11 Amendments of Marie-Arlette CARLOTTI related to 2008/2170(INI)
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. having regard to Article 231 of the EPA concluded with CARIFORUM, which establishes a CARIFORUM-EU parliamentary committee,
Amendment 12 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital L
Recital L
Amendment 13 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital L a (new)
Recital L a (new)
La. whereas, in order to finance the adjustments linked to the implementation of EPAs, the Commission plans to make the funds available from the 10th EDF as follows: around EUR 100 000 000 from the envelope for National Indicative Programmes (NIPs) and most of the 1 300 000 000 allocated to regional economic integration from the envelope for Regional Indicative Programmes (RIP),
Amendment 18 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital O a (new)
Recital O a (new)
Amendment 34 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Reiterates its view that the EPAs must be financed not by the EDF but by additional aid for trade, to which the EU committed itself in 2005, namely EUR 2 000 000 000 annually, starting in 2010, 50% of which would go to ACP countries; opposes any kind of conditionality linked to the EPAs in the matter of granting European aid and calls on the Commission to guarantee that access to the funds of the 10th EDF is kept separate from the results and pace of the negotiations;
Amendment 44 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Stresses that EPAs agreements should incorporate a revision clause for a revision 3 years after their signature, to which National Parliaments, European Parliament and Civil Society must be formally associated; this period will enable a detailed evaluation of the impact of EPAs on the economies and regional integration of the ACP countries and appropriate reorientations to be carried out;
Amendment 53 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Stresses that the implementation of the EPAs should be monitored by a parliamentary body, which has to be provided for in the EPA texts, andRecommends close parliamentary control of the negotiations and the implementation of the EPAs, and firmly supports the involvement of national parliaments, the European Parliament and the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly in all stages of the procedure; asks that the Commission guarantee that the composition and operating procedures of ‘parliamentary committees’ as envisaged in Article 231 of the agreement reached between the EU and CARIFORUM work towards this objective, and stresses that this Parliamentary body should in each case evolve from the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly (JPA) and its bodies and remain closely connected to, or part of, the JPA;
Amendment 56 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Stresses in particular the crucial role of national parliaments and non-state actors in the monitoring and control of EPAs and asks that the European Commission guarantee their systematic involvement in the on-going negotiation procedures; this requires a clear agenda for further negotiations, to be agreed by ACP countries and the EU and based on a participatory approach;
Amendment 57 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 b (new)
Paragraph 8 b (new)
8b. recommends that the timetable of the European Parliament should, while guarding a measure of flexibility, await and take account of the opinions of the ACP parliaments on the outcomes of the EPA negotiations, before giving its assent;
Amendment 58 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
Amendment 59 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Deplores the fact that the current interim agreements devote neither space nor attention specifically to the issues of food sovereignty and the right to food and do not favour agricultural and trade policy instruments which enable market regulation and the protection of sustainable family agriculture; stresses that this aspect must be placed at the centre of the negotiations in order to guarantee the coherence of trade policy and all the EU’s policies with regard to food sovereignty and the right to food;