Activities of Angelika MLINAR related to 2014/2228(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Negotiations for the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) (A8-0175/2015 - Bernd Lange) DE
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on recommendations to the European Commission on the negotiations for the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP)
Amendments (21)
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 14 #
Draft opinion
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. having regard to the fact that data protection legislation differs in the EU and the US, and that European citizens are concerned about the possibility that the TTIP agreement will undermine the fundamental right to privacy;
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion
Recital B b (new)
Recital B b (new)
Bb. having regard to its resolution of 14 May 2013 on EU trade and investment negotiations with the United States of America, paragraph 13 in particular;
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion
Recital B c (new)
Recital B c (new)
Bc. having regard to the Council Directives for the negotiation on the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership between the European Union and the United States of America;
Amendment 42 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. ensure that the agreement guarantees full respect for EU fundamental rights standards;
Amendment 44 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. ensure that the agreement takes account of the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS) provisions on the protection of personal data;
Amendment 45 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 c (new)
Paragraph 2 c (new)
2c. insist that the Agreement will not preclude the enforcement of exceptions on the supply of services justifiable under the relevant WTO rules (Articles XIV and XIVbis GATS);
Amendment 60 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. oppose the US TiSA Agreement proposal, a text which would completely undermine all EU rules and safeguards for the transfer of personal data to third countries;
Amendment 71 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Recalls that decisions on legal conflicts about fundamental rights may only be made by competent ordinary courts; is concerned thatrecalls that possible provisions on investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) may not prevent access to justice and undermine democracy;
Amendment 76 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on the Commission to work on transatlantic harmonisation of standards and regulations that define the principles of public support for different energy sources and/or in environment and energy sectors as such;
Amendment 85 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Recalls the need for transparency in the negotiations throughout the entire process; reminds the Commission of itsmaintain the obligation to keep Parliament fully informed on an immediate basis at all stages of the negotiations; iensists onure access for the public to relevant negotiation documents from all parties, with the exception of those which are to be classified with clear justification on a case-by-case basion a case-by-case basis with a public justification of the extent to which access to the undisclosed parts of the document in question is likely to specifically and actually undermine the interests protected by the exceptions, in line with Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 May 2001 regarding public access to European Parliament, Council and Commission documents2 , and in line with jurisprudence of the Court of Justice. __________________ 2 OJ L 145, 31.5.2001, p. 43.
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 135 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 – point 2 (new)
Paragraph 5 – point 2 (new)
(2) Furthermore, calls on the Commission to promote an establishment of a free of charge common information mechanism for SMEs to support their engagement in the transatlantic trade. Among other a hotline and a web portal should be considered, so that European SMEs would be getting similar kind of comfort and support as there is in the EU.
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 145 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Requests that the Commission facilitate more active participation of EU firms in US public procurement as this can contribute to stimulating private-sector innovation and to the emergence of new, high-growth innovative companies and sectors;. If this facilitation is to be meaningful, the US Government has to guarantee free access not only on federal level but on the level of individual states too.
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)
Amendment 182 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 – point 1 (new)
Paragraph 7 – point 1 (new)
(1) Calls on the Commission to maintain a comprehensive and balanced approach on both tariff dismantling and regulatory harmonization. An unbalanced result in this respect would seriously hamper the competitiveness of European businesses.
Amendment 183 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 – point 2 (new)
Paragraph 7 – point 2 (new)
(2) Calls on the Commission to ensure that TTIP will create a climate in which innovators are encouraged to invest in research, development and commercialisation of new technologies, including efficient and innovative energy and environment technologies. This should be achieved through facilitating investments in innovation, reducing unjustified regulatory differences and unnecessary administrative burden and improve regulatory coordination in innovative sectors;
Amendment 689 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point d – point vii
Paragraph 1 – point d – point vii
(vii) to ensure that in course of the negotiations the two sides examine ways to facilitate natural gas and oil exports, so that TTIP would abolish any existing export restrictions on energy between the two trading partners, thereby supporting a diversification of energy sources and reducing dependence on current sources, while recognising that this cannot be seen as a substitute for an ambitious EU green and sustainable energy policy;