6 Amendments of Vural ÖGER related to 2008/2149(INI)
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)
Recital G a (new)
Ga. whereas the economic growth of the Western Balkans varies significantly, ranging in 2006 from 3% in the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia to 10,3% for Montenegro; and whereas also the unemployment rates vary, in 2007 ranging from high unemployment rates such as in Kosovo (40%) down to lower rates such as in Montenegro (11,9%),
Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital K a (new)
Recital K a (new)
Ka. whereas the economies of the Western Balkans are very heterogeneous and have different characteristics, for example Albania, Croatia, and Montenegro differ form the other Western Balkan economies in so far as the tourism sector is crucial for them,
Amendment 24 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Considers that there is a real need to improve and establish well-functioning visa and customs regimes in order to improve the investment climate and ensure closer economic and trade cooperation; welcomes in this regard the recent road maps for visa facilitation for the Western Balkan countries;
Amendment 26 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the Commission and the Council to implement all appropriate measures to encourage deeper integration of the Western Balkans into the world trade and economic system, in particular through WTO accession for the countries in the region which are not yet members; takes note with favour that Albania, Croatia and FYROM are already members of the WTO; underlines that the liberalisation of trade must go hand in hand with reducing poverty and unemployment rates, promoting economic and social rights and respecting the environment;
Amendment 33 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Welcomes the participation of the Western Balkan countries bordering the Mediterranean in the relaunch of the Barcelona process, the so called Barcelona Process: Union for the Mediterranean, established on 13 July 2008; believes that full integration of the CEFTA countries into a EUROMED Free Trade Area to be created in 2010 will be beneficial for all; asks the Commission to monitor the mutual influences of an EU- Med free trade area including some Western Balkan countries and EU- CEFTA relations;
Amendment 54 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Stresses that fair and transparent cross- border competition for public procurement is an important building block of a truly integrated regional market; calls on Western Balkan countries to multiply their efforts towards a more integrated and better functioning public contract system applying the principle of non- discrimination between domestic and foreign suppliers in full compliance with the EU acquis, and to ensure universal, accessible and sustainable public services with affordable prices and high quality standards for all;