Activities of Hannu TAKKULA related to 2017/2192(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Negotiating mandate for trade negotiations with Australia - Negotiating mandate for trade negotiations with New Zealand (debate) FI
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT Recommendation to the Council on the proposed negotiating mandate for trade negotiations with Australia PDF (330 KB) DOC (66 KB)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on the recommendation relating to the negotiating mandate for the conduct of the EU trade negotiations with Australia
Amendments (9)
Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 4 a (new)
Citation 4 a (new)
- having regard to the European Commission's Trade package published on September 14th in which the Commission committed to making all future trade negotiating mandates public,
Amendment 2 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 7 a (new)
Citation 7 a (new)
- having regard to the European Parliament's draft report on a digital trade strategy (2017/2065 (INI)),
Amendment 22 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Underlines the importance of deepening relations between the EU and the Asia-Pacific region fo, amongst others to foster economic growth within Europe and stresses that this is reflected in the EU’s trade policy; recognises that Australia is a key part of this strategy and that widening and deepening trade relations can help to meet this goal;
Amendment 29 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Considers that the full potential of the Union’s bilateral and regional cooperation strategies can only be realised by adhering to rules- and values-based trade and that concluding a high-quality FTA with Australia in a spirit of reciprocity and mutual benefit, while under no circumstances undermining the ambition to achieve progress multilaterally or the implementation of already concluded multilateral and bilateral agreements, is a crucial part of those strategies;
Amendment 67 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Calls on the Commission, when presenting the finalised agreements for signature and conclusion, and on the Council, when deciding on signature and conclusion, to fully respect the distribution of competences between the EU and its Member States to guarantee a swift ratification procedure of the agreement;;
Amendment 72 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Calls onWelcomes the Commission to conduct negotiations as transparently as possibleinitiative to publish all its recommendations for negotiating directives for trade agreements and calls on the Commission to make the negotiating mandate for the EU/Australia negotiations public immediately after publication and to fully respecting best practice as established in other negotiations; requests that the Council make the negotiating mandate public;
Amendment 100 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 – point a
Paragraph 14 – point a
a) Real market access opportunities for both sides to each other’s goods and services market through the elimination of regulatory barriers: nothing in the agreement, however, should prevent either side from regulating to achieve legitimate policy objectives; considering, in this respect, that no EU trade agreement has ever privatised public services, and shall not do so in the future, such as water, education, health and social services, nor decreased our high European health, food, consumer, environmental, labour and safety standards, nor constrained public funding of the arts and culture, education, and health and social services;
Amendment 145 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 – point g
Paragraph 14 – point g
g) A balanced outcome in the agriculture and fisheries chapters which gives due consideration to the interests of all European producers and consumers, for instance by introducing appropriate quotas especially in the most sensitive sectors; considers that only then can it boost competitiveness and be beneficial to both consumers and producers;
Amendment 152 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 – point g a (new)
Paragraph 14 – point g a (new)
g a) principles such as fair competition, net neutrality and intermediary liability protections and ambitious rules for cross- border data transfers, in full compliance with, and without prejudice to, the EU's data protection and privacy rules;