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Shadow opinions (1)

OPINION on Recommendations to the European Commission on the negotiations for the Trade in Services Agreement (TiSA)
2016/11/22
Committee: EMPL
Dossiers: 2015/2233(INI)
Documents: PDF(132 KB) DOC(196 KB)

Amendments (11)

Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
1. Calls for all ILO core labour standards to be a compulsory element of EU trade agreements such as TiSA from the outset;deleted
2015/10/20
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Notes the significant role that the service sector plays in the EU economy, making up for 70% of economic activity and providing 90% of new jobs; recognises at the same time that 90% of global growth is occurring outside the EU and underlines, therefore, the crucial importance of securing new market access opportunities for EU employers and securing fair, non-discriminatory and equitable treatment for EU service providers;
2015/10/20
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Stresses the importance of ensuring that the agreement delivers on its potential to boost job creation in the EU, by ensuring that established standards are reinforced and improved with a view to establishing them more at the multilateral level;
2015/10/20
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 c (new)
1c. Calls on the Commission to continue its efforts to complete the negotiations for the Trade in Services Agreement which will deliver considerable job opportunities for the EU; recognises that while the Commission cannot unilaterally set global standards, calls for ILO labour standards to be respected and promoted in order to ensure that existing standards are safeguarded;
2015/10/20
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
2. Calls furthermore, in negotiations on international trade in services, for mandatory working conditions to be secured in accordance with the respective laws on labour and social affairs and collective agreements, as well as for a ban on the dismantling of workers’ rights and social standards when services are liberalised;deleted
2015/10/20
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 37 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Considers thatHighlights the right of the State to organise and regulate the provision of services, taking account of social and environmental criteria as well as the public interest, must be retained in full, and calls for services of general interest to be excluded fromconsiders that the need to maintain the freedom of the Member States to regulate at all levels and to provide, commission and fund public services in accordance with the Treaties should be reflected within theis agreement, irrespective of whether they as already provided privately or publiclyfor with other EU FTAs;
2015/10/20
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 50 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
4. Rejects negotiations on the further liberalisation of services provided across EU borders so long as no EU-wide cooperation exists to maintain working conditions in accordance with the respective laws on labour and social affairs and collective agreements;deleted
2015/10/20
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 60 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
5. Considers furthermore that the EU- wide posting of workers should not be regulated in trade agreementit important to ensure that TiSA will not prevent the EU and the Member States from safeguarding existing employment standards including for example the agreed standards on the posting of workers;
2015/10/20
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 70 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
6. Expects the agreement to include a clause making it possible to revise the liberalisation of services, particularly in the event of infringements of labour and social standards;deleted
2015/10/20
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 81 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Expects that the particular obstacles faced by SMEs are taken into account specially because they are the biggest jobs creator;
2015/10/20
Committee: EMPL
Amendment 84 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
7. Calls foron the immediate publication of all documents relevant to TiSA, and urges that the European social partners be permitted to participate transparently in the negotiating process.Commission to ensure the highest level of transparency in the negotiations including by allowing access, where appropriate, to relevant texts, as well as organising consultation with the Parliament, citizens, businesses and other relevant stakeholders;
2015/10/20
Committee: EMPL