8 Amendments of Jean-Paul DENANOT related to 2015/2233(INI)
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 - point a - point i
Paragraph 2 - point a - point i
i. to ensure the highest level of transparency in the negotiations, in particular by allowing access to documents and by organising a consultation with Parliament and civil society in the three working languages of the European Union;
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 - point a - point ii
Paragraph 2 - point a - point ii
ii. to ensure that before considering the removal of barriers, the agreement seeks to create a level playing field in the services sector, without reducing the possibility of introducing legislation, and has as its main objective to highlight and maintain the high level of protection of consumers, workers and the environment enshrined in the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU);
Amendment 36 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 - point a - point iii d (new)
Paragraph 2 - point a - point iii d (new)
iiid. to remove the ratchet and standstill clauses, which imply that any liberalisation defines a new irreversible threshold and that more stringent rules cannot be adopted after the agreements have been signed;
Amendment 48 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 - point b - point i
Paragraph 2 - point b - point i
i. to ensure that the negotiations maintain and strengthen the fundamental role played by public services and services of general interest in the European Union, which provide an essential safety net for citizens and contribute to social cohesionand territorial cohesion, the survival of rural areas, growth and employment;
Amendment 53 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 - point b - point ii
Paragraph 2 - point b - point ii
ii. to maintain the Member States' freedom to regulate those services at all levels and toterritorial levels (local, regional and national) and to organise, provide, commission and fund public services in compliance with the Treaties and with the principle of subsidiarity;
Amendment 58 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 - point b - point ii a (new)
Paragraph 2 - point b - point ii a (new)
iia. to guarantee that TiSA protects against a liberalisation of public services and services of general interest which would be synonymous with job losses and threats to working conditions, the quality of services and access to them;
Amendment 67 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 - point c - point i a (new)
Paragraph 2 - point c - point i a (new)
ia. to delete the annex on the ‘public utility clause’, as public services and services of general interest should be excluded from the scope of the TiSA negotiations;
Amendment 101 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 - point d - point ii a (new)
Paragraph 2 - point d - point ii a (new)
iia. to ensure the exclusion of public services and services of general interest from the scope of the TiSA negotiations, in order not to promote their liberalisation ‘by default’;