BETA

4 Amendments of Jan ZAHRADIL related to 2010/2203(INI)

Amendment 52 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
5. Considers that the same high level of protection should not be granted to all kinds of investments and that, for example, portfolio investment and intellectual property rights should be exincluded fromin the scope of future international investment agreements signed by the EU;
2011/02/09
Committee: INTA
Amendment 68 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
7. Stresses the need for a stricter definition of ‘foreign investor’, drawing on the latest OECD benchmark definition of foreign direct investment, considering that broad definitions have led to abusive practices, which should not be permitted;
2011/02/09
Committee: INTA
Amendment 102 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
12. Considers, however, that the so-called ‘umbrella clause’, which enables integration into the scope of a BIT of all the private-law contracts concluded between an investor and the signatory state of the BIT and makes international arbitration possible if such a contract is violated, should be kept out of any future investment agreement concluded by the EU;deleted
2011/02/09
Committee: INTA
Amendment 107 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
13. Calls on the Commission to ensure reciprocity and proportionality when negotiating market access with its main developed trading partners, while bearing in mind the need to exclude sensitive sectorsput in place appropriate safeguard measures to avoid injury or threat of injury to sensitive sectors of Union’s industry and to maintain asymmetry in the EU’s trading relations with developing countries;
2011/02/09
Committee: INTA