3 Amendments of Daniel BUDA related to 2015/2233(INI)
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Urges the Commission and the Member States to fully respect and pursue the objectives of economic, social and territorial cohesion as set out in Article 174 of the TFEU in the context of the ongoing negotiations on the Trade in Services Agreement (TiSA); calls on the Commission to give local and regional authorities the opportunity to regulate the terms of the TiSA Agreement;
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls on the Commission to investigate and analyse the impact of TiSA on cohesion and local and regional governance in the EU; urges the Commission to collect and make available comprehensive and comparable data and to include territorial impact assessments; calls on the Commission to take into account, in the context of the TiSA negotiations, the priorities of the local and regional authorities regarding services;
Amendment 38 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Opposes any encroachment on the discretionary power of LRAs with regard to services, as laid down in Article 14 of the TFEU and Protocol N°26 of the TFEU, especially through provisions on domestic regulation, standstill and ratchet clauses, as well as provisions on public procurement; calls, therefore, on the Commission to fully exclude public services, both publicly and privately funded, from the TiSA negotiations and to further strengthen flexibilities on the enforcement of commitments at local level, as laid down in GATS Article 1.3; insists on the establishment of clear rules regarding the impacts of the agreement at cross-border level and on worker mobility;