5 Amendments of James NICHOLSON related to 2017/9999(INI)
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. StressNotes that, by contrast, the Australian market offers European exporters of agricultural products relatively few outl a balanced and comprehensive free trade agreement (FTA) which respects the vulnerable sectors of European agriculture and upholds the high production, environmental and animal welfare standards and principles of sustainable agriculture set by EU producers, offers a number of offensive opportunities for European producers and advances the EU’s position as a key player on the global markets;
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Warns, therefore, against the danger of a serious imbalance in the agricultural provisions of the agreement, to the detriment of the EU, and against the temptation once again toEU agricultural producers, and against the use of agriculture as a bargaining chip to secure increased access to the Australian market for industrial products and services;
Amendment 29 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Wishes to draw attention to the extremely sensitive nature of some sectors of the European farming industry, such as beef and veal, sheepmeat, sugar, cereals and dairy products; takes the view that a further opening-up of the market in these sectors could have disastrous consequences for European producers; herefore, calls on the Commission to secure a level playing field, treating as sensitive those products in these sectors for which direct competition would expose EU agricultural producers to excessive or unsustainable pressure and calls for the inclusion of effective bilateral safeguard measures to prevent a surge in imports that would cause, or threaten to cause, serious injury to European producers in sensitive sectors;
Amendment 44 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Takes the view that the EU must refrain from making any sort of commitan ambitious, balanced and comprehensive free trade agreement (FTA) must also respect sensitive agricultural products, such as menat concerning the most sensitive agricultural products, such as beef and vand special sugars and highlights that respect for sustainable agricultural production and the strict preservation of standards on human and animal health and sheepmeat and special sugarsfood safety, as defined under EU legislation, is a fundamental and uncompromisable tenet of all EU FTA negotiations for European agriculture;
Amendment 99 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)