Activities of Marco CAMPOMENOSI related to 2021/2177(INI)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on EU-India future trade and investment cooperation
Amendments (9)
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
A a. Whereas India is a key like- minded partner in the Indo-Pacific region, which has in place some Free Trade Agreements (FTA) with selected countries in this region and has recently concluded an FTA with Australia, while is still negotiating with the UK and New Zealand; whereas India refused to join the Regional Comprehensive Economic Agreement (RCEP) opposing China participation/membership;
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas the EU is India’s third- largest trading partner and leading foreign investor, while India is the EU’s ninth- largest trading partner and only accounted for less than 2.1 % of its total trade in goods in 2021; whereas there is untapped potential for stronger, deeper and mutually beneficial economic cooperation; from 2019, India benefits of a trade surplus with the EU which reached €4 billion in 20211a; whereas India is imposing high tariffs on many EU agri-food products, such as wine, oil, dairy products, fruits and vegetables, while roughly half of India’s exports to the EU are eligible for GSP preferences with a utilization rate of 81% in 2019; whereas there is untapped potential for stronger, deeper and mutually beneficial economic cooperation; _________________ 1a https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics- explained/index.php?title=India- EU_%E2%80%93_international_trade_in _goods_statistics#:~:text=In%202011%2C %20the%20EU%20had,2013%20(%E2%8 2%AC%2030%20billion).
Amendment 16 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
E a. whereas India has not ratified two out of the eight core ILO Conventions, namely Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organize Convention (No. 87) and Right to Organize and Collective Bargaining Convention (No. 98);
Amendment 77 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 – point ii
Paragraph 6 – point ii
ii. expedited, more transparent and less onerous customs, sanitary and phytosanitary procedures without putting at risk the health of EU consumers by ensuring that Indian imports, especially agri-food products, respect the same ambitious EU safety, environmental, health and quality rules and standards, including those related to hormones, GMOs and antibiotics as well as the use of pesticides; as well as a comprehensive single-window electronic certification process and the removal of disproportionate import bans;
Amendment 84 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 – point iv
Paragraph 6 – point iv
iv. a comprehensive chapter on public procurement at all levels of governance in order to enforce the principles of transparency and non-discrimination in public procurement through effective remedy procedures; calls, in this respect, for India to accede to the WTO Agreement on Government Procurement and to prohibit ‘buy national’ practices;
Amendment 110 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 – point x a (new)
Paragraph 6 – point x a (new)
x a. guarantee of a real level playing field, where Indian business can compete with EU business in a fair and equitable way, without benefiting from less strict labour and environmental standards that might be not compliant with international law;
Amendment 133 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Applauds both sides’ readiness to negotiate a stand-alone investment protection agreement, which would increase legal certainty for investors on both sides and further strengthen bilateral trade relations by at the same time preserving the right to regulate of each party within its own territory to achieve legitimate policy objectives; recommends working towards the achievement of common and mutually beneficial objectives in these areas in order to foster economic growth and innovation;
Amendment 140 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Welcomes the leaders’ commitment to concluding a separate agreement on geographical indications, be it a stand- alone agreement or integrated within the comprehensive trade agreement; , with the aim to protect and at the same time promote the respective high-valued excellency of agri-food products as well as to prevent the risk of counterfeiting or “sounding” practices of products covered by collective intellectual property rights; underlines that at the moment India has recognized only 21 of the nearly 3,400 EU geographical indications2a; calls on the Commission to push forward the protection of a broad and exhaustive list of EU geographical indications _________________ 2a https://ipindia.gov.in/writereaddata/Portal /Images/pdf/GI_Application_Register_16- 11-2021.pdf
Amendment 151 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15 a. Calls on the Commission to keep the Parliament duly informed on the outcomes of the long-standing market access issues as well as on the achievements of the negotiations;