9 Amendments of Peter SIMON related to 2014/2228(INI)
Amendment 34 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – subparagraph c
Paragraph 1 – subparagraph c
c. take immediate action to include restrictionclear rules on state aid in the agreement; propose greater transparency within state aid rules and within the allocation of state aid;
Amendment 56 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – subparagraph e
Paragraph 1 – subparagraph e
e. take immediate action to ensure that aggressive tax planning, and distortion of competition by e.g. moving of headquarters across the Atlantic to obtain competition- distorting conditions, are addressed, are effectively prevented in future;
Amendment 62 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – subparagraph f
Paragraph 1 – subparagraph f
f. take immediate action to ensure that systematicagreements are reached within TTIP that put an end to the movement of capital across the Atlantic, in order to avoid tax payments in the country of production and/or sale of goods or services, is addressed within the TTIP;
Amendment 96 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – subparagraph i
Paragraph 1 – subparagraph i
i. propose the introduction of a national court systems-first principle, to be supplemented with mediation and intergovernmental dispute mechanisms in legal disputes in order to ensure easier access and lower litigtake immediate action to ensure that no private courts of arbitration are established in TTIP, and that any disputes can be brought before either the national cosurts than those offered by current ISDS- mechanisms, benefitting especially SMEs (having fewer resources available than large corporations), thus creating moror an international mechanism governed by public law that is to be created, whose rulings will be made by people equal competition conditions; stress that any and all dispute mechanisms set in placeified to hold the office of judge in accordance with laws adopted by democratically elected parliaments, within the TTIP-framework must uphold full transparency and be subject to democratic principles and scrutinypossibility of appeal;
Amendment 109 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – subparagraph i a (new)
Paragraph 1 – subparagraph i a (new)
ia. take immediate action to ensure that a ‘positive list approach’ is chosen, so that all public services covered by TTIP are explicitly listed positively in the agreement and the agreement does not include any standstill and ratchet clauses;
Amendment 245 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point a – point i
Paragraph 1 – point a – point i
(i) to ensure that TTIP negotiations lead to a deep, comprehensive, ambitious, balanced and high-standard trade and investment agreement that would promote sustainable growth, support the creation of high-quality jobs for European workers, directly benefit European consumers, inter alia by means of greater involvement of the European consumer protection organisations in the negotiations, increase international competitiveness, and open up new opportunities for EU companies, in particular SMEs; the content of the agreement is more important than the speed of the negotiations;
Amendment 362 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point b – point iv
Paragraph 1 – point b – point iv
(iv) to increase market access for services according to the ‘positive list approach’ whereby services that are to be opened up to foreign companies are explicitly mentioned and new services are excluded while ensuring that possibleno standstill and ratchet clauses only apply to non- discrimination provisionsare included in the agreement and allow for enough flexibility to bring services back into public control;
Amendment 398 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point b – point vi
Paragraph 1 – point b – point vi
(vi) to ensure extensive protection and an adequate carve-out ofor sensitive services such as public services and public utilities (including water, health, social security systems and education) allowing national and local authorities enough room for manoeuvre to legislate in the public interest; a joint declaration reflecting negotiators’ clear commitment to exclude these sectors from the negotiations would be very helpful in this regard;
Amendment 780 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point d – point xiv a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point d – point xiv a (new)
(xiva) to ensure that efforts are made to create an international mechanism for disputes, which is binding under public law, and the decisions of which are taken by persons qualified for judicial office and in accordance with laws passed by democratically elected parliaments