Activities of Jörg LEICHTFRIED related to 2015/0028(COD)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EC) No 1007/2009 on trade in seal products
Amendments (5)
Amendment 29 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4 a (new)
Recital 4 a (new)
(4a) On 22 May 2014, the World Trade Organisation published the Reports of its Appellate Body in the appeals of the Panel Report, European Communities – Measures Prohibiting the Importation and Marketing of Seal Products (WT/DS400/AB/R; and WT/DS401/AB/R).
Amendment 30 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4 b (new)
Recital 4 b (new)
(4b) Article III.4 of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 1994 provides that the products of the territory of any contracting party imported into the territory of any other contracting party are to be accorded treatment no less favourable than that accorded to like products of national origin.
Amendment 54 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – point 1
Article 1 – point 1
Regulation (EC) No 1007/2009
Article 3 – paragraph 5
Article 3 – paragraph 5
5. If the number of seals hunted, the quantity of seal products being placed on the market pursuant to paragraph 1 or other circumstances are such as to indicate that a hunt is conducted primarily for commercial purposes, the Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 4 in order to limprohibit the quantityplacing on the market of products resulting from that hunt that may be placed on the market.
Amendment 56 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – point 3 a (new)
Article 1 – point 3 a (new)
Regulation (EC) No 1007/2009
Article 5 a (new)
Article 5 a (new)
(3a) The following article is inserted: "Article 5a Public information The Commission and Member States shall take appropriate measures to inform competent authorities, including customs officials in the Member States, and the public regarding market access in compliance with applicable legal rules of seal products resulting from hunts conducted by indigenous communities in accordance with Article 3(1)."
Amendment 57 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – point 3 a (new)
Article 1 – point 3 a (new)
Regulation (EC) No 1007/2009
Article 7 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 7 – paragraph 2 a (new)
(3a) In Article 7, the following paragraph is added: "2a. Moreover, the Commission shall evaluate the impact of this Regulation on the economic, social and cultural development of Inuit communities in affected regions, and, by 31 December 2020, shall submit to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions a report on its impact."