Activities of Constance LE GRIP related to 2010/2152(INI)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on a New Trade Policy for Europe under the EUROPE2020 Strategy
Amendments (7)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Supports the Single Market Act proposal on regulatory convergence with the EU’s major trading partners and the development of international standards; stresses in particular that themes such asit is important that themes such as health and social standards, standards on the protection of consumers, the environment and animals, standardisation, mutual recognition, services and access to public procurement, should be at the heart of FTA negotiations;
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Stresses, again, the need for balanced trade agreements between the European Union and its trading partners, in a spirit of reciprocity and mutual benefit;
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Supports the Commission’s desire to carry out a complete analysis of the impact which free trade agreements would have on the internal market and other internal policies of the European Union when negotiating such agreements; calls for such impact analyses to be forwarded to the European Parliament and the Council so that they can consider them before such agreements are signed;
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on the Commission and Council to promote international standardisation and the removal of non-tariff barriers to trade, and to further engage with major trading partners, particularly with China, on consumer product safety and enforcement of intellectual property rights, and with Japan, paying special attention to removing non- tariff barriers;
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Recalls that the opening of the European market should not be at the expense of consumer safety; stresses the importance of cooperation between customs authorities and market supervisory authorities on the external borders in order to carry out adequate checks on products entering the Union and desires the Commission’s role to be strengthened in this respect; welcomes the excellent cooperation between the European Parliament, the Commission and the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission in the field of product safety; welcomes the cooperation which is gradually being set up between the IMCO Committee and countries such as India and China on this issue; considers that such cooperation should be strengthened and extended to other partners while negotiating trade agreements;
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Notes that public procurement accounts for a significant and growing share of global GDP, and furthermore offers untapped new growth opportunities for innovative businesses; regrets that the public procurement markets of the EU’s major trading partners are not as openparticularly closed, and calls on the Commission to promote, increased access for EU compan contacts with our trade partners, symmetrical access for EU companies to public procurement in those countries;
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Recalls the importance of direct foreign investment for the European economy; suggests, nevertheless, that is would be desirable to launch a debate at European level on the advisability of, and need for, evaluation of the impact of such investments in the single market in order to avoid, if necessary, the damaging consequences of such investments on European innovation and know-how;