Activities of Heidi HAUTALA related to 2022/2188(INI)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on the implementation of the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement
Legal basis opinions (0)
Amendments (7)
Amendment 27 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Is deeply concerned by the Retained EU Law BillAct, which, if adopted, could bring about a number of negative consequences that could lead to creates uncertainty for businesses and stakeholders on both sides of the Channel and wcould undermine workers’ rightremove existing rights derived from EU law from workers in the UK;
Amendment 31 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Welcomes the full operationalisation of the TCA’s institutional framework in 2022 and the good functioning of the joint bodies under the Agreement; regrets that the sectoral Working Groups under the Trade Specialised Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade as well as the Working Group on Security of Energy Supply have not yet been convened;
Amendment 35 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Welcomes the establishment of the EU Domestic Advisory Group (DAG) in accordance with Article 13 of the TCA, composed of 24 representatives of civil society organisations and six representatives of the European Economic and Social Committee; notes that the first meeting of the EU DAG and the UK DAG was held on 3 October 2022 and welcomes the joint declaration issued as an outcome of this meeting; underlines the need for well-balanced and representative DAGs, including the proportionate representation of employers and workertrade unions, and geographical representation of all parts of the UK;
Amendment 36 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Reaffirms Parliament’s commitment to closely monitor the implementation of the TCA, in close cooperation with the EU DAG; recalls that the Commission should immediately and regularly provide Parliament with information relating to the implementation of TCA, if necessary on a confidential basis; welcomes the continued good cooperation between Parliament and the Commission;
Amendment 50 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Agrees with the Commission that the horizontal and product-specific rules in the TCA are satisfactory and that product- specific rules should not be revisited beyond technical adaptations, as these rules strike a fair balance while contributing to the Union’s overarching objective of achieving strategic autonomy in essential sectors; calls, however, for reasonable solutions to be found with regard to the upcoming changes to the rules of origin for electric vehicles, given the difficulties encountered by EU manufacturers in sourcing parts, in particular batteries, from within the EU; calls on the UK and the EU, as like-minded partners, to explore new avenues for cooperation on the supply of raw materials, the development of net-zero technologies, green corridors and efficient electricity trading arrangements and other global trade issues;
Amendment 64 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Urges the UK Government and Parliament to acknowledge the complications that would stem from any unnecessary systematic regulatory divergence, in particular in the area of the protection of employment and social rights, environment, personal data, State aid, digital trade and taxation, which could only create additional issues as regards level playing field commitments in the TCA, as well as for EU and UK businesses and EU- UK trade;
Amendment 70 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Welcomes the amendment of the sunset clause in the Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillAct which was and remains a cause of concern, and stresses that the European Parliament will continue following the legislative developments in the UK in this regard; calls for the strengthening of EU-UK regulatory cooperation to minimise likely divergences; calls on the Commission to continue to closely monitor regulatory divergences in the UK, which could pose a risk of non-compliance with the TCA, notably in areas relevant to the level playing field such as subsidy control, taxation, labour and social standards, the environment and climate; considers, in this context, that the active involvement of the DAG and the Civil Society Forum provides a valuable contribution to the process; highlights the particular challenge that monitoring and managing regulatory divergence poses for Northern Ireland;