13 Amendments of Michel DANTIN related to 2018/2005(INI)
Amendment 28 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses that harnessing globalisation should involve both strengthening global discipline to prevent unfair competition and distortions of trade in agriculture, and avoiding undue exposure of sensitive EU agricultural sectors to competition from imports of products that are not subject to similar standards, costs and constraints as regards, for example, environmental protectionhealth safety and protection of the environment and European consumers;
Amendment 30 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses that harnessing globalisation should involve both strengthening global discipline to prevent unfair competition and distortions of trade in agriculture, and avoiding undue exposure of sensitive EU agricultural sectors to competition from imports of products that are not subject to similar standards, costs and constraints as regards, for example, environmental, human, plant and animal health or consumer protection;
Amendment 40 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Asks the Commission to ensure that each imported agricultural product meets the same sanitary and social standards that EU products are held to;
Amendment 60 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Asks the Commission to conduct a systematic impact assessment of the provisions regarding the agricultural sector in each trade agreement, and to offer specific strategies to ensure that no agricultural sector will suffer as a result of a trade agreement concluded with a third country ;
Amendment 73 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Expresses its serious concerns with respect to the possible concluscurrent direction of the ongoing free-trade negotiations with Mercosur involving majorwhich does not point to a fair and balanced agreement according to leaked news; the possible conclusion of the negotiations might result major and causeless concessions in sectors such as beef, sugar, poultry and biofuels which could endanger the viability of local production in certain partmany regions of the EU;
Amendment 75 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Expresses its serious concerns with respect to the possible forthcoming conclusion of the ongoing free-trade negotiations with Mercosur involving major concessions in sectors such as beef, poultry, sugar and biofuels which could endanger the viability and future of local production in certain parts of the EU;
Amendment 79 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Believes that the Brazilian authorities are not yet able to guarantee the safety and quality of Brazilian poultry meat due to anomalies in their food control system; calls on the European Commission to remove poultry meat from the scope of the free trade negotiations with the Mercosur until the Brazilian meat scandal will be properly screened and a 100 % guarantee of compliance with South American meat imports to EU rules will be provided.
Amendment 80 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Stresses that, in view of the blatant irregularities concerning health, identification and traceability of the Brazilian control system highlighted by the various scandals of March 2017 in the beef and veal sectors and in March 2018 in the poultry meat sector, the signing of any agreement with Mercosur would appear to be premature and dangerous from the point of view of the health of European citizens;
Amendment 89 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Recalls its two resolutions of 26 October 2017 on the negotiating mandates for trade agreements with Australia and New Zealand2 and draws attention to the resolution of the Parliament on the current situation and future prospects for the sheep and goat sectors in the EU adopted on 2 May 2018 and especially its paragraph 62 which urges the Commission to exercise caution in negotiating the new FTAs with New Zealand and Australia pending its analysis of the impact of Brexit on sheep and goat farming, especially as regards the future of the 287 000 tonnes carcass weight equivalent quota for sheep meat granted by the EU to New Zealand; _________________ 2 Texts adopted, P8_TA(2017)0419 and P8_TA(2017)0420 respectively.
Amendment 92 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Recalls its two resolutions of 26 October 2017 on the negotiating mandates for trade agreements with Australia and New Zealand2; in which the European Parliament called on the Commission to ensure the appropriate treatment of a series of sensitive agricultural products, through tariff quotas or appropriate transitional periods, taking due account of the cumulative impact of trade agreements on agriculture, excluding, where appropriate, the most sensitive sectors from the scope of the negotiations; _________________ 2 Texts adopted, P8_TA(2017)0419 and P8_TA(2017)0420 respectively.
Amendment 96 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Stresses the importance, firstly, of including effective and readily available bilateral safeguard clauses allowing the temporary suspension of preferences if, as a result of the entry into force of the trade agreement, an increase in imports seriously damaged - or might seriously damage - sensitive sectors and, secondly, of revising the existing multilateral safeguard mechanisms within Regulation 1308/2013 (Single CMO), which should play a preventive role for sensitive sectors on the basis of reference volume and price thresholds allowing the automatic triggering with suspensive effect of the safeguard mechanisms where these thresholds have been reached;
Amendment 106 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on the Commission to react strongly to US attacks against the WTO- compatible mechanisms of the CAP through the imposition of unjustified trade defence measures and to defend that policy which is essential for our farmers and European rural areas; recalls, in this respect, its resolution of 15 March 2018 on US measures on EU farm support under the CAP (in the context of Spanish olives)4; stresses that such a decision by the US, calling into question the legitimacy of our common policy, is an attack on the efforts made by European farmers over several decades to comply with international constraints; _________________ 4 Texts adopted, P8_TA(2018)0091.
Amendment 118 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Welcomes the Commission’s initiative to create an advisory group on EU trade negotiations composed of representatives of stakeholders and waits for the establishment of this group as soon as possible; insists on the need for the strong representation of EU farming organisations in such a group.