19; highlights the scientific COVID-19; recalls that environmental evidence on the role of trade in biodiversity externalities made by trade are a visible loss, in particular with regard to trade in symptom of no country can bring about minerals, biomass and certain agricultural impact equality in their own economy; commodities, and biodiversity loss due to highlights the scientific evidence on the land-use changes, invasive alien species, role of trade in biodiversity loss, in overexploitation of resources and particular with regard to trade in minerals, pollution; biomass and certain agricultural commodities, and biodiversity loss due to land-use changes, invasive alien species, overexploitation of resources and pollution; urges the Commission to introduce the principles of One Health and Health in All Policies also in trade- related policies and legislative measures;

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Amendment 7 Saskia Bricmont

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1. Recalls that the damage to the 1. Recalls that the damage to the planet’s biodiversity is almost at the point planet’s biodiversity is almost at the point of no return and that biodiversity loss is a of no return and that biodiversity loss is a

PE689.523v02-00 6/56 AM\1226070EN.docx EN driver of zoonotic pathogens such as driver of zoonotic pathogens such as COVID-19; highlights the scientific COVID-19; highlights the scientific evidence on the role of trade in biodiversity evidence on the role of trade in biodiversity loss, in particular with regard to trade in loss, in particular with regard to trade in minerals, biomass and certain agricultural minerals, biomass, wildlife and certain commodities, and biodiversity loss due to agricultural commodities, and biodiversity land-use changes, invasive alien species, loss due to land-use changes, invasive alien overexploitation of resources and species, overexploitation of resources and pollution; pollution; recalls that over half of the world’s GDP is moderately or highly dependent on nature and its services;

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Amendment 8 Emmanuel Maurel

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1. Recalls that the damage to the 1. Recalls that the damage to the planet’s biodiversity is almost at the point planet’s biodiversity is almost at the point of no return and that biodiversity loss is a of no return, that we are facing mass driver of zoonotic pathogens such as extinction and that biodiversity loss is a COVID-19; highlights the scientific driver of zoonotic pathogens such as evidence on the role of trade in biodiversity COVID-19; highlights the scientific loss, in particular with regard to trade in evidence on the role of trade in biodiversity minerals, biomass and certain agricultural loss, in particular with regard to trade in commodities, and biodiversity loss due to minerals, biomass and certain agricultural land-use changes, invasive alien species, commodities, and biodiversity loss due to overexploitation of resources and land-use changes, invasive alien species, pollution; overexploitation of resources and pollution;

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Amendment 9 Jérémy Decerle, Marie-Pierre Vedrenne

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1. Recalls that the damage to the 1. Recalls that the damage to the planet’s biodiversity is almost at the point planet’s biodiversity is almost at the point of no return and that biodiversity loss is a of no return and that biodiversity loss is a driver of zoonotic pathogens such as driver of zoonotic pathogens such as COVID-19; highlights the scientific COVID-19; highlights the scientific evidence on the role of trade in biodiversity evidence on the role of unsustainable trade loss, in particular with regard to trade in in biodiversity loss, in particular with minerals, biomass and certain agricultural regard to trade in minerals, biomass and commodities, and biodiversity loss due to certain agricultural commodities, and land-use changes, invasive alien species, biodiversity loss due to land-use changes, overexploitation of resources and invasive alien species, overexploitation of pollution; resources and pollution;

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Amendment 10 Marco Campomenosi

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1a. Notes with concern that the loss of economic costs of invasive alien species in Europe can be estimated as €12.7 billion/year1a, and in particular the costs for the agricultural, fisheries, forestry and health sectors amount to €5.1 billion/year, excluding the costs of epidemic animal and human diseases; in this regard, calls on the Commission to improve controls at the borders to ensure that imports introduced in the European Union do not put at risk European biodiversity and competitiveness, since the increasing volume of trade contributes to the spread of invasive species; ______1a https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal- content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:5200 8SC2887&from=EN

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PE689.523v02-00 8/56 AM\1226070EN.docx EN Amendment 11 Gabriel Mato

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1a. Emphasises that, in order to allow level playing field on international stage, it is important that the EU and Global Biodiversity Framework under the CBD (Convention on Biological Diversity) have the same level of ambition, especially when it comes to the level of land and sea protection targets; underlines that the updated zero draft of the post-2020 global biodiversity framework, which takes into account the outcomes of the second meeting of the Open-ended Working Group on the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework, doesn’t include reference to a strict protection; therefore, calls the Commission to ensure that any land protection target in the EU is flexible enough to allow implementation to take into account the precise conditions and opportunities of each Member States and rights of land and forest owners, with strict protection being a voluntary option;

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Amendment 12 Saskia Bricmont

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1a. Emphasises that the degradation of and stress on ecosystems is undermining progress towards the achievement of most of the 2030

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Amendment 13 Seán Kelly

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1a. Stresses that open strategic autonomy should ensure fair competition and include coherence between different EU policies and initiatives, including Biodiversity strategy, while promoting all aspects of sustainability and extend the benefits of trade to European businesses, especially SMEs;

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Amendment 14 Carles Puigdemont i Casamajó

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1a. Recalls that the Secretariat of the UN Convention on Biological Diversity has strongly encouraged local and subnational action for biodiversity, understanding that decentralized planning serves as an effective support to deploy global biodiversity strategies;

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Amendment 15 Jérémy Decerle, Marie-Pierre Vedrenne

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1a. Stresses that coherence between the different UE policies is crucial in international trade, articulating all sustainability development aspects, social, environmental - including biodiversity - and economic;

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Amendment 16 Sergio Berlato, Emmanouil Fragkos, Mazaly Aguilar, Jan Zahradil

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1a. Stresses the importance of the role of fishers, farmers, hunters and all mainstays of rural culture in defending biodiversity and protecting the ecosystem;

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Amendment 17 Saskia Bricmont

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1b. Welcomes that the new trade strategy “calls for closer policy

AM\1226070EN.docx 11/56 PE689.523v02-00 EN integration between trade policies and internal EU policies” and recognizes that “the preservation of biodiversity is a global challenge that requires global efforts”; expects that the Commission will keep a high level of ambition not only words but also in action and that specific and concrete measures will be considered without delay to ensure EU trade agreements do not cause or threaten to cause biodiversity loss and to effectively align EU trade policy with its biodiversity strategy;

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Amendment 18 Carles Puigdemont i Casamajó

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1b. Recalls that the growing internationalisation of economies, through delocalised processes of production and consumption, exerts multiple impacts on nature at a global scale and beyond the EU’s territories;

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Amendment 19 Gabriel Mato

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1b. Recalls that trade agreements must ensure that the parties involved participate actively in promoting sustainable development principles;

PE689.523v02-00 12/56 AM\1226070EN.docx EN international standards that are in line with European environmental and climate ambitions for sustainable growth must also be guaranteed; in addition, in order to ensure a global transition to sustainable food systems, these agreements should make the Paris Agreement on Climate Change and compliance to this as essential and binding elements;

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Amendment 20 Gabriel Mato

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1c. Stresses that the future Open Strategic Autonomy Strategy should help to develop fair competition across all operators in international trade and to ensure coherence between different EU policies and initiatives, including Biodiversity strategy, while promoting all aspects of sustainability and extend the benefits of trade to farm level;

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Amendment 21 Seán Kelly

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2. Stresses the importance of 2. Stresses the importance of systematically including a biodiversity systematically including a biodiversity dimension to all sustainable impact dimension to all sustainable impact assessments (SIAs) that follow a robust assessments (SIAs)that follow a robust

AM\1226070EN.docx 13/56 PE689.523v02-00 EN methodology, as suggested by available methodology, as suggested by available Commission studies, and to consistently Commission studies, and to consistently factor in biodiversity issues; requests that factor in biodiversity issues; calls for SIAs the Commission secure adequate funding to be launched as part of the scoping for carrying out such analyses on exercise phase on future free trade biodiversity; calls for SIAs to be launched agreements in order to adequately identify as part of the scoping exercise phase on and address possible risks as early as future free trade agreements and for them possible, and to shape relevant bilateral to be regularly updated as negotiations commitments outlined in the negotiations; develop in order to adequately identify and stresses the importance of systematically address possible risks as early as possible, conducting ex post sustainable impact and to shape relevant bilateral assessments to ensure consistency with the commitments outlined in the negotiations; EU’s international commitments on stresses the importance of systematically biodiversity; calls on the Commission to conducting regular ex post sustainable act when trading partners are not impact assessments to ensure consistency fulfilling their bilateral or multilateral with the EU’s international commitments commitments; in this regard, welcomes on biodiversity; calls for trade and the appointment of a Chief Trade sustainable development chapters to Enforcement Officer (CTEO), whose role include time-bound roadmaps that is to lead efforts across the Commission to provide verifiable commitments and strengthen implementation and objectives, which are to be regularly enforcement, drawing on a range of monitored by ex post SIAs and for the available tools; underlines that EU trade lowering of (non-)tariff barriers be made and investment agreements facilitates a conditional thereon; invites the formalised dialogue with partners on all Commission to update existing chapters aspects of the European Green Deal, accordingly; including biodiversity, sustainable food policy, pollution and the circular economy;

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Amendment 22 Gabriel Mato

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2. Stresses the importance of 2. Stresses the importance of systematically including a biodiversity systematically including a dimension to all sustainable impact biodiversity dimension to all sustainable assessments (SIAs) that follow a robust impact assessments (SIAs) that follow a methodology, as suggested by available robust methodology, as suggested by Commission studies, and to consistently available Commission studies, and to factor in biodiversity issues; requests that consistently factor it into all EU policies;

PE689.523v02-00 14/56 AM\1226070EN.docx EN the Commission secure adequate funding requests that the Commission secure for carrying out such analyses on adequate funding for carrying out such biodiversity; calls for SIAs to be launched analyses on biodiversity and facilitate the as part of the scoping exercise phase on deployment thereof for innovation in this future free trade agreements and for them field; calls for sustainability impact to be to be regularly updated as negotiations given more consideration as an important develop in order to adequately identify and part of the scoping exercise phase on future address possible risks as early as possible, free trade agreements and for them to be and to shape relevant bilateral regularly updated as negotiations develop commitments outlined in the negotiations; in order to adequately identify and address stresses the importance of systematically possible risks as early as possible, and to conducting regular ex post sustainable shape relevant bilateral commitments impact assessments to ensure consistency outlined in the negotiations; stresses the with the EU’s international commitments importance of systematically conducting on biodiversity; calls for trade and regular ex post sustainable impact sustainable development chapters to assessments to ensure consistency with the include time-bound roadmaps that provide EU’s international commitments on verifiable commitments and objectives, biodiversity; calls for trade and sustainable which are to be regularly monitored by ex development chapters to include time- post SIAs and for the lowering of (non- bound roadmaps that provide verifiable )tariff barriers be made conditional commitments and objectives, which are to thereon; invites the Commission to update be regularly monitored by ex post SIAs; existing chapters accordingly;

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Amendment 23 Joachim Schuster, Miroslav Číž, Kathleen Van Brempt, Inma Rodríguez-Piñero

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2. Stresses the importance of 2. Stresses the importance of systematically including a biodiversity systematically including a biodiversity dimension to all sustainable impact dimension to all sustainability impact assessments (SIAs) that follow a robust assessments (SIAs) that must follow a methodology, as suggested by available more robust methodology than previously, Commission studies, and to consistently as suggested by available Commission factor in biodiversity issues; requests that studies, and to consistently factor in the Commission secure adequate funding biodiversity issues; requests that the for carrying out such analyses on Commission secure adequate funding for biodiversity; calls for SIAs to be launched carrying out such analyses on biodiversity; as part of the scoping exercise phase on calls for SIAs to be launched as part of the future free trade agreements and for them scoping exercise phase on future free trade to be regularly updated as negotiations agreements and for them to be regularly

AM\1226070EN.docx 15/56 PE689.523v02-00 EN develop in order to adequately identify and updated as negotiations develop in order to address possible risks as early as possible, adequately identify and address possible and to shape relevant bilateral risks to biodiversity in the region commitments outlined in the negotiations; concerned as well as in the EU as early as stresses the importance of systematically possible, and to shape relevant bilateral conducting regular ex post sustainable commitments outlined in the negotiations; impact assessments to ensure consistency stresses the importance of systematically with the EU’s international commitments conducting regular ex post sustainability on biodiversity; calls for trade and evaluations and impact assessments to sustainable development chapters to ensure consistency with the EU’s include time-bound roadmaps that provide international commitments on biodiversity; verifiable commitments and objectives, calls for trade and sustainable development which are to be regularly monitored by ex chapters to include time-bound roadmaps post SIAs and for the lowering of (non- that provide verifiable commitments and )tariff barriers be made conditional objectives, which are to be regularly thereon; invites the Commission to update monitored, evaluated and adjusted by and existing chapters accordingly; in accordance with ex post SIAs and for the lowering of (non-)tariff barriers be made conditional thereon; invites the Commission to update existing chapters of FTAs accordingly at the earliest convenience;

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Amendment 24 Carles Puigdemont i Casamajó

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2. Stresses the importance of 2. Stresses the importance of systematically including a biodiversity systematically including a biodiversity dimension to all sustainable impact dimension to all sustainable impact assessments (SIAs) that follow a robust assessments (SIAs) that follow a robust methodology, as suggested by available methodology, as suggested by available Commission studies, and to consistently Commission studies, and to consistently factor in biodiversity issues; requests that factor in biodiversity issues; requests that the Commission secure adequate funding the Commission secure adequate funding for carrying out such analyses on for carrying out such analyses on biodiversity; calls for SIAs to be launched biodiversity; calls for SIAs to be launched as part of the scoping exercise phase on as part of the scoping exercise phase on future free trade agreements and for them future free trade and to be regularly updated as negotiations investment agreements and for them to be develop in order to adequately identify and regularly updated as negotiations develop

PE689.523v02-00 16/56 AM\1226070EN.docx EN address possible risks as early as possible, in order to adequately identify, assess and and to shape relevant bilateral address possible risks as early as possible, commitments outlined in the negotiations; and to shape relevant bilateral stresses the importance of systematically commitments outlined in the negotiations; conducting regular ex post sustainable stresses the importance of systematically impact assessments to ensure consistency conducting regular ex post sustainable with the EU’s international commitments impact assessments to ensure consistency on biodiversity; calls for trade and with the EU’s international commitments sustainable development chapters to on biodiversity; calls for trade and include time-bound roadmaps that provide sustainable development (TSD) chapters to verifiable commitments and objectives, include time-bound roadmaps that provide which are to be regularly monitored by ex verifiable commitments and objectives, post SIAs and for the lowering of (non- which are to be regularly monitored by ex )tariff barriers be made conditional post SIAs and for the lowering of (non- thereon; invites the Commission to update )tariff barriers be made conditional existing chapters accordingly; thereon; invites the Commission to update existing chapters accordingly; calls on the Commission to work closely with the Parliament and specialised stakeholders to address these measures; calls on the Commission and the Member States to implement the measures outlined and agreed upon in TSD chapters also in Union territories, in order to be consistent and coherent with what the Union demands to third countries;

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Amendment 25 Saskia Bricmont

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2. Stresses the importance of 2. Stresses the importance of systematically including a biodiversity systematically including a biodiversity dimension to all sustainable impact dimension to all sustainable impact assessments (SIAs) that follow a robust assessments (SIAs) that follow a robust methodology, as suggested by available methodology, as suggested by available Commission studies, and to consistently Commission studies, and to consistently factor in biodiversity issues; requests that factor in biodiversity issues; requests that the Commission secure adequate funding the Commission secure adequate funding for carrying out such analyses on for carrying out such analyses on biodiversity; calls for SIAs to be launched biodiversity; calls for SIAs to be launched

AM\1226070EN.docx 17/56 PE689.523v02-00 EN as part of the scoping exercise phase on as part of the scoping exercise phase on future free trade agreements and for them future free trade agreements and for them to be regularly updated as negotiations to be regularly updated as negotiations develop in order to adequately identify and develop in order to adequately identify and address possible risks as early as possible, address possible risks as early as possible, and to shape relevant bilateral and to shape relevant bilateral commitments outlined in the negotiations; commitments outlined in the negotiations; stresses the importance of systematically highlights in particular the importance of conducting regular ex post sustainable an appropriate funding of governmental impact assessments to ensure consistency bodies, the support of civil society with the EU’s international commitments organisations, the definition and coverage on biodiversity; calls for trade and of protected areas, the designation of sustainable development chapters to competent authorities, etc.; stresses the include time-bound roadmaps that provide importance of systematically conducting verifiable commitments and objectives, regular ex post sustainable impact which are to be regularly monitored by ex assessments to ensure consistency with the post SIAs and for the lowering of (non- EU’s international commitments on )tariff barriers be made conditional biodiversity; calls for trade and sustainable thereon; invites the Commission to update development chapters to include time- existing chapters accordingly; bound roadmaps that provide verifiable commitments and objectives, which are to be regularly monitored by ex post SIAs and for the lowering of (non-)tariff barriers be made conditional thereon; invites the Commission to update existing chapters accordingly;

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Amendment 26 Marco Campomenosi

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2. Stresses the importance of 2. Stresses the importance of systematically including a biodiversity systematically including a biodiversity dimension to all sustainable impact dimension to all sustainable impact assessments (SIAs) that follow a robust assessments (SIAs) that follow a robust methodology, as suggested by available methodology, as suggested by available Commission studies, and to consistently Commission studies, and to consistently factor in biodiversity issues; requests that factor in biodiversity issues; requests that the Commission secure adequate funding the Commission secure adequate funding for carrying out such analyses on for carrying out such analyses on biodiversity; calls for SIAs to be launched biodiversity; calls for neutral and

PE689.523v02-00 18/56 AM\1226070EN.docx EN as part of the scoping exercise phase on impartial SIAs to be launched as part of future free trade agreements and for them the scoping exercise phase on future free to be regularly updated as negotiations trade agreements and for them to be develop in order to adequately identify and regularly updated as negotiations develop address possible risks as early as possible, in order to adequately identify and address and to shape relevant bilateral possible risks as early as possible, and to commitments outlined in the negotiations; shape relevant bilateral commitments stresses the importance of systematically outlined in the negotiations; stresses the conducting regular ex post sustainable importance of systematically conducting impact assessments to ensure consistency regular ex post sustainable impact with the EU’s international commitments assessments to ensure consistency with the on biodiversity; calls for trade and EU’s international commitments on sustainable development chapters to biodiversity; calls for trade and sustainable include time-bound roadmaps that provide development chapters to include time- verifiable commitments and objectives, bound roadmaps that provide verifiable which are to be regularly monitored by ex commitments and objectives, which are to post SIAs and for the lowering of (non- be regularly monitored by ex post SIAs and )tariff barriers be made conditional for the lowering of (non-)tariff barriers be thereon; invites the Commission to update made conditional thereon; invites the existing chapters accordingly; Commission to update existing chapters accordingly; recalls that FTAs should be based on a coordinated approach, fostering more consistency between trade, customs and market surveillance;

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Amendment 27 Mazaly Aguilar

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2. Stresses the importance of 2. Stresses the importance of systematically including a biodiversity systematically including a dimension to all sustainable impact biodiversity dimension, alongside the assessments (SIAs) that follow a robust economic and social dimension, to all methodology, as suggested by available sustainable impact assessments (SIAs) that Commission studies, and to consistently follow a robust methodology, as suggested factor in biodiversity issues; requests that by available Commission studies, and to the Commission secure adequate funding consistently factor in biodiversity issues; for carrying out such analyses on requests that the Commission secure biodiversity; calls for SIAs to be launched adequate funding for carrying out such as part of the scoping exercise phase on analyses on biodiversity; calls for SIAs to future free trade agreements and for them be launched as part of the scoping exercise

AM\1226070EN.docx 19/56 PE689.523v02-00 EN to be regularly updated as negotiations phase on future free trade agreements and develop in order to adequately identify and for them to be regularly updated as address possible risks as early as possible, negotiations develop in order to adequately and to shape relevant bilateral identify and address possible risks as early commitments outlined in the negotiations; as possible, and to shape relevant bilateral stresses the importance of systematically commitments outlined in the negotiations; conducting regular ex post sustainable stresses the importance of systematically impact assessments to ensure consistency conducting regular ex post sustainable with the EU’s international commitments impact assessments to ensure consistency on biodiversity; calls for trade and with the EU’s international commitments sustainable development chapters to on biodiversity; calls for trade and include time-bound roadmaps that provide sustainable development chapters to verifiable commitments and objectives, include time-bound roadmaps that provide which are to be regularly monitored by ex verifiable commitments and objectives, post SIAs and for the lowering of (non- which are to be regularly monitored by ex )tariff barriers be made conditional post SIAs and for the lowering of (non- thereon; invites the Commission to update )tariff barriers be made conditional existing chapters accordingly; thereon; invites the Commission to update existing chapters accordingly;

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Amendment 28 Seán Kelly, Christophe Hansen

Draft opinion Paragraph 2 – point 1 (new)

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(1) Believes that the EU should promote sustainable economic growth as a priority for developing countries in expanding, transforming their economies and attaining development benefit, noting that trade can be an enabler for achieving environmental goals, in addition to social and economic goals; notes that trade and investment in biodiversity-based products and services can incentivise the reduction of over-exploitation of biodiversity while enabling the creation of more sustainable economic sectors that contribute to inclusive growth and sustainable production, trade and consumption patterns; underscores that market incentives and capacity building should be

PE689.523v02-00 20/56 AM\1226070EN.docx EN made accessible to businesses to engage them in smart, sustainable and inclusive growth as well as help them meet consumer expectations and the increasing demands for respecting nature;

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Amendment 29 Saskia Bricmont

Draft opinion Paragraph 2 a (new)

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2a. Welcomes the single entry point put in place to address reported trade barriers and violations of sustainable trade commitments and considers it is in the Union interest to take action in response of violations of those commitments; calls upon the Commission to draw lessons from the EU-South Korea dispute settled by the panel of experts which highlighted the importance of including milestones and timelines for the ratification of international conventions by the Parties; recalls its invitation to the Commission to explore a sanctions-based mechanism as a last resort in the trade agreements and to take account of the non-paper from the Netherlands and France on trade, social economic effects and sustainable development in the context of the review of the 15-point Action Plan on TSD chapters;

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Amendment 30 Karin Karlsbro, Samira Rafaela, Nicola Danti, Marie-Pierre Vedrenne

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2a. Believes that the EU should seek cooperation with its trading partners to raise and strengthen the awareness of the biodiversity dimension in trade, work to include binding levels of biodiversity protection in the upcoming work on WTO reform, and in other international trade fora, as well as in our free trade agreements, any such introduction must be based on scientific evidence and never be used as green-washed protectionism; stresses that provisions of biodiversity belongs in all free trade agreements, investment agreements, and voluntary partnership agreements (VPAs) under FLEGT;

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Amendment 31 Carles Puigdemont i Casamajó

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2a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to join efforts to reach an agreement on marine biological diversity beyond national jurisdiction; recalls that the establishment of MPAs in areas beyond national jurisdiction must be supported by socio-economic and ecological impact assessments based on the best available scientific advice;

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Amendment 32 Joachim Schuster, Miroslav Číž, Kathleen Van Brempt, Inma Rodríguez-Piñero

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2a. Asks the Commission to use the indicators developed in the search for possible risks to biodiversity to formulate short-, mid- and long-term goals for the protection of biodiversity; requests annual updates from the Commission to the European Parliament on the status of implementation of said goals;

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Amendment 33 Joachim Schuster, Miroslav Číž, Kathleen Van Brempt, Inma Rodríguez-Piñero

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2b. Asks the Commission to evaluate the existing FTAs as well as texts currently in legal scrubbing with regard to their effect on biodiversity and to present the results and planned adjustments to the European Parliament;

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Amendment 34 Joachim Schuster, Miroslav Číž, Kathleen Van Brempt

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2c. Underlines that the EU must make considerable adjustments in its own export policy in order to avoid harmful effects of its own agricultural policy,

AM\1226070EN.docx 23/56 PE689.523v02-00 EN while factoring in the leakage effects of possible adjustments; calls for a detailed study on the negative effects of EU exports and their production methods on biodiversity conducted by the Commission in cooperation with independent experts;

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Amendment 35 Saskia Bricmont

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3. Considers it crucial that the 3. Considers it crucial that the Commission foster a non-product related Commission foster a non-product related process and production method approach in process and production method approach in order to support measures that set out to order to support measures that set out to prevent further biodiversity loss, on the prevent further biodiversity loss and which basis of Article XX of the General are non-discriminatory and aiming at the Agreement on Tariffs and Trade; strongest environmental protection[MC1]; supports the Commission in its will to push forward in international discussions on trade and environment an interpretation of relevant WTO provisions that recognise the right of Members to provide effective responses to global environmental challenges, notably climate change and the protection of biodiversity; considers that lawyers specialised in trade and environment should be selected to be part of dispute settlement panels established by FTAs and IPAs and that they should be particularly involved for dealing with disputes arising from conflicts between trade commitments and environmental protection exceptions; urges the Commission to push this proposal forward in the context of its WTO climate and trade initiative;

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PE689.523v02-00 24/56 AM\1226070EN.docx EN Amendment 36 Seán Kelly, Christophe Hansen

Draft opinion Paragraph 3

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3. Considers it crucial that the 3. Considers it crucial that the Commission foster a non-product related Commission foster a non-product related process and production method approach in process and production method approach in order to support measures that set out to order to support measures that set out to prevent further biodiversity loss, on the prevent further biodiversity loss under a basis of Article XX of the General secure, predictable and non- Agreement on Tariffs and Trade; discriminatory framework, that is compatible with the WTO, with respect to domestic products and products exported by third countries;

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Amendment 37 Joachim Schuster, Miroslav Číž, Kathleen Van Brempt

Draft opinion Paragraph 3 a (new)

Draft opinion Amendment

3a. Asks the Commission to use a different approach in its trade negotiations with the goal of facilitating preferential access to the EU market only for those trade partners that successfully implement all multilateral environmental agreements relevant to the protection of biodiversity or to keep up tariffs on raw materials, goods and services that are considered harmful to biodiversity in accordance with the SIA and scoping exercises; asks the Commission to develop a swift snap-back option in case of violations or non-implementation under which tariffs are re-established towards the trading partner in violation;

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AM\1226070EN.docx 25/56 PE689.523v02-00 EN Amendment 38 Sergio Berlato, Emmanouil Fragkos, Mazaly Aguilar, Jan Zahradil

Draft opinion Paragraph 3 a (new)

Draft opinion Amendment

3a. Calls on the Commission to promote trade practices that protect geographical indications (GIs) more effectively, focusing in particular on local production, which is more in line with the objective of preserving biodiversity;

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Amendment 39 Carles Puigdemont i Casamajó

Draft opinion Paragraph 3 a (new)

Draft opinion Amendment

3a. Urges the Commission to consider the extra-territorial dimension of biodiversity loss, especially on developing countries, and to scientifically assess the Union's overall impact on the planet’s biodiversity;

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Amendment 40 Joachim Schuster, Miroslav Číž, Kathleen Van Brempt

Draft opinion Paragraph 3 b (new)

Draft opinion Amendment

3b. asks for an independent in depth- analysis of the effects of the remaining

PE689.523v02-00 26/56 AM\1226070EN.docx EN ISDS and ICS-provisions in trade agreements as well as the energy charter on biodiversity and requests swift adaptations in case negative effects are proven;

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Amendment 41 Marco Campomenosi

Draft opinion Paragraph 4

Draft opinion Amendment

4. Considers that the EU’s trade deleted policy and green diplomacy should aim to phase out fossil fuels and environmentally harmful subsidies as a matter of urgency in accordance with the commitments taken at the G20 Summit in Pittsburgh in 2009; invites the Commission to agree on a roadmap with each trade partner covered by a trade agreement, with milestones in place, and to show leadership in relevant international forums;

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Amendment 42 Seán Kelly

Draft opinion Paragraph 4

Draft opinion Amendment

4. Considers that the EU’s trade 4. Considers that the EU’s trade policy and green diplomacy should aim to policy and green diplomacy should aim to phase out fossil fuels and environmentally support the climate neutrality by 2050 at harmful subsidies as a matter of urgency the latest; invites the Commission to agree in accordance with the commitments on a roadmap with each trade partner taken at the G20 Summit in Pittsburgh in covered by a trade agreement, with

AM\1226070EN.docx 27/56 PE689.523v02-00 EN 2009; invites the Commission to agree on a milestones in place, and to show leadership roadmap with each trade partner covered in relevant international forums; highlights by a trade agreement, with milestones in that sustainability and carbon neutrality place, and to show leadership in relevant shall remain at the core objectives of EU international forums; programmes, therefore, EU trade policy in line with the Biodiversity Strategy should allow SMEs to take advantage of the green transition in terms of competitiveness, cost reduction and job creation; believes that any land protection target in the EU should take into account the differing conditions and opportunities of each Member state;

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Amendment 43 Mazaly Aguilar

Draft opinion Paragraph 4

Draft opinion Amendment

4. Considers that the EU’s trade 4. Considers that the EU’s trade policy and green diplomacy should aim to policy should aim to phase out fossil fuels phase out fossil fuels and environmentally and those instruments that run counter to harmful subsidies as a matter of urgency the objectives of sustainability as a matter in accordance with the commitments taken of urgency in line with the commitments at the G20 Summit in Pittsburgh in 2009; taken at the G20 Summit in Pittsburgh in invites the Commission to agree on a 2009; invites the Commission to agree on a roadmap with each trade partner covered roadmap with each trade partner covered by a trade agreement, with milestones in by a trade agreement, with milestones in place, and to show leadership in relevant place, and to show leadership in relevant international forums; international forums;

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Amendment 44 Sergio Berlato, Emmanouil Fragkos, Mazaly Aguilar, Jan Zahradil

Draft opinion Paragraph 4

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4. Considers that the EU’s trade 4. Considers that the EU’s trade policy and green diplomacy should aim to policy and green diplomacy should aim to phase out fossil fuels and environmentally replace fossil fuels and environmentally harmful subsidies as a matter of urgency in harmful subsidies as a matter of urgency in accordance with the commitments taken at accordance with the commitments taken at the G20 Summit in Pittsburgh in 2009; the G20 Summit in Pittsburgh in 2009; invites the Commission to agree on a invites the Commission to agree on a roadmap with each trade partner covered roadmap with each trade partner covered by a trade agreement, with milestones in by a trade agreement, with milestones in place, and to show leadership in relevant place, and to show leadership in relevant international forums; international forums;

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Amendment 45 Joachim Schuster, Miroslav Číž, Kathleen Van Brempt

Draft opinion Paragraph 4

Draft opinion Amendment

4. Considers that the EU’s trade 4. Considers that the EU’s trade policy and green diplomacy should aim to policy and green diplomacy should aim to phase out fossil fuels and environmentally phase out fossil fuels and environmentally harmful subsidies as a matter of urgency in harmful subsidies as a matter of urgency in accordance with the commitments taken at accordance with the commitments taken at the G20 Summit in Pittsburgh in 2009; the G20 Summit in Pittsburgh in 2009; invites the Commission to agree on a invites the Commission to agree on a roadmap with each trade partner covered roadmap with each trade partner covered by a trade agreement, with milestones in by a trade agreement, with milestones in place, and to show leadership in relevant place, and to create a link between the international forums; proven implementation of multilateral environmental agreements and the lowering of tariffs in current and future agreements; invites the Commission to show leadership in relevant international forums especially in the WTO, in this multilateral context; asks the Commission to strive for the creation of possibilities of raising tariffs on products and services that have a scientifically proven region- specific negative effect on biodiversity; underlines the necessity of creating a legal framework within the WTO that

AM\1226070EN.docx 29/56 PE689.523v02-00 EN enables the creation of non-tariff barriers and trade bans on raw materials, goods and services that endanger biodiversity in order to disincentivize trade in- and production of such raw materials, goods and services;

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Amendment 46 Saskia Bricmont

Draft opinion Paragraph 4

Draft opinion Amendment

4. Considers that the EU’s trade 4. Recalls that the OECD policy and green diplomacy should aim to conservatively estimates at USD 500 phase out fossil fuels and environmentally billion per year the financial flows harmful subsidies as a matter of urgency in potentially harmful to biodiversity (based accordance with the commitments taken at on fossil-fuel and agricultural subsidies), the G20 Summit in Pittsburgh in 2009; an order of magnitude ten times higher invites the Commission to agree on a than global finance flows for biodiversity roadmap with each trade partner covered conservation and sustainable use; by a trade agreement, with milestones in considers that the EU’s trade policy and place, and to show leadership in relevant green diplomacy should aim to phase out international forums; fossil fuels and environmentally harmful subsidies as a matter of urgency in accordance with the commitments taken at the G20 Summit in Pittsburgh in 2009; invites the Commission to agree on a roadmap with each trade partner covered by a trade agreement, with milestones in place, and to show leadership in relevant international forums;

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Amendment 47 Gabriel Mato

Draft opinion Paragraph 4

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4. Considers that the EU’s trade 4. Considers that the EU’s trade policy and green diplomacy should aim to policy and green diplomacy should aim to phase out fossil fuels and environmentally introduce measures to phase in energy harmful subsidies as a matter of urgency in transition, encouraging the use of low or accordance with the commitments taken at zero-emission technologies and the G20 Summit in Pittsburgh in 2009; eliminating environmentally harmful invites the Commission to agree on a subsidies as a matter of urgency in roadmap with each trade partner covered accordance with the commitments taken at by a trade agreement, with milestones in the G20 Summit in Pittsburgh in 2009; place, and to show leadership in relevant invites the Commission to agree on a international forums; roadmap with each trade partner covered by a trade agreement, with milestones in place, and to show leadership in relevant international forums;

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Amendment 48 Karin Karlsbro, Samira Rafaela, Nicola Danti, Marie-Pierre Vedrenne, Jérémy Decerle

Draft opinion Paragraph 4

Draft opinion Amendment

4. Considers that the EU’s trade 4. Considers that the EU’s trade policy and green diplomacy should aim to policy and green diplomacy should aim to phase out fossil fuels and environmentally phase out fossil fuels and environmentally harmful subsidies as a matter of urgency in harmful subsidies as a matter of urgency in accordance with the commitments taken at accordance with the commitments taken at the G20 Summit in Pittsburgh in 2009; the G20 Summit in Pittsburgh in 2009; invites the Commission to agree on a invites the Commission to agree on a roadmap with each trade partner covered roadmap with each trade partner covered by a trade agreement, with milestones in by a trade agreement, with milestones in place, and to show leadership in relevant place, and to show leadership in relevant international forums; international forums, in particular by advocating for binding targets at global level to increase ambition and ensure that post- 2020 action on global biodiversity will be effective;

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AM\1226070EN.docx 31/56 PE689.523v02-00 EN Amendment 49 Emmanuel Maurel

Draft opinion Paragraph 4

Draft opinion Amendment

4. Considers that the EU’s trade 4. Considers that the EU’s trade policy and green diplomacy should aim to policy and green diplomacy should aim to phase out fossil fuels and environmentally phase out fossil fuels and environmentally harmful subsidies as a matter of urgency in harmful subsidies as a matter of urgency in accordance with the commitments taken at accordance with the commitments taken at the G20 Summit in Pittsburgh in 2009; the G20 Summit in Pittsburgh in 2009; invites the Commission to agree on a invites the Commission to agree on a roadmap with each trade partner covered roadmap with each trade partner covered by a trade agreement, with milestones in by a trade agreement, with milestones in place, and to show leadership in relevant place, and to show leadership in relevant international forums; international forums; calls for a coordinated exit from the Energy Charter Treaty, which protects and promotes investment in fossil fuels;

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Amendment 50 Carles Puigdemont i Casamajó

Draft opinion Paragraph 4

Draft opinion Amendment

4. Considers that the EU’s trade 4. Considers that the EU’s trade policy and green diplomacy should aim to policy and green diplomacy should aim to phase out fossil fuels and environmentally phase out fossil fuels and environmentally harmful subsidies as a matter of urgency in harmful subsidies as a matter of urgency in accordance with the commitments taken at accordance with the commitments taken at the G20 Summit in Pittsburgh in 2009; the G20 Summit in Pittsburgh in 2009; invites the Commission to agree on a invites the Commission to agree on a roadmap with each trade partner covered roadmap with each trade partner covered by a trade agreement, with milestones in by a trade agreement, with milestones in place, and to show leadership in relevant place, and to show leadership in relevant international forums; international forums, especially the WTO, in which the Union should continue its leading role towards multilateral solutions to common global problems;

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Amendment 51 Joachim Schuster, Miroslav Číž, Kathleen Van Brempt, Inma Rodríguez-Piñero

Draft opinion Paragraph 4 a (new)

Draft opinion Amendment

4a. In this context, asks the Commission to investigate the necessity of prohibiting trade in certain products in order to protect biodiversity;

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Amendment 52 Marco Campomenosi

Draft opinion Paragraph 5

Draft opinion Amendment

5. Requests that the Council in its deleted draft mandate of future agreements and, on the occasion of the review of existing agreements, make the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), together with the Paris Agreement, an essential element of free trade agreements;

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Amendment 53 Seán Kelly, Christophe Hansen

Draft opinion Paragraph 5

Draft opinion Amendment

5. Requests that the Council in its 5. Requests that the Council in its

AM\1226070EN.docx 33/56 PE689.523v02-00 EN draft mandate of future agreements and, on draft mandate of future agreements and, on the occasion of the review of existing the occasion of the review of existing agreements, make the Convention on agreements, prioritise effective Biological Diversity (CBD), together with implementation of the Convention on the Paris Agreement, an essential element Biological Diversity in trade and of free trade agreements; investment agreements and reaffirm commitments towards the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES), together with the verifiable targets of the Paris Agreement, an essential element of free trade agreements; believes that tariff conditionalities must be workable in practice and not simply lead to trading partners trading outside of FTAs and should incentivise improvements in sustainable development; highlights that the Aichi Biodiversity Targets have not been implemented as expected and global biodiversity is facing a severe situation, directly threatening human’s interests including food, health and security; notes that new targets for CBD post-2020 global biodiversity framework, including on trade issues covering wildlife and flora, are set to be agreed during COP 15; calls on the Commission to advocate for increasing ambition in targets for the protection of biodiversity, including for quantifiable indicators and effective monitoring mechanisms; highlights that the CBD is a universal agreement of 196 parties, therefore calls on the US and the Vatican City to join the agreement;

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Amendment 54 Saskia Bricmont

Draft opinion Paragraph 5

Draft opinion Amendment

5. Requests that the Council in its 5. Requests that the Council in its draft mandate of future agreements and, on draft mandate of future agreements and, on

PE689.523v02-00 34/56 AM\1226070EN.docx EN the occasion of the review of existing the occasion of the review of existing agreements, make the Convention on agreements, make the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), together with Biological Diversity (CBD) and the the Paris Agreement, an essential element Convention on International Trade in of free trade agreements; Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, (CITES), together with the Paris Agreement, an essential element of free trade agreements; is of the view that in future transatlantic relations, the EU should prioritise the ratification and implementation of the CBD by the US; highlights the importance of the upcoming reform of the GSP Regulation in providing for stronger climate and environmental conditionalities, including in respect of the CBD; recalls that according to paragraph 161 of the Opinion 2/15 of the Court of Justice, a breach of the TSD chapter authorises the other Party “to terminate or suspend the liberalisation, provided for in the other provisions of the envisaged agreement, of that trade”; considers that existing FTAs should be reviewed accordingly or that implementation committees should make proposals accordingly; supports the ongoing work at the OECD to strengthen the biodiversity component of the Responsible Business Conduct guidelines and requests the Commission to adequately reflect this in the forthcoming EU due diligence package;

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Amendment 55 Joachim Schuster, Miroslav Číž, Kathleen Van Brempt, Inma Rodríguez-Piñero

Draft opinion Paragraph 5

Draft opinion Amendment

5. Requests that the Council in its 5. Requests that the Council in its draft mandate of future agreements and, on draft mandate of future agreements and, on the occasion of the review of existing the occasion of the review of existing agreements, make the Convention on agreements, make the Convention on

AM\1226070EN.docx 35/56 PE689.523v02-00 EN Biological Diversity (CBD), together with Biological Diversity (CBD), the the Paris Agreement, an essential element Convention on International Trade in of free trade agreements; Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) together with the Paris Agreement, an essential element of free trade agreements, since the EU must set a high standard and produce incentives and enforcement mechanisms for Conventions and Multilateral Environmental Agreements (MEA) that do not have direct access to remedies and redress;

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Amendment 56 Emmanuel Maurel

Draft opinion Paragraph 5

Draft opinion Amendment

5. Requests that the Council in its 5. Requests that the Council in its draft mandate of future agreements and, on draft mandate of future agreements and, on the occasion of the review of existing the occasion of the review of existing agreements, make the Convention on agreements, make the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), together with Biological Diversity (CBD), together with the Paris Agreement, an essential element the Paris Agreement, an essential element of free trade agreements; of free trade agreements; calls for a regular review of negotiating mandates for the purpose of adjusting environmental objectives in trade agreements;

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Amendment 57 Carles Puigdemont i Casamajó

Draft opinion Paragraph 5

Draft opinion Amendment

5. Requests that the Council in its 5. Requests that the Council in its

PE689.523v02-00 36/56 AM\1226070EN.docx EN draft mandate of future agreements and, on draft mandate of future agreements and, on the occasion of the review of existing the occasion of the review of existing agreements, make the Convention on agreements, make the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), together with Biological Diversity (CBD), together with the Paris Agreement, an essential element the Paris Agreement, an essential element of free trade agreements; of free trade agreements; urges the Commission to introduce the CBD in its trade policy review;

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Amendment 58 Seán Kelly, Christophe Hansen

Draft opinion Paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1 (new)

Draft opinion Amendment

5a. Calls on Member States to mainstream the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity at national, regional and local levels through sectoral and cross-sectoral policies including trade, plans and programs, to establish an effective institutional, legislative and regulatory framework that incorporates an approach that is inclusive; underscores the importance of openness and predictability to European businesses, especially SMEs, and that there needs to be increased communication and capacity building to allow SMEs from taking full advantage of trade agreements in a sustainable way;

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Amendment 59 Sergio Berlato, Emmanouil Fragkos, Mazaly Aguilar, Jan Zahradil

Draft opinion Paragraph 5 a (new)

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AM\1226070EN.docx 37/56 PE689.523v02-00 EN 5a. Points out that a step-by-step approach should be adopted with regard to the introduction of a new trade agreement in order to avoid harming EU companies, especially SMEs, and ensure that we do not place our businesses at an economic disadvantage by requiring them to comply with new rules;

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Amendment 60 Mazaly Aguilar

Draft opinion Paragraph 5 a (new)

Draft opinion Amendment

5a. Supports the notion that EU trade policy can contribute to biodiversity protection by making it compatible with activities such as agriculture or forestry that are beneficial to the environment;

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Amendment 61 Seán Kelly, Christophe Hansen

Draft opinion Paragraph 6

Draft opinion Amendment

6. Urges the EU to adopt a whitelist 6. Urges the EU to improve the of endangered species to efficiently training of customs officials, increase combat the illegal trade thereof, to technical knowledge and provide improve the training of customs officials adequate resources to significantly and to support the establishment of a enhance enforcement capabilities to mechanism to prohibit the export of monitor the trade in protected endangered nationally protected endangered species in species and further strengthen the fight their countries of origin; against illegal wildlife trade; notes that over 38,700 species, including roughly 5,950 species of animals and 32,800

PE689.523v02-00 38/56 AM\1226070EN.docx EN species of plants, are protected by CITES against over exploitation through international trade; notes that the adoption of a whitelist of endangered species would require an overhaul of the existing international wildlife trade regime to be effective; therefore, believes that further resources be allocated to strengthen enforcement measures under the existing international structures;

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Amendment 62 Saskia Bricmont

Draft opinion Paragraph 6

Draft opinion Amendment

6. Urges the EU to adopt a whitelist of 6. Notes on the one hand, that endangered species to efficiently combat IPBES estimates that the international the illegal trade thereof, to improve the legal wildlife trade has increased 500% in training of customs officials and to support value since 2005 and 2,000% since the the establishment of a mechanism to 1980s and on the other hand, that its legal prohibit the export of nationally protected and illegal forms are often deeply endangered species in their countries of intertwined; urges the EU to adopt a origin; whitelist of endangered species to efficiently combat the illegal trade thereof, to improve the training of customs officials and to support the establishment of a FLEGT/VPA- or IUU-like mechanism to prohibit the import into the EU of species that are nationally protected species in their countries of origin; calls on the Commission to scale up the Green Customs Initiative in the forthcoming Customs Union Action Plan and to foster the use of TRACES among the Member States; calls to support in the long run a CITES reform centred on a reverse listing mechanism and aimed at a paperless functioning and at increasing its budget by means notably of contributions paid by the industry; stresses that the COVID-19 pandemic has demonstrated the

AM\1226070EN.docx 39/56 PE689.523v02-00 EN importance of the ‘One Health’ principle in policy-making and that transformative changes are needed involving collaboration across disciplines and sector; calls upon the Commission to use regulatory dialogues foreseen in FTAs to promote EU stringent SPS standards and animal welfare in order to minimize the risks of future epidemics and pandemics;

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Amendment 63 Gabriel Mato

Draft opinion Paragraph 6

Draft opinion Amendment

6. Urges the EU to adopt a whitelist of 6. Urges the EU to adopt a whitelist of endangered species to efficiently combat endangered species to efficiently combat the illegal trade thereof, to improve the the illegal trade thereof, to improve the training of customs officials and to support training of its customs and other officials the establishment of a mechanism to with regard to biodiversity in and to prohibit the export of nationally protected support the establishment of a mechanism endangered species in their countries of to prohibit the export of nationally origin; protected endangered species in their countries of origin;

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Amendment 64 Marco Campomenosi

Draft opinion Paragraph 6

Draft opinion Amendment

6. Urges the EU to adopt a whitelist of 6. Urges the EU to adopt a whitelist of endangered species to efficiently combat endangered animal and plant species in the illegal trade thereof, to improve the the different regions of the world to training of customs officials and to support efficiently combat the illegal trade thereof, the establishment of a mechanism to to improve the training of customs officials

PE689.523v02-00 40/56 AM\1226070EN.docx EN prohibit the export of nationally protected and to support the establishment of a endangered species in their countries of mechanism to prohibit the export of origin; nationally protected endangered species in their countries of origin;

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Amendment 65 Sergio Berlato, Emmanouil Fragkos, Mazaly Aguilar, Jan Zahradil

Draft opinion Paragraph 6 a (new)

Draft opinion Amendment

6a. Calls for compliance with European production standards when it comes to trade and imports from third countries; considers that imported food and products that do not comply with EU biodiversity standards should not be allowed into the internal market;

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Amendment 66 Mazaly Aguilar

Draft opinion Paragraph 6 a (new)

Draft opinion Amendment

6a. Calls for a detailed impact study prior to the submission of any legislative proposal in the field of biodiversity to assess the social, environmental and economic implications based on data and scientific evidence;

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Amendment 67

AM\1226070EN.docx 41/56 PE689.523v02-00 EN Sergio Berlato, Mazaly Aguilar, Jan Zahradil

Draft opinion Paragraph 7

Draft opinion Amendment

7. Calls for the Commission to deleted explore the possibility of adding a wildlife crime-related protocol to the UN Convention against Transnational Organized Crime;

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Amendment 68 Marco Campomenosi

Draft opinion Paragraph 7

Draft opinion Amendment

7. Calls for the Commission to deleted explore the possibility of adding a wildlife crime-related protocol to the UN Convention against Transnational Organized Crime;

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Amendment 69 Seán Kelly

Draft opinion Paragraph 7

Draft opinion Amendment

7. Calls for the Commission to deleted explore the possibility of adding a wildlife crime-related protocol to the UN Convention against Transnational Organized Crime;

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Amendment 70 Carles Puigdemont i Casamajó

Draft opinion Paragraph 7

Draft opinion Amendment

7. Calls for the Commission to 7. Calls for the Commission to explore the possibility of adding a wildlife explore the possibility of adding a wildlife crime-related protocol to the UN crime-related protocol to the UN Convention against Transnational Convention against Transnational Organized Crime; Organized Crime; calls therefore on the Commission to also urgently present a proposal for an EU legal framework based on mandatory due diligence regarding wildlife trade (under CITES Convention) and impacts on biodiversity loss in third countries with which the Union has trade ties;

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Amendment 71 Saskia Bricmont

Draft opinion Paragraph 7

Draft opinion Amendment

7. Calls for the Commission to 7. Calls for the Commission to explore the possibility of adding a wildlife explore the possibility of adding a wildlife crime-related protocol to the UN crime-related protocol to the UN Convention against Transnational Convention against Transnational Organized Crime; Organized Crime; deems that the evaluation and revision of the environmental crime directive is an opportunity to better address criminal offences and to strengthen its enforceability;

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AM\1226070EN.docx 43/56 PE689.523v02-00 EN Amendment 72 Emmanuel Maurel

Draft opinion Paragraph 7 a (new)

Draft opinion Amendment

7a. Calls on the European Commission to refocus its trade policy review to ensure effective implementation of the trade and sustainable development chapters of trade agreements;

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Amendment 73 Mazaly Aguilar

Draft opinion Paragraph 7 a (new)

Draft opinion Amendment

7a. Calls for measures to be taken through trade agreements to promote and encourage the adoption of innovative practices and the digitisation of agriculture to enable the primary sector to adapt to the new demands of improved biodiversity in the EU and beyond;

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Amendment 74 Mazaly Aguilar

Draft opinion Paragraph 7 b (new)

Draft opinion Amendment

7b. Warns of the risk of certain productive sectors relocating to countries

PE689.523v02-00 44/56 AM\1226070EN.docx EN such as China where biodiversity legislation is laxer than in Europe, notwithstanding the Commission's determination to make them priority trading partners.

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Amendment 75 Sergio Berlato, Emmanouil Fragkos, Mazaly Aguilar, Jan Zahradil

Draft opinion Paragraph 8

Draft opinion Amendment

8. Welcomes the Commission’s 8. calls on the Commission to adopt a intention to present a legislative proposal moratorium on imports of wild animals in Spring 2021 that will prohibit the from reported emerging infectious disease placing of products associated with hotspots; deforestation or forest degradation from the EU market; calls on the Commission to adopt a moratorium on imports of wild animals from reported emerging infectious disease hotspots;

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Amendment 76 Seán Kelly, Christophe Hansen

Draft opinion Paragraph 8

Draft opinion Amendment

8. Welcomes the Commission’s 8. Welcomes the Commission’s intention to present a legislative proposal intention to present a legislative proposal in Spring 2021 that will prohibit the in Spring 2021 that will prohibit the placing of products associated with placing of products associated with deforestation or forest degradation from the deforestation or forest degradation from the EU market; calls on the Commission to EU market; calls on the Commission to adopt a moratorium on imports of wild adopt a mechanism for effective animals from reported emerging infectious monitoring of imports of wild animals disease hotspots; from reported emerging infectious disease

AM\1226070EN.docx 45/56 PE689.523v02-00 EN hotspots, with a view of possible intervention if safety concerns are not adequately addressed;

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Amendment 77 Saskia Bricmont

Draft opinion Paragraph 8

Draft opinion Amendment

8. Welcomes the Commission’s 8. Welcomes the Commission’s intention to present a legislative proposal intention to present a legislative proposal in Spring 2021 that will prohibit the in Spring 2021 that will prohibit the placing of products associated with placing of products associated with deforestation or forest degradation from the deforestation or forest degradation from the EU market; calls on the Commission to EU market; calls on the Commission to adopt a moratorium on imports of wild adopt a moratorium on imports of wild animals from reported emerging infectious animals from reported emerging infectious disease hotspots; disease hotspots; since intensive farming is the main driver of biodiversity loss, considers that trade policy should consistently equally encourage the development of organic farming in partner countries, in line with the EU objectives for 2030; calls on the Commission to guarantee that fisheries provisions in trade agreements are consistent with protecting marine biodiversity and urges the trade partners to address all anthropogenic detrimental impact on the marine environment in a holistic manner with the view of protecting 30% of the ocean by 2030; calls upon the Commission to take action to prohibit the export from the EU of hazardous substances banned in the EU; in line with the “do-not-harm principle”, the Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade and the European Green Deal;

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Amendment 78 Karin Karlsbro, Samira Rafaela, Nicola Danti, Marie-Pierre Vedrenne, Jérémy Decerle

Draft opinion Paragraph 8

Draft opinion Amendment

8. Welcomes the Commission’s 8. Welcomes the Commission’s intention to present a legislative proposal intention to present a legislative proposal in Spring 2021 that will prohibit the in Spring 2021 that will prohibit the placing of products associated with placing of products associated with deforestation or forest degradation from the deforestation or forest degradation from the EU market; calls on the Commission to EU market; stresses the necessary adopt a moratorium on imports of wild complementary work on the supply side by animals from reported emerging infectious highlighting the example of the Voluntary disease hotspots; Partnership Agreements under FLEGT aiming to preserve forests, being the natural habitat of many endangered species, with its objectives to encourage sustainable forest management, to address deforestation and forest degradation, and to promote sustainable development, as it has committed to in the 2030 Agenda for sustainable development, the Paris Agreement, and the Convention of Biological Diversity Aichi targets; calls on the Commission to adopt a moratorium on imports of wild animals from reported emerging infectious disease hotspots;

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Amendment 79 Joachim Schuster, Miroslav Číž, Kathleen Van Brempt, Inma Rodríguez-Piñero

Draft opinion Paragraph 8

Draft opinion Amendment

8. Welcomes the Commission’s 8. Welcomes the Commission’s intention to present a legislative proposal intention to present a legislative proposal

AM\1226070EN.docx 47/56 PE689.523v02-00 EN in Spring 2021 that will prohibit the in Spring 2021 that will prohibit the placing of products associated with placing of products whose production deforestation or forest degradation from the processes are associated with deforestation EU market; calls on the Commission to or forest degradation from the EU market; adopt a moratorium on imports of wild calls on the Commission to adopt a animals from reported emerging infectious moratorium on imports of wild animals or disease hotspots; any other species from reported emerging infectious disease hotspots; asks the Commission to ensure better implementation of the customs provisions at border inspections in order to improve the preventive measures on the inflow of invasive species;

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Amendment 80 Emmanuel Maurel

Draft opinion Paragraph 8 a (new)

Draft opinion Amendment

8a. Recalls the urgent need to ensure the protection of local communities, indigenous peoples and whistleblowers, who are at the forefront of environmental protection and biodiversity conservation;

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Amendment 81 Mazaly Aguilar

Draft opinion Paragraph 8 a (new)

Draft opinion Amendment

8a. Notes the gradual increase in forest areas in the EU in contrast to growing deforestation in different parts of Asia, Africa and Latin America;

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Amendment 82 Emmanuel Maurel

Draft opinion Paragraph 8 b (new)

Draft opinion Amendment

8b. Is concerned about deforestation policies targeting the Amazon rainforest and the weakening of its irreplaceable ecosystem and biodiversity;

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Amendment 83 Saskia Bricmont

Draft opinion Paragraph 9

Draft opinion Amendment

9. Calls on the Commission to 9. Calls on the Commission to prioritise capacity building for beneficiary prioritise capacity building for beneficiary countries to implement the CBD under the countries to implement the CBD under the Neighbourhood, Development and Neighbourhood, Development and International Cooperation Instrument and International Cooperation Instrument and Aid for Trade. Aid for Trade; underlines with this respect, the crucial role of local communities, indigenous peoples and environmental human rights defenders in maintaining biodiversity and the need to respect the UN principle of free, prior and informed consent; recommends that the negotiating mandate of trade and investment agreements include the need to ratify and implement International Labour Organisation Convention 169on Indigenous and Tribal peoples; stresses the importance of ensuring no negative impact on biodiversity of EU action in development and cooperation by

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Amendment 84 Seán Kelly, Christophe Hansen

Draft opinion Paragraph 9

Draft opinion Amendment

9. Calls on the Commission to 9. Calls on the Commission to prioritise capacity building for beneficiary prioritise capacity building for beneficiary countries to implement the CBD under the countries to implement the CBD under the Neighbourhood, Development and Neighbourhood, Development and International Cooperation Instrument and International Cooperation Instrument and Aid for Trade. Aid for Trade; calls on the Commission to promote synergies with other conventions, international organisations and third countries when facilitating and implementing capacity building activities in relation to protection of biodiversity, to ensure an integrated and coordinated approach to capacity building and technical and scientific cooperation; recognises that many countries lack capacity to sufficiently implement biodiversity protective measures; therefore, calls on the Commission to increase capacity building, including knowledge transfers, technology sharing and skills training, to empower countries to better manage their biodiversity and benefit from their ecosystem services.

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Amendment 85 Joachim Schuster, Miroslav Číž, Kathleen Van Brempt

Draft opinion Paragraph 9

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9. Calls on the Commission to 9. Calls on the Commission to prioritise capacity building for beneficiary prioritise capacity building for beneficiary countries to implement the CBD under the countries to implement the CBD, the Neighbourhood, Development and CITES and other Conventions and International Cooperation Instrument and Agreements essential to the protection of Aid for Trade. biodiversity under the Neighbourhood, Development and International Cooperation Instrument and Aid for Trade; underlines in this context also the necessity for supporting the restructuring in third countries whose entire development model relies on exports of goods and services harmful to biodiversity;

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Amendment 86 Sergio Berlato, Emmanouil Fragkos, Mazaly Aguilar, Jan Zahradil

Draft opinion Paragraph 9 a (new)

Draft opinion Amendment

9a. Stresses the benefits of promoting EU agricultural products, thereby heightening third-country awareness of the environmental, social and sustainability aspects of European methods of production; points out that priority should be given to organic, traditional and typical products with geographical indications and forming part of short food supply chains;

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Amendment 87 Gabriel Mato

Draft opinion Paragraph 9 a (new)

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9a. Calls on the Commission to create a centralised system of data and statistical analysis supported by Eurostat and EU statistical agencies in order to be able to obtain more detailed ecosystem inventories;

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Amendment 88 Marco Campomenosi

Draft opinion Paragraph 9 a (new)

Draft opinion Amendment

9a. Believes that the strategy should set out realistic, achievable, and fair objectives by giving the possibility and the time needed for stakeholders and respective actors involved to gradually adapt to any changes required in the production process without any abrupt shifts; deplores that the targets reduction do not take into consideration the progress already made by the European stakeholders;

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Amendment 89 Carles Puigdemont i Casamajó

Draft opinion Paragraph 9 a (new)

Draft opinion Amendment

9a. Is aware of the difficulties regarding sea use through marine spatial planning, especially to design marine

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Amendment 90 Emmanuel Maurel

Draft opinion Paragraph 9 a (new)

Draft opinion Amendment

9a. Calls for a ban on exports to third countries of pesticides that are prohibited in the European Union because of the risks they pose to health, the environment and biodiversity;

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Amendment 91 Jérémy Decerle, Marie-Pierre Vedrenne

Draft opinion Paragraph 9 a (new)

Draft opinion Amendment

9a. Stresses that the requirements (especially in terms of production standards) that the European producers have to follow should be regulatory mirrored for the EU imports as a non- negotiable aspect in free trade negotiations;

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Amendment 92 Gabriel Mato

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Draft opinion Amendment

9a. Stresses that access to up-to-date technologies is a key factor in keeping European agriculture competitive on a global market and in maintaining European high standards;

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Amendment 93 Gabriel Mato

Draft opinion Paragraph 9 b (new)

Draft opinion Amendment

9b. Notes that the EU internal market is the world’s biggest importer and exporter of agri-food products; is convinced that the EU should use this position to set the benchmark in terms of standards for sustainable food systems, based on the precautionary principle, environmental protection and animal welfare; an EU Promotion Policy including all EU agricultural products can actively contribute to this benchmark setting on the sustainability of agricultural products;

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Amendment 94 Marco Campomenosi

Draft opinion Paragraph 9 b (new)

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9b. Notes that Strategy will set out various constraints for producers and stakeholders, which should be counterbalanced by the provision of alternative tools; notes that the drastic reduction of technical means without valid alternatives would lead to a decrease in both agricultural production of EU and its competitiveness on export markets, without a proven guarantee of an effective improvement in terms of environmental impact and health;

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Amendment 95 Carles Puigdemont i Casamajó

Draft opinion Paragraph 9 b (new)

Draft opinion Amendment

9b. Calls on the Commission to encourage Member States to update, align or adopt their own biodiversity strategies under the framework of the EU Biodiversity Strategy 2030; and to count on the role and competences of subnational governments, cities and other local authorities to effectively tackle biodiversity loss at all scales;

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Amendment 96 Gabriel Mato

Draft opinion Paragraph 9 b (new)

Draft opinion Amendment

AM\1226070EN.docx 55/56 PE689.523v02-00 EN 9b. Emphasizes that the limitations and obligations that European producers must adhere to should also apply and be regularly monitored for the imports coming into the EU; in this sense, considers it should become a non- negotiable factor in free trade negotiations;

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