Activities of Marju LAURISTIN related to 2014/2228(INI)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on recommendations to the European Commission on the negotiations for the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP)
Amendments (6)
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas Article XIV of the General Agreement on Trade and Services (GATS) clearly refers to privacy and data protection as an exception which cannot be considered a trade barrier; whereas, in application to that article, EU data protection legislation cannot be deemed an 'arbitrary or unjustifiable discrimination';
Amendment 28 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Believes that the agreement should guarantee full respect for EU fundamental rights standards through the inclusion of a human rights clause as a standard part of EU trade agreements with third countriesDefends the inclusion of a strong human rights clause in the agreement, that shall be legally binding and suspensive in order to guarantee full respect for EU fundamental rights standards ;
Amendment 38 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Recalls its resolution of 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 Affairs1 ; recalls that the consent of the European Parliament to the final TTIP agreement could be endangered as long as the blanket mass surveillance activities are not completely abandonprohibited and an adequate solution is found for the data privacy rights of EU citizens, including administrative and judicial redress; __________________ 1 Texts adopted, P7_TA(2014)0230.
Amendment 49 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Recalls that Article XIV of the General Agreement on Trade and Services (GATS) clearly refers to privacy and data protection as an exception which cannot be considered a trade barrier; stresses that EU data protection legislation cannot be deemed an ‘arbitrary or unjustifiable discrimination’ in the application of Article XIV of the GATS; stresses that a comprehensive and unambiguous horizontal clause that fully exempts EU rules on the protection of personal data from the agreement should be incorporated, without any condition that it must be consistent with other parts of the TTIP;
Amendment 51 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Recommends that the Commission takes immediate action to incorporate in the agreement a comprehensive and unambiguous horizontal clause that fully exempts EU rules on the protection of personal data from the agreement, with a reference to Article XIV of the GATS, and without any condition that it must be legally binding and consistent with all chapters of the TTIP;
Amendment 57 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Recalls that personal data can be transferred outside the Union only if the provisions on third-country transfers in EU data protection laws are respected; recalls that the Commission can only negotiate on provisions which touching upon the flow of personal data provided that the full application of EU data protection rules is guaranteedy neither undermine nor contradict EU data protection rules and safeguards for the transfer of personal data to third countries; is seriously concerned about the TiSA draft text, which would completely undermine all EU rules and safeguards for the transfer of personal data to third countriesin this regard;