Traduction de «Due diligence clause » (Anglais → Français) :

The specific choices taken by users on the tools and measures applied for exercising due diligence should be supported through the recognition of best practices as well as complementary measures in support of sectoral codes of conduct, model contractual clauses, and guidelines with a view to increasing legal certainty and reducing costs.

8. Asks the Commission to include a binding CSR clause in all bilateral trade and investment agreements signed by the EU, on the basis of principles of CSR as defined at the international level – with an emphasis on sustainable development and good governance and with a clear focus on human rights, decent work, labour standards, freedom of association, collective bargaining and other social considerations – in particular the 2010 update of the OECD Guidelines; suggests that this clause should harmonise existing standards and concepts, in order to ensure comparability and fairness, and contain measures for monitoring these principles on ...[+++]the EU level and for its implementation, and that National Contact Points be set up as fora for questions on the issues raised in the OECD Guidelines, such as the requirement to monitor the activities of companies and their subsidiaries and supply chains, and the requirement to apply due diligence;

16. Calls on the Commission to draft a binding corporate social responsibility (CSR) clause for consideration at one of the first meetings of the Cooperation Council, based on CSR principles as defined at international level, including in the 2010 update of the OECD Guidelines and in the standards defined by the UN, the ILO and the EU; suggests that this clause should harmonise existing standards and concepts, in order to ensure comparability and fairness, and that it should set out measures to implement these principles at EU level, such as requirements to monitor the activities of companies, their subsidiaries and supply chains, and to ...[+++]apply due diligence;

(16b) The Commission should make diligent and effective use of the Stabilisation Mechanism for Bananas in order to avoid a threat of serious deterioration or a serious deterioration for producers in the outermost regions in the Union and, from January 2020, use existing instruments such as the safeguard clause or, if necessary, think about developing new instruments which, in the event of serious market disruption, will make it possible to preserve the competitiveness of production sectors in the Union and particularly in the outermos ...[+++]t regions.

(16a) The Commission should make diligent and effective use of the Stabilisation Mechanism for Bananas in order to avoid a threat of serious deterioration or a serious deterioration for producers in the outermost regions in the Union and, from January 2020, use existing instruments such as the safeguard clause or, if necessary, think about developing new instruments which, in the event of serious market disruption, will make it possible to preserve the competitiveness of production sectors in the Union and particularly in the outermos ...[+++]t regions.

One of the main concerns raised by committee members was the issue of due diligence (1715) Under the original legislation as it appeared before the committee the clause in question, clause 18, read as follows: A person named in a notice of a violation does not have a defence by reason that the person (a) exercised due diligence to prevent the violation; or (b) reasonably and honestly believed in the existence of facts that, if tru ...[+++]e,would exonerate the person.