5 Amendments of Petras AUŠTREVIČIUS related to 2015/2233(INI)
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Supports the negotiations on the Trade in Services Agreement, noting that services are increasingly important to the EU's economy and that while the European market is already very open, these negotiations present an important opportunity to achieve reciprocity with other markets which are more closed and thereby stimulate jobs and growth in the EU;
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls on the Commission and especially the member state governments, which have given the Commission the mandate to negotiate, to investigate and analyse the impact of TiSA on cohesion and local and regional governance in the EU; urges the Commissionm to collect and make available comprehensive and comparable data and to include territorial impact assessments;
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Stresses that the TiSA negotiations are a key opportunity to strengthen worldwide rules-based trade, which is essential for the EU's economy, as it is heavily dependent on trade;
Amendment 34 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Is concernedStresses that the competences of local and regional authorities (LRAs), which are responsible for a large share of public investment under the EU’s cohesion policy and are also actively involved in the delivery of key public services across the territory, willshould not be limited by TiSA, thusand should not reducinge their ability to foster local and regional development and to protect the general interest of their citizens;
Amendment 45 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Opposes any encroachment on the discretionary power of LRAs with regard to services, as laid down in Article 14 of the TFEU and Protocol N°26 of the TFEU, especially through provisions on domestic regulation, standstill and ratchet clauses, as well as provisions on public procurement; callwelcomes, therefore, onthe fact that the Commission to fullyhas stated publically and repeatedly that it will exclude public services, both publicly and privately funded, from the TiSA negotiations and to further strengthen flexibilities on the enforcement of commitments at local level, as laid down in GATS Article 1.3including those provided at the local level;