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RemovedAnnex I – Part I – subheading 1 – point 6: 6. The prohibition of interference with the freedom of thought, conscience and religion in accordance with Article 18 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights;

RemovedAnnex I – Part I – subheading 1 – point 7: 7. The right to enjoy just and favourable conditions of work including remuneration that provides for a decent living, safe and healthy working conditions and reasonable limitation of working hours. This includes both the right to a living wage for employees and the right to a living income for self-employed workers and smallholders in accordance with Article 7 of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights and Article 23(3) of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights;

RemovedAnnex I – Part I – subheading 1 – point 7 a (new): 7a The right of everyone to an adequate standard of living for themselves and their family, including adequate food, clothing and housing, and to continuous improvement of living conditions in accordance with Article 11 of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights and Article 25 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights;

RemovedAnnex I – Part I – subheading 1 – point 8: 8. The prohibition to restrict workers’ access to adequate housing, if the workforce is housed in accommodation provided by the company, and to restrict workers’ access to adequate food, clothing, and water and sanitation in the workplace in accordance with Article 11 of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights;

RemovedAnnex I – Part I – subheading 1 – point 9: 9. The right of the child to have his or her best interests given primary consideration in all decisions and actions that affect children in accordance with Article 3 of the Convention of the Rights of the Child; the right of the child to develop to his or her full potential in accordance with Article 6 of the Convention of the Rights of the Child; the right of the child to the highest attainable standard of health in accordance with Article 24 of the Convention on the Rights of the Child; the right to social security and an adequate standard of living in accordance with Article 26 and 27 of the Convention on the Rights of the Child; the right to education in accordance with Article 28 of the Convention on the Rights of the Child; the right of the child to be protected from all forms of sexual exploitation and sexual abuse and to be protected from being abducted, sold or moved illegally to a different place in or outside their country for the purpose of exploitation, in accordance with Articles 34 and 35 of the Convention of the Rights of the Child;

RemovedAnnex I – Part I – subheading 1 – point 10: 10. The prohibition of the employment of a child under the age at which compulsory schooling is completed and, in any case, is not less than 15 years, except where the law of the place of employment so provides in accordance with Article 2 (4) and Articles 4 to 8 of the International Labour Organization Minimum Age Convention, 1973 (No. 138);

RemovedAnnex I – Part I – subheading 1 – point 11 – introductory part: 11. The prohibition of child labour pursuant to Article 32 of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, including the worst forms of child labour for children (persons below the age of 18 years) in accordance with Article 3 of the of the International Labour Organization Worst Forms of Child Labour Convention, 1999 (No. 182). This includes:

RemovedAnnex I – Part I – subheading 1 – point 12: 12. The prohibition of forced labour; this includes all work or service that is exacted from any person under the menace of any penalty and for which the said person has not offered himself or herself voluntarily, for example as a result of debt bondage or trafficking in human beings; excluded from forced labour are any work or services that comply with Article 2 (2) of International Labour Organization Forced Labour Convention, 1930 (No. 29) or with Article 8 (3) (b) and (c) of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights;

RemovedAnnex I – Part I – subheading 1 – point 13: 13. The prohibition of all forms of slavery, practices akin to slavery, serfdom or other forms of domination or oppression in the workplace, such as extreme economic or sexual exploitation and humiliation in accordance with Article 4 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and Art. 8 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights;

RemovedAnnex I – Part I – subheading 1 – point 14: 14. The prohibition of human trafficking in accordance with Article 3 of the Palermo Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons Especially Women and Children, supplementing the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime;

RemovedAnnex I – Part I – subheading 1 – point 15 – introductory part: 15. The right to freedom of association, assembly, the rights to organise and collective bargaining in accordance with Article 20 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Articles 21 and 22 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights Article 8 of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, the International Labour Organization Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organise Convention, 1948 (No. 87) and the International Labour Organization Right to Organise and Collective Bargaining Convention, 1949 (No. 98), including the following rights:

RemovedAnnex I – Part I – subheading 1 – point 16: 16. The prohibition of unequal treatment in employment, unless this is justified by the requirements of the employment in accordance with Article 2 and Article 3 of the International Labour Organisation Equal Remuneration Convention, 1951 (No. 100), Article 1 and Article 2 of the International Labour Organisation Discrimination (Employment and Occupation) Convention, 1958 (No. 111) and Article 7 of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights; unequal treatment includes, in particular, the payment of unequal remuneration for work of equal value;

RemovedAnnex I – Part I – subheading 1 – point 17: 17. The prohibition of withholding an adequate living wage in accordance with Article 7 of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights;

RemovedAnnex I – Part I – subheading 1 – point 18 – introductory part: 18. The prohibition of causing any environmental degradation, such as harmful soil change, water or air pollution, harmful emissions, or excessive water consumption or other impact on natural resources, that

RemovedAnnex I – Part I – subheading 1 – point 18 – point a: (a) impairs the natural bases for the preservation and production of food and feed or

RemovedAnnex I – Part I – subheading 1 – point 18 – point d a (new): (da) impairs health, such as causing epidemics, taking into account the One Health approach or

RemovedAnnex I – Part I – subheading 1 – point 18 – point e: (e) affects ecological integrity, such as deforestation, in accordance with Article 3 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Article 5 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and Article 12 of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights,

RemovedAnnex I – Part I – subheading 1 – point 19: 19. The prohibition to unlawfully evict or take land, forests and waters when acquiring, developing or otherwise use land, forests and waters, including by deforestation, the use of which secures the livelihood of a person in accordance with Article 11 of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights;

RemovedAnnex I – Part I – subheading 1 – point 19 a (new): 19a. The rights of indigenous peoples to self-determination in accordance with Article 1 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, Article 1 of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, and Article 5 of the International Convention on the Elimination of All forms of Racial Discrimination, and their right to give, modify, withhold or withdraw their free, prior, and informed consent to interventions, decisions and activities that may affect their lands, territories, resources and rights, in accordance with Article 27 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and Article 15 of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights and Articles 2 and 5 of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination;

RemovedAnnex I – Part I – subheading 1 – point 20: 20. The indigenous peoples’ right to the lands, territories and resources which they have traditionally owned, occupied or otherwise used or acquired in accordance with Articles 1 and 27 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and Articles 1, 2 and 15 of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights and Article 5 of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination

RemovedAnnex I – Part I – subheading 1 – point 21: 21. A prohibition or right not covered by points 1 to 20 above but included in the human rights agreements listed in Section 2 of this Part, where there is a foreseeable risk that such a prohibition or right may be affected.

RemovedAnnex I – Part I – subheading 2 – title: 2. Human rights and fundamental freedoms conventions and instruments

RemovedAnnex I – Part I – subheading 2 – indent 11: — The United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Persons Belonging to National or Ethnic, Religious and Linguistic Minorities;

RemovedAnnex I – Part I – subheading 2 – indent 11 a (new): — The United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Peasants and Other People Working in Rural Areas;

RemovedAnnex I – Part I – subheading 2 – indent 12 a (new): — United Nations Convention against Corruption, 2003;

RemovedAnnex I – Part I – subheading 2 – indent 12 b (new): — OECD Anti-Bribery Convention, 1997;

RemovedAnnex I – Part I – subheading 2 – indent 14 a (new): — The International Labour Organisation’s Indigenous and Tribal Peoples’ Convention, 1989 (No. 169);

RemovedAnnex I – Part I – subheading 2 – indent 15 – subindent 5 a (new): — ILO Occupational Safety and Health Convention, 1981 (No. 155)

RemovedAnnex I – Part I – subheading 2 – indent 15 – subindent 5 b (new): — ILO Promotional Framework for Occupational Safety and Health, 2006 (No 187)

RemovedAnnex I – Part I – subheading 2 – indent 15 a (new): — The International humanitarian law instruments as laid out in the Geneva Conventions and additional protocols

RemovedAnnex I – Part I – subheading 2 – indent 15 b (new): — Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence

RemovedAnnex I – Part II – title: Union and internationally recognized objectives and prohibitions included in environmental and climate conventions and Union legislation

RemovedAnnex 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 II – point 1: deleted

RemovedAnnex 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 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 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 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 – 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 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 – point 8: deleted

RemovedAnnex 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;

RemovedAnnex 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)

RemovedAnnex 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.

RemovedAnnex 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.

RemovedAnnex 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)

RemovedAnnex 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.

RemovedAnnex 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.