Changes from report parliamentary committee draft to plenary report

AddedAnnex I – Part II – point - 1 (new): - 1. The obligation to identify and prevent, mitigate or bring to an end an adverse impact on one of the following environmental categories: / a) climate change; / b) biodiversity loss; / c) air, water and soil pollution; / d) degradation of land, marine and freshwater ecosystems; / e) deforestation; / f) overconsumption of material, water, energy and other natural resources; / g) harmful generation and mismanagement of waste, including hazardous substances;

RemovedAnnex I – Part I – subheading 2 – indent 23 e (new): - The Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union

AddedAnnex I – Part II – point 1: deleted

RemovedAnnex I – Part I – subheading 2 – indent 23 f (new): - The European Social Charter

AddedAnnex I – Part II – point 2: 2. The prohibition to import or export any specimen included in an Appendix of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) of 3 March 1973 without a permit, pursuant to Articles III, IV and V;

RemovedAnnex I – Part I – subheading 2 – indent 23 g (new): - United Nations Protocol against the Smuggling of Migrants by Land, Sea and Air supplementing the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime

AddedAnnex I – Part II – point 3: 3. The prohibition of the manufacture of mercury-added products pursuant to Article 4 (1) and Annex A Part I of the Minamata Convention on Mercury of 10 October 2013 (Minamata Convention);

RemovedAnnex I – Part I – subheading 2 – indent 23 h (new): - The European Convention on The Legal Status of Migrant Workers

AddedAnnex I – Part II – point 4: 4. The prohibition of the use of mercury and mercury compounds in manufacturing processes within the meaning of Article 5 (2) and Annex B Part I of the Minamata Convention from the phase-out date specified in the Convention for the respective products and processes;

RemovedAnnex I – Part I - subheading 2 – indent 23 i (new): - Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence

AddedAnnex I – Part II – point 5: 5. The prohibition of the treatment of mercury waste contrary to the provisions of Article 11 (3) of the Minamata Convention;

RemovedAnnex I – Part II – subheading 1: violations of Union and internationally recognized objectives and prohibitions included in environmental conventions and Union legislation

AddedAnnex I – Part II – point 6: 6. The prohibition of the production and use of chemicals pursuant to Article 3 (1) (a) (i) and Annex A of the Stockholm Convention of 22 May 2001 on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs Convention), in the version of Regulation (EU) 2019/1021 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 June 2019 on persistent organic pollutants (OJ L 169 of 25 June 2019 pp. 45-77;

RemovedAnnex I – Part II – point 12 a (new): 12a. Violation of the greenhouse gas emissions reduction objectives of the Paris Agreement under the United Nations Framework on Climate Changes, the European Climate Law, and the Global Methane Pledge.

AddedAnnex I – Part II – point 7: 7. The prohibition of the handling, collection, storage and disposal of waste in a manner that is not environmentally sound in accordance with the regulations in force in the applicable jurisdiction under the provisions of Article 6 (1) (d) (i) and (ii) of the POPs Convention;

RemovedAnnex I – Part II a (new): IIa Violations of internationally recognized objectives and prohibitions included in good governance and anti-corruption conventions / 1. United Nations Convention Against Corruption, 2003 / 2. United Nations Basic Principles on the Independence of the Judiciary, 1985 / 3. United Nations Declaration of Basic Principles of Justice for Victims of Crime and Abuse of Power, 1985 / 4. Council of Europe Civil Law on Corruption, 1999 / 5. OECD Anti-Bribery Convention, 1997 / 6. European Union Convention against Corruption Involving Officials (EU Convention against Corruption) / 7. Principle Ten on Anti-Corruption of the UN Global Compact

AddedAnnex I – Part II – point 8: deleted

AddedAnnex I – Part II – point 9: 9. The prohibition of the production and consumption of specific substances that deplete the ozone layer (i.e., CFCs, Halons, CTC, TCA, BCM, MB, HBFCs and HCFCs) after their phase-out pursuant to the Vienna Convention for the protection of the Ozone Layer and its Montreal Protocol on substances that deplete the Ozone Layer;

AddedAnnex I – Part II – point 10 – introductory part: 10. The prohibition of exports of hazardous waste within the meaning of Article 1 (1) and other wastes within the meaning of Article 1 (2) of the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal of 22 March 1989 (Basel Convention) and within the meaning of Regulation (EC) No 1013/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 June 2006 on shipments of waste (OJ L 190 of 12 July 2006 pp. 1-98) (Regulation (EC) No 1013/2006), as last amended by Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/2174 of 19 October 2020 (OJ L 433 of 22 December 2020 pp. 11-19)

AddedAnnex I – Part II – point 12 a (new): 12a. The obligation to achieve reductions in greenhouse gas emissions interpreted in line with Article 2 (1)(a), Article 4 (1), Article 4 (2), and Article 5 (1) of the Paris Agreement under the United Nations Framework on Climate Change, the European Climate Law, and the Global Methane Pledge.

AddedAnnex I – Part II – point 12 b (new): 12b. The obligation to take all measures consistent with the UN Convention on the Laws of the Sea (UNCLOS) that are necessary to prevent, reduce and control pollution of the marine environment from any source, using for this purpose the best practicable means at their disposal and in accordance with their capabilities, in line with Article 194(1) of UNCLOS, including Article 194 (3)(a), Article 194 (3)(b), Article 194 (3)(c), and Article 194 (3)(d) of UNCLOS.

AddedAnnex I – Part II – point 12 c (new): 12c. The rights of access to information, public participation in decision making and access to justice in environmental matters in accordance with, in particular, Articles 4, 6, and 9 of the Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters (Aarhus Convention)

AddedAnnex I – Part II – point 12 d (new): 12d. The obligation to ensure that persons, groups and organizations that promote and defend human rights in environmental matters relating to a company’s value chain are able to act free from threat, restriction and insecurity and are not penalized, persecuted or harassed in any way for their involvement, in accordance with Article 3 (8) of the Aarhus Convention.

AddedAnnex I – Part II – point 12 e (new): 12e. The obligation to take all appropriate measures to prevent, control and reduce any transboundary impact on transboundary waters in line with the 1992 Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes.