Activities of Rolandas PAKSAS related to 2011/2115(INI)
Plenary speeches (9)
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Amendments (9)
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Notes that the Commission is pushing for a comprehensive investment liberalisation framework with the aim of achieving maximum protection for EU investoequal conditions for all EU investors in third countries and for all third-country investors in the EU, thereby helping to promote competitiveness, economic growth and productivity and to create jobs and secure positive outcomes for consumers; recalls that it is vital that investment treaties provide a better balance between the rights and obligations of investors and host governments; urges the EU not to ban the use of performance requirements (local content, technology transfer, environment sustainability, etc.) as they are often prerequisites to ensure that foreign investment benefits the domestic market;
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Calls on the Commission and the Council to continue implementation of the European external market access strategy with a view to removing non-tariff trade barriers and legal restrictions, to facilitate market access for services and investments, to open up public procurement procedures, to improve the protection and enforcement of intellectual property rights, and to dismantle obstacles to the sustainable supply of raw materials;
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas public procurement procedures in the EU’s strategic partner countries tend to be closed to foreign participants and are still relatively unaffected by international commitments, while the EU is much more open than other countries in this regard;
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on the Commission and the Council, in a spirit of reciprocity and mutual benefit, to step up dialogue and cooperation with the EU's trade partners on product safety and respect for intellectual property rights;
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Regrets that the public procurement procedures of our principal partners are not as open as those of the European Union; calls for reinforced efforts to increase international commitments – be it through the ongoing negotiations on the Agreement on Government Procurement and the extension of its membership, through the negotiation of FTAs or through targeted bilateral actions; supports the Commission’s work to revise EU legislation on public procurement, in particular the introduction of legislation clarifying the provisions on access by third-country businesses to European public procurement procedures, both to ensure that the conditions governing these procedures are fair and to strengthen the EU’s position when negotiating access for European businesses to third-country public procurement procedures;
Amendment 30 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Regrets the fact that, in spite of opposition from developing countries, the EU is pushing for binding liberalisation commitments in General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS) negotiations, thereby undermining the development of the developing countries’ domestic services; calls on the EU fully to respect flexibility mechanisms in the GATS;Considers that the European Union should help developing countries to ensure that the regulation of services is open, non-discriminatory and transparent and takes account of the public interest; supports the EU’s demand for binding liberalisation commitments in General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS) negotiations, but highlights the fact that without a comprehensive assessment of trade in services, developing countries are unable to assess the costs and benefits of GATS liberalisation; calls on the EU to take full account of the flexibility mechanisms in applying GATS provisions;
Amendment 32 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Stresses the importance of developing trade relations between the European Union and China; calls, however, on the Commission to maintain a strong stance in negotiations with China on its participation in the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA), in order to secure the equal opening of Chinese procurement procedures and equal treatment of European businesses, and to ensure that China’s public procurement procedures comply with international standards and create predictable conditions for tenderers;
Amendment 52 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Urges the Commission to promote the spread of public procurement disciplines based on international standards as developed in the Government Procurement Agreement and to use or expand existing regulatory dialogues, as well as increasing the number of parties to the Agreement, in order to enhance cooperation on the regulatory framework and the removal of existing direct and indirect discriminatory practices;
Amendment 55 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. agrees with the Commission on the need to strengthen the EU’s position in negotiations on application of the principle of reciprocity in the public procurement sector and on fair access for EU companies to third countries’ markets, and to clarify the rules governing conditions of access for third- country companies, products or services in public procurement in the EU;