11 Amendments of Tonino PICULA related to 2014/2228(INI)
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 9 a (new)
Citation 9 a (new)
- taking into account the joint statement of European Commissioner Malmström and US Trade Representative Froman about public services of 20 March 2015,
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Believes that the United States is the EU’s key strategic partner; stresses that the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) is the most significant recent EU-US project and will reinvigorate the transatlantic partnership as a whole, beyond its trade aspects; emphasises that its successful conclusion is of high geopolitical importance at a moment when the US is pivoting to Asia and concluding the Trans-Pacific Partnership; underlines thatexpects the TTIP willto have a positive impact on jobs and growth for the two economies, which have both been hit by the crisis, provided that the negotiations take account of the key positions of the European Union;
Amendment 41 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Notes the TTIP’s strategic importance in strengthening and shaping global trade and economic governance based on the values shared by the EU and the US, particularly in an increasingly multipolar world; notes that its impact would go beyond the bilateral implications by facilitating the establishment of common regulations and rules that could later be adopted at global level; calls for the abolition of visa requirements for citizens of the five other EU Member States so that free movement of persons can be brought about before free movement of goods;
Amendment 65 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Stresses the importance of the mobility package and of establishing visa reciprocity for citizens of all EU Member States, considering the visa facilitation for European service and goods providers to be one of the key elements in taking full advantage of the TTIP agreement;
Amendment 98 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Welcomes the fact that the Commission is taking steps aiming to improve the transparency of the negotiations, and calls on the Commission to communicate actively and fully with citizens in order to inform them about the importance of this agreement and about the provisions that it contains.
Amendment 149 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Recital F a (new)
Fa. since short-stay visas traditionally are not the subject of EU trade agreements, but the lack of reciprocity may affect the movement of natural persons from the EU travelling to the territory of a country with which the EU has signed a trade agreement to provide services (the so- called 4th category of service provision);
Amendment 313 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point b – point i – point 1 (new)
Paragraph 1 – point b – point i – point 1 (new)
(1) to aim at the adoption of a package of measures on mobility and the establishment of full visa reciprocity for the citizens of all EU Member States since the facilitation of visa regime for European service providers and exporters of goods is one of the key elements for it to take full advantage of the TTIP agreement;
Amendment 395 #
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 in this regard the joint declaration reflecting negotiators’ clear commitment to exclude these sectors from the negotiations would be very helpful in this regard;
Amendment 570 #
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 ensure food safety and 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 as regards the distribution of genetically modified organisms;
Amendment 682 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point d – point vii
Paragraph 1 – point d – point vii
(vii) to ensure that in course of the negotiations the two sides examine ways to facilitate natural gas and oil exports, so that TTIP would abolish any existing export restrictions on energy between the two trading partners, thereby supporting a diversification of energy sources and promoting security of supply;
Amendment 720 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point d – point xi
Paragraph 1 – point d – point xi
(xi) to ensure that TTIP includes a specific chapter on SME’s and aims at harmonisation of the existing definitions of SMEs, creating new opportunities in the US for European SMEs, for instance by eliminating double certification requirements, by establishing a web-based information system about the different regulations, by facilitating access to sources of finance, by introducing ‘fast- track’ procedures at the border or by eliminating specific tariff peaks that continue to exist; it should establish mechanisms for both sides to work together to facilitate SMEs’ participation in transatlantic trade, for instance through a common SME ‘one-stop shop’;