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Activities of Alberto CIRIO related to 2014/2228(INI)

Plenary speeches (1)

Negotiations for the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) (A8-0175/2015 - Bernd Lange) IT
2016/11/22
Dossiers: 2014/2228(INI)

Amendments (17)

Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion
Recital A
A. whereas the aim of TTIP is above all about regulation10 , about reducing orto reduce and eliminate existing non-tariff barriers11 , an and could as such aboutendanger the level of protection of human health and the environment; __________________ 10See speech by EU Trade Commissioner Cecilia Malmström of 11 December 2014.http://trade.ec.europa.eu/doclib/docs /2014/december/tradoc_152942.pdf 11 See 2014 Report on Technical Barriers to Trade by the US Trade Representative, p. 45.
2015/02/24
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion
Recital A a (new)
A a. Having regard the results of Eurobarometer from November 2014 on the transatlantic trade and investment agreement;
2015/02/24
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion
Recital A b (new)
A b. Whereas, as according to Eurobarometer of November 2014, in 25 out of 28 Member States a majority of European citizens are in favour of a transatlantic trade and investment agreement;
2015/02/24
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 96 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Considers it misleadingimportant on the part of the Commission to try to appease public concerns abake into account the TTIP by stating that existing standards will not be lowered, as this disregards the fact that many standards have yet to be set in the implementation of existing (framework) legislation (e.g. REACH) or by the adoption of new laws (e.g. cloning)environmental, health and food safety standards;
2015/02/24
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 107 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Welcomes the transparency initiatives undertaken by Commissioner Cecilia Malmström and agrees that they are supporting the public debate on TTIP;
2015/02/24
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 120 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Is concernedPoints out that the TTIP negotiations shave already affected Commission proposals and actions relating, for example, to food safety and climate protection (e.g. pathogen meat treatments; implementation of the fuel quality directive)ll not affect proposals and actions of the Commission, existing legislation of the EU in the area of food safety and climate protection and the independent decision taking of the European Parliament;
2015/02/24
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 168 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Agrees with Commissioner Malmström that all areas where the EU and the US have very different rules or approaches should be excluded from the negotiations12 ; __________________ 12See speech by EU Trade Commissioner Cecilia Malmström of 11 December 2014.there should not be a trade-off between the economic goals and the people's health, safety and the environment; agrees further with the Commissioner that where Europe and the United States have very different rules, there will be no agreement, such as GMOs, the use of hormone in bovine sector, REACH and Cloning; __________________
2015/02/24
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 172 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Asks for an adequate legal protection of European GIs in the US market and the end of misleading use of GIs;
2015/02/24
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 175 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Stresses the importance of maintaining the ban on importing to the EU for food purposes cloned animals, their progeny and products derived therefrom and not allowing hormone- treated meat to be placed on EU markets, in accordance with current EU legislation;
2015/02/24
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 176 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4 b. Calls for a regulatory framework on pesticides, which puts consumers safety first, enhances cooperation between authorities in the assessment procedures and methodologies for risk evaluation, and establishes a pest management cooperation in order to avoid animal and plant pests, which can cause unproportionate trade barriers;
2015/02/24
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 179 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 c (new)
4 c. Underlines that the negotiations on the health and pharmaceutical sector shall deliver benefits for citizens by having access to high quality medical products and services through affordable prices, by an increased cross-border scientific knowledge and through the removal of unnecessary and burdensome approval processes and inspections; calls for a speeding up of the approval of new medicines and medical devices and the establishment of a regulatory cooperation, which creates synergies and avoids burdensome approval processes and inspections in the sector while keeping the highest quality of services and products;
2015/02/24
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 181 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 c (new)
4 c. Is of the opinion that the import into the EU of poultry meat treated in antimicrobial solutions containing sodium hypochlorite should be prevented;
2015/02/24
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 182 #
2015/02/24
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 183 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 d (new)
4 d. Invites the European Commission to defend the EU’s high-quality agri-food heritage, which is an expression of its territorial identity, against counterfeiting on the US market;
2015/02/24
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 186 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the Commission to exclude any terms in all the horizontal chapters and all the sectoral annexes of the TTIP that would – involve regulation of chemicals and pesticides, – affect the EU’s integrated approach to food safety, including EU legislation on GMOs, – encourage or facilitate the extraction, transportation or use of fossil fuels, in particular unconventional ones, or hinder the achievement of EU or US climate and energy targets;deleted
2015/02/24
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 265 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
6. Is opposed to the inclusion of ISDS in the TTIP, as ISDS risks fundamentallyCalls on the Commission to improve the existing ISDS in trade with the US in order to avoid the undermining theof sovereign rights of the EU, itsthe Member States, and the regional and local authorities to adopt regulations on public health, food safety and the environment;,
2015/02/24
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 276 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
7. Is deeply concerned about the lack of transparency in the negotiations, and urges the Commission to give all Members of the European Parliament access to the negotiation texts, in particular the consolidated ones.deleted
2015/02/24
Committee: ENVI