Activities of Marine LE PEN related to 2015/2067(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Protocol amending the Marrakesh agreement establishing the World Trade Organization (Trade facilitation agreement) (A8-0238/2015 - Pablo Zalba Bidegain) FR
Amendments (16)
Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas the precautionary principle set out in Article 191 TFEU requires, moreover, that a risk be prevented or counteracted before conclusive proof exists of that risk actually materialising, and whereas that principle also applies to goods imported into the European Union;
Amendment 24 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Acknowledges the benefits that the implementation of this agreement will bring, in particular for SMEs; emphasises that the agreement will reduce uncertainty regarding market entry conditions and the costs of trade by between 12.5 % and 17.5 % (according to estimates such as those by the OECD) through a scaling-back of customs control, thus allowing businesses to access new markets and improve their competitiveness by reducing red tape and associated costs;
Amendment 25 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Acknowledges the benefits that the implementation of this agreement will bring, in particular for SMEs; emphasises that the agreement will reduce uncertainty regarding market entry conditions and the costs of trade by between 12.5 % and 17.5 % (according to estimates such as those by the OECD) thus allowing businesses to access new markets and improve their competitiveness by reducing red tape and associated costs; nevertheless believes that the Trade Facilitation Agreement is very likely to lead to the release of additional budgetary resources, particularly for the management of advance rulings and stemming from a fresh incentive to create separate transit infrastructure;
Amendment 26 #
3. Acknowledges the benefits that the implementation of this agreement will bring, in particular for SMEs; emphasises that the agreement will reduce uncertainty regarding market entry conditions and the costs of trade by between 12.5 % and 17.5 % (according to estimates such as those by the OECD) thus allowing businesses to access new markets and improve their competitiveness by reducing red tape and associated costs; also highlights the risk of opening the way to a dispute settlement mechanism in the customs area through a strengthening of the right of appeal and review to which the applicant is entitled before an administrative or judicial authority and a lack of clarity as regards the independence of that authority;
Amendment 28 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Acknowledges the benefits that the implementation of this agreement will bring, in particular for SMEs; emphasises that the agreement will reduce uncertainty regarding market entry conditions and the costs of trade by between 12.5 % and 17.5 % (according to estimates such as those by the OECD) thus allowing businesses to access new markets and improve their competitiveness by reducing red tape and associated costs; recognises, however, that in view of the precautionary principle, a change in the circumstances giving rise to notifications for controls and inspections is insufficient reason for lowering the level of control on goods imported into the European Union; therefore considers the system of notifications for controls and inspections laid down in the Trade Facilitation Agreement to conflict with the precautionary principle;
Amendment 34 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Also invites the EU Member States to conduct a prior evaluation of the costs arising from the training and recruitment of special units attached to the advance rulings infrastructure;
Amendment 37 #
3b. Calls on the Commission to collect and submit statistical data on the costs incurred through the creation of advance rulings infrastructure and special facilities for goods in transit;
Amendment 38 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 c (new)
Paragraph 3 c (new)
3c. Urges the Commission fine tune Article 3.7 and Article 4 of the Trade Facilitation Agreement so that only one national administrative or judicial authority exercising official authority in the State to which an application has been submitted can hear the appeal and review the procedures or rulings disputed by the applicant;
Amendment 39 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 d (new)
Paragraph 3 d (new)
3d. Invites the EU Member States to interpret broadly the change in circumstances giving rise to notifications for controls and inspections so that it is not possible for the risks associated with the import of goods solely to be linked to a potential risk event;
Amendment 40 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Urges allInvites States that are members both of the WTO to tryEU and of the WTO to find a solution without delay for implementing the Bali Package so that the DDA can be concluded for the 10th WTO Ministerial Conference;
Amendment 46 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Nevertheless recognises that the estimated reduction in the costs of trade for these countries does not take into account their degree of resilience to the implementation of the Trade Facilitation Agreement or the calculations of opportunities in the national strategy choices relating to the creation of transit and customs infrastructure in particular, as recommended by the WTO;
Amendment 47 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Emphasises that the degree of implementation of the agreement will determinenecessarily be subject to the benefits that will bethe members derived therefrom;
Amendment 51 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Emphasises that, while a number of requirements under the agreement, notably on transparency and the automated entry and payment of duties, can be a powerful means of addressing border corruption, intervention by customs units on the ground remains essential to better manage risk;
Amendment 56 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Nevertheless enjoins the Commission to conduct in-depth monitoring of the allocation of that funding and of the effectiveness of its use;
Amendment 61 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Calls on the Commission to do its utmost to support developing and least developed countries in the implementation of their commitments, while ensuring that those commitments do not impact adversely on national and local policies in the area of territorial security and risk monitoring;
Amendment 62 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Calls on the Commission to do its utmost to support developing and least developed countries in the implementation of their commitments, without the implementation of those commitments creating unreasonable additional costs that have to be met by the State concerned or the European Union;