10 Amendments of Ulrike MÜLLER related to 2021/2177(INI)
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
B a. Having regard to the Commission communication of 20 May 2020 entitled ‘A Farm to Fork Strategy for a fair, healthy and environmentally-friendly food system’ (COM(2020)0381),
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion
Recital B c (new)
Recital B c (new)
B c. Having regard to the WTO’s condemnation of India’s sugar subsidies in its recent panel report “India – Measures Concerning Sugar and Sugarcane”,
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion
Recital B d (new)
Recital B d (new)
Amendment 72 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9 a. Calls, in accordance with the Farm to fork strategy, that any future trade agreement between India and the European Union should include a dedicated framework on sustainable agri- food systems and products;
Amendment 73 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9 a. Recalls that India continues in protectionist policies regulating exports and constantly imposing import restrictions and technical barriers to trade;
Amendment 75 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 b (new)
Paragraph 9 b (new)
9 b. 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;
Amendment 76 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 b (new)
Paragraph 9 b (new)
9 b. Insists that any new trade agreement must be built in a way that respects the food security of both India and the European Union;
Amendment 77 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 c (new)
Paragraph 9 c (new)
9 c. Calls on the Commission to resume negotiations on a balanced, ambitious and comprehensive free trade agreement with the aim to secure improved market access with a significant reduction in barriers to trade taking into account sensitive EU products along with ambitious commitments under trade and sustainable development chapter; Calls for the introduction of mirror measures that would ensure that imported products from India conform with EU internal market, health, environmental and animal welfare standards and that the same protection for consumers regardless of the origin of the products is ensured;
Amendment 78 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 d (new)
Paragraph 9 d (new)
9 d. Calls on the Commission to suspend India’s CXL quota for sugar and requests that the upcoming EU-India trade negotiations make sure that WTO- incompatible sugar subsidies are removed;
Amendment 79 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 e (new)
Paragraph 9 e (new)
9 e. Calls on the Commission to ensure that in the EU-India free trade agreement the protection of the EU quality schemes for agricultural products, foodstuffs, wine, spirit drinks and aromatised wines is being upheld.