4 Amendments of Marielle DE SARNEZ related to 2013/2989(RSP)
Amendment 12 #
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the on-going progress in the FTA negotiations, in particular in the chapters on customs and trade facilitation, on technical obstacles to trade and on competition, and the Commission's regular debriefing with the European Parliament (hereafter EP) on their state of play; reminds that the consent of the EP to the FTA is mandatory8, and that the Commission and the Council should not propose any provisional application of the FTA before the EP has given its consent; __________________ 8 Article 218(6)(a)(v) of the TFEU.
Amendment 37 #
Paragraph 10
10. Considers that particular attention is to be given in the FTA to the development of business opportunities for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and that investment in, and by, SMEs should be promoted to help finance market-driven local projects and joint ventures in renewable energy and trade in environmental goods and technologies; calls for European investors to be provided with a more transparent and predictable legislative framework in Vietnam and for fair conditions of competition to be guaranteed between Vietnamese and European undertakings;
Amendment 39 #
Paragraph 11
11. Considers that the FTA should respect sensitivities linked to trade in agricultural and fisheries products, but that this should not prevent market opening in areas of complementarity, and underlines that new market access shall be subject to a thorough enforcement of intellectual property protection, geographical indications and sanitary and phytosanitary measures (SPS);
Amendment 47 #
Paragraph 12
12. Asks for a transparent and effective state-to-state dispute settlement and where applicable provisions on investor-to-state dispute resolution to be included in the FTA to ensure due investment protection and deter investors from filling frivolous claims; takes the view that any mechanism for settling disputes between investors and states should, as far as possible, be based on the rules of the UN Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITR) or of the International Centre for the Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID), should have an adequate legal framework and should be subject to strict transparency criteria;