21 Amendments of Tiziana BEGHIN related to 2016/2031(INI)
Amendment 33 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
Ea. whereas the Customs Union must be modernised and trade relations strengthened within the framework of the values and principles of the Treaties of the European Union, including the Charter of Fundamental Rights, and in line with the ambitions of the Trade for All strategy;
Amendment 38 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E b (new)
Recital E b (new)
Eb. whereas careful democratic and parliamentary monitoring of negotiations can boost their impact and increase the likelihood of the negotiations having a positive effect on Turkish and European civil society;
Amendment 40 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E c (new)
Recital E c (new)
Ec. whereas Turkey is not currently complying with the provisions governing the Customs Union with regard to the Republic of Cyprus;
Amendment 41 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E d (new)
Recital E d (new)
Ed. whereas the lack of a functional mechanism for resolving disputes is objectively limiting the development of the potential of the Customs Union and its practical operation;
Amendment 42 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E e (new)
Recital E e (new)
Ee. whereas closer cooperation between the EU and Turkey when it comes to sharing information during the decision-making stages of drawing up European trade legislation could be a means to accelerate Turkey’s adaptation to the European acquis;
Amendment 43 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E f (new)
Recital E f (new)
Ef. whereas differences remain in the way that the Union and Turkey draw up free trade agreements with third countries;
Amendment 44 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E g (new)
Recital E g (new)
Eg. whereas legal certainty and the independence of the judiciary are needed to boost trade exchanges and promote foreign investments, and whereas the current situation in Turkey risks undermining the credibility of important sectors of the Turkish administrative and legal system;
Amendment 45 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E h (new)
Recital E h (new)
Eh. whereas aligning Turkish legislation with European legislation requires a series of structural reforms in areas such as public procurement, state aid, agricultural subsidies, competitiveness, transparency, and anti- corruption strategies;
Amendment 46 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E i (new)
Recital E i (new)
Ei. whereas the transport of goods by road is currently regulated by bilateral agreements between Turkey and Member States, and whereas two multilateral regulatory systems are in place: the Multilateral Quota System (MQS), which is managed by the International Transport Forum, and the Black Sea Economic Cooperation (BSEC) permit system;
Amendment 47 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E j (new)
Recital E j (new)
Ej. whereas the internal road transport market in the European Union is already affected by a number of issues, particularly social and security problems, and whereas those issues cause significant damage to companies and workers operating in the sector when it comes to social dumping and illegal cabotage;
Amendment 48 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E k (new)
Recital E k (new)
Ek. having regard to the latest position of the European Parliament on the process of Turkey’s adhesion to the EU;
Amendment 49 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E l (new)
Recital E l (new)
El. whereas if their positions, political objectives and value systems diverge considerably, Turkey and the European Union could come up with new forms of cooperation;
Amendment 80 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point a – point v
Paragraph 1 – point a – point v
(v) the agreement on the modernisation of the Customs Union and the strengthening of trade relations between the EU and Turkey will have to be applied fully and equally to all Member States without any exceptions, not even temporary exceptions;
Amendment 117 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point b – point vi
Paragraph 1 – point b – point vi
(vi) in order to enablesure that Turkey tois become more involved intter informed about the decision- making process related to the EU's trade policy, and provided there is significant progress in terms of convergence and legislative harmonisation, it would be helpful to allow Turkey access as an observer;
Amendment 133 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point c – point ii
Paragraph 1 – point c – point ii
(ii) the liberalisation of the sectors that are not currently included in the Customs Union should take place in a progressive and binding manner, by measuring its impact on businesses, particularly SMEs, workers, consumers and the environment. To that end, parliamentary institutions, both at EU level and nationally, can play an active role in liaising and holding talks with stakeholders and civil society;
Amendment 136 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point c – point ii a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point c – point ii a (new)
(iia) as part of the Sustainability Impact Assessment, and with a view to increasing the transparency and democratic legitimacy of the negotiating process, the Parties must push for the European Parliament to be actively involved in the monitoring of stakeholders and other interested parties, whether Turkish or European;
Amendment 140 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point c – point iii
Paragraph 1 – point c – point iii
(iii) negotiations should focus on the active promotion of decent work for all and of female entrepreneurship, and the effective fight against national practices which seek to undermine the social and environmental substance of work for the purpose of promoting domestic production and attracting foreign investment;
Amendment 145 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point c – point iv
Paragraph 1 – point c – point iv
(iv) the liberalisation of agricultural products should be conditional upon reform of Turkish legislation on grants and export subsidies in order to avoid distortionary effects on the CAP system. Special consideration should be given to the impact on small-scale farmers regarding those categories of product that are vulnerable to competition, and the protection of Geographical Indications should be guaranteed;
Amendment 152 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point c – point v
Paragraph 1 – point c – point v
(v) the lack of harmonisation of plant health rules is a major barrier to trade in agricultural products; removal of that barrier should, however, be contingent upon compliance with the high quality standards applied by the EU, also taking into account the risk of fraudood fraud and imports of products that pose a potential risk to consumer health;
Amendment 160 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point c – point vi
Paragraph 1 – point c – point vi
(vi) owing to its importance and impact, the services sector should be liberalised on the basis of stringent transparency criteria, full reciprocity, non-discrimination and legislative harmonisation and according to the positive list criterion, with the exclusion of audiovisual services and services of general economic interest;
Amendment 164 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point c – point vii
Paragraph 1 – point c – point vii
(vii) in areas such as the digital economy, telecommunications, postal services and financial services, attention should be paid to aspects relating to data protection; iIn the transport sector, the current quota system should be maintained, which is based on authorisation regimes currently in force, should be maintained, as changes to the system could have a negative social and environmental impact on the sector and on security within the European Union;