Activities of George Sabin CUTAȘ related to 2011/2133(INI)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on on the recommendations to the Council, the Commission and the EEAS on the negotiations of the EU-Georgia Association Agreement
Amendments (6)
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. to support the opening of negotiations on a DCFTA as soon as possible so that Georgia can be more closely integrated with its largest trading partner, this being necessary in order to sustain Georgia'’s economic growth and overcome the economic crisis and damage caused by the war with Russia over South Ossetia and Abkhazia in 2008;
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. to take into account the substantial efforts made unilaterally by the Georgian government in recent years to open up the country'’s economy by setting very low industrial tariffs, adopt a legal and regulatory framework conducive to business and investment, and enforce the rule of law;
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. to encourage Georgia's progress in perfecting its legislation, improving the efficiency of its institutions and ensuring high quality-control standards for its products in order to comply with the requirements set out by the European Commission;
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. to recommend the allocation of the necessary financial resources in order to ensure the continuation of the legislative and institutional reforms of adapting to the DCFTA and to accelerate the process of validating the preconditions for a DCFTA set out in the EU-Georgia Action Plan, which entail excessive costs to the Georgian economy and cause trade diversion;
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. to set up the negotiating mandate to allow greater flexibility on issues such as Georgian agricultural exports and to include sequential commitments covering key trade-related chapters such as non- tariff barriers, trade facilitation, rules of origin and investments, sanitary and phyto-sanitary measures, intellectual property rights, investments and competition policy, and to complete actions in areas covered by the Action Plan;
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5 a. To ensure, through the negotiation of the Association Agreement, the implementation of fair trade, sustainable development, human rights, labour standards, and good governance in Georgia; to guarantee, in particular, that Georgian labour laws fulfil core ILO conventions, in particular conventions 87 and 98, and that child labour is eliminated.