# The EU Gender Action Plan III

European Parliament procedure 2021/2003(INI) (INI - Own-initiative procedure, 9th term, committee AFET / BUDG / DEVE / FEMM / INTA). Stage: Procedure completed. 766 committee amendments tabled by 87 Members between 2021-05-19 and 2021-09-28.

## What the amendments focus on

The own-initiative report concerns the EU Gender Action Plan III (GAP III). The amendments focus on gender equality in EU trade policy, including specific gender chapters in trade and investment agreements, gender-disaggregated data and impact assessments, ILO conventions, the WTO and the Buenos Aires Declaration, the impact of COVID-19 on women and MSMEs, and women's empowerment in third countries; some amendments instead reject or qualify gender chapters in trade agreements.

## Most active Members on this file

| Member | Country | Group | Amendments | Markdown |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elżbieta Katarzyna ŁUKACIJEWSKA | Poland | PPE | 82 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96791.md |
| Sirpa PIETIKÄINEN | Finland | PPE | 72 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/40599.md |
| Frances FITZGERALD | Ireland | PPE | 72 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/197720.md |
| Maria NOICHL | Germany | S&D | 72 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/124836.md |
| Margarita DE LA PISA CARRIÓN | Spain | PfE | 69 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/204414.md |
| Beata KEMPA | Poland | ECR | 56 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/197519.md |
| Jadwiga WIŚNIEWSKA | Poland | ECR | 56 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/124877.md |
| Ryszard CZARNECKI | Poland | ECR | 56 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/28372.md |
| Antoni COMÍN I OLIVERES | Spain | NI | 51 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/202352.md |
| Pierrette HERZBERGER-FOFANA | Germany | Verts/ALE | 51 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/197459.md |
| Ernest URTASUN | Spain | Verts/ALE | 51 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/124972.md |
| Eugenia RODRÍGUEZ PALOP | Spain | GUE/NGL | 48 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/197785.md |
| Chrysoula ZACHAROPOULOU | France | RE | 45 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/197499.md |
| Robert BIEDROŃ | Poland | S&D | 43 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/197498.md |
| Maria-Manuel LEITÃO-MARQUES | Portugal | S&D | 42 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/197635.md |

## Official source documents

- PE692.927: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/BUDG-AM-692927_EN.pdf
- PE692.929: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/AFET-AM-692929_EN.pdf
- PE693.630: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/INTA-AM-693630_EN.pdf
- PE697.570: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/CJ07-AM-697570_EN.pdf
- PE697.621: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/CJ07-AM-697621_EN.pdf

Full amendment texts, votes and exports: https://amendeu.com/dossiers/2021-2003-INI · machine-readable: https://amendeu.com/data/dossiers/2021-2003-INI.json

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