Activities of George Sabin CUTAȘ related to 2011/2068(INI)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on a resource-efficient Europe
Amendments (7)
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Regards the efficient use and allocation of resources as a key element of the European Union's external relations and believes that fair trade in environmental goods and services can beis an instrument of sustainable economic development, to thehat benefit ofs both trade and the environment;
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion
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Paragraph 3
3. Welcomes the work carried out in the course of the World Trade Organisation's Doha Round of trade negotiations on the reduction or elimination of tariff and non- tariff barriers to trade in environmental goods and services, and encourages the Parties to continue to work towards a clear definition of environmental goods; Welcomes the commitments of the United Nations Millennium Development Goals, the Monterrey Consensus, and the Plan of Implementation of the World Summit on Sustainable Development, given their potential to enable the implementation of sustainable development; Encourages the international community to continue to work towards a clear definition of environmental goods and services that would include the social responsibility of the companies producing them;
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Believes that the inequitable use and allocation of world resources, in terms of food, water and energy, should be addressed urgently, by building a multilateral fair trade environment where all basic human needs are secured;
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3 b. Believes that the EU should help create a global system for the equitable use and allocation of world resources; encourages the European Commission to push for the inclusion of environmental standards and fair trade principles at the WTO;
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion
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Paragraph 4
4. Stresses that opening up global markets tofair trade in environmental goods and services creates increased export opportunities, encourages the diffusion of technologies, stimulates innovation and leads to lower prices, higher quality and greater consumer choice;
Amendment 34 #
Draft opinion
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Paragraph 5
5. Reasserts that all current bilateral and regional European trade agreements need to include an ambitious chapter on sustainability, as in the case of the most recent Free Trade Agreement betweens of the European Union andwith the Republic of Korea; that agreement contains a chapter on trade and sustainable development which extends the definition of sustainability beyond the scope of previous agreements and provides for the setting up of a special committee to monitor the implementation of commitments in the environmental field, Colombia and Peru, and Central America;
Amendment 38 #
Draft opinion
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Paragraph 6
6. Considers that including tariff preferences for environmental products and services produced in a socially-responsible way in the Generalised System of Preferences could generate added value in the area of the European Union's trade with developing countries and act as a further incentive to achieve the objectives of the Europe 2020 strategy.