5 Amendments of Godelieve QUISTHOUDT-ROWOHL related to 2010/2110(INI)
Amendment 12 #
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 #
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 #
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 #
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 #
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.;