31 Amendments of Dita CHARANZOVÁ related to 2017/2057(INI)
Amendment 3 #
Proposal for a recommendation
Recital B
Recital B
Amendment 5 #
Proposal for a recommendation
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas the current AA, including its trade pillar, was concluded in 20021 and worked well betweenhas been greatly beneficial to both parties duringsince its implementation in 2003, doubling trade in goods and seeing an increasing trade in services and investments2; considering, however, that both the EU and Chile have concluded more modern and ambitious trade agreements ever since; __________________ 1 http://eur- lex.europa.eu/resource.html?uri=cellar:f83a503c- fa20-4b3a-9535- f1074175eaf0.0004.02/DOC_2&format=PDF 2 http://ec.europa.eu/trade/policy/countries-and- regions/countries/chile/
Amendment 9 #
Proposal for a recommendation
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas the current AA lacks, among chapters, aothers, separate chapters on SMEs, IPR, Energy and on trade and sustainable development chapter (TSDC);
Amendment 11 #
Proposal for a recommendation
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas any EU trade negotiation must preserve the right and ability of all parties to regulate in order to achieve legitimate public policy objectives, such as the protection and promotion of public health, social services, social and consumer protection, public education, safety, environment, public morals, privacy and data protection, and the promotion and protection of cultural diversitygovernments to regulate in the public interest;
Amendment 13 #
Proposal for a recommendation
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas any EU trade negotiation must guarantee the highest levels of social, labour and environmental protection achieved by the parties, and may serve as a tool to promote an agenda of social justice and sustainable development, both in the EU and throughout the world; whereas the modernisation of the AA should be seen as an opportunity for the EU and its Member States to further promote common high standards and commitments in their trade agreements, especially in the areas of labour rights, environmental protection, consumer rights and public welfare; whereas a sanctions-based mechanism is needed to redress infringements effectivelyin global trade;
Amendment 17 #
Proposal for a recommendation
Recital H
Recital H
Amendment 21 #
Proposal for a recommendation
Recital L
Recital L
Amendment 24 #
Proposal for a recommendation
Recital N
Recital N
N. whereas in 2010 Chile became the first South American country to become a member of the OECD, and has a sound macroeconomic framework and keeps working towards more inclusive growth;
Amendment 26 #
Proposal for a recommendation
Recital O
Recital O
O. whereas it is important to maximise the potential opportunities introduced by the current AA and the modernisation of itsthe trade pillar in the most inclusive manner, and whereas the dissemination of accessible information, in particular for SMEs,AA for businesses and citizens in both the EU and Chile; whereas in this regard more could be done to facilitate SMEs access, for instance through the dissemination of information, which could trigger an important multiplying effect of benefits for the parties of the AA;
Amendment 30 #
Proposal for a recommendation
Paragraph 1 – point a
Paragraph 1 – point a
(a) to bear in mindensure that the European Parliament will have to decide on grantingis regularly and timely informed about the negotiations in its role to consent to the conclusion of the modernised AA with Chile, including its trade pillar, and that ratification processes by Member States could follow in case of provisions of shared competence;
Amendment 34 #
Proposal for a recommendation
Paragraph 1 – point b
Paragraph 1 – point b
(b) to note that both the EU and Chile have concluded more modern, ambitious and comprehensive trade agreements since their bilateral AA entered into force and that a number of areas remain unaddressed by it, which are important to ensure that it deliverscontributes to shared growth, equal opportunities, decent jobs and sustainable development, including the respect and promotion of labour and environmental standards and gender equality for the benefit of citizens on both sides;
Amendment 38 #
Proposal for a recommendation
Paragraph 1 – point d
Paragraph 1 – point d
Amendment 42 #
Proposal for a recommendation
Paragraph 1 – point f
Paragraph 1 – point f
(f) to put shared social, environmental and political values at the core of the modernisation process and to make it explicitly clear that a horizontalcontinue the practice of including a human rights clause, applies throughout the entire AA, including its trade parts is done in all AAs;
Amendment 43 #
(g) to ensure that a modernised AA guarantees, throughout the entire text, and enshrines, explicitly and unequivocally, the right and the ability of the parties to adopt and apply their own laws and regulations in the public interest, in order to achieve legitimate public policy objectives such as the protection and promotion of public health, social services, public education, safety, the environment, public morals, social or consumer protection, privacy and data protection, and the promotion and protection of cultural diversityregulate in the public interest;
Amendment 53 #
Proposal for a recommendation
Paragraph 1 – point j
Paragraph 1 – point j
(j) on trade in services, to consider that the potential of the service sector is not fully accomplished in the current AA, and that a modernised AA should address unnecessary barriers to market access and provide national treatment via a positive list schedule; to consider that commitments should be taken building on the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS) and that rules should be updated as necessary to account for new developments;
Amendment 54 #
Proposal for a recommendation
Paragraph 1 – point k
Paragraph 1 – point k
(k) to ensure that a modernised agreement establishes the necessary steps providing for increased regulatory transparency and mutual recognition, including provisions to ensure impartiality and respect for the highest standards of protection with regards to requirements, qualifications and licences, and to foresee, in this regards, institutional mechanisms for systematic consultation, to all actors concerned and, in particular, tohat involves various stakeholders such as SMEs and civil society organisations;
Amendment 55 #
Proposal for a recommendation
Paragraph 1 – point l
Paragraph 1 – point l
(l) to ensure that while commitments are made to facilitate the entry and stay of natural persons for business purposes, all EU and Member States labour rights, conditions and social security systems are applicable to the employment of workers benefitting from Mode 4 commitments;
Amendment 57 #
Proposal for a recommendation
Paragraph 1 – point m
Paragraph 1 – point m
(m) to ensure that any cooperation on regulatory matters remains voluntary, respect the autonomy of regulatory authorities, must be purely based on enhanced information exchange and administrative cooperation with a view to identifying unnecessary barriers and administrative burdens, and must preserve the precautionary principleregulatory cooperation, mutual recognition and harmonization of standards should be part of the AA; to recall that regulatory cooperation must aim to benefit governance of the global economy by intensified convergence and cooperation on international standards, guaranteeing the highest level of consumer, environmental, social and labour protection;
Amendment 63 #
Proposal for a recommendation
Paragraph 1 – point p
Paragraph 1 – point p
(p) to mandate the inclusion of a tax good governance clause that reaffirms the parties’ commitment to implementencourage the implementation of international standards in the fight against tax evasion, avoidance and elusion, and that include obligations for county by country reporting, automatic exchanges of information and the establishment of, including those contained in public registers of beneficial ownership;
Amendment 66 #
Proposal for a recommendation
Paragraph 1 – point r
Paragraph 1 – point r
Amendment 69 #
Proposal for a recommendation
Paragraph 1 – point s
Paragraph 1 – point s
(s) to recall that corruption undermines human rights, equality and social justice, and is a major non-tariff barrier to trade impeding economic growth; to explicitly commit the parties, andtrade and fair competition; to include a specific section on measures, to combat corruption in all its forms and implement international standards and multilateral anti-corruption conventions;
Amendment 71 #
Proposal for a recommendation
Paragraph 1 – point t
Paragraph 1 – point t
(t) to consider that openness of public procurement markets, simplified procedures and transparency for bidders, including those from other countries, can also be effective tools to combat corruption and foster integrity in public administration while providing value for money to taxpayers, in terms of the quality of delivery, efficiency, effectiveness and accountability;: to deliver in a modernised AA improved access to public procurement markets, including at sub-central level, and transparent procedures based on national treatment, impartiality and fairness;
Amendment 74 #
Proposal for a recommendation
Paragraph 1 – point u
Paragraph 1 – point u
(u) to ensure that investment policyrotection goes beyond merely protecting investment to also include good governance, facilitation and investor obligationcurrent levels of protection of mutual investment and provides more certainty to investors;
Amendment 78 #
Proposal for a recommendation
Paragraph 1 – point w
Paragraph 1 – point w
(w) to consider that negotiations on an investment chapter may be an opportunity to make progress towards a necessary international reform of the dispute settlement regime, to seek a commitment by all parties to put an end to investor-to- state dispute settlement (ISDS) based on ad hoc private arbitration, and to replace it withcontinue reflection on a public investment court system (ICS) with an appeal mechanism, with a view to preserving the right to regulate to achieve legitimate public policy objectives, prevent frivolous litigation and guaranteinclude all democratic procedural guarantees, such as the right to access to justice (with particular attention to SMEs), judicial independency, transparency and accountability, while pursuing the establishment of a multilateral investment court (MIC);
Amendment 82 #
Proposal for a recommendation
Paragraph 1 – point x
Paragraph 1 – point x
(x) to ensure that the modernised AA contains a robust and ambitious TSDC that includes binding and enforceable provisions, subject to dispute settlement mechanisms, with the possibility of imposing sanctions in case of breach; considers that the TSDC should cover, among other things, the parties’ commitment to adopt and maintain in their national laws and regulations the principles enshrined in core ILO conventions and to effectively implement up-to-date ILO instruments, especially the Governance Conventions, the Decent Work Agenda, ILO Convention n°169 on the rights of indigenous peoples, the Convention on Equal Opportunities and Equal Treatment for Men and Women Workers, the Convention on Domestic Workers, and the Workers with Family Responsibilities Convention, as well as labour standards for migrant workersTSDC that can address issues such as labour rights and environmental protection;
Amendment 86 #
Proposal for a recommendation
Paragraph 1 – point y
Paragraph 1 – point y
Amendment 93 #
Proposal for a recommendation
Paragraph 1 – point z
Paragraph 1 – point z
(z) to include as well a dedicated chapter on micro-enterprises andcomprehensive chapter on SMEs foreseeing substantial progresses in terms of trade facilitation, the elimination of trade barriers and unnecessary administrative burdens, as well as active measures aiming to ensure that the resulting opportunities are sufficiently usable and communicated to all main and potential actors (i.e. though the establishment of single windows, dedicated websites and the publication of sectorial guidebooks with information on procedures and new opportunities for trade and investment);
Amendment 96 #
Proposal for a recommendation
Paragraph 1 – point a d
Paragraph 1 – point a d
(ad) to accept that the negotiations must result in strong and enforceable provisions covering the recognition and protection of all forms of intellectual property rights, including ambitious provisions on geographical indications (GIs) building upon but extending those contained in the existing AA, ensuring anbetter market access, enhanced enforcement and the possibility to add new GIs; to ensure that any IPR-related provisions must not undermine access to affordable essential medicines under domestic public health programmes chapter is included in the revised AA, that goes beyond the provisions of the TRIPs agreement;
Amendment 99 #
Proposal for a recommendation
Paragraph 1 – point a e
Paragraph 1 – point a e
(ae) to ensure that the parties guarantee a maximum level of transparency and participation, ensuring that the objectives of the negotiations are fulfilled, and that this involves constant and duly informed dialogues with all parties concerned, particularly theincluding stakeholders such as business, social partners and civil society; to involve systematically, in this regard, both the competent parliamentary bodies, particularly the EU-Chile JCC and the JCC, throughout the full life-cycle of the AA, from negotiations to implementation and evaluation, and to support the creation of an official Chilean civil society participation body reflecting the pluralism of Chilean society, attaching particular attention to its indigenous peoples; to this aim, to ensure, together with Chile, that all relevant information is published in the most accessible way to the general public, including fact-sheets translated into Spanish as the shared official language;
Amendment 102 #
Proposal for a recommendation
Paragraph 1 – point a g
Paragraph 1 – point a g
(ag) to ensure that the AA provides the necessary mechanisms ensuring that it is respected in practice during implementation, including a modern, effective state-to-state dispute settlement mechanism, with public hearings, with the possibility for all relevant actors to submit written observations (amicus curiae briefs) and also providing for the option to resort to mediation before recourse to dispute settlement is sought;
Amendment 103 #
Proposal for a recommendation
Paragraph 1 – point a g a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point a g a (new)
(ag a) to ensure the inclusion of a chapter on energy, that would cover for instance renewable energy and the exploitation of raw materials.