Activities of Mariya GABRIEL related to 2014/2228(INI)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on recommendations to the European Commission on the negotiations for the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP)
Amendments (14)
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas ongoing negotiations on international trade agreements, including the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP), and also the Trade in Services Agreement (TiSA), clearly touches upon international data flows and, while excluding data processing, including the processing and transfer of personal dataprivacy and data protection entirely, which will be discussed in parallel track within the framework of the US-EU Safe Harbor and the Data Protection Umbrella Agreement;
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas the US negotiators have proposed a draft chapter on e-commerce for the TTIP in the 7th round of negotiations; whereas this draft is not available to Members of the European Parliament, including rapporteurs e Parliament reserves the right to express its opinion after consulting the competent committees;draft.
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. Whereas the Parliament adopted its resolution of 12 March 2014 on the US NSA surveillance programme, surveillance bodies in various Member States and their impact on EU citizens' fundamental rights and on transatlantic cooperation in Justice and Home Affairs1 a ; __________________ 1a Texts adopted, P7_TA(2014)0230.
Amendment 35 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
Amendment 44 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas an ambitious and balanced agreement with the US may support the reindustrialisation of Europe and help achieve the 2020 target for an increase of the EU’s GDP generated by industry from 15 % to 20 %; whereas it has the potential to create opportunities especially for SMEs, which suffer more from non-tariff barriers (NTBs) than larger companies; whereas an agreement between the two biggest economic blocs in the world has the potential to create standards, norms and rules which will be adopted at a global level, which would serve to the advantage of third countries as well;
Amendment 50 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Recalls that Article XIV of the General Agreement on Trade and Services (GATS) clearly refers to privacy and data protection as an exception which cannot be considered a trade barrier; stresses that EU data protection legislation cannot be deemed an ‘arbitrary or unjustifiable discrimination’ in the application of Article XIV of the GATS; stresses that a comprehensive and unambiguous horizontal clause that fully exempts EU rules on the protection of personal data from the agreement should be incorporated, without any condition that it must be consistent with other parts of the TTIP;
Amendment 58 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Recalls that personal data can be transferred outside the Union only if the provisions on third-country transfers in EU data protection laws are respected; recalls that the Commission can only negotiate on provisions which touch upon the flow of personal data provided that the full application of EU data protection rules is guaranteed; is seriously concerned about the TiSA draft text, which would completely undermine all EU rules and safeguards for the transfer of personal data to third countries;
Amendment 64 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Recalls that EU rules on the transfer of personal data may prohibit the processing of such data in third countries if they do not meet the EU adequacy standard; insists that any provisions in the agreement which touch upon the localisation of data processing equipment and establishments must not undermine these EU rules on data transfers;
Amendment 69 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Recalls that decisions on legal conflicts about fundamental rights may only be made by competent ordinary courts; is concerned that provisions on investor- state dispute settlement (ISDS) may prevent access to justice and undermine democracy;
Amendment 73 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas, given the growing interconnectedness of global markets – up to 40 % of European industrial products are manufactured from imported upstream products – it is crucial that policymakers shape the way these markets interact; whereas proper trade rules are fundamental to creating added value in Europe, since industrial production takes place in global value chains;it is crucial that Europe benefits from participation in global supply chains, while maintaining and developing a strong, competitive and diversified industrial base in Europe; (For consistency with the Recital A European added value should not be built only on e.g. costs of marketing, storage and/or distribution of imports. Also resolution should not quote data without reference to sources. TTIP should first and foremost promote trade of goods manufactured in the EU or the US but the imported goods only repacked/relabelled/assembled in the EU or the US.)
Amendment 73 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Considers the investor state dispute settlement (ISDS) an important tool for protecting investors; calls on the Commission and the Council to improve the mechanism to avoid potential abuse of ISDS proceedings and to ensure equal access to all investors, fair and transparent procedures and independent and impartial arbitration;
Amendment 87 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Calls on the Commission and the Council to increase political pressure on the US in the framework of the negotiations in order to guarantee full visa reciprocity for all Member States of the European Union without discrimination;
Amendment 185 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H
Recital H
H. whereas President Juncker has clearly reiterated in his Political Guidelines that – while the EU and the US can go a significant step further in recognising each other’s product standards and working towards transatlantic standards – the EU will not sacrifice its safety, health, social and data protection standards or our cultural diversity, recalling that the high level of safety of the food we eat and the protection of Europeans’ personal data are non- negotiable;will be maintained; (It is important to stress that we are not talking about lowering standards in negotiations rather than saying that issues of food safety are not-negotiable, as it is not true - issues of food safety or SPS are being negotiated, but we don’t want to decrease level of protection in this negotiations. That is the difference.)
Amendment 350 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 – point b – point iii a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point b – point iii a (new)
(iiia) to ensure that mutually beneficial mobility package is provided for, which includes visa facilitation for providers of services and goods from all Member States and recognises their professional and technical qualifications;