7 Amendments of Christophe HANSEN related to 2018/2262(INI)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Notes that the EU is Switzerland’s main trading partner, accounting for 52 % of its exports, and Switzerland is the EU’s third-largest trading partner, accounting for 7 % of its trade; and over 71% of its imports, and that the trade in goods under the current bilateral trade agreements amounts to no less than 1 billion CHF per day1a, and "that Switzerland earns one in every 3 francs through trade with the EU"2a, whereas Switzerland is the EU’s third-largest trading partner, accounting for 7 % of its trade; _________________ 1a https://www.eda.admin.ch/dam/dea/en/doc uments/abkommen/InstA-Wichtigste-in- Kuerze_en.pdf 2a https://www.eda.admin.ch/dam/dea/en/doc uments/abkommen/InstA-Wichtigste-in- Kuerze_en.pdf
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Welcomes the conclusion of the negotiations on the Institutional Framework Agreement (IFA) between the EU and the Swiss Confederation in December 2018 and calls for a swift stakeholder consultation, as called for by the Federal Council on 7 December 2018, and to proceed without delay with the ratification to urgently modernize and further expand the EU-Switzerland relationship, to increase legal certainty and guarantee continued access for Swiss companies to the Single Market as well as to permit the continuation and facilitation of ongoing sectoral negotiations;
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Acknowledges the need for an Institutional Framework Agreement, as the EU-Switzerland relationship is based on a complex system of 120 sector-specific agreements, and additional coherence and legal certainty would benefit all parties;
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls for the trading relationship to be modernised and for itWelcomes the political declaration of intent to modernize the 1972 EU- Switzerland FTA, which lacks an adequate dispute settlement system and does not cover services, and welcomes its ambition for a revised trade partnership to include areas such as services (including digital), Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) and, trade facilitation, mutual recognition of conformity assessments, and public procurement as well as a chapter on trade and sustainable development;
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Welcomes the inclusion of a modern Dispute Settlement system in the draft IFA, which could apply to the future updated trade relationship;
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
Amendment 30 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9