10 Amendments of Peter ŠŤASTNÝ related to 2010/2152(INI)
Amendment 46 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Emphasises that trade policy is an important element of the Union new industrial policy and that trade should be based on fair global competition and full reciprocity to maintain a healthy manufacturing base in Europe;
Amendment 62 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Reiterates its strong support for a successful conclusion of the Doha Development Round, bearing in mind that a good conclusion should reflect the shifts in the world’s trading patterns and distribution of the benefits of world trade since the launch of the Round, bearing in mind also the need for a balanced NAMA text to guarantee access to emerging markets such as India, China and ASEAN countries while preventing emerging economies to use NAMA flexibilities to shelter specific key sectors by maintaining peak tariffs;
Amendment 66 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 10
Subheading 10
Parliament sees Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) as a second-best but necessary solutionimportant instruments for market access
Amendment 74 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Reiterates that all new FTAs concluded by the EU should be WTO-compatible, comprehensive, ambitious, lead to real reciprocal market access and go beyond both existing multilateral commitments and those expected to result from a successful conclusion of the DDA; welcomes the progress made in some negotiations; at the same time regrets that most of the negotiations have not been concluded yet; asks the Commission to analyse what could be done or changed in order to conclude outstanding FTA negotiations better and faster but without sacrificing European interests as content should always take precedence over timing; asks the Commission to analyse the possibility of including WTO dispute settlement mechanisms in bilateral Free Trade Agreements; asks the Commission to reduce the spaghetti-bowl effect, e.g. by negotiating multilateral rules of origin;
Amendment 81 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Reminds the Commission to carry out a better evaluation of European interests before deciding on future FTA partners and negotiation mandates; emphasises that FTAs should only be negotiated with countries of economic interests and respect key principles such as full reciprocity, zero for zero tariff dismantling, removal of all non-tariff barriers, prohibition of duty drawback regime, uniform application of high rules of origin threshold; reminds the Commission and the Council to take seriously into account Parliament’s views when deciding about the mandates; calls upon the Commission to carry out extensive impact assessments before launching negotiations;
Amendment 128 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 14
Subheading 14
EU competitiveness and economic success cannot exist without goods, services and well protected foreign direct investments
Amendment 131 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Emphasises the strongly increased potential of goods and services in international trade, but reiterates that market access and the abolition of trade barriers at WTO level and in FTA negotiations has not been able to keep pace with these developments; is aware that many barriers to trade in goods and services are caused in particular by national regulations;
Amendment 139 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Demands that the Commission force our trading partners to grant better market access to our good producers and service providers, bearing in mind that the EU internal market is already quite open to foreign good producers and service providers; notes, however, that some public services have to remain excluded on the basis of national or regional cultural diversities;
Amendment 146 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Puts the protection of investors as the first priority in light of the future European investment policy; asks the Commission, therefore, to secure the legal certainty of the protection granted by existing BITs and to resolve existing conflicts on the internal market; urges the Commission to guarantee at least the same level of investment protection for European companies if existing BITs are repealed; calls on the Council to give its mandates for future investment agreements to the Commission, taking into account Parliament’s views and positions as set out in the report by Kader Arif on ‘Future European International Investment Policy’;
Amendment 202 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35
Paragraph 35
35. Urges the Commission to not only complain about the unacceptable behaviour of some trading partners, but also to react in a stringent and proper way, for instance by withdrawing GSP benefits in the event of a GSP beneficiary country making use of unfair trade practices, not offering EU companies a level playing field and sustainable access; reminds the Commission of the fact that, besides trade policy, there are other policies such as environment, development, research and foreign affairs that have to support a joint policy on raw materials supply;