Activities of Godelieve QUISTHOUDT-ROWOHL
Plenary speeches (62)
EC-Israel Agreement on Scientific and Technical Cooperation
EU policy towards South Caucusus
Implementation of framework programmes 2002-2006 (research)
Change to the agenda
European Research Area (Multiannual Framework Programme 2002-2006)
Biotechnology industry
Research guidelines 2002 – 2006
Vote
Votes
EC-China scientific and technological cooperation agreement
EC-Russia scientific and technological cooperation agreement
State of the Louise Weiss building
Generalised tariff preferences for the period from 1 January 2009 to 31 December 2011 (debate)
Towards a common European foreign policy on energy (debate)
EU economic and trade relations with Russia (vote)
EU economic and trade relations with Russia (debate)
The European Union's Generalised System of Preferences (debate)
Suspension of negotiations on the Doha Development Agenda (DDA) (debate)
WTO Ministerial Conference in Hong Kong
Compulsory licensing for pharmaceutical patents
EU policy on Africa
Amendment of certain regulations relating to the common commercial policy as regards the granting of delegated and implementing powers for the adoption of certain measures - Amendment of certain regulations relating to the common commercial policy as regards the procedures for the adoption of certain measures (debate)
Amendment of certain regulations relating to the common commercial policy as regards the granting of delegated and implementing powers for the adoption of certain measures - Amendment of certain regulations relating to the common commercial policy as regards the procedures for the adoption of certain measures (debate)
EU trade and investment agreement negotiations with the US (debate)
Granting delegated powers for the adoption of certain measures relating to the common commercial policy (debate)
Measures to protect the EU market from unusually low priced imports of Chinese origin, especially photovoltaic panels (debate)
Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement between the EU and its Member States, Australia, Canada, Japan, the Republic of Korea, Mexico, Morocco, New Zealand, Singapore, Switzerland and the USA (debate)
Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement between the EU and its Member States, Australia, Canada, Japan, the Republic of Korea, Mexico, Morocco, New Zealand, Singapore, Switzerland and the USA (debate)
EU trade agreement with Colombia and Peru (debate)
Autonomous tariff quota for imports of high-quality beef (debate)
Autonomous tariff quota for imports of high-quality beef (debate)
Common commercial policy (debate)
Common commercial policy (debate)
EU-US summit of 28 November 2011 (debate)
Ongoing Doha negotiations (debate)
Transitional arrangements for bilateral investment agreements between Member States and third countries (debate)
Upcoming EU-US summit and Transatlantic Economic Council - EU-US Data Protection Agreement (debate)
Instrument for Stability - Financing instrument for development cooperation - Financing instrument for the promotion of democracy and human rights worldwide - Financing instrument for cooperation with industrialised countries - Financing instrument for development cooperation (debate)
Trade and economic relations with Turkey (debate)
Composition of political groups DE
EU-China relations (debate) DE
Recommendations for opening of negotiations between the EU and the US (debate) DE
EU-Singapore Free Trade Agreement - EU-Singapore Free Trade Agreement (resolution) - EU-Singapore Investment Protection Agreement - EU-Singapore Investment Protection Agreement (resolution) - EU-Singapore Partnership and Cooperation Agreement - EU-Singapore Partnership and Cooperation Agreement (resolution) (debate) DE
Annual report on human rights and democracy in the world 2017 and the European Union’s policy on the matter (debate) DE
Commission Work Programme 2019 (debate) DE
State of EU-US relations (debate) DE
Further macro-financial assistance to Ukraine (debate)
US tariffs in the steel and aluminium sector and the EU's response (debate) DE
Implementation of the conflict minerals regulation - Conflict minerals accompanying measures (debate)
US decision to impose tariffs on steel and aluminium (debate) DE
Gender equality in EU trade agreements (debate) DE
Control of exports, transfer, brokering, technical assistance and transit of dual-use items (debate) DE
Annual report on human rights and democracy in the world 2016 and the EU policy on the matter (debate) DE
Annual report on human rights and democracy in the world 2016 and the EU policy on the matter (debate) DE
Negotiating mandate for trade negotiations with Australia - Negotiating mandate for trade negotiations with New Zealand (debate) DE
EU priorities for the UN Human Rights Council sessions in 2017 (debate) DE
EU-Canada Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement - Conclusion of the EU-Canada CETA - EU-Canada Strategic Partnership Agreement (debate) DE
Annual Report on human rights and democracy in the world and the European Union’s policy on the matter 2015 (debate) DE
EC-Uzbekistan Partnership and Cooperation Agreement and bilateral trade in textiles - EC-Uzbekistan Partnership and Cooperation Agreement and bilateral trade in textiles (resolution) (debate) DE
Expansion of trade in Information Technology Products (ITA) (A8-0186/2016 - Godelieve Quisthoudt-Rowohl) (vote) DE
Negotiations for the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) (debate) DE
Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) (debate) DE
Reports (16)
Report on the proposal for a Council Decision concluding the Agreement for scientific and technical cooperation between the European Community and the State of Israel - Committee on Research, Technological Development and Energy PDF (23 KB)
Report on the joint text, approved by the Conciliation Committee, for a European Parliament and Council Decision concerning the fifth framework programme of the European Community for research, technological development and demonstration activities (1998-2002) - Parliament Delegation to the Conciliation Committee PDF (29 KB)
Recommendation for second reading on the common position adopted by the Council with a view to adopting a European Parliament and Council Decision concerning the fifth framework programme of the European Community for research, technological development and demonstration activities (1998-2002) - Committee on Research, Technological Development and Energy PDF (66 KB)
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Report on the proposal for a Council Decision concerning the fifth framework programme of the European Atomic Energy Community (Euratom) for research and training (1998-2002) - Committee on Research, Technological Development and Energy PDF (192 KB)
Report on the proposal for a Council decision concerning the conclusion of the Agreement on Scientific and Technical Cooperation between the Europea Community and the State of Israel - Committee on Industry, External Trade, Research and Energy PDF (145 KB) DOC (53 KB)
Report on the amended proposal for a Council Decision concerning the rules for the participation of undertakings, research centres and universities in the implementation of the framework programme 2002-2006 of the European Atomic Energy Community (Euratom) - Committee on Industry, External Trade, Research and Energy PDF (216 KB) DOC (161 KB)
Report on the amended proposal for a European Parliament and Council decision concerning the rules for the participation of undertakings, research centres and universities and for the dissemination of research results for the implementation of the European Community framework programme 2002-2006 - Committee on Industry, External Trade, Research and Energy PDF (270 KB) DOC (212 KB)
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REPORT Report on EU economic and trade relations with Russia PDF (273 KB) DOC (221 KB)
RECOMMENDATION FOR SECOND READING on the Council position at first reading with a view to the adoption of a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending certain regulations relating to the common commercial policy as regards the procedures for the adoption of certain measures PDF (166 KB) DOC (72 KB)
REPORT on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending certain regulations relating to the common commercial policy as regards the procedures for the adoption of certain measures PDF (883 KB) DOC (1 MB)
REPORT on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Regulation (EC) No 617/2009 opening an autonomous tariff quota for imports of high-quality beef PDF (208 KB) DOC (229 KB)
REPORT on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the apportionment of tariff rate quotas included in the WTO schedule of the Union following the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the Union and amending Council Regulation (EC) No 32/2000 PDF (756 KB) DOC (100 KB)
REPORT on the Annual Report on Human Rights and Democracy in the World 2016 and the European Union’s policy on the matter PDF (1 MB) DOC (145 KB)
RECOMMENDATION on the draft Council decision on the conclusion, on behalf of the European Union, of an agreement in the form of the Declaration on the Expansion of Trade in Information Technology Products (ITA) PDF (347 KB) DOC (72 KB)
Shadow reports (18)
RECOMMENDATION on the draft Council decision authorising Member States to ratify, in the interests of the European Union, the Arms Trade Treaty PDF (168 KB) DOC (66 KB)
RECOMMENDATION on the draft Council decision on the conclusion of a revised Memorandum of Understanding with the United States of America Regarding the Importation of Beef from Animals Not Treated with Certain Growth-Promoting Hormones and Increased Duties Applied by the United States to Certain Products of the European Union PDF (157 KB) DOC (66 KB)
RECOMMENDATION FOR SECOND READING on the Council position at first reading with a view to the adoption of a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending certain regulations relating to the common commercial policy as regards the granting of delegated and implementing powers for the adoption of certain measures PDF (157 KB) DOC (69 KB)
RECOMMENDATION FOR SECOND READING on the Council position at first reading with a view to the adoption of a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council providing macro- financial assistance to the Kyrgyz Republic PDF (142 KB) DOC (61 KB)
REPORT on the first annual report from the Commission to the European Parliament on the activities of Member States’ Export Credit Agencies PDF (165 KB) DOC (93 KB)
RECOMMENDATION on the draft Council decision on the conclusion of the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Union and the United States of America pursuant to Article XXIV:6 and Article XXVIII of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) 1994 relating to the modification of concessions in the schedules of the Republic of Bulgaria and Romania in the course of their accession to the European Union PDF (141 KB) DOC (62 KB)
REPORT on trade and economic relations with the United States PDF (170 KB) DOC (103 KB)
REPORT on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Regulation (EC) No 774/94 opening and providing for the administration of certain Community tariff quotas for high-quality beef, and for pigmeat, poultrymeat, wheat and meslin, and brans, sharps and other residues PDF (167 KB) DOC (199 KB)
REPORT on the proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council on providing macro-financial assistance to the Kyrgyz Republic PDF (145 KB) DOC (171 KB)
REPORT on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending certain regulations relating to the common commercial policy as regards the granting of delegated powers for the adoption of certain measures PDF (311 KB) DOC (465 KB)
RECOMMENDATION FOR SECOND READING on the Council position at first reading with a view to the adoption of a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Regulation (EC) No 1934/2006 establishing a financing instrument for cooperation with industrialised and other high-income countries and territories PDF (214 KB) DOC (152 KB)
REPORT Report on trade and economic relations with Turkey PDF (163 KB) DOC (95 KB)
REPORT on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EC) No 1934/2006 establishing a financing instrument for cooperation with industrialised and other high-income countries and territories PDF (371 KB) DOC (373 KB)
REPORT on the Annual Report on human rights and democracy in the world and the European Union’s policy on the matter 2015 PDF (1 MB) DOC (175 KB)
RECOMMENDATION on the draft Council decision on the conclusion of a Protocol to the Partnership and Cooperation Agreement establishing a partnership between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Uzbekistan, of the other part, amending the Agreement in order to extend the provisions of the Agreement to bilateral trade in textiles, taking account of the expiry of the bilateral textiles Agreement PDF (451 KB) DOC (55 KB)
REPORT containing a motion for a non-legislative resolution on the draft Council decision on the conclusion of a Protocol to the Partnership and Cooperation Agreement establishing a partnership between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Uzbekistan, of the other part, amending the Agreement in order to extend the provisions of the Agreement to bilateral trade in textiles, taking account of the expiry of the bilateral textiles Agreement PDF (437 KB) DOC (58 KB)
REPORT on ‘Human rights and technology: the impact of intrusion and surveillance systems on human rights in third countries’ PDF (162 KB) DOC (113 KB)
REPORT containing the European Parliament’s recommendations to the European Commission on the negotiations for the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) PDF (392 KB) DOC (367 KB)
Opinions (7)
OPINION The state of Transatlantic Relations in the aftermathc of the US elections
OPINION Macro-economic impact of the increase in the price of energy (2006/2247(INI)
OPINION Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restrictions of Chemicals (REACH), establishing a European Chemicals Agency and amending Directive 1999/45/EC and Regulation (EC) {on Persistent Organic Pollutants}
OPINION on trade for change: EU trade and investment strategy for the Southern Mediterranean following the Arab Spring revolutions
OPINION on EU-Agriculture and International Trade
OPINION on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 480/2009 establishing a Guarantee Fund for external actions
OPINION on the implementation of the 2010 recommendations of Parliament on social and environmental standards, human rights and corporate responsibility
Shadow opinions (9)
OPINION on Global Economic Governance
OPINION on the effects of the global financial and economic crisis on developing countries and on development cooperation
OPINION on the implementation of the GSP Regulation (EU) No 978/2012
OPINION on the state of EU-US relations
OPINION on the draft Council decision on the conclusion, on behalf of the Union, of the Enhanced Partnership and Cooperation Agreement between the European Union and its Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Kazakhstan, of the other part
OPINION on a motion for a non-legislative resolution on the draft Council decision on the conclusion, on behalf of the Union, of the Enhanced Partnership and Cooperation Agreement between the European Union and its Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Kazakhstan, of the other part
OPINION on the impact of international trade and the EU’s trade policies on global value chains
OPINION on transparency, accountability and integrity in the EU institutions
OPINION on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Regulation (EC) No 1236/2005 concerning trade in certain goods which could be used for capital punishment, torture or other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment
Institutional motions (7)
DRAFT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the EU’s input to a UN Binding Instrument on transnational corporations and other business enterprises with transnational characteristics with respect to human rights PDF (337 KB) DOC (50 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on EU priorities for the UN Human Rights Council sessions in 2017 PDF (395 KB) DOC (66 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on EU priorities for the UN Human Rights Council sessions in 2017 PDF (286 KB) DOC (54 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on conclusion of the EU-Canada CETA PDF (270 KB) DOC (52 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on China’s market economy status PDF (273 KB) DOC (73 KB)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the crime of aggression PDF (133 KB) DOC (64 KB)
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the crime of aggression PDF (125 KB) DOC (54 KB)
Oral questions (3)
Commission's answers to written questions PDF (205 KB) DOC (19 KB)
Commission's answers to Written Questions PDF DOC
GSP+ (Generalised Scheme of Preferences) and compliance with Minimum Age Convention: case of Bolivia PDF (195 KB) DOC (27 KB)
Written questions (10)
Columbian anti-dumping measures on EU frozen fries PDF (43 KB) DOC (19 KB)
CETA - tariff-rate quotas on Canadian imports of European cheese PDF (104 KB) DOC (18 KB)
State of play of the negotiations for a Comprehensive Agreement on Investments with China PDF (101 KB) DOC (18 KB)
Bus services in local public transport PDF (6 KB) DOC (16 KB)
New rules governing payments to offset the cost of reduced-rate local public transport passes for schoolchildren PDF (7 KB) DOC (16 KB)
The Norwegian and EEA Financial Mechanism Agreements for 2014-2021 and the Norwegian fish trade protocol for 2014-2021 PDF (197 KB) DOC (18 KB)
Legal effect of TTIP in the US - free market access in the case of 'mutual recognition'? PDF (102 KB) DOC (25 KB)
VP/HR - The case of President Omar al-Bashir before the International Criminal Court PDF (197 KB) DOC (26 KB)
European Medicines Agency (EMA) Transparency Policy/0070 PDF (102 KB) DOC (25 KB)
Import VAT PDF (5 KB) DOC (23 KB)
Amendments (766)
Amendment 28 #
2018/2154(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas, outside the territory of the EU, PMSCs have been accused of engaging in a number of human rights violations and incidents resulting in loss of life; whereas such incidents vary across time and country and amount in some cases to serious violations of international humanitarian law, including war crimes; whereas some of these cases have been prosecuted;
Amendment 43 #
2018/2154(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
Amendment 49 #
2018/2154(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
Amendment 52 #
2018/2154(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
Amendment 55 #
2018/2154(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
Amendment 59 #
2018/2154(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
Amendment 66 #
2018/2154(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
Amendment 70 #
2018/2154(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
Amendment 75 #
2018/2154(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital J
Recital J
Amendment 81 #
2018/2154(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital K
Recital K
Amendment 86 #
2018/2154(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital L
Recital L
Amendment 98 #
2018/2154(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital M
Recital M
Amendment 105 #
2018/2154(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital O
Recital O
Amendment 110 #
2018/2154(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital P
Recital P
Amendment 113 #
2018/2154(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital Q
Recital Q
Q. whereas the Montreux Document is the first major document to define how international law applies to PMSCs; whereas 54 states support the Montreux Document; whereas the EU endorsed the Montreux Document on 27 July 2012; whereas the International Code of Conduct for Private Security Service Providers (ICoC) defines industry standards; whereas the EU contributes in the context of the Human Rights Council to the possible development of an international regulatory framework;
Amendment 114 #
2018/2154(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital Q a (new)
Recital Q a (new)
Qa. whereas the International Code of Conduct for Private Security Providers' Association (ICoCA) has the aim of promoting, managing and supervising the implementation of the ICoC and encouraging the responsible provision of security services and respect for human rights and national and international law, but whereas affiliation to ICoCA is brought about by a voluntary act, accompanied by a payment, and the high membership charges do not permit all private security companies to become members;
Amendment 117 #
2018/2154(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital R
Recital R
R. whereas initiatives such as the Montreux Document and the ICoC have helped to clarify and raise awareness of states’ obligations with respect to PMSCs; whereas these initiatives are non-binding and voluntary, with no significant penalty for non-compliance or for the commission of human rights violations, beyond being expelled from the International Code of Conduct for Private Security Service Providers’ Association and losing out on valuable contracts;
Amendment 130 #
2018/2154(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Notes that PMSCs play an important complementary role in aiding a state’s military and civilian agencies by closing capability gaps created by increasing demand for the use of forces abroad; underlines, however, that no activities should be outsourced to PSCs that would involve the use of force and/or active participation in hostilities, except for self-defence, and under no circumstances should PMSCs be allowed to take part in or conduct interrogations; points out that the work of armed forces and security forces abroad is of fundamental value for peace- keeping and conflict prevention, as well as for the social reconstruction and national reconciliation that follows;
Amendment 144 #
2018/2154(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Expresses its concern aton the proliferation of PMSCs worldwide and the impact of the activitiespossible impact of PMSCs on the enjoyment of human rights in conflict and war zones; is alarmed by serious violations of human rights and international humanitarian law possibly linked to the activities of PMSCs and the lack of accountability for many abuses;
Amendment 147 #
2018/2154(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
Amendment 152 #
2018/2154(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Stresses that the existing regulatory gaps create potential risks to various fundamental human rights, such as the right to security, the right to life, the prohibition of the arbitrary deprivation of liberty, the prohibition of torture, cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment and the right of victims to effective remedies; recalls that accountability and oversight mechanisms are crucial in order to ensure that the potential benefits of PMSCs are fully obtained;
Amendment 178 #
2018/2154(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Highlights the importance of regular independent monitoring, including through randomised field visits, to ensure oversight and put an immediate end to abuse; calls on the European External Action Service (EEAS) delegations in countries where PMSCs are operating to monitor their activities and provide regular feedback on their actions;
Amendment 194 #
2018/2154(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Considers that certain human rights abuses can be so serious that onlyonly be tackled via judicial remedies, including criminal sanctions, awhere appropriate;
Amendment 198 #
2018/2154(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Calls on the Human Rights Council to form a special committee to investigate the most serious crimes committed by PMSCs’ employ under its established committees;
Amendment 202 #
2018/2154(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Calls on the International Criminal Court (ICC) to investigate grave human rights abuses committed by PMSCs’ employees when the relevant State Party to the Rome Statute of the ICC is unable or unwilling to investigate or prosecute;
Amendment 215 #
2018/2154(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Underlines the importance of ensuring that no gaps exist in protection from human rights abuses; sees a need to improve regulation of PMSCs so as to close any existing gaps; recommends that the definition of PMSC be clarified before effective regulation of their activities is introduced, as the lack of such a definition can create legislative loopholes; believes that as a first step, the EU should define relevant military and security services in a precise way;
Amendment 228 #
2018/2154(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Emphasises that such a framework should, as a minimum, impose clearly defined human rights obligations on PMSCs, including mandatory human rights training, make a distinction between private military activity and private security activity, limit the use of force and firearms in the course of duty, establish civil liability of individuals and corporate actors, as well as laying down a requirement for civil liability insurance for risks related to the activities of PMSCs, call for penal accountability of personnel responsible for violations, provide effective access to remedies for victims, set out dissuasive penalties for violations by PMSCs, provide for independent monitoring of PMSCs' activities and for oversight by the authorities, and require a vetting mechanism to ensure that personnel are properly trained and comply with international human rights and humanitarian law standards;
Amendment 14 #
2018/2107(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. WStates that GSP has proved to be an important tool for the promotion and protection of core human rights and principles of sustainable development; welcomes the acknowledgement of the need to enhance transparency and accountability by the participation of civil society in monitoring the effective implementation of human rights commitments set out in international conventions; calls on the Commission to consider establishing joint oversight commissions or domestic advisory groups with the participation of local civil society and trade union representativesmore permanent structures for civil society involvement;
Amendment 19 #
2018/2107(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Recalls that the full potential of the GSP+ scheme to improve the situation with regard to workers’ rights, promotion of gender equality and abolition of child labour and forced labour can only be fulfilled if monitoring of effective implementation of obligations under the 27 conventions is improved and the incentive of trade preferences is accompanied by other support measures;
Amendment 36 #
2018/2107(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Commission to lay down specific objectives and benchmarks with regard to the effective implementation of international conventions and, as suitable, to include these systematically in the human rights country strategy papers with a view to ensuring consistency and the mainstreaming of human rights into trade policypolicy coherence;
Amendment 48 #
2018/2107(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
Amendment 55 #
2018/2107(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the Commission to addressensure that conditions on labour standards apply in Export Processing Zones by establishing a long-term road map with equally as in other partner countries concerneds of beneficiary country territories;
Amendment 59 #
2018/2107(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Supports more engagement with least developed countries under the Everything But Arms scheme with regard to preventing and addressing cases of serious and systematic violation of human rights; notes that the threat of withdrawal of tradeconsiders that any suspension of preferences may iust be taken witself not be a sufficient measure to promote real compliance with international human rights principles.h full coherence with the overarching objective of poverty alleviation and that if partial suspension is chosen as a method, this should be designed to minimise the negative effects for the local population;
Amendment 177 #
2018/2098(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Reaffirms that freedom of thought, conscience, religion and belief, and the rights to apostasy and to espouse atheistic views, must be enhanced unconditionally through interreligious and intercultural dialogue; condemns the persecution of and attacks against ethnic and religious groups such as Christian minorities in 2017; deplores the attempts by state actors to limit freedom of religion and belief and freedom of expression by adopting and implementing blasphemy laws, among other means; requests that further action be taken to protect religious minorities, non-believers and atheists, including the victims of blasphemy laws, and calls for the EU and its Member States to increase their engagement in political discussions to repeal such laws; supportsacknowledges and fully supports the Special Envoy for the promotion of freedom of religion or belief outside the EU’s efforts to implement the Guidelines on the promotion and protection of freedom of religion or belief;
Amendment 288 #
2018/2098(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Calls on the EU and its Member States to establish full transparency as regards the funds allocated to third countries for cooperation on migration and to ensure that such cooperation should not benefit, either directly or indirectly, security, police and justice systems involved in human rights violations; warns against the instrumentalisation of EU foreign policy as ‘migration management’ and emphasises that all attempts to work with third countries on migration must go hand in hand with improving human rights conditions within these countries; calls on the Commission to continue to treat the protection and promotion of the rights of migrants and refugees as a priority in its policies; insists on the need to develop and better implement protection frameworks for migrants; calls for the European Parliament to have oversight of migration agreements;
Amendment 313 #
2018/2098(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Encourages all countries, including the Member States, and the EU to engage in the negotiations to adopt a legally binding international human rights instrument for transnational corporations and other companies with respect to human rights, through active participation in the UN-established open-ended intergovernmental working group; welcomes the adoption of the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (UNGPs) and calls for their universal applicationurges all countries to implement these principles; recognises the major importance of the UN Global Compact and the National Action Plans on Business and Human Rights; encourages companies to exercise due diligence; calls on all countries to swiftly implement the UNGPs and guarantee that businesses in their jurisdictions abide by human rights and social labour standards; encourages all countries to tackle companies which use raw materials or other commodities originating from conflict zones; reiterates its call to include the rules of corporate liability for human rights violations into trade and investment agreementall countries to tackle companies which use raw materials or other commodities originating from conflict zones; emphasises that the victims of business- related human rights abuses should be guaranteed effective access to remedies;
Amendment 5 #
2018/2005(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 11
Citation 11
– having regard to its position at first reading of 15 November 2017 with a view to the adoption of Regulation (EU) 2017/…2321 of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EU) 2016/1036 on protection against dumped imports from countries not members of the European Union and Regulation (EU) 2016/1037 on protection against subsidised imports from countries not members of the European Union3, __________________ 3 Texts adopted, P8_TA- PROV(2017)0437OJ L 338/1, 19.12.2017, p 1.
Amendment 12 #
2018/2005(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital -A (new)
Recital -A (new)
-A. whereas the share of World population living in extreme poverty has decreased significantly from 44 percent in 1980 to 10 percent in 2015;
Amendment 15 #
2018/2005(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas global income inequality levels have remained at historic highshas decreased throughout the 21st century, while in-country income inequality have risen, while in 2014 the average Gini coefficient of disposable household income reached the highest value on record in the last 30 years;
Amendment 25 #
2018/2005(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas ‘open and fair trade’ and investment policies need a range of effective flanking policies in order to maximise the gains and minimise the losses of trade liberaliszation and other trends caused by technology shifts for the EU and for third countries’ populations and economies;
Amendment 48 #
2018/2005(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Notes that the benefits of globalisation are unequally distributed between regions and within societies; notes that this is a, together with technology shifts such as automisation and digitalisation are reasons for the rising scepticism or rejection of globalisation within societies; points out, however that about 80 percent of the decline in manufacturing employment is caused by technology shifts; notes that the financial and economic crises had a particularly negative effect on mid-range incomes in advanced economies; expresses the view that the combination of a declining middle class, citizens’ fears over losing their social and economic position, and scepticism towards globalisation, can result in nationalist and authoritarian tendencies, which then lead to the promotion of protectionism as an easy answer to common fears;
Amendment 77 #
2018/2005(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Points out that increasing protectionism in the United States and beyond, as well as the lack of consideration for the needs and expectations of developing countries in international agreements, shows the weakness of the WTOwill test the strength the WTO and the rules-based trading system; underlines the lackneed of integration of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in the world trade agenda;
Amendment 97 #
2018/2005(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Notes thatWelcomes further strengthening the EU’s internal market as well as consolidating the economic union is vitaland considers these as vital priorities, since a solid internal market is a prerequisite for the successful implementation of international strategies; points out that being internationally competitive depends strongly on shaping digitalisation and automisation successfully and in a socially responsible manner; notes that the shift to renewable energies needs to happen as soon as possible;
Amendment 104 #
2018/2005(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Considers that the opportunities and challenges that globalisation entails as well as recent actions by certain third countries should be met with an EU trade policy that favours open and free trade with transparent rules, a strong multilateral system within the WTO and a complementing agenda of ambitious and comprehensive bilateral agreements on trade and investment;
Amendment 118 #
2018/2005(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Notes that the recent reform of EU trade defence instruments must be checked regarding its capacity as a protective measure against arbitrary protectionism, on top of its ability to protect against dumpingConsiders that EU trade defence instruments should protect against injury caused by dumping and subsidies in an effective and proportionate manner;
Amendment 125 #
2018/2005(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Notes that, as a reply to globalisation-induced job losses, a reformMember States' measures of training and labour market policies should be the primary tool; considers also that the effectiveness of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund is needshould be evaluated;
Amendment 137 #
2018/2005(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Calls on the Commission to meet scepticism towards globalisation with a credible initiative onfacts and strengthening transparency;
Amendment 144 #
2018/2005(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Calls on the Commission to incluconsider sustainability-related measures i as an eovery chapter of trade agreements and not to reduce them to one toothless chapterarching principle for the entirety of trade agreements and include a specific chapter that fosters cooperation between the parties on internationally agreed principles and conventions;
Amendment 172 #
2018/2005(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Points out that the ratification and implementation of the ILO’s core labour standards must be a precondition for the implementation of any agreementby third countries should be priority in trade negotiations; notes that organised civil society and social partners should be included in the formative stages of agreements, the implementation phase and the monitoring phase after implementation via bilateral meetings with the negotiating partners; notes that in case of a breach of the sustainability provisions of an agreement, thee importance of a well-functioning dispute settlement mechanism must be in case of a breacchessible to civil society as well as the negotiating partners of the sustainability provisions of an agreement;
Amendment 205 #
2018/2005(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Notes that free, fairrules-based and sustainable trade is economically desirable and has vital political implications; notes that it is important for Europe to use trade as an instrument for the promotion of democratic and sustainable development in the states of the Eastern Partnership as well as the African states;
Amendment 46 #
2018/0093M(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Stresses the economic and strategic importance of this agreement, as Singapore is a hub for the entire ASEAN region and as this will avoid EU exporters being at a competitive disadvantage in respect of businesses from the other CPTPP and RCEP countries; Welcomes, that the conclusion of this agreement, as part of a global EU-free trade agenda will not only bring major benefits to consumers, but also to employers, not least due to advantages of international division of labour and higher wealth.
Amendment 110 #
2018/0093M(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Calls on the Commission to trigger the general review clause of the agreement as soon as possible in order to strengthen the enforceability of labour and environmental provisions including through a sanctions-based mechanism as a last resortin due course;
Amendment 126 #
2018/0091M(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Highlights the fact that the agreement includes the commitment to pursue the ratification of fundamental ILO conventions; regrets that Japan has not yet ratified two ILO core conventions (on discrimination and on the abolition of forced labour) and expects, in light of commitments made in the EPA, concrete progress on the part of Japan towards the ratification of these conventions;
Amendment 140 #
2018/0091M(NLE)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Welcomes the inclusion of a review clause in the chapter on trade and sustainable development and calls on the Commission to trigger this clause as soon as possible in order to strengthen the enforceability and effectiveness of labour and environmental provisions, which should include the possibility of sanctions as a last resort;
Amendment 64 #
2017/2274(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Reiterates support for a bilateral investment agreement between the EU and Taiwan; recognizes that Taiwan is not only one of the EU’s major trading partners in East Asia but also a springboard to China for EU businesses, and such an agreement is in the interest of the EU and its Member States;
Amendment 1 #
2017/2271(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. NEmphasises that the EU-US trade and investment relationship is the largest in the world and is based on shared values as well as on far more than half a century of collaboration; notes that the US was the largest market for EU exports and the second- largest source of EU imports in 2017; notes that there are differences in the trade deficits and surpluses between the EU and the US for trade in goods, trade in services, digital trade and foreign direct investment;
Amendment 7 #
2017/2271(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Calls on the Commission to develop a unified approach to the future trade relations with the US and in particular to explore the possibility of a trade agreement mainly concentrated on tariffs between the EU and the US in order to reduce barriers on both sides;
Amendment 13 #
2017/2271(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Reiterates its support for the WTO’s role within the multilateral system; calls on the Commission to work with the US on a positive common response to the current institutional and systemic challenges;
Amendment 19 #
2017/2271(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on the Commission to engage with other WTO members to ensure the proper functioning of the WTO Dispute Settlement System and to explore ways of reforming it in order to overcome the current impasse on filling the vacancies in the Appellate Body, if necessary excluding the US;
Amendment 60 #
2017/2271(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Calls on the Commission to cooperate with the US in strengthening the efforts to fight steel overcapacity within the framework of the G20 Global Forum in order to exploit the huge potential of multilateral action.
Amendment 61 #
2017/2271(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Highlights that the EU-US relationship is the fundamental guarantor for global stability and has been the cornerstone of our efforts to ensure peace and stability for our societies since the end of the Second World War, and stronger multilateral economic cooperation and trade; believes that the ‘America first’ policy will harm the interests of both the EU and the US; stresses that protectionism should be avoided in the interest of all parties;
Amendment 80 #
2017/2271(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Is concerned about the diverging views on addressing global issues and regional conflicts that have appeared since the election of President Trumpespecially since 2017; seeks clarity as to whether the transatlantic relationship, which was defined over decades, still has the same relevance today; stresses that the values-based overarching framework of our partnership is essential to securing the architecture of the global economy and security;
Amendment 128 #
2017/2271(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Welcomes the ongoing and uninterrupted work of the TLD in fostering EU-US relations through parliamentary dialogue and coordination on issues of specific common interest, such as trade, security, economic and cultural issues; calls furthermore for a continued intensification of the dialogue and a strengthening of the transatlantic cooperation;
Amendment 133 #
2017/2271(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Recalls that both in the EU and the US, our societies are strong because they are built on a plurality of actors, including among others our governments, parliaments, various political institutions, civil society organisations, media and religious groups; highlights that we should foster links across the Atlantic to promote the merits of our transatlantic partnership, including by allocating appropriate funding, at different levels and not only focusing on the East and West Coasts;
Amendment 198 #
2017/2271(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Stresses the importance of cooperation, coordination and synergy effects in the field of security and defence and insists that burden sharing should not be solely focused on the target of spending 2 % of GDP on defence; states that NATO is still crucial for the collective defence of Europe and its allies;
Amendment 210 #
2017/2271(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Calls on the EU to strengthen and speed up the European Defence Union with a view to creating more synergies in defence spending; insists that more defence cooperation at EU level strengthens the European contribution within the NATO alliance and reinforces our transatlantic bond; supports, therefore, the recent efforts to step up the European defence architecture, including the European Defence Fund and the newly established Permanent Structured Cooperation (PESCO) as well as expanding efforts of common European Defence Research in close cooperation with non-EU members of NATO;
Amendment 218 #
2017/2271(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Reiterates the need for the EU and the US to enhance their cooperation in the field of cybersecurity and defence as well as ICT-security and strengthening of safety efforts to protect critical infrastructure including advancing common standards and stimulating compatibility and interoperability;
Amendment 229 #
2017/2271(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Underlines the need for a common approach to regulating digital platforms and to increasing their accountability as well as their adherence to copyright and the rights of the rightholders;
Amendment 234 #
2017/2271(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19a. Stresses the need for proper negotiations regarding standardisation especially in the context of the increasingly rapid developments of technology, especially in the IT area;
Amendment 235 #
2017/2271(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Emphasises that an important part of strengthening EU-US counter-terrorism efforts includes the protection of critical infrastructure as well as a comprehensive approach to fighting terrorism, also via coordination in global forumregional, multilateral, and global forums as well as to promote the exchange of data relating to terrorist activities;
Amendment 244 #
2017/2271(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20a. Calls for the stipulation of a political and societal dialogue balancing anonymity and responsibility in social media in the context of hate speech and fake news phenomena, cybercrime, extremist propaganda, and the infringement of the electoral process in social media;
Amendment 316 #
2017/2271(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
Paragraph 27
27. Is concerned about US security and trade policy in East and Southeast Asia, including the political vacuum resulting from its TPP withdrawal, and welcomes the active trade policy of the EU in this part of the world, also for sake of political balance, this also applies to the TTIP or similar EU-US efforts;
Amendment 345 #
2017/2271(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31
Paragraph 31
31. Reiterates that we have sharedcommon interests in Africa where we must coordinate and intensify our support for good governance, democracy, human rights and security issueefforts regarding stable good governance with respect of democracy, economy with respect to internationally agreed standards for sustainability and the protection of the environment as well as regarding human rights and security issues on local, regional, and multinational levels;
Amendment 363 #
2017/2271(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32
Paragraph 32
32. Points to our common political, economic and security interests with regard to China and Russia and recalls that joint efforts, including atespecially through the appointment of judges in the WTO, could be helpful to address imbalances in global trade deals with foreign ambitions, as on Ukraine and on the silk road;
Amendment 17 #
2017/2122(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 13 a (new)
Citation 13 a (new)
- having regard to the international protection of the Freedom of Religion or Belief afforded by Article 18 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Article 18 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, the 1981 Declaration on the Elimination of all Forms of Intolerance and of Discrimination based on Religion or Belief, Article 9 of the European Convention on Human Rights and Article 10 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union,
Amendment 18 #
2017/2122(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 13 b (new)
Citation 13 b (new)
- having regard to the Conclusions on Intolerance, Discrimination and Violence on the Basis of Religion or Belief, adopted by the Council on 21 February 2011,
Amendment 19 #
2017/2122(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 15 a (new)
Citation 15 a (new)
- having regard to the UN-Protocol to prevent, suppress and punish trafficking in persons especially women and children, supplementing the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime and the Council of Europe Convention on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings,
Amendment 112 #
2017/2122(INI)
7. Expresses grave concern about the increasing number of attacks against religious minorities, in particular Christians, which are often committed by non-state actors such as ISIS/Daesh; deplores the fact that many countries have and enforce anti-conversion and blasphemy laws, which effectively limit and even deprive religious minorities and atheists from their freedom of religion or belief; calls for the EU and its Member States to step up their efforts to enhance respect for freedom of thought, conscience, religion and belief and to promote interreligious dialogue when engaging with third countries; requests concrete action towards the effective implementation of the EU Guidelines on the promotion and protection of freedom of religion or belief, including by ensuring the systematic and consistent training of EU staff at headquarters and in delegations; supports fully the EU practice of taking the lead on thematic resolutions on freedom of religion and belief at the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) and the UN General Assembly (UNGA); supports fully the work of the EU Special Envoy for the Promotion of Freedom of Religion or Belief outside the EU, Mr Ján Figel; reiterates the call for the institutionalization of this mandate within the EEAS;
Amendment 124 #
2017/2122(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Reiterates the fact that freedom of expression online and offline is a vital component of any democratic society, as it nourishes a culture of pluralism that empowers civil society and citizens to hold their governments and decision-makers to account, and supports respect for the rule of law; emphasizes that restriction of online or offline freedom of expression, such as the removal of online content, is to be exceptional, prescribed by law and justified by the pursuit of a legitimate aim; stresses, therefore, that the EU should intensify its efforts to promote freedom of expression through its external policies and instruments; reiterates its request for the EU and its Member States to enhance their monitoring of all types of restrictions on freedom of expression and the media in third countries and to rapidly and systematically condemn such limitations; emphasiszes the importance of ensuring the effective implementation of the EU Guidelines on Freedom of Expression Online and Offline and of regularly monitoring their impact; welcomes the new European Instrument for Democracy and Human Rights (EIDHR) launched in 2016, with its specific focus on training EU delegations and media actors in third countries on how to apply the Guidelines;
Amendment 137 #
2017/2122(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Is deeply concerned that civil society isand faith-based organizations, including churches, are increasingly under attack worldwide; recalls that independent civil society and autonomous churches plays an essential role in the defence and advancement of human rights and in the functioning of democratic societies; calls for the EU and its Member States to constantly monitor and raise cases of violations of freedom of assembly and association, including the various forms of bans and limitations on civil society organiszations (CSOs), including faith- based organizations and churches, and their activities; calls, in addition, for the EU and its Member States to use all available means, such as human rights dialogues, political dialogues and public diplomacy, to systematically raise individual cases of human rights defenders (HRDs) and civil society activists at risk, particularly those in prison;
Amendment 181 #
2017/2122(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Reaffirms the urgent need for the universal ratification and effective implementation of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child and its Optional Protocols providing children with legal protection before and after birth; requests that the EU systematically consult relevant local and international child rights organisations, and raise, in its political and human rights dialogues with third countries, States Parties’ obligations to implement the Convention; welcomes the Council of Europe Strategy for the Rights of the Child (2016-2021); requests that the EU continue to promote the EU-UNICEF Child Rights Toolkit for integrating child rights in development cooperation through its external delegations, and to train the EU delegation staff adequately in this field; reiterates its request for the Commission to propose a comprehensive children’s rights strategy and action plan for the next five years, in order to prioritise children’s rights within EU external policies; welcomes the fact that under the 2016 Development Cooperation Instrument, resources were allocated to support UN agencies in carrying out measures targeted to children’s rights;
Amendment 184 #
2017/2122(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13 a. Reiterating that trafficking in human beings means their recruitment, transportation, transfer, harbouring or receipt of persons, by means of the threat or use of force or other forms of coercion, of abduction, of fraud, of deception, of the abuse of power or of a position of vulnerability or of the giving or receiving of payments or benefits to achieve the consent of a person having control over another person, for the purpose of exploitation;calls on the EU and the Member States to take measures to discourage the demand that fosters all forms of exploitation of persons, especially women and children, that lead to trafficking;
Amendment 239 #
2017/2122(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Strongly condemns the heinous crimes and human rights violations committed by non-state actors such as Boko Haram in Nigeria and ISIS/Daesh in Syria and Iraq; is horrified at the vast range of crimes committed, including murder, torture, rape, enslavement and sexual slavery, the recruitment of child soldiers, forced religious conversions and the systematic killing of religious minorities, including Christians, Yazidis and others; emphasises that the EU and its Member States should support the prosecution of members of non-state groups such as ISIS/Daesh by seeking a consensus within the UN Security Council to confer jurisdiction to the International Criminal Court (ICC) or to ensure that justice be rendered by means of an ad-hoc tribunal or universal jurisdiction;
Amendment 348 #
2017/2122(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 45
Paragraph 45
45. Notes the Commission’s efforts to fulfil its commitment to including human rights provisions in its impact assessments for legislative and non-legislative proposals, implementing measures and trade and investment agreements; urges the Commission to improve the quality and comprehensiveness of the impact assessments and to ensure the systematic incorporation of human rights issues;
Amendment 6 #
2017/2083(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas, according to the United Nations, 33 of the 497 least- developed countries are in Africa;
Amendment 7 #
2017/2083(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas exports from Africa are dominated by unprocessed products, and whereas a high proportion of these exports are covered by trade preference arrangements and have done nothing to boost industrialisation in the countries concerned; whereas free market access for most African products in combination with supporting the reform and adjustment process can improve the African countries capacities, enhance their competitiveness, and adjust economic structures in order to develop their own competitive trade and regional markets as well as improved participation in global markets;
Amendment 24 #
2017/2083(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital D
Recital D
D. having regard to the failure of the Washington Consensus, which has not made Africa a player in global trade or eradicated povertyct that most African countries still stand a lot to gain from fuller participation in world trade and its potential benefits;
Amendment 30 #
2017/2083(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Calls on the European Union to focus on supporting projects which will have an immediate impacthave a positive impact on sustainable economic growth, beneficial value- and rules-based trade in goods and services, industrialisation and capacity-building, competitiveness, and a high-quality and predictable business climate, and thus on the creation of decent jobs, the fight against poverty, protection of the environment, improving the business climate, the management of public finances, transparency in the management of natural resources (in particular in mining and energy production), and the fight against corruption and illegal capital flows away from the continent;
Amendment 40 #
2017/2083(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Stresses that Aid for Trade represents a vital tool to develop structures and projects for trade, in particular in LDCs and considers that such an initiative should be further increased; furthermore asks the Commission to coordinate its implementation and maximize its effectiveness;
Amendment 58 #
2017/2083(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on the EU to support Africa’s ambitions of creating a genuine intra- African market and avoid taking steps which might hinder these ambitions;
Amendment 89 #
2017/2070(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Points out that the Commission has announced on more than one occasion the launch of negotiations about investment with Hong Kong and Taiwan, and deems it regrettable that no such negotiations have yet begun; urges the Commission to finish the preparatory works and to formally start negotiations on investment agreements as soon as possible;
Amendment 8 #
2017/2035(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital B
Recital B
B. Notes that the EU is Kazakhstan’s main trade and investment partner and that bilateral trade has slowed considerably over the past years; believes that economic diversification, liberalisation, investments in sustainable development, tackling corruption and opening up to foreign direct investment (FDI) could be important means to further develop and strengthen trade and economic relations; calls on the Commission to continue its efforts to assist the Kazakh authorities in implementing the EPCA effectively in these fields;
Amendment 16 #
2017/2035(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital D
Recital D
D. Calls on Kazakhstan not toto fully align its import tariffs with those of the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU), but to push instead for the continued fulfilment of its WTO and Partnership and Cooperation Agreement (PCA) commitments, irrespective of its participation in the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU), in order to avoid costly compensation payments to WTO trading partners;
Amendment 25 #
2017/2035(INI)
Draft opinion
Recital G
Recital G
G. Calls on the Council and the Commission to use the EU’s leverage to continue to pressure the Kazakh authorities to implement the core ILO conventions effectively and to ensure respect for human rights, the rule of law and the role of trade unions.
Amendment 32 #
2017/2015(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas trade policies should aim to reduce socio-economic gaps between the Global North and the Global South in terms of development and wealth, andcan contribute to the development and wealth of women, to reduce gaps between women and men, and realisze women’s rights by ensuring decent work conditions for women and finally by contributing to sustainable and equitable economic development while expanding opportunities for women entrepreneurship, access to apprenticeships and work and employment;
Amendment 39 #
2017/2015(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. Whereas according to a 2017 study of the European Commission almost 12 million women in the EU have jobs that depend on the exports of goods and services to the rest of the world1a; __________________ 1a http://trade.ec.europa.eu/doclib/docs/2017 /june/tradoc_155632.pdf
Amendment 60 #
2017/2015(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas the impacts of trade liberalisation on individuals depends also on their geographical localisation and the sector of their economic activities;
Amendment 89 #
2017/2015(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas a review of current EU multilateral and bilateral agreements shows that only 20 % of the agreements with non-European trading partners make reference to women’s rights, and thatstudy recently published by the Commission shows that a gender gap persists in terms of opportunities for access to jobs and that, in 2011, only 40 38% of these agreements include references that aim to promote gender equality; whereas references in these agreements to promoting women’s empowerment are voluntary and almost all relate to non-trading aspects of the agreementsjobs supported by exports to the rest of the world were occupied by women; whereas another study shows that promoting women’s equality could increase global GDP by USD 28 billion by 2025;
Amendment 96 #
2017/2015(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
Ea. whereas there is a crucial need of recognising and better understanding gender specific impacts of trade liberalisation to deliver adequate policy responses.
Amendment 109 #
2017/2015(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas in the framework of the Generalised Scheme of Preferences (GSP) and GSP+ systems, aim toing at ensureing the ratification and implementation of human and labour rights conventions in developing countries, it is crucial to monitor on a regular basis and to take actions when needed and pay particular attention to gender equality;
Amendment 120 #
2017/2015(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)
Recital H a (new)
Ha. whereas events such as the International Forum on Women and Trade organised by the Commission on 29 June 2017 enable many economic stakeholders and representatives of civil society to exchange and launch initiatives on the impact of trade on gender equality;
Amendment 143 #
2017/2015(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses that fair and inclusive international trade policies require a clearer framework aiming to enhance women’s livelihoods, strengthen gender equality, protect the environment, and promote social justice and international solidaritytrade can contribute to the development of sustainable growth and job creation; recalls that the EU’s trade policy contributes to the promotion and protection of human rights and the values of the European Union, including gender equality; notes that Article 8 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union stipulates that ‘in all its activities, the Union shall aim to eliminate inequalities, and to promote equality, between men and women’;
Amendment 152 #
2017/2015(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Stresses that the EU’s trade strategy entitled ‘Trade for All’ does not mention gender equality; calls on the Commission to take this dimension into account in the conduct of its trade policy and stresses that trade negotiations may make it possible to promote gender equality on the international scene and ensure that both women and men can benefit from the advantages of trade liberalisation and be protected from its negative effects;
Amendment 158 #
2017/2015(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Stresses how few data are available on the impact of trade on gender equality; with that in mind, calls for more data to be gathered on this topic; stresses that collecting this type of information will make it possible to improve analysis of the situation, establish a methodology and improve the definition of the objectives and measures to be taken to ensure that women benefit more from trade;
Amendment 161 #
2017/2015(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 c (new)
Paragraph 1 c (new)
1c. Notes that the Report on the Implementation of the Trade Policy Strategy ‘Trade for All’ of 13 September 2017 mentions gender equality in trade and specifies that it is essential to improve our understanding of the impact of trade instruments on gender equality; further notes the view expressed in the report that addressing gender equality would help ensure that the benefits of trade reach everyone, and by the same token maximise the overall gains from trade opportunities; calls on the Commission to continue its work on this matter and supply information and data as soon as possible;
Amendment 164 #
2017/2015(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Insists that all international trade policies must be based ontrade policy could make it possible to promote the relevant international standards and legal instruments on gender equality, such as the CEDAW, the Beijing Platform for Action and the sustainable development goals (SDGs);
Amendment 186 #
2017/2015(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. InsistRecalls that all international trade agreements must include safeguard clauses enabling the contracting parties to regulate and also reverse liberalisation in order to protect fundamental objectives such as gender equality, human rights, public health and environmental sustainabian ambitious sustainable development chapter with the aim of enhancing social and environmental standards, as well as respect for human rights, which also encompass gender equality;
Amendment 195 #
2017/2015(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Underlines the need to recognise the risks inherent in trade agreement mechanisms such as ISDS and ICS, which undermine the capacity of individual governments to change their laws to include measures to promote gender equalityRecalls the ongoing process led by the EU to develop a new system for settling disputes between investors and states; recalls that the European Parliament advocates the need to ensure, among other things, stronger labour and consumer rights and advancement in environmental policiesansparency and the right to regulation on the part of the states which will be responsible for carrying out this reform;
Amendment 202 #
2017/2015(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Notes that IPR provisions in trade can have a significantn impact on women’s health which must be taken carefully; calls for this aspect to be taken into consideration;
Amendment 204 #
2017/2015(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Calls for regular events and meetings to be held on gender equality in EU trade agreements with the participation of representatives of the institutions and economic and civil society stakeholders with a view to creating synergy on this issue, holding discussions and setting common objectives;
Amendment 249 #
2017/2015(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Insists that binding instruments are needed in EU trade policy to ensure that deccertain elements of EU trade policy, such as the presence of a chapter on sustainable development work standards, women’s rights, human rights principles and environmental protection are at the core of all types of EU trade agreements and that EU trade policy is coherent with the Union’s overarching aims of GSP+ systems, and the monitoring thereof, help promote and uphold human rights, including gender equality, workers’ rights and environmental protection; recalls the overriding importance of consistency between EU trade policy and Union policy as a whole; stresses that EU trade policy contributes to the pursuit of many aims, including sustainable development, poverty reduction and the promotion of gender equality;
Amendment 89 #
2017/0224(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) There is currently no comprehensive framework at EU-nd no measures in place at Union level for the screening or restriction of foreign direct investments on the grounds of security or public order or on the grounds of being directly or indirectly undertaken with the aim of acquiring key enabling technologies or knowledge, and being part of a state-led industrial policy strategy in support of strategic national interests.
Amendment 120 #
2017/0224(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10
Recital 10
(10) Member States and the Commission should be able to take the necessary measures, in compliance with Union law, to prevent circumvention of their screening mechanisms and decisions to protect security or public order. This should cover investments within the Union by means of artificial arrangements that do not reflect economic reality and circumvent the screening mechanisms and screening decisions, where the investor is ultimately owned or controlled by a natural person or an undertaking of a third country. This is without prejudice to the freedom of establishment and free movement of capital enshrined in the TFEU.
Amendment 123 #
2017/0224(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11
Recital 11
(11) To guide Member States and the Commission in the application of the Regulation, it is appropriate to provide a list of factors that may be taken into consideration when screening foreign direct investment on the grounds of security or public order. This list will also improve transparency of the screening process for investors considering making or having made foreign direct investments in the Union. This list of factors that may affect security or public order should remain non-exhaustive. It is also appropriate to develop an indicative list of key enabling technologies or knowledge, for which foreign direct investment from third countries shall be screened when it is likely to be directly or indirectly undertaken with the aim of acquiring key enabling technologies or knowledge and to be part of a state-led industrial policy strategy in support of strategic national interests.
Amendment 126 #
2017/0224(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12
Recital 12
(12) In determining whether a foreign direct investment may affect security or public order, Member States and the Commission should be able to consider all relevant factors, including the effects on critical infrastructure, technologies, including key enabling technologies and knowledge, and inputs which are essential for security or the maintenance of public order, and the disruption, loss or destruction of which would have a significant impact in a Member State or in the Union. It should also be possible for the Commission to screen investment which is likely to be directly or indirectly undertaken with the aim of acquiring key enabling technologies or knowledge and to be part of a state-led industrial policy strategy in support of strategic national interests. In that regard, Member States and the Commission should also be able to take into account whether a foreign investor is controlled directly or indirectly (e.g. through significant funding, including subsidies) by the government of a third country.
Amendment 139 #
2017/0224(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1
This Regulation establishes a framework for the screening by the Member States and the Commission of foreign direct investments in the Union on the grounds of national security or public order. It furthermore establishes a mechanism under which the European Commission can screen and take a decision on conditioning or restricting foreign direct investment threatening the security or public order of more than one Member State or the European Union as a whole, as well as foreign direct investment threatening the mid- and long term economic security in certain circumstances.
Amendment 145 #
2017/0224(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14
Recital 14
(14) A mechanism which enables Member States to cooperate and assist each other where a foreign direct investment in one Member State may affect the security or public order of other Member States should be set up under the roof of the European Commission. Member States should be able to provide comments to a Member State in which the investment is planned or has been completed, irrespective of whether the Member States providing comments or the Member States in which the investment is planned or has been completed maintain a screening mechanism or are screening the investment. The comments of Member States should also be forwarded to the Commission. The Commission should also have the possibility, where appropriate, to issue an opinion to the Member State in which the investment is planned or has been completed, irrespective of whether this Member State maintains a screening mechanism or is screening the investment and irrespective of whether other Member States have provided comments.
Amendment 151 #
2017/0224(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15
Recital 15
(15) Furthermore, the Commission should have the possibility to screen foreign direct investments likely to affect the security and public order of the Member States or the Union as a whole, projects and programmes of Union interest on grounds of security or public order , or investment which is likely to be directly or indirectly undertaken with the aim of acquiring key enabling technologies or knowledge and to be part of a state-led industrial policy strategy in support of strategic national interests. This would give the Commission a tool to protect projects and programmes which serve the Union as whole and represent an important contribution to its economic growth, jobs and competitiveness as well as taking into account Union wide patterns and investments that affect more than one Member State or the Union as a whole due to the integrated nature of the European internal market. This should include in particular projects and programmes involving a substantial EU funding or established by Union legislation regarding critical infrastructure, critical technologies or critical inputs. For greater clarity, an indicative list of projects or programmes of Union interest in relation to which foreign direct investment can be subject to a screening by the Commission should be listed in an Annex I. An indicative list of key enabling technologies or knowledge in which investment is likely to be directly or indirectly undertaken with the aim of acquiring key enabling technologies or knowledge and to be part of a state-led industrial policy strategy in support of strategic national interests shall be included in Annex II.
Amendment 155 #
2017/0224(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2
Article 3 – paragraph 2
2. The Commission may screen foreign direct investments that are likely to: (a) affect projects or programmes of Union interest on the grounds of security or public orderone or more than one Member State’s or the Union’s security or public order; (b) affect the security or public order of more than one Member State or the Union as a whole; (c) threaten the mid-and long-term economic security of the Union, as defined as key know-how and technologies and listed in Annex II.
Amendment 161 #
2017/0224(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16
Recital 16
(16) Where the Commission or one or more Member States considers that a foreign direct investment is likely to affect the security and public order of one or more Member States, or projects or programmes of Union interest on grounds of security or public order, the Commission should have the possibilor is likely to be directly or indirectly undertaken wityh to address an opinion to the Member States in whhe aim of acquiring key enabling technologies or knowledge and to be part of a state-led industrial polichy such investment is planned or completed withitrategy in support of strategic national interests, the Commission should have the possibility to screen and reasonable timeframe. The Member States shouldstrict the foreign direct investment. The Commission shall take utmost account of the opinion of the Member States concerned and provide an explanation to the CommissionMember State if they do not follow this opinion, in compliance with their duty of sincere cooperation under Article 4(3) TEU. The Commission should also have the possibility to request from those Member States, the investor and the targeted company as well as the information necessary for its screening of such investment.
Amendment 168 #
2017/0224(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in order to amend projects or programmes of Union interest listed in Annex I and key know-how and technologies listed in Annex II.
Amendment 170 #
2017/0224(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
In screening a foreign direct investment on the grounds of security or public order of one or more than one Member State or the security and public order of the Union as a whole, Member States and the Commission may consider the potential effects on, inter alia:
Amendment 175 #
2017/0224(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – indent 1
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – indent 1
– critical infrastructure, includinge.g. energy, water, transport, communications and the media, health services, data storage, space, defence, research or financial infrastructure, as well as sensitive facilities;
Amendment 180 #
2017/0224(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – indent 2
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – indent 2
Amendment 194 #
2017/0224(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1
This Regulation establishes a framework for the screening by the Member States and the Commission of foreign direct investments in the Union on the grounds of security or public orderof foreign direct investments in the Union on the grounds of national security or public order. It also establishes a mechanism under which the Commission can screen and decide on conditioning or restricting foreign direct investment threatening the security or public order of one or more Member States or the Union as a whole, as well as foreign direct investment by third country investors which is likely to be directly or indirectly undertaken with the aim of acquiring key enabling technologies or knowledge and to be part of a state-led industrial policy strategy in support of strategic national interests.
Amendment 197 #
2017/0224(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 1 a (new)
In screening a foreign direct investment on the ground of safeguarding the mid- and long-term economic security of the European Union, the Commission may consider the potential effects on specific key know-how and technologies, e.g. in the field of artificial intelligence, robotics, semiconductors, technologies with potential dual use applications, cybersecurity, space or nuclear technology, as listed in Annex II.
Amendment 203 #
2017/0224(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2
Article 4 – paragraph 2
In determining whether a foreign direct investment is likely to affect security or public order of one or more than one Member State or the Union as a whole, or the mid- and long-term economic security of the Union, Member States and the Commission may take into account whether the foreign investor is controlled by the government of a third country, including through significant funding.
Amendment 220 #
2017/0224(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1
Article 3 – paragraph 1
1. Member States may maintain, amend or adopt mechanisms to screen foreign direct investments on the grounds of national security or public order, under the conditions and in accordance with the terms set out in this Regulation.
Amendment 225 #
2017/0224(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2
Article 3 – paragraph 2
2. The Commission may screen foreign direct investments that are likely to: a) affect the security or public order of one or more than one Member State or the Union as a whole; b) affect projects or programmes of Union interest on the grounds of the security or public order of one or more Member States or the Union as a whole; c) be directly or indirectly undertaken with the aim of acquiring key enabling technologies or knowledge and to be part of a state-led industrial policy strategy in support of strategic national interests.
Amendment 236 #
2017/0224(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 3
Article 3 – paragraph 3
3. Projects or programmes of Union interest shall include in particular those projects and programmes which involve a substantial amount or a significant share of EU funding, or which are covered by Union legislation regarding critical infrastructure, critical technologies or critical inputs. An indicative list of projects or programmes of Union interest is included in Annex 1. An indicative list of key enabling technologies and knowledge in which investment is likely to be directly or indirectly undertaken with the aim of acquiring key enabling technologies or knowledge and to be part of a state-led industrial policy strategy in support of strategic national interests is included in Annex II.
Amendment 245 #
2017/0224(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 8 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Where the Commission considers that a foreign direct investment is likely to affect the national security or public order of the Member State where the investment is planned or has been completed, it shall issue a reasoned opinion addressed to the Member State.
Amendment 246 #
2017/0224(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in order to amend projects or programmes of Union interest listed in Annex I and key enabling technologies and knowledge listed in Annex II.
Amendment 247 #
2017/0224(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 2
Article 8 – paragraph 2
2. Where a Member State considers that a foreign direct investment planned or completed in another Member State is likely to affect its national or the Union’s security or public order, it may provide commentsshall indicate this to the Commission and to the Member State where the foreign direct investment is planned or has been completed. The cCommentsission shall be forwarded to the Commission in paralleltake adequate action as outlined in Article 9.
Amendment 252 #
2017/0224(COD)
3. Where the Commission considers that a foreign direct investment is likely to affect security or public order in one or mormore than one Member States, it may issue an opinion addressed or the Union as a whole, it shall indicate this to the Member State in which the foreign direct investment is planned or has been completed. The Commission may issue an opinionshall take adequate action as outlined in Article 9, irrespective of whether other Member States have provided comments.
Amendment 260 #
2017/0224(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 4
Article 8 – paragraph 4
4. The Commission or a Member State which duly considers that a foreign direct investment is likely to affect its security or public order may request from the Member State where the foreign direct investment is planned or has been completed, any information necessary to provide commenttake an informed decision as referred to in paragraph 23, or to issue the opinion referred to in paragraph 3while paying utmost attention to the potential sensitivity of the information.
Amendment 261 #
2017/0224(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – indent 1
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – indent 1
- critical infrastructure, includinge.g. energy, water, transport, communications and the media, health services, data storage, space, defense, research or financial infrastructure, as well as sensitive facilities;
Amendment 269 #
2017/0224(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 6
Article 8 – paragraph 6
6. The Member States where the foreign direct investment is planned or has been completed shall give due consideration to the comments of the other Member States referred to in paragraph 2 and to the opinion of the Commission referred to in paragraph 31(new).
Amendment 279 #
2017/0224(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1
Article 9 – paragraph 1
1. Where the Commission or more than one Member State considers that a foreign direct investment is likely to affect projects or programmes of Union interest on grounds of security or public order, the Commission may issue an opinion addressed to the Member State where the foreign direct investment is planned or has been completedo threaten the security or public order of more than one Member State of the European Union or the Union as a whole or the mid-and long-term economic security of the Union, as defined as key know-how and technologies and listed in Annex II, it shall screen the investment.
Amendment 285 #
2017/0224(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2
Article 4 – paragraph 2
In determining whether a foreign direct investment is likely to affect security or public orderscreening a foreign direct investment on the grounds of being directly or indirectly undertaken with the aim of acquiring key enabling technologies or knowledge and being part of a state-led industrial policy strategy in support of strategic national interests, the Commission may consider the potential effects on specific key know-how and enabling technologies, e.g. in the field of artificial intelligence, robotics, semiconductors, technologies with potential dual use applications, cybersecurity, space or nuclear technology, as indicatively listed in Annex II. In determining whether a foreign direct investment is likely to affect security or public order or to be directly or indirectly undertaken with the aim of acquiring key enabling technologies or knowledge and to be part of a state-led industrial policy strategy in support of strategic national interests, Member States and the Commission may take into account whether the foreign investor is controlled by the government of a third country, including through significant funding.
Amendment 288 #
2017/0224(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 2
Article 9 – paragraph 2
2. The Commission may request from the Member State where the foreign direct investment is planned or has been completed any information necessary to issue the opinion referred to in paragraph 1, from the foreign investor and from the target company any information necessary to take an informed decision, while paying utmost attention to the potential sensitivity of the information. The Member State, the target company and the investor may submit to the Commission any information they deem necessary to take an informed decision.
Amendment 292 #
2017/0224(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 3
Article 9 – paragraph 3
3. The Commission shall address its opinion to the Member State concernedtake a decision within a reasonable period of time, and in any case no later than 25 working days following receipt of the information requested by the Commission pursuant to paragraph 2. This decision can be: (a) a general authorisation of the investment; (b) an authorisation under certain conditions necessary to eliminate the threat; (c) no authorisation; (d) an in-depth investigation in case that there are reasons to assume that more time and information is necessary to take an informed decision, which shall not take longer than 50 days. Where a Member State has a screening mechanism in place as referred to in Article 3(1) and the information on foreign direct investment undergoing screening has been received by the Commission pursuant to Article 8(1), the opinion shall be delivered no later than 25 working days following receipt of such information. Where additional information is needed to issue an opinion, the 25-day period shall run from the date of receipt of the additional information. The opinion of the Commission shall be communicated to the other Member States.
Amendment 299 #
2017/0224(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1
Article 5 – paragraph 1
Member States and the Commission may maintain, amend or adopt measures necessary to prevent circumvention of the screening mechanisms and screening decisions.
Amendment 300 #
2017/0224(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 4
Article 9 – paragraph 4
4. The opindecision of the Commission shall be communicated to the other Member States.
Amendment 301 #
2017/0224(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 5
Article 9 – paragraph 5
Amendment 310 #
2017/0224(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2
Article 6 – paragraph 2
2. Member States shall establish timeframes for issuing screening decisions. Such timeframes shall allow them to take into account the comments of Member States referred to in Article 8 and the opinion ofand the Commission referred to in Articles 8 and 9.
Amendment 320 #
2017/0224(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. In case that a Member State and the Commissions screen the same foreign investment and they come to different conclusions, the foreign direct investment shall be restricted if either the Member State or the Commission or both so decide.
Amendment 324 #
2017/0224(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
2. Member States that maintain screening mechanisms shall provide the Commission with an annual report on the application of their screening mechanisms. The Commission shall provide the Member States with an annual report on the application of its screening mechanism. For each reporting period, the reports shall include in particular information on:
Amendment 329 #
2017/0224(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – point c
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – point c
(c) screening decisions subjecting foreign direct investments to conditions or mitigating measures; the sectors, origin, and value of foreign direct investment screened and undergoing screening.
Amendment 339 #
2017/0224(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1
Article 8 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall inform the Commission and the other Member States of any foreign direct investments that are undergoing screening within the framework of their screening mechanisms, within 5 working days from the start of the screening. As part of the information, and when applicable, the screening Member States shall endeavour to indicate whether it considers that the foreign direct investment undergoing screening is likely to fall within the scope of Regulation (EC) No 139/2004. The Commission shall inform the other Member States of the screening action within 3 days.
Amendment 346 #
2017/0224(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 2
Article 8 – paragraph 2
2. Where a Member State considers that a foreign direct investment planned or completed in another Member State is likely to affect its security or public order, it may provide commentsnational or the Union’s security or public order or that it is likely to be directly or indirectly undertaken with the aim of acquiring key enabling technologies or knowledge and be part of a state-led industrial policy strategy in support of strategic national interests, it shall indicate this to the Commission and to the Member State where the foreign direct investment is planned or has been completed. The cCommentsission shall be forwarded to the Commission in paralleltake adequate action as outlined in Article 9.
Amendment 357 #
2017/0224(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 3
Article 8 – paragraph 3
3. Where the Commission considers that a foreign direct investment is likely to affect security or public order in one or more than one Member States, it may issue an opinion addressed or the Union as a whole or that it is likely to be directly or indirectly undertaken with the aim of acquiring key enabling technologies or knowledge and to be part of a state-led industrial policy strategy in support of strategic national interests, it shall indicate this to the Member State in which the foreign direct investment is planned or has been completed. The Commission may issue an opinionshall take adequate action as outlined in Article 9, irrespective of whether other Member States have provided comments.
Amendment 365 #
2017/0224(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 4
Article 8 – paragraph 4
4. The Commission or a Member State which duly considers that a foreign direct investment is likely to affect its security or public order may request from the Member State where the foreign direct investment is planned or has been completed, any information necessary to provide comments referred to in paragraph 2, or to issue the opinion referred to in paragraph 3or that it is likely to be directly or indirectly undertaken with the aim of acquiring key enabling technologies or knowledge and be part of a state-led industrial policy strategy in support of strategic national interests may request from the Member State where the foreign direct investment is planned or has been completed, the investor or the target company any information necessary to take an informed decision, while paying utmost attention to the potential sensitivity of the information.
Amendment 375 #
2017/0224(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 5
Article 8 – paragraph 5
5. CommentIndications pursuant to paragraphs 2 or opinions pursuant to paragraph 3 shall be addressed to the Member State where the foreign direct investment is planned or has been completed and to the Commission within a reasonable period of time, and in any case no later than 25 working days following receipt of the information referred to in paragraphs 1 or 4. In cases where the opinion of the Commission follows comments from other Member States, the Commission shall have 25 additional working days for issuing the opinion.
Amendment 379 #
2017/0224(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 6
Article 8 – paragraph 6
Amendment 392 #
2017/0224(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1
Article 9 – paragraph 1
1. Where the Commission or one or more Member States considers that a foreign direct investment is likely to affect the security and public order of one or more than one Member State, or projects or programmes of Union interest on grounds of security or public order, the Commission may issue an opinion addressed to the Member State where the foreign direct investment is planned or has been completedor is likely to be directly or indirectly undertaken with the aim of acquiring key enabling technologies or knowledge and to be part of a state-led industrial policy strategy in support of strategic national interests, the Commission shall screen the investment.
Amendment 400 #
2017/0224(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 9 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. The Member States concerned may address an opinion to the Commission which the Commission shall take utmost account of. The Commission must provide an explanation to the Member States concerned in case their opinions are not followed.
Amendment 404 #
2017/0224(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 2
Article 9 – paragraph 2
2. The Commission may request from the Member State where the foreign direct investment is planned or has been completed any information necessary to issue the opinion referred to in paragraph 1d from the target company and the investor any information necessary to take an informed decision, while paying utmost attention to the potential sensitivity of the information. The Member State, the target company and the investor may submit to the Commission any information they deem necessary to take an informed decision.
Amendment 411 #
2017/0224(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 3
Article 9 – paragraph 3
3. The Commission shall address its opinion to the Member State concernedtake a decision within a reasonable period of time, and in any case no later than 25 working days following receipt of the information requested by the Commission pursuant to paragraph 2. This decision can be: (a) a general authorisation of the investment (b) an authorisation under certain conditions necessary to eliminate the threat (c) no authorisation (d) an in-depth investigation in case that there are reasons to assume that more time and information is necessary to take an informed decision, which shall not take longer than 50 days. Where a Member State has a screening mechanism in place as referred to in Article 3(1) and the information on foreign direct investment undergoing screening has been received by the Commission pursuant to Article 8(1), the opinion shall be delivered no later than 25 working days following receipt of such information. Where additional information is needed to issue an opinion, the 25-day period shall run from the date of receipt of the additional information. The decision of the Commission shall be communicated to the other Member States.
Amendment 418 #
2017/0224(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 4
Article 9 – paragraph 4
4. The opindecision of the Commission shall be communicated to the other Member States.
Amendment 423 #
2017/0224(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 5
Article 9 – paragraph 5
5. TheIn case a Member States where th and the Commissions screen the same foreign direct investment is planned or has been completed shall take utmost account of the Commission's opinion and provide an explanation to the Commission in case its opinion is not followedand they come to different conclusions, the foreign direct investment shall be restricted if either the Member State or the Commission or both so decide.
Amendment 464 #
2017/0224(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – indent 6 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Annex I – indent 6 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Indent 6a (new) European Defence Fund and EU Defence Industrial Development Programme: Regulation (EU) No xxx/20xx of the European Parliament and the Council establishing the European Defence Industrial Development Programme aiming at supporting the competitiveness and innovative capacity of the EU defence industry;
Amendment 472 #
Amendment 9 #
2016/2301(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 a (new)
Paragraph -1 a (new)
-1a. Highlights that trade and human rights reinforce each other, and business community has an important role to play in offering positive incentives in terms of promoting human rights, democracy, and corporate responsibility; welcomes that women are being an essential part and one of the main beneficiaries of global value chains resulting in more inclusive societies;
Amendment 10 #
2016/2301(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 b (new)
Paragraph -1 b (new)
-1b. Points out that global value chains contribute to enhancing international core labour, environmental, social and human rights standards, including establishment and enforcement of occupational health and safety measures, educational opportunities, impartial institutions, and corruption reduction; underlines that global value chains stand for a unique opportunity for sustainable progress, especially in developing countries;
Amendment 19 #
2016/2301(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Calls on the Commission to further promote the ratification and effective implementation of the core ILO conventions, with a special focus on the eradication of child labour and forced labour, as well as full compliance by EUuropean and international companies with the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises; recommends strengthening the role of OECD National Contact Points and their cooperation with independent national and regional human rights institutions with a view to improving the governance of global value chains;
Amendment 24 #
2016/2301(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Recommends strengthening the role of OECD National Contact Points and their cooperation with independent national and regional human rights institutions with a view to improving the governance of global value chains; underlines the importance of effective enforcement by judicial means, including access to remedies for victims;
Amendment 25 #
2016/2301(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Urges the Commission to develop an EU-wide mandatory due diligence system and invites EU Member States to integrate measures to strengthen due diligence in global supply chains in their national action plans on business and human rights;
Amendment 44 #
2016/2301(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the Commission to swiftly submit a legislative proposallaunch an initiative with the aim of setting up comprehensive labelling measures in order to guarantee enhanced consumer information on the content and origin of products sold on the EU market throughout their supply chain;
Amendment 51 #
2016/2301(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
Amendment 8 #
2016/2226(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
H. whereas the eradicaabolition of forced labour isand child labour in Uzbekistan is still an ongoing process which needs to be further supported by the EU and the international community;
Amendment 16 #
2016/2226(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital K
Recital K
K. whereas the sudden death of President Islom Karimov has given rise to temporary political uncertainty regardingshould not have any impact on the continuity of the ongoing process of improving labour conditions in the cotton fields in Uzbekistan;
Amendment 18 #
2016/2226(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Welcomes the progress that has been made in Uzbekistan, achieving the almost total eradicaabolition of child and forced labour;
Amendment 21 #
2016/2226(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Appreciates the fact that the Government of Uzbekistan is also pursuing the eradicaabolition of forced labour in cooperation with the ILO, but realises that this is a complex process, requiring, among other things, reform of employment policies;
Amendment 25 #
2016/2226(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Recognises that continued pressure odialogue and cooperation between the Government of Uzbekistan from the Union, the EU, the ILO and the World Bank will still be needed to achieve this goale full abolition of child and forced labour in Uzbekistan; reserves the right to call on the Commission and the Council to activate Articles 2 and 95 of the Partnership and Cooperation Agreement so as to take all necessary general and specific measures if the commitment to the abolition of child and forced labour is not lived up to;
Amendment 34 #
2016/2226(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Shares the view that the Decent Work Country Programme should be extended beyond 2016 and should be deepened so as to consider the modernisation of the Uzbek economy, employment policy, occupational health and safety and labour inspection, also taking gender equality into accountin this regard welcomes the Uzbek Governmental Decree №909 (dated 16 November 2015) which is aimed to improve labour conditions, employment and social protection of workers in the agricultural sector during 2016-2018;
Amendment 39 #
2016/2226(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Calls on the Commission and the EEAS to provide Parliament regularly with detailed information on the situation in Uzbekistan, in particular with regard to the eradicaabolition of child and forced labour; decides to continue to monitor developments in Uzbekistan and to organise a regular dialogue with the ILO, the Commission, the EEAS and other stakeholders aimed at the total eradication ofabolition of child and forced labour in Uzbekistan;
Amendment 41 #
2016/2226(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Calls on the Commission to submit to Parliament a legislative proposal for an effective traceability mechanism in the garment sectors soon as possible a proposal for an EU Garment Initiative;
Amendment 43 #
2016/2226(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Calls on the Commission to submit the EU Garment Initiative as soon as possible; notes that in 2013 the Commission launched the Sustainability Compact with Bangladesh, the ILO and the USA, and stresses that this type of initiative can serve as a basis for devising new actions, in partnership with third countries, in order to pursue the objectives of improving working conditions, health and safety at work in the garment sector in third countries;
Amendment 20 #
2016/2219(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 8 b (new)
Citation 8 b (new)
- having regard to the EU Guidelines on the Promotion and Protection of Freedom of Religion or Belief1a, __________________ 1ahttp://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal- content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX%3A52013 IP0279
Amendment 75 #
2016/2219(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E b (new)
Recital E b (new)
Eb. whereas the values of freedom, respect for human rights and the principle of holding periodic and genuine elections are essential elements of democracy; whereas democracy provides the environment for the protection and effective realization of human rights;
Amendment 91 #
2016/2219(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
I. whereas the EU’s commitment to effective multilateralism, with the UN at its core, is an integral part of the Union’s external policy, based on the belief that a multilateral system founded on universal rules and values is best suited to addressing global crises, challenges and threats; whereas engaging with third countries, in all bilateral and multilateral fora, is one of the most effective tools for addressing human rights issues in third countries;
Amendment 92 #
2016/2219(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital I a (new)
Recital I a (new)
Ia. whereas the EU has played a leading role in negotiating and implementing a number of initiatives for global responsibility which go hand in hand with the promotion and respect of international human rights standards;
Amendment 110 #
2016/2219(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital L c (new)
Recital L c (new)
Lc. whereas the freedom of thought, conscience, religion and belief must be unconditionally enhanced through interreligious and intercultural dialogues;
Amendment 122 #
2016/2219(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital M k (new)
Recital M k (new)
Mk. whereas migration represents a global challenge requiring immediate and effective solutions; whereas the humanitarian aid provided by the European Commission, being the leading global donor, helps refugees and displaced people in over 30 countries;
Amendment 123 #
2016/2219(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital M l (new)
Recital M l (new)
Ml. whereas the fight against migrant smuggling, trafficking and labour exploitation necessitates both short, medium and long-term responses, including measures to disrupt criminal networks and to bring criminals to justice, the gathering and analysis of data, measures to protect victims and to return irregularly staying migrants, as well as cooperation with third countries and longer-term strategies to address the demand for trafficked and smuggled persons and the root causes of migration which force people into the hands of criminal smugglers;
Amendment 150 #
2016/2219(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital R
Recital R
R. whereas violence against LGBTI peopleminorities continues in many places around the world, and discrimination in health care, education, employment and other sectors is widespread;
Amendment 159 #
2016/2219(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital T
Recital T
T. whereas the UNGPs on Business and Human Rights apply to all states and to all business enterprises, whether transnational or other, regardless of their size, sector, location, ownership and structure, but whereas effective control and sanction mechanisms remain a challenge to the worldwide implementation of the UNGPs; whereas special features of SMEs must be taken proper account of and bundled with flexible corporate social responsibility approach adapted to their potential;
Amendment 176 #
2016/2219(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Expresses its serious concern that the promotion and protection of human rights and democratic values are under threat worldwide, that the universality of human rights is increasingly, and seriously, being challenged by a number of authoritarian regimes as well as terrorist groups such as ISIS;
Amendment 180 #
2016/2219(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Expresses its serious concern at the numerous, ever-increasing attempts made to shrink the space of civil society and human rights defenders, and the growing number of repressive laws adopted throughout the world, under the pretext of combating terrorism (through the introduction of counter-terrorism laws);
Amendment 200 #
2016/2219(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on all the EU institutions and the Member States to act on their commitments to promote, protect and realise human rights and fundamental freedoms, and to place human rights at the centre of the EU’s relations with all third countries – including its strategic partners – and at all levels;
Amendment 207 #
2016/2219(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Emphasises that, in order for the EU to be a credible actor in external relationsto advance human rights and democracy in the world, it should ensure increased coherence between its internal and external policies with regard to respect for human rights and democratic values, and it should aim towards a systematically consistent and coherent implementation of the EU’s human rights policy;
Amendment 209 #
2016/2219(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Draws attention to its long-term commitment to promote human rights and advance democratic values, as reflected, inter alia, in the annual award of the Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought, in the work of the Subcommittee on Human Rights, Democracy Support and Election Coordination Group, in support and active involvement in European Endowment for Democracy and in the monthly plenary debates and resolutions on cases of breaches of human rights, democracy and the rule of law;
Amendment 233 #
2016/2219(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Encourages the EU to developWelcomes a work plan, with a clear timetable, measurable benchmarks, and a clear division of roles and responsibilities, for the implementation of the Action Plan;
Amendment 244 #
2016/2219(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Reiterates its belief that the Annual Report on Human Rights and Democracy should be strengthened by a more crianalytical approach whereby, in addition to achievements and best practices, the report would highlight very specific challenges and constraints faced in third countries;
Amendment 259 #
2016/2219(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Calls onWelcomes that the EUSR to consults systematically with civil society, including local civil society organisations, ahead of his visits to third countries;
Amendment 281 #
2016/2219(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Reiterates its support for dedicated Human Rights Dialogues as aone of the most effective tools of the EU’s human rights policy; acknowledges that they can be an efficientare a useful tool for bilateral engagement and cooperation, provided they allow counterparts to engage on issues of substance and send meaningful political messages, rather than merelyas well as exchanging information on best practices and challenges;
Amendment 290 #
2016/2219(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. UrgesWelcomes the efforts of the EEAS systematically to include a preparatory dialogue with civil society, which should feed directly into the Human Rights Dialogues; further urges the VP/HR and the EEAS to raise individual cases of human rights defenders in a transparent and consistent manner during dialogues; calls on the EEAS systematically to follow up on the commitments made during human rights dialogues;
Amendment 319 #
2016/2219(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
Paragraph 29
29. Firmly reiterates that human rights provisions agreed under UN conventions are universal, indivisible, inter-dependent and inter-related, and that respect for these rights must be enforced; stresses that it is important that the Member States ratify all international human rights instruments established by the UN,; including those enshrined in the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, and, notably, the Optional Protocol establishing complaints and inquiry mechanisms, in conformity with Article 21 TEU;
Amendment 334 #
2016/2219(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31
Paragraph 31
31. Condemns the dramatic number of deaths at sea in the Mediterranean; is extpremely concerned about the growingsses its solidarity with the high numbers of human rights abuses against migrants and asylum seekers on their route to Europe; highlights the weaknesses and systematic incoherence of the policies of the EU and the Member States in this area andrefugees and migrants who suffer grave human rights violations as victims of conflicts, persecutions and networks of illegal immigration and trafficking; stresses the urgent need for a holistic approach to find long-term solutions, with the particular aim to tackle the very root causes of migration flows;
Amendment 368 #
2016/2219(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33
Paragraph 33
33. Recalls the need to respect the principle of non-refoulement in European and international waters, as upheld by the European Court of Human Rights and existing EU legislation; recalls the commitment to develop adequate legal and safe migration channels;
Amendment 389 #
2016/2219(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35
Paragraph 35
35. Recalls that criminal networks are taking advantage of the lack of safeincreasing migration channelpressures, and of the vulnerability of women, girls and children, in order to subject them to trafficking and sexual exploitation;
Amendment 407 #
2016/2219(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35 h (new)
Paragraph 35 h (new)
35h. Welcomes the increase in resources for the Triton and Poseidon operations; notes the launch of the EUNAVFOR Med/Sophia operation against smugglers and traffickers in the Mediterranean and supports the reinforcement of the management of the Union's external borders;
Amendment 425 #
2016/2219(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36 d (new)
Paragraph 36 d (new)
36d. Acknowledges the recent Commission proposal for a Union list of safe countries of origin, amending the Asylum Procedures Directive;
Amendment 426 #
2016/2219(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36 e (new)
Paragraph 36 e (new)
36e. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to ensure that implementation of the Returns Directive goes hand in hand with respect for the procedures, standards and fundamental human rights which allow Europe to ensure humane and dignified treatment of returnees, in line with the principle of non-refoulement; urges the EU and the Member States to pay particular attention to asylum cases relating to possible political persecution, so as to prevent any return potentially entailing a violation of human rights in the country of origin or a third country;
Amendment 428 #
2016/2219(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36 g (new)
Paragraph 36 g (new)
36g. Understands that the safe return of those people who, following an individual assessment of their asylum application, are determined not to be eligible for protection in the Union is something that must be carried out as part of the proper implementation of the CEAS;
Amendment 429 #
2016/2219(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36 h (new)
Paragraph 36 h (new)
36h. Acknowledges that, in the light of the fact that, in 2014, 36 % of third country nationals who were ordered to leave the Union were effectively returned, there is a need to improve the effectiveness of the Union's return system;
Amendment 430 #
2016/2219(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36 i (new)
Paragraph 36 i (new)
36i. Considers that in order to increase the efficiency of readmissions, and in order to ensure the coherence of returns at a European level, it will be necessary to adopt new EU readmission agreements which should take preference over bilateral agreements between Member States and third countries;
Amendment 443 #
2016/2219(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 38
Paragraph 38
38. Expresses its profound concern over the rise of extreme poverty and inequality across the world, which jeopardises the full enjoyment of all human rights; believes that respect for human rights and the right to development are intrinsically linked; stresses that respect for human rights, gender equality, good governance, the rule of law, peace and security are prerequisites for eradicating poverty and inequalities;
Amendment 452 #
2016/2219(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 39 e (new)
Paragraph 39 e (new)
Amendment 458 #
2016/2219(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 40
Paragraph 40
40. Notes the persistent financing gap, due to increasing humanitarian needs, with regard to humanitarian aid and the shortcomings in the World Food programme resulting in cutting food; calls on the member states of the United Nations, and on the European Union and its Member States, at a minimum, to honour their financial pledges; welcomes the generous EU commitments in regards to the humanitarian aid and civil protection;
Amendment 475 #
2016/2219(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 45
Paragraph 45
45. Recalls the different but complementary roles of states and companies with regard to human rights protection; strongly reiterates that, where human rights abuses occur, states must grant the victims access to effective remedy; recalls, in this context, that respect for human rights by third countries, including guarantees of effective remedy for people under their jurisdiction, constitutes an essential element of the EU’s external relations with these countries; welcomes that the EU has played a leading role in negotiating and implementing a number of initiatives for global responsibility which go hand in hand with the promotion and respect of international standards, whereas human rights breaches require effective remedies;
Amendment 477 #
2016/2219(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 45 a (new)
Paragraph 45 a (new)
45a. Reiterates that attention needs to be drawn to the special features of SMEs, which mainly operate at local and regional level inside specific sectors; considers it essential, therefore, for Union CSR policies, including national CSR action plans, to take proper account of the specific requirements of SMEs, to be in keeping with the 'think small first' principle, and to recognise the informal, intuitive SME approach to CSR; voices again its opposition to all measures that could result in additional administrative or financial constraints for SMEs, and its support for measures enabling SMEs to take joint action;
Amendment 485 #
2016/2219(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 47
Paragraph 47
47. Welcomes the adoption of new guidelines on the analysis of human rights impacts in impact assessments for trade- related policy initiatives27 , but regrets the Commission’s refusal to conduct such; is deeply concerned that the Commission did not carry out a human rights impact assessment for the EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement with Vietnam, which amoun, and reiterates its support for a comprehensive assessment of Vietnam, including human rights, to be conducted, according to the European Ombudsman, to maladministration28 s part of the ex-post evaluation of that agreement and as a follow-up to the Sustainability Impact Assessment launched in 2009; __________________ 27 http://trade.ec.europa.eu/doclib/docs/2015/j uly/tradoc_153591.pdf.
Amendment 492 #
2016/2219(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 48 b (new)
Paragraph 48 b (new)
48b. Welcomes the new Generalised Scheme of Preferences Regulation (GSP+), which entered into force on 1 January 2014, as a key EU trade policy instrument to promote human and labour rights, environmental protection and good governance in vulnerable developing countries; welcomes, in particular, the stringent and systematic GSP+ monitoring mechanism and calls for a focus on effective implementation at national level of the conventions listed in the convention;
Amendment 528 #
2016/2219(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 56
Paragraph 56
56. Stresses the importance of not undermining the acquis of the Beijing Platform for Action regarding access to education and health as a basic human right, and the protection of sexual and reproductive rights, and to ensure that all necessary safe medical assistance is provided to female war rape victims; points out that family planning, maternal health, easy access to contraception and safe abortion are important elements in saving women’s lives, and highlights the need to place these policies at the core of development cooperation with third countries;
Amendment 571 #
2016/2219(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 63
Paragraph 63
63. Firmly condemns the recent increase in discriminatory laws and acts of violence against individuals based on their sexual orientation and gender identity;
Amendment 587 #
2016/2219(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 64
Paragraph 64
64. Requests that the EEAS prioritisestrengthen its actions in situations where the death penalty is in force, and/or where LGBTI people are subjected to torture and ill- treatment, by condemning these practices in accordance with the EU Guidelines on the Death Penalty and the EU Guidelines on Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, and by continuing to work with the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights in this field;
Amendment 592 #
2016/2219(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 65
Paragraph 65
65. Calls on the EEAS and the Commission to raise the issue of LGBTI rights in political and human rights dialogues with third countries, and in multilateral fora, and emphasises the importance of making the EU Guidelines to Promote and Protect the Enjoyment of all Human Rights widely available to LGBTI persons;
Amendment 598 #
2016/2219(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 66
Paragraph 66
Amendment 627 #
2016/2219(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 69 a (new)
Paragraph 69 a (new)
Amendment 634 #
2016/2219(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 71
Paragraph 71
71. Deeply regrets the lack of respect for international humanitarian law, and expresses its grave concern over the alarmingly increasing rate of collateral damage in armed conflicts around the world, and of deadly attacks against hospitals, schools, humanitarian convoys and other civilian targets;
Amendment 636 #
2016/2219(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 71 a (new)
Paragraph 71 a (new)
71a. Expresses its serious concerns about the rising influence of non-state actors' perpetrations in conflicts around the world;
Amendment 661 #
2016/2219(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 73
Paragraph 73
73. Condemns, in keeplinge with Article 10 TFEU, all acts of violence and discrimination on the basis of ideology, religion or belief; expresses its serious concern over the continued reports of violence and discrimination against religious minorities, mainly Christians, around the world;
Amendment 742 #
2016/2219(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 85
Paragraph 85
85. Calls on the EU to adopNotes that free and open-source software, and to encourage other actors to do so, as such software might provides for better security and for greater respect for human rights;
Amendment 789 #
2016/2219(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 97
Paragraph 97
97. Calls on those states that have abolished the death penalty, or that have a long-standing moratorium on it, to uphold their commitments and not to reintroduce it; calls on the EU to continue to use cooperation and diplomacy in all possible forums worldwide, as well as to ensure that the right to a fair trial is fully respected for each and every person facing execution; stresses the importance of the EU continuing to monitor the conditions under which executions are carried out;
Amendment 799 #
2016/2219(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 101
Paragraph 101
101. Welcomes the progress made in 2015 in reviewing Regulation (EC) No 1236/2006 on trade in goods which could be used for capital punishment and torture, in order to improve further the EU’s export control regime and to strengthen provisions to guard against European governments or companies providing aagainst any complicit contribution to acts of torture or to the death penalty outside of the EU;
Amendment 812 #
2016/2219(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 104
Paragraph 104
Amendment 817 #
2016/2219(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 104 a (new)
Paragraph 104 a (new)
104. Reiterates its call for an EU common position on the use of armed drones which upholds human rights and international humanitarian law and should address issues such as legal framework, proportionality, accountability, protection of civilians and transparency; urges once again that the EU ban the development, production and use of fully autonomous weapons which enable strikes to be carried out without human intervention; calls for the EU to oppose and ban the practice of extrajudicial and targeted killings and to commit to ensuring appropriate measures, in accordance with domestic and international legal obligations, where there are reasonable grounds for believing that an individual or entity within its jurisdiction may be connected to unlawful targeted killings abroad;
Amendment 821 #
2016/2219(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 105
Paragraph 105
Amendment 827 #
2016/2219(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 106
Paragraph 106
Amendment 836 #
2016/2219(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 107
Paragraph 107
Amendment 842 #
2016/2219(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 108
Paragraph 108
Amendment 857 #
2016/2219(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 110 f (new)
Paragraph 110 f (new)
110f. Recalls that the experience gained by the EU, politicians, academics, the media, NGOs and civil society, and the lessons learned from transitions to democracy in the framework of the enlargement and neighbourhood policies, could positively contribute to the identification of best practices that could be used to support and consolidate other democratisation processes worldwide; in this context welcomes the work of the European Endowment for Democracy;
Amendment 53 #
2016/0351(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Regulation (EU) 2016/1036
Article 2 – paragraph 6 a – point a
Article 2 – paragraph 6 a – point a
(a) In case it is determined, when applying this provision or any other relevant provision of this Regulation, that it is not appropriate to use domestic prices and costs in the exporting country due to the existence of significant distortions in the exporting country, the normal value shall be constructed on the basis of costs of production and sale reflecting undistorted prices or benchmarks. For this purpose, the sources thate Commission may be used include undistorted international prices, costs, or benchmarks, or corresponding costs of production and sale in an appropriate representative country with a similar level of economic development as the exporting country, provided the relevant cost data are readily available, or, when considered appropriate by the Commission, undistorted international prices, costs, or benchmarks. Where the Commission determines certain domestic costs to be undistorted, in particular where exporters and producers show this conclusively, including in the framework of the provisions on interested parties in point (c), it shall use such costs. The constructed normal value shall include a reasonable amount for administrative, selling and general costs and for profits.
Amendment 74 #
2016/0351(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1
(b) Significant distortions for the product concerned within the meaning of point (a) may be deemed to exist, inter alia, when reported prices or costs, including the costs of raw materials,are those distortions which occur when reported prices or costs are not the result of free market forces as they are affected by substantial government intervention. In considering whether or notWhen assessing the existence of significant distortions exist, regard may be had, inter alia, to the potential impact of the following: the market in question is to a significant extent served by enterprises which operate under the ownership, control or policy supervision or guidance of the authorities of the exporting country; state presence in firms allowing the state to interfere with respect to prices or costs; public policies or measures discriminating in favour of domestic suppliers or otherwise influencing free market forces; and access to finance granted by institutions implementing public policy objectives.
Amendment 90 #
2016/0351(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Regulation (EU) 2016/1036
Article 2 – paragraph 6 a – point c
Article 2 – paragraph 6 a – point c
(c) When appropriate, the Commission services may issuehas well- founded indications of the possible existence of significant distortions as report describing the specific situation concerning the criteria listed inferred to in point (b), and when appropriate for the effective application of this Regulation, a report describing the market circumstances as per point (b) in a certain country or a certain sector shall be produced or updated. Such reports and the evidence on which it isthey are based mayshall be placed on the file of any investigation relating to that country or sector. Interested parties shall have ample opportunity to rebut, supplement, comment or rely on the report and the evidence on which it is based in each investigation in which such report or evidence is used. The determinations maderelating to the existence of significant distortions shall take into account all of the relevant evidence on the file. The Commission shall review and update the report if necessary in the case of a change of market circumstances as per point (b). A review of the report should be carried out at least once within two years.
Amendment 108 #
2016/0351(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1
Regulation (EU) 2016/1036
Article 2 – paragraph 6 a – point d
Article 2 – paragraph 6 a – point d
(d) The Union industry may rely on the evidence in the report referred to in point (c) for the calculation of normal valuewhere meeting the standard of evidence in view of Article 5(9) when filing a complaint in accordance with Article 5 or a request for a review in accordance with Article 11, or a request for a reinvestigation in accordance with Article 12.
Amendment 118 #
2016/0351(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Regulation (EU) 2016/1036
Article 2 – paragraph 7 – subparagraph 1
Article 2 – paragraph 7 – subparagraph 1
In the case of imports from countries which are, at the date of initiation, not members of the WTO and listed in Annex I of Regulation (EU) 2015/755, normal value shall be determined on the basis of the price or constructed value in a market economy third country, orn appropriate representative country that is either member of the WTO or not listed in Annex I of Regulation (EU) 2015/755. Otherwise, the normal value shall be determined on the basis of the price from such a third country to other countries, including the Union, or where those are not possible, on any other reasonable basis, including the price actually paid or payable in the Union for the like product, duly adjusted if necessary to include a reasonable profit margin.
Amendment 135 #
2016/0351(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3
Regulation (EU) 2016/1036
Article 11 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
Article 11 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
Amendment 139 #
2016/0351(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Regulation (EU) 2016/1036
Article 11 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 4 a
Article 11 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 4 a
Amendment 150 #
2016/0351(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1
Article 2 – paragraph 1
Regulation (EU) 2016/1037
Article 10 – paragraph 7
Article 10 – paragraph 7
The Commission shall also offer consultations to the country of origin and/or export concerned with regard to other subsidies identified in the course of the investigation. In these situations, the Commission shall send to the country of origin and/or export a summary of the main elements concerning other subsidies, in particular those referred to in point (c) of paragraph 2 of this article. If the additional subsidies are not covered by the notice of initiation, the notice of initiation shall be amended and the amended version be published in the Official Journal of the European Union, inviting a. All interested parties will be given additional and sufficient time to comment.
Amendment 61 #
2016/0295(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) Considering the emergence ofertain cyber-surveillance items can be considered as new categories of dual-use items, and in response to calls from the European Parliament and indications that certain cyber-surveillance itechnologiems exported from the Union have been misused by persons complicit in or responsible for directing or committing serious violations of human rights or international humanitarian law in situations of armed conflict or internal repression, it is appropriate to control the export of those technologies in order to protect public security as well as public moralitems. These measures should not go beyond what is proportionate and should be based on clearly defined criteria. They should, in particular, not prevent the export of information and communication technology used for legitimate purposes, including law enforcement and internet security research. The Commission, in close consultations with the Member States and stakeholders, will develop guidelines to support the practical applications of those controls.
Amendment 67 #
2016/0295(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6
Recital 6
(6) As a result, it is also appropriate to revise the definition of dual-use items, and to introduce a definition of cyber- surveillance itechnologyms. It should also be clarified that assessment criteria for the control of exports of dual-uscyber-surveillance items include considerations regarding their possibleintended misuse in connection with acts of terrorism or human rights violations.
Amendment 74 #
2016/0295(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) The scope of "catch-all controls", that apply to non-listed dual use items in specific circumstances, should be clarified and harmonised, and should address the risk of terrorism and human rights violations. Appropriate exchange of information and consultations on "catch all controls" should ensure the effective and consistent application of controls throughout the Union. Targeted catch-all controls should also apply, under certain conditions, to the export of cyber- surveillance technology.
Amendment 85 #
2016/0295(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17
Recital 17
(17) Decisions to update the common list of dual-use items subject to export controls in Section A of Annex I should be in conformity with the obligations and commitments that Member States and the Union have accepted as members of the relevant international non-proliferation regimes and export control arrangements, or by ratification of relevant international treaties. Decisions to update the common list of dual-use items subject to export controls in Section B of Annex I, such as cyber-surveillance technology, should be made in consideration of the risks that the export of such items may pose as regards the commission of serious violations of human rights or international humanitarian law or the essential security interests of the Union and its Member States. Decisions to update the common list of dual-use items subject to export controls in Section B of Annex IV should be made in consideration of the public policy and public security interests of the Member States under Article 36 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union. Decisions to update the common lists of items and destinations set out in Sections A to J of Annex II should be made in consideration of the assessment criteria set out in this Regulation.
Amendment 106 #
2016/0295(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – introductory part
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – introductory part
1. ‘dual-use items’ shall mean items, including software and technology, which can be used for both civil and military purposes, and shall include: items which can be used for the design, development, production or use of nuclear, chemical and biological weapons and their means of delivery, including all goods which can be used for both non-explosive uses and assisting in any way in the manufacture of nuclear weapons or other nuclear explosive devices;
Amendment 107 #
2016/0295(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point a
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point a
Amendment 108 #
2016/0295(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point b
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point b
Amendment 114 #
2016/0295(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 1 a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 1 a (new)
Amendment 124 #
2016/0295(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 7
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 7
7. ‘broker’ shall mean any natural or legal person or partnership resident or established in a Member State of the Union , or a legal person or partnership owned or controlled by such person, or another person that carries out brokering services from the Union into the territory of a third country;
Amendment 126 #
2016/0295(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 9
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 9
9. ‘supplier of technical assistance’ means any natural or legal person or partnership resident or established in a Member State of the Union, or a legal person or partnership owned or controlled by such person, or another person which supplies technical assistance from the Union into the territory of a third country;
Amendment 139 #
2016/0295(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 21
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 21
Amendment 156 #
2016/0295(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 23
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 23
Amendment 158 #
2016/0295(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1
Article 3 – paragraph 1
1. An authorisation shall be required for the export of the dual-use items listed in Section A of Annex I.
Amendment 159 #
2016/0295(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. An authorisation shall be required for the export of the cyber-surveillance items listed in Section B of Annex I.
Amendment 167 #
2016/0295(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point d
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point d
Amendment 177 #
2016/0295(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point e
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point e
Amendment 186 #
2016/0295(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2
Article 4 – paragraph 2
2. If an exporter, under his obligation to exercise due diligence, is awar has sufficient and substantiated evidence that dual-use items which he proposes to export, not listed in Annex I, are intended, in their entirety or in part, for any of the uses referred to in paragraph 1, he must notify the competent authority of the Member State in which he is established, which will decide whether or not it is expedient to make the export concerned subject to authorisation.
Amendment 190 #
2016/0295(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 3
Article 4 – paragraph 3
3. Authorisations for the export of non-listed items shall be granted for specific items and end-users. The authorisations shall be granted by the competent authority of the Member State where the exporter is resident or established or, in case when the exporter is a person resident or established outside the Union, by the competent authority of the Member State where the items are located. The authorisations shall be valid throughout the Union. The authorisations shall be valid for onetwo years, and may be renewed by the competent authority.
Amendment 197 #
2016/0295(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2
Article 4 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2
If no objections are received, the Member States consulted shall be considered to have no objection and shall impose authorisations requirements for all "essentially similar transactions" meaning an item with essentially identical parameters or technical characteristics to the same end use or consignee. They shall inform their customs administration and other relevant national authorities about the authorisations requirements. The Commission shall publish in the Official Journal a short description of the case, the reasoning of the decision and indicate, if applicable, the new authorisation requirement in a new Section E of Annex II.
Amendment 206 #
2016/0295(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2
Article 5 – paragraph 2
2. If a broker is awarhas sufficient and substantiated evidence that the dual- use items listed in Annex I for which he proposes brokering services are intended, in their entirety or in part, for any of the uses referred to in Article 4(1), he must notify the competent authority of the Member State in which he is established which will decide whether or not it is expedient to make such brokering services subject to authorisation.
Amendment 218 #
2016/0295(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2
Article 7 – paragraph 2
If a supplier of technical assistance is aware that the dual-use items for which he proposes to supply technical assistance outside the territory of the Union are intended, in their entirety or in part, for any of the uses referred to in Article 4, he must notify the competent authority in the Member State in which he is established which will decide whether or not it is expedient to make such technical assistance subject to authorisation.
Amendment 241 #
2016/0295(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 3
Article 10 – paragraph 3
3. Individual export authorisations and global export authorisations shall be valid for onetwo years, and may be renewed by the competent authority. Global export authorisations for large projects shall be valid for a duration to be determined by the competent authority.
Amendment 245 #
2016/0295(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2
Article 10 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2
Authorisations may be subject, if appropriate and possible, to an end-use statement.
Amendment 262 #
2016/0295(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Amendment 301 #
2016/0295(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 2 – point b
Article 16 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) The list of dual-uscyber-surveillance items set out in Section B of Annex I may be amended if this is necessary due to risks that the export of such items may pose as regards the commission of serious and systematic violations of human rights or international humanitarian law or the essential security interests of the Union and its Member States, in particular violations of the freedom of expression, the freedom of assembly and the right to privacy in countries where internal repression and the absence of functioning rule of law mechanisms is assessed and reported on by the Commission. When listing an item, it should be taken into account the ability to make a clear and objective specification of the item, the foreign availability of the item outside of the Union, the ability to control effectively the export of the item as well as the controls by the international export control regimes. Equally, the Commission may decide to delist products already listed, in particular if in the course of the fast changing technological environment, the products meanwhile became a lower tie or mass products, easily available or technically easy modifiable.
Amendment 366 #
2016/0295(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – Section B
Annex I – Section B
Amendment 374 #
2016/0295(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – Section A – part 3 – paragraph 3
Annex II – Section A – part 3 – paragraph 3
3. Any exporter intend Member State may require exporters established ing to use this authorisation shallhat Member State to register prior to the first use of this authorisation with the competent authority of the Member State where he is resident or established. Registration shall be automatic and acknowledged by the competent authority ies to the exporter within tenout delay and in any case within 10 working days of receipt.
Amendment 375 #
2016/0295(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – Section A – part 3 – paragraph 4
Annex II – Section A – part 3 – paragraph 4
4. The registered exporter shall notify the first use of this authorisation to the competent authority of the Member State where he is resident or established, no later than 130 days beforeafter the date ofwhen the first export took place.
Amendment 381 #
2016/0295(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – Section B – part 3 – paragraph 3
Annex II – Section B – part 3 – paragraph 3
3. Any exporter intend Member State may require exporters established ing to use this authorisation shallhat Member State to register prior to the first use of this authorisation with the competent authority of the Member State where he is resident or established. Registration shall be automatic and acknowledged by the competent authorityies to the exporter without delay and in any case within 10 working days of receipt.
Amendment 382 #
2016/0295(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – Section B – part 3 – paragraph 4
Annex II – Section B – part 3 – paragraph 4
4. The registered exporter shall notify the first use of this authorisation to the competent authority of the Member State where he is resident or established, no later than 10 days before the date of the first exportestablished, no later than 30 days after the date when the first export took place or, alternatively, and in accordance with a requirement by the competent authority of the Member State where the exporter is established, prior to the first use of this authorisation. Member States shall notify the Commission of the notification mechanism chosen for this authorisation. The Commission shall publish the information notified to it in the C series of the Official Journal of the European Union.
Amendment 387 #
2016/0295(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – Section C – part 3 – paragraph 4
Annex II – Section C – part 3 – paragraph 4
4. Any exporter intend Member State may require exporters established ing to use this authorisation shallhat Member State to register prior to the first use of this authorisation with the competent authority of the Member State where he is resident or established. Registration shall be automatic and acknowledged by the competent authorityies to the exporter without delay and in any case within 10 working days of receipt.
Amendment 388 #
2016/0295(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – Section C – part 3 – paragraph 5
Annex II – Section C – part 3 – paragraph 5
5. The registered exporter shall notify the first use of this authorisation to the competent authority of the Member State where he is resident or established, no later than 130 days before the date of the first exportafter the date when the first export took place or, alternatively, and in accordance with a requirement by the competent authority of the Member State where the exporter is established, prior to the first use of this authorisation. Member States shall notify the Commission of the notification mechanism chosen for this authorisation. The Commission shall publish the information notified to it in the C series of the Official Journal of the European Union.
Amendment 392 #
2016/0295(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – Section D – part 3 – paragraph 5
Annex II – Section D – part 3 – paragraph 5
5. Any exporter intend Member State may require exporters established ing to use this authorisation shallhat Member State to register prior to the first use of this authorisation with the competent authority of the Member State where he is resident or established. Registration shall be automatic and acknowledged by the competent authorityies to the exporter without delay and in any case within 10 working days of receipt.
Amendment 393 #
2016/0295(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – Section D – part 3 – paragraph 6
Annex II – Section D – part 3 – paragraph 6
6. The registered exporter shall notify the first use of this authorisation to the competent authority of the Member State where he is resident or established, no later than 130 days before the date of the first exportafter the date when the first export took place or, alternatively, and in accordance with a requirement by the competent authority of the Member State where the exporter is established, prior to the first use of this authorisation. Member States shall notify the Commission of the notification mechanism chosen for this authorisation. The Commission shall publish the information notified to it in the C series of the Official Journal of the European Union.
Amendment 396 #
2016/0295(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – Section E – part 3 – paragraph 3
Annex II – Section E – part 3 – paragraph 3
3. Any exporter intend Member State may require exporters established ing to use this authorisation shallhat Member State to register prior to the first use of this authorisation with the competent authority of the Member State where he is resident or established. Registration shall be automatic and acknowledged by the competent authorityies to the exporter without delay and in any case within 10 working days of receipt.
Amendment 397 #
2016/0295(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – Section E – part 3 – paragraph 4
Annex II – Section E – part 3 – paragraph 4
4. The registered exporter who uses this authorisation shall notify the first use of this authorisation to the competent authority of the Member State where he is resident or established, no later than 130 days before the date of the first exportafter the date when the first export took place or, alternatively, and in accordance with a requirement by the competent authority of the Member State where the exporter is established, prior to the first use of this authorisation. Member States shall notify the Commission of the notification mechanism chosen for this authorisation. The Commission shall publish the information notified to it in the C series of the Official Journal of the European Union.
Amendment 400 #
2016/0295(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – Section F – paragraph 3
Annex II – Section F – paragraph 3
3. Any exporter intend Member State may require exporters established ing to use this authorisation shallhat Member State to register prior to the first use of this authorisation with the competent authority of the Member State where he is resident or established. Registration shall be automatic and acknowledged by the competent authorityies to the exporter without delay and in any case within 10 working days of receipt.
Amendment 401 #
2016/0295(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – Section F – part 3 – paragraph 4
Annex II – Section F – part 3 – paragraph 4
4. The registered exporter shall notify the first use of this authorisation to the competent authority of the Member State where he is resident or established, no later than 130 days before the date of the first exportafter the date when the first export took place or, alternatively, and in accordance with a requirement by the competent authority of the Member State where the exporter is established, prior to the first use of this authorisation. Member States shall notify the Commission of the notification mechanism chosen for this authorisation. The Commission shall publish the information notified to it in the C series of the Official Journal of the European Union.
Amendment 404 #
2016/0295(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – Section G – part 3 – paragraph 6
Annex II – Section G – part 3 – paragraph 6
6. Any exporter intend Member State may require exporters established ing to use this authorisation shallhat Member State to register prior to the first use of this authorisation with the competent authority of the Member State where he is resident or established. Registration shall be automatic and acknowledged by the competent authorityies to the exporter without delay and in any case within 10 working days of receipt.
Amendment 405 #
2016/0295(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – Section G – part 3 – paragraph 7
Annex II – Section G – part 3 – paragraph 7
7. The registered exporter shall notify the competent authority of the Member State where he is resident or established of the first use of this authorisation no later than 130 days before the date of the first exportafter the date when the first export took place or, alternatively, and in accordance with a requirement by the competent authority of the Member State where the exporter is established, prior to the first use of this authorisation. Member States shall notify the Commission of the notification mechanism chosen for this authorisation. The Commission shall publish the information notified to it in the C series of the Official Journal of the European Union.
Amendment 415 #
2016/0295(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – Section H – part 3 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1
Annex II – Section H – part 3 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1
Any exporter intend Member State may require exporters established ing to use this authorisation shallhat Member State to register prior to the first use of this authorisation with the competent authority of the Member State where he is resident or established. Registration shall be automatic and acknowledged by the competent authorityies to the exporter without delay and in any case within 10 working days of receipt.
Amendment 416 #
2016/0295(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – Section H – part 3 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2
Annex II – Section H – part 3 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2
The registered exporter shall notify the first use of this authorisation to the competent authority of the Member State where he is resident or established, no later than 130 days before the date of the first exportafter the date when the first export took place or, alternatively, and in accordance with a requirement by the competent authority of the Member State where the exporter is established, prior to the first use of this authorisation. Member States shall notify the Commission of the notification mechanism chosen for this authorisation. The Commission shall publish the information notified to it in the C series of the Official Journal of the European Union.
Amendment 419 #
2016/0295(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – Section I – part 3 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
Annex II – Section I – part 3 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
Any exporter intend Member State may require exporters established ing to use this authorisation shallhat Member State to register prior to the first use of this authorisation with the competent authority of the Member State where he is resident or established. . Registration shall be automatic and acknowledged by the competent authorityies to the exporter without delay and in any case within 10 working days of receipt.
Amendment 420 #
2016/0295(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – Section I – part 3 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
Annex II – Section I – part 3 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
The registered exporter shall notify the first use of this authorisation to the competent authority of the Member State where he is resident or established, no later than 130 days before the date of the first exportafter the date when the first export took place or, alternatively, and in accordance with a requirement by the competent authority of the Member State where the exporter is established, prior to the first use of this authorisation. Member States shall notify the Commission of the notification mechanism chosen for this authorisation. The Commission shall publish the information notified to it in the C series of the Official Journal of the European Union.
Amendment 422 #
2016/0295(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – Section J – part 3 – paragraph 3
Annex II – Section J – part 3 – paragraph 3
3. Any exporter intend Member State may require exporters established ing to use this authorisation shallhat Member State to register prior to the first use of this authorisation with the competent authority of the Member State where he is resident or established. Registration shall be automatic and acknowledged by the competent authorityies to the exporter without delay and in any case within 10 working days of receipt.
Amendment 423 #
2016/0295(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – Section J – part 3 – paragraph 4
Annex II – Section J – part 3 – paragraph 4
4. The registered exporter shall notify the first use of this authorisation to the competent authority of the Member State where he is resident or established, no later than 130 days before the date of the first exportafter the date when the first export took place or, alternatively, and in accordance with a requirement by the competent authority of the Member State where the exporter is established, prior to the first use of this authorisation. Member States shall notify the Commission of the notification mechanism chosen for this authorisation. The Commission shall publish the information notified to it in the C series of the Official Journal of the European Union.
Amendment 4 #
2015/2041(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Recalls that the Treaty on European Union (TEU) marked a new stage in the process of creating an ever closer union in which decisions are taken as openly and as closely as possible to the citizen (Article 1 TEU); notes that there is a considerabltakes into account the lively public debate lack of trust among EU citizens in EU trade-policy making, and believes that a radical shift is needed in the way that information about trade negotiations is communicated to the public, in order to ensure their legitimaross Europe on current trade negotiations and the concerns voiced by European citizens, welcomes both the Commission's transparency initiative for the TTIP negotiations and the release of the new trade strategy "Trade for all" which aims at creating a higher level of transparency in trade policy;
Amendment 16 #
2015/2041(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Recalls that, pursuant to the principle of sincere cooperation, the Union and the Member States must, in full mutual respect, assist each other in carrying out certain tasks (Articles 4 and 13 TEU), which is a precondition for Parliament to adequately exercise its legislative and budgetary functions, and those of political control and consultation (Article 14 TEU); cCalls on the Council and the Commission to commit fully and seriously to thise principle of sincere cooperation with Parliament by immediately providing, through the relevant channels, full and accurate information pertaining to the Union’'s external action, including its Common Commercial Policy (CCP), in regard to decision-making and implementation of primary and secondary legislation; notes that, even though an interinstitutional cooperation agreement exists between Parliament and the Commission, the same does not exist between Parliament and the Council, which creates certain hurdles for scrutiny; calls on the Commission to take into full consideration Parliament’'s requests concerning the interinstitutional agreement, in particular as regards provisional application and implementation of trade agreements;
Amendment 18 #
2015/2041(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Amendment 19 #
2015/2041(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Welcomes the fact that the Committee on International Trade (INTA) and the Commission’'s Directorate-General for Trade have been collaborating pro-actively to enhance cooperation, establish best practices and improve communication channels, and that this collaboration has been especially useful for monitoring trade negotiations through INTA Standing Rapporteurs and targeted monitoring groups; welcomes recent efforts by the Commission to increase the transparency of trade negotiations; believes, nevertheless, that the Council and the Commission can still improve their working methods to better cooperate with Parliament as regards access to documents, information and decision-making for all issues and negotiations related to CCP (such as information relating to negotiations – including scoping, mandates and evolution of negotiations – provisional application of trade agreements, activities and decisions taken by bodies created by trade and/or investment agreements, expert meetings, and delegated and implementing acts); notes with regret that after one year of negotiations; is confident that an agreement between the Commission and Parliament on access to confidential documents related to the TTIP negotiations, there is still no agreement about access to confidential documents; will be reached in a very near future.
Amendment 36 #
2015/2041(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Stresses that, as pointed out by the European Court of Justice (ECJ), imperatives for transparency derive from the democratic nature of governance within the EU, and that, where confidential information is beyond the reach of public access, as in the case of trade negotiations, it must be available to parliamentarians who scrutinise trade policy on behalf of citizens; considers therefore that access to classified information is essential for scrutiny by Parliament, which in return should abide by its obligation to manage such information properly; considers that there should be clear criteria for labelling documents as ‘classified’; notes that the case law of the ECJ makes it clear that where a document originating in an EU institution is covered by an exception with regard to the right to public access, the institution must clearly explain why access to this document could specifically and effectively undermine the interest protected by the exception, and that theis risk must be reasonably foreseeable and not purely hypothetical; calls on the Commission to implement the recommendations of the European Ombudsman of July 2015 with particular regard to access to documents for all negotiations, and calls on the Commission to convince EU negotiating partners to increase transparency at their end;
Amendment 42 #
2015/2041(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Recalls the importance for the CCP legislative process to count on Union statistics consistent with Article 338(2) TFEU and on impact assessments conforming to the highest standards of impartiality and reliability; calls for further reflection on further promoting a mandatory legislative (and lobbying) footprint throughout the legislative process, which would further legitimise it by making it more fact based and transparent for citizens and stakeholderhow to improve the existing EU register for EU lobbyists to further enhance transparency in the legislative process;
Amendment 48 #
2015/2041(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Stresses that the Commission must promote the general interests of the Union, be led by members chosen on the grounds of their competence and independence, and refrain from any action incompatible with its duties (Article 17 TFEU); welcomes initiatives aimed at greater transparency, accountability and integrity, including the decisions adopted by the Commission on 25 November 2014 and the new impetus given to the Transparency Register, which should be mandatory and binding for all EU institutions, bodies, offices and agencies; calls for Parliament, inin order to reflect the possibility to improve thise respect, to coordinate action togister to further enhance transparency within the institutions as regards the activity of lobbies and special interest groups;
Amendment 4 #
2014/2232(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 15
Citation 15
– having regard to the European Union restrictive measures in place against Egypt, Libya, Iran, South Sudan, Sudan and Syria, some of which include embargoes on telecommunications equipment, information and communication technologies (ICTs) and monitoring tools,
Amendment 13 #
2014/2232(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas technological systems are also increasingly can be misused as tools for human rights violations through censorship, surveillance, unauthorised access to devices, jamming, interception, tracing and tracking of information and individuals;
Amendment 16 #
2014/2232(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas this is done by governmentpublic and private actors, criminal organisations, and terrorist networks and private actors to violate human rights;
Amendment 19 #
2014/2232(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas ICTs have been key instruments in organizing social movements and protest in various countries, especially under authoritative regimes;
Amendment 30 #
2014/2232(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas (cyber-)security and counter- terrorism measures involving ICTs, or the monitoring, of the internet oftecan have significant detrimental effects on the human rights of people all over the world, especially in the absence of legal basis, necessity, proportionality or democratic and judicial oversight;
Amendment 57 #
2014/2232(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Draws attention to the importance of developing ICTs in conflict areas to promote peacebuilding activities with a view to providing secure communication between parties involved in peaceful resolution of conflicts;
Amendment 61 #
2014/2232(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the Commission and the Council to support, train and empower human rights defenders, and other civil society activists and independent journalists using ICTs in their activities, and to promote the related fundamental rights of privacy, freedom of expression, freedom of assembly and freedom of association online;
Amendment 70 #
2014/2232(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Urges the Council and the Commission to insist on the need to guarantee and respectpromote digital freedoms and unrestricted access to the internet in all forms of contact with third countries, including in accession negotiations, trade negotiations, and human rights dialogues and diplomatic contacts;
Amendment 72 #
2014/2232(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Recognizes that the internet has become a public space as well as a marketplace, for which the free flow of information and access to ICTs are indispensable; therefore stresses that digital freedom and free trade must be promoted and protected simultaneously;
Amendment 89 #
2014/2232(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Underlines that the digital collection and dissemination of evidence of human rights violations can contribute to the global fight against impunity; considers that such material should, in duly justified cases, be admissible under international (criminal) law as evidence in court proceedings;
Amendment 94 #
2014/2232(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Deplores the fact that some of the EU- made information and communication technologies and services are used in third countries to, violate human rights through censorship, mass surveillance, jamming, interception, monitoring, and the tracing and tracking of citizens and their activities on (mobile) telephone networks and the internet;
Amendment 103 #
2014/2232(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Considers mass surveillance to be disproportionate at all times, hence in violation of the principles of necessity and proportionality, and, therefore, a violation of human rights;
Amendment 114 #
2014/2232(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Stresses the need to implement and monitor EU regulations and sanctions relating to ICTs at EU level, including the use of catch-all mechanisms, so as to ensure that Member Statall parties comply with legislation and that a level playing field is preserved;
Amendment 122 #
2014/2232(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Calls on the Commission to submit proposals to review howconsider the effect of EU standards on ICTs, which could be used to prevent the potentially harmful impacts of the export of such technologies or other services to third countries where concepts such as ‘lawful interception’ have different implications, or where the rule of law does not exist;
Amendment 137 #
2014/2232(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
Amendment 141 #
2014/2232(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Calls on the Commission and Council actively to defend the open internet, multi- stakeholder decision-making procedures and digital freedoms in third countries through internet governance fora;
Amendment 157 #
2014/2232(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Calls on the Commission to involve civil society, and independent experts in the ICT field, to ensur in third countries, to promote up-to-date expertise that should result in future-proof policy making;
Amendment 266 #
2014/2229(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 2
Subheading 2
Stepping up the global strategy for democracy and human rights
Amendment 324 #
2014/2229(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20a. Expresses deep concern about the human rights violations, especially against vulnerable groups in the MENA countries facing conflicts; considers children to be one of the most vulnerable groups and therefore reiterates the need to step up efforts to implement the revised implementation strategy for the EU Guidelines on Children and Armed Conflict; encourages the EU to further deepen its cooperation with the UN Special Representative for Children affected by Armed Conflicts, supporting the associated action plans and monitoring and reporting mechanisms;
Amendment 325 #
2014/2229(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 b (new)
Paragraph 20 b (new)
20b. Condemns the continued violations of the right to freedom of religion or belief in the region and reiterates the importance which EU places on this issue; restates once again that freedom of thought, conscience and religion is a fundamental human right; stresses therefore the need to effectively combat all forms of discrimination against religious minorities, in particular Christians who are being persecuted and facing the danger of extinction in their motherlands;
Amendment 326 #
2014/2229(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 c (new)
Paragraph 20 c (new)
20c. Welcomes the adoption during the 2013 reporting year of the EU Guidelines on the Promotion and Protection of Freedom of Religion or Belief, and calls on the EU institutions and the Member States to pay particular attention to the implementation of these guidelines, both in international and regional forums and in bilateral relations with third countries; commends the new VP/HR for stating that freedom of religion or belief is one of the human rights priorities; encourages the VP/HR and the EEAS to engage in a permanent dialogue with NGOs, religious or belief groups and religious leaders;
Amendment 327 #
2014/2229(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 d (new)
Paragraph 20 d (new)
20d. Stresses the importance of new prodemocracy tools enhancing long term stability in MENA region such as European Endowment for Democracy (EED); calls on the Member States, in a spirit of solidarity and commitment, to provide the Endowment's budget with sufficient funding to ensure the most flexible and effective support for local actors of democratic change in the region;
Amendment 23 #
2014/2228(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 12 a (new)
Citation 12 a (new)
- having regard to its resolution of 6 April 2011 on the future European international investment policy19f __________________ 19f Texts adopted, P7_TA(2011)0141.
Amendment 24 #
2014/2228(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 12 a (new)
Citation 12 a (new)
- having regard to its resolution of 6 April 2011 on European international investment policy19g __________________ 19g Texts adopted, P7_TA(2011)0141.
Amendment 29 #
2014/2228(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 13
Citation 13
– having regard to its earlier resolutions, in particular those of 23 October 2012 on trade and economic relations with the United States20, 23 May 2013 on EU trade and investment negotiations with the United States of America21, 12 March 2014 on the US NSA surveillance programme, surveillance bodies in various Member States and their impact on EU citizens’ fundamental rights and on transatlantic cooperation in Justice and Home Affairs22, and 15 January 2015 on the annual report on the activities of the European Ombudsman 201323, __________________ 22 Texts adopted, P7_TA- PROV(2014)0230. 20 21OJ C 68 E, 7.3.2014, p.53. OJ C 68 E, 7.3.2014, p.53. 21 Texts adopted, P7_TA(2013)0227. Texts adopted, P7_TA(2013)0227. 23 Texts adopted, P8_TA- PROV(2015)0009.
Amendment 71 #
2014/2228(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas, given the growing interconnectedness of global markets – up to 40 % of European industrial products are manufactured from imported upstream products – it is crucial that policymakers further and shape the way these markets interact; whereas proper trade rules are fundamental to creating added value in Europe, since industrial production takes place in global value chains;
Amendment 88 #
2014/2228(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas we are faced with an uninsufficiently regulated picture of globalisation and a well-designed trade agreement could contribute to harnessing liberalisation; whereas such an agreement should not only focus on reducing tariffs and NTBs but should also be a tool to protect workemployees, employers, consumers and the environment; whereas a strong and ambitious trade agreement is an opportunity to create a framework by strengthening regulation to the highest standards at a global level in order to prevent social and environmental dumping;
Amendment 89 #
2014/2228(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas we are faced with an unregulated constantly evolving picture of globalisation and a well-designed trade agreement could contribute to harnessing the far-reaching effects of liberalisation; whereas such an agreement should not only focus on reducing tariffs and NTBs but should also be a tool to protect workers, consumers and the environment; whereas a strong and ambitious trade agreement is an opportunity to create a framework by strengthening regulation to the highest standards at a global level in order to prevent social and environmental dumping;
Amendment 99 #
2014/2228(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas even though common high standards are in the interest of the consumers, it should be noted that they also make sense from an economic perspective, as the higher costs stemming from higher standards are more easily compensated by increased economies of scale in a market of 850 million consumers;
Amendment 115 #
2014/2228(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas many economic impact studies on TTIP should be taken with caution asthe vast majority of they large built on computable general equilibrium economic models with very optimistic predictions about the capacity of the EU and the US to reduce regulatory barriers to tradenumber of economic impact studies on TTIP forecast positive effects; whereas the TTIP alone will not resolve economic problems in the EU and no false hopes and expectations should be raised in that respecbut it can make a contribution to more growth and employment;
Amendment 116 #
2014/2228(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
whereas manythe various economic impact studies on TTIP should be taken with caution as they are built on computable general equilibrium economic models with very optimistic predictions about the capacity of the EU and the US to reduce regulatory barriers to trade; whereas the TTIP alone will not resolve economic problems in the EU and no false hopes and expectations should be raised in that respecarried out up to now are naturally only able to provide forecasts at this point, it can be seen at the same time, however, that all studies project a generally positive impact;
Amendment 141 #
2014/2228(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas the wellbeing of ordinary citizens, workers and consumers has to be theis a benchmark for aour trade agreement; whereas TTIP should be a model for a good trade agreement responding to these requirements;
Amendment 143 #
2014/2228(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas the wellbeing of ordinary citizens, workers and consumers has to be the benchmark for a trade agreement; whereas TTIP should be a good model for a goodfuture trade agreement responding to these requirements;
Amendment 162 #
2014/2228(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas the secret character of negotiations as they have been conducted in the past has led to deficiencies in terms of democratic control of the negotiation process, for reasons of negotiation tactics, not all the information can be published for negotiations, and this poses particular challenges for citizen participation and democratic control of the negotiation process; whereas this has not had an adverse effect in the case of our concluded agreement;
Amendment 163 #
2014/2228(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas the secret character of negotiations ason they have been conducted in the past has led to deficiencies in terms of democratic control of the negotiation process TTIP agreement should offer the maximum possible transparency; whereas Parliament fully supports both the decision of the Council to declassify the negotiating directives and the Commission’s transparency initiative; whereas the new Commission’s new transparency offensive promotes democratic control of the negotiation process and has already successfully eliminated transparency deficiencies; whereas the negotiations will also always require a certain degree of confidentiality in order to be able to achieve a high-quality outcome;
Amendment 184 #
2014/2228(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
H. whereas President Juncker has clearly reiterated in his Political Guidelines that – while the EU and the US can go a significant step further in recognising each other’s product standards and working towards transatlantic standards – the EU will not sacrifice its safety, health, social and data protection standards or our cultural diversity, recalling that the safety of the food we eat and the protection of Europeans’ personal data and of local public services are non- negotiable;
Amendment 196 #
2014/2228(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
Amendment 213 #
2014/2228(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital J
Recital J
Amendment 219 #
2014/2228(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital J
Recital J
J. whereas many critical voices in the public debate have shown the need for the TTIP negotiations to be conducted in a more transparent and inclusive manner, taking into account the concerns voiced by European citizens, as has been the case up to now; whereas Parliament fully supports both the decision of the Council to declassify the negotiating directives and the Commission’s transparency initiative;
Amendment 227 #
2014/2228(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital K
Recital K
K. whereas since July 2013 talks between the US and the EU have been going on, but up to now no common text has been agreed and it is now exactly the right time to undertake a reflection on the state of play;
Amendment 228 #
2014/2228(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital K
Recital K
K. whereas since July 2013 talks between the US and the EU have been going on, but up to now no common text has been agreed and it is now exactly the right time to undertake a reflection on the state of playyet;
Amendment 264 #
2014/2228(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point a – point ii
Paragraph 1 – point a – point ii
(ii) to emphasise that while the TTIP negotiations consist of negotiations on three main areas – ambitiously improving reciprocal market access (for goods, services, investment and public procurement at all levels of government), reducing NTBs and enhancing the compatibility of regulatory regimes, and developing common rules to address shared global trade challenges and opportunities – all these areas are equally important to be included in a comprehensive package; TTIP should be ambitious and binding on all levels of government on both sides of the Atlantic, the agreement should lead to lasting genuine market openness on a reciprocal basis and trade facilitation on the ground, and should pay particular attention to structural means ofsures for achieving greater transatlantic cooperation while upholding regulatory standards and preventing social and environmental dumping;
Amendment 340 #
2014/2228(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point b – point iii
Paragraph 1 – point b – point iii
(iii) to keep in mind that there are important offensive interests for the EU in the services sector, for instance in the areas of engineering, telecommunications, media and journalistic reporting, and transport services;
Amendment 342 #
2014/2228(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point b – point iii
Paragraph 1 – point b – point iii
(iii) to keep in mind that there are important offensive interests for the EU in the services sector, for instance in the areas of highly specialised services, engineering, telecommunications and, transport services and finance;
Amendment 364 #
2014/2228(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point b – point iv
Paragraph 1 – point b – point iv
(iv) to increasstructure market access for services according to the ‘positive list approach’ whereby services that are to be opened up toon the same lines as the EU-Canada foreign companies are explicitly mentioned and new servicese trade agre excludedement while ensuring that possible standstill and ratchet clauses only apply to non- discrimination provisions and allow for enough flexibility to bring services back into public control;
Amendment 365 #
2014/2228(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point b – point iv
Paragraph 1 – point b – point iv
(iv) to increase market access for services according to the ‘posind adopt a ‘negative list’ approach’ as a basis in services liberalisation whereby all services that are not to be opened up to foreign companies are explicitly mentioned and new services are excludedexcluded, it being ensured that previously unknown or innovative service sectors must not be automatically excluded from the market, while ensuring that possible standstill and ratchet clauses only apply to non- discrimination provisions and allow for enough flexibility to bring services back into public control;
Amendment 378 #
2014/2228(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point b – point v
Paragraph 1 – point b – point v
(v) the negotiations should meaningfully address and remove the current US restrictions on maritime and air transport services owned by European businesses, including in relation to foreign ownership of airlines and reciprocity on cabotage, as well as maritime cargo screening;
Amendment 399 #
2014/2228(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point b – point vi
Paragraph 1 – point b – point vi
(vi) to ensure an adequate carve-out of sensitive services such as public services and public utilities (including water, health, social security systems and education) allowing national and local authorities enough room for manoeuvre to legislate in the public interest; awelcomes the joint declaration reflecting negotiators’ clear commitment to exclude these sectors from the negotiations would be very helpful in this regard;
Amendment 401 #
2014/2228(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point b – point vi
Paragraph 1 – point b – point vi
(vi) to ensure an adequate carve-out of sensitive services such as public services and public utilities (including water, health, social security systems and education) allowing national and local authorities enough room for manoeuvre to legislate in the public interest; a joint declaration reflecting negotiators’ clear commitment to exclude these sectors from the negotiany privatisation obligations would be very helpful in this regard;
Amendment 448 #
2014/2228(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point b – point viii
Paragraph 1 – point b – point viii
(viii) to ensure that the EU’s acquis on data privacy is not further compromised through the liberalisation of data flows, in particular in the area of e-commerce and financial services; to ensure that no commitments on data flows are taken up before European data protection legislation is in place;
Amendment 449 #
2014/2228(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point b – point viii
Paragraph 1 – point b – point viii
(viii) to ensure that the EU’s acquis oEuropean data privacy is not compromised through the liberalisation of transatlantic data flows, in particular in the area of e-commerce and financial services; to ensure that no commitments on data flows are taken up before European data protection legislation is in place;
Amendment 458 #
2014/2228(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point b – point ix
Paragraph 1 – point b – point ix
Amendment 461 #
2014/2228(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point b – point ix
Paragraph 1 – point b – point ix
(ix) to ensure that European competition law is also properly respected particularly in the digital world;
Amendment 477 #
2014/2228(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point b – point x
Paragraph 1 – point b – point x
(x) to keep in mind that the agreement should not risk prejudicing the Union’s cultural and linguistic diversity, including in the audiovisual and cultural services sector, and that existing and future provisions and policies in support of the cultural sector, in particular in the digital world, are kept out of the scope of the negotiations;
Amendment 509 #
2014/2228(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point b – point xii
Paragraph 1 – point b – point xii
(xii) to promote EU-US cooperation at the international level in order to promote sustainability standards for public procurement, inter alia in the implementation of the recently revised Government Procurement Agreement; at all federal and sub-federal levels of government;
Amendment 517 #
2014/2228(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point b – point xiii
Paragraph 1 – point b – point xiii
(xiii) to ensure that the US states are included in the negotiation process in order to achieve meaningful, robust and tangible results in opening up US public procurement contracts to EU companies;
Amendment 529 #
2014/2228(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point b – point xiv
Paragraph 1 – point b – point xiv
(xiv) to ensure that the negotiations on rules of origin aim at reconciling the EU and US approaches and establishing effective rules of origin; given the conclusion of the negotiations for the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) between EU and Canada and the potential upgrade of the EU-Mexico free trade agreement, the possibility and scope of cumulation will need to be considered;
Amendment 552 #
2014/2228(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point c – point i
Paragraph 1 – point c – point i
(i) to ensure that the regulatory cooperation chapter promotes an effective, pro- competitive economic environment through the facilitation of trade and investment while developing and securing high levels of protection of health and safety, consumer, labour and environmental legislation and of the cultural diversity that exists within the EU; negotiators on both sides need toshould identify and to be very clear about which regulatory measures and standards are fundamental and cannot be compromised, which ones can be the subject of a common approach, which are the areas where mutual recognition based on a common high standard and a strong system of market surveillance is desirable and which are those where simply an improved exchange of information is possible, based on the experience of one and a half years of ongoing talks;
Amendment 553 #
2014/2228(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point c – point i
Paragraph 1 – point c – point i
(i) to ensure that the regulatory cooperation chapter promotes an effective, pro- competitive economic environment through thea transparent, effective and efficient regulatory cooperation chapter and coherence promote and facilitation ofe trade and investment while developing and securing the high levels of protection of health and safety,, the consumer, labour and, the environmental legislation and of the and cultural diversity that exists within the EU; negotiators on both sides need to identify and to be very clear about which regulatory measures and standards are fundamental and cannot be compromised, which ones can be the subject of a common approach,areas will be the subject of regulatory consistency or regulatory cooperation and which ones will be excluded, and which are the areas where mutual recognition based on a common high standard and a strong system of market surveillance is desirable and which are those where simply an improved exchange of information is possible, based on the experience of one and a half years of ongoing talks;
Amendment 575 #
2014/2228(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point c – point ii
Paragraph 1 – point c – point ii
(ii) to base negotiations on SPS and TBT measures on the key principles of the multilateral SPS and TBT agreements; to aim in the first place at increasing transparency and openness, strengthening dialogue between regulators and strengthening cooperation in international standards-setting bodies; to recognise, in negotiations on SPS and TBT measures, the right of both parties to manage risk in accordance with the level either deems appropriate in order to protect human, animal or plant life or health; to respect and uphold the sensitivities and fundamental values of either side, such as the EU’s precautionary principle;
Amendment 594 #
2014/2228(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point c – point iii
Paragraph 1 – point c – point iii
(iii) with regard to the horizontal regulatory cooperation chapter, to give priority to fostering bilateral cooperation between regulatory bodies through enhanced information exchange and to promote the adoption, strengthening and timely implementation of international instruments, on the basis of successful international experiences such as, for instance, ISO standards or under the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe’s (UNECE) World Forum for Harmonisation of Vehicle Regulations (WP.29); to establish that the prior impact assessment for the regulatory act, as defined in the horizontal provisions on regulatory cooperation, should also measure the impact on consumers and the environment next to its impact on trade and investment; to handle the possibility of promoting regulatory compatibility with great care and only without compromising legitimate regulatory and policy objectives and competencies of the legislature on both sides of the Atlantic;
Amendment 595 #
2014/2228(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point c – point iii
Paragraph 1 – point c – point iii
(iii) with regard to the horizontal regulatory cooperation chapter, to give priority to fostering bilateral cooperation between regulatory bodies through enhanced information exchange and to promote the adoption, strengthening and timely implementation of international instruments, on the basis of successful international experiences such as, for instance, ISO standards or under the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe’s (UNECE) World Forum for Harmonisation of Vehicle Regulations (WP.29); to establish that the prior impact assessment for the regulatory act, as defined in the horizontal provisions on regulatory cooperation, should also measure the impact on consumers and the environment next to its impact on trade and investment; to handle the possibility of promoting regulatory compatibility with great care and only without compromising legitimate regulatory and policy objectives;
Amendment 602 #
2014/2228(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point c – point iv
Paragraph 1 – point c – point iv
Amendment 624 #
2014/2228(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point d – point i
Paragraph 1 – point d – point i
(i) to combine negotiations on market access and regulatory cooperation with the establishment of ambitious rules and disciplines, inter alia on sustainable development, energy, SMEs, and investment and intellectual property;
Amendment 637 #
2014/2228(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point d – point ii
Paragraph 1 – point d – point ii
(ii) to ensure that the sustainable development chapter aims at the full and effective ratification, implementation and enforcement of the eight fundamental conventions of the International Labour Organisation (ILO) and their content, the ILO’s Decent Work Agenda and the core international environmental agreements; provisions should be aimed at further improving levels of protection of labour and environmental standards; an ambitious trade and sustainable development chapter should also include rules on corporate social responsibility based on the Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) and a clearly structured dialogue with so-called civil society involvement;
Amendment 638 #
2014/2228(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point d – point ii
Paragraph 1 – point d – point ii
(ii) to ensure that the sustainable development chapter aims at the full and effective ratification, implementation and enforcement of the eight fundamental conventions of the International Labour Organisation (ILO) and their content, the ILO’s Decent Work Agenda and the core international environmental agreements; provisions should be aimed at improving levels of protection of labour and environmental standards; an ambitious trade and sustainable development chapter should also include rules on corporate social responsibility based on the Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) and a clearly structured civil society involvementagreement supports the drafting and enforcement of legal provisions and political measures in the area of labour and environmental law and promotes the consideration of core standards and benchmarks laid down by the International Labour Organisation (ILO); calls for the harmonisation of standards in the area of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR);
Amendment 643 #
2014/2228(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point d – point iii
Paragraph 1 – point d – point iii
(iii) toit must be ensured that labour and environmental standards are not limited to the trade and sustainable development chapter but are equally included in other areas of the agreement, such as investment, trade in services, regulatory cooperation and public procurementthe horizontal dimensions of the provisions of labour and social law in the sustainable development chapter are integrated in the relevant operational parts of the agreement in order to ensure a coherent and comprehensive approach;
Amendment 664 #
2014/2228(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point d – point v
Paragraph 1 – point d – point v
(v) to ensure that employees of transatlantic companies have access to information and consultation ion line withthe same lines as the European works council directive;
Amendment 670 #
2014/2228(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point d – point vi
Paragraph 1 – point d – point vi
(vi) to ensure that the economic, social and environmental impact of TTIP is examined through a thorough trade sustainability impact assessment with clear involvement of all stakeholders and civil societyupon conclusion of the negotiations;
Amendment 744 #
2014/2228(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point d – point xiii
Paragraph 1 – point d – point xiii
(xiii) to ensure that investment protection provisions are limited to post- establishment provisions and focus on non-discrimination and fair and equitable treatment; standards of protection and definitions of investor and investment should be drawn up in a precise manner; free transfer of capital should be in line with the EU treaty provisions and should include a prudential carve-out in the case of financial crises;
Amendment 764 #
2014/2228(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point d – point xiv
Paragraph 1 – point d – point xiv
(xiv) to ensure that foreign investors are protected and treated in a non- discriminatory fashion and have a fair opportunity to seek and achieve redress of grievances, which can be achieved without the inclus; ensure that a disputes resolution mechanism is established in order to ensure that the conditions of an ISDS mechanism; such a mechanism is not necessary in TTIP given the EU’s and the US’ developed legal systems; a state-to- state dispute settlement system and the uthe agreement on investment are respected, but only on the condition that the mechanism guarantees the right of states to regulate, fulfils requirements for transparency, includes clear and precise definitions of legal concepts such as ‘indirect expropriation’ and ‘fair and equitable treatment’, an appeals mechanism, respect for rules on ethics and prevention of conflicts of interest, prevents abusive recourse to the courts, is accessible to SMEs and does not affect rights of recourse tof national courts are the most appropriate tools to address investment disputes; to ensure that the establishment of the dispute resolution mechanism forms part of medium-term thinking on the establishment of an international organisation responsible for such questions in relation to investment;
Amendment 768 #
2014/2228(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point d – point xiv
Paragraph 1 – point d – point xiv
(xiv) to ensure that foreign investors are treated in a non-discriminatory fashion and have a fair opportunity to seek and achieve redress of grievances, which can be achieved without the inclusion of an ISDS mechanism; such a mechanism is not necessary in TTIP given the EU’s and the US’ developed legal sys; to include an ISDS mechanism in the agreement for this purpose, as, despite the highly developed legal systems of the EU and the US, this mechanism is indispensable for enforcing international investment protection standards and addressing investment disputems; a state- to-state dispute settlement system and the use of national courts are the most appropriate tools to address investment disputesto evaluate whether, in the long term, the establishment of an international court of law for settling investor-state arbitration proceedings should be considered;
Amendment 770 #
2014/2228(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point d – point xiv
Paragraph 1 – point d – point xiv
(xiv) to ensure that foreign investors are treated in a non-discriminatory fashion and have a fair opportunity to seek and achieve redress of grievances, which cannot be achieved without the inclusion of an ISDSappropriate mechanism; such a mechanism is not necessary in TTIP given, despite the EU’s and the US’ developed legal systems;, in order to ensure the applicability of international agreements, which is not direct in many cases, before national courts and thus the justiciability of contractual obligations entered into in national redress procedures, and to bring an end to the unequal treatment of investors on account of existing agreements of individual EU Member States; in many cases, a state-to- state dispute settlement system and the use of national courts are the mosnot appropriate tools to address investment disputes;
Amendment 782 #
2014/2228(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point d – point xiv a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point d – point xiv a (new)
(xiva) TTIP should include the medium- term perspective of such an international Court;
Amendment 793 #
2014/2228(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point d – point xv
Paragraph 1 – point d – point xv
(xv) to ensure that TTIP includes an ambitious Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) chapter that includes strong protection of precisely and clearly defined areas of IPR, including enhancedthe protection and recognition of European Geographical Indications (GIs), and reflects a fair and efficient level of protection such as laid out in the EU’s and the US’s free trade agreement provisions in this area, while continuing to confirm the existing flexibilities in the Agreement on Trade- Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS), notably in the area of public health;
Amendment 837 #
2014/2228(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point e – point ii
Paragraph 1 – point e – point ii
(ii) to translate these transparency efforts into meaningful practical results, inter alia by reaching meaningful arrangements with the US side to improve transparency, including access to all negotiating documents, in order to allow Members of Parliament and the Member States to develop constructive discussions with stakeholders and the public, while at the same time maintaining due confidentiality;
Amendment 42 #
2014/0005(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Regulation (EC) No 1236/2005
Article 2 – point ra (new)
Article 2 – point ra (new)
(ra) 'transit' means a transport of non - Union goods, listed in Annexes, entering and passing through the customs territory of the Union with a destination outside the Union.
Amendment 45 #
2014/0005(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Regulation (EC) No 1236/2005
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
For any export of goods listed in Annex III, an authorisation shall be required, irrespective of the origin of such goods. However, no authorisation shall be required for goods which only pass through the customs territory of the Union, namely those which are not assigned a customs approved treatment or use other than the external transit procedure under Article 91 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92, including storage of non-Union goods in a free zone of control type I or a free warehouse - unless the broker knows or has grounds for suspecting that any part of a shipment of such goods is or may be intended to be used for torture or other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment in a country that does not belong to the customs territory of the Union.
Amendment 50 #
2014/0005(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7
An authorisation shall be required for any export of goods listed in Annex IIIa, irrespective of the origin of such goods. However, no authorisation shall be required for goods which only pass through the customs territory of the Union, namely those which are not assigned a customs approved treatment or use other than the external transit procedure under Article 91 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92, including storage of non-Union goods in a free zone of control type I or a free warehouse - unless the broker knows or has grounds for suspecting that any part of a shipment of such goods is or may be intended to be used for capital punishment in a country that does not belong to the customs territory of the Union.
Amendment 63 #
2014/0005(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 13
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 13
Regulation (EC) No 1236/2005
Article 13 – paragraph 2 (new)
Article 13 – paragraph 2 (new)
Member States, in cooperation with the Commission, shall take appropriate measures to establish direct cooperation and exchange of information between competent authorities, in particular to eliminate the risk that possible disparities in the application of export controls to goods which could be used for capital punishment, torture of other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment may lead to a deflection of trade, which could create difficulties for one or more Member States.
Amendment 67 #
2014/0005(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 15 a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 15 a (new)
Article 15c 1. An Anti- Torture Coordination Group chaired by a representative of the Commission shall be set up. Each Member State shall appoint a representative to this Group. It shall examine any question concerning the application of this Regulation which may be raised either by the chair or by representative of a Member State. 2. The Chair of the Anti- Torture Coordination Group shall, whenever it considers it to be necessary, consult exporters, brokers and other relevant stakeholders concerned by this Regulation.
Amendment 68 #
2014/0005(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 15 b (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 15 b (new)
Regulation (EC) No 1236/2005
Article 15 d (new)
Article 15 d (new)
Amendment 293 #
2013/2188(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 59
Paragraph 59
59. Strongly emphasises, given the importance of the digital economy in the relationship and in the cause of rebuilding EU-US trust, that the European Parliament will only consent to the final TTIP agreement provided the agreement guarantees fully respects for EU fundamental rights recognised by the EU Charter, and that thestandards; supports a high level of protection of the privacy of individuals in relation to the processing and dissemination of personal data must continue to be governed by Article XIV of the GATS;and complies with the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS) provisions on the protection of personal data; (In conformity with Art. 13 of European Parliament resolution of 23 May 2013 on EU trade and investment negotiations with the United States of America (2013/2558(RSP)))
Amendment 297 #
2013/2188(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 59
Paragraph 59
59. Strongly emphasises, given the importance of the digital economy in the relationship and in the cause of rebuilding EU-US trust, that the European Parliament will only consent to the final TTIP agreement provided theand distinguishes clearly the TTIP negotiations from revelations on the US NSA mass surveillance programme; however the TTIP agreement shall fully respects fundamental rights recognised by the EU Charter, and that the protection of the privacy of individuals in relation to the processing and dissemination of personal data must continue to be governed by Article XIV of the GATS;
Amendment 52 #
2013/0103(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8
Recital 8
Amendment 60 #
2013/0103(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9
Recital 9
Amendment 143 #
2013/0103(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – point b
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – point b
Regulation (EC) No 1225/2009
Article 7 – paragraph 2
Article 7 – paragraph 2
Amendment 170 #
2013/0103(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4 – point b
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4 – point b
Regulation (EC) No 1225/2009
Article 9 – paragraph 4
Article 9 – paragraph 4
Amendment 263 #
2013/0103(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – point a
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – point a
Regulation (EC) No 597/2009
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3
Article 12 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3
Amendment 291 #
2013/0103(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 5
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 5
Regulation (EC) No 597/2009
Article 15 – paragraph 1
Article 15 – paragraph 1
Amendment 11 #
2012/2320(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
I. whereas export credit support is often granted to large projects with difficulties in accessing commercial credit due to high environmentaldifferent economic risks, which Export Credit Agencies (ECAs) need to price accordingly;
Amendment 24 #
2012/2320(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
Amendment 35 #
2012/2320(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. CWelcomes that the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises provide standards in the environmental and social field as well as in the human rights sector; however, considers it of prime importance to call on the Member States to monitor and report on the existence, outcome and effectiveness of due diligence procedures in the screening of projects officially supported by export credits with regard to their potential impact on human rights;
Amendment 39 #
2012/2320(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
Amendment 41 #
2012/2320(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
Amendment 48 #
2012/2320(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Expects the next Annual Report of the Commission to contain a statement on whether is has been able to evaluate the compliance of Member States with the Union's external action goalobjectives and obligations and, if the answer is negative, recommendations on how to improve reporting to this end;
Amendment 52 #
2012/2320(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Recommends a sectoral approach in developing the IWG, in order to build the base for horizontal provisions in a second phase that will ensure the common adoption of effective environmental, social and human rights standardnew international rules on ECAs by OECD and non-OECD ECAcountries;
Amendment 25 #
2012/2149(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
H. whereas the development of common standards between the EU and the US would have an automatic positive spill- over effect on North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) countries, and a more harmonised regulatory environment between the EU and the US cwould be beneficial in general, and that the further integration of the world's most integrated commercial market would be historically unprecedented;
Amendment 43 #
2012/2149(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Welcomes the Interim Report of the HLWG and the preliminary recommendations contained therein, and agrees that a comprehensive agreement should include an ambitious reciprocal market opening in goods, services and investment, and address the challenges of modernising trade rules and enhancing the compatibility of regulatory regimes; encourages the HLWG to continue its work preparing an ambitious yet feasible set of objectives and concrete deliverables for the negotiations of such a comprehensive bilateral trade and investment agreement, which would be consistent with (and supportive of) the WTO framework;
Amendment 44 #
2012/2149(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Finds positive and supportive the encouraging declaration by Congressman Gregory Meeks, Ranking Member of the US House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Europe and Eurasia, that the service sector has immense transatlantic potential; expresses its own support, as well, for the four Members of the Parliament's Committee on International Trade, including its Chairman, who, in their aforementioned letter, specifically mentioned services - as well as public procurement, intellectual property, tariff elimination, regulatory cooperation and trade facilitation - as an area where progress would be extremely beneficial;
Amendment 45 #
2012/2149(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Stresses the importance of continuing with the strengthening of transatlantic economic relations but without threatening EU policies, includingwhile supporting EU interests in fields such as environmental standards, cultural diversity, social rights, public services or geographical indications, among others; emphasises that while the specific interests and sensitivities of both partners must be safeguarded in a balanced way, there are many areas where progress would be greatly beneficial, in particular as regardsing the removal of trade barriers, the introduction of measures to ensure better market access and appropriate investment conditions, the protection of intellectual property rights (IPR), the opening up of public procurement markets to ensure full reciprocity, and the convergence on mutual recognition of regulatory standards, and not simply adhering to a minimum required standard based on the WTO Agreement on the Application of Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures (the SPS Agreement), but rather to strive in jointly enhancing quality and cooperation when dealing with EU and US divergent standards on food safety and plant and animal health; considers that such an intensification of economic relations would also allow for greater alignment of EU and US approaches towards addressing global economic challenges;
Amendment 54 #
2012/2149(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Stresses that the enhanced protection of geographical indications in bilateral agricultural trade will be a key issue in which significant progress is possible if both parties approach the matter in a constructive spirit of compromise; and considers enhanced protection of geographical indication as a key component that is directly related to an ambitious outcome regarding agricultural market access; supports the complete cancelation of export refunds between inter-EU-US agricultural trade;
Amendment 63 #
2012/2149(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Reiterates its call for the completion of a 1 Article 3(3) of the Treaty on European Union. transatlantic market by 2015, based on the principle of a socialfree and fair market economy, the realisation of which – alongside the completion of the EU's own single market – will be a core factor in re- launching global economic growth and recovery;
Amendment 69 #
2012/2149(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Recognises that even though the average tariffs on transatlantic trade in goods are comparatively low, there is an interest in both the EU and US business communities to eliminate remaining tariffs; takes the view, however, that a tariff-only free trade agreement would not be ambitious enough; supports the goal proposed by the HLWG of eliminating all duties on bilateral trade, with the objective of achieving a substantial elimination of tariffs upon entry into force of the agreement and a phasing out of all but the most sensitive tariffs in short time-frame, which could deliver significant gains, considering that EU-US bilateral trade to a large extent consists of intra-firm trade, and enhance the global competitiveness of the EU and US companies on the world stage;
Amendment 73 #
2012/2149(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Supports the view that, given thealready- existent low average tariffs, the key to unlocking the potential of the transatlantic relationship lies in the tackling of non- tariff barriers (NTBs), consisting mainly of customs procedures and behind-the-border regulatory restrictions; supports the ambition proposed by the HLWG to move progressively towards an even more integrated transatlantic marketplace, while; recognisinges that no, while an agreement couldmay not resolve all existing regulatory issues immediately and while fully respecting the right of each side to regulate in a manner that ensures the protection of health, safety and environment at the level that each side deems appropriat, an institutionalization of inter-compatibility between EU and US regulatory regimes would greatly facilitate transatlantic commerce while setting a bold global standard; reiterates as well the necessity of fully respecting the right of each side to regulate in a manner that ensures the protection of health, safety and environment at the level that each side deems appropriate, as well as taking into historical account transatlantic divergence on issues such as the planting of genetically modified organisms and certain issues of animal welfare;
Amendment 79 #
2012/2149(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Recognises that unnecessary differences and overly burdensome regulatory standards serve as significant barriers to trade, and that additional growth could follow from addressing such barriers; underlines the need to avoid creating new (even if unintended) barriers to trade and investment, especially in key emerging technologies and innovative sectors; supports efforts towards upstream regulatory cooperation on standards, regulatory coherence, and better alignment of standards, to further promote trade and growth that could improve efficiency and effectively address NTBs; reinforces the HLWG's claim that any deal negotiated that would exclude regulatory cooperation and reform would be economically insignificant and politically untenable on both sides;
Amendment 84 #
2012/2149(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
Amendment 89 #
2012/2149(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Supports the ambition of the HLWG to keep and share the highest level of services liberalisation achieved by the EU and the US in existing free trade agreements, while improving market access through addressing remaining long-standing barriers and recognising the sensitive nature of certain sectors; calls for greater cooperation in the Exchange of Best Practices in order to improve transatlantic public sector efficiency; recommends increased mutual dialog on the future of Cloud Computing, as well as the advances and production of electric vehicles;
Amendment 92 #
2012/2149(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Supports, in recognition of the importance of investment for boosting economic growth, the aim proposed by the HLWG of negotiating and increasing investment liberalisation andbetween the EU and the US; deems unnecessary, however, further discussion of investment protection provisions on the basis of, due to the highest levels of liberalisation and protection that both sides have negotiated to datejudicial independence both markets currently enjoy;
Amendment 94 #
2012/2149(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Supports, in recognition of the importance of investment for boosting economic growth, the aim proposed by the HLWG of negotiating investment liberalisation and protection provisions , subject to examination of the need for comprehensive investment protection in OECD countries, on the basis of the highest levels of liberalisation and protection that both sides have negotiated to date; 1 European Parliament resolution of 6 April 2011 on the Future European international investment policy (Texts adopted, P7_TA(2011)0141).
Amendment 98 #
2012/2149(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Calls on both parties to open up further their respective public procurement markets to each other in order to ensure full reciprocity and transparency, and supports the goal proposed by the HLWG of enhancing business opportunities through substantially improved access to public procurement opportunities at all levels of government on the basis of national treatment; understands that US public procurement jurisdiction falls also under individual states; takes the position, however, that to under-stress the opening of EU and US public procurement markets would risk the comprehensiveness of the treaty, therefore echoes the call of the 22 February 2012 bipartisan US Senate letter which strongly urges action in further opening public procurement markets; recalls the significance for transatlantic trade of open procurement markets that offer equal access to all suppliers, in particular to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs); reiterates the view that EU SMEs should have the same level of advantages and possibilities as regards public tenders in the US as they enjoy inside the EU, and reminds that the HLWG has specifically identified horizontal provisions on SMEs as an area with a high possibility of receiving transatlantic support;
Amendment 102 #
2012/2149(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Affirms the importance of IPR to stimulate job and economic growth, and the significance, therefore, that high standards be maintained for IPR protection and enforcement, while promoting the free flow of information; agrees with the assessment of the HLWG that even though both the EU and US are committed to high level of IPR protection and enforcement, it might not be feasible, in eventual negotiations, to seek to reconcile across-the-boardstresses that the EU should not be afraid to negotiate ambitiously in aiming to solve areas of diffvergences with regards to the IPR obligations typically included in EU and US trade agreements; underlines, however, that the approach proposed for negotiations should be ambitious, aiminghen dealing with the IPR matters in a mutually satisfactory manner; reiterates that both EU and US growth and job creation efforts rely on the ability to innovate and produce creatively, and ats solving the areas of divergence, whiluch the transatlantic economy is threatened when unique idealing with the IPR matters in a mutually satisfactory manners are counterfeited and its citizens' products are pirated;
Amendment 118 #
2012/2149(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Considers that the transatlantic dialogue, in order to be successful, needs to be further intensified at all levels, and that high-level meetings, not only between the Commission and US Administration but also between members of relevant committees of Parliament and the US Congress, should be held on a more regular basis; considers that it would be a welcome development should the US Congress decide to follow the example of Parliament, which has, since January 2010, been represented in Washington through its Liaison Office;
Amendment 121 #
2012/2149(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Calls on the Council not to authorise the opening of eventual negotiations with the US on such agreement until the Parliament, if it so decides, has stated its position on the proposed negotiating mandate on the basis of a report by the committee responsible; undertakes for its part that in stating its position it will not unnecessarily delay the commencement of negotiations;
Amendment 15 #
2012/2114(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
I. whereas the EU needs to actively defend , whenever necessary, needs to support its industries, including SMEs, whenever necessary, against violations of agreed rules, WTO standards and principles by its trading partners, using all available means, including multilateral and bilateral dispute settlement mechanisms and WTO-compatible trade defence instruments (TDIs);
Amendment 20 #
2012/2114(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital I a (new)
Recital I a (new)
Amendment 23 #
2012/2114(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Urges the Commission, and where appropriate the Member States, to foster the participation of SMEs, and where relevant microenterprises, in the global markets by implementing appropriate measures for their internationalisation, including easier access to capital and regularly updated information on business opportunities abroad, as well as efficient TDIs aimed at ensuring their rightful protection against unfair dumping and subsidies and safeguarding lawful production in the EU and EU businesses' market share in third countries;.
Amendment 33 #
2012/2114(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Considers it essential for the EU's competitiveness and growth to create a network, to be part of a digital platform, bringing together national SME helpdesks, chambers of commerce, Export Credit Agencies (ECAs), business associations and the Commission, in order to provide enterprises in the EU, especially exporters and importers, with precise, timely and reader-friendly information on a one-stop- shop basis, so that they can fully benefit from the Union's new common commercial policy;
Amendment 37 #
2012/2114(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Stresses that recurrent difficulties in accessing capital are one of the key reasons preventing SMEs' internationalisation; calls on the national governments to support SMEs by means of export insurance and making credit available to them from Member States' ECAofficially supported export credits, and also to earmark sufficient funding for SMEs (e.g. special loans, cofinancing and venture capital), so as to help overcome disinvestment and deleveraging by banks; stresses that such funding should be provided to SMEs that are already exporting and which can present a viable business plan for improving or consolidating their existing market share and creating jobs, especially for young people; considers that support for start-ups offering innovative goods and services and for SMEs in need of initial investment should not be overlooked;
Amendment 49 #
2012/2114(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Recognises the need to establish, at EU level, an SME export/import facility which would disburse additional support to SMEs via ECAs; considers that, drawing on national best practice, this additional support could involve soft and fixed-interest-rate loans, short-term work capital and refinancing, equity funding, export guarantees (e.g. an export credit guarantee to eliminate commercial and political risks of non-payment), and business insurance solutions, including an export credit insurance to prevent exchange rate riskexistence of well- established and experienced systems at the national level offering access to export credits, in particular for SMEs, whose continuity is at the moment reasonable; takes the position, however, that in the medium term the establishment of systematic support in export credits at EU level, on the basis of national best practice, necessitates further discussion;
Amendment 63 #
2012/2114(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Encourages EU businesses and exporters to actively use the TDIs, such as the TBR complaints or the complaints register in the Market Access Database, in order to report to the Commission on material injuries resulting from trade barriers and enable, where appropriate, ex officio initiations of anti-dumping (AD) and countervailing duties (CVD) investigations by the Commission so as to avoid retaliation;, in close collaboration with industry
Amendment 4 #
2012/2094(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Notes that infringements of intellectual property rights can pose a serious threat to legitimate trade and the competitiveness of the EU and its Member States, and that this subsequently has a negative impact on growth and employment;
Amendment 12 #
2012/2094(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Is concerned that citizens see the current system of copyright protection as a tool to ‘punish and withhold,Believes that ensuring high standards of copyright protection in the Internet environment is essential so that instead of a tool to recognise and reward’llectual property in areas of technical innovation can also be protected effectively;
Amendment 24 #
2012/2094(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Stresses that the repression and control of citizens and business involves a growing technological component, through the blocking of content and the monitoring and identification of human rights defenders, journalists, activists and dissidents, as well as through the criminalisation and blocking of legitimate expression and opposition opinion online, ands well as the adoption of restrictive legislation to justify such measures;
Amendment 29 #
2012/2094(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Stresses that the promotion and protection of digital freedoms in all the EU's external actions, financing and aid policies, and instruments should be mainstreamed and annually reviewed so as to ensure accountability and continuity, in all the EU's external actioas well as to maintain the promotion of safeguards agains,t financing and aid policies and instruments; raud and harm to the innovative process necessary for growth;
Amendment 31 #
2012/2094(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Reaffirms the Commission's recognition of unrestricted access to the internet as part of the Copenhagen criteria;
Amendment 31 #
2012/2094(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Commission and the Council not to conclude trade agreements with countries where EU ICT companies are required toto advocate in all international negotiations that ICT companies may not restrict access to websites, may not remove user-generated content orand do not provide personal information in ways that could breach fundamental rights and curtail the freedom to conduct business; calls on the EU to minimise the extra-territorial application of third-country legislation on EU citizens online;
Amendment 47 #
2012/2094(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Believes that the EU should include in future FTAs objective and transparent safeguards preserving unrestricted access to the open Internet and ensuringCalls on the Commission to ensure, in all future FTAs too, the protection of intellectual property rights in bilateral trade between the EU and the free flow of informationspective partner;
Amendment 50 #
2012/2094(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Deplores the use of EU-made technologies and services in third countries to violate human rights through censorship of information, mass surveillance, monitoring, and the tracing and tracking of citizens and their activities on (mobile) telephone networks and the internet; takes the position, however, that the technologies in and of themselves are morally indifferent, and that malicious policy renders responsibility to the actor, and not the instrument.
Amendment 50 #
2012/2094(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Underlines the need for more stringent supply-chain controls and corporate responsibility schemes in respect of trading in products – from equipment to mobile devices – and services, which can be used to curtail human rights and digital freedom; regards jamming and interception technology products and services as ‘single use’ items whose export should be subject to ex-ante approval.
Amendment 53 #
2012/2094(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Welcomes the ban on the export of repression technologies and services to Syria and Iran; believes this ban should become a precedent for structural restrictive measures, such as an EU-wide ‘catch-all’ provision or ‘it prudent, however, to specify that these bans must be issued on a case-by-case basis, taking into accountry- specific lists’ in the dual-use regulatory frameworks when dealing with conflict zones or controversial regimes;
Amendment 54 #
2012/2094(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
Amendment 57 #
2012/2094(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
Amendment 62 #
2012/2094(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
Amendment 68 #
2012/2094(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Recognises that the internet has become a public space as well as a marketplace, for which the free flow of information and access to ICTs are indispensable; therefore, takes the stance that digital freedoms and free trade must be promoted and protected simultaneously in order to encourage and support the free exchange of ideas as well as increased business opportunities for EU citizens in an increasingly digital global economy;
Amendment 69 #
2012/2094(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20a. Strongly believes that infringements of intellectual property rights can and do pose threats to international trade, and in doing so impede EU efforts to increase competitiveness of the European Union as a whole and of individual Member States in particular, and as a result, fraudulent tactics harm legitimate innovation which impacts negatively growth and employment efforts so desired from EU constituents, likewise resulting in annual private sector loses measured in the billions;
Amendment 71 #
2012/2094(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Calls for the inclusion of conditionality clauses in EU FTAs, stipulating transparent safeguards, preserving unrestricted access to the internet,in EU FTAs of wording that preserves access to the internet, promotes transparent safeguards and ensuringes the free flow of information, while remaining in line with the EU acquis;
Amendment 80 #
2012/2094(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Calls on the EU to strive to ensure that regulation of the internet and ICTs is kept to the minimumundertaken only when the EU deems it necessary;
Amendment 85 #
2012/2094(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
Paragraph 29
29. Is concerned at the proposals by coalitions of governments and business seeking to introduce regulatory oversight and increased governmental and private control over the internet and telecom operationsRecognizes that the internet must be kept free and open for businesses and consumers, while also acknowledging the fact that proper regulation may also be necessary to protect the very same businesses and consumers from fraud and malicious online activity;
Amendment 95 #
2012/2094(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31
Paragraph 31
31. Calls on the Commission to propose a new regulatory framework for e- commerce, as well as an update of the Intellectual Property Rights Enforcement Directive (IPRED), which would balance the need for copyright reform and protection with the need to protect fundamental rights online and preserve the open internet and would serve as a basis for IPR provisions and; takes the position that the EU should continue to maintain its balanced approach to copyright protection and the protection of other fundamental rights; believes that a more concrete definition of openness is necessary, particularly in the event that efforts to enhance the aforementioned run contradictory to the EU acquis; recommends that the EU should not be afraid to project a more thorough sense of support for IPR protection when defining commitments in future FTAs;
Amendment 101 #
2012/2094(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33
Paragraph 33
33. Calls on the Commission and Council to unequivocally recognise digital freedoms as fundamental rights and as indispensable, those which do not endanger and restrict EU citizens' efforts to produce creatively and innovate uniquely, and as prerequisites for enjoying universal human rights such as freedom of expression, freedom of assembly and access to information and ensuring transparency and accountability in public life, while also maintaining that EU growth and job creation efforts are threatened when its citizens' ideas are counterfeited and their products are pirated;
Amendment 114 #
2012/2094(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 38
Paragraph 38
38. Urges the Council and Commission to include, in accession negotiations, human rights dialogues, trade negotiations and all forms of contact relating to human rights, conditionality clauses stipulating the need to respect and preserve unrestricted access to the internet, digital freedoms and human rights online; deems it, however, necessary to debate and define exactly what 'unrestricted' entails from a legislative and legal perspective;
Amendment 12 #
2012/2042(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the Commission to draft a legislative proposal laying down binding commitments recommendations the part of the Member Stateo Member States laying down suggestions to simplify all national procedures pertaining to policies in support of the internationalisation of SMEs;
Amendment 16 #
2012/2042(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
Amendment 38 #
2012/2042(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Recommends that thenew EU SME Centres be expanded andinitiatives in third countries provided with joint helpdesks that are tailored to needs, and that they bare located close to where the SMEs actually set up shop and where they represent an added value to the helpdesks already functioning in thenear areas in which SMEs actually operate; such EU initiatives should provide an added value to similar initiatives of Member States already operating in third countries and should therefore closely cooperate with helpdesks of Member States;
Amendment 41 #
2012/2042(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Calls for a clearer definition of SME priority markets on the basis of the agenda for the EU's trade negotiations; sees the growth of host markets and gaps in existing support structures as the main criteria for making the list of priority markets; recommends that EU's neighbouring countries be added to the list, since most SMEs initially export to trading partners in neighbouring countries, such as the Republic of Moldova and countries in the Western Balkan, such as Serbia, recently recognised as an EU candidate country;
Amendment 53 #
2012/0163(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – point b
Article 2 – point b
(b) ‘costs arising from the arbitration’ means the fees and costs of the arbitration tribunal, arbitration institution and the costs of representation and expenses awarded to the claimant by the arbitration tribunal;
Amendment 59 #
2012/0163(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – point h
Article 2 – point h
(h) ‘settlement’ means any agreement between the Union or a Member State, or both, of the one part, and a claimant, of the other, whereby the claimant agrees not to pursue its claims in exchange for the payment of a sum of money or for action other than the payment of monetary sum, including where the settlement is recorded in an award of an arbitration tribunal;
Amendment 60 #
2012/0163(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – point j a (new)
Article 2 – point j a (new)
(ja)"requests for consultations" means any formal step in dispute settlement proceedings by which an investor initiates the process of dispute settlement, excluding the submission of a claim to arbitration;
Amendment 70 #
2012/0163(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4
Article 4
The Union shall act as respondent where the dispute concerns treatment afforded by the institutions, bodies or agencies of the Union. In particular, where the dispute concerns treatment afforded by the European Central Bank (ECB) or the European Investment Bank (EIB), the ECB or the EIB, respectively, shall act on behalf of the Union.
Amendment 73 #
2012/0163(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1
Article 7 – paragraph 1
As soon as the Commission receives notice by which a claimant states its intention to initiate arbitration proceedings against a Member State, in accordance with the provisions of an agreement, it shall notify the Member State concerned. In the case the Commission receives notice by which a claimant states its intention to initiate arbitration proceedings against the Union it shall immediately notify all Member States.
Amendment 75 #
2012/0163(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 7 – paragraph 2 a (new)
The Commission shall notify the European Parliament and the Council of any notice by which a claimant states its intention to initiate arbitration proceedings, within 15 days of receiving notice. Such notification shall also include the information on who will act as a respondent in the dispute.
Amendment 80 #
2012/0163(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
Article 8 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
2. The Commission may decide,and the Member State concerned shall within 320 days ofafter receiving notice or notification referred to in Article 7, that the Union shall act as respondent enter into consultations where one or more of the following circumstances arise:
Amendment 83 #
2012/0163(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 2 – point a
Article 8 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) it is likely that the Union would bear at least part of the potential financial responsibility arising from the dispute in accordance with the criteria laid down in Article 3; (1) first subparagraph point (b) because a treatment afforded by the Member State was required by the law of the Union;
Amendment 85 #
2012/0163(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 2 – point c
Article 8 – paragraph 2 – point c
(c) it is likely that similar claims will be broughtrequests for consultations concerning similar claims have been lodged under the same agreement against treatment afforded by other Member States and the Commission is best placed to ensure an effective and consistent defence; or,
Amendment 88 #
2012/0163(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
Article 8 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
If the Commission and the Member State concerned agree in the consultations that the Union shall act as respondent, the Commission shall adopt a decision accordingly. In the case mutual consent cannot be achieved, the Commission may in the cases referred to in points (a) and (b) of the first subparagraph decide that the Union shall act as respondent. In any event such decision shall be adopted within 30 days of receiving notice or notification referred to in Article 7.
Amendment 91 #
2012/0163(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 3
Article 8 – paragraph 3
3. The Commission and the Member State concerned shall immediately after receiving notice or notification referred to in Article 7 enter into consultations on the management of the case pursuant to this Article. The Commission and the Member State concerned shall ensure that any deadlines set down in the agreement are respected.
Amendment 95 #
2012/0163(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 2
Article 9 – paragraph 2
2. The Commission may, at any time, require the Member State concerned to take a particular position as regards any point of law raised by the dispute or any other element having a Union interest, if the overriding interest of the Union or the future interpretation of the agreement in question or other agreements would be affected. Such a position shall not unduly compromise the effective defence of the Member State concerned. If the Member State concerned considers the request of the Commission as unduly compromising its effective defence, it shall enter into consultations with a view to find an acceptable solution before the decision is rendered.
Amendment 98 #
2012/0163(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 3
Article 9 – paragraph 3
3. When an agreement, or the rules referred to therein, provide for the possibility of annulment, appeal or review of a point of law included in an arbitration award, the Commission may where it considers that the consistency or correctness of the interpretation of the agreement so warrant, require the Member State to lodge an applicatioenter into consultations with the Member State concerned in for such annulment, appeal or review. In such circumstances, representatives of the Commission shall form part of the delegation and may express the views of the Union as regards the point of law in questionder to determine whether it is necessary that the Member State concerned lodge an application for such annulment, appeal or review.
Amendment 101 #
2012/0163(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 9 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. If the Member State concerned refuses to lodge an application for annulment, appeal or review, the Commission may require the Member State concerned to lodge such an application. In such case, representatives of the Commission shall form part of the delegation and may express the views of the Union as regards the point of law in question.
Amendment 103 #
2012/0163(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10– point c
Article 10– point c
(c) the Commission shall provide the Member State with all documents relating to the proceeding, and promptly inform the Members State of all procedural steps, and enter in consultations with the Member State regularly, and in any event when requested by the Member State concerned, so as to ensure as effective defence as possible; and,
Amendment 107 #
2012/0163(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1
Article 13 – paragraph 1
1. Where the Union is respondent in a dispute concerning treatment afforded, whether fully or in part, by a Member State, and the Commission considers that the settlement of the dispute would be in the interests of the Union, it shall first consult with the Member State concerned. The Member State may also initiate such consultations with the Commission. The Member State and the Commission shall ensure a mutual understanding of the legal situation and possible consequences and avoid any disagreement in view of the settlement of the case.
Amendment 109 #
2012/0163(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 3
Article 13 – paragraph 3
3. In the event that the Member State does not consent to settle the dispute, the Commission may by means of a decision settle the dispute where clear and obvious overriding interests of the Union so require. The Commission shall provide the Member State concerned with a full, balanced, factual analysis and legal reasoning setting out the reasons why only the settlement would be in the interest of the Union.
Amendment 83 #
2012/0027(COD)
2. Goods the production of which involved more than one country or territory shall be deemed to originate in the country or territory where they underwent their last substantial transformation. The last substantial transformation of a good shall be defined on the basis of the criterion of change of tariff classification, the expression of substantial transformation, on the basis of an ad valorem percentage or a manufacturing or processing operation.
Amendment 86 #
2012/0027(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 55 - introductory part
Article 55 - introductory part
The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 243, specifying:
Amendment 89 #
2012/0027(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 55 - point a
Article 55 - point a
(a) the rules under which goods are considered as wholly obtained in a single country or territory or to have undergone their last substantial transformation in a country or territory, in accordance with; in order to determine bindingly the origin of a good in cases in which the parties involved could not consensually determine the origin of the good according to Article 53. These delegated acts shall be applied exclusively in case of dispute and cannot contradict the principles of Article 53;
Amendment 91 #
2012/0027(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 55 - point b
Article 55 - point b
(b) specifying the requirements on the proof of origin referred to in Article 54.
Amendment 194 #
2012/0027(COD)
The burden on economic operators in fulfilling this shall be correspondingly taken into account.
Amendment 195 #
2012/0027(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 233 - paragraph 3a (new)
Article 233 - paragraph 3a (new)
3a. Upon application, the customs authorities may authorise a person to use simplifications regarding the placement of goods in the export procedure and for the purpose of that procedure. The economic interests of the economic operator will thereby be taken into consideration.
Amendment 4 #
2012/0000(RSP)
Recital A
A. whereas the Trade Agreement (given the importance of historical and cultural links, the TA) between the European Union and Colombia and Peru, aims at opening markets for inter alia goods, services, government procurement and investmentto promote the economic integration between the Parties and to promote a comprehensive economic development with the objective of reducing poverty and creating new employment opportunities, improve working conditions, as well as raising living standards by liberalising and expanding trade and investment between their territories; as well as the commitment to implement the TA in accordance with the objective of sustainable development, including the promotion of economic progress, the respect for labour rights and the protection of the environment, in accordance with the international commitments adopted by the Parties;
Amendment 7 #
2012/0000(RSP)
Recital B
B. whereas the European Union is the second biggest trading partner of the Andean regionColombia and Peru and whereas the planned TA provides for total liberalisation of trade in industrial products and fisheries, which could increase both Colombian GDP up to 1.3% and Peruvian GDP by 0.7% in the long term, according to an independent Sustainability Impact Assessment study;
Amendment 19 #
2012/0000(RSP)
Recital I
I. whereas, despite these vast efforts, in order to achieve the full completion of the high standards set out and claimed by the individual citizens, the organisations of the civil society, the opposition parties and the government, there is still a substantial work to be done both in Colombia and Peru, especially regarding the effective implementation of the new legislative framework which intends to solve old problems yet not totally solved, related to long standing problems of poverty, violence and corruption, civil war (more than 50 years, in the case of Colombia), illegal armed groups, drug trafficking, unsolved murders, impunity, lack of labour and civil rightsillegal armed groups, drug trafficking, impunity and land dispossession;
Amendment 23 #
2012/0000(RSP)
Recital J
Amendment 39 #
2012/0000(RSP)
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the Civil society organisations, both in the Andean Countries and in the European Union to participate in the monitoring mechanisms established in the TA, under the title of Trade and Sustainable Development; demandcalls the governments involved to set up as soon as possible the legal framework for the domestic mechanisms and the dialogue with civil societies, if they do not exist, including a substantial information and advertising campaign in order to maximise the participation of the interested groups or persons on the monitoring framework of the Civil Society Mechanism; suggests six months for the set up of these procedures after the entry into force of the Agreement, instead of one year as settled in the TA;
Amendment 42 #
2012/0000(RSP)
Draft motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Recalls the importance establishing the representative domestic advisory mechanisms, as fixed in article 281 of the TA, with the participation of trade unions, employer representatives or other relevant stakeholders, like NGOs, which shall play a mandatorytake part in the observation of the implementation of the TA, especially in the areas of labour and sustainable development, with the right to be regularly consult and to be consulted as needed, to be able to bring forward complaints within a mandatory and institutionalized complaint mechanism, as well as recommendations and suggestions, including a proposal to have independent exchange of views with their EU equivalents;
Amendment 45 #
2012/0000(RSP)
Paragraph 7
7. In order to fully accomplish the high standards in HRs advanced by the TA and to which both the Andean governments and the European Union are committed, suggests to the parties involved to swiftly establish dedicated Domestic Advisory Group (DAG) on HRs and Democratic Principles, which should accompany and monitor the implementation of this or other TAs, and work as an effective internal consultation body to the domestic offices that participate in the Committee on Trade of the TA, using as model for its functioning the legal framework envisaged in the TA for the participation of the civil society in the Subcommittee on Trade and Sustainable Development; calls upon the parties of the TA to guarantee these DAGs the same level of binding involvement for civil society as in the Free Trade Agreement with South Korea, including a formalised and institutionalised complaint mechanism; furthermore calls upon the parties to ensure the full independence of the DAGs, also as regards their own choice of members of the DAG;
Amendment 51 #
2012/0000(RSP)
Paragraph 10
10. Supports the Colombian government efforts on fighting impunity and murders against trade unionists or HRs defenders, which is translated, for example, in an increase of the number of investigators at the General Prosecutors Office (FGN), that specifically in the case of the investigation of crimes directed against trade unionist grew from 100 investigators in 2010 to 243 investigators in 2011; also according to ILO, between 2010 and June 2011 there were 88 sentences, 483 citizens condemned with crimes against trade unionists and 355 arrests; in this respect, underlines the importance of the "Special Protection Program" (SPP) which gives, at the present, State protection to more than 11.08.500 citizens, including trade unionists (2413%), Municipal Councillors (11%),30%) and HRs defenders (18%) and journalists (45%); this program went from a budget of 10.5 million euros in 20102 to more than 120 million euros in 2011; notes that none of the citizens included in this SPP has been murdered;
Amendment 56 #
2012/0000(RSP)
Paragraph 11
11. Welcomes the references to the importance of the concepts of "trade for sustainable development" and to "the promotion of fair and equitable trade", as stated respectively in articles 271 and 324 of the TA; requsuggests fromto the parties to facilitate trade in goods that contribute to sustainable development, including goods that are the subject of schemes such as fair and ethical trade and those involving corporate social responsibility and accountability, such as the "fair trade", "rainforest alliance", "UTZ Certified", "BSCI" or other similar schemes;
Amendment 58 #
2012/0000(RSP)
Paragraph 12
12. UrgesRequests to the parties to provide sufficient technical and financial capacities in order to guarantee the full compliance with the sustainability standards under the TA and to provide for the full review, monitoring and assessment of the implementation of the chapter for trade and sustainable development;
Amendment 62 #
2012/0000(RSP)
Paragraph 14
Amendment 69 #
2012/0000(RSP)
Paragraph 15
15. Strongly welcomes the new "Victims and Land Restitution Law" (also known as "Ley 1448") which came into effect in Colombia on 1st of January 2012, guaranteeing financial compensation and restitution of land for the almost 4 million of victims of the country’s armed conflict and violence over the past 50 years; emphasises the massive financial effort of the Colombian Government, which is estimated in more than 25 billion US dollars for the next ten years, representing about 160 million Euros/month on the next 10 years; underlines the need for thorough monitoring and evaluation of the implementation of this law, in close consultation with civil society;
Amendment 77 #
2012/0000(RSP)
Paragraph 16
16. Welcomes the fact that Colombia and Peru have ratified all the 8 Fundamental ILO-conventions plus 3 of the 4 Governance Conventions, as stated by the ILO representative in INTA's Public Hearing on the TA at the European Parliament in Brussels on 29th February 2012; insists on the importance of a swift ratification and effective implementing of all the ILO Fundamental and Governance Conventions, especially C122 in the case of Colombia and C129 in the case of Peru; underlines to all parties the importance of ratifying the ILO Convention 135 on workers' representatives; recallurges in this context that 24 EU Member States still haven't ratified the ILO C169- Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention;
Amendment 5 #
2011/2132(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. to recognize the substantial efforts made by the Ukrainian government in reducing barriers overall, in adapting geographical indications, and in SPS, competition, and TBTs, as well as the very limited achievements of the DCFTA in areas such as investment, services, agriculture, energy, and export barriers;
Amendment 16 #
2011/2132(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. 3. to prepare for its implementation together with Ukraine so that commitments that have not been backed up by preconditions and will not deliver immediate rewards become reality and have a substantial impact in the long run; to call for the Free Trade Agreement to lead in the end to a full dismantling of the tariff barriers in every sector of industry with no negative listings or import quotas and therefore for export taxes as well as import and export restrictions to be effectively eliminated; to provide Ukraine with post-liberalisation adjustment funds, as foreseen in the ENP National Indicative Programme for 2011- 2013, and with technical assistance for customs issues and adapting geographical indications;
Amendment 18 #
2011/2132(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. to continue to call for unilateral political and economic reforms in Ukraine that would lead to the modernisation of its infrastructures, notably in energy and transport; to helping business, most urgently through easier access to credit and land and simpler and faster processes for tax collection and customs, in particular by making noticeable improvements in the refund of value-added tax for exporters, in customs clearance and in approval procedures for imports (particularly in taxation, documentation obligations and product testing for certification); to the removal of red tape and corruption; and to enforcement of the rule of law and democratic practices; to consider lower transaction costs and secure procedures in particular for SMEs a vital prerequisite for building commercial relationships;
Amendment 128 #
2011/2111(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Stresses the importance that the overall coordination of EU foreign affairs and security policy towards the BRICS and other emerging economies should lie with the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy; believes that the EU should strive to achieve, under the coordination by the High Representative, a better linking of foreign and security policy with EU sectoralother EU policies, such as development, energy security, trade, access to raw materials and rare earths, climate change and migration, with a view to valorising synergies and ensuring a coherent and systemic foreign policy approach;
Amendment 6 #
2011/2083(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Calls on the European Commission at the same time to define the non- preferential origin of goods and furthermore according to the principle of their ‘their last, substantial, economically justified processing or working’ (Article 24 CC); at the same time calls for export certificates on non-preferential origin of the relevant authorities of a third country also to be recognised in future and for the system not to be changed in any way here; reiterates in particular that such a far- reaching decision should not be made using implementing rules and that in fact the legislator alone should decide on such a change to the system;
Amendment 8 #
2011/2083(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Believes there is a need for modernisation measures such as simpler customs legislation and interoperable computerised customs systems which will help facilitate commercial practices, and that they should be introduced as quickly as possible;
Amendment 2 #
2011/2050(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Considers that the EU and Russia are mutually dependent and would both, EU-Russia relations have enormous economic potential, both parties would benefit from greaterincreased economic cooperationintegration and good neighbourly relations, and cooperation between the EU and Russia is crucial to ensuring stability in all areas of mutual and overlapping interest;
Amendment 13 #
2011/2050(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Hopes thatCalls on the Commission will be able to negotiate a strong and extensive new agreement, based on the four common spaces and with clear indications on regulatory and legislative issues and enforcement instruments; underlines that 75% of FDI in Russia comes from the EU and emphasises that a legally binding agreement on trade and investment, laying the foundations for a dispute settlement regime, is essential;
Amendment 18 #
2011/2050(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Stresses the fact that 75% of foreign direct investment in Russia comes from the EU; calls for the establishment and operation of enterprises to be facilitated on a reciprocal basis and hopes that Russia will create an investment climate based on a non-discriminatory, transparent and predictable business environment;
Amendment 27 #
2011/2050(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Is deeply concerned about the continuing problem of the production and sale of counterfeit products in Russia; insists that improvements in legislation and law enforcement must be made as regards the protection of intellectual, industrial and commercial property rights, in order to increase competitiveness and make the investment climate more attractive;
Amendment 36 #
2011/2050(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls therefore on the Russian Government to remove barriers to fair trade and access to, intensive trade and the existing restrictions on market access, as identified in the Commission's Trade and Investment Barriers Report 2011; strongly urges Russian undertakings to export to the EU under fair trading conditions;
Amendment 3 #
2011/2048(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. calls for the States Parties to the Agreement on Government Procurement (GPA) to conclude the reform of that agreement as rapidly as possible to encourage greater fairness and transparency at international level by combating corruption more effectively while respecting the multi-functional nature of procurement policies; calls also for the GPA accession negotiations with China to be brought to a swift conclusion;
Amendment 8 #
2011/2048(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. stresses that in a context of increased international competition, European undertakings stand out through their capacity for innovation, the high technology they develop and the quality of the social and environmental standards they apply; calls for the Commission to encourage the recognition within the GPA of criteria in addition to pricenot just of the price criterion, but of additional criteria intrinsically related to the subject matter in the award of public procurement contracts; considers that better rules on public procurement would make for the creation of more high- quality jobs, support for European industrial policy and the promotion of sustainable environmental and social development;
Amendment 17 #
2011/2048(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. asks the Commission to secure the inclusion in the GPA of a clause allowing the EU to give preference to European producers, especially SMEs, in the award of certain public procurement contracts along the lines of such clauses already applied by other States Parties to that agreementpoints out that in the GPA negotiations, the EU has invariably rejected the demands for preference to be given to domestic producers, SMEs included, in the award of certain public procurement contracts; urges the Commission to take a determined stand on this point and to call for all other Parties to the agreement to expunge that approach from their national laws, given that it is discriminatory and incompatible with free world trade;
Amendment 27 #
2011/2048(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. considernotes that the European market cannot,is to some extent open on a unilateral basis, be open to third-country operators and calls for the Commission to establishthink about an effective tool to introduce greater reciprocity vis-à- vis States which do not provide equivalent access to European operators, with the proviso that this must not have the end effect of undermining the principle of ‘best value’ in public procurement.
Amendment 3 #
2011/2011(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes steps agreed by the G-20 Finance Ministers Summit in Paris on 19 February 2011 to measure global imbalances by a set of indicators including ‘the external imbalance composed of trade balance and net investment income flows and transfers’ agreed by the G-20 Finance Ministers Summit in Paris on 19 February 2011 and their commitment to coordinated policy action by all G20 members to achieve strong, sustainable and balanced growth;
Amendment 13 #
2011/2011(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Considers that global trade imbalances are partly due to and reinforced by social, environmental, fiscal and monetary mispricings, often comparable to deliberate dumping practices of governments; calls on the Commission to reflect on possible tariff and non-tariff conditions to be imposed on imports to compensate such mispricinginsufficient conditions and infrastructure for competitive market economies to generate wealth in LDCs;
Amendment 14 #
2011/2011(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Calls on the Commission to design a comprehensive mechanism, largely based on and strongly interlinked with WTO regulations, that would allow to prevent using trade as a tool in pursuing foreign policy in a way contrary to internationally recognized democratic values, as reflected in the Charter of the United Nations;
Amendment 18 #
2011/2011(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Is convincedUnderlines that in order to target global trade imbalances multilateral rules are urgently needed with regard tothe WTO has to act in the context of exchange rate setting, and of the role of reserve currencies, and the limitation of excessive capital flows, including forms of capital control, and excessive price volatilities, including forms of supply-side management for particularly important product thereby reminding that according to the OECD due to growth of world trade and of investment the financial openness of its countries has more than doubled since the mid 1990s;
Amendment 26 #
2011/2011(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Is particularly concerned about the need to curb excessive food price volatility; calls on the Commission to design a specific EU Commodity Futures Trading Committee on the model of the USA with a competence to set individual and aggregated position limits on all commodity futures exchangefor stricter regulations on commodities trading and global standards for clearing contracts;
Amendment 29 #
2011/2011(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Calls on the Commission to raise at the next EU-USA meeting of the Transatlantic Economic Council (TEC) the issue of mutual cooperation on supervision of commodity derivatives in line with existing transparency and market abuse regulation;
Amendment 31 #
2011/2011(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the EU to take the lead in implementinginto account G8/G20 summits' declarations, in particular with regard to tackling fossil fuels subsidies, undue links between public support and agriculture in OECD agricultural and trade policies, and the instability ansubsidies for fossil fuels and agriculture as well as OECD guidelines in this domain, including on trade in agriculture goods, food price volatility in food and commodities markets.;
Amendment 11 #
2011/2008(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Insists on continuation of the efforts towards modernisationdevelopment and bilateral cooperation on human rights, economic diversification, energy and of the educational sector, including business education; encouraging the commitment to transition and reform of each country;
Amendment 25 #
2011/2008(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. understands the WTO membership for all Central Asian countries as a promising way to improve their economies and to integrate better into the global trading system, as well as a precondition for closer trade and investment relations with the EU;
Amendment 34 #
2011/2008(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Believes that cooperation and trade in raw materials, especially in rare earth should become a priority issue in EU- Central Asia relations;
Amendment 37 #
2011/2008(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Reiterates the economic and political importance of improving access to energy resources in Central Asia; emphasizes in this regard the great significance of the Nabucco pipeline for the diversification of the energy supply of the European Union;
Amendment 39 #
2011/2008(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6 b. underlines the geostrategic importance Central Asia has for the EU representing a bridge to China as well as to Afghanistan and the Middle East and being the source of significant energy imports for the EU;
Amendment 122 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) In order to ensure uniform conditions for the implementation of this Regulation and to avoid unfair competition or discrimination between farmers, implementing powers should be conferred on the Commission in respect of: the fixation of the annual national ceiling for the basic payment scheme; the adoption of rules on applications for allocation of payment entitlements; the adoption of measures regarding the reversion of non- activated payment entitlements to the national reserve; the adoption of requirements related to the notification of transfer of payment entitlements to the national authorities and the deadlines within which such notification are to take place; the setting out of the annual ceiling for the payment for agricultural practisces beneficial for the climate and the environment; the setting out of the annual ceiling for thea voluntary payment for areas with natural constraints; the setting out of the annual ceiling for thea voluntary payment for young farmers; the setting out of the annual ceilings for the voluntary coupled support; the adoption of rules on the procedure for the assessment and approval of decisions in the framework of the voluntary coupled support; the adoption of rules on the procedure for the assessment and approval of decisions in the framework of the voluntary coupled support; the adoption of rules on the procedure of the authorisation and the notifications to the producers related to the authorisation of land and varieties for the purposes of thea temporary crop specific payment for cotton; the provision for rules on the calculation of the reduction of the amount of the crop specific payment for cotton; the adoption of rules concerning general notification requirements. Those powers should be exercised in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 182/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 February 2011 laying down the rules and general principles concerning mechanisms for control by Member States of the Commission's exercise of implementing powers.
Amendment 202 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 21
Recital 21
(21) Due to the successive integration of various sectors into the single payment scheme and the ensuing period of adjustment granted to farmers, it has become increasingly difficult to justify the presence of significant individual differences in the level of support per hectare resulting from use of historical references. Therefore direct income support should be more equitably distributed between Member States, by reducing the link to historical references and having regard to the overall context of the Union budget. To ensure a more equal distribution of direct support, while taking account of the differences that still exist in wage levels and input costs, the levels of direct support per hectare should be progressively adjusted. Member States with direct payments below the level of 90 % of the average should close one third of the gap between their current level and this level. This convergence should be financed proportionally by all Member States with direct payments above the Union averageWithout prejudice to this narrowing of the gap, the level of direct payments in Estonia, Lithuania and Latvia should reach at least that of the Member State which among the rest, these three countries excepted, has the lowest payment level. This convergence should be financed proportionally by all Member States with direct payments above the Union average. The difference in direct payment levels per hectare within any Member State should not be greater than the difference per hectare between Member States. In addition, all payment entitlements activated in 2019 in a Member State or in a region should have a uniform unit value following a convergence towards this value that should take place during the transition period in linear steps. However, in order to avoid disruptive financial consequences for farmers, Member States having used the single payment scheme, and in particular the historical model, should be allowed to partially take historical factors into account when calculating the value of payment entitlements in the first year of application of the new scheme. The debate on the next Multiannual Financial Framework for the period starting in 2021 should also focus on the objective of complete convergence through the equal distribution of direct support across the European Union during that period.
Amendment 295 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 35
Recital 35
(35) As regards support to the cotton sector, Regulation (EC) No 73/2009 considered necessary that part of it contbe linuked to be linkedfor the last time to the cultivation of cotton through a crop specific payment per eligible hectare to ensure against any risk of disruption to production in the cotton producing regions, taking into account all factors that influence this choice. This choice should be maintained temporarily in accordance with the objectives set out in Protocol No 4 on cotton attached to the 1979 Act of Accession. In order to make this measure more relevant in future to the challenges of the CAP, an evaluation of the necessity and effectiveness of the crop specific payment for cotton should be carried out.
Amendment 308 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 38
Recital 38
(38) A simple and specific scheme for small farmers should be put in place in order to reduce the administrative costs linked to the management and control of direct support. For that purpose, a lump- sum payment replacing all direct payments should be established. Rules seeking simplification of formalities should be introduced by reducing, amongst others, the obligations imposed on small farmers such as those related to the application for support, and to agricultural practices beneficial for the climate and the environment, to cross-compliance and to controls as laid down in Regulation (EU) No […] [HZR] without endangering the achievement of the overall objectives of the reform, it being understood that cross- compliance and Union legislation as referred to in Annex II to Regulation (EU) No […...] [HZR] applies to small farmers. The objective of that scheme should be to support the existing agricultural structure of small farms in the Union without countering the development towards more competitive structures. For that reason, access to the scheme should be limited to existing holdings.
Amendment 330 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point b – point ii
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point b – point ii
(ii) an additional payment for farmers observing agricultural practisces beneficial for the climate and the environment;
Amendment 337 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point b – point iv
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point b – point iv
(iv) a voluntary payment for young farmers who commence their agricultural activity;
Amendment 345 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point b – point vi
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point b – point vi
(vi) a temporary crop specific payment for cotton;
Amendment 347 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point b – point vii
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point b – point vii
(vii) a voluntary simplified scheme for small farmers;
Amendment 552 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. No direct payments shall be granted to natural or legal persons, or to groups of natural or legal persons, where one of the following applies: if they use less than half their agricultural land for agricultural activities and do not undertake on the areas not used for such activities any of the types of annual minimum activity to be established by the Member States. After having duly notified the Commission, the Member States may decide to exclude at the outset certain types of land use not comprising the exercise of an agricultural activity from eligibility for direct payments.
Amendment 567 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point a
Amendment 596 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point b
Amendment 664 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 3
Article 9 – paragraph 3
Amendment 796 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 11 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. any funds from progressive degression or capping shall remain in the region or Member State where they were obtained and shall be used for measures under the second pillar;
Amendment 856 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 14 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
2. Before 1 August 2013, Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden and the United-Kingdomthe Member States may decide to make available as direct payments under this Regulation up to 5 % of the amount allocated to support for measures under rural development programming financed under the EAFRD in the period 2015-2020 as specified under Regulation (EU) No […] [RDR], on condition that a minimum amount of 20 % of the national ceiling remains available in the EAFRD. As a result, the corresponding amount shall no longer be available for support measures under rural development programming.
Amendment 901 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 18 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 18 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Member States operating the single payment scheme on the basis of a regional model in accordance with Article 59 of Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 may decide against the application of Article 18(2).
Amendment 916 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 1
Article 20 – paragraph 1
1. Member States mayshall decide, before 1 August 2013, to apply the basic payment scheme at regional level. In that case tThey shall define the regions in accordance with objective and non-discriminatory criteria such as their agronomic and economic characteristics and their regional agricultural potential, or their institutional or administrative structure.
Amendment 1251 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 1
Article 29 – paragraph 1
1. Farmers entitled to a payment under the basic payment scheme referred to in Chapter 1 shall observe on their eligible hectares as defined in Article 25(2) the following agricultural practises beneficial for the climate and the environment: Member States shall grant an annual payment for agricultural practices beneficial for the climate and the environment to farmers who are entitled to a payment under the basic payment scheme referred to in Chapter 1 if they observe on their eligible hectares as defined in Article 25(2) one of the following practices: (a) to use at least 10 % of the national ceiling for direct payments by Member States to finance targeted agri- environmental measures under the second pillar: over and above the existing level and 100 % EU-financed; (b)(1) ‘farmers who are green, by definition.’ Member States may select from the following criteria: - organic farming - 100 % certified sustainable agriculture, - > 50 % grassland or < 15 ha or 1/3 of the average farm size in the Member States (which may select one of the options), arable land, - farms with at least 20 % of their utilised agricultural area involved in specific agri- environmental programmes, - farms with at least 20 % of their utilised agricultural area in Natura 2000 areas, - farms which have at least 20 % of their eligible area as forest on plots no larger than 15 ha. (b)(2) Others / ‘farmers who are not green, by definition’ Member States must select at least three of the following greening measures, which will be binding for farmers. As an alternative, Member States may permit farmers to select three greening measures from a longer list to be determined by the Member States. The basic payment will be independent of the 15 % greening payment. The list should include: - ecological priority areas; areas included in the 5 % ecological priority areas: arable areas of a farm which are situated in Natura 2000 areas or other protected areas. Areas of farmland of a farm which benefit from specific agri-environmental programmes. Areas where nitrate fertilisation is not practised. Areas of farmland with landscape features (e.g. afforested areas, hedges, terraces), buffer strips, uncultivated areas (land left fallow). Areas with permanent crops should be exempt from the requirements. In order to increase the benefits to the environment and biodiversity of the ecological priority area measures, Member States may decide on a collective approach whereby the requirements are satisfied by a group of farmers at regional level. - crop diversification, - protection of permanent grassland, - 2 % of ecological priority areas on grassland - land cover/catch crops, - areas with pasture and other perennial crops - fertilisation and/or soil management plans, - certified energy efficiency (reduced input, improved resource efficiency, provision of alternative energies or renewable raw materials, - use of [less than 10 % of] the national ceiling of direct payments by the Member States to finance targeted agri- environmental measures (priorities 4 and 5 of the second pillar: over and above [the existing level] and 100 % EU-financed; (c) in cross-compliance rules, that 2 % on areas of over 50 ha is made available for environment and climate protection, taking into account the existing landscape features.
Amendment 1277 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 29 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) to have three different crops on their arable land where the arable land of the farmer covers more than 3 hectares and is not entirely used for grass production (sown or natural), entirely left fallow or entirely cultivated with crops under water for a significant part of the year;practise crop diversification
Amendment 1299 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 29 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) to have threewo different crops on their arable land where the arable land of the farmer covers more than 315 hectares and is not entirely used for grass production (sown or natural), entirely left fallow or entirely cultivated with crops under water for a significant part of the year;
Amendment 1342 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 29 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) to have an ecological focus area on their agricultural area. The cultivation of multiannual energy crops and/or protein plants, inter alia, shall be permitted on these agricultural areas.
Amendment 1483 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 5 a (new)
Article 29 – paragraph 5 a (new)
Amendment 1497 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 29 – paragraph 5 b (new)
Article 29 – paragraph 5 b (new)
5 b. Farmers operating in a Member State which has introduced a single regional or national area payment by means of complete decoupling, thereby increasing the value of grassland, shall be entitled ipso facto to the payment referred to in this Chapter.
Amendment 1527 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 30 – paragraph 1
Article 30 – paragraph 1
1. Where the arable land of the farmer covers more than 315 hectares and is not entirely used for grass production (sown or natural), entirely left fallow or entirely cultivated with crops under water for a significant part of the year, cultivation on the arable land shall consist of at least threewo different crops. None of those threeThe main crops shall not cover lessmore than 75 % of the arable land and the main crop shall not exceed 70 % of the arable land. The rest of the arable land shall be used for at least one other crop. Permanent grassland will be recognised as an agricultural crop of equal value.
Amendment 1528 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 30 – paragraph 1
Article 30 – paragraph 1
1. Where the arable land of the farmer covers more than 315 hectares and is not entirely used for grass production (sown or natural), entirely left fallow or entirely cultivated with crops under water for a significant part of the year, cultivation on the arable land shall consist of at least three different crops. None of those threeThe main crops shall not cover lessmore than 75 % of the arable land and the main crop shall not exceed 70 % of the arable land. The rest of the arable land shall be used for at least two other crops. Permanent grassland will be recognised as an agricultural crop of equal value.
Amendment 1566 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 30 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 30 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Article 30(1) shall not apply to farms on which 65 % of the eligible agricultural area is used as permanent grassland.
Amendment 1658 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 31 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 31 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. Farmers with permanent grassland whose land requires structural conversion may carry out such conversion with a view to a) reseeding or b) seeding on another site on the farm.
Amendment 1694 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 32 – paragraph 1
Article 32 – paragraph 1
1. Farmers shall ensure that at least 72 % of their eligible hectares as defined in Article 25(2), excluding areas under permanent grassland, is ecological focus area such as land left fallow, terraces, landscape features, buffer strips and afforested areas as referred to in aArticle 25(2)(b)(ii).
Amendment 1748 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 32 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
Article 32 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
The following shall be exempted from this requirement: a) land with payment entitlements that is farmed in the context of agri- environment-climate measures under Article 29 of the 2012 EAFRD Regulation, or b) land with payment entitlements that falls under Directive 92/43/EEC or 2009/147/EC, or c) land with payment entitlements that is fertilised without nitrates and is thus also designated as ecological focus area; d) land whose agricultural area comprises more than 50% of permanent grassland, or e) areas totalling less than 15 hectares under arable and permanent crops, or f) farmers with an average parcel size of 2 hectares or less.
Amendment 1773 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 32 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 32 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Cultivation of the following crops shall be permitted on the agricultural areas referred to in this chapter: a) multi-annual energy plants and b) protein plants.
Amendment 1827 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 33 – paragraph 1
Article 33 – paragraph 1
1. In order to finance the payment referred to in this Chapter, Member States shall use 30 10% of the annual national ceiling set out in Annex II.
Amendment 1844 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 33 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 33 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. The basis for funding under this Chapter should be the average of a Member State’s direct payments as a reference value, to ensure that the payment for agricultural practices beneficial for the climate and environment is the same for each Member State;
Amendment 1845 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 33 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 33 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. The basis for payments under this Chapter should be the average of a Member State’s direct payments as a reference value, to ensure that the payment for agricultural practices beneficial for the climate and environment is the same for each Member State;
Amendment 1858 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 33 – paragraph 2
Article 33 – paragraph 2
2. Member States shall apply the payment referred to in this Chapter at national or, when applying Article 20,level. Where Article 20 is relied on, the Member States may apply the payment at regional level. In case of application at regional level, Member States shall use in each region a share of the ceiling set pursuant to paragraph 3. For each region, this share shall be calculated by dividing the respective regional ceiling as established in accordance with Article 20(2) by the ceiling determined according to Article 19(1).
Amendment 1865 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 33 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 33 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Any funds derived from reduction of the basic premium or penalty payments pursuant to this Chapter and Chapters 30, 31 and 32 on the grounds of non- compliance with the rules shall remain in the Member States and in the regions from which they derive.
Amendment 1866 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 33 – paragraph 3 b (new)
Article 33 – paragraph 3 b (new)
3 b. Unused appropriations within the Member States’ national ceiling that were designated for financing the payments referred to in this Chapter shall remain in the Member States and shall be used for agri-environment-climate measures in accordance with the 2012 EAFRD Regulation.
Amendment 1869 #
Amendment 1898 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 35
Article 35
Amendment 1916 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 36 – paragraph 1
Article 36 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shallmay grant an annual payment to young farmers who are entitled to a payment under the basic payment scheme referred to in Chapter 1.
Amendment 1996 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 37 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 37 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
In order to finance the payment referred to in Article 36, Member States shallmay use a percentage of the annual national ceiling set out in Annex II which shall not be higher than 2 %. They shall notify the Commission, by 1 August 2013, of the estimated percentage necessary to finance that payment.
Amendment 2084 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 38 – paragraph 7 a (new)
Article 38 – paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Coupled support shall be progressively reduced. It shall amount in 2019 to no more than 50% of the payment made in 2014.
Amendment 2176 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Title 4 – chapter 2 – title
Title 4 – chapter 2 – title
Amendment 2187 #
2011/0280(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 46 a (new)
Article 46 a (new)
Article 46a Evaluation The Commission shall be requested to submit a report on the effectiveness and necessity of the measures in Articles 42- 46 which provide for crop-specific payment for cotton in Bulgaria, Greece, Portugal and Spain. The report shall reach the Council by 31 March 2014 and shall contain proposals on alternative support for the cotton sector that are compatible with the development of the CAP.
Amendment 6 #
2011/0260(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – point 1
Article 1 – point 1
Regulation (EC) No 1528/2007
Article 2b - paragraph 2
Article 2b - paragraph 2
2. The delegation of power referred to in Article 2a shall be conferred on the Commission for an indeterminate period of five years from ...*. The Commission shall draw up a report in respect of the delegation of power not later than nine months before the end of the five-year period. The delegation of power shall be tacitly extended for period s of time from thean identical duration, unless the European Parliament or the Council opposes such extension not later than three months before the end of each period. __________ * OJ: Please insert the date of entry into force of this Regulation.
Amendment 7 #
2011/0260(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – point 1
Article 1 – point 1
Regulation (EC) No 1528/2007
Article 2b - paragraph 5
Article 2b - paragraph 5
5. A delegated act adopted pursuant to Article 2a shall enter into force only if no objection has been expressed either by the European Parliament or the Council within a period of 2two months of notification of that act to the European Parliament and the Council or if, before the expiry of that period, the European Parliament and the Council have both informed the Commission that they will not object. That period shall be extended by 2four months at the initiative of the European Parliament or the Council.
Amendment 8 #
Amendment 71 #
2011/0176(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 14a to amend Points 1 and 2 of Annex I in order to update it following appropriate political decisions regarding countries' status as candidate or potential candidate countries or regarding the scope of the European Neighbourhood Policy.
Amendment 72 #
2011/0176(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 b (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 14a to supplement, when necessary, this Regulation with eligible countries that meet the criteria of paragraph 1 c) of this Article.
Amendment 77 #
2011/0176(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 3
Article 5 – paragraph 3
3. In case the financing needs of the beneficiary country decline fundamentally during the period of disbursement of the macro-financial assistance, the Commission, acting shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts, in accordance with Article 14 (2), may decidea, to reduce the amount of funds made available in the context of the assistance, suspend or cancel the assistance.
Amendment 83 #
2011/0176(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2
Article 7 – paragraph 2
2. If the conditions referred to in Article 1, Article 2, Article 4 and Article 6 are met, macro-financial assistance shall be granted by the Commissionthe Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated actings in accordance with Article 14(2)a to grant macro-financial assistance.
Amendment 84 #
2011/0176(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 4
Article 7 – paragraph 4
4. Following the approval of the decision granting macro-financial assistance, the Commission, shall be empowered to adopt delegated actings in accordance with Article 14(3), shalla to agree the policy measures referred to in Article 6(3), (4), (5) and (6) with the beneficiary country.
Amendment 1 #
2011/0167(NLE)
Proposal for a recommendation
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Declines to cConsents to conclusion of the agreement;
Amendment 25 #
2011/0153(COD)
Proposal for a regulation - amending act
Annex – section 1 – point -1 (new)
Annex – section 1 – point -1 (new)
Regulation (EC) No 3030/93
Recital 15 a (new)
Recital 15 a (new)
- 1. The following recital 15a is inserted "Whereas in order to ensure the appropriate functioning of the system for the management of imports of certain textile products, the power to adopt acts in accordance with Article 290 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union should be delegated to the Commission in respect of amending the Annexes, granting additional opportunities for imports, introducing or adapting quantitative limits and introducing safeguard measures and a surveillance system under the conditions laid down in this Regulation. It is of particular importance that the Commission carry out appropriate consultations during its preparatory work, including at expert level. The Commission, when preparing and drawing up delegated acts, should ensure a simultaneous, timely and appropriate transmission of relevant documents to the European Parliament and to the Council."
Amendment 26 #
2011/0153(COD)
Proposal for a regulation - amending act
Annex – section 1 – paragraph -1b (new)
Annex – section 1 – paragraph -1b (new)
-1b. The following recital 15b is inserted: "Whereas the implementation of this Regulation requires uniform conditions for the adoption of several measures. Those measures should be adopted by the Commission in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 182/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 February 2011 laying down the rules and general principles concerning mechanisms for control by Member States of the Commission's exercise of implementing powers." Or. <Original>{EN}en</Original>
Amendment 27 #
2011/0153(COD)
Proposal for a regulation - amending act
Annex – section 1 – point -1a (new) Regulation (EC) No 3030/93
Annex – section 1 – point -1a (new) Regulation (EC) No 3030/93
-1a. Throughout Regulation (EC) No 3030/93 any reference to "Article 17" is replaced by "Article 17 (2)".
Amendment 28 #
2011/0153(COD)
Proposal for a regulation - amending act
Annex – section 1 – point 7 a (new)
Annex – section 1 – point 7 a (new)
Regulation (EC) No 3030/93
Article 16 - introductory part
Article 16 - introductory part
7a. In Article 16, the introductory part is replaced by the following: "1. The Commission, acting in accordance with the advisory procedure referred to in Article 17(1a), shall conduct the consultations referred to in this Regulation in accordance with the following rules:" Or. <Original>{EN}en</Original>
Amendment 29 #
2011/0153(COD)
Proposal for a regulation - amending act
Annex – section 1 – – point 8
Annex – section 1 – – point 8
Regulation (EC) No 3030/93
Article 16a - paragraph 5
Article 16a - paragraph 5
5. A delegated act adopted pursuant to Articles 2(6), 6(2), 8, 10(13), 10a(3), 13(3), 15(3) and (5) and 19 of this Regulation and Articles 4(3) of Annex IV and 2, 3(1) and (3) of Annex VII to this Regulation shall enter into force only if no objection has been expressed either by the European Parliament or the Council within a period of 2 months of notification of that act to the European Parliament and the Council or if, before the expiry of that period, the European Parliament and the Council have both informed the Commission that they will not object. That period shall be extended by 24 months at the initiative of the European Parliament or the Council. Or. <Original>{EN}en</Original>
Amendment 30 #
2011/0153(COD)
Proposal for a regulation - amending act
Annex – section 1 – point 8 a (new)
Annex – section 1 – point 8 a (new)
Regulation (EC) No 3030/93
Article 17 - paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 17 - paragraph 1 a (new)
8a. In Article 17, the following paragraph is inserted: "1a. Where reference is made to this paragraph, Article 4 of Regulation (EU) No 182/2011 shall apply. The advisory committee shall deliver its opinion within one month of the date of referral." Or. <Original>{EN}en</Original>
Amendment 31 #
2011/0153(COD)
Proposal for a regulation - amending act
Annex – section 1 – point 8 b (new)
Annex – section 1 – point 8 b (new)
Regulation No 3030/93
Article 17 - paragraph 2
Article 17 - paragraph 2
8b. In Article 17, paragraph 2 is replaced by the following: "2. Where reference is made to this paragraph, Article 5 of Regulation (EU) No 182/2011 shall apply. The examination committee shall deliver its opinion within one month of the date of referral." Or. <Original>{EN}en</Original>
Amendment 32 #
2011/0153(COD)
Proposal for a regulation - amending act
Annex – section 1 – point 8 c (new)
Annex – section 1 – point 8 c (new)
Regulation (EC) No 3030/93
Article 17 - paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 17 - paragraph 2 a (new)
8c. In Article 17, the following paragraph is inserted: "2a. Where the opinion of the committee is to be obtained by written procedure, that procedure shall be terminated without result when, within the time-limit for delivery of the opinion, the chair of the committee so decides or a majority of committee members so request." Or. <Original>{EN}en</Original>
Amendment 33 #
2011/0153(COD)
Proposal for a regulation - amending act
Annex – section 1 – point 8 d (new)
Annex – section 1 – point 8 d (new)
Regulation (EC) No 3030/93
Article 17a
Article 17a
8d. Article 17a is deleted. Or. <Original>{EN}en</Original>
Amendment 34 #
2011/0153(COD)
Proposal for a regulation - amending act
Annex – section 1 – point 9 a (new)
Annex – section 1 – point 9 a (new)
Regulation (EC) No 3030/93
Article 19 a (new)
Article 19 a (new)
9a. The following article is inserted: "Article 19a 1. The Commission shall present a biannual report on the application of this Regulation to the European Parliament. 2. The report shall include information on the implementation of this Regulation. 3. The European Parliament may, within one month from the Commission presenting the report, invite the Commission to an ad hoc meeting of its responsible committee to present and explain any issues related to the implementation of the Agreement. 4. No later than six months after presenting the report to the European Parliament, the Commission shall make the report public." Or. <Original>{EN}en</Original>
Amendment 35 #
2011/0153(COD)
Proposal for a regulation - amending act
Annex – section 2 – point -1 (new)
Annex – section 2 – point -1 (new)
Regulation (EC) No 517/94
Recital 22 a (new)
Recital 22 a (new)
Amendment 36 #
2011/0153(COD)
Proposal for a regulation - amending act
Annex – section 2 – point -1 a (new)
Annex – section 2 – point -1 a (new)
Regulation (EC) No 517/94
Recital 22 b (new)
Recital 22 b (new)
-1a. The following recital 22b is inserted: "Whereas the implementation of this Regulation requires uniform conditions for the adoption of several measures. Those measures should be adopted by the Commission in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 182/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 February 2011 laying down the rules and general principles concerning mechanisms for control by Member States of the Commission's exercise of implementing powers." Or. <Original>{EN}en</Original>
Amendment 37 #
2011/0153(COD)
Proposal for a regulation - amending act
Annex – section 2 – point -1 b (new)
Annex – section 2 – point -1 b (new)
Regulation (EC) No 517/94
Recital 22 c (new)
Recital 22 c (new)
-1b. The following recital 22c is inserted: "Whereas it is appropriate that the advisory procedure be used for the adoption of surveillance measures given the effects of these measures and their sequential logic in relation to the adoption of definitive safeguard measures." Or. <Original>{EN}en</Original>
Amendment 38 #
2011/0153(COD)
Proposal for a regulation - amending act
Annex – section 2 – point 1 a (new)
Annex – section 2 – point 1 a (new)
Regulation (EC) No 517/94
Article 5 - paragraph 1
Article 5 - paragraph 1
1a. In Article 5, paragraph 1 is deleted.
Amendment 39 #
2011/0153(COD)
Proposal for a regulation - amending act
Annex – section 2 – point 2 a (new)
Annex – section 2 – point 2 a (new)
Regulation (EC) No 517/94
Article 7 - paragraph 1 - introductory part
Article 7 - paragraph 1 - introductory part
2a. In Article 7, paragraph 1, the introductory part is replaced by the following: "1. Where it is apparent to the Commission that there is sufficient evidence to justify an investigation, with regard to the conditions of imports of products mentioned in Article 1, the Commission shall:" Or. {EN}en
Amendment 40 #
2011/0153(COD)
Proposal for a regulation- amending act
Annex – section 2 – point 2 b (new)
Annex – section 2 – point 2 b (new)
Regulation (EC) No 517/94
Article 7 - paragraph 2 - subparagraph 1
Article 7 - paragraph 2 - subparagraph 1
2b. In Article 7, paragraph 2, the first subparagraph is replaced by the following: "2. In addition to the information supplied under Article 6, the Commission shall seek all information it deems to be necessary and, where it considers it appropriate, endeavour to check this information with importers, traders, agents, producers, trade associations and organisations." Or. {EN}en
Amendment 41 #
2011/0153(COD)
Proposal for a regulation - amending act
Annex – section 2 – point 2 c (new)
Annex – section 2 – point 2 c (new)
Regulation (EC) No 517/94
Article 8 - paragraph 2
Article 8 - paragraph 2
2c. In Article 8, paragraph 2 is replaced by the following: "2. If the Commission considers that no Union surveillance or safeguard measures are necessary, it shall publish in the Official Journal of the European Union a notice that the investigations are closed, stating the main conclusions of the investigations." Or. {EN}en
Amendment 42 #
2011/0153(COD)
Proposal for a regulation - amending act
Annex – section 2 – point 2 d (new)
Annex – section 2 – point 2 d (new)
Regulation (EC) No 517/94
Article 11 - paragraph 1 - point a
Article 11 - paragraph 1 - point a
2d. In Article 11, paragraph 1, point a is replaced by the following: "(a) decide to introduce retrospective Union surveillance of certain imports, in accordance with the advisory procedure referred to in Article 25(1a);" Or. {EN}en
Amendment 43 #
2011/0153(COD)
Proposal for a regulation - amending act
Annex – section 2 – point 2 e (new)
Annex – section 2 – point 2 e (new)
Regulation (EC) No 517/94
Article 11 - paragraph 1 - point b
Article 11 - paragraph 1 - point b
Amendment 44 #
2011/0153(COD)
Proposal for a regulation - amending act
Annex – section 2 – point 2 f (new)
Annex – section 2 – point 2 f (new)
Regulation (EC) No 517/94
Article 11 - paragraph 2 - point a
Article 11 - paragraph 2 - point a
2f. In Article 11, paragraph 2, point a is replaced by the following: "(a) decide to introduce retrospective Union surveillance of certain imports, in accordance with the advisory procedure referred to in Article 25 (1a);" Or. {EN}en
Amendment 45 #
2011/0153(COD)
Proposal for a regulation - amending act
Annex – section 2 – point 2 g (new)
Annex – section 2 – point 2 g (new)
Regulation (EC) No 517/94
Article 11 - paragraph 2 - point b
Article 11 - paragraph 2 - point b
Amendment 46 #
2011/0153(COD)
Proposal for a regulation - amending act
Annex – section 2 – point 4 a (new)
Annex – section 2 – point 4 a (new)
Regulation (EC) No 517/94
Article 15 - introductory part
Article 15 - introductory part
4a. In Article 15, the introductory part is replaced by the following: "In accordance with the advisory procedure referred to in Article 25(1a), the Commission may, at the request of a Member State or on its own initiative, if the situation referred to in Article 12(2) is likely to arise:" Or. {EN}en
Amendment 47 #
2011/0153(COD)
Proposal for a regulation - amending act
Annex – section 2 – point 6 – point a
Annex – section 2 – point 6 – point a
Regulation (EC) No 517/94
Article 25 - paragraph 3
Article 25 - paragraph 3
(a) In the first sentence of paragraph 3, the words ‘Article 13’ are replaced by the words ‘Articles 12(3), 13 and 16’; Article 25, paragraph 3 is replaced by the following: "3. Where the opinion of the committee is to be obtained by written procedure, that procedure shall be terminated without result when, within the time-limit for delivery of the opinion, the chair of the committee so decides or a majority of committee members so request." Or. {EN}en
Amendment 48 #
2011/0153(COD)
Proposal for a regulation - amending act
Annex – section 2 – point 6 – point -a (new)
Annex – section 2 – point 6 – point -a (new)
Regulation (EC) No 517/94
Article 25 - paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 25 - paragraph 1 a (new)
( -a) In Article 25, paragraph 1a is inserted: "1a. Where reference is made to this paragraph, Article 4 of Regulation (EU) No 182/2011 shall apply. The advisory committee shall deliver its opinion within one month of the date of referral." Or. {EN}en
Amendment 49 #
2011/0153(COD)
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Annex – section 2 – point 6 – point -aa (new)
Annex – section 2 – point 6 – point -aa (new)
Regulation (EC) No 517/94
Article 25 - paragraph 2
Article 25 - paragraph 2
( -aa) In Article 25, paragraph 2 is replaced by the following: "2. Where reference is made to this paragraph, Article 5 of Regulation (EU) No 182/2011 shall apply. The examination committee shall deliver its opinion within one month of the date of referral." Or. {EN}en
Amendment 50 #
2011/0153(COD)
Proposal for a regulation - amending act
Annex – section 2 – point 7
Annex – section 2 – point 7
5. A delegated act adopted pursuant to Articles 3(3), 5(2), 12(3), 13, 16 and 28 shall enter into force only if no objection has been expressed either by the European Parliament or the Council within a period of 2 months of notification of that act to the European Parliament and the Council or if, before the expiry of that period, the European Parliament and the Council have both informed the Commission that they will not object. That period shall be extended by 24 months at the initiative of the European Parliament or the Council. Or. {EN}en
Amendment 51 #
2011/0153(COD)
Proposal for a regulation - amending act
Annex – section 2 – point 7 a (new)
Annex – section 2 – point 7 a (new)
Regulation (EC) No 517/94
Article 26 a (new)
Article 26 a (new)
Amendment 52 #
2011/0153(COD)
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Annex – section 3 – point -1 (new)
Annex – section 3 – point -1 (new)
Regulation (EC) No 953/2003
Recital 11 a (new)
Recital 11 a (new)
-1. The following recital shall be inserted: "(11a) In order to add products to the list of products covered by this Regulation, the power to adopt acts in accordance with Article 290 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union should be delegated to the Commission in respect of amending the Annexes. It is of particular importance that the Commission carry out appropriate consultations during its preparatory work, including at expert level. The Commission, when preparing and drawing up delegated acts, should ensure a simultaneous, timely and appropriate transmission of relevant documents to the European Parliament and to the Council." Or. {EN}en
Amendment 53 #
2011/0153(COD)
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Annex – section 3 – point -1a (new)
Annex – section 3 – point -1a (new)
Regulation (EC) No 953/2003
Recital 12
Recital 12
-1a. Recital 12 is deleted.
Amendment 54 #
2011/0153(COD)
Proposal for a regulation - amending act
Annex – section 3 – point 1 – point c
Annex – section 3 – point 1 – point c
Regulation (EC) No 953/2003
Article 9 - subparagraph 2
Article 9 - subparagraph 2
Amendment 55 #
2011/0153(COD)
Proposal for a regulation - amending act
Annex – section 3 – point 2
Annex – section 3 – point 2
Regulation (EC) No 953/2003
Article 5 - paragraph 5
Article 5 - paragraph 5
5. A delegated act adopted pursuant to Article 4 shall enter into force only if no objection has been expressed either by the European Parliament or the Council within a period of 2 months of notification of that act to the European Parliament and the Council or if, before the expiry of that period, the European Parliament and the Council have both informed the Commission that they will not object. That period shall be extended by 24 months at the initiative of the European Parliament or the Council. Or. {EN}en
Amendment 56 #
2011/0153(COD)
Proposal for a regulation - amending act
Annex – section 3 – point 4 – point a (new)
Annex – section 3 – point 4 – point a (new)
Regulation (EC) No 953/2003
Article 11 - paragraph 2
Article 11 - paragraph 2
Amendment 57 #
2011/0153(COD)
Proposal for a regulation - amending act
Annex – section 3 – point 4 – point b (new)
Annex – section 3 – point 4 – point b (new)
Regulation (EC) No 953/2003
Article 11 - paragraph 3 (new)
Article 11 - paragraph 3 (new)
Amendment 58 #
2011/0153(COD)
Proposal for a regulation - amending act
Annex – section 3 – point 4 – point c (new)
Annex – section 3 – point 4 – point c (new)
Regulation (EC) No 953/2003
Article 11 - paragraph 4 (new)
Article 11 - paragraph 4 (new)
Amendment 59 #
2011/0153(COD)
Proposal for a regulation - amending act
Annex – section 4 – -1 (new)
Annex – section 4 – -1 (new)
Regulation (EC) No 673/2005
Recital 7
Recital 7
-1. Recital 7 is replaced by the following: "(7) In order to make necessary adjustments to the measures provided for in this Regulation, the power to adopt acts in accordance with Article 290 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union should be delegated to the Commission in respect of amending the rate of the additional duty or the lists in Annexes I and II under the conditions laid down in this Regulation. It is of particular importance that the Commission carry out appropriate consultations during its preparatory work, including at expert level. The Commission, when preparing and drawing up delegated acts, should ensure a simultaneous, timely and appropriate transmission of relevant documents to the European Parliament and to the Council." Or. {EN}en
Amendment 60 #
2011/0153(COD)
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Annex – section 4 – point 2
Annex – section 4 – point 2
Regulation (EC) No 673/2005
Article 4 - paragraph 5
Article 4 - paragraph 5
5. A delegated act adopted pursuant to Article 3(3) shall enter into force only if no objection has been expressed either by the European Parliament or the Council within a period of 2 months of notification of that act to the European Parliament and the Council or if, before the expiry of that period, the European Parliament and the Council have both informed the Commission that they will not object. That period shall be extended by 24 months at the initiative of the European Parliament or the Council. Or. {EN}en
Amendment 61 #
2011/0153(COD)
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Annex – section 4 – point 3 a (new)
Annex – section 4 – point 3 a (new)
Regulation (EC) No 673/2005
Article 7
Article 7
3a. Article 7 is replaced by the following: "The European Parliament and the Council shall decide on the repeal of this Regulation once the United States of America has fully implemented the recommendation of the WTO Dispute Settlement Body." Or. {EN}en
Amendment 62 #
2011/0153(COD)
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Annex – section 5 – point -1 (new)
Annex – section 5 – point -1 (new)
Regulation (EC) No 1342/2007
Recital 10 a (new)
Recital 10 a (new)
Amendment 63 #
2011/0153(COD)
Proposal for a regulation - amending act
Annex – section 5 – point 4
Annex – section 5 – point 4
Regulation (EC) No 1342/2007
Article 31a - paragraph 5
Article 31a - paragraph 5
5. A delegated act adopted pursuant to Articles 5, 6(3) and 12 shall enter into force only if no objection has been expressed either by the European Parliament or the Council within a period of 2 months of notification of that act to the European Parliament and the Council or if, before the expiry of that period, the European Parliament and the Council have both informed the Commission that they will not object. That period shall be extended by 24 months at the initiative of the European Parliament or the Council. Or. {EN}en
Amendment 64 #
2011/0153(COD)
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Annex – section 6 – point -1 (new)
Annex – section 6 – point -1 (new)
Regulation (EC) No 1528/2007
Recital 16 a (new)
Recital 16 a (new)
-1. The following recital is inserted: "(16a) In order to adopt the provisions necessary for the application of this Regulation, the power to adopt acts in accordance with Article 290 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union should be delegated to the Commission in respect of amending Annex I in order to add or to remove regions or states and in respect of introducing technical amendments to Annex II necessary as a result of application of that Annex. It is of particular importance that the Commission carry out appropriate consultations during its preparatory work, including at expert level. The Commission, when preparing and drawing up delegated acts, should ensure a simultaneous, timely and appropriate transmission of relevant documents to the European Parliament and to the Council." Or. {EN}en
Amendment 65 #
2011/0153(COD)
Proposal for a regulation - amending act
Annex – section 6 – point 2 a (new)
Annex – section 6 – point 2 a (new)
Regulation (EC) No 1528/2007
Article 24a (new)
Article 24a (new)
Amendment 66 #
2011/0153(COD)
Proposal for a regulation - amending act
Annex – section 7 – point -1 (new)
Annex – section 7 – point -1 (new)
Regulation (EC) No 55/2008
Recital 12 a (new)
Recital 12 a (new)
-1. The following recital is inserted: "(12a) In order to permit the adjustment of this Regulation, the power to adopt acts in accordance with Article 290 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union should be delegated to the Commission in respect of amendments required in light of changes in customs codes or for the conclusion of agreements with Moldova. It is of particular importance that the Commission carry out appropriate consultations during its preparatory work, including at expert level. The Commission, when preparing and drawing up delegated acts, should ensure a simultaneous, timely and appropriate transmission of relevant documents to the European Parliament and to the Council." Or. {EN}en
Amendment 67 #
2011/0153(COD)
Proposal for a regulation - amending act
Annex – section 7 – point 2
Annex – section 7 – point 2
Regulation (EC) No 55/2008
Article 8b - paragraph 5
Article 8b - paragraph 5
5. A delegated act adopted pursuant to Article 7 shall enter into force only if no objection has been expressed either by the European Parliament or the Council within a period of 2 months of notification of that act to the European Parliament and the Council or if, before the expiry of that period, the European Parliament and the Council have both informed the Commission that they will not object. That period shall be extended by 24 months at the initiative of the European Parliament or the Council. Or. {EN}en
Amendment 68 #
2011/0153(COD)
Proposal for a regulation - amending act
Annex – section 7 – point 2 a (new)
Annex – section 7 – point 2 a (new)
Regulation (EC) No 55/2008
Article 12 a (new)
Article 12 a (new)
Amendment 69 #
2011/0153(COD)
Proposal for a regulation - amending act
Annex – section 9 – point -1 (new)
Annex – section 9 – point -1 (new)
Regulation (EC) No 1340/2008
Recital 9a (new)
Recital 9a (new)
-1. The following recital is inserted: "(9a) In order to permit effective administration of certain restrictions, the power to adopt acts in accordance with Article 290 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union should be delegated to the Commission in respect of amendments to Annex V. It is of particular importance that the Commission carry out appropriate consultations during its preparatory work, including at expert level. The Commission, when preparing and drawing up delegated acts, should ensure a simultaneous, timely and appropriate transmission of relevant documents to the European Parliament and to the Council." Or. {EN}en
Amendment 70 #
2011/0153(COD)
Proposal for a regulation - amending act
Annex 1 – section 9 – point 2
Annex 1 – section 9 – point 2
Regulation (EC) No 1340/2008
Article 16a - paragraph 5
Article 16a - paragraph 5
5. A delegated act adopted pursuant to Article 5(3) shall enter into force only if no objection has been expressed either by the European Parliament or the Council within a period of 2 months of notification of that act to the European Parliament and the Council or if, before the expiry of that period, the European Parliament and the Council have both informed the Commission that they will not object. That period shall be extended by 24 months at the initiative of the European Parliament or the Council.
Amendment 26 #
2011/0117(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6
Recital 6
(6) Council Regulation (EC) No 732/2008 applying a scheme of generalised tariff preferences for the period from 1 January 2009 to 31 December 2011, as extended by Regulation (EU) No…… of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Regulation (EC) No 732/2008 applies the scheme of generalised tariff preferences (‘the scheme’) until this Regulation is applied. Thereafter, the scheme should continue to apply with no expiry date. However, itfor a period of eight years. The scheme shall be reviewed five years after its entry into force.
Amendment 50 #
2011/0117(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point a
a) it has been classified by the World Bank as a high-income or an upper-middle income country during threewo consecutive years immediately preceding the update of the list of beneficiary countries;
Amendment 64 #
2011/0117(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – point a
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) the decision to remove a beneficiary country from the list of GSP beneficiary countries, in accordance with paragraph 3 and on the basis of Article 4(1)(a), shall apply as from one yearsix months after the date of entry into force of the decision;
Amendment 96 #
2011/0117(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 4
Article 10 – paragraph 4
4. After examining the request, the Commission shall decide whethbe empowered to adopt delegated acts, in accordance with Article 36, to establish or to amend Annex III in order to grant a requesting country the special incentive arrangement for sustainable development and good governance and to add that country to the list of GSP+ beneficiary countries.
Amendment 97 #
2011/0117(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 5
Article 10 – paragraph 5
5. Where a GSP+ beneficiary country no longer fulfils the conditions referred to in Article 9(1)(a) or withdraws any of its binding undertakings referred to in Article 9(1)(c),(d) and (e), it shall be removedthe Commission shall be empowered to adopt a delegated act, in accordance with Article 36, to amend Annex III in order to remove that country from the list of GSP+ beneficiary countries.
Amendment 98 #
2011/0117(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 6
Article 10 – paragraph 6
Amendment 100 #
2011/0117(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 7
Article 10 – paragraph 7
7. The Commission shall notify the requesting country of a decision taken in accordance with paragraphs 4 and 5 after the Annex is amended. Where the requesting country is granted the special incentive arrangement, it shall be informed of the date on which that decisione respective delegated act enters into force.
Amendment 101 #
2011/0117(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 14 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point b a (new)
Article 14 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point b a (new)
(ba) the status of the effective implementation of each convention listed in Annex VIII for every single GSP+ beneficiary country.
Amendment 103 #
2011/0117(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 1
Article 15 – paragraph 1
1. The special incentive arrangement for sustainable development and good governance shall be withdrawn temporarily, in respect of all or of certain products originating in a GSP+ beneficiary country, where in practice a beneficiary country does not respect its binding undertakings as referred to in Article 9(1)(c),(d) and (e) or does not fulfil its obligation to cooperate with the Commission and provide all information necessary as referred to in Article 13(2).
Amendment 104 #
2011/0117(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 3
Article 15 – paragraph 3
3. Where, either on the basis of the conclusions of the report referred to in Article 14 or on the basis of the evidence available, the Commission has a reasonable doubt that a particular GSP+ beneficiary country does not respect its binding undertakings as referred to in Article 9(1)(c),(d) and (e) or does not fulfil its obligation to cooperate with the Commission and provide all information necessary as referred to in Article 13(2), it shall, in accordance with the advisory procedure referred to in Article 38(2), adopt a decision to initiate the procedure for the temporary withdrawal of the tariff preferences provided under the special incentive arrangement for sustainable development and good governance. The Commission shall inform the European Parliament and the Council thereof.
Amendment 105 #
2011/0117(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 4 – point a
Article 15 – paragraph 4 – point a
(a) state the grounds for the reasonable doubt as to the fulfilment of the binding undertakings made by the GSP+ beneficiary country as referred to Article 9(1)(c),(d) and (e) or to the fulfilment of its obligation to cooperate with the Commission and provide all information necessary as referred to in Article 13(2), which may call into question its right to continue to enjoy the tariff preferences provided under the special incentive arrangement for sustainable development and good governance; and
Amendment 108 #
2011/0117(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 10
Article 15 – paragraph 10
10. Where the Commission decides on temporary withdrawal, such decision shall enter into force six months after its adoptionthe respective delegated act entered into force.
Amendment 109 #
2011/0117(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 1
Article 16 – paragraph 1
Where the Commission finds that the reasons justifying a temporary withdrawal of the tariff preferences as referred to in Article 15(1) no longer apply, it shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts, in accordance with Article 36, to amend Annex III in order to reinstate the tariff preferences provided under the special incentive arrangement for sustainable development and good governance. For this purpose the Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts, in accordance with Article 36, to amend Annex III.
Amendment 113 #
2011/0117(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Article 17 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
The Commission shall continuously review this list on the basis of the most recent available data. Where an EBA beneficiary country no longer fulfils the conditions referred to in paragraph 1, ithe Commission shall be removed by Commission decisionpowered to adopt delegated acts, in accordance with Article 36, to amend Annex IV in order to remove the country from the list of EBA beneficiary countries following a transitional period of three years as from the date of the adoption of the Commission decisionn which the delegated act entered into force.
Amendment 115 #
2011/0117(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
Article 17 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1
Amendment 127 #
2011/0117(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 11
Article 19 – paragraph 11
11. Where the Commission decides on temporary withdrawal, the decision shall enter into force six months after it is takenthe respective delegated act entered into force.
Amendment 128 #
2011/0117(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 20 – paragraph 1
Article 20 – paragraph 1
Where the Commission finds that the reasons justifying a temporary withdrawal of the tariff preferences as referred to in Article 19(1) no longer apply, it shall reinstate the tariff preferences provided under the preferential arrangements referred to in Article 1(2). For this purpose the Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts, in accordance with Article 36, to amend Annexes II, III or IV, whichever is applicable, in order to reinstate the tariff preferences provided under the preferential arrangements referred to in Article 1(2).
Amendment 129 #
2011/0117(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 6
Article 21 – paragraph 6
6. The period of temporary withdrawal shall not exceed six months. OAt the latest on conclusion of the period, the Commission shall decide in accordance with the urgency procedure referred to in Article 38(4) either to terminate the temporary withdrawal or to extend the period of temporary withdrawal.
Amendment 131 #
2011/0117(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 4
Article 24 – paragraph 4
4. An investigation, including the procedural steps referred to in Articles 25, 26 and 27, shall be concluded within 12eight months from its initiation.
Amendment 134 #
2011/0117(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 27
Article 27
Where the facts as finally established show that the conditions set out in Article 22(1) are not met, the Commission shall adopt a decision terminating the investigation and proceeding in accordance with the examinationadvisory procedure referred to in Article 38(32). Such a decision shall be published in the Official Journal of the European Union. The investigation shall be deemed terminated, if no decision is published within the period referred to in Article 24(4) and any urgent preventive measures shall automatically lapse.
Amendment 159 #
2011/0117(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 36 – paragraph 4
Article 36 – paragraph 4
4. A delegated act adopted pursuant to paragraph 2 shall enter into force only if no objection has been expressed by either the European Parliament or the Council within a period of twosix months of notification of that act to the European Parliament and the Council or if, before the expiry of that period, the European Parliament and the Council have both informed the Commission that they will not object. That period shall be extended by two months at the initiative of the European Parliament or the Council.
Amendment 162 #
2011/0117(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 38 – paragraph 4
Article 38 – paragraph 4
4. Where reference is made to this paragraph, Article 8 of Regulation (EU) No 182/2011 shall apply in conjunction with Article 54 thereof.
Amendment 164 #
2011/0117(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 42 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 42 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. The scheme shall apply for a period of eight years from the date of entry into force of this Regulation.
Amendment 12 #
2010/2301(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the EU is the top destination for Chinese exports, which rose by 39.5 % between 2009 and 2010, and whereas China is the EU’s second-largest trading partner, and whereas China’s economic success is based to a major extent on the EU’s open market;
Amendment 18 #
2010/2301(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas trade relations between the two regions have developed considerably since the signature of the EU-China cooperation agreement in 1985, and the agreement should therefore be renewed, but also brought into line with the new economic situation;
Amendment 34 #
2010/2301(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas China is obliged since 2001 to respect WTO rules by liberalising its trade and opening its market, but its efforts are not yet satisfactory by any means;
Amendment 41 #
2010/2301(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
I. whereas, under its 12th five-year plan, China is to develop the strategic sectors of energy, construction and transport and will have major needs in the field of service development, offeringwhich could provide new investment opportunities for European businesses;
Amendment 42 #
2010/2301(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital I a (new)
Recital I a (new)
Ia. whereas foreign investment by the EU in China in 2012 amounted to EUR 4.9 billion and foreign investment by China in the EU in the same year amounted to EUR 0.9 billion;
Amendment 64 #
2010/2301(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Points out that China has established very considerable trade advantages for itself in relation to the EU through targeted state subsidies, using a great variety of legal constructs; urges China to bring its state subsidy programmes into line with relevant WTO law; further calls on the Commission to reform the anti- subsidy regulation in order to be able to respond effectively to the considerable challenges from China;
Amendment 75 #
2010/2301(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Is extremely concerned about the problems foreign businesses encounter in accessing Chinese public procurement whereas access to European public procurement is guaranteed; regrets that China has not acceded to the plurilateral Agreement on Government Procurement (AGP) even though it committed to do so in its protocol on accession to the WTO; calls on the Commission to make haste in developing a European instrument to ensure better access for European businesses to foreign public procurement markets and to encourage the EU’s trading partners, such as China, to open up their public procurement markets and eliminate protectionist measures;
Amendment 84 #
2010/2301(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Points out that the main form in which foreign companies are allowed to set up in China is through joint ventures – a mechanism which is very restrictive and too often associated with strategic technology transfers that may favour the competitive development of China to the detriment of European industry in fields in which the EU is at the forefront; calls therefore on China to move away from the joint venture mechanism and to allow European businesses full freedom of establishment;
Amendment 90 #
2010/2301(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on the EU to make use, wherever necessary,Commission to make active use of trade defence instruments that are consistent with WTO rules, such asnamely anti- dumping, anti-subsidy and safeguard measures, in the event off China continues to engage in illegal trade practices by China, in order to ensure a level playing field for EU-China trade; points out in this connection that, despite WTO accession, China makes active use of price dumping and state subsidies on a large scale in order to force competitors out of the global market;
Amendment 115 #
2010/2301(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Urges the Commission to negotiate an ambitious EU-China investment agreement that seeks to create a better environment for EU investors inin order to harness the enormous potential for reciprocal investment more quickly and more effectively by ensuring fair and reliable investment conditions in both the EU and China, whilst increasing the level of Chinesereciprocal capital flows to the EU and, above all, offering European investors secure, long-term prospects in China;
Amendment 132 #
2010/2301(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
Amendment 162 #
2010/2301(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Draws attention to the fact that China is the world’s largest emitter of greenhouse gases; calls on the EU to propose that the WTO include ecological aspects and climate change imperatives when laying down effective environmental standards in its rules on the organisation oftargets in discussions relating to international trade;
Amendment 167 #
2010/2301(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
Amendment 7 #
2010/2203(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas it is generally acknowledged that inward investment improves host countries‘ competitiveness but outward investment may exacerbate adjustment costs for low-skilled workeras well as outward investment improves countries‘ competitiveness,
Amendment 11 #
2010/2203(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas Articles 206 and 207 TFEU do not define 7 TFEU only mentions foreign direct investment (FDI), whereas the Court of Justice of the European Union has specified its understanding of the term FDI, on the basis of three criteria: it should be considered as a long-lasting investment, representing at least 10 % of the affiliated company's equity capital / shares and providing the investor with managerial control over the affiliated company's operations, whereas this definition is in line with those of the IMF and the OECD and is opposed to, in particular, portfolio investments and intellectual property rightMember States use broad definitions of the term "foreign investor", thereby including in particular portfolio investment and intellectual property rights, in order to grant the highest level of protection to their investors,
Amendment 16 #
2010/2203(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
Amendment 23 #
2010/2203(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas after the first dispute settlement cases of the 1990s a number ofbesides general positive experiences some problems became clear, particularly concerning the possibility of conflict between private interests and the regulatory tasks of public authorities, for example in cases where the adoption of legislation led to a state being condemned by international arbitrators for ‘indirect expropriation’,
Amendment 34 #
2010/2203(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Notes that the new exclusive EU competence on FDI poses a double challenge, on one hand for managing the existing BITs and on the other hand for defining a European investment policy which meets the expectations of investors and beneficiary states but also the EU's broader economic interests and external policy objectiv, namely by raising the level of protection and concluding new treaties with trading partners that have few or no BIT´s with Member States;
Amendment 38 #
2010/2203(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Welcomes this new EU competence and calls on the Commission and the Member States to seize this opportunity to build with Parliament an integrated and coherent investment policy which promotes high- quality investments and makes a positive contribution to economic, social and environmentalworld wide economic progress;
Amendment 39 #
2010/2203(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Recalls that the current phase of globalisation has seen a dramatic increase in FDI, accounting in 2007, the year before investment was affected by the global economic and financial crisis, to a record high of almost EUR 1.500 billion, with the EU being the largest source of FDI in the entire global economy;
Amendment 41 #
2010/2203(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Welcomes the Commission's Communication ‘Towards a comprehensive European international investment policy’ butand stresses that, while extensively focusing on investor protection, it should better address the need to protect the public capacity to regulatee importance of inward and outward investment for the economy of the European Union, European enterprises and European employees, as investment establishes businesses and jobs in Europe as well as abroad and builds the global supply chains that are part of the modern international economy;
Amendment 53 #
2010/2203(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Considers that the same high level of protection should not be granted to all kinds of investments and that, for example,, besides foreign direct investment in particular portfolio investment and intellectual property rights should be exincluded fromin the scope of future international investment agreements signed by the EU;
Amendment 57 #
2010/2203(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
Amendment 62 #
2010/2203(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Recalls that the standard EU Member State BIT uses a broad definition of "foreign investor" in order to grant the highest level of protection to inward as well as to outward investors; stresses in that regard the need for a strong and coherent investment policy of the EU, building on the best practises of Member State experiences with BITs;
Amendment 65 #
2010/2203(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Stresses the need for a stricterbroad definition of ‘foreign investor’, considering that broadsuch a definitions have led to abusive practices, which should not be permitted assures the favourable standard protection of all investments without creating problems of demarcation; underlines that any reflection on a stricter definition could have serious negative consequences for investor confidence and could lead to significant irritations in partner countries;
Amendment 72 #
2010/2203(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Stresses that investor protection, namely legal certainty for all investment decisions, must remain the first priority of investment agreements;
Amendment 76 #
2010/2203(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Calls on the Commission to invest all its personal and material resources in the negotiation and conclusion of EU investment agreements instead of reviewing and questioning existing BITs of Member States;
Amendment 78 #
2010/2203(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Doubts whetherWelcomes the request expressed by the Council in its conclusions on the Communication – that the new European legal framework should not negatively affect investor protection and guarantees enjoyed under the existing agreements – constitutes an achievable objective; considers that with such a broad and undefined criterion any new agreement could be opposed;
Amendment 84 #
2010/2203(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Believes that the need to identify best practices, to which the Council's conclusions also point, is a more sensible and more effective option, enabling the development of a consistent European investment policy;
Amendment 85 #
2010/2203(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 – introductory part
Paragraph 11 – introductory part
11. Considers that future investment agreements concluded by the EU should be based on the best practise of Member State experiences and include the following standards:
Amendment 94 #
2010/2203(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 – indent 3 a (new)
Paragraph 11 – indent 3 a (new)
- strong enforcement mechanisms, including investor-state dispute settlement,
Amendment 95 #
2010/2203(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 – indent 3 b (new)
Paragraph 11 – indent 3 b (new)
- a so-called "umbrella clause", which enables integration into the scope of a BIT of all private-law contracts concluded between an investor and the signatory state of the BIT and makes international arbitration possible if such a contract is violated,
Amendment 96 #
2010/2203(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 – indent 3 c (new)
Paragraph 11 – indent 3 c (new)
- a most favoured nation clause,
Amendment 101 #
2010/2203(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
Amendment 105 #
2010/2203(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
Amendment 109 #
2010/2203(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Stresses that future investment agreements concluded by the EU must protect the capacity for public intervention, but underlines that in case of direct or indirect expropriation of an investor by such an intervention compensation must be provided;
Amendment 114 #
2010/2203(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Calls on the Commission to includerespect in all future agreements specific clauses laying down the right of the EU and its Member States to regulate, inter alia, in the areas of protection of the environment, public health, workers‘ and consumers’ rights, industrial policy and cultural diversity;
Amendment 118 #
2010/2203(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
Amendment 124 #
2010/2203(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Stresses that the EU's future policy must promote investment which is sustainable, respects the environment (particularly in the area of extractive industries) and encourages good quality working conditions in the enterprises targeted by the investment; asks the Commission to include, in all future agreements, a reference to the updated OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises;
Amendment 130 #
2010/2203(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Reiterates, with regard to the investment chapters in wider free trade agreements (FTAs), its call for a corporate social responsibility clause and legally binding social and environmental clauses to be includedthe promotion of CSR in every FTA the EU signs;
Amendment 134 #
2010/2203(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
Amendment 139 #
2010/2203(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Welcomes the fact that a number of BITs currently have a clause which prevents the watering-downmention the importance of social and environmental legislation in order to attract investment and calls on the Commission to include such a clause in its future agreementstandards;
Amendment 141 #
2010/2203(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21a. Requests the inclusion of a "Member State" clause in all future EU investment agreements, which states that inward investment to the EU comes under the laws of the Member State it is directed to and that only the laws of that Member State apply in regard of the legality of the investment;
Amendment 142 #
2010/2203(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Believes that major changes must be madefeasible and appropriate changes to the present dispute settlement regime, in order to include greater transparency, the opportunity for parties to appeal, the obligation to exhaust local judicial remedies (where relevant), the possibility to use amicus curiae briefs and the obligation to select one single place of arbitrationprocedures should be explored;
Amendment 151 #
2010/2203(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Requests thatUrges the Commission and the Member States take up their responsibility, knowing that a future EU investment agreement cannot make reference to the dispute settlement process of ICSID or UNCITRAL since the EU is not as major international players to work towards the necessary reforms of theember of neither organisation, to explore possible ways to provide in future EU investment agreements the same legal certainty European investors and Member States enjoy at the moment using the dispute settlement process of ICSID andor UNCITRAL rules; ;
Amendment 156 #
2010/2203(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
Amendment 165 #
2010/2203(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 a (new)
Paragraph 26 a (new)
26a. Believes that a future EU investment policy, especially the decision who to negotiate with first, must be based on the following grounds: degree of legal protection of European investors in a third country, number of BITs already concluded by Member States with a third country, the potential added value of an EU agreement with the third country;
Amendment 166 #
2010/2203(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 b (new)
Paragraph 26 b (new)
26b. Calls on the Commission to require Member States to extend the protection under existing INTRA-EU BITs to all EU investors, instead of calling for the termination of them;
Amendment 12 #
2010/2110(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Welcomes the agreement on trade in bananas, which settles twenty years of WTO disputes and constitutes an important step towards the consolidation of a rule- based multilateral trading system; notes that the agreement on trade in bananas makes a decisive contribution to the resolution of issues relating to tropical products and preferences in WTO negotiations; believes that this agreement further consolidates the EU’s position on agriculture in the Doha round; calls upon the EU to build upon this important breakthrough to push WTOe interests of the outermost regions should be taken into account in future similar negotiations forward;
Amendment 13 #
2010/2110(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a new
Paragraph 3 a new
3c. Notices the initiatives of the sugar sector which has increased its competiveness while improving its environmental sustainability and contributing to the EU development agenda with the preferences granted to ACP and LDCs;
Amendment 23 #
2010/2110(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6b. Supports the resumption of negotiations on the EU-Mercosur Association Agreement – given that an Association Agreement of this kind, which is of the utmost importance and affects 700 million people, would, if concluded swiftly, be the world's most ambitious bi- regional agreement – and therefore stresses that the European Parliament should be closely involved at all stages of the negotiations; is aware that agriculture issues will probably be one of the sensitive topics in the negotiations; emphasises that a balanced outcome for both parties has to be achieved in the end by making sure that the negotiations take full account of environmental and social challenges;
Amendment 26 #
2010/2110(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Emphasises that, in the WTO negotiations and in other international trade agreements, the Commission must seek to ensure that imported agricultural products meet the same EU requirements and standards, in the areas of food safety, in standards of animal welfare and environmental protection, that are imposed on agricultural products produced inside the Union;
Amendment 37 #
2010/2110(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Uunderlines the need for trade policy to play a role in tackling food supply security challenges; calls for reinforced surveillance and coordination of export restrictions measures to prevent the aggravation of any future food crisis.;
Amendment 39 #
2010/0197(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) In the interest of EU investors and their investments in third countries, and of Member States hosting foreign investors and investments, bilateral agreements that specify and guarantee the conditions of investment should be maintained in forceremain binding on the parties under public international law and will be maintained in force unless replaced by new agreements.
Amendment 42 #
2010/0197(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5 a (new)
Recital 5 a (new)
(5a) Given that the bilateral investment agreements concluded by the Member States with third parties are, so far, the main source of protection and legal security for European investors abroad, this Regulation shall grant for legal certainty and reliable investment conditions and should not negatively affect investor protection and guarantees accorded under the existing agreements.
Amendment 62 #
2010/0197(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10
Recital 10
(10) The Commission should be able to withdraw the authorisation if an agreement conflicts with the law of the Union other than the incompatibilities arising from the allocation of competence between the Union and its Member States. The authorisation may also be withdrawn if an agreement of the Union in force with a third country contains investment provisions similar to those of a Member State agreement. In order to ensure that agreements of Member States do not undermine the development and implementation of the Union's policies relating to investment, including in particular of autonomous measures of common commercial policy, authorisation may be withdrawn. Finally, should the Council not take a decision on the authorisation to open negotiations concerning investment within one year of the submission of a recommendation by the Commission pursuant to Article 218(3) of the Treaty, the possibility would exist to withdraw the authorisation for the bilateral investment agreement with the relevant third country.
Amendment 68 #
2010/0197(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12
Recital 12
(12) No later than five years after the entry into force of this Regulation, the Commission should present to the European Parliament and the Council a report on the application of Chapters II and III of this Regulation. This report should, inter alia, review the need for the continued application of these chapters. Where the report recommends to discontinue the application of the provisions of these Chapters or where it would propose to modify these provisions, it should be accompanied by an appropriate legislative proposal. Unless replaced by an agreement of the Union concerning investment, or otherwise terminated, bilateral agreements concluded by Member States with third countries remain binding on the parties under public international law.
Amendment 82 #
2010/0197(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17
Recital 17
(17) The measures necessary for the implementation of this Regulation should be adopted in accordance with Council Decision 1999/468/EC of 28 June 1999 laying down the procedures for thethe Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down the rules and general principles concerning mechanisms for control by Member States of the Commission´s exercise of implementing powers conferred on the Commission,
Amendment 95 #
2010/0197(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2
Article 2
Within thirty days from the entry into force of this Regulation, the Member States shall notify the Commission of all bilateral agreements with third countries relating to investment concluded before the entry into force of this Regulation that they either wish to maintain in force or permit to enter into force under this Chapter. The notification shall include a copy of those bilateral agreements. Member States shall also notify the Commission of all future changes to the status of these agreements.
Amendment 111 #
2010/0197(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point c
Amendment 127 #
2010/0197(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 3
Article 5 – paragraph 3
3. No later than five years after the entry into force of this Regulation, the Commission shall present to the European Parliament and the Council a report on the application of this Chapter which shall review the need for the continued application of this chapter, based on the review referred to in paragraph 1.
Amendment 132 #
2010/0197(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 4
Article 5 – paragraph 4
Amendment 148 #
2010/0197(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point c
Amendment 172 #
2010/0197(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 9 – paragraph 1 – point c
Amendment 186 #
2010/0197(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 3 – point c
Article 11 – paragraph 3 – point c
Amendment 200 #
2010/0197(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 1
Article 12 – paragraph 1
1. No later than five years after the entry into force of this Regulation, the Commission shall present to the European Parliament and the Council a report on the application of this Chapter which shall review the need for a continued application of the Chapter.
Amendment 203 #
2010/0197(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 3
Article 12 – paragraph 3
Amendment 213 #
2010/0197(COD)
Proposal for a regulation
Article 15 – paragraph 2
Article 15 – paragraph 2
2. Where reference is made to this paragraph, Articles 35a and 7 of Decision 1999/468/EC shall apply. [Where reference is made to this paragraph, Articles 5, 5a and 6 of the Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down the rules and general principles concerning mechanisms for control by Member States of the Commission's exercise of implementing powers shall apply.]
Amendment 1 #
2009/2200(INI)
having regard to the Additional Protocol to that Agreement of 23 November 1970, and in particular Article 41(1) thereof ('Standstill Clause'),
Amendment 3 #
2009/2200(INI)
Amendment 16 #
2009/2200(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
Amendment 19 #
2009/2200(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
Amendment 33 #
2009/2200(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
Highlights that the CU covers manufactured goods and processed agricultural products; looks forward to the inclusion of agricultural products in the CU, with the adoption of the CAP; considers that other areas such as services and public procurement should fall within its scope ;
Amendment 41 #
2009/2200(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
Amendment 46 #
2009/2200(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
Encourages the Commission and Turkey to improve trade by removeing all technicalunnecessary barriers to trade, including technical ones such as recognition of certification, duplicative testing, multiple inspections, technical regulations and standards;
Amendment 52 #
2009/2200(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
Acknowledges the difficulties faced by Turkey in concluding Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) with third countries, due to; calls on the Commission and the Counwcillingness of certain countries to strike trade deals in the absence to include Turkey in the impact assessment studies of prospective FTAs between the EU and third countries and to further strengthen the transmission of binding mechanisms, and the detrimental effects of thisformation on the EU´s position and the state of play onf the Turkish economyFTA negotiations;
Amendment 64 #
2009/2200(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16a new
Paragraph 16a new
Deplores the fact that, for the fifth consecutive year, the Additional Protocol to the EC-Turkey Association Agreement has not been implemented by Turkey; calls on the Turkish Government to implement it fully without delay, in a non- discriminatory way, and recalls that failure to do so may further seriously affect the negotiating process;
Amendment 66 #
2009/2200(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
Amendment 70 #
2009/2200(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
Notes that Russia has become Turkey’s largest trade partner and that Turkey is striving to diversify its trade partners by establishing close ties with Middle Eastern and African countries; asks the Commission to conduct a study on the causes and economic impact of Turkey’s trade diversion away from the EU;
Amendment 73 #
2009/2200(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
Notes that Turkey and the EU face similar challenges in energy supply; underlines the importance of the Nabucco project for the security of energy supply and therefore calls on Turkey to swiftly implement the Nabucco Intergovernmental Agreement; stresses the need to define a common external energy strategy; urges Turkey to ratify the Energy Charter Treaty Trade Amendment;
Amendment 79 #
2009/2200(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
Amendment 86 #
2009/2200(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
Stresses that counterfeit products represent a major problem in EU-Turkey trade relations and reduce the attractiveness of Turkey for FDI; welcomes the adoption of new IPR legislation in Turkey with effective enforcementencourages Turkey to enforce the new IPR legislation effectively in order to then deepen the trade relations with the EU;
Amendment 4 #
2009/2150(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Notes that the significant decrease in export revenues in many developing countries, and in particular in the least developed countries, is threatening to shatter the growth and development of the South; calls on the Commission – when negotiating and implementing trade agreements, in particular the Economic Partnership Agreements – to strengthen EU Policy Coherence for Development and, inter alia, the promotion of decent work and to ensure adequate asymmetry and transitional periods in trade commitments as well as respect for the priorities of each country and adequate consultation of key actors and civil society;
Amendment 7 #
2009/2150(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Is convinced that a balanced, fair and development-oriented conclusion of the Doha Round in 2010 could help the WTO in aidingwould accelerate the economicy recovery from the crisis and continuing the fight against protectionism and could contribute to poverty alleviation in developing countries, the creation of good- quality jobs and the reduction of consumer prices; is therefore deeply concerned by the lack of progress in the Doha Round negotiations;
Amendment 1 #
2009/0059(COD)
Article 1 – point 10
Regulation (EC) No 1934/2006
Article 16
Article 16
The financial reference amount for the implementation of this Regulation for the period from 2007 to 2013 shall be EUR 172 million for countries listed in Annex I and EUR 176 million for countries listed in Annex II. The annual appropriations shall be authorised by the budgetary authority within the limits of the financial framework. Care shall also be taken to ensure that the industrialised and other high-income countries and territories listed in Annex I are not placed at a disadvantage by the application of this Regulation to the partner countries listed in Annex II.
Amendment 28 #
2009/0059(COD)
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Recital 3
Recital 3
(3) It is in the CommunityUnion’s interests to further deepen its relations with the developing countries concerned, which are important bilateral partners and players in multilateral fora and in global governance with whom the Community has a strategic interest in promoting diversified links, in particular in areas such as economic, commercial, academic, business and scientific exchanges. It therefore needs a financial instrument that allows the financing of such measures which, by their nature, do not qualify as Official Development Assistance under the criteria established by the OECD (the ODA criteria) but are crucially important in terms of consolidating relations and make an important contribution to promoting the progress and development of the developing countries concerned.
Amendment 29 #
2009/0059(COD)
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Recital 5 a (new)
Recital 5 a (new)
(5a) Extending the geographical coverage of Regulation (EC) No 1934/2006 brings the developing countries concerned within the scope of two different external action financial instruments. Care should be taken to ensure that these two financial instruments are kept strictly separate from each other. Measures which fulfil the criteria established by the OECD for official development assistance (ODA) will be financed under Regulation (EC) No 1905/2006, whereas Regulation (EC) No1934/2006 will apply exclusively to measures which do not fulfil those criteria. It is also necessary to ensure that the countries previously falling within the scope of Regulation (EC) No 1934/2006, in other words industrialised and other high-income countries and territories, are not placed at a disadvantage, particularly in financial terms, by the extension of that regulation's geographical coverage.
Amendment 30 #
2009/0059(COD)
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Recital 5 b (new)
Recital 5 b (new)
(5b) Since the economic crisis has placed budgets under extreme strain throughout the European Union and the proposed extension embraces countries which sometimes demonstrate a similar level of competitiveness to the Union and have attained an average standard of living which approaches that of some Member States, EU assistance should be proportionate to the efforts made by the recipient countries to comply with ILO international agreements and participate in the general objectives of greenhouse gas emissions reduction.
Amendment 32 #
2009/0059(COD)
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 - point 2
Article 1 - point 2
Regulation (EC) No 1934/2006
Article 1 - paragraph 1
Article 1 - paragraph 1
1. Community financing shall support economic, financial and, technical and cultural cooperation and other forms of cooperation falling within its spheres of competence with industrialised and other high-income countries and territories listed in full in Annex 1 and with the developing countries falling under Regulation (EC) No 1905/2006listed in Annex 2 of this Regulation (hereinafter referred to as 'partner countries') falling under Regulation (EC) No 1905/2006. This Regulation shall be used solely to finance measures which do not fulfil the ODA criteria.
Amendment 33 #
2009/0059(COD)
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 - point 2
Article 1 - point 2
Regulation (EC) No 1934/2006
Article 1 - paragraph 2
Article 1 - paragraph 2
2. The primary objective of cooperation with the partner countries and territories referred to in paragraph 1 shall be to provide a specific response to the need to strengthen links and to engage further with them on a bilateral, regional or multilateral basis in order to create a more favourable environment for the development of the relations ofbetween the Community with theseand the partner countries and sterritories and promotep up dialogue while fostering the Community's interests in accordance with its objectives and promoting progress and development in the partner countries.
Amendment 37 #
2009/0059(COD)
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 - point 3 a (new)
Article 1 - point 3 a (new)
Regulation (EC) No 1934/2006
Article 4 - point 1
Article 4 - point 1
(3a) In Article 4, point 1 is replaced by the following: "1. The promotion of cooperation, partnerships and joint undertakings between economic, social, cultural, academic and scientific actors in the Community and partner countries;"
Amendment 38 #
2009/0059(COD)
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 - point 3 b (new)
Article 1 - point 3 b (new)
Regulation (EC) No 1934/2006
Article 4 - point 4
Article 4 - point 4
(3b) In Article 4, point 4 is replaced by the following: "4. The promotion of people-to-people links, education and training programmes and intellectual exchanges, particularly at family level, and the enhancement of mutual understanding between cultures and civilisations;"
Amendment 40 #
2009/0059(COD)
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 - point 5
Article 1 - point 5
Regulation No 1934/2006
Article 16
Article 16
The financial reference amount for the implementation of this Regulation for the period from 2007 to 2013 shall be EUR 172 million for countries listed in Annex I and EUR 176 million for countries listed in Annex II. The annual appropriations shall be authorised by the budgetary authority within the limits of the financial framework. Care should also be taken to ensure that the industrialised and other high-income countries and territories listed in Annex I are not placed at a disadvantage by the application of the present regulation to the partner countries listed in Annex II.
Amendment 3 #
2008/2199(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Takes the view that there is very great potential for the USA and the European Union to take joint positions and initiatives in international fora, in view of the many common trade interests, for example non-discriminatory access to raw materials on the global market, the implementation of intellectual property rights and global patent harmonisation; suggests that it is in both parties' interests to exploit this potential better;
Amendment 1 #
2008/2156(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the fact that, ten years after its creation, the Economic and Monetary Union is considered a technical and political success and that, since its introduction, the euro has taken on an important role in international tradehe euro has established itself alongside the US dollar as an international currency for trade transactions not only between euro zone countries and third countries, but also, increasingly, among third countries;
Amendment 2 #
2008/2156(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Considers that the euro system, its monetary policy and the resulting stability of the euro have made a contribution towards the economic and financial integration of the world economy;
Amendment 3 #
2008/2156(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Points out that the increasing use of the euro as an international trading currency is benefiting the euro zone members in particular, since it reduces the exchange rate risk for firms from those states and hence the cost of international trade;
Amendment 4 #
2008/2156(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Welcomes the fact that, by strengthening the EU internal market, the introduction of the euro has improved the international competitiveness of European firms and strengthened the weight of the European Union in multilateral and bilateral trade negotiations;
Amendment 5 #
2008/2156(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 c (new)
Paragraph 2 c (new)
2c. Welcomes the fact that Economic and Monetary Union has increased the attractiveness of the euro zone for foreign direct investment;
Amendment 6 #
2008/2156(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Considers that inflation is a global reality and that in an open economy it cannot be combated solely by European monetary policy, by successfully discharging the mandate to give priority to monetary stability, the European Central Bank has strengthened confidence in the euro and hence made a crucial contribution to the euro's international attractiveness;
Amendment 11 #
2008/2156(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Considers that the eurozone is much more open than any other major economy and that the rising value of the euro has encouraged imports into the internal market at the expense of exports, adversely affecting economic growth and employment in the eurozone; notes in this connection the concerns expressed by many European companies, particularly in the industrial sector, regarding the threat that an over-valued currency may pose to their international competitiveness;
Amendment 13 #
2008/2156(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Takes note, in this connection, of the concerns of a host of European firms; stresses that a strong euro can bring benefits, too, by cushioning the rise in energy prices, for instance, which also benefits consumers;
Amendment 1 #
2008/2104(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 (new)
Paragraph -1 (new)
-1. Points out that relations between the EU and Russia have great economic potential, that both sides would benefit from greater economic integration and good neighbourly relations and that cooperation between the EU and Russia contributes decisively to ensuring stability in all areas in which they have mutual and overlapping interests;
Amendment 2 #
2008/2104(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 a (new)
Paragraph -1 a (new)
-1a. Points out that, with 7.3% of EU trade, Russia is the EU's third most important trading party and that, with a 52.9% share of Russian trade, the EU is Russia's most important trading partner;
Amendment 4 #
2008/2104(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the conclusion of a negotiating mandate, and considers the conclusion of a new agreement as a high priority ; recalls that the European Union and the Russian Federation should seek a strategic,ally sustainable and longstanding partnership relationship that should strengthen the cooperation notably in the areas of energy and trade since the European Union is Russia's largest trading partner and Russia is the European Union 's third biggest partnerbased on the principles of reciprocity, transparency, predictability, reliability, non- discrimination and responsible actions by the State and should strengthen the cooperation notably in the areas of energy and trade;
Amendment 6 #
2008/2104(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Reiterates the importance for the European Union to speak with one voice withMember States of the European Union to act together to develop a uniform and coherent position regarding economic and trade relations between the EU and Russia, notably in the sensitive issue of energy, avoiding any unilateral and privileged approach;
Amendment 11 #
2008/2104(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Considers that the new agreement should pragmatically review the goals, means and policies which define EUfor the development of relations withbetween Russia in a pragmatic manner which neverthelessand the EU in order to promotes the rule of law, dialogue and mutual interests;
Amendment 17 #
2008/2104(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Believes that the future Russian accession to the WTO will significantly influence EU-Russia economic relations and should lead to deeper economic integration between them, within the framework of the Common Economic Space; calls on the Commission to consider the negotiation of a possible free trade agreement following Russia's accession to the WTO and further develop the objectives agreed under the roadmap for a common economic space;
Amendment 23 #
2008/2104(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Urges the Russian government and the relevant institutions to improve the investment climate, ensure and increase competition in the economy, eliminate technical barriers, and promote law enforcement; stresses the importance of implementing trademark protection, copyand conditions for competition in Russia; stresses the importance in this connection of promoting non-discriminatory, transparent and predictable framework conditions, perfecting foreign investment protection in accordance with internationally recognised OECD standards, improving legal provisions and enforcement procedures regarding protection of intellectual, business and commercial property rights and patent laws to secure intellectual property rights as well as to prepare rules for their applicationbringing about legal reforms so as to ensure genuine protection for intellectual property rights and shorter criminal proceedings;
Amendment 26 #
2008/2104(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Stresses that the establishment and operations of companies should be facilitated on a reciprocal basis; points out that the EU is open to investment from Russia, as clearly evidenced by the increased presence of Russian undertakings, particularly in the energy and steel sectors; accordingly urges that foreign undertakings operating in the Russian raw material sector be given the same access as domestic undertakings;
Amendment 29 #
2008/2104(INI)
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Welcomes the progress made on the unification of import/export duties but stresses that unresolved issues still exist, notably with regard to rail transit tariff equalisation; underlines the importance of expanding agricultural and food trade between Russia and the European Union; stresses, in this respect, that progress should be made on both sid; calls on the Russian Government to introduce still more rationalised standardised and computerised customs formalities and to levy duties oin compliance with the standard requirements in order to facilitate mutual trade; stresses the need for Russia to harmonise the sanitary and phyto- sanitary requirements in dairy, grain and meat products.a predictable and non- arbitrary manner without hampering the movement of goods;
Amendment 49 #
2007/2198(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Considers that the current TDI system in the EU needs to beminor updateds to provide a suitable answer to unfair behaviour which affects international trade in a globalised world;
Amendment 51 #
2007/2198(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Considers that, in the absence of internationally recognised rules on competition, the current European TDI system is the best response to ensure a level playing field for all actors and to avoid distorting effects in international trade;
Amendment 53 #
2007/2198(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Warns of the danger of unilaterally weakening the EU to such an extent that it is unable to counteract unfair trading practices in an international context marked by the proliferation of such practices and the intensive, and often abusive, use of trade defence measures by third countries against imports from the EU;
Amendment 63 #
2007/2198(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Emphasises that the TDI rules lack clarity in procedure which causes unnecessary uncertainty both in regard to the initiation, procedure of investigations and in the outcome of these investigaanti-dumping and anti- subsidy measures must only be adopted if this is in the Community interest; emphasises that in determining the Community interest, special attention must be focused on the need to protect domestic producers and employees against impairment caused by dumping or illegal subsidies, to eliminate the trade distorting effects of injurious dumping and to restore effective competitions;
Amendment 78 #
2007/2198(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the Commission to take into more serious consideratioincorporate in the overall EU strategy on development whenthe principles of free and fair trade in order to support the least developed countries (LDCs) to establish a competition environment which prevents unfair trade practices and helps to reduce the opening of anti-dumping (AD) investigations against developing countriethe LDCs;
Amendment 80 #
2007/2198(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Urges the Commission to demand a strict application of the existing WTO rules on dumping and subsidies to the emerging economies such as China; asks the Commission to engage in bilateral talks on free and fair competition with these countries;
Amendment 82 #
2007/2198(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Is worried about the lack of coordination between the internal policies of the EU, especially those dealing with industry related matters (including the anti- competition law) and trade defence remedies;
Amendment 94 #
2007/2198(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Urges the Commission to reviseuphold its standards of initiation for new TDI investigations andwhich ensure that the complaining industry provides prima facie evidence that all the AD basic requirements (dumping, injury, causal link) have been met and that measures are not overly and clearly against cthe Community interest; believes that, compared to those of the EU´s trading partners, current TDI rules ensure a balanced consideration of all interests involved;
Amendment 101 #
2007/2198(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Is worried about the increasing use by the Commission of ex officio review in order to restrict or terminate measures in force;
Amendment 104 #
2007/2198(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Believes that decisions to accept or reject new TDI complaints by the Commission often display a lack of transparency and clarity; stresses the need to attach, at the initiation stage of the investigation, greater emphasis to the gathering of sufficient evidence of dumping and injury;
Amendment 106 #
2007/2198(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Calls on the commission to reconsiderBelieves, that the standing requirement for the initiation of new AD and countervailing duty (CVD) investigations (currently fixed at 25%) of the Community production of a given item, by taking inspiration from applicable European competition legislation is necessary to ensure access by European SMEs to these instruments;
Amendment 107 #
2007/2198(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Calls for the creation of a special TDI-helpdesk for SMEs for advice on the preparation of complaints; asks further to provide a simplified questionnaire for SMEs; asks the Commission to grant open access to Eurostat and access to information collected on site by EU representations in third countries concerned;
Amendment 110 #
2007/2198(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Believes that a modernized definition of “Community industry” should take the value added in Europe through the new and global supply chains into consideration; calls on the Commission to reconsider the present definition of "Community industry", by laying down objective criteria to grant the status of Communitythere is no reason to reconsider the definition of “Community industry”; reminds the Commission of Article 4 of the Agreement on the implementation of Article IVof GATT 1994 , which refers to "the domestic producers as a whole of the like products or to those of them whose collective output of the products constitutes a major proportion of the total domestic production of those products" and which excludes all producers "related to the exporters or importers or are themselves importers of the allegedly dumped product" for the definition of the term "domestic industry";
Amendment 117 #
2007/2198(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Calls on Commission and the Member States to take into account the long-term impact of TDI measures on consumers, by assessing their consequences in terms of price level, quality, availability and choice as well as sustainable competition in the markets;
Amendment 122 #
2007/2198(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Regrets the fact that theBelieves that there is no real alternative to the current decision- making process concerning the award of country- wide market economy status to third countries in TDI investigations often lacks transparency and logic; urges the Commission to ensure that the choice of the "analogue country" is based on realistic and duly motivated criteria; urges the non- market economies to engage in internal reforms aimed at guaranteeing free and fair competition;
Amendment 124 #
2007/2198(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Takes the view that the countervailing duty instrument should be used in preference to the anti-dumping instrument in all cases where this is legally and economically feasibleand the anti-dumping instrument are two distinct instruments that should be used in a complementary way respecting their own scope of application;
Amendment 128 #
2007/2198(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Urges the Commission to open anti- dumping and countervailing procedures and to impose provisional duties as soon as possible when all the legal requirements have been met, including a threat of injury for the industry concerned;
Amendment 144 #
2007/2198(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Calls on the Commission to improve the quality of and access to non- confidential information provided by other parties during the investigation and improve access to confidential information in order to strengthen defence rights;
Amendment 145 #
2007/2198(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
Amendment 146 #
2007/2198(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
Amendment 157 #
2007/2198(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
Paragraph 27
27. Takes the view that AD and countervailing duty measures applied by the Commission should take the alternative form of quotas or tariff-quotas when this is deemed appropriate and that a phase-in or phase-out system similar to the one implemented in the footwear case is put into operation in new cases involving products suitable for final consumpform of tariffs in order to comply with the relevant WTO regulations;
Amendment 160 #
2007/2198(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 a (new)
Paragraph 28 a (new)
28a. Asks the investigating authority to make a proposal to the Parliament and the Council on how to find a solution for imports by EU companies which are already on board a ship at the moment an anti-dumping duty comes into force; asks the Commission to make sure that the proposed solution to this problem is safe against circumvention and fraud and cannot be abused by non-EU companies;
Amendment 163 #
2007/2198(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
Paragraph 29
29. Calls on the Commission and the Council to ensure the fullest possiblto ensure the transparency and objectivity of the decision-making process in TDI investigations;
Amendment 166 #
2007/2198(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 a (new)
Paragraph 30 a (new)
30a. Calls on the Commission to act forcefully against fraud, circumvention or non-respect of IPR;
Amendment 169 #
2007/2198(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31
Paragraph 31
31. Stresses the importance of a transparent and democratic process in the Council based on the rules of majority voting;
Amendment 172 #
2007/2198(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31 a (new)
Paragraph 31 a (new)
31a. Urges the Commission and the Council to guarantee the objective and neutral application of existing laws and rules by a reformed anti-dumping committee, composed of Council and Commission representatives, which reports to the Parliament;
Amendment 188 #
2007/2198(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35 a (new)
Paragraph 35 a (new)
35a. Insists that all questions on the application of the existing TDI rules have to be laid down in legislative acts to bind clearly the Commission; opposes all attempts to introduce guidelines without the approval by the respective legislative authorities;
Amendment 194 #
2007/2198(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36 a (new)
Paragraph 36 a (new)
36a. Calls on the Commission to enhance the competitiveness of producer industries in the Union by eliminating all competitive distortions which occur in international trade so as to ensure workable international competition;
Amendment 18 #
2007/0289(CNS)
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Recital 6 a (new)
Recital 6 a (new)
6a. To improve the effectiveness of the scheme, developing countries and in particular LDCs should be granted technical support for the construction of the necessary institutional and regulatory capacity.
Amendment 19 #
2007/0289(CNS)
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Recital 8 a (new)
Recital 8 a (new)
8a. Support should be given, in the form of technical assistance, for the implementation of the agreements referred to in the special arrangement on sustainable development and good governance.
Amendment 21 #
2007/0289(CNS)
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Recital 15
Recital 15
(15) Tariff duties on non-sensitive products should continue to be suspended, while duties on sensitive products should enjoy a tariff reduction, in orderbe set in such a way as to ensure a satisfactory utilisation rate while at the same time taking account of the situation of the respective Community industries.
Amendment 28 #
2007/0289(CNS)
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 3 − paragraph 3
Article 3 − paragraph 3
3. TWhe Commission shall notifyre a beneficiary country of itis removaled from the list of beneficiary countries, the Commission shall notify the country in question and the European Parliament.