19 Amendments of Lucy ANDERSON related to 2014/2228(INI)
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Calls on the Commission to respect the results of the public consultation process regarding the Investor to state dispute settlement mechanism in TTIP and to follow the proposals from the participants in the public consultation to take ISDS out of the agreement.
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Stresses that a sustainable and successful EU transport sector requires high safety standards, good terms and conditions for workers and strong passenger rights; calls on the Commission to ensure that these priorities are protected and promoted in any TTIP negotiations;
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Requests the Commission to guarantee that TTIP will not require countries to liberalise or privatise public services, including transport services.
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Calls on the Commission to define any liberalisation obligations according to a positive list system as used in GATS; stresses that any negotiations based on a negative list system must exclude transport services, as a general public good, from liberalisation obligations;
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 c (new)
Paragraph 1 c (new)
1c. Urges the Commission to publish negotiating text concerning public procurement; stresses that TTIP must not prevent the public ownership and/or operation of transport and related services; furthermore, stresses that services that are privatised, including transport services must not be prevented from returning to public ownership; in this respect calls on the Commission to avoid the use of "ratchet" clauses in TTIP;
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 d (new)
Paragraph 1 d (new)
1d. Notes that under the current TTIP negotiating mandate, the automotive sector has been highlighted as a key sectoral provision; stresses the need to ensure that any efforts to harmonise technical regulations, standards and approval procedures in the automotive sector must at all times ensure that the highest standards are maintained; calls on the Commission to guarantee EU safety standards will be matched or bettered in any harmonisation exercises;
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 e (new)
Paragraph 1 e (new)
1e. Notes that the EU maritime sector is already subject to free market access; recognises the need to protect and promote quality seafaring jobs and high safety standards in the EU and US; calls on the Commission to oppose the inclusion of shipping services in TTIP and to build on the existing regulatory framework to promote a quality shipping industry underpinned by good terms and conditions for all workers, regardless of nationality;
Amendment 27 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 e (new)
Paragraph 1 e (new)
1e. Notes the continued threats to automotive workers' terms and conditions in both the EU and US; stresses that the success of the automotive sector depends upon a safe and secure workforce; urges the Commission to maintain the highest standard of automotive workers' rights and to promote social dialogue to ensure a strong partnership between trade unions and employers;
Amendment 40 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Is convinced, however, that TTIP should not only cut down barriers but also aim at promoting European high levels of consumer protection; observes that in most sectors EU and US standards and regulatory environments ensure this high level; considers, therefore, that approximating our regulations represents a unique chance to establish high-quality standards and laws for consumer, social, safety and labour protections which will be the de facto international standards;
Amendment 60 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
Amendment 61 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Notes that EU companies are hindered as regards market access for major transport infrastructure investments (such as railway projects) due to: (i) regulatory and standardisation barriers; and (ii) ‘Buy America’ provisions2 ; emphasises that this puts EU goods and services at a serious disadvantage; calls upon the Commission to address in the TTIP this protectionism by the US by pushing for the creation of a level playing field and establishing a new level of transparency in procurement with open and predictable procedural requirements. __________________ 2Buy America Act, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act and the Surface Transportation Assistance Act.
Amendment 90 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls for mutual recognition of professional qualifications between the Parties and for the abolition of work permit requirements for high-skilled workers in sectors covered by TTIP, so as to create maximum mobility of professionalworkers between the EU and the US;
Amendment 108 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Urges the Commission to publish negotiating text concerning public procurement; calls on the Commission to ensure that European companies, including SMEs, are not discriminated against when tendering for public contracts on the US market at all government levels, and to ensure equal and transparent access at a level equal to or higher than that applying to US companies today in Europe under the new EU procurement rules; stresses that services that are privatised must not be prevented from returning to public ownership; in this respect calls on the Commission to avoid the use of "ratchet" clauses in TTIP;
Amendment 115 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Calls on the Commission to define any liberalisation obligations according to a positive list system as used in GATS; stresses that any negotiations based on a negative list system must exempt public services from liberalisation obligations;
Amendment 142 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls for the setting-up of an ambitious and effective cooperation mechanism aimed at creating common standards where possible in existing procedures, and to ensure that there is no unintended divergence in future standards in key sectors; believes that EU-US common standards should be promoted in all international forum; stresses that labour, environmental and safety standards must at all times be protected and promoted in any and all harmonisation exercises;
Amendment 150 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Stresses that the success of sectors covered by TTIP depends upon a safe and secure workforce; calls on the Commission therefore to ensure the ratification and full and effective implementation of the eight core conventions of the International Labour Organisation by all parties involved in TTIP negotiations; urges the Commission to promote social dialogue with the full involvement of trade unions, to ensure a strong partnership between workers and employers;
Amendment 762 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point d – point xiv
Paragraph 1 – point d – point xiv
(xiv) to ensure that foreign investors are treated in a non-discriminatory fashion and have a fair opportunity to seek and achieve redress of grievances, which can be achieved withoutle benefiting from no greater rights than domestic investors; to oppose the inclusion of an ISDS mechanism; such a mechanism is not necessary in TTIP given the EU’s and the US’ developed legal systems; a state-to- state dispute settlement system and the use of national courts are the most appropriate tools to address investment disputin TTIP, as other options to enforce investment protection are available, such as domestic remedies;