Activities of Franck PROUST related to 2015/2233(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Negotiations for the Trade in Services Agreement (TiSA) (A8-0009/2016 - Viviane Reding) FR
Amendments (14)
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 13 a (new)
Citation 13 a (new)
- having regard to Article 207 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU),
Amendment 52 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas in the context of globalisation, the servicification and digitalisation both of our economies and of international trade call for policy action to enhance international rules;
Amendment 123 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital K
Recital K
K. whereas data protection is not an economic burden, but a source of economic growth; whereas restoring trust in the digital world is crucial; whereas data flows are indispensable to trade in services;
Amendment 161 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point a – point ii
Paragraph 1 – point a – point ii
ii. to reiterate its support for a comprehensive and balanced agreement, which should unleash the untapped potential of a more integrated global services market, while fully guaranteeing compliance with the EU acquis; to shape and regulate globalisation and to create international standards, while fully preserving the right to regulate; to secure increased market access for European services suppliers in key sectors of interest, while accommodating specific carve-outs for sensitive sectors;
Amendment 162 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point a – point ii
Paragraph 1 – point a – point ii
ii. to reiterate its support for an ambitious comprehensive and balanced agreement, which should unleash the untapped potential of a more integrated global services market, while fully guaranteeing compliance with the EU acquis; to shape globalisation and to create international standards, while fully preserving the right to regulate; to secure increased market access for European services suppliers in key sectors of interest, while accommodating specific carve-outs for sensitive sectors;
Amendment 241 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point b – point ii
Paragraph 1 – point b – point ii
ii. to ensure reciprocity at all levels and without additional conditions being imposed; to condition any further commitments beyond the EU’s current level of openness on the other parties’ proportionate offers; to support the use of horizontal commitment- related provisions as a means to set a common level of ambitions, and to take note that such minimum requirements would set clear parameters for countries interested in participating;
Amendment 284 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point b – point viii
Paragraph 1 – point b – point viii
viii. to acknowledge that by means of motivated limitations and exemptions, each Party retains the sovereign right to choose which sectors to open to foreign competition and to what extent;
Amendment 304 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point b – point x
Paragraph 1 – point b – point x
x. to introduce an unequivocal ‘gold standard’ clause, which could be included in all trade agreements and would clarify that the public utilities clause applies to all modes of supply and to any services considered as public services and services of general interest by European, national or regional authorities;
Amendment 315 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point b – point xi
Paragraph 1 – point b – point xi
xi. to ensure, in line with Article 167(4) TFEU and with the UNESCO Convention on the protection and promotion of the diversity of cultural expressions, that the parties preserve their right to adopt or maintain any measure with respect to the protection or promotion of cultural and linguistic diversity through the addition of a legally binding general clause applicable to the entire agreement; to explicitly exclude audiovisual services, media and publishing from the scope of the agreement, irrespective of the technology or distribution platform used;
Amendment 328 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point c – point i
Paragraph 1 – point c – point i
i. to ensure cross-border data flows in compliance with the universal right to privacy and with fundamental rights and freedoms;
Amendment 417 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point d – point vi
Paragraph 1 – point d – point vi
vi. to strive for the mutual recognition oftake into account training, academic levels and professional qualifications, in particular in the architectural, medical services, accounting and legal sectors, to facilitate service provision while ensuring the competence of the supplier and thus the quality of the services provided, in order to prevent a mechanical and quantitative recognition of diplomas and academic levels;
Amendment 497 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point g – point ii
Paragraph 1 – point g – point ii
ii. to promote good governance and foster good practices in administrative and legislative processes, by encouraging the wide take-up of measures that strengthen the independence of decision-makers, increase the transparency of decisions, and reduce red tape; to stress that consumer protection and safety must be at the centre of regulatory endeavours and that no European standard may be revised in such a way as to weaken it;
Amendment 501 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point g – point ii a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point g – point ii a (new)
iia. to create a framework to bring together the various parties to the agreement to work together to combat fraud, swindling, abuses and illegal activities relating to services by means of exchanges of information and judicial cooperation so that the potential globalised services market does not fall victim to a lack of confidence among operators;
Amendment 548 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point h – point ii
Paragraph 1 – point h – point ii
ii. to endeavour to include a regulatory chapter on government procurement with a view to maximising the participation of European companies in foreign tenders; to deplore the lack of transparency regarding non-European calls for tenders and to denounce the lack of reciprocity in this area, as illustrated by the preferential treatment granted to domestic companies in several countries; to encourage the ratification and implementation of the WTO Government Procurement Agreement and its 2011 revision; to call upon the Member States and the Commission to reinvigorate discussions on the proposed international public procurement instrument;