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28 Amendments of Harlem DÉSIR related to 2008/2135(INI)

Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
B. whereas the Doha Development Agenda (DDA) is of crucial importance to both the European Union and India; an FTA does not preclude bilateral WTO+ agreements,
2009/02/03
Committee: INTA
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
F. whereas India's trade and regulatory environment still remains comparatively restrictive; whereas in 2008 the World Bank ranked India 122 (out of 178 economies) in terms of "ease of doing business",
2009/02/03
Committee: INTA
Amendment 15 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
I. whereas both parties reaffirm their commitment for tariff reductions, progressive reciprocal liberalisation of establishment and trade in services; whereas therefore the FTA should address issues of investment,
2009/02/03
Committee: INTA
Amendment 16 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital J
J. whereas market access is being hampered by Non-tariff Barriers to Trade (NTBs) such as health and safety requirements or technical barriers, quantitative restrictions, conformity procedures, trade defence mechanisms, customs procedures, intneeds to be accompanied by transparent and adequate rules and standards to ensure that trade libernal taxisation, and a failure to adopt international norms and standards is beneficial,
2009/02/03
Committee: INTA
Amendment 27 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital O
O. whereas studies show that the more ambitious the FTA, the more positive economic effects for both EU and India,deleted
2009/02/03
Committee: INTA
Amendment 32 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
1. Believes that the FTA should be comprehensive, compatible with and complementary toatible with the WTO rules and obligations; the DDA remains both the European Union's and India's trade priority;
2009/02/03
Committee: INTA
Amendment 38 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
3. Welcomes the outcome of the 9th EU- India Summit and the revised Joint Action Plan; recalls the pledge of the European Union and India to accelerate FTA talks; is disappointed with the slow pace of negotiations; calls for both parties to conclude a comprehensive, ambitions and balanced FTA by the end of 2009encourages the negotiating parties to ensure that sufficient time is taken for more thorough consultations with key stakeholders including parliamentarians in India as well as in the European Union, in order to ensure a balanced agreement which takes into account the interests and perspectives of all affected stakeholders;
2009/02/03
Committee: INTA
Amendment 41 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
5. Points to the future potential for an increase in EU-India trade and investment; considers the EU- India FTA as win-win scenariounderlines that the agreement must ensure that this increase in trade brings benefits to the widest number of people, as well as to the environment and enables the achievement of India’s millennium development goals;
2009/02/03
Committee: INTA
Amendment 45 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Recognises the right of governments to maintain necessary 'policy space' and regulatory capacities to shape economic and social policies that serve their most vulnerable people, including trade measures to protect weak economic actors;
2009/02/03
Committee: INTA
Amendment 46 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Stresses that an agreement should include a continued monitoring and comprehensive review system, in order to determine the socio-economic impact of the agreement; calls for provisions of the agreement to be adjusted in line with the conclusions of this review;
2009/02/03
Committee: INTA
Amendment 49 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 c (new)
5c. Asks the Commission to include an ambitious sustainable development chapter as an essential part of the agreement and subject to the standard dispute settlement mechanism;
2009/02/03
Committee: INTA
Amendment 52 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
7. Regrets that India maintains the principle of asymmetry; urges the Commission to push for a reciprocal, symmetrical FTA;deleted
2009/02/03
Committee: INTA
Amendment 58 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
8. Notes India's decreased average applied tariffs; stresses that these levels remain a genuine problem for European industry;
2009/02/03
Committee: INTA
Amendment 62 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
10. Notes that India is concerned about the lack of harmonisation of micro- biological standards in the EU, implications of REACH, costly certificates and conformity procedures; stresses that these issues must be resolved in the FTA; calls on both parties to ensure that regulation and NTBs do not get in the way of trade;deleted
2009/02/03
Committee: INTA
Amendment 73 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
13. Recognises that services are the fastest growing sector of the Indian economy; notes that India has offensive interests in GATS Mode 1 and Mode 4 liberalisation; the European Union would like to complete liberalisation in market access and national treatment in Mode 3 in most services, the removal of Foreign Investment Promotion Board approval and allowing subsidiaries in the financial sector to be wholly-owned;
2009/02/03
Committee: INTA
Amendment 79 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
15. Points out that India's services suffer from a range of horizontal barriers; stresses that the challenge for the FTA is not only to accelerate liberalisation in India's services sectors, but also to facilitate the implementation of a range of complementary reforms;deleted
2009/02/03
Committee: INTA
Amendment 90 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
19. Notes that India is gradually liberalising its banking sector; encourages India to allow more competition; recalls at the same time the importance of strong and well-designed rules and regulations for financial services and control of international financial transactions;
2009/02/03
Committee: INTA
Amendment 93 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19a. Points out that services liberalisation must in no way hinder the right to regulate services, especially to develop and maintain strong public services;
2009/02/03
Committee: INTA
Amendment 94 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
20. WelcomNotes the Indian pledge to allow foreign law firms to operate in India; calls on the Commission to push forexplore with Indian authorities the opportunity and the scope of liberalisation of legal services in the FTA;
2009/02/03
Committee: INTA
Amendment 101 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 a (new)
21a.Recalls that investments need to be accompanied by well-designed rules and regulations; reaffirms in this context its resolution of 13 March 2007 on corporate social responsibility (2006/2133(INI)) and asks the Commission to make sure that EU-based transnational companies with production facilities in India abide by core ILO standards, social and environmental covenants and international agreements to achieve a worldwide balance between economic growth and higher social and environmental standards;
2009/02/03
Committee: INTA
Amendment 102 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 b (new)
21b. Recognises that FTA investment chapters have often come accompanied with commitments to liberalise capital movements and renounce capital controls; asks the Commission to refrain from including such clauses, given the importance of capital controls – especially for developing countries - to mitigate against the impact of the financial crisis;
2009/02/03
Committee: INTA
Amendment 110 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
24. RegretNotes that India is not willing to include public procurement in the FTA; calls on the Commission to negotiate effective and transparent procurement systemsunderlines that an agreement should guarantee and secure the right of states to use government procurement as an instrument to encourage local economic development;
2009/02/03
Committee: INTA
Amendment 113 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
25. Encourages the implementation of the new Indian competition law; believes that the European Union should incorporate Art 81 and 82 of the Treaty in the FTA to secure commitments on competition policy;deleted
2009/02/03
Committee: INTA
Amendment 115 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
26. Welcomes India's commitment to a strong IPR regime; encourages its rigorous implementation and enforcement and to the use of TRIPS flexibilities to meet its public health obligations, particularly in relation to access to medicines; stresses that these negotiations must be compatible with protecting biodiversity and traditional knowledge;
2009/02/03
Committee: INTA
Amendment 125 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
28. Regrets the Indian Patent Amendment Act does not contain any provisions on data exclusivity; notes that lack of data protection and exclusivity are of major concern for EU pharmaceutical companies in India;deleted
2009/02/03
Committee: INTA
Amendment 126 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 a (new)
28a. Calls on the European Union and India to jointly fund and support measures and initiatives such as prize funds, patent pools and other alternative mechanisms, in order to support access to and innovation in medicines, particularly for neglected diseases;
2009/02/03
Committee: INTA
Amendment 128 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
29. Calls on the European Union and India to ensure that trade and FDI isare not encouraged at the cost of lowering either environmental, standards or core labour, or occupational health and safety legislation and standards; ensuring adequate capacity to monitor labour market and environmental developments, including the observance of such standards, is indispensible;
2009/02/03
Committee: INTA
Amendment 129 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29 a (new)
29a. Asks for the ratification and effective application of the basic conventions of the International Labour Organisation (ILO);
2009/02/03
Committee: INTA