13 Amendments of Marietje SCHAAKE related to 2018/0091M(NLE)
Amendment 6 #
– having regard to the non-paper of Commission services ‘Feedback and way forward on improving the implementation and enforcement of Trade and Sustainable Development chapters in EU Free Trade Agreements’,
Amendment 12 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 17 a (new)
Citation 17 a (new)
– having regard to the European Parliament resolution of 12 December 2017 on “Towards a digital trade strategy” (2017/2065(INI))
Amendment 20 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas the EPA is the most important bilateral trade agreement ever concluded by the Union as it covers nearly a third of world GDP;
Amendment 40 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas Parliament has monitoredbeen involved in these negotiations from the start, having and has amongst others called for transparency, an ambitious text about the free flow of data and for negotiators to meet the interests of both citizens and businesses;
Amendment 50 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Considers this agreement to be of major strategic importance and that it reprebilateral and international importance which sentds a timely signal in support of the EU's open, en fair and rul, values- based trade, while promoting high standards at a time of challenges to the international order; agenda and is a way to set high global standards in the field of the environment, food safety and labour rights
Amendment 64 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Notes positivelyWelcomes the ambitious and comprehensive nature of the EPA, which delivers on the priorities set out in European Parliament resolution of 25 October 2012 on EU trade negotiations with Japan;
Amendment 132 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Highlights the fact that the agreement includes the commitment to pursue the ratification of fundamental ILO conventions; regretnotes that Japan has not yetis yet to ratifiedy two ILO core conventions (on discrimination and on the abolition of forced labour) and expects, in light of commitments made in the EPA, concrete progress on the part of Japan towards the ratification of these conventions;
Amendment 143 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Welcomes the inclusion of a review clause in the chapter on sustainable development and calls on the Commission to trigger this clause as soon as possible in order towhen needed to further strengthen the enforceability and effectiveness of labour and environmental provisions, which should include the possibility of sanctions as a last resort;
Amendment 157 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Underlines the fact that the negative list approach in the EPA maintains the right of Member State authorities to define, provide and regulate public services at local, regional or national level, despite its negative list approach, and that the EPA it does not prevent governments from bringing any privatised service back in to the public sector;
Amendment 181 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Welcomes key innovative elements such as dedicated chapters to enhance benefits for SMEs and promote, the Paris agreement and corporate social responsibility based on the principles of the G20 and the OECD;
Amendment 208 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Takes note that negotiations continue on a separate investment agreement and reiterates that it is unacceptable to return to the old, private ISDS mechanismfor which the EU has proposed including the new investment court system pending work on a multilateral investment court;
Amendment 211 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Notes that the agreement includes a rendezvous clause to assess the issue of cross-border transfer of daWelcomes the recognition of each other's data protection systems as 'equivalent'; reiterates its call on the Commission to incorporate into the EU’s trade agreements a horizontal provisions, withhich fully maintains three years; calls on the Commission to fully respect the EU law on data protection and on the protection of privacy and stresses that any future outcome must be subject to the consent of Parliament;e right of a party to protect personal data and privacy, provided that such a right is not unjustifiably used to circumvent rules for cross-border data transfers for reasons other than the protection of personal data; considers that such rules and provisions should form part of all new and recently launched trade negotiations with third countries”
Amendment 231 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Urges both partners to ensure the active involvement of social partners and civil society in the monitoring and implementation of the EPA, notably through the joint dialogue with civil society and the domestic advisory group;