9 Amendments of Bas EICKHOUT related to 2015/2233(INI)
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – point i
Paragraph 1 – point i
(i) to keep in mind the importance of transport, tourism and delivery services for the European economy and employment given that European ship owners control 40% of the world’s merchant fleet, that the aviation industry supports over 5 million jobs and that the European rail industry accounts for over half of the worldwide production of rail equipment and services;
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – point i a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point i a (new)
(ia) to integrate climate protection into maritime and air transport negotiations as well as integrate transport policy into climate targets and agreements;
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – point ii
Paragraph 1 – point ii
(ii) to ensure that the negotiations address transport sectors in a meaningful way and in a spirit ofrespect of coherent reciprocity;
Amendment 32 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – point iii
Paragraph 1 – point iii
(iii) to promote negotiations on regulation that address issues such as transparency, deadlines, due proces and immediate insight into negotiation documents, deadlines, due process, fair competition, passenger rights, non- discrimination and redress, while continuing to require that foreign companies wishing to offer transport or delivery services within the European Union comply with existing regulatory standards;
Amendment 37 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – point iii a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point iii a (new)
(iiia) to respect EU standards and rules in the fields of safety, social and environmental legislation and safeguard the quality of (public) services;
Amendment 41 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – point iii b (new)
Paragraph 1 – point iii b (new)
(iiib) to oppose any proposal to make fees for the use of infrastructure proportional to the effective costs involved if this does not take into account environmental externalities or other important regulatory issues;
Amendment 74 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – point vii a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point vii a (new)
(viia) to oppose any additional market access in the transport sector leading to an expansion of its size, until the climate cost of international transport is internalised in its price;
Amendment 76 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – point vii b (new)
Paragraph 1 – point vii b (new)
(viib) to note that standstill and ratchet are proposed to apply to national treatment in a hybrid list; to acknowledge that under national treatment there are important regulatory measures that could require revision if deemed necessary by regulators; to negotiate on the basis of a positive list and drop standstill and ratchet clauses;
Amendment 78 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – point vii c (new)
Paragraph 1 – point vii c (new)
(viic) to introduce an unequivocal 'gold standard' clause explicitly based on the principle laid down in article 14 TFEU and protocol 26 and including a reference to the specific regulatory regimes public services are subject to, the social purpose they pursue, the function they play in society and the specific obligations imposed on service providers in the public interest, which should be included in all trade agreements and would replace the public utilities clause and apply to all modes of supply and any services considered as public services by European, national and regional authorities;