5 Amendments of Frithjof SCHMIDT related to 2008/2170(INI)
Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 4 a (new)
Citation 4 a (new)
- having regard to Christiane Taubira's report, which was commissioned by France government in April 2008 in preparation for the Council's presidency,
Amendment 35 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Stresses that EPAs concluded with individual ACP countries, or with a group of countries not including all countries within one region, run the risk of undermining regional integration. Calls upon the Commission to recalibrate its approach taking account of this risk, and to refrain from concluding EPAs which might endanger regional integration;
Amendment 40 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Stresses that trade-in-goods agreements suffice to render EU ACP trade regimes WTO compatible, calls upon the Commission to refrain from pushing non-trade-in-goods issues such as the Singapore issues or services, unless explicitly called for by the partner countries;
Amendment 45 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Considers that any trade agreement between ACP and EU, affecting the livelihood of the population, should be the result of an open and public debate with full participation of ACP national parliaments; and calls therefore that the ACP-EU Economic Partnership Agreements should be first ratified by the respective ACP parliaments before the EP proceed to the ratification process;
Amendment 52 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Stresses that the implementation of the EPAs should be monitored by a parliamentary body, which has to be provided for in the EPA texts, and that this Parliamentary body should in each case evolve fromthe ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly (JPA) and its bodies and remain closely connected to, or part of, JPAregional and sub-regional assemblies in conformity with Article 17 of the Cotonou ACP-EC Partnership Agreement;