15 Amendments of Ignazio CORRAO related to 2015/2233(INI)
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas negotiations on the Trade in Services Agreement (TiSA) have been taking place in total secrecy since 2013; welcomes, therefore, the Council decision to declassify the TiSA negotiating mandate; takes the view, however, that the Council has not taken into due account the right of citizens to have their personal data protected and expresses concern regarding the possibility that the TiSA might undermine the fundamental rights of citizens as enshrined in the Charter;
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas ongoing negotiations on international trade agreements, including the Trade in Services Agreement (TiSA), alsomainly touch upon international data flows while excluding privacy and data protection entirely, which will be discussed and data processing, including parallelersonal data;
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas the draft US text on e- commerce for the TiSA would undermine EU rules and safeguards for the transfer of personal data to third countries, exposing the privacy and security of information to serious risks; whereas Parliament reserves the right to express its opinion after consulting any future text proposals and drafts of the TiSA agreement;
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Urges the Commission to increase transparency and democratic accountability on the Trade in Services Agreement (TiSA) negotiation process, and on all trade policies, by duly taking into account concerns expressed by trade unions and civil society organisations, including the CSOs of developing countries; urges the Commission to increase accessibility to all consolidated negotiation documents, as the only democratic possibility for civil society and citizens concerned to be informed and involved into the process; request the Commission to commission an independent study of TiSA's impact on developing countries from the Sustainable Development Goals perspective to effectively assess the impact TiSA would have in third countries;
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion
Recital F a (new)
Recital F a (new)
Fa. whereas the judgment of the European Court of Justice in the Safe Harbour case C-362/14 will have an impact on international agreements on the transfer of personal data;
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
(aa) Expresses serious concern over the draft TiSA agreement, which would seriously undermine all the Union’s provisions and safeguards concerning the protection and transfer to third countries of the personal data of its citizens;
Amendment 36 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Recalls TiSA’s risks of increasing asymmetric international trade relations between countries; ask the Commission to respect developing countries governments and parliament's policy space on investment regulations in order to ensure obligations and duties on all investors, including foreign, so that human rights, labour and environmental standards are respected;
Amendment 36 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – point c
Paragraph 1 – point c
(c) to ensure that personal data can be transferred outside the Union only if the provisions on third-country transfers in EU data protection laws are complied with; to negotiate on provisions which touch upon the flow of personal data only if the full application of EU data protection rules is guaranteed and respectednegotiations concerning the transfer of personal data outside the Union can continue only if full compliance with EU data protection legislation is guaranteed; points out that personal data may be processed only in Europe and that all rules relating to the transfer of that data to third countries are exceptions to that principle and must meet certain conditions; in particular, the third country must ensure an appropriate level of protection and ensure that EU citizens have the same opportunities to appeal and the same procedural rights as citizens of that third country in the event of any unlawful use of their personal data;
Amendment 38 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
(ca) to oppose any attempt to limit the powers of European and national supervisory bodies which protect personal data;
Amendment 39 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – point c b (new)
Paragraph 1 – point c b (new)
(cb) to assess the appropriate tools for ensuring that EU citizens have a ‘right to be forgotten’ even if their personal data is transferred to third countries;
Amendment 46 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – point e
Paragraph 1 – point e
(e) to keep in mind that EU rules on the transfer of personal data may prohibit the processing of such data in third countries if theywhich do not meet the EU adequacy standard; to insist that any requirements for the localisation of data processing equipment and establishments be in line with EU rules on data transfers; to cooperate with third countries in the appropriate settings with a view to adopting adequate high data protection standards around the world;
Amendment 48 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – point e a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point e a (new)
(ea) to ensure that personal data transferred to third countries are deleted after a certain amount of time;
Amendment 49 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. While financial inflows to developing countries are increasing but so are outflows, in the absence of binding responsible financing and investment standards, private capital inflows to developing countries are still offset by debt repayments, foreign investment profit repatriation, and illicit financial flows, call the Commission to ensure TiSA´s financial services aspects safeguard the highest transparency and accountability standards, ensure debt sustainability and guarantee the principle of common responsibility of lenders and borrowers;
Amendment 49 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – point e b (new)
Paragraph 1 – point e b (new)
(eb) to ensure compliance with Member States’ provisions concerning the protection of personal data if they offer a level of protection that is higher than that provided by EU legislation;
Amendment 68 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Recalls Uruguay’s decision to withdraw from the negotiations on the basis of concerns that TiSA could threaten the country’s policy space on strategic sectors and services; urges the Commission to take this withdrawal into serious consideration if the European Parliament recommendations are not respected and followed during the negotiations.