Activities of Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ

Alessia Maria MOSCA, Nicola DANTI, Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)

12a. Recalls that the Trade and Sustainable Development chapter of the trade agreement includes provisions to implement human rights, labour and environmental protection standards; Notes the fact that the Agreement has set the path for a regular dialogue on the implementation of the shared commitments; Regrets, however, the lack of enforceability of this chapter; Calls on the Parties to review the Agreement to introduce an effective dispute settlement mechanism, including sanctions in the case of serious breaches or to make the TSD-chapter subject under the general dispute settlement mechanism; Calls on the Parties to enable social partners and civil society to participate appropriately;

2018/10/18
Committee: INTA

2018/2106(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 b (new)

12b. Takes note of the Commission 15- point plan to make TSD chapters more effective and recalls the need to continue its dialogue with the different actors involved, including the European Parliament, in order to design and ensure an effective enforcement mechanism for the human rights, labour and environmental protection commitments included in Trade Agreements;

2018/10/18
Committee: INTA

2018/2106(INI)

Alessia Maria MOSCA, Nicola DANTI, Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 d (new)

12d. Urges the EU and all CA countries to ratify and fully implement the Multilateral Environmental Agreements on fighting climate change, especially on the UNFCCC and the Paris Agreement; Highlights the need to for the EU and CA step up cooperation in this regards;

2018/10/18
Committee: INTA

2018/2106(INI)

Alessia Maria MOSCA, Nicola DANTI, Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. Takes note of the different country reports carried out by the ILO and of the challenges that still remain; notes with concern the non-compliance by Guatemala and Honduras with the fundamental Freedom of Association Convention (No. 87) and by El Salvador with priority Tripartite Consultation Convention (No.144); highlights its particular concern about the anti-union violence in Honduras, including extra- judicial killings and impunity for the perpetrators; calls on the CA countries concerned to eradicate violence against trade unionists and indigenous peoples, and to take legislative measures to effectively implement and enforce ILO fundamental conventions on freedom of association, collective bargaining and non- discrimination, ands well as child labour; stresses the importance of strengthening labour inspections and enhancing social dialogue;

2018/10/18
Committee: INTA

2018/2106(INI)

Alessia Maria MOSCA, Nicola DANTI, Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

15. Stresses that recent political and economic developments in some Central American countries can have a negative impact on the region as a whole and might lead to the destabilisation of the region; Strongly condemns the political violence in Nicaragua which erupted in April 2018, leading to hundreds of civilians, particularly students, being killed, injured or arrested, which constitutes a severe violation of human rights and, particularly, of fundamental civil and political rights and freedoms, as well as the rule of law; recalls, in this regard, that respect for democratic principles, human rights, and the rule of law forms an essential part of the Association Agreement, whose violation by one Party allows the other Party to take appropriate measures, including, as a last resort, suspending the Agreement; Calls on the government of Nicaragua to ensure restoration of democratic principles and respect for human rights in full, ceasing violence, intimidation and repression against the opposition and protesters, as well as to immediately engage in dialogue with civil society, with a view to resolving the conflict; calls on the Commission and the EEAS to continue monitoring carefully the situation in Nicaragua and consider its trade relationship with the EU accordingly;

2018/10/18
Committee: INTA

2018/2106(INI)

Alessia Maria MOSCA, Nicola DANTI, Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)

15a. Recalls the obligation of the EU, as enshrined in Art. 8 of the TFUE, to mainstream a gender perspective in all its policies, including Trade; Calls on the Parties to visibly reinforce the gender focus of the Agreement and to include, in a future review, a specific chapter on gender and trade;

2018/10/18
Committee: INTA

2018/2089(INI)

Lucy ANDERSON, Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Christine REVAULT D'ALLONNES BONNEFOY, Isabella DE MONTE, Theresa GRIFFIN, Peter KOUROUMBASHEV

Motion for a resolution
Recital B

B. whereas ~~the overwhelming~~human behaviour contributed to a majority of ~~road~~ accidents ~~are due to human error~~involving non-automated vehicles and, as such, there is an imperative need to reduce the possibilities for such ~~errors~~behaviour, while maintaining personal mobility;

2018/09/13
Committee: TRAN

2018/2089(INI)

István UJHELYI, Christine REVAULT D'ALLONNES BONNEFOY, Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Miltiadis KYRKOS, Isabella DE MONTE, Ismail ERTUG, Francisco ASSIS

Motion for a resolution
Recital B

B. whereas ~~the overwhelming majority of road accidents are due to human error~~human error contributes to a majority of collisions and, as such, there is an imperative need to reduce the possibilities for such errors, while maintaining personal mobility;

2018/09/13
Committee: TRAN

2018/2089(INI)

Lucy ANDERSON, Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Christine REVAULT D'ALLONNES BONNEFOY, Miltiadis KYRKOS, Isabella DE MONTE, Theresa GRIFFIN, Peter KOUROUMBASHEV

Motion for a resolution
Recital D

D. whereas several countries around the world (e.g. the US, China and Japan) are moving rapidly towards making both connected and automated mobility available on the market; whereas Europe needs to respond much more proactively to the rapid developments in this sector and to encourage similar initiatives;, but recalls that automated vehicles should only be introduced to the market when they have been demonstrated to operate with a high level of safety for drivers, passengers and other vehicles on the road.

2018/09/13
Committee: TRAN

2018/2089(INI)

István UJHELYI, Lucy ANDERSON, Christine REVAULT D'ALLONNES BONNEFOY, Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Miltiadis KYRKOS, Isabella DE MONTE, Ismail ERTUG, Francisco ASSIS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1 a. acknowledges its potential for all autonomous private and public means of road, rail, waterborne and air transport.

2018/09/13
Committee: TRAN

2018/2089(INI)

István UJHELYI, Christine REVAULT D'ALLONNES BONNEFOY, Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Miltiadis KYRKOS, Isabella DE MONTE, Ismail ERTUG, Francisco ASSIS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Acknowledges th~~e potential of~~at automated mobility presents an important potential for many sectors~~, including~~ and offers new business opportunities for start-ups, SMEs and the industry; as a whole, especially regarding the creation of new mobility services for users.

2018/09/13
Committee: TRAN

2018/2089(INI)

István UJHELYI, Christine REVAULT D'ALLONNES BONNEFOY, Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Isabella DE MONTE, Ismail ERTUG, Francisco ASSIS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Urges the Commission to present legislative actions, especially regarding data protection, data access and cyber security, as per its resolution of 13 March 2018 on a European Strategy on Cooperative Intelligence Transport Systems; Recognises the opportunity presented by the Commission’s upcoming Recommendations on access to in-vehicle data and resources to set out a roadmap for the presentation of legislative actions,

2018/09/13
Committee: TRAN

2018/2089(INI)

István UJHELYI, Christine REVAULT D'ALLONNES BONNEFOY, Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Isabella DE MONTE, Ismail ERTUG, Francisco ASSIS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4 a. Affirms the need for said legislative actions to ensure fair, real- time, unrestricted and technology-neutral access to in-vehicle data for the entire automotive value chain; Such access should enable end users and third parties to benefit from digitalisation and guarantee a level playing field and maximum security with regard to storage of in-vehicle data.

2018/09/13
Committee: TRAN

2018/2089(INI)

István UJHELYI, Lucy ANDERSON, Christine REVAULT D'ALLONNES BONNEFOY, Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Isabella DE MONTE, Ismail ERTUG, Francisco ASSIS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Notes that in-vehicle and route data are fundamental building blocks for the achievement of autonomous ~~driving; urges the Commission, therefore, to ensure that obstacles to the use of such data~~and connected driving; and adjacent markets for competitive services and prices for endusers; urges the Commission, therefore, to ensure that obstacles to the direct real-time access to the vehicle and its data and resources for independent service providers are dismantled and a robust regulatory system in this respect is p~~ut in place in a timely manner;~~roposed by the end of 2018.

2018/09/13
Committee: TRAN

2018/2089(INI)

István UJHELYI, Christine REVAULT D'ALLONNES BONNEFOY, Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Isabella DE MONTE, Ismail ERTUG, Francisco ASSIS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Stresses the expected massive increase in data produced by and gathered and transmitted from autonomous vehicles and underlines the need ~~to use non- personal, anonymised data in order to deploy autonomous vehicles;~~for the whole chain to use these data in order to encourage the deployment of autonomous vehicles and to further develop innovation in the framework of new mobility solutions.

2018/09/13
Committee: TRAN

2018/2089(INI)

István UJHELYI, Christine REVAULT D'ALLONNES BONNEFOY, Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Isabella DE MONTE, Ismail ERTUG, Francisco ASSIS, Miltiadis KYRKOS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. Underlines that fully autonomous vehicles will be commercially available by 2030 and that appropriate regulatory frameworks ensuring their safe operation need to be in place as soon as possible in order to address the resulting changes;

2018/09/13
Committee: TRAN

2018/2089(INI)

István UJHELYI, Christine REVAULT D'ALLONNES BONNEFOY, Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Isabella DE MONTE, Ismail ERTUG, Francisco ASSIS, Miltiadis KYRKOS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)

11 a. Underlines the importance of adopting the new General Safety Regulation for motor vehicles, given the short-term life-saving potential of mandatory installation of new vehicle safety technologies, which will furthermore also be used for the deployment of connected and automated vehicles in the future;

2018/09/13
Committee: TRAN

2018/2089(INI)

István UJHELYI, Christine REVAULT D'ALLONNES BONNEFOY, Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Isabella DE MONTE, Ismail ERTUG, Francisco ASSIS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. Underlines the need for clear legislation, that is regularly reviewed, updated where necessary, and harmonized in terms of data sampling, storage and access, obligating the installation of event data recorders for highly automated vehicles in line with the eCall Regulation5 in order to clarify and enable the tackling, as soon as possible, of issues of liability; ~~_________________ 5~~OJ L 123, 19.5.2015, p. 77.

2018/09/13
Committee: TRAN

2018/2089(INI)

Lucy ANDERSON, Miltiadis KYRKOS, Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Christine REVAULT D'ALLONNES BONNEFOY, Isabella DE MONTE, Theresa GRIFFIN, Peter KOUROUMBASHEV

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)

14 a. Argues that both passive and active safety features have an important role in reducing the number as well as severity of collisions, and that road collisions with autonomous vehicles will still occur, notably in mixed traffic conditions; underlines therefore the importance of stringent passive safety requirements for those vehicles to be maintained in order to protect vehicle occupants as well as other road users, especially those from more vulnerable groups.

2018/09/13
Committee: TRAN

2018/2089(INI)

Lucy ANDERSON, Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Theresa GRIFFIN, Peter KOUROUMBASHEV

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

16. ~~Highlights the expected conges~~Recalls that technological innovations c~~hallenges to urban mobility resulting from the widespread uptake of autonomous vehicles and underlines the need for new solutions incorporating car sharing, ride hailing and other models;~~annot solve, in isolation, environmental issues, and that studies indicate that the widespread uptake of autonomous vehicles could make congestion and pollution worse; calls on authorities to develop policies that will ensure that autonomous vehicles will increase and improve travel options for all citizens, without negatively affecting the demand for and investments in public transport.

2018/09/13
Committee: TRAN

2018/2089(INI)

Lucy ANDERSON, Miltiadis KYRKOS, Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Christine REVAULT D'ALLONNES BONNEFOY, Isabella DE MONTE, Theresa GRIFFIN, Peter KOUROUMBASHEV

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)

16 a. Underlines that while the deployment of connected and automated mobility could bring substantial benefits, the technologies currently available on the market present vulnerabilities that could become serious threats for users, other vehicles or pedestrians; argues therefore that societal acceptance will only be achieved if autonomous vehicles can offer the highest safety and security standards, as well as more and better travel options, which are affordable and environmentally-friendly.

2018/09/13
Committee: TRAN

2018/2089(INI)

István UJHELYI, Christine REVAULT D'ALLONNES BONNEFOY, Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Isabella DE MONTE, Ismail ERTUG, Francisco ASSIS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)

23 a. Improves the framework conditions for autonomous driving on rail and accelerate the transition to a digital rail sector, notes the European Train Control System (ETCS) serves as the basis for automation in the rail sector, which is achieved by linking the ETCS to the Automatic Train Operation (ATO); urges the Commission during the deployment of ETCS to be accelerated and priorized in EU funding schemes.

2018/09/13
Committee: TRAN

2018/2089(INI)

István UJHELYI, Christine REVAULT D'ALLONNES BONNEFOY, Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Isabella DE MONTE, Ismail ERTUG, Francisco ASSIS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 b (new)

23 b. Calls upon the Commission to make the continuation of Shitf2Rail programme for further developments towards a digital rail network and fully automated driving on rail, including the development of a standard of ATO over ETCS as well as cybersecurity.

2018/09/13
Committee: TRAN

2018/2089(INI)

Lucy ANDERSON, Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Christine REVAULT D'ALLONNES BONNEFOY, Theresa GRIFFIN, Peter KOUROUMBASHEV

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25

25. CUnderlines that autonomous vehicles are technologically complex and differ substantially from current motor vehicles on the road and calls on the Commission to create comprehensive rules for driver or operator responsibilities at every level of automation across all modes of transport; ~~underlines that those responsibilities need to be clearly communicated through commercial labelling or other forms of communication;~~for legal certainty, better safeguards of consumer rights and to prevent unknown risks being borne by injured parties, it is necessary to have a review of the current EU legislative framework for liability rules and insurance for autonomous vehicles, addressing the limitations of laws as regards the shift in responsibility to the introduction of new rules for covering new types of risks.

2018/09/13
Committee: TRAN

2018/2089(INI)

István UJHELYI, Christine REVAULT D'ALLONNES BONNEFOY, Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Miltiadis KYRKOS, Isabella DE MONTE, Ismail ERTUG, Francisco ASSIS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25

25. Calls on the Commission to create comprehensive rules for manufacturer, driver or operator responsibilities at every level of automation across all modes of transport; underlines that those responsibilities need to be clearly communicated through commercial labelling or other forms of communication; reminds that an equal access to in-vehicle data and resources for all parties is an essential condition for ensuring vehicle safety during the whole lifecycle of the vehicle through regular maintenance interventions.

2018/09/13
Committee: TRAN

2018/2089(INI)

Lucy ANDERSON, Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Isabella DE MONTE, Theresa GRIFFIN, Peter KOUROUMBASHEV

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)

25 a. Labour relations and social rights Warns that autonomous driving threatens to disrupt the job opportunities and lives of millions of workers in the transport sector, without also creating significant numbers of secure and quality jobs through innovation and new technology;recalls that the anticipated savings in labour costs should not be a pretext for a reduction in workers’ rights, pay, conditions and safety. Recalls that regular consultation of social partners is instrumental in anticipating and helping to mitigate the disruptive changes of technological developments on employment and for identifying the qualifications necessary for operating new technologies. Or. en (To be included under new heading "Labour relations and social rights")

2018/09/13
Committee: TRAN

2018/2089(INI)

Lucy ANDERSON, Miltiadis KYRKOS, Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Christine REVAULT D'ALLONNES BONNEFOY, Isabella DE MONTE, Theresa GRIFFIN, Peter KOUROUMBASHEV

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30

30. Stresses the need for real-life testing sites across the EU in order to thoroughly test and develop new technologies, but recalls that such public road tests should be strictly regulated, in order to ensure the safety of both the occupants of the test vehicle as well of the other road users; urges each of the Member States to designate, by 2020, urban and extra-urban areas where autonomous research vehicles can be tested in real-life traffic conditions, while safeguarding road safety in those areas;

2018/09/13
Committee: TRAN

2018/2089(INI)

Lucy ANDERSON, Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Christine REVAULT D'ALLONNES BONNEFOY, Isabella DE MONTE, Theresa GRIFFIN, Peter KOUROUMBASHEV

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31

31. Calls for extensive research on the long-term effects of autonomous transport on issues such as consumer adaptation, societal acceptance, physiological reactions, physical responses, labour rights and social mobility resulting from driverless transport;

2018/09/13
Committee: TRAN

2018/2085(INI)

Aleksander GABELIC, Nicola DANTI, Alessia Maria MOSCA, Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ

Motion for a resolution
Citation 9 a (new)

– having regard to the Joint Declaration on Trade and Women’s Economic Empowerment on the Occasion of the WTO Ministerial Conference in Buenos Aires in December 20175a, _________________ 5a https://www.wto.org/english/thewto_e/min ist_e/mc11_e/genderdeclarationmc11_e.p df

2018/10/22
Committee: INTA

2018/2085(INI)

Aleksander GABELIC, Nicola DANTI, Alessia Maria MOSCA, Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ

Motion for a resolution
Citation 15

– having regard to the declaration of 10 April 2018 by 221 EU Member States and Norway on the establishment of a European Blockchain Partnership8 , after which five more Member States have joined the Partnership, adding up to the current number of 27 signatory countries, _________________ 8 https://ec.europa.eu/digital-single- market/en/news/european-countries-join- blockchain-partnership

2018/10/22
Committee: INTA

2018/2085(INI)

Aleksander GABELIC, Nicola DANTI, Alessia Maria MOSCA, Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ

Motion for a resolution
Citation 15 a (new)

– having regard to the Commission's launch of the EU Blockchain Observatory and Forum on 1 February 20182a, _________________ 2a http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_IP- 18-521_en.htm

2018/10/22
Committee: INTA

2018/2085(INI)

Aleksander GABELIC, Nicola DANTI, Alessia Maria MOSCA, Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ

Motion for a resolution
Recital F

F. whereas blockchain can improve transparency and traceability throughout the supply chain, streamline customs checks and regulatory compliance, reduce transaction costs, ~~and~~ strengthen the immutability and security of data, and could function as a tool to combat corruption;

2018/10/22
Committee: INTA

2018/2085(INI)

Aleksander GABELIC, Nicola DANTI, Alessia Maria MOSCA, Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Stresses that blockchain has the potential to support the trade and sustainable development agenda by providing trust in the provenance of raw materials and goods; stresses the increasing demand from consumers who want to know where goods are coming from and know the conditions under which the goods were produced; stresses that blockchain could contribute to the sustainability work of companies and promote responsible business conduct;

2018/10/22
Committee: INTA

2018/2085(INI)

Aleksander GABELIC, Nicola DANTI, Alessia Maria MOSCA, Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Believes that blockchain could contribute to improved consumer protection through encouraging more transparent and traceable value chains, which may contribute to detect fraud, promote verifiability and transparency for goods protected by intellectual property rights, and combat trade in counterfeited goods;

2018/10/22
Committee: INTA

2018/2085(INI)

Aleksander GABELIC, Nicola DANTI, Alessia Maria MOSCA, Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Believes that the adoption of blockchain technologies throughout the supply chain can increase the volume of global trade, and can lead to increased consumer protection and confidence in digital trade;

2018/10/22
Committee: INTA

2018/2085(INI)

Aleksander GABELIC, Alessia Maria MOSCA, Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. Recognises cross-border data flows as ~~an integral function~~necessary for international trade and the design of blockchain architecture; recognises the growing importance of cross-border data flows both within the EU and globally;

2018/10/22
Committee: INTA

2018/2085(INI)

Aleksander GABELIC, Nicola DANTI, Alessia Maria MOSCA, Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

15. Highlights the benefits blockchain could bring to SMEs by allowing peer-to- peer communication, collaboration tools and payments, increasing the ease of doing business; recognises the need for ensuring that the development of blockchain in international trade is SME inclusive;

2018/10/22
Committee: INTA

2018/2085(INI)

Aleksander GABELIC, Alessia Maria MOSCA, Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)

17a. Considers the possible interactions of blockchain technologies with other innovations in particular, for international trade, with the Internet of Things in developing sensors for transported goods; underlines the need to analyse the risks and opportunities connected with its developments;

2018/10/22
Committee: INTA

2018/2085(INI)

Aleksander GABELIC, Nicola DANTI, Alessia Maria MOSCA, Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18

18. Calls on the Commission to follow developments in the area of blockchain, in particular the ongoing pilots/initiatives in the international supply chain and external aspects of customs; invites the Commission to produce a strategy document on adopting blockchain technologies in trade and supply chain management;

2018/10/22
Committee: INTA

2018/2085(INI)

Aleksander GABELIC, Nicola DANTI, Alessia Maria MOSCA, Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)

18a. Calls on the Commission to further analyse the practical uses of blockchain in international trade; believes that uncertainty regarding juridical and governance aspects of blockchain is an important concern; encourages further analysis of these issues through policy labs and through inclusive platforms for dialogue and exchange of practices; encourages the Commission and national competent authorities to build up technical and juridical expertise in the area of blockchain in international trade;

2018/10/22
Committee: INTA

2018/2085(INI)

Aleksander GABELIC, Nicola DANTI, Alessia Maria MOSCA, Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 b (new)

18b. Calls on the Commission to engage in, support and promote research in the area of blockchain in international trade, in this regard, recalls the Parliament’s position on the importance of promoting female participation in STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) and of closing gender gaps in access to and in the use of new technologies; demands that the gender perspective is incorporated in all digital initiatives, ensuring that that the ongoing digital transformation also becomes a driving force for gender equality, which is essential for Europe's long-term growth and prosperity;

2018/10/22
Committee: INTA

2018/2085(INI)

Aleksander GABELIC, Nicola DANTI, Alessia Maria MOSCA, Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 c (new)

18c. Calls on the Commission to raise awareness about blockchain and its potential in international trade, to undertake initiatives for information spreading, education of citizens, and competence building regarding blockchain technology, and to address the problem of the digital gap between Member States; calls on the Commission and the Member States to develop and pursue digital skills training and retraining strategies in order to ensure society’s active and inclusive participation in changes coming from the digital transformation;

2018/10/22
Committee: INTA

2018/2085(INI)

Aleksander GABELIC, Nicola DANTI, Alessia Maria MOSCA, Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)

21a. Calls on the Commission to examine ways in which blockchain could support trade and sustainable development; recalls the Parliament’s position that measures flanking an EU digital trade strategy should be fully in line with and contribute to the realisation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), including SDG5 on gender equality and women empowerment;

2018/10/22
Committee: INTA

2018/2085(INI)

Aleksander GABELIC, Alessia Maria MOSCA, Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22

22. Calls on the Commission to assess the optimality of blockchain architecture that keeps private data off the chain; recognises the importance of cross-border data flows for growth and jobs, and repeats that any future trade policy provisions on cross-border transfers of data must be subject to the consent of the Parliament and safeguard EU citizens’ fundamental rights;

2018/10/22
Committee: INTA

2018/2085(INI)

Aleksander GABELIC, Nicola DANTI, Alessia Maria MOSCA, Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23

23. Encourages the Commission to collaborate with and contribute to the work of international organisations and feed into current projects on producing a set of standards and principles to underpin regulation aimed at facilitating the use of blockchain;

2018/10/22
Committee: INTA

2018/2085(INI)

Aleksander GABELIC, Nicola DANTI, Alessia Maria MOSCA, Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24

24. Calls on the Commission to play an active role in the process of standardisation and security of blockchain, and to work with the ~~industrie~~Members States, public sectors, industries, trade unions, civil society and other stakeholders to develop blockchain standards, including terminology, development, and deployment of the technology;

2018/10/22
Committee: INTA

2018/2023(INI)

Ismail ERTUG, Olga SEHNALOVÁ, Lucy ANDERSON, Isabella DE MONTE, Nicola CAPUTO, Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Inés AYALA SENDER, Miltiadis KYRKOS, Ulrike RODUST, Michael DETJEN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Suggests an annual evaluation of the Member States’ implementation status and broadening of the Directive’s scope to shift it from deployment along the TEN-T network to also covering urban and regional nodes and the infrastructure for public fleets; calls on the Commission to extend the CEF's scope in this regard and increase its funding;

2018/06/15
Committee: TRAN

2018/2023(INI)

Ismail ERTUG, Lucy ANDERSON, Isabella DE MONTE, Nicola CAPUTO, Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Inés AYALA SENDER, Miltiadis KYRKOS, Ulrike RODUST, Michael DETJEN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5 a. calls on the Commission to complement the climate related goals of Directive 2014/94/EC with additional clean air measures following the fitness check of the EU Ambient Air Quality Directives1a; _________________ 1a 2004/107/EC and 2008/50/EC

2018/06/15
Committee: TRAN

2018/2023(INI)

Ismail ERTUG, Lucy ANDERSON, Isabella DE MONTE, Nicola CAPUTO, Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Inés AYALA SENDER, Miltiadis KYRKOS, Ulrike RODUST, Michael DETJEN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. Welcomes the Commission’s effort to provide an additional EUR 800 million as start-up financing to support the uptake of alternative fuels infrastructure; doubts, however, that the leverage will be sufficient given the projected need for EUR 5.2 billion up to 2020 and an additional EUR 16-22 billion of overall investment up to 20253 ; ~~_________________ 3~~urges the Commission to not only support the deployment but also the operating of such infrastrucutre during the unprofitable market uptake phase; _________________ 3 COM(2017)0652. COM(2017)0652.

2018/06/15
Committee: TRAN

2018/2023(INI)

Ismail ERTUG, Isabella DE MONTE, Nicola CAPUTO, Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Inés AYALA SENDER, Miltiadis KYRKOS, Ulrike RODUST, Michael DETJEN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Regrets that progress regarding the deployment of alternative fuels infrastructure and the availability of alternatively powered vehicles is too slow, and calls on manufacturers to step up efforts in this regard; recognises the need for policies that stimulate the offer of alternatively fuelled light and heavy-duty vehicles, such as ambitious emissions standards in 2025 and 2030 for new light and heavy-duty vehicles, including strong incentives such as a bonus-malus system for zero and low emission vehicles;

2018/06/15
Committee: TRAN

2018/2010(INI)

Elena VALENCIANO, Jude KIRTON-DARLING, Alessia Maria MOSCA, Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Nicola DANTI, Aleksander GABELIC

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Recalls the importance of strengthening cooperation to preserve and to reinforce the multilateral trade system, as an essential pillar to achieve the SDG and to ensure an economic governance based on rules, ensuring a more fair, inclusive and sustainable trade; in particular, recalls its support for the WTO, stressing its role in creating economic stability and supporting growth and development, and calls on the Parties to make use of the dialogue fostered by the Agreement to identify and to develop joint strategies towards the necessary modernization of the WTO;

2018/10/16
Committee: INTA

2018/2010(INI)

Elena VALENCIANO, Jude KIRTON-DARLING, Alessia Maria MOSCA, Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Nicola DANTI, Aleksander GABELIC

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. ~~Is of the opinion that the Agreement is an opportunity to foster the peace agreement in Colombia~~Recalls the potential benefits and the need to make the best possible use of the Agreement to help implementing the peace agreement and reconciliation process in Colombia, including specific challenges such as the diversification of the economy, productive development or the implementation of the land-use planning; Recalls that continuous and structured support to, and dialogue with, civil society is also key for the sustainability of peace from the ground up, particularly in rural areas;

2018/10/16
Committee: INTA

2018/2010(INI)

Elena VALENCIANO, Jude KIRTON-DARLING, Alessia Maria MOSCA, Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Nicola DANTI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Stresses that since the provisional entry into force of the Agreement, 1 155 Colombian companies – of which 328 are SMEs – and 2 328 new Peruvian companies – of which 90 % are SMEs – have begun to export to the EU; Calls on the Parties to further support the internationalization process of the SMEs and their reciprocal market access;

2018/10/16
Committee: INTA

2018/2010(INI)

Elena VALENCIANO, Jude KIRTON-DARLING, Alessia Maria MOSCA, Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Aleksander GABELIC

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. Takes the view that many SMEs in the EU, Colombia and Peru are not aware of the opportunities that the Agreement brings; calls, therefore, on the ~~Commission and the Member Stat~~Parties to study the preference utilisation rate of SMEs in particular, and to take effective steps to better communicate the opportunities and benefits offered by the Agreement, including through the setting up of contact points and the establishment of a specialised website for SMEs; considers that a future revision of the trade agreement should consider the inclusion of a dedicated chapter on SMEs;

2018/10/16
Committee: INTA

2018/2010(INI)

Elena VALENCIANO, Jude KIRTON-DARLING, Alessia Maria MOSCA, Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Nicola DANTI, Aleksander GABELIC

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

11. Welcomes the fact that EU exports of agricultural products to both countries have increased significantly since the provisional application of the Agreement; Recalls the importance of making trade more inclusive and facilitating an appropriate integration of small-scale farmers into value chains;

2018/10/16
Committee: INTA

2018/2010(INI)

Elena VALENCIANO, Jude KIRTON-DARLING, Alessia Maria MOSCA, Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Nicola DANTI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)

11a. Recalls that safeguard clauses have been set for sensitive agricultural sectors and that, in this regard, more thorough and regular information on market developments should be made available by the Commission, both to the European Parliament and the industrial sectors concerned;

2018/10/16
Committee: INTA

2018/2010(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)

13a. Recalls the results of the latest Global Rights Index of ITUC (International Trade Union Confederation) and the fact that Columbia is still ranked as one of the worst countries for working people and that 19 trade unionists were murdered in 2017 and countless more were physically assaulted and received death threats;

2018/10/16
Committee: INTA

2018/2010(INI)

Elena VALENCIANO, Jude KIRTON-DARLING, Alessia Maria MOSCA, Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Nicola DANTI, Aleksander GABELIC

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)

15a. Recalls that the Trade and Sustainable Development chapter of the EU-Colombia and Peru Trade Agreement includes provisions to implement human rights, labour and environmental protection standards; Notes the fact that the Agreement has set the path for a regular dialogue on the implementation of the shared commitments; Regrets, however, the lack of enforceability of this chapter; Calls on the Parties to make either use of the review clause included in the Agreement to introduce an effective dispute settlement mechanism, including sanctions in the case of serious breaches or to make the TSD-chapter subject under the general dispute settlement mechanism; Calls on the Parties to enable social partners and civil society to participate appropriately;

2018/10/16
Committee: INTA

2018/2010(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

16. Insists on the ~~effective~~need to implement~~ation of~~, effectively and through concrete action plans, the specific provisions related to the road map on human, environmental and labour rights, as called for in its resolution of 13 June 2012 on the EU trade agreement with Colombia and Peru~~, such as enforcing and implementing legislation and policy measures that guarantee~~; In particular, recalls the commitment by the Parties to implement and to enforce standards on freedom of association, the right to bargain collectively ~~and~~, strict and effective labour inspections, violence against social and ethnic leaders and the protection of the environment through the appropriate prevention, control and enforcement mechanisms;

2018/10/16
Committee: INTA

2018/2010(INI)

Elena VALENCIANO, Jude KIRTON-DARLING, Alessia Maria MOSCA, Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Nicola DANTI, Aleksander GABELIC

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)

16a. Welcomes the efforts made by Colombia to fight impunity in cases of criminal offences including through improved investigations; Condemns, however, the persisting violence against human rights defenders, environmental activists, trade unionists, ethnic and community leaders, with an increased rate of offences against women;

2018/10/16
Committee: INTA

2018/2010(INI)

Elena VALENCIANO, Jude KIRTON-DARLING, Alessia Maria MOSCA, Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Nicola DANTI, Aleksander GABELIC

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 b (new)

16b. Likewise, condemns the violence against human rights defenders, social and ethnic community leaders, and particularly violence against women in Peru and calls for increased efforts to solve this persisting scourge;

2018/10/16
Committee: INTA

2018/2010(INI)

Elena VALENCIANO, Jude KIRTON-DARLING, Alessia Maria MOSCA, Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Nicola DANTI, Aleksander GABELIC

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 c (new)

16c. Recalls the obligation of the EU, as enshrined in Art. 8 of the TFUE, to mainstream a gender perspective in all its policies, including Trade; Welcomes the fact that all the EU, Peru and Colombia have signed the Joint Declaration on Trade and Women’s Economic Empowerment issued on the Occasion of the WTO Ministerial Conference in Buenos Aires, in December 2017; Calls on the Parties to visibly reinforce the gender focus of the Agreement and, particularly, stresses the need to carry out evaluations on the basis of gender- disaggregated data; Call on the Parties to include, in a future revision of the Agreement, a specific chapter on gender and trade;

2018/10/16
Committee: INTA

2018/2010(INI)

Elena VALENCIANO, Jude KIRTON-DARLING, Alessia Maria MOSCA, Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Nicola DANTI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17

17. Acknowledges that an agreement concluded in 2017 between the Colombian Government and the public sector trade unions brought about improvements for more than one million workers; Expresses its concern about the particularly low level of trade Union membership and the increase of the unilaterally determined salary and benefit schemes ("pactos colectivos") over collective bargaining agreements;

2018/10/16
Committee: INTA

2018/2010(INI)

Elena VALENCIANO, Jude KIRTON-DARLING, Alessia Maria MOSCA, Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Nicola DANTI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)

18a. Regrets the fact that, according to the OECD’s Trade Union Advisory Committee, despite the fact that the number of inspectors has increased the number of inspections has decreased, where only an estimated 62% of inspectors carry out inspections. Recalls on the recommendations of the OECD’s Trade Union Advisory Committee that the number of labour inspectors has still to be increased towards international standards. Stresses also the need for increased resources in order to guarantee effective labour inspections;

2018/10/16
Committee: INTA

2018/2010(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19

19. ~~Expresses~~Welcomes the efforts and commitments expressed by Peru to reinforce the implementation of its commitments under the Trade and Sustainable Development chapter of the Agreement; Expresses, however, its concerns over the lack of effective implementation in Peru of certain aspects of the chapter on trade and sustainable development (TSD) with regard to both labour and environmental provisions~~, and e~~; Especially ~~as regards th~~regrets the lack of effective implementation of ILO conventions 87 and 98, ~~which are fundamental;~~ on the Freedom of Association, the Right to Organise and to Collective Bargaining, which are fundamental, as well as the Right to Prior Consultation of the Indigenous peoples and expresses its concerns over recent legislative changes that may lead to the weakening of environmental protection;

2018/10/16
Committee: INTA

2018/2010(INI)

Elena VALENCIANO, Jude KIRTON-DARLING, Alessia Maria MOSCA, Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Nicola DANTI, Aleksander GABELIC

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22

22. Recalls that the TSD chapter of the Trade Agreement envisages that each Party shall establish Domestic Advisory Groups or committees relevant for matters related to labour, the environment and sustainable development, comprising independent representative civil society organisations, with balanced representation of economic, social and environmental stakeholders; Welcomes the decision of Colombia to create a consultation group independent of the government; calls on Peru to establish a similarly independent domestic advisory group, as an indispensable and essential element for the full implementation of the Agreement;

2018/10/16
Committee: INTA

2018/2010(INI)

Elena VALENCIANO, Jude KIRTON-DARLING, Alessia Maria MOSCA, Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Aleksander GABELIC

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)

22a. Welcomes the decision by the representatives of the EU and Andean Domestic Advisory Groups to hold annual joint meetings, that will allow for an improved exchange of information and best practices and the preparation of joint recommendations to be presented to the Parties; Considers that this practice should be included in the institutional setting all EU Trade Agreements;

2018/10/16
Committee: INTA

2018/2010(INI)

Elena VALENCIANO, Jude KIRTON-DARLING, Alessia Maria MOSCA, Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Nicola DANTI, Aleksander GABELIC

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23

23. ~~Calls on~~Notes the Commission ~~to continue to implement fully the~~ 15-point plan to make TSD chapters more effective and recalls the need to continue its dialogue with the different actors involved, including the European Parliament in order to design and ensure an effective enforcement mechanism for the human rights, labour and environmental protection commitments;

2018/10/16
Committee: INTA

2018/2010(INI)

Elena VALENCIANO, Alessia Maria MOSCA, Jude KIRTON-DARLING, Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Nicola DANTI, Aleksander GABELIC

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)

24a. Notes with concern the significant share of the informal economy in both Peru and Colombia, especially among women; emphasises the need to develop effective policies in order to reduce its share and considers that the Agreement could help in that regard, by helping to create more formal jobs, among others, by reinforcing measures to facilitate the economic activities SMEs;

2018/10/16
Committee: INTA

2018/2010(INI)

Joachim SCHUSTER, Maria ARENA, Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Jude KIRTON-DARLING, Agnes JONGERIUS, David MARTIN, Alessia Maria MOSCA, Nicola DANTI, Emmanuel MAUREL

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28

~~28. Calls on Austria and Belgium to ratify the Agreement, and calls on those Member States that have not yet done so to ratify the accession of Ecuador to the Agreement;~~deleted

2018/10/16
Committee: INTA

2018/2005(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Notes that in the course of globalisation, international value chains have emerged; points out that these value chains restructure the international division of labour as well as the interdependence of countries; recalls that their extremely complex nature, lack of transparency and dilution of liabilities may lead to a higher risk of human and labour rights violations, factual impunity for environmental crimes and large-scale tax avoidance and tax fraud;

2018/07/02
Committee: INTA

2018/2005(INI)

Joachim SCHUSTER, Maria ARENA, Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Jude KIRTON-DARLING, Agnes JONGERIUS, David MARTIN, Alessia Maria MOSCA, Nicola DANTI, Emmanuel MAUREL

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Notes that as a side effect of globalisation, finance has tended to generate huge private rewards disproportionate to its social returns and non-financial corporations have also become adept at using rent-seeking strategies to bolster their profits, therefore contributing to rising inequality; Notes with concern that despite the efforts since 2009 to address the excesses of the financial sector the underlying macro- financial structures have remained broadly intact and there has been almost no effort to tackle the connections between inequality and instability that have marked the rise of unregulated finance;

2018/07/02
Committee: INTA

2018/2005(INI)

Joachim SCHUSTER, Maria ARENA, Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Jude KIRTON-DARLING, Agnes JONGERIUS, David MARTIN, Alessia Maria MOSCA, Nicola DANTI, Emmanuel MAUREL

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Notes that the most effective way to harness globalisation is to insert clear rules to address inequalities and protect citizens and the environment; in this context, is of the view that trade policy must contribute to these goals by ensuring a transparent production process throughout Global value chains as well as compliance with fundamental environmental, social and safety standards;

2018/07/02
Committee: INTA

2018/2005(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Notes that the benefits of globalisation are unequally distributed between regions and within societies; some regions and sectors profit to a large extent, while others suffer from structural change and rising unemployment; notes that this is a reason for the rising scepticism or rejection of globalisation within societies; notes that the financial and economic crises had a particularly negative effect on mid-range incomes; notes that the middle class has shrunk in many EU Member States, while their share of the overall income equally decreased; expresses the view that the combination of a declining middle class, citizens’ fears over losing their social and economic position, and scepticism towards globalisation, can result in nationalist and authoritarian tendencies, which then lead to the promotion of protectionism as an easy answer to common fears; notes that in this context, neither nationalist-protectionist nor business-as-usual policies are the adequate response;

2018/07/02
Committee: INTA

2018/2005(INI)

Joachim SCHUSTER, Maria ARENA, Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Jude KIRTON-DARLING, Agnes JONGERIUS, David MARTIN, Alessia Maria MOSCA, Nicola DANTI, Emmanuel MAUREL

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Notes that the economic importance of China and other Southeast Asian countries is growing significantly; points out that this trend will persist within the next years, while understands that this leads to a relative loss of importance for the present global economic centres of Europe and North America;

2018/07/02
Committee: INTA

2018/2005(INI)

Joachim SCHUSTER, Maria ARENA, Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Jude KIRTON-DARLING, Agnes JONGERIUS, David MARTIN, Alessia Maria MOSCA, Emmanuel MAUREL

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Notes that the Chinese new silk road strategy is China’s attempt at becoming the leading world economic power, while the America First strategy is an attempt at confronting the United states’ downturn that willingly accepts its own destructive force for the rule-based world economic order;

2018/07/02
Committee: INTA

2018/2005(INI)

Joachim SCHUSTER, Maria ARENA, Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Jude KIRTON-DARLING, Agnes JONGERIUS, Nicola DANTI, Emmanuel MAUREL

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Points out that the multilateral world economic order with the WTO in its centre does not achieve the incorporation of these profound changes as well as the changed interests of countries in international agreements; notes that the increasing protectionism in the United States and beyond, as well as the lack of consideration for the needs and expectations of developing countries in international agreements, shows the weakness of the WTO; ~~underline~~regrets the lack of integration of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in the world trade agenda;

2018/07/02
Committee: INTA

2018/2005(INI)

Joachim SCHUSTER, Maria ARENA, Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Jude KIRTON-DARLING, Agnes JONGERIUS, David MARTIN, Alessia Maria MOSCA, Nicola DANTI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

~~6. N~~The EU is presented with the challenge to function successfully in this changed world economic setting, meaning that it needs to assure its competitiveness and increase its cooperation with the rising economies in South East Asia as well as India and China and to meet the increasing arbitrary protectionism of the United States; notes the importance of engaging 6. in the restructuring of the world economic order and of respecting the needs of developing countries, while stressing that the aim of fulfilling the SDGs and the conditions of the Paris Agreement must provide the overarching framework;

2018/07/02
Committee: INTA

2018/2005(INI)

Joachim SCHUSTER, Maria ARENA, Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Jude KIRTON-DARLING, Agnes JONGERIUS, Aleksander GABELIC, David MARTIN, Alessia Maria MOSCA, Nicola DANTI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. NAgrees with the Commission that the preservation of the international competitiveness is a prerequisite for a successful European strategy; notes that strengthening the EU’s internal market as well as consolidating the economic union is vital, since a solid internal market is a prerequisite for the successful implementation of international strategies; points out that being internationally competitive depends strongly on shaping digitalisation successfully and in a socially and environmentally responsible manner; notes that the shift to renewable energies needs to happen as soon as possible;

2018/07/02
Committee: INTA

2018/2005(INI)

Joachim SCHUSTER, Maria ARENA, Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Jude KIRTON-DARLING, Agnes JONGERIUS, Emmanuel MAUREL

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 – subparagraph 1 (new)

Points out that in accordance with article 12 of the Treaty on the functioning of the EU which recognises that consumer protection requirements shall be taken into account in defining and implementing other Union policies and activities, a dedicated chapter on consumer protection could contribute to achieve a high level of consumer protection by means of legal safeguards, for instance on the right to regulate and the precautionary principle but also to deliver tangible benefits to consumers and foster consumer trust, including online services, to promote sustainable consumption, integrate the consumer interest in the implementation of the whole agreement and to contribute to the effective enforcement of consumer law, also in cross border situations;

2018/07/02
Committee: INTA

2018/2005(INI)

Joachim SCHUSTER, Maria ARENA, Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Jude KIRTON-DARLING, Agnes JONGERIUS, David MARTIN, Alessia Maria MOSCA, Nicola DANTI, Emmanuel MAUREL

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Asks the Commission to create a European trade strategy for SMEs in order to integrate SMEs into international value chains and overcome trade-specific hurdles such as non-tariff barriers; points out that access to information is one of the biggest obstacles to the market participation of SMEs, meaning that transparency and support need to increase; calls therefore for separate chapters in trade agreements taking into account the needs and interests of micro-enterprises and SMEs with regard to market access facilitation issues in order to generate concrete business opportunities;

2018/07/02
Committee: INTA

2018/2005(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. APoints out that there is no level playing field for SMEs; asks the Commission to create a European trade strategy for SMEs in order to integrate SMEs into international value chains and overcome trade-specific hurdles such as non-tariff barriers; points out that access to information is one of the biggest obstacles to the market participation of SMEs, meaning that transparency and support need to increase; notes that the utilization rate of Free Trade Agreements, especially by SMEs, needs to increase as well;

2018/07/02
Committee: INTA

2018/2005(INI)

Joachim SCHUSTER, Maria ARENA, Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Jude KIRTON-DARLING, Agnes JONGERIUS, David MARTIN, Alessia Maria MOSCA, Nicola DANTI, Emmanuel MAUREL

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Notes that effective trade defence instruments are needed, welcomes the recent reform of EU trade defence instruments which must be ~~checked regarding its capacity as a protective measure against arbitrary protectionism, on top of its ability to protect against dumping~~effectively implemented in order to protect industries and jobs from dumped and unfairly subsidised imports; supports the Commission's measures put in place following the US imposition of steel and aluminium tariffs; points out that the rules on investment screening need to be put in place as soon as possible in order to prevent foreign investments that are merely motivated by industrial policy and serve to acquire European technologies;

2018/07/02
Committee: INTA

2018/2005(INI)

Joachim SCHUSTER, Maria ARENA, Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Jude KIRTON-DARLING, Agnes JONGERIUS, David MARTIN, Alessia Maria MOSCA, Nicola DANTI, Emmanuel MAUREL

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. Notes that, as a minimum reply to globalisation-induced job losses, a reform of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund is needed; stresses that the EGF must become more proactive tool aiming at preparing workers and companies to fight the negative impacts of globalisation; points out that the Commission needs to reform the preconditions for receiving support; notes that employees of smaller enterprises must have access to EGF funding; notes that the resources of the fund must be increased ; points out that its scope should be widened to other policy-induced adjustments; calls for a reform of the programs monitoring and evaluation- mechanism;

2018/07/02
Committee: INTA

2018/2005(INI)

Joachim SCHUSTER, Maria ARENA, Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Jude KIRTON-DARLING, Agnes JONGERIUS, David MARTIN, Nicola DANTI, Emmanuel MAUREL

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

11. Calls on the Commission to meet scepticism towards globalisation with a credible initiative ~~on transparency~~which strengthens transparency on trade agreements, monitoring of EU rules and legislations and inclusiveness towards its citizens; Calls on the Commission to conduct negotiations in full transparency, through constant dialogue with European Parliament, national parliaments, social partners and civil society; Calls on the Council to inform and involve national parliaments and civil society before the approval of the negotiating mandate and during the negotiations until after the implementation of a new agreement; ; Regrets that the Council has decided, in its 22 May Conclusions, to maintain the status quo by deciding to publish the negotiating directives of EU FTAs on a case by case basis; calls on the Council to make all negotiating mandate's public;

2018/07/02
Committee: INTA

2018/2005(INI)

Joachim SCHUSTER, Maria ARENA, Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Jude KIRTON-DARLING, Agnes JONGERIUS, David MARTIN, Nicola DANTI, Emmanuel MAUREL

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

12. Calls on the Commission to make the SDGS and the Paris agenda the guiding principles of trade policy, notes that in order to do so, reforms that were mentioned in the trade for all strategy are not sufficient; Calls on the Commission to include sustainability-related measures in every chapter of trade agreements and not to reduce them to one toothless chapter;

2018/07/02
Committee: INTA

2018/2005(INI)

Joachim SCHUSTER, Maria ARENA, Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Jude KIRTON-DARLING, Agnes JONGERIUS, Emmanuel MAUREL

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

12. Calls on the Commission to include sustainability-related ~~measure~~obligations in every chapter of trade agreements and not to reduce them to one toothless chapter;

2018/07/02
Committee: INTA

2018/2005(INI)

Joachim SCHUSTER, Maria ARENA, Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Jude KIRTON-DARLING, Agnes JONGERIUS, David MARTIN, Alessia Maria MOSCA, Nicola DANTI, Emmanuel MAUREL

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)

12a. Recalls that the European Court of Justice stated, in its 2/15 Opinion on EU- Singapore FTA, that sustainable development forms an integral part of the common commercial policy of the EU and therefore the EU has a legal obligation to integrate the objective of preserving and improving the quality of the environment and the sustainable management of global natural resources into the EU’s common commercial policy, that trade and sustainable development chapters have a direct and immediate effect on trade and that a breach on sustainable development provisions authorises the other Party to terminate or suspend the liberalisation provided for on other provisions of the FTA;

2018/07/02
Committee: INTA

2018/2005(INI)

Joachim SCHUSTER, Maria ARENA, Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Jude KIRTON-DARLING, Agnes JONGERIUS, David MARTIN, Alessia Maria MOSCA, Nicola DANTI, Emmanuel MAUREL

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. Notes that impact assessments conducted before the start of negotiations must take their possible effects on the fulfilment of the SDGs into account; notes that national sustainability strategies and implementation plans for the Paris Agreement must form the starting point for impact assessments; points out that every single provision of an agreement and its possible impacts must be checked on its compatibility with the SDGs; notes that if parts of an agreement hamper the fulfilment of the SDGs or the Paris Agreement, adjustments must be made; notes that ~~breaches of sustainability provisions must be counterweighted by corrective measures or lead to a sanction- based dispute settlement~~within the monitoring process the effect of the agreement on the fulfilment of the SDGs equally needs to be checked; calls for corrective measures or a sanction based dispute settlement in case of infringements of all trade and sustainable development related provisions throughout the entire agreement; Therefore reiterates its call on the EU to always include in its TSD-chapters binding and enforceable provisions which are subject to suitable and effective dispute settlement mechanisms, and consider, among various enforcement methods, a sanctions-based mechanism;

2018/07/02
Committee: INTA

2018/2005(INI)

Joachim SCHUSTER, Maria ARENA, Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Jude KIRTON-DARLING, Agnes JONGERIUS, David MARTIN, Alessia Maria MOSCA, Nicola DANTI, Emmanuel MAUREL

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

14. Notes that, in ~~lin~~coherence with SDG 17, the Commission ~~must~~needs to reform its system ~~for~~on implementing policy coherence for development; points out that the reciprocal effects of trade-, agricultural-, external-, fisheries-,environmental-, tax- and other policy areas must be evaluated on an equal footing between civil society, commission and parliaments; notes that breaches of sustainability provisions must be counterweighted by corrective measures and lead to a sanction-based dispute settlement;

2018/07/02
Committee: INTA

2018/2005(INI)

Joachim SCHUSTER, Maria ARENA, Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Jude KIRTON-DARLING, Agnes JONGERIUS, David MARTIN, Alessia Maria MOSCA, Nicola DANTI, Emmanuel MAUREL

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

15. Ppoints out that the ratification and implementation of the ILO’s core labour standards ~~must~~need to be a precondition for the ~~implement~~ratification of any agreement; notes that organised civil society and social partners ~~should~~need to be included in the formative stages ~~of agreements~~, the implementation phase and the monitoring ~~phase~~ after the implementation phase via bilateral meetings with the negotiating partners; notes that in case of a breaches of the sustainability provisions of anthe agreement, the dispute settlement mechanism must be accessible to civil society as well as the negotiating partners;

2018/07/02
Committee: INTA

2018/2005(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

16. ANotes that the EU has regulated the supply chains of timber, fish and conflict minerals and several Member States have developed due diligence frameworks in different sectors, showing the need to develop a broad EU framework in order to ensure a level playing field; therefore asks the Commission to meet the growing complexity of value chains and the increasing interdependence of producers with clear transparency and due diligence obligations for the whole supply chain; since the weak enforcement of existing labour laws and occupational safety standards – introduced to protect workers from exhaustive working hours and unacceptable conditions – in sourcing countries remains a pressing issue; notes that GVCs have also propelled some supplier firms to ignore labour laws, reallocate their economic activities outside the EU, engage workers in unsafe and unacceptable conditions, demand exhaustive working hours and deny workers their fundamental rights; recalls that these practices create unfair competition for suppliers that are compliant with labour laws and international labour and environmental standards, and for governments that want to improve wages and living standards; calls on the Commission to study the impact of the rise of GVCs and to present concrete proposals to improve conditions in them and to work towards a legally binding framework for corporate accountability and responsible business conduct (RBC) with regard to decent work, environmental sustainability and respect for human rights in close cooperation with the ILO and the OECD;

2018/07/02
Committee: INTA

2018/2005(INI)

Joachim SCHUSTER, Maria ARENA, Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Jude KIRTON-DARLING, Agnes JONGERIUS, Aleksander GABELIC, David MARTIN, Alessia Maria MOSCA, Nicola DANTI, Emmanuel MAUREL

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)

16a. Reiterates its recommendations following the inquiry on money laundering, tax avoidance and tax evasion, in particular: – to refrain from concluding trade agreements with jurisdictions defined by the EU as tax havens; – to include tax good governance clauses, transparency requirements and anti-money laundering provisions when negotiating future free trade, partnership and cooperation agreements ; – to include a binding clause of tax conditionality, including compliance with the international standards of the OECD BEPS Action Plan, and the FATF recommendations when future trade or partnership agreements are negotiated, or existing agreements are revised; – to request that the ‘Investment’ or ‘Financial Services’ chapters of future trade or partnership agreements be negotiated on the basis of the positive list principle, so that only the financial sectors necessary for commercial development, the real economy and households benefit from the facilitation and liberalisation brought about by the agreement between the Union and the third party concerned;

2018/07/02
Committee: INTA

2018/2005(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)

16a. Points out that active measures aiming to enhance opportunities for women to benefit from the opportunities provided by an FTA are necessary to reach the goal of gender equality; calls for trade agreements that include a specific chapter on trade and gender equality and women's empowerment, foreseeing to provide for measures aimed at, inter alia, a better work-family life balance and access to social and health services, to pursue an enhanced participation of women enterprises (particularly micro-enterprises and SMEs) in public procurement, to support the internationalisation of women enterprises and the participation of women in Mode 4 opportunities;

2018/07/02
Committee: INTA

2018/2005(INI)

Joachim SCHUSTER, Maria ARENA, Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Jude KIRTON-DARLING, Agnes JONGERIUS, Emmanuel MAUREL

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 b (new)

16b. Underlines that tax fraud and tax evasion limit the capacity of EU countries to raise money and implement their economic and social policies; it represents a huge problem and affects all European citizens; notes that tax fraud and evasion knows no borders; therefore trade agreements should include binding tax good governance clauses and transparency standards that reaffirm the parties’ commitment to implement international standards in the fight against tax evasion, avoidance and elusion, in particular the relevant OECD recommendations on taxation and that includes obligations for country-by- country reporting, automatic exchange of information and the establishment of public registers of beneficial ownership; asks the Commission to start leading by example regarding tax havens and start working with Member States towards this aim;

2018/07/02
Committee: INTA

2018/2005(INI)

Joachim SCHUSTER, Maria ARENA, Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Jude KIRTON-DARLING, Agnes JONGERIUS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 c (new)

16c. Urges the Commission to include in its FTAs anti-corruption provisions that are enforceable and which must be effectively and fully implemented;

2018/07/02
Committee: INTA

2018/2005(INI)

Joachim SCHUSTER, Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Jude KIRTON-DARLING, Agnes JONGERIUS, David MARTIN, Alessia Maria MOSCA, Nicola DANTI, Emmanuel MAUREL

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17

17. Notes that, in view of attacks on the multilateral world economic order, it is vitally important to preserve this order since any backsliding into protectionism would be damaging and would lead to trade war; notes that the multilateral order can only be upheld if it is reformed; notes that it is not the goal to secure free trade but to secure fair trade that fulfils the SDGs and gives room to the needs of developing countries, as referenced in the trade for all strategy; notes that, since multilateral initiatives currently bare little chance for success, the EU should strive for bilateral and plurilateral agreements in the meantime, in which fair trade is one of the guiding principles;

2018/07/02
Committee: INTA

2018/2005(INI)

Joachim SCHUSTER, Maria ARENA, Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Jude KIRTON-DARLING, Agnes JONGERIUS, David MARTIN, Alessia Maria MOSCA, Emmanuel MAUREL

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18

18. Notes that free, fair and sustainable trade is economically ~~desirable~~relevant and has vital political implications; notes that i~~t is~~n the light of the America First strategy as well as the new silk-road strategy it is of vital strategic importantce for Europe, to use trade as an instrument for the promotion of a democratic and sustainable development in the states of the Eeastern Ppartnership as well as the African states; points out that trade and investments need to be interlinked with strategies for sustainable development, both in the eastern and the African states; calls on the Commission to push for coherent implementation of the association agreements with the states of the eastern partnership in order to develop stable economic relations with the Eurasian economic union; notes that in the implementation of the Economic Partnership Agreements with the African regions and states not only the trade related aspects are important but that interlinking them with the requirements of sustainable development in the African states is the vital element;

2018/07/02
Committee: INTA

2018/2003(INI)

Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Joachim SCHUSTER, Alessia Maria MOSCA, Eric ANDRIEU, Maria ARENA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Notes with concern that deforestation is considered as one of the contributing factors to global climate change and recalls that seventy percent of the world’s plants and animals live in forests and are losing their habitats due to deforestation;

2018/03/26
Committee: INTA

2018/2003(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Notes that the EU has regulated the supply chains of timber, fish and conflict minerals, but not yet ofn forest- risk agricultural commodities; urges the Commission to develop a legal framework to enforce due diligence obligations in the supply chain ~~of these commodities~~, and to develop mandatory certification and traceability mechanisms for these commodities throughout the entire supply chain; stresses, in this regard, that certification should be easily accessible for small holders and SMEs and understandable for consumers; recalls that custom controls have to be reinforced, that the full independence and accountability of licensing authorities and auditors must be ensured and that legal action has to be taken against any practices identified in the process of certification;

2018/03/26
Committee: INTA

2018/2003(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Recalls that, although women are primary users of forests, they have particularly restricted access to land property and to formal work than men in forest areas, which reverts in a low degree of participation in decision making processes and programmes on forest management; calls on the Commission to actively engage with partner countries to ensure the inclusion of women in decision making bodies, consultations and programmes for efficient and fair forest management systems;

2018/03/26
Committee: INTA

2018/2003(INI)

Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Joachim SCHUSTER, Alessia Maria MOSCA, Eric ANDRIEU, Maria ARENA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Urges the EU to always include in its TSD chapters enforceable provisions ~~in its TSD chapters~~ to halt illegal logging ~~and~~, forest degradation and land grabbing, including through the possible use of sanctions~~; calls on the Commission to add~~ and provisions to guarantee the right to property, prior consultation and informed consent. Calls on the EC to include such provisions toin already concluded FTAs through the revision clause and, particularly, the commitment to effectively implement the Paris Agreement on Climate change;

2018/03/26
Committee: INTA

2018/2003(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Urges the EU to always include in its TSD chapters enforceable provisions ~~in its TSD chapters~~ to halt illegal logging ~~and~~, forest degradation and land grabbing, including through the possible use of sanctions~~; calls on the Commission to add~~ and provisions to guarantee the right to property, prior consultation and informed consent. Calls on the EC to include such provisions toin already concluded FTA’s through the revision clause;

2018/03/26
Committee: INTA

2018/2003(INI)

Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Joachim SCHUSTER, Alessia Maria MOSCA, Eric ANDRIEU, Maria ARENA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Recalls that Malaysia and Indonesia are the main producers of palm oil, with an estimated 85-90 % of global production, and that the growing demand for this commodity leads to deforestation, puts pressure on land use and has significant effects on local communities, health and climate change; stresses in this context to use negotiations for a trade agreement with Indonesia and Malaysia to improve the situation on the ground;

2018/03/26
Committee: INTA

2018/2003(INI)

Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Joachim SCHUSTER, Alessia Maria MOSCA, Eric ANDRIEU, Maria ARENA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Recalls that the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights must be respected; supports the ongoing negotiations to create a binding UN instrument on transnational corporations and other business with respect to human rights and stresses the importance of the EU being actively involved in this process;

2018/03/26
Committee: INTA

2018/2003(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. Urges the Commission to include illegal forest practices, as under-pricing of wood in concessions, harvesting of protected trees by commercial corporations, smuggling of forest products across borders, illegal logging and processing forest raw materials without a license into the scope of the anti-corruption chapters in FTA’s;

2018/03/26
Committee: INTA

2018/2003(INI)

Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Joachim SCHUSTER, Alessia Maria MOSCA, Eric ANDRIEU, Maria ARENA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)

7a. Recalls that responsible governance of tenure of land and forests is essential to ensure social stability, sustainable use of the environment and responsible investment for sustainable development;

2018/03/26
Committee: INTA

2018/0228(COD)

Ismail ERTUG, Nicola CAPUTO, Inés AYALA SENDER, Martina WERNER, Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Theresa GRIFFIN, José BLANCO LÓPEZ, Carlos ZORRINHO, Răzvan POPA

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6

(6) An important objective of this Programme is to deliver increased synergies between the transport, energy and digital sector. For that purpose, the Programme should provide for the adoption of cross-sectoral work programmes that could address specific intervention areas, for instance as regards connected and automated mobility or ~~alternative fuels~~filling the gaps in alternative fuels infrastructure throughout the European Union as there is a strong need to increase the uptake of alternative fuels and create a stable environment for investment.. In addition, the Programme should allow, within each sector, the possibility to consider eligible some ancillary components pertaining to another sector, where such an approach improves the socio-economic benefit of the investment. Synergies between sectors should be incentivized through the award criteria for the selection of actions.

2018/09/21
Committee: ITRE TRAN

2018/0228(COD)

Ismail ERTUG, Nicola CAPUTO, Martina WERNER, Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Theresa GRIFFIN, Carlos ZORRINHO, Răzvan POPA

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11

(11) The TEN-T guidelines require, with regard to new technologies and innovation, that the TEN-T enables the decarbonisation of all transport modes by stimulating energy efficiency as well as the use of alternative fuels. Directive 2014/94/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council21 establishes a common framework of measures for the deployment of alternative fuels infrastructure in the Union in order to minimise dependence on oil and to mitigate the environmental impact of transport and requires Member States to ensure that recharging or refuelling points accessible to the public are made available by 31 December 2025. As outlined in the Commission proposals22 of November 2017, a comprehensive set of measures to promote low-emission mobility is necessary including financial support where the market conditions do not provide a sufficient incentive. Furthermore, the current system of National Framework Plans (NFPs) could be improved by more efficient instruments including concrete, binding and enforceable targets. __________________ 21 Directive 2014/94/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 October 2014 on the deployment of alternative fuels infrastructure (OJ L 307, 28.10.2014, p. 1). 22 Commission Communication "Delivering on low-emission mobility A European Union that protects the planet, empowers its consumers and defends its industry and workers" – COM(2017) 675

2018/09/21
Committee: ITRE TRAN

2018/0228(COD)

Ismail ERTUG, Nicola CAPUTO, Inés AYALA SENDER, Martina WERNER, Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Theresa GRIFFIN, José BLANCO LÓPEZ, Carlos ZORRINHO, Răzvan POPA

Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – point a – point i a (new)

(ia) to contribute to the comprehensive Union-wide deployment of alternative fuels infrastructure, in accordance with Article 33 of Regulation (EU) No 1315/2013,where the industry, notably manufacturers, suppliers, energy and fuel producers contribute 90 % of the overall investment.

2018/09/21
Committee: ITRE TRAN

2018/0228(COD)

Ismail ERTUG, Nicola CAPUTO, Inés AYALA SENDER, Martina WERNER, Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Theresa GRIFFIN, José BLANCO LÓPEZ, Carlos ZORRINHO, Răzvan POPA

Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Actions that contribute to the comprehensive Union-wide deployment of alternative fuels infrastructure, in accordance with Article 33 of Regulation (EU) No 1315/2013, where the industry, notably manufacturers, suppliers, energy and fuel producers contribute 90 % of the overall investment.

2018/09/21
Committee: ITRE TRAN

2018/0228(COD)

Christine REVAULT D'ALLONNES BONNEFOY, Inés AYALA SENDER, Gabriele PREUSS, Hugues BAYET, Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ

Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Any tender submitted for the award of a public procurement and/or a supply contract, benefitting from the programme, shall be considered admissible where the proportion of the products originating in third countries, as determined in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 952/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council, does not exceed 50 % of the total value of the products constituting the tender. In accordance with directive Article 85 of Directive 2014/25/EU, this paragraph shall only apply to tenders covering products originating in third countries with which the Union has not concluded, whether multilaterally or bilaterally, an agreement ensuring comparable and effective access for Union undertakings to the markets of those third countries. It shall be without prejudice to the obligations of the Union or its Member States in respect of third countries.

2018/09/21
Committee: ITRE TRAN

2018/0129(COD)

Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Lucy ANDERSON, Francisco ASSIS, Miltiadis KYRKOS, Michael DETJEN, David Maria SASSOLI, Nicola CAPUTO, Isabella DE MONTE, Ismail ERTUG

Proposal for a directive
Recital 1

(1) It is the strategic objective of the Union to halve the number of road deaths by 2020 compared to 2010 and to move close to zero fatalities by 2050 ("Vision Zero")13 . However, progress towards achieving these objectives has stalled in recent years. Significant and urgent efforts and measures are needed to save lives and to avoid serious injuries on European Roads. _________________ 13 Communication from the Commission "Towards a European road safety area: policy orientations on road safety 2011-2020" (COM(2010) 389 final)

2018/10/29
Committee: TRAN

2018/0129(COD)

Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Lucy ANDERSON, Francisco ASSIS, Miltiadis KYRKOS, Michael DETJEN, David Maria SASSOLI, Nicola CAPUTO, Isabella DE MONTE, Ismail ERTUG

Proposal for a directive
Recital 2

(2) According to the Safe System approach, death and serious injury in road accidents is largely preventable. It should be a shared responsibility at all levels to ensure that road crashes do not lead to serious or fatal injuries. In particular, well- designed and properly maintained roads should reduce the probability of road traffic accidents, whilst "“forgiving"” roads (roads laid out in an intelligent way to ensure that driving errors do not immediately have serious consequences) should reduce the severity of accidents. Guidelines with precise technical characteristics for the provision and maintenance of “forgiving roadsides” building on the experience of all Member States should be developed by the Commission.

2018/10/29
Committee: TRAN

2018/0129(COD)

Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Lucy ANDERSON, Francisco ASSIS, Miltiadis KYRKOS, Michael DETJEN, David Maria SASSOLI, Nicola CAPUTO, Isabella DE MONTE, Ismail ERTUG

Proposal for a directive
Recital 5

(5) A large proportion of road accidents occur on a small proportion of roads where traffic volumes and speeds are high and where there is a wide range of traffic travelling at different speeds. Therefore the ~~limited~~ extension of the scope of Directive 2008/96/EC to rural roads, to motorways and primary roads beyond the TEN-T network should contribute significantly to the improvement of road infrastructure safety across the Union and the same high level of safety to all road users.

2018/10/29
Committee: TRAN

2018/0129(COD)

Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Lucy ANDERSON, Francisco ASSIS, Miltiadis KYRKOS, Michael DETJEN, David Maria SASSOLI, Nicola CAPUTO, Isabella DE MONTE, Ismail ERTUG

Proposal for a directive
Recital 12

(12) Vulnerable road users accounted for 46% of road fatalities in the Union in 2016. Ensuring that the interests of these users are taken into account in all RISM procedures and the development of quality requirements for pedestrian and cycling infrastructure should therefore improve their safety on the road.

2018/10/29
Committee: TRAN

2018/0129(COD)

Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Lucy ANDERSON, Francisco ASSIS, Miltiadis KYRKOS, Michael DETJEN, David Maria SASSOLI, Nicola CAPUTO, Isabella DE MONTE, Ismail ERTUG

Proposal for a directive
Recital 13

(13) The design and maintenance of road markings and road signs is an important element in ensuring road infrastructure safety, especially in light of the development of vehicles equipped with driver assistance systems or higher levels of automation. In particular, it is necessary to ensure that road markings and signs are visible under all circumstances and that they can be easily and reliably recognised by such vehicles and all road users.

2018/10/29
Committee: TRAN

2018/0129(COD)

Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Francisco ASSIS, Miltiadis KYRKOS, Michael DETJEN, David Maria SASSOLI, Nicola CAPUTO, Isabella DE MONTE, Ismail ERTUG

Proposal for a directive
Recital 13 a (new)

(13a) High-quality road signs and markings are crucial to support drivers as well as connected and automated vehicles; Minimum performance requirements for road markings and roads signs should be met to facilitate the roll-out of connected and automated mobility systems; a harmonised approach within the Union in accordance with the Vienna Convention on Road Signs and Signals of 1968 would be preferable.

2018/10/29
Committee: TRAN

2018/0129(COD)

Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Francisco ASSIS, Miltiadis KYRKOS, Michael DETJEN, David Maria SASSOLI, Nicola CAPUTO, Isabella DE MONTE, Ismail ERTUG

Proposal for a directive
Recital 16

(16) Since the objective of this Directive, namely the establishment of procedures to ensure a consistently high level of road safety throughout the trans- European network and the network of rural roads, of motorways and primary roads across the Union cannot be sufficiently achieved by the Member States, but can rather, as improvement is necessary throughout the Union in order to ensure convergence towards higher standards of road infrastructure safety, be better achieved at Union level, the Union may adopt measures, in accordance with the principle of subsidiarity as set out in Article 5 of the Treaty on European Union. In accordance with the principle of proportionality, as set out in that Article, this Directive does not go beyond what is necessary in order to achieve that objective. As a result of action at Union level, travel throughout the Union should become safer which in turn should improve the functioning of the internal market and support the objective of economic, social and territorial cohesion.

2018/10/29
Committee: TRAN

2018/0129(COD)

Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Francisco ASSIS, Miltiadis KYRKOS, Michael DETJEN, David Maria SASSOLI, Nicola CAPUTO, Isabella DE MONTE, Ismail ERTUG

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1

Directive 2008/96/EC
Article 1 – paragraph 2

2. This Directive shall apply to roads which are part of the trans-European network, to rural roads, motorways and to primary roads, whether they are at the design stage, under construction or in operation.

2018/10/29
Committee: TRAN

2018/0129(COD)

Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Francisco ASSIS, Michael DETJEN, David Maria SASSOLI, Nicola CAPUTO, Isabella DE MONTE, Ismail ERTUG

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point b

Directive 2008/96/EC
Article 2 – point 2 b

2b. ‘primary road’ means a road that is not a motorway but connects major cities or regions, or both~~, and is defined as a primary road in the EuroRegionalMap produced by the National Mapping and Cadastral Agencies of Europe~~;

2018/10/29
Committee: TRAN

2018/0129(COD)

Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Francisco ASSIS, Michael DETJEN, David Maria SASSOLI, Nicola CAPUTO, Isabella DE MONTE, Ismail ERTUG

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point b

Directive 2008/96/EC
Article 2 – point 2 b a (new)

2ba. ´rural road´ means a road outside urban areas that are not motorways or unpaved roads; 1a _________________ 1a Definition OECD, 1999

2018/10/29
Committee: TRAN

2018/0129(COD)

Lucy ANDERSON, Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, David Maria SASSOLI, Theresa GRIFFIN, Inés AYALA SENDER

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point b

Directive 2008/96/EC
Article 2 – point 2 c

2c. ‘network-wide road assessment’ means an assessment of the safety of the road network within the scope of this Directive in order to benchmark high accident concentration sections, accident and impact severity risk;

2018/10/29
Committee: TRAN

2018/0129(COD)

Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Lucy ANDERSON, Francisco ASSIS, Miltiadis KYRKOS, Michael DETJEN, David Maria SASSOLI, Nicola CAPUTO, Isabella DE MONTE, Ismail ERTUG, Inés AYALA SENDER

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 a (new)

Directive 2008/96/EC
Article 4 – paragraph 6 (new)

(2a) In Article 4 the following paragraph 6 is added: 6. The Commission shall set up guidelines with precise technical characteristics for the provision and maintenance of “forgiving roadsides” (roads laid out in an intelligent way to ensure that driving errors do not immediately have serious consequences) building on the experience of all Member States and promote them amongst auditors and transport planners. The Commission shall provide technical and financial assistance to support Member States in the implementation of the guidelines.

2018/10/29
Committee: TRAN

2018/0129(COD)

Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Lucy ANDERSON, Francisco ASSIS, Miltiadis KYRKOS, Michael DETJEN, David Maria SASSOLI, Nicola CAPUTO, Isabella DE MONTE, Ismail ERTUG, Inés AYALA SENDER

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 b (new)

Directive 2008/96/EC
Article 4 – paragraph 6 b (new)

(2b) In Article 4 the following paragraph 7 is added: 6b. The Commission shall set up guidelines for applying progressively the concepts of “self-explaining” and “self enforcing roads” (roads that are designed for specific purpose or function, e.g. speed limits) in the procedures of road safety infrastructure management.

2018/10/29
Committee: TRAN

2018/0129(COD)

Lucy ANDERSON, Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, David Maria SASSOLI, Theresa GRIFFIN, Inés AYALA SENDER, Peter KOUROUMBASHEV

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3

Directive 2008/96/EC
Article 5 – paragraph 1

1. Member States shall ensure that a network -wide road assessment is carried out on the entire road network in operation covered by this Directive. Network -wide road assessments shall comprise a visual inspection, an analysis of traffic volumes and historic accident data, ranking of high accident concentration sections, and an assessment of crash and impact severity risk. Member States shall ensure that the first assessment is carried out by 2025 at the latest. Subsequent network- - wide road assessments shall be sufficiently frequent in order to ensure adequate safety levels, but in any case shall be carried out at least every five years.

2018/10/29
Committee: TRAN

2018/0129(COD)

Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Lucy ANDERSON, Francisco ASSIS, Miltiadis KYRKOS, Michael DETJEN, David Maria SASSOLI, Nicola CAPUTO, Isabella DE MONTE, Ismail ERTUG

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3

Directive 2008/96/EC
Article 5 – paragraph 1

1. Member States shall ensure that a network-wide road assessment is carried out on the entire road network in operation covered by this Directive. Network-wide road assessments shall comprise a ~~visual inspection, an analysis of~~detailed examination taking into account traffic volumes and historic accident data ~~and an assessment of~~in order to classify crashes and impact severity risk. Member States shall ensure that the first assessment is carried out by 2025 at the latest. Subsequent network-wide road assessments shall be sufficiently frequent in order to ensure adequate safety levels and analysis related to accidents, but in any case shall be carried out at least every five years.

2018/10/29
Committee: TRAN

2018/0129(COD)

Lucy ANDERSON, Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, David Maria SASSOLI, Theresa GRIFFIN, Inés AYALA SENDER, Peter KOUROUMBASHEV

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3

Directive 2008/96/EC
Article 5 – paragraph 5

5. Member States shall ensure that appropriate signs are in place to warn road users of road infrastructure segments that are undergoing repairs and which may thus jeopardise the safety of road users. These signs shall also include signs which are visible during both day and night time and set up at a safe distance androad users are informed of the existence of a high accident concentration section by appropriate measures. If a Member State decides to use sign posting, this shall comply with the provisions of the Vienna Convention onf Road Signs and Signals of 1968.

2018/10/29
Committee: TRAN

2018/0129(COD)

Lucy ANDERSON, Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, David Maria SASSOLI, Theresa GRIFFIN, Inés AYALA SENDER, Peter KOUROUMBASHEV

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3

Directive 2008/96/EC
Article 5 – paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. The Commission shall draw up technical guidelines concerning the harmonised higher standard management of high risk sites. Systematic road safety assessment and inspection of high risk sections shall be undertaken to support corrective interventions.

2018/10/29
Committee: TRAN

2018/0129(COD)

Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Lucy ANDERSON, Francisco ASSIS, Miltiadis KYRKOS, Michael DETJEN, David Maria SASSOLI, Nicola CAPUTO, Ismail ERTUG

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3

Directive 2008/96/EC
Article 5 – paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. Member States shall inform road users of the existence of a high accident concentration sections by appropriate measures.

2018/10/29
Committee: TRAN

2018/0129(COD)

Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Lucy ANDERSON, Francisco ASSIS, Miltiadis KYRKOS, Michael DETJEN, David Maria SASSOLI, Nicola CAPUTO, Ismail ERTUG

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3

Directive 2008/96/EC
Article 5 – paragraph 5 b (new)

5b. The Commission may publish a European map of the road network within the scope of this Directive, accessible online, highlighting the three different categories as referred to in Article 5(3).

2018/10/29
Committee: TRAN

2018/0129(COD)

Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Lucy ANDERSON, Francisco ASSIS, Miltiadis KYRKOS, Michael DETJEN, David Maria SASSOLI, Nicola CAPUTO, Isabella DE MONTE, Ismail ERTUG

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3

Directive 2008/96/EC
Article 5 – paragraph 5 c (new)

5c. Member States may publish and make accessible to the public all the relevant documents, affecting the safety of the infrastructure, of concession provisions within the framework of public procurements.

2018/10/29
Committee: TRAN

2018/0129(COD)

Lucy ANDERSON, Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, David Maria SASSOLI, Theresa GRIFFIN, Inés AYALA SENDER, Peter KOUROUMBASHEV

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5

Directive 2008/96/EC
Article 6 b – point (b) new

(a) Member States shall ensure that the needs of vulnerable road users are taken into account in the implementation of the procedures set out in Articles 3 to 6.”; (b) The Commission shall develop minimum quality and standards requirements at a high level for pedestrian and cycling infrastructure;

2018/10/29
Committee: TRAN

2018/0129(COD)

Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Lucy ANDERSON, Francisco ASSIS, Miltiadis KYRKOS, Michael DETJEN, David Maria SASSOLI, Nicola CAPUTO, Isabella DE MONTE, Ismail ERTUG

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5

Directive 2008/96/EC
Article 6 b – paragraph 1

Member States shall ensure that the needs of vulnerable road users are taken into account in the implementation of the procedures set out in Articles 3 to 6. The Commission shall develop quality requirements for pedestrian and cycling infrastructure.

2018/10/29
Committee: TRAN

2018/0129(COD)

Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Francisco ASSIS, Miltiadis KYRKOS, Michael DETJEN, David Maria SASSOLI, Nicola CAPUTO, Isabella DE MONTE, Ismail ERTUG

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 Directive 2008/96/EC

1a. Member States shall ensure that the needs of powered two wheelers (PTWs) are taken into account in the road design and maintenance.

2018/10/29
Committee: TRAN

2018/0129(COD)

Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Francisco ASSIS, Miltiadis KYRKOS, Michael DETJEN, David Maria SASSOLI, Nicola CAPUTO, Isabella DE MONTE, Ismail ERTUG, Lucy ANDERSON

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5

1. Member States shall ensure that road markings and road signs are properly designed, visible under all circumstances and maintained in such a way that they can be easily and reliably recognised by both human drivers and vehicles equipped with driver assistance systems or higher levels of automation.

2018/10/29
Committee: TRAN

2018/0129(COD)

Lucy ANDERSON, Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, David Maria SASSOLI, Theresa GRIFFIN, Inés AYALA SENDER

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5

Directive 2008/96/EC
Article 6 c – paragraph 2

2. The Commission shall develop ~~general performance requirements~~minimum quality and standards requirements at a high level to facilitate the recognition of road markings and road signs. For this purpose, the Commission shall adopt an implementing act in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 13(2).

2018/10/29
Committee: TRAN

2018/0129(COD)

Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Francisco ASSIS, Miltiadis KYRKOS, Michael DETJEN, David Maria SASSOLI, Nicola CAPUTO, Isabella DE MONTE, Ismail ERTUG, Lucy ANDERSON

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5

Directive 2008/96/EC
Article 6 c – paragraph 2

2. The Commission shall develop ~~general~~minimum performance requirements to facilitate the recognition of road markings and road signs. For this purpose, the Commission shall adopt an implementing act in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 13(2).

2018/10/29
Committee: TRAN

2018/0129(COD)

Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Francisco ASSIS, Michael DETJEN, David Maria SASSOLI, Nicola CAPUTO, Isabella DE MONTE, Ismail ERTUG

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6

Directive 2008/96/EC
Article 9 – paragraph 1

(5a) In Article 9, paragraph 1 is replaced by the following: 1. Within 2 years after coming into force of this Directive, the Commission shall adopt, by means of implementing acts in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 13(2) common training curricula for road safety auditors based on best practice in Member States; In order to ensure that the needs of the most vulnerable roads users are taken into account, pedestrian and cycling infrastructure should be included as new part of training curricula.

2018/10/29
Committee: TRAN

2018/0129(COD)

Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Francisco ASSIS, Miltiadis KYRKOS, Michael DETJEN, David Maria SASSOLI, Nicola CAPUTO, Isabella DE MONTE, Ismail ERTUG

Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6

Directive 2008/96/EC
Article 10

In order to improve the safety of Union roads, the Commission shall establish a system for the exchange of information and best practices between the Member States, covering, inter alia, existing road infrastructure safety projects and proven road safety technology. Facilitating the exchange of experience on Safe System methodologies between practitioner and the information exchange for road safety auditors should be encouraged.

2018/10/29
Committee: TRAN

2018/0129(COD)

Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Francisco ASSIS, Miltiadis KYRKOS, Lucy ANDERSON, Michael DETJEN, David Maria SASSOLI, Nicola CAPUTO, Isabella DE MONTE, Ismail ERTUG, Inés AYALA SENDER, Theresa GRIFFIN

Proposal for a directive
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point 1

Directive 2008/96/EC
Annex I – section 2 – point e

(e) traffic (e.g. traffic volume, traffic categorisation by type), including estimated pedestrian and bicycle flows determined from adjacent land use attributes;

2018/10/29
Committee: TRAN

2018/0129(COD)

Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Francisco ASSIS, Lucy ANDERSON, Miltiadis KYRKOS, Michael DETJEN, David Maria SASSOLI, Nicola CAPUTO, Isabella DE MONTE, Ismail ERTUG, Inés AYALA SENDER, Theresa GRIFFIN

Proposal for a directive
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point b

Directive 2008/96/EC
Annex II – section 2 – point n

(n) ~~provisions for vulnerable road users:~~separation of pedestrians and cyclists from high speed motor traffic or existence of direct alternative routes on lower class roads;

2018/10/29
Committee: TRAN

2018/0129(COD)

Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Lucy ANDERSON, Francisco ASSIS, Miltiadis KYRKOS, Michael DETJEN, David Maria SASSOLI, Nicola CAPUTO, Isabella DE MONTE, Ismail ERTUG, Inés AYALA SENDER, Theresa GRIFFIN

Proposal for a directive
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point b

Directive 2008/96/EC
Annex II – section 1 – point n – point 1

i) ~~provisions for pedestrians~~density and location of crossings for pedestrians and cyclists across the new road,

2018/10/29
Committee: TRAN

2018/0129(COD)

Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Lucy ANDERSON, Francisco ASSIS, Miltiadis KYRKOS, Michael DETJEN, David Maria SASSOLI, Nicola CAPUTO, Isabella DE MONTE, Ismail ERTUG, Inés AYALA SENDER, Theresa GRIFFIN

Proposal for a directive
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point b

Directive 2008/96/EC
Annex II – section 1 – point n – point ii

ii) provisions for ~~cyclists,~~pedestrians and cyclists on affected roads in the area.

2018/10/29
Committee: TRAN

2018/0129(COD)

Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Lucy ANDERSON, Francisco ASSIS, Miltiadis KYRKOS, Michael DETJEN, David Maria SASSOLI, Nicola CAPUTO, Isabella DE MONTE, Ismail ERTUG, Inés AYALA SENDER, Theresa GRIFFIN

Proposal for a directive
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point 3

Directive 2008/96/EC
Annex II a – section 1 – point c

(c) self-explaining alignment (i.e. "readability" of the alignment by ~~driv~~road users);

2018/10/29
Committee: TRAN

2018/0129(COD)

Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Lucy ANDERSON, Francisco ASSIS, Miltiadis KYRKOS, Michael DETJEN, David Maria SASSOLI, Nicola CAPUTO, Isabella DE MONTE, Ismail ERTUG, Inés AYALA SENDER, Theresa GRIFFIN

Proposal for a directive
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point 3

Directive 2008/96/EC
Annex II a – section 1 – point g

(g) existence of pedestrian and cycling crossings.

2018/10/29
Committee: TRAN

2018/0129(COD)

Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Lucy ANDERSON, Francisco ASSIS, Miltiadis KYRKOS, Michael DETJEN, David Maria SASSOLI, Nicola CAPUTO, Isabella DE MONTE, Ismail ERTUG, Inés AYALA SENDER, Theresa GRIFFIN, Peter KOUROUMBASHEV

Proposal for a directive
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point 3

Directive 2008/96/EC
Annex II a – section 6 – point b

(b) roadside hazards and distance from carriageway or cycle path edge;

2018/10/29
Committee: TRAN

2018/0129(COD)

Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Lucy ANDERSON, Francisco ASSIS, Miltiadis KYRKOS, Michael DETJEN, David Maria SASSOLI, Nicola CAPUTO, Isabella DE MONTE, Ismail ERTUG, Inés AYALA SENDER, Theresa GRIFFIN

Proposal for a directive
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point 4

Directive 2008/96/EC
Annex III – section 2 – point d

(d) observed bicycle volumes on both sides, noting “along” or “crossing”;

2018/10/29
Committee: TRAN

2018/0129(COD)

Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Lucy ANDERSON, Francisco ASSIS, Miltiadis KYRKOS, Michael DETJEN, David Maria SASSOLI, Nicola CAPUTO, Isabella DE MONTE, Ismail ERTUG, Inés AYALA SENDER, Theresa GRIFFIN, Peter KOUROUMBASHEV

Proposal for a directive
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point 4

Directive 2008/96/EC
Annex III – section 9 – point a

(a) pedestrian and cycling crossings (surface crossings and grade separation);

2018/10/29
Committee: TRAN

2018/0129(COD)

Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Lucy ANDERSON, Francisco ASSIS, Miltiadis KYRKOS, Michael DETJEN, David Maria SASSOLI, Nicola CAPUTO, Isabella DE MONTE, Ismail ERTUG, Inés AYALA SENDER, Theresa GRIFFIN

Proposal for a directive
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point 4

Directive 2008/96/EC
Annex III – paragraph 9 – point d

(d) bicycle facilities (cycle lanes, cycle paths, other);

2018/10/29
Committee: TRAN

2018/0129(COD)

Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Lucy ANDERSON, Francisco ASSIS, Miltiadis KYRKOS, Michael DETJEN, David Maria SASSOLI, Nicola CAPUTO, Isabella DE MONTE, Ismail ERTUG, Inés AYALA SENDER, Theresa GRIFFIN, Peter KOUROUMBASHEV

Proposal for a directive
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point 4

Directive 2008/96/EC
Annex III – section 9 – point f

(f) pedestrian and cycling crossing facilityies on entry arm of minor road joining network.

2018/10/29
Committee: TRAN

2018/0129(COD)

Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Lucy ANDERSON, Francisco ASSIS, Miltiadis KYRKOS, Michael DETJEN, David Maria SASSOLI, Nicola CAPUTO, Isabella DE MONTE, Ismail ERTUG, Inés AYALA SENDER, Theresa GRIFFIN, Peter KOUROUMBASHEV

Proposal for a directive
Annex I – paragraph 1 – point 4

Directive 2008/96/EC
Annex III – section 9 – point fa (new)

(fa) existence of alternative routes for pedestrians and cyclists in case of no separated facilities.

2018/10/29
Committee: TRAN

2018/0101(COD)

Costas MAVRIDES, Alessia Maria MOSCA, Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, David MARTIN

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4

(4) The follow up and review of the Agreements, the conduct of investigations and, where appropriate, the imposition of safeguard measures should be carried out ~~transparently~~in the most transparent manner possible. The European Parliament should be kept informed and involved at all stages of the procedure and, in particular, prior to the adoption of any safeguard measures.

2018/09/11
Committee: INTA

2018/0101(COD)

Costas MAVRIDES, Alessia Maria MOSCA, Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13

(13) It is of particular importance that the Commission carries out appropriate consultations during its preparatory work, including at expert level and with civil society organisations and Domestic Advisory Groups of the Union. The Commission, when preparing and drawing up delegated acts, should ensure a simultaneous, timely and appropriate transmission of relevant documents to the European Parliament and to the Council.

2018/09/11
Committee: INTA

2018/0101(COD)

Costas MAVRIDES, Alessia Maria MOSCA, Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, David MARTIN, Nicola DANTI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2

2. Upon a duly justified request by the Union industry concerned or the trade unions, the Commission may extend the scope of the monitoring to other products and sectors, if any, than those mentioned in the Annex.

2018/09/11
Committee: INTA

2018/0101(COD)

Costas MAVRIDES, Alessia Maria MOSCA, Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, David MARTIN

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. The European Commission shall monitor the observance by third countries of the social and environmental standards as laid down in their respective trade and sustainable development chapters.

2018/09/11
Committee: INTA

2018/0101(COD)

Costas MAVRIDES, Alessia Maria MOSCA, Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, David MARTIN

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2 b (new)

2b. Upon request by the responsible committee of the European Parliament, the Commission will report to it on any specific concerns relating to the implementation by the countries concerned of their commitments on trade and sustainable development.

2018/09/11
Committee: INTA

2018/0101(COD)

Costas MAVRIDES, Alessia Maria MOSCA, Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, David MARTIN

Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 3

3. The Commission shall present an annual monitoring report to the European Parliament and to the Council on statistics on imports of sensitive products, and those products and sectors, if any, to which monitoring has been extended as well as on the fulfilment of obligations by the countries concerned under the Trade and Sustainable Development chapter.

2018/09/11
Committee: INTA

2018/0101(COD)

Costas MAVRIDES, Alessia Maria MOSCA, Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, David MARTIN, Nicola DANTI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1

1. An investigation shall be initiated by the Commission upon request by a Member State, by any legal person or any association not having legal personality acting on behalf of the Union industry and by trade unions, or on the Commission's own initiative, where there is sufficient prima facie evidence, as determined on the basis of factors referred to in Article 6(5).

2018/09/11
Committee: INTA

2018/0101(COD)

Costas MAVRIDES, Alessia Maria MOSCA, Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, David MARTIN

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 4

4. An investigation may also be initiated where there is a surge of imports concentrated in one or several Member States or outermost regions, provided that there is sufficient prima facie evidence, as determined on the basis of factors referred to in Article 6(5).

2018/09/11
Committee: INTA

2018/0101(COD)

Costas MAVRIDES, Alessia Maria MOSCA, Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, David MARTIN, Nicola DANTI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 7 a (new)

7a. Where the European Parliament adopts a recommendation to initiate a safeguard investigation, the Commission shall carefully examine whether the conditions for ex-officio are fulfilled and if so, then proceed as laid down in this regulation. If the Commission considers that the conditions are not fulfilled, it shall present a report to the responsible committee of the European Parliament including an explanation of all the factors relevant to the rejection of such an investigation.

2018/09/11
Committee: INTA

2018/0101(COD)

Costas MAVRIDES, Alessia Maria MOSCA, Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, David MARTIN, Nicola DANTI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 3

3. The investigation shall, where possible, be concluded within ~~six~~four months of its initiation. That time limit may be extended by a further period of t~~hree~~wo months in exceptional circumstances such as the involvement of an unusually high number of interested parties or complex market situations. The Commission shall notify all interested parties of any such extension and explain the reasons therefor.

2018/09/11
Committee: INTA

2018/0101(COD)

Costas MAVRIDES, Alessia Maria MOSCA, Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, David MARTIN

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 10

10. Where information is not supplied within the time limits set by the Commission, or where the investigation is significantly impeded, the Commission may reach a decision on the basis of the available facts. Where the Commission finds that any interested party or any third party has supplied it with false or misleading information, it shall disregard that information ~~and~~, may make use of the facts available and assess the potential actions to be taken against that party.

2018/09/11
Committee: INTA

2018/0101(COD)

Costas MAVRIDES, Alessia Maria MOSCA, Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Nicola DANTI

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. The Commission shall inform the European Parliament of any decision to impose provisional safeguard measures.

2018/09/11
Committee: INTA

2018/0101(COD)

Costas MAVRIDES, Alessia Maria MOSCA, Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, David MARTIN

Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 a (new)

Article 11a Outermost regions of the Union Where any product is being imported in such increased quantities and under such conditions as to cause or threaten to cause serious deterioration in the economic situation of one or several of the Union’s outermost regions, as referred to in Article 349 TFEU, a safeguard measure may be imposed, in accordance with the procedure laid down in this regulation.

2018/09/11
Committee: INTA

2018/0101(COD)

Costas MAVRIDES, Alessia Maria MOSCA, Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, David MARTIN

Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. The report shall include information on the activities of the various bodies responsible for monitoring the implementation of the Agreement, as well as information regarding the fulfilment of obligations under the Trade and Sustainable Development chapter and on activities with civil society advisory groups.

2018/09/11
Committee: INTA

2018/0095M(NLE)

Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Maria ARENA, Agnes JONGERIUS, Ana GOMES, Dietmar KÖSTER, Pier Antonio PANZERI

Motion for a resolution
Recital C

C. whereas Singapore is the eighth largest destination for EU foreign direct investment and the first in the ASEAN region; whereas,according to expert NGOs such as the Tax Justice Network Singapore continues to offer a range of secrecy offerings; full tax exemption for foreign-sourced income received in Singapore by any individual not resident in Singapore; absence of capital gains, gift or estate taxes; quasi-territorial tax system that exempts from individual income tax all foreign-sourced income not remitted to Singapore; wide array of tax treaties with other countries and, partly, as a result of this, has become a major turntable for so-called "round tripping" with India;

2018/11/13
Committee: INTA

2018/0095M(NLE)

Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Maria ARENA, Agnes JONGERIUS, Dietmar KÖSTER, Ana GOMES, Pier Antonio PANZERI

Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)

D a. whereas there is no empirical evidence of the need of such systems for the protection of investors and of the positive link with foreign direct investment flows;

2018/11/13
Committee: INTA

2018/0095M(NLE)

Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Maria ARENA, Agnes JONGERIUS, Dietmar KÖSTER, Ana GOMES, Pier Antonio PANZERI

Motion for a resolution
Recital I

I. whereas ~~it is arguable whether~~ developed economies with properly functioning judiciary systems should n~~eed t~~ot avail themselves of investor- state dispute settlement mechanisms;

2018/11/13
Committee: INTA

2018/0095M(NLE)

Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Maria ARENA, Agnes JONGERIUS, Dietmar KÖSTER, Ana GOMES, Pier Antonio PANZERI

Motion for a resolution
Recital I a (new)

I a. whereas non-discriminatory treatment of foreign investors can be achieved without the inclusion of an ISDS/ICS mechanism; Given the EU’s and the Singapore´s developed legal systems such a mechanism is not necessary;

2018/11/13
Committee: INTA

2018/0095M(NLE)

Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Maria ARENA, Agnes JONGERIUS, Dietmar KÖSTER, Ana GOMES, Pier Antonio PANZERI

Motion for a resolution
Recital K

K. whereas the Parties committed to pursuing a multilateral investment court, an initiative strongly supported by Parliament if ambitious transparency, ethical and fairness requirements are met;

2018/11/13
Committee: INTA

2018/0095M(NLE)

Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Maria ARENA, Agnes JONGERIUS, Dietmar KÖSTER, Ana GOMES, Pier Antonio PANZERI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. ~~Welcomes~~Takes note of the EU’s new approach to investment protection and its enforcement mechanism (ICS), which has replaced the highly controversial investor- to-state dispute settlement (ISDS) in order to address some of its procedural flaws;

2018/11/13
Committee: INTA

2018/0095M(NLE)

Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Maria ARENA, Agnes JONGERIUS, Dietmar KÖSTER, Ana GOMES, Pier Antonio PANZERI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Notes that the agreement will ensure a high level of investment protection ~~while safeguarding t~~; regrets that a similar level of ambition has not been reached for the enforcement of sustainable development provisions; Expects that the right oft he Parties~~’ right~~ to regulate and pursue legitimate public policy objectives, such as public health and environmental protection; will be fully safeguarded; stresses that if a party regulates in a manner that negatively affects an investment or interferes with an investor’s expectations of profits this does not amount to a breach of investment protection standards and hence does not require any compensation

2018/11/13
Committee: INTA

2018/0095M(NLE)

Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Maria ARENA, Agnes JONGERIUS, Dietmar KÖSTER, Ana GOMES, Pier Antonio PANZERI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2 a. Recalls that there is no evidence for a parallel judicial system in trade and investment deals between highly developed legal systems; Stresses that existing levels of protection in the EU and Singapore should offer enough legal guarantees for investors

2018/11/13
Committee: INTA

2018/0095M(NLE)

Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Maria ARENA, Agnes JONGERIUS, Dietmar KÖSTER, Ana GOMES, Pier Antonio PANZERI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. Stresses that third parties such as labour and environmental organisations can contribute to ICS proceedings through amicus curiae briefs; Demands that investor rights should be balanced by an equivalent legal mechanism accessible by trade unions and other stakeholders to enforce the investors obligations; Points out that the amicus curiae does not seek to address this imbalance; Underlines that the investment court still constitutes a separate system for foreign investors only;

2018/11/13
Committee: INTA

2018/0095M(NLE)

Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Maria ARENA, Agnes JONGERIUS, Dietmar KÖSTER, Ana GOMES, Pier Antonio PANZERI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Recalls that the agreement represents an improvement on the investment protection provisions in CETA, as it incorporates provisions on obligations for former judges, a code of conduct to prevent conflicts of interests and a fully functioning Appellate Tribunal at the time of its conclusion; Regrets that the European Parliament was not involved in defining the detailed rules of conduct applicable to candidates for appointment as members of the tribunal or the appellate tribunal and the sanction mechanism in the event of non- compliance with the rules of conduct in order to fully respect independence of their judicial power

2018/11/13
Committee: INTA

2018/0095M(NLE)

Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Maria ARENA, Agnes JONGERIUS, Dietmar KÖSTER, Ana GOMES, Pier Antonio PANZERI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. ~~Welcomes~~Takes note of Singapore’s commitment to the multilateral investment court, a public international court which sh~~ould~~all be empowered to hear disputes on investments between investors and states that will have accepted its jurisdiction over their bilateral investment treaties, and whose ultimate goal ismust be to overcome the current, unbalanced and fragmented investment protection regime; ~~considers the agreement a crucial stepping stone towards that end;~~

2018/11/13
Committee: INTA

2018/0095M(NLE)

Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Maria ARENA, Agnes JONGERIUS, Dietmar KÖSTER, Ana GOMES, Pier Antonio PANZERI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)

8 a. Underlines that there is no empirical evidence of the need of such systems for the protection of investors or of the positive link with foreign direct investment flows; therefore no correlation between foreign direct investment and investment protection is found;

2018/11/13
Committee: INTA

2018/0095M(NLE)

Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Maria ARENA, Agnes JONGERIUS, Dietmar KÖSTER, Ana GOMES, Pier Antonio PANZERI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. Highlights that the agreement will replace the existing bilateral investment treaties between 13 EU Member States and Singapore, which are based on outdated investment protection provisions and include the controversial ISDS; considers that this constitutes an important step in reforming global rules on investment dispute settlement and, it is hoped, will progressively lead to the removal of ISDS from bilateral investment treaties but will also create new rights for investors’ claims in 15 member states, exposing such countries to new financial risk;

2018/11/13
Committee: INTA

2018/0095M(NLE)

Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Maria ARENA, Agnes JONGERIUS, Dietmar KÖSTER, Pier Antonio PANZERI, Ana GOMES

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

11. Regrets the lack of provisions on investors’ obligations, including binding corporate social responsibility standards; calls on the Commission to propose legislation laying down mandatory and enforceable due diligence standards in sectors other than conflict minerals and timber, such as the garment industry;

2018/11/13
Committee: INTA

2018/0095M(NLE)

Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Maria ARENA, Agnes JONGERIUS, Dietmar KÖSTER, Ana GOMES, Pier Antonio PANZERI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

12. Regrets that a global approach to corporations’ compliance with human rights law and the availability of remedy mechanisms are lacking; Warmly welcomes the work initiated in the UN by the open-ended intergovernmental working group on transnational corporations and other business enterprises with respect to human rights on the establishment of a binding UN instrument; cCalls ~~on the Commission and~~for a binding treaty to include mechanisms for coordination among states on investigating and prosecuting cross- border cases, and proposes companies are accountable for human rights violations in the forum where the harm was caused, or the forum where the parent company or subsidiary is incorporated. Urges the EU and Member States to engage genuinely and constructively in the negotiations;

2018/11/13
Committee: INTA

2018/0095M(NLE)

Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Ana GOMES, Pier Antonio PANZERI, Maria ARENA, Agnes JONGERIUS, Dietmar KÖSTER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

15. Considers that the approval of this agreement will give the EU more leverage to negotiate similar agreements with the other ASEAN countries with a view to establishing similar rules on investment protection throughout the region;deleted

2018/11/13
Committee: INTA

2018/0095M(NLE)

Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Maria ARENA, Agnes JONGERIUS, Dietmar KÖSTER, Ana GOMES, Pier Antonio PANZERI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)

15 a. Recalls that the Belgian government has requested the ECJ an opinion on the compatibility of ICS with the EU legal framework; therefore suspends its consent procedure until the ECJ has issued its opinion on this matter;

2018/11/13
Committee: INTA

2018/0095(NLE)

Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Maria ARENA, Agnes JONGERIUS, Ana GOMES, Dietmar KÖSTER, Joachim SCHUSTER

Draft legislative resolution
Paragraph 1

1. ~~Gives its~~Suspends the consent vote to conclusde the agreement until the European Court of Justice has given its opinion ofn the ~~agreement~~compatibility of the Investment Court System with the EU legal framework;

2018/11/12
Committee: INTA

2018/0093M(NLE)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 7 a (new)

- having regard to European Parliament resolution containing the European Parliament’s recommendations to the Commission on the negotiations for the Trade in Services Agreement (TiSA) of 3 February 2016;

2018/11/13
Committee: INTA

2018/0093M(NLE)

Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Maria ARENA, Agnes JONGERIUS, Ana GOMES, Dietmar KÖSTER, Joachim SCHUSTER

Motion for a resolution
Citation 7 b (new)

- having regard to Protocol 26 to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union on services of general interest;

2018/11/13
Committee: INTA

2018/0093M(NLE)

Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Maria ARENA, Agnes JONGERIUS, Ana GOMES, Dietmar KÖSTER, Joachim SCHUSTER

Motion for a resolution
Citation 7 c (new)

- having regard to its recommendation following the inquiry on money laundering, tax avoidance and tax evasion P8_TA-PROV(2017)0491;

2018/11/13
Committee: INTA

2018/0093M(NLE)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C

C. whereas within the ASEAN region Singapore is by far the EU’s largest partner, accounting for slightly under one third of EU-ASEAN trade in goods and services, and roughly two thirds of investments between the two regions; whereas, according to expert NGOs such as the Tax Justice Network Singapore continues to offer a range of secrecy offerings; full tax exemption for foreign- sourced income received in Singapore by any individual not resident in Singapore; absence of capital gains, gift or estate taxes; quasi-territorial tax system that exempts from individual income tax all foreign-sourced income not remitted to Singapore; wide array of tax treaties with other countries and, partly, as a result of this, has become a major turntable for so- called "round tripping" with India;

2018/11/13
Committee: INTA

2018/0093M(NLE)

Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Maria ARENA, Agnes JONGERIUS, Ana GOMES, Dietmar KÖSTER

Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)

G a. Whereas financial services should not be treated as any other service as they imply the creation and distribution of risks; whereas in the financial realm regulations refer to the effective ability of national regulators to control these risky activities of cross-border actors; whereas the inclusion of financial services in free trade agreements seeks to liberalise international capital movements regardless of their origin and could therefore enhance the financialisation of our economies and increase the interconnection between major financial institutions, at the risk of significantly facilitating the spread of future crises;

2018/11/13
Committee: INTA

2018/0093M(NLE)

Motion for a resolution
Recital I a (new)

I a. whereas the economic impact analysis of the EU-Singapore FTA, conducted by the European Commission in 2013, states that Singapore´s GDP could increase by 0.94%, or 2.7 billion and EU GDP by 550 million;

2018/11/13
Committee: INTA

2018/0093M(NLE)

Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Maria ARENA, Agnes JONGERIUS, Ana GOMES, Dietmar KÖSTER, Joachim SCHUSTER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. ~~Welcomes~~Takes note of the signing in Brussels, on 19 October 2018, of the FTA;

2018/11/13
Committee: INTA

2018/0093M(NLE)

Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Maria ARENA, Agnes JONGERIUS, Ana GOMES, Dietmar KÖSTER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Notes that negotiations were originally concluded in 2012 ~~and regrets the long delay in bringing forward the agreement for ratification~~but ratification was delayed due to the request to the Court of Justice for an opinion to determine whether the EU-Singapore FTA is an “EU-only” or “mixed” agreement;

2018/11/13
Committee: INTA

2018/0093M(NLE)

Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Maria ARENA, Agnes JONGERIUS, Ana GOMES, Dietmar KÖSTER, Joachim SCHUSTER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2 a. Stresses that EU trade agreements should be put in the service of sustainable development for the many and to protect consumers, workers and the environment, to create decent jobs, to fight money laundering, tax evasion and the financing of terrorism, to uphold EU standards, safeguarding public services and respecting democratic procedures whilst boosting EU export opportunities; therefore a fundamental change in the current trade paradigm is of utmost importance, putting sustainability on equal footing with economic interests;

2018/11/13
Committee: INTA

2018/0093M(NLE)

Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Maria ARENA, Agnes JONGERIUS, Ana GOMES, Dietmar KÖSTER, Joachim SCHUSTER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5 a. Is concerned that further liberalisation of financial services through free trade agreements could potentially hamper global financial stability; stresses that the strengthening of financial regulations and cooperation in supervision must be pursued through the many existing international bodies and bilateral organisations explicitly charged with this mandate and not through trade agreements, whose primary goal is to increase production and exchange; Regrets the “self-cancelling” terminology included in the prudential carve out clause.

2018/11/13
Committee: INTA

2018/0093M(NLE)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6 a. Recalls that trade Agreements should include a binding Tax Good Governance Clause that would reaffirm the Parties’ commitment to implementation of agreed international standards in the fight against tax evasion and avoidance, money laundering and the financing of terrorism, , on obligations for country-by-country reporting, automatic exchange of information and the establishment of public registers of beneficial ownership;

2018/11/13
Committee: INTA

2018/0093M(NLE)

Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Maria ARENA, Agnes JONGERIUS, Ana GOMES, Dietmar KÖSTER, Joachim SCHUSTER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Welcomes Singapore’s signing on 21 June 2017 of the Multilateral Competent Authority Agreement (MCAA) for implementing the global standard for the automatic exchange of information for tax purposes and its notification to the OECD on 30 June 2017 of its intention to activate automatic exchanges under that agreement with all the EU Member States for which there was no bilateral agreement for the same purpose in place; is concerned that according to Oxfam, Singapore still features as a prominent tax haven used globally by multinationals to avoid paying tax in the countries where they operate.

2018/11/13
Committee: INTA

2018/0093M(NLE)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Stresses the improved access under this agreement to Singapore’s public procurement market as compared to under the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA); stresses that ecological and social criteria, including gender equality criteria, should be applied in awarding public procurement contracts;

2018/11/13
Committee: INTA

2018/0093M(NLE)

Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Maria ARENA, Agnes JONGERIUS, Ana GOMES, Dietmar KÖSTER, Joachim SCHUSTER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. Stresses that the agreement recognises the right of Member States at all levels to define, finance and provide public services and does not prevent governments from bringing any privatised service back in to the public sector; Regrets however that public services are not fully excluded from the scope of the agreement; Underlines the preference for a gold standard clause that unequivocally carves out public services from all trade and investment obligations;

2018/11/13
Committee: INTA

2018/0093M(NLE)

Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Maria ARENA, Agnes JONGERIUS, Ana GOMES, Dietmar KÖSTER, Joachim SCHUSTER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)

10 a. Demands that any provisions on Mode 4 (temporary movement of natural persons) must be subject to an effective international cooperation of the legal authorities for the enforcement of social and employment legislation, collective wage agreements and minimum wages;

2018/11/13
Committee: INTA

2018/0093M(NLE)

Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Maria ARENA, Agnes JONGERIUS, Ana GOMES, Dietmar KÖSTER, Joachim SCHUSTER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

11. Underlines that the agreement safeguards the EU’s right to apply its own standards to all goods and services sold in the EU and upholds the EU’s precautionary principle; Stresses that nothing in the agreement should prevent the application of the precautionary principle in the European Union as set out in the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union. Firmly underlines that all imports from Singapore into the EU must respect all standards imposed on EU products;

2018/11/13
Committee: INTA

2018/0093M(NLE)

Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Maria ARENA, Agnes JONGERIUS, Ana GOMES, Dietmar KÖSTER, Joachim SCHUSTER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)

11 a. Expects that both parties commit to ensure high levels of environmental and labour protection; calls on the EU and Singapore to take all necessary actions to implement the Sustainable Development Goals;

2018/11/13
Committee: INTA

2018/0093M(NLE)

Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Maria ARENA, Agnes JONGERIUS, Ana GOMES, Dietmar KÖSTER, Joachim SCHUSTER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

12. ~~Emphasises that this is a progressive trade agreement and~~Notes that both Parties committed in the trade and sustainable development (TSD) chapter to ensure a high level of environmental and labour protection; Deplores that a sanction-based mechanism to effectively enforce sustainable development related provisions has not been included in the TSD chapter;

2018/11/13
Committee: INTA

2018/0093M(NLE)

Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Maria ARENA, Agnes JONGERIUS, Ana GOMES, Dietmar KÖSTER, Joachim SCHUSTER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. Re~~call~~grets that ~~the Parties committed to make sustained efforts towards~~Singapore has not ratified the three outstanding ILO core conventions (on Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organise, on Discrimination and on Forced Labour) before the negotiations have been concluded; Calls on Singapore to ratify~~ing~~ and effectively implement~~ing~~ the three outstanding fundamental ILO conventions~~; welcomes~~ as soon as possible; takes note of the information provided so far by the Government of Singapore in relation to its compliance with the three outstanding ILO conventions~~, namely those on Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organise, on Discrimination and on Forced Labour, and expects~~ and calls on Singapore to further engage with the ILO with a view to progressing towards full alignment with their content and ultimately pursuing their ratification;

2018/11/13
Committee: INTA

2018/0093M(NLE)

Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Maria ARENA, Agnes JONGERIUS, Ana GOMES, Dietmar KÖSTER, Joachim SCHUSTER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

14. Welcomes the commitment to effectively implement multilateral environmental agreements such as the Paris Agreement on climate change and to the sustainable management of forests and fisheries; Points out that the EU- Singapore agreement could be an instrument to combat climate change and to accelerate and intensify the actions and investments needed for a sustainable low carbon future; regrets that no binding measures or targets are included in the agreement; calls on the Commission to introduce binding greenhouse gas emissions targets, including through the use of a sanctions based mechanism;

2018/11/13
Committee: INTA

2018/0093M(NLE)

Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Maria ARENA, Agnes JONGERIUS, Ana GOMES, Dietmar KÖSTER, Joachim SCHUSTER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)

14 a. Stresses that regulatory cooperation is voluntary and by no means should limit the right to regulate or open the door to any kind of regulatory chill or weakening of the level of protection of labour, the environment, consumers, the fight against money laundering and the financing of terrorism, health and food safety in order to encourage or attract trade; Stresses the importance of excluding sensitive regulations; Underlines that any cooperation should not undermine the internal legislative process in the EU, including appropriate consultations of EU stakeholders, nor affect in any way the prerogatives of the European Parliament under the EU Treaties;

2018/11/13
Committee: INTA

2018/0093M(NLE)

Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Agnes JONGERIUS, Maria ARENA, Ana GOMES, Dietmar KÖSTER, Joachim SCHUSTER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

16. Stresses that the involvement of civil society in monitoring the implementation of the agreement is crucial and calls for a swift establishment of domestic advisory groups following the entry into force of the agreement and for a balanced representation of civil society therein; calls on the Commission to allocate more resources to these mechanisms and to provide support to ensure constructive participation of civil society;

2018/11/13
Committee: INTA

2018/0093M(NLE)

Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Maria ARENA, Agnes JONGERIUS, Ana GOMES, Dietmar KÖSTER, Joachim SCHUSTER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)

17 a. Recalls that the European Court of Justice has stated, in its 2/15 Opinion on EU-Singapore FTA that trade and sustainable development chapters have a direct and immediate effect on trade and that a breach on sustainable development provisions authorises the other Party to terminate or suspend the liberalisation provided for on other provisions of the FTA;

2018/11/13
Committee: INTA

2018/0093M(NLE)

Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Maria ARENA, Agnes JONGERIUS, Ana GOMES, Dietmar KÖSTER, Joachim SCHUSTER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18

18. Calls on ~~the Commission to trigger the general review clause of the agreement as soo~~both parties to start working immediately on an effective sanction mechanism in cas ~~possible~~e of sustained violations in order to strengthen the enforceability of labour and environmental provisions ~~including through a sanctions-based mechanism as a last resort~~;

2018/11/13
Committee: INTA

2018/0093M(NLE)

Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Maria ARENA, Agnes JONGERIUS, Ana GOMES, Dietmar KÖSTER, Joachim SCHUSTER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)

18 a. Suspends the consent procedure in respect of the draft agreement for a period of one year from the moment of adoption of this decision to substantially improve the TSD-chapter;

2018/11/13
Committee: INTA

2018/0093(NLE)

Michael DETJEN, Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Isabella DE MONTE, Lucy ANDERSON, Ismail ERTUG, Nicola CAPUTO

Draft legislative resolution
Paragraph 1

1. ~~Gives its consent to conclusion of the agreement~~Suspends the consent procedure in respect of the draft agreement for a period of one year from the moment of adoption of this decision to substantially improve the Trade and Sustainable Development chapter;

2018/11/09
Committee: INTA

2018/0091M(NLE)

Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Ana GOMES, Emmanuel MAUREL, Maria ARENA, Eric ANDRIEU, Agnes JONGERIUS

Motion for a resolution
Citation 12

– having regard to Opinion 2/15 of the Court of Justice of the European Union of 16 May 2017, pursuant to Article 218(11) on the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU), requested by the European Commission on 10 July 2015, in particular paragraph 161;

2018/10/03
Committee: INTA

2018/0091M(NLE)

Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Ana GOMES, Emmanuel MAUREL, Maria ARENA, Eric ANDRIEU, Agnes JONGERIUS

Motion for a resolution
Citation 12 a (new)

– having regard to the European Parliament resolution containing the European Parliament’s recommendations to the Commission on the negotiations for the Trade in Services Agreement (TiSA) of 3 February 2016;

2018/10/03
Committee: INTA

2018/0091M(NLE)

Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Ana GOMES, Emmanuel MAUREL, Maria ARENA, Eric ANDRIEU, Agnes JONGERIUS

Motion for a resolution
Citation 12 b (new)

– having regard to Protocol 26 to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union on services of general interest;

2018/10/03
Committee: INTA

2018/0091M(NLE)

Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Ana GOMES, Emmanuel MAUREL, Maria ARENA, Eric ANDRIEU, Agnes JONGERIUS

Motion for a resolution
Citation 12 c (new)

– having regard to its recommendation following the inquiry on money laundering, tax avoidance and tax evasion P8_TA-PROV(2017)0491;

2018/10/03
Committee: INTA

2018/0091M(NLE)

Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Ana GOMES, Emmanuel MAUREL, Maria ARENA, Eric ANDRIEU, Agnes JONGERIUS

Motion for a resolution
Recital B

B. whereas the EU-Japan Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) has a strategic dimension and ~~is the most important bilateral trade agreement ever concluded by the Union as~~ it covers nearly a third of world GDP;

2018/10/03
Committee: INTA

2018/0091M(NLE)

Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Ana GOMES, Emmanuel MAUREL, Maria ARENA, Eric ANDRIEU, Agnes JONGERIUS

Motion for a resolution
Recital D

D. whereas ~~it was estimated in the 2016 Impact Assessment that the agreement w~~the EU-Japan EPA could deliver positive impacts in terms of GDP, income, trade and employment for both the EU~~nion~~ and Japan, if adhering to the objective of ‘smart, sustainable and inclusive growth’; whereas the 2016 Sustainability Impact Assessment evaluates modest economic benefits, estimating a potential GDP growth to +0.76% for the EU and +0.29% for Japan in the long term, under a symmetrical scenario;

2018/10/03
Committee: INTA

2018/0091M(NLE)

Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Ana GOMES, Emmanuel MAUREL, Maria ARENA, Eric ANDRIEU, Agnes JONGERIUS

Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)

Da. whereas the Sustainability Impact Assessment also raises some questions about potential environmental and food safety related concerns namely with regards to illegal logging and pesticides;

2018/10/03
Committee: INTA

2018/0091M(NLE)

Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Ana GOMES, Emmanuel MAUREL, Maria ARENA, Eric ANDRIEU, Agnes JONGERIUS

Motion for a resolution
Recital D b (new)

Db. whereas, according to many experts reducing deforestation, especially illegal logging, is the fastest, most effective and least controversial way to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions in the world; whereas Japan is one of the largest importer of wood products and these imports come -to a significant degree- from places where illegal logging is rife; whereas the EU-Japan Economic Partnership Agreement will fully eliminate tariffs on all wood products;

2018/10/03
Committee: INTA

2018/0091M(NLE)

Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Ana GOMES, Emmanuel MAUREL, Maria ARENA, Eric ANDRIEU, Agnes JONGERIUS

Motion for a resolution
Recital E

E. wWhereas ~~Parliament has monitored these negotiations from the start, having called for transparency and for negotiators to meet~~ sustained criticism and public scepticism towards the method of trade negotiations has led to new increased levels of transparency in other EU trade agreements, with better access to documents, regular reporting on negotiations and improved communications, but further i~~nte~~mprovements are st~~s of both citizens and businesse~~ill necessary such as the publication of the negotiating directives by the Council before starting negotiations of trade agreements;

2018/10/03
Committee: INTA

2018/0091M(NLE)

Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Ana GOMES, Emmanuel MAUREL, Maria ARENA, Eric ANDRIEU, Agnes JONGERIUS

Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)

Ea. whereas free trade as an essential element of globalisation has been at the centre of public debate, with civil society raising concerns about the possible negative impacts of new generation free trade agreements; whereas different studies using different methodology show divergent results regarding the impact of job creation of these FTAs; whereas in the EU, the effectiveness of existing tools which can help workers who lose their jobs as a result of globalisation or from bilateral trade agreements adapt to new opportunities and changes must be further improved and complemented with additional mechanisms seeking to anticipate negative impacts;

2018/10/03
Committee: INTA

2018/0091M(NLE)

Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Ana GOMES, Emmanuel MAUREL, Maria ARENA, Eric ANDRIEU, Agnes JONGERIUS

Motion for a resolution
Recital E b (new)

Eb. whereas the Plenary objected in September 2017 an implementing act1a, aiming at reducing controls on food imports from Fukushima region to the European Union; whereas the European Commission did not take into account Parliament´s objection and issued the implementing act without justification or explanation; _________________ 1a Implementing act on the import of feed and food originating in or consigned from Japan following the accident at the Fukushima nuclear power station

2018/10/03
Committee: INTA

2018/0091M(NLE)

Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Ana GOMES, Emmanuel MAUREL, Maria ARENA, Eric ANDRIEU, Agnes JONGERIUS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. Considers this agreement to be of ~~major~~ strategic importance a~~nd that it represents a timely signal in support of open, fair and rules-based trade, while promoting high standards at a time of challenges to the international ord~~t a time of challenges to the international order and of raising nationalist protectionism; warns that such protectionism is not an option but stresses that a business as usual trade agenda cannot be an option either;

2018/10/03
Committee: INTA

2018/0091M(NLE)

Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Ana GOMES, Emmanuel MAUREL, Maria ARENA, Eric ANDRIEU, Agnes JONGERIUS, Joachim SCHUSTER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Stresses that EU trade agreements should be put in the service of sustainable development for the many and to protect consumers, workers and the environment, to create decent jobs, uphold EU standards, safeguarding public services and respecting democratic procedures whilst boosting EU export opportunities; therefore a fundamental change in the current trade paradigm is of utmost importance, putting sustainability on equal footing with economic interests;

2018/10/03
Committee: INTA

2018/0091M(NLE)

Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Ana GOMES, Emmanuel MAUREL, Maria ARENA, Eric ANDRIEU, Agnes JONGERIUS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Notes positively the ambitious and comprehensive nature of the EPA, which delivers on the priorities set out in European Parliament resolution of 25 October 2012 on EU trade negotiations with Japan;deleted

2018/10/03
Committee: INTA

2018/0091M(NLE)

Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Ana GOMES, Emmanuel MAUREL, Maria ARENA, Eric ANDRIEU, Agnes JONGERIUS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Notes ~~positively~~ that Japan has addressed unnecessary non-tariff measures (NTMs) in a variety of sectors such as vehicles, food additives, food labelling and cosmetics; takes note as well of Japan’s commitment to align its automotive standards ~~even more~~ with international standards used by EU car manufacturers;

2018/10/03
Committee: INTA

2018/0091M(NLE)

Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Ana GOMES, Emmanuel MAUREL, Maria ARENA, Eric ANDRIEU, Agnes JONGERIUS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Welcomes the fact that Japan will, notably, grant non-discriminatory access for EU suppliers to the procurement markets of 48 cities, remove the ‘operational safety clause’, which has in practise prevented EU rail suppliers to access the Japanese market, and maximise transparency in tendering for public contracts; stresses that ecological and social criteria, including gender equality criteria, should be applied in awarding public procurement contracts;

2018/10/03
Committee: INTA

2018/0091M(NLE)

Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Ana GOMES, Emmanuel MAUREL, Maria ARENA, Eric ANDRIEU, Agnes JONGERIUS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. ~~Welcom~~Notes that the agreement provides significant export opportunities for EU agri-food products, such as wine, pig meat and cheese, and that it protects 205 European geographical indications; expects the agreement to pay the utmost attention to local producers and family farming on both sides;

2018/10/03
Committee: INTA

2018/0091M(NLE)

Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Ana GOMES, Emmanuel MAUREL, Maria ARENA, Eric ANDRIEU, Agnes JONGERIUS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. ~~Highlight~~Notes the fact that the agreement promotes best practices ~~for providing~~regarding food safety and ~~high-quality food and products for consumers; calls on both partners to mainstream~~consumer protection; Recalls that the Sustainability impact assessment states that Japan’s use of fertilisers and pesticides per square kilometre of agricultural land remains well above the OECD averages, raising the question of residue loads in Japanese food; calls on both partners to apply the highest standards of consumer protection and food safety in the implementation of the agreement;

2018/10/03
Committee: INTA

2018/0091M(NLE)

Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Ana GOMES, Emmanuel MAUREL, Maria ARENA, Eric ANDRIEU, Agnes JONGERIUS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. ~~Stress~~Notes that both parties ~~are~~ commit~~ted~~ to ensure high levels of environmental and labour protection; ~~expects~~calls on the EU and Japan to ~~show their commit~~take all necessary actions to implement to the Sustainable Development Goals ~~in all their actions, including the implementation of this agreement~~;

2018/10/03
Committee: INTA

2018/0091M(NLE)

Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Ana GOMES, Emmanuel MAUREL, Maria ARENA, Eric ANDRIEU, Agnes JONGERIUS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Welcomes the commitment to the effective implementation of the Paris Agreement to combat climate change and of other multilateral environmental agreements~~, as well as to the sustainable m~~ but recalls that such commitments remain voluntary; Points out that the EU-Japan agreement of forests (including fighting illegal logging) and fisheries (combating illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing); calls on both parties to cooperate closely under the sustainable development chapter to exchange best practices and to strengthen the enforcement of legislation incould be an instrument to combat climate change and to accelerate and intensify the actions and investments needed for a sustainable low carbon future; regrets that no binding measures or targets are included in the agreement; 1. calls on the Commission to introduce binding greenhouse gas emissions targets, including through the use ~~matters~~of a sanctions based mechanism;

2018/10/03
Committee: INTA

2018/0091M(NLE)

Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Ana GOMES, Emmanuel MAUREL, Maria ARENA, Eric ANDRIEU, Agnes JONGERIUS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)

9a. Recalls that the Commission’s Sustainability impact assessment states that Japan’s regulatory framework to address illegal logging activities suffers from serious design weaknesses and that is only based on voluntary measures; points out that this could exacerbate illegal logging;

2018/10/03
Committee: INTA

2018/0091M(NLE)

Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Ana GOMES, Emmanuel MAUREL, Maria ARENA, Eric ANDRIEU, Agnes JONGERIUS, Joachim SCHUSTER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 b (new)

9b. Regrets the lack of ambition of the animal welfare provisions, only aiming at improving understanding of each other’s practices, and calls for the Commission to ensure a working plan and a working group are established to address this issue;

2018/10/03
Committee: INTA

2018/0091M(NLE)

Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Ana GOMES, Emmanuel MAUREL, Maria ARENA, Eric ANDRIEU, Agnes JONGERIUS, Joachim SCHUSTER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 c (new)

9c. Deplores that a sanction-based mechanism to effectively enforce sustainable development related provisions has not been included in the TSD chapter;

2018/10/03
Committee: INTA

2018/0091M(NLE)

Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Ana GOMES, Emmanuel MAUREL, Maria ARENA, Eric ANDRIEU, Agnes JONGERIUS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 d (new)

9d. Regrets the fact that the TSD- chapter in the EU-Japan-agreement lags behind the sustainability related provisions that are included in the CPTPP-agreement to which Japan is a Member and where each Party shall provide appropriate sanctions or remedies for violations for the effective enforcement of the provisions;

2018/10/03
Committee: INTA

2018/0091M(NLE)

Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Ana GOMES, Emmanuel MAUREL, Maria ARENA, Eric ANDRIEU, Agnes JONGERIUS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 e (new)

9e. Stresses that assessing and reviewing labour and environmental standards should not be limited to the chapters which specifically deal with these issues, but should horizontally address these areas and other areas of the agreement, such as investment, trade in services, regulatory cooperation and public procurement on labour and environmental standards;

2018/10/03
Committee: INTA

2018/0091M(NLE)

Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Ana GOMES, Emmanuel MAUREL, Maria ARENA, Eric ANDRIEU, Agnes JONGERIUS, Joachim SCHUSTER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 f (new)

9f. Calls on both parties not to wait until the review clause will be triggered to strengthen the sustainable development provisions in the Agreement and to start working immediately on an effective sanction mechanism in case of sustained violations;

2018/10/03
Committee: INTA

2018/0091M(NLE)

Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Ana GOMES, Emmanuel MAUREL, Maria ARENA, Eric ANDRIEU, Agnes JONGERIUS, Joachim SCHUSTER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. Highlights ~~the fact~~ that the agreement includes the commitment to pursue the ratification of fundamental ILO conventions; regrets that Japan has not ~~yet~~ ratified the two ILO core conventions (on dDiscrimination and on the aAbolition of fForced lLabour) ~~and expects, in light of commitments made in the EPA, concrete progress on the part~~before the negotiations have been concluded and calls ofn Japan, to~~wards the ratification of these conventions~~ ratify and implement these conventions as soon as possible;

2018/10/03
Committee: INTA

2018/0091M(NLE)

Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Ana GOMES, Emmanuel MAUREL, Maria ARENA, Eric ANDRIEU, Agnes JONGERIUS, Joachim SCHUSTER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

11. ~~Welcom~~Notes the inclusion of a review clause in the chapter on sustainable development ~~and calls on the Commission to trigger this~~; Stresses that the review clause ais ~~soon as possible in order to strengthen the enforceability and effectiveness of~~no guarantee that labour and environmental provisions, w~~hich should include the possibility of sanctions as a last resort~~ill be strengthened and effectively enforced in the future;

2018/10/03
Committee: INTA

2018/0091M(NLE)

Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Ana GOMES, Emmanuel MAUREL, Maria ARENA, Eric ANDRIEU, Agnes JONGERIUS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)

11a. Recalls that the European Court of Justice has stated, in its 2/15 Opinion on EU-Singapore FTA that trade and sustainable development chapters have a direct and immediate effect on trade and that a breach on sustainable development provisions authorises the other Party to terminate or suspend the liberalisation provided for on other provisions of the FTA;

2018/10/03
Committee: INTA

2018/0091M(NLE)

Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Ana GOMES, Emmanuel MAUREL, Maria ARENA, Eric ANDRIEU, Agnes JONGERIUS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

12. ~~Underlines the fact that the EPA maintains the right of M~~Regrets that public services are not fully excluded from the scope of the agreement and that any such services that may ember ~~State authorities to define, provide and regulate public services at local, regional or national level, despite its nega~~ge in the future are governed by the provisions of the Agreement; Underlines the preference for a gold standard clause that unequivocally carves out public services from all trade and investment obligations; Believes that as a principle, the use of a positive list approach, a~~nd that it does not prevent governments from bringing any privatised service back in to the public sector~~s per the GATS is always preferable;

2018/10/03
Committee: INTA

2018/0091M(NLE)

Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Ana GOMES, Emmanuel MAUREL, Maria ARENA, Eric ANDRIEU, Agnes JONGERIUS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)

12a. Expects that the EPA maintains the right of Member States’ authorities to define, provide and regulate public services at local, regional or national level, and that it does not prevent governments from bringing any privatised service back in to the public sector;

2018/10/03
Committee: INTA

2018/0091M(NLE)

Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Ana GOMES, Emmanuel MAUREL, Maria ARENA, Eric ANDRIEU, Agnes JONGERIUS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 b (new)

12b. Highlights the need to safeguard future regulatory policy space, necessary to meet the regulatory challenges of digitalisation and dynamic and uncertain technological development in the area of trade in services; stresses that new services and newly developed public utilities must stay out of the liberalisation obligations of the agreement;

2018/10/03
Committee: INTA

2018/0091M(NLE)

Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Ana GOMES, Emmanuel MAUREL, Maria ARENA, Eric ANDRIEU, Agnes JONGERIUS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 c (new)

12c. Demands that any provisions on Mode 4 (temporary movement of natural persons) must be subject to an effective international cooperation of the legal authorities for the enforcement of social and employment legislation, collective wage agreements and minimum wages;

2018/10/03
Committee: INTA

2018/0091M(NLE)

Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Ana GOMES, Emmanuel MAUREL, Maria ARENA, Eric ANDRIEU, Agnes JONGERIUS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. ~~Believ~~Notes that market access commitments in cross-border services, including e-commerce, maritime transport, postal services and telecommunications, ~~will give a~~could boost to trade in services ~~while safeguarding~~; recalls theat pu~~rsuit of legitimate policy objectives~~blic policy objectives have to be safeguarded;

2018/10/03
Committee: INTA

2018/0091M(NLE)

Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Ana GOMES, Emmanuel MAUREL, Maria ARENA, Eric ANDRIEU, Agnes JONGERIUS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

14. ~~Stress~~Notes that the agreement preserves the sovereign right to regulate the financial and banking sectors for prudential and supervisory reasons; calls on both partners to use the financial regulatory forum to improve the global financial systemfinancial regulatory forum could be used by both parties to improve the global financial system; Recalls that the EP has requested in its PANA report that the ‘Investment’ and ‘Financial Services’ chapters of future trade or partnership agreements be negotiated on the basis of the positive list principle, so that only the financial sectors necessary for commercial development, the real economy and households benefit from the facilitation and liberalisation brought about by the agreement between the Union and the third party concerned; is concerned that the EU-Japan agreement has been negotiated on the basis of a ‘negative list’ approach; regrets that the EP recommendation has not been followed;

2018/10/03
Committee: INTA

2018/0091M(NLE)

Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Ana GOMES, Emmanuel MAUREL, Maria ARENA, Eric ANDRIEU, Agnes JONGERIUS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

15. ~~Welcomes key innovative~~Takes note of elements such as dedicated chapters to enhance benefits for SMEs and promote corporate social responsibility based on ~~the principles of the G20 and the OECD;~~ G20 and OECD’s principles; Deplores that CSR provisions remain on a voluntary basis within the remit of the TSD chapter and are not subject to an effective enforcement mechanism or to the general dispute settlement mechanism;

2018/10/03
Committee: INTA

2018/0091M(NLE)

Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Ana GOMES, Emmanuel MAUREL, Maria ARENA, Eric ANDRIEU, Agnes JONGERIUS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)

15a. Regrets that the precautionary principle is not mentioned in the TBT and SPS chapters and only a reference to the precautionary approach has been made in the TSD-chapter; stresses that nothing in the agreement prevents the application of the precautionary principle in the European Union as set out in the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union. Firmly underlines that all imports from Japan into the EU must respect all standards imposed on EU products;

2018/10/03
Committee: INTA

2018/0091M(NLE)

Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Ana GOMES, Emmanuel MAUREL, Maria ARENA, Eric ANDRIEU, Agnes JONGERIUS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

16. Stresses that regulatory cooperation is voluntary and ~~that it~~ by no means should limits the right to regulate; recalls that corresponding provisions must be implemented in full respect of the prerogatives of the co-legislators; welcomes the fact that the regulatory cooperation chapter clearly states that the principles established in the TFEU, such as the precautionary principle, must be fully respected or open the door to any kind of regulatory chill or weakening of the level of protection of labour, the environment, consumers, health and food safety in order to encourage or attract trade; Stresses the importance of excluding sensitive regulations; Underlines that any cooperation should not undermine the internal legislative process in the EU, including appropriate consultations of EU stakeholders, nor affect in any way the prerogatives of the European Parliament under the EU Treaties;

2018/10/03
Committee: INTA

2018/0091M(NLE)

Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Ana GOMES, Emmanuel MAUREL, Maria ARENA, Eric ANDRIEU, Agnes JONGERIUS, Joachim SCHUSTER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17

17. Calls for transparency on the functioning of the regulatory cooperation committee and for a balanced involvement of all stakeholders, notably of trade unions and civil society organisations; Stresses that the European Parliament should be kept informed on a regular basis about the decisions, that are taken in the regulatory cooperation committee;

2018/10/03
Committee: INTA

2018/0091M(NLE)

Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Ana GOMES, Emmanuel MAUREL, Maria ARENA, Eric ANDRIEU, Agnes JONGERIUS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18

18. Takes note that negotiations continue on a separate investment agreement ~~and reiterates that it is unacceptable to return to the old, private ISDS mechanism~~; Notes that non-discriminatory treatment of foreign investors can be achieved without the inclusion of an ISDS/ICS mechanism; Given the EU’s and the Japan`s developed legal systems such a mechanism is not necessary; Recalls that the Belgian government has asked the ECJ to rule on the compatibility of ICS with the EU legal framework; Therefore asks the Commission to wait until the ECJ has ruled on this matter before negotiations with Japan on investment protection continue;

2018/10/03
Committee: INTA

2018/0091M(NLE)

Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Ana GOMES, Emmanuel MAUREL, Maria ARENA, Eric ANDRIEU, Agnes JONGERIUS

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)

20a. Recalls that trade agreements should include a Tax Good Governance Clause that would reaffirm the Parties’ commitment to implementation of agreed international standards in the fight against tax evasion and avoidance, on obligations for country-by-country reporting, automatic exchange of information and the establishment of public registers of beneficial ownership; Regrets in this regard the low level of ambition in the EU-Japan agreement;

2018/10/03
Committee: INTA

2018/0091M(NLE)

Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Ana GOMES, Emmanuel MAUREL, Maria ARENA, Eric ANDRIEU, Agnes JONGERIUS, Joachim SCHUSTER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22

22. Urges both partners to ensure ~~the~~an active involvement of social partners and civil society in the monitoring and implementation ~~of the EPA~~, notably through the joint dialogue with civil society and the domestic advisory group; calls on the Commission to allocate more resources to these mechanisms and to provide support to ensure constructive participation of civil society; urges the Commission to ensure that a consultative mechanisms is set up on both sides before the entry into force of the agreement;

2018/10/03
Committee: INTA

2018/0064(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5 a (new)

(5a) In order to be effective, the Authority needs a clearly defined objective and a strong focus on a limited number of tasks. It is crucial that the means available are used as efficiently as possible in areas where the Authority can provide the greatest added value, in particular in the area of compliance, implementation and enforcement of relevant Union law in the area of labour mobility and the facilitation of joint inspections.

2018/09/13
Committee: TRAN

2018/0064(COD)

Lucy ANDERSON, Miltiadis KYRKOS, Isabella DE MONTE, Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Michael DETJEN, David Maria SASSOLI, Nicola CAPUTO, Ismail ERTUG, Theresa GRIFFIN

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6

(6) The Authority should perform its activities in the areas of cross-border labour mobility and social security coordination, including free movement of workers, posting of workers and highly mobile services~~. It~~, such as the transport sector. This sector is particularly affected by existing unfair and exploitative employment practices across all transport modes and the existence of legislative loopholes allow for cross-border wage and social dumping, a downgrading of terms and conditions for workers, poorer-quality services, and the distortion of fair competition. The authority should also enhance cooperation between Member States in tackling undeclared work, letter box companies, fraudulent postings and bogus self-employment. . In cases where the Authority, in the course of the performance of its activities, becomes aware of suspected irregularities, including in areas of Union law beyond its scope, such as violations of working conditions, health and safety rules, or the employment of illegally staying third-country nationals, it should be able to report them and cooperate on these matters with the Commission, competent Union bodies, and national authorities where appropriate.

2018/09/13
Committee: TRAN

2018/0064(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6

(6) The Authority should perform its activities in the areas of cross-border labour mobility and social security coordination, including free movement of workers, posting of workers and ~~highly mobile~~cross- border provision of services. It should also ~~enhanc~~oblige cooperation between Member States in tackling undeclared work. In cases where the Authority, in the course of the performance of its activities, becomes aware of suspected irregularities, including in areas of Union law beyond its scope, such as violations of working conditions, health and safety rules, or the employment of illegally staying third-country nationals, it should be able to report them and cooperate on these matters with the Commission, competent Union bodies, and national authorities where appropriate. The Authority should support Member States in fulfilling their responsibilities and thereby help them to exploit any synergy effects in order to work as efficient as possible.

2018/09/13
Committee: TRAN

2018/0064(COD)

Lucy ANDERSON, Miltiadis KYRKOS, Isabella DE MONTE, Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Michael DETJEN, David Maria SASSOLI, Nicola CAPUTO, Ismail ERTUG, Theresa GRIFFIN

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8 a (new)

(8a) The Authority should deal with cross-border issues related to highly mobile workers such as aircrew, truck and coach drivers. Their high mobility requires the Authority’s support for enhanced transnational cooperation between Member States to safeguard the functioning of the internal market and to ensure an effective and consistent enforcement of Union provisions on transnational aspects of labour law, such as applicable law (Regulation (EC) No 593/2008)1a,jurisdiction (Regulation (EU) No 1215/2012)1b and A1portable documents (Regulation (EC) No 883/2004)1c. _________________ 1aRegulation (EC) No 593/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 June 2008 on the law applicable to contractual obligations (Rome I), OJ L 177, 4.7.2008 1bRegulation (EU) No 1215/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 December 2012 on jurisdiction and the recognition and enforcement of judgments in civil and commercial matters, OJ L 351, 20.12.2012 1c Regulation (EC) No 883/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 on the coordination of social security systems, OJ L166/1, 30.04.2004

2018/09/13
Committee: TRAN

2018/0064(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9

(9) The individuals covered by the activities of the Authority should be persons who are subject to the Union law within the scope of this Regulation, including workers, self-employed persons, jobseekers, and economically non-active persons; this should cover both Union citizens and third-country nationals who are legally resident in the Union, such as posted workers, EU Blue Card holders, intra-corporate transferees or long-term residents, as well as their family members. This shall also apply to workers from third countries who are not legally resident in the Union but are subject to postings of any duration to the EU.

2018/09/13
Committee: TRAN

2018/0064(COD)

Michael DETJEN, Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Isabella DE MONTE, Lucy ANDERSON, Ismail ERTUG, Nicola CAPUTO

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13

(13) In view of the fair, simple and effective application of Union law, the Authority should ~~support~~improve cooperation and timely exchange of information between Member States. Together with other staff, National Liaison Officers working within the Authority should ~~support~~help Member States’ to compl~~iance with~~y with their cooperation obligations, speed up exchanges between them through procedures dedicated to reducing delays, and ensure links with other national liaison offices, bodies, and contact points established under Union law. The Authority should encourage the use of innovative approaches to effective and efficient cross-border cooperation, including electronic data exchange tools such as the Electronic Exchange of Social Security Information (EESSI) system and the Internal Market Information (IMI) system, and should contribute to further digitalising procedures and improving IT tools used for message exchange between national authorities.

2018/09/13
Committee: TRAN

2018/0064(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14

(14) To increase Member States' capacity to tackle irregularities ~~with a cross-border dimension~~ in relation to Union law within its scope, the Authority should support the national authorities in carrying out concerted and joint inspections, both at the workplace or roadside and at the premises, including by facilitating the implementation of the inspections in accordance with Article 10 of Directive 2014/67/EU. These should take place at the request of Member States or upon ~~their agreement to~~ the Authority's suggestion. The Authority should provide strategic, logistical, and technical support to Member States participating in the concerted or joint inspections in full respect of confidentiality requirements. Inspections should be carried out in ~~agreement with~~ the Member States concerned and take place fully within the legal framework of national law of Member States concerned, which should follow up on the outcomes of the concerted and joint inspections according to national law. In order to ensure proper application of this Regulation, all officials participating in concerted or joint inspections should have minimum investigation powers. The results of the joint inspections should have legal effects in the Member States concerned.

2018/09/13
Committee: TRAN

2018/0064(COD)

Lucy ANDERSON, Miltiadis KYRKOS, Isabella DE MONTE, Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Michael DETJEN, David Maria SASSOLI, Nicola CAPUTO, Ismail ERTUG, Theresa GRIFFIN

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16

(16) Despite various previous initiatives, administrative cooperation at a national level remains limited and exchanges of information are sporadic and incomplete. To strengthen the capacity of national authorities and improve consistency in the application of Union law within its scope, the Authority should provide operational assistance to national authorities, including by developing practical guidelines, establishing training and peer learning programmes, promoting mutual assistance projects, facilitating staff exchanges such as those referred to in Article 8 of Directive 2014/67/EU, and supporting Member States in organising awareness-raising campaigns informing individuals and employers of their rights and obligations. The Authority should promote the exchange, dissemination and uptake of good practices.

2018/09/13
Committee: TRAN

2018/0064(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Recital 37 a (new)

(37a) The Parliament should be systematically and on equal terms with the Commission and the Council involved in defining and weighting the criteria for the location of the Authority;

2018/09/13
Committee: TRAN

2018/0064(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 2

2. The ~~Authority shall assist Member States and the Commission in matters relating to cross-border labour mobility and~~field of activity of the Authority shall comprise ensuring fairness in the field of cross-border labour mobility, fight against social dumping and improving the coordination of social security systems within the Union.

2018/09/13
Committee: TRAN

2018/0064(COD)

Lucy ANDERSON, Isabella DE MONTE, Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Michael DETJEN, David Maria SASSOLI, Nicola CAPUTO, Ismail ERTUG, Theresa GRIFFIN

(a) facilitate a~~ccess for individuals and employers to information on their rights and~~ nd encourage the necessary activities for the purpose of promoting fair labour mobili~~gations~~ty as well as ~~to relevant serv~~preventing and countering unfair labour mobility practices;

2018/09/13
Committee: TRAN

2018/0064(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point a a (new)

(aa) promote effective enforcement of EU Labour and Social rights;

2018/09/13
Committee: TRAN

2018/0064(COD)

Lucy ANDERSON, Miltiadis KYRKOS, Isabella DE MONTE, Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Michael DETJEN, David Maria SASSOLI, Nicola CAPUTO, Ismail ERTUG, Theresa GRIFFIN

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point a b (new)

(ab) combat unfair competition, undeclared work, letterbox companies, fraudulent postings and promote the enforcement of equal pay for equal work;

2018/09/13
Committee: TRAN

2018/0064(COD)

Lucy ANDERSON, Miltiadis KYRKOS, Isabella DE MONTE, Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Michael DETJEN, David Maria SASSOLI, Nicola CAPUTO, Ismail ERTUG, Theresa GRIFFIN

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)

(ba) oversee the application of Union law in the area of labour mobility, as well as examine breaches of this law such as various forms of social fraud, infringements and abuse of labour mobility rights of mobile workers, including seasonal, frontier and posted workers, discrimination, fraudulent work contracts and trafficking for labour exploitation;

2018/09/13
Committee: TRAN

2018/0064(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)

(ca) tackle cross-border wage and social dumping;

2018/09/13
Committee: TRAN

2018/0064(COD)

Lucy ANDERSON, Isabella DE MONTE, Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Michael DETJEN, David Maria SASSOLI, Nicola CAPUTO, Ismail ERTUG, Theresa GRIFFIN

Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1 – point g a (new)

(ga) request Member States to carry out inspections or initiate investigations. The national social partners shall be able to report possible instances of EU cross- border mobility infringements to the Authority in order to request that the national authorities carry out an investigation. The Authority shall inform the social partners as to the reasoning behind any decisions to take measures or not.

2018/09/13
Committee: TRAN

2018/0064(COD)

Lucy ANDERSON, Miltiadis KYRKOS, Isabella DE MONTE, Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Michael DETJEN, David Maria SASSOLI, Nicola CAPUTO, Ismail ERTUG, Theresa GRIFFIN

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point a

(a) provide relevant ~~information~~comprehensive information and advisory services on the rights and obligations of individuals in cross-border labour mobility situations;

2018/09/13
Committee: TRAN

2018/0064(COD)

Lucy ANDERSON, Miltiadis KYRKOS, Isabella DE MONTE, Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Michael DETJEN, David Maria SASSOLI, Nicola CAPUTO, Ismail ERTUG, Theresa GRIFFIN

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point c

(c) provide relevant information to employers, trade unions and workers on labour rules, and the living and working conditions applicable to workers in cross- border labour mobility situations, including posted workers;

2018/09/13
Committee: TRAN

2018/0064(COD)

Lucy ANDERSON, Isabella DE MONTE, Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Michael DETJEN, David Maria SASSOLI, Nicola CAPUTO, Ismail ERTUG, Theresa GRIFFIN

Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)

(ca) provide information on wages and wage-setting and include information on joining a trade union;

2018/09/13
Committee: TRAN

2018/0064(COD)

Lucy ANDERSON, Isabella DE MONTE, Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Michael DETJEN, David Maria SASSOLI, Nicola CAPUTO, Ismail ERTUG, Theresa GRIFFIN

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point d

(d) ~~facilit~~help to ensure thate cross-border enforcement procedures of penalties and fines work; elaborate, in cooperation with the Member States, an enhanced and systematic fining policy that is effective, dissuasive and proportionate, to be applied and monitored by the Authority; provide assistance to recover workers' financial entitlements and to identify the place of jurisdiction;

2018/09/13
Committee: TRAN

2018/0064(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point d a (new)

(da) provide information to the social partners as to why the Authority decides or not to take action against a Member State.

2018/09/13
Committee: TRAN

2018/0064(COD)

Michael DETJEN, Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Christine REVAULT D'ALLONNES BONNEFOY, Isabella DE MONTE, Ismail ERTUG, Nicola CAPUTO

Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. The Authority shall facilitate cooperation between Member States in the event of cross-border market disruptions and support their fight against social dumping.

2018/09/13
Committee: TRAN

2018/0064(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1

1. At the request of one or several 1. Member States, the Authority shall coordinate concerted or joint inspections in the areas under the scope of the Authority’s competences. These inspections may take place both at the workplace or roadside and at the premises. The request may be submitted by one or several Member States. The Authority may also suggest to the authorities of the Member States concerned that they perform a concerted or joint inspection.

2018/09/13
Committee: TRAN

2018/0064(COD)

Michael DETJEN, Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Christine REVAULT D'ALLONNES BONNEFOY, Isabella DE MONTE, Ismail ERTUG, Nicola CAPUTO

Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1

1. At the request of one or several Member States, ~~the Authority shall coordinate concerted or joint inspec~~or of social partners' organisations ior on the areas under the scope of the Authority’s competences. The request may be submitted by one or several Member States. The Authority may also suggest to the authorities of the Member States concerned that they perform a concerted or joint inspectioninitiative of the Authority, Member States shall work towards concluding an agreement between them and the Authority for concerted or joint inspections in the areas under the scope of the Authority’s competences.

2018/09/13
Committee: TRAN

2018/0064(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 4

4. Staff of the Authority may participate in a concerted or joint inspection with the prior agreement of the Member State on whose territory they will be providing their assistance to the inspection. Where inspections concern international transport, staff of the Authority shall have the power to carry out, in accordance with the national law of the Member State concerned, all necessary on-site inspections, including the power to enter any premises, land or means of transport, or to request other public authorities to do so, in order to examine, seize, take or obtain copies of information, data or documents, irrespective of their storage medium;

2018/09/13
Committee: TRAN

2018/0064(COD)

Lucy ANDERSON, Isabella DE MONTE, Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Michael DETJEN, David Maria SASSOLI, Nicola CAPUTO, Ismail ERTUG, Theresa GRIFFIN

Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. National social partners shall have the opportunity to request that national authorities carry out joint inspections with the ELA.

2018/09/13
Committee: TRAN

2018/0064(COD)

Lucy ANDERSON, Miltiadis KYRKOS, Isabella DE MONTE, Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Michael DETJEN, David Maria SASSOLI, Nicola CAPUTO, Ismail ERTUG, Theresa GRIFFIN

Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. The Authority may carry out in- depth analyses and studies to investigate specific labour mobility issues if so requested by the Stakeholder Group.

2018/09/13
Committee: TRAN

2018/0064(COD)

Lucy ANDERSON, Miltiadis KYRKOS, Isabella DE MONTE, Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Michael DETJEN, David Maria SASSOLI, Nicola CAPUTO, Ismail ERTUG, Theresa GRIFFIN

Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 1

1. In the event of disputes between Member States regarding the application or interpretation of Union law in areas covered by this Regulation, the Authority may perform a mediation role. Such a role shall not prevent the possibility of legal action at a national or European level in the future.

2018/09/13
Committee: TRAN

2018/0064(COD)

Lucy ANDERSON, Isabella DE MONTE, Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Michael DETJEN, David Maria SASSOLI, Nicola CAPUTO, Ismail ERTUG, Theresa GRIFFIN

Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 5

5. Within three months of the conclusion of the mediation by the Authority, the Member States concerned shall report to the Authority on measures they have taken in order to follow-up on it or on the reasons for not taking action in the event that they did not follow-up. The ELA may intervene in the case of refusal by the Member State or national authority to provide information and impose sanctions. In the event of a mediation failure then the Authority shall have the right to ask the Commission to look at initiating infringement proceedings against the Member State concerned. If the Commission decides to pursue infringement proceedings then the Authority should be granted the right to litigate before the ECJ .

2018/09/13
Committee: TRAN

2018/0064(COD)

Lucy ANDERSON, Isabella DE MONTE, Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Michael DETJEN, David Maria SASSOLI, Nicola CAPUTO, Ismail ERTUG, Theresa GRIFFIN

Proposal for a regulation
Article 24 – paragraph 4

4. The Stakeholder Group shall be composed of six representatives of Union- level social partners equally representing trade unions and employer’s organisations, and two representatives of the Commission. The members may be accompanied by experts to meetings of the Stakeholders Group.

2018/09/13
Committee: TRAN

2018/0064(COD)

Lucy ANDERSON, Isabella DE MONTE, Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Michael DETJEN, David Maria SASSOLI, Nicola CAPUTO, Ismail ERTUG, Theresa GRIFFIN

Proposal for a regulation
Article 25 – paragraph 1

1. Each year, the Executive Director shall draw up a draft single programming document containing in particular multi- annual and annual programming in accordance with Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 1271/201373 and taking into account guidelines set by the Commission. The Stakeholder Group will be consulted on the proposal for the annual programme. _________________ 73 Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 1271/2013 of 30 September 2013 on the framework financial regulation for the bodies referred to in Article 208 of Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 966/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 328, 7.12.2013, p. 42).

2018/09/13
Committee: TRAN

2017/2636(RSP)

Agnes JONGERIUS, David MARTIN, Jude KIRTON-DARLING, Alessia Maria MOSCA, Eric ANDRIEU, Maria ARENA, Emmanuel MAUREL, Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ

Citation 15 a (new)

- having regard to special paragraph in the ILO Committee on Application of Standards of the ILO Conference of 2016, the ILO High Level Tripartite Mission Report and the 2017 observations of the ILO Committee of Experts on the Application of Conventions and Recommendations concerning Conventions 87 and 98

2017/05/08
Committee: INTA

2017/2636(RSP)

Agnes JONGERIUS, David MARTIN, Jude KIRTON-DARLING, Alessia Maria MOSCA, Eric ANDRIEU, Emmanuel MAUREL, Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Maria ARENA

Citation 15 b (new)

- having regard for the complaint filed in 2017 with the ILO Committee on Freedom of Association concerning the government's crackdown on garment workers in Ashulia in December 2016 and the complaint filed with the UN special mandates concerning the crackdown in Ashulia

2017/05/08
Committee: INTA

2017/2636(RSP)

Agnes JONGERIUS, David MARTIN, Jude KIRTON-DARLING, Alessia Maria MOSCA, Eric ANDRIEU, Maria ARENA, Emmanuel MAUREL, Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ

Recital C b (new)

C b. Whereas approximately 10% of the workforce in the RMG sector is employed in Export Processing Zones (EPZ), whereas under the EPZ Labour Act falls short of granting sufficient basic rights to workers in comparison to those elsewhere in Bangladesh, whereas a vast expansion of EPZ is planned.

2017/05/08
Committee: INTA

2017/2636(RSP)

Agnes JONGERIUS, David MARTIN, Jude KIRTON-DARLING, Alessia Maria MOSCA, Eric ANDRIEU, Maria ARENA, Emmanuel MAUREL, Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ

Recital D

D. whereas the EU’s generous unilateral trade preference under the so- called “Everything, but arms” initiative for least-developed countries (LDCs) enshrined in the EU GSP regulation granting tariff-free access for Bangladesh textiles under flexible rules of origins have significantly contributed to this success story;growth in export and employment

2017/05/08
Committee: INTA

2017/2636(RSP)

Agnes JONGERIUS, David MARTIN, Jude KIRTON-DARLING, Alessia Maria MOSCA, Eric ANDRIEU, Maria ARENA, Emmanuel MAUREL, Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ

Recital E a (new)

E a. Whereas Bangladesh will cease to be eligable for EBA in 2021, due to its good growth performance, and will have to apply for GSP+ to maintain the current level of market access; whereas GSP+ obligates the receiving country to strict compliance with 27 international conventions on, among others, good governance, labour law and freedom of association; whereas Bangladesh does not meet all of these criteria at the present;

2017/05/08
Committee: INTA

2017/2636(RSP)

Agnes JONGERIUS, David MARTIN, Jude KIRTON-DARLING, Alessia Maria MOSCA, Eric ANDRIEU, Maria ARENA, Emmanuel MAUREL, Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ

Recital F a (new)

F a. whereas the Directorate-Generals of EMPL, DEVE and TRADE of the European Commission send a letter on March 16 2017 to the Goverment of Bangladesh demanding tangible progress by May 18 2017 on the following four points: 1) Undertake amendments to the 2013 Labour Act, 2) ensure that the law governing the EPZs allows for full freedom of association, 3) investigate as a matter of urgency all acts of anti-union discrimination and 4) ensure that applications for union registration are acted upon expeditiously and are not denied unless the fail to meet clear and objective criteria set forth in law;

2017/05/08
Committee: INTA

2017/2636(RSP)

Agnes JONGERIUS, David MARTIN, Jude KIRTON-DARLING, Alessia Maria MOSCA, Eric ANDRIEU, Maria ARENA, Emmanuel MAUREL, Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ

Recital G

G. whereas, according to various reports, hundreds of garment workers died in various factory fires in Bangladesh since 2006, for which regrettably many culpable factory owners and managers have never been brought to justice, whereas it is estimated that 11.7 thousand workers suffer from fatal accidents and a further 24.5 thousand die from work related diseases across all sectors each year;

2017/05/08
Committee: INTA

2017/2636(RSP)

Agnes JONGERIUS, David MARTIN, Jude KIRTON-DARLING, Alessia Maria MOSCA, Eric ANDRIEU, Maria ARENA, Emmanuel MAUREL, Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ

Recital I

I. whereas since 21st December 2016, following strikes and demonstrations by Bangladeshi garment workers seeking higher wages, the Bangladeshi authorities ~~have~~arbitrarily arrested orand detained at least 1435 unions leaders and ~~worker rights advocates~~advocates, shut union and NGO offices and put them under police surveillance, and suspended or dismissed 1600 workers for protesting the low wages in the garment industry;

2017/05/08
Committee: INTA

2017/2636(RSP)

Agnes JONGERIUS, David MARTIN, Jude KIRTON-DARLING, Alessia Maria MOSCA, Eric ANDRIEU, Maria ARENA, Emmanuel MAUREL, Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ

Recital K

K. whereas a number of promising initiatives led by the private sector such as the Bangladesh Accord on Fire and Building Safety (the Accord) have contributed moderately positively to improving supply chain standards and workforce safety over the last 20 years in terms of increasing workers’ rights in the garment supply chain;

2017/05/08
Committee: INTA

2017/2636(RSP)

Agnes JONGERIUS, David MARTIN, Jude KIRTON-DARLING, Alessia Maria MOSCA, Eric ANDRIEU, Maria ARENA, Emmanuel MAUREL, Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ

Recital L

L. whereas the conclusions of successive reviews of the Compact in 2014, 2015 and 2016 are reporting tangible improvements achieved by the Bangladeshi authorities in some areas, and are recognizing the contribution of the Compact in moderately improving health and safety in factories and working conditions in the RMG industry; whereas progress relating to worker’'s rights has been more challenging and no ~~substantial~~ progress has been witnessed for the last ~~month~~years in this area;

2017/05/08
Committee: INTA

2017/2636(RSP)

Agnes JONGERIUS, David MARTIN, Jude KIRTON-DARLING, Alessia Maria MOSCA, Eric ANDRIEU, Maria ARENA, Emmanuel MAUREL, Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ

Recital M a (new)

M a. whereas global trade unions (ETUC, ITUC, Uni Global Union, IndustriAll) have been calling for the European Commission to carry out a GSP investigation due to, as the unions state: 'the government [of Bangladesh] has demonstrated beyond any doubt that continued dialogue mechanisms have failed and will do little if anything to improve conditions of the more than 4 million garment workers and the many millions more in other sectors'

2017/05/08
Committee: INTA

2017/2636(RSP)

Agnes JONGERIUS, Maria ARENA, Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ

Paragraph 9

9. Supports the Commission's examination of a possible EU-wide initiative on the garment sector~~-voluntary initiatives and strict codes of conduct shall be its key principles; stresses furthermore that coordination, s~~; reiterates its call on the Commission to propose binding legislation on due diligence obligations for supply charings in~~formation and exchange of best practices may contribute to increasing efficiency of private and public value chain initiatives and achieve positive results on sustainable development;~~ the garment sector so as to ensure that the EU and its trading partners and operators fulfil their obligations to respect both human rights and the highest social and environmental standards.

2017/05/08
Committee: INTA

2017/2636(RSP)

Agnes JONGERIUS, David MARTIN, Jude KIRTON-DARLING, Alessia Maria MOSCA, Eric ANDRIEU, Maria ARENA, Emmanuel MAUREL, Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ

Paragraph 9 a (new)

9 a. Supports the Commission's stated intent to launch an official GSP investigation when by May 18 2017 if no tangible progress is put in place by the GOB;

2017/05/08
Committee: INTA

2017/2636(RSP)

Agnes JONGERIUS, David MARTIN, Jude KIRTON-DARLING, Alessia Maria MOSCA, Eric ANDRIEU, Maria ARENA, Emmanuel MAUREL, Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ

Paragraph 9 b (new)

9 b. Calls on the European Commission to use the leverage granted by the future GSP+ negotiations with Bangladesh to the fullest extend and firmly hold the country to the international obligations it has to meet before being considered for GSP+;

2017/05/08
Committee: INTA

2017/2636(RSP)

Agnes JONGERIUS, David MARTIN, Jude KIRTON-DARLING, Alessia Maria MOSCA, Eric ANDRIEU, Maria ARENA, Emmanuel MAUREL, Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ

Paragraph 9 c (new)

9 c. Underlines that failure to improve the security situation and systematically confront the threats posed by extremists in Bangladesh will have a direct effect on investment in the country, which will ultimately hold back long term development and the lives of ordinary people.

2017/05/08
Committee: INTA

2017/2278(INI)

Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Alessia Maria MOSCA, Nicola DANTI, Maria ARENA, Goffredo Maria BETTINI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Points out that public procurement markets in third countries are often de jure and/or de facto closed to EU bidders; recalls that the Commission estimates that more than half of the global procurement market is currently closed to free international competition owing to protectionist measures, which are globally on a rise, while approximately EUR 352 billion in value of EU public procurement is open to bidders from member countries of the WTO Agreement on Government Procurement (GPA)1 ; Recalls that the reciprocity principle in public procurement should be respected and implemented by third countries and our trading partners to ensure that European companies get similar market access as our competitors enjoy in the EU market; Points out that a level-playing field could be restored with the approval of the international procurement instrument; Calls on the Council to unlock the current stalemate with regard to this instrument and calls for a rapid adoption; __________________ 1 Amended IPI proposal (2016).

2018/04/10
Committee: INTA

2017/2278(INI)

Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Alessia Maria MOSCA, Nicola DANTI, Maria ARENA, Goffredo Maria BETTINI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Stresses that an annex on government procurement should be included in each future trade agreement with a view to maximising the participation of European companies in foreign tenders and promoting the application of social and environmental criteria, including gender equality criteria in awarding public procurement contracts; Regrets in this regard that 55% of procurement procedures still use the lowest price as the only award criterion instead of MEAT (most economically advantageous tenders);

2018/04/10
Committee: INTA

2017/2278(INI)

Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Alessia Maria MOSCA, Nicola DANTI, Maria ARENA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 b (new)

2b. Notes that high quality public services depend on modern, transparent and efficient public procurement processes; Recalls therefore that public procurement should be used in a more strategic manner, to obtain better value for each euro of public money spent and to contribute to sustainable growth and jobs and to a more innovative, inclusive economy;

2018/04/10
Committee: INTA

2017/2278(INI)

Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Alessia Maria MOSCA, Maria ARENA, Goffredo Maria BETTINI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 c (new)

2c. Regrets that clear and consolidated procurement data is often not available and therefore citizens cannot access details of procurement procedures;

2018/04/10
Committee: INTA

2017/2278(INI)

Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Alessia Maria MOSCA, Nicola DANTI, Maria ARENA, Goffredo Maria BETTINI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Welcomes the fact that one of the six priority areas for the Commission’s action in the field of public procurement is the improvement of access to procurement markets; stresses that improving access to public procurement markets in third countries, including at the sub-national level, constitutes a strong offensive interest for the EU in trade negotiations on public procurement, given that many EU companies are highly competitive in various sectors; recalls that ~~improved market access to third-country public~~trade agreements should be used as a lever to improve access to non-EU procurement markets, and that improved market access, enhanced rules for transparent procurement procedures and innovative, green and social procurement, should be key elements for any trade agreement to be concluded by the EU;

2018/04/10
Committee: INTA

2017/2278(INI)

Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Alessia Maria MOSCA, Nicola DANTI, Maria ARENA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Emphasises that any strategy to open up public procurement markets in third countries should take into account the specific needs of SMEs to facilitate their access to markets, as access to third- country public procurement markets can be particularly difficult for them; Notes that cooperation to procure together and to promote joint cross-border public procurement could be helpful in this regard; Calls on the Commission to encourage SMEs-friendly procurement procedures (including cross-border initiatives and tenders division into lots) to be included in trade agreements.

2018/04/10
Committee: INTA

2017/2278(INI)

Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Alessia Maria MOSCA, Nicola DANTI, Maria ARENA, Goffredo Maria BETTINI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Notes that procurement procedures are often associated with complex rules and unnecessary administrative burden; Urges Member States to boost digital transformation and the use of digital technologies of procurement processes, to simplify and accelerate procurement procedures; Stresses that improving procurement skills at all stages of the procurement process, including e-skills, is of vital importance and together with enhanced transparency and openness, can contribute to fighting collusion and eliminating cases of misconduct;

2018/04/10
Committee: INTA

2017/2278(INI)

Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Alessia Maria MOSCA, Maria ARENA, Goffredo Maria BETTINI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. Highlights the importance of the GPA not only for providing de jure access to procurement markets in third countries, but also for enhancing the transparency of procurement procedures; encourages the Commission to promote the development of global and convergent standards for transparent procurement as an important tool for combating corruption; Recalls that enabling the reporting of corruption, simplified procedures and stronger provisions on integrity and transparency for bidders can also be effective tools to combat corruption and foster integrity in public administration; Calls on the Commission to set up effective reporting mechanisms and to strengthen the protection of whistle-blowers against retaliation;

2018/04/10
Committee: INTA

2017/2274(INI)

Alessia Maria MOSCA, David MARTIN, Joachim SCHUSTER, Nicola DANTI, Jude KIRTON-DARLING, Pedro SILVA PEREIRA, Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Agnes JONGERIUS, Emmanuel MAUREL

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Notes that ~~China~~the People's Republic of China, hereinafter PRC, is the EU’s second-largest trading partner and that the EU is ~~China~~the PRC’s largest trading partner, and that the trade balance has a significant deficit in China’s favour;

2018/05/02
Committee: INTA

2017/2274(INI)

Alessia Maria MOSCA, Joachim SCHUSTER, David MARTIN, Nicola DANTI, Jude KIRTON-DARLING, Pedro SILVA PEREIRA, Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Agnes JONGERIUS, Emmanuel MAUREL

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Notes that ~~China~~the PRC is a major global trade player and that this could represent a good opportunity for EU businesses;

2018/05/02
Committee: INTA

2017/2274(INI)

Alessia Maria MOSCA, David MARTIN, Joachim SCHUSTER, Nicola DANTI, Jude KIRTON-DARLING, Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Agnes JONGERIUS, Emmanuel MAUREL

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Notes that EU outward foreign 3. direct investment in ~~China~~the PRC has steadily decreased since 2012, while ~~China~~the PRC’s investment in the EU ~~has grown exponentially over the past years~~, including some high profile takeovers such as the port of Piraeus, has grown exponentially over the past years; acknowledges that since 2016 the PRC became a net investor into the EU; takes note that in 2017 68 percent of Chinese investments into Europe came from state-owned enterprises; is concerned about state-orchestrated acquisitions that might hinder European strategic interests, public security objectives, competitiveness and employment; in this regard welcomes the European Commission’s proposal for an investments’ screening mechanism and calls for its swift adoption;

2018/05/02
Committee: INTA

2017/2274(INI)

Alessia Maria MOSCA, David MARTIN, Joachim SCHUSTER, Nicola DANTI, Jude KIRTON-DARLING, Pedro SILVA PEREIRA, Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Agnes JONGERIUS, Emmanuel MAUREL

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Calls on ~~China to act on~~the PRC to fulfil the commitments enshrined in China’s Accession Protocol to the WTO and those made by President Xi Jinping~~’s commitments~~, as a result of increased trade tensions, to further open up the Chinese market to foreign investors, strengthen the protection of intellectual property rights and level the playing field by making China’s market more transparent and better regulated, and by ceasing all the discriminatory practices against foreign investors, in this respect recalls that those reforms will benefit both Chinese and European businesses, especially MSMEs;

2018/05/02
Committee: INTA

2017/2274(INI)

Alessia Maria MOSCA, David MARTIN, Joachim SCHUSTER, Nicola DANTI, Jude KIRTON-DARLING, Pedro SILVA PEREIRA, Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Agnes JONGERIUS, Emmanuel MAUREL

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Calls for coordinated cooperation with ~~China~~the PRC on the Belt and Road Initiative ~~on the basis of~~based on reciprocity, sustainable development, good governance, and open and transparent rules, in particular regarding public procurement; in this respect regrets that the Memorandum of Understanding signed by the European Investment Fund and China’s Silk Road Fund (SRF) and the one signed by the European Investment Bank (EIB), the Asian Development Bank, the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the New Development Bank, and the World Bank have not yet improved the business environment for European enterprises and workers;

2018/05/02
Committee: INTA

2017/2274(INI)

Alessia Maria MOSCA, David MARTIN, Joachim SCHUSTER, Jude KIRTON-DARLING, Pedro SILVA PEREIRA, Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Nicola DANTI, Agnes JONGERIUS, Emmanuel MAUREL

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. Supports the on-going negotiations on a comprehensive EU-~~China~~ PRC Investment Agreement~~; calls for further reciprocity in market access~~ that were launched in 2013; calls on the Parties to renew efforts to advance in the negotiations aimed at achieving a genuine level playing field for European businesses and workers and to ensure reciprocity in market access; calls for the inclusion of a binding and enforceable Trade and Sustainable Development chapter;

2018/05/02
Committee: INTA

2017/2274(INI)

Alessia Maria MOSCA, David MARTIN, Joachim SCHUSTER, Nicola DANTI, Jude KIRTON-DARLING, Pedro SILVA PEREIRA, Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Agnes JONGERIUS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7

7. Calls on ~~China~~the PRC to strive to play a responsible role on the global stage, including giving its active support to the multilateral rules-based trading system and the WTO; in the context of increasing bilateral trade tensions, reiterates the need to pursue multilateral solutions; in this respect calls for the fulfilment of WTO obligations and the protection of its operative mechanisms;

2018/05/02
Committee: INTA

2017/2274(INI)

Alessia Maria MOSCA, David MARTIN, Nicola DANTI, Jude KIRTON-DARLING, Pedro SILVA PEREIRA, Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Agnes JONGERIUS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)

7a. Calls for the resumption of negotiations, in line with the European Parliament’s resolution, on the Trade in Service Agreement (TiSA) and on the Environmental Goods Agreement (EGA), building on the fruitful EU-PRC cooperation in the fight against climate change and the strong joint commitment towards the implementation of the Paris Agreement;

2018/05/02
Committee: INTA

2017/2274(INI)

Alessia Maria MOSCA, David MARTIN, Joachim SCHUSTER, Nicola DANTI, Jude KIRTON-DARLING, Pedro SILVA PEREIRA, Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Agnes JONGERIUS, Emmanuel MAUREL

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 b (new)

7b. Regrets that the PRC, despite the conclusion of the procedure on the reform of the European calculation methodology for anti-dumping duties, has not yet withdrawn its case against the EU at the WTO appellate body;

2018/05/02
Committee: INTA

2017/2274(INI)

Alessia Maria MOSCA, David MARTIN, Joachim SCHUSTER, Nicola DANTI, Jude KIRTON-DARLING, Pedro SILVA PEREIRA, Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Agnes JONGERIUS, Emmanuel MAUREL

Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 a (new)

9a. Takes note with concern of the conclusions of the Commission’s report on the protection and enforcement of intellectual property rights in third countries that indicates the PRC as the chief concern; reiterates the need to ensure protection to European knowledge-based economy; calls on the PRC to fight the illicit use of European licences by Chinese companies;

2018/05/02
Committee: INTA

2017/2193(INI)

Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Alessia Maria MOSCA, David MARTIN, Emmanuel MAUREL, Maria ARENA, Eric ANDRIEU, Sorin MOISĂ, Nicola DANTI

Motion for a resolution
Citation 8 a (new)

- having regard to the European Commission´s study of 15 November 2016 on the Cumulative Economic Impact of future trade agreements on EU agriculture;

2017/09/21
Committee: INTA

2017/2193(INI)

Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Alessia Maria MOSCA, David MARTIN, Sorin MOISĂ, Nicola DANTI

Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)

D a. whereas the EU concluded negotiations on the EU-New Zealand Partnership Agreement on Relations and Cooperation (PARC) on 30 July 2014;

2017/09/21
Committee: INTA

2017/2193(INI)

Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Alessia Maria MOSCA, David MARTIN, Sorin MOISĂ, Nicola DANTI

Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)

F a. whereas New Zealand is among the EU’s oldest and closest partners, sharing common values and committed to promoting prosperity and security within a rules-based system globally;

2017/09/21
Committee: INTA

2017/2193(INI)

Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Alessia Maria MOSCA, David MARTIN, Sorin MOISĂ, Nicola DANTI

Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)

G a. whereas New Zealand is one of only six WTO members for which there is still no preferential access to the EU market or negotiations in progress to that end;

2017/09/21
Committee: INTA

2017/2193(INI)

Emmanuel MAUREL, Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Maria ARENA, Eric ANDRIEU

Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)

H a. Whereas New Zealand made significant commitments in TPP (Trans- Pacific Partnership) to promote the long term conservation of certain species and to tackle illegal wildlife trafficking through enhanced conservation measures, as well as requirements to effectively enforce environmental protections and engage in enhanced regional cooperation;whereas such commitments should serve as a benchmark for the EU-New Zealand FTA;

2017/09/21
Committee: INTA

2017/2193(INI)

Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Alessia Maria MOSCA, David MARTIN, Emmanuel MAUREL, Maria ARENA, Eric ANDRIEU, Sorin MOISĂ

Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)

H a. whereas the conclusion of the EU- New Zealand free trade agreement will deepen the trade and investment relationship and whereas it could not be contemplated if the agreement adversely affected the ability of the parties to introduce, maintain or enhance their social, environmental or labour standards;

2017/09/21
Committee: INTA

2017/2193(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)

H a. Whereas following the EU-New Zealand draft negotiating mandate, investment protection is not included;whereas an ad hoc investment protection mechanism is unnecessary between partners with highly developed judicial systems;

2017/09/21
Committee: INTA

2017/2193(INI)

Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Alessia Maria MOSCA, David MARTIN, Emmanuel MAUREL, Maria ARENA, Eric ANDRIEU, Sorin MOISĂ

Motion for a resolution
Recital H b (new)

H b. whereas, the Belgian national government has on the 6 September 2017 requested the European Court of Justice to review if ICS is compatible with EU treaties;

2017/09/21
Committee: INTA

2017/2193(INI)

Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Alessia Maria MOSCA, David MARTIN, Emmanuel MAUREL, Maria ARENA, Eric ANDRIEU, Sorin MOISĂ, Nicola DANTI

Motion for a resolution
Recital H c (new)

H c. whereas following the EU-New Zealand draft negotiating mandate investment-protection is not included;

2017/09/21
Committee: INTA

2017/2193(INI)

Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Alessia Maria MOSCA, David MARTIN, Emmanuel MAUREL, Maria ARENA, Eric ANDRIEU, Sorin MOISĂ, Nicola DANTI

Motion for a resolution
Recital H d (new)

H d. whereas the European Parliament will be required to decide whether to give its consent to the potential EU-New Zealand-FTA;

2017/09/21
Committee: INTA

2017/2193(INI)

Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Alessia Maria MOSCA, David MARTIN, Maria ARENA, Sorin MOISĂ, Nicola DANTI

Motion for a resolution
Recital H e (new)

H e. whereas the European Court of Justice opinion on the EU-Singapore agreement of 16 May 2017 clarifies that, except for portfolio investment and investor-to-state-dispute stellment, the agreement is of EU exclusive competence, showing the need to strengthen the democratic accountability of EU trade policy by enhancing the role of the EP in negotiating trade agreements at all stages;

2017/09/21
Committee: INTA

2017/2193(INI)

Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Alessia Maria MOSCA, David MARTIN, Joachim SCHUSTER, Maria ARENA, Sorin MOISĂ, Nicola DANTI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Considers that the ~~full~~ potential of the Union’s bilateral and regional cooperation strategies can ~~only be realis~~be improved by concluding a high-quality ~~FTA~~, balanced and fair trade agreement with New Zealand in a spirit of reciprocity and mutual benefit while under no circumstances undermining the ambition to achieve progress multilaterally or the implementation of already concluded multilateral and bilateral agreements;

2017/09/21
Committee: INTA

2017/2193(INI)

Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Alessia Maria MOSCA, David MARTIN, Joachim SCHUSTER, Maria ARENA, Sorin MOISĂ, Nicola DANTI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Believes that the negotiation of a modern, ambitious, balanced, fair and comprehensive FTA is a pragmatic way of deepening the bilateral partnership and further reinforcing the existing, already mature bilateral trade and investment relationships; while keeping social and environmental concerns high on both partners´ agendas;

2017/09/21
Committee: INTA

2017/2193(INI)

Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Alessia Maria MOSCA, David MARTIN, Emmanuel MAUREL, Joachim SCHUSTER, Maria ARENA, Eric ANDRIEU, Sorin MOISĂ, Nicola DANTI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. Calls on the Commission to conclude, as soon as possible, its assessments of the potential impact of such a trade deal, with a view to being able to evaluate thoroughly ~~evalua~~the possible gains and losses from the enhancement of the EU- New Zealand trade and investment relationships, for the benefit of citizens and businesses on both sides, including in the outermost regions and the overseas countries and territories, and paying special attention to environmental and social impacts, including the EU labour market and to take into account the impact Brexit might have on the increase of exportations from New Zealand to the EU;

2017/09/21
Committee: INTA

2017/2193(INI)

Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Alessia Maria MOSCA, David MARTIN, Emmanuel MAUREL, Eric ANDRIEU, Sorin MOISĂ, Nicola DANTI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6 a. Calls on the Commission to duly take into account and to respect the opinion of the European Court of Justice about the compatibility of ICS with EU treaties;

2017/09/21
Committee: INTA

2017/2193(INI)

Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, David MARTIN, Emmanuel MAUREL, Joachim SCHUSTER, Maria ARENA, Alessia Maria MOSCA, Eric ANDRIEU, Sorin MOISĂ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Calls on the Council to authorise the Commission to start negotiations ~~for a trade and investment agreement and an investment protection agreement~~ with New Zealand on the basis of the outcome of the scoping exercise, the conditions set out in this resolution, the impact assessment and with clear targets;

2017/09/21
Committee: INTA

2017/2193(INI)

Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Alessia Maria MOSCA, David MARTIN, Emmanuel MAUREL, Joachim SCHUSTER, Maria ARENA, Eric ANDRIEU, Sorin MOISĂ, Nicola DANTI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)

7 a. Welcomes the Commission's step to publish the proposed negotiating directive and considers this a positive precedent;urges the Council to follow suit and publish the negotiating directive as soon as it is adopted;

2017/09/21
Committee: INTA

2017/2193(INI)

Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Alessia Maria MOSCA, David MARTIN, Emmanuel MAUREL, Maria ARENA, Eric ANDRIEU, Sorin MOISĂ, Nicola DANTI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Calls on the Commission ~~and the Council to clearly distinguish between an agreement on trade and the liberalisation of foreign direct investment (FDI),~~to make as soon as possible a proposal about the future architecture of trade agreements taking into account the ECJ opinion on the FTA-Singapore and if there will be in future a distinction between a trade and investment agreement which only contain~~ing~~s issues under EUthe Union´s exclusive competence, and a second agreement ~~on investment protec~~which covers subjects whose competences are shared with Member States; stresses that such distinction would have implication,s in~~cluding on FDI and non-direct investment, which would be subject to an Investment Court System~~ the parliamentary ratification process and that it should not be perceived as a way to circumvent national democratic processes; calls for stronger EP involvement in all ongoing and future FTA negotiations at all stages of the process;

2017/09/21
Committee: INTA

2017/2193(INI)

Maria ARENA, Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Emmanuel MAUREL, Eric ANDRIEU

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

11. Calls on the Commission to conduct negotiations ~~as transparently as possible and fully respect best practice as established in o~~in full transparency, through constant dialogue with EP, social partners and civil society; calls on the Commission and the Council to request the consent of the Parliament on the negotiating mandate and calls on the Council to inform and involve national parliaments before the approval of ther negotiati~~ons; requests that~~ng mandate; calls on the Council to make the negotiating mandate public;

2017/09/21
Committee: INTA

2017/2193(INI)

Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Alessia Maria MOSCA, David MARTIN, Emmanuel MAUREL, Joachim SCHUSTER, Maria ARENA, Eric ANDRIEU

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

11. Calls on the Commission to conduct negotiations asin full transparen~~tly as possible and fully respect best practice as established in o~~cy, through constant dialogue with EP, social partners and civil society and calls on the Council to inform and involve national parliaments before the approval of ther negotiati~~ons; requests that~~ng mandate; Calls on the Council to make the negotiating mandate public;

2017/09/21
Committee: INTA

2017/2193(INI)

Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Alessia Maria MOSCA, David MARTIN, Emmanuel MAUREL, Joachim SCHUSTER, Maria ARENA, Eric ANDRIEU, Sorin MOISĂ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

12. Stresses that an FTA must lead to ~~genuine market openness and trade facilitation on the ground~~improved market access, creating decent jobs, gender equality for the benefit of citizens on both sides, sustainable development, upholding EU standards, safeguarding services of general interest, and respecting democratic procedures whilst boosting EU export opportunities;

2017/09/21
Committee: INTA

2017/2193(INI)

Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Alessia Maria MOSCA, David MARTIN, Emmanuel MAUREL, Joachim SCHUSTER, Maria ARENA, Eric ANDRIEU, Sorin MOISĂ, Nicola DANTI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. Emphasises that an ambitious agreement must address, in a meaningful way, high quality sanitary and phyto- sanitary standards and other norms in agricultural and food products, without weakening EU´s high standards; robust and enforceable commitments on labour and environmental standards, the fight against tax avoidance and corruption, investment, trade in goods and services (drawing on recent European Parliament recommendations as regards reservations of policy space and sensitive sectors), e- commerce, public procurement, energy, state-owned enterprises, competition~~, regulatory issues such as sanitary and phytosanitary barriers, as well as technology research~~ and, especially, the need of micro-enterprises and SMEs;

2017/09/21
Committee: INTA

2017/2193(INI)

Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Alessia Maria MOSCA, David MARTIN, Emmanuel MAUREL, Joachim SCHUSTER, Maria ARENA, Eric ANDRIEU, Sorin MOISĂ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)

13 a. Calls on the Council to recognise explicitly the other Party's obligations towards indigenous peoples in the negotiating directives and to allow for reservations for domestic preference schemes in this regard;the Agreement should reaffirm both Parties' commitment to ILO Convention 169 on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples;

2017/09/21
Committee: INTA

2017/2193(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)

13 a. Underscores that the EU is a world leader on animal welfare policy advancement and that because the EU- New Zealand FTA will impact millions of farm animals, the Commission must ensure that the parties undertake robust commitments to improve the welfare and protection of farm animals;

2017/09/21
Committee: INTA

2017/2193(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 b (new)

13 b. Emphasises that illicit wildlife trade has significant environmental, economic and social impacts, and that an ambitious agreement must promote the conservation of all wildlife species and their habitats and strongly combat the illegal take of, trade in, and transhipment of wildlife;

2017/09/21
Committee: INTA

2017/2193(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 c (new)

13 c. Stresses that inadequate fisheries management and illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing can have significant negative impacts on trade, development and the environment, and that the parties must undertake meaningful commitments to protect sharks, rays,turtles and marine mammals and to prevent overfishing, overcapacity, and IUU fishing;

2017/09/21
Committee: INTA

2017/2193(INI)

Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Alessia Maria MOSCA, David MARTIN, Emmanuel MAUREL, Maria ARENA, Eric ANDRIEU

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 d (new)

13 d. Underlines that the principle of the Three Rs (3R), to Replace, Reduce and Refine the use of animals for scientific purposes is firmly anchored in EU legislation;stresses that it is vital that existing EU measures on animal testing and research are not dismantled or diminished, nor that future regulations on animal use are restricted or EU research establishments put at a competitive disadvantage;contends that the parties seek the regulatory alignment of 3R best practice to increase testing efficiency, reduce costs and reduce the need for animal use;

2017/09/21
Committee: INTA

2017/2193(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 – point a

a) Real market access opportunities for both sides to each other’s goods and services market through the elimination of regulatory barriers: nothing in the agreement however should prevent either side from regulating to achieve legitimate policy objectives; considering in this respect that no EU trade agreement has ever privatised public services, such as water, education, health and social services, nor decreased our high European health, food, consumer, environmental, labour and safety standards, nor constrained public funo address unnecessary barriers, while applying a positive list schedule to both market access and national treatment commitments; to consider that commitments should be taken building ofn the ~~arts and culture, education, and health and social services~~General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS);

2017/09/21
Committee: INTA

2017/2193(INI)

Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Alessia Maria MOSCA, David MARTIN, Emmanuel MAUREL, Joachim SCHUSTER, Maria ARENA, Eric ANDRIEU, Sorin MOISĂ, Nicola DANTI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 – point a a (new)

a a) to ensure and explicitly foresee that this agreement does not prevent the parties’ ability to define, regulate, provide and support services of general interest, that it will by no means require governments to privatise any service nor preclude governments from expanding the range of services they supply to the public, and that it will not prevent governments from providing services of general interest previously supplied by private service suppliers or from bringing back under public control services that governments have previously chosen to privatise;

2017/09/21
Committee: INTA

2017/2193(INI)

Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Alessia Maria MOSCA, David MARTIN, Emmanuel MAUREL, Joachim SCHUSTER, Maria ARENA, Eric ANDRIEU, Sorin MOISĂ, Nicola DANTI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 – point a b (new)

a b) to ensure that the right and the ability of the parties to adopt and apply their own laws and regulations in the public interest is enshrined throughout the entire text in order to achieve legitimate public policy objectives such as the protection and promotion of public health, social services, public education, safety, the environment, public morals, social or consumer protection, privacy and data protection, and the promotion and protection of cultural diversity;

2017/09/21
Committee: INTA

2017/2193(INI)

Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Alessia Maria MOSCA, David MARTIN, Emmanuel MAUREL, Maria ARENA, Eric ANDRIEU

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 – point a c (new)

a c) in as far as the Agreement may include a domestic regulation chapter calls on the negotiatiors not to include any necessity tests;

2017/09/21
Committee: INTA

2017/2193(INI)

Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Alessia Maria MOSCA, David MARTIN, Emmanuel MAUREL, Joachim SCHUSTER, Maria ARENA, Eric ANDRIEU, Sorin MOISĂ, Nicola DANTI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 – point b

b) The reduction of unjustified non- tariff barriers ~~and the strengthening and extension of regulatory cooperation dialogues with binding disciplines to improve respect for int~~but to ensure that any cooperation on regulatory matters remains voluntary, respects the autonomy of regulatory authorities, must be purely based on enhanced information exchange and administrative cooperation with a view to identifying unnecessary barriers and administrative burdens; to recall that regulatory coopernation~~al standards and regulatory harmonisation, in particular through the adoption and implementation of the standards set by the UN Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE)~~ must aim to benefit governance of the global economy by intensified convergence and cooperation on international standards for example through the adoption and implementation of the standards set by the UN Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) while guaranteeing the highest level of consumer (e.g. food safety), environmental (e.g. animal health and welfare, plant health), social and labour protection;

2017/09/21
Committee: INTA

2017/2193(INI)

Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Alessia Maria MOSCA, David MARTIN, Emmanuel MAUREL, Maria ARENA, Eric ANDRIEU, Sorin MOISĂ, Nicola DANTI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 – point c

c) Significant concessions on public procurement guaranteeing market access for European companies ~~in strategic sectors~~ and the same degree of openness as that of the EU’s public procurement markets; to consider that simplified procedures and transparency for bidders, including those from other countries, can also be effective tools to combat corruption and foster integrity in public administration while providing value for money to taxpayers, in terms of the quality of delivery, efficiency, effectiveness and accountability; to guarantee that ecological and social criteria, including gender equality criteria, are applied in awarding public procurement ~~marke~~contracts;

2017/09/21
Committee: INTA

2017/2193(INI)

Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Alessia Maria MOSCA, David MARTIN, Emmanuel MAUREL, Maria ARENA, Eric ANDRIEU, Sorin MOISĂ, Nicola DANTI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 – point d

d) A separate chapter taking into account the needs and interests of micro- enterprises and SMEs with regard to market access facilitation issues in order to generate concrete business opportunities;

2017/09/21
Committee: INTA

2017/2193(INI)

Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Alessia Maria MOSCA, David MARTIN, Emmanuel MAUREL, Joachim SCHUSTER, Maria ARENA, Eric ANDRIEU, Sorin MOISĂ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 – point d a (new)

d a) relating to the ECJ-opinion on the FTA-Singapore that trade and sustainable development is an EU-exclusive competence and that sustainable development forms an integral part of the common commercial policy of the EU a robust and ambitious sustainable development chapter with a sanction- based mechanism, covering, among other things, core labour standards, the four ILO priority governance conventions and multilateral environmental agreements, is an indispensable part of any potential trade agreement;considers that the agreement should also include the establishment of a joint civil society forum that monitors and comments on its implementation and how the parties respect their commitments and obligations on human rights, labour standards and environmental protection;

2017/09/21
Committee: INTA

2017/2193(INI)

Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Alessia Maria MOSCA, David MARTIN, Emmanuel MAUREL, Joachim SCHUSTER, Maria ARENA, Eric ANDRIEU, Sorin MOISĂ, Nicola DANTI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 – point d b (new)

d b) to include in the negotiating directives the requirement for the parties to promote corporate social responsibility (CSR) via binding standards, including with regard to internationally recognised instruments, and the uptake of sectorial OECD guidelines and the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights;

2017/09/21
Committee: INTA

2017/2193(INI)

Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Alessia Maria MOSCA, David MARTIN, Emmanuel MAUREL, Maria ARENA, Eric ANDRIEU, Sorin MOISĂ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 – point d c (new)

d c) to ensure that the parties include a specific chapter on trade and gender equality and women’s empowerment, foreseeing active measures aiming to enhance opportunities for women to benefit from the opportunities provided by the FTA;to provide for measures aimed at, inter alia, a better work-family life balance and access to social and health services;to pursue an enhanced participation of women enterprises (particularly micro-enterprises and SMEs) in public procurement;to support the internationalisation of women enterprises and the participation of women in Mode 4 opportunities;to ensure, inter alia, that the parties commit to collecting disaggregated data allowing for thorough ex ante and ex post analysis on the impact of the FTA on gender equality;

2017/09/21
Committee: INTA

2017/2193(INI)

Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Emmanuel MAUREL, Joachim SCHUSTER, Maria ARENA, Eric ANDRIEU

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 – point e

e) ~~Comprehensive provisions on investment taking into account recent policy developments, as for example the Opinion of the European Court of Justice of 16 May 2017~~if investment protection is included in a separate agreement, the recourse to national and European competent courts should be exhausted first; if a public investment court system (ICS) is created it should have an appeal mechanism, strict rules on conflict of interest, a code of conduct enforceable by the President of the International Court of Justice and sanctions in case of non-compliance, address investors’ obligations, avoid regulatory chill, preserve the right to regulate to achieve legitimate public policy objectives, prevent frivolous litigation and guarantee all democratic procedural guarantees, such as the right to access to justice (with particular attention to micro-enterprises and SMEs), judicial independency, transparency and accountability and the possibility for other actors to use the system if their rights are infringed by investors;

2017/09/21
Committee: INTA

2017/2193(INI)

Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, David MARTIN, Alessia Maria MOSCA, Sorin MOISĂ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 – point f

f) EStrong and enforceable measures covering the recognition and protection of intellectual property rights, including geographical indications (GIs) for agricultural and foodstuff products, and for wines and spirits; to simplify rules of origin and customs procedures with a view to adapting them to the reality of increasingly complex global value chains, including in terms of enhancing transparency and accountability within them;

2017/09/21
Committee: INTA

2017/2193(INI)

Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Emmanuel MAUREL, Eric ANDRIEU, Sorin MOISĂ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 – point g

g) A balanced outcome in the agriculture and fisheries chapters which gives due consideration to the interests of all European producers and consumers, ~~for instance by introducing appropriate quotas in the most sensitive sectors~~respecting that there are a number of sensitive agricultural products which should be given appropriate treatment, for example through tariff-rate quotas (TRQs) or allocated adequate transition periods, taking into proper consideration the cumulated impact of the agricultural concessions made by the EU both in multilateral and bilateral agreements and other ongoing FTA negotiations and excluding from the scope of the negotiations the most sensitive sectors; to include a usable and effective bilateral safeguard clause enabling the temporary suspension of preferences, if, as a result of the entry into force of the trade agreement, a rise in imports causes or threatens to cause serious injuries to sensitive sectors; points out that the potential impact of Brexit, developments in the withdrawal negotiations and at the WTO regarding the existing TRQs should be factored in to the negotiations; therefore Brexit has to be taken duly into account; considers that only then can it boost competitiveness and be beneficial to both consumers and producers;

2017/09/21
Committee: INTA

2017/2193(INI)

Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Emmanuel MAUREL, Joachim SCHUSTER, Maria ARENA, Eric ANDRIEU, Sorin MOISĂ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 – point g a (new)

g a) the inclusion of a tax good governance clause and binding transparency standards that reaffirm the parties’ commitment to implement international standards in the fight against tax evasion, avoidance and elusion, in particular the relevant OECD recommendations on taxation (such as the initiative on Base Erosion and Profit Shifting), and that includes obligations for country-by-country reporting, automatic exchanges of information and the establishment of public registers of beneficial ownership;

2017/09/21
Committee: INTA

2017/2193(INI)

Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Alessia Maria MOSCA, David MARTIN, Emmanuel MAUREL, Maria ARENA, Eric ANDRIEU, Sorin MOISĂ, Nicola DANTI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 – point g b (new)

g b) to increase cooperation in the fight against corruption and therefore include commitments to multilateral Anti- Corruption Conventions, such as the UNCAC and the OECD Anti-bribery Convention;

2017/09/21
Committee: INTA

2017/2193(INI)

Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Alessia Maria MOSCA, David MARTIN, Sorin MOISĂ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 – point g c (new)

g c) to include digital innovations and data flows, as they are crucial drivers of the services economy and an essential element of the GVC of traditional manufacturing companies and therefore forced localisation requirements should be curbed to the extent possible within and outside Europe while accommodating necessary exemptions based on legitimate public purposes such as consumer protection and the protection of fundamental rights;recalls that data protection and privacy are not a trade barrier but fundamental rights, enshrined in Article 39 TEU, Articles 7 and 8 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union as well as Article 12 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights;

2017/09/21
Committee: INTA

2017/2193(INI)

Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Alessia Maria MOSCA, David MARTIN, Emmanuel MAUREL, Maria ARENA, Eric ANDRIEU

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 – point g d (new)

g d) to incorporate robust provisions on animal welfare issues such as housing, transport and slaughter and to promote continued cooperation and exchanges on animal welfare through the FTA;

2017/09/21
Committee: INTA

2017/2193(INI)

Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Alessia Maria MOSCA, David MARTIN, Joachim SCHUSTER, Maria ARENA, Sorin MOISĂ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

15. ~~Looks forward to the launch of negotiations with New Zealand and to following them closely and contributing to their successful outcome;~~stresses that following the ECJ opinion on the EU-Singapore FTA, the EP should see its role strengthened at all stages of EU FTA negotiations, from the adoption of the mandate to the final conclusion of the agreement, and calls for necessary arrangements to be made in the interinstitutional agreement; in this regard, reminds the Commission of ~~its obligation~~the need not only to inform the Parliament ~~immediately and fully at all stages of the negotiations (both before and after the negotiating rounds)~~but also to associate Parliament fully at all stages; is committed to ~~address~~examinge the legislative and regulatory issues that may arise in the context of the negotiations and the future agreement without prejudice to its prerogatives as a co-legislator; reiterates its fundamental responsibility to represent the citizens of the EU, and looks forward to facilitating inclusive and open discussions during the negotiating process;

2017/09/21
Committee: INTA

2017/2193(INI)

Maria ARENA, Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Emmanuel MAUREL, Eric ANDRIEU

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

16. Recalls that Parliament will be asked to give its consent to the future agreement, as stipulated by the TFEU, and that its positions should therefore be duly taken into account at all stages; Calls on the Commission and the Council to request the consent of the Parliament on the Agreement before its provisional application.

2017/09/21
Committee: INTA

2017/2193(INI)

Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Alessia Maria MOSCA, David MARTIN, Emmanuel MAUREL, Maria ARENA, Eric ANDRIEU, Sorin MOISĂ, Nicola DANTI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17

17. Recalls that the European Parliament will ~~endeavour to~~ monitor the implementation of the future agreement;

2017/09/21
Committee: INTA

2017/2192(INI)

Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Alessia Maria MOSCA, David MARTIN, Emmanuel MAUREL, Maria ARENA, Eric ANDRIEU, Sorin MOISĂ, Nicola DANTI

Motion for a resolution
Citation 8 a (new)

- having regard to the European Commission´s study of 15 November 2016 on the Cumulative Economic Impact of future trade agreements on EU agriculture,

2017/09/21
Committee: INTA

2017/2192(INI)

Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Alessia Maria MOSCA, David MARTIN, Sorin MOISĂ, Nicola DANTI

Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)

D a. whereas the EU concluded negotiations on the EU-Australia Framework Agreement (FA) on 22 April 2015;

2017/09/21
Committee: INTA

2017/2192(INI)

Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Alessia Maria MOSCA, David MARTIN, Sorin MOISĂ, Nicola DANTI

Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)

F a. whereas Australia is among the EU’s oldest and closest partners, sharing common values and committed to promoting prosperity and security within a rules-based system globally;

2017/09/21
Committee: INTA

2017/2192(INI)

Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Alessia Maria MOSCA, David MARTIN, Sorin MOISĂ, Nicola DANTI

Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)

G a. whereas Australia is one of only six WTO members for which there is still no preferential access to the EU market or negotiations in progress to that end;

2017/09/21
Committee: INTA

2017/2192(INI)

Emmanuel MAUREL, Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Maria ARENA, Eric ANDRIEU

Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)

H a. Whereas Australia made significant commitments in TPP (Trans- Pacific Partnership) to promote the long term conservation of certain species and to tackle illegal wildlife trafficking through enhanced conservation measures, as well as requirements to effectively enforce environmental protections and engage in enhanced regional cooperation;whereas such commitments should serve as a benchmark for the EU-Australia FTA provisions;

2017/09/21
Committee: INTA

2017/2192(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)

H a. Whereas following the EU- Australia draft negotiating mandate, investment protection is not included;whereas an ad hoc investment protection mechanism is unnecessary between partners with highly developed judicial systems;whereas no investment protection system was included in the Australia-United States FTA, nor in the Australia-Japan FTA;

2017/09/21
Committee: INTA

2017/2192(INI)

Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Alessia Maria MOSCA, David MARTIN, Emmanuel MAUREL, Maria ARENA, Eric ANDRIEU, Sorin MOISĂ

Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)

H a. whereas the conclusion of the EU- Australia free trade agreement will deepen the trade and investment relationship and whereas it could not be contemplated if the agreement adversely affected the ability of the parties to introduce, maintain or enhance their social, environmental or labour standards;

2017/09/21
Committee: INTA

2017/2192(INI)

Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Alessia Maria MOSCA, David MARTIN, Emmanuel MAUREL, Maria ARENA, Eric ANDRIEU, Sorin MOISĂ

Motion for a resolution
Recital H b (new)

H b. whereas, the Belgian national government has on the 6 September 2017 requested the European Court of Justice to review if ICS is compatible with EU treaties;

2017/09/21
Committee: INTA

2017/2192(INI)

Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Alessia Maria MOSCA, David MARTIN, Emmanuel MAUREL, Maria ARENA, Eric ANDRIEU, Sorin MOISĂ, Nicola DANTI

Motion for a resolution
Recital H c (new)

H c. whereas following the EU- Australia draft negotiating mandate investment-protection is not included;

2017/09/21
Committee: INTA

2017/2192(INI)

Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Alessia Maria MOSCA, David MARTIN, Emmanuel MAUREL, Maria ARENA, Eric ANDRIEU, Sorin MOISĂ, Nicola DANTI

Motion for a resolution
Recital H d (new)

H d. whereas the European Parliament will be required to decide whether to give its consent to the potential EU-Australia- FTA;

2017/09/21
Committee: INTA

2017/2192(INI)

Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Alessia Maria MOSCA, David MARTIN, Maria ARENA, Sorin MOISĂ, Nicola DANTI

Motion for a resolution
Recital H e (new)

H e. whereas the European Court of Justice opinion on the EU-Singapore agreement of 16 May 2017 clarifies that, except for portfolio investment and investor-to-state-dispute stellment, the agreement is of EU exclusive competence, showing the need to strengthen the democratic accountability of EU trade policy by enhancing the role of the EP in negotiating trade agreements at all stages;

2017/09/21
Committee: INTA

2017/2192(INI)

Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Alessia Maria MOSCA, David MARTIN, Joachim SCHUSTER, Maria ARENA, Sorin MOISĂ, Nicola DANTI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Considers that the ~~full~~ potential of the Union’s bilateral and regional cooperation strategies can ~~only be realis~~be improved by concluding a high-quality ~~FTA~~, balanced and fair trade agreement with Australia in a spirit of reciprocity and mutual benefit while under no circumstances undermining the ambition to achieve progress multilaterally or the implementation of already concluded multilateral and bilateral agreements;

2017/09/21
Committee: INTA

2017/2192(INI)

Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Alessia Maria MOSCA, David MARTIN, Joachim SCHUSTER, Maria ARENA, Sorin MOISĂ, Nicola DANTI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Believes that the negotiation of a modern, ambitious, balanced, fair and comprehensive FTA is a pragmatic way of deepening the bilateral partnership and further reinforcing the existing, already mature bilateral trade and investment relationships, while keeping social and environmental concerns high on both partners´ agendas´;

2017/09/21
Committee: INTA

2017/2192(INI)

Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Alessia Maria MOSCA, David MARTIN, Emmanuel MAUREL, Joachim SCHUSTER, Maria ARENA, Eric ANDRIEU, Sorin MOISĂ, Nicola DANTI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. Calls on the Commission to conclude, as soon as possible, its assessments of the potential impact of such a trade deal, with a view to being able to evaluate thoroughly the possible gains and losses from the enhancement of the EU- Australia trade and investment relationships, for the benefit of citizens and businesses on both sides, including in the outermost regions and the overseas countries and territories, and paying special attention to environmental and social impacts, including the EU labour market and to take into account the impact Brexit might have on the increase of exportations from Australia to the EU;

2017/09/21
Committee: INTA

2017/2192(INI)

Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Alessia Maria MOSCA, David MARTIN, Emmanuel MAUREL, Eric ANDRIEU, Sorin MOISĂ, Nicola DANTI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)

6 a. Calls on the Commission to duly take into account and to respect the opinion of the European Court of Justice about the compatibility of ICS with EU treaties;

2017/09/21
Committee: INTA

2017/2192(INI)

Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Alessia Maria MOSCA, David MARTIN, Emmanuel MAUREL, Joachim SCHUSTER, Maria ARENA, Eric ANDRIEU, Sorin MOISĂ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Calls on the Council to authorise the Commission to start negotiations ~~for a trade an investment agreement and an investment protection agreement~~ with Australia on the basis of the outcome of the scoping exercises, the conditions set out in this resolution, the impact assessment and with clear targets;

2017/09/21
Committee: INTA

2017/2192(INI)

Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Alessia Maria MOSCA, David MARTIN, Emmanuel MAUREL, Joachim SCHUSTER, Maria ARENA, Eric ANDRIEU, Sorin MOISĂ, Nicola DANTI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)

7 a. Welcomes the Commission's step to publish the proposed negotiating directive and considers this a positive precedent;urges the Council to follow suit and publish the negotiating directive as soon as it is adopted;

2017/09/21
Committee: INTA

2017/2192(INI)

Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Alessia Maria MOSCA, David MARTIN, Emmanuel MAUREL, Joachim SCHUSTER, Eric ANDRIEU, Sorin MOISĂ, Nicola DANTI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 b (new)

7 b. Welcomes the inclusion in the proposed negotiating directive ofthe clarification that payments under the Common Agricultural Policy should not be targeted by (i) anti-subsidy and (ii) anti-dumping measures;takes note of the ongoing investigative proceedings undertaken by the counterpart on European exports of processed tomatoes and therefore, calls on the Commission to engage with the counterpart to avoid any further discrimination against European workers and businesses;

2017/09/21
Committee: INTA

2017/2192(INI)

Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Alessia Maria MOSCA, David MARTIN, Emmanuel MAUREL, Joachim SCHUSTER, Maria ARENA, Eric ANDRIEU, Sorin MOISĂ, Nicola DANTI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Calls on the Commission ~~and the Council to clearly distinguish between an agreement on trade and the liberalisation of foreign direct investment (FDI),~~to make as soon as possible a proposal about the future architecture of trade agreements taking into account the ECJ opinion on the FTA-Singapore and if there would be in future a distinction between a trade and investment agreement which only contain~~ing~~s issues under the Union´s exclusive EU competence, and a second agreement ~~on investment protec~~which covers subjects whose competences are shared with Member States; stresses that such distinction would have implication,s in~~cluding on FDI and non-direct investment, which would be subject to an Investment Court System~~ the parliamentary ratification process and that it should not be perceived as a way to circumvent national democratic processes; calls for stronger EP involvement in all ongoing and future FTA negotiations at all stages of the process;

2017/09/21
Committee: INTA

2017/2192(INI)

Maria ARENA, Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Emmanuel MAUREL, Eric ANDRIEU

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

11. Calls on the Commission to conduct negotiations ~~as transparently as possible and fully respecting best practice as established in o~~in full transparency, through constant dialogue with EP, social partners and civil society; calls on the Commission and the Council to request the consent of the Parliament on the negotiating mandate and calls on the Council to inform and involve national parliaments before the approval of ther negotiati~~ons; requests that~~ng mandate; calls on the Council to make the negotiating mandate public;

2017/09/21
Committee: INTA

2017/2192(INI)

Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Alessia Maria MOSCA, David MARTIN, Emmanuel MAUREL, Joachim SCHUSTER, Maria ARENA, Eric ANDRIEU

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

11. Calls on the Commission to conduct negotiations asin full transparen~~tly as possible and fully respecting best practice as established in o~~cy, through constant dialogue with EP, social partners and civil society and calls on the Council to inform and involve national parliaments before the approval of ther negotiati~~ons; requests that~~ng mandate; Calls on the Council to make the negotiating mandate public;

2017/09/21
Committee: INTA

2017/2192(INI)

Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Alessia Maria MOSCA, David MARTIN, Emmanuel MAUREL, Joachim SCHUSTER, Maria ARENA, Eric ANDRIEU, Sorin MOISĂ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

12. Stresses that an FTA must lead to ~~genuine market openness, and trade facilitation on the ground~~improved market access, creating decent jobs, gender equality for the benefit of citizens on both sides, sustainable development, upholding EU standards, safeguarding services of general interest, and respecting democratic procedures whilst boosting EU export opportunities;

2017/09/21
Committee: INTA

2017/2192(INI)

Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Alessia Maria MOSCA, David MARTIN, Emmanuel MAUREL, Joachim SCHUSTER, Maria ARENA, Eric ANDRIEU, Sorin MOISĂ, Nicola DANTI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. Emphasises that an ambitious agreement must address, in a meaningful way, high quality sanitary and phyto- sanitary standards and other norms in agricultural and food products, without weakening EU´s high standards, robust and enforceable commitments on labour and environmental standards, the fight against tax avoidance and corruption, investment, trade in goods and services (drawing on recent European Parliament recommendations as regards reservations of policy space and sensitive sectors), e- commerce, public procurement, energy, state-owned enterprises, competition~~, regulatory issues such as sanitary and phytosanitary barriers, as well as technology research~~ and especially, the need of micro-enterprises and SMEs;

2017/09/21
Committee: INTA

2017/2192(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)

13 a. Underscores that the EU is a world leader on animal welfare policy advancement and that because the EU- Australia FTA will impact millions of farm animals, the Commission must ensure that the parties undertake robust commitments to improve the welfare and protection of farm animals, including the phasing out of intensive animal production methods, which unavoidably lead to poor welfare outcomes, such as battery cages, individual sow stalls and veal crates;

2017/09/21
Committee: INTA

2017/2192(INI)

Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Alessia Maria MOSCA, David MARTIN, Emmanuel MAUREL, Joachim SCHUSTER, Maria ARENA, Eric ANDRIEU, Sorin MOISĂ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)

13 a. Calls on the Council to recognise explicitly the other Party's obligations towards indigenous peoples in the negotiating directives and to allow for reservations for domestic preference schemes in this regard;the Agreement should reaffirm both Parties' commitment to ILO Convention 169 on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples;

2017/09/21
Committee: INTA

2017/2192(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 b (new)

13 b. Emphasises that illicit wildlife trade has significant environmental, economic and social impacts and that an ambitious agreement must promote the conservation of all wildlife species and their habitats and strongly combat the illegal take of, trade in, and transhipment of wildlife;

2017/09/21
Committee: INTA

2017/2192(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 c (new)

13 c. Stresses that inadequate fisheries management and illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing can have significant negative impacts on trade, development and the environment, and that the parties must undertake meaningful commitments to protect sharks, rays, turtles, and marine mammals and to prevent overfishing, overcapacity, and IUU fishing;

2017/09/21
Committee: INTA

2017/2192(INI)

Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Alessia Maria MOSCA, David MARTIN, Emmanuel MAUREL, Maria ARENA, Eric ANDRIEU

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 d (new)

13 d. Underlines that the principle of the Three Rs (3R), to Replace, Reduce and Refine the use of animals for scientific purposes, is firmly anchored in EU legislation;stresses that it is vital that existing EU measures on animal testing and research are not dismantled or diminished, nor that future regulations on animal use are restricted or EU research establishments put at a competitive disadvantage;contends that the parties seek the regulatory alignment of 3R best practice to increase testing efficiency, reduce costs and reduce the need for animal use;

2017/09/21
Committee: INTA

2017/2192(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 – point a

a) Real market access opportunities for both sides to each other’s goods and services market through the elimination of regulatory barriers: nothing in the agreement, however, should prevent either side from regulating to achieve legitimate policy objectives; considering, in this respect, that no EU trade agreement has ever privatised public services, such as water, education, health and social services, nor decreased our high European health, food, consumer, environmental, labour and safety standards, nor constrained public funo address unnecessary barriers, while applying a positive list schedule to both market access and national treatment commitments; to consider that commitments should be taken building ofn the ~~arts and culture, education, and health and social services~~General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS);

2017/09/21
Committee: INTA

2017/2192(INI)

Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Alessia Maria MOSCA, David MARTIN, Emmanuel MAUREL, Joachim SCHUSTER, Maria ARENA, Eric ANDRIEU, Sorin MOISĂ, Nicola DANTI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 – point a a (new)

a a) to ensure and explicitly foresee that this agreement does not prevent the parties’ ability to define, regulate, provide and support services in the general interest, that it will by no means require governments to privatise any service nor preclude governments from expanding the range of services they supply to the public, and that it will not prevent governments from providing services in the general interest previously supplied by private service suppliers or from bringing back under public control services that governments have previously chosen to privatise;

2017/09/21
Committee: INTA

2017/2192(INI)

Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Alessia Maria MOSCA, David MARTIN, Emmanuel MAUREL, Joachim SCHUSTER, Maria ARENA, Eric ANDRIEU, Sorin MOISĂ, Nicola DANTI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 – point a b (new)

a b) to ensure that the right and the ability of the parties to adopt and apply their own laws and regulations in the public interest is enshrined throughout the entire text in order to achieve legitimate public policy objectives such as the protection and promotion of public health, social services, public education, safety, the environment, public morals, social or consumer protection, privacy and data protection, and the promotion and protection of cultural diversity;

2017/09/21
Committee: INTA

2017/2192(INI)

Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Alessia Maria MOSCA, David MARTIN, Emmanuel MAUREL, Maria ARENA, Eric ANDRIEU

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 – point a c (new)

a c) in as far as the Agreement may include a domestic regulation chapter calls on the negotiatiors not to include any necessity tests;

2017/09/21
Committee: INTA

2017/2192(INI)

Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Alessia Maria MOSCA, David MARTIN, Emmanuel MAUREL, Joachim SCHUSTER, Maria ARENA, Eric ANDRIEU, Sorin MOISĂ, Nicola DANTI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 – point b

b) The reduction of unjustified non- tariff barriers ~~and the strengthening and extension of regulatory cooperation dialogues with binding disciplines to improve respect for int~~but to ensure that any cooperation on regulatory matters remains voluntary, respects the autonomy of regulatory authorities, must be purely based on enhanced information exchange and administrative cooperation with a view to identifying unnecessary barriers and administrative burdens; to recall that regulatory coopernation~~al standards and regulatory harmonisation, in particular through the adoption and implementation of the standards set by the UN Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE)~~ must aim to benefit governance of the global economy by intensified convergence and cooperation on international standards for example through the adoption and implementation of the standards set by the UN Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) while guaranteeing the highest level of consumer (e.g. food safety), environmental (e.g. animal health and welfare, plant health), social and labour protection;

2017/09/21
Committee: INTA

2017/2192(INI)

Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Alessia Maria MOSCA, David MARTIN, Emmanuel MAUREL, Maria ARENA, Eric ANDRIEU, Sorin MOISĂ, Nicola DANTI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 – point c

c) Significant concessions on public procurement guaranteeing market access for European companies ~~in strategic sectors~~ and the same degree of openness as that of the EU’s public procurement markets; to consider that simplified procedures and transparency for bidders, including those from other countries, can also be effective tools to combat corruption and foster integrity in public administration while providing value for money to taxpayers, in terms of the quality of delivery, efficiency, effectiveness and accountability; to guarantee that ecological and social criteria, including gender equality criteria, are applied in awarding public procurement ~~marke~~contracts;

2017/09/21
Committee: INTA

2017/2192(INI)

Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Alessia Maria MOSCA, David MARTIN, Emmanuel MAUREL, Maria ARENA, Eric ANDRIEU, Sorin MOISĂ, Nicola DANTI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 – point d

d) A separate chapter taking into account the needs and interests of micro- enterprises and SMEs with regard to market access facilitation issues in order to generate concrete business opportunities;

2017/09/21
Committee: INTA

2017/2192(INI)

Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Alessia Maria MOSCA, David MARTIN, Emmanuel MAUREL, Joachim SCHUSTER, Maria ARENA, Eric ANDRIEU, Sorin MOISĂ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 – point d a (new)

d a) relating to the ECJ-opinion on the FTA-Singapore that trade and sustainable development is an EU-exclusive competence and that sustainable development forms an integral part of the common commercial policy of the EU a robust and ambitious sustainable development chapter with a sanction- based mechanism, covering, among other things, core labour standards, the four ILO priority governance conventions and multilateral environmental agreements, is an indispensable part of any potential trade agreement;considers that the agreement should also include the establishment of a joint civil society forum that monitors and comments on its implementation and how the parties respect their commitments and obligations on human rights, labour standards and environmental protection;

2017/09/21
Committee: INTA

2017/2192(INI)

Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Alessia Maria MOSCA, David MARTIN, Emmanuel MAUREL, Joachim SCHUSTER, Maria ARENA, Eric ANDRIEU, Sorin MOISĂ, Nicola DANTI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 – point d b (new)

d b) to include in the negotiating directives the requirement for the parties to promote corporate social responsibility (CSR) via binding standards, including with regard to internationally recognised instruments, and the uptake of sectorial OECD guidelines and the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights;

2017/09/21
Committee: INTA

2017/2192(INI)

Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Alessia Maria MOSCA, David MARTIN, Emmanuel MAUREL, Maria ARENA, Eric ANDRIEU, Sorin MOISĂ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 – point d c (new)

d c) to ensure that the parties include a specific chapter on trade and gender equality and women’s empowerment, foreseeing active measures aiming to enhance opportunities for women to benefit from the opportunities provided by the FTA;to provide for measures aimed at, inter alia, a better work-family life balance and access to social and health services;to pursue an enhanced participation of women enterprises (particularly micro-enterprises and SMEs) in public procurement;to support the internationalisation of women enterprises and the participation of women in Mode 4 opportunities;to ensure, inter alia, that the parties commit to collecting disaggregated data allowing for thorough ex ante and ex post analysis on the impact of the FTA on gender equality;

2017/09/21
Committee: INTA

2017/2192(INI)

Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Emmanuel MAUREL, Joachim SCHUSTER, Maria ARENA, Eric ANDRIEU

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 – point e

e) ~~Comprehensive provisions on investment taking into account recent policy developments, such as, for example, the CJEU opinion of 16 May 2017~~if investment protection is included in a separate agreement, the recourse to national and European competent courts should be exhausted first; if a public investment court system (ICS) is created it should have an appeal mechanism, strict rules on conflict of interest, a code of conduct enforceable by the President of the International Court of Justice and sanctions in case of non-compliance, address investors’ obligations, avoid regulatory chill, preserve the right to regulate to achieve legitimate public policy objectives, prevent frivolous litigation and guarantee all democratic procedural guarantees, such as the right to access to justice (with particular attention to micro-enterprises and SMEs), judicial independency, transparency and accountability and the possibility for other actors to use the system if their rights are infringed by investors;

2017/09/21
Committee: INTA

2017/2192(INI)

Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, David MARTIN, Alessia Maria MOSCA, Sorin MOISĂ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 – point f

f) EStrong and enforceable measures covering the recognition and protection of intellectual property rights, including geographical indications (GIs) for agricultural and foodstuff products, and for wines and spirits; to simplify rules of origin and customs procedures with a view to adapting them to the reality of increasingly complex global value chains, including in terms of enhancing transparency and accountability within them;

2017/09/21
Committee: INTA

2017/2192(INI)

Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Emmanuel MAUREL, Eric ANDRIEU, Sorin MOISĂ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 – point g

g) A balanced outcome in the agriculture and fisheries chapters which gives due consideration to the interests of all European producers and consumers, ~~for instance by introducing appropriate quotas in the most sensitive sectors~~respecting that there are a number of sensitive agricultural products which should be given appropriate treatment, for example through tariff-rate quotas (TRQs) or allocated adequate transition periods, taking into proper consideration the cumulated impact of the agricultural concessions made by the EU both in multilateral and bilateral negotiations and excluding from the scope of the negotiations the most sensitive sectors; to include a usable and effective bilateral safeguard clause enabling the temporary suspension of preferences, if, as a result of the entry into force of the trade agreement, a rise in imports causes or threatens to cause serious injuries to sensitive sectors; points out that the potential impact of Brexit, developments in the withdrawal negotiations and at the WTO regarding the existing TRQs should be factored in to the negotiations; therefore Brexit has to be taken duly into account; considers that only then can it boost competitiveness and be beneficial to both consumers and producers;

2017/09/21
Committee: INTA

2017/2192(INI)

Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Emmanuel MAUREL, Joachim SCHUSTER, Maria ARENA, Eric ANDRIEU, Sorin MOISĂ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 – point g a (new)

g a) the inclusion of a tax good governance clause and binding transparency standards that reaffirm the parties’ commitment to implement international standards in the fight against tax evasion, avoidance and elusion, in particular the relevant OECD recommendations on taxation (such as the initiative on Base Erosion and Profit Shifting), and that includes obligations for country-by-country reporting, automatic exchanges of information and the establishment of public registers of beneficial ownership;

2017/09/21
Committee: INTA

2017/2192(INI)

Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Alessia Maria MOSCA, David MARTIN, Emmanuel MAUREL, Maria ARENA, Eric ANDRIEU, Sorin MOISĂ, Nicola DANTI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 – point g b (new)

g b) to increase cooperation in the fight against corruption and therefore include commitments to multilateral Anti- Corruption Conventions, such as the UNCAC and the OECD Anti-bribery Convention;

2017/09/21
Committee: INTA

2017/2192(INI)

Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Alessia Maria MOSCA, David MARTIN, Sorin MOISĂ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 – point g c (new)

g c) to include digital innovations and data flows, as they are crucial drivers of the services economy and an essential element of the GVC of traditional manufacturing companies and therefore forced localisation requirements should be curbed to the extent possible within and outside Europe while accommodating necessary exemptions based on legitimate public purposes such as consumer protection and the protection of fundamental rights;recalls that data protection and privacy are not a trade barrier but fundamental rights, enshrined in Article 39 TEU, Articles 7 and 8 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union as well as Article 12 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights;

2017/09/21
Committee: INTA

2017/2192(INI)

Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Alessia Maria MOSCA, David MARTIN, Emmanuel MAUREL, Maria ARENA, Eric ANDRIEU

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 – point g d (new)

g d) to incorporate robust provisions on animal welfare issues such as housing, transport and slaughter and to promote continued cooperation and exchanges on animal welfare through the FTA;

2017/09/21
Committee: INTA

2017/2192(INI)

Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Alessia Maria MOSCA, David MARTIN, Joachim SCHUSTER, Maria ARENA, Sorin MOISĂ

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

15. ~~Looks forward to the launch of negotiations with Australia and to following them closely and co~~stresses that, following the ECJ opinion on the EU-Singapore FTA, the EP should see its role strengthened at all stages of EU FTA negotiations, from the adoption of the mandate to the final conclusion of the agreement, and calls for necessary arrangements to be made in the interi~~buting to their successful outcome;~~nstitutional agreement; in this regard, reminds the Commission of ~~its obligation~~the need not only to inform the Parliament ~~immediately and~~but to associate Parliament fully at all stages of the negotiations ~~(both before and after the negotiating rounds)~~; is committed to ~~address~~examinge the legislative and regulatory issues that may arise in the context of the negotiations and the future agreement without prejudice to its prerogatives as a co-legislator; reiterates its fundamental responsibility to represent the citizens of the EU, and looks forward to facilitating inclusive and open discussions during the negotiating process;

2017/09/21
Committee: INTA

2017/2192(INI)

Maria ARENA, Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Emmanuel MAUREL, Eric ANDRIEU

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

16. Recalls that Parliament will be asked to give its consent to the future agreement, as stipulated by the TFEU, and that its positions should therefore be duly taken into account at all stages; Calls on the Commission and the Council to request the consent of the Parliament on the Agreement before its provisional application;

2017/09/21
Committee: INTA

2017/2192(INI)

Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Alessia Maria MOSCA, David MARTIN, Emmanuel MAUREL, Maria ARENA, Eric ANDRIEU, Sorin MOISĂ, Nicola DANTI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17

17. Recalls that the European Parliament will ~~endeavour to~~ monitor the implementation of the future agreement;

2017/09/21
Committee: INTA

2017/2070(INI)

Jude KIRTON-DARLING, Maria ARENA, Nicola DANTI, Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Agnes JONGERIUS, David MARTIN, Emmanuel MAUREL, Alessia Maria MOSCA, Joachim SCHUSTER

Motion for a resolution
Citation 6 a (new)

– having regard to its resolution of 5 July 2016 on the implementation of the 2010 recommendations of Parliament on social and environmental standards, human rights and corporate responsibility (2015/2038(INI));

2018/01/30
Committee: INTA

2017/2070(INI)

Jude KIRTON-DARLING, Maria ARENA, Nicola DANTI, Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Agnes JONGERIUS, David MARTIN, Emmanuel MAUREL, Alessia Maria MOSCA, Joachim SCHUSTER

Motion for a resolution
Citation 6 a (new)

– having regard to its resolution of 3 February 2016 containing the European Parliament’s recommendations to the Commission on the negotiations for the Trade in Services Agreement (TiSA) (2015/2233(INI));

2018/01/30
Committee: INTA

2017/2070(INI)

Jude KIRTON-DARLING, Maria ARENA, Nicola DANTI, Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Agnes JONGERIUS, David MARTIN, Emmanuel MAUREL, Alessia Maria MOSCA, Joachim SCHUSTER

Motion for a resolution
Citation 6 a (new)

– having regard to its resolution of 12 September 2017 on the impact of international Trade and the EU’s trade policies on global value chains (2016/2301(INI));

2018/01/30
Committee: INTA

2017/2070(INI)

Jude KIRTON-DARLING, Nicola DANTI, Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Agnes JONGERIUS, David MARTIN, Alessia Maria MOSCA, Joachim SCHUSTER

Motion for a resolution
Citation 10 a (new)

– having regard to its resolution of 12 December 2017 Towards a Digital Trade Strategy (2017/2065(INI));

2018/01/30
Committee: INTA

2017/2070(INI)

Jude KIRTON-DARLING, Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Agnes JONGERIUS, David MARTIN, Alessia Maria MOSCA, Joachim SCHUSTER

Motion for a resolution
Recital C

C. whereas the implementation and enforcement phase is of crucial and fundamental importance in ensuring that Union trade policy is effective;

2018/01/30
Committee: INTA

2017/2070(INI)

Jude KIRTON-DARLING, Maria ARENA, Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Agnes JONGERIUS, David MARTIN, Emmanuel MAUREL, Alessia Maria MOSCA, Joachim SCHUSTER, Nicola DANTI, Marita ULVSKOG

Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)

Ea. whereas the involvement of civil society and social partners in the implementation of trade agreements can benefit the legitimacy and effectiveness of the Common Commercial Policy;

2018/01/30
Committee: INTA

2017/2070(INI)

Jude KIRTON-DARLING, Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Agnes JONGERIUS, David MARTIN, Alessia Maria MOSCA, Joachim SCHUSTER

Motion for a resolution
Recital G

G. whereas the questions raised in public debate about the legitimacy and effectiveness of the Common Commercial Policy and the way it is implemented need to be answered clearly and precisely by the European Institutions;

2018/01/30
Committee: INTA

2017/2070(INI)

Jude KIRTON-DARLING, Maria ARENA, Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Agnes JONGERIUS, David MARTIN, Emmanuel MAUREL, Alessia Maria MOSCA, Joachim SCHUSTER

Motion for a resolution
Recital H

H. whereas the Union’s trade policy must be consistent with its other external and internal policies and the Union’s overarching principle of policy coherence for development;

2018/01/30
Committee: INTA

2017/2070(INI)

Jude KIRTON-DARLING, Maria ARENA, Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, David MARTIN, Emmanuel MAUREL, Alessia Maria MOSCA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Takes note of the growing might of Asia and of the USA’s gradual withdrawal on the trade front, as well as increasing domestic criticisms to the EU trade agenda, which were made evident by developments such as the decision of the ECJ to authorise a European Citizens’ Initiative against the TTIP negotiations, a referendum in the Netherlands which rejected the Ukraine-EU association agreement, or the referral of CETA to the ECJ by Belgium generating uncertainty for trade internationally; calls on the Commission to adapt its trade policy to address these developments ~~at international level~~ and to be more responsive;

2018/01/30
Committee: INTA

2017/2070(INI)

Jude KIRTON-DARLING, Nicola DANTI, Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Agnes JONGERIUS, David MARTIN, Alessia Maria MOSCA, Joachim SCHUSTER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Highlights the growing importance of services, especially digital services, and of e-commerce in international trade, and underscores the need to strengthen the domestic and international rules governing these sectors, in particular with respect to data flows and labour rights so as to secure real benefits for European workers and consumers, improve European companies’ access to international markets and safeguard the observance of fundamental rights in the EU and throughout the world; insists that rules for cross-border data transfers must fully comply with the EU’s existing and future data protection and privacy rules; calls on the Commission to incorporate into the EU’s trade agreements a horizontal, unambiguous and legally binding provision, which fully maintains the right of a party to protect personal data and privacy, provided that such a right is not unjustifiably used to circumvent rules for cross-border data transfers for reasons other than the protection of personal data; stresses that any disciplines in this regard should be exempted from the scope of application of any chapter dealing with investment protection;

2018/01/30
Committee: INTA

2017/2070(INI)

Jude KIRTON-DARLING, Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Agnes JONGERIUS, David MARTIN, Alessia Maria MOSCA, Joachim SCHUSTER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Emphasises that the United Kingdom’s departure from the EU will have consequences for internal and external trade; calls on the Commission to take immediate steps to anticipate the impact of Brexit on the Union’s trade policy so as to ensure continuity in its implementation; calls on the Commission to publish impact assessments of the various options envisioned for the future EU-UK relationship prior to the conclusion of the article 50 negotiations;

2018/01/30
Committee: INTA

2017/2070(INI)

Jude KIRTON-DARLING, Maria ARENA, Nicola DANTI, Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Agnes JONGERIUS, David MARTIN, Emmanuel MAUREL, Alessia Maria MOSCA, Joachim SCHUSTER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Takes note of Opinion 2/15 of the CJEU, of 16 May 2017, establishing that, apart from the question of portfolio investment and the arrangements for investor-state dispute settlement, the Free Trade Agreement with Singapore lies within the exclusive competence of the Union; asks the Commission and Member States to clarify at the earliest possible date ~~its~~their decision on the structure of free trade agreements in the future, taking account of the limits of EU exclusive competence set by the Court ruling; points out that Parliament must be involved from the onset of all trade negotiations, prior to the adoption of negotiating guidelines and must be kept fully informed, in a timely manner, at all stages in the negotiation and implementation of trade agreements; demands that the necessary arrangements are made through an inter-institutional agreement to enhance the legitimacy and accountability of the EU’s CCP;

2018/01/30
Committee: INTA

2017/2070(INI)

Jude KIRTON-DARLING, Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Agnes JONGERIUS, David MARTIN, Alessia Maria MOSCA, Joachim SCHUSTER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. Deplores the failure to reach agreement at the WTO ministerial meeting in Buenos Aires; recalls its previous demands to the Commission to actively engage in framing the WTO agenda, in particular with respect to Corporate Social Responsibility and Trade and Sustainable Development; reiterates its support for the multilateral system and calls on the Union actively to advance proposals for updated, multilateral rules; welcomes the entry into force of the Trade Facilitation Agreement; considers it regrettable that certain multilateral agreements are not being observed and calls on the Commission to work harder, within the WTO, on the effective implementation of multilateral rules and agreements;

2018/01/30
Committee: INTA

2017/2070(INI)

Jude KIRTON-DARLING, Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Agnes JONGERIUS, David MARTIN, Alessia Maria MOSCA, Joachim SCHUSTER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Is concerned at the stand-off in plurilateral negotiations on the Trade in Services Agreement (TiSA) and the Environmental Goods Agreement; asks the Union to take the initiative to get the negotiations moving again on the basis of the European Parliament’s position on TiSA;

2018/01/30
Committee: INTA

2017/2070(INI)

Jude KIRTON-DARLING, Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Agnes JONGERIUS, David MARTIN, Alessia Maria MOSCA, Joachim SCHUSTER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. Asks the Commission and Member States to update their negotiating mandates every five years to reflect the changing context and challenges, and to include review clauses in trade agreements to ensure that they are implemented as effectively as possible and that they are adaptable, provided that full parliamentary scrutiny and transparency are guaranteed;

2018/01/30
Committee: INTA

2017/2070(INI)

Jude KIRTON-DARLING, Nicola DANTI, Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Agnes JONGERIUS, David MARTIN, Alessia Maria MOSCA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

12. Welcomes the publication by the Commission of its recommendation for a Council decision authorising the opening of negotiations for a Convention establishing a multilateral court for the settlement of investment disputes (MIC); highlights the importance to the European economy of internal and external investment and the need to ensure that EU investors abroad are protected~~; asks the Commission to pursue its work on the new system for ruling on investment disputes, which must be based, inter alia, on a guarantee of states’ right to regulate and on transparency~~ while points out that this can be normally achieved through the domestic legal systems of our trading partners when they respect the rule of law; also acknowledges that, while the MIC will benefit developing countries which have concluded old-fashioned BITs with ISDS, those countries will have to continue to strengthen their judiciary systems; asks the Commission to pursue its work on the new system for ruling on investment disputes, which must be based, inter alia, on a guarantee of states’ right to regulate and on transparency, and provide for an appeal mechanism, strict rules on conflict of interest, a code of conduct, sanctions in case of non-compliance and to explicitly allow for the possibility of counterclaims; this new system must address investors’ obligations, avoid regulatory chill, prevent frivolous litigation and guarantee judicial equality (with particular attention to micro- enterprises, SMEs and domestic investors), judicial independency, transparency and accountability and the possibility for other actors, such as civil society organisations and trade unions, to use the system if their rights are infringed by investors;

2018/01/30
Committee: INTA

2017/2070(INI)

Jude KIRTON-DARLING, Maria ARENA, Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Agnes JONGERIUS, David MARTIN, Emmanuel MAUREL, Alessia Maria MOSCA, Joachim SCHUSTER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 b (new)

12b. Expects a reinforced engagement of the EU and its Member States in deliberations within the UN regarding a Binding Treaty on Business and Human Rights;

2018/01/30
Committee: INTA

2017/2070(INI)

Jude KIRTON-DARLING, Nicola DANTI, Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Agnes JONGERIUS, David MARTIN, Alessia Maria MOSCA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

14. Points out that, in the implementation of Union trade policy, special attention needs to be paid to agricultural products and to the interests of European producers and consumers, in particular in light of the cumulative impact of all FTAs on the sector; emphasises that trade agreements, and notably the agreement with Japan, can open up new business horizons for the agrifood sector; highlights the importance of striking the right balance between protecting sensitive agricultural products and advancing the Union’s offensive interests in relation to agrifood exports, with provision for, inter alia, transition periods and suitable quotas, and in certain cases for the exclusion of the most sensitive products; points out that it is essential to safeguard a robust system of health and plant-health rules while combating any form of discriminatory treatment in this area;

2018/01/30
Committee: INTA

2017/2070(INI)

Jude KIRTON-DARLING, Nicola DANTI, Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Agnes JONGERIUS, David MARTIN, Alessia Maria MOSCA, Joachim SCHUSTER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

16. Points out that trade policy must be implemented in such a way as to help ensure that companies can compete fairly on a level playing field; welcomes the adoption of the new method for calculating anti-dumping duties in cases of distortion of competition in third countries; takes note of the interinstitutional agreement reached on the modernisation of trade defence instruments; ~~highlights the importance of ensuring that these new instruments are implemented properly by intervening immediately to rectify any dysfunctions or abuses~~encourages the Commission to make the most of these reforms and use the new possibility they offer, in particular with respect to imposing duties above the injury margin; highlights the importance of ensuring that these new instruments are implemented properly by intervening immediately to rectify any dysfunctions or abuses; welcomes the Commission pro-active stance in the deployment of trade defence instruments in 2016, and calls for similar resolve and reactivity when these instruments are used unduly against EU exports by some of our trading partners, in particular the United States of America;

2018/01/30
Committee: INTA

2017/2070(INI)

Jude KIRTON-DARLING, Nicola DANTI, Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Agnes JONGERIUS, David MARTIN, Alessia Maria MOSCA, Joachim SCHUSTER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17

17. Considers it regrettable that the Commission report on the implementation of the trade policy strategy makes scarcely any mention of the task of coordination which needs to be undertaken with customs services; makes the point that trade policy must work to combat unlawful trading in order to keep EU companies competitive and to underpin consumer safety; also points to the important role of competition policy in this respect, and the need for bilateral and multilateral negotiations to this end;

2018/01/30
Committee: INTA

2017/2070(INI)

Jude KIRTON-DARLING, Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Agnes JONGERIUS, David MARTIN, Alessia Maria MOSCA, Joachim SCHUSTER, Marita ULVSKOG

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19

19. Urges the Commission, in cases of dysfunction or hindrance or where a partner fails to observe a commitment, to make immediate use of the tools at its disposal, particularly through recourse to the disputes settlement procedure as well as the existing ad-hoc processes foreseen for Trade and Sustainable Development provisions in the Union’s FTAs;

2018/01/30
Committee: INTA

2017/2070(INI)

Jude KIRTON-DARLING, Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, David MARTIN, Alessia Maria MOSCA, Joachim SCHUSTER, Marita ULVSKOG

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20

20. Calls on the Commission to ~~invest more human and financial resources in~~ improv~~ing~~e the way that trade policy is implemented, and asks that a special trade policy implementation monitoring unit be set up within the Commission;

2018/01/30
Committee: INTA

2017/2070(INI)

Jude KIRTON-DARLING, Nicola DANTI, Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Agnes JONGERIUS, David MARTIN, Alessia Maria MOSCA, Joachim SCHUSTER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21

21. Urges the Commission and Member States to do more, particularly through the use of IT, to ~~eliminate all administrative obstacles and red tape, to simplify technical~~simplify technical and administrative procedures ~~and~~ to support companies taking steps to benefit from trade agreements and instruments;

2018/01/30
Committee: INTA

2017/2070(INI)

Jude KIRTON-DARLING, Maria ARENA, Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Agnes JONGERIUS, David MARTIN, Emmanuel MAUREL, Alessia Maria MOSCA, Joachim SCHUSTER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23

23. Asks the Commission to conduct a study of the cumulative impact of trade agreements, sector by sector and country by country, as a contribution to the evaluation of our trade policy and with a view to anticipating and amending its effects;

2018/01/30
Committee: INTA

2017/2070(INI)

Jude KIRTON-DARLING, Maria ARENA, Nicola DANTI, Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Agnes JONGERIUS, David MARTIN, Emmanuel MAUREL, Alessia Maria MOSCA, Joachim SCHUSTER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24

24. Highlights the fact that certain sectors ~~may~~ experience economic difficulties which are trade related; calls on the Commission and Member States to develop effective support policies such as social flanking measures in order to maximise the benefits and minimise the ~~potential~~ negative effects of trade liberalisation, and to re- evaluate the EU’s trade strategy in this light; asks the Commission, in this context, to reinforce the effectiveness of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund and make it more pro-active, anticipating those cases where negative effects have to be accounted for instead of purely reactive;

2018/01/30
Committee: INTA

2017/2070(INI)

Jude KIRTON-DARLING, Nicola DANTI, Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Agnes JONGERIUS, David MARTIN, Alessia Maria MOSCA, Joachim SCHUSTER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25

25. Encourages the Commission to pursue and intensify its cooperation with international organisations and forums, including the G20, the United Nations, the OECD, the ILO ~~and~~, the World Bank and the International Organisation for Standardisation, on the development of international standards, their implementation and the monitoring of trade; in particular with respect to its social and environmental impact;

2018/01/30
Committee: INTA

2017/2070(INI)

Jude KIRTON-DARLING, Maria ARENA, Nicola DANTI, Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Agnes JONGERIUS, David MARTIN, Emmanuel MAUREL, Alessia Maria MOSCA, Joachim SCHUSTER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26

26. Welcomes the publication by the Commission of the first report on implementation of FTAs; asks the Commission to continue publishing the report annually and to cover the topic in greater depth, including interpretations of data, placing in context the figures published and providing additional qualitative information; but regrets its many shortfalls, in particular the lack of qualitative analysis and concrete recommendations; notes that while the Commission is increasingly acknowledging the negative impact of trade liberalisation on certain sectors, the report is entirely biased towards presenting “success stories” and therefore fails at providing a balanced and comprehensive assessment of the implementation of the EU’s FTAs; asks the Commission to continue publishing the report annually and to cover the topic in greater depth, including interpretations of data, placing in context the figures published and providing additional qualitative information, most importantly on the implementation of the rule parts of FTAs such as TSD and Government Procurements, so as to make this report effective in guiding the EU institutions in the definition and conduct of the Union’s trade strategy;

2018/01/30
Committee: INTA

2017/2070(INI)

Jude KIRTON-DARLING, Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Agnes JONGERIUS, David MARTIN, Alessia Maria MOSCA, Joachim SCHUSTER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27

27. Points out that various elements of information, as well as figures, are missing from the report; notes that, when it comes to quantitative analyses the implementation report fails to provide an economic assessment of: the impact on growth and jobs of all FTAs; the contribution of FTAs to the evolution of trade flows, compared to other factors such as internal demand in the EU partners’ domestic markets; the impact of trade and investment agreements on investment flows and Mode 3 trade in services; asks the Commission to work more closely with the Member States and partner countries in order to obtain more data and information on the implementation of the agreements;

2018/01/30
Committee: INTA

2017/2070(INI)

Jude KIRTON-DARLING, Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Agnes JONGERIUS, David MARTIN, Alessia Maria MOSCA, Joachim SCHUSTER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28

28. Is concerned by the fact that European companies are making relatively poor use of trade preferences by comparison with companies in partner countries which can therefore be deemed to benefit more from the EU’s FTAs than the EU itself; asks the Commission to determine the causes of the imbalance as quickly as possible and to address them; calls on the Commission and Member States to move swiftly on developing measures to give economic operators more information about the trade preferences provided for in the FTAs; believes that detailed information, including at micro level, is required in order to properly assess the implementation of the EU’s FTA, and that the experience of companies failing to use the possibility offered by FTAs matters just as much as the experience of those companies benefiting from them;

2018/01/30
Committee: INTA

2017/2070(INI)

Jude KIRTON-DARLING, Nicola DANTI, Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Agnes JONGERIUS, David MARTIN, Alessia Maria MOSCA, Joachim SCHUSTER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29

29. Invites the Commission to take a diversified approach to the various sectors studied and to set out the consequences of the implementation of trade agreements for those sectors which are considered sensitive, including an analysis of the cumulative impact of all FTAs;

2018/01/30
Committee: INTA

2017/2070(INI)

Jude KIRTON-DARLING, Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Agnes JONGERIUS, David MARTIN, Alessia Maria MOSCA, Joachim SCHUSTER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30

30. Welcomes the announced introduction of implementation roadmaps for all trade agreements, and asks the Commission to involve all the interested parties in preparing them including civil society and social partners; calls on the Commission to set out intended objectives as well as specific criteria on which to base a clear evaluation, such as the state of progress on the removal of non-tariff barriers, the rate of use of quotas, or the situation with regard to regulatory cooperation; as~~ks that the state of progress with the roadmaps be published to coincide with publication of~~ well as progress in terms of Trade and Sustainable Development ; expects the implementation roadmaps to be transmitted to Parliament in parallel to the saisines for concluded agreements so that they may be taken into account during the consent procedure and asks that the state of progress with the roadmaps be incorporated into the annual report on implementation of FTAs;

2018/01/30
Committee: INTA

2017/2070(INI)

Jude KIRTON-DARLING, Nicola DANTI, Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Agnes JONGERIUS, David MARTIN, Alessia Maria MOSCA, Joachim SCHUSTER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32

32. CWelcomes the introduction of specific chapters dedicated to SMEs in FTAs currently in negotiation; calls on the Commission to evaluate the entire toolkit for SMEs, with a view to developing a more integrated overall approach and a real SME internationalisation strategy, supporting them in becoming exporters; encourages the Commission to promote this approach in international forums;

2018/01/30
Committee: INTA

2017/2070(INI)

Jude KIRTON-DARLING, Maria ARENA, Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Agnes JONGERIUS, David MARTIN, Emmanuel MAUREL, Alessia Maria MOSCA, Joachim SCHUSTER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 38

38. Points out that the Common Commercial Policy must contributes to the promotion of the values for which the Union stands, set out in Article 2 of the Treaty on European Union, and to the pursuit of the aims enumerated in Article 21, including the consolidation of democracy and the rule of law, respect for human rights, as well as fundamental rights and freedoms, equality, respect for human dignity and the protection of the environment and of social rights; believes that achieving these objectives requires resolute and sustained actions from the Commission, and a radical change in the way human rights and sustainable development are dealt with in FTA negotiations;

2018/01/30
Committee: INTA

2017/2070(INI)

Jude KIRTON-DARLING, Nicola DANTI, Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Agnes JONGERIUS, David MARTIN, Alessia Maria MOSCA, Joachim SCHUSTER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 39

39. Calls on the Commission systematically to monitor the Generalised System of Preferences (GSP), particularly the GSP+, and to continue publishing reports every two years; calls on the Commission to work harder with beneficiary countries, the EEAS, the Union delegations, international organisations, companies, the social partners and civil society in order to improve its information gathering and provide more in-depth analysis of the monitoring exercise so that the implementation of all aspects of the system can be clearly evaluated; stresses that the credibility and thus effectiveness of the GSP rests on the ability of the Commission to implement the provisions of the legislation in full in cases of failure to implement international labour or environmental conventions, including conducting formal investigations when required and removing or suspending preferences;

2018/01/30
Committee: INTA

2017/2070(INI)

Jude KIRTON-DARLING, Maria ARENA, Nicola DANTI, Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Agnes JONGERIUS, David MARTIN, Emmanuel MAUREL, Alessia Maria MOSCA, Joachim SCHUSTER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 40

40. Points out that the new-generation agreements include human rights clauses and sustainable development chapters, to be implemented comprehensively in their entirety in order to safeguard and promote the observance of human rights, the Union’s values and high social and environmental standards; ~~notes the~~therefore calls for a timely implementation of existing TSD provisions; regrets the insufficient evaluation of the sustainable development chapters included in the Commission report on implementation of FTAs; asks the Commission to develop a precise and specific method of monitoring and evaluating the implementation of these chapters, given that such an evaluation cannot be made on the basis of quantitative data only; recalls in this context the important role of Domestic Advisory Groups and calls on the Commission for a more inclusive involvement of civil society in monitoring processes; underlines in particular the importance of civil society contributions regarding the negative consequences of Free Trade Agreements, especially when they concern developing countries or regions; also reiterates its call to strengthen the enforcement of TSD chapters, in particular through a greater involvement of social partners and civil society organisations, as well as the use of sanctions as a last resort in case of non- compliance; expresses in particular concern about the ineffective implementation of the TSD provisions in the case of the EU-Korea FTA;

2018/01/30
Committee: INTA

2017/2070(INI)

Jude KIRTON-DARLING, Maria ARENA, Nicola DANTI, Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Agnes JONGERIUS, David MARTIN, Emmanuel MAUREL, Alessia Maria MOSCA, Joachim SCHUSTER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 41

41. Welcomes the review of the Aid for Trade strategy and supports the aim of capacity building for developing countries so that they can take greater advantage of the opportunities offered by EU trade agreements; emphasises, too, that the strategy must help to promote fair and ethical trade, and retain sufficiently asymmetrical liberalisation schedules to support economic development in the EU partner countries;

2018/01/30
Committee: INTA

2017/2070(INI)

Jude KIRTON-DARLING, Nicola DANTI, Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Agnes JONGERIUS, David MARTIN, Alessia Maria MOSCA, Joachim SCHUSTER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 42

42. Reaffirms its support for the inclusion in all future trade agreements of ambitious provisions on combating corruption and protecting whistle-blower; welcomes the inclusion of anti- corruption provisions in the ongoing negotiations on updating the EU-Mexico ~~FTA~~and EU-Chile Association Agreements; stresses that FTAs must address the fight against money laundering, tax fraud and evasion while remaining within the scope of the Union’s exclusive competence;

2018/01/30
Committee: INTA

2017/2070(INI)

Jude KIRTON-DARLING, Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Agnes JONGERIUS, David MARTIN, Alessia Maria MOSCA, Joachim SCHUSTER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 43

43. Welcomes the fact that gender equality has been taken into account in the Commission’s report on the implementation of its trade strategy; underscores the aim of ensuring that women benefit from trade to the same extent as men; stresses that this requires a proactive approach by the Commission, and as a first step the application of a gender mainstreaming strategy to trade policy;

2018/01/30
Committee: INTA

2017/2070(INI)

Jude KIRTON-DARLING, Nicola DANTI, Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Agnes JONGERIUS, David MARTIN, Alessia Maria MOSCA, Joachim SCHUSTER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 46

46. Emphasises that the Common Commercial Policy must be implemented in such a way as to ensure that the global value chain is managed responsibly; asks the Commission to continue including and promoting corporate social responsibility as part of its trade policy; reiterate its demand to the Commission to include CSR in all trade agreements and to work on new provisions for greater enforcement; reasserts its support for international initiatives such as the Bangladesh Sustainability Compact, and asks the Commission to concentrate as of now on the implementation of that initiative;

2018/01/30
Committee: INTA

2017/2070(INI)

Jude KIRTON-DARLING, Maria ARENA, Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Agnes JONGERIUS, David MARTIN, Emmanuel MAUREL, Alessia Maria MOSCA, Joachim SCHUSTER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 46 a (new)

46a. Recalls, however, that voluntary CSR may also lead to unfair competition for suppliers that have chosen to comply with international labour and environmental standards and is not sufficient per se to ensure that companies fully comply with international standards and obligations by implementing due diligence policy; reiterates its call for seeking ways to develop global value chains transparency strategies and rules, including the possible consideration of immediate action towards developing binding and enforceable rules, associated remedies and independent monitoring mechanisms involving the EU Institutions, Member States and civil society;

2018/01/30
Committee: INTA

2017/2070(INI)

Jude KIRTON-DARLING, Nicola DANTI, Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Agnes JONGERIUS, David MARTIN, Alessia Maria MOSCA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 47

47. Repeats its call to the Commission to ~~fram~~table a proposal for banning the importation of goods produced using child labour or any other form of forced labour or modern slavery;

2018/01/30
Committee: INTA

2017/2070(INI)

Jude KIRTON-DARLING, Maria ARENA, Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Agnes JONGERIUS, David MARTIN, Emmanuel MAUREL, Alessia Maria MOSCA, Joachim SCHUSTER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 47 a (new)

47a. Reiterates its call on the EU to work towards adequate and efficient solutions for the introduction of a transparent and functioning mandatory ‘social and environmental traceability’ labelling system along the entire production chain, in compliance with the WTO TBT Agreement, while in parallel promoting similar action at international level;

2018/01/30
Committee: INTA

2017/2070(INI)

Jude KIRTON-DARLING, Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Agnes JONGERIUS, David MARTIN, Alessia Maria MOSCA, Joachim SCHUSTER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 48

48. Takes note of the Commission’s work on transparency; believes that achieving full transparency must become the top priority for the Commission; calls on the Commission and Member States to publish ~~more~~all of the relevant documents relating to the negotiation and implementation of agreements;

2018/01/30
Committee: INTA

2017/2070(INI)

Jude KIRTON-DARLING, Nicola DANTI, Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Agnes JONGERIUS, David MARTIN, Alessia Maria MOSCA, Joachim SCHUSTER, Marita ULVSKOG

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 49

49. Calls on the Commission and Member States to develop a proper strategy for communication about trade policy and about each agreement, so that as much information as possible is transmitted and information is adapted for specific stakeholders, enabling them to benefit from the agreements; stresses that such a strategy must address the issue of availability of information prior to and during trade negotiations, and reiterates its call to the Commission to conduct extensive consultations with civil society and social partners and publish Sustainability Impact Assessments in a timely manner, i.e. in time for them to be used in the course of parliamentary debates; calls on the Commission and Member States to come up with measures for raising economic operators’ awareness about agreements concluded and for sustaining dialogue on a regular basis with professional associations, companies, social partners and civil society;

2018/01/30
Committee: INTA

2017/2070(INI)

Jude KIRTON-DARLING, Maria ARENA, Nicola DANTI, Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Agnes JONGERIUS, David MARTIN, Emmanuel MAUREL, Alessia Maria MOSCA, Joachim SCHUSTER

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 50

50. Welcomes the publication by the Council of the negotiating mandates for the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) and for the agreements with Japan, Chile and Tunisia, as well as the Commission’s publication of its draft negotiating mandates for agreements with Australia and New Zealand and for the creation of the MIC; calls on the Council and the Member States to publish all negotiating mandates, and on the Commission to publish all draft mandates for the opening of future negotiations; asks the Council and the Commission, when they are drafting and adopting negotiating mandates, to incorporate Parliament’s recommendations; supports the opening of negotiations for an inter-institutional agreement to lay out a formal process to that effect;

2018/01/30
Committee: INTA

2017/2070(INI)

Jude KIRTON-DARLING, Nicola DANTI, Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Agnes JONGERIUS, David MARTIN, Alessia Maria MOSCA, Joachim SCHUSTER, Marita ULVSKOG

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 51

51. Reiterates its request that Member States, Parliament, national parliaments, economic operators and representatives of civil society and social partners should be more closely involved in trade policy monitoring including on but not limited to TSD provisions; calls on the Commission to publish an action plan and details of the ‘Enhanced Partnership’ model for the implementation of trade agreements;

2018/01/30
Committee: INTA

2017/2070(INI)

Jude KIRTON-DARLING, Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Agnes JONGERIUS, David MARTIN, Alessia Maria MOSCA, Joachim SCHUSTER, Marita ULVSKOG

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 52

52. Asks the Commission to improve the quality of the impact studies carried out for each trade agreement and to include in them sectoral and geographical analysis; stresses that better and more timely communication about the information contained in ex ante and ex post impact studies on trade agreements is essential;

2018/01/30
Committee: INTA

2017/2070(INI)

Jude KIRTON-DARLING, Nicola DANTI, Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Agnes JONGERIUS, David MARTIN, Alessia Maria MOSCA, Joachim SCHUSTER, Marita ULVSKOG

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 53

53. Welcomes the announcement that a consultative group is being set up to monitor trade policy; stresses the importance of establishing the new body rapidly and in a transparent, public and inclusive way; asks the Commission to publish the consultative group’s meeting and working documents on a regular basis; also calls on the Commission to define processes to ensure that issues raised by the consultative group are properly responded to and contributions are taken into account during negotiations;

2018/01/30
Committee: INTA

2017/2065(INI)

Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Sorin MOISĂ, Alessia Maria MOSCA, David MARTIN

Motion for a resolution
Citation 9

– having regard to the announced Agreement in Principle on the EU-Japan Economic Partnership Agreement of 6 July 2017,

2017/10/04
Committee: INTA

2017/2065(INI)

Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Sorin MOISĂ, Emmanuel MAUREL, Eric ANDRIEU, David MARTIN, Maria ARENA

Motion for a resolution
Citation 15

~~– having regard to the~~ delette~~r of 11 ‘like-minded countries’ to Commission Vice-President Timmermans on 16 May 2017 regarding the rules on data flows and data localisation measures in trade agreements,~~d

2017/10/04
Committee: INTA

2017/2065(INI)

Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Sorin MOISĂ, Alessia Maria MOSCA, David MARTIN, Nicola DANTI

Motion for a resolution
Citation 20 a (new)

– having regard to the upcoming 11th Ministerial Conference of the World Trade Organization (WTO), to be held in Buenos Aires, Argentina on 10 - 13 December 2017 where E-commerce is likely to be discussed,

2017/10/04
Committee: INTA

2017/2065(INI)

Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Sorin MOISĂ, Alessia Maria MOSCA, David MARTIN, Nicola DANTI

Motion for a resolution
Recital A

A. whereas technological developments ~~and~~ access to the open internet ~~enable companies, particularly SMEs,~~and the digitisation of the economy could enable companies, particularly start-ups, micro-enterprises and SMEs, to create new opportunities for business, to improve their capacity to export, to participate in global value-chains and to reach customers all over the globe at a faster pace and lower cost than ever before;

2017/10/04
Committee: INTA

2017/2065(INI)

Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Sorin MOISĂ, Alessia Maria MOSCA, David MARTIN, Maria ARENA, Nicola DANTI

Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)

Aa. whereas the internet and internet- based technologies play an important role in developing, ordering, producing, marketing or delivering products and services;

2017/10/04
Committee: INTA

2017/2065(INI)

Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Sorin MOISĂ, Emmanuel MAUREL, Eric ANDRIEU, Alessia Maria MOSCA, David MARTIN, Maria ARENA, Nicola DANTI

Motion for a resolution
Recital A b (new)

Ab. whereas counterfeiting is a global and growing phenomenon, particularly online;

2017/10/04
Committee: INTA

2017/2065(INI)

Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Sorin MOISĂ, Alessia Maria MOSCA, David MARTIN, Maria ARENA, Nicola DANTI

Motion for a resolution
Recital B

B. whereas the digitisation of traditional industries affects supply chains, manufacturing and services models, which could lead to job creation in new industries, but could also lead to job losses, as more and more tasks traditionally performed by humans are either automated or off-shored, or both;

2017/10/04
Committee: INTA

2017/2065(INI)

Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Sorin MOISĂ, Joachim SCHUSTER, Emmanuel MAUREL, Eric ANDRIEU, Alessia Maria MOSCA, David MARTIN, Maria ARENA, Nicola DANTI

Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)

Ca. whereas the current tax framework does not account for large online businesses who are avoiding taxes by routing most of their profits to tax havens;

2017/10/04
Committee: INTA

2017/2065(INI)

Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Sorin MOISĂ, Alessia Maria MOSCA, David MARTIN, Nicola DANTI

Motion for a resolution
Recital D

D. whereas access to a free, open and secure internet is a prerequisite for ~~rules- based trade and~~the development inof the digital economy which can contribute to rules-based trade;

2017/10/04
Committee: INTA

2017/2065(INI)

Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Sorin MOISĂ, Emmanuel MAUREL, Eric ANDRIEU, Alessia Maria MOSCA, David MARTIN, Nicola DANTI

Motion for a resolution
Recital E

E. whereas the UN’s SDGs stress that providing universal and affordable access to the Internet for people in least developed countries by 2020 will be crucial in terms of fostering development, as the development of a digital economy could be a driver for jobs and growth, e- commerce being one opportunity to increase the numbers of small exporters, export volumes and export diversification;

2017/10/04
Committee: INTA

2017/2065(INI)

Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Sorin MOISĂ, Alessia Maria MOSCA, David MARTIN, Nicola DANTI

Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)

Ea. whereas women as entrepreneurs and as workers can benefit from better access to global markets and as consumers from lower prices, still many challenges and inequalities prevent women´s participation in the global economy, as many of the women in low- and middle-income countries, still have no access to internet;

2017/10/04
Committee: INTA

2017/2065(INI)

Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Sorin MOISĂ, Emmanuel MAUREL, Eric ANDRIEU, Alessia Maria MOSCA, David MARTIN, Maria ARENA, Nicola DANTI

Motion for a resolution
Recital E b (new)

Eb. whereas electronic commerce is also booming in developing countries;

2017/10/04
Committee: INTA

2017/2065(INI)

Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Sorin MOISĂ, Alessia Maria MOSCA, David MARTIN, Nicola DANTI

Motion for a resolution
Recital F

F. whereas governments around the world are engaging in digital protectionism by putting up unjustified and disproportionate barriers that hinder market access and direct investment, or create unfair advantages for domestic companies;

2017/10/04
Committee: INTA

2017/2065(INI)

Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Sorin MOISĂ, Alessia Maria MOSCA, David MARTIN, Nicola DANTI

Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)

Fa. whereas geo-blocking should be ended and no forms of unjustified discrimination based on a customer’s nationality, place of residence or place of establishment within the internal market should appear in future;

2017/10/04
Committee: INTA

2017/2065(INI)

Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Sorin MOISĂ, Emmanuel MAUREL, Eric ANDRIEU, Alessia Maria MOSCA, David MARTIN, Maria ARENA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Stresses the need to bridge the digital divide in order to minimise potential negative social and development Impacts; underlines in this regard the importance to promote female participation in STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics), to remove barriers to lifelong learning, to close gender gaps in access to and in the use of new technologies; calls on the Commission to explore further how current trade policy and gender equality are linked and how trade can promote women´s economic empowerment;

2017/10/04
Committee: INTA

2017/2065(INI)

Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Sorin MOISĂ, Alessia Maria MOSCA, David MARTIN, Nicola DANTI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 b (new)

1b. Notes that while intensified digital trade can lead to welfare benefits the digital economy has already shown a troubling tendency towards excessive market and power concentration; considers therefore that a digital trade strategy must be complemented by a reinforced and effective international framework for competition policy including by increased cooperation between competition authorities and strong competition chapters in trade agreements;

2017/10/04
Committee: INTA

2017/2065(INI)

Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Sorin MOISĂ, Alessia Maria MOSCA, David MARTIN, Maria ARENA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Calls on the Commission to ensure that businesses and companies comply with competition rules and that there is no discrimination against competitors to the detriment of consumers’ welfare; highlights in this regard that manufacturers and retailers, acting in a competitive market, must respond to consumers’ preferences rather than stipulate the terms on which consumers may access products;

2017/10/04
Committee: INTA

2017/2065(INI)

Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Sorin MOISĂ, Joachim SCHUSTER, Alessia Maria MOSCA, David MARTIN, Maria ARENA, Nicola DANTI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 b (new)

2b. Considers that trade agreements should provide for increased cooperation between consumer protection agencies and welcomes initiatives to foster consumer trust-enhancing measures in trade negotiations such as disciplines on electronic signatures and contracts and unsolicited communications; highlights that the rights of consumers must be protected and must not be diluted in any case; stresses in this regard that the processing of services has to comply with high standards such as the protection of data and privacy, and underlines in this regard the importance of the fight against Internet crime;

2017/10/04
Committee: INTA

2017/2065(INI)

Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Sorin MOISĂ, Emmanuel MAUREL, Eric ANDRIEU, Alessia Maria MOSCA, David MARTIN, Maria ARENA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 c (new)

2c. Recalls the need to put in place simplified, tax- and duty-free customs treatment of items sold online and returned unused, since a customer’s opportunity to return the item is a pillar of the competitiveness of e-commerce retailers; Calls on the Commission to address public concerns through better information on regulations such as data security, privacy, intellectual property protection, consumer protection and the safeguarding of cultural values;

2017/10/04
Committee: INTA

2017/2065(INI)

Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Sorin MOISĂ, Emmanuel MAUREL, Eric ANDRIEU, Alessia Maria MOSCA, David MARTIN, Maria ARENA, Nicola DANTI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 d (new)

2d. Points out that a digital development strategy should include investment in digital infrastructure, such as internet access, devices and computers as well as in digital enterprises, including relevant trainings; stresses that such investments are particularly important for local firms, especially in developing countries to be able to interact digitally with MNEs and to access global value- chains; highlights in this regard, that sustainable development should not be seen as a barrier for investments in the digital economy, but rather as a means to achieve a rules-based investment regime that aims at sustainability and inclusiveness;

2017/10/04
Committee: INTA

2017/2065(INI)

Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Sorin MOISĂ, Emmanuel MAUREL, Eric ANDRIEU, Alessia Maria MOSCA, David MARTIN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 e (new)

2e. Underlines that small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in developing countries make up the majority of businesses and employ the majority of manufacturing and service sector workers; Recalls that facilitating cross-border e-commerce can have a direct impact on improving livelihoods, fostering higher living standards and boosting economic development.

2017/10/04
Committee: INTA

2017/2065(INI)

Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Sorin MOISĂ, Joachim SCHUSTER, Alessia Maria MOSCA, David MARTIN, Maria ARENA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 f (new)

2f. Recalls that the digital economy generally and digital trade specifically can cause disruption in other sectors and do not automatically lead to equitable and shared growth; stresses in this regard that the necessary social flanking measures must be put in place for them to benefit the whole society, such as strong education and training policies, active labour market policies and measures to overcome the digital divide;

2017/10/04
Committee: INTA

2017/2065(INI)

Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Sorin MOISĂ, Joachim SCHUSTER, Emmanuel MAUREL, Eric ANDRIEU, Alessia Maria MOSCA, David MARTIN, Maria ARENA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 g (new)

2g. Recalls that the new digital labour market claims to be flexible and cost- efficient, for both clients and independent contractors; stresses in this regard, that this new flexibility often goes hand in hand with precarious working conditions and undermines hard-won legal and social standards of decent work; Calls therefore on the Commission to focus on increasing protection of workers in the field of crowd working, including minimum wage, a form of social and health insurance, privacy protection and liability insurance;

2017/10/04
Committee: INTA

2017/2065(INI)

Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Sorin MOISĂ, Emmanuel MAUREL, Eric ANDRIEU, Alessia Maria MOSCA, David MARTIN, Nicola DANTI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 h (new)

2h. Stresses that rules and regulations on digital commerce must be feasible not only for online monopolists and big companies, but also for micro-enterprises, SMEs and start-ups to achieve fair competition and a level playing field in the digital economy;

2017/10/04
Committee: INTA

2017/2065(INI)

Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Sorin MOISĂ, Alessia Maria MOSCA, David MARTIN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Recognises that adequacy decisions, including partial and sector- specific ones, are a fundamental mechanism in terms of safeguarding the transfer of personal data from the EU to a third country; notes that the EU has ~~only~~ adopted adequacy decisions with four of its 20 largest trading partners; recalls that instruments other than general disciplines in trade agreements exist to enable the transfer of data from one country to another such as binding corporate rules or standard contractual clauses;

2017/10/04
Committee: INTA

2017/2065(INI)

Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Sorin MOISĂ, Joachim SCHUSTER, Emmanuel MAUREL, Eric ANDRIEU, Alessia Maria MOSCA, David MARTIN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Calls on the Commission to ~~prioritise and speed up~~continue with the adoption of adequacy decisions while ensuring that each individual adequacy decision is fully in line with the Union’s data protection legal framework and ensures a high level of protection for personal data; in order to facilitate the adoption of adequacy decisions~~; calls on~~, the Commission should consider the possibility to adopt, and to make public, updated and detailed binding procedures for reaching these decisions;

2017/10/04
Committee: INTA

2017/2065(INI)

Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Sorin MOISĂ, Alessia Maria MOSCA, David MARTIN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Recalls that the ability to access, collect, process and transfer data has become ~~a prerequisite~~more important for every type of company that delivers goods and services internationally;

2017/10/04
Committee: INTA

2017/2065(INI)

Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Alessia Maria MOSCA, David MARTIN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. Calls on the Commission to draw up ambitious rules for cross-border data transfers, including through FTAs, in full compliance with, and without prejudice to, the EU’s current and future data protection and privacy rules; stresses that any disciplines in this regard should be exempted from the scope of application of any future chapter dealing with investment protection;

2017/10/04
Committee: INTA

2017/2065(INI)

Viviane REDING, Franck PROUST, Santiago FISAS AYXELÀ, Jan Philipp ALBRECHT, Bernd LANGE, Heidi HAUTALA, Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Tokia SAÏFI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Ccalls on the Commission to ~~prohibit~~ensure that cross-border data transfers are in compliance with the existing and future EU legal framework, in particular through adequacy decisions, and to incorporate in our trade agreements first and foremost a horizontal provision, which fully maintains the right of a Party to protect personal data and privacy, with the only condition that it must not be used with the intention to restrict data flows for reasons other than the protection of personal data, accompanied with a second provision, which prevents unjustified data localisation requirements ~~in FTAs~~;

2017/10/04
Committee: INTA

2017/2065(INI)

Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Sorin MOISĂ, Joachim SCHUSTER, Alessia Maria MOSCA, David MARTIN, Nicola DANTI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Calls on the Commission to prohibit unjustified and disproportionate data localisation requirements in FTAs;

2017/10/04
Committee: INTA

2017/2065(INI)

Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Sorin MOISĂ, Alessia Maria MOSCA, David MARTIN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Welcomes the Commission proposal for a regulation on a framework for the free flow of non-personal data in the European Union; Calls on the Commission to put forward its position on cross- border data transfers and unjustified and disproportionate data localisation requirements in trade ~~negotiations before the end of the year;~~ agreements and underlines the need to ensure consistency between EU approach on free flow of non-personal data in the European Union and the provisions on cross border data transfers and data localisation in trade agreements; in the case of trade agreements where it is not yet possible to include provisions on cross border data transfers and data localisation due to the fact that the negotiations are nearly concluded, encourages the Commission to use review clauses that would allow for a prompt alignment to EU’s horizontal approach to data transfers and data localisation.

2017/10/04
Committee: INTA

2017/2065(INI)

Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Joachim SCHUSTER, Alessia Maria MOSCA, David MARTIN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)

10a. Underlines that a digital trade strategy must be fully in line with the principle of net neutrality and safeguard the equal treatment of Internet traffic, without discrimination, restriction or interference, irrespective of its sender, receiver, type, content, device, service or application and recalls that traffic management measures should be allowed only in exceptional cases where they are strictly necessary, and only for as long as necessary, to comply with legal requirements, preserve the integrity and security of the network or prevent impending network congestion;

2017/10/04
Committee: INTA

2017/2065(INI)

Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Alessia Maria MOSCA, David MARTIN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

11. ~~Deplores~~Regrets unjustified third country practices which make market access conditional on the disclosure and transfer to state authorities of the source codes of the software that companies intend to sell; considers that such measures are disproportionate as a blanket requirement for market access~~; calls on the Commission to prohibit signatory governme~~, while there should be certain necessary public policy exemptions since source code disclosure should be mandated in cases of operation of critical infrastructure, such as nuclear power plants, to ~~FTAs from engaging in such activities;~~ safeguard cyber security or for patent registration; recalls also that in some cases competition authorities could require the disclosure of source code as a remedy for anti-competitive conduct which should continue to be possible;

2017/10/04
Committee: INTA

2017/2065(INI)

Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Alessia Maria MOSCA, David MARTIN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)

11a. Recalls that in some cases local presence requirements are necessary to ensure effective prudential supervision or regulatory oversight and enforcement; reiterates therefore its call on the Commission to undertake limited commitments in Mode 1, in particular in the fields of digital services and financial services so as to avoid regulatory arbitrage;

2017/10/04
Committee: INTA

2017/2065(INI)

Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Emmanuel MAUREL, Eric ANDRIEU, Alessia Maria MOSCA, David MARTIN, Maria ARENA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 b (new)

11b. Notes that pro-development technology transfer requirements should not be ruled out by disciplines on digital trade;

2017/10/04
Committee: INTA

2017/2065(INI)

Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Alessia Maria MOSCA, David MARTIN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. Notes that the protection of trademarks, intellectual property (IP), geographical indications (GIs) and investments in R&D is a precondition of the EU’s knowledge-based economy, and that international cooperation is key to combating the trade in counterfeited goods; recalls that legal protection, online and offline throughout the EU is needed for new creations since this will encourage investment and lead on to further innovations; stresses that access to medicines in third countries should not be challenged on the basis of IP protection; Highlights that international cooperation is key to combating the trade in counterfeited goods; stresses, however, that trade agreements are not the place to extend the level of protection for rights holders by providing for more extensive copyright enforcement powers~~; stresses that access to medicines in third countries should not be challenged on the basis of IP protection~~;

2017/10/04
Committee: INTA

2017/2065(INI)

Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Sorin MOISĂ, Joachim SCHUSTER, Emmanuel MAUREL, Eric ANDRIEU, Maria ARENA, Nicola DANTI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)

14a. Highlights that a coherent EU approach is necessary regarding the taxation of the digital economy to achieve fair and effective taxation of all companies in order to create a level playing field and recalls that the fundamental guiding principle must be that taxes are paid where the profit is made; Welcomes recent efforts by the Commission to pursue the effective and just taxation of digital multinational companies and recalls that trade Agreements should include a Tax Good Governance Clause that would reaffirm the Parties’ commitment to implementation of agreed international standards in the fight against tax evasion and avoidance, on obligations for country-by-country reporting, automatic exchange of information and the establishment of public registers of beneficial ownership;

2017/10/04
Committee: INTA

2017/2065(INI)

Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Sorin MOISĂ, Alessia Maria MOSCA, David MARTIN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

16. Recalls that, since 1998, members of the WTO have upheld a moratorium on tariffs on electronic transmissions; stresses that such tariffs would entail unnecessary additional costs for businesses and consumers alike; calls on the Commission to transform the moratorium into a permanent agreement on banning tariffs on electronic transmissions subject to careful analysis of the implication in the area of 3D printing;

2017/10/04
Committee: INTA

2017/2065(INI)

Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Sorin MOISĂ, Emmanuel MAUREL, Eric ANDRIEU, Alessia Maria MOSCA, David MARTIN, Maria ARENA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17

17. Calls on the Commission to use trade agreements to promote the interoperability of ICT-standards that benefit both consumers and producers, notably in the context of a secure Internet of things, while not circumventing legitimate fora for multi stakeholder governance which have served the open internet well;

2017/10/04
Committee: INTA

2017/2065(INI)

Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Alessia Maria MOSCA, David MARTIN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19

19. Recognises that the principle of intermediary liability protections has been crucial in developing the digital economy, in creating favourable conditions for innovation and in guaranteeing freedom of speech; calls on the Commission to ensure in its trade negotiations that online intermediaries ~~must never~~cannot be made strictly liable for hosting unlawful third-party content~~, nor should they ever be required to monitor content proactively as part of an intermediary liability regime~~ unless they have knowledge of the infringing nature of the content, nor should they be subject to a general monitoring requirement as part of an intermediary liability regime while appropriate specific monitoring should be called for in line with the EU e-commerce directive; underlines that these disciplines should clearly exclude criminal matters; calls therefore on the Commission to overcome the current difficulties in assigning liability and to enhance legal certainty with regard to liability in the context of emerging technologies; therefore welcomes the launching of a broad evaluation of the Products Liability Directive, to assess its overall functioning and whether its rules remain appropriate for emerging Technologies such as the Internet of Things and autonomous connected Systems;

2017/10/04
Committee: INTA

2017/2065(INI)

Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Sorin MOISĂ, Emmanuel MAUREL, Eric ANDRIEU, Alessia Maria MOSCA, David MARTIN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20

20. Strongly supports the further mainstreaming of digital technologies and services in the EU’s development policy; calls on the Commission to stimulate ~~public-private partnerships to increase invest~~investments and cooperation for developments in digital infrastructure in the Global South; urges the Commission to make investments in broadband infrastructure in developing countries ~~conditional upon respect for~~to achieve the establishment of a free, open and secure internet; calls on the Commission to use trade agreements to improve and promote digital rights;

2017/10/04
Committee: INTA

2017/2065(INI)

Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Sorin MOISĂ, Joachim SCHUSTER, Emmanuel MAUREL, Eric ANDRIEU, Alessia Maria MOSCA, David MARTIN, Maria ARENA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)

20a. Stresses the imperative that any digital trade strategy must be fully in line with the principle of policy coherence for development, and should in particular seek to promote and enable start-ups and Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises engaging in cross border e-commerce recalling the contribution this could make to gender equality since a great number of these companies are women owned and operated;

2017/10/04
Committee: INTA

2017/2065(INI)

Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Sorin MOISĂ, Emmanuel MAUREL, Eric ANDRIEU, Alessia Maria MOSCA, David MARTIN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 b (new)

20b. Considers that digital issues should also feature more prominently in the EU’s Aid for Trade policy to facilitate the growth of e-commerce via increased support for innovation and infrastructure and access to financing, notably via micro finance initiatives, as well as assistance in increasing online visibility for developing country e-commerce businesses, facilitating platform access and promoting the availability of e-payment solutions and access to cost-effective logistics and delivery services;

2017/10/04
Committee: INTA

2017/2065(INI)

Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Sorin MOISĂ, Emmanuel MAUREL, Eric ANDRIEU, Alessia Maria MOSCA, David MARTIN, Maria ARENA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 c (new)

20c. Stresses that any digital trade strategy, including its flanking measures, must be fully in line with and contribute to the realisation of 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development; notes that SDG 4 on quality education, providing free, equitable and Quality primary and secondary education to all girls and boys, SDG 5 to achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls, SDG 8.10. on promoting inclusive and sustainable economic growth, in particular via strengthened capacity of domestic financial institutions and access to financial services, as well as SDG 9.1. on developing reliable and resilient infrastructure with a focus inequitable access for all and SDG 9.3. on increasing access of small enterprises, in particular in developing countries, to financial services, including affordable credit, and their integration into value chains and markets are particularly relevant in this regard;

2017/10/04
Committee: INTA

2017/2057(INI)

Eric ANDRIEU, Maria ARENA, Emmanuel MAUREL, Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ

Proposal for a recommendation
Paragraph 1 – point h

(h) on the negotiations on trade in goods, to seek ambitious improvements to market access across tariff lines, lifting unnecessary barriers, while respecting that there are a number of sensitive agricultural and industrial products which should be given appropriate treatment, for example though tariff-rate quotas (TRQs) or, allocated adequate transition periods or excluded, as necessary; to include a usable and effective bilateral safeguard clause enabling the temporary suspension of preferences, if, as a result of the entry into force of the modernised AA, a rise in imports causes or threatens to cause injuries to sensitive sectors;

2017/06/27
Committee: INTA

2017/2057(INI)

Emmanuel MAUREL, Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Maria ARENA, Eric ANDRIEU

Proposal for a recommendation
Paragraph 1 – point j

(j) on trade in services, to consider that the potential of the service sector is not fully accomplished in the current AA, and that a modernised AA should address unnecessary barriers to, while applying a positive list schedule to both market access and ~~provide~~ national treatment ~~via a positive list schedule~~commitments; to consider that commitments should be taken building on the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS) ~~and that rules should be updated as necessary to account for new developments~~;

2017/06/27
Committee: INTA

2017/2057(INI)

Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Maria ARENA, Emmanuel MAUREL, Eric ANDRIEU

Proposal for a recommendation
Paragraph 1 – point n

(n) to ensure and explicitly foresee that the modernised AA does not prevent the parties’ ability to define, regulate, provide and support public services in the public interest, that it will by no means require governments to privatise any service nor preclude governments from expanding the range of services they supply to the public, and that it will not prevent governments from providing public services previously supplied by private service suppliers or from bringing back under public control services that governments have previously chosen to privatise; therefore to reject the application of ratchet and standstill clauses;

2017/06/27
Committee: INTA

2017/2057(INI)

Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Maria ARENA, Emmanuel MAUREL, Eric ANDRIEU

Proposal for a recommendation
Paragraph 1 – point o

(o) to consider that the modernised AA include for financial services a prudential carve-out ~~building upon that contained in the EU-Canada Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA)~~ to enshrine the policy space for the parties to regulate their financial and banking sectors with a view to ensuring the stability and integrity of the financial system; to include safeguard measures and general exceptions with regards to capital movements and payments, to be applied when these may cause, or threaten to cause, serious difficulties for the smooth operation of the economic and monetary union or the balance of payments of the EU; with regard to the exponential financial innovation worldwide, to base the inclusion of financial services in the modernised AA on the system of positive lists; to adopt a narrow definition of investments, so as to exclude the products which have a high potential to carry undeclared money;

2017/06/27
Committee: INTA

2017/2057(INI)

Emmanuel MAUREL, Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Maria ARENA, Eric ANDRIEU

Proposal for a recommendation
Paragraph 1 – point p

(p) to mandate the inclusion of a tax good governance clause and binding transparency standards that reaffirms the parties’ commitment to implement international standards in the fight against tax evasion, avoidance and elusion, in particular the relevant OECD recommendations on taxation (such as the initiative on Base Erosion and Profit Shifting), and that includes obligations for country-by- country reporting, automatic exchanges of information and the establishment of public registers of beneficial ownership;

2017/06/27
Committee: INTA

2017/2057(INI)

Maria ARENA, Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Emmanuel MAUREL, Eric ANDRIEU

Proposal for a recommendation
Paragraph 1 – point w

(w) to consider that negotiations on investment may be an opportunity to make progress towards a necessary international reform of the dispute settlement regime, to seek a commitment by all parties to put an end to investor-to-state dispute settlement (ISDS) based on ad hoc private arbitration~~, and to replace it with a public investment court system (ICS) with an appeal mechanism, with a view to preserving~~. The recourse to national and European competent courts should be favoured. If a public investment court system (ICS) is created it should have an appeal mechanism, strict rules on conflict of interest, a code of conduct enforceable by the President of the International Court of Justice and sanctions in case of non- compliance, consider investors’ obligations, avoid regulatory chill, preserve the right to regulate to achieve legitimate public policy objectives, prevent frivolous litigation and guarantee all democratic procedural guarantees, such as the right to access to justice (with particular attention to SMEs), judicial independency, transparency and accountability, while pursuing the establishment of a multilateral investment court (MIC);

2017/06/27
Committee: INTA

2017/2053(INI)

Joachim SCHUSTER, Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Alessia Maria MOSCA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Calls for own resources reforms that establish a predictable and stable basis for the EU budget which is independent, transparent and balanced and will address the growing pressure on the EU budget, ~~simplify the complex and opaque~~abolish all rebate arrangements, and aim to lower the contribution of the Member States (and not increase the tax burden on EU citizens) and decrease the EU’s dependency on the national contributions based on ~~VAT and~~ GNI;

2017/11/29
Committee: INTA

2017/2053(INI)

Joachim SCHUSTER, Nicola DANTI, Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Underlines the need to analyse the impact on the traditional own resources of the conclusion of (free) trade agreements and to allocate alternative sources of income in order to compensate for a possible decrease in those resources and their probable instability;

2017/11/29
Committee: INTA

2017/2053(INI)

Joachim SCHUSTER, Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Alessia Maria MOSCA, Nicola DANTI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4

4. Calls for a~~n exploration of the possibilities~~ feasibility check ofn creating sustainability- and emission- based customs duties and levies on trade in goods and services, and for the incorporation of such measures into the EU’s international trade policies and agreements as constituting a source for own resources;

2017/11/29
Committee: INTA

2017/2053(INI)

Joachim SCHUSTER, Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Alessia Maria MOSCA, Nicola DANTI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. Calls for own resources that can only be generated by collective European action and have a clear added value for the Union by improving the functioning of the internal market and therefore expects the introduction of a financial transaction tax and the European harmonisation of corporate income taxes and the partial use thereof as new own resources;

2017/11/29
Committee: INTA

2017/2043(BUD)

Santiago FISAS AYXELÀ, Javi LÓPEZ, Esteban GONZÁLEZ PONS, Virginie ROZIÈRE, Bogdan Brunon WENTA, Theodoros ZAGORAKIS, Marc TARABELLA, Pilar AYUSO, Luis de GRANDES PASCUAL, Ramón Luis VALCÁRCEL SISO, Pilar del CASTILLO VERA, Rosa ESTARÀS FERRAGUT, Agustín DÍAZ DE MERA GARCÍA CONSUEGRA, Esther HERRANZ GARCÍA, Carlos ITURGAIZ, Teresa JIMÉNEZ-BECERRIL BARRIO, Verónica LOPE FONTAGNÉ, Antonio LÓPEZ-ISTÚRIZ WHITE, Gabriel MATO, José Ignacio SALAFRANCA SÁNCHEZ-NEYRA, Francisco José MILLÁN MON, Hannu TAKKULA, Eider GARDIAZABAL RUBIAL, Heinz K. BECKER, María Teresa GIMÉNEZ BARBAT, Inés AYALA SENDER, José BLANCO LÓPEZ, Soledad CABEZÓN RUIZ, Jonás FERNÁNDEZ, Iratxe GARCÍA PÉREZ, Enrique GUERRERO SALOM, Sergio GUTIÉRREZ PRIETO, Ramón JÁUREGUI ATONDO, Elena VALENCIANO, Jana ŽITŇANSKÁ, Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Silvia COSTA, Francisco de Paula GAMBUS MILLET, Ernest URTASUN, Ramon TREMOSA i BALCELLS, Javier NART, Jordi SOLÉ, Josep-Maria TERRICABRAS, Milan ZVER, Julie GIRLING

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 (new)

Calls for maintaining the EU support to sports policy, the sports chapter of the Erasmus+ programme and the financing of Special Events, such as the Special Olympics in 2017;

2017/05/04
Committee: CULT

2017/2028(INI)

Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Emmanuel MAUREL, Eric ANDRIEU, Jude KIRTON-DARLING, Maria ARENA, Costas MAVRIDES, Sorin MOISĂ, David MARTIN, Alessia Maria MOSCA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Emphasises that trade agreements should be seen as a key mechanism for promoting anti-corruption measures and good governance; calls for such agreements to include commitments to multilateral anti-corruption conventions ~~in all trade deal~~, such as the UNCAC and the OECD Anti- bribery Convention; calls on the Commission to consider developing assistance projects to help states overcome constraints complying with these international conventions;

2017/05/10
Committee: INTA

2017/2028(INI)

Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Emmanuel MAUREL, Eric ANDRIEU, Jude KIRTON-DARLING, Maria ARENA, Costas MAVRIDES, David MARTIN, Alessia Maria MOSCA, Nicola DANTI, Sorin MOISĂ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Recognises the major role of the Trade Facilitation Agreement in fighting corruption at ports of entry which was adopted in Bali in 2013 and entered into force in February 2017;

2017/05/10
Committee: INTA

2017/2028(INI)

Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Emmanuel MAUREL, Eric ANDRIEU, Jude KIRTON-DARLING, Maria ARENA, Costas MAVRIDES, Sorin MOISĂ, David MARTIN, Alessia Maria MOSCA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Calls for whistle-blower protection to be addressed in EU trade deals; therefore recalls that proper European legislation is needed and urges the Commission to propose legislative instruments ensuring effective measures to protect whistle-blowers acting in the public interest when disclosing confidential information of companies and public bodies; stresses that signatory parties of trade agreements should take measures to promote the active participation of the private sector, civil society organisations and domestic advisory groups in the implementation of anti-corruption programmes and clauses in international trade and investment deals;

2017/05/10
Committee: INTA

2017/2028(INI)

Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Emmanuel MAUREL, Eric ANDRIEU, Jude KIRTON-DARLING, Maria ARENA, Costas MAVRIDES, Sorin MOISĂ, Alessia Maria MOSCA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Is of the opinion that special provisions on SMEs should be foreseen in trade agreements in order to enable them to tackle corruption, as they often do not have the means;

2017/05/10
Committee: INTA

2017/2028(INI)

Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Emmanuel MAUREL, Eric ANDRIEU, Jude KIRTON-DARLING, Maria ARENA, Costas MAVRIDES, Sorin MOISĂ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)

4b. Recognises that some chapters of trade agreements are more exposed to corruption than others and therefore require tailored solutions; recalls that ambitious transparency provisions in trade agreements can help fighting corruption;

2017/05/10
Committee: INTA

2017/2028(INI)

Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Emmanuel MAUREL, Eric ANDRIEU, Jude KIRTON-DARLING, Maria ARENA, Costas MAVRIDES, Sorin MOISĂ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5

5. Regrets the lack of effective enforcement and monitoring of the implementation of anti-corruption provisions in current EU trade agreements; calls on the Commission to negotiate enforceable anti-corruption and anti- money-laundering provisions in all future trade agreements and to explore possibilities on the establishment of an independent monitoring body for an effective implementation of the provisions;

2017/05/10
Committee: INTA

2017/2028(INI)

Karoline GRASWANDER-HAINZ, Emmanuel MAUREL, Eric ANDRIEU, Jude KIRTON-DARLING, Maria ARENA, Costas MAVRIDES, David MARTIN, Alessia Maria MOSCA

Draft opinion
Paragraph 6

6. Insists that EU trade partners lose benefits granted by trade agreements where they fail to comply with anti-corruption commitments or with international standards in the field of anti-corruption such as the Common Reporting Standard of the OECD, the Action Plan on Base Erosion and Profit Shifting of the OECD, the central register of beneficial ownership and FATF recommendations; calls on the Commission to set clear and relevant conditions and performance indicators allowing better assessment and demonstration of results; calls, furthermore, on the Commission to respond firmly, proportionally and quickly where the beneficiary government shows insufficient commitment to comply with what has been agreed.

2017/05/10
Committee: INTA

2017/2028(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital P a (new)

P a. whereas some chapters of trade agreements are more exposed to corruption than others and therefore require tailored solutions; recalls that ambitious transparency provisions in trade agreements can help fighting corruption;

2017/05/09
Committee: AFET

2017/2028(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital P b (new)

P b. whereas the Trade Facilitation Agreement adopted in Bali in 2013 has played a major role in fighting corruption at ports of entry;

2017/05/09
Committee: AFET

2017/2028(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1 a. Emphasises that trade agreements should be seen as a key mechanism for promoting anti-corruption measures and good governance; calls to include commitment to multilateral Anti- Corruption Conventions, such as the UNCAC and the OECD Anti-bribery Convention, in all future trade deals; calls on the Commission to consider developing assistance projects to help states overcome constraints complying with these international conventions;

2017/05/09
Committee: AFET

2017/2028(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2 a. Regrets the lack of effective enforcement mechanisms and monitoring of anti-corruption implementation in current trade agreements of the EU; calls on the Commission to negotiate enforceable anti- corruption and anti- money-laundering provisions in all future trade agreements; and to explore possibilities on the establishment of an independent monitoring body for an effective implementation of the provisions;

2017/05/09
Committee: AFET

2017/2028(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3 a. Calls for whistleblower protection to be addressed in EU trade deals; stresses that signatory parties of trade agreements should take measures to promote active participation of the private sector, of the civil society organisations as well as of the domestic advisory groups in the implementation of the anti-corruption programmes and clauses in international trade and investment deals;

2017/05/09
Committee: AFET

2017/2028(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5 a. Insists that EU-Trade partners should lose benefits granted by trade agreements where they fail to comply with their anti-corruption commitments or international standards in the field of anti-corruption, such as the Common Reporting Standard of the OECD, the Action Plan on Base Erosion and Profit Shifting of the OECD, the central register of beneficial ownership and FATF recommendations; calls on the Commission to set clear and relevant conditions and performance indicators to better assess and demonstrate results and calls for it to respond firmly, proportionally and quickly where the beneficiary government shows insufficient commitment to comply with what has been agreed;

2017/05/09
Committee: AFET

2017/2028(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)

19 a. Is of the opinion that special provisions on SMEs should be foreseen in trade agreements in order to enable them to tackle corruption, as they often do not have the means;

2017/05/09
Committee: AFET

2017/2027(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

11. Urges the ~~effective inclusion~~need to promote gender equality, effective inclusion and the empowerment of women in all spheres of political and social life, with a view to enhancing their political participation, strenuously combatting femicides, guaranteeing the physical and psychological security, and employment equality, of women, and ensuring their fundamental rights, including sexual and reproductive rights; stresses the importance to improve the lives of girls and women; highlights that access to education is therefore vital and could lead to social and economic transformation;

2017/05/15
Committee: AFET

2017/2027(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)

13a. Reiterates that the active involvement and consultation of civil society and NGOs during the negotiation and implementation process of trade or association agreements should be guaranteed;

2017/05/15
Committee: AFET

2017/2027(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)

14a. Urges the LAC-countries to make sure that social, environmental and labour rights are fully respected; calls for full and effective implementation of the ILO-conventions and the respect of core labour standards, which, inter alia, include the freedom of association and the right to collective bargaining; highlights, furthermore, the need to ensure the elimination of all forms of forced or compulsory labour;

2017/05/15
Committee: AFET

2017/2027(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

16. Calls on the EU and LAC countries to address and fight against the problem of corruption through measures ranging from prevention to law enforcement and criminal prosecution, the effective implementation of multilateral and international anti-corruption- conventions, and points out that the existence of corruption undermines not only social welfare and social equality, but also the political legitimacy and quality of democratic government;

2017/05/15
Committee: AFET

2017/2026(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Citation 25 a (new)

- having regard to the Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights: Implementing the United Nations "Protect, Respect and Remedy" Framework, adopted by the UN Human Rights Council on 16 June 2011,

2017/05/05
Committee: AFET

2017/2026(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)

8 a. Urges the ASEAN-countries to make sure that social, environmental and labour rights are fully respected; calls for full and effective implementation of the ILO-conventions and the respect of core labour standards, which, inter alia, include the freedom of association and the right to collective bargaining; highlights, furthermore, the need to ensure the elimination of all forms of forced or compulsory labour and to effectively abolish child labour;

2017/05/05
Committee: AFET

2017/2026(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 b (new)

8 b. Stresses that national and foreign enterprises which are operating in ASEAN countries have to act in accordance with the principles of the Corporate Social Responsibility; calls on ASEAN and its member states to effectively implement the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights, to promote appropriate employment protection and access to decent working conditions, as well as to establish an environment more beneficial regarding the development of trade unions and their activities;

2017/05/05
Committee: AFET

2017/2026(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)

9 a. Underlines the need to promote gender equality, as well as women's empowerment, and to improve the lives of girls and women; highlights that access to education is therefore vital and could lead to social and economic transformation;

2017/05/05
Committee: AFET

2017/2026(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 b (new)

9 b. Stresses that the EU should also intensify policy dialogues and cooperation on issues like fundamental rights, including ethnic and religious minorities, on matters of common concern in rule of law and security while protecting freedom of expression and the free flow of information, the fight against transnational crime, corruption, tax evasion, money laundering, trafficking in people and drugs, counter-terrorism, non- proliferation, disarmament, maritime security and cyber security;

2017/05/05
Committee: AFET

2017/2025(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Takes positive note that the EU and India have re-engaged in discussion on the ways to proceed with negotiations on a Broad-based Trade and Investment Agreement (BTIA); urges both sides to proceed with the negotiations with a view to concluding the BTIA as soon as possible; acknowledges that a responsible and sustainable trade and investment agreement can support India's efforts to fight poverty and to ensure that measures benefit broader sections of the population;

2017/05/09
Committee: AFET

2017/2025(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)

23 a. Stresses that the EU should also intensify policy dialogues and cooperation on issues like fundamental rights, including ethnic and religious minorities, on matters of common concern in rule of law and security while protecting freedom of expression and the free flow of information, the fight against transnational crime, corruption, tax evasion, money laundering, trafficking in people and drugs, counter-terrorism, non- proliferation, disarmament, maritime security and cyber security;

2017/05/09
Committee: AFET

2017/2025(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25

25. Underlines that freedom of expression and association are an integral part of a democratic society; draws attention, in this context, to the limitations to the freedom of association and expression under the current Indian law on foreign participation in the funding of NGOs; calls on India to make sure that social, environmental and labour rights are fully respected; calls for full and effective implementation of the ILO- conventions and the respect of core labour standards, which, inter alia, include the freedom of association and the right to collective bargaining; highlights, furthermore, the need to ensure the elimination of all forms of forced or compulsory labour and to effectively abolish child labour;

2017/05/09
Committee: AFET

2017/2025(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 a (new)

26 a. Stresses that national and foreign enterprises which are operating in India have to act in accordance with the principles of the Corporate Social Responsibility; calls on India to effectively implement the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights, to promote appropriate employment protection and access to decent working conditions, as well as to establish an environment more beneficial regarding the development of trade unions and their activities;

2017/05/09
Committee: AFET

2017/2025(INI)