9 Amendments of Nicola CAPUTO related to 2018/0256M(NLE)
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Highlights the concerns expressed by certain EU sectors at increased duty- free quotas for sensitive fruit and vegetable imports; calls, therefore, on the Commission to present an assessment of the impact on European producers, and particularly on farmers' incomes, and to keep Parliament regularly informed;
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Notes that the monitoring of sensitive agricultural products and the strict application of quotas are fundamental to the balanced functioning of the agreement;
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Regrets that the provisions adopted in Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 (single CMO) in order to overcome problems encountered in the correct application of the entry prices of fruit and vegetable imports from Morocco are becoming ineffective for the higher categories, the so-called ‘baby’ varieties, which have much higher marketing prices but which are attributed a standard product value upon entry to the EU, as is the case with ‘cherry’ tomatoes; calls on the Commission to put an end to this anomaly;
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Emphasises that access to the EU's internal market should be contingent on compliance with sanitary, phytosanitary and environmental standards; asks the Commission to promote equivalency of measures and controls between Morocco and the European Union in the area of environmental and food safety standards, in order to guarantee fair competition between the two markets;
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 c (new)
Paragraph 4 c (new)
4c. Emphasises that all agricultural goods from all third countries imported into the EU must comply with the Union's sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) rules;
Amendment 29 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Calls for a proper labelling of these products so as to ensure full traceability;
Amendment 38 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Regrets the developments regarding the EU’s trade plans for Western Sahara; notes that the inclusion of Western Sahara in the EU-Morocco agreement undermines the UN peace process and the chances to reach an agreement ending the conflict; deplores the Commission's insistence on concluding an agreement including the territory of Western Sahara instead of limiting the agreement to the internationally-recognized territories of Morocco;
Amendment 59 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Points out that the EU and Morocco have negotiated, as set out in the initial agreement concluded in 2012, an ambitious and comprehensive agreement on protecting the geographical indications and designations of origin of agricultural products, processed agricultural products, fish and fishery products that provides for the protection by Morocco of the full list of the EU’s geographical indications; points out, furthermore, that the procedure for concluding the agreement, which began in 2015, was suspended following the Court’s judgment of 21 December 2016; calls for that procedure to be resumed and finalised as soon as possible in conjunction with the conclusion of the agreement considered in this opinion, encompassing some geographical indications and designations of origin which were unduly excluded at the start of the negotiations.