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Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2 a. Asks the Commission to immediately grant access to the negotiated text of the EU-Switzerland Framework Agreement, as finalized in December 2018, so that INTA and AFET can produce an informed opinion and report on the basis of facts;

2019/01/28
Committee: INTA

Klaus BUCHNER

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)

2 b. Asks the Commission and the Council to withhold the ratification procedure of the EU-Switzerland Framework Agreement, until the consultation of the Swiss population is concluded.

2019/01/28
Committee: INTA

Klaus BUCHNER

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

~~3. Calls for the trading relationship to be modernised and for it to include areas such as services, Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) and trade facilitation;~~deleted

2019/01/28
Committee: INTA

Klaus BUCHNER

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Is aware that there is no comprehensive services agreement in place between the EU and Switzerland and that services are only partially covered through the Agreement on the Free Movement of Persons (AFMP), showing that there is potential for further development;deleted

2019/01/28
Committee: INTA

Klaus BUCHNER

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Notes that Switzerland takes in the highest percentage of cross-border workers from the EU and calls on the EU and the Swiss Government to improve measures under the AFMP by including a ‘charter for cross-border workers’ that sets out binding provisions covering, inter alia, basic employment rights, working and commuting conditions, transfer of unemployment benefits and double taxation issues;deleted

2019/01/28
Committee: INTA

Klaus BUCHNER

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

~~6. Welcomes the new legislation on preferential tax regimes and practices, and hopes for a positive outcome from the upcoming popular vote in Switzerland;~~deleted

2019/01/28
Committee: INTA

Klaus BUCHNER

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7

7. Recognises the close integration of EU and Swiss companies in the steel sector and notes that the current EU safeguard measures have a negative impact on the sector; requests a review of the measures that seek to offer protection from the trade diversion produced by the hikes in US tariffs, while taking into consideration the different quotas for countries that participate in our value chains;deleted

2019/01/28
Committee: INTA

Klaus BUCHNER

Draft opinion
Paragraph 8

~~8. Calls on Switzerland to continue its work on the Digital Switzerland strategy, aiming to have it align with the EU Digital Single Market;~~deleted

2019/01/28
Committee: INTA

Klaus BUCHNER

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9

~~9. Recalls that the bilateral trade relationship lacks a reliable State-to-State dispute-settlement mechanism.~~deleted

2019/01/28
Committee: INTA

9 Amendments of Klaus BUCHNER related to 2018/2262(INI)

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