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European Parliament2019-2024

Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety

2020/2006(INL)

17.7.2020

AMENDMENTS1 - 599Draft reportDelara Burkhardt(PE652.351v02-00)

An EU legal framework to halt and reverse EU-driven global deforestation(2020/2006(INL))

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Amendment 1Stanislav Polčák

Motion for a resolutionCitation 5

Motion for a resolution Amendment

- having regard to the 2030 United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), in particular SDG 15, to protect, restore and promote sustainable use of terrestrial ecosystems, sustainably manage forests, combat desertification, and halt and reverse land degradation and halt biodiversity loss,

- having regard to the 2030 United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), in particular SDG 12 concerning responsible consumption and production and SDG 15, to protect, restore and promote sustainable use of terrestrial ecosystems, sustainably manage forests, combat desertification, and halt and reverse land degradation and halt biodiversity loss,

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Amendment 2Hildegard Bentele, Jessica Polfjärd, Pernille Weiss

Motion for a resolutionCitation 8 a (new)


- having regard to the Commission's "Feasibility study on options to step up EU actions against deforestation" of January 2018,

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Amendment 3Marie Toussaint



- having regard to the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European

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Union (2000/C 364/01);

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Motion for a resolutionCitation 19 b (new)


- having regard to the Convention of Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision Making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters, adopted on 25 June 1998 in Aarhus by the United Nation Economic Commission for Europe,

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Motion for a resolutionCitation 20


- having regard to the Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention of 1989,

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Amendment 6Joëlle Mélin



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- having regard to the FAO’s Global Forest Resources Assessment 2015 – FRA 2015 Desk Reference,

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- having regard to the FAO’s publication The State of the World’s Forests 2018 – Forest Pathways to Sustainable Development, FAO (2018),

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Amendment 8Anna Zalewska



- having regard to the Council conclusions of 28 June 2018 on forest law enforcement, governance and trade,

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Amendment 9Kateřina Konečná



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- having regard to the "Forest pledge" 1a of 21 March 2019 by which many serving Members of the European Parliament pledged to promote policies to protect and restore forests worldwide and recognise and secure forest peoples’ territories and their rights,_________________1a https://www.fern.org/news-resources/forest-pledge-903/

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- having regard to the report of the Committee on Environment, Public Health and Food Safety on “The EU’s role in protecting and restoring the world’s forests” (2019/2156(INI)),

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- having regard to Regulation (EC) No 1905/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 December 2006 establishing a financing instrument for development cooperation,

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- having regard to its resolution of 25 October 2016 on corporate liability for serious human rights abuses in third countries,

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Motion for a resolutionCitation 42 c (new)


- having regard to the statement from civil society representatives on the EU’s Role in Protecting Forests and Rights of April 2018,

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Motion for a resolutionCitation 42 d (new)


- having regard to the Global Programme for Combating Wildlife and Forest Crime of the United Nations Office

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on Drugs and Crime (UNODC),

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Motion for a resolutionCitation 42 e (new)


- having regard to Regulation (EU) No XXXX/XXXX of the European Parliament and of the Council on the establishment of a framework to facilitate sustainable investment,

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Motion for a resolutionCitation 42 f (new)


- having regard to the FAO report – The State of the World's Forests 2020,

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Amendment 17Delara Burkhardt, Milan Brglez, Sylwia Spurek, Sándor Rónai, Maria Arena, Tudor Ciuhodaru, Sara Cerdas, Javi López, Jytte Guteland, Mohammed Chahim, César Luena

Motion for a resolutionRecital A


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A. Whereas biologically diverse forests being natural carbon sinks are indispensable in the fight against climate change in line with the Paris Agreement’s goals to hold the increase in the global average temperature to well below 2°C above pre-industrial levels and pursue efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1, 5°C above pre-industrial levels, as well as for climate change adaptation and biodiversity conservation;

A. Whereas biologically diverse forests being natural carbon sinks are indispensable in the fight against climate change in line with the Paris Agreement’s goals to hold the increase in the global average temperature to well below 2°C above pre-industrial levels and pursue efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1,5°C above pre-industrial levels, and that the best available science indicates that limiting the increase to 1.5 degrees would substantially reduce harm to people and natural ecosystems in relation to the 2 degrees scenario, as well as for climate change adaptation and biodiversity conservation;

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Amendment 18Adam Jarubas




A. Whereas biologically diverse, sustainably managed and multifunctional forests being natural carbon sinks and storages as well as a source of raw materials for storage of carbon in forest products that substitute emission intensive materials are indispensable in the fight against climate change in line with the Paris Agreement’s goals to hold the increase in the global average temperature to well below 2°C above pre-industrial levels and pursue efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1, 5°C above pre-industrial levels, as well as for climate change adaptation and biodiversity conservation;

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Amendment 19Michal Wiezik, Radan Kanev




A. Whereas biologically diverse forests being natural carbon sinks are indispensable in the fight against climate change in line with the Paris Agreement’s goals to hold the increase in the global average temperature to well below 2°C above pre-industrial levels and pursue efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1, 5°C above pre-industrial levels, as well as for climate change adaptation and biodiversity conservation; whereas not only deforested areas, but also forests degraded by human intervention can turn into a source of carbon dioxide;

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Amendment 20Ulrike Müller, Nils Torvalds, Fredrick Federley, Andreas Glück




A. Whereas biologically diverse forests being natural carbon sinks as well as sustainably managed sources of renewable raw materials that substitute emission and energy intensive materials are indispensable in the fight against climate change in line with the Paris Agreement’s goals to hold the increase in the global average temperature to well below 2°C above pre-industrial levels and pursue efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1, 5°C above pre-industrial levels, as well as for climate change adaptation and biodiversity conservation;

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A. whereas biologically diverse and sustainably managed forests being natural carbon sinks as well as a source of materials and energy to replace more carbon-intensive alternatives are indispensable in the fight against climate change in line with the Paris Agreement’s goals to hold the increase in the global average temperature to well below 2°C above pre-industrial levels and pursue efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1, 5°C above pre-industrial levels, as well as for climate change adaptation and biodiversity conservation;

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Motion for a resolutionRecital A a (new)


Aa. whereas water is a precious resource; whereas absence or inadequate implementation of legal framework on protection of water resources makes it impossible to control the use of this resource and allows for over-abstraction, pollution and water-grabbing; whereas this is detrimental to ecosystems downstream and to local communities; whereas there are cases of water-grabbing

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due to production of forest and ecosystem-risk commodities1a;_________________1a as reported for example by the Environmental Justice Atlas https://ejatlas.org/conflict/water-grabbing-and-agribusiness-in-the-south-coast-of-guatemala - for the case of Guatemala (sugarcane, palm oil and banana)

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Amendment 23Eleonora Evi, Piernicola Pedicini, Daniela Rondinelli



Aa. Whereas deforestation and forest disturbance have severe impacts on wildlife habitats and lead to increased contact between wild animals, humans and domesticated animals, which increases the risk of new outbreaks of epidemics and pandemics originated in wildlife; whereas more than two-thirds of emerging infectious diseases originate in animals, of which the overwhelming majority come from wildlife;

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Amendment 24Tudor Ciuhodaru



Aa. whereas forests provide important

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ecosystem services to society, such as clean air, water flow regulation, carbon reduction, protection against water and wind erosion, habitats for animals and plants, restoration of degraded land, resilience to climate change;

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Amendment 25Marie Toussainton behalf of the Greens/EFA Group



Aa. Whereas deforestation influences the rainfall regime, the natural regulation of water flows in forests has been evaluated to be between 1360 and 5235 USD (value of 2007) 1a per hectare per year, and this "natural service" is heavily impacted by deforestation and will lead to an increase of costs;_________________1a Cook, NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies, 2005

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Aa. whereas 300 million people around the world live in forests; whereas forests provide livelihoods globally for approximately 1.6 billion people, and

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represent a large proportion of the territories traditionally inhabited by indigenous people;

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Aa. whereas agriculture is developing to the detriment of forests in countries of South America (such as Argentina and Brazil), South-East Asia (Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand) and West and Central Africa;

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Amendment 28Mick Wallace, Clare Daly, Anja Hazekamp



Aa. whereas forests and the biodiversity have an intrinsic value beyond their use value to humans, including as carbon stocks, which cannot be monetised or quantified;

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Aa. Whereas the UN IPCC Special Report on Global Warming of 1.5˚C evidences clear benefits to people and natural ecosystems of limiting global warming to 1.5°C compared to 2°C;

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Aa. whereas some of the world’s biggest brands have agreed to phase out deforestation through the use of sustainable palm oil by 2020;

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Motion for a resolutionRecital A b (new)


Ab. whereas the amount of EU funding provided to support forests and sustainable forest management in partner countries is insufficient given the scale of the problem; whereas the objective of protecting and restoring natural ecosystems, including forests, must be better integrated in all relevant EU

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programmes;

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Ab. whereas forests host 80% of the Earth’s biodiversity and cover 30% of its land area; whereas forests provide vital organic infrastructure for some of the planet's densest, most fragile and most diverse ecosystems;

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Ab. Whereas deforestation is the most serious threat for 85% of threatened or endangered species and whereas between 1970 and 2012, already 58% of vertebrate animals disappeared from the surface of the globe due to deforestation1b;_________________1b “living planet 2016”, WWF, Zoological society of London, Stockholm Resilience Centre

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Ab. whereas one of the major challenges of our time involves finding ways to increase agricultural production, in response to the global demographic challenge, and to improve food security without reducing forest cover;

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Amendment 35Delara Burkhardt, Milan Brglez, Sylwia Spurek, Sándor Rónai, Maria Arena, Tudor Ciuhodaru, Sara Cerdas, Javi López, Jytte Guteland, Mohammed Chahim, César Luena, Demetris Papadakis



Ab. Whereas emissions from land-use change, mostly due to deforestation, account for approximately 12% of global GHG emissions and are the second biggest cause of climate change after burning coal, oil and gas;

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Motion for a resolutionRecital A c (new)


Ac. whereas primary forests are

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especially affected by deforestation; whereas primary forests have high carbon stocks, and are characterised by unique ecological features and biodiversity levels and therefore cannot be replaced by newly planted forests;

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Ac. Whereas the destruction of wildlife habitats such as forests facilitates the spread of viruses, whereas FAO confirms that the increase in emerging infectious diseases coincides with the accelerated growth of tropical deforestation, linked in particular to the planting of oil palm or soybean1c;_________________1c Bruce A. Wilcox and Brett Ellis, Center for Infectious Disease Ecology, Asia-Pacific Institute for Tropical Medicine and Infectious Diseases, University of Hawaii, Manoa, USA; 2006

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Ac. Whereas forests provide subsistence and income for 25% of the world’s population;

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Motion for a resolutionRecital A d (new)


Ad. Whereas in order to help tackle the biodiversity loss and climate crises, it is essential that forests are protected and restored in such a way as to maximise their capacity for carbon storage and biodiversity protection; whereas this is a win-win solution since favouring the growth of existing forests to their maximum carbon storage potential whilst restoring previously degraded ecosystems and allowing organic material to decompose also protects biodiversity, as well as soil, air, land, and water;

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Amendment 40Delara Burkhardt, Milan Brglez, Sylwia Spurek, Sándor Rónai, Maria Arena, Tudor Ciuhodaru, Sara Cerdas, Javi López, Jytte Guteland, César Luena

Motion for a resolutionRecital A d (new)


Ad. Whereas forests have cultural, social and spiritual value for many people and peoples;

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Motion for a resolutionRecital A e (new)


Ae. Whereas global tree cover loss has been rising steadily over the past 18 years and in 2019 alone 3.8 million hectares of primary rainforests were destroyed;

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Amendment 42Delara Burkhardt, Milan Brglez, Sylwia Spurek, Sándor Rónai, Maria Arena, Tudor Ciuhodaru, Sara Cerdas, Jytte Guteland, Mohammed Chahim

Motion for a resolutionRecital A f (new)


Af. Whereas approximately 80% of global deforestation is caused by the expansion of land used for agriculture;

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Motion for a resolutionRecital A g (new)


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Ag. Whereas the livelihoods and food security of many of the world’s rural poor depend on vibrant forests and trees and evidence shows that around 40% of the extreme rural poor – around 250 million people – live in forest and savannah areas;

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Motion for a resolutionRecital A h (new)


Ah. Whereas more than three land and environmental defenders were murdered each week in 2018;

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Amendment 45Delara Burkhardt, Milan Brglez, Sylwia Spurek, Sándor Rónai, Maria Arena, Tudor Ciuhodaru, Sara Cerdas, Javi López, Jytte Guteland, César Luena, Demetris Papadakis

Motion for a resolutionRecital A i (new)


Ai. Whereas more than 300 people were killed in resource and land-use conflicts in the Amazon region in the last decade;

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Motion for a resolutionRecital B


B. Whereas Union consumption contributes to 10 % of global deforestation;

B. Whereas Union consumption contributes to 10 % of global deforestation; whereas goods and services consumed within the Union that are associated with deforestation (between 1990 and 2008) largely originated from South America and South-East Asia; whereas palm oil is the main source of deforestation linked to the Union’s imports in the case of South-East Asia, while beef and soy are the main sources in the case of South America;

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B. Whereas Union consumption contributes to 10% of global deforestation;

B. Whereas Union consumption represents 10% of global deforestation; in real figures this means e.g. 4,45 Mha embodied deforestation for soy, 1,3 Mha for livestock and about 198,000 ha for timber1a;_________________1a Feasibility study on options to step up EU action against deforestation commissioned by the European Commission, 2018; available at: https://ec.europa.eu/environment/forests/pdf/feasibility_study_deforestation_kh0418199enn_main_report.pdf p. 26-29

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Amendment 48Hildegard Bentele, Pernille Weiss




B. Whereas, despite all efforts so far, the world's forests continue to shrink and conservation and sustainable use of the world's forests cannot be adequately ensured by current policies;

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B. Whereas Union consumption is estimated to contributes to at least 10% of global deforestation;

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B. Whereas Union consumption is estimated to contribute to at least 10% of global deforestation;

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Amendment 51Nicolae Ştefănuță, Pascal Canfin




B. Whereas Union consumption is estimated to contribute to at least 10% of global deforestation;

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Amendment 52Clare Daly, Mick Wallace, Anja Hazekamp




B. Whereas Union consumption directly contributes to 10% of global deforestation;

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Motion for a resolutionRecital B a (new)


Ba. whereas recent investigations have revealed that some EU-based financial institutions have been the main source of financing behind the six key agribusiness companies involved in deforesting climate-critical forests in Brazil, Congo Basin and New Guinea; whereas secretive international financial flows and a failure

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by banks and investors to comply with due diligence requirements have been recognised as among the main factors that have hindered the development of deforestation-free supply chains and respect for human rights in that context;

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Amendment 54Eleonora Evi, Piernicola Pedicini



Ba. Whereas overconsumption of meat and dairy in the EU is one of the drivers of global deforestation, ecosystem degradation and biodiversity loss; whereas EU citizens ate 69,3 kg of meat per capita in 20181a, even though a sustainable and healthy diet recommends a maximum of 10 to 16 kg of meat per capita; whereas a significant reduction in the consumption and production of meat and dairy is essential to halt deforestation and biodiversity loss and stop climate change;_________________1a https://ec.europa.eu/info/sites/info/files/food-farming-fisheries/farming/documents/medium-term-outlook-2018-report_en.pdf

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Ba. Whereas livelihoods of more than 1.6 billion people are estimated to be dependent on forest resources; whereas forests are not only an essential source of timber, food and fibres, but they are also home to 80% of the world’s terrestrial biodiversity, are a major provider of various ecosystem services, and play a significant role in the global carbon cycle; whereas deforestation accounts annually for more greenhouse gas emissions than the total EU economy;

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Ba. whereas deforestation and forest degradation are responsible for approximately 20% of the global carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions and also represent a major threat in the context of climate change; whereas deforestation occurs at an alarming rate of 13 million hectares per year, most of it in tropical regions in developing countries;

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Ba. whereas Public Timber Procurement Policies have sent strong market signals and have contributed to the exclusion of illegal timber from EU markets and the promotion of sustainable forest management;

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Ba. Whereas 87% of Europeans agree that new laws are needed to ensure the products sold in the Member States do not contribute to global deforestation according to a YouGov poll;

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Ba. whereas consumption flows linked to deforestation could increase against the background of the trade agreements proposed between the EU and Mercosur, and the EU and Peru;

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Ba. whereas forests cover 30% of dry land and 80% of biological diversity can be found in them;

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Motion for a resolutionRecital B b (new)


Bb. whereas the recent COVID-19 pandemic also shows that the risk of infectious diseases emerging and spreading increases with the destruction of nature; whereas protecting and restoring biodiversity and well-functioning ecosystems is therefore key to boost our resilience and prevent the emergence and spread of future diseases;

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Bb. whereas by contributing to the deforestation, degradation and conversion

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of world forests, the EU takes part in exacerbating the threat posed to indigenous peoples and local communities, who are met with human rights violations, attacks and killings in response to their efforts to protect their forests, land and environment;

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Bb. Whereas the amount of harvested forest in the EU has doubled since 2015, posing serious challenges to biodiversity conservation, soil erosion and water regulation, including flood prevention, and a severe a threat to the ability of the EU to use these ecosystems as carbon sinks1b;_________________1b https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-020-2438-y

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Bb. whereas forests have a cultural, social and spiritual value;

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Motion for a resolutionRecital B c (new)


Bc. whereas afforestation and restoration of degraded forest land can contribute to reducing the pressure on ancient forests and can be an additional method of efficient defence in the fight against climate change;

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Bc. whereas forests are a source of livelihood and income for about 25% of the world’s population and their destruction has serious consequences for the livelihoods of the most vulnerable people, including indigenous peoples heavily dependent on forest ecosystems;

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Bc. whereas climate change, the worldwide loss of biodiversity, as well as the destruction and modification of natural habitats, including forests, greatly increase the risk of new zoonic diseases;

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Motion for a resolutionRecital B d (new)


Bd. whereas deforestation can have a devastating impact on the livelihoods of the most vulnerable populations, including indigenous populations, which depend to a great extent on forest ecosystems;

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Motion for a resolutionRecital B d (new)


Bd. whereas, while in the EU forest cover has increased over recent decades (though its quality has declined), the rate of deforestation in other regions, namely in tropical areas, continues at alarming levels;

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Motion for a resolutionRecital B e (new)


Be. whereas between 1990 and 2016 alone, the world lost 1.3 million square kilometres of forest as a result of human activity, which amounts to 800 football fields disappearing every hour;

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Motion for a resolutionRecital B f (new)


Bf. whereas public pressure for the fulfilment of non-productive forest functions is increasing worldwide, which is often in stark disagreement with the deteriorating condition of forests;

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Motion for a resolutionParagraph 1


1. Underlines that approximately 80% of global deforestation is caused by the expansion of land used for agriculture; stresses in this context that the

1. Underlines that approximately 80% of global deforestation is caused by the expansion of land used for agriculture; stresses that according to the World

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Commission Communication on Stepping up EU Action to Protect and Restore the World’s Forests of July 2019 recognises that Union demand for products such as palm oil, meat, soy, cocoa, maize, timber, rubber, including in the form of processed products or services, is a large driver of deforestation, ecosystem destruction and human rights violations across the globe;

Bank2a, mining industries such as gold and diamonds extraction are responsible for nearly 7% of global deforestation in addition to extractive industries such as oil and gas exploitation which contribute to forest degradation ; reminds that dams 2b are also a major driver of deforestation resulting in biodiversity loss, stresses in this context that the Commission Communication on Stepping up EU Action to Protect and Restore the World’s Forests of July 2019 recognises that Union demand for products such as palm oil, meat, soy, cocoa, maize, timber, rubber, including in the form of processed products or services, is a large driver of deforestation, forest degradation, ecosystem destruction and human rights violations across the globe;

_________________2a See https://blogs.worldbank.org/voices/low-carbon-future-must-protect-worlds-forests.2b 40 to 80 million people have already lost their homes because of dams and 500 to 750 million others are threatened because living close to downstream rivers. In the Amazon only, 10% of fishes are endangered by dams. Some reservoirs are estimated to contribute to climate change 40% more than a coalmine of equal size. In total, dams are responsible for 4% of CO2 emissions globally. (World Wildlife Fund: Living Amazon Report 2016. A regional approach to conservation in the Amazon.) See http://d2ouvy59p0dg6k.cloudfront.net/downloads/wwf_living_amazon__report_2016_mid_res_spreads_1.pdf.

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1. Underlines that approximately 80 % of global deforestation is caused by the expansion of land used for agriculture; stresses in this context that the Commission Communication on Stepping up EU Action to Protect and Restore the World’s Forests of July 2019 recognises that Union demand for products such as palm oil, meat, soy, cocoa, maize, timber, rubber, including in the form of processed products or services, is a large driver of deforestation, ecosystem destruction and human rights violations across the globe;

1. Underlines that approximately 80 % of global deforestation is caused by the expansion of land used for agriculture, which is a direct result of the rising demand for agricultural products linked to the global population explosion; stresses in this context that the Commission Communication on Stepping up EU Action to Protect and Restore the World’s Forests of July 2019 recognises that Union demand for products such as palm oil, meat, soy, cocoa, maize, timber, rubber, including in the form of processed products or services, is a large driver of deforestation, ecosystem destruction and human rights violations across the globe, but that in its communication the Commission fails to mention the fundamental challenge posed by the increasing global population and its environmental consequences;

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1. Underlines that approximately 80 % of global deforestation is caused by the expansion of land used for agriculture; stresses in this context that the Commission Communication on Stepping up EU Action to Protect and Restore the World’s Forests of July 2019 recognises that Union demand for products such as palm oil, meat, soy, cocoa, maize, timber, rubber, including in the form of processed

1. Underlines that approximately 80 % of global deforestation is caused by the expansion of land used for agriculture; stresses in this context that the Commission Communication on Stepping up EU Action to Protect and Restore the World’s Forests of July 2019 recognises that Union demand for products such as palm oil, meat, soy, cocoa, maize, timber, rubber, including in the form of processed

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products or services, is a large driver of deforestation, ecosystem destruction and human rights violations across the globe;

products or services, contributes to a significant increase in deforestation, ecosystem destruction and human rights violations across the globe; emphasises in this regard that EU consumption represents 10% of the global share of deforestation embodied in the total final consumption of commodities driving deforestation;

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Amendment 75Catherine Chabaud



1. Underlines that approximately 80 % of global deforestation is caused by the expansion of land used for agriculture; stresses in this context that the Commission Communication on Stepping up EU Action to Protect and Restore the World’s Forests of July 2019 recognises that Union demand for products such as palm oil, meat, soy, cocoa, maize, timber, rubber, including in the form of processed products or services, is a large driver of deforestation, ecosystem destruction and human rights violations across the globe;

1. Underlines that approximately 80 % of global deforestation is caused by the expansion of land used for agriculture; stresses in this context that the Commission Communication on Stepping up EU Action to Protect and Restore the World’s Forests of July 2019 recognises that Union demand for products such as palm oil, meat, soy, cocoa, maize, timber, rubber, as well as cotton, coffee, sugar cane, rapeseed and mangrove-farmed shrimps, including in the form of processed products or services, is a large driver of deforestation, ecosystem destruction and human rights violations across the globe;

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1. Underlines that approximately 80% of global deforestation is caused by the expansion of land used for agriculture; stresses in this context that the Commission Communication on Stepping up EU Action to Protect and Restore the World’s Forests of July 2019 recognises that Union demand for products such as palm oil, meat, soy, cocoa, maize, timber, rubber, including in the form of processed products or services, is a large driver of deforestation, ecosystem destruction and human rights violations across the globe;

1. Recognizes that drivers for deforestation are multiple and complex; takes note that according to FAO research approximately 80% of global deforestation is caused by the expansion of land used for agriculture; stresses in this context that the Commission Communication on Stepping up EU Action to Protect and Restore the World’s Forests of July 2019 recognises that Union demand for products such as palm oil, meat, soy, cocoa, maize, timber, rubber, including in the form of processed products or services, represents around 10% of the global share of deforestation embodied in total final consumption;

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Amendment 77Hermann Tertsch




1. Underlines that approximately 80% of global deforestation is caused by the expansion of land used for agriculture; stresses in this context that the Commission Communication on Stepping up EU Action to Protect and Restore the World’s Forests of July 2019 recognises that Union demand for products such as palm oil, meat, soy, cocoa, maize, timber, rubber, including in the form of processed products or services, is a large driver of deforestation;

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1. Underlines that approximately 80% of global deforestation is caused by the expansion of land used for agriculture; stresses in this context that the Commission Communication on Stepping up EU Action to Protect and Restore the World’s Forests of July 2019 recognises that Union demand for products such as palm oil, meat, soy, cocoa, maize, timber, rubber, including in the form of processed products or services, is a large driver of deforestation, forest degradation, ecosystem destruction and human rights violations across the globe;

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1. Underlines that approximately 80% of global deforestation is caused by the expansion of land used for agriculture; stresses in this context that the Commission Communication on Stepping up EU Action to Protect and Restore the World’s Forests of July 2019 recognises that Union demand for products such as palm oil, meat, soy, cocoa, maize, timber, rubber, including in the form of processed products or services, is a large driver of deforestation, ecosystem destruction and

1. Underlines that approximately 80% of global deforestation is caused by the expansion of land used for agriculture; stresses in this context that the Commission Communication on Stepping up EU Action to Protect and Restore the World’s Forests of July 2019 recognises that Union demand for products such as palm oil, meat, soy, cocoa, maize, timber, rubber, including in the form of processed products or services, is a large driver of deforestation, forest degradation,

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human rights violations across the globe; ecosystem destruction and human rights violations across the globe;

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1. Underlines that approximately 80% of global deforestation is caused by the expansion of land used for agriculture; stresses in this context that the Commission Communication on Stepping up EU Action to Protect and Restore the World’s Forests of July 2019 recognises that Union demand for products such as palm oil, meat, soy, cocoa, maize, timber, rubber, including in the form of processed products or services, is a large driver of deforestation, forest degradation, ecosystem destruction and human rights violations across the globe;

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1. Points out that approximately 80% of global deforestation is caused by the expansion of land used for agriculture; stresses in this context that the Commission Communication on Stepping up EU Action to Protect and Restore the World’s Forests of July 2019 recognises

1. Points out that approximately 80% of global deforestation is caused by the expansion of land used for agriculture; stresses in this context that the Commission Communication on Stepping up EU Action to Protect and Restore the World’s Forests of July 2019 recognises

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that Union demand for products such as palm oil, meat, soy, cocoa, maize, timber, rubber, including in the form of processed products or services, is a large driver of deforestation, ecosystem destruction and human rights violations across the globe;

that Union demand for products such as palm oil, meat, soy, cocoa, maize, timber, rubber, including in the form of processed products or services, is a large driver of deforestation, ecosystem destruction and associated human rights violations across the globe;

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Amendment 82Alexander Bernhuber, Marlene Mortler




1. Underlines that approximately 80% of global deforestation is caused by the expansion of land used for agriculture; stresses in this context that the Commission Communication on Stepping up EU Action to Protect and Restore the World’s Forests of July 2019 recognises that Union demand for products such as palm oil, meat, soy, cocoa, maize, rubber, including in the form of processed products or services, can be a driver of deforestation, ecosystem destruction and human rights violations across the globe;

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1a. Points out that new measures taken by the EU need to tackle the core problem, i.e. the reasons for expansion of

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land used for agriculture and that new measures should take a holistic approach addressing the problems on the supply side like low productivity and profitability, low resource efficiency, insecure land tenure, weak governance and law enforcement as well as problems on the demand side including the lack of public policies promoting sustainably and legally produced commodities, the lack of incentives for private sector sourcing legal and sustainable commodities, the lack of consumer awareness, consumption levels of commodities, high dependence on feed imports, inefficiencies in supply chains as well as inadequacies in the investment and finance sector like insufficient investments in sustainable agriculture and inadequate controls of finance and investments in the EU;

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1a. Highlights the fact that global deforestation and forest degradation are serious problems; points out that policy initiatives should be developed to tackle issues outside the EU, with a focus on the tropics and the drivers of unsustainable practices in forests from outside the sector; stresses the need to review the EU Timber Regulation and the FLEGT (Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade) action plan in order to allow a better prevention of the entry of illegally sourced wood into the EU market; calls on the Commission to present a new horizontal legislative proposal on

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mandatory due diligence requirements to ensure that global supply chains and financial flows only support legal, sustainable and deforestation-free production and do not result in human rights violations;

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1a. Notes with the highest concern that in the period from 2014 to 2018, the rate of tree cover loss has increased by 43% to an average loss of 26,1 million hectares per year, as compared to 18,3 million hectares per year in the period from 2002 to 2013; is particularly worried about the loss of primary forests as the three most recent years with available data (2016, 2017 and 2018) have registered the highest loss rates this century with deforestation rates in the Brazilian Amazon alone having increased 88% in June 2019 compared to June 2018;

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1a. Notes that the production of forest and ecosystem-risk commodities does not negatively impact on local communities only through direct deforestation, ecosystem degradation and land grabbing, but also through water-grabbing that can affect forest and other ecosystems; therefore points out that a legal framework to halt deforestation and degradation of natural ecosystems should cover the issue of the legality of water supply for the production of forest- and ecosystem-risk commodities;

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Amendment 87César Luena (S&D)



1a. Regrets that the global forest area is currently only 68% of estimated pre-industrial levels, that forest cover was reduced by 290 million hectares because of land clearance and timber production between 1990 and 2015, and undisturbed forests (land areas of more than 500 km2 in which satellites do not detect any human pressure) were reduced by 7% between 2000 and 20131 a;_________________1 a IPBES report 2019

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1a. Recalls the statements of the European Commission’s former Vice-President for Jobs, Growth, Investment and Competitiveness, Jyrki Katainen, who stressed that the increase in trade with the Union should be achieved on a more sustainable basis and that the Union was not prepared to make any compromises in the area of deforestation1 a; recalls, however, that he also defended the trade agreement with Mercosur, in spite of the Union’s environmental responsibility towards third countries;_________________1 a Speech by Vice-President Katainen on behalf of President Juncker at the Plenary Session of the European Parliament on the Finnish Presidency of the Council of Ministers – 17 July 2019 – Strasbourg.

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1a. Points out that protecting existing forests and sustainably increasing forest cover can provide livelihoods, increase income for local communities and allow for sustainable bioeconomies to be developed;

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Amendment 90

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1a. Stresses that unlike other commodities, the production of meat particularly contributes to deforestation, given the related necessity for additional land use for the production of feed;

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1a. Highlights the importance of ensuring adequate protection for whistle-blowers and environmental defenders;

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Motion for a resolutionParagraph 1 b (new)


1b. Calls on the Commission to make use of its substantial standard-setting power, for example, by concluding partnership agreements with all countries involved in the production of commodities driving deforestation, by introducing binding forest-specific requirements in trade agreements, by establishing a list of

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areas in third countries that are eligible for commodities driving deforestation to be placed on the Union market, by engaging internationally on governance of those commodities placed on the global market, by defining minimum standards for certification schemes, and by effectively ensuring the uniform implementation of standards for commodities driving deforestation in the Union's Member States;

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1b. Stresses that the existence of large areas of forests help prevent desertification of continental regions; proposes that the protection of forests also as a moisture source receive strong consideration in development and trade policies; highlights for example that as much as 40% of the total rainfall in the Ethiopian highlands - the main source of the Nile - is provided by moisture recycled from the forests of the Congo Basin and that halting deforestation in the region is relevant also for the issue of the climate-refugee crisis;

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1b. Points out that reforestation, restoration of existing degraded forests and increasing tree cover on agricultural landscapes via agroforestry represent the only available sources of negative emissions with significant potential to contribute to the achievement of the Paris Agreement goals;

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1b. Stresses the need to reduce the EU's consumption in general, and also of wood and wood-based products by promoting a more circular economy and prioritising the most efficient use of wood which allows for the locking-in of carbon over the long-term and minimises the generation of waste;

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Amendment 96Delara Burkhardt, Milan Brglez, Sylwia Spurek, Sándor Rónai, Maria Arena, Tudor Ciuhodaru, Sara Cerdas, Javi López, Mohammed Chahim, César Luena, Demetris Papadakis



1b. Highlights that destruction and degradation of natural forests is not only

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happening in tropical areas, but all over the world, including inside the Union and in its direct neighbourhood;

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Motion for a resolutionParagraph 1 c (new)


1c. Notes that the European Parliament has adopted, since December 2015, 40 objections to the import of genetically modified (GM) food and feed, of which 11 were to GM soy imports; reminds that one of the reasons for objecting to these imports was the deforestation associated with their cultivation in countries such as Brazil and Argentina, where the soy is almost exclusively genetically modified to be used with pesticides; notes that a recent peer-reviewed scientific study by researchers across the Union found that the Union has the largest carbon footprint in the world due to soy imports from Brazil, 13,8% larger than those to China, the largest soy importer worldwide; notes that this large Union carbon footprint is due to its share of emissions from embodied deforestation 4a; notes further that, according to the Commission, soy has historically been the Union’s number one contributor to global deforestation and related emissions, accounting for nearly half of the deforestation embodied in all Union imports4b;_________________4a Escobar, N., Tizado, E. J., zu Ermgassen, E. K.,Löfgren, P., Börner, J., & Godar, J. (2020). Spatially-explicit

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footprints of agricultural commodities: Mapping carbon emissions embodied in Brazil's soy exports. Global Environmental Change, 62, 102067 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0959378019308623 4b Technical Report - 2013 - 063 of the Commission, ‘The impact of EU consumption on deforestation: Comprehensive analysis of the impact of EU consumption on deforestation’, study funded by the European Commission, DG ENV, and undertaken by VITO, IIASA, HIVA and IUCN NL, http://ec.europa.eu/environment/forests/pdf/1.%20Report%20analysis%20of%20impact.pdf, pp. 23-24

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1c. Believes that any EU legal framework to halt and reverse EU-driven global deforestation (referred to as the EU legal framework hereafter) must also cover the halt and reversal of destruction and degradation of high-carbon stock and biodiversity-rich ecosystems, as otherwise pressure could be shifted to these areas;

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Amendment 99Delara Burkhardt, Milan Brglez, Sylwia Spurek, Sándor Rónai, Maria Arena, Tudor Ciuhodaru, Sara Cerdas, Javi López, Mohammed Chahim, César Luena, Demetris

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Motion for a resolutionParagraph 1 d (new)


1d. Notes, that so far, with the exception for timber and certain wood products, there are no rules in place that prohibit placing on the European market products that contributed to the destruction of forests ; notes that, therefore, consumers of many forest and ecosystem-risk commodities in the Union have no guarantee that these products did not contribute to deforestation and that consequently consumers unblameably, unwillingly and unknowingly drive deforestation;

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Motion for a resolutionParagraph 1 e (new)


1e. Is convinced that mandatory sustainability rules enacted in a large market, like within the European Union, have the potential of steering global production practices towards more sustainable ones;

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Amendment 101Traian Băsescu

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2. Welcomes business’ growing awareness of the problem of global deforestation, the need for corporate action and corresponding commitments; emphasises, however, that companies’ voluntary anti-deforestation commitments often only cover parts of their supply chains and were, as of yet, not sufficient to halt global deforestation;

2. Welcomes business’ growing awareness of the problem of global deforestation, the need for corporate action and corresponding commitments; emphasises, however, that companies’ voluntary anti-deforestation commitments often only cover parts of their supply chains and were, as of yet, not sufficient to halt global deforestation, making it necessary to impose international obligations as part of partnership and association agreements which reflect the EU’s “zero deforestation” policy and to progressively develop a sustainable supply chain by using and conceptualising forests as a universal common asset and a concern of the entire humankind, not just a simple economic resource, and also by progressively reducing the imports of goods associated to deforestation;

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2. Welcomes business’ growing awareness of the problem of global deforestation, the need for corporate action and corresponding commitments; emphasises, however, that companies’ voluntary anti-deforestation commitments often only cover parts of their supply chains and were, as of yet, not sufficient to halt global deforestation; stresses in this connection that, to cover the whole of

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their supply chain, companies could switch their sources of supply to the EU, which would give fresh impetus to the timber sector and dramatically reduce the EU’s carbon footprint linked to the timber trade;

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2. Welcomes business’ growing awareness of the problem of global deforestation and ecosystem destruction, the need for corporate action and corresponding commitments; emphasises, however, that companies’ voluntary anti-deforestation commitments often only cover parts of their supply chains and have, as of yet, not halted their corresponding global deforestation; regrets for example that some of the world’s biggest brands are failing in their commitments to banish deforestation from their supply chains through their use of palm oil, despite making public claims to environmental sustainability;

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2. Welcomes business’ growing 2. Believes that business’ awareness

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awareness of the problem of global deforestation, the need for corporate action and corresponding commitments; emphasises, however, that companies’ voluntary anti-deforestation commitments often only cover parts of their supply chains and were, as of yet, not sufficient to halt global deforestation;

of the problem of global deforestation should be significantly improved; believes that much more forceful legal action is needed to ensure that business’ activities do not lead to deforestation, ecosystem destruction and human rights violations, in particular through the adoption of robust and effective legally binding obligations; emphasises that companies’ voluntary anti-deforestation commitments often only cover parts of their supply chains and were, as of yet, not sufficient to halt global deforestation;

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2. Welcomes business’ growing awareness of the problem of global deforestation, the need for corporate action and corresponding commitments; emphasises, however, that companies’ voluntary anti-deforestation commitments often only cover parts of their supply chains and were, as of yet, not sufficient to halt global deforestation; notes however that not only progressive action is taken and highlights the recent withdrawal of the palm oil giant Wilmar from the HCSA1a;_________________1a High Carbon Stock Approach Steering Group (HCSA) is an organisation made of NGOs and industry partners that aims to implement a protocol to rate land based on its biodiversity and levels of carbon stocks in soil and vegetation, with the aim of leaving valuable ecosystems untouched and apply this approach throughout the

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supply chain

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2. Emphasises that companies’ voluntary anti-deforestation commitments often only cover parts of their supply chains and are not sufficient to halt global deforestation;

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2. Welcomes business’ growing awareness of the problem of global deforestation, the need for corporate action and corresponding commitments and takes note of the business' call for achievable, transparent and uniform EU standards; emphasises, however, that companies’ voluntary anti-deforestation commitments often only cover parts of their supply chains and were, as of yet, not sufficient to halt global deforestation;

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2. Welcomes business’ growing awareness of the problem of global deforestation, forest degradation and ecosystem destruction, the need for corporate action and corresponding commitments; emphasises, however, that companies’ voluntary anti-deforestation commitments often only cover parts of their supply chains and were, as of yet, not sufficient to halt global deforestation;

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2. Welcomes business’ growing awareness of the problem of global deforestation and ecosystem destruction, the need for corporate action and corresponding commitments; emphasises, however, that companies’ voluntary anti deforestation commitments often only cover parts of their supply chains and have, as of yet, not halted their corresponding global deforestation;

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2. Welcomes business’ growing awareness of the problem of global deforestation, the need for corporate action and corresponding commitments; emphasises that companies’ voluntary anti-deforestation commitments are not sufficient to halt global deforestation but have contributed significantly to reducing that phenomenon and to the development of more sustainable practices;

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2. Welcomes business’ growing awareness of the problem of global deforestation and ecosystem destruction, the need for corporate action and corresponding commitments; emphasises, however, that companies’ voluntary anti-deforestation commitments often only cover parts of their supply chains and were, as of yet, not sufficient to halt global deforestation;

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Amendment 112

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2a. Underlines that introduction of labelling and certification systems for deforestation-free products is not sufficient; demands that all products that drive deforestation globally should be prohibited from entering the EU internal market, requests the Commission to establish legally binding sustainability criteria to achieve sustainable production and consumption patterns;

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2a. Notes that the loss of primary forests cannot be compensated by a new forest-based approach; believes that the proposed EU legal framework should include effective measures and incentives aimed at preserving the unique and irreplaceable natural systems represented by primary forests;

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2a. Emphasises that one of the strengths of the FLEGT is the innovative concept of introducing measures on the demand and supply side simultaneously in a mutually reinforcing way;

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2b. Calls for the rapid phase-out of all land-based biofuels that drive deforestation and compete against food production for land and significantly contribute to greenhouse gas emissions;

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2c. Stresses that a trade deal between the EU and Mercosur is in conflict with the EU commitments on combatting climate change, zero deforestation and human rights;

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Amendment 117

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3. Points out that third-party certification schemes have played an important role in bringing together business and civil society to develop a common understanding of the problem of deforestation; observes, however, that voluntary third-party certification schemes alone, to date, are not effective in halting and reversing global deforestation; notes that voluntary third-party certification can be an auxiliary tool to assess and mitigate deforestation risks when designed and implemented well with regard to the sustainability criteria it is based on, the robustness of the certification and accreditation process, independent monitoring, possibilities to monitor the supply chain, requirements to protect primary forests and promote sustainable forest management;

3. Points out that third-party certification schemes play an important role in bringing together business and civil society to develop a common understanding of the problem of deforestation and in setting minimum standards; observes, however, that the full potential of certification schemes as industry standard has not yet been fully exploited and for some commodities certification schemes are missing and that voluntary third-party certification schemes alone, to date, are not effective in halting and reversing global deforestation; notes that voluntary third-party certification can be an auxiliary tool to assess and mitigate deforestation risks when designed and implemented well with regard to the sustainability criteria it is based on, the robustness of the certification and accreditation process, independent monitoring, possibilities to monitor the supply chain, requirements to protect primary forests and promote sustainable forest management; notes that the adoption of EU recognised certification schemes as industry standard can give security to producers, retailers, business and consumers;

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3. Observes that voluntary third-party certification schemes, to date, are not effective in halting and reversing global deforestation; notes that voluntary third-party certification can be an auxiliary tool to assess and mitigate deforestation risks when designed and implemented well with regard to the sustainability criteria it is based on, the robustness of the certification and accreditation process, independent monitoring, possibilities to monitor the supply chain, requirements to protect primary forests and promote sustainable forest management;

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3. Points out that third-party certification schemes have played an important role in bringing together business and civil society to develop a common understanding of the problem of deforestation; observes, however, that voluntary third-party certification schemes alone, to date, are not effective in halting and reversing global deforestation; notes that voluntary third-party certification can be an auxiliary tool to assess and mitigate deforestation risks when designed and implemented well with regard to the sustainability criteria it is based on, the robustness of the certification and accreditation process, independent

3. Points out that third-party certification schemes have played an important role in bringing together business and civil society to develop a common understanding of the problem of deforestation; observes, however, that while voluntary third-party certification schemes alone have helped with good practices and slowing down of the deforestation they cannot halt and reverse global deforestation on their own and need to be complemented by mandatory measures.; notes that voluntary third-party certification can be an auxiliary tool to assess and mitigate deforestation risks when designed and implemented well with

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monitoring, possibilities to monitor the supply chain, requirements to protect primary forests and promote sustainable forest management;

regard to the sustainability criteria it is based on, the robustness of the certification and accreditation process, independent monitoring, possibilities to monitor the supply chain and sound requirements to protect primary forests and other natural forests and promote sustainable forest management;

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3. Points out that third-party certification schemes have brought together business and civil society in order to develop a common understanding of the problem of deforestation, but have not been sufficient to guarantee effective and concrete forms of protection for forests and ecosystems; observes that voluntary third-party certification schemes alone, to date, are not effective in halting and reversing global deforestation; notes that voluntary third-party certification can be an auxiliary tool to assess and mitigate deforestation risks when designed and implemented well with regard to the sustainability criteria it is based on, the robustness of the certification and accreditation process, independent monitoring, possibilities to monitor the supply chain, requirements to protect primary forests and promote sustainable forest management;

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3. Points out that third-party certification schemes have played a role in bringing together business and civil society to develop a common understanding of the problem of deforestation; observes, however, that voluntary third-party certification schemes alone are not effective in halting and reversing global deforestation and ecosystem degradation; notes that voluntary third-party certification can be an auxiliary tool to assess and mitigate deforestation risks when designed and implemented well with regard to the sustainability criteria it is based on, the robustness of the certification and accreditation process, independent monitoring, possibilities to monitor, independent compliance mechanisms and sound requirements to protect primary forests and other natural forests and promote sustainable forest management;

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3. Points out that third-party certification schemes have played an important role in bringing together business and civil society to develop a common understanding of the problem of deforestation; observes, however, that voluntary third-party certification schemes

3. Points out that third-party certification schemes have played an important role in bringing together business and civil society to develop a common understanding of the problem of deforestation; observes, however, that voluntary third-party certification schemes

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alone, to date, are not effective in halting and reversing global deforestation; notes that voluntary third-party certification can be an auxiliary tool to assess and mitigate deforestation risks when designed and implemented well with regard to the sustainability criteria it is based on, the robustness of the certification and accreditation process, independent monitoring, possibilities to monitor the supply chain, requirements to protect primary forests and promote sustainable forest management;

alone, to date, are not capable of fulfilling their main objective, namely halting and reversing global deforestation; notes that voluntary third-party certification can be an auxiliary tool to assess and mitigate deforestation risks when designed and implemented independently and professionally with regard to the sustainability criteria it is based on, the robustness of the certification and accreditation process, independent monitoring, possibilities to monitor the supply chain, requirements to protect primary forests and promote sustainable forest management;

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3. Points out that third-party certification schemes have played an important role in bringing together business and civil society to develop a common understanding of the problem of deforestation; observes, however, that voluntary third-party certification schemes alone, to date, are not effective in halting and reversing global deforestation; notes that voluntary third-party certification can be an auxiliary tool to assess and mitigate deforestation risks when designed and implemented well with regard to the sustainability criteria it is based on, the robustness of the certification and accreditation process, independent monitoring, possibilities to monitor the supply chain, requirements to protect primary forests and promote sustainable

3. Points out that third-party certification schemes have played an important role in bringing together business and civil society to develop a common understanding of the problem of deforestation; observes, however, that voluntary third-party certification schemes alone, to date, are not effective in halting and reversing global deforestation; and need to be complemented by mandatory measures; notes that voluntary third-party certification can be an auxiliary tool to assess and mitigate deforestation risks when designed and implemented well with regard to the sustainability criteria it is based on, the robustness of the certification and accreditation process, independent monitoring, possibilities to monitor the supply chain, and sound requirements to protect primary forests and other natural

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forest management; forests;

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Amendment 124Delara Burkhardt, Milan Brglez, Sylwia Spurek, Sándor Rónai, Maria Arena, Tudor Ciuhodaru, Sara Cerdas, Javi López, César Luena, Demetris Papadakis




3. Points out that third-party certification schemes have played an important role in bringing together business and civil society to develop a common understanding of the problem of deforestation; observes, however, that voluntary third-party certification schemes alone, to date, are not effective in halting and reversing global deforestation and need to be complemented by mandatory measures; notes that voluntary third-party certification can be an auxiliary tool to assess and mitigate deforestation risks when designed and implemented well with regard to the sustainability criteria it is based on, the robustness of the certification and accreditation process, independent monitoring, possibilities to monitor the supply chain, and sound requirements to protect primary forests and other natural forests;

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3. Points out that third-party certification schemes have played an important role in bringing together business and civil society to develop a common understanding of the problem of deforestation; observes, however, that voluntary third-party certification schemes, despite having contributed to the development of good practice, cannot alone halt and reverse global deforestation; notes that voluntary third-party certification schemes have significant potential as an auxiliary tool to assess and mitigate deforestation risks. Certification schemes should meet strict parameters in terms of the certification and accreditation process. In this regard, independent monitoring, monitoring of the supply chain, protection of primary forests and promotion of sustainable forest management are particularly important;

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3. Points out that third-party certification schemes have played an important role in bringing together business and civil society to develop a common understanding of the problem of deforestation; observes, however, that voluntary third-party certification schemes alone, to date, are not effective in halting and reversing global deforestation; notes that voluntary third-party certification can be an auxiliary tool to assess and mitigate deforestation risks when designed and implemented well with regard to the sustainability criteria it is based on, the robustness of the certification and

3. Points out that third-party certification schemes have played an important role in bringing together business and civil society to develop a common understanding of the problem of deforestation; observes, however, that voluntary third-party certification schemes alone, to date, are not effective in halting and reversing global deforestation; notes that voluntary third-party certification can be an auxiliary tool to assess and mitigate deforestation risks when designed and fully implemented with regard to the well-defined, measurable and ambitious sustainability criteria it is based on, the

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accreditation process, independent monitoring, possibilities to monitor the supply chain, requirements to protect primary forests and promote sustainable forest management;

robustness of the certification and accreditation process, independent monitoring, possibilities to monitor the supply chain, requirements to protect primary forests and promote sustainable forest management;

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3a. Stresses that, in various instances, some of the world’s leading timber certification organizations have failed to detect unsustainable and illegal logging; recognises that their fee structure creates an inherent conflict of interest when most of their financing comes from corporations and foresters;

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4. Criticises that third-party certification and labels alone unduly shift the responsibility to decide whether to purchase deforestation-free products to the consumers; therefore emphasises that third-party certification can only be complementary to, but cannot replace, thorough due diligence processes of companies;

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4. Criticises that third-party certification and labels alone unduly shift the responsibility to decide whether to purchase deforestation-free products to the consumers; therefore emphasises that third-party certification can only be complementary to, but cannot replace, thorough due diligence processes of companies; stresses that consumer-choice environmentalism is incapable of halting deforestation or contributing to sustainable practices, and indeed demonises the working-class; believes that due diligence is a necessary regulatory measure to ensure that only sustainable products enter the market in the first place, and to not make sustainability an expensive and inaccessible consumer-choice;

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4. Criticises that third-party certification and labels alone unduly shift the responsibility to decide whether to purchase deforestation-free products to the consumers; therefore emphasises that third-

4. Criticises that third-party certification and labels alone unduly shift the responsibility to decide whether to purchase deforestation-free products to the consumers; stresses that the policy of

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party certification can only be complementary to, but cannot replace, thorough due diligence processes of companies;

certification usually requires a product to only comply with the minimum certified content threshold which is often lower than 50% 1a; expresses confidence that customers are not even aware of this fact; therefore emphasises that third-party certification can only be complementary to, but cannot replace, thorough due diligence processes of companies;

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Amendment 131Nicolae Ştefănuță




4. Emphasises that third-party certification are effective complementary tools, but cannot replace, thorough operators' due diligence processes;

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4. Criticises that third-party certification and labels alone unduly shift the responsibility to decide whether to purchase deforestation-free products to the consumers; which will be insufficient in its effectiveness to mainstream more sustainable production; therefore emphasises that third-party certification can only be complementary to, but cannot replace, thorough operators’ due diligence processes of companies and impair the operators’ liability;

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4. Criticises that third-party certification and labels alone unduly shift the responsibility to decide whether to purchase deforestation-free products to the consumers; therefore emphasises that third-party certification can only be complementary to, but cannot replace, thorough operators’ due diligence processes and their environmental liability, in accordance with the ‘polluter pays’ principle enshrined in Article 191 TFEU;

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Amendment 134

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4. Notes that third-party certification and labels mean that consumers are required to take responsibility for deciding whether to purchase deforestation-free products; therefore notes that third-party certification is an important element in the fight against deforestation, although it will not solve this problem 100%;

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4. Points out that third-party certification and labels cannot provide all of the solutions to the complex problem of global deforestation; third-party certification must therefore be accompanied by thorough due diligence processes of companies;

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4. Criticises that third-party certification and labels alone unduly shift the responsibility to decide whether to purchase deforestation-free products to the consumers; therefore emphasises that third-party certification can only be complementary to, but cannot replace, thorough mandatory operators’ due diligence processes of companies and impinge on their operators’ liability;

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Amendment 137Pascal Canfin




4. Notes that third-party certification and labels alone have not been sufficiently efficient to prevent deforestation-free products to enter the Union internal market; therefore emphasises that third-party certification can only be complementary to, but cannot replace, thorough due diligence processes of companies;

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4. Criticises that third-party certification and labels alone unduly shift

4. Criticises that third-party certification and labels alone unduly shift

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the responsibility to decide whether to purchase deforestation-free products to the consumers; therefore emphasises that third-party certification can only be complementary to, but cannot replace, thorough due diligence processes of companies;

the responsibility to decide whether to purchase deforestation-free products to the consumers; therefore emphasises that third-party certification can only be complementary to, but cannot replace, thorough control processes within companies;

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4a. Underlines that a policy that is only dependent on consumer choice unduly shifts the responsibility to purchase deforestation-free to consumers, which will be insufficient in its effectiveness to mainstream more sustainable production. Notes that consumer information on deforestation-free products is a powerful tool to complement the legal framework on due diligence and urges the Commission to further integrate deforestation considerations within the EU Ecolabel, green public procurement and other initiatives in the context of the circular economy;

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Amendment 140Pascal Canfin, Nicolae Ştefănuță



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4a. Believes that consumer information on deforestation-free products may be a powerful tool to complement a legal framework on due diligence and to address the demand side of this topic; is convinced that this will make credible the Union’s actions against deforestation in the world; calls on the Commission to include risk of deforestation among the criteria of the green claims in the Directive 2005/29/EC on unfair commercial practices and to set up an EU pre-approval scheme to authorize the use of green claims;

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4a. Recalls that a number of recent investigations have uncovered elaborate schemes of "cattle laundering" put in place by meat companies, for which cows raised on illegally deforested land or on embargoed farms are moved to legal ones immediately before being sent to the company’s slaughterhouses in order to circumvent existing laws and certification requirements;

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Amendment 142Joëlle Mélin, Annika Bruna


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4a. Notes that the proliferation of certifications and labels makes the information unreadable for the vast majority of consumers; stresses that an obligation to provide information and the harmonisation of this obligation should therefore be considered;

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4a. Is concerned that the multitude of existing certification schemes and labels leads to consumers’ confusion and impairs their chances to make an informed choice;

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4a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to protect all environmental and forest defenders in the EU and worldwide;

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4b. Notes that the criteria for what constitutes a “deforestation-free” commodity or products underpinning certification schemes have not always been comprehensive enough, as they sometimes only cover some of a product's relevant ingredients, only parts of a product’s life-cycle, or use an insufficient definition of “deforestation-free”, which can lead to label-shopping by companies and water down ambition of certification in general;

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5. Welcomes, in this regard, the calls from a large number of companies to introduce Union rules for mandatory due diligence in forest risk commodities supply chains;

5. Welcomes, in this regard, the calls from a large number of companies to introduce Union rules for mandatory due diligence in forest risk commodities supply chains; points out that while due diligence process in itself does not entail a ban, an effective and dissuasive penalty regime must be applied in order to help prevent deforestation and natural ecosystems degradation;

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5. Notes that certain companies are calling for the Union to introduce the Anglo-Saxon concept of due diligence, which means that the party concerned must take steps itself to guard against any negative aspect of a transaction that could be avoided, and that if this concept is a kind of fundamental duty to take precautions, it has never stopped environmental disasters in the countries in which it is implemented;

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5. Welcomes, in this regard, the commitment from many companies for more sustainable supply chains, including a reduced demand for deforestation-free commodities, and encourages respective private sector initiatives on order to enhance competitiveness and transparency;

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5. Notes, in this regard, the calls from certain companies to introduce Union rules for mandatory due diligence in forest risk commodities supply chains;

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Amendment 150Hildegard Bentele, Jessica Polfjärd, Pernille Weiss, Marlene Mortler



6. Recalls its resolution of 15 January 2020 on the European Green Deal, and its demand to the Commission to present, without delay, a proposal for a European legal framework based on due diligence to ensure sustainable and deforestation-free supply chains for products placed on the Union market, with a particular focus on tackling the main drivers of imported deforestation and instead encouraging imports that do not create deforestation abroad;

6. Recalls its resolution of 15 January 2020 on the European Green Deal, and its demand to the Commission to present, without delay, a proposal for a European legal framework based on due diligence to ensure sustainable and deforestation-free supply chains for products placed on the Union market, with a particular focus on tackling the main drivers of imported deforestation and instead encouraging imports that do not create deforestation abroad, taking into account the economic importance of commodity export for developing countries, especially for smallholders, taking into consideration feedback from all stakeholders, especially SMEs, and providing an in-depth impact assessment;

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6. Recalls its resolution of 15 January 2020 on the European Green Deal, and its demand to the Commission to present, without delay, a proposal for a European legal framework based on due diligence to ensure sustainable and deforestation-free supply chains for products placed on the Union market, with a particular focus on tackling the main drivers of imported deforestation and instead encouraging imports that do not create deforestation abroad;

6. Recalls its resolution of 15 January 2020 on the European Green Deal, and its demand to the Commission to present, without delay, a proposal for a European legal framework based on due diligence to ensure sustainable and deforestation-free supply chains for products placed on the Union market, with a particular focus on tackling the main drivers of imported deforestation and instead encouraging local production and imports that do not create deforestation abroad;

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6a. Notes that, in many countries, deforestation is due to the lack of appropriate policies (such as land-use planning), unclear ownership relationships and other land rights, poor governance and law enforcement, illegal activities and insufficient investment in sustainable forest management;

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6a. Highlights that deforestation is a global problem where the EU is both part of the problem and can be part of the solution, since consumer-focused approaches do not deliver the desired outcome;

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Amendment 154Hildegard Bentele, Jessica Polfjärd, Marlene Mortler, Pernille Weiss



6a. Underlines the need to plan a coordinated support at EU level for SMEs to ensure their understanding, preparedness and capacity for implementation;

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6b. Notes that the conversion of pastures and agricultural land originally used for food and feed production to land for the production of biomass fuels (indirect change in land use) can also have a negative impact on forests;

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6c. Recalls that in its Communication on Deforestation of 2008, the European Commission set the objective of halting global forest cover loss by 2030 at the latest and reducing gross tropical deforestation by at least 50% by 2020, though simultaneously, it warns that the second objective will almost certainly not be achieved;

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6d. Calls on the EU to provide appropriate support to the protection of existing and the creation of new and appropriately selected protected areas, especially in countries that are major timber producers;

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6e. Calls on the EU to make the provision of financial aid to partner countries conditional on the introduction of a functional system of binding conceptual instruments contributing to sustainable forest management (for example, forest management plans); emphasises that these are functional only if they are prepared with sufficient expertise and calls on the EU to set out and enforce clear rules for compliance with them;

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6f. Notes that the current definition of the term forest, its categorisation, and a range of other terms and principles associated with deforestation by sustainable forest management adopted by relevant bodies, for example, the Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO), are purely technical and do not adequately differentiate between natural forest and forest plantations in which the economic function of the forest strongly outweighs its other functions, and emphasises that this could ultimately result in the distortion of data about the area and state of the world’s forests; calls on relevant stakeholders to unify the use of terminology in accordance with the wording given in the annex to the draft resolution, and emphasises the significance of this clarification for the effective use of related instruments;

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7. Welcomes the intention of the Commission to tackle global deforestation but asks for a more ambitious policy approach; calls on the Commission to present a proposal for an EU legal framework based on mandatory due diligence, reporting, disclosure and third-party participation requirements, as well as liability and penalties in case of breaches of obligations for all companies placing for the first time on the Union market commodities with the highest forest and ecosystem risks and products derived from these commodities, and access to justice and remedy for victims of breaches of these obligations; traceability obligations should be placed on traders on the Union market, to ensure sustainable and deforestation-free value chains, as laid down in the Annex to this resolution; emphasises that the same legal framework should apply to Union-based financial institutions providing money to companies that harvest, extract, produce or process forest and ecosystem-risk commodities and derived products;

7. Welcomes the intention of the Commission to tackle global deforestation but asks for a more consistent and ambitious policy approach; consequently calls on the Commission to present a proposal for the purpose of reviewing free-trade agreements in the light of European requirements in the area of deforestation, in particular to guarantee ‘zero-deforestation’ supplies to European companies that source products from third countries;

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7. Welcomes the intention of the Commission to tackle global deforestation but asks for a more ambitious policy approach; calls on the Commission to present a proposal for an EU legal framework based on robust, legally binding obligations, tied to mandatory due diligence, reporting, disclosure and third-party participation requirements, that also includes an approach covering a larger number of commodities, as well as an appropriate implementation system, which includes liability and effective and dissuasive penalties in cases of breaches for all companies placing commodities on the Union market. This must guarantee that all commodities and products placed on the Union market can be traced to their source, and that these commodities and products do not cause adverse environmental and social impacts such as deforestation, forest degradation, and the conversion or degradation of natural ecosystems or human rights violations; also believes that it is essential for the proposed EU legal framework to guarantee the removal of all barriers that hinder swift and effective access to justice and remedy for victims of breaches; traceability obligations should be placed on traders on the Union market, to ensure sustainable and deforestation-free value chains, as laid down in the Annex to this resolution; emphasises that the same legal framework should aim to improve the regulations applicable to Union-based financial institutions and operators so as to prevent any form of support and assistance to companies that harvest, extract, produce or process commodities linked to deforestation, forest degradation, and the conversion or degradation of natural ecosystems and to human rights violations;

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Amendment 162Traian Băsescu




7. Welcomes the intention of the Commission to tackle global deforestation but asks for a more ambitious policy approach; calls on the Commission to present a proposal for an EU legal framework based on mandatory due diligence, reporting, disclosure and third-party participation requirements, as well as liability and penalties in case of breaches of obligations for all companies placing for the first time on the Union market commodities with the highest forest and ecosystem risks and products derived from these commodities, and access to justice and remedy for victims of breaches of these obligations; traceability obligations should be placed on traders on the Union market, to ensure sustainable and deforestation-free value chains, as laid down in the Annex to this resolution; emphasises that the same legal framework should apply to Union-based financial institutions providing money to companies that harvest, extract, produce or process forest and ecosystem-risk commodities and derived products; calls on the Commission to develop this legal framework based on the principle of transparency and to take into account the possibility of creating an electronic register of all the business entities which will be penalised repeatedly for breaching the obligations arising from this legal framework; invites the European Commission to provide a review of the impact of the legal framework, one year from its adoption;

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7. Calls on the Commission to present a stringent proposal for an EU legal framework based on due diligence to ensure sustainable and deforestation-free value chains for products placed on the EU market, with particular focus on tackling the main drivers of imported deforestation and instead encouraging imports that do not create deforestation abroad, considering elements such as reporting, disclosure and third-party participation requirements, as well as liability and penalties in case of breaches of obligations for all companies placing for the first time on the Union market commodities with a high risk to drive deforestation and products derived from these commodities, and access to justice and remedy for victims of breaches of these obligations as laid down in the Annex to this resolution; emphasises that rules for deforestation-free supply chains should also be reflected within legal frameworks applicable to Union-based financial institutions, i.e. non-financial reporting and sustainable investment; the question of whether mandatory due diligence is needed should be decided according to the level of risk that each commodity is posing to deforestation, depending on whether voluntary due diligence schemes have already been tested and on the availability and costs of data collection requirements that the new Union diligence regime would establish for all parties involved in the production of forest-risk commodities;

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7. Welcomes the intention of the Commission to tackle global deforestation but asks for a more ambitious policy approach; calls on the Commission to present, following an impact analysis, a proposal for an EU legal framework based on mandatory due diligence, reporting, disclosure and third-party participation requirements, as well as liability and penalties in case of breaches of obligations for all companies placing for the first time on the Union market commodities with the highest risk to forests and their ecosystems and products derived from these commodities, and access to justice and remedy for victims of breaches of these obligations; this obligation should be restricted to sectors with the greatest impact on deforestation; traceability obligations should be placed on traders on the Union market, to ensure sustainable and deforestation-free value chains, as laid down in the Annex to this resolution; emphasises that the same legal framework should apply to Union-based financial institutions providing money to companies that harvest, extract, produce or process commodities that pose a risk to forests and their ecosystems and derived products; points out that these obligations must be adapted to the capabilities of small and medium-sized enterprises;

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7. Welcomes the intention of the Commission to tackle global deforestation but asks for a stringent policy approach; calls on the Commission to present a proposal for an EU legal framework based on due diligence, reporting, disclosure and third-party participation requirements, as well as liability and penalties in case of breaches of obligations for all companies placing for the first time on the Union market commodities with the highest forest and ecosystem risks and products derived from these commodities, and access to justice and remedy for victims of breaches of these obligations; traceability obligations should be placed on traders on the Union market, to ensure sustainable and deforestation-free value chains, as laid down in the Annex to this resolution;

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present a proposal for an EU legal framework based on mandatory due diligence, reporting, disclosure and third-party participation requirements, as well as liability and penalties in case of breaches of obligations for all companies placing for the first time on the Union market commodities with the highest forest and ecosystem risks and products derived from these commodities, and access to justice and remedy for victims of breaches of these obligations; traceability obligations should be placed on traders on the Union market, to ensure sustainable and deforestation-free value chains, as laid down in the Annex to this resolution; emphasises that the same legal framework should apply to Union-based financial institutions providing money to companies that harvest, extract, produce or process forest and ecosystem-risk commodities and derived products;

present a proposal for an EU legal framework based on mandatory due diligence, reporting, disclosure and third-party participation requirements, as well as liability and penalties in case of breaches of obligations for all companies placing for the first time on the Union market commodities with the highest forest and ecosystem risks and products derived from these commodities, and access to justice and remedy for victims of breaches of these obligations; traceability obligations should be placed on traders on the Union market, in particular regarding the identification of the origin of the products at the moment they are placed on the Union internal market, to ensure sustainable and deforestation-free value chains, as laid down in the Annex to this resolution; emphasises that the same legal framework should apply to financial institutions operating in the Union providing money to companies that harvest, extract, produce or process forest and ecosystem-risk commodities and derived products;

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7. Welcomes the intention of the Commission to tackle global deforestation but asks for a more ambitious policy approach; calls on the Commission to present a proposal for an EU legal framework based on mandatory due diligence, reporting, disclosure and third-party participation requirements, as well as liability and penalties in case of breaches of obligations for all companies placing for

7. Welcomes the intention of the Commission to tackle global deforestation and forest degradation but asks for a more ambitious policy approach; calls on the Commission to present a proposal for an EU legal framework based on mandatory due diligence, reporting, disclosure and third-party participation requirements, as well as liability and penalties in case of breaches of obligations for all companies

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the first time on the Union market commodities with the highest forest and ecosystem risks and products derived from these commodities, and access to justice and remedy for victims of breaches of these obligations; traceability obligations should be placed on traders on the Union market, to ensure sustainable and deforestation-free value chains, as laid down in the Annex to this resolution; emphasises that the same legal framework should apply to Union-based financial institutions providing money to companies that harvest, extract, produce or process forest and ecosystem-risk commodities and derived products;

placing for the first time on the Union market commodities entailing forest and ecosystem risks and products derived from these commodities, and access to justice and remedy for victims of breaches of these obligations; traceability obligations should be placed on traders on the Union market, to ensure sustainable and deforestation-free value chains, as laid down in the Annex to this resolution; emphasises that the same legal framework should apply to Union-based all financial institutions authorised to operate in the Union and that are providing money to companies that harvest, extract, produce or process forest and ecosystem-risk commodities and derived products;

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7. Welcomes the intention of the Commission to tackle global deforestation but asks for a more ambitious policy approach; calls on the Commission to present a proposal for an EU legal framework based on mandatory due diligence, reporting, disclosure and third-party participation requirements, as well as liability and penalties in case of breaches of obligations for all companies placing for the first time on the Union market commodities with the highest forest and ecosystem risks and products derived from these commodities, and access to justice and remedy for victims of breaches of these obligations; traceability obligations should be placed on traders on the Union

7. Welcomes the intention of the Commission to tackle global deforestation and forest degradation but asks for a more ambitious policy approach; calls on the Commission to present a proposal for an EU legal framework based on mandatory due diligence, reporting, disclosure and third-party participation requirements, as well as liability and penalties in case of breaches of obligations for all companies placing for the first time on the Union market commodities entailing forest and ecosystem risks and products derived from these commodities, and access to justice and remedy for victims of breaches of these obligations; traceability obligations should be placed on traders on the Union

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market, to ensure sustainable and deforestation-free value chains, as laid down in the Annex to this resolution; emphasises that the same legal framework should apply to Union-based financial institutions providing money to companies that harvest, extract, produce or process forest and ecosystem-risk commodities and derived products;

market, to ensure sustainable and deforestation-free value chains, as laid down in the Annex to this resolution; emphasises that the same legal framework should apply to all financial institutions authorised to operate in the Union and that are providing money to companies that harvest, extract, produce or process forest and ecosystem-risk commodities and derived products;

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7. Welcomes the intention of the Commission to tackle global deforestation but asks for a more ambitious policy approach; calls on the Commission to present a proposal for an EU legal framework based on mandatory due diligence, reporting, disclosure and third-party participation requirements, as well as liability and penalties in case of breaches of obligations for all companies placing for the first time on the Union market commodities with the highest forest and ecosystem risks and products derived from these commodities, and access to justice and remedy for victims of breaches of these obligations; traceability obligations should be placed on traders on the Union market, to ensure sustainable and deforestation-free value chains, as laid down in the Annex to this resolution; emphasises that the same legal framework should apply to Union-based financial institutions providing money to companies that harvest, extract, produce or process forest and ecosystem-risk commodities and

7. Welcomes the intention of the Commission to tackle global deforestation and forest degradation but asks for a more ambitious policy approach; calls on the Commission to present a proposal for an EU legal framework based on mandatory due diligence, reporting, disclosure and third-party participation requirements, as well as liability and penalties in case of breaches of obligations for all companies placing for the first time on the Union market commodities entailing forest and ecosystem risks and products derived from these commodities, and access to justice and remedy for victims of breaches of these obligations; traceability obligations should be placed on traders on the Union market, to ensure sustainable and deforestation-free value chains, as laid down in the Annex to this resolution; emphasises that the same legal framework should apply to all financial institutions authorised to operate in the Union and that are providing money to companies that harvest, extract, produce or process

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derived products; forest and ecosystem-risk commodities and derived products;

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7. Welcomes the intention of the Commission to tackle global deforestation and forest degradation but asks for a more ambitious policy approach; calls on the Commission to present a proposal for an EU legal framework based on mandatory due diligence, reporting, disclosure and third-party participation requirements, as well as liability and penalties in case of breaches of obligations for all companies placing on the Union market commodities entailing with forest and ecosystem risks and products derived from these commodities, and access to justice and remedy for victims of breaches of these obligations; traceability obligations should be placed on traders on the Union market, to ensure sustainable and deforestation-free value chains, as laid down in the Annex to this resolution; emphasises that the same legal framework should apply to all financial institutions authorised to operate in the Union and who that providing money to companies that harvest, extract, produce, process, or trade forest and ecosystem-risk commodities and derived products;

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7. Welcomes the intention of the Commission to tackle global deforestation but asks for a more ambitious policy approach; calls on the Commission to present a proposal for an EU legal framework based on mandatory due diligence, reporting, disclosure and third-party participation requirements, as well as liability and penalties in case of breaches of obligations for all companies placing for the first time on the Union market commodities with the highest forest and ecosystem risks and products derived from these commodities, access to justice, environmental remediation and remedy for victims of breaches of these obligations; traceability obligations should be placed on traders on the Union market, to ensure sustainable and deforestation-free value chains, as laid down in the Annex to this resolution; emphasises that the same legal framework should apply to Union-based financial institutions providing money to companies that harvest, extract, produce or process forest and ecosystem-risk commodities and derived products;

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present a proposal for an EU legal framework based on mandatory due diligence, reporting, disclosure and third-party participation requirements, as well as liability and penalties in case of breaches of obligations for all companies placing for the first time on the Union market commodities with the highest forest and ecosystem risks and products derived from these commodities, and access to justice and remedy for victims of breaches of these obligations; traceability obligations should be placed on traders on the Union market, to ensure sustainable and deforestation-free value chains, as laid down in the Annex to this resolution; emphasises that the same legal framework should apply to Union-based financial institutions providing money to companies that harvest, extract, produce or process forest and ecosystem-risk commodities and derived products;

present a proposal for an EU legal framework based on mandatory due diligence, reporting, disclosure and third-party participation requirements, as well as liability and penalties in case of breaches of obligations for all companies placing on the Union market commodities with forest and ecosystem risks and products derived from these commodities, and access to justice and remedy for victims of breaches of these obligations; traceability obligations should be placed on traders on the Union market, to ensure sustainable and deforestation-free value chains, as laid down in the Annex to this resolution; emphasises that the same legal framework should apply to Union-based financial institutions providing money to companies that harvest, extract, produce or process forest and ecosystem-risk commodities and derived products;

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Amendment 173Eleonora Evi, Piernicola Pedicini



7a. Emphasises that the proposal for an EU legal framework should include a ban on financing of intensive livestock farms and monoculture systems, in order to adequately address deforestation and forest and ecosystem degradation; believes that an immediate and radical change in production methods and food consumption patterns is of the utmost importance; believes that it is therefore necessary to introduce effective measures aimed at increasing support for agro-ecological practices and reducing food waste throughout the supply chain;

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stresses the need to introduce legally binding targets for reducing the production and consumption of products of animal origin; notes the importance of planning targeted awareness-raising actions for consumers in order to increase their understanding of the impact of consumption patterns on forests, biodiversity and the climate, providing support and encouraging food choices centred around plant-based products;

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7a. emphasises that halting deforestation and forest degradation, combined with sustainable restoration, afforestation and reforestation activities, provides economic development opportunities; stresses to this end that it is necessary to pay special attention to the production and sustainable consumption of agricultural and forestry products and to take action at global, national, regional and local levels, as well as to make significant investments;

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7a. Calls on the Commission to apply the “do-no-harm principle” and urges the Commission to rapidly ensure the full consistency of existing and future trade and investment agreements and other global regulations with the international environmental and climate goals, in particular the Paris Agreement and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, and include binding provisions to end land grabbing and deforestation;

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7a. Stresses that illegal logging is an ongoing practice not only in third countries, but also in the EU; calls on the Commission and the Member States to act decisively to prevent and fight illegal logging, especially to save Europe’s last old-growth forests, also by enforcing the existing EU legislation and thus applying proportionate, dissuasive and effective sanctions in cases of breaches of EU law;

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7a. Notes that a new EU legal framework cannot contribute to stigmatising a product, region or country of origin. The EU should therefore favour cooperation with those third countries that are prepared to activate new and ambitious measures to halt deforestation in their territories;

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7a. Welcomes the ongoing review of the Non-Financial Reporting Directive and invites the Commission to step up the quality and scope of non-financial disclosure, in particular on environmental aspects, and to promote the integration of forest-relevant considerations into corporate social responsibility;

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7a. Emphasises that granting effective access to justice and remedies for victims of corporate human rights and

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environmental harms must be part of such a legal framework;

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Amendment 180Inese Vaidere



7a. Stresses the need to foresee coordinated support at EU level for SMEs to ensure their understanding, preparedness and capacity for implementation;

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7b. Urges the EU to incorporate specific, binding sustainability provisions into business agreements in order to guarantee that imported products do not originate from areas affected by deforestation;

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8. Points out that forest and ecosystem-risk commodities covered by this EU legal framework should be determined on the basis of objective and science-based considerations that such commodities pose high risks for the destruction and degradation of forests and high-carbon stock and biodiversity-rich ecosystems, as well as for the rights of indigenous people and human rights in general;

8. Points out that commodities driving deforestation covered by this EU legal framework should be determined on the basis of objective and science-based considerations prioritizing commodities which pose the highest risk for the destruction and degradation of forests and source from areas where most urgent action is needed; in addition, calls to develop a roadmap with time targets for all other commodities driving deforestation and to review the established list on a regular basis ); Points out that areas which will not be eligible any more for producing, harvesting and extracting of commodities for the European market must be designated by the Commission prior to the entering into force of the prohibition to provide legal certainty and time for adaptation for all stakeholders;

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8. Points out that, for the purpose of including commodities and their derived products within the scope of this EU legal framework, independent, objective and science-based assessments should be required, as well as public consultations of citizens and civil society organisations, including human rights organisations. The objective would be to reinforce the preliminary analysis and ultimately adopt legislative provisions designed to eliminate the risks of destruction and degradation of forests and high-carbon

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stock and biodiversity-rich ecosystems, as well as the risks relating to the rights of indigenous people and human rights in general;

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8. Points out that forest and ecosystem-risk commodities covered by this EU legal framework should be determined on the basis of objective and science-based considerations that such commodities pose risks for the destruction and degradation of forests and high-carbon stock and biodiversity-rich ecosystems, as well as for the rights of indigenous people and human rights in general or that production of such commodities has led to water-grabbing and indirect degradation of ecosystems by over-abstraction and pollution of water sources;

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8. Points out that forest and ecosystem-risk commodities covered by this EU legal framework should be determined on the basis of objective and science-based considerations that such

8. Points out that forest and ecosystem-risk commodities covered by this EU legal framework should be determined through the application of the precautionary principle on the basis of

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commodities pose high risks for the destruction and degradation of forests and high-carbon stock and biodiversity-rich ecosystems, as well as for the rights of indigenous people and human rights in general;

objective and science-based considerations that such commodities pose or could pose high risks for the destruction and degradation of forests and high-carbon stock and biodiversity-rich ecosystems, as well as for the rights of indigenous people and human rights in general;

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8. Points out that forest and ecosystem-risk commodities covered by this EU legal framework should be determined case by case on the basis of objective and science-based considerations that such commodities pose high risks for the destruction and degradation of forests and high-carbon stock and biodiversity-rich ecosystems;

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commodities pose high risks for the destruction and degradation of forests and their ecosystems, as well as for the rights of indigenous people and human rights in general;

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8. Points out that forest and ecosystem-risk commodities covered by this EU legal framework should be determined on the basis of objective, transparent and science-based considerations that such commodities are associated with high risks for the destruction and degradation of forests and high-carbon stock and biodiversity-rich ecosystems, as well as for the rights of indigenous people and human rights in general;

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destruction and degradation of forests and high-carbon stock and biodiversity-rich ecosystems, as well as for the rights of indigenous people and human rights in general;

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8. Points out that forest and ecosystem-risk commodities covered by this EU legal framework should be determined on the basis of objective and science-based considerations that such commodities are associated with the destruction and degradation of forests and high-carbon stock and biodiversity-rich ecosystems, as well as for the rights of indigenous people and human rights in general;

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8. Points out that forest and ecosystem-risk commodities covered by this EU legal framework should be determined on the basis of objective and

8. Points out that forest and ecosystem-risk commodities covered by this EU legal framework should be determined on the basis of objective and

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science-based considerations that such commodities pose high risks for the destruction and degradation of forests and high-carbon stock and biodiversity-rich ecosystems, as well as for the rights of indigenous people and human rights in general;

science-based considerations that such commodities are associated with the destruction and degradation of forests and high-carbon stock and biodiversity-rich ecosystems, as well as for the rights of indigenous people and human rights in general;

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8. Points out that forest and ecosystem-risk commodities covered by this EU legal framework should be determined on the basis of objective and science-based considerations that such commodities are associated with the destruction and degradation of forests and high-carbon stock and biodiversity-rich ecosystems, as well as for the rights of indigenous people and human rights in general;

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8a. Is of the opinion that a strong action within the Union internal market should go hand in hand with a strong action at the international level; National Indicatives Programmes under EU’s

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external action should therefore integrate provisions to help third countries’ companies and smallholders working with operators placing FERC commodities on the Union internal market to carry out activities without harming forest and ecosystems;

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8a. Encourages the EU to develop information and awareness-raising campaigns about the importing of commodities essential for certain sectors of the economy when it can be proven that they are sustainable and are not sourced from deforested areas or biodiversity-rich ecosystems;

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8a. Emphasises that such an EU legal framework should also be applied to all extractives industries and to dams projects;

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9. Emphasises that such an EU legal framework should not only guarantee the legality of harvesting, production, extraction and processing of forest and ecosystem-risk commodities and derived products in the country of origin, but also the sustainability of their harvesting, production, extraction and processing;

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9. Emphasises that such an EU legal framework should not only guarantee the legality of harvesting, production, extraction and processing of forest and ecosystem-risk commodities and derived products in the country of origin, but also the sustainability of their harvesting, production, extraction and processing and should not contribute to increase in the area logged, or to deforestation of primary forests even in case the legal framework of a country of origin allows it; Emphasises in this context the relevance of the 2008 cut -off date and that any other, later date would miss out on the impact of adopted policies incentivising the consumption of forest and ecosystem-risk commodities;

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9. Emphasises that such an EU legal framework should not only guarantee the legality of harvesting, production, extraction and processing of forest-risk and ecosystem-risk commodities and derived products in the country of origin, but also the sustainability of their harvesting, production, extraction and processing; recalls that the legality of harvesting and trading forest products is covered by the EU Timber Regulation and therefore stresses that double regulation should be avoided;

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9. Emphasises that reciprocity, the EU’s environmental responsibility and bilateral relations with third countries should guarantee the legality of harvesting, production, extraction and processing of forest and ecosystem-risk commodities and derived products in the country of origin, but also, in particular, the sustainability of their harvesting, production, extraction and processing;

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9. Emphasises that such an EU legal framework should not only guarantee the legality of harvesting, production, extraction and processing of commodities under scope and derived products in the country of origin, but also the sustainability of their harvesting, production, extraction and processing which makes it necessary to define "sustainable" in this context;

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9. Emphasises that such an EU legal framework should not only guarantee the legality of harvesting, production, extraction and processing of commodities that pose a risk to forests and their ecosystems and derived products in the country of origin, but also encourage the development of sustainability in their harvesting, production, extraction and processing;

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9a. Calls on the Commission to guarantee that the proposed EU legal framework will include a provision requiring that all newly adopted business agreements contain binding requirements for the protection of the environment intended to provide full protection for forests and other ecosystems, among other things; also calls for the inclusion of effective implementation and enforcement mechanisms able to prevent any action that could lead to deforestation and the degradation of forests;

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9a. Draws attention to how the production of GMOs is a key driver of deforestation, particularly in Brazil and Argentina, and believes that the importation of GMOs into the EU should be ended; reminds that meat consumption, even within the EU, contributes to deforestation outside the EU by way of increasing demand for cheap, GMO animal feed, particularly imports of GM soybean;

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9a. Highlights that changing the regulatory framework in order to legalize use of certain areas and modifying tenure rights does not take away the negative impact on human rights and the environment caused by the implementation of this change; therefore stresses that due diligence criteria must include other elements on top of the legality of action;

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9a. Calls on the Commission to seize the opportunity of the forthcoming revision of the EU Non-financial Reporting Directive (2013/34/EU) to strengthens its provisions and broaden its scope in order to significantly improve companies and financial institutions' reporting in relation to environmental protection;

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9a. Emphasizes that, according to several studies1a a legal framework to prevent the entry into the Union internal market of products linked with deforestation, will have no impact on volume and price of the commodities sold in the Union and covered in the Annex of this resolution;_________________1a https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0959378014001046 http://biomas.agrosatelite.com.br/img/Geospatial_analyses_of_the_annual_crops_dynamic_in_the_brazilian_Cerrado_biome.pdf

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9a. Stresses that weak land tenure and land rights are an important driver of deforestation and degradation of forests and ecosystems;

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9b. Believes that the proposed EU legal framework should include a ban on concluding free trade agreements that have adverse effects on forests, other natural ecosystems and human rights, including the rights of indigenous people and local communities;

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9c. Requests that the Commission include binding obligations in the proposed EU legal framework for the protection of forests, natural ecosystems and human rights to be included in existing business agreements that do not yet contain such provisions. This should involve a detailed analysis of the direct and indirect impact of such agreements on deforestation, environmental degradation, the conversion and degradation of other ecosystems and human rights violations, so that appropriate measures can be adopted and thus enable the timely elimination of all the damaging effects identified;

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10. Stresses that local communities, indigenous peoples, land and environmental defenders often are on the frontline of the fights to preserve ecosystems; is concerned that the degradation and destruction of forests and other valuable ecosystems frequently goes along with human rights violations or follows from it; urges, therefore, to include the protection of human rights, in particular land tenure, land and labour rights, with a special view to the rights of indigenous peoples, within the future EU legal framework;

10. Stresses that local communities, indigenous peoples, land and environmental defenders often are on the frontline of the fights to preserve ecosystems; reminds that the full enjoyment of human rights, environmental protection and sustainable development should be guaranteed to all, and that no one should be penalized, persecuted or harassed in any way for their involvement in activities aimed at protecting the environment; calls on the Union and the Member States to support, at the next UN General Assembly, the global recognition of the right to a healthy environment; is concerned that the degradation and destruction of forests and other valuable ecosystems frequently goes along with human rights violations or follows from it; urges, therefore, to include the protection of human rights, in particular land tenure, land and labour rights, with a special view to the rights of Indigenous Peoples and local communities, within the future EU legal framework; calls on the Commission to set up a rapid response mechanism at Union level to support environmental defenders across the world;

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10. Stresses that local communities, indigenous peoples, land and

10. Stresses that local communities, indigenous peoples, land and

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environmental defenders often are on the frontline of the fights to preserve ecosystems; is concerned that the degradation and destruction of forests and other valuable ecosystems frequently goes along with human rights violations or follows from it; urges, therefore, to include the protection of human rights, in particular land tenure, land and labour rights, with a special view to the rights of indigenous peoples, within the future EU legal framework;

environmental defenders often are on the frontline of the fights to preserve ecosystems; is concerned that the degradation and destruction of forests and other valuable ecosystems frequently goes along with human rights violations or follows from it; urges, therefore, to include the protection of human rights, in particular land tenure, land and labour rights, with a special view to the rights of indigenous peoples, within the future EU legal framework; stresses that local communities, women and smallholders in many developing countries rely heavily on income of commodities; all changes, therefore, need to take into consideration the effects on economic opportunities of workers and the increasing need of food production due to population growth and the more and more challenging circumstances of food production due to climate change;

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10. Stresses that local communities, indigenous peoples, land and environmental defenders often are on the frontline of the fights to preserve ecosystems; is concerned that the degradation and destruction of forests and other valuable ecosystems frequently goes along with human rights violations or follows from it; urges, therefore, to include the protection of human rights, in particular land tenure, land and labour rights, with a special view to the rights of indigenous peoples, within the future EU legal

10. Stresses that local communities, indigenous peoples, land and environmental defenders often are on the frontline of the fights to preserve ecosystems; is concerned that the degradation and destruction of forests and other valuable ecosystems frequently goes along with human rights violations or follows from it; urges, therefore, to include the protection of human rights, in particular land tenure, land and labour rights, with a special view to the rights of indigenous peoples, within the future EU legal framework; stresses that the IPCC Special

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framework; Report on Land as well as the IPBES Global Assessment report state that strengthening indigenous people's rights to land can contribute to climate mitigation, adaptation and ecosystem conservation, and calls for more international support for indigenous people's rights;

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10. Stresses that local communities, indigenous peoples, land and environmental defenders often are on the frontline of the fights to preserve ecosystems; is concerned that the degradation and destruction of forests and other valuable ecosystems frequently goes along with human rights violations or follows from it; urges, therefore, to include the protection of human rights, in particular land tenure, land and labour rights, with a special view to the rights of Indigenous Peoples and local communities, within the future EU legal framework; calls on the Commission to encourage legal reform processes in producer countries are done with the effective and meaningful participation of all stakeholders, including civil society, Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities;

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10. Stresses that local communities, indigenous peoples, land and environmental defenders often are on the frontline of the fights to preserve ecosystems; notes that in some regions conflicts over the use of lands and resources are the main cause of violence against indigenous peoples1a; is concerned that the degradation and destruction of forests and other valuable ecosystems frequently goes along with human rights violations or follows from it; urges, therefore, to include the protection of human rights, in particular land tenure, land and labour rights, with a special view to the rights of indigenous peoples, within the future EU legal framework;

_________________1a report by the Brazilian Attorney General’s office: http://www.mpf.mp.br/pgr/noticias-pgr/conflitos-associados-a-terra-sao-principal-causa-de-violencia-contra-indigenas-e-comunidades-tradicionais-no-brasil-segundo-mpf

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10. Stresses that local communities, indigenous peoples, land and environmental defenders often are on the frontline of the fights to preserve ecosystems; is concerned that the

10. Stresses that local communities, indigenous peoples, land and environmental defenders often are on the frontline of the fights to preserve ecosystems; is concerned that the

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degradation and destruction of forests and other valuable ecosystems frequently goes along with human rights violations or follows from it; urges, therefore, to include the protection of human rights, in particular land tenure, land and labour rights, with a special view to the rights of indigenous peoples, within the future EU legal framework;

degradation and destruction of forests and other valuable ecosystems frequently goes along with human rights violations or follows from it; urges, therefore, to include the protection of human rights within the future EU legal framework;

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10. Stresses that local communities, indigenous peoples, land and environmental defenders often are involved in sustainable forest management and thus contribute to the protection of their ecosystems; is concerned that the degradation and destruction of forests and their valuable ecosystems frequently goes along with human rights violations or follows from it; urges, therefore, to include the protection of human rights, in particular land tenure, land and labour rights, with a special view to the rights of indigenous peoples, within the future EU legal framework;

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10. Stresses that local communities, indigenous peoples, land and environmental defenders often are on the frontline of the fights to preserve ecosystems; is concerned that the degradation and destruction of forests and other valuable ecosystems frequently goes along with human rights violations or follows from it; urges, therefore, to include the protection of human rights, in particular land tenure, land and labour rights, with a special view to the rights of indigenous peoples and local communities, within the future EU legal framework;

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10. Stresses that local communities, indigenous peoples, land and environmental defenders often are on the frontline of the fights to preserve ecosystems; is concerned that the degradation and destruction of forests and other valuable ecosystems frequently goes along with human rights violations or follows from it; urges, therefore, to include the protection of human rights, in particular land tenure, land and labour rights, with a special view to the rights of indigenous peoples and local communities, within the future EU legal framework;

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10a. Stresses the importance of promoting agroecology and sustainable agricultural production on a global level, considers, therefore, that all further actions must address issues such as preventing unsustainable land use and management practices, coping with natural disturbances and mitigating climate change;

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10a. emphasises that it is important to encourage the consumption of products from deforestation-free supply chains in the EU, and to improve the assessments of the impact of consumption in the EU and other markets on the world’s forests;

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awareness of the social and economic impacts of illegal logging and forest-related crimes in the EU and in third countries;

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11. Notes that such an EU legal framework should also be extended to high-carbon stock and biodiversity-rich ecosystems other than forests so as to avoid pressure being shifted to these landscapes, such as wetlands, peatlands and meadows; points out, in this respect, that wetlands are currently being lost at three times the rate, in percentage terms, of forests and that 85% of global wetlands have disappeared2 a;_________________2 a IPBES report 2019

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11. Notes that such an EU legal framework should also be extended to high-carbon stock and biodiversity-rich ecosystems other than forests, such as river basins or delta areas on entering a sea or an ocean, with important vegetation and fauna, so as to avoid pressure being shifted to these landscapes;

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11. Notes that such an EU legal framework should also be extended to high-carbon stock and biodiversity-rich ecosystems other than forests, in line with the international definition of such ecosystems, so as to avoid pressure being shifted to these landscapes;

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11. Notes that such an EU legal framework should also be extended to high-carbon stock and biodiversity-rich ecosystems other than forests so as to avoid pressure being shifted to these

11. Notes that such an EU legal framework should also cover ecosystems other than forests that are rich in biodiversity or have a high carbon-absorption capacity – such as bogs – so as

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landscapes; to avoid pressure being shifted to these ecosystems;

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11. Notes that such an EU legal framework should also be extended to high-carbon stock and biodiversity-rich ecosystems other than forests, in particular marine and coastal ecosystems, so as to avoid pressure being shifted to these landscapes;

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11a. Notes that the availability and accuracy of the data used to assess at what date the land has been deforested/converted to another use needs to be reliable for effective implementation;

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12. Believes that these obligations should apply to all companies placing forest and ecosystem-risk commodities (FERC) on the Union market, irrespective of their size or place of registration; believes that in a fragmented end-market, the inclusion of smaller and larger companies is key to ensure both large-scale impact and consumer trust; emphasises that the regulatory framework must not give rise to undue burdens on small and medium-sized producers or prevent their access to markets and international trade; recognises, therefore, that due diligence, reporting and disclosure requirements must be proportionate to the level of risks associated with the given commodities;

12. Believes that these obligations should apply to all companies placing forest and ecosystem-risk commodities (FERC) on the Union market, irrespective of their size or place of registration; while recognising that requirements following the operator’s risk assessment must be proportionate to the level of risks associated with the given commodities; believes that in a fragmented end-market, the inclusion of smaller and larger companies is key to ensure both large-scale impact and consumer trust; emphasises that the regulatory framework must not give rise to undue burdens on small and medium-sized producers, including smallholders, or prevent their access to markets and international trade due to a lack of capacity; recommends therefore that they be supported and be provided with the necessary tools to be able to produce in compliance with environmental and human rights requirements;

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12. Believes that these obligations should apply to all companies placing forest and ecosystem-risk commodities (FERC) on the Union market, irrespective of their size or place of registration; believes that in a fragmented end-market,

12. Believes that these obligations should apply to all companies placing forest and ecosystem-risk commodities (FERC) on the Union market, irrespective of their size or place of registration; believes that in a fragmented end-market,

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the inclusion of smaller and larger companies is key to ensure both large-scale impact and consumer trust; emphasises that the regulatory framework must not give rise to undue burdens on small and medium-sized producers or prevent their access to markets and international trade; recognises, therefore, that due diligence, reporting and disclosure requirements must be proportionate to the level of risks associated with the given commodities;

the inclusion of smaller and larger companies is key to ensure both large-scale impact and consumer trust; emphasises that the regulatory framework must not give rise to undue burdens on small and medium-sized producers or prevent their access to markets and international trade;

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12. Believes that these obligations should apply to all companies placing forest and ecosystem-risk commodities (FERC) on the Union market, irrespective of their size or place of registration; believes that in a fragmented end-market, the inclusion of smaller and larger companies is key to ensure both large-scale impact and consumer trust; emphasises that the regulatory framework must not give rise to undue burdens on small and medium-sized producers including smallholders or prevent their access to markets and international trade;

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12. Believes that these obligations should apply to all companies placing forest and ecosystem-risk commodities (FERC) on the Union market, irrespective of their size or place of registration; believes that in a fragmented end-market, the inclusion of smaller and larger companies is key to ensure both large-scale impact and consumer trust; emphasises that the regulatory framework must not give rise to undue burdens on small and medium-sized producers including smallholders or prevent their access to markets and international trade;

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12. Believes that these obligations should apply to all companies placing forest and ecosystem-risk commodities (FERC) on the Union market, irrespective of their size or place of registration; believes that in a fragmented end-market, the inclusion of smaller and larger companies is key to ensure both large-scale impact and consumer trust; emphasises that the regulatory framework must not give rise to undue burdens on small and medium-sized producers or prevent their access to markets and international trade;

12. Believes that these obligations should apply to all companies placing commodities driving deforestation on the Union market, irrespective of their size or place of registration; believes that in a fragmented end-market, the inclusion of smaller and larger companies is key to ensure both large-scale impact and consumer trust; emphasises that an in-depth impact assessment is needed to guarantee that the regulatory framework does not give rise to undue burdens on businesses, especially small and medium-

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recognises, therefore, that due diligence, reporting and disclosure requirements must be proportionate to the level of risks associated with the given commodities;

sized producers and smallholders or prevent their access to markets and international trade; recognises, therefore, that the due diligence system must be proportionate to the level of risks associated with the given commodities;

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12. Believes that these obligations should apply to all companies placing forest and ecosystem-risk commodities (FERC) on the Union market, irrespective of their size or place of registration; believes that in a fragmented end-market, the inclusion of smaller and larger companies is key to ensure both large-scale impact and consumer trust; emphasises that the regulatory framework must not give rise to undue burdens on producers or prevent their access to markets and international trade; recognises, therefore, that due diligence, reporting and disclosure requirements must be non-discriminatory, proportionate to the level of risks associated with the given commodities and able to provide legal certainty for operators;

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12. Believes that these obligations should apply to companies placing commodities that pose a risk to forests and their ecosystems on the Union market, irrespective of their size or registration; believes that in a fragmented end-market, the inclusion of smaller and larger companies, taking into account their financial and organisational capabilities, is key to ensure both large-scale impact and consumer trust; emphasises that the regulatory framework must not give rise to undue burdens on small and medium-sized producers or prevent their access to markets and international trade; recognises, therefore, that due diligence, reporting and disclosure requirements must be proportionate to the level of risks associated with the given commodities;

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12. Believes that these obligations should apply to all companies placing forest and ecosystem-risk commodities (FERC) on the Union market, irrespective of their size or place of registration; believes that in a fragmented end-market, the inclusion of smaller and larger companies is key to ensure both large-scale impact and consumer trust; emphasises that the regulatory framework must not give rise to undue burdens on small and medium-sized producers or prevent their access to markets and international trade; recognises, therefore, that due diligence, reporting and disclosure requirements must

12. Believes that these obligations should apply to all companies placing forest and ecosystem-risk commodities (FERC) on the Union market, irrespective of their size or place of registration; believes that while regulatory framework should not give rise to undue burdens on small and medium-sized producers or prevent their access to markets and international trade in a fragmented end-market, the inclusion of smaller and larger companies is key to ensure both large-scale impact and consumer trust; and that due diligence, reporting and disclosure requirements must be proportionate to the

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be proportionate to the level of risks associated with the given commodities;

level of risks associated with the given commodities;

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12. Believes that these obligations should apply to all companies placing illegally harvested commodities on the Union market, irrespective of their size or place of registration; believes that in a fragmented end-market, the inclusion of smaller and larger companies is key to ensure both large-scale impact and consumer trust; emphasises that the regulatory framework must not give rise to undue burdens on small and medium-sized producers or prevent their access to markets and international trade; recognises, therefore, that due diligence, reporting and disclosure requirements must be proportionate to the level of risks associated with the given commodities;

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12a. Notes that some economic operators have embraced the 2014 New York Declaration on Forests and carried out processes to ensure the transparency

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of their value chain as regards deforestation; notes however that prior to this date very few data are available as regards transparency of economic operators’ supply chains;

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12a. Stresses that digitalisation and new technology tools hold the potential to provide unprecedented solutions for companies to identify, prevent, mitigate and account for human rights and environmental impacts;

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12b. Recalls the findings of the study on due diligence requirements through the supply chain, commissioned by the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Justice and Consumers, that finds that a majority of business respondents agree that mandatory due diligence would have a positive impact on

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human rights and the environment;

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12c. Notes that initial findings of the same study indicate that extra costs occurring to companies to set up and run due diligence systems are only small;

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12d. Believes that EU-wide mandatory due diligence requirements would provide benefits to business through levelling the playing field by holding competitors to the same standards and would provide legal certainty as opposed to a mosaic of different measures at national level;

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13. Is convinced that the EU Timber Regulation, especially its due diligence requirements, represents a good model to build upon for a future EU legal framework to halt and reverse EU-driven global deforestation, but that a lack of implementation and enforcement of the EU Timber Regulation means that it does not live up to its spirit and intent; is of the opinion, therefore, that lessons can be learnt from the EU Timber Regulation for improved implementation and enforcement rules for a future EU legal framework to halt and reverse EU-driven global deforestation;

13. Is convinced that the EU Timber Regulation, especially its due diligence requirements, represents a good model to build upon for a future EU legal framework to halt and reverse EU-driven global deforestation, but that a lack of implementation, limited scope of products covered and enforcement of the EU Timber Regulation, including applied penalty regimes and discrepancy between them among the Member States, means that it does not live up to its spirit and intent; is of the opinion, therefore, that lessons can be learnt from the EU Timber Regulation for improved implementation and enforcement rules for a future EU legal framework to halt and reverse EU-driven global deforestation;

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13. Is convinced that the EU Timber Regulation, especially its due diligence requirements, represents a good model to build upon for a future EU legal framework to halt and reverse EU-driven global deforestation, but that a lack of implementation and enforcement of the EU Timber Regulation means that it does not live up to its spirit and intent; is of the opinion, therefore, that lessons can be learnt from the EU Timber Regulation for improved implementation and enforcement rules for a future EU legal framework to halt and reverse EU-driven global

13. Is convinced that the EU Timber Regulation, especially its requirements in the area of producer’s and/or manufacturer’s liability, represents a good model to build upon for a future EU legal framework to halt and reverse EU-driven global deforestation; stresses that the lack of implementation and enforcement of the EU Timber Regulation means that companies only apply the due diligence measures to a limited extent in practice; is of the opinion, therefore, that lessons can be learnt from the EU Timber Regulation for improved implementation and

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deforestation; enforcement rules for a future EU legal framework to halt and reverse EU-driven global deforestation;

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13. Is convinced that the EU Timber Regulation, especially its due diligence requirements, represents a good model to build upon for a future EU legal framework to halt and reverse EU-driven global deforestation, but that a lack of implementation and enforcement of the EU Timber Regulation means that it does not live up to its spirit and intent; is of the opinion, therefore, that lessons can be learnt from the EU Timber Regulation for improved implementation and enforcement rules for a future EU legal framework to halt and reverse EU-driven global deforestation;

13. Is convinced that the EU Timber Regulation, especially its due diligence requirements, represents a good model to build upon for a future EU legal framework to halt and reverse EU-driven global deforestation, but that a lack of implementation and enforcement of the EU Timber Regulation, and the non-coverage of certain timber products, means that it does not live up to its spirit and intent; is of the opinion, therefore, that lessons can be learnt from the EU Timber Regulation for improved implementation and enforcement rules for a future EU legal framework to halt and reverse EU-driven global deforestation;

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13. Is convinced that the EU Timber Regulation, especially its due diligence

13. Is convinced that the EU Timber Regulation, especially its due diligence

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requirements, represents a good model to build upon for a future EU legal framework to halt and reverse EU-driven global deforestation, but that a lack of implementation and enforcement of the EU Timber Regulation means that it does not live up to its spirit and intent; is of the opinion, therefore, that lessons can be learnt from the EU Timber Regulation for improved implementation and enforcement rules for a future EU legal framework to halt and reverse EU-driven global deforestation;

requirements, represents a good model to build upon for a future EU legal framework to halt and reverse EU-driven global deforestation, but that a lack of implementation and enforcement of the EU Timber Regulation means that it does not live up to its spirit and intent; is of the opinion, therefore, that the future EU legal framework to halt and reverse EU-driven global deforestation must provide concrete improvements;

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13a. Welcomes the Commission’s statement in the EU Biodiversity Strategy 2030 that “The use of whole trees and food and feed crops for energy production – whether produced in the EU or imported – should be minimised”; calls on the Commission to amend the Renewable Energy Directive to reflect the fact that biomass is not a carbon neutral source of energy.1a

_________________1a Directive (EU) 2018/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2018 on the promotion of the use of energy from renewable sources and Directive (EU) 2015/1513 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 September 2015 amending Directive 98/70/EC relating to the quality of petrol and diesel fuels and amending Directive 2009/28/EC on the promotion of the use of energy.

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13a. Understands that consumers and producers should be better informed especially when it comes to the link between the consumption of basic products and deforestation; furthermore, citizens should be encouraged by regulatory incentives to adopt better balanced, healthier and more nutritious diets and to reduce food waste;

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13a. Points out that a strengthening of the EU legal framework on deforestation may have a significant impact on land prices in third countries and, in order to prevent any speculation, the cut-off date should not be set after the publication by the Commission of the proposal described in Annex of this resolution;

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13a. Reiterates that imports to the EU easily continue even if it is established that EUTR -compliant imports of the respective commodity from a respective country are impossible1a;_________________1a e.g. the case of teak from Myanmar- from the webpage of the Federal Office for Agriculture and Food of Germany: ´´Presently, EUTR-compliant teakwood imports from Myanmar are impossible´´ https://www.ble.de/SharedDocs/Pressemitteilungen/EN/2018/180724_Myanmar.html. as reported by Environmental Investigation Agency https://eia-international.org/news/timber-firms-are-getting-illicit-myanmar-teak-in-through-europes-back-door/

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13b. Calls for the EU to develop a green timber procurement policy to support the protection and restoration of forest ecosystems around the world;

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14. Stresses that such a legal framework needs to, and can be, designed in a way so as to be in line with World Trade Organization requirements;

14. Stresses that such a legal framework can be designed in a way so as to be in line with World Trade Organization recommendations; points out in this connection that free-trade agreements are not a WTO obligation and that environmental and social standards and respect for human rights should prevail against the background of ordo liberalism and the doctrine of free trade;

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14. Stresses that such a legal framework needs to, and can be, designed in a way so as to be in line with World Trade Organization requirements, so as not to lead to arbitrary distortions of competition in international commodities trade;

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14. Stresses that such a legal framework does not need to be designed in a way so as to be in line with World Trade Organization requirements;

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Motion for a resolutionParagraph 14 – subparagraph 1 (new)


Welcomes the creation of a forest observatory to collect data and information on deforestation in Europe as well as globally, and calls for this observatory to establish a mechanism to protect forest defenders;

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14a. Stresses that, complementary to establishing an EU legal framework on commodities driving deforestation, the EU needs to address the implementation of human rights, environmental responsibility and the rule of law as horizontal issues with the respective countries and with other main importing countries more decisively.

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14a. Stresses that such a legal framework must be designed in compliance with the EU’s international commitments to African, Caribbean and Pacific states and taken into account in the ambitions of the future Post-Cotonou Agreement;

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15. Underlines that the impact of the Union’s consumption of forest and ecosystem-risk commodities needs to be adequately addressed in any follow-up, regulatory or non-regulatory, actions and measures to the EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030 and Farm to Fork Strategy;

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15. Underlines that the impact of the Union’s consumption of forest and ecosystem-risk commodities, needs to be adequately addressed in any follow-up, regulatory or non-regulatory, actions and measures to the EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030 and Farm to Fork Strategy as well as in the CAP reform and the European Green Deal; in that regard, calls on the EU to adopt a strategy to reduce meat and dairy consumption; calls on the Union to cut dependency on imports of forest and ecosystem-risk commodities by promoting locally-sourced plant protein, pasture-based grazing, legal and sustainably sourced feed, namely by implementing the Union protein plan, and enacting a policy that ensures Union livestock production matches available Union land resources; notes, in this regard, that soya and palm oil products originating in deforested land that are used for feed for EU animals are significant drivers of largescale ecosystem conversion; stresses also the need to focus on shorter supply chains of protein crops, and meat and dairy products, to the advantage of food sovereignty both in the EU and its partners;

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15. Underlines that the impact of the Union’s consumption of forest and ecosystem-risk commodities needs to be adequately addressed in any follow-up, regulatory or non-regulatory, actions and measures to the EU Biodiversity Strategy

15. Underlines that the impact of the Union’s consumption of commodities that pose a risk to forests and their ecosystems needs to be adequately addressed in any follow-up, regulatory or non-regulatory, actions and measures to the EU

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for 2030 and Farm to Fork Strategy; Biodiversity Strategy for 2030 and Farm to Fork Strategy; points out that strict targets imposed on forests within the Union may result in increased pressure on forests outside the Union;

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Amendment 263Delara Burkhardt, Milan Brglez, Sylwia Spurek, Sándor Rónai, Maria Arena, Tudor Ciuhodaru, Sara Cerdas, Jytte Guteland




15. Underlines that the impact of the Union’s consumption of forest and ecosystem-risk commodities, and in particular the consumption of meat and dairy products, needs to be adequately addressed in any follow-up, regulatory or non-regulatory, actions and measures to the EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030 and Farm to Fork Strategy, as well as in the post-2020 Common Agricultural Policy;

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15. Underlines that the impact of the Union’s consumption of forest and ecosystem-risk commodities needs to be adequately addressed in any follow-up, regulatory actions and measures to the EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030 and Farm to Fork Strategy; calls on the Commission to

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adequately address the impact of free trade agreements on biodiversity and not merely assess the impacts;

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15. Underlines that the impact of the Union’s consumption of forest and ecosystem-risk commodities needs to be adequately addressed in any follow-up, regulatory or non-regulatory, actions and measures to the EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030 and Farm to Fork Strategy and the CAP Strategic Plan Regulation, including Member States’ National Strategic Plans;

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15. Underlines that the impact of the Union’s commitment to avoid or minimize the placing of products associated with deforestation needs to be adequately addressed in any follow-up, regulatory or non-regulatory, with actions and measures under the EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030 and the Farm to Fork Strategy;

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15. Underlines that the impact of the Union’s consumption of commodities that could encourage deforestation in third countries needs to be adequately addressed in the EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030 and Farm to Fork Strategy;

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15. Underlines that the impact of the Union’s consumption of forest and ecosystem-risk commodities needs to be adequately addressed in any follow-up, regulatory or non-regulatory, actions and measures to the EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030 and Farm to Fork Strategy as well as in the CAP; ;

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Calls on the Commission to adopt a climate and environment proof Multiannual Financial Framework; paying particular attention to the impact of external action funds that may contribute to deforestation and ecosystem degradation, as well as certain research and development funds; calls for a Green Deal Check of the MFF and all European budgets;

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Motion for a resolutionParagraph 15 – point 1 (new)


(1) Calls on the Commission to include binding due diligence measures related to forest and ecosystem-risk commodities (FERC) in EU public procurement legislation for all existing and future trade agreements with third countries; notes that the Mercosur-EU FTA is set to perpetuate the dependency of the Mercosur economies on the very activities that lead to deforestation; calls for the suspension of the EU-Mercosur agreement process until binding, enforceable and sanctionable provisions to address climate change, deforestation and ecosystem conversion, biodiversity loss and the protection of the rights of indigenous peoples and local communities have been comprehensively included;

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(2) Calls on the Commission to propose a further amendment of the Renewable Energy Directive so that burning forest wood would no longer be incentivised nor eligible for meeting Member States' renewable energy targets;

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(3) Calls on the Member States to recognise ecocides as criminal acts and to grant universal jurisdiction for these acts to their national jurisdictions; calls on the Commission and the Member States to support amending the Statute of the International Criminal Court to recognise ecocides as criminal acts into its scope of action;

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15a. stresses that an economic model based entirely on free trade is not ecologically sustainable; points out the ecological importance of limiting imports of products that can be produced, or for which substitutes can be produced, within the Union with a small carbon footprint and on the basis of effective standards, the application of which can be monitored; points out that it is desirable to encourage the production of endemic oil seeds and protein crops within the Union, rather than importing them and actually contributing to deforestation; stresses that the EU is capable of ensuring its self-sufficiency in meat and that imports of meat from outside Europe should be strictly limited, which will curb the expansion of mono-cropping for livestock feed and the encroachment of pasture land onto forest zones;

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15a. Believes that the regulation proposed in the Annex of this resolution should be accompanied by trade-based partnership agreements with major producer countries of agricultural commodities, in order to tackle supply-side drivers of deforestation;

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Amendment 275

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15a. Calls for the EU to cut dependency on imports of forest/ecosystem-risk commodities by implementing the EU protein plan and to match available EU land resources for EU livestock production;

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15a. Deeply regrets that some states used COVID-19 pandemic as an opportunity to accelerate deforestation;

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15b. Believes that EU Green Public Procurement criteria should include deforestation and compliance with the due diligence proposal among its provisions; a revision of the directive 2014/24/EU on public procurement should integrate

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compliance with due diligence in the award criteria;

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15b. Urges all EU institutions and agencies to lead by example by modifying their behaviour, procurements and framework contracts towards the use of "deforestation-free only" products;

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15c. Points out the Commission shall consider the possibility of proposing primary forests as UNESCO heritage sites in order to help protect them from deforestation and to increase the chance of drawing public attention to their protection; if this is not feasible, other legal options to reach these objectives should be evaluated;

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15d. Calls on the EU to further develop research and monitoring programmes like Copernicus, European Earth Observation and other monitoring programmes to supervise the commodity supply chain in order to be able to identify and give early warnings on products which caused deforestation or environmental degradation during their production phase;

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15e. Calls upon the Commission to set up a European database collecting ongoing and past projects between the EU and third countries as well as bilateral projects between EU Member States and third countries in order to assess their impact on the world's forests; underlines the involvement of local and regional authorities in the implementation of these projects;

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Motion for a resolutionAnnex I – point 1 – paragraph 1

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The proposal for a Regulation (‘the proposal’) should provide the basis for the assurance of a high level of protection for exhaustible natural resources, such as natural forests and natural ecosystems, by ensuring that Union market and consumption patterns do not detrimentally affect natural forests and ecosystems, as well as on human rights affected by harvesting, extraction and production of products covered by the proposal.

The proposal for a Regulation (‘the proposal’) should provide the basis for the assurance of a high level of protection for exhaustible natural resources, such as natural forests and natural ecosystems, and strengthen legal framework for multipurpose forest sustainable management, The proposal should ensure that Union market and consumption patterns do not detrimentally affect natural forests and ecosystems, as well as on human rights affected by harvesting, extraction and production of products covered by the proposal, aligning the proposal with, among others, the EU Timber Regulation.

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The proposal for a legal framework (‘the proposal’) based on due diligence to ensure sustainable and deforestation-free supply chains for products placed on the EU market, with particular focus on tackling the main drivers of imported deforestation and instead encouraging imports that do not create deforestation abroad, should be based on an in-depth impact assessment and take into consideration human rights affected by harvesting, extraction and production of products covered by the proposal.

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The proposal for a Regulation (‘the proposal’) should provide the basis for the assurance of a high level of protection, within existing EU competences for exhaustible natural resources, such as natural forests and their natural ecosystems, by ensuring that Union market and consumption patterns have the least possible impact on natural forests and their ecosystems, as well as on human rights, which may be affected by harvesting, extraction and production of products covered by the proposal.

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The proposal for a Regulation (‘the proposal’) should contribute to the assurance of a sustainable management and a high level of protection where appropriate for exhaustible natural resources, such as forests and other natural ecosystems, by ensuring that Union market and consumption patterns do not detrimentally affect them. The protection of human rights and ownership rights affected by harvesting, extraction and production of products should also be covered by the proposal.

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Amendment 286Sunčana Glavak




The proposal for a Regulation (‘the proposal’) should provide the basis for the assurance of a high and sustainable level of protection for exhaustible natural resources, such as natural forests and natural ecosystems, by ensuring that Union market and consumption patterns do not detrimentally affect natural forests, biodiversity, and ecosystems, as well as on human rights affected by harvesting, extraction and production of products covered by the proposal.

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The proposal for a Regulation (‘the proposal’) should provide the basis for the assurance of a high level of protection for natural resources, such as natural forests and natural ecosystems, by ensuring that Union market and consumption patterns do not detrimentally affect natural forests and ecosystems, as well as on human rights affected by harvesting, extraction and production of products covered by the proposal.

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Motion for a resolutionAnnex I – point 1 – paragraph 2 – introductory part


It should provide transparency and certainty with regard to:

It should allow action, transparency and greater security with regard to:

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Motion for a resolutionAnnex I – point 1 – paragraph 2 – point -a (new)


-a. scope

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Amendment 290Kateřina Konečná, Anja Hazekamp

Motion for a resolutionAnnex I – point 1 – paragraph 2 – point a


a. commodities covered by the proposal and their derived products which are marketed on the Union internal market,

a. commodities covered by the proposal and their derived products which are marketed on the Union internal market, or transits through Union ports,

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Amendment 291

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Joëlle Mélin

Motion for a resolutionAnnex I – point 1 – paragraph 2 – point a a (new)


aa. the systematic review of free-trade agreements that do not respect the EU’s conditions and concerns with regard to deforestation,

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Motion for a resolutionAnnex I – point 1 – paragraph 2 – point b


b. the supply practices of all economic operators active on the Union internal market,

b. the supply practices and financing of all economic operators active on the Union internal market,

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b. due diligence and other requirements for operators active on the Union internal market,

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Motion for a resolutionAnnex I – point 1 – paragraph 2 – point c


c. production practices of economic operators harvesting, extracting, supplying, and processing forest and ecosystem-risk commodities (FERCs) or producing FERC-derived products in the Union internal market;

c. production practices of economic operators harvesting, extracting, supplying, and processing forest and ecosystem-risk commodities (FERCs) or producing FERC-derived products in the Union internal market, as well as the practices of their financiers;

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c. production practices of economic operators harvesting, extracting, supplying, and processing forest and ecosystem-risk commodities (FERCs) or producing FERC-derived products in the Union internal market, as well as the practices of their financiers;

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c. production practices of economic operators harvesting, extracting, supplying, and processing forest and ecosystem-risk commodities (FERCs) or producing FERC-derived products in the Union internal market as well as the practices of their financiers;

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c. production practices of economic operators harvesting, extracting, supplying, and processing forest and ecosystem-risk commodities (FERCs) or producing FERC-derived products in the Union internal market, as well as practices of their financiers;

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c. production practices, including the water abstraction aspect, of economic operators harvesting, extracting, supplying, and processing forest and ecosystem-risk commodities (FERCs) or producing FERC-derived products in the Union internal market;

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c. production practices of economic operators harvesting, extracting, supplying, and processing illegally harvested commodities in the Union internal market;

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c. production practices of economic operators harvesting, extracting, supplying, and processing commodities that pose a risk to forests and their ecosystems or producing their derived products in the Union internal market;

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c. production practices of operators harvesting, extracting, supplying, and processing commodities under scope or producing products deriving from those commodities in the Union internal market;

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It should establish an obligation to fulfil international environmental and human rights commitments taken by the Union and its Member States, such as the Paris Agreement, the Sustainable Development Goals, and human rights obligations.

It should establish an obligation to fulfil international environmental and human rights commitments taken by the Union and its Member States, such as the Paris Agreement, the Sustainable Development Goals, and human rights obligations, and establish legally binding sustainability criteria.

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It should establish an obligation to fulfil international environmental and human rights commitments taken by the Union and its Member States, such as the Paris Agreement, the Sustainable Development Goals, and human rights obligations. The proposal should be risk-based, proportionate and enforceable.

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It should establish an obligation to fulfil international environmental and human rights commitments taken by the Union and its Member States, such as the Paris Agreement, the Sustainable Development Goals, and human rights obligations set out in international human rights treaties.

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It should contribute to the fulfilment of international environmental and human rights commitments and objectives adopted by the Union and its Member States, such as the Paris Agreement, the Sustainable Development Goals, and human rights obligations.

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It should guarantee the fulfilment of international environmental and human rights commitments taken by the Union and its Member States, such as the Paris Agreement, the Sustainable Development Goals, and human rights obligations.

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The proposal should apply to all economic operators, irrespective of their legal form, size or complexity of their value chains, i.e. any natural or legal person (excluding non-commercial consumers) that places commodities that are covered by the proposal and their derived products on the Union internal market for the first time. This should apply to both Union and non-Union-based operators. Operators that are not based in the Union should mandate an authorised representative to perform the tasks (in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2019/1020 of the European Parliament and of the Council1 ).

The proposal should apply to all operators that place commodities that are covered by the proposal and their derived products on the Union internal market for the first time. This should apply to both Union and non-Union-based operators. Operators that are not based in the Union should mandate an authorised representative to perform the tasks (in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2019/1020 of the European Parliament and of the Council1 ).

_________________ _________________1 Regulation (EU) 2019/1020 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 June 2019 on market surveillance and compliance of products and amending Directive 2004/42/EC and Regulations (EC) No 765/2008 and (EU) No 305/2011 (OJ L 169, 25.6.2019, p. 1).

1 Regulation (EU) 2019/1020 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 June 2019 on market surveillance and compliance of products and amending Directive 2004/42/EC and Regulations (EC) No 765/2008 and (EU) No 305/2011 (OJ L 169, 25.6.2019, p. 1).

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The proposal should apply to all economic operators, irrespective of their legal form, size or complexity of their value chains, i.e. any natural or legal person (excluding non-commercial consumers) that places commodities that are covered by the proposal and their derived products on the Union internal market for the first time, including shipping companies, and economic operators that provide financing to operators undertaking these activities. This should apply to both Union and non-Union-based operators. Operators that are not based in the Union should mandate an authorised representative to perform the tasks (in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2019/1020 of the European Parliament and of the Council1 ).



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The proposal should apply to all economic operators, irrespective of their legal form, size or complexity of their value chains, i.e. any natural or legal person (excluding non-commercial consumers) that places commodities that are covered by the proposal and their derived products on the Union internal market for the first time, or that provides financing to the operators undertaking these activities. This should apply to both Union and non-Union-based operators. Operators that are not based in the Union should mandate an authorised representative to perform the tasks (in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2019/1020 of the European Parliament and of the Council1 ).



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The proposal should apply to all economic operators, irrespective of their legal form, size or complexity of their value chains, i.e. any natural or legal person (excluding non-commercial consumers) that places commodities that are covered by the proposal and their derived products on the Union internal market for the first time.

The proposal should apply to all economic operators, irrespective of their legal form, size or complexity of their value chains, i.e. any natural or legal person (excluding non-commercial consumers) that places commodities that are covered by the proposal and their derived products on the Union internal market for the first time, or

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This should apply to both Union and non-Union-based operators. Operators that are not based in the Union should mandate an authorised representative to perform the tasks (in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2019/1020 of the European Parliament and of the Council1 ).

that provides financing to operators undertaking these activities. This should apply to both Union and non-Union-based operators. Operators that are not based in the Union should mandate an authorised representative to perform the tasks (in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2019/1020 of the European Parliament and of the Council1 ).



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The proposal should apply to all economic operators, irrespective of their legal form, size or complexity of their value chains, i.e. any natural or legal person (excluding non-commercial consumers) that places commodities that are covered by the proposal and their derived products on the Union internal market, or that provides financing to operators undertaking these activities. This should apply to both Union and non-Union-based operators. Operators that are not based in the Union should mandate an authorised representative to perform the tasks (in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2019/1020 of the European Parliament and of the Council1 ).

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Amendment 315Alexander Bernhuber




The proposal should apply to all economic operators starting at first processing level, irrespective of their legal form, size or complexity of their value chains, i.e. any natural or legal person (excluding non-commercial consumers) that places commodities that are covered by the proposal and their derived products on the Union internal market for the first time. This should apply to both Union and non-Union-based operators. Operators that are not based in the Union should mandate an authorised representative to perform the tasks (in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2019/1020 of the European Parliament and of the Council1 ).



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The proposal should apply to all economic operators, irrespective of their legal form, size or complexity of their value chains, i.e. any natural or legal person (excluding non-commercial consumers) that places commodities that are covered by the proposal and their derived products on the Union internal market for the first time. This should apply to both Union and non-Union-based operators. Operators that are not based in the Union should mandate an authorised representative to perform the tasks (in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2019/10201 of the European Parliament and of the Council).

The proposal should apply to all economic operators, irrespective of their legal form, size or complexity of their value chains, i.e. any natural or legal person (excluding non-commercial consumers) that places commodities that are covered by the proposal and their derived products on the Union internal market. This should apply to both Union and non-Union-based operators. Operators that are not based in the Union should mandate an authorised representative to perform the tasks (in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2019/10201 of the European Parliament and of the Council).

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1Regulation (EU) 2019/1020 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 June 2019 on market surveillance and compliance of products and amending Directive 2004/42/EC and Regulations (EC) No 765/2008 and (EU) No 305/2011 (OJ L 169, 25.6.2019, p. 1).

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The proposal should apply to all economic operators, irrespective of their legal form, size or complexity of their value chains, i.e. any natural or legal person (excluding

The proposal should apply to all economic operators, irrespective of their legal form, size or complexity of their value chains, i.e. any natural or legal person (excluding

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non-commercial consumers) that places commodities that are covered by the proposal and their derived products on the Union internal market for the first time. This should apply to both Union and non-Union-based operators. Operators that are not based in the Union should mandate an authorised representative to perform the tasks (in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2019/10201 of the European Parliament and of the Council).

non-commercial consumers) that places commodities that are covered by the proposal and their derived products on the Union internal market. This should apply to both Union and non-Union-based operators. Operators that are not based in the Union should mandate an authorised representative to perform the tasks (in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2019/10201 of the European Parliament and of the Council).



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All economic operators should be entitled to lawfully place FERCs and FERC-derived products on the Union market only when they are able to demonstrate that within their own activities and all types of business relationships that they have with business partners and entities along their entire value chain (i.e. suppliers, franchisees, licensees, joint ventures, investors, clients, contractors, customers, consultants, financial, legal and other advisers) that, at the very most, there is a negligible risk level, that the goods placed on the Union market:

All operators should be entitled to lawfully place commodities under scope and their derived products on the Union market only when they exercise "due diligence" to ensure sustainable and deforestation-free supply chains.

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All economic operators should be entitled to lawfully place FERCs and FERC-derived products on the Union market only when, following provisions laid down in Article 5(a), they are able to demonstrate that within their own activities and all types of business relationships that they have with business partners and entities along their entire value chain (i.e. suppliers, traders, franchisees, licensees, joint ventures, investors, clients, contractors, customers, consultants, financial, legal and other advisers) that, at the very most, there is a negligible risk level, that the goods placed on the Union market:

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All economic operators should be entitled to lawfully place FERCs and FERC-derived products on the Union market only when they are able to demonstrate that within their own activities and all types of business relationships that they have with business partners and entities along their entire value chain (i.e. suppliers, franchisees, licensees, joint ventures, investors, clients, contractors, customers,

All economic operators should be entitled to lawfully place commodities and derived products on the Union market only when they are able to demonstrate that, within their own activities and all types of business relationships that they have with business partners and entities along their entire value chain (i.e. suppliers, franchisees, licensees, joint ventures, investors, clients, contractors, customers,

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consultants, financial, legal and other advisers) that, at the very most, there is a negligible risk level, that the goods placed on the Union market:

consultants, financial, legal and other advisers), there is no risk that the goods placed on the Union market:

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All economic operators should be entitled to lawfully place FERCs and FERC-derived products on the Union market only when they are able to demonstrate, publicly and during checks, that within their own activities and all types of business relationships that they have with business partners and entities along their entire value chain (i.e. suppliers, franchisees, licensees, joint ventures, investors, clients, contractors, customers, consultants, financial, legal and other advisers) that, at the very most, there is a negligible risk level, that the goods placed on the Union market:

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All economic operators should be entitled to lawfully place FERCs and FERC-derived products on the Union market only when they are able to demonstrate that

All economic operators should be entitled to lawfully place FERCs and FERC-derived products on the Union market only when they are able to demonstrate that

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within their own activities and all types of business relationships that they have with business partners and entities along their entire value chain (i.e. suppliers, franchisees, licensees, joint ventures, investors, clients, contractors, customers, consultants, financial, legal and other advisers) that, at the very most, there is a negligible risk level, that the goods placed on the Union market:

within their own activities and all types of business relationships that they have with business partners and entities along their entire value chain (i.e. suppliers, franchisees, licensees, joint ventures, investors, clients, contractors, consultants, financial, legal and other advisers), at the very most, there is a negligible risk level, that the goods placed on the Union market:

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All economic operators should be entitled to lawfully place products on the Union market only when they are able to demonstrate that within their own activities and all types of business relationships that they have with business partners and entities along their entire value chain (i.e. suppliers, franchisees, licensees, joint ventures, investors, clients, contractors, customers, consultants, financial, legal and other advisers) that, at the very most, there is a negligible risk level, that the goods placed on the Union market:

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- do not originate from land obtained via the conversion of natural forests or other natural ecosystems;

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- do not originate from land obtained via the conversion of natural forests, insofar as this can be determined;

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- originate from land obtained via the conversion of natural forests or other natural ecosystems;

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- do not originate from land obtained via deforestation or the conversion of other natural ecosystems;

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- do not originate from land obtained via the conversion of forests or other natural ecosystems;

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- do not originate from natural forests and natural ecosystems undergoing degradation, and

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- do not originate from forests and natural ecosystems degraded due to their unsustainable management, or under environmental protection, and

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- do not originate from natural forests and natural ecosystems undergoing degradation, including indirectly by water over-abstraction

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- do not originate from forests and natural ecosystems undergoing degradation due to unsustainable management, and

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- do not originate from natural forests undergoing degradation, insofar as this can be determined; and

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- originate from natural forests and natural ecosystems undergoing degradation, and

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- do not originate from illegal water abstraction; absence of legal framework to protect and control utilisation of water resources in the country of origin of the product or commodity is considered illegal water abstraction for the purpose of the proposed legislation, and

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- are not produced in, or are linked to, violation of human rights.

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- are not produced in, or are linked to, violation of human rights.

- are produced in, or are linked to, violation of human rights associated with forests of natural ecosystems.

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Economic operators should take appropriate measures to ensure that these standards are respected throughout their entire value chain.

Operators should take - according to their function in the market - appropriate measures to ensure that deforestation-free and sustainability standards are respected throughout their entire value chain.

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Economic operators should take appropriate measures, within their legal, organisational and financial capabilities, to ensure that these standards are respected throughout their entire value chain.

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Economic operators should take appropriate measures and contribute to the financing of checks to ensure that these standards are respected throughout their entire value chain.

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Economic operators should be obliged to take the appropriate measures to ensure that these standards are respected throughout their entire value chain.

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Economic operators should take appropriate and transparent measures to ensure that these standards are respected throughout their entire value chain.

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Financial institutions providing finance, investment, insurance or other services to operators engaged in the supply chain of commodities also have a responsibility to undertake due diligence to ensure that supply chain companies are respecting the obligations laid down in this proposal.

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Amendment 344Delara Burkhardt, Milan Brglez, Sylwia Spurek, Sándor Rónai, Maria Arena, Tudor Ciuhodaru, Sara Cerdas, Javi López, Mohammed Chahim, César Luena



The proposal should cover all commodities that are most frequently associated with

The proposal should cover all commodities that are most frequently associated with

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deforestation, natural forest degradation, and natural ecosystem conversion and degradation. These commodities should be listed in an annex to the proposal and comprise at least palm oil, soy, meat, leather, cocoa, coffee, rubber, and maize and all intermediate or final products that are derived from these commodities, and products that contain these commodities. In the event that the derived products contain input from more than one commodity covered by the proposal, due diligence should be performed with respect to each of these commodities. Commodities covered by Regulation (EU) No 995/2010 of the European Parliament and of the Council2 (‘the EU Timber Regulation’) should be integrated into the scope of the proposal within three years from the date of entry into force of the proposal.

deforestation, natural forest degradation, and natural ecosystem conversion and degradation. These commodities should be listed in an annex to the proposal and comprise at least palm oil, soy, meat, leather, cocoa, coffee, rubber, and maize and all intermediate or final products that are derived from these commodities, and products that contain these commodities. In the event that the derived products contain input from more than one commodity covered by the proposal, due diligence should be performed with respect to each of these commodities. Commodities covered by Regulation (EU) No 995/2010 of the European Parliament and of the Council2 (‘the EU Timber Regulation’) should be integrated into the scope of the proposal within three years from the date of entry into force of the proposal. To this end, the Commission should first conduct an assessment of the feasibility and the modalities of integrating these commodities, taking into account the upcoming fitness check of the EU Timber Regulation, and ensure that the objectives of the FLEGT Action Plan are not jeopardised and considering the legal and political implications on current Voluntary Partnership Agreements (VPAs) and legally-binding trade agreements between the European Union and a timber-producing country outside the EU. The partner timber-producing countries of the EU should be closely associated with the integration of the Timber commodities covered by the Timber Regulation into the new proposal.

_________________ _________________2 Regulation (EU) No 995/2010 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 October 2010 laying down the obligations of operators who place timber and timber products on the market Text with EEA relevance (OJ L 295, 12.11.2010, p. 23).

2 Regulation (EU) No 995/2010 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 October 2010 laying down the obligations of operators who place timber and timber products on the market Text with EEA relevance (OJ L 295, 12.11.2010, p. 23).

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The proposal should cover all commodities that are most frequently associated with deforestation, natural forest degradation, and natural ecosystem conversion and degradation. These commodities should be listed in an annex to the proposal and comprise at least palm oil, soy, meat, leather, cocoa, coffee, rubber, and maize and all intermediate or final products that are derived from these commodities, and products that contain these commodities. In the event that the derived products contain input from more than one commodity covered by the proposal, due diligence should be performed with respect to each of these commodities. Commodities covered by Regulation (EU) No 995/2010 of the European Parliament and of the Council2 (‘the EU Timber Regulation’) should be integrated into the scope of the proposal within three years from the date of entry into force of the proposal.

The proposal should cover all commodities that are most frequently associated with deforestation, natural forest degradation, and natural ecosystem conversion and degradation. These commodities should be listed in an annex to the proposal and comprise at least palm oil, soy, meat, leather, cocoa, coffee, rubber, and maize and all intermediate or final products that are derived from these commodities, and products that contain these commodities. In the event that the derived products contain input from more than one commodity covered by the proposal, due diligence should be performed with respect to each of these commodities.

_________________2 Regulation (EU) No 995/2010 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 October 2010 laying down the obligations of operators who place timber and timber products on the market Text with EEA relevance (OJ L 295, 12.11.2010, p. 23).

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The proposal should cover all commodities that are most frequently associated with deforestation, natural forest degradation, and natural ecosystem conversion and degradation. These commodities should be listed in an annex to the proposal and comprise at least palm oil, soy, meat, leather, cocoa, coffee, rubber, and maize and all intermediate or final products that are derived from these commodities, and products that contain these commodities. In the event that the derived products contain input from more than one commodity covered by the proposal, due diligence should be performed with respect to each of these commodities. Commodities covered by Regulation (EU) No 995/2010 of the European Parliament and of the Council2 (‘the EU Timber Regulation’) should be integrated into the scope of the proposal within three years from the date of entry into force of the proposal.

The proposal should cover all commodities that are most frequently associated with deforestation, natural forest degradation, and natural ecosystem conversion and degradation. These commodities should be listed in an annex to the proposal and comprise at least palm oil, soy, meat, leather, cocoa, coffee, rubber, and maize and all intermediate or final products that are derived from these commodities, and products that contain these commodities. In the event that the derived products contain input from more than one commodity covered by the proposal, due diligence should be performed with respect to each of these commodities.


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The proposal should cover all commodities that are most frequently associated with deforestation, natural forest degradation, and natural ecosystem conversion and degradation. These commodities should be listed in an annex to the proposal and comprise at least palm oil, soy, meat, leather, cocoa, coffee, rubber, and maize and all intermediate or final products that are derived from these commodities, and products that contain these commodities. In the event that the derived products contain input from more than one commodity covered by the proposal, due diligence should be performed with respect to each of these commodities. Commodities covered by Regulation (EU) No 995/20102 of the European Parliament and of the Council (‘the EU Timber Regulation’) should be integrated into the scope of the proposal within three years from the date of entry into force of the proposal.

The proposal should cover commodities that have the greatest impact on deforestation and natural forest degradation. These commodities, described in the impact assessment, should be listed in an annex to the proposal. The Commission should take particular note of such commodities as palm oil, soy, meat, leather, cocoa, coffee, rubber, and maize and all intermediate or final products that are derived from these commodities, and products that contain these commodities. In the event that the derived products contain input from more than one commodity covered by the proposal, due diligence should be performed with respect to each of these commodities.


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The proposal should cover all commodities that are most frequently associated with deforestation, natural forest degradation, and natural ecosystem conversion and degradation. These commodities should be

The proposal should cover all commodities that are most frequently associated with deforestation, degradation of natural forest, and natural ecosystem conversion and degradation. A list of these

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listed in an annex to the proposal and comprise at least palm oil, soy, meat, leather, cocoa, coffee, rubber, and maize and all intermediate or final products that are derived from these commodities, and products that contain these commodities. In the event that the derived products contain input from more than one commodity covered by the proposal, due diligence should be performed with respect to each of these commodities. Commodities covered by Regulation (EU) No 995/20102 of the European Parliament and of the Council (‘the EU Timber Regulation’) should be integrated into the scope of the proposal within three years from the date of entry into force of the proposal.

commodities should be prepared on the basis of an independent, expert evaluation taking into account the precautionary principle, and should be provided in an annex to this proposal and comprise at least palm oil, soy, meat, leather, cocoa, coffee, rubber, and maize and all intermediate or final products that are derived from these commodities, and products that contain these commodities. In the event that the derived products contain input from more than one commodity covered by the proposal, due diligence should be performed with respect to each of these commodities. Commodities covered by Regulation (EU) No 995/20102 of the European Parliament and of the Council (‘the EU Timber Regulation’) should be integrated into the scope of the proposal within three years from the date of entry into force of the proposal.



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The proposal should cover all commodities that are most frequently associated with deforestation, natural forest degradation, and natural ecosystem conversion and degradation. These commodities should be listed in an annex to the proposal and

The proposal should cover all commodities that are most frequently associated with deforestation. These commodities should be listed in an annex to the proposal according to the risk they pose to deforestation and therefore need to be

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comprise at least palm oil, soy, meat, leather, cocoa, coffee, rubber, and maize and all intermediate or final products that are derived from these commodities, and products that contain these commodities. In the event that the derived products contain input from more than one commodity covered by the proposal, due diligence should be performed with respect to each of these commodities. Commodities covered by Regulation (EU) No 995/2010 of the European Parliament and of the Council2 (‘the EU Timber Regulation’) should be integrated into the scope of the proposal within three years from the date of entry into force of the proposal.

tackled most urgently. A roadmap with time targets and impact assessments should be developed for at least palm oil, soy, meat, leather, cocoa, coffee, rubber, and maize and all intermediate or final products that are derived from these commodities, and products that contain these commodities as an essential ingredient or part. In the event that the derived products contain input from more than one commodity covered by the proposal, due diligence should be performed with respect to each of these commodities. Commodities covered by Regulation (EU) No 995/2010 of the European Parliament and of the Council2 (‘the EU Timber Regulation’) should be integrated into the scope of the proposal within three years from the date of entry into force of the proposal.



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The proposal should cover all commodities that are most frequently associated with deforestation, natural forest degradation, and natural ecosystem conversion and degradation. These commodities should be listed in an annex to the proposal and comprise at least palm oil, soy, meat,

The proposal should cover all commodities that are most frequently associated with deforestation, natural forest degradation, and natural ecosystem conversion and degradation. These commodities should be listed in an annex to the proposal and comprise at least palm oil, soy, meat,

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leather, cocoa, coffee, rubber, and maize and all intermediate or final products that are derived from these commodities, and products that contain these commodities. In the event that the derived products contain input from more than one commodity covered by the proposal, due diligence should be performed with respect to each of these commodities. Commodities covered by Regulation (EU) No 995/2010 of the European Parliament and of the Council2 (‘the EU Timber Regulation’) should be integrated into the scope of the proposal within three years from the date of entry into force of the proposal.

sugarcane1a, leather, cocoa, coffee, rubber, commodities covered by Regulation (EU) No 995/2010 of the European Parliament and of the Council2a and maize and all intermediate or final products that are derived from these commodities, and products that contain these commodities. In the event that the derived products contain input from more than one commodity covered by the proposal, due diligence should be performed with respect to each of these commodities.

_________________ _________________1a The EU was seen as an important prospective sugar market for the Mercosur countries in the Agreement


2a Regulation (EU) No 995/2010 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 October 2010 laying down the obligations of operators who place timber and timber products on the market Text with EEA relevance (OJ L 295, 12.11.2010, p. 23).

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The proposal should cover all commodities The proposal should cover all commodities

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that are most frequently associated with deforestation, natural forest degradation, and natural ecosystem conversion and degradation. These commodities should be listed in an annex to the proposal and comprise at least palm oil, soy, meat, leather, cocoa, coffee, rubber, and maize and all intermediate or final products that are derived from these commodities, and products that contain these commodities. In the event that the derived products contain input from more than one commodity covered by the proposal, due diligence should be performed with respect to each of these commodities. Commodities covered by Regulation (EU) No 995/2010 of the European Parliament and of the Council2 (‘the EU Timber Regulation’) should be integrated into the scope of the proposal within three years from the date of entry into force of the proposal.

that are most frequently associated with deforestation, natural forest degradation, and natural ecosystem conversion and degradation. These commodities should be listed in an annex to the proposal and comprise at least palm oil, soy, meat, leather, cocoa, coffee, rubber, maize, coconut and its derivatives, paper and pulp, and biofuels and all intermediate or final products that are derived from these commodities, and products that contain these commodities. In the event that the derived products contain input from more than one commodity covered by the proposal, due diligence should be performed with respect to each of these commodities. Commodities covered by Regulation (EU) No 995/2010 of the European Parliament and of the Council2 (‘the EU Timber Regulation’) should be integrated into the scope of the proposal within three years from the date of entry into force of the proposal.



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The proposal should cover all commodities that are most frequently associated with deforestation, natural forest degradation, and natural ecosystem conversion and

The proposal should cover all commodities that are most frequently associated with deforestation, forest and natural ecosystem degradation due to unsustainable

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degradation. These commodities should be listed in an annex to the proposal and comprise at least palm oil, soy, meat, leather, cocoa, coffee, rubber, and maize and all intermediate or final products that are derived from these commodities, and products that contain these commodities. In the event that the derived products contain input from more than one commodity covered by the proposal, due diligence should be performed with respect to each of these commodities. Commodities covered by Regulation (EU) No 995/2010 of the European Parliament and of the Council2 (‘the EU Timber Regulation’) should be integrated into the scope of the proposal within three years from the date of entry into force of the proposal.

management, and natural ecosystem conversion. These commodities should be listed in an annex to the proposal and comprise at least palm oil, soy, meat, leather, cocoa, coffee, rubber, and maize and all intermediate or final products that are derived from these commodities, and products that contain these commodities. In the event that the derived products contain input from more than one commodity covered by the proposal, due diligence should be performed with respect to each of these commodities. Commodities covered by Regulation (EU) No 995/2010 of the European Parliament and of the Council2 (‘the EU Timber Regulation’) should be integrated into the scope of the proposal within three years from the date of entry into force of the proposal.



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The proposal should cover all commodities that are most frequently associated with deforestation, natural forest degradation, and natural ecosystem conversion and degradation. These commodities should be listed in an annex to the proposal and comprise at least palm oil, soy, meat, leather, cocoa, coffee, rubber, and maize

The proposal should cover all commodities that are most frequently associated with deforestation, forest degradation due to unsustainable management, and natural ecosystem conversion and degradation. These commodities should be listed in an annex to the proposal and comprise at least palm oil, soy, meat, leather, cocoa, coffee,

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and all intermediate or final products that are derived from these commodities, and products that contain these commodities. In the event that the derived products contain input from more than one commodity covered by the proposal, due diligence should be performed with respect to each of these commodities. Commodities covered by Regulation (EU) No 995/2010 of the European Parliament and of the Council2 (‘the EU Timber Regulation’) should be integrated into the scope of the proposal within three years from the date of entry into force of the proposal.

rubber, and maize and all intermediate or final products that are derived from these commodities, and products that contain these commodities. In the event that the derived products contain input from more than one commodity covered by the proposal, due diligence should be performed with respect to each of these commodities. Commodities covered by Regulation (EU) No 995/2010 of the European Parliament and of the Council2 (‘the EU Timber Regulation’) should be integrated into the scope of the proposal within three years from the date of entry into force of the proposal.



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The proposal should cover all commodities that are most frequently associated with deforestation, natural forest degradation, and natural ecosystem conversion and degradation. These commodities should be listed in an annex to the proposal and comprise at least palm oil, soy, meat, leather, cocoa, coffee, rubber, and maize and all intermediate or final products that are derived from these commodities, and products that contain these commodities. In the event that the derived products contain

The proposal should cover all commodities that are associated with deforestation, natural forest degradation, and natural ecosystem conversion and degradation. These commodities should be listed in an annex to the proposal and comprise at least palm oil, soy, meat, leather, cocoa, coffee, rubber, and maize and all intermediate or final products that are derived from these commodities, and products that contain these commodities. In the event that the derived products contain input from more

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input from more than one commodity covered by the proposal, due diligence should be performed with respect to each of these commodities. Commodities covered by Regulation (EU) No 995/2010 of the European Parliament and of the Council2 (‘the EU Timber Regulation’) should be integrated into the scope of the proposal within three years from the date of entry into force of the proposal.

than one commodity covered by the proposal, due diligence should be performed with respect to each of these commodities. Commodities covered by Regulation (EU) No 995/2010 of the European Parliament and of the Council2 (‘the EU Timber Regulation’) should be integrated into the scope of the proposal from the date of entry into force of the proposal.



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The proposal should cover all commodities that are most frequently associated with deforestation, natural forest degradation, and natural ecosystem conversion and degradation. These commodities should be listed in an annex to the proposal and comprise at least palm oil, soy, meat, leather, cocoa, coffee, rubber, and maize and all intermediate or final products that are derived from these commodities, and products that contain these commodities. In the event that the derived products contain input from more than one commodity covered by the proposal, due diligence should be performed with respect to each of these commodities. Commodities covered by Regulation (EU) No 995/2010

The proposal should cover all commodities that are associated with deforestation, natural forest degradation, and natural ecosystem conversion and degradation. These commodities should be listed in an annex to the proposal and comprise at least palm oil, soy, meat, leather, cocoa, coffee, rubber, maize and all GMOs, and all intermediate or final products that are derived from these commodities, and products that contain these commodities. In the event that the derived products contain input from more than one commodity covered by the proposal, due diligence should be performed with respect to each of these commodities. Commodities covered by Regulation (EU) No 995/2010

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of the European Parliament and of the Council2 (‘the EU Timber Regulation’) should be integrated into the scope of the proposal within three years from the date of entry into force of the proposal.

of the European Parliament and of the Council2 (‘the EU Timber Regulation’) should be integrated into the scope of the proposal within three years from the date of entry into force of the proposal.



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The Commission should adopt delegated acts to amend the list of commodities and their derived products that are covered by the proposal if evidence emerges concerning the detrimental impact of their harvesting, extraction or production on natural forests, natural ecosystems or human rights.

The Commission should adopt delegated acts to amend the list of commodities and their derived products that are covered by the proposal if evidence emerges concerning the detrimental impact of their harvesting, extraction or production on natural forests, natural ecosystems or human rights. The Commission should have a vigilant, proactive role in identifying emerging risks, and actively consult a diversity of stakeholders with relevant experience to maintain a list of commodities that reflects the state of knowledge about human rights and environment risks in relevant sectors.

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The Commission should adopt delegated acts to amend the list of commodities and their derived products that are covered by the proposal if evidence or significant indications emerge concerning the detrimental impact of their harvesting, extraction or production on natural forests, natural ecosystems or human rights.

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The Commission should adopt delegated acts in a timely fashion to amend the list of commodities and their derived products that are covered by the proposal if there is evidence concerning the detrimental impact of their harvesting, extraction or production on natural forests, natural ecosystems or human rights.

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The Commission should adopt delegated acts to amend the list of commodities and their derived products that are covered by the proposal if there are justified concerns that their harvesting, extraction or production have a detrimental impact on natural forests, natural ecosystems or associated human rights.

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The Commission should adopt delegated acts to amend the list of commodities and their derived products that are covered by the proposal if evidence emerges concerning the detrimental impact of their harvesting, extraction or production on natural forests, natural ecosystems, human rights or ownership rights.

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The Commission should adopt delegated acts to amend the list of commodities and their derived products that are covered by the proposal if evidence emerges concerning the detrimental impact of their

The Commission should adopt implementing acts to amend the list of commodities and their derived products that are covered by the proposal if evidence emerges concerning the detrimental impact

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harvesting, extraction or production on natural forests, natural ecosystems or human rights.

of their harvesting, extraction or production on natural forests, natural ecosystems or human rights.

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The Commission should adopt delegated acts to amend the list of commodities and their derived products that are covered by the proposal if evidence emerges concerning the detrimental impact of their harvesting, extraction or production on forests, natural ecosystems or human rights.

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The Commission should adopt delegated acts to amend the list of commodities and their derived products that are covered by the proposal if evidence emerges concerning the detrimental impact of their harvesting, extraction or production on natural forests or human rights.

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The proposal should equally apply to Union-based financial institutions providing money, insurance or other services to economic operators that harvest, extract, produce, process or sell forest and ecosystem-risk commodities and their derived products.

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The proposal should equally apply to all financial institutions authorised to operate in the Union and who are providing finance, investment, insurance or other services to economic operators that harvest, extract, produce, process or sell forest and ecosystem-risk commodities and their derived products to ensure that these financial institutions themselves and their supply chain companies are respecting the responsibilities on the environment and human rights as set out in the proposal.

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The proposal should equally apply to all financial institutions authorised to operate in the Union and who are providing money, insurance or other services to economic operators that harvest, extract, produce, process, sell, or trade forest and ecosystem-risk commodities and their derived products.

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The proposal should equally apply to all financial institutions authorised to operate in the Union and who are providing money, insurance or other services to economic operators that harvest, extract, produce, process or sell forest and ecosystem-risk commodities and their derived products.

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The proposal should equally apply to all financial institutions authorised to operate in the Union and who are providing money, insurance or other services to economic operators that harvest, extract, produce, process or sell forest and ecosystem-risk commodities and their derived products.

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The Commission should ensure that legislation on the establishment of a framework to facilitate sustainable investment and on non-financial reporting also covers forest-related aspects.

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The proposal should equally apply to Union-based financial institutions providing money, insurance or other services to economic operators that harvest, extract, produce, process or sell commodities that pose a risk to forests and their ecosystems and their derived products.

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A trader, i.e. any natural or legal person that in the course of a commercial activity, sells or buys on the Union internal market any commodity covered by the proposal or a derived product that has been already placed on the Union internal market should, throughout the supply chain, identify:

The proposal should apply to a trader, i.e. any natural or legal person that sells to or buys from economic operators on the Union internal market any commodity covered by the proposal or a derived product that has been already placed on the Union internal market. Economic operators on the Union internal market should not be able to engage with traders, unless traders are able to:

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A trader, i.e. any natural or legal person that in the course of a commercial activity, sells or buys on the Union internal market any commodity covered by the proposal or a derived product that has been already placed on the Union internal market should, throughout the supply chain, identify:

A trader, i.e. any natural or legal person, except farmers, foresters, landowners and small wood retailers, that in the course of a commercial activity, sells or buys on the Union internal market any commodity covered by the proposal or a derived product that has been already placed on the Union internal market should, throughout the supply chain, identify:

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- the economic operators or traders that supplied the commodities covered by the Regulation and their derived products; and

- identify the economic operators or traders that supplied the commodities covered by the Regulation and their derived products; and

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- the economic operators or traders that supplied the commodities covered by the Regulation and their derived products; and

- the operators or traders that supplied the commodities covered by the proposal and their derived products; and

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Motion for a resolutionAnnex I – point 2 – paragraph 7 – indent 1 a (new)


- ensure the traceability of their products, in order to be able to identify their origin, when they are placed on the Union Internal Market, and;

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- where applicable, the traders to which they supplied the commodities covered by the proposal and their derived products.

- where applicable, identify the traders to which they supplied the commodities covered by the proposal and their derived products.

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Financial institutions providing finance, investment, insurance or other services to operators engaged in the supply chain of commodities also have a responsibility to undertake due diligence to ensure that supply chain companies are respecting the above mentioned responsibilities on human rights.

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Motion for a resolutionAnnex I – point 3 – point 3.1


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natural ecosystemsCommodities covered by the proposal and their derived products that are placed on the Union market should not result in, or derive from, deforestation or the conversion of natural ecosystems.For that purpose, FERCs placed on the Union market, in raw form or as products derived from or containing such commodities, should not be harvested, extracted or produced from land that had on 1 January 2008 the status of natural forest or natural ecosystem, in accordance with the definition laid down in Section 3.3 “Definitions”, but had since lost that status as a result of deforestation or conversion.

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3.1. Deforestation and conversion of natural ecosystems

3.1. Deforestation and degradation

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Commodities covered by the proposal and their derived products that are placed on the Union market should not result in, or

Commodities covered by the proposal and their derived products that are placed on the Union market should not result in, or

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derive from, deforestation or the conversion of natural ecosystems.

derive from, deforestation or degradation.

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For that purpose, FERCs placed on the Union market, in raw form or as products derived from or containing such commodities, should not be harvested, extracted or produced from land that had on 1 January 2008 the status of natural forest or natural ecosystem, in accordance with the definition laid down in Section 3.3 “Definitions”, but had since lost that status as a result of deforestation or conversion.

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For that purpose, a cut-off date that is science-based, justifiable, implementable in practice, and in line with global commitments should be established to define as of when commodities under scope placed on the Union market, in raw form or as products derived from or containing such commodities, should not be harvested, extracted or produced from land that had until the cut-off date the

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status of natural forest in accordance with the definition laid down in Section 3.3 “Definitions”, but had since lost that status as a result of deforestation or degradation.

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For that purpose, FERCs placed on the Union market, in raw form or as products derived from or containing such commodities, should not be harvested, extracted or produced from land that had on 1 January 2008 the status of natural forest or natural ecosystem, in accordance with the definition laid down in Section 3.3 “Definitions”, but had since lost that status

For that purpose, FERCs placed on the Union market, in raw form or as products derived from or containing such commodities, should not be harvested, extracted or produced from land that had on 1 January 2008 the status of forest or natural ecosystem, in accordance with the definition laid down in Section 3.3 “Definitions”, but had since lost that status

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as a result of deforestation or conversion. as a result of deforestation or conversion.

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Commodities covered by the proposal and their derived products placed on the Union market should not result in, or derive from, the degradation of natural forests or natural ecosystems.For that purpose, FERCs placed on the Union market, in raw form or as products derived from or containing such commodities, should not be harvested, extracted or produced from land that had the status on 1 January 2008 of natural forest or natural ecosystem, in accordance with the definition laid down in Section 3.3 “Definitions”, and still has that status, but where the land has been subject to changes amounting to degradation. It should only be legally possible to place on the Union market a commodity that has been harvested, extracted or produced in compliance with conservation objectives and it did not lead to the loss or degradation of ecosystem functions on or adjacent to the land from which it was harvested, extracted or produced.

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3.2. Degradation of natural forests and their natural ecosystems

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Commodities covered by the proposal and their derived products placed on the Union market should not result in, or derive from, the degradation of natural forests or natural ecosystems.

Commodities covered by the proposal and their derived products placed on the Union market should not result in, or derive from, the degradation of forests or natural ecosystems due to unsustainable management.

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Commodities covered by the proposal and their derived products placed on the Union market should not result in, or derive from, the degradation of natural forests or their natural ecosystems.

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Commodities covered by the proposal and their derived products placed on the Union market should not result in, or derive from, the degradation of forests or natural ecosystems.

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For that purpose, FERCs placed on the Union market, in raw form or as products derived from or containing such commodities, should not be harvested, extracted or produced from land that had the status on 1 January 2008 of natural forest or natural ecosystem, in accordance with the definition laid down in Section 3.3 “Definitions”, and still has that status, but where the land has been subject to changes amounting to degradation. It should only be legally possible to place on the Union market a commodity that has been harvested, extracted or produced in compliance with conservation objectives and it did not lead to the loss or degradation of ecosystem functions on or adjacent to the land from which it was harvested, extracted or produced.

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For that purpose, FERCs placed on the Union market, in raw form or as products derived from or containing such commodities, should not be harvested, extracted or produced from land that had the status on 1 January 2008 of natural forest or natural ecosystem, in accordance with the definition laid down in Section 3.3 “Definitions”, and still has that status, but where the land has been subject to changes amounting to degradation. It

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should only be legally possible to place on the Union market a commodity that has been harvested, extracted or produced in compliance with conservation objectives and it did not lead to the loss or degradation of ecosystem functions on or adjacent to the land from which it was harvested, extracted or produced.

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It should also be ensured that the land used has not recently undergone a change of use that has resulted in other crops being transferred to land that had the status of forest or natural ecosystem on 1 January 2008. The Global Forest Watch tool could be used for this purpose.

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For that purpose, FERCs placed on the Union market, in raw form or as products derived from or containing such commodities, should not be harvested, extracted or produced from land that had the status on 1 January 2008 of forest or natural ecosystem, in accordance with the definition laid down in Section 3.3 “Definitions”, and still has that status, but where the land has been subject to changes amounting to degradation due to unsustainable management. It should only be legally possible to place on the Union market a commodity that has been harvested, extracted or produced in compliance with conservation objectives and the principles of sustainable forest management and it did not lead to the loss or degradation of ecosystem functions on or adjacent to the land from which it was harvested, extracted or produced.

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For that purpose, FERCs placed on the Union market, in raw form or as products derived from or containing such

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commodities, should not be harvested, extracted or produced from land that had the status on 1 January 2008 of natural forest or natural ecosystem, in accordance with the definition laid down in Section 3.3 “Definitions”, and still has that status, but where the land has been subject to changes amounting to degradation. It should only be legally possible to place on the Union market a commodity that has been harvested, extracted or produced in compliance with conservation objectives and it did not lead to the loss or degradation of ecosystem functions on or adjacent to the land from which it was harvested, extracted or produced.

commodities, should not be harvested, extracted or produced from land that had the status on 1 January 2008 of forest or natural ecosystem, in accordance with the definition laid down in Section 3.3 “Definitions”, and still has that status, but where the land has been subject to changes amounting to degradation due to unsustainable management. It should only be legally possible to place on the Union market a commodity that has been harvested, extracted or produced in compliance with conservation and other sustainable forest management objectives, and it did not lead to the loss or degradation of ecosystem functions on or adjacent to the land from which it was harvested, extracted or produced.

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For that purpose, FERCs placed on the Union market, in raw form or as products derived from or containing such commodities, should not be harvested, extracted or produced from land that had the status on 1 January 2008 of natural forest or natural ecosystem, in accordance with the definition laid down in Section 3.3 “Definitions”, and still has that status, but where the land has been subject to changes amounting to degradation. It should only be legally possible to place on the Union market a commodity that has been harvested, extracted or produced in compliance with conservation objectives and it did not lead to the loss or degradation of ecosystem functions on or adjacent to the land from which it was

For that purpose, FERCs placed on the Union market, in raw form or as products derived from or containing such commodities, should not be harvested, extracted or produced from land that had the status on 1 January 2008 of natural forest or natural ecosystem, in accordance with the definition laid down in Section 3.3 “Definitions”, and still has that status, but where the land has been subject to changes amounting to degradation. It should only be legally possible to place on the Union market a commodity that has been harvested, extracted or produced in compliance with conservation objectives and it did not lead to the loss or degradation of ecosystem functions on the land, adjacent to the land or belonging to

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harvested, extracted or produced. the same river basin as the land from which it was harvested, extracted or produced.

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For that purpose, commodities that pose a risk to forests or their ecosystems placed on the Union market, in raw form or as products derived from or containing such commodities, should not be harvested, extracted or produced from land that had the status on 1 January 2008 of natural forest or natural ecosystem, in accordance with the definition laid down in Section 3.3 “Definitions”, and still has that status, but where the land has been subject to changes amounting to degradation. It should only be legally possible to place on the Union market a commodity that has been harvested, extracted or produced in compliance with conservation objectives and it did not lead to the loss or degradation of ecosystem functions on or adjacent to the land from which it was harvested, extracted or produced.

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For that purpose FERC placed on the Union market in raw form or as products derived from or containing such commodities, should not be harvested, extracted or produced by illegal extraction of water, including in the form of so called water-grabbing, or emanating from a situation of absence of a legal framework protecting water resources, covering chemical, hydromorphological and quantitative status of water bodies.

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In accordance with the Terms and Definitions document of the Accountability Framework3 , the following definitions should apply for the purpose of the proposal:

The proposal will need to provide legal certainty with regard to a range of definitions, i.e. forests, deforestation and degradation and sustainability in the context of the production of commodities under scope, also against the background of third countries affected. The FAO, the UNFCCC and previous forest related work of the European Commission could provide guidance with regards to the definitions needed for the proposal, e.g. on the following definitions:

_________________3 See https://accountability-framework.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Definitions-Mar2020.pdf.

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In accordance with the Terms and Definitions document of the Accountability Framework3, the following definitions should apply for the purpose of the proposal:

The definitions of forests and related terms (i.e. sustainable forest management, deforestation or forest degradation) should be developed within Forest Europe, taking into account national experiences and the New EU Forestry Strategy for forests and the forest and wood sector.

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In accordance with the Terms and Definitions document of the Accountability Framework3 , the following definitions should apply for the purpose of the proposal:

In accordance with internationally agreed definitions where available, the following definitions should apply for the purpose of the proposal:

_________________3 See https://accountability-framework.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Definitions-Mar2020.pdf.

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Motion for a resolutionAnnex I – point 3 – point 3.3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1


Forest means land spanning more than 0.5 hectares with trees higher than 5 metres and a canopy cover of more than 10 percent, or trees able to reach these thresholds in situ. It does not include land that is predominantly under agricultural or other land use. Forest includes natural forests and forests plantations.

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Forest means land spanning more than 0.5 hectares with trees higher than 5 metres and a canopy cover of more than 10 percent, or trees able to reach these thresholds in situ. It does not include land that is predominantly under agricultural or other land use; it includes areas with young trees that have not yet reached but which are expected to reach a canopy cover of 10 percent and tree height of 5 metres; it includes areas that are temporarily unstocked due to clear-cutting as part of a forest management practice or natural disasters, and which are expected to be regenerated within 5 years; it includes forest roads, firebreaks and other small open areas, forest in national parks, nature reserves and other protected areas such as those of specific environmental, scientific, historical, cultural or spiritual interest; it includes windbreaks, shelterbelts and corridors of trees with an area of more than 0.5 hectares and width of more than 20 meters; it includes abandoned shifting cultivation land with a regeneration of trees that have, or are expected to reach, a canopy cover of 10 percent and tree height of 5 meters; it includes areas with mangroves in tidal zones, regardless whether this area is classified as land area or not; it includes rubber-wood, cork oak and Christmas tree plantations; it includes areas with bamboo and palms provided that land use, height and canopy cover criteria are met; it includes areas outside the legally designated forest land which

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meet the definition of "forest"1a.

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Forest means land spanning more than 0.5 hectares with trees higher than 5 metres and a canopy cover of more than 10 percent, or trees able to reach these thresholds in situ. It does not include land that is predominantly under agricultural or other land use. Forest includes natural forests and tree plantations.

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Forest means land spanning more than 0.5 hectares with trees higher than 5 metres and a canopy cover of more than 10 percent, or trees able to reach these thresholds in situ. It does not include land that is predominantly under agricultural or urban use. Forest includes natural forests and forest plantations.

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A natural forest means a forest that is a natural ecosystem. Natural forests possess many or most of the characteristics of a forest native to the given site, including species composition, structure, and ecological function. Natural forests include:

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change, invasive species, or others) but where the land has not been converted to another use and where degradation does not result in the sustained reduction of tree cover below the thresholds that define a forest or sustained loss of other main elements of ecosystem composition, structure, and function.

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promote high-value species; ii) Low intensity, small-scale cultivation within the forest, such as less-intensive forms of swidden agriculture (shifting cultivation) in a forest mosaic;d. Forests that have been partially degraded by anthropogenic or natural causes (e.g., harvesting, fire, climate change, invasive species, or others) but where the land has not been converted to another use and where degradation does not result in the sustained reduction of tree cover below the thresholds that define a forest or sustained loss of other main elements of ecosystem composition, structure, and function.

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function, or has a status comparable to other contemporary natural ecosystems;c. Managed natural forests where much of the ecosystem’s composition, structure, and ecological function exist in the presence of activities such as: i) Harvesting of timber or other forest products, including management to promote high-value species; ii) Low intensity, small-scale cultivation within the forest, such as less-intensive forms of swidden agriculture (shifting cultivation) in a forest mosaic;d. Forests that have been partially degraded by anthropogenic or natural causes (e.g., harvesting, fire, climate change, invasive species, or others) but where the land has not been converted to another use and where degradation does not result in the sustained reduction of tree cover below the thresholds that define a forest or sustained loss of other main elements of ecosystem composition, structure, and function.

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a. Primary forests that have not been subject to major human impacts in recent history;

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b. Regenerated (second-growth) forests that were subject to major impacts in the past (for instance by agriculture, livestock raising, tree plantations or intensive logging), but where the main causes of impact have ceased or greatly diminished and the ecosystem has attained much of its original species composition, structure and ecological function, or has a status comparable to other contemporary natural ecosystems;

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c. Managed natural forests where much of the ecosystem’s composition, structure, and ecological function exist in the presence of activities such as: i) Harvesting of timber or other forest products, including management to promote high-value species; ii) Low intensity, small-scale cultivation within the forest, such as less-intensive forms of swidden agriculture (shifting cultivation) in a forest mosaic;

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Annex I – point 3 – point 3.3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point d


d. Forests that have been partially degraded by anthropogenic or natural causes (e.g., harvesting, fire, climate change, invasive species, or others) but where the land has not been converted to another use and where degradation does not result in the sustained reduction of tree cover below the thresholds that define a forest or sustained loss of other main elements of ecosystem composition, structure, and function.

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Deforestation means the loss of natural forest as a result of (i) conversion to agriculture or other non-forest land use; (ii) conversion to plantation forest; (iii) severe and sustained degradation.

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Deforestation means the loss of natural forest as a result of (i) conversion to agriculture or other non-forest land use;

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(ii) conversion to plantation forest; (iii) severe and sustained degradation.

includes the permanent reduction of the tree canopy cover below the minimum 10 percent threshold; it includes areas of forest converted to agriculture, pasture, water reservoirs, mining and urban areas; it includes areas where, for example, the impact of disturbance, over-utilization or changing environmental conditions affects the forest to an extend that it cannot sustain a canopy cover above the 10 percent threshold; it excludes areas where trees have been removed as a result of harvesting or logging, and where the forest is expected to regenerate naturally or with the aid of silvicultural measures1a;_________________1a http://www.fao.org/3/I8661EN/i8661en.pdf

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Deforestation means the loss of natural forest as a result of (i) conversion to agriculture or other non-forest land use; (ii) conversion to plantation forest; (iii) severe and sustained degradation, (iv) mining, or any other human activity.

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Deforestation means the loss of natural forest as a result of (i) conversion to agriculture or other non-forest land use; ii) conversion to plantation forest; iii) severe and sustained degradation.

Deforestation means the loss of natural forest as a result of (i) conversion to agriculture or other non-forest land use; ii) conversion to plantation forest; iii) severe and sustained degradation caused by human activity.

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Deforestation means the loss of natural forest as a result of (i) conversion to agriculture or other non-forest land use; ii) conversion to plantation forest; iii) severe and sustained degradation.

Deforestation means the partial or total loss of natural forest as a result of (i) conversion to agriculture or other non-forest land use; ii) conversion to plantation forest; iii) severe and sustained degradation.

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Deforestation means according to the FAO (used in the EU Feasibility study) the conversion of forest to another land use or the long-term reduction of the tree canopy cover below the 10 percent threshold.

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Natural ecosystem means as an ecosystem that substantially resembles - in terms of species composition, structure, and ecological function - one that is or would be found in a given area in the absence of major human impacts. This includes human-managed ecosystems where much of the natural species composition, structure, and ecological function are present.

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Natural ecosystem means an ecosystem where human impact has been of no greater influence than that of any other native species, and has not affected the ecosystem's structure since the industrial revolution; human impact excludes changes of global proportions, such as climate change due to global warming1a.

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natural ecosystems;c. Managed natural ecosystems (including many ecosystems that could be referred to as “semi-natural”) where much of the ecosystem’s composition, structure, and ecological function are present; this includes managed natural forests as well as native grasslands or rangelands that are, or have historically been, grazed by livestock;d. Natural ecosystems that have been partially degraded by anthropogenic or natural causes (e.g., harvesting, fire, climate change or invasive species ) but where the land has not been converted to another use and where much of the ecosystem’s composition, structure, and ecological function remain present or are expected to regenerate naturally or by management for ecological restoration.

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Natural ecosystems include: deleteda. Largely “pristine” natural ecosystems that have not been subject to major human impacts in recent history;b. Regenerated natural ecosystems that were subject to major impacts in the past (for instance by agriculture, livestock raising, tree plantations, or intensive logging) but where the main causes of impact have ceased or greatly diminished and the ecosystem has attained species composition, structure, and ecological function similar to other contemporary natural ecosystems;

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c. Managed natural ecosystems (including many ecosystems that could be referred to as “semi-natural”) where much of the ecosystem’s composition, structure, and ecological function are present; this includes managed natural forests as well as native grasslands or rangelands that are, or have historically been, grazed by livestock;d. Natural ecosystems that have been partially degraded by anthropogenic or natural causes (e.g., harvesting, fire, climate change or invasive species ) but where the land has not been converted to another use and where much of the ecosystem’s composition, structure, and ecological function remain present or are expected to regenerate naturally or by management for ecological restoration.

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Natural ecosystems include: deleteda. Largely “pristine” natural ecosystems that have not been subject to major human impacts in recent history;b. Regenerated natural ecosystems that were subject to major impacts in the past (for instance by agriculture, livestock raising, tree plantations, or intensive logging) but where the main causes of impact have ceased or greatly diminished and the ecosystem has attained species composition, structure, and ecological function similar to other contemporary natural ecosystems;c. Managed natural ecosystems

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(including many ecosystems that could be referred to as “semi-natural”) where much of the ecosystem’s composition, structure, and ecological function are present; this includes managed natural forests as well as native grasslands or rangelands that are, or have historically been, grazed by livestock;d. Natural ecosystems that have been partially degraded by anthropogenic or natural causes (e.g., harvesting, fire, climate change or invasive species ) but where the land has not been converted to another use and where much of the ecosystem’s composition, structure, and ecological function remain present or are expected to regenerate naturally or by management for ecological restoration.

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a. Largely “pristine” natural ecosystems that have not been subject to major human impacts in recent history;

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past (for instance by agriculture, livestock raising, tree plantations, or intensive logging) but where the main causes of impact have ceased or greatly diminished and the ecosystem has attained species composition, structure, and ecological function similar to other contemporary natural ecosystems;

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c. Managed natural ecosystems (including many ecosystems that could be referred to as “semi-natural”) where much of the ecosystem’s composition, structure, and ecological function are present; this includes managed natural forests as well as native grasslands or rangelands that are, or have historically been, grazed by livestock;

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c. Managed natural ecosystems (including many ecosystems that could be referred to as “semi-natural”) where much of the ecosystem’s composition, structure, and ecological function are present; this includes managed natural forests as well as

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native grasslands or rangelands that are, or have historically been, grazed by livestock;

forests as well as native grasslands or rangelands that are, or have historically been, grazed by livestock;

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d. Natural ecosystems that have been partially degraded by anthropogenic or natural causes (e.g., harvesting, fire, climate change or invasive species ) but where the land has not been converted to another use and where much of the ecosystem’s composition, structure, and ecological function remain present or are expected to regenerate naturally or by management for ecological restoration.

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d. Natural ecosystems that have been partially degraded by anthropogenic or natural causes (e.g., harvesting, fire, climate change or invasive species ) but where the land has not been converted to another use and where much of the ecosystem’s composition, structure, and ecological function remain present or are expected to regenerate naturally or by management for ecological restoration.

d. Natural ecosystems that have been partially degraded by anthropogenic or natural causes (e.g., harvesting, fire, climate change, invasive species, pollution, water over-abstraction ) but where the land has not been converted to another use and where much of the ecosystem’s composition, structure, and ecological function remain present or are expected to regenerate naturally or by management for

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ecological restoration.

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Of these natural ecosystems, land with high biodiversity value ecosystems and land with high-carbon stock as referred to in points (c) and (d) of Article 29(3) and point (a) of Article 29(4) of Directive 2018/20014 of the European Parliament and of the Council should fall under the scope of the proposal.

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scope of the proposal._________________4 Directive (EU) 2018/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2018 on the promotion of the use of energy from renewable sources (OJ L 328, 21.12.2018, p. 82).

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Of these natural ecosystems, land with high biodiversity value ecosystems and land with high-carbon stock as referred to in points (c) and (d) of Article 29(3) and point (a) of Article 29(4) of Directive 2018/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council4 should fall under the scope of the proposal.

Of these natural ecosystems, next to land with high biodiversity value ecosystems and land with high-carbon stock as referred to in points (c) and (d) of Article 29(3) and point (a) of Article 29(4) of Directive 2018/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council4 mangroves should fall under the scope of the proposal.

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4 Directive (EU) 2018/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2018 on the promotion of the use of energy from renewable sources (OJ L 328, 21.12.2018, p. 82).

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Of these natural ecosystems, land with high biodiversity value ecosystems and land with high-carbon stock as referred to in points (c) and (d) of Article 29(3) and point (a) of Article 29(4) of Directive 2018/20014 of the European Parliament and of the Council should fall under the scope of the proposal.

Of these natural ecosystems, only land with high biodiversity value ecosystems and land with high-carbon stock as referred to in points (c) and (d) of Article 29(3) and point (a) of Article 29(4) of Directive 2018/20014 of the European Parliament and of the Council should fall under the scope of the proposal.

_________________ _________________4 Directive (EU) 2018/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2018 on the promotion of the use of energy from renewable sources (OJ L 328, 21.12.2018, p. 82).

4 Directive (EU) 2018/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2018 on the promotion of the use of energy from renewable sources (OJ L 328, 21.12.2018, p. 82).

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Amendment 438

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Forest and ecosystem degradation is defined as an ensemble of changes within a forest or a natural ecosystem that significantly and negatively affect its species composition, structure, or function and reduce the ecosystem’s capacity to supply products, support biodiversity, or deliver ecosystem services.

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Forest and ecosystem degradation is defined as an ensemble of changes within a forest or a natural ecosystem caused by human activity that significantly and negatively affect its species composition, structure, or function and reduce the ecosystem’s capacity to supply products, support biodiversity, or deliver ecosystem services.

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Forest degradation is defined according to the FAO (used in the EU Feasibility study) as the reduction of the capacity of a forest to provide goods and services, meaning those services that the forest area provides, for example water filtration, soil protection, biodiversity and climate change mitigation, are reduced or lost.

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Ecosystem conversion is defined as a change of a natural ecosystem to another land cover or profound change in the natural ecosystem’s species composition, structure or function.

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Ecosystem conversion is defined as a change of a natural ecosystem to another land cover or profound change in the natural ecosystem’s species composition, structure or function caused by human activity.

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The Commission should adopt delegated acts to establish and regularly update a non-exhaustive list of areas that are covered by the proposal.

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FERCs placed on the Union market, in raw form or as products derived from or containing such commodities, should not

FERCs placed on the Union market, in raw form or as products derived from or containing such commodities, should not

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be harvested, extracted or produced from land obtained or used in violation of human rights embedded into national laws, nor those rights expressed, as a minimum, in international agreements, such as tenure rights, rights of indigenous people, free prior and informed consent as set out by the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, the right to water, labour rights as enshrined in ILO fundamental conventions and other internationally recognised human rights related to land use, access or ownership.

be harvested, extracted or produced from land obtained or used in violation of human rights embedded into national laws, nor those rights expressed, as a minimum, in international agreements, such as the rights of indigenous peoples and local communities, including tenure rights and the procedural right to give or withhold their free prior and informed consent as set out for example by the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues and UN and regional treaty bodies, the right to water, the right to defend human rights, labour rights as enshrined in ILO fundamental conventions and other internationally recognised human rights related to land use, access or ownership, and the human right to a healthy environment, as defined in the Framework Principles on Human Rights and the Environment and the standards and good practices identified by the UN Special Rapporteur on human rights and the environment.

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FERCs placed on the Union market, in raw form or as products derived from or containing such commodities, should not be harvested, extracted or produced from land obtained or used in violation of human rights embedded into national laws, nor those rights expressed, as a minimum, in international agreements, such as tenure rights, rights of indigenous people, free prior and informed consent as set out by the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, the right to water, labour rights as

FERCs placed on the Union market, in raw form or as products derived from or containing such commodities, should not be harvested, extracted or produced from land obtained or used in violation of human rights embedded into national laws, nor those rights expressed, as a minimum, in the EU charter of fundamental rights and in international agreements, such as the rights of indigenous peoples and local communities, including tenure rights and the procedural right to give or withhold

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enshrined in ILO fundamental conventions and other internationally recognised human rights related to land use, access or ownership.

their free prior and informed consent as set out for example by the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues and UN and regional treaty bodies, the right to water, the right to environmental protection and sustainable development, labour rights ; and that they should not be penalised, persecuted or harassed in any way for their involvement in activities to protect the environment, labour rights as enshrined in ILO fundamental conventions and other internationally recognised human rights related to land use, access or ownership.

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FERCs placed on the Union market, in raw form or as products derived from or containing such commodities, should not be harvested, extracted or produced from land obtained or used in violation of human rights embedded into national laws, nor those rights expressed, as a minimum, in international agreements, such as tenure rights, rights of indigenous people, free prior and informed consent as set out by the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, the right to water, labour rights as enshrined in ILO fundamental conventions and other internationally recognised human rights related to land use, access or ownership.

FERCs placed on the Union market, in raw form or as products derived from or containing such commodities, should not be harvested, extracted or produced from land obtained or used in violation of human rights embedded into national laws, nor those rights expressed, as a minimum, in international agreements, such as the rights of indigenous peoples and local communities, including tenure rights and the procedural right to give or withhold their free prior and informed consent as set out for example by the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues and UN and regional treaty bodies, the right to water, the right to defend human rights, labour rights as enshrined in ILO fundamental conventions and other internationally recognised human rights related to land use, access or ownership.

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FERCs placed on the Union market, in raw form or as products derived from or containing such commodities, should not be harvested, extracted or produced from land obtained or used in violation of human rights embedded into national laws, nor those rights expressed, as a minimum, in international agreements, such as tenure rights, rights of indigenous people, free prior and informed consent as set out by the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, the right to water, labour rights as enshrined in ILO fundamental conventions and other internationally recognised human rights related to land use, access or ownership.

Commodities under scope placed on the Union market, in raw form or as products derived from or containing such commodities, should not be harvested, extracted or produced from land obtained or used in violation of human rights embedded into national laws, nor those rights expressed, as a minimum, in international agreements, such as tenure rights, rights of indigenous people, free prior and informed consent as set out by the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, the right to water, labour rights as enshrined in ILO fundamental conventions and other internationally recognised human rights related to land use, access or ownership. Special attention should be paid to child labour with the aim to eliminate it.

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FERCs placed on the Union market, in raw form or as products derived from or containing such commodities, should not be harvested, extracted or produced from land obtained or used in violation of human rights embedded into national laws, nor those rights expressed, as a minimum, in

Commodities that pose a risk to forests and their ecosystems placed on the Union market, in raw form or as products derived from or containing such commodities, should not be harvested, extracted or produced from land obtained or used in violation of human rights embedded into

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international agreements, such as tenure rights, rights of indigenous people, free prior and informed consent as set out by the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, the right to water, labour rights as enshrined in ILO fundamental conventions and other internationally recognised human rights related to land use, access or ownership.

national laws, nor those rights expressed, as a minimum, in international agreements, such as tenure rights, rights of indigenous people, free prior and informed consent as set out by the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, the right to water, labour rights as enshrined in ILO fundamental conventions and other internationally recognised human rights related to land use, access or ownership.

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At all stages, harvesting, extracting or producing covered commodities should respect local communities’ and indigenous peoples’ community and land tenure rights in all forms, whether they are public, private, communal, collective, indigenous, women’s or customary rights. Indigenous peoples’ and local communities’ formal and customary rights to lands, territories and resources should be identified and respected. Those rights include the rights to own, occupy, use and administer these lands, territories and resources.

At all stages, harvesting, extracting or producing covered commodities should respect local communities’ and indigenous peoples’ community and land tenure rights in all forms, whether they are public, private, communal, collective, indigenous, women’s or customary rights. Indigenous peoples’ and local communities’ formal and customary rights to lands, territories and resources should be identified and respected, as should their ability to defend their rights without reprisals. Those rights include the rights to own, occupy, use and administer these lands, territories and resources.

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Commodities covered by the proposal should not be obtained from land whose acquisition and use affects community and land tenure rights. In particular, commodities placed on the Union market should not be harvested, extracted or produced from areas under local communities’ and indigenous peoples’

Commodities covered by the proposal should not be obtained from land whose acquisition and use affects community and land tenure rights. In particular, commodities placed on the Union market should not be harvested, extracted or produced from lands of indigenous peoples and local communities - regardless of the

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land and tenure rights in all forms and that have lost that status, unless this occurred in the presence of free, prior and informed consent of the local communities and indigenous peoples concerned.

legal status of ownership - without their free, prior and informed consent.

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Commodities covered by the proposal should not be obtained from land whose acquisition and use affects community and land tenure rights. In particular, commodities placed on the Union market should not be harvested, extracted or produced from areas under local communities’ and indigenous peoples’ land and tenure rights in all forms and that have lost that status, unless this occurred in the presence of free, prior and informed consent of the local communities and indigenous peoples concerned.

Commodities covered by the proposal should not be obtained from land whose acquisition and use affects community and land tenure rights. In particular, commodities placed on the Union market should not be harvested, extracted or produced from the lands of indigenous peoples and local communities, both those lands formally titled and those under customary ownership, without their free, prior and informed consent.

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Commodities covered by the proposal should not be obtained from land whose acquisition and use affects community and land tenure rights. In particular,

Commodities covered by the proposal should not be obtained from land whose acquisition and use affects community and land tenure rights. In particular,

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commodities placed on the Union market should not be harvested, extracted or produced from areas under local communities’ and indigenous peoples’ land and tenure rights in all forms and that have lost that status, unless this occurred in the presence of free, prior and informed consent of the local communities and indigenous peoples concerned.

commodities placed on the Union market should not be harvested, extracted or produced from the lands of indigenous peoples and local communities - both those lands formally titled and those under customary ownership - without their free, prior and informed consent.

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Motion for a resolutionAnnex I – point 3 – point 3.4 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 (new)


Financial institutions providing finance, investment, insurance or other services to operators engaged in the supply chain of commodities also have a responsibility to undertake due diligence to ensure that supply chain companies are respecting their above-mentioned responsibilities on human rights.

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Motion for a resolutionAnnex I – point 3 – point 3.4 – paragraph 3 a (new)


Financial institutions providing finance, investment, insurance or other services to operators engaged in the supply chain of commodities also have a responsibility to undertake due diligence to ensure that

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supply chain companies are respecting the above-mentioned responsibilities on human rights.

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4.1. Duty of due diligence 4.1. Duty of environmental responsibility

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Economic operators should take all necessary measures to respect and ensure respect for the environment and human rights throughout their entire value chain. This should include all types of business relationships of the undertaking with business partners and entities along its entire value chain (suppliers, franchisees, licensees, joint ventures, investors, clients, contractors, customers, consultants, financial, and legal and other advisers), and any other non-State or state entity directly linked to its business operations, products or services.

Operators will need to determine whether the commodities and products in their supply chains comply with the sustainability criteria of the regulation, by accessing and evaluating information on the precise land area(s) from where these goods originate. In addition to the environmental criteria, access to information must allow the operator to conclude that those using the land to produce FERCs are entitled to do so and that they are not violating, or have violated, any human rights referred to in the regulation, and have obtained Free, Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC) from those holding rights on those land areas. In particular, operators should be required to have, and make available, information

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on:I. The precise area (or areas) of harvest, extraction or production of the commodities. Concerning cattle, beef and leather, operators must be able to obtain information about the various areas of pasture where cattle has been fed or, where cattle is raised using feed, about the origin of feed used.II. The present ecological status of the area of harvest, extraction or production.III. The ecological status of the area at the indicated cut-off date.IV. Legal status of land (ownership/title including both formal and customary rights of IPLCs to lands, territories and resources) and evidence of Free, Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC).V. The elements of the supply chain of the commodity in question, with the aim of having information about the likelihood of contamination risks 1) with products of unknown origin or 2) originating from deforested areas, or 3) from areas in which natural forest, forest and ecosystem conversion and degradation occurred, 4) where and under which conditions the commodities are transformed or processed.

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Economic operators should take all necessary measures to respect and ensure

Operators will need to determine whether the commodities and products in their

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respect for the environment and human rights throughout their entire value chain. This should include all types of business relationships of the undertaking with business partners and entities along its entire value chain (suppliers, franchisees, licensees, joint ventures, investors, clients, contractors, customers, consultants, financial, and legal and other advisers), and any other non-State or state entity directly linked to its business operations, products or services.

supply chains comply with the sustainability criteria of the regulation, by accessing and evaluating information on the precise land area(s) from where these goods originate. In addition to the environmental criteria, access to information must allow the operator to conclude that those using the land to produce FERCs are entitled to do so and that they are not violating, or have violated, any human rights referred to in the regulation, and have obtained Free, Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC) from those holding rights on those land areas. In particular, operators should be required to have, and make available, information on:I. The precise area (or areas) of harvest, extraction or production of the commodities. Concerning cattle, beef and leather, operators must be able to obtain information about the various areas of pasture where cattle has been fed or, where cattle is raised using feed, about the origin of feed used.II. The present ecological status of the area of harvest, extraction or production.III. The ecological status of the area at the indicated cut-off date.IV. Legal status of land (ownership/title including both formal and customary rights of IPLCs to lands, territories and resources) and evidence of Free, Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC).V. The elements of the supply chain of the commodity in question, with the aim of having information about the likelihood of contamination risks 1) with products of unknown origin or 2) originating from deforested areas, or 3) from areas in which natural forest, forest and ecosystem conversion and degradation occurred 4) where and under which conditions the commodities are

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transformed or processed.

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Operators should take all necessary measures to protect the world's forests and human rights throughout their entire value chain.

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Economic operators should take all necessary measures to respect and ensure respect for the environment and human rights throughout their entire value chain. This should include all types of business relationships of the undertaking with business partners and entities along its entire value chain (suppliers, franchisees,

Economic operators should take all necessary measures and undergo checks (carried out by the competent authorities of EU Member States) to respect and ensure respect for the environment and human rights throughout their entire value chain. This should include all types of business relationships of the undertaking

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licensees, joint ventures, investors, clients, contractors, customers, consultants, financial, and legal and other advisers), and any other non-State or state entity directly linked to its business operations, products or services.

with business partners and entities along its entire value chain (suppliers, franchisees, licensees, joint ventures, investors, clients, contractors, customers, consultants, financial, and legal and other advisers), and any other non-State or state entity directly linked to its business operations, products or services.

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Economic operators should take all necessary measures to respect forests and natural ecosystems and to respect associated human rights throughout their entire value chain. This should include all types of business relationships of the undertaking with business partners and entities along its entire value chain (suppliers, franchisees, licensees, joint ventures, investors, clients, contractors, customers, consultants, financial, and legal and other advisers), and any other non-State or state entity directly linked to its business operations, products or services.

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Economic operators should take all Economic operators should take all

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necessary measures to respect and ensure respect for the environment and human rights throughout their entire value chain. This should include all types of business relationships of the undertaking with business partners and entities along its entire value chain (suppliers, franchisees, licensees, joint ventures, investors, clients, contractors, customers, consultants, financial, and legal and other advisers), and any other non-State or state entity directly linked to its business operations, products or services.

necessary measures to respect and ensure respect for the environment and human rights throughout their entire value chain. This should include all types of business relationships of the undertaking with business partners and entities along its entire value chain (suppliers, traders, franchisees, licensees, joint ventures, investors, clients, contractors, customers, consultants, financial, and legal and other advisers), and any other non-State or state entity directly linked to its business operations, products or services.

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Economic operators should take all necessary measures to respect and ensure respect for the environment and human rights throughout their entire value chain. This should include all types of business relationships of the undertaking with business partners and entities along its entire value chain (suppliers, franchisees, licensees, joint ventures, investors, clients, contractors, consultants, financial, and legal and other advisers), and any other non-State or state entity directly linked to its business operations, products or services.

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Annex I – point 4 – point 4.1 – paragraph 2


In doing so, economic operators should take a risk-based approach to due diligence, where the nature and extent of due diligence corresponds to the type and level of risk of adverse impacts. Higher risk areas should be subject to enhanced due diligence.

In doing so, economic operators should take an approach to environmental responsibility that is based on – publicly accessible – evidence, a best-efforts obligation, transparency and cooperation with checks, where the nature and extent of the evidence corresponds to the type and level of risk identified by the economic operators with potential adverse impacts on forests. Higher risk areas should be subject to more rigorous assessment and checks.

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In doing so, economic operators should take a risk-based approach to due diligence, where the nature and extent of due diligence corresponds to the type and level of risk of adverse impacts. Higher risk areas should be subject to enhanced due diligence.

In doing so, operators should take a risk-based approach to due diligence, where the nature and extent of due diligence corresponds to the type and level of risk of adverse impacts. Higher risk areas should be subject to enhanced due diligence.

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The following measures should be adequately and effectively included:

The following measures shall be considered when designing effective due diligence:

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Motion for a resolutionAnnex I – point 4 – point 4.1 – paragraph 3 – point a – introductory part


a. Mapping the entire value chain a. Obligation of traceability

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Motion for a resolutionAnnex I – point 4 – point 4.1 – paragraph 3 – point a – paragraph 1


Economic operators should have a complete overview of all actors at all levels of their value chains, be it suppliers, franchisees, licensees, joint ventures, investors, clients, contractors, customers, consultants, financial, and legal and other advisers.

Economic operators should have a complete overview of all actors at all levels of their value chains, be it suppliers, traders, franchisees, licensees, joint ventures, investors, clients, contractors, customers, consultants, financial, and legal and other advisers.

In particular, operators should be required to have, and make available information on:- the precise area of harvest, extraction or production of the commodities;- the present ecological status of the area of harvest, extraction or production;- the ecological status of the area at the indicated cut-off date;

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- the elements of the supply chain of the commodity in question, with the aim of having information about the likelihood of contamination risks with products of unknown origin or originating from deforested areas or from areas which natural forest, forest and ecosystem conversion and degradation occurred

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Economic operators shall determine whether the commodities and products in their entire value chains comply with the sustainability and human rights criteria of the proposal, by accessing and evaluating information on the precise land area(s) from where these goods originate. In addition to the environmental criteria, access to information must allow the operator to conclude that those using the land to produce FERCs are entitled to do so and have obtained Free, Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC) from those holding rights on those land areas and that they are not violating, or have violated, any human rights referred to in this proposal.In particular, operators are required to have, and make available, information on:

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Operators should establish measures and procedures providing access to the relevant information concerning the operator's supply of commodities under scope.

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Economic operators should have a complete overview of all actors at all levels of their value chains starting from the first processing level, be it franchisees, licensees, joint ventures, investors, clients, contractors, customers, consultants, financial, and legal and other advisers.

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Economic operators should have a Economic operators should have a

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complete overview of all actors at all levels of their value chains, be it suppliers, franchisees, licensees, joint ventures, investors, clients, contractors, customers, consultants, financial, and legal and other advisers.

complete overview of all actors at all levels of their value chains, be it suppliers, franchisees, licensees, joint ventures, investors, clients and contractors.

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Amendment 476Delara Burkhardt, Milan Brglez, Sylwia Spurek, Sándor Rónai, Maria Arena, Tudor Ciuhodaru, Sara Cerdas, Jytte Guteland, Mohammed Chahim, Demetris Papadakis

Motion for a resolutionAnnex I – point 4 – point 4.1 – paragraph 3 – point a – paragraph 1 – point i (new)


(i) The precise area or areas of harvest or extraction or production of the commodities. Concerning cattle, beef and leather, economic operators must be able to obtain information about the various areas of pasture where cattle has been fed or, where cattle is raised using feed, about the origin of feed used;

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Motion for a resolutionAnnex I – point 4 – point 4.1 – paragraph 3 – point a – paragraph 1 – point ii (new)


(ii) The present ecological status of the area of harvest, extraction or production;

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Motion for a resolutionAnnex I – point 4 – point 4.1 – paragraph 3 – point a – paragraph 1 – point iii (new)


(iii) The ecological status of the area at the indicated cut-off date of this proposal.

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Motion for a resolutionAnnex I – point 4 – point 4.1 – paragraph 3 – point a – paragraph 1 – point iv (new)


(iv) Legal status of land (ownership/title including both formal and customary rights of indigenous peoples and local communities to lands, territories and resources) and evidence of Free, Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC).

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Motion for a resolutionAnnex I – point 4 – point 4.1 – paragraph 3 – point a – paragraph 1 – point v (new)

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(v) The elements of the supply chain of the commodity in question, with the aim of having information about the likelihood of contamination risks 1) with products of unknown origin or 2) originating from deforested areas, or 3) from areas in which natural forest, forest and ecosystem conversion and degradation occurred.

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Motion for a resolutionAnnex I – point 4 – point 4.1 – paragraph 3 – point a – paragraph 1 – point vi (new)


(vi) Where, by whom and under which conditions the commodities are harvested, transformed or processed with a view to determine compliance with the human rights obligations of this proposal.

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Motion for a resolutionAnnex I – point 4 – point 4.1 – paragraph 3 – point a – paragraph 1 a (new)


Economic operators should be required to have access to all the information related to the origin of the products entering the Union internal market through the systematic declaration of GPS coordinates

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for these commodities, after the entry into force of the proposal as laid down in Article 5(a).

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Motion for a resolutionAnnex I – point 4 – point 4.1 – paragraph 3 – point b – introductory part


b. Identify and assess real and potential forest and ecosystem risks in the value chains, on the basis of the criteria laid down in the proposal

b. Identify and assess real and potential deforestation risks in the value chains

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Motion for a resolutionAnnex I – point 4 – point 4.1 – paragraph 3 – point b – introductory part


b. Identify and assess real and potential forest and ecosystem risks in the value chains, on the basis of the criteria laid down in the proposal

b. Identify and assess real and potential risks to forests and their ecosystems in the value chains, on the basis of the criteria laid down in the proposal

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Where an economic operator sets up new operations or engages new business partners, it should identify the actors involved in the new supply chain, and assess their policies and practices, as well as their harvesting, production, extraction and processing sites. For existing operations, ongoing adverse impacts and harms as well as potential risks should be identified and assessed. Risks analysis should be done with regard to the risks occurring from the economic operator’s activities to, or impact on, the environment, individuals or communities affected, rather than material risk to corporate shareholders.

Operators should establish risk assessment procedures enabling the operator to analyse and evaluate the deforestation risk.

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Where an economic operator sets up new operations or engages new business partners, it should identify the actors involved in the new supply chain, and assess their policies and practices, as well as their harvesting, production, extraction and processing sites. Certification schemes should require traceability as to the origin of products, paying particular attention to the use and promotion of GPS technologies that allow precise mapping of the farms and lands concerned. For existing operations, ongoing adverse impacts and harms as well as potential risks should be identified and assessed. Risks analysis should be done with regard to the risks occurring from the economic operator’s activities to, or impact on, the

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environment, individuals or communities affected, rather than material risk to corporate shareholders.

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Where an economic operator sets up new operations or engages new business partners, it should identify the actors involved in the new supply chain and investments, and assess their policies and practices, as well as their harvesting, production, extraction and processing sites. For existing operations, ongoing adverse impacts and harms as well as potential risks should be identified and assessed. Risk analysis should be done with regard to the risks occurring from the economic operator’s activities to, or impact on, the environment, indigenous peoples, local communities and individuals affected, rather than material risk to corporate shareholders.

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operations or engages new business partners, it should identify the actors involved in the new supply chain, and assess their policies and practices, as well as their harvesting, production, extraction and processing sites. For existing operations, ongoing adverse impacts and harms as well as potential risks should be identified and assessed. Risks analysis should be done with regard to the risks occurring from the economic operator’s activities to, or impact on, the environment, individuals or communities affected, rather than material risk to corporate shareholders.

operations or engages new business partners, it should identify the actors involved in the new supply chain and investments, and assess their policies and practices, as well as their harvesting, production, extraction and processing sites. For existing operations, ongoing adverse impacts and harms as well as potential risks should be identified and assessed. Risk analysis should be done with regard to the risks occurring from the economic operator’s activities to, or impact on, the environment, Indigenous Peoples and local communities affected, rather than material risk to corporate shareholders.

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Where an economic operator sets up new operations or engages new business partners, it should identify the actors involved in the new supply chain, and assess their policies and practices, as well as their harvesting, production, extraction and processing sites. For existing operations, ongoing adverse impacts and harms as well as potential risks should be identified and assessed. Risks analysis should be done with regard to the risks occurring from the economic operator’s activities to, or impact on, the environment, individuals or Indigenous Peoples and local communities affected, rather than material risk to corporate shareholders.

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Where an economic operator sets up new operations or engages new business partners, it should identify the actors involved in the new supply chain, and assess their policies and practices, as well as their harvesting, production, extraction and processing sites. For existing operations, ongoing adverse impacts and harms as well as potential risks should be identified and assessed. Risks analysis should be done with regard to the risks occurring from the economic operator’s activities to, or impact on, forests and natural ecosystems and individuals or communities affected, rather than material risk to corporate shareholders.

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When economic operators have large numbers of suppliers, they should identify general areas where the risk of adverse impacts is most significant and, based on this risk assessment, prioritise suppliers for due diligence.

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Amendment 492

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When economic operators have large numbers of suppliers, they should identify general areas where the risk of adverse impacts is most significant and, based on this risk assessment, prioritise suppliers for due diligence.

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Motion for a resolutionAnnex I – point 4 – point 4.1 – paragraph 3 – point c – paragraph 1


Mitigation and preventive measures may require an economic operator to undertake a series of actions such as changing its purchasing practices to change the types of forest products purchased, amending contracts with suppliers, providing support to suppliers to change their practices, etc. Mitigation actions should first seek to improve practices throughout the supply chain. Where improvements do not sufficiently reduce the risks, the change of purchasing and investment decisions should be considered.

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Amendment 494Delara Burkhardt, Milan Brglez, Sylwia Spurek, Sándor Rónai, Maria Arena, Tudor Ciuhodaru, Sara Cerdas, Mohammed Chahim

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Except where the risk identified in the course of the risk identification and assessment procedures referred to in point (b) is negligible, and therefore the operator has no residual reason to be concerned that the commodities and products may not meet the criteria set out in this framework, the operators should adopt risk mitigation procedures. These procedures should consist of a set of measures that effectively and demonstrably reduce to a negligible level all identified risks e.g. amending contracts with suppliers, providing support to suppliers to change their practices, changing its purchasing and investment practices, for the purpose and in view of the lawful placing of the covered commodities and products on the internal market.

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Mitigation and preventive measures may require an economic operator to undertake a series of actions such as changing its purchasing practices to change the types of forest products purchased, amending contracts with suppliers, providing support to suppliers to change their practices, etc. Mitigation actions should first seek to improve practices throughout the supply chain. Where improvements do not sufficiently

Operators should establish risk mitigation measures which should consist of a set of measures and procedures that are adequate and proportionate to effectively minimise that risk and which may include requiring additional information or documents and/or requiring third-party verification.

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reduce the risks, the change of purchasing and investment decisions should be considered.

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Except where the risk identified in the course of the risk identification and assessment procedures referred to in point (b) is negligible, and therefore the operator has no residual reason to be concerned that the commodities and products may not meet the criteria set out in this framework, the operators should adopt risk mitigation procedures. These procedures should consist of a set of measures that effectively and demonstrably reduce to a negligible level all identified risks e.g. amending contracts with suppliers, providing support to suppliers to change their practices, changing its purchasing practices, for the purpose and in view of the lawful placing of the cover.

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Motion for a resolutionAnnex I – point 4 – point 4.1 – paragraph 3 – point c – paragraph 1 a (new)


Except where the risk identified in the

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course of the risk identification and assessment procedures referred to in point (b) is negligible, and therefore the operator has no residual reason to be concerned that the commodities and products may not meet the criteria set out in this framework, the operators should adopt risk mitigation procedures. These procedures should consist of a set of measures that effectively and demonstrably reduce to a negligible level all identified risks e.g. amending contracts with suppliers, providing support to suppliers to change their practices, changing its purchasing practices, for the purpose and in view of the lawful placing of the covered commodities and products on the internal market.

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Motion for a resolutionAnnex I – point 4 – point 4.1 – paragraph 3 – point d – introductory part


d. Ceasing environmental and human rights abuses

d. Ceasing damage to forests and natural ecosystems or associated human rights abuses

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Motion for a resolutionAnnex I – point 4 – point 4.1 – paragraph 3 – point d – introductory part


d. Ceasing environmental and human rights abuses

d. Independent third-party audit of supply chain due diligence

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Motion for a resolutionAnnex I – point 4 – point 4.1 – paragraph 3 – point d – paragraph 1


Economic operators should cease all operations that cause, contribute to or potentially cause or contribute to adverse impacts that cannot be prevented.

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Where, after thoroughly following the requirements referred to in points (a), (b) and (c), economic operators come to the conclusion that operations, or parts of operations, contribute to or potentially cause or contribute to adverse impacts that cannot be prevented or mitigated, they should cease all of these operations, or parts of operations.

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Economic operators should cease all operations that cause, contribute to or potentially cause or contribute to adverse impacts on forests, natural ecosystems or associated human rights that cannot be prevented.

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e. Monitoring the implementation and effectiveness of the adopted measures and continuously improve the effectiveness of their due diligence

e. Annual corporate reporting on supply chain due diligence

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e. Monitoring the implementation and effectiveness of the adopted measures and continuously improve the effectiveness of their commitments in the area of environmental responsibility

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e. Monitoring and continuously improve the effectiveness of their due diligence system

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e. Monitoring the implementation and effectiveness of the adopted measures and continuously improve the effectiveness of their due diligence system

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e. Monitoring and continuously improving the effectiveness of their due diligence system and its implementation

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Motion for a resolutionAnnex I – point 4 – point 4.1 – paragraph 3 – point e – paragraph 1


Economic operators should periodically check to see if their actions are actually reducing harm and if not, adjust them or develop other actions. This system should be based on qualitative and quantitative indicators and internal and external feedback.

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Economic operators should periodically check to see if their due diligence system is fit for preventing harm and ensure the compliance of commodities and products with the framework and if not, adjust it or develop other actions. The evaluation of the due diligence system should be based on qualitative and quantitative indicators and internal and external feedback and clear accountability processes.

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Economic operators should periodically check to see if their due diligence system is fit for preventing harm and ensure the compliance of commodities and products with the framework and if not, adjust it or develop other actions. The evaluation of the due diligence system should be based on qualitative and quantitative indicators, internal and external feedback and clear accountability processes.

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Economic operators should be subject to checks and should periodically check to see if their actions are actually reducing harm and if not, adjust them or develop other actions. This system should be based on checks by the competent authorities within the EU, qualitative and quantitative indicators and internal and external feedback.

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Motion for a resolutionAnnex I – point 4 – point 4.1 – paragraph 3 – point f – introductory part


f. Integrating third-party certification schemes

f. Integrating certification schemes

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Third-party certification schemes can complement and inform the risk assessment and mitigation components of due diligence systems, provided that these schemes are adequate in terms of scope and strength of sustainability criteria and meet adequate levels of transparency, impartiality and reliability. Third-party certification schemes should also meet specific governance criteria consisting of independence from the industry, inclusion of social and environmental interests in standard-setting, independent third-party auditing, public disclosure of auditing reports, transparency at all stages, and openness. It is only after the economic operator has performed such an assessment of the scope and strength of sustainability and of the governance criteria that it may decide to take into account third-party schemes where necessary and relevant. However, third-party certification should not impair the principle of the economic operator’s liability.

Third-party certification schemes can replace the risk assessment and mitigation components of due diligence systems, provided that these schemes are adequate in terms of scope and strength of sustainability criteria and meet adequate levels of transparency, impartiality and reliability. Third-party certification schemes should also meet specific governance criteria consisting of inclusion of social and environmental interests in standard-setting, independent third-party auditing, public disclosure of auditing reports, transparency at all stages, and openness.

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Certification schemes can complement and inform the risk assessment and mitigation components of due diligence systems, provided that these schemes are adequate in terms of scope and strength of sustainability criteria and meet adequate levels of transparency, impartiality and reliability. Certification schemes should be implemented by the national authorities – at the competent levels – who will guarantee, in the public interest, their independence from the industry, inclusion of social and environmental interests in standard-setting, independent third-party auditing, public disclosure of auditing reports, transparency at all stages, and openness.

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Third-party certification schemes can complement and inform the risk assessment and mitigation components of due diligence systems, provided that these schemes are adequate in terms of scope and strength of sustainability criteria and meet adequate levels of transparency, impartiality and reliability. Third-party certification schemes should also meet

Third-party certification schemes can complement and inform the risk assessment and mitigation components of due diligence systems, provided that these schemes are adequate in terms of scope and strength of sustainability criteria and meet adequate levels of transparency, impartiality and reliability. Third-party certification schemes should also meet

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specific governance criteria consisting of independence from the industry, inclusion of social and environmental interests in standard-setting, independent third-party auditing, public disclosure of auditing reports, transparency at all stages, and openness. It is only after the economic operator has performed such an assessment of the scope and strength of sustainability and of the governance criteria that it may decide to take into account third-party schemes where necessary and relevant. However, third-party certification should not impair the principle of the economic operator’s liability.

specific governance criteria consisting of independence from the industry, inclusion of social and environmental interests in standard-setting, independent third-party auditing, public disclosure of auditing reports, transparency at all stages, and openness. Third-party certification schemes should complement the due diligence systems by ensuring the identification of the origin of products. It is only after the economic operator has performed such an assessment of the scope and strength of sustainability and of the governance criteria that it may decide to take into account third-party schemes where necessary and relevant. However, third-party certification should not impair the principle of the economic operator’s liability.

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Third-party certification schemes can complement and inform the risk assessment and mitigation components of due diligence systems, provided that these schemes are adequate in terms of scope and strength of sustainability criteria and meet adequate levels of transparency, impartiality and reliability. Third-party certification schemes should also meet specific governance criteria consisting of independence from the industry, inclusion of social and environmental interests in standard-setting, independent third-party auditing, public disclosure of auditing reports, transparency at all stages, and openness. It is only after the economic operator has performed such an assessment

Third-party certification schemes can complement and inform the risk assessment and mitigation components of due diligence systems, provided that these schemes are adequate in terms of scope and strength of sustainability criteria and meet adequate levels of transparency, impartiality and reliability. Third-party certification schemes should also meet specific governance criteria consisting of independence from the industry, inclusion of social and environmental interests in standard-setting, independent third-party auditing, public disclosure of auditing reports, transparency at all stages, and openness. It is only after the economic operator has performed such an assessment

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of the scope and strength of sustainability and of the governance criteria that it may decide to take into account third-party schemes where necessary and relevant. However, third-party certification should not impair the principle of the economic operator’s liability.

of the scope and strength of sustainability and of the governance criteria that it may decide to take into account third-party schemes where necessary and relevant. However, third-party certification should not impair the principle of the economic operator’s liability. Whenever possible, existing certification schemes and monitoring should be used.

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Third-party certification schemes can complement and inform the risk assessment and mitigation components of due diligence systems, provided that these schemes are adequate in terms of scope and strength of sustainability criteria and meet adequate levels of transparency, impartiality and reliability. Such schemes should only award certification to products with 100% certified content. Third-party certification schemes should also meet specific governance criteria consisting of independence from the industry, inclusion of social and environmental interests in standard-setting, independent third-party auditing, public disclosure of auditing reports, transparency at all stages, and openness. It is only after the economic operator has performed such an assessment of the scope and strength of sustainability and of the governance criteria that it may decide to take into account third-party schemes where necessary and relevant. However, third-party certification should not impair the principle of the economic operator’s

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liability.

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Third-party certification schemes can complement and inform the risk assessment and mitigation components of due diligence systems, provided that these schemes are adequate in terms of scope and strength of sustainability criteria and meet adequate levels of transparency, impartiality and reliability. Third-party certification schemes should also meet specific governance criteria consisting of independence from the industry, inclusion of social and environmental interests in standard-setting, independent third-party auditing, public disclosure of auditing reports, transparency at all stages, and openness. The implementation of and compliance with those third-party schemes should be taken into account when designing liability schemes. The Commission should establish minimum criteria for certification schemes and certify certification schemes; operators should be allowed to use EU certified certification schemes as an industry standard.

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Standards and certification schemes that help to identify and promote deforestation-free commodities should be strengthened through, among other things, studies on their benefits and shortcomings and by developing guidance, including an assessment based on certain criteria to demonstrate the credibility and solidity of different standards and schemes. Such criteria should address aspects such as the robustness of the certification and accreditation processes, independent monitoring, possibilities to monitor the supply chain, requirements to protect primary forests and ecosystems of high biodiversity value.

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Motion for a resolutionAnnex I – point 4 – point 4.1 – paragraph 3 – point f a (new)


fa. Meaningful consultations with local communities, including through grievance redress mechanisms;Economic operators should ensure that local and indigenous communities have avenues for communicating risks and concerns and also sharing indigenous and local knowledge (ILK). There should also be established avenues for local communities to make grievances, and have this incorporated in the due diligence process;

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Motion for a resolutionAnnex I – point 4 – point 4.1 – paragraph 3 – point g – paragraph 1


The Union may negotiate Voluntary Partnership Agreements with FERC-producing countries (partner countries), which create a legally binding obligation for the parties to implement a licensing scheme and to regulate trade in FERCs in accordance with the national law of the FERC-producing country and the environmental and human rights criteria laid out in the proposal. FERCs which originate in partner countries with Voluntary Partnership Agreements should be considered to be of negligible risk for the purpose of the proposal.

The Union may negotiate Voluntary Partnership Agreements with FERC-producing countries (partner countries), which create a legally binding obligation for the parties to implement a licensing scheme and to regulate trade in FERCs in accordance with the national law of the FERC-producing country and the environmental and human rights criteria laid out in the proposal. FERCs which originate in partner countries with Voluntary Partnership Agreements should be considered to be of negligible risk as far as the partnership agreement is implemented for the purpose of the proposal. Voluntary Partnership Agreements could be negotiated between the Union and FERC-producing countries, to tackle supply-side drivers of deforestation such as weak forest and land governance, and lack of protection for community tenure rights. Such agreements should be based around national multi-stakeholder dialogues that give forest communities, small farmers and civil society a seat at the table to discuss and resolve matters of national law & policy.

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The Union should negotiate (Voluntary) Partnership Agreements with countries producing commodities that drive deforestation (partner countries), which create a legally binding obligation for the parties to implement a licensing scheme and to regulate trade in those commodies in accordance with the national law of the producing country and the environmental and human rights criteria laid out in the proposal. Commodities under scope which originate in partner countries with (Voluntary) Partnership Agreements should be considered to be of negligible risk for the purpose of the proposal.

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The Union may negotiate Voluntary Partnership Agreements with FERC-producing countries (partner countries), which create a legally binding obligation for the parties to implement a licensing scheme and to regulate trade in FERCs in accordance with the national law of the FERC-producing country and the criteria for the protection of forests, natural ecosystems and associated human rights laid out in the proposal. FERCs which originate in partner countries with Voluntary Partnership Agreements should be considered to be of negligible risk for the purpose of the proposal.

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The Union may negotiate Voluntary Partnership Agreements with FERC-producing countries (partner countries), which create a legally binding obligation for the parties to implement a licensing scheme and to regulate trade in FERCs in accordance with the national law of the FERC-producing country and the environmental and human rights criteria laid out in the proposal. FERCs which originate in partner countries with Voluntary Partnership Agreements should be considered to be of negligible risk, as far as the partnership agreement is implemented for the purpose of the proposal.

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The Union may negotiate Voluntary Partnership Agreements with FERC-producing countries (partner countries), which create a legally binding obligation for the parties to implement a licensing scheme and to regulate trade in FERCs in accordance with the national law of the FERC-producing country and the environmental and human rights criteria laid out in the proposal. FERCs which originate in partner countries with Voluntary Partnership Agreements should

The Union may negotiate Voluntary Partnership Agreements with FERC-producing countries(partner countries), which create a legally binding obligation for the parties to implement a licensing scheme and to regulate trade in FERCs in accordance with the national law of the FERC-producing country and the environmental and human rights criteria laid out in the proposal. FERCs which originate in partner countries with Voluntary Partnership Agreements should

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be considered to be of negligible risk for the purpose of the proposal.

be considered to be of negligible risk as far as the partnership agreement is implemented for the purpose of the proposal.

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Amendment 528Delara Burkhardt, Milan Brglez, Sylwia Spurek, Sándor Rónai, Maria Arena, Tudor Ciuhodaru, Sara Cerdas, Mohammed Chahim, Demetris Papadakis




The Union may negotiate Voluntary FERC Partnership Agreements with FERC-producing countries (partner countries), which create a legally binding obligation for the parties to implement a licensing scheme and to regulate trade in FERCs in accordance with the national law of the FERC-producing country and the environmental and human rights criteria laid out in the proposal. FERCs which originate in partner countries with Voluntary FERC Partnership Agreements should be considered to be of negligible risk for the purpose of the proposal.

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Economic operators should: Operators should set up effective consultation mechanisms to enable the involvement of affected third-parties and ensure respective publicly

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communication.

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Motion for a resolutionAnnex I – point 4 – point 4.2 – paragraph 1 – point a


a) adequately, timely and directly consult impacted and potentially impacted stakeholders;

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Motion for a resolutionAnnex I – point 4 – point 4.2 – paragraph 1 – point b


b) properly take into account stakeholders’ perspectives in the definition and implementation of the due diligence measures;

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Motion for a resolutionAnnex I – point 4 – point 4.2 – paragraph 1 – point c


c) ensure that representative trade unions and workers’ representatives are

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involved in the definition and implementation of the due diligence measures;

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Motion for a resolutionAnnex I – point 4 – point 4.2 – paragraph 1 – point d


d) establish an early-warning mechanism that give an opportunity to workers and interested parties with substantiated concerns to inform the economic operator about any risk of harm throughout the entire value chain. The economic operator should take this information into account in its due diligence processes.

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Motion for a resolutionAnnex I – point 4 – point 4.2 – paragraph 1 – point d


d) establish an early-warning mechanism that give an opportunity to workers and interested parties with substantiated concerns to inform the economic operator about any risk of harm throughout the entire value chain. The economic operator should take this information into account in its due diligence processes.

d) establish an early-warning mechanism that give an opportunity to workers and interested parties with substantiated concerns to inform the economic operator about any risk of harm to forests and natural ecosystems throughout the entire value chain. The economic operator should take this information into account in its due diligence processes.

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Motion for a resolutionAnnex I – point 4 – point 4.2 – paragraph 1 – point d a (new)


da) establish grievance redress mechanisms to ensure that local communities and indigenous people always have avenues to communicate grievances and alert risks.

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Motion for a resolutionAnnex I – point 4 – point 4.2 – paragraph 1 – point d a (new)


da) properly take into account local communities, indigenous peoples, land and environmental defenders.

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Economic operators should routinely report on their due diligence and consultation processes, the risks identified, their procedures for risk

Operators should annually report on their supply chain due diligence.

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analysis, risk mitigation and remediation, and their implementation and outcomes to the competent authority and in a public, accessible and appropriate manner.

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Economic operators should routinely report on their due diligence and consultation processes, the risks identified, their procedures for risk analysis, risk mitigation and remediation, and their implementation and outcomes to the competent authority and in a public, accessible and appropriate manner.

Economic operators should report every year on the system they use and how they apply it to the commodities in question, their due diligence and consultation processes, the risks identified, their procedures for risk analysis, risk mitigation and remediation, and their implementation and outcomes to the competent authority and in a public, accessible and appropriate manner.

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Economic operators should routinely report on their due diligence and consultation processes, the risks identified, their procedures for risk analysis, risk mitigation and remediation, and their implementation and outcomes to the competent authority and in a public, accessible and appropriate manner, which will not disproportionately burden small and medium-sized

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enterprises in particular.

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Economic operators should routinely report on the measures they have put in place in relation to environmental responsibility and consultation, the risks identified, their procedures for risk analysis, risk mitigation and remediation, and their implementation and outcomes to the competent authority and in a public, accessible and appropriate manner.

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The Commission should adopt delegated acts to set out the format, the frequency and the elements of the reports. In particular, economic operators should, inter alia, report on the identified risks and impacts; the actions taken to cease and remedy existing abuses and to prevent and mitigate risks of abuse, as well as their outcomes; the measures and results of monitoring the implementation and effectiveness of such actions, warnings

The Commission should adopt delegated acts to set out the format, the frequency and the elements of the reports. In particular, economic operators should, inter alia, report on the system they use and how they apply it to the commodities in question, identified risks and impacts; the actions taken to cease and remedy existing abuses and to prevent and mitigate risks of abuse, as well as their outcomes; the measures and results of monitoring the

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received through the early-warning mechanism and how the economic operator took them into account in their due diligence processes, and a list of all subsidiaries, subcontractors and suppliers, products and their quantity and origin. A failure to publish complete and timely reports should be penalised.

implementation and effectiveness of such actions, warnings received through the early-warning mechanism and how the economic operator took them into account in their due diligence processes, and a list of all subsidiaries, subcontractors and suppliers, products and their quantity and origin. A failure to publish complete and timely reports should be penalised.

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The Commission should adopt delegated acts to set out the format, the frequency and the elements of the reports. In particular, economic operators should, inter alia, report on the identified risks and impacts; the actions taken to cease and remedy existing abuses and to prevent and mitigate risks of abuse, as well as their outcomes; the measures and results of monitoring the implementation and effectiveness of such actions, warnings received through the early-warning mechanism and how the economic operator took them into account in their due diligence processes, and a list of all subsidiaries, subcontractors and suppliers, products and their quantity and origin. A failure to publish complete and timely reports should be penalised.

The Commission should adopt delegated acts to set out the format, the frequency and the elements of the reports. In particular, economic operators should, inter alia, report on the system they use and how they apply it to the commodities in question, identified risks and impacts; the actions taken to cease and remedy existing abuses and to prevent and mitigate risks of abuse, as well as their outcomes; the measures and results of monitoring the implementation and effectiveness of such actions, warnings received through the early-warning mechanism and how the economic operator took them into account in their due diligence processes, and a list of all subsidiaries, subcontractors and suppliers, products and their quantity and origin. A failure to publish complete and timely reports should be penalised.

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The Commission should adopt delegated acts to set out the format, the frequency and the elements of the reports. In particular, economic operators should, inter alia, report on the system they use and how they apply it to the commodities in question, identified risks and impacts; the actions taken to cease and remedy existing abuses and to prevent and mitigate risks of abuse, as well as their outcomes; the measures and results of monitoring the implementation and effectiveness of such actions, warnings received through the early-warning mechanism and how the economic operator took them into account in their due diligence processes, and a list of all subsidiaries, subcontractors and suppliers, products and their quantity and origin. A failure to publish complete and timely reports should be penalised.

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The Commission should adopt delegated acts to set out the format, the frequency and the elements of the reports. In particular, economic operators should, inter alia, report on the identified risks and impacts; the actions taken to cease and remedy existing abuses and to prevent and mitigate risks of abuse, as well as their outcomes; the measures and results of

The Commission should adopt delegated acts to set out the format and the elements of the reports. In particular, economic operators should, inter alia, report on the identified risks and impacts; the actions taken to cease and remedy existing abuses and to prevent and mitigate risks of abuse, as well as their outcomes; the measures and results of monitoring the implementation

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monitoring the implementation and effectiveness of such actions, warnings received through the early-warning mechanism and how the economic operator took them into account in their due diligence processes, and a list of all subsidiaries, subcontractors and suppliers, products and their quantity and origin. A failure to publish complete and timely reports should be penalised.

and effectiveness of such actions, warnings received through the early-warning mechanism and how the economic operator took them into account in their due diligence processes, and a list of all subsidiaries, subcontractors and suppliers, products and their quantity and origin. A failure to publish complete and timely reports should lead to the suspension of the authorisation to place products on the Union internal market.

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The Commission should adopt delegated acts to set out the format, the frequency and the elements of the reports. In particular, economic operators should, inter alia, report on the identified risks and impacts; the actions taken to cease and remedy existing abuses and to prevent and mitigate risks of abuse, as well as their outcomes; the measures and results of monitoring the implementation and effectiveness of such actions, warnings received through the early-warning mechanism and how the economic operator took them into account in their environmental responsibility commitments and obligations, and a list of all subsidiaries, subcontractors and suppliers, products and their quantity and origin. A failure to publish complete and timely reports should be penalised.

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The Commission should adopt implementing acts to set out the format, the frequency and the elements of the reports. In particular, economic operators should, inter alia, report on the identified risks and impacts; the actions taken to cease and remedy existing abuses and to prevent and mitigate risks of abuse, as well as their outcomes; the measures and results of monitoring the implementation and effectiveness of such actions, warnings received through the early-warning mechanism and how the economic operator took them into account in their due diligence processes, and a list of all subsidiaries, subcontractors and suppliers, products and their quantity and origin. A failure to publish complete and timely reports should be subject to sanctions.

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The Commission should adopt delegated acts to set out the format, the frequency and the elements of the reports. In particular, economic operators should, inter alia, report on the identified risks and impacts; the actions taken to cease and remedy existing abuses and to prevent and mitigate risks of abuse, as well as their outcomes; the measures and results of

The Commission should adopt delegated acts to set out the format, the frequency and the elements of the reports. In particular, operators should, inter alia, report on board-level on the identified risks and impacts; the actions taken to cease and remedy existing abuses and to prevent and mitigate risks of abuse, as well as their outcomes; the measures and results

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monitoring the implementation and effectiveness of such actions, warnings received through the early-warning mechanism and how the economic operator took them into account in their due diligence processes, and a list of all subsidiaries, subcontractors and suppliers, products and their quantity and origin. A failure to publish complete and timely reports should be penalised.

of monitoring the implementation and effectiveness of such actions, warnings received through the early-warning mechanism and how the economic operator took them into account in their due diligence processes, and a list of all subsidiaries, subcontractors and suppliers, products and their quantity and origin. A failure to publish complete and timely reports should be penalised.

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Economic operators should maintain a written record of all due diligence actions and their results, and make them available to the competent authorities upon request.

Economic operators should maintain a written record of all actions taken within the context of their environmental responsibility commitments and their results, and make them available to the competent authorities upon request.

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Economic operators should maintain a written record of all due diligence actions and their results, and make them available to the competent authorities upon request.

Operators should maintain a written record of all due diligence actions and their results, and make them available to the competent authorities upon request.

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The Commission should develop voluntary guidance to supplement legal obligations contained in the proposal, in particular to clarify the due diligence expectations for specific contexts, sectors, or in relation to certain types of economic operators, and guidance how to integrate existing environmental management systems, such as the international environmental management standard ISO 14001 or the Eco-Management and Audit Scheme (EMAS), into an economic operator’s due diligence processes.

The Commission should develop guidelines and guidance to facilitate compliance with the legal obligations contained in the proposal, for specific contexts, sectors, or in relation to certain types of economic operators, and guidance how to integrate specific concerns into an operator’s due diligence processes.

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The Commission should develop voluntary guidance to supplement legal obligations contained in the proposal, in particular to clarify the due diligence expectations for specific contexts, sectors, or in relation to certain types of economic operators, and guidance how to integrate existing environmental management systems, such as the international environmental management standard ISO 14001 or the Eco-Management and Audit Scheme (EMAS), into an economic operator’s due

The Commission should develop guidelines and guidance to facilitate compliance with the legal obligations contained in the proposal, for specific contexts, sectors, or in relation to certain types of economic operators, and guidance how to integrate specific concerns into an operator's due diligence processes.

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diligence processes.

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The Commission in a cooperation with Member States and relevant stakeholders, should develop voluntary guidance to supplement legal obligations contained in the proposal, in particular to clarify the due diligence expectations and the term “economic operator” for specific contexts, sectors, or in relation to certain types of economic operators, and guidance how to integrate existing environmental management systems, such as the international environmental management standard ISO 14001 or the Eco-Management and Audit Scheme (EMAS), into an economic operator’s due diligence processes.

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The Commission should develop voluntary guidance to supplement legal obligations contained in the proposal, in particular to clarify the due diligence expectations for specific contexts, sectors, or in relation to certain types of economic operators, and

The Commission should develop guidelines and guidance to facilitate compliance with the legal obligations contained in the proposal, in particular to clarify the due diligence expectations for specific contexts, sectors, or in relation to

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guidance how to integrate existing environmental management systems, such as the international environmental management standard ISO 14001 or the Eco-Management and Audit Scheme (EMAS), into an economic operator’s due diligence processes.

certain types of economic operators, and guidance how to integrate existing environmental management systems, such as the international environmental management standard ISO 14001 or the Eco-Management and Audit Scheme (EMAS), into an economic operator’s due diligence processes.

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The Commission should develop voluntary guidance to supplement legal obligations contained in the proposal, in particular to clarify the environmental responsibility expectations for specific contexts, sectors, or in relation to certain types of economic operators, and guidance how to integrate existing environmental management systems, such as the international environmental management standard ISO 14001 or the Eco-Management and Audit Scheme (EMAS), into an economic operator’s due diligence processes.

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To support economic operators in conducting their due diligence obligations,

To support economic operators in fulfilling their environmental responsibility

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the Commission should publish regional hotspot analyses with regard to FERCs.

commitments, the Commission should publish regional hotspot analyses with regard to FERCs.

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To support economic operators in conducting their due diligence obligations, the Commission should publish regional hotspot analyses with regard to FERCs.

To support economic operators in conducting their due diligence obligations, the Commission should publish regional hotspot analyses with regard to forest and natural ecosystem-risk commodities.

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Member States should ensure, in accordance with their national law and practice, the enforcement of the above duties by:

Member States should ensure, in accordance with their national law and practice, the enforcement of the respective parts of the proposal.

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a. Providing for proportionate, effective and dissuasive penalties and sanctions for non-compliance with any of the above-mentioned obligations and where non-compliance with any of the above-mentioned obligations causes, contributes to, is linked to, or aggravates, abuses or the risk of environmental damage or human rights abuse. These could include:

a. Providing for proportionate, effective and dissuasive penalties and sanctions for non-compliance with any of the above-mentioned obligations. Heavier penalties should be applied where non-compliance with any of the above-mentioned obligations causes, contributes to, is linked to, or aggravates, abuses or the risk of environmental damage or human rights abuses. These should include:

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a. Providing for proportionate, effective and dissuasive penalties and sanctions for non-compliance with any of the above-mentioned obligations. Heavier penalties should be applied where non-compliance with any of the above-mentioned obligations causes, contributes to, is linked to, or aggravates, the risk of environmental damage or human rights abuses. These should include:

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a. Providing for proportionate, effective and dissuasive penalties and sanctions for non-compliance with any of the above-mentioned obligations and where non-compliance with any of the above-mentioned obligations causes, contributes to, is linked to, or aggravates, abuses or the risk of environmental damage or human rights abuse; This could include:

a. Providing for proportionate, effective and dissuasive penalties and sanctions for non-compliance with any of the above-mentioned obligations and where non-compliance with any of the above-mentioned obligations causes, contributes to, is linked to, or aggravates, abuses or the risk of damage to forests or natural ecosystems or associated human rights abuse; This could include:

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a. Providing for proportionate, effective and dissuasive penalties and sanctions for non-compliance with any of the above-mentioned obligations and where non-compliance with any of the above-mentioned obligations causes, contributes to, is linked to, or aggravates, environmental damage or human rights abuses or the risks thereof.

These should include:

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i. monetary penalties proportionate to the environmental or human rights damage, the value of the commodities and derived products at hand, and the tax losses and economic detriment resulting from the infringement;

i. effective, proportionate and dissuasive penalties proportionate to the environmental or human rights damage, the value of the commodities and derived products at hand, and the tax losses and economic detriment resulting from the infringement;

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i. monetary penalties proportionate to the damage to forests, natural ecosystems or associated human rights, the value of the commodities and derived products at hand, and the tax losses and economic detriment resulting from the infringement;

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i. monetary penalties proportionate to the environmental or human rights damage, and the tax losses and economic prejudice resulting from the infringement;

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i. monetary penalties proportionate to the environmental or human rights damage, cost of environmental and human rights restoration and the economic prejudice resulting from the infringement to the affected communities;

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i. monetary penalties proportionate to the environmental or human rights damage, the cost of environmental and human rights restoration and economic prejudice resulting from the infringement to the affected communities

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iii. immediate suspension of authorisation to trade;

iii. immediate suspension of authorisation to place products on the

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Union internal market;

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b. Designating competent national investigating and enforcement authorities (‘competent authorities’). The competent authorities should monitor that economic operators effectively fulfil the obligations laid down in the proposal. For that purpose, the competent authorities should carry out official checks, in accordance with a plan as appropriate, which may include checks on the premises of economic operators and field audits, and should be able to require economic operators to take remedial actions where necessary. The competent authorities should endeavour to carry out checks when in possession of relevant information, including substantiated concerns from third parties.

b. Designating competent national investigating and enforcement authorities (‘competent authorities’). The competent authorities should monitor that economic operators effectively fulfil the obligations laid down in the proposal. For that purpose, the competent authorities should carry out official checks, in accordance with a plan as appropriate, which may include checks on the premises of economic operators and field audits, and should be able to adopt provisional orders and, in addition and without prejudice to the application of sanctions, they should have the power to require economic operators to take remedial actions . The competent authorities should carry out timely and thorough checks when in possession of relevant information, including substantiated concerns from third parties. They should treat information related to their activity in accordance with Directive 2003/4 on public access to environmental information.

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b. Designating competent national investigating and enforcement authorities (‘competent authorities’). The competent authorities should monitor that economic operators effectively fulfil the obligations laid down in the proposal. For that purpose, the competent authorities should carry out official checks, in accordance with a plan as appropriate, which may include checks on the premises of economic operators and field audits, and should be able to adopt provisional orders and, in addition and without prejudice to the application of sanctions, they should have the power to require economic operators to take remedial actions. The competent authorities should carry out timely and thorough checks when in possession of relevant information, including substantiated concerns from third parties. They should treat information related to their activity in accordance with Directive 2003/4 on public access to environmental information.

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b. Designating competent national investigating and enforcement authorities (‘competent authorities’). The competent authorities should monitor that economic operators effectively fulfil the obligations laid down in the proposal. For that purpose, the competent authorities should carry out

b. Designating competent national investigating and enforcement authorities (‘competent authorities’). The competent authorities should monitor that economic operators effectively fulfil the obligations laid down in the proposal. For that purpose, the competent authorities should carry out

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official checks, in accordance with a plan as appropriate, which may include checks on the premises of economic operators and field audits, and should be able to require economic operators to take remedial actions where necessary. The competent authorities should endeavour to carry out checks when in possession of relevant information, including substantiated concerns from third parties.

official checks, in accordance with a plan as appropriate, which may include checks on the premises of economic operators and field audits, and should be able to adopt provisional orders and, in addition and without prejudice to the application of sanctions, they should have the power to require economic operators to take remedial actions. The competent authorities should carry out timely and thorough checks when in possession of relevant information, including substantiated concerns from third parties. They should treat information related to their activity in accordance with Directive 2003/4 on public access to environmental information.

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b. Designating competent national investigating and enforcement authorities (‘competent authorities’). The competent authorities should monitor that economic operators effectively fulfil the obligations laid down in the proposal. For that purpose, the competent authorities should carry out official checks, in accordance with a plan as appropriate, which may include checks on the premises of economic operators and field audits, and should be able to require economic operators to take remedial actions where necessary. The competent authorities should be vested with the necessary power to obtain all relevant information, including substantiated concerns from third parties, so that regular, exhaustive checks can be carried

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b. Designating competent national investigating and enforcement authorities (‘competent authorities’). The competent authorities should monitor that operators effectively fulfil the obligations laid down in the proposal. For that purpose, the competent authorities should carry out official checks, in accordance with a plan as appropriate, which may include checks on the premises of operators and field audits, and should be able to require economic operators to take remedial actions where necessary. The competent authorities should endeavour to carry out checks when in possession of relevant information, including substantiated concerns from third parties.

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c. Ensuring that members of the public have the right to challenge non-compliance before the judicial or administrative authorities. This should include any individuals or groups whose

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rights and obligations or interests are affected, directly or indirectly, by the undertaking’s total or partial failure to perform its duties, including employees, customers, consumers and end-users, trade unions, transnational trade union federations, local communities, national or local governments or institutions, journalists, NGOs and local civil society organisations.

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c. Ensuring that members of the public have the right to challenge non-compliance before the judicial or administrative authorities. This should include any individuals or groups whose rights and obligations or interests are affected, directly or indirectly, by the undertaking’s total or partial failure to perform its duties, including employees, customers, consumers and end-users, trade unions, transnational trade union federations, local communities, national or local governments or institutions, journalists, NGOs and local civil society organisations.

c. Considering the right to challenge non-compliance before the judicial or administrative authorities by members of the public while assessing if such right is compatible with the principle of proportionality and feasibility.

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The Commission should adopt delegated acts to lay down legally binding standards and guidelines applicable to national competent authorities to ensure effective and uniform implementation and enforcement of the proposal across the Union, in particular with regard to:

The Commission should adopt delegated acts to lay down legally binding standards and guidelines applicable to national competent authorities to ensure effective and uniform implementation and enforcement of the proposal across the Union, considering the following elements:

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The Commission should adopt delegated acts to lay down legally binding standards and guidelines applicable to national competent authorities to ensure effective and uniform implementation and enforcement of the proposal across the Union, in particular with regard to:

The Commission should provide standards and guidelines for voluntary use to national competent authorities to ensure effective and uniform implementation and enforcement of the proposal across the Union, in particular with regard to:

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- listing economic operators falling under the remit of the proposal in a public register;

- listing and making public economic operators falling under the remit of the proposal in a public register;

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- guidance on third-party concerns to establish Union-wide criteria to assess whether a concern is substantial and reliable enough to be accepted, and develop clear timelines for responses by the national competent authorities towards third-party concerns;

- guidance on third-party concerns to establish Union-wide criteria to assess whether a concern is substantial and reliable enough to be processed, and develop clear procedural standards for the timely, impartial, effective and transparent responses by the national competent authorities to third-party concerns;

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- guidance on third-party concerns to establish Union-wide criteria to assess whether a concern is substantial and reliable enough to be accepted, and develop clear timelines for responses by the national competent authorities towards third-party concerns;

- guidance on third-party concerns to establish Union-wide criteria to assess whether a concern is substantial and reliable enough to be processed, and develop clear procedural standards for the timely, impartial, effective and transparent responses by the national competent authorities third-party concerns;

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5.2. Civil liability and access to remedies

5.2. Liability

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Economic operators should be: deletedi) jointly and severally liable for harm arising out of human rights or environmental abuses, as set out in the proposal, caused, aggravated, contributed by or linked to controlled or economically dependent entities;ii) liable for harm arising out of human rights or environmental abuses directly linked to their products, services or operations through a business relationship, unless they can prove they acted with due care and took all reasonable measures given the circumstances that could have prevented the harm. Economic operators may therefore discharge their liability if they can prove that they took all due care to identify and avoid the damage.

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Economic operators should be: The concept of procedural liability should be preferred.

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i) jointly and severally liable for harm arising out of human rights or environmental abuses, as set out in the proposal, caused, aggravated, contributed by or linked to controlled or economically dependent entities;

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i) jointly and severally liable for harm arising out of human rights abuses or damage to forests and natural ecosystems, as set out in the proposal, caused, aggravated, contributed by or linked to controlled or economically dependent entities;

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i) jointly and severally liable for direct harm arising out of human rights or environmental abuses, as set out in the proposal, caused, aggravated, contributed by or linked to controlled or economically dependent entities;

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ii) liable for harm arising out of human rights or environmental abuses directly linked to their products, services or operations through a business relationship, unless they can prove they acted with due care and took all reasonable measures given the circumstances that could have prevented the harm. Economic operators may therefore discharge their liability if they can prove that they took all due care to identify and avoid the damage.

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ii) liable for direct harm arising out of human rights or environmental abuses directly linked to their products, services or operations through a business relationship, unless they can prove they acted with due care and took all reasonable measures given the circumstances that could have prevented the harm.

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ii) liable for harm arising out of damage to forests and natural ecosystems or associated human rights abuses directly linked to their products, services or operations through a business relationship, unless they can prove they acted with due care and took all reasonable measures given the circumstances that could have prevented the harm. Economic operators may therefore discharge their liability if they can prove that they took all due care to identify and avoid the damage.

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Where a plaintiff has presented reasonably available facts and evidence sufficient to support their action, the defendant should bear the burden of proving:

Where a plaintiff has presented strong available facts and evidence sufficient to support their action, the defendant should bear the burden of proving:

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c. Access to remedies deletedWhere an economic operator causes, aggravates, or is linked to or contributes to an adverse impact on individuals or organisations, that it has not envisaged or been able to prevent, it should provide for a remedy, through non-judicial or judicial remediation mechanisms.

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Where an economic operator causes, aggravates, or is linked to or contributes to an adverse impact on individuals or organisations, that it has not envisaged or been able to prevent, it should provide for

The law should provide for accessible and effective judicial remedies to allow damaged parties to seek redress against economic operators that cause, aggravate, or are linked to or contribute to an adverse

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a remedy, through non-judicial or judicial remediation mechanisms.

impact on their rights. Non-State grievance mechanisms should be considered as complementary to improve accountability and access to remedy.

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Where an economic operator causes, aggravates, or is linked to or contributes to an adverse impact on individuals or organisations, that it has not envisaged or been able to prevent, it should provide for a remedy, through non-judicial or judicial remediation mechanisms.

The law should provide for accessible and effective judicial remedies to allow damaged parties to seek redress against economic operators that cause, aggravate, or are linked to or contribute to an adverse impact on their rights. Non-State grievance mechanisms, should be considered as complementing to improve accountability and access to remedy.

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Where an economic operator causes, aggravates, or is linked to or contributes to an adverse impact on individuals or organisations, that it has not envisaged or been able to prevent, it should provide for a remedy, through non-judicial or judicial remediation mechanisms.

Damaged parties should have the right to accessible and effective judicial remedies to seek redress against economic operators that cause, aggravate, or are linked to or contribute to an adverse impact on their rights. Non-State grievance mechanisms should complement judicial remediation

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mechanisms to improve accountability and access to remedy.

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5a. Entry into force of the proposal on due diligence1. Economic operators placing commodities or derived products covered by this proposal should ensure the transparency and traceability of their entire value chain within two years after the entry into force of the proposal.2 Two years after the entry into force of the proposal, operators should only place on the Union internal market commodities or derived products of these commodities that can be sourced with a negligible risk of deforestation, according to the provisions of the proposal.

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5b. EU’s external actions and deforestationWhen negotiating National Indicative Programmes (NIP) with third countries, the Commission should prioritise

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provisions to help third countries’ companies and smallholders working with operators placing FERC commodities on the Union internal market to carry out activities that do not harm forest and ecosystems;

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The implementation of the proposal should in no way constitute grounds for justifying a reduction in the general level of protection of human rights or the environment. In particular, it should not affect other existing subcontracting or supply chain liability frameworks.

The implementation of the proposal should in no way constitute grounds for justifying a reduction in the general level of protection of human rights, ownership rights or the environment. In particular, it should not affect other existing subcontracting or supply chain liability frameworks.

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6.2. More favourable provisions deletedMember States may introduce or maintain provisions that go beyond the provisions set out in the proposal as regards the protection of human rights and the environmental standards along the FERCs supply chain.

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Member States may introduce or maintain provisions that go beyond the provisions set out in the proposal as regards the protection of human rights and the environmental standards along the FERCs supply chain.

Member States may introduce or maintain provisions that go beyond the provisions set out in the proposal as regards the protection of human rights and the environmental standards along the supply chain of commodities driving deforestation.

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Member States may introduce or maintain provisions that go beyond the provisions set out in the proposal as regards the protection of human rights and the environmental standards along the FERCs supply chain.

Member States may introduce or maintain provisions that go beyond the provisions set out in the proposal as regards the protection of human rights and the environmental standards along the forest and natural ecosystem-risk commodity supply chain.

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