18 Amendments of Jean LAMBERT related to 2014/2228(INI)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 (new)
Paragraph -1 (new)
- having regard to the Commission's impact assessment report on the future of EU-US trade relations, published on 12 March 2013
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph -1 A (new)
Paragraph -1 A (new)
A. whereas the Commission acknowledged in its impact assessment report on the future of EU-US trade relations that there are "legitimate concerns" that TTIP could lead both to the displacement of at least one million jobs in the EU and the USA combined and to the "prolonged and substantial" adjustment costs in the EU labour market;
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 point –i a (new)
Paragraph 1 point –i a (new)
(-i a). calls on the Commission to address the conclusion of its own impact assessment that TTIP could lead to "prolonged and substantial" dislocation of employment in the EU;
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – point i
Paragraph 1 – point i
(i) to ensure that TTIP will make a significant positive contribution to creating more and better jobs and set ambitious global trade standards for sustainable development and labour, taking into account that trade is not an end in itself but a means to improve well-being, which could mean suspending the TTIP negotiations until it can be conclusively proven that the Commission's previous estimates of job dislocation are no longer a legitimate concern;
Amendment 29 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Believes that the agreement should guarantee full respect for EU fundamental rights standards through the inclusion of a human rights clause as a standard part of EU trade agreements with third countries; considers that the European Parliament would not be able to accept any TTIP which does not contain such a clause
Amendment 30 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – point ii
Paragraph 1 – point ii
(ii) to ensure that TTIP includes comprehensive and binding provisions on labour laws and policies that are consistent with thell levels of government by requiring that the USA ratifies all core ILO Conventions, and the Decent Work Agenda, witho terminate the negotiations if a commitment to promote higtheir standards and,ratification is not fuorthermore,coming; to ensure that where disputes arise labour provisions will have a conditional dimeninformation derived from ILO supervisory bodies will be taken into account where dispute arise on labour provisions;
Amendment 56 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Recalls that personal data can be transferred outside the Union only if the provisions on third-country transfers in EU data protection laws are respected; recalls that the Commission can only negotiate on provisions which touch upon the flow of personal data provided that the full application of EU data protection rules is guaranteed; is seriously concerned about the TiSA draft texta US provided draft text on e-commerce in the frame of the TiSA negotiations, which would completely undermine all EU rules and safeguards for the transfer of personal data to third countries; calls on the Commission to make it clear to the US side that the draft chapter on e-commerce proposed by US negotiators in the 7th TTIP negotiation round will not be accepted as a base for negotiations, should it contain similar conditions to the US draft chapter on e-commerce in the TiSA negotiations;
Amendment 59 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – point iv
Paragraph 1 – point iv
(iv) to ensure that civil society can make a meaningful contribution to implementing relevant TTIP provisionand the concerned public has access to all relevant negotiation texts, including consolidated negotiation text, immediately after such texts have been discussed in negotiating rounds;
Amendment 59 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. asks the Commission to ensure that negotiations on a chapter on e-commerce and on a chapter on telecommunications in TTIP be put on hold until the ongoing negotiations on Safe Harbor and the Data Protection Umbrella Agreement are successfully concluded;
Amendment 61 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. asks the Commission to ensure that negotiations on a chapter on financial service regulation, and specifically the freedom of processing personal data in connection with financial transactions, be put on hold until the ongoing negotiations on Safe Harbour and the Data Protection Umbrella Agreement are successfully concluded;
Amendment 68 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – point iv a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point iv a (new)
(iv a) to ensure an explicit exclusion of public services as referred to in Article 14 TFEU from the scope of application of TTIP, in order to ensure that national and local authorities have the freedom to introduce, adopt, maintain or repeal any measure with regard to the commissioning, organisation, funding and provision of public services, as provided in Article 168 TFEU (public health) and in Protocol 26 (Services of General Interest) of the EU Treaties;
Amendment 70 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Recalls that decisions on legal conflicts about fundamental rights may only be made by competent ordinary courts; is concerned that provisions on investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) may prevent access to justice and undermine democracy; is of the firm opinion that a possible TTIP agreement should not contain any ISDS mechanism, as the given level of investment protection in the EU and in the US is fully sufficient to guarantee legal security;
Amendment 74 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – point v
Paragraph 1 – point v
(v) to take immediate steps to safeguard the right of EU governments to legislate, organise, set quality and safety standards for, manage and regulate public services by not committing public service sectors to further market access liberalization and by filing general Annex-II reservations in the National Treatment schedules regarding all health services in the widest sense communication services, educational services, environmental services, financial services, social services, transport services, and energy services;
Amendment 84 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Recalls the need for transparency in the negotiations throughout the entire process; reminds the Commission of its obligation to keep Parliament fully informed on an immediate basis at all stages of the negotiation, according to TFEU Art 218.10 which, in a recent ruling, the ECJ confirmed as being of statutory character, to keep Parliament fully informed on an immediate basis at all stages of the negotiations; urges the Commission to work towards an agreement with the US Administration regarding the access of all Parliamentarians to the consolidated negotiation texts; insists on access for the public to relevant negotiation documents from all parties, with the exception of those which are to be classified with clear justification on a case-by-case basis, in line with Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 May 2001 regarding public access to European Parliament, Council and Commission documents2 [1]. __________________ 2 OJ L 145, 31.5.2001, p. 43.
Amendment 115 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – point viii
Paragraph 1 – point viii
(viii) to guarantee that agreement on any dispute-settlement mechanism must fully take into account the results of the public consultation on investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS), must be fully transparent and democratically accountabletherefore be restricted to a state-state dispute settlement mechanism only and must not hinder legislators from passing laws in the area of employment policy; is therefore of the firm opinion that a possible TTIP agreement should not contain any investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) mechanism, as the given level of investment protection in the EU and in the US is fully sufficient to guarantee legal security;
Amendment 126 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – point ix
Paragraph 1 – point ix
(ix) to take steps to embed a ‘'positive listing’' approach in the agreementrelation to both the market access and the national treatment commitments of the agreement's chapter on trade in services and establishment, and to discontinue negotiations on that chapter immediately unless such a positive listing is agreed;
Amendment 144 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – point x a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point x a (new)
(x a) to ensure that new European rules adopted through revision of directives on public procurement remain preserved and promoted in the frame of on-going negotiations, particularly in terms of public market access for SMEs, the award criteria based on best value rather than lowest price, the markets for actors in the social economy, the possibility for contracting authorities to cooperate and form intercommunalities, and the thresholds below which the implementation of the procurement is not subject to European or international rules;
Amendment 240 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. Calls on the Commission to safeguard the future of European public healthcare services by their explicit exclusion from the scope of application of TTIP, in the same way that there is already a carve-out in TTIP for the audio-visual sector and reflecting the existing carve-out of healthcare services from the Services Directive *; * see recital 22 and Article 2(f) of Directive 2006/123/EC