Activities of Kay SWINBURNE related to 2015/2233(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Negotiations for the Trade in Services Agreement (TiSA) (A8-0009/2016 - Viviane Reding)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on Recommendations to the European Commission on the negotiations for the Trade in Services Agreement (TiSA)
Amendments (6)
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
(aa) to ensure that the agreement contains ambitious yet balanced disciplines and provisions covering the supply of insurance and insurance related services as well as banking and other financial services across all modes of supply;
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – point a b (new)
Paragraph 1 – point a b (new)
(ab) to negotiate provisions that ensure that financial service suppliers of any one Party established in its territory of another are accorded most favoured nation treatment and national treatment as regards the purchase or acquisition of financial services by public entities;
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
Paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
(ba) considers that the GATS prudential carve out contained in the annex on financial services has functioned well and without issue in ensuring that governments retain the ability to take actions necessary to maintain the stability and integrity of the financial system and should, notwithstanding any other provision of the agreement, be mirrored by provisions in TiSA;
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – point b b (new)
Paragraph 1 – point b b (new)
(bb) to include provisions covering Mode IV supply that allow for the temporary movement of highly qualified professionals across borders for a specific purpose, for a limited period of time, and under condition stipulated by a contract and domestic legislation, while recognising that TiSA does not apply to measures affecting natural persons seeking access to the employment market of a party, nor measures regarding citizenship residence or employment on a permanent basis;
Amendment 32 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – point c
Paragraph 1 – point c
(c) to put stronger pressure on other negotiating parties to accept China’s request to join the negotiations, provided that China is prepared to match the ambition of the parties and agree to provisions already agreed and to continue offering this path to other BRICS countries;
Amendment 40 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 – point d
Paragraph 1 – point d
(d) to ensure that the TiSA in no way hinders the negotiating agenda of the WTO, but, rather, fosters a valuable discussion on establishing ‘gold standards’ for tackling trade obstacles and developing regulatory best practices for financial services, and also prepares the ground for its possible adoption at multilateral level, provided that China is prepared to match the ambition of the parties and agree to provisions already agreed;