BETA

2 Amendments of Emilio MENÉNDEZ del VALLE related to 2010/2110(INI)

Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
3. Welcomes the fact that the agreement on trade in bananas, which settles twenty years of WTO disputes and constitutes an important step towards the consolidation of a rule- based multilateral trading system; notes that the agreement on trade in bananas and at the same time could makes a decisive contribution to the resolution of issues relating to tropical products and preferences in WTO negotiations; believes that this agreement further consolidates the EU’s position on agriculture e interests of Community producers and ACP producers must be taken into consideration, in particular during the Doha round; calls upon the EU to build upon this important breakthrough to push WTO negotiations forwarupcoming trade negotiations, so that this sector, which is the source of many jobs, is not weakened;
2010/11/12
Committee: INTA
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Points out that the outermost regions are an integral part of the territory of the European Union and must be fully covered by the trade agreements; emphasises the importance to their economies of the agriculture sector, which is in competition with similar products from Latin American producers benefiting from the lowering of customs tariffs; points out that Article 349 TFEU allows for the tailoring of Community policies to suit the geographical and economic realities of those regions; calls on the Commission to take into account the specific interests of the outermost regions in the negotiations so that the development of those regions is not affected;
2010/11/12
Committee: INTA