21 Amendments of Csaba MOLNÁR related to 2014/2228(INI)
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – subparagraph a
Paragraph 1 – subparagraph a
(a) take immediate action to ensure that a comprehensive and ambitious agreement is reached on the TTIP enhancing fair competition on both sides of the Atlantic and contributing to economic growth and the creation of quality jobs in both the United States and the European Union;
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Demands that the main outcome of the negotiations be an ambitious and comprehensive agreement, bringing a significant market opening for EU companies, including SMEs, and facilitating market access for SMEs in the United States;
Amendment 15 #
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 we face Russian aggression on the EU’s eastern border and when the US is pivoting to Asia and concluding the Trans- Pacific Partnership; underlines that the TTIP will have a positive impact on jobs and growth for the two economies, which have both been hit by the crisis;
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Calls on the Commission to maintain the objective of including a specific energy chapter in the TTIP which could significantly increase the EU’s energy security and diversification of energy supply, particularly with reference to the Central and Eastern European region, where dependence on imported energy has traditionally been greatest;
Amendment 28 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. IFinds that the economic advantages inherent in the TTIP stem primarily from the removal of non-tariff barriers; is convinced, however, that TTIP should not only cut down barriers but also aim at promoting European high levels of consumer protection; observes that in most sectors EU and US standards and regulatory environments ensure this high level; considers, therefore, that approximating our regulations represents a unique chance to establish high-quality standards and laws for consumers which will be the de facto international standards;
Amendment 38 #
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, and would help to reinforce the multilateral trading system;
Amendment 43 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Requests that the Commission ensure a policy of free trade with respect to fuels, including LNG and crude oil, crude oil, shale oil and shale gas, which may do much to reduce European energy prices, which, by world standards, are high;
Amendment 46 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – subparagraph d
Paragraph 1 – subparagraph d
(d) take immediate action to ensure that market access negotiations on financial services are combined with upward convergence in financial regulation; support high international standards in on- going cooperation efforts in other international fora, while observing that harmonisation of the financial sector is primarily determined by Basel III processes;
Amendment 71 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Stresses that the EU’s energy supply largely depends on foreign sources, which is primarily the case in the Central and Eastern European region; emphasises the considerable contribution the TTIP could make to the EU’s energy supply diversification and to its energy security by, inter alia, lifting licensing requirements for US gas exports;
Amendment 76 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – subparagraph g
Paragraph 1 – subparagraph g
(g) take immediate action to ensure reciprocal market access for European companies, including SMEs, to public contracts in the United States; underlines that an imbalance of market access to public contracts constitutes unfair competition;
Amendment 85 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Believes that this agreement should be accompanied by a deepening of transatlantic parliamentary cooperation, and that the strengthening of trade and investment links through the TTIP should lead in the future to an enhanced political framework to improve global cooperation between the EU and the US; supports the establishment of the Transatlantic Regulatory Council to promote transatlantic harmonisation;
Amendment 85 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – subparagraph h
Paragraph 1 – subparagraph h
(h) take immediate proactive measures against American protectionism, and address legislation that hinders European market access to the United States, such as Buy American, Buy America and the American Job Act; observes that, in the free trade agreement to be concluded with the United States, the Commission must achieve opening of the public procurement market which goes beyond the terms of the WTO Agreement on Government Procurement;
Amendment 101 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Welcomes the fact that the Commission is taking steps aiming to improve the transparency of the negotiations; draws attention to the uncertainties which exist in relation to the TTIP negotiations, and, in order to dispel them, calls on the Commission to make the negotiations as transparent as possible and to launch a European information campaign.
Amendment 102 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Urges the Commission to ensure that European companies, including SMEs, are not discriminated against when tendering for public contracts on the US market at all government levels, and to ensure transparent access at a level equal to or higher than that applying to US companies today in Europe under the new EU procurement rules; asks the Commission to facilitate market access for EU SMEs in the United States and to establish a communication channel to ensure SMEs are well informed about the results of the TTIP negotiations;
Amendment 123 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the Commission to ensure that the priorities and concerns of SMEs are fully taken into account in the TTIP negotiations e.g. by means of impact assessments or targeted public consultations; draws attention to the uncertainties which exist in relation to the TTIP negotiations, and, in order to dispel them, calls on the Commission to make the negotiations as transparent as possible and to launch a European information campaign;
Amendment 136 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls for the setting-up of an ambitious and effective cooperation mechanism aimed at creating common standards where possible in existing procedures, and to ensure that there is no unintended divergence in future standards in key sectors; believes that EU-US common standards should be promoted in all international forumstherefore proposes the establishment of a Transatlantic Regulatory Council to promote Transatlantic harmonisation; believes that EU-US common standards should be promoted in all international forums; at the same time, considers it important for the Commission to pursue the negotiations with maximum transparency and proposes the launch of a European information campaign to keep EU citizens well informed;
Amendment 142 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Requests that the Commission facilitate more active participation of EU firms in US public procurement as this can contribute to stimulating private-sector innovation and to the emergence of new, high-growth innovative companies and sectors; calls on the Commission to ease access to markets in the United States for SMEs based in the EU and, for the purpose of communicating the results of the TTIP negotiations, to establish communication channels in order to provide better information to SMEs;
Amendment 152 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – subparagraph l a (new)
Paragraph 1 – subparagraph l a (new)
1a. Draws attention to the uncertainties which exist in relation to the TTIP negotiations, and, in order to dispel them, calls on the Commission to make the negotiations as transparent as possible and to launch a European information campaign;
Amendment 166 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Reminds the Commission, while welcoming the potential benefits of regulatory alignment and mutual recognition, including the establishment of common principles in standards and technical specifications in the area of ICT, about the importance of maintaining high levels of safety and security; observes that mutual transparency of standards and coordination of approaches to them will promote transatlantic cooperation;
Amendment 170 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Supports the establishment of a mandatory structural dialogue and cooperation between regulators under the auspices of the Transatlantic Regulatory Council, in complete respect of regulatory autonomy, in particular in the engineering sector, comprising electrical and mechanical machinery, appliances and equipment; stresses that this should involve early warning mechanisms and exchanges at the time of preparation of regulations; believes that regulatory divergences are the central non-tariff barrier (NTB) to trade, and that regulators should explore ways to promote compatibility, such as mutual recognition, harmonisation or alignment of requirements;
Amendment 190 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Stresses that SMEs are disproportionately affected by NTBs, which TTIP must seek to reduce or eliminate completely; urges that a coherent framework be established to allow SMEs to raise NTB issues with the appropriate authorities; asks the Commission to set up information channels to keep SMEs well informed;