14 Amendments of Iuliu WINKLER related to 2013/2674(RSP)
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 12 a (new)
Citation 12 a (new)
- having regard to its resolution entitled 'EU and China: Unbalanced Trade?' (2010/2301(INI));
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 12 b (new)
Citation 12 b (new)
- having regard to the common decision of EU and China, taken at the 14th EU- China Summit held in February 2012 in Beijing, to launch negotiations on a bilateral investment agreement;
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Da. Whereas even if the labour costs have been increasing by 10% per year in the past years, China is still among the top three markets worldwide to invest;
Amendment 15 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas the negotiation of this investment agreement can give rise to public concerns and thus requires the highest possible levelis the first one which is going to be negotiated by the EU as its overall competence after entering in force the Lisbon Treaty, these negotiations have to follow the principle of transparency;
Amendment 28 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Points out that China, having acceded to the WTO in 2001, should show more emphasis towards liberalizing its trade and opening its market in order to ensure a more level playing field and accelerate the artificial impediments that companies face in accessing Chinese market;
Amendment 52 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Notes that a clear timeframe of negotiations should to be established, and reasonable and meaningful transitional periods should be considered;
Amendment 53 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 – introductory part
Paragraph 7 – introductory part
Considers that the investment agreement with China should be based on the best practices drawn from Member State experiences, bring more coherence and include the following standards:
Amendment 63 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Notes that the expected improvement in certainty will help SMEs to invest abroad, and notes in this regard that the voice of SMEs must be heard during negotiations; the involvement of EU's new SME Centre in China, the EU's IPR SME Helpdesk and the EU Chamber of Commerce in China is welcomed and their activity needs to be further developed;
Amendment 69 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Stresses that investment agreements concluded by the EU must respect the capacity for public intervention, in particular when pursuing public policy objectives such as social, environmental, human rights, security, workers' and consumers' rights, public health and safety, industrial policy and cultural diversity; calls to include respective specific clauses into this agreement;
Amendment 72 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Recommends that wWith regard to market access, both parties may exclude certain sectors from the libera stresses that interventionist industrial policies, inadequate protection of intellectual property rights (IPRs), ambiguities in substance and in appliscation commitmentsof rules and other non-tariff and technical barriers to trade should be addressed;
Amendment 81 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Stresses that nothing in the agreement shall prevent theallow Parties fromto defininge and implement maing policies for the promotion and protection of cultural diversity;
Amendment 88 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Reiterates its call for a binding corporate social responsibility clause and effective social and environmental clauses;
Amendment 102 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
Amendment 112 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Takes the view that the agreement should provide forboth state-to-state dispute settlement procedures, but no ISDSand investor-to-state dispute settlement mechanisms;