5 Amendments of Gabriel MATO related to 2021/2213(INI)
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion
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Paragraph 1
1. Recalls the statement of the UN Economic Commission for Africa indicating that it believes the economic partnership agreements between EU and African countries could have negative consequences for intra-African trade; is concerned about the negative effects that the new Partnership Agreement between the EU and the members of Stresses the key role of Economic Partnership Agreements in promoting long-term, sustainable development, reducing poverty and boosting regional integration; regrets, therefore, the recent lack of progress in their finalisation; acknowledges the diverging views on EPAs and calls on the Commission to address them by building trust and mutual understanding on the development benefits of EPAs; insists on the need to accompany any trade arrangements withe Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States (OACPS – Post-Cotonou Agreement) might have on intra-African tradeACPS countries with capacity-building and technical assistance to effectively support their implementation;
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Insists that the agreement’s trade and investment provisions must be tailored to benefit all parties; is concerned about a misbalance benefiting the EU over the OACPS countries; calls on the Commission to guarantee that the OACPS countries benefit from trade relations; calls on the Commission to improve EUbelieves that the renewed partnership is a unique opportunity to revive trade relations between the EU and each OACPS region based on mutual advantages; regrets that while the Cotonou Agreement considerably improved access to EU markets for OACPS countries, it did not prove effective in increasing market accesshares for OACPS producers; callsEuropean businesses in OACPS countries; calls therefore on the Commission to promote sustainable investment opportunities to advancenotably in digital and green infrastructure in the OACPS countrie; to this end, stresses the need for a strong involvement of the European and OACPS countries' private sector in the implementation of partnerships;
Amendment 30 #
Draft opinion
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Paragraph 3
Amendment 39 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Is concerned that the suspension clauses may not be legally valid;Recognizes the strong human rights component in the EPAs and for this reason welcomes the inclusion of suspension clauses in case of violations of human rights clauses; stresses the importance of political dialogue and consultation procedures to ensure effectiveness of these clauses and calls on the Commission to guarantee that the suspension clauses will be correctly applied in the event of violations of essential elements; emphasises that suspension of clauses should not harm the population, but should target those responsible for violations;
Amendment 44 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Strongly stresses the important link between trade, the eradication of poverty and support for sustainable development; underlines the role of women in the economies and societies of the OACPS countriesrecognizes how the agreement’s trade and investment provisions take appropriate steps to provide decent jobs for all and to socioeconomically empower marginalized groups, women and youth; calls on the Commission to increase and to guarantee the participation of womenthese categories in EU- OACPS trade and investment relations.