9 Amendments of Erika MANN related to 2008/2171(INI)
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Underlines China’s global responsibility to ensure its economic growth is environmentally sustainable; stresses that a positive approach by China will be critical for the success of negotiations on a post- 2012 Climate Change agreement; notes the threat of carbon leakage if China does not commit to sufficient action; requests work with China (and other major trading partners) on WTO-compatible ‘border adjustment measures’ which respect, in a fair and sustainable way, existing differences with the goal of eliminating these in an agreeable time-frame;
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Commission to consider a formal agreement with China to promote cooperation on R & Densure that all existing R & D agreements work effectively with China to promote cooperation on R & D; recommends concentrating R & D efforts between EU and China more strategically and in a more relevant way in terms of technology breakthroughs, societal needs, environmental urgencies and future economic developments;
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Supports the proposal to set up an ‘EU-China High-Level Economic and Trade Dialogue Mechanism (HLM)’, which will not replace existing dialogues but will instead support them by providing political impetus; since this idea touches on many highly relevant topics for Parliament, like IPR, market access, environment, high-technology transfer, energy, and trade imbalance, requests that Parliament be informed about progress on this proposal on a timely and regular basis;
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Requests that the Commission works even more, and more closely, with European standard and standard management organisations which are operating successfully in China, to ensure consistency in standardisation and conformity procedures and assessment;
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 c (new)
Paragraph 4 c (new)
4c. Requests that the Commission ensure that, with regard to consumer safety, all European standards are met once a product or service is targeted for export to the EU; requests an overview from the Commission of existing loopholes (legal or standard driven); requests that the Commission and the Council ensure that all WTO and EU SPS measures are included in the relevant chapters of the EU-China PCA and wishes to be informed about any departure from such an understanding;
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 d (new)
Paragraph 4 d (new)
4d. Requests that the Commission and the Council evaluate existing export restrictions between the EU and China because of dual-use export restrictions with regard to high-tech products and services; requests that the Commission compare those specific EU-China restrictions with restrictions between China and its other major trading partners;
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Calls on the Commission to evaluate, as early as possible, the impact the financial and economic crisis is having on relevant European industry and service sectors, which play a crucial role in defining the export-import relationship between the EU and China; requests that this evaluation be sent to Parliament as soon as a clear trend is recognisable;
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Requests from the Commission a full overview – sector by sector – of changes occurring in the European industry and service sector since and because China became a member of the WTO; requests that this overview include an evaluation of relevant shifts in the supplier distribution chain across Asia since China’s entry into the WTO in so far as it affects the EU;
Amendment 28 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Calls on China to favour more economically sustainable, environmentally friendly and socially just development; believes that all existing dialogues between the EU and China offer a great opportunity to focus on such challenges.