Translation of "plan d'investissement extérieur " (French → English) :

The Communication: "Strengthening European Investments for jobs and growth: Towards a second phase of the European Fund for Strategic Investments and a new European External Investment Plan" is available here

11. Insists that the European Union, the Member States and the EIB assume a leading role in this and make investments through tax havens less attractive by adopting rules on public procurement contracts and the granting of public funds that prevent any company, bank or other institution registered in a tax haven from benefiting from public funds; with a view to this, asks the Commission and the Member States to use the mid-term review of EIB external lending activity to make concrete improvements to its capabilities for evaluating the beneficiaries of its loans and to ensure that its investments in developing countries actually contribu ...[+++]te to eradicating poverty by providing annual reports on their progress;

11. Insists that the European Union, the Member States and the EIB assume a leading role in this and make investments through tax havens less attractive by adopting rules on public procurement contracts and the granting of public funds that prevent any company, bank or other institution registered in a tax haven from benefiting from public funds; with a view to this, asks the Commission and the Member States to use the mid-term review of EIB external lending activity to make concrete improvements to its capabilities for evaluating the beneficiaries of its loans and to ensure that its investments in developing countries actually contribu ...[+++]te to eradicating poverty by providing annual reports on their progress;

20. Considers that sustainable development should be seen more as an economic opportunity than as a constraint, and as a spur to technological innovation and investment; calls, therefore, upon the Commission to ensure effective coordination of the Union's growth strategies, integrating information and communications technologies and resource-efficient technologies for sustainable development and 'smart growth' both at home and abroad;

19. Considers that sustainable development should be seen more as an economic opportunity than as a constraint, and as a spur to technological innovation and investment; calls, therefore, upon the Commission to bring together the Union's fragmented growth strategies into a single coherent strategy, integrating information and communications technologies and resource-efficient technologies for sustainable development and 'smart growth' both at home and abroad;

25. Regrets that the Council did not state how its declared commitment to providing leadership in promoting sustainable development around the world would translate into action in external policy; expresses its dissatisfaction at the fact that the target of a worldwide share of at least 10% for OECD countries and 5% for the other countries in new renewable energy sources could not be agreed upon at the WSSD (World Summit on Sustainable Development) and calls therefore for every effort to be made by the EU to maintain pressure on upcoming international conferences for such a target to be adopted; urges that all agreements and investments involving EU funds ...[+++]in developing countries should be in line with the Marrakesh criteria and reflect the EU’s responsibility when it comes to the external dimension of sustainable development;