Activities of Eero HEINÄLUOMA related to 2020/2023(INI)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on recommendations on the negotiations for a new partnership with the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Amendments (12)
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas a third country cannot have the same rights and enjoy the same benefits as a member; whereas the Union should consider UK participation in Union and Euratom programmes having the Union’s interest first in mindbearing in mind the strategic and financial interests of the Union and its citizens; whereas any decision on UK participation in such programmes should take account of all relevant aspects of the envisaged partnership, since that partnership should form a coherent structure;
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas any UK participation in Union and Euratom programmes should respect all relevant rules and mechanisms and conditions of participation, as laid down in the corresponding legal bases; whereas, as a consequence and among other aspects, a fair balance as regards UK contributions and benefits should be ensured and the UK, as a third country, cannot enjoy decisional power on any programme;
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
D a. whereas the UK should fulfil all financial commitments agreed in the Withdrawal Agreement;
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – point b
Paragraph 1 – point b
(b) not accept piecemeal UK participation in Erasmus+ or any other EU programme, and ensure full compliance with applicable EU legislation and principles such as the free movement for people and to not accept participation for a period shorter than the full length of theany programme under the MFF;
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
(b a) make proposals for arrangements to implement cooperation between UK authorities and EU agencies, taking into account that the UK, as a third country, will not have any decision-making power over EU agencies;
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Believes it to be in both Parties’ mutual interests to establish an ambitious future economic partnership covering a wide number of sectors; underlines that, in any case, a level playing field must be ensured and EU standards safeguarded in order to avoid a ‘race to the bottom’ and the acquisition of unfair competitive advantages through the undercutting of levels of protection or other regulatory divergences; considers that any future framework should safeguard fair competition, investor and consumer protection, and the integrity of the single market, while respecting the EU’s regulatory regime and decision-making autonomy; calls in this context for a robust and comprehensive framework for State aid control that prevents distortions for trade and competition; calls furthermore for strong chapters on competition, state owned enterprises, taxation and labour and social protection guaranteeing non-regression of the current level of protection and standards; believes that both the EU and UK must commit to and implement the principles of good governance in the area of taxation, including the global standards on transparency and exchange of information, fair taxation, and the OECD standards against Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (BEPS); underlines that both the EU and UK should promote good governance in tax matters, improve international cooperation in the area of taxation and facilitate the collection of tax revenues;
Amendment 27 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – point b b (new)
Paragraph 1 – point b b (new)
(b b) take in due account the strategic partnership that should frame EU-UK relations with regard to foreign policy and cooperation in the field of defence;
Amendment 28 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – point b c (new)
Paragraph 1 – point b c (new)
(b c) take in due account the possible impacts of the new partnership that should frame EU-UK relations on EU consumers and producers and on the EU budget in the field of agriculture and fisheries;
Amendment 29 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – point b d (new)
Paragraph 1 – point b d (new)
(b d) ensure that the participation of the UK in EU programmes will not entail net transfers or benefits from the EU budget to the UK;
Amendment 30 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – point b e (new)
Paragraph 1 – point b e (new)
(b e) propose the necessary provisions to protect the financial interests of the Union with regard to the programmes in which the UK would participate, including audits as well as anti-fraud and anti-money laundering investigations conducted by Commission services, the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF), the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO), the European Court of Auditors and the European Parliament, through its right of scrutiny;
Amendment 31 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – point b f (new)
Paragraph 1 – point b f (new)
(b f) ensure that the Union may unilaterally suspend or terminate the participation of the United Kingdom in the Union programmes, if conditions for participation are not fulfilled or if the United Kingdom does not pay its fair financial contribution;
Amendment 32 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – point c
Paragraph 1 – point c
(c) assess and prepare for all possible scenarios, including the extension of the transition period, in order to ensure the sound financial management of the Union budget.; shall the transition period be extended, demands that, as of 2021, the UK will not participate as a Member State in the MFF, it will take part in EU programmes as a third country and will have to pay a financial contribution to the EU budget for its participation in the Single Market, whose amount will be decided by the Joint Committee established under the Withdrawal Agreement;