13 Amendments of Juan Carlos GIRAUTA VIDAL 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 57 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Calls on the Commission to ensure that TTIP will create a free trade zone for clean energy products and services by eliminating regulatory differences and tariffs in order to boost the transition to a sustainable, low-carbon economy.
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 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;