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12 Amendments of Edouard FERRAND related to 2017/2065(INI)

Amendment 30 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas in the past European minimum standards on data protection in trade agreements have practically been deviated to the detriment of consumers;
2017/10/04
Committee: INTA
Amendment 34 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas various citizens’ initiatives have expressed their concerns about the level of data protection in trade agreements;
2017/10/04
Committee: INTA
Amendment 39 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
F. whereas governments around the world are engaging in digital protectionism by putting up barriers that hinder market access and direct investment, or create unfair advantages for domestic companies;deleted
2017/10/04
Committee: INTA
Amendment 69 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
1. Underlines that the Member States of the EU, as a community of values and the world’s biggest exporter of services, should set the standards in international rules and agreements on digital trade flows based on three elements: (1) ensuring market access for digital goods and services in third countries, (2) ensuring that trade rules create tangible benefits for consumers and (3) promoting respect for fundamental rights;
2017/10/04
Committee: INTA
Amendment 74 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses that access to secure broadband internet connectivity and digital payment methods, effective consumer protection, in particular redress mechanisms for online cross-border sales, and predictable customs procedures, are essential elements in relation to enabling digital trade, sustainable development and inclusive growth and development;
2017/10/04
Committee: INTA
Amendment 90 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
3. Recognises that adequacy decisions, including partial and sector- specific ones, are a fundamental mechanism in terms of safeguarding the transfer of personal data from the EU to a third country; notes that the EU has only adopted adequacy decisions with four of its 20 largest trading partners, not giving any guarantee for the other 16 main trading partners;
2017/10/04
Committee: INTA
Amendment 119 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
8. Calls on the Commission to put forward its position on cross-border data transfers and unjustified data localisation requirements in trade negotiations before the end of the year;deleted
2017/10/04
Committee: INTA
Amendment 126 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
9. Calls on the Commission to combat discriminatory, illegitimate and protectionist measures by third countries, such as ‘buy local’ policies, local content requirements or forced technology transfers, to ensure that European companies can operate in a fair and predictable environment;deleted
2017/10/04
Committee: INTA
Amendment 140 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
11. Deplores third country practices which make market access conditional on the disclosure and transfer to state authorities of the source codes of the software that companies intend to sell; considers that such measures are disproportionate as a blanket requirement for market access; calls on the Commission to prohibit signatory governments to FTAs from engaging in such activities;
2017/10/04
Committee: INTA
Amendment 146 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
13. Notes that the protection of trademarks, intellectual property (IP) and investments in R&D is a precondition of the EU’s knowledge-based economy, and that international cooperation is key to combating the trade in counterfeited goods; stresses, however, that trade agreements are not the place to extend the level of protection for rights holders by providing for more extensive copyright enforcement powers; stresses that access to medicines in third countries should not be challenged on the basis of IP protection;
2017/10/04
Committee: INTA
Amendment 160 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
16. Recalls that, since 1998, members of the WTO have upheld a moratorium on tariffs on electronic transmissions; stresses that such tariffs would entail unnecessary additional costs for businesses and consumers alike; calls on the Commission to transform the moratorium into a permanent agreement on banning tariffs on electronic transmissions, on the basis of an obligatory reciprocity with its trading partners;
2017/10/04
Committee: INTA
Amendment 174 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
20. Strongly supports the further mainstreaming of digital technologies and services in the EU’s development policy; calls on the Commission to stimulate public-private partnerships to increase investments in digital infrastructure in the Global South; urges the Commission to make investments in broadband infrastructure in developing countries conditional upon respect for a free, open and secure internet; calls on the Commission to use trade agreements to improve digital rights;
2017/10/04
Committee: INTA