Activities of Ryszard CZARNECKI related to 2023/2065(INI)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on the implementation of the EU-Southern African Development Community (SADC) Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA)
Amendments (3)
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Stresses that since the application of the agreement, trade between the EU and SADC countries has increased significantly, and that 2022 was a record year in which the total value of trade was EUR 63.2 billion, with a 20% share of exports and a 21% share of imports;
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Points out that, despite increasing trade and investment flows, political issues and trade irritants are disrupting multilateral trade negotiations; stresses that some SADC countries oppose liberalisation, minimise the role of the private sector or have strong diplomatic ties with Russia;
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Highlights the importance of broadly, systematically and meaningfully involving local and regional civil society, academia, trade unions and private sector representatives in the EPA’s implementation and the ex post evaluations thereof.;