12 Amendments of Pina PICIERNO related to 2021/2177(INI)
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
B a. having regard to the political and commercial significance of improving relations with India – a strategic partner of the EU- in the field of trade including the field of agriculture, food and GIs, which an FTA will greatly enhance;
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Recalls that the Ministerial Conference has repeatedly reproached IndiaIndia has been reproached at ILO Ministerial Conferences for non-compliance with ILO conventions, including in the field of agriculture;
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Draws attention to the fact thatNotes that while India’s legal order allows the cultivation of genetically modified organisms for the purpose of processing them into food and feed, its GMO regime is similar to the EU’s in terms of rigorousness and strictness;
Amendment 30 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Draws attention to the fact that India’s legal order seems to imposes less stringent restrictions on the agricultural use of hormonal and antimicrobial preparations, while underlining that exports to the EU of products not in compliance with EU rules in these areas remain forbidden;
Amendment 33 #
Amendment 38 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Stresses that the above circumstancesany greater market access in an FTA to Indian agricultural products should not result in giveing Indian companies and multinational corporations involved in trading in Indian agricultural products and foodstuffs an unfair competitive advantage over EU farmers that can be classified as dumpingdue to lower standards not in compliance with international law;
Amendment 42 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Recalls the existing high value duties imposed by India on several EU agricultural products (wine, citrus fruits, olive oil, dairy products, fruit and vegetables) as well as the high number of non-tariff barriers applied by India on the import of EU agricultural products;
Amendment 45 #
6. Notes that, as a result of the above circumstances, the EU-India agricultural and food trade balance last year reached a deficit of EUR 1.8 billion, andwhile that imbalances in agricultural trade between the EU and India is steadily increasingremained stable in the last decade, so there is an interest for the EU producers to be able to access the Indian market to redress/address this imbalance;
Amendment 55 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on the Commission to negotiate a separate agreement on the protection of geographical indications before negotiating an EU-India trade agreement, stresses that the conclusion of the trade agreement and the investment agreement between the EU-India should be conditional on the latter;
Amendment 64 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls on the Commission not to negotiate a reduction in the existing tariff and non-tariff protectionNotes that the trade agreement is a real opportunity to gain access to this major and rapidly growing market and calls ofn the EU’s common internal market for agricultural products that can be grown in the EU and for foodstuffs produced from themCommission to negotiate a reduction or removal of the existing tariff for the EU agricultural products;
Amendment 65 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Calls on the Commission to ensure that the text of the agreement - as consistently done in previous EU FTAs - provides protection of the EU’s common internal market by preventing: (i) the importation of non- authorized genetically modified organisms in foodstuffs, feed and seeds; (ii) the importation of agricultural products and foodstuffs with higher levels of pesticide residues than providallowed for in EU law, through systemic application of EU rules on MRLs; (iii) the importation of agricultural products and foodstuffs in whose production hormonal preparations which are banned in the EU have been used; (iv) the introduction of antimicrobial- resistant strains of microbes.
Amendment 69 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9 a. Draws attention to the fact that the trade agreement will require both parties to make robust commitments on both the social and environmental aspects of sustainability including the relevant ILO conventions, the decent work agenda, key environmental conventions including the Paris Cop21 commitments on climate change, and cooperation on animal welfare;