7 Amendments of Elisabeth KÖSTINGER related to 2014/2228(INI)
Amendment 109 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – point b
Paragraph 1 – point b
b. firmly commit to the strict preservation of production and environment standards on food safety and human and animal health, in connection with, for instance, GMOs, the use of hormones in the beef sector, REACH and cloning, as defined under EU legislation, and ensure that fundamental values of the EU such as the precautionary principle are not undermined;
Amendment 155 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – point d
Paragraph 1 – point d
d. secure a level playing field, treating as sensitive those products for which direct competition would expose EU agricultural producers to excessive direct and indirect pressure, for example in cases where regulatory conditions and related costs of production in the EU diverge from those in the US;
Amendment 168 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Agrees with Commissioner Malmström that all areas where the EU and the US have very different rules or approaches should be excluded from the negotiations12 ; __________________ 12See speech by EU Trade Commissioner Cecilia Malmström of 11 December 2014.there should not be a trade-off between the economic goals and the people's health, safety and the environment; agrees further with the Commissioner that where Europe and the United States have very different rules, there will be no agreement, such as GMOs, the use of hormone in bovine sector, REACH and Cloning; __________________
Amendment 168 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – point d a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point d a (new)
da. make every effort to have a safeguard clause incorporated into the agreement, as is clearly set out in the negotiating mandate, which would be invoked where a rise in imports of a particular product threatened to cause serious harm to domestic food production;
Amendment 172 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Asks for an adequate legal protection of European GIs in the US market and the end of misleading use of GIs;
Amendment 189 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – point e
Paragraph 1 – point e
e. secure significantly improved protection of EU geographical indicationsappropriate legal protection on the US market for European geographical designations of origin, a mechanism for penalising improper use and better consumer information as an essential element of a balanced agreement, taking the relevant chapter of the CETA with Canada as a good example;
Amendment 201 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – point e a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point e a (new)
ea. firmly commit to ensuring recognition of European designations of origin on the US market, but without their being negotiable in exchange for higher import duty quotas;