12 Amendments of Seán KELLY related to 2015/2105(INI)
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Emphasises that trade and investment policies must be aimed at creatingopening up new market access for EU businesses in order to create sustainable growth and high- quality, decent jobs, and; Considers that future trade agreements should be drawn up in such a way as to form part of an industrial strategy based on fair competition and reciprocity, and ensuring a level playing field for EU industries;
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Welcomes the Commission’s "Trade for All: Towards a more responsible trade and investment policy" initiative; considers trade and investment to be of critical importance in driving the EU’s economic recovery through opening up new export markets for EU industry, creating jobs and growth, and boosting EU competitiveness;
Amendment 20 #
2. Stresses the importance of SMEs to trade and investment, given that there are more than 600 000 SMEs in the EU, which account for one third of EU exports; therefore highlights that transition periods should be taken into consideration, allowing industry sectors and SMEs to adjust to the impacts of new trade agreements; calls for future trade agreements to systematically devote specific chapters to SMEs;
Amendment 28 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Notes that sustainable production requires decent work and environmental, social and labour standards, as defined by the ILO Conventions, and must betrade policy is a tool to promote social and environmental pillars of sustainable development and welcomes the Commission’s call to promote an ambitious and indispensable part of tradenovative sustainable development chapter in all trade and investment agreements;
Amendment 32 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Highlights the EU’s leadership in climate action and considers it crucial that ambition is maintained in this regard; stresses, therefore, the importance of including safeguards in trade agreements that prevent carbon leakage given that the displacement of efficient EU processes to less sustainable systems could lead to increases in overall global emissions, which would be counterproductive to meeting the objectives outlined at COP21;
Amendment 46 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Considers that the Commission, when negotiating free trade agreements, should ensure that distortive practices such as dual pricing mechanisms and export restrictions on raw materials are prohibited;
Amendment 48 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Calls for more effective enforcement of the existing Trade Defence Instruments (TDI) to tackle unfair competition and asks the Council to conclude work on the legislative proposal on the modernisation of TDIs that is currently at a standstill; additionally calls on the Commission to come up with further measures to improve transparency in this regard;
Amendment 53 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Believes that trade and investment policies can play a significant role in the development of the telecoms market and digital economy in Europe and bring clear benefits to EU consumers and businesses; stresses, however, that trade strategieshighlights that a Digital Single Market is vital in boosting EU competitiveness and economic growth; stresses that a level playing field must be ensure that non-EU companies do not tad in terms of reciprocity on market access and that non-EU market advantage of the fragmentation of the EU market; ctors must comply with European industry and consumer standards;
Amendment 61 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 – point a (new)
Paragraph 6 – point a (new)
(a) Emphasises the need to step-up global efforts to further develop clean energy technologies in the move towards a low- carbon economy and therefore encourages the Commission to enhance cooperation on energy research, development and innovation activities with trading partners;
Amendment 73 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on the Commission, given the EU’s reliance on foreign energy supplies, to promote to promote the diversification of energy suppliers, routes and sources through the identification of new energy trading partners and by seeking to remove barriers to international energy trade; Considers theat diversification of energy suppliers, routes and sources through the developources and suppliers increases competition, bringing lower prices for European energy consumers; stresses, however, that the development and increased deployment of renewables, as well as the promotingon of energy efficiency is crucial to increase energy security and reduce import dependency; recommends that new trade agreements should include a chapter on energy and raw materials;
Amendment 75 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 – point a (new)
Paragraph 7 – point a (new)
(a) Welcomes the Commission’s Communication on an EU strategy for liquefied natural gas (LNG) and gas storage; considers the recent global natural gas market developments to represent an enormous opportunity for Europe to increase security of energy supply and create a more competitive market; Calls for the swift completion of the Projects of Common Interest (PCI) to ensure the correct infrastructure is in place to benefit from these increased gas trade opportunities;
Amendment 80 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Highlights the importance of reaching a ‘dynamic’ agreement on Environmental Green Goods currently under negotiations, ensuring the agreement can later be opened for more WTO partners to join and in the future include green services; thus promoting European green tech industry and help meet the climate and energy targets agreed upon in the Climate Agreement in Paris 2015 and strengthen security of energy supply in the EU and reduce dependency on fossil fuels;