Activities of Marcus PRETZELL related to 2014/2228(INI)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on Recommendations to the European Commission on the negotiations for the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP)
Amendments (5)
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1. - Point (d) - Subpoint (ii.)
Paragraph 1. - Point (d) - Subpoint (ii.)
ii.) while thein this respect, an investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) ican only be regarded as an appropriate tool to protect investors and assure that investments are treated in a fair and non- discriminatory way, if potential cases would be transparently treated by professional judges in public trials also allowing to lodge at least one appeal, it is further necessary to oversee that it does not undermine the capacity of European, national and local authorities to legislate their own policies, in particular social and environmental policies, as well as consumers´ protection and therefore respect the constitutional framework of the Member States;
Amendment 36 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1. - Point (e) - Subpoint (iii.)
Paragraph 1. - Point (e) - Subpoint (iii.)
iii.) whilealthough a certain extent of confidentiality is necessary for effectivemay be comprehensible for negotiations on a trade agreement of such high economic and political importance, tonational parliaments of the Member States should be included as negotiating partners, whereas the EU should simultaneously continue its effort to render TTIP negotiations more transparent and accessible to the public, as European institutions should be at the forefront of promoting transparency;
Amendment 41 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1.- Point (e) -subpoint (iv.)
Paragraph 1.- Point (e) -subpoint (iv.)
iv) to implement the recommendations of the European Ombudsman from 6 January 2015 to further enhance the legitimacy and transparency of the negotiating process by fully complying with the rules on public access to documents, by making available relevant documents on its website more proactively and comprehensively, and by ensuring more balanced and transparent public participation;
Amendment 44 #
v) to fully involve national parliaments in the debate on the specifics of TTIP and keep them regularly informed on the course of negotiations paying attention of their feedback, especially since this agreement shouldmust be considered a ‘mixed- type’ agreement and would thus require aing ratification atby national levelparliaments;
Amendment 46 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1.- Point (e) -subpoint (vi.)
Paragraph 1.- Point (e) -subpoint (vi.)
vi) to create a mandatory transparency register of all participants involved with the negotiations on each side of the partners-to-be to be used by all European institutions in order to have a full overview on the lobbying activities associated with the TTIP negotiations.