16 Amendments of Fabio DE MASI related to 2015/2233(INI)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – point a
Paragraph 1 – point a
(a) to makexclude financial services one of the EU’s priorities in the TiSA negotiations, as the EU’s own market for those services is already comparatively open; to ensure that, in the area of financial services, no new commitments will be taken on that would jeopardise EU financial regulation, and that EU regulators retain the ability to authorise or deny any new financial productfrom the TISA negotiations by adding them in the text proposed by INTA rapporteur Reding in Article 1 (b) i., as is stands the EU’s own market for those services is already comparatively open and regulation and supervision reforms, including of cross- border financial operators still have to be assessed for their effectiveness to avoid another crisis;
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – point b
Paragraph 1 – point b
(b) to ensure that TiSA results in limiting market access reservations to duly justified exceptions and in a commitment by all parties to a standstill on nation, in the area of financial services, no new commitments will be taken on that would jeopardise any existing or future EU financial treatment, and thereby to defend the position that market openness will not prevent the introduction of new measures for prudential reasons or the modification of existing domestic disciplinesgulation, and that EU regulators retain the ability amongst others to authorise or deny any new financial product, to ban certain financial products, and to impose certain legal forms (e.g. restructuring requirements);
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – point b
Paragraph 1 – point b
(b) to ensure that TiSA results in limitallowing market access reservations to dulyhat are justified exceptions and in a commitment by all parties to a standstill on national treatmentfor prudential, economic and sustainability reasons and that no commitment to a standstill or ratchet clauses on national treatment and market access is taken, and thereby to defend the position that market openness rules and commitments will not prevent the introduction of new measures for prudential reasons or the modification of existing domestic disciplines;
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – point ii
Paragraph 1 – point ii
(ii) to ensure that the negotiations addresswill protect transport sectors in a meaningful way and in a spirit of reciprocity;
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – point ii a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point ii a (new)
(iia) to stress the importance of the protection of workers, consumers and the environment as well as of universal access to public services particularly in the transport and delivery sector in the EU and its partner countries;
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – point ii b (new)
Paragraph 1 – point ii b (new)
(iib) to bear in mind negative liberalisation experiences such as detrimental effects on the quality of services, working conditions and transport safety and security;
Amendment 28 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – point ii c (new)
Paragraph 1 – point ii c (new)
(iic) to stress that all service providers - foreign and domestic - have to comply with EU and Member State social and labour legislation, as well as with collective agreements and with minimum wages; to stress that the destination country principle has to apply; however, this is without prejudice to more favourable provisions in legislation or collective agreements in the sending country;
Amendment 34 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – point iii
Paragraph 1 – point iii
(iii) to promote negotiations on regulation that address issues such as transparency, deadlines, due process, non- discrimination and redress, while continuing to require that foreign companies wishing to offer transport or delivery services within the European Union comply with existing regulatory standardsstress that foreign companies wishing to offer transport or delivery services within the European Union comply with existing regulatory standards; to ensure that European, national and local authorities retain the full right to introduce, adopt, maintain, repeal or extend any measures with regard to the commissioning, organisation, funding and provision of public transport; to ensure that public procurement will not be further liberalised;
Amendment 40 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – point iii a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point iii a (new)
(iiia) to stress the importance of excluding all sovereign tasks (e.g. maritime pilots) from the agreement; to exclude public services including public transport services comprehensively and unequivocally from the scope of the agreement;
Amendment 42 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – point e
Paragraph 1 – point e
(e) to urge the negotiating parties to establish a binding high-levelnsure that the framework for the domestic regulation of financial services is based on the needs to make financial sector resilient and serve the needs of the economy and the society, and not repeat the WTO’s GATS Annex on Financial Services, as well asnor make deeper commitments based on the sui generis Understanding on Commitments in Financial Services;, and at least not repeating phrases of the Understanding such as No Member shall take measures that prevent transfers of information or the processing of financial information, including transfers of data by electronic means (Understanding Art. 8) and ‘Art. 10. Each Member shall endeavour to remove or to limit any significant adverse effects on financial service suppliers of any other Member of: [...] (b.) non-discriminatory measures that limit the expansion of the activities of financial service suppliers into the entire territory of the Member;[...] (d) other measures that, although respecting the provisions of the Agreement, affect adversely the ability of financial service suppliers of any other Member to operate, compete or enter the Member’s market’.
Amendment 44 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – point iv
Paragraph 1 – point iv
(iv) to pursue, as a long-term objective, binding international trade rules for the aviation sector and, in the event that important trade partners are reluctant to make substantial progress, to explore other options forthat the ICAO and its rules stays the responsible binding body for aviation despite international trade rules for the aviation sector; to ensuringe that European carriers face fair competitive conditions; to reject any further liberalisation of ground handling services;
Amendment 51 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – point v
Paragraph 1 – point v
(v) to recall the crucial role maritime transport plays in the world economy, both as an industry in itself and as a facilitator for international trade; to promote a clear text with strong commitments on ensuring access to ports, as well as market access and national treatment for international maritime transport sonly positive list approaches on market access and national treatment; to ensure the application of all respective ILO Standards like the Maritime Labour Convention and other Conventions relevant to logistics and transport; to ensure the superiority of domestic cabotage arrangements (e.g. the North- Amervicean Jones Act) over free trade agreements;
Amendment 52 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – point f
Paragraph 1 – point f
(f) to lay down, in the regulatory chapter on financial services and inter alia, strong transversal rules on regulatory transparency that ensures access by all stakeholders and a balance between the interests of diverse stakeholders that is taken into account while protecting the public interest; and solutions for ensuring respect of national treatment for cross- border suppliers too.
Amendment 63 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – point vi
Paragraph 1 – point vi
(vi) to seize this opportunity to embed current legislation and practices for maritime transport in a legally-bindingn international text that will prevent future protectionist rules being introduced by the pfoster discussions in the International Marities;me Organisation
Amendment 66 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – point f c (new)
Paragraph 1 – point f c (new)
(fc) Not to strive to regulatory convergence nor to use regulatory convergence as a condition for more market access commitments.
Amendment 72 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – point vii
Paragraph 1 – point vii
(vii) to promote increased access to third- country markets for delivery services while not jeopardising the existestress the importance of universal postal services in view of the contribution they make to social, economic and territorial cohesion.