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... The European Parliament adopted a resolution on child labour in mines in Madagascar...... and GUE/NGL groups. Parliament condemned the unacceptable use of child labour in all its forms, pointing.......  Parliament welcomed the fact that the eradication of child labour is one of the priorities of the new...... Commission and asked it to elaborate on how it intends to tackle child labour through EU policy, legislation...... the fight against child labour and exploitation, as an essential element of its political dialogue......, to take the lead in eradicating child labour and to take immediate and effective action to end child...... and child labour in all the EU’s Economic Partnership Agreements by means of binding and enforceable...... products and services related to child labour from entering EU markets. ...... labour in all its forms by 2025 at the latest. It recommended that the Commission put children's rights...... implementation strategy for the sustainable development agenda up to 2030 and to make the eradication of child...

... strong concerns about child labour in the growing and harvesting of cocoa beans. It strongly condemns...... the use of child labour on cocoa fields , and urges those states which have yet to ratify the UN...... of Child Labour, to ratify and implement these conventions swiftly. Furthermore, States should implement...... all appropriate policies to foster awareness of child abuse in the labour market and of the need...... in terms of combating all forms of forced child labour and collaborate towards a sustainable cocoa supply...... chain free from child labour. Parliament calls on the Commission: ·         to ensure...... on, an effective traceability mechanism for goods produced by means of forced child labour .  It also...... relating to the use of forced child labour on cotton fields in Uzbekistan, and recommended that the EU...... that aim at eradicating child labour, improving the lives of children and adults on cocoa farms...... in combating the worst forms of child labour on West African cocoa farms. ...

... special focus on child labour. (Please see the summary of 06/06/2005.) Parliament also pointed out...... to attest that they have been produced without the use of child labour at any point in the production...... child labour'. Link between education, poverty and elimination of child labour: Parliament...... programmes combating less common forms of child labour such as domestic work and the selling of children...... of a ban on child labour in trade and suggested that child-labour free products be marked...... the violation of the core ILO conventions, including the use of child labour, in any part of the supply...... companies which persistently use child labour in any part of the production and supply chain and called...... contribute to the effective abolition of child labour. ...... reiterates its view that there is a mutually reinforcing relationship between a lack of education and child...... labour, making education the basic instrument for achieving the Millennium Development Goals by 2015...

... corruption; - human rights issues, such as the use of forced and child labour, workers’ rights...... and knowledge-sharing platforms. Parliament urged the EU to redouble its efforts to combat child labour...

... measures in the areas of cooperation and international trade in order to avoid exacerbating child labour...... of international cooperation and trade to avoid the exacerbation of child labour; - support programmes...

..., including forced child labour, continues to be a major global issue, with the ILO estimating the global...... child labour. The prohibition covers domestically produced and imported products. In order to ensure...... child labour and forced women and girl’s labour; - remediation measures; - meaningful...... with the ordinary legislative procedure and on an equal footing with the Council. BACKGROUND: forced labour...... available on the EU market and the export from the EU of products made with forced labour , including forced...... of this Regulation, which shall cover guidance on: - due diligence in relation to forced labour, including forced...

... obligations for transnational corporations in relation to eradicating child labour and forced labour from...

... eliminating child labour and forced labour in the cotton sector. The Commission is called on to support...