2 Amendments of Michèle STRIFFLER related to 2010/0059(COD)
Amendment 22 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3
Recital 3
(3) The EU is committed to supporting the smooth and gradual integration of developing countries into the world economy with a view to sustainable development. The main ACP banana- exporting countries maywill face challenges in the context of changing trade arrangements, notably as a consequence of Most Favoured Nation (MFN) liberalisation in the framework of the WTO and of the bilateral and regional agreements concluded, or in the process of being concluded, between the EU and Latin American countries, which are the leading exporters of bananas. Hence an ACP Banana Accompanying Measures programme should be added to the existing Regulation (EC) No 1905/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 December 2006 establishing a financing instrument for development cooperation6.
Amendment 32 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – point 2
Article 1 – point 2
Regulation (EC) No 1905/2006
Article 17a – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 17a – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. ACP banana supplying countries listed in Annex IIIa shall benefit from banana accompanying measures. Union assistance to these countries shall aim at supporting their adjustment process following from liberalisation of the EU market for bananas in the framework of the World Trade Organisation. Union assistance shall take into account the countries’ policies and adaptation strategies and the entry into force of bilateral and regional trade agreements concluded between the EU and Latin American countries. Union assistance shall take into account the countries’ policies and adaptation strategies, as well as their regional environment (proximity to ultraperipheral regions of the EU and overseas countries and territories), and shall pay specific attention to the following areas of cooperation: