4 Amendments of Elisabeth KÖSTINGER related to 2012/2149(INI)
Amendment 26 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)
Recital H a (new)
Ha. whereas the the US is the EU’s second-largest trading partner in agricultural products, while the EU exports mainly high quality products to the US, which means that non-tariff trade barriers and geographical indications of origin are of the greatest significance to the European agricultural sector;
Amendment 52 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Stresses the importance of continuing with the strengthening of transatlantic economic relations but without threatening EU policies, including in fields such as environmental standards, health and animal protection standards, food safety, cultural diversity, social rights, public services or geographical indications, among others; emphasises that while the specific interests and sensitivities of both partners must be safeguarded in a balanced way, there are many areas where progress would be greatly beneficial, in particular as regards the removal of trade barriers, the introduction of measures to ensure better market access and appropriate investment conditions, the protection of intellectual property rights (IPR), the opening up of public procurement markets to ensure full reciprocity, and the convergence on mutual recognition of regulatory standards; considers that such an intensification of economic relations would also allow for greater alignment of EU and US approaches towards addressing global economic challenges;
Amendment 106 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Stresses the importance of food safety for both EU and US; welcomes accordingly the EU-US partnership agreement on the mutual recognition of organic food, which entered into force on 1 June 2012; refers in this connection to what are sensitive areas for both parties, such as genetically modified organisms or geographical indications of origin; respects the right of both sides to introduce provisions concerning food safety, the protection of consumers and their health and safety and production safety for farmers;
Amendment 107 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 b (new)
Paragraph 14 b (new)
14b. acknowledges that the EU and US are major trading partners on world agriculural markets and have developed different export support measures, which should figure prominently in EU-US dialogue and subsequently facilitate multilateral dialogue;