7 Amendments of Cora van NIEUWENHUIZEN related to 2014/2228(INI)
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Calls on the Commission to maintain the objective of including a specific energy chapter in the TTIP which could significantly increase the EU’s energy securityith the aim to create a competitive, transparent and non- discriminatory market, which ensures enhanced energy supply security for the EU, encourages trade and competitiveness and provides for affordable energy prices, while upholding existing high environmental standards;
Amendment 45 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Requests that the Commission ensure a policy of free trade with respect to fuels, including LNG and crude oil, crude oil and hard coal through eliminating export restrictions, facilitating market access and removing barriers to Foreign Direct Investment;
Amendment 101 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Points to the huge differentials between the USA and the EU in energy prices but also in per capita CO2 emissions; calls on the Commission, therefore, to provide energy-intensive and carbon-leakage sectors in the EU, including the chemicals industry, with appropriate measures maintaining current tariff rates over the longest possible period after the entry into force of the TTIP;
Amendment 133 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 – point 1 (new)
Paragraph 5 – point 1 (new)
(1) Expects that the priorities and concerns of SMEs will be fully addressed in a specific SME chapter; urges that the needs of SMEs will be fully taken into account as concerns regulatory coherence;
Amendment 137 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 – point 3 (new)
Paragraph 5 – point 3 (new)
(3) Calls on the Commission to ensure user friendly rules of origin (ROO) that can be easily applied by EU exporters and to minimise unnecessary obstacles to trade and red-tape created by ROO, especially for SMEs;
Amendment 156 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 – point 1 (new)
Paragraph 6 – point 1 (new)
(1) Expects the Commission to address in the negotiations the issue of „buy American", "Jones" and „domestic content" Act which in practice significantly handicap EU companies in access to the US market, especially in the dredging and engineering sector.
Amendment 163 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Reminds the Commission, while welcoming the potential benefits of regulatory alignment and mutual recognition, including the establishment of common principles in standards and technical specifications in the area of ICT, about the importance of maintaining high levels of safety and security;. Encourages the Commission to work on seeking regulatory alignment in sectors that are of particular interest of the EU industry, such as automotive (final products and components), engineering (including highly sophisticated products) and chemical sectors. This should result, wherever appropriate, in the recognition of equivalence of existing regulations; (proposing to delete ,,in the area of ICT", as this should apply en bloc)